22.Jul.2003
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amiga-news.de: restricted news service from 31.07. - 13.09.2003
Like last year it's time to grudge the amiga-news-team a summerbreak. The break is between 31st July and 13th September.
Nico Barbat told us that he will upload important news and news summaries. Please send your news how usual to the ANF or send the news directly to
nico@amiga-news.de.
While the summerbreak, there are no translations and the comment function is deactivated. The
Forum stays in function, we will call there a moderator, who looks after the contents.
In this time we all good think about how we could celebrate our 5-years-anniversary.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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22.Jul.2003
Wojtek Kozlowski (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Website Update
The Elbox Website has been updated.
The eFlash 4000
page has been set up in the Products Section.
Check also the eFlash 4000 page
in the Adapters and Interfaces Section
of the Elbox Online Store.
(ps)
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22.Jul.2003
Sebastian Hensel (ANF)
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KuH-Mag and AmigaJoker.de: Interview with Michael Labiner
The team of the KUH-magazin and AmigaJoker.de was able to find the years missing Michael Labinier (Amiga- und PC-Joker), and they interwied him.
He answered to twenty questions, which you can read at:
KuH-Mag or directly under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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22.Jul.2003
(ANF)
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X68000 Emulator PPC 0.00b21, Carbonized for Mac OS X
The X68000 was an impressive Japanese home computer system that was released
in 1987. It featured a 68000 processor running at 10MHz, and supported up to
12 MB of main memory. It also had very impressive multimedia capabilities for
the time, with a 65536 color palette and an 8-voice stereo FM synthesizer.
X68000 Emulator PPC is currently the only X68000 emulator available for the
Macintosh. It is in very early stages of development, but it appears that it
can run Gradius and Fantasy Zone to some degree, which is certainly impressive.
An important thing to note is that the program and home page are entirely in
Japanese, which makes it difficult for English-speakers to enjoy it. Also note
that the application is compressed in LZH format, which is quite uncommon for
most Macintosh programs, but Stuffit Expander seems capable of handling it;
you may need to expand the files multiple times to get the program to work,
however.
(ps)
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22.Jul.2003
Andreas Loong (E-Mail)
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ACGGBG and ToAks presents: The Amiga PPC Demo Database
ACGGBG and ToAks from Push Entertainment proudly presents:
The Amiga PPC Demo Database!
For a long time now, we've collected demos and tested them. We felt that
this was something that the PPC users were lacking - ONE place to find
them all, including a text with requirements to make it work. Look no
further, this is the ultimate
P P C D E M O D A T A B A S E.
(ps)
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21.Jul.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Jubilee special offer for "Poseidon"
Amiga Arena is proud to announce the availability of a special offer for the USB-stack 'Poseidon'. We have to mention that this is not the official start of the upcoming 'Amiga Arena jubilee weeks'!
A co-operation between Chris Hodges and Amiga Arena made a special offer for 'Poseidon' possible. Until the 31st July 2003 you can order 'Poseidon' for only 14,00 EUR (only bank orders are accepted). In order to buy the program you have to use the registration form at Amiga Arena. Additional information about 'Poseidon' can be found at www.platon42.de. Special thanks go to Chris Hodges who made this offer possible.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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21.Jul.2003
z5 (ANF)
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Amiga Demoscene Archive: Searching for PPC owners
Amiga Demoscene Archive was updated again with two demos: CNCD's classic Closer, winner at The Party 1995 and Spaceballs demo Dark Helmets from The Gathering 2003 and seven new logos were added in the Logo-gallery.
We are looking for people with high-end Amigas to help out with screenshots from PPC demos. (ps)
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21.Jul.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 21.07.2003
These updates or new programs have been uploaded to the Aminet since our last report:
newscoaster.lha comm/news 482K+NewsCoaster Full Version (v1.58) (MUI)
newscoastersrc.lha comm/news 229K+NewsCoaster Source Code (v1.58 - 11 Jul
TView.lha comm/tcp 77K+List TV-programs in Europe.
GuiGfxDevBas.lha dev/basic 31K+Using GuiGfx library from HBasic
ctags.lha dev/c 349K+Generate tag files of source code
CheckDisk.lha disk/misc 6K+A simple utility to check your disks
TheCrypt29.lha docs/mags 6.9M+Issue 29 of "The Crypt" online magazine
TheCrypt30.lha docs/mags 7.9M+Issue 30 of "The Crypt" online magazine
Saga.lha game/board 312K+Saga 1.28: Conversion of TSR boardgame
ToT_V0.50.lha game/demo 36M+Tales of Tamar Client V0.50
DM-Spells.png game/hint 9K+List of spells for Dungeon Master, CSB &
WormWars.lha game/misc 549K+Worm Wars 7.52: Advanced snake game
Marryampic2.lha game/think 525K+CardSet game with sound-pairs (MorphOS)
SmartScale.lha gfx/conv 31K+A CLI/WB program used for gfx conversion
PicShow.lha gfx/show 592K+Datatype picture viewer for directory to
WBVirus.lha misc/antiq 1K+Old bouncing balls display hack
Foundation3.mpg mods/mpg 21M+Third part of a three part suite
NI-SailorMoon.lha pix/icon 8K+Anime/Manga NewIcons: Sailor Moon
fryingpanshots.lha pix/illu 351K+FryingPan 0.022 (cd-burner program) scre
AAA2003_01.lha pix/misc 10M+Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 archive 01
Satire13-Apr03.jpg pix/misc 51K+"La satire du Jet d'Ail" in pictures on
CharMap.lha text/font 85K+Display the whole charset of a given fon
reqcollec2.lha util/cli 29K+Second collection of request tools
WarpJPEGdt.lha util/dtype 142K+JFIF-JPEG datatype V45.3 (68k,WarpOS,Mor
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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21.Jul.2003
Chris Hodges (E-Mail)
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Poseidon licencing ceasing on 01-Aug-03
Chris Hodges (Poseidon author) writes:
»Due to reasons I will not explain here further (ask me in private),
Poseidon keyfiles cannot be bought after 01-Aug-03. People having just
bought an USB card, that does not come with an OEM Licence, have the
chance to register Poseidon until the end of this month.
Support for existing users is NOT affected and will continue as usually.
It is recommended that dealers stop selling USB cards without licence to
avoid angry customers buying an useless piece of hardware, until the
vendor delivers his own software solution or the situation is solved
somehow.«
Im Klartext heißt das, dass die Software Poseidon von Chris Hodges
natürlich weiterentwickelt wird, aber bis auf weiteres nur noch Karten
mit OEM-Lizenz unterstützt werden. (ps)
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20.Jul.2003
Sebastian Brylka (E-Mail)
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FTW: Total Amiga Magazine #15 arrived
Sebastian Brylka of Funtime World writes:
We are glad to be able to announce that we have already received issue 15 of the
English Amiga magazine "Total Amiga".
As always some copies have been reserved for advance orders.
Interested parties who still want to receive a copy should therefore hurry up.
The magazine is still priced at EUR 6.50 incl. p&p (advance payment)!
From the contents:
- News
- AmigaOS 4 Update
- Columns from Fleecy Moss and Alan Redhouse Features
- Selling the new Amiga "it's not about the desktop"
- AROS: the DIY Amiga OS
- Mac: Reloaded - getting back into classic Mac emulation
- Quake II Competition
- Tales of Tamar Update
Reviews:
- Pegasos and MorphOS 1.3
- Subway USB
- IBrowse 2.3
- FXPaint 2
- Aqua
PD Paradise:
Support:
- Top Tips
- Hollywood Tutorial - how to create a simple presentation with the new multimedia
package
As always you can conveniently order the magazine from our online shop!
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Fortnightly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 15
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 15 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-15, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):
1) amif1team: How about support for Russian and Ukrainian Amiga users? Do you support the Russian Amiga dealer 'Amiga Line' or do you have any other future plans to sell AmigaOne hardware in Russia and the Ukraine?
Fleecy: We have Russian and Ukranian language drivers in AmigaOS4.0 and although the Russian team seems to have disbanded, we have been told another is being formed.
The new Amiga Power Platform website will provide a forum for Amiga users and we will work with the ATO to make sure that it supports languages other than English. Our aim is to be able to work with local groups and dealers since they know their areas and markets far better than we do.
We are happy to sell AmigaOS and Amiga certified hardware such as the AmigaOne anywhere. The dealer you mention can send me a private email and I will try to get him/her set up.
2) Mojo-kun: AmigaOS needs modern applications. There is lots of very good free software which could be ported to AmigaOS if it had POSIX compatibility and some common GUI toolkits such as QT, GTK+ or GNU Step. What do you think of this and is an effort being made to support these technologies?
Fleecy: A great platform needs great applications. Our aim is to support and encourage the development of new applications on our platform so that we start to develop a unique and appealing software base that offers something over the other platforms.
Having said that, new applications take time and resources. AmigaOS4.0 will start off with a lot of older Amiga Generation 1 applications that are emulated, most of which are in serious need of updating. To increase the amount of AmigaOS4 specific software we have been looking closely at what is needed and what can be moved quickly from other platforms, such as Windows and Linux.
A strategy is underway to make such porting easier but, at the same time, we have to be careful not to turn AmigaOS4 into something else. POSIX, for example was created for very specific reasons, reasons that don't map one hundred percent onto the AmigaOS.
3) Turbo: According to the original Amiga One Zico Specification, several AmigaDE friendly processor types were to be supported. Are there still plans for a future Amiga OS to support x86? Is the future replacement for Amiga OS4.x coded on top of intent or is this going to be rehashed to run exclusively on a 64bit G5?
Fleecy: Our plan is still to make AmigaOS5 processor agnostic so eventually it will run on x86 but this is some time off, and would mark the completion of the Amiga Generation 2 project.
It will not be built on top of Intent. Intent will reside within the AmigaOS as a service, providing Amiga Anywhere and Java support.
The 64 bit AmigaOS implementation has always been a target, since we will be able to implement orthogonal persistence much more easily than on a 32 bit platform. There are still a lot of issues to sort out first however.
4) Yellow: I have Party Pack. I'm planning to buy AmigaOne with the latest AmigaOS perhaps after a year. Can I safely assume that I will get the $100 refund then? Does it matter what kind of AmigaOne model I buy; if there someday exists an AmigaOne model that uses 64-bit PPC processor, can one get the refund for buying that?
Fleecy: The voucher scheme is refundable against an AmigaOne (which is the Amiga certified Eyetech board and an OEM copy of AmigaOS that runs natively on it) so if you buy it a year after it comes out, then yes, you can claim the refund. The exact mechanism is still being discussed between ourselves and participating dealers but it will have to be in place before AmigaOS4.0 ships.
I don't see why it can't be used against a 64 bit Amiga but that is some time off.
5) alx: If you went back in time to before the A1/OS4 project began, what things would you have done differently and why?
Fleecy: I'd have put $1000 on the winner of the Grand National and I wouldn't have wasted $10 to see The Phantom Menace ;-)
With hindsight, we'd have started the AmigaOS4.0 project straight away, running it in parallel with the AmigaDE project. I also wouldn't have wasted 9 months trying to bring the various factions together for the sake of unity.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing though.
6) Samurai_Crow: What affect does Tao Group's release of Intent 2 have on the AmigaDE platform and the general plans for the future?
Fleecy: As with every revision of Intent, we assess it, move the AmigaDE code to it and then help the developers to move their content to it. We are both committed to creating a better and better product set and seeing both Intent and the AmigaDE and its content on more devices and in more markets.
7) Agafaster: Can we have a PPC Linux version of Amiga DE? Pretty please?
Fleecy: The first version of the AmigaDE on PPC will be for AmigaOS4. This has been stated publicly from the very beginning - AmigaOS first, then OS X and then any other opportunities that make business sense.
8) Asemoon: Some time ago Amiga's CEO demonstrated AmigaDE's 2D scaling abilities for TechTV. When available for AmigaOS will the users be able to open AmigaDE software in seperate user defined screenmodes? (Screens various resolutions, instead of just running on the desktop as demonstrated on Windows/Linux)
Fleecy: Yes.
9) Asemoon: The AmigaOne-lite is said to become an entry-level Amiga solution. Are there any plans for an A1200/A500-style or similar custom case for housing the AmigaOne-lite motherboard?
Fleecy: There are plans yes but plans aren't products until you can buy them. A few third parties have also contacted us about creating their own case designs so expect to see quite a bit of choice.
10) unclecurio: In a previous Q&A, you mentioned you were looking at the way Apple had used the audio units system in OSX. Can you tell us a little more about how the Amiga solution might operate?
Fleecy: The AG2 audio solution actually started life way back when the AmigaDE was going to replace AmigaOS, quite some time before the OS X audio system became public knowledge. Reading the Core Audio documentation made us smile quite a bit.
Once we decided that AmigaDE and AmigaOS would address different markets, this solution was retargeted at the AmigaOS.
The AG2 audio project uses elements called 'streamers' which are similar to Core Audio's 'audio units'. They can perform filter-like tasks like effect processing, format conversion, stream encoding/decoding, mixing or I/O related tasks like streaming a file from/to disk or network.
To make a distinction between streamers of different applications, streamers belong to a certain 'Audio Context'. Of course there can be communication and data flow between several contexts, so the audio output of one application (for example a software sampler) can be routed to the input of another application (for instance, a multi-track program).
There will be specific higher-level streamers to accomodate for games, to make use of DSP's for example, without the need for the programmer to program them directly. The goals of the architecture are to make use of multi-channel audio, DSP's, multiple CPU's, etc. when they are available and to make sure a lowest possible level of latency can be acquired by means of a Quality of Service system.
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=16
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (nba) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New packages up to 20th July 2003
With the help of WHDLoad you can now install games on your hard disk that had
only been meant for floppy use. The following packages have been added or
updated since our last announcment:
- 20.07.03 new: X-It (Psygnosis) done by Psygore
- 20.07.03 new: Warm Up (GENIAS) done by CFOU!
- 20.07.03 improved: Plan 9 From Outer Space (Gremlin Graphics) new
imager and install script
- 20.07.03 new: MOT (Opera Soft) done by CFOU!
- 20.07.03 improved: Lemmings - Oh! No More (Psygnosis/DMA Design)
supports another version, better speed, new icons
- 20.07.03 improved: Impact! (ASL) better mouse support
- 20.07.03 improved: Harley Davidson (Mindscape) new imager
- 20.07.03 new: Cavitas (Nite Time Games) done by Psygore
- 20.07.03 improved: Cardiaxx (Electronic Zoo/Team 17) new imager
- 20.07.03 new: Bubble And Squeak (Audiogenic) done by JOTD
- 20.07.03 fixed: Bloodnet (Microprose/GameTEK) removed disk requester
- 20.07.03 improved: Ballistix (Psyclases/Reflexions) new imager
- 20.07.03 improved: Adrenalynn (Exponentia)
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
Diverse
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Software-News in a nutshell (20th July 2003)
Several applications have been enhanced since the last software news update.
We want to tell about the changes below:
NewsCoaster
The Newsgroup client NewsCoaster has been released in version 1.58.
A.o.t. MUI is required. Download
Jamiga
The pre alpha version 0.0.0.0.0.5 of the final version 1.3.1 of Jamiga, a Java
Runtime Environment (JRE) implementation for AmigaOS 3.9 and 4.0, has been
released on the Sourceforge Website. Download
SmartScale
SmartScale, a CLI/WB program for scripted graphics conversion, has been
released by Lorence Lombardo in version 2.0d. Download
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
Amigan Software (Website)
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Amigan Software: Worm Wars 7.52 released
On 16th July 2003 the Snake clone "Worm Wars" by Amigan Software was released
in version 7.52 for AmigaOS and Windows. Several changes have been made since
the last version 7.51a:
- New object: super bomb.
- Improved sound effects.
- Miscellaneous rule changes and bug fixes.
Download: WormWars.lha (565 KB)
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
AmithlonTV (Website)
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TV card driver: AmithlonTV Beta-Version 347
Today Guido Mersmann has released the beta version 347 of the TV card driver
software AmithlonTV with several minor updates and improvements.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha
Changes:
- FEATURE: Added the missing "external" hardware type. This type is
useful when creating non supported hardware or non hardware sources
like frogger.
- FEATURE: New tv card "PowerColor MTV878" supported. Thanks to Harald
Frank for sending me the card.
- FEATURE: Most of the card can use a second (!!) VHS (FBAS/Composite)
input just by updating AmithlonTV. If you ever wished to have a second
composite insteed of the SVHS (S-Video) input, then your dreams come
true. Now you get both! All you need is a special VHS->S-VHS input cable
to successfully connect your input signal. Most graphic boards with
TV-Out are providing such cable. Beside the fact the chinch is male (use
a chinch gender changer) this cable may not work. Mine has input/output
connected, so it works in both directions. Just give it a try before
wasting money.
NOTE: Giftware means sending me a gift not considering AmithlonTV as
a gift!
- FEATURE: Invented a remote control standard and wrote the first
driver for the "PowerColor MTV878". Using a remote is so cool! For the
next AmithlonTV presentation I need a remote control. (-8.
NOTE: If you are waiting for a version which supports your card, then
you may wait forever. Make a TVCardDump and sent it in. In the most cases
the card is running within minutes.
- CHANGED: I did many small changes to the drivers and the library core.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
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Samba 3.0.0beta3 released
The third (and possibly final) beta release of Samba 3.0.0 is available for download.
While significantly closer to the final release, it should still be considered a
non-production release provided for testing purposes only. The source code and GnuPG signatures
can be found on Samba mirrors. RedHat RPMS for 7.3, 8.0 and 9.0 are also available in the
Binary_Packages download area.
Packages for other platforms will follow shortly.
The full release notes are available on-line as well.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
Thomas Rapp (ANF)
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PicShow Version 1.29 released
Thomas Rapp has released version 1.29 of the picture viewer PicShow.
This program is meant to be configured as a picture viewer in directory tools
like DirOpus or DosControl. It shows the doubleclicked picture in a
borderless window on the specified custom screen. The remarkable about this
program is that it reads the whole directory the picture is in and you can
then choose other pictures out of this directory from a menu or by pressing
the cursor keys.
Main features:
- can be started from Workbench or Shell
- runs on any public screen or opens its own screen
- directories can be recursively searched for pictures
- pictures are recognized by file name or file type
- pictures are preloaded and held in the buffer
- Slideshow with various transition effects
- picture printout
- picture editing: scale, mirror, rotate
- color editing: contrast, brightness, colour, gamma
- RGB colour filter, greyscale
- can display all pictures from multiple picture files, e.g. GIF (anim) or TIFF (fax).
- Copy & Paste - support
- Drag & Drop
- Iconify
- ARexx port
- freely configurable keyboard mapping
- freely configurable navigation bar
- all functions can be executed via keyboard, menu, navigation bar or ARexx
- includes versions for 68040, WarpOS and PowerUP.
PicShow can be downloaded from Aminet. (nba) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
Markus Lunk bei GFX-BASE
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Superfrog level on external wall
Markus Lunk writes:
This morning I found something amusing.
You all still know SuperFrog, the Jump'N'Run with the grinning little frog?
GFX-BASE have provided a couple of photos
on which the game's first level was painted onto an external wall. The wall is in
the Luna Park in Belgrade. You can go directly to the pictures through the title link.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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20.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi: Statement on Pegasos II/III and company strategy
SuperBundle Sunday! :-D
Good work Targhan!
In honor of the eve of the first SuperBundle Sunday we will just post this message here!
Why the Dell not?!
1. We started with the Pegasos by attracting smart computer users. We have found that "Geeks" who are creative and innovative work miracles. Just have a look at the weekly releases and activities report here and on the other sites. Further, by promoting the Pegasos as a multiple OS machine we opened ourselves to even broader based attention. Many special computer people appreciate this and are developing a number of very interesting applications for the Pegasos. The Summer Promotion and the Betatester Blowout were part of that strategy. Of course, the SuperBundle is too. The idea is to build a "Community" of active, enthusiastic users who have an interest in advancing the platform. Now that we have Pegasos machines in 34 countries, well over 200 MorphOS developers registered at MDC, and a framework for third-party and alternate OS involvement through Phoenix, we can begin to consider the next steps.
2. As mentioned before, we will do our best to take advantage of the Linux wave. We are definitely poised to do that here in Europe. We are positioning the platform as a non-west-coast-USA product. That has a broad appeal here. Look at the recent success of SuSE in Munich. Things are changing. For example, by the end of 2005, the French Government has mandated that no Windows OS can be used by any local government. In Spain, there is an even broader Linux move afoot. There is definitely an opportunity coming. Outside of Europe, a couple of weeks ago at the Developing World Conference hosted by the World Bank and the UN, one of the key issues/conclusions was that building an IT infrastructure based on Linux was key toward the establishment of stable societies in Africa. Worldwide, the "education" market will also be big. Enough about that.
3. We hope to have QNX running fully on the Pegasos soon. It is partially working already. We expect to see a commercial package later this year and hope the good folks at QNX will fully support our developing relationship. This addresses the embedded market.
4. In the meanwhile, MorphOS continues to improve. Have you visited http://mdc.morphos.net lately? We are definitely creating a community there. :-) We also have a third party developer site picking up some steam at www.phinixi.com. The foundation for the future is being set.
5. This brings us to the whole Pegasos II/G4 discussion. To serve the markets mentioned above we need to have a dual approach. First, we need a basic system and second we need a "Geek" machine -- a SuperGeekTweak if you will. The Pegasos II G3 will sufficiently provide the gist for all the "basic" market capability we need. Can the G4 do the rest? Last week we decided it could not. The incremental difference in performance and efficiency did not warrant the investment we had intended to make. Frankly, the G4 works and we will make some, but the investment required does not correspond to the performance gained. This is why we let the information slip into the thread about the Pegasos III and the 970. With the 970 we can see the potential.
The information above highlights our ongoing, generally known intentions. As we do not have the overhead of a big company, it is not terribly difficult to do all that. Plus, our costs are further lower because we own or control everything internally (IP, production, etc.).
Now, what remains the ultimate objective? Why are we doing all of this?
Please remember, we have always said that first and foremost the Pegasos is a development platform. The ultimate target is the digital terrestrial/satellite television STB market. "Target" here means potential customers. Do not confuse what we want to offer them with what they have today. This is not a SetPal box (for those in the UK) -- it is MUCH more. We will offer two tiers -- basic (receiver plus a little extra functionality) and Super (bundled with a broadband ISP connection and ALOT of extra functionality). The market here in Europe is estimated by more than a few sources at over $2.5 billion in the next four to five years. MorphOS is "lite" and can lower our memory and comparative CPU costs against the competition. We do not pay royalties for its use either. Further, please notice that the PPC is the state of the art in this market space. We expect our first BIG customer to travel with us to IBM in Ny to help us negotiate CPU prices down for vo
lumes over 1 million units. This STB WILL BE a computer and in fact could also be at the higher end the home server that is connected 24/7 and uses WIFI to communicate with everything in the "digital home." We really are talking about something revolutionary. It is not just a STB; it is a whole new kind of computer that integrates many different sources of data into one focal point for distribution on demand and as required. It really is something new.
#1 Rule of Marketing: offer people what they have already, just give them something better, more convenient, improve their life, etc.
We hope the Community we are gathering here can understand the potential we are discussing. One day not too far away analogue television signals will cease. The transition to digital will be fast in commercial terms. Everyone will need a receiver. The DVB standard has been broadly accepted in Europe and like GSM was to mobile telephones vis-à-vis the rest of the world, DVB will provide the same opportunity to this market here in Europe first (Australia and NZ too ;-) ).
The Pegasos as a computer will continue to march ahead, but the business plan in Genesi's future is about a multi-functional device that uses the internet and digital television signals to open up a whole new world of possibilities.
Now having said all that, a word about Press Releases and "professional" business behavior. We are accused of not be "professional" and even being "childish" by some of our more stern tormenters. We think they miss the point. What we are doing here is trying to build a broad and interesting mix of people that despite their different languages and cultures they share a common interest in the future we are trying to create. We cannot build a comfortable participative environment if we are not involved ourselves. This is not a "business" yet. We do not make money on the Pegasos or MorphOS. There are no profits. We do not need to hide behind Press Releases. We are here mucking around just like everyone else! We are not a public company. We are trying to cultivate something different. All the effort so far is still about creating something, which is why we feel like we need to be present and involved in mailing lists and Forums, and w
hy we do our best to answer the emails we receive. This is also why we freely communicate our difficulties. We want to "share" the creative process with as many of you who want to be involved. We are not following a strict execution plan. We are following a light not a railroad track.
For example, here is the latest challenge -- as of today, Marvell will not even certify their own G4 development board. They are expected to. We have been expecting them to do so for a few months. They have not. What to do? Now if we are all in this together, you will consider the actions we are taking to be quite admirable. If on the other hand your intentions are not constructive (why are you reading this?), you might have another reaction...
Thomas and Gerald of bplan with the full knowledge and understanding of Marvell will remove the G3 from a Marvell development board and replace it with a G4. We will do the northbridge testing ourselves. We are pretty proud of their ability to do that...:-) That means we will still have the Pegasos II ready in September. Nevertheless, we will sell it in exactly the same manner we did the Betatester machines in September 2002. Our focus will be developers and interested users with a bigger focus on other Operating Systems. In the meanwhile, the STB project marches along. You can see the prototype at the new bplan offices in Oberursel if you call ahead.
The SuperBundle and the Pegasos I G4 will be our focus at AmiWest and we look forward to participating. We just thought we would share a few thoughts beforehand to make the whole thing a bit more interesting. And yes, we have made more than a few of the G4 Pegasos I. We will showing them at AmiWest and getting these out after the Show.
Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill (ps) (Translation: cb)
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19.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi: Pegasos III with PPC 970 announced
In two comments on MorphOS-News.de Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck of Genesi have announced
the PEGASOS III
for the beginning of the next year which is supposed to be equipped with a
PPC 970.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jul.2003
ANN
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Magazine: The Crypt #30
Issue 30 of the English online magazine called "The Crypt" with the title "Pirates and Privateers"
has been published. You can read under the title link in this issue about Amiga news,
stories and other reports. If you want to read it offline you can donwload the magazine.
Downlaod: Crypt #30.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jul.2003
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Astronomy: Digital Almanac III version 5.3
There is an update to version 5.3 of the astronomical software Digital Almanac III.
Changes since version 5.2:
- Smaller executables because the program code was cleared.
- Smaller bugs in the MUI-notification fixed.
- Catalogs cleared.
- Bugs in drawing of the moon texture fixed. In version 5.2 the moon was only displayed
as a yellow unicoloured disk.
For this update you need version 5.0 or higher.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jul.2003
Amiga Inc.
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Amiga Inc.: Bill McEwen will not attend AmiWest 2003
In a message on the website of Amiga Inc. Bill McEwen mentioned that he cannot come
to the AmiWest 2003 which will take place on 26th and 27th July 2003 in Sacramento (USA).
Please read the following full message:
AmigaWest Update - July 19, 2003
Welcome to AmiWest 2003! This is another opportunity for the the Amiga
community and the rest of the world to see AmigaOS 4.0 demonstrated for
the first time. That is correct, Amiga Operating System Version 4.0,
along with the AmigaOne hardware, is a giant step forward for Amiga users.
I look forward to hearing or reading your thoughts and opinions on these
products. We are very pleased with the progress and believe that you will
like the demonstration at AmiWest and further enjoy the AmigaOS 4
experience once the product is released.
Regrettably, my plans have changed and I will not be attending AmiWest
this year. I have informed the organizers of AmiWest and they were very
understanding. However, in my absence, Amiga will be well-represented at
the event.
I hope that you all enjoy AmiWest. I will miss being there, as AmiWest
holds a very special place in my heart in regard to my affiliation with
Amiga and the community. I wish you all a very enjoyable time in Sacramento.
God Bless,
Bill McEwen President/CEO Amiga, Inc.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jul.2003
amiga.org
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AmiWest 2003 question-poll
At the AmiWest 2003 which will take place on
26th and 27th July 2003 in Sacramento (USA) there will be several conversations at
the banquet with some vips. In order to prepare best for these interviews Nicolas Mendoza
has created the opportunity of entering questions under the title link.
The questions should be short and clear and written in English.
Over the poll script the visitors of the website can vote which of the many entered
questions the moderator should ask in any case.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jul.2003
Jürgen Sachs (ANF)
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Imonc client for Fli4l on the Amiga
Jürgen Sachs wrote:
On my homepage the version 0.18 beta of AImonc is available.
AImonc is an Imonc client for the Amiga for using a remote control of a
Fli4l-Routers.
With AImonc you can control the most important functions like online, offline,
circuit choice, choice modus (auto/manual), reboot and system stop.
Additionally some information about the router are displayed.
The program is still beta but has now achieved a stable status.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jul.2003
Matthias Henze (ANF)
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stormamiga.lib for SAS/C is Freeware
From now on Matthias Henze has released stormamiga.lib for SAS/C as Freeware.
If there will be further updates in future he still cannot say.
Informationen to the "stormamiga.lib"
- The "stormamiga.lib" is a linker library for StormC and SAS/C.
- The StormC version is a replacement for all 68k linker libraries of
StormC, the "amiga.lib" and the startupcode "startup.o". Besides this many other
functions and features are offered.
- The SAS/C version is only partly a replacement for the linker libraries
of SAS/C. For the first time there is a linker library for SAS/C for the
MC68060, too. But also the slow linker library "scm040.lib"
is partly replaced by a faster version for the MC68040.
- The "stormamiga.lib" is fully written in assembler to achieve the maximum
speed.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jul.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Athlon 64 will be introduced on 23th September
»Today AMD has officially announced that the Athlon 64 which is AMDs upcoming
64-bit processor for desktops and notebooks will be introduced on 23th September.«
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jul.2003
Markus Lunk (E-Mail)
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New GhostScript version 8 for Amiga
Under the title link you can find the new GhostScript version 8 for 68k Amiga.
With GhostScript you can convert and print Postscript and PDF files.
It is especially interesting being able to convert Postscript files as they are created
by FinalWriter or Pagestream to PDF.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2003
Amiga Society (Website)
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Amiga Society celebrates third anniversary
Horst Diebel wrote:
"Yesterday three years ago Soci went online. During this time many things have happened
and the site has grown more and more but there were also some breaks. Some sections have
been added other ones have been deleted. We look forward what the future may bring...
Meanwhile it has become a good tradition to thank you all who have supported us. Therefore
we will do it in this year, too.
Thank you very much Andreas Magerl (Amiga Future) who has made his news available, Ian
Chapman with his Big Book of Amiga Hardware, Markus Schmidt with his ICQ-list and the
boys of the Schlachtfeld team. Furthermore we would like to say thank you to
Amiga-News and Amiga-Plus. Please keep on doing your good work. Of course thanks to all
who have supported us!
During the last days the following things have changed: There was an update of the
Big Book of Amiga Hardware and of the Little Book of Amiga Software. The section of
Schlachtfeld is online again and will be extended in the next days.
There is no special birthday update but we are intensively testing the last alpha of
Schlachtfeld to change as soon as possible to the beta status. We will give a current
status report in the next days."
amiga-news.de says Happy Birthday!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2003
Amiga Future (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Opinion poll concerning your computer system
Today Amiga Future has started a new opinion poll in which is asked what computer system
you use. You can take part in this opinion poll via the title link, the current results
you can find here.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: 5 Anniversary Preview
Amiga Arena - The fire still burns
5 Anniversary preview
In 1998 "Amiga Arena" has been founded in order to support the Amiga Freeware and
Shareware market.
Beginning with a link list at the end of 1998 Amiga Arena developed to a good place
for Shareware special actions.
By this concept several Shareware special actions could become possible.
During the time interviews (over 100 now) and the release of registered Shareware programs
were added as new features.
I could make possible all these things with the help of the developers and of all
active users of print and online magazines and news sites.
Thank you to all these people (have a look at the hall of fame) and all these ones
who I have not mentioned but who supported me, too.
Because of this event I will tell you the history of the last five years and will also
add screenshots.
But that is not all!
During the "Amiga Arena anniversary weeks" there will be several actions with many
developers and companies.
With the help of the list of participants you may imagine what things you can
expect.
The summer will be hot - the fire still burns!
Commercial participants:
- AmiAtlas Team
- Amiga Future
- amiga-news.de
- AMIGAplus
- Airsoftsoftwair
- Apex-Designs
- e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment gmbh
- Funtime World
- Hyperion Entertainment
- IOSPIRIT
- Inutilis Imperium
- KDH Datentechnik
Shareware participants:
- Gutmann, Steffen (MuiBase)
- Hodges, Chris (Poseidon USB)
- Dröge, Sven (Bonds)
- Hoffman, Helmut (PhotoAlbum/CyberShow)
- Jahn, Bert (WHDLoad)
- Kimna, Christoph (PairsNG)
- Kost, Stefan (SoundFX)
- Unger, Thomas (The Kickstart Archives)
I want to thank all participants! I hope you will take part in many of the actions
to show me that the last five years have been useful and to show the developers/companies
that their work is still wanted!
Your Olaf K. - Amiga Arena
amiga-news.de says Happy Birthday - five years are a very good performance!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2003
Maik Schultheis (ANF)
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AmiGate is there again
Maik Schultheis wrote:
After a long time we have decided to keep on running AmiGate.
We hope you will support as good as you can do!
Have you a commercial or private Amiga site?
You can register your website for free thus other people can also have a look at
your page! Please join us.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Jul.2003
Rudolph Riedel (E-Mail)
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File Manager: DiskMaster Version 2.5.23
Rudolph Riedel has released version 2.5.23 of his file manager and put it up for download (title link) on his homepage.
This time there's a version compiled with GCC as well as a version compiled for Amithlon. Owing to the Amithlon license Rudolph Riedel could not test the latter.
The most important changes in brief:
2.5.23 (2003-07-17) 74096 Bytes
- New version numbering - the next full version will be 2.6.
- Many little changes have been made to DM2, in order to make it compliable with GCC, VBCC and GCC for Amithlon -> portability.
- IRQ Server has been replaced with timer.device code -> portability.
- Mistake correcting.
Rudolph Riedel: "I allowed myself to issue a call for
donations
on the Internet. I would love to support the AmigaOS in the future, but my A1200 is really not suited for this anymore and I really don't have the spare cash for a better Amiga. I guess I have more motivation than credit..."
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jul.2003
Gunnar Bernhardt (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE Appears in Version 0.8.22R8
A new version of Toni Wilen's Amiga emulator 'WinUAE' for Windows has been released, version 0.8.22 Release 8. This version contains the following bugfixes and new milestones:
WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 8 (16.07.2003)
Bugs fixed:
- stuck joypad POV directional controller
- joystick keyboard layout B and C second firebutton
- workaround for buggy sound driver (ISA SB16, maybe others)
that report zero as minimum and maximum supported sample rate
- possible crash when copying to virtual filesystem's root
- CD32 media change detection
- extended ADF write protection check
- extended ADF HD floppy support
- fast copper works again + config file support
- JIT FPU fix (Descent Freespace -demo)
- 57600 serial bit rate was incorrectly rounded to 56000
- ~2.8GHz+ CPU clock rate calculation overflow
New features:
- all configuration file loading restrictions removed,
load new configuration file at any time!
- display width, height, depth, lores, doubling, correct aspect
can be changed on the fly
- bsdsocket.library updates
- Picasso96 emulation optimizations
- improved audio emulation
(Mortville Manor, Maupiti Island speech and Fighting Soccer)
- AHI driver update
- improved and more compatible CD32 pad emulation
- improved CD32 CD autodetection
- sound capture to wav-file
- Direct3D hardware filtering and scaling
- more configurable source tree, added very simple way
to disable features like AGA, JIT, bsdsocket, Picasso96,
harddisk, 68020+ etc..
- separate basic A500-only WinUAE executable included (winuae_mini.exe)
- quick state save (SHIFT/CTRL + END + numpad 0-9) and restore support (END + numpad 0-9)
As always, a German mirror is available at webwood.de!
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jul.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies Records #046
The scene group Liquid Skies released their 46th music pack yesterday. This time there is a piece titled "Angel Sky" from the Polish musician Lcr and a fitting cover from guest artist Yenzi.
Further information about the track:
Titel: Angel Sky
Artist: Lcr
Style: Drum'n'Base
Song length: 3:58
Format: mp3 (128kbps)
The zipped file with a size of 3.6 megabytes may be downloaded free from the homepage under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jul.2003
John Chandler/Suite101 (Website)
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John Chandler on Suite101: The AmigaOne XE G4
At Suite101.com John Chandler writes regular Amiga-themed articles. In
the newest column, which may be reached under the title link, Mr. Chandler concerns himself with the new Amiga hardware, the AmigaOne XE G4. Have fun reading the text of this English-language article. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jul.2003
ExoticA (Website)
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ExoticA: High Voltage SID Collection Version 5.3
The demoscene website ExoticA! has been updated in many of its sections. Especially pronounced is the update in the High Voltage SID Collection, which has been brought to version 5.3 and now contains about 20,660 different C64 tunes. Details about other updates may be found here. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jul.2003
The Legacy (Website)
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The Legacy: Game Museum News
The Legacy is a game museum for C64, Amiga, Atari, PC,
Schneider/Amstrad CPC, in which the readers provide screenshots, cover scans
and information about the developers. On the news page, the Legacy team has announced the following:
Next we draw your attention to a new game titled "Eve Online - The Second Genesis."
Here
is a review in which you may get an idea of how in-depth the game is, and how it is played.
Further, DoM of Team Legacy explains: "In the meantime there are two sorts of updates. A master update, which has broadened into more than 600 games, and an incremental update. The latter is to accomodate everyday-type changes.
Our regular guests certainly have noticed by now that support has been slow new steps: Betatesters can already use all the new functions. All other visitors can use some of them. In the background I'm working under intense pressure on new functions which will move some functions into the live database, including email notifications when something is taken over." (ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jul.2003
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Amiga Games Hit Parade: Vote July/August 2003
The publishers of Amiga Games Hit Parade call for your vote
of games this July/August 2003. You may take part in the voting
by sending a list of up to 20 of your favorite games in an email to
David "Daff" Brunet, or going to hitparade.amigames.com.
You can vote for any sort of game (commercial, freeware, old, new, etc.). The final results will be published in August.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jul.2003
AMIGAplus
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AMIGAplus: Free Download of the Mini-Mag "SDL-Reference"
In light of many inquiries and the data cooperation with
libsdl.org the editors of
AMIGAplus are offering a free download of the German-language reference
volume for Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL).
The three part reference, which by the way is the first complete German-language reference of its kind, has been put together by
Robbie Schäfer, initially published in a minimag form in AMIGAplus editions from 04/2003 to 06/2003, and is now available as a PDF file for download under the title link, in the Download/SDL section.
Print out the first/second and third/fourth sides on a single page and then fold them as described in the documentation. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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16.Jul.2003
Sven Scheele und Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Event: Pegasos hardware meeting news
As reported before (for details see title link), the
Amiga-Club Hamburg e. V.
and the Amiga-Club Schleswig-Holstein
will do a hardware meeting on Friday the 1st of August 2003 covering specially the new
Pegasos computer. We arranged the beginning of that meeting to be set to 4:00 pm,
the room is rented until midnight. Everyone interested in the Pegasos is very welcome to show up.
The address is: Volkshaus Berne, Sasselheider Weg 6, 22159 Hamburg
(city district Berne), Entry: left back door, 1st floor. Who likes to bring an own Pegasos should contact
Thorsten Mampel by
email.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ICQ)
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Volunteers for the demo scene web project "Scenia" wanted
The maintainers of Scenia, a web project for a platform independent demo scene, are looking
for some motivated and voluntary fellows for their team.
For a required reconstruction of the website there is an in PHP and SQL experienced programmer,
a gfx artworker and probably an online editor wanted to bring the due to lack of time little
bit stopped project back on track again.
Brief "applications" are welcome by email to
m.cloppenburg@gmx.net.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Gabriele Favrin (E-Mail)
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IRC-Channel #AWeb reopend
Gabriele Favrin has re-established the known chat channel regarding AWeb, an open source based web browser for
AmigaOS, at the IRC. Users and developers are welcome to discuss the issues of all versions of AWeb. The channel
is at the IRCnet to find under the name #AWeb.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Bjorn Lynne (E-Mail)
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"Return to Witchwood" by Bjorn Lynne released
Bjorn Lynne has announced the release of his new CD, "Return to
Witchwood". The CD can, earlier than originally planned, be pruchased from now on at the online shop
of Lynne-Music by the title link as a single disk or bundled with other CDs.
Orders befor August the 10th will be signatured by the composer.
As the successor of "Witchwood" this fantasy music album offers the expected chilled tunes. The website
offers several extracts from different tracks.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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Mac: Northland getting closer to release
The Apple Macintosh version of Northland is very close to completion now.
The game has been in betatesting for some time now. "Northland", which was
developed by Funatics Software for the PC is ported to the Apple Macintosh
and other platforms by e.p.i.c. interactive. The Mac version will require at
least a G3/350 with 128 MByte RAM and OSX. A OS 9.x version will also be
supplied on the CD but the memory requirements are not 100% known yet.
"Northland" for the Macintosh should start shipping from the middle of
August 2003 and preordering from our webstore will start next week, when the
demo version of Northland for the Mac will be launched.
More information on Northland can be found at:
www.northland-game.com or
under the title link.
The MorphOS version of Northland should go beta very soon. A demo version for
the Pegasos and MorphOS can be expected in August.
(ps)
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16.Jul.2003
Carsten Berger (E-Mail)
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Poll about the 3D map for Tales of Tamar started
Some days ago Eternity gave a
status update
of Tales of Tamar and pointed to the
planned 3D map (Snapshot).
Within the comments there were surprisingly little feedback about this map.
To give Eternity the possiblity to get an overview about the interest on such a map
we started a poll regarding that map.
Please vote only if you bought ToT already or if you will buy it definitely (maybe if there is such a
3D map). Thereforeso: Please don't hesitate to vote because for a programmer nothing is worse than
ignoring his work.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
MUI Classes (Website)
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Website for new or updated MUI classes
Jocke 'Zerohero' Sjöblom has owed his website to new MUI classes. Whenever there is an update or a new
version in area, the info regarding it will be to find at this website.
For example in July 2003 the MCC_TheBar class has been updated several times.
Currently the version 16.0 is available for download.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Amiga Inc. (Website)
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Amiga Inc.: AmigaOS Artist Competition and Community Exchange
Get your art published on the AmigaOS 4 CD and explore our new Community Exchange! Click here to read about the competition and here to browse or contribute to the Community Exchange. (ps)
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16.Jul.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New packages until 07-15-2003
With WHDLoad it is possible to install games onto the hard disk which were meant originally for
floppy disk use only.
The following packages were added or updated since the last announcement:
- 15.07.03 new: Jinxter (Magnetic Scrolls) done by Galahad
- 15.07.03 improved: Operation Stealth (Delphine Software) rewritten
- 15.07.03 improved: King's Quest 6 (Sierra) protection removed, new icon
- 15.07.03 improved: James Pond 2 - Robocod (Millennium) supports CD³² version too
- 15.07.03 improved: Storm Master (Silmarils) supports another version, slave optimised
- 15.07.03 improved: Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Tengen/Teque) supports another version
- 14.07.03 new: Typhoon (Kingsoft) done by Psygore
- 14.07.03 new: Space Hulk (Electronic Arts) done by Galahad
- 14.07.03 new: Eliminator (Hewson) done by CFOU!
- 14.07.03 new: Madness (Anarchy) done by Galahad
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16.Jul.2003
James Daniels (E-Mail)
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New Payback GBA Status Report
A new progress report on the GBA version of Payback has been posted
here.
This update talks about the performance and presentation improvements that
have been made to the game over the last month, in particular the addition
of a "bloom blur" effect and the dramatic optimisation of the audio mixer.
It includes four new screenshots and a video clip of the game's improved
pause mode.
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16.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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G4: A few ammount of Pegasos I April 2 G4 available
The first processor card to upgrade the Pegasos is available now.
Thank to the flexible, upgradable and open architecture of the Pegasos Genesi
offers a G4 upgrade which will lead you to the next step of computer experience.
For the Pegasos are
processor cards
with a Motorola 7447 CPU which operates with 1 GHz and more available now.
The 7447 is the newest PowerPC processor of the fourth generation
(G4) by Motorola, which offers an increased performance compared to the recent
processor generation (G3). Additionally to a bigger cache the
7447 offers more pipelines, an improved front side bus (FSB) and, most important, an SIMD unit called Altivec.
Altivec offers a special on-chip vector engine, which is capable of operate more than one Gflops (one billion
floating point operations per second) but is still affordable for an average user.
There is a few ammount of Pegasos-1/April-2 boards with this G4 card available for
EUR 499.- (excl. VAT). If you are interested in one of these boards please feel free to contact
bbrv@genesi.lu.
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