17.Oct.2002
Thomas Schulze (FAJ)
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Music/Sound Expert Sought for Crossfire II
Dreamworlds Development is looking urgently for a music/sound expert who can also
add music to animations, in order to prepare Crossfire II. The animations are in MPEG
format or if needed in single pictures on a CD. The result of adding the sound should
therefore be a timed sample in a common format
There is not going to be much monetary reward involved (because of the
overall market situation). The best case scenario would be approximately
100 Euros when the project is published. You can get further details by
expressing your interest in an email.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
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amiga-news.de: The Internal Search Machine Not Working
Unfortunately our internal search machine 'htDig' is not working right now. Sven brought it to our attention that the Google search and gives a very good result when one enters
site:www.amiga-news.de + key word
in the search field. You can enter the key word either in the upper right in the field where it says 'Google.com', or in the field on our separate
search page.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Nico Barbat (ML)
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Magazine: AMIGAplus for October, 2002
The AMIGAplus for October 2002 with the title theme "Audio with PSA"
will be out in the middle of next week. For two reasons the release
date was postponed, and so a new appointment was made with the
publishing company.
Read about the following topics in the latest AMIGAplus:
Mega-Workshop ProStationAudio
"Audio with the Amiga rocks!" Take a calm walk with us in the world
of a professional Audio-Sequencer, ProStationAudio. Add chimes to
your life!
Thylacine - Tasmanian USB Controller
For many long years it wasn't possible to use a USB gizmo with
your Amiga. Now, within the space of a year come not one but
two new USB cards on the market. After we introduced E3B's
HIGHWAY in the May and July/August 2002 issues, and its little
sister SUBWAY for the clock port of the Amiga 1200 is still
awaited, we're making a little trip to Australia for you. That's
where the Zorro II card Thylacine has been available for a little
while.
Software Tycoon - Learn as the game progresses...
When the digital entertainment industry was still in the
shoes of a little child, the pioneers of game history could
give free rein to their innovative ideas.
After the version for the PC was released about a year ago, the
Amigans and Mac-heads [and MorphOSians -dm] can also dive
into the world of a Software Tycoon and virtually manage the
development of a game.
PC Competitor - Twice-Enjoyed Retro Game Fun
To throw away something valuable, to give something the old heave ho
without a good reason, now that's a pity. So how can the old competitions, zip sticks,
Pythons and Hyperstars be regenerated for employment in Amiga
emulators? The rescue comes from the joystick interface PC
Competitor!
And in addition to all that:
- Workshop PGP, Part 1
- FroggerNG 2 CD Tested
- A+ on Tour: photokina 2002
- What's New in Emulator Land
- How to Do Better on eBay, Part 2
- Floppy Classics on Hard-drive: WHDLoad
- Amiga-Status-Report 10/02: Voter Rights
- Demoscene: Summertime is... Partytime
- Show Report O.A.S.E. 2: News from Austria
- and a whole lot more
AMIGAplus is available by subscription, by single issue at
5 Euros per (inc. postage and handling) and in your local
Amiga shop.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
MorphOS-news
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Meeting: Pictures of the Finnish Amiga User Group Meeting 2002
The members of the 'Finnish Amiga User Group' shot some pictures of their
meeting in Oulu on 28th September, 2002, in which the Pegasos was presented. These
pictures have been assembled in a photo report and uploaded to Aminet.
Download: sakuvk02.lha (4,6 MB)
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
amiga.sourceforge.net
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DCR8520 Amiga-Ports: Updates from 16th October, 2002
Diego 'DCR8520' Casorran put a few ports on his website for public download.
The following programs were updated:
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Chaos Computer Club
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CCC: Wave of Bank Card Fraud
Apparently there is a wave of bank card fraud underway. In inquiries to
Chaos Computer Club, the help-seeking victims all describe a similar
modus operandi.
The complete article may be found under the
title link.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Martin Strojek (ANF)
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Amiga Classics on Gameboy Advance (Speedball 2)
Under the title link there's a game test by Golem
with the titleGame Test: Speedball 2 - Return of the Classics
on the GBA title "Speedball 2", which was also favorably well known on the Amiga.
Here's an excerpt: »Whoever has called an Amiga his own will be dazzled by the mere mention of
the Bitmap Brothers. This development team created Amiga games of an unforgotten
radiance. One of them, Speedball 2, was recently introduced in a version for Nintendo's
handheld Game Boy Advance.«
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Test Reports of Sol Negro & Solution
On the Amiga Future Homepage a
Test of Sol Negro has
been published in the article section. Many thanks to Alexander Drews for this article.
Until the 20th of October, 2002, the current
solution will be
on the Amiga Future homepage. The following is available to win this time:
- 1 x Virtual Karting 2
- 1 x Amiga Tools 2 CD & Tele-Info 2 CD
- 1 x Workbench Design CD & Steuer Profi 96 CD
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: MediatorUP 3.4 & MM CD UP 1.18
The MediatorUP 3.4 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D,
Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator
PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV has been made available today.
The update includes new versions of:
- pci.library
- Voodoo.card
- Virge.card
- MediatorNET.device
Changes:
pci.library ver. 5.6 - support for 6 PCI slots
Voodoo.card ver. 2.18 - displaying the border in 8-bit modes corrected
Virge.card ver. 1.7
MediatorNET.device ver. 2.6 - support for Mediator PCI 1200 SX added
The MM CD 1.18 update for the users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator
PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX,
Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV busbords, who are registered
owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD has been released today.
The update includes new version of:
- Voodoo.card
- FastEthernet.device
- mixer.library
- sb128.audio
- tv.library
- TV
- tv.vhi
Changes:
Voodoo.card ver. 4.18 - displaying the border in 8-bit modes corrected
tv.library ver. 1.13 TV ver. 1.3 - new front-end reception frequency steps added
FastEthernet.device ver. 1.6
mixer.library ver. 1.4
sb128.audio ver. 4.7
tv.vhi ver. 1.2 - support for Mediator PCI 1200 SX added
Info on the current versions is available in
DOWNLOADS | Mediator section. (ps)
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17.Oct.2002
amiga.org
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CCN: (Im)Patient Amigas
Robert Du Gaue, an Amiga enthusiast and former Amiga columnist for CCN,
and AmigaZone's Harv Laser get together to write a good article depicting
the state of the current American West Coast Amiga community and the lack
of progress from Amiga Inc.
(ps)
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17.Oct.2002
Kultpower.de
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Kultpower: New Videogame Test Reports
The online fan site of various cult newspapers collects scanned test reports
and covers in its databank. Today the following videogame test reports have
been entered:
From Videogames 11/97:
Extreme-G (Nintendo 64), Final Fantasy 7 (hello RouWa) (Sony Playstation).
From Videogames 1/93, scanned by Mesca:
Chiki Chiki Boys (MegaDrive), Desert Strike (SuperNES), Ecco (MegaDrive),
Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour (SuperNES), Lemmings (MasterSystem),
Lemmings (NES), Magical Quest (SuperNES), Mickey Mouse 2 (MasterSystem),
Parodius (SuperNES), Sonic 2 (MasterSystem), Sonic Blast Man (SuperNES),
Super Mario Land 2 (Gameboy), World of Illusion (MegaDrive).
Thanks to Mesca there are in total about another 150 test results from the
Videogames issues 1/93, 3/93, 9/93 and 10/93.
In addition to all that Alien426 has sent us the ASM test reports for these games:
Alone in the Dark (PC), Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC),
Legend of Kyrandia (PC).
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Website Renovation in Progress
Horst Diebel writes:
»So, the rebuilding of the page is beginning now. Because a few areas of the page
didn't get many visitors, and I unfortunately don't have time to spruce them up,
they will be shut down. This step is overdue, and many people have called for it.
The "Bücher" section will stay in place as the core. "Schlachtfeld" will get its own domain
sooner or later and be distanced from the society. The other headings, whether they are little
matters from Micha or me, will also be closed. Many people thought we should do this and
we announced it long ago.
The only update really is in the Little Book of Amiga Software - a few games will be found
here, which absolutely must be taken up again.»
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
OnyxSoft
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OnyxSoft: Pictures of AONE, Cathedral Version 1.31, and DagensTV Version 1.0
OnyxSoft has placed online a few pictures
from AONE 2002, which took place in Göteborg. On top of that, two programs were brought up to date on
the 15th of October, 2002:
- The music creation program Cathedral
has reached version 1.31.
- DagensTV is now at version 1.0, ready for
download. The program works with information of TV programs, which are distributed by email from
http://www.dagenstv.com/.
Both programs are from Daniel Westerberg.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
The Legacy
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History: The Legacy Update - 400 New Screenshots
The games museum for C64, Amiga, Atari and other computers is taking care
of their readers by offering new screenshots, cover scans, and articles about
the game developers. On the 15th of October, 2002 400 new screenshots were
saved to the databank.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Total Amiga
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Magazine: Total Amiga Issue 13
The English language magazine Total Amiga will appear on the 28th of October, 2002, and it
is going to have the following content:
- News
- AmigaOS 4 Update
- MorphOS and Pegasos Update
- Columns from Fleecy Moss and Alan Redhouse
- Features
- Digital Cameras - Includes information on choosing a camera, connecting it to your Amiga and using the images.
- Interactive Fiction - A look back at the history of IF, the current state of the genre and how you can get involved with your Amiga.
- Interviews with Davy Wentzler (Audio Evolution) and Matthew Kille (Zoeneo).
- Flashback - A new retro column, this issue looking at the A4000.
- Power Tower Conversion - How Matt Morris of BAC turned his Power Tower into a thing of beauty.
- Reviews
- GoldED Studio AIX
- Thylacine Zorro USB card
- fxSCAN 4 with USB scanner support
- Epson Perfection 1650 USB Scanner
- Tales of Tamar
- Earth 2140 Mission Pack
- PD Paradise: Privoxy and MultiRename
- Support
- Photogenics 5 Layers Tutorial
- Reader Letters
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
ANN
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AmigaOne Will Be Demonstrated on the 20th of October, 2002 in Australia
The Australian Amiga user group SAUG
in cooperation with Anything Amiga
will display the AmigaOne this Sunday the 20th of October, 2002 at 2 pm. In Epping.
Here's an excerpt of the original announcement:
- DATE: Sunday October 20th
- TIME: 2pm
- LOCATION: Epping Community Centre, (School of Arts building), 9 Oxford Street, Epping NSW.
If you're Sydney-based or close enough to get there then see the following.
This coming Sunday the Sydney Amiga User Group in conjunction with user
group member Ross Vumbaca and AnythingAmiga will debut the new AmigaOne.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
sylvio k. (ANF)
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Soms3D Seeks New Partners
Soms has been on ice for a long time because there was a lot of programming to do. This made us really think about things. We decided
not to make a 2D adventure, but rather a realtime 3D online role playing game.
To do this we already have a 3D programmer and our first internal beta version. The capabilities of Soms3D will be made public at a later
date (assuming our new webpage is online). The adventurers will reach, more or less, a common solution. And naturally all that one may
do online must also be doable in an online game.
To reach our goals we still need a bit of help. We are looking for:
- A musician who can deliver his music in MOD or MIDI form.
- A programmer who knows his way around Online-Programming.
- Because Soms3D is based on PPC it would be better when partners have a PPC, especially when programming.
- Applications or Inquiries go to Sylvio K..
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Matthias Rustler (ANF)
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Game 'Armada' released on Aminet
Armada is a round-based game for two to five players. It is a version of a game formerly played with paper and colored pencils. To start off each player places his sea port on the map. As the game progresses players select their ships and attack opposing ships. It depends on the distance and a roll of the dice if the opposing ships are sunk.
Armada-Homepage is here, and here is the Aminet download link: Armada.lha. The author would like to hear some feedback about the game and its homepage.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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16.Oct.2002
Kermit Woodall (ANF)
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Nova Design Announces Special Offer for Online Sales
Now that Nova Design's online store is live on it's web site at
www.novadesign.com - we'd like to offer free shipping to anywhere in the
world for any of our products purchased directly from our web site online!
Our new store offers a fully secure ordering system and all of our
products are available, including the fantastic ImageFX 4.5 upgrade
package!
If you're interested in Aladdin 4D, ImageFX, Millennium or our Cinematte
products - then visit our web site now and take advantage of this free
shipping offer while it lasts!
www.novadesign.com (ps)
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16.Oct.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)
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New PCI gfx card by PNY
With the Verto GeForce4 MX 420 PCI
the company PNY Technologies offers a modern and powerful gfx card based on the GeForce4 MX 420 gfx processor suited for computers without AGP slot.
The with 64 MB SDRAM equipped gfx card got additionally a useful TV out beside the VGA connector.
Actually the price is around EUR 139.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
Telemar Rosenberger (E-Mail)
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AMHuhn: Programmers are overwhelmed :-)
Telemar Rosenberger, one of the developers of AMHuhn is totally overwhelmed by the positive response and submitted the following statement for release:
Hello AMIGA and AMHuhn friends,
we would like to thank you very much! We didn'd expected such a huge approval and friendly help.
Since the AMHuhn is at the net the incoming emails don't stop, there are so many mails from all over the world to respond, it's getting hard to do something else, there are positive criticisms, brief notes of thanks, suggestions for optimization or problems. Nothing negative yet :-)
Getting so much approval there is nothing left for us than continueing. I know there are problems with Picasso96 but I have to note that I can try cybergraphics only by myself. There are problems as well if the iff.library and the
picture.library are both not inside libs:.
Regarding the datatypes it is important to have the jpg and anim datatype installed, no matter if these are WOS, PPC or 68k.
With AHI sound the following is important:
At the AHIprefs you should choose 3 to 4 channels for the music unit at the mode. With a 68040 is AHI 4.18 the best, it seems to be the fastest.
Have fun and I hope that most people have no problems with running the Huhn.
With the best regards
Telemar Rosenberger
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
ANN
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HauppaugeIR v0.2 BETA, SuperTV v0.71BETA
HauppaugeIR is a driver for the infra-red remote control unit found on
some Hauppauge TV cards. It can control not just your TV software, but
anything you like via ARexx!
It can be downloaded (along with a minor update to SuperTV) under the
title link. Included is a script to control SuperTV, Delitracker,
SongPlayer and AMPlifier.
HauppaugeIR requires a Hauppauge PCI TV card with a remote control, and
a Mediator busboard. (ps)
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16.Oct.2002
ANN
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Video player: Frogger version 2.04
Yesterday version 2.04 of the video player 'Frogger' has been released.
This version contains many bugfixes and optimizations with the video and
audio decoders.
The download for 68k and PPC Amiga systems (WarpUP, PowerUp und MorphOS)
is possible by following the title link frogger.highantdev.de.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
'padrino' im Forum
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Mp3 encoder: Lame version 3.92 for WarpOS
Jarmo Laakkonen has released version 3.92 of the mp3 encoders 'Lame' for WarpOS
including sources.
Download:
lame.lzx (247 KB)
lame_src.lzx (893 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
Telemar Rosenberger (E-Mail)
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Game: New AMHuhn executable with screenmode requester
As reported yesterday,
Telemar Rosenberger and Franz 'Cj-Stroker' Schlick have developed a
"Moorhuhn" clone with the name "AMHuhn". From comments there was obvious
that some users still have problems with the game, e. g. those who use P96.
Telemar fastly has put a new executable to the site which offers a screenmode requester at the launch of the game.
To test if problems are solved with this, he asked us to offer this new executable for download. This is not the whole archive but only the main program 'AMHuhn'.
Download: AMHuhn_Update_01.lha (26 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
Bernd Lachner (ANF)
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UAE for Sharp Zaurus
The Amiga emulator UAE has now been ported to the Sharp Zaurus
(see title link). To use UAE at the Zaurus X11 must be installed, because it won't run with the default Qtopia
(framebuffer).
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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15.Oct.2002
RELEC Software&Hardware Amiga (ANF)
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RELEC announces "PEGASOS": the alternative power!
RELEC statement:
RELEC announces "PEGASOS": the alternative power!
A brand new website http://www.pegasos-suisse.com/
is completely dedicated to this new and extraordinary machine.
You will soon discover all the hardware & software distribution
activity for Pegasos and MorphOS, as well as information and news.
Concerning our country, different demonstrations will be organized
in early November. These will be announced, on the Pegasos
dedicated website, and on http://www.relec.ch/relec/
as well as on the different Amiga & Pegasos news websites!
It is already possible to get information on the different proposed
configurations if you write to info@pegasos-suisse.com
(dealers write to dealers@pegasos-suisse.com).
For the moment, the orders concern the "Betatester II" & Morphos v1.0
and are only for the warned users (according to the Thendic
official statement of the 4 of october).
Give a try to the alternative future!!! (ps)
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15.Oct.2002
Grzegorz "Krashan" Kraszewski (ANF)
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TTEngine 4.3 released
Grzegorz "Krashan" Kraszewski writes:
I have released V4.3 of TTEngine. Main new feature is font scaling and
mirroring. Below you can read full list of changes from previous V4.1:
- I've placed an open counter in the LoadedFont structure. It removes problems with many RastPorts using one font.
- TT_SetAttrs() function may be now called before TT_SetFont() and is able to create RastPort context.
- TT_SetFont() returns now BOOL value instead of VOID, because it can fail in low memory condition.
- New demo program MoreFonts shows using many fonts at once in one window.
- Affine transformation support code added. (Particular examples of affine transformations are: scaling, shearing, rotation).
- Font may now be scaled in both the axes independently with TT_ScaleX and TT_ScaleY tags. Scaling range is from 0.01 to 100 (negative too, results in mirroring of the text).
- TT_TextExtent() returned random values in the TextExtent structure, if no font has been set for the RastPort using TT_SetFont(). Now the structure is zeroed in the case.
- New demo program Scaling shows - as its name says - font scaling.
- TT_OpenFont() performed illegal READ-MODIFY-WRITE operation at address $0000003A, if opening of the font file failed. Fixed.
- Header file "ttengine.h" was modified to comply with AmigaOS headers standard.
Download: ttengine-4.3.lha (ps)
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15.Oct.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Status between Betatester I / II
On MorphOS-News.de Thendic-France clarify the difference between
Betatester I and II:
Betatester I
- Purchased from Thendic-France -- 1000 Euros complete; 650 Euros
mainboard with CPU module (both prices less VAT)
- Sign NDA and provide at least a bug report a week
- Participate on the core testing team
- FTP access to latest OS releases and applications
- Testing of peripheral devices
- First to receive upgrade to G4 package
Betatester II
- Purchased from any authorized Distributor or Reseller
- Sign up with Betatester II form found on MorphOS v1.0 CD
- Access to new releases of OS (major releases not daily/weekly
upgrades)
- Opportunity to participate in December Conference
- Opportunity to port or test applications, develop or test
peripherals, create demos or website concepts and win contest prizes of
1000 Euros for each catagory
(ps)
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14.Oct.2002
Rüdiger Engel (ANF)
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thttpd 2.21b2 and Webalizer 2.01-10 for AmigaOS
Rüdiger Engel wrote:
A few days ago there was an Amiga port of the thttpd Webservers in the Aminet
(Homepage: http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/).
The port contains PHP 4.2.3. but no support for MySQL. Therefore I took the sources of the uploader (thanks to LouiSe, homepage: http://louise.amiga.hu) and added the MySQL support in PHP.
thttpd is a very fast and efficient Web server, which reaches distinguished speed values also on a relatively slow 68k-Amiga.
Furthermore I compiled the newest version (2.01-10) of the log-file analyzer Webalizer (homepage: www.webalizer.com) for Amiga OS. Both programs need the ixemul LIBRARY.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Gregory S. Donner (E-Mail)
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MPEG-Player: RiVA Version 0.47
Stephan Fellner released a Demo version
(0.47) of the MPEG-player RiVA.
Download: RiVA.lha (49 KB)
The demo version has all features enabled, no frame/time limits or annoying
requesters, but colour playback is disabled.
What's new in 0.47:
- Audio sync problems fixed!
- Improved compatibility with some buggy MPEG streams that would not play
- New borderless fullscreen PIP mode! (toggle with Enter key)
- Fixed some minor bugs (asyncio, audio)
- RivaGUI: A new Starter GUI written by Gábor Nagy
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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Tool: SRename Version 3.5.0 beta 5
Constantinos Nicolakakis published a new beta version of the tool 'SRename'.
With this tool, which can be used with Amiga OS 3,0+, you can comfortably rename files.
In version 3.5.0 beta 5 the following program sections and bugs were fixed:
- Rewritten many code parts.
- Added "Reuse" capability using parentheses ( ) . This makes it possible for several actions to act on the same unmodified filename.
- Changed the way the "INSERT" action works when appending characters. For appending purposes the user should now use the new "APPEND" secondary argument.
- Improved the way that the number positioning is handled when modifying the basename of a filename sequence.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed bug with not appending characters at the end of a segment using INSERT.
- Fixed "Destination path not found" bug when using ":" in conversion.
- Fixed problem of reading only up to 120 characters of each CLI supplied path/filepattern.
- Fixed one Enforcer hit.
Download: SRename3.5b5.lzx
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14.Oct.2002
zErec (ANF)
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Microcode Solutions: Power Macintosh(tm) Emulation News (Update)
Power Macintosh(tm) Emulation News!
»Microcode Solutions will be releasing an iMac(tm)
based emulation in both hardware (G3, G4, and dual G4 PCI boards) and
software versions in the near future. Stay tuned for details!«
Update 15.10.2002:
Microcode Solutions has received what we believe will be the final hardware revision of the PCI based PowerPC card being manufactured by a well known PowerPC accelerator company.
The current board is a high speed G3 board. Other models are being prototyped right now, and these are G4 and dual processor configurations.
Microcode Solutions has always been the leader in Macintosh emulation technology, developing the first PowerPC emulation for a non-Macintosh platform. We will continue this tradition by releasing the first Power Macintosh emulation for the PC.
Besides having a PCI based hardware solution, Microcode Solutions will also be releasing a completely software based emulation to the public at an amazingly low price (under $50).
We know that people have waited an extremely long time for Microcode Solutions to release a new product, and we appreciate your patience. Just like our successful product "FUSION-PC", we feel we should wait to release the product until it is perfected. We are nearing that stage right now. (ps)
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14.Oct.2002
Daniel Hartlehnert (ANF)
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Commodore Amiga Unix - AMIX
Daniel Hartlehnert wrote:
Discovered today, no genuine news, but interesting:
Once there was an own UNIX for the Amiga developed by Commodore.
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14.Oct.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: Review of Software Tycoon
Today GFX-BASE published an extended review of the brand new business simulation 'Software Tycoon' for Amiga. Beside many screenshots there is also a tutorial in which the authors explain, how you can produce, more or less successfully, your first play.
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14.Oct.2002
AMIGAplus
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Raytracing: Kray Version 1.2
Kray is a Raytracing software with a text interface for 68k and PPC Amigas.
Recently version 1.2 appeared in the Aminet, further information can be found on the product website under title link.
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14.Oct.2002
Pixel-Art
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Tool: Pixload Version 2.2
Version 2.2 of the Amidock like startmenu Pixload is now available. Additionally Rxmui 28.1 or better is needed (see here). In this current version the sound level can be changed and stored.
Download: Pixload-2.2.zip
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14.Oct.2002
Markus Pflaumbaum (ANF)
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Music: New song published
Bitshifter, perhaps already known from the music project "yel.C. vs. Psyria", published a remix of the song " Messages" by Bjorn Lynne.
This TRACK, which was completly composed on the Amiga using the DigiBoosterPro music software, is my contribution to the current remix-competition on Bjorn Lynnes website.
Further information about the competition and the contributions of the other participants can be found here.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Bård Olav Olsen, tNA webmaster (ANF)
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Magazine: the NEW AMIGANS magazine - New website
New completely redone website for the magazine up and running.
New Paypal booking system implemented! - Easy and straight forward
to order subscriptions, new issues and backissues....
COME AND VISIT!...:D (ps)
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14.Oct.2002
ANN
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Magazin: Amiga Information Online (AIO) #63
Issue #63 of the English language Amiga on-line magazine 'Amiga information on-line (AIO)' is now available.
This issue contains among other things the article 'YAM vs of AEMail' in the Utils section.
The complete table of content can be inferred from the Readme.
AIO uses its own display program and can be used with Amiga OS V3.0+.
Download: /docs/mags/AIOV63.lha (823K),
Readme
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13.Oct.2002
Sven Scheele, ACSH (ANF)
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Event: Amiga Meeting Nord in 5 days
From 18th to 20th October 2002, the 3rd Amiga Meeting Nord will take place.
Sven Scheele writes:
"About 25 Amigans have registered already, so computer space is slowly becoming
a rare commodity.
If you still want to register - or just have a look into the participants list,
please visit our home page (www.amigameeting.de)."
Even before the Amiga, Commodore had brought some devices to market. The
Heimcomputersammlung Kiel (www.hcsk.de) will
present a small selection of these in collaboration with the Förderverein
Computermuseum Kiel e.V. (www.computermuseum.fh-kiel.de)
at the Amiga Meeting 2002, like they did already last year.
The announced computer comical movie 'Dünn 2', which will be publicly presented
for the first time at the meeting, now also has a trailer in MPEG format.
Download is possible under the following addresses:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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13.Oct.2002
Martin Kuchinka's Homepage
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Programming language: PowerD V0.20 Alpha 2, PTReplay
On 13th October 2002, Martin Kuchinka has released version 0.20 Alpha 2 of the
programming language 'PowerD' as well as the program 'PTReplay' for playing
Protracker modules.
This verison of 'PowerD' contains many bug fixes as well as some new features.
Compared to the previous version, the following changes have been implemented:
- today my Amiga celebrates it's 9th birthday :)
- removed some enforcer hits
- global fields like DEF a[3,3] are now well allocated
- fixed global variable fields under PowerPC
- it's now possible to call functions without arguments defined as LPROC
- an error message is now generated if a.b is used, and b doesn't exist as an item, but as variable
- fixed floating point constant equation reader under PowerPC
- fixed a,b+=func() where a and b are floats under PowerPC
- added new keyword SELECTED to SELECT statement (see select.html)
- fixed value returning of SELECT statement
- in the SELECT statement from now doesn't matter on odred of CASE/DEFAULT/SELECTED keywords
- small fix of reqtools.m module
- & didn't work for negative numbers
- bugs reported and so made by Michel Bagmeijer
- fixes in docs
- 'Compiling' changed to 'Assembling'
- x2d tool compiles now modules
- dmod tool improved
- fixed the FreeXMsg() in powerpc.m module
- fixed graphics/gfxmacros.m, intuition/imageclass.m module
- NewM() function does now exist
- there can now be spaces/tabs between ':' and type
- removed alignment problem, that was added in one of last releases
- 'yyy.xxx' won't be chenged, if there is 'xxx' macro defined
- updated resources modules
- added scsi/commands.m module
- added PowerPC functions: WriteF(), ReadEStr(), OpenW(), OpenS(), CloseW(), CloseS(),
Plot(), Line(), Box(), Circle(), Ellipse(), SetStdRast(), Colour()
- bugs reported but Karoly Balogh
- dbcc instruction can now be used in internal ASM
- global DEF a=[1,2,3]:type do now work properly
- inlined assembly can contain expressions like: moveq #const/2,d0
- added namespaces support (see with.html) (now supports multiple variables)
- inside the inline assembly You can use arguments like: (obj.item,ax) as
offset usage (see: asmcode.html)
- fixed a<<=9 bug (where the number is higher, than 8)
- bugs reported by Marco Antoniazzi
- global: DEF var=[[1,2]:x,[3]] and so didn't work at all
- fixed InStr() function
- bugs reported by Vladimir Javorski
- DEBUGSYM option do now enable the DEBUG define
The compiler runs from AmigaOS V3.0, CPU 68ec020, 4MB RAM and 3-4 MB free space
on the hard disk. The compiler itself does not require an FPU. The generated
programs, however, require an FPU if they make use of floats.
The PPC binaries run with the powerpc.library.
Apart from the compiler, 'phxass' and 'phxlnk' are required for creating 68k
code, and 'pasm' and 'vlink' for creating PPC code.
These programs can be found on Frank Wille's
home page.
Download:
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13.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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Library: SDL 1.2.5 Beta
On 13th October 2002, Gabriele Greco has released the beta version 1.2.5 of his
Amiga port of the SDL (Simple Direct Media Layer). This library offers
functions for cross platform programming of games and multimedia programs.
This version updates SDL to the latest source tree and fixes some bugs of the
previous version. The most important one is the SixK P96 fix for hicolor modes.
The archive contains:
- GCC 68k static library.
- GCC morphos static library.
- SAS/C static library
- The 68k SHARED SDL.library, works with any language or compiler able to parse an .fd file.
- A few SDL examples with a GCC Makefile to build them.
- Inlines, pragmas and .fd files for the 68k shared library.
- Includes and HTML docs from the original SDL archive.
The library runs from AmigaOS 3.0, AHI and CGX/P96 compatible gfx card (not
tested with CGX AGA). Suggested CPU is a 68040 processor or better.
Download:
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13.Oct.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Audio: Wanted: Programmer for DigiBoosterPro
Wanted: Capable Assembler programmer for further development of
DigiBoosterPro. Digibooster Professional (DBPro) is a music tracker program.
Interested programmers please apply to
Psyria@apc-tcp.de.
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13.Oct.2002
Manfred Rauer (ANF)
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Event: 5 years of AccM - photo gallery
On 12th and 13th October 2002, the AccM (Allgemeiner ComputerClub Magdeburg)
celebrated its 5th anniversary. Manfred Rauer writes:
"For all who couldn't come to our party, and of course our guests who had lots
of fun, we have once more the best pictures for your viewing pleasure.
But now have lots of fun with our herewith newly introduced
Web photo gallery,
which will provide you with even more insight into our club life in the future."
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13.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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Benchmark: AmiGOD 2 Beta 13.10.2002 (Update)
On 13th October 2002, Lukas Stehlik has released a new beta version of
'AmiGOD 2'. This is a modularly organised AmigaOS benchmark. The following
changes have been made, compared to the previous version:
- New: Beta database (compares only the complete results - mathematical
calculations, graphics, Intuition).
- 4 internal modules (external modules not supported at this time).
- New: Menu (database, all tests separately, about, etc.)
- Change: Small cosmetic changes.
The benchmark runs from AmigaOS 3.0 (AmigaOS 2.0 has not been tested), CPU 68k,
PPC (or PC and UAE or Amithlon), 0.2 MB RAM and identify.library (included).
Besides information about future versions, there are also screenshots published
under the title link.
Download: AmiGOD2.lha
Update 14.10.2002:
Today was released a news beta version. The download link is the same as
above. (sd) (Translation: cb)
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13.Oct.2002
Michael Dittmar (ANF)
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Linux/APUS: Kernel V2.4.18 with CyberstormPPC UW-SCSI support
The Linux/APUS kernel is available in version 2.4.18-2 with CyberstormPPC
UW-SCSI support. The following changes have been made, compared to the previous
version:
- Change: The CyberstormPPC UW-SCSI driver should now work. Please mind
that it still has more of an experimental character - You have been warned.
- Change: Deactivated PCI, as this apparently does more bad than good at
the moment.
Download is possible on Sourceforge through the title link.
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13.Oct.2002
MorphOS-news.de
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MorphOS: MorphOS V1.0, Pegaos mainboards through dealers
On 14th October 2002, MorphOS version 1.0 for the beta testers will be
released.
Furthermore, the Betatester II Pegasos mainboards with the G3-600MHz CPU module
will be available through authorised distributors and dealers this week. An NDA
won't be necessary for these mainboards anymore.
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13.Oct.2002
Matthias Gietelt (ANF)
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GUI-Builder: Emperor V4.5 (Reaction)
Matthias Gietelt has released version 4.5 of the GUI builder 'Emperor'.
'Emperor' is not just a GUI builder, but a complete programming interface for
easy creation of programs, which make use of Reaction and GadTools.
Emperor is targeted at all programmers and non-programmers (i.e. at Amiga users
in general).
Version 4.5 features in short:
- Implemented Drag'n'Drop of objects.
- Full StormC V4 support.
- Added category ToolTypes.
- Implemented generation of install scripts.
- Main window displayable in smaller mode.
- Fixed problems with array window.
- All lists keyboard controllable.
- Added extended setup options.
- Message handling as hierarchical list.
- Optional custom screen for Emperor.
- Fixed problems with preview window.
- Optimized project open routines.
- Fixed error in generated source text.
- Reworked progress indicators.
- Optimized some macro functions.
- Optimized generated source text.
- Icons can be created for all files.
- Full AmigaOS3.9 support.
- Extended functions in attribute window.
- Improved programming help.
- New text editor functions.
- New project check routine.
- Improved online help.
- Extended GadgetHelp.
- Optimized initialize functions.
- Fixed smaller bugs.
Description:
'Emperor' is mainly to free the programmer of having to deal with complicated
system structures. I.e.: Programming by simply clicking. Anyone who knows the
Amiga a little is able to create programs with its help. The programming help
offers a choice of macro functions which take over control and handling of
partly rather complex operations. The two functions Get/SetGadgetAttr() should
be especially highlighted. Merely the gadget to be queried has to be specified.
Specifics like window and query property are unnecessary as most of the time
only one particular tag has to be queried (set) (example: FUELGAUGE_Level,
GA_Selected).
The integrated text editor provides the project's 'individualization' - it is
here that the actual personal source text within own or generated functions is
being written.
Message handling describes possible intervention variants into the standardised
program sequence. A function can for example be called on 'Startup' or
'Shutdown'. Or when windows open or gadgets are selected.
Furthermore it is possible to write small tools withing a couple of minutes,
or to create the graphical user interface for complex applications.
A couple of small sample projects are included with the program.
The attribute windows are the most important means when creating own projects.
Each gadget which lies within these attribute windows has a small help which is
displayed in the main window (this applies to all windows in Emperor). It
allows specific parameterisation of the single objects. A little delicacy can
be found on the requesters page. In this attribute window it is possible to
have Emperor specific ReAction based requesters created. For this you switch to
'Reaction' within the attribute window and activate 'ReactionRequest'. Now
there are many settings available to adjust the requesters to your preferred
taste and circumvent the system requesters (as those don't necessarily conform
to the design of contemporary programs, and not everyone uses requester patches
such as ReqAttack).
Another example are the predefined menus, which can added to the project with a
single click. If you use these predefined menu macros, you not only get the
menu itself, but also the complete translations in all 18 supported languages.
Finally I'd like to point out this version's most important feature: Popup
menus, which are based on ReAction based windows can also be created. These
popup menus are objects which ReAction doesn't explicitly support as a rule -
with Emperor these become reality.
Also a great help are the so-called ICMaps which are supported since AmigaOS
3.5: they allow to have gadgets communicate with one another uni- or
bidirectionally (own creation), without having to type a single line of code.
This is especially interesting for gadgets with similar or mutually exclusive
functions.
Another highlight is the definable GadgetHelp output. It allows to select a
gadget as output gadget. The respective GadgetHelp (on the attribute window's
'Misc' page) is transferred into this gadget. Thus it should be a string
gadget.
There is an immediate visualisation for each GUI element, which facilitates a
preview without compiling the project, e.g. for windows, requesters, ASL
requesters, screens, popup menus and menus.
Download: dev/c/Emperor.lha (763K),
Readme
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13.Oct.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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Magazine: New direction at getboinged.de
Thorsten Schölzel writes:
"Because NoCover is being continued by another party yet, I'm reorienting
myself and thus also the Web site getboinged.de.
All else can be learned on the
Homepage. Have fun! ;)"
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13.Oct.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Achim Stegemann (Digital Almanac, AmiChess)
In mid September, 'Achim Stegemann' announced a new chess program for the Amiga
on his home page.
After 'AmiChess', so the program's title, has been presented on the
Amiga Freunde Pfalz party for the first time, Amiga Arena wanted to know when a
public release can be expected and how the development came about.
Please also read new information about the astronomy software 'Digital
Almanac 4.9' and what the future prospects of version IV for AmigaOS 4.x are.
The interview is available in German.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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13.Oct.2002
Amiga Flame
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AmigaFlame: Why Amiga need the PDA developer community
Philip has published an article with the heading
'Special Report: Why
Amiga need the PDA developer community and how can they be won over?' on
Amiga Flame.
In this he deals with the issue of PDA games and AmigaDE for the second time.
The article contains (a.o.t.) Simon Jacobs' (Xen Games) point of view about
AmigaDE, a list of AmigaDE's announced (Ami3D) and partly existing (TinyGL)
capabilities with emphasis on games development, and deals with the question of
how Amiga as well as PDA games developers, who often have to live with low
sales figures because of the different PDA systems, might profit from one
another.
Additionally the Future AmigaDE Games List
has been updated. This list contains released and announced AmigaDE games titles.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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13.Oct.2002
amiga.org
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Virus Help Canada: VirusZ III V0.9c
On 12th October 2002, Georg Hörmann has released version 0.9c of the anti virus
program 'VirusZ III'. The following changes have been implemented since the
previous version:
- New: Added new snapshots. These were sent in by Harry Sintonen, Gunnar
Andersson, Dieter Klisch, Armin Pigulla, Dirk Stöcker, Marko Raina, Maurizio
and AmiS.
- New: Support for NOUNCRUNCHSIZE archive for file check.
The length of the target file is now calculated before unpacking.
- New: Support for encrypted archives for file check.
VirusZ asks the password once and uses this for the whole archive. Only if the
password is incorrect it is asked for again.
- New: Added tc_Switch, tc_Launch and pr_PktWait fields to snapshot function
after AmiS reported software which uses these fields.
VirusZ III runs from AmigaOS 2.04. Additionally required libraries are not
contained in the archive anymore. They can (e.g.) be acquired from the Aminet
or through the title link:
Download: VirusZ_09c.lha (61 658 Bytes),
Readme
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13.Oct.2002
M. Lueck (ANF)
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Radio: RadioX V0.3 for all G-Rex boards released
On 12th October 2002, version 0.3 of 'RadioX' has been released. This is a
radio program for all G-Rex boards in combination with a TV board which offers
radio support.
All boards which work with Visionary are supported. Teletext software will
follow soon.
Download: RadioX0_3.lha (109 KByte)
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12.Oct.2002
Matthias Henze (ANF)
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HSMathLibs v44.50 beta 2 and v44.50 beta 8
HSMathLibs v44.50 beta 2 (for MC68881/82) and v44.50 beta 8 (for MC68040/060)
Finally it is done. After a very long period of time there are new
versions of the HSMathLibs. In these versions, that exist also as demo versions, have all known bugs been removed, some smaller optimizations have been done and some new features (e. g.: full support of the programs "BlizKick", "LoadResident" and "LoadModule") have been added.
I regret that there has been so much time since my announcement on July, 6th 2002 to the release of these versions but this wasn't up to me. Already on July, 6th 2002 was the German version of the HSMathLibs finished and I have sent the files to the ATO (Amiga Translators' Organization). But though I had taken a lot of work from the translators it had taken much time. 2 teams of the ATO haven't been able until now to translate the files. This is also the reason why with the new versions only 12 instead of 14 languages are supported.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Oct.2002
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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AmithlonTV looking for programmers!
Programmers wanted!
We need people for AmithlonTV who know how to code, who have knowledge of TV cards (bt8x8, SAT, DVB, ...), who own one and who are willing to write drivers for the single components.
This is how things are right now:
We have a three layers drivers system. On the lowest level there's a text file that follows a library serving as interface to applications. This library calls single sub drivers.
The drivers system behind the library is chip based. Simply spoken there's not a driver for each card but for each chip. The advantage is that the user has just to change a text file and makes an entry there containing the chips that are on his card and his TV card will already work. Missing components are of no importance in most cases. Is there no tuner does this mean that the application doesn't have any, either. So a driver for a particular chip works without any adaptation with different cards.
The library is kept that flexible that it can deal with as many TV cards simultaneously as you like. And as many applications as you like can share one single TV card what is very practically e.g for video recorders, TV and web cam. This way it will be switched between the applications if needed. E. g. a web cam application can interrupt a TV application for doing a snapshot but it cannot do this with the video recorder application.
In contrary to the main library that is already working very well there's much work to be done on the external components. There's no real TV application, yet. There's a small test version showing the possibilities and being used for testing purposes but it doesn't really offer functionality.
It's even worse with the chip drivers. To date there are only the drivers for the Medion TV card (MD 9592) existing. That means that an audio driver, a tuner driver and the bt8x8 are existing. The bt8x8 driver should be capable in creating and displaying an image on all TV cards using a BrookTree chip. Especially the bt8x8 support causes still quite some trouble and I could need specialist knowledge.
This may all now sound very complicated but it isn't as the complex things are all implemented in the tvcard.library with the drivers themselves being very small. The sub library for the tuner is for the time being not even 2 Kb in size!
Urgently needed are:
- Drivers for as many chips as possible.
- A TV application with a nice GUI using Reaction or skins.
- A video recorder application.
Capabilities that you should have:
- C knowledge.
- 68K knowledge are of advantage.
- Library coding (the chip drivers are normal libraries with four functions).
- Knowledge of the single chips are very advisable.
What can't be expected:
AmithlonTV is not commercial and it is not supposed to become in the future. Therefore there'll be no payment. With this call I want to push the development that is going on only slowly until now.
Interested people may contact me!
Guido Mersmann
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Oct.2002
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Video converter 2.1 update
Today I have finished a new update of the video converter. It is the version 2.1 and it can be downloaded following the download link below.
New:
- default settings can be saved and loaded
- app window and app menu functionality
- menu bar added
- online help that can be switched on and off (is listed in Workbench's menu bar)
- eleven pages documentation as PDF (partly in English)
- VideoCD authoring can now handle multi track VideoCDs (max. 5 tracks)
Carsten Siegner is looking for somebody who would translate him the program and the documentation into English and French.
Download: Videokonverter.lzx
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Oct.2002
G. Brosig (ANF)
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Amiga 600 as car MP3 player
G. Brosig draws your attention to an interesting project to build. A student from Clausthal (Germany) has implemented his A600 into a car and uses it there as an MP3 player, routing planer and for gaming.
Further information can be found following the title link.
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12.Oct.2002
Frank Wille
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Frank Wille: vbcc version 0.8 und vlink version 0.8 (Update)
Frank Wille has updated two of his programs. The first is
vbcc version 0.8,
a highly optimized portable ISO C compiler, available in versions for Amiga and MorphOS. The compiler supports ISO C as defined in ISO/IEC 9899:1989 and part of the new standard ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (C99).
Furthermore has Frank Wille released version 0.8 of the linker
vlink.
vlink is a portable linker written in ANSI-C for several object file formats. The source code should compile under AmigaOS as well as under Unix without any problems. For now are supported: AmigaDos,
EHF, ELF32-PowerPC-BigEndian, ELF32-PowerUp, a.out (NetBSD68k, SunOS010, SunOS020, NetBSDi386, PCi386, VOBJ), as well as Motorola S-Record and Raw-Binaries via linker scripts.
Update 14.10.2002:
vbcc was'nt written only by Frank Wille, but also by Volker Barthelmann.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Oct.2002
Amigan
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Amigan Software: Worm Wars V7.21 and Saga V1.2a
On the web site of Amigan Software have updates been released for the following two games:
- Worm Wars version 7.21 - download: Wormwars.lha (621 KB)
- Saga version 1.2a - download: Saga.lha (284 KB)
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Oct.2002
Otto Dette for U.d.N. (email)
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Closing report: U.d.N. presented Pegasos in Bremen
As already reported had the
"Users der Nordseeküste" (U.d.N.) shown on October, 5th and 6th 2002 the Pegasos
in Bremen at the Videobörse.
We thank the participating companies Vesalia, bplan and MorphOS who made it possible for us to show the Pegasos. On the one hand we didn't want to put the beta testers at a disadvantage but on the other hand we wanted to show the computer to the publicity and we believe that we succeeded. Because of an article in Bremen's biggest newspaper on Sunday we had 5432 visitors on both days. Via the U.d.N.
came interested users who wanted to see the Pegasos.
The Videobörse in Bremen was the opportunity for such a presentation, for years we participate there in spring and autumn with our computers. After we had dissolved the A.U.C - HB in the end of 2001 as there were less and less Amiga users in Bremen and founded the party U.d.N. in this we got the promise from the organizers of the show to further use our room in the citizens center for free as we are known as magnet for the event.
The two days have confirmed that our chosen way, a calm juxtaposition of different operating systems, is practicable. It doesn't matter whether it is the Amiga, PC, Mac, Palm, Linux or another system.
The Amiga and new hardware for the Amiga have therefor a platform to show themselves to non-Amigans. Our experiences show that many PC users remember their beginners time with the Amiga at such an event. As the PC users saw the tower with the Mediator board and as such with the PCI slots equipped with Voodoo card, TV card, sound card and Ethernet card they almost couldn't believe that it is an Amiga with a PPC card.
USB on the Amiga? Satellite dish and television? Flat screen? Playing videos
and MPEG? What, this all is possible? In the net via PCI-Ethernet?
And then online showing the Amiga-News, our Ralf had no break because of all the explanations about his system and his video equipment. At the end the ATARI users being also at the show explained this upgraded Amiga to their friends and afterwards even the Pegasos. Our special thanks go to "Professor Dellert" (we call him respectfully so) of DCE who had taken care for a BRILLIANTLY modified PPC card.
On Thursday, October 3rd, 2002 had two users of the U.d.N. set of from Bremen and picked up the two Pegasos computers,
so we had had two days to get to know the computers. Our biggest worry was to put the beta testers who had subscribed an contract at Thendic to a disadvantage. So particular functions of the soft- and hardware of the computers had been locked. We had already before decided to show only those things that don't fall under the beta testers contract. So there was only the version 0.6x of MorphOS shown and Suse Linux was installed in a version 7.x. It would have been a simple thing for our Linux expert of the company SUSE and member of the U.d.N to install the new version 8.1 but this version wasn't officially been released, either. We could have had shown the MacOS, too, but unfortunately only two computers had been available.
So we restricted ourselves to the possible as it was the most important thing that everybody who was interested in the Pegasos could try it himself/herself without the need for us to be all the time at hand. This was accepted this way by the users, they tested and tried to crash the computers. At the end of the show was the Suse Linux in some parts German and in other parts English.
From Bavaria, Gera, Halle, Berlin, Hamburg, Flensburg, Osnabrück, Göttingen and from the Netherlands (there were surely still more places) had the users come to see and test the Pegasos. During the two days there had been no need to reinstall the systems from scratch. And this was exactly our goal!
We had been especially pleased that Mr. Michael Garlich from TITAN-Computer came and we could present a video of Motionstudio. Michael had been several hours with us and had given much information to the visitors about the progress of the software. And he took consideration of the beta testers and told only as much about the current version 9.x of MorphOS as he could take responsibility for. Of course we would have loved to see his developers team showing presentations on their systems but this wasn't possible because of existing contracts with sponsors.
On Sunday were Mrs. and Mr. Does of the company Vesalia at the show and gave information to the interested users. As we were already finishing there was still a discussion going on and we could only with smooth pressure move the group along. We were glad when we could hand the Pegasos computers over undamaged.
The Pegasos had been very well accepted by the PC and Linux users, too.
The following excerpt taken from a comment by "mk" from October, 06th 2002 describes exactly what people told us all over again:
»And then it's not only suitable for the living room but even for the bed room. No CPU fan, no fan on the
graphics board. Should the fan of the power supply even need to run because of the small power amount of the system
it was at least not hearable. When completing the computer you only have to look for quiet hard discs etc. and then you get really problems to tell whether the computer is switched on when you do this by just listening to the system«
But there had been more than the presentation of the Pegasos. On a PC video editing had been shown and explained in
a factual way and with much patience. We had been very astonished because of the many questions and often people had
told that not even at the specialists they'd experienced that much about editing of videos. That encourages us, of
course we will extend this area until the next show in spring 2003. Besides that had our PC experts been pestered to death with questions regarding the BIOS and the hardware.
Reports of single users regarding the event and their experiences at the show can be found under:
www.udnimweb.de/News.htm.
On our video page
you can watch a video of the Pegasos in action. Pictures of the event and of the Pegasos can be found under:
www.udnimweb.de/Boerse02.html.
Further images of the event (especially interesting for the people from Osnabrück (Germany)) are on the computer of our
Linux expert.
Many questions regarding the new operating system Jaguar and to the upgrading of old MACs to be able to install the OS X were asked our MAC users.
There'll be an comprehensive report in the Amiga Future that'll be written by Rene
Stelljes (member U.d.N.) for the magazine. Rene had explained the Pegasos on both days and he had also installed the software.
Two short story alongside the event:
1.) The Atari people had found a power supply at the flea market, connected it to the power point - "PENG" could only a dust cloud be seen, the upper floor had no power anymore. Oh, there's another power point, connecting the power supply with it - "PENG", down in the sales room no power anymore. Oh, one more power point, let's try it there once more - "PENG", that was the fuse of our room. Pegasos, Amiga, MAC and PC suddenly without power while accessing the hard disc, the agitation was very big. After the power was back again all computers booted without any problems. We hadn't seen the Atari people again after this, they left the event very early
2.) Several times people called via the cell phone number we had given, mainly because of price reducing cards or to tell us that the web cam was unusable because of the bad ISDN connection. But one call made us laugh, the person asked indeed whether we'd know where to find a free parking room but unfortunately we really couldn't answer as we hadn't installed a camera outside ;-).
Our result of the event:
It was great, we hadn't expected that much interest in the Pegasos, coming also from people who had heard for the first time about the Pegasos and MorphOS. And the questions we are receiving after the event show us the big interest. 300 visiting-cards were given away, we have two new members since the show. We thank all users who had gone the long way to us we'll certainly see at the next fair. And as always at the end, what comes next after this top event? Ralf and Otis have already something in the planning, more about this in March 2003 when it's time for: "Let's go to the Videobörse to Bremen".
Special thanks go to Landshut (Germany) to Markus Bindhammer who came especially to us by plane.
Otto Dette for U.d.N.
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12.Oct.2002
Daniel Miller (ANF)
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Event: Pegasos and MorphOS Demonstration in USA
Barring traffic jams or sniper fire I will demonstrate the modern
alternative home computer system Pegasos and MorphOS at the NCAUG
meeting today in McLean, Virginia, USA. My 14 year old nephew
David Fletcher will assist. To the best of my knowledge this will
be the first public demonstration of the system on the North
American continent.
We will show the hardware, certain graphical demos, a directory
utility, maybe a game, and I will tell everyone the latest
developments in the MorphOS scene and answer questions. We'll take
some pictures and upload them later this weekend.
Besides Pegasos there will be unrelated demos of LCD glasses, a 3D
game, VR Slingshot and plenty of other stuff from NCAUG members.
More information is at www.ncaug.org.
"Today is ad gift. That's why they call it the present."
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11.Oct.2002
T.o.T. (E-Mail)
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Tales of Tamar: First basis set of boxes delivered
Today the first basis set of boxes of Tales of Tamar has been delivered. Already in the next week over 250 players will romp on Tamar and therefore will give the additional stimulation of a "massive multiplayer" genres. .
Forcing the sale from the next week on we will give the possibility to the players to advertise other ones and thus getting further rounds for free. Each registered player will get additional 50 rounds to play for free if this person shows Tales of Tamar somebody else and if this one will order the basis set on www.tamar.net. Tales of Tamar is UAE compatible and thus can be also bought by owners of a PC. The future version for the PC will be then available for free! This also applies to other platforms.
Tales of Tamar is a round based PBEM strategy online game (PBEM = PlayByEMail) of Eternity where you take over the control over a nation just like at Civilization or Kaiser and where you have to bring your nation in a world of the Internet called Tamar to glory and honour.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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11.Oct.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: New driver for Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card
The SpiderUP 1.7 update for the Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card
has been made available today.
Changes:
usb.device ver.1.7
The possibility of setting the usb.device driver task priority with Trident
GUI added. This option requires the Poseidon stack ver.1.31 as a minimum.
Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator
section.
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11.Oct.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Digital Almanac III - News
There are some news of the astronomy program DA3:
- The email address has changed. It is now achim.stegemann@onlinehome.de. I therefore ask all customers and all who are interesed in this program to replace the old address by the new one.
- The new version of DA3 is nearly complete. Still only the HTML documentation has to be adopted.
- Additional to the HTML documentation a manual in PDF format is also in progress. This has the advantage of being able to print it as one thing. Because of high expenditures there will be no hardcover manual.
- Maybe there will be also a Czech locale for DA3.
- I guess that the complete distribution will be ready on December.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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11.Oct.2002
Martin Merz (ANF)
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VisualMI changed and new Bonus Theme
Due to the caused confusion about the last "VisualMI" release I
decided to split the archive. The single archives and a new bonus
them are available now.
(ps)
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