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22.Sep.2001
Jan Andersen (email)


Virus Help Denmark: Safe version 17.0
Of the virus detector 'Safe' has version 17.0 been released. Here the details:

Name: Safe v17.0
Archive name: Safe.lha
Archive size: 21.110 bytes
Release date: 22. September 2001
Programmer: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski


News in v17.0:
  • fixed PatchWork hit at EasyRequest()
  • added another security mechanism that should be able to detect actions of packet based stealth engines. Thanks to Jan Andersen (for HANF).
  • signed the most important stuff with PGP. My pubkey will be on VHT-DK/VHT-CA sites, but as for the first time it is also in bonus directory. Thanks to Charlene McNulty for idea, help, and especially for the DiskMaster menus.
  • My new Aminet uploader is Jan Andersen.
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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22.Sep.2001
Kultpower.de (ANF)


Kultpower.de - server move and new AmigaJoker reviews
Kultpower.de is now placed on a much bigger server (resp. in a bigger package at the provider), this should solve the problems with shortage of webspace and restricted data transfer for a longer period of time. Therefore can all review articles, that will be released from now on, be made available in better quality (less compression).

There are also at once 22 new AmigaJoker reviews taken from the issues 9-12/1991: Abandoned Places, Apidya, Battle Isle, Blues Brothers, Bundesliga Manager Professional, Cruise for a Corpse, Die Kathedrale, Eye of the Beholder, Gunboat, Hunter, James Pond 2, Kings Quest 5, Knights of the Sky, Life and Death, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Magic Pockets, Manchester United Europe, Mega lo Mania, R-Type 2, Silent Service 2, The Return of Medusa, Thunderhawk, Utopia. With these there are now already 79 AmigaJoker reviews of Amiga classics.

Besides that you can now find in the AmigaJoker database for every game a direct link to the details of the game at the games museum "The Legacy".

For all fans of non Amiga classics there are new PowerPlay reviews taken from the issues 11/94 and 1/95: Colonization (MS-DOS), CreatureShock (MS-DOS CD-ROM), DawnPatrol (MS-DOS CD-ROM), Earthsiege (MS-DOS), Ecstatica (MS-DOS), HellonEarth (MS-DOS), IronAssault (MS-DOS CD-ROM), KingsQuest7 (Windows CD-ROM), Lemmings3 (MS-DOS), Lollypop (MS-DOS), MasterofMagic (MS-DOS), PoliceQuest4 (MS-DOS CD-ROM), SystemShock (MS-DOS), U.S.NavyFighter (MS-DOS CD-ROM), UnderaKillingMoon (MS-DOS CD-ROM), Warcraft (MS-DOS CD-ROM).

The complete number of Powerplay reviews is now grown to tidy 349. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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22.Sep.2001
#ac.de (ANF)


Logo competition of AC-Deutschland in final round
The Amiga-Club Deutschland e.V. i.Gr. thanks all the senders for their logo creations for the new Germany wide Amiga club.

The meanwhile more than 20 members were very happy about the good participation and would be even more pleased with a similar great interest in the public voting.

Everbody (those not being members, too) may vote for his/her favorite creation and so contribute his/her share to the look of the AC-DE. We would be pleased if one or another would give reasons for his/her decision in the discussion forum. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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21.Sep.2001
AudioLabs


Music: ProStationAudio Millenium
September 2001: ProStationAudio Millenium, T8 and Remix compatible with SoundBlaster PCI boards.
ProStationAudio is successfully working with Creative's SoundBlaster PCI boards installed on Mediator busboards, under AmigaOS.

The software has just passed tests at an audio production facility, under daily working conditions. The test setup includes a Mediator PCI busboard, SoundBlaster 128 PCI, and VooDoo graphic card for displaying the ultra-hi-res PSA GUI.

Mediator 1200 PCI busboard

Audio hardware is accessed via AHI, drivers for additional Creative's models are due soon (SoundBlaster Live! to start with) by the busboard makers.

Elbox, makers of Mediator, confirm also that the PCI busboard supports installing two PCI graphic cards. ProStationAudio can take advantage of two display cards (and two monitors) for increased productivity. This feature, already supported for Zorro graphic cards, is now available also for PCI boards.

ProStationAudio is the reference audio editing/mastering software for AmigaOS. With this new developemnt on PCI hardware the range of supported hardware now includes:
  • Draco
  • Amiga with one or two CPU, up to two graphic cards, two monitors and any AHI-compatible audio card or stock audio chip. Graphic and audio cards can be on Zorro or PCI busses.
ProStationAudio supports also non-AHI pro cards such as the SoundStagePro DSP and provides direct access to NewTek Flyer, Sunrize Studio16 and Digidesign SD audio files, beside standard Amiga, Apple, Windows and Unix audio files includig MP3.

Informations on other PCI busboard options, such as the G-Rex specific for PPC accelerators owners, will be published as soon as audio drivers will be released by hardware makers. ProStationAudio is fully hardware independent and will work with any audio board, PCI or Zorro, provided AHI drivers are available from hardware vendors. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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21.Sep.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (e-mail)


CD32 Games Install Kit v4.5 released
The CD32 Games Install Kit v4.5 was just released on the Airsoft Softwair homepage (title link). This is the first public version of the program since version 3.9. Until now, versions 4.0 to 4.5 were only available for owners of the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition but now the InstallKit is available as Shareware again. The demo version can be downloaded from the Airsoft Softwair homepage.

Since version 3.9 many things have been changed:
For example there is now a MUI GUI, the stability of Install2001 was increased and much more games are supported now, for example Simon the Sorcerer with talkie soundtrack. Also the integrated emulator which runs games straight from the CD was greatly improved. Additionally the InstallKit can now be ordered by credit card through RegNet. And finally there is now an own section on the Airsoft Softwair homepage which covers information about the program (in the products section). (ps) (Translation: rh)

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21.Sep.2001
Heise [Newsticker]


Heise: Gilmore fears ban of strong crypto software
The co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), John Gilmore, fears that cryptography software may be banned in the USA because of the terror attacks and calls on people to mirror American cryptography software on foreign servers.
German Heise article at the title link. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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21.Sep.2001
Spiegel online


Spiegel: Q33NY
Like probably many others I have just received a private mail which points out something truly macabre: if you open a new document in Microsoft Word, enter the alleged flight number of one of the machines which were steered into the World Trade Center, Q33NY, and set font 'Windings' in size 48, something incredible could be seen. I have made some investigation on the web and found an interesting German article by 'Spiegel online' which you can read at the title link. The flight number Q33NY is wrong, and it is no hidden message but black demagogy. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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21.Sep.2001
Anu Seilonen (ANF)


Saku 2001 - Cloanto's speech and webcam in Aminet
The speech of Cloanto's Michael Battilana at Saku 2001 and Saku 2001 webcam animation are now available from Aminet:
saku2001.mpg (10 MB) - saku2001cam.mpg (5 MB)

For more info, photo report and Fleecy's greetings read this english summary.

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20.Sep.2001
Matthias Münch (ANF)


DigiBoosterPro Community starting survey
Matthias Münch wrote:
The DigiBoosterPro community page is starting a topical survey, today, to learn how much are interested in DigiBoosterPro being further developed. This survey has a 30 days duration. We then will analyze the data and contact the developers. Thus I ask for your active participation. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
Matay


Matay: Network card driver for RTL 8029 version 0.22
Version 0.22 of the driver for the chip based network card RTL8029 is available at the download section of the Prometheus support page. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
Amiga.org


Errorwear: Guru Meditation (Amiga) T-Shirt available
The Amiga Guru Meditation t-shirt announced by Errorwear is available now and can be ordered under the title link. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
Amiga.org


Amiga.org: New winnings for demo competition
As already reported the English news service Amiga.org is organizing a demo competition for the AmigaDE with categories for 64k and 4k demos. Amiga Inc. is giving away some merchandising products like the Amiga watch, mouse pads, coffee cups, and hats for this competition. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - new packets (until 20.09.01)
Thanks to WHDLoad floppy-disk-only games can be installed to harddisk. The following packets have been added or updated:
  • 20.09.01 new: Road Kill (Vision) done by JOTD
  • 20.09.01 new: Chuckie Egg 2 (Pick and Choose) done by Codetapper
  • 20.09.01 new: Chuckie Egg (Pick and Choose) done by Codetapper
  • 19.09.01 improved: Maniac Mansion (Lucasfilm) supports another version
  • 19.09.01 improved: Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis (LucasFilms Games) supports another version
  • 19.09.01 new: Eswat (U.S.Gold) done by CFOU!
  • 19.09.01 improved: Perihelion (Psygnosis) misc changes
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
Frogger


MPEG: Frogger in Russian and with new Argue-GUI
Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz is offering for download a Russian translation of the Frogger.guide on his website, now. Furthermore the Argue-GUI was updated.

This MPEG player supports playing of MPEG-1/2 videos with MPEG layer I, II, and III as well as AC3 audio formats. The program is available in versions (1.66) for PowerUp, WOS, and 68k, while audio output is disabled for the 68k version due to a bug which could not be located, up to now. A version with audio output will be released after this bug was fixed. Als the MorphOS version was almost finished.

Download of the different versions is possible via frogger.rules.pl and highantdev.de/frogger. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
Amigan Software


Tool: Report+ Version 5.04
With Reoprt+ by Amigan Software bugreports, Aminet readme files, autodocs, and similar can be created easily. The program is freeware and supports the GUI systems ReAction and GadTools.
Download: report.lha (376 KB) (ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
Fr3dY's Amiga Web Page


Fr3dY's Software: Ixemul Libs V48.2 and more updates
  • 20/September/2001: Updated Ixemul Libs to v48.2
  • 19/September/2001: Added Anubis v1.0.1
  • 19/September/2001: Added /var/tmp to IxEnv (tip by Jean Holzammer)
  • 18/September/2001: Updated SoX to v12.17.2
  • 13/September/2001: Updated wvWare to v0.6.7
(ps)

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20.Sep.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena: Interview with Radoslav Marusa
Radoslav Marusa, developer from the "Ablaze Entertainment" team and known by games like "Strangers" (distributor Vulcan Software) and a realtime strategy game for ClickBOOM as well as the program "ACommander2" for the AmigaDE SDK answered questions of the Amiga Arena. Ablaze Entertainment is developing for the AmigaDE SDK only, at the time being. Read the interview at the title link. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
Thomas Nosutta (ANF)


ACBB: ComBär pictures online
From now on pictures from the ComBär are available at the web-gallery. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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20.Sep.2001
Anu Seilonen (ANF)


Saku 2001 Pictures and Fleecy's Greetings Online
Following the tradition of the Finnish Amiga Users Group's Saku events, Saku 2001 generated a lot of material in the form of pictures, sounds and text, which is now available online. All material, including Fleecy's letter to Saku 2001, can be found via the official page of the Saku 2001 event at http://saku.amigafin.org/saku2001. (ps)

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19.Sep.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (email)


Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD update 1.04
Elbox Computer has made available the MM CD 1.04 upgrade today for registered Mediator Multimedia CD users. The update removes a bug, which led to incorrect settings for the Sound Blaster PCI128 playback frequency. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
Markus Nerding (email)


H&P: news about AmigaOS XL
Markus Nerding (H&P) wrote:
Discussion forums
19. Sept. 2001: with the beginning of this week we created two discussion forums at Yahoogroups. First you have to register at Yahoogroups (groups.yahoo.com or groups.yahoo.de) and than subscribe to the group. The subscribing is only possible via groups.yahoo.com (just enter there amigaxl or amithlon in the search field) because the national access doesn't know these groups. A real stupid error of Yahoogroups. Important hint: we recommend to discuss all questions in the group amigaxl as most of the people certainly can't know which emulator they'll use. More comprehensive instructions will follow tomorrow.

The dealing with the questions runs at full speed.
19. Sept. 2001: We are right now dealing with the countless questions that were asked. Using these we'll create further texts regarding the products Amithlon/AmigaXL to make the advantages and limitations more apparent. Please give us 1-2 days time for this ;-)
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - new packages (till 18.09.01)
Games that are thought to run only from disks can be installed to hard disk thanks to WHDLoad. The following packages were added or updated:

  • 18.09.01 improved: Control (Oxygene) better performance
  • 18.09.01 new: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (LucasFilm Games) done by JOTD
  • 18.09.01 new: Demons Are Forever (D.O.C.) done by Psygore (ReadMe,Image)
  • 18.09.01 new: Tune Disk 1 (Concept) done by Psygore (ReadMe,Image)
  • 18.09.01 new: Hardcore (Anarchy) done by Psygore (ReadMe,Image)
  • 18.09.01 new: Super Cauldron (Titus) done by CFOU!
  • 18.09.01 new: Quik (Stywos/Titus) done by CFOU!
  • 18.09.01 new: Maupiti Island (Lankhor) done by CFOU!
  • 18.09.01 new: Kult (Exxos) done by CFOU!
  • 18.09.01 new: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (tyne Soft) done by CFOU!
  • 17.09.01 improved: Zak Mc Kracken (Lucasfilm) supports another version
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
GoldED / Czech Amiga News


Discussion forum for GoldED
A discussion forum has been created for visitors of this site to share comments and opinions with other users of our software. On occasion of opening the forum, the first week's visitors will get a 50% rabate on all prices in our shop (while stock lasts). To claim your discount, log-in to the forum and register your e-mail address during the process. (ps)

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19.Sep.2001
AROS


AROS status: 76,62 % finished and 6,68 % in the works
The development of AROS steadily continues. Right now, already 76,62 % finished and 6,68 % in the works. This means 16,7 % work still to be done. AROS is an Open Source reimplementation of the AmigaOS 3.1. Next to the source code executable versions for Linux/i386, Linux/m68k, FreeBSD/i386 and the standalone version for IBM compatible PCs have been released. On the AROS main site you can find further details regarding this project. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
Mario Cattaneo (ANF)


MagicMenu searching new home
Mario Cattaneo wrote:
Olaf Barthel, the actual programer of MagicMenu, is leaving. Unfortunately he hasn't enough time anymore for the project as other works take too much time (e.g. the programming on AmigaOS 3.9...). For this reason Olaf has sent me all sources of MM with the request to find a successor. So, everybody with interest to continue the project may send me his/her application. ;-) This week there'll be an update to version 2.31. This will probably be the last update done by Olaf. Further information should follow soon on www.magicmenu.de (title link). (ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
ANN


ANN reactivated
Christian Kemp, the maintainer of Amiga Network News (ANN), is working on version 3 of the scripts for ANN and had therefore stopped the possibility to post news at short notice. As the new scripts now do demand more time than supposed first this function has been reactivated. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
AmiBench


AmiBench will soon be aged four
AmiBench, the refuge for small advertisments in the Amiga section, can soon celebrate its fourth birthday. For this reason there'll be a birthday quiz where among other presents Photogenics, the known image processor for various platforms, will be raffled.

Besides that, Mark ´tecno´ Wilson, the maintainer of AmiBench, bannounces that Neil Caunt will support him in the task of managing the site by doing the daily work. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
ALiENDESiGN


ALiENDESiGN: CD read errors
Some CDs, that were delivered with the Repulse Gold soundcard, have read errors. Affected are CDs that were delivered with Repulse Gold soundcards with a serial number between 51-32-2-0000 and 51-32-2-0069. We will exchange these CDs. Should you have such a CD then please contact ALiENDESiGN. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
WinUAE Homepage (ANF)


Emulator: WinUAE 0.8.17 release 1
Since yesterday is in download area of the WinUAE homepage the WinUAE 0.8.17 release 1 available.

Changes made in version WinUAE 0.8.17 release 1:
  • FIXED: Various AGA and chipset-related fixes. (Bernd#1, Toni Wilen)
  • FIXED: .GZ support in floppy dialog doesn't cause corruption. (Timothy)
  • FIXED: Updated sprite-collision logic which fixes Leander, Archon 1 and 2, Menace, etc. (Toni)
  • FIXED: Updated disk-emulation code, for higher compatability. Also now supports .fdi and high-density .adf images. (Toni, Adil Temel)
  • FIXED: 60Hz support in Dynablaster and BC Kid (Toni Wilen)
  • FIXED: BSD-Socket emulation is mostly working, although bugs still exist. (Bernd#3)
  • FIXED: Picasso96 screens smaller than their display-mode would have crap in their left-hand-border if you grabbed the screen's title-bar and moved the screen to the right.
  • FIXED: Updated copy of rtg.library, including more patches. (Bernd#3)
  • FIXED: You can set the WinUAE resolution in full-screen to whatever you desire. Especially useful so that you set your full-screen size to match your desktop size, and it will prevent all your desktop icons from moving around after exitting WinUAE. (me, Georg)
  • FIXED: Stupid sound_channels=0 stuff in config-files works properly.
  • FIXED: Stupid gfx_center_xxx=yes/no stuff in config-files works properly.
  • FIXED: Selecting an item in the Hard Drives page of the GUI and then moving its position in the list now leaves the item highlighted.
  • FIXED: Detect OS version early, and inform the user appropriately instead of crashing. Windows NT is no longer a supported OS for WinUAE.
  • FIXED: Various little off-by-one pixel errors in the GUI.
  • FIXED: MIDI in/out lists in the Ports page of GUI were behaving strangely.
  • FIXED: Floppy-disc emulation change to allow Shadow of the Beast Trainer to work. (Toni Wilen)
  • FIXED: Small change in MIDI support so that closing MIDI and then reopening it will work properly. (Bernd Roesch)
  • FIXED: Call ahi_install in main.c. No Amiga-side AHI driver yet.
  • FIXED: MIDI-input doesn't have the concept of a "default device", unlike MIDI-output. Changed the GUI and programming accordingly.
  • FIXED: MIDI-output now does the right things with the serial-port after each written byte, which allows some other programs to finally work (MusicX, Deluxe Music, etc.)
  • ADDED: New hook function in uaelib for checking on removable drive state.
  • ADDED: Disk-change status is now tracked via WM_DEVICECHANGE notifications which allows "run >nil: uaediskchange cd0:" in the startup-sequence to work properly. Eject a CD-ROM, and the Amiga knows about it. Insert a new CD-ROM, and the Amiga knows about it. Woo-hoo! NOTE: Probably really buggy.
  • ADDED: New collision-modes, fast-copper mode (not save-able with config).
  • ADDED: State-save support. (Toni Wilen)
  • ADDED: Option in Sound page of GUI to enable/disable synchronized sound.
  • ADDED: Printing of DDCAPS info for display-driver, to help diagnostics.
  • ADDED: FDI disk-image support (Toni Wilen)
  • CHANGED: Tweaked the sound-code yet again, hopefully will get less out of sync. (Jose Gil, myself)
  • CHANGED: Add PC Drives no longer adds the floppy-drives. If you want access to A:, then you'll have to add it manually in the GUI.
  • CHANGED: Added ability to allocate larger amount of ZorroIII memory. (Bernd#3)
  • CHANGED: Added ability to allocate larger amount of RTG (Picasso96) memory. (Bernd#3)
  • CHANGED: Removed Vertical Blank Synchronization (VSync) support in Flip calls. This should increase synchronization and performance in full-screen mode, but may introduce some tearing/artifacting.
  • CHANGED: Use the system "hand" cursor when pointing at web-links in the About page (if available). (Oscar Sillani)
  • CHANGED: Use Tahoma font in About page of GUI.
  • CHANGED: Use up/down icons in the HardDisk page of GUI. (Oscar Sillani)
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
Thomas Steiding (email)


Strategy game: Knights and Merchants (Mac) shipping
Realtime strategic economy simulation Knights and Merchants is now shipping for the Mac. Knights and Merchants recreates the era of the Middle Ages. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the king's Palace guard who finds himself responsible for the defense of the last loyal province. You, the player, must win back all those provinces which once belonged to your king. You have to manufacture different products, making use of numerous buildings and producer goods of the Middle Ages period. One result of your productive labor is the manufacturing of weapons and armor. But your success or failure depends mainly on the structure and organization of your economy. An efficient organization increases production, while a badly organized structure will cause non-stop delays.

Features:
  • about 25 different types of buildings , including horse stables, farms and schools
  • over a dozen different types of characters such as serfs, miners or winemakers
  • 10 different types of military units including archers, Knights and pikemen
  • realistic landscape display using complex Gouraud Shading techniques
  • production processes portrayed in detailed animation (watch your horses grow)
  • rendered cutscenes
  • german localisation
  • onscreen hints and tutorial mode provide easy guidance to get started
  • multiplayer Mode for upto 6 players in LAN
  • 20 singleplayer missions
  • 10 multiplayer maps
Knights and Merchants comes in fully localised english, french, german and spanish versions. The distribution in Germany is done by the company Arktis. More Information about Knights and Merchants can be found in the project area on our pages (title link) or under http://www.knightsandmerchants.de. (ps)

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19.Sep.2001
Peter Sander (ANF)


AS-WebShop online again/ server problem fixed
Peter Sander, manager, wrote:
The SGH-Hildesheim (provider) seems to have solved the server problem. I could upload the webshop again - inclusive env variables - and run it. All is (hopefully) in best conditions. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
Amclust "Amiga Club Steinfurt" (ANF)


Amclust & AC Osnabrück hardware event with (DCE) PCI board presentation
On the next weekend Amclust and the AC Osnabrück meet for a "Amiuser" weekend in Rheine. The meeting is taking place from 21.09. to 23.09.2001 in Rheine in the TV-Jahn Haus, Germanenallee 4.

Following are the activities planned:
  1. Computer check
  2. Software hints
  3. Cando programming with Ch. Effenberger (support)
  4. Discussions with Frank Mariak and Thomas Dellert
  5. Hardware presentation of the GRex PCI boards in A1200, A4000D/T with Thomas Dellert
  6. Presentation of CyberGraphX (native) under MorphOS with Frank Mariak
  7. Hardware presentation of the keyboard adapter for multimedia keyboards (SuperFeatures).
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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19.Sep.2001
Amiga Future


Amiga Future: PC monitors and your Amiga
Someday there'll be the day all fear. The monitor stops working! Amiga monitors aren't built anymore for several years now. And now? Or your monitor is still working but you're looking enviously at PC and Mac users with their 17 or 21 inch monitors. In both cases this short text, written by a reader of the Amiga Future, helps. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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18.Sep.2001
Jazzy (ANF)


Boing-ball on Microsoft's website
I was just looking at some screenshots of Windows XP and found a boing-ball in some demo step. :-) (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Sep.2001
Henning Thielemann (ANF)


Sound card: Realtime effects for Delfina
Who's owning a Delfina sound card will receive some nice realtime effects with "DelfLuxe", such like filters (band-passes, low-passes, flanger, allpas-phaser), reverberation, distorter, similar to the effects of my sound synthesis program Assampler. Who additionally has a MIDI interface can access the parameter from MIDI devices, too, e.g. the claviature, the pitch-bender or the modulation-wheel. Furthermore it is possible to combine the software modules of the card using "DelfSetPipeMui", which has a MUI interface. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Sep.2001
Mikey C (ANF)


World of Amiga Tickets can now be purchased ON-LINE!
We are happy to announce that our show sponsors, Amiga Active Magazine have set up an online service for you to buy WOA southeast tickets in advance via their secure server.

Why queue outside in the cold November weather whilst you can waltz straight in with your pre purchased ticket?

Remember if you purchase 5 or more tickets, you pay the reduced fee of just £3.00 per ticket!

Alternatively, tickets can still be purchased via our exclusive Telephone/Mail order, sales re-seller, Fore-Matt Home Computing on +44 (0)8700 112234.

Visit our website for ticket purchasing information http://www.worldofamiga.com (ps)

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18.Sep.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Denmark: xfdmaster.library Version 39.13
Dirk Stöcker updated his xfdmaster.library which is very important, since almost any antivirus software requires it for unpacking and archiving before and after virus tests. Here are the details:

Name: xfdmaster.library v39.13
Archive name: xfdmaster.lha
Archive size: 163.510 Bytes
Release date: 17. September 2001
Programmer: Dirk Stöcker

Xfdmaster.library info:
The XFD system is for single file decrunching. It can be compared to XAD system, which is for file extraction from archives! They do different work, but are used together often.

This software package allows you to decrunch almost every packed file known on the Amiga. It consists of the xfdmaster.library as the brain and a couple of programs that offer certain functions to the user.

The xfdmaster.library is a standard Amiga shared, runtime library. It works with Kickstart V33+ and offers applications the possibility to directly support any crunched files.

Other than the predecessor decrunch.library, the xfdmaster.library has a more flexible interface, offers the possibility to decrunch already loaded program segments, supports external decrunchers, is able to unlink 4EB9/4EF9- and text-linked files and can scan for crunched data in any memory area.
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Sep.2001
NetBSD/Amiga (ANF)


NetBSD-1.5.2 released
The NetBSD project announce the release of NetBSD-1.5.2.
NetBSD-1.5.2 is a "pathc release" building on the NetBSD-1.5 branch and basically containing corrections.

For example a problem with the installation procedure for NetBSD/Amiga was fixed, which creeped into NetBSD-1.5.1.
Furthermore secure problems in sendmail, telnetd, openssl, dmuplfs, fts, dhcp, and the size test parameter with some kernel calls were fixed.

Please, take more datails from the original announcement (title link). (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Sep.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Denmark: Safe Version 16.9
Version 16.9 of the virus detector 'Safe' was released. Here are the details:

Name: Safe v16.9
Archive name: Safe.lha
Archive size: 18.371 Bytes
Release date: 14. September 2001
Programmer: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski


News in v16.9:
  • cosmetic changes
  • removed most of offending texts Thanks to Charlene McNulty for paying attention.
  • removed ZeebsVS as I have shown what I had to Thanks to Dirk Stoecker for paying attention, thanks to Georg Hoermann for reaction!
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Sep.2001
Apple


Apple Expo 2001 in Paris canceled
Yesterday, Apple announced cancelation of the Apple Expo which was planned to take place from 26th to 30th September in Paris, Porte de Versailles, France.
"Under the clouds of last week's tragical and disastrous incidences we feel impelled to cancel the Apple Expo", said Steve Jobs, CEO Apple. "We are sorry to disappoint our customers and exhibitors, but your security takes priority." (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Sep.2001
entwickler.com


entwickler.com: Trend Micro obtained US patent for scanning Java viruses
Trend Micro, known by extensive antivurs sofware solutions, patented their Trend-Mirco technology for scanning Java viruses as patent number 6.272.641 for the USA. The company considers viruses to be dangerous also outside of PCs and networks, due to the increasing distribution of Java in the mobile phone field.
See title link for the article of entwickler.com (German). (ps) (Translation: mj)

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17.Sep.2001
Reader (ANF)


Sourceforge: Internet C++ - Build One Program - Run It Everywhere
A reader wrote:
There is a new project at sourceforge (follow the title link). This project has the following description: "Build One Program - Run It Everywhere". I think that I know this concept. Slashdot called it an alternartive for Java.

It will be a hard struggle for Amiga if this becomes a common thing. It is released under the GPL and supports OpenGL, Java and much more. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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17.Sep.2001
The Register


The Register: Motorola completes 1.6GHz PowerPC G5
According to 'The Register' the new PowerPC 8500 (G5) will soon be available as 800 MHz, 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz, 1.4 GHz an 1.6 GHz versions. The processor is a 64Bit one and will support multiprocessor systems. The new processor will be shipped early next year.
The whole article is available at the title link. (cm) (Translation: sk)

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17.Sep.2001
Hugo Hoekstra, GREat Effects Development (E-Mail)


GREed Website: new URL
The website of "GREat Effects Development", developers of the "Professional FileSystems" (PFS), has a new URL (http://on.to/greed). Please change your bookmark. (mj) (Translation: sk)

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17.Sep.2001
Christain Rosentreter (ANF)


New cartoon by Eric Schwartz
The new cartoon by Eric Schwartz deals with the topical situtation in the USA. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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16.Sep.2001
amiga.org


Logo competition of AMIGA Center
The French Amiga specialist 'AMIGA Center' is organizing a logo competition. You can win an A1200 Magic. More detailed information in French are available via the title link. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Sep.2001
amiga.org


MP3: mp3Play V1.1
On 16. September 2001 Carl Svensson has released version 1.1 of his 'mp3Play' GUI for the MP3 player 'MPEGA'.

This GUI distinguishes by the player being started with the respective options set in a way that only 25% of the CPU time given is used on a 68060/50 (according to Dashboard). The GUI was written in ARexx using ReqTools. Changes since prior version:
  • Bugfix: Pressing 'Cancel' now brings you back to the GUI with a 'no file' display, as with pressing 'Stop'. In v1.0 always a file requester was show first.


Download: mp3Play.lha (38K) (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Sep.2001
Amiga Future


Game: dynAMIte V1.7
On 16. September 2001 version 1.7 of the network capable Bomberman clone 'dynAMIte' was released.

This version fixes some small bugs and comes with many smaller changes, a lag'O'meter was added and sprites handling was completely changed to make the sprite routines use less CPU performance.

All changes in detail can be taken from the changes text.

Download: (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Sep.2001
Milan Pollé (ANF)


Game: Genetic Species for Gameboy Advance
Some time ago Milan Pollé started a petition to learn how much are interested in a Gameboy Advance port of the Amiga ego-shooter 'Genetic Species'.

Many interested people vote for such a port (http://www.dreamcast.ca/gameboyland/gs/gs.htm) and there where even more Amiga users for such port than people from the 'IGN Gameboy Advance'-Forum.

Now Milan Pollé received an e-mail from 'Marble-Eyes' anouncing the porting in cooperation with the Danish games developers 'Entale'. Those introduced the game to publishers on the ECTS 2001 by screenshots and tests:

«Hi,

Marble-Eyes has recently started cooperation with Danish game developer Entale on porting GS to Game Boy Advance. Armed with sales documents, screenshots and rave reviews, Entale representatives have attended the ECTS 2001 show in London to meet publishers and show them the potential of GS.

We are all very excited and looking forward to a possible revival of GS on the GBA console. GS and Amiga lovers out there, thank you for the great support!

For future news on the progress of GS Advance, please visit www.entale.com.

For any questions or encouraging words, feel free to write Entale at geneticspecies@entale.com

Regards
Martin Halberg, Marble Eyes Development» (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Sep.2001
Achim Stegemann (ANF)


Digital Almanac III - News
Distribution of the astronomy program 'Digital Almanac III' must be put on hold for an undefined period of time due to the Amiga computer being defective.

Because of occupational reasons also further development of DA III was stopped for the time being (lack of time).

At this time no decision was made regarding a possible OS 4.0 port for the AmigaOne board.

Support and mailing list is being continued without any cutback. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Sep.2001
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


Website for card reader / writer almost completely online
Carsten Siegner put online a website about the use of the card reader / writer 'PCD47' by Microtech with the Amiga.

Already some information about this device can be found there and some material and programs can be downloaded. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Sep.2001
amigadev.net


AmigaDE: Requester - fjm V1.2
On 13. September 2001 Claudio La Rosa has released version 1.2 of the requester tool 'fjm' for the AmigaDE SDK. This is about an Intent-Secondary-Tool which emulates the AmigaOS-EasyRequest() function.

Download: dev/tlib/fjm.zip (28K), Readme (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Sep.2001
amigadev.net


AmigaDE: Tool - devinfo.00 V1.0
On 14. September 2001 Robert Kocher has released version 1.0 of the 'devinfo.00' tool for the AmigaDE SDK. This is about a replacement of the original devinfo tool from '/app/sdtio', with some extensions.

Those extensions are coloured output and the output of descriptions of all devices, and more.

Download: util/moni/devinfo.00 (3K), Readme (sd) (Translation: mj)

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