26.Jan.2003
Dirk Ohms (E-Mail)
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AmigaFun Homepage News
The AmigaFun homepage is accessible again under the following address:
http://amigafun.amigaworld.de/
The page has been revised in best time by DJBase (Matthias Münch) and has a new
Web space. A new Web chat is in the works and we will keep you informed about
that.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Mirjam Streit (ANF)
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Survey - Which surfing type are you?
If you want to find out which surfing type you are you should take part in this (German only!) survey. It also serves a study in the area Paid Content and Web Services for a
degree dissertation at the UAS Würzburg-Schweinfurt. We are happy about every
filled-out questionnaire. For the protection of your personal data, the survey
is carried out anonymously. The data are deleted immediately after evaluation.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Powerkonverter finished (incl. VideoCD authoring), picture lists, etc.
Carsten Siegner writes:
The full version of Powerkonverter is herewith finished.
I have split the installation archive into three separate archives:
I will do the documentation subsequently. I will start writing soon :)
Please note for picture lists that these are treated automatically, so please
do not enter %04d or similar.
Powerkonverter now allows to write data strictly in accordance with the Codec
directives, so that they are also compatible with Windows computers. I have
tested this initially with ASF and Mpeg on a Windows 2000 system.
ffmpeg, however, is not able to write WMA audio data into the ASF file (only
AC3, mp2 and mp3), so one can only create videos without sound. Then again, the
Mpeg playback doesn't get stuck anymore.
Please note: Of late, Powerkonverter creates a copyright string in the video
file. Thus no Internet videos may be converted which are to be put on one's
home page. Btw, the string can be displayed with the Windows Mediaplayer.
VideoCD authoring
- New: Now 7 instead of the former 5 video tracks are supported.
- Ceased: All ISO strings which used to be important for the old Philips
players (DVD players don't need them).
- Ceased: Only VCD2 mode is supported anymore as the other two are
unimportant (they can't be played back by DVD players).
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Amiga Lan Party Team (ANF)
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Amiga Lan party in Braunschweig cancelled
The Amiga Lan party in Braunschweig, which had been planned for 8th and 9th
February 2003, has been cancelled due to lack of participation.
At the current number of registrations the operating expenses for a LAN party
don't make sense. We, the organisators, regret having to realise that there
is hardly any interest within the region, and thus cancel the party. Sorry to
all of those who had registered.
If the assessment should change some time during the year, we would be glad to
start a new try.
Cyborg & Maniac (ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Andreas Bähren (E-Mail)
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Greenpeace energy: Internet to become nuclear energy free
Press release - Greenpeace energy: Internet to become nuclear energy free
Nationwide provider with clean energy opens portal
"atomstromfreies-internet.de" - Operation of Web sites now possible without
nuclear and coal power.
Please read the English fact sheet (PDF, 108k) for more information.
Hamburg, 26. Januar 2003 - Ohne Atom- und Kohlestrom startet Greenpeace
energy eG in Kooperation mit dem Hamburger Provider NMMN Internet
Services GmbH ab morgen sein Internetportal "Atomstromfreies Internet".
NMMN versorgt alle seine Server mit Strom von Greenpeace energy und
bietet sowohl für Privat- als auch Geschäftskunden Leistungspakete für alle
Bedürfnisse an. Damit setzt die Genossenschaft den dramatisch wachsenden
Stromverbrauch durch die Internetnutzung auf die energiepolitische
Tagesordnung.
Mehr als die Hälfte aller Menschen in Deutschland nutzt bereits das
Internet. Die rasant wachsende Infrastruktur des Netzes (PC, Leitungen,
Anschlüsse, Server, etc.) frisst immer mehr Strom - trotz zunehmendem
Einsatz energiesparender Geräte. Wie das Wuppertal-Institut Klima, Umwelt,
Energie errechnet hat, wuchs der Stromverbrauch für das Internet in
Deutschland in den Jahren 2000 auf 2001 bereits um rund 35% auf 6,8
Milliarden Kilowattstunden. Das entspricht in etwa dem
Jahresstromverbrauch von rund 220.000 Haushalten. Für 2010 erwarten die
Klimaexperten einen Zuwachs um bis zu 460% auf rund 30 Milliarden
Kilowattstunden. Entgegen dem relativ stagnierenden Gesamtstromverbrauch
entwickelt sich der Stromverbrauch durch den Internetbetrieb zu einem
erheblichen Umweltproblem.
Zur Zeit kommen in Deutschland über 80% des Stroms aus Atom- und
Kohlekraftwerken. Ausgehend von dem derzeitigen Strom-Mix trägt das
Internet zu erheblichem Umweltschaden bei. So gehen auf das Konto des Web
in Deutschland fast 5,8 Tonnen hochradioaktiver Atommüll sowie 4 Mio.
Tonnen des klimaschädlichen CO2.
"Sollten die Prognosen zum Stromverbrauch eintreten, so würde das Web
allein in Deutschland in 2010 eine Strommenge fressen, die der
Jahresproduktion von drei großen Atomkraftwerken entspräche", fasst Robert
Werner, Vorstand des Hamburger Stromversorgers, zusammen. "Dagegen möchten
wir mit unserem Portal aktiv werden".
Mit dem Portal "atomstromfreies-internet.de" wollen Greenpeace energy und
der Provider NMMN - New Media Markets & Networks, beide mit Sitz in Hamburg,
dazu beitragen, das Internet auf eine saubere Stromversorgung umzustellen.
Die Strom-Zusammensetzung für die Server kommt zu ca. 70% aus
regenerativen Energiequellen und zu rund 30% aus gasbetriebenen
Kraftwärme-Kopplungsanlagen. Ab Anfang Februar wird das Angebot um ein
kostenloses E-Mail-Postfach für jedermann erweitert.
Kunden von Providern, die mit Greenpeace energy-Strom hosten, können sich
das Label "Atomstromfreie Website" auf die Homepage setzen und damit ihre
umweltfreundlich gehostete Internetseite dokumentieren.
Die unabhängige Genossenschaft Greenpeace energy eG ist einer der
führenden Anbieter von sauberem Strom auf dem liberalisierten Energiemarkt
und versorgt zur Zeit bundesweit über 17.000 Privatkunden sowie rund 400
Geschäftskunden. Mit über 10.200 Mitgliedern ist sie binnen drei Jahren zu
einer der mitgliederstärksten Verbrauchergenossenschaften in Deutschland
gewachsen.
Die NMMN Internet Service GmbH ist Internetdienstleister und Spezialist
für Security-Lösungen. Sie hat sich vor allem im sog. "Open-Source"-Bereich und
der Linux-Szene einen Namen erworben und gehört zu den wenigen in der
IT-Branche, die entgegen dem Branchentrend wachsen.
Please address any queries to:
Andreas Bähren, GREENPEACE energy eG, Norderstraße 99, 20097 Hamburg
andreas.baehren@greenpeace-energy.de;
greenpeace-energy.de (ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Christopher (ANF)
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Instant messenger: mICQ Version 0.4.10.1 for Amiga and other systems
Version 0.4.10.1 of mICQ has been released for Amiga and other systems. mICQ is
a very portable ICQ program which runs in text mode - it runs on Linux, BSD,
AIX, HPUX, Windows, AmigaOS and, with restrictions, BeOS. Originally it had
been written by Matthew D. Smith, yet largely rewritten since by Rüdiger
Kuhlmann, in particular the necessary support of version 8 of the
ICQ protocol,
internationalisation, file transfer as well as some code restructuring.
Download: micq-0.4.10.1-AmigaOS.tgz
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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25.Jan.2003
sylvio.k@gmx.de (ANF)
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Soms3D: Online poll and new screenshots
On the 'Anime Development for Amiga Page' is now the poll regarding the question
what to do with the Soms3D-Engine online. The poll can be accessed via a link on the main page (title link).
Furthermore had some screenshots been put online.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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25.Jan.2003
derStandard
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derStandard: Worm makes the Internet swaying
»"Slammer" starts DoS attack and uses security leak in Microsoft's
SQL server 2000
A worm brings big parts of the Internet to a standstill. It seems to use a security leak in Microsoft's SQL server 2000. The pest starts a kind of DoS attack over the UDP port 1434 reported the
security mailing list BuqTraq.
The Internet traffic is said to show already massive disturbances. Further Internet sites measuring the Internet traffic can be found here.«
For the full article follow the title link.
Another article regarding this subject:
heise online: Worm brings parts of the Internet to a standstill (ps) (Translation: wk)
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25.Jan.2003
Jabberwocky
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Instant Messenger: Jabberwocky V1.3 - 7. preview
Tom Parker and
Matthias Münch have
released preview 7 of the Instant Messenger 'JabberWocky' version 1.3 for
Amiga computers. Jabber
is an open XML protocol for the direct exchange of messages.
Connections to other Instant Messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN
and Yahoo is possible via gateways.
Download: Jabberwocky030125.lha
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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25.Jan.2003
Linux Games (ANF)
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WaterRace Source Released
Jonathan Gray wrote in to announce that the source code to WaterRace
(screenshots)
has been released under the terms of the GPL. WaterRace is an OpenGL
offshore racing game originally written for the classic Mac OS. The
source is available only as a Stuff-it Expander file. (ps)
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25.Jan.2003
Kultpower.de (ANF)
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Kultpower: New cover scans and Powerplay reviews
On Kultpower.de are some new cover scans as well as six
new PowerPlay reviews taken from the Powerplay 1/1999 online:
- Baldur's Gate (PC CD-ROM)
- Die Siedler 3 (PC CD-ROM)
- Fifa 99 (PC CD-ROM)
- Grim Fandango (PC CD-ROM)
- Kings Quest 8 (PC CD-ROM)
- Tomb Raider 3 (PC CD-ROM)
Because of the smaller print of the later Powerplay issues are these reviews quite big (200 - 500 KBytes), so I wish you a "Happy Download" :)
New magazines under "Mehr Mags":
- Next Level with seven cover scans
- Sega Magazin with 25 cover scans
- PC Joker with ten new cover scans
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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25.Jan.2003
Elbox Computer (E-Mail)
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Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Elbox announces availability of a new tower system for Amiga 1200
computers. Mirage 1200 is a modern functional and spacious tower case.
It is designed targeted for these Amiga 1200 users who have upgraded
or want to upgrade their computers with the Mediator PCI 1200 SX
busboards. Mirage 1200 allows also using other busboards like
Mediator PCI 1200, Zorro IV, Zorrro IV with Mediator PCI ZIV and Zorro II.
Mirage 1200 tower system with 5 bays for 5.25" drives, 6 bays for 3.5"
drives and a powerful 300W ATX PSU is ready for massive expandability of
your A1200 hardware.
Mirage 1200 replaces the discontinued E/BOX 1200 (also known as A1200
Power Tower and A1200 Winner Tower), the award-winning Amiga tower system.
With the new design, we are offering you even more Amiga expandability,
right at your fingertips.
For more information see the complete press release under the title link
and the Mirage 1200 website.
(ps)
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25.Jan.2003
Christian Krenner (ANF)
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'Extreme Amiga 600 Upgrading' website updated
The, for now only in English available, website
Extreme Amiga 600 Upgrading has been updated in the area "Modifying the Apollo". The website documents an upgrading project for the Amiga 600 and delivers comprehensive information
around the small Amiga.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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24.Jan.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Amiga.org: First AmigaOne review
On Amiga.org there is a first review of the AmigaOne. An "Earlybird" customer describes
his experiences made of the system and of the installation of Linux.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2003
Norman Thiel von Heise News (ANF)
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PCI Vendors list available again...
The PCI Vendors list is available again after a threat of a lawyer because of an inadmissable
use of protected trademarks.
Have a look at the title link for the full article.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Statement of Genesi concerning trouble of delivery
On MorphOS-News.de Genesi has given its opinion on the current trouble of delivery of
the Pegasos. It is said that Genesi is waiting for more Articia-chips of Mai. Until Genesi
will get and afterwards test it a delivery of the present chip version is expected which
works without any errors thanks to the April chips in the Pegasos.
Besides this Genesi tests an alternative but something more expensive chip so in future
it may be possible to work together with a different seller.
At the end of 2003 MorphOS may also be published for Macintosh computers but probably
only as an executing second unit for applications which should be also offered for the
Mac. In this connection it is asked if there is anybody who is interested in porting
"wxwindows" on MorphOS.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2003
M. Lück (ANF)
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End of GRex petition
M. Lück wrote:
Today is the end of the GRex-petition. Until today 296 users have subscribed.
TriMa and me want to thank you for your support. Unfortunately this petition has failed.
I want to explain in the following lines why it is so.
Two weeks after the start of the petition I have sent the first list with all signatures
(without email addresses) to DCE per email. I got an answer of DCE at once. DCE wrote
that they would be glad about a support of OS4 and that they are interested in the current
discussion.
We got the information of Steffen Häuser that the cybpci.library written by Ralph 'Laire' Schmidt
will not work in the 68k emulation because of the 68k MMU setup. So the petition still
became more important because presently GRex users have no chance of getting AmigaOS 4.0
started.
We got all information per email which Hyperion needs to support the GRex. Four addresses
are needed:
- The base of GRex I/O address
- The interrupt acknowledge address
- The base address of config space mappings or
- the PCI-config and PCI-data address
No circuit diagramm, hardware or software documents are needed. These information I
sent DCE per email. I have not got any response until today.
Then we got the information that bplan has the hardware rights. This means DCE has only
a licence for the GRex. If this is true or not we do not know. One week ago I contacted
Mr. Carda per email for getting clearness. But I also have not got any response until now.
That is a pity.
Now we hope that we can attract attention by posting this article.
Thank you very much again to all participants...
The attempt of moving something forward means so much to us - also if it may fail.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 24.01.2003
Since our last message there have been the following updated on Aminet:
TinyGL.lha dev/c 188K+Subset of the OpenGL API for AGA/CGFX/P9
AMIthlon_CD.lha docs/help 2K+How to make an updated bootable AMIthlon
PfPaint_ENG.lha gfx/edit 42K+English documentation for PerfectPaint V
PfPaint_FRA.lha gfx/edit 45K+French documentation for PerfectPaint V2
ShFGlowIcons.lha pix/gicon 25K+Shadow Fighter glow icons by Ponos
littlejedi.mpg pix/mpg 13M+Science fiction made on Amiga/Draco
Milk.lha pix/wb 139K+Creamy white 1024x768 desktop snapshot b
XenoMorph_Icon.jpg pix/wb 228K+XenoMorph's MMX Icons conversion PREVIEW
IBGold.lha util/wb 17K+Gold appearance for IBrowse 1+
IBSilver.lha util/wb 28K+Silver appearance for IBrowse 1+
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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First working beta of Powerkonverter
Today I have published a working version of my program called "Powerkonverter".
Currently it supports all important basic functions of ffmpeg and additionally the
"Motion Estimation" preference. Videos can be splitted or changed. Besides this all
formats are supported which has been newly added.
But in this version pictures series will not be recognized. This will be the next step.
Installation:
Unpack the archive, copy the corresponding libs to your Workbench/libs directory.
For starting the program you need to be installed the PNG datatype.
ffmpeg must be in the system path (c:, s: or something like that). I have copied ffmpeg
to c:.
I have programmed a PNG-GUI because then the program itself has only the half size compared
with an IFF version. Additionally PNG datatypes are also available in PPC versions which
accelerates the program.
Shortcuts:
ESC: Quitting the program
Return: Starting ffmpeg
Control + C: Aborting ffmpeg
Space: Stopping the console output of ffmpeg
Backspace: Continuing console output of ffmpeg
I have not implemented a seperate button for starting ffmpeg because it is simply unpractical.
You can confirm the shortcuts on each place in the GUI like e.g. the Return key.
If you want to test a newly preferenced figure only push the Return key for starting ffmpeg
with the new figure.
If you want to program yourself new figures in the cycle buttons it is quite simple.
The program directory contains several text files ".txt". These ones you can rewrite
up to a certain level. The only thing which can be not changed is the amount of the
entries. In the same way it works with the format lister. You can write your own formats
if they are not there yet.
Later I will also add the automatic picture identification and the VideoCD option.
Download: Powerkon_beta.lzx
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jan.2003
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New Survey and More
Two new surveys have been started on the Amiga Future Homepage. Additionally the results appear from the last survey, which was "What browser do you use?"
Until 25th January there's a raffle in which you could win a Shogo and a Wendetta 2175. With this raffle we want to support Thomas in creating the FAQs. Also, the links and the cheats collection have been updated.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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23.Jan.2003
ExtremeTech
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ExtremeTech: Amiga: Live Another Day
Olin Wread, a reader of Extremetech, has written a multipage, English-language article about the history of the Amiga.
Click on the title link to go to it. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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22.Jan.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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News-flash: IBM Introduces Their Own PDA Concept
Yesterday in New York at the LinuxWorld convention IBM introduced their own concept of a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).
Click on the title link for the complete article. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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22.Jan.2003
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)
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Freeciv Amiga native 1.18
The new Freeciv Amiga native version is available from now on for
download at Sebastian Bauer's homepage. It covers exactly the
version 1.14.10 which has been published at www.freeciv.org two days ago.
Freeciv is a free Civilisation clone which is playable via
Internet versus several players or offline versus the computer.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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22.Jan.2003
EdWord
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Editor: EdWord Professional V6.0 - source code
After Martin Reddy published the full version of his editor EdWord Version 6.01 for Amiga computer as
freeware in September 2001 he has now released the source code under GPL (GNU Public License) also.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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22.Jan.2003
Nova Design
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Nova Design PR: Giant Nova Design Software Sale
By the title link there is a press release by Nova Design which covers offers for several software e.g. ImageFX or Alladin 4D.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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22.Jan.2003
Onyxsoft
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Onyxsoft: QuickSketch and several updates
With QuickSketch
a new freeware program by Daniel Westerburg is introduced to the product portfolio of Onyxsoft. The program is similar to 'QuickNote', it might to be used for text notes, but QuickSketch can additionally handle graphic (sketched) notes.
Furthermore the following updates were made available:
- DagensTV (version 1.2)
The program processes information of the TV pogram which are sent by
dagenstv.com via email.
- MultiRen (Version 1.53)
MultiRen is a tool for renaming files comfortably.
- TheMPegEncGUI (Version 2.23)
TheMPegEncGUI is a graphical interface for MPEG audio encoder.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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22.Jan.2003
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Schlachtfeld - 32x32 patterns in raw format
The 32x32 patterns for the action strategy game 'Schlachtfeld' (graphics phase I) are in a raw format online now. The patterns do not fit exacty together. This is mostly because of the rendering which shifted the patterns a little bit.
This requires a massively post production work for some patterns.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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22.Jan.2003
Lars Ghandy Sobiraj (ANF)
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Diskmag: Eurochart needs support!
One of the last diskmags of the Amiga demo scene, "The official Eurochart",
will be published by middle or end next month. The editors ask for a vote for volume 48 and to participate the poll (Scene Survey)
or to contribute something else e. g. English articles, graphics or musics.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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21.Jan.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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News from Eyetech: State of AmigaOneXE
After moving the website of Eyetech onto another server the site is now up to date.
Beside some changes in prices for the Eyetech complete systems a change for the
AmigaOne interested persons is interesting: The AmigaOneXE-G3 will be delivered with
a G3 CPU (750FX) with 800 MHz instead of the announced 700 MHz.
On the AmigaOne mailing list Alan Redhouse is talking about the latest
stateof the
delivery of the AmigaOneXE:
It seems the first 25 boards are delivered to Eyetech and are taken under another
quality control by 25 chosen testers. The other motherboards will be delivered to
Eyetech in the next week. Because of the high inquiry and the fact of the quality
check by Eyetech the delivery will take a longer time than expected so the boards
will be delivered to dealers and customers in February.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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21.Jan.2003
Amiga.sf
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Amiga.Sourceforge: New ports from 21st January 2003
The following software-ports have been updated or added:
(ps)
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21.Jan.2003
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Aminet uploads until 21.01.2003
Since our last message there were the following uploads to the Aminet:
AMIthlon_CD.lha docs/help 2K+How to make an updated bootable AMIthlon
PfPaint_ENG.lha gfx/edit 42K+English documentation for PerfectPaint V
PfPaint_FRA.lha gfx/edit 45K+French documentation for PerfectPaint V2
ShFGlowIcons.lha pix/gicon 25K+Shadow Fighter glow icons by Ponos
SSGlowIcons.lha pix/gicon 72K+Samurai Shodown glow icons by Ponos
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21.Jan.2003
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 21.01.2003)
With WHDLoad you can install games which were formerly only meant for playing from disk on your hard drive. The following packets have been updated or completely new added:
- 21.01.03 new: 1000cc Turbo (Energize) done by Codetapper
- 21.01.03 fixed: The Speris Legacy (Team 17) fixed save game bug
- 21.01.03 improved: Sky Chase (Imageworks) supports 2 new versions
- 21.01.03 new: Lunar-C (Mindscape) done by JOTD
- 21.01.03 new: Battle Chess (Interplay) done by Psygore
- 21.01.03 improved: Better Dead Than Alien (Electra) supports another version
- 21.01.03 improved: Lost Patrol (Ocean) NTSC version supported, miscellaneous fixes
- 21.01.03 improved: Iron Lord (UBI-Soft) supports German version
- 21.01.03 new: Fascination (Coktel Vision) done by CFOU!
(ps)
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21.Jan.2003
S. Eichholz (ANF)
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heise: Atari-ST-Emulator for PocketPC
As "heise" says for PocketPCs with StrongARM CPUs has been released an Atari ST
emulator. The emulator is "Donorware", this means it is for free but donations are
welcome. If there are enough "donations" maybe the coder will develop an Amiga
emulator.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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21.Jan.2003
Rüdiger Hanke (ANF)
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Today grand opening of The Butterfly Vale
Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages! The Butterfly Vale has opened its gates for visitors.
The Vale is your future source for MorphOS ports and high-quality own MorphOS developments.
As for your journey to us, please recall that the Vale is located in a remote place where the
air is still fresh and clean. We would like to keep it that way and ask you to if possible leave
your power-consuming Pentium switched off and use alternate means of transportation. We recommend
coming in by flying horse.
Here's a short overview of our main attractions. While you browse our various areas, you may
notice that we have some smaller archives up that are not mentioned here.
cdda.library 1.0
cdda.library is a MorphOS library that provides CD digital audio services to A-Box programs.
Developers benefit from the library's high-level functions such as drive search
by certain criteria, looped playing of CD sections, event callbacks and author/track title
information where available.
Users benefit from the library's drive autorecognition by not having to enter or even recall
any device/unit values in most cases - thanks to cdda.library's powerful functions, ScummVM
MorphOS is the only port that does not need the user to specify a CD drive.
ScummVM 0.3.0b + new CVS
The full ScummVM 0.3.0b MorphOS distribution is now online. It includes an updated PDF manual,
and the icons have been converted to Ambient format. Also, there are now new icons for the Simon
the Sorcerer games.
A new CVS snapshot has been uploaded as well, this one is the first public MorphOS snapshot
with experimental, preliminary support for "THE CURSE OF MONKEY ISLAND", as well as support
for the Mac/Amiga versions of Simon the Sorcerer 2 and early support for the CD32 version of
Simon the Sorcerer.
Exult 1.0
Exult is a rewrite of the Ultima 7 engine for modern operating systems. It allows you to
play one of the best and most detailed parts of Origin's famous Ultima series. Exult has
recently turned to version 1.0 which means that both parts of Ultima 7, "The Black Gate"
and "The Silver Seed" along with their add-ons "The Black Sword" and "Forge of Virtue"
are fully supported now. The original data files are required to play.
FreeSCI 0.3.4
The MorphOS port of FreeSCI had been announced three days ago on the FreeSCI homepage
(http://freesci.linuxgames.com). Today saw the official release of FreeSCI 0.3.4, and
the MorphOS version is available for download from the Vale on the same day! FreeSCI is
an attempt to create a portable interpreter for games written for Sierra On-Line's SCI system.
Playable games include King's Quest IV, Space Quest 3, Leisure Suit Larry 2 & 3, The Colonel's
Bequest, and several others. 32 bit Ambient icons for nine games known to be completable
are included in the archive.
Frotz
Frotz is an interpreter for the adventure games produced by Infocom, and fan works created
with Graham Nelson's Inform compiler.
Frotz MorphOS Release 1 is based on David Kinder's Amiga port, Release 14 (the current Amiga
version is release 16). Major changes to the Amiga version (14) are:
- Updated port to Frotz 2.43 code base
- Made Frotz fully graphics cards compliant
- Rewrote GUI code from BGUI to MUI
- Rewrote audio.device code to AHI
- Aspect correction for V6 graphics
- Fixed lots of preferences issues
Inform
Graham Nelson's Inform allows you to write your own games to run on Infocom interpreters.
In addition to the binary, I've provided an archive with most material from Glenn Hutchings'
all-in-one Inform package. It is meant for new users who want to start quickly with Inform.
It includes the library, some useful 3rd party contributions, examples and a tutorial, all
ready to use.
Magnetic
Magnetic is an interpreter for the adventure games once produced by the British company Magnetic
Scrolls. It is based on David Kinder's Amiga port. Major changes from the Amiga version are:
- Rewrote Copper code to proper graphics cards compliant code
- Implemented title splash screen
- Implemented animations for Magnetic Windows games
- Implemented online hints for Magnetic Windows games
The Butterfly Vale is looking forward to your visit. Also keep in mind that this is
just the beginning ... (ps)
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21.Jan.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper: Another SID-driver for the Catweasel
The second Amiga-based SID-driver is a playsid.library that accesses the SID of the Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper directly. At the moment this only works on Catweasel controllers that are plugged in a Zorro slot of an Amiga, support for Clockport-connected controllers will be added shortly. Playsid plays back a lot of tunes that are known from C64-games and demos. The probably most famous collection of SID music is the High Voltage Sid collection that contains more than 20000 songs.
Special thanks goes to the brothers Rakesh und Sharwin Raghoebardayal who have adapted the library to the Catweasel in their spare time, and released it as freeware.
Download: playsid.lha - 19 KB
Link: High Voltage SID collection
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20.Jan.2003
Free Pascal
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Compiler: Free Pascal 1.0.7 Amiga snapshot available
A new snapshot of the compiler Free Pascal version 1.0.7 is now available at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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20.Jan.2003
AND Software
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Context menu: ContextSAS Version 1.65
The program ContextSAS by Andre Dörffler enables you to provide and to use
context sensitive menus for AmigaOS3.5+. The DefIcons system
is supported. By using a few additional tools one can thereby iconify even
Workbench windows and create links.
With the new version 1.65 newdrawer_gui
was added in the tools, which can be used as replacement for newdrawer.
This time with GUI. This version offers the possibility of defining
a dividing line for each menu entry and the activation by the middle
or left mouse button is now functioning correctly. In the next update a
hierarchical menu definition will be added, so stay tuned...
Download: ContextInstall165.lha
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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20.Jan.2003
AmithlonTV
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TV board software: AmithlonTV Beta-Version 240
Guido Mersmann published beta version 236 of the TV board driver software AmithlonTV.
Changes:
- BUGFIX:
Several small fixes and changes on the library core.
- CHANGED:
Added some information to the driver programming guide
Download: AmithlonTV_Beta240.lha
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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20.Jan.2003
Amiga Flame
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Amiga Flame: Select from the Top 5 the game of the year 2002
Amiga Flame would like to determine the best game of the year 2002 out of the
Top 5 of the Amiga games. Nominates, and thus being available, are the
following games:
- The Feeble Files (Adventure) - Epic Interactive
- Software Tycoon (Simulation) - Epic Interactive
- Tales Of Tamar (PBEM Strategy) - Eternity
- Quake II (3D Shooter) - ID Software
- Crossfire II (Mix of Shooter, X-Out and Wing Commander) - Dreamworld Development
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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20.Jan.2003
Czech Amiga News
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Audio: AHI 5.4=6.0rc0-m68k / PPC
Martin Blom, developer of the sound map driver system AHI, published
new beta versions for m68k and PPC.
ahi-5.4=6.0rc0-m68k.lha
ahi-5.4=6.0rc0-ppc.lha
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20.Jan.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 20.01.2003
Since our last message there were the following uploads to the Aminet:
SN-BackupArc.lha biz/dbase 86K+V1.0 Provide Backup's automatically (Ger
newscoaster.lha comm/news 428K+NewsCoaster Full Version (v1.55) (MUI)
newscoastersrc.lha comm/news 186K+NewsCoaster Source Code (v1.55 - 18.1.20
mhm-BeApe.lha demo/intro 85K+Beape 4k intro - CAFe02 winner with sour
BlitzLstDec02.lha dev/basic 525K+Blitz mailing list archives for December
BlitzLstOct02.lha dev/basic 140K+Blitz mailing list archives for October
BlitzLstSep02.lha dev/basic 241K+Blitz mailing list archives for Septembe
FindModule.lha dev/e 13K+Find OS Function or CONST or whatever yo
nano.lha dev/lang 192K+Interpreter with syntax near to BASIC an
AMIthlon_CD.lha docs/help 2K+How to make an updated bootable AMIthlon
Frenchies.lha docs/misc 275K+French translations from Didier Giron
UklSloneczny.lha docs/misc 89K+Guide ***POLISH ONLY*** about Solar Syst
cf2_demo.lha game/demo 11M+CrossfireII demo, advanced single/multip
cf2_demo_upd03.lha game/patch 400K+Patches any CrossfireII demo version to
DVD2VCD.lha gfx/conv 93K+DVD2VCD(Cli Usage)
imdbDiff030110.lha misc/imdb 5.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
AmiBiorythme.lha misc/misc 68K+MUI Biorythm tool v1.0b. Now localised (
newbaer.lha mus/misc 19K+GNU/GPL updated Paula-to-AHI redirector
PlasmaPlugin.lha mus/play 24K+Plasma-Spectrum Plugin for AmigaAMP Powe
XenoMorph_WB09.jpg pix/wb 68K+XenoMorph's WB Extreme Personalization
XenoMorph_WB10.jpg pix/wb 114K+XenoMorph's WB Extreme Personalization
MemTrailer.lha util/boot 4K+Allocates 16 bytes for MEMORY-PROTECTION
DirSSCompare.lha util/dir 13K+Compares two dirs (for differences)
EBGuide.lha util/rexx 2K+View Australian TV Guides in Shell/CLI
VClock_v1.7c.lha util/time 332K+Real Speech Clock - Final Release
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20.Jan.2003
Amigan Software
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Tool: Report+ Version 5.64a
For users of AmigaOS 3.9 version 5.63 of Report+ is set to be downloaded. With Report+ from Amigan Software it's easy to create bug reports, Aminet "readme" files, autodocs and similar reports. The program is Freeware and supports the GUI systems ReAction and GadTools.
Download: ReportPlus.lha - 304 KB
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20.Jan.2003
Alex de Vries (E-Mail)
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New Amiga-Product: Pure Basic
Xing Interactive are very proud to announce the release of the powerful and versatile programming language "Pure Basic". The product will be released in the second week of February 2003 and is available to consumers at the very competitive price of 29,95 Euro in DVD case packaging.
Pure Basic is more advanced and flexible then any of the other Basic programming languages currently on the market and it comes at a fraction of the price. The beauty of this product is the versatility though as you can develop your own games and applications on PC Windows, Linux or even AmigaOS! Speed is another unique selling point. Where other Basic programming languages crawl at a slow pace due to complex instruction translations Pure Basic shines by even outperforming C++ written code. If you ever wanted to program your own commercial quality games or applications in an easy to learn and even more easy to use language then this is your chance! (ps)
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20.Jan.2003
Sylvio K. (ANF)
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ADA team with inquiry over the Soms3D-Engine
Sylvio K., director/conductor of the Anime development for Amiga team,
decided to start an inquiry concerning the Soms3D-Engine due to the many e-mails with suggestions he got.
Originally it was intended to make Soms an on-line adventure but due to
the suggestions in various mails something else could become of it. Everyone who would like to participate in the inquiry, please
answer the following questions by sending an e-mail with the reference "Soms3D". These are the questions:
What do you think? What shall become of the Soms3D engine?
Currently the favorites are a 'Silent Hill' similar horror game and a 'GTA3'-Clone.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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20.Jan.2003
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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FreeBSD 5.0 available
FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86
compatible, DEC Alpha, and PC-98 architectures. It is
derived from BSD UNIX, the version of UNIX developed at
the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed
and maintained by
a large team of individuals. Additional platforms are in
various stages of development.
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