guardamyfrench.lha   comm/www     7K+French catalog for GuardAmy
IRS-Surf.lha         demo/aga   2.3M+IRIS demo, released at The Party 1999
Eplugget.lha         demo/euro  181K+The last demo by Draco, released in 1992
Lsbf.lha             demo/euro   59K+The first demo by Draco, from 1990
Xcopydemo.lha        demo/euro  265K+Funny practical joke demo by Draco
Dracointro.lha       demo/intro  96K+The first intro by Draco, from 1991
Microintro.lha       demo/intro  58K+An intro by Draco, released in 1991
Eurochart39b.lha     demo/mag   763K+The Official Eurochart #39 by DEPTH & IR
HelloWorld.lha       dev/c      127K+Multitasking tutorial.
icu-bin.lha          dev/c      3.2M+International Classes for Unicode (bin)
icu-diffs.lha        dev/c       12K+International Classes for Unicode (diff)
icu.lha              dev/c      6.9M+International Classes for Unicode (src)
wchar.lha            dev/c        7K+Subset of wide character library
wla_020_2.3.lha      dev/cross   46K+WLA - Game Boy Macro Assembler v2.3 (020
2b_GEDSyntax.lha     dev/e        4K+AmigaE syntax parser w. source
jikes-diffs.lha      dev/lang    14K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v1.11 (diffs)
jikes.lha            dev/lang   642K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v1.11 (source)
jikes000.lha         dev/lang   638K+Fast Java compiler, v1.11 (68000 binary)
jikes020-060.lha     dev/lang   631K+Fast Java compiler,v1.11 (68020-060,FPU)
AutoCat.lha          dev/misc    15K+AutoCat  V 1.0  An easy way to make desc
Reloc.lha            dev/misc    73K+Relocates an exe-binary for ROMs V1.4
OptyMPEGSave.lha     disk/cdrom  18K+Better save mpeg music with OptyCDPlayer
Imagine_ann.txt      docs/anno    1K+Announcing the Imagine V5.17 ACUP update
photofolio_20.txt    docs/anno    3K+Commercial image cataloging program
Amiga4ever12.lha     docs/mags  1.7M+Freewaremag(GERMAN), Ausgabe 12 (Dez./Ja
Amiga4ever13.lha     docs/mags  1.5M+Freewaremag(GERMAN), Ausgabe 13 (Jan./Fe
HLA-vcjcvos10.lha    docs/mags  326K+VCJCVOSABJSZ v1.0 (scene terms` director
M2Master.lha         game/data  105K+New Levels and Editor for Marblelous 2
napalm_hints.lha     game/hint   25K+A guide for Napalm game(English)version
rfmpro20.lha         game/misc  750K+Most playable soccer manager ever (2.0)
clockwiserhd.lha     game/patch  30K+HD-Installer for Clockwiser CD32 and Flo
ezquake.lha          game/patch  25K+Frontend for launching Quake.
rampagehd.lha        game/patch  16K+HD-Installer & fix for Rampage V2.0
xenonhd.lha          game/patch   9K+HD-Installer for Xenon V1.0
CharacterSheet.lha   game/role   20K+1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 
WarpQuake.lha        game/shoot 426K+WarpOS Quake port
WarpQuake_src.lha    game/shoot 1.1M+WarpOS Quake port
DawnVideoPoker.lha   game/think 326K+VideoPoker. MAJOR UPDATE!
Patience.lha         game/think 132K+20 games of patience V1.2
Solohalma.lha        game/wb     43K+Boardgame for one person
cur2ilbm.lha         gfx/conv    24K+Windows cursor/icon to ILBM converter.
Mpgtoanim.lha        gfx/conv   614K+Converts MPEG movies into ANIM files V1.
VE-Main.lha          gfx/edit     4K+Visual Eng. - Important information
Nailer.lha           gfx/ifx     41K+Updated auto-thumbnailer
ReqAttackAnims.lha   gfx/misc   2.5M+Requester animations for ReqAttack
SvIVFix907.lha       gfx/misc     7K+*Fix* for SViewIV V9.07 (20.1.2000)
Frogger.lha          gfx/show   408K+Ultimate MPEG video player (PPC & 68k v1
FroggerPPC_15.lha    gfx/show   193K+Ultimate MPEG video player (PPC v1.5)
IOBlixUsr.lha        hard/drivr 282K+V37.14, IOBlixZ2 and IOBlix1200 software
AHD.lha              hard/hack   81K+Connect MFM/RLL Harddisks to A500
ASpEmu.lha           misc/emu    41K+V0.71 ZX Spectrum 48K emulator.
ASpEmu_NOROM.lha     misc/emu    29K+V0.71 ZX Spectrum 48K emulator.
cp4.lha              misc/emu   670K+C= Plus4 Emulator - V0.78
cp4_update.lha       misc/emu   230K+C= Plus4 Emulator - V0.78
Nostalgia.lha        misc/emu   181K+THE Multi-Emulation system, support for 
TrueReality.lha      misc/emu   172K+Nintendo 64 emulator for WarpUP, v990629
imdbDiff000114.lha   misc/imdb  2.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
BoingCoin.lha        misc/misc  283K+Amiga BoingCoins!
UKLP.lha             misc/misc   58K+United Kingdom Lottery Program
DAlmanac_Exe.lha     misc/sci   1.4M+Next Generation Planetarium (1.8.3)
Chain_latino.mpg     mods/elbie 3.0M+Chain_Latino [hiphop] by ElbiE^t13n!
Chain_mellow.mpg     mods/elbie 4.3M+Chain_Mellow [hiphop] by ElbiE^t13n!
pie_badworld.lha     mods/hardc 2.1M+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
pie_fant.lha         mods/hardc 371K+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
pie_nmare1.lha       mods/hardc 1.3M+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
pie_nmare2b.lha      mods/hardc 1.6M+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
pie_thesht.lha       mods/hardc 527K+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
pie_wish.lha         mods/hardc 608K+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
I124Q.lha            mods/house 2.7M+The Best Deep House Tune EVER!!! by BZ
Muuntaja.lha         mods/house 204K+PT house/acid MOD By Tripper/Styrox/Sulp
DownTheNight.lha     mods/med    97K+Slow MED-Module by Faroul
twig_mic.lha         mods/med   129K+Microwave, a tune by DJTwiglet
twig_ne.lha          mods/med   161K+Nocturnal Emissions, a tune by DJTwiglet
twig_nyp.lha         mods/med   240K+New Years Peeve, a tune by DJTwiglet
sbf_ddua.lha         mods/misc  167K+DuDuA - XM - sbf/phx (slarti)
sbf_frut.lha         mods/misc   39K+Slarti/Synth-Style - XM - sbf/phx (slart
sbf_frym.lha         mods/misc  153K+Slow/Atmos Mod - XM - sbf/phx (slarti)
sbf_kita.lha         mods/misc   91K+Kill the Angels (unfin) - XM - sbf/phx (
32bc_faker.mpg       mods/mpg   7.4M+New 32 bit choon by salty
Movingon.mpg         mods/mpg   2.5M+MP3 Jazz by Mr.Lou / Dewfall Productions
nd-wings.lha         mods/neuro 403K+11 ch. OSS tribal/ethno goatrance 7:19
sbf_sctc.lha         mods/pro   231K+Scratch the Chaos - PT - sbf/phx (slarti
bO-002.lha           mods/techn 514K+#002 bOhema release by protas
pie_mine.lha         mods/techn 422K+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
Bura-Caps_C.lha      mods/tranc 595K+DBM techno/trance MOD By Tripper/Styrox/
SampleE.lha          mus/edit   267K+16Bit Stereo HD-Edit Sample Editor AHI-s
TheMPegEncGui.lha    mus/misc    80K+GUI 4 Ncode, MusicIn, Lame, BladeEnc, Pe
PlayGUI.lha          mus/play   418K+Finally! Modplayer with skins!
Prayer2.lha          mus/play   399K+MPEG audio player with fancy GUI and mor
taffysply.lha        mus/play    16K+Lib based Mod/Med ply written in Asm. 
THanimation.lha      pix/anim   259K+Some Amiga animations
hills.jpg            pix/art    267K+Painting by Alvar Andersson
PasisGI-02.lha       pix/icon   263K+A Small high quality GlowIcons collectio
Florence-Meeti.lha   pix/misc   632K+Florence Meeting PHOTOS
Spolet98.lha         pix/misc   462K+Spoletium'98 PHOTOS
TIG96.lha            pix/misc   162K+TIG'96 PHOTOS
TIG97.lha            pix/misc   539K+TIG'97 PHOTOS
TRIP98.lha           pix/misc   581K+TRIP'98 PHOTOS
pointers_five.lha    pix/wb       2K+Black&White pointers (files *.pre) for W
Epson_400.lha        text/print  15K+Epson Stylus 400/440 Driver for WB V1.12
ESCUtil.lha          text/print 149K+EPSON Stylus COLOR Series Utilitiy
Archiver.lha         util/arc   394K+A very good MUIGui for Lha, Lzx...etc.V2
CheckX.lha           util/arc    29K+V1.71 Check for Archives/Packers/Viruses
lzx_netfix.lha       util/arc     3K+Repairs Netscape downloaded lzx files. W
LZX_Y2Kfix.lha       util/arc     4K+LZX 1.21r 100% y2k bug fixed by dr.Titus
LZX_Y2K_fix.lha      util/arc     4K+LZX 1.21r 100% y2k bug fixed by dr.Titus
UnLZX2.lha           util/arc    91K+UnLZX with new args (68k/PPC)
xadmaster.lha        util/arc   299K+V4.0 Powerful unarchiving system
MuFastZero.lha       util/boot  112K+MuLib Zero Page remapper, FastExec/Prepa
MRQ.lha              util/cdity  82K+The MUI requester improver
ALeXcompare.lha      util/cli    40K+Compare files/dirs/trees & display diffe
move37.lha           util/cli     4K+A fast move command (37.7)
touch.lha            util/cli     4K+Amiga-version of touch, v1.1
RC4.lha              util/crypt   1K+RC4 RSA En/Decrypter
RC6.lha              util/crypt   3K+RC6 RSA block En/DeCrypter
akDT-4476.lha        util/dtype   0K+Information about ak Datatypes V44.76 (J
JPEG-DT.lha          util/dtype 284K+New Datatype for JPEG Images (43.2)
JPEG-DT35.lha        util/dtype 212K+New Datatype for JPEG Images (46.1)
PCD-DT.lha           util/dtype 146K+Datatype for Photo-CD Images (43.13)
PCD-DT35.lha         util/dtype  74K+Datatype for Photo-CD Images (44.1)
RGFX-DT.lha          util/dtype 122K+Datatype for IFF-RGFX-Format (43.13)
RGFX-DT35.lha        util/dtype  47K+Datatype for IFF-RGFX-Format (44.1)
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype  39K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.7
WarpPNGdt.lha        util/dtype  45K+PNG image datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.3
Mesa-fix.lha         util/libs   89K+Mesa 3.1 OpenGL-alike graphics library (
MMULib.lha           util/libs  621K+Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
ButtonBar2_0.lha     util/misc  105K+Button launching interface.
MultiRen.lha         util/misc   71K+Powerful multi-file renaming tool (with 
A500_M-Tec020.lha    util/moni    1K+M-Tec 68020 14MHz For A500(+) AIBB Modul
SIATP.lha            util/moni  160K+System Information And Test Program (SIA
XOpa1_96.lha         util/moni  124K+System Monitor with a good interface
xfdmaster.lha        util/pack  222K+Rel1.30 Decrunch packed files (exe/data)
RexxJump.lha         util/rexx    8K+Handy Text editor tool, Jump to Labels v
FastIEEE.lha         util/sys    91K+Speed up your mathieee libraries!
NoROMWack.lha        util/sys     5K+Protects your computer from choosing ROM
Reasserter.lha       util/sys     1K+Another reset program
Beet.lha             util/time   11K+The Swatch  Beat  clock re-visited...
DRemind.lha          util/time  117K+Reminds you whenever you want.. v1.52!
Safe.lha             util/virus  23K+Safe v12.6 + TurboVal v1.1
DefIcons44.lha       util/wb     32K+DefIcons clone for os3.5 (44.3a)
DirScanner.lha       util/wb     39K+Small and nice filefinder. V1.17
Fix.backdrop.lha     util/wb      5K+A GUI to clean up .backdrop files
rndwbpix.lha         util/wb      7K+Another random wbpattern picture selecto
THE.lha              util/wb    111K+Prefseditor for Tools-Menu and Hotkeys

pio_icon.lha         biz/cloan   24K+Use PPaint as Icon-Editor with OS3.5 Sup
Football.lha         biz/dbase  472K+*NEW* Version 2.5.2 - Setup your own lea
FootballUpdate.lha   biz/dbase  241K+*NEW* Update Version 2.5.1 to 2.5.2 - Se
gkartei6.1.3.lha     biz/dbase  231K+Powerful and easy database.
HomeCINEMA.lha       biz/dbase  134K+The coolest German Video Database
QuoteMan.lha         biz/dbase   28K+V1.0 Quote and Invoice manager. MUIREXX 
GolemBetaDemo.lha    biz/demo   534K+0.89 - Business soft for firms (PL only)
TCom2DEMO.lha        biz/demo    66K+V2.2.0 Amiga order program,(COMMESSE ITA
TFat2DEMO.lha        biz/demo   134K+V2.10.0 Amiga Invoice program,(FATTURE I
Dkg-Prices.lha       biz/dkg      1K+Pricelist for Amiga products at Darkage 
CutnPaste3_3fr.lha   biz/dopus    6K+French Catalog for Cut'N'Paste 3.2 - 3.3
dopus412-gpl.lha     biz/dopus  657K+Directory Opus 4 source code
SVConvert15.lha      biz/dopus   64K+Convert pictures using SViewIV and Dopus
ultraaccGER.lha      biz/misc    42K+German translation for Ultraaccounts5.0
sillytext.lha        comm/irc     1K+Amirc script to make silly text
REN_Statz.lha        comm/maxs   46K+`Hall Of Fame' Door for MaxBBS
AmiAIMv11.lha        comm/misc   48K+AmiAIM / Amiga AOL Instant Messenger
cim_v3.lha           comm/misc  1.1M+CIM - Caller Id Manager V3 r36 incl HTML
tc_ger_city.lha      comm/misc    1K+German Telekom rates for TimeConnect
AmiComSys.lha        comm/net   317K+V1.31 Personal Communicator like ICQ (MU
GetAllHTML.lha       comm/tcp    15K+Auto download or link-check entire Web s
netbus.lha           comm/tcp    21K+Netbus client for your AMIGA!
NetLink.lha          comm/tcp    17K+Miami Control
nntpsend.lha         comm/tcp     5K+Sends E-Mails to given newsserver, made 
tcpscanner.lha       comm/tcp    14K+TCP-PortScanner with nmap servicetable
CompressHTML.lha     comm/www   135K+HTML (De)Compressor/Preprozessor (German
Tidy.lha             comm/www   114K+Tidy your HTML - fixes common HTML error
crs-dtc.lha          demo/aga   441K+DepthCharge by CoRRoSioN
crs-foam.lha         demo/aga   526K+'foam' demo by CoRRoSioN
ia-cadmium.lha       demo/aga   291K+InterACTIVE present CADMIUM
crs-al.lha           demo/intro 130K+AnotherLife boardtro by CoRRoSioN
crs-borg.lha         demo/intro  65K+Borg 64k by CoRRoSioN
crs-burst.lha        demo/intro  54K+BURST dentro by CoRRoSioN
crs-ss3.lha          demo/intro 138K+Ss3 invitation intro by CoRRoSioN
crs-tracer.lha       demo/intro  61K+'tracer' intro by CoRRoSioN
SP10.lha             demo/mag   916K+Seenpoint #10 by Scoopex [Jan/Feb-2000]
clockita.lha         dev/basic   25K+Italian digital clock + source code
PureBasic.lha        dev/basic  585K+V1.30 - Brand new powerful programming l
SimpleCalc.lha       dev/c       54K+A Simple Calculator
stormamiga_lib.lha   dev/c      223K+Small and fast linker lib for StormC (de
chunky41_E.lha       dev/e        1K+E modules for using chunky.library 4.1
chunky_E.lha         dev/e        1K+E modules for using chunky.library 3.21
guigfxlib.lha        dev/misc   145K+Application layer for pixel graphics
SortCopy.lha         disk/bakup  28K+Tiny directory/link/backup/copy program
amiuserlist.lha      docs/lists  50K+AmigaUserList V8.87 of Germany, Switzerl
AmigaDeck.lha        game/data  285K+A Soliton cardgame carddeck V1.10
AmiUHS_11.lha        game/hint   16K+V1.1, Universal Hint System (UHS) Reader
CD32-Tips.lha        game/hint   28K+German CD32-Cheats-Guide v20
wiz2.lha             game/jump  202K+Platform game, now with Editor
AmigaPmars08.lha     game/misc  117K+Core Wars ICWS'94 draft compliant enviro
WormWars.lha         game/misc  643K+WormWars 5.21: Advanced snake game
WHDDarkman.lha       game/patch  26K+HD Installer for Darkman
WHDStratego.lha      game/patch  27K+HD Installer for Stratego
awinquake.lha        game/shoot 980K+68k and PPC ports of winquake, v0.5
awinquake_src.lha    game/shoot 1.7M+Source code of awinquake 0.5, a68k/ppc
AnimConv1_1fr.lha    gfx/conv     7K+French Catalog for AnimConverter 1.1
VE-VCard.lha         gfx/edit     3K+Visual Eng. - Visual Card v1.97
VE-VGradient.lha     gfx/edit     3K+Visual Eng. - Visual Gradient v1.35
VE-VTexture2.lha     gfx/edit    16K+Visual Eng. - Visual Texture 2 v1.03
akMPEG4.lha          gfx/show   142K+MPEG player for CyberGfx/AGA V4.20 (68k/
ShineR.lha           hard/hack    7K+PSX card reader hardware/software
TestCard.lha         hard/hack  169K+Testcard generator for PAL/NTSC systems.
vokabeltr2.3b.lha    misc/edu    67K+Powerful and easy word trainer. Freeware
Alcuin_1.1fr.lha     misc/emu     6K+French Catalog for Alcuin 1.1
AmiGenerator.lha     misc/emu   271K+Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator for Warp
Mac_TroubleIV.lha    misc/emu   2.3M+Macintosh Troubleshooter AmigaGuide v4.0
Nostalgia.lha        misc/emu   175K+THE Multi-Emulation system, support for 
imdbDiff000121.lha   misc/imdb  2.3M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
mm-reader0.9a.lha    misc/misc  156K+Recipe data base management
ay-colly10.lha       mods/chip   84K+Collection of the best AY musics for DT.
pie_alife.lha        mods/hardc 665K+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 2k
twig_toa.lha         mods/med   277K+Toaster, a tune by DJTwiglet
divert12.lha         mods/midi   37K+Divertimento12, GM song by Stefano Regat
rNO-L023.lha         mods/misc  164K+Rno-label release no.23 by tang (funkyho
rNO-L024.lha         mods/misc  181K+Rno-label release no.24 by roz (house)
ravegirl.mpg         mods/mpg   2.3M+Happy rave girls. Hard/ClassicTrance (MP
strange.mpg          mods/mpg   3.4M+Strange Feelings. Hardtrance (MP3) tune 
HumanLives.lha       mods/pro   326K+Human Lives module by Estrayk / PaRaDoX
sexyu.lha            mods/roz   407K+Some Real Proggressive Funk! by Roz/fit^
solsis.lha           mods/roz   367K+Solitary Sister by Roz/rno^fit^vdo
AssamplerDKExm.lha   mods/smpl  245K+Some example alorithms made with Assampl
lnj-djnick.lha       mods/techn 177K+Old LastNinja rmx by D.J.Nick/D-Tronic
PH-DECO.lha          mods/techn 163K+Dark industrial sound by the Faces of Ma
AmigaSquares.lha     mus/misc    53K+AmigaSquares Skin for AmigaAMP
MP3TEDv28.lha        mus/misc   162K+MP3-TagEditor v2.8 - Update!
radiat-rAmp.lha      mus/misc    28K+Radiation Skin for AmigaAMP
TechAmp.lha          mus/misc    71K+Electronics Skin for AmigaAMP
24NGWM.lha           pix/misc   441K+Photos from 24th NGWM in Trondheim, Norw
lioness_duo.lha      pix/misc   451K+[ancor]a pic with Sandra and a Lioness
3P18.jpg             pix/trace  204K+Orion-Shuttle starting from 3Pyramids
3P19.jpg             pix/trace  114K+Zeppelin over 3Pyramids
DeepSpace.jpg        pix/trace   58K+Deep Space
dracula3.jpg         pix/trace  484K+Dracula s castle
Hexagen.jpg          pix/trace  190K+"Hexagen" trace 3D and 2D composition pi
Planets.jpg          pix/trace   40K+Planets
StarBaseOne.jpg      pix/trace  157K+StarBase One
Fiji.jpg             pix/views  502K+Tropical island in 800x600
aqua.jpg             pix/wb     353K+AQUA WB-MacOS X like:-) 800x600x15bit re
CharMap.lha          text/font   74K+Display the whole charset of a given fon
Printout.lha         text/print  59K+Print Zweckform Disk & CD Labels
fkey2mcp_mui.lha     util/cdity  17K+Converts FKey's config to A New MCP.conf
MRQ113u.lha          util/cdity  13K+MRQ update to V1.13, binary only
move37.lha           util/cli     4K+A fast move command (37.8)
aul-guide2html.lha   util/conv   57K+AmigaUserListe Guide2HTML converter (onl
deftool.lzh          util/dir     2K+Change icon defaulttool
icontype.lzh         util/dir     2K+Change icon type
WBStartup+.lha       util/libs  232K+WBStartup enhancer
ButtonBar2_0.lha     util/misc  106K+Button launching interface V2.0a
ReportPlus.lha       util/misc   35K+2.0: Now runs Amiga qualifications tests
SelectOS.lha         util/misc   10K+Select AmigaOS or Linux APUS on startup
snoopdos31.lha       util/moni  129K+System monitor, small update (3.1)
snoopdos31_src.lha   util/moni  229K+Source code for the SnoopDos 3.1 update
addrexx10.lha        util/rexx    3K+Small & fast addressbook (And envvar ed)
RexxJump.lha         util/rexx    9K+Handy Text editor tool, Jump to Labels v
CyberClock.lha       util/time   27K+Digital clock w/ changeable digits
CyberClock_cze.lha   util/time    5K+Czech translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_deu.lha   util/time   14K+German translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_fra.lha   util/time    5K+French translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_pol.lha   util/time   14K+Polish translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_por.lha   util/time   14K+Portugal translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_rus.lha   util/time   13K+Russian translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_slo.lha   util/time   13K+Slovenian translation for CyberClock
CyberClock_srp.lha   util/time    5K+Serbian translation for CyberClock
NTFTimer.lha         util/time   29K+NTFTimer 1.0, calcs. the transfer time.
VirusExecutor.lha    util/virus 114K+VirusExecutor v1.84
3.5_Addons.lha       util/wb      7K+V1.0 Addon for OS3.5
ActiveWB.lha         util/wb      2K+ActiveWB is a small utility activating W
clipper.lha          util/wb     57K+Handy Listview tool to set the Clipboard
CondenseIcon.lha     util/wb      3K+Os3.5 tool to make .info files smaller
DefIcons44.lha       util/wb     32K+DefIcons clone for os3.5 (44.3b)
Dynamite.lha         util/wb     47K+Start button and explorer in one. Fast.
lupe.lha             util/wb     69K+The magnifying glass program
MatrixBL.lha         util/wb     26K+Matrix Screen Blanker
outlinefont13.lha    util/wb      4K+Draws outline/shadow on WB 3.5 icon text
rndwbpix.lha         util/wb      8K+Random wbpattern picture selector (39.3)
sgrab.lha            util/wb     47K+Screen grabber with GUI (1.13a)
VisualPrefs.lha      util/wb    441K+Configure the look of the Amiga GUI!
mb_rrAutoDocs.lha    biz/dbase    7K+Generates AutoDocs with MUIbase
StarBase_SCR.lha     biz/dbase  124K+Star Trek Episodes Database (v1.5a)
golembetademo.lha    biz/demo   532K+0.88 - Business soft for firms (PL only)
TBolDEMO.lha         biz/demo    65K+V1.1.0 Material receipt program,(BOLLE M
TCom2Demo.lha        biz/demo    65K+V2.1.0 Amiga order program,(COMMESSE ITA
2b_diskarc.lha       biz/dopus    5K+A small disk unarchiving utility for DOp
GDTrash.lha          biz/dopus  135K+Win95 recycle bin for Dopus5 MagII V1.1 
SVConvert15.lha      biz/dopus   64K+Convert pictures using SViewIV and Dopus
MaxonCPPfix.lha      biz/patch    2K+Bugfixes for Maxon C++ 3.1
ansiartpack1up.lha   comm/bbs   180K+Ansiart Pack I
ansiartpack2up.lha   comm/bbs   566K+Ansiart Pack II
finfo.lha            comm/mail    2K+Write YAM Folderinfo to a file
REN_Vertz.lha        comm/maxs   45K+ANSI/Text Advert Door for MaxBBS
Dial_V3.lha          comm/misc  139K+Phonebook with modem/DTMF dialling (MUI)
dring.lha            comm/misc   89K+Distinctive ring for TrapDoor
TPSATCPrefs.lha      comm/misc    0K+TimeConnect Prefs for Telekomunikacja Po
nc_update.lha        comm/news  111K+Newsreader Version 1.25 (MUI)
newscoaster.lha      comm/news  308K+Newsreader Version 1.25 (MUI)
slrn.lha             comm/news  1.6M+Slrn 0.9.6.2+ (slang 1.4.0) - Amiga Rel 
Amster.lha           comm/tcp    81K+Napster client for Amiga with nice GUI
AWEBGetIP.lha        comm/tcp     8K+Plugin to show your dynamic IP+Hostname
nntpsend.lha         comm/tcp     4K+Sends E-Mails to given newsserver, made 
rxGetIP.lha          comm/tcp     7K+Scripts to show your dynamic IP+Hostname
SimpleFTP.lha        comm/tcp   147K+SimpleFTP v1.93 - Easy to use FTP client
GMSuite.lha          comm/thor   27K+Some really usefull scripts for Thor, v5
js_umsrfc.lha        comm/ums    53K+Umsrfc update (1.4)

• Überarbeitete Treiber für Mitsumi 4802, Yamaha 6416, Yamaha 8416, Plextor 8220, Ricoh 7040 und viele andere mehr.
• CD-Cover Druck mit CD-Text-Unterstützung (Pagestream3 oder höher nötig).
• AmigaOS 3.5 Unterstützung bis zu 100 Zeichen pro Dateiname möglich.
• Neue und erweitere Lese/Schreib-Einstellungen.
• CD-Text Unterstützung beim Lesen und Schreiben (wobei Ihr Brenner dieses Feature unterstützen muss).
• Voller Zugriff auf große Internet-Audio-CD Datenbanken zum Archivieren und Verwalten Ihrer Audio CDs.

    Ja         - 98
    Nein       - 16
    Weiß nicht - 21

• Veränderbare Galaxy-Struktur, bis zum Planeten-Level, um mehr Details zur Navigation zur Verfügung zu stellen.
• Additional work compiled for the CEG including work on the Ovaska, Dah'Screwe, Elarien, Mogensen and hyperspace documents done. Will appear in CEG in due course.
• In Zusammenhang mit dem Compiler sind Probleme aufgetreten. Alternativen werden untersucht.

• Einen Haufen Fehler aus dem Texture-File-Editor entfernen.
• Vervollständigung des Entity- und Objekt-Texture-Editors.

• Nathan, der neue Programmierer bei TWF, hat sich mit dem Testen der Spiel-Engine und der -Editoren sowie der Dokumentation zum Spiel-Design beschäftig. Außerhalb hat er sich eine Arbeitsumgebung zur Entwicklung der Amiga- und Linux-Version eingerichtet.
• Eine neue Version des Landschaftseditors wurde veröffentlicht, die die neuen Routinen der neuen Engine unterstützt.
• Die Arbeit an der Engine selbst hat sich etwas verzögert. Grund ist hierfür die intensive Arbeit an der StormC Implementierung der kommende MiniGL-Link-Library und der Portierung von GLQuake.

• Eine neue, verbesserte Engine. (40% schneller als die aktuelle).
• Vielleicht mit Portierung der Engine nach MiniGL beginnen.
• Einige Updates der Editoren.
• Ein neuer Prototyp der GUI für das Spiel.
• Wieder die Arbeit an den Pfadsuch- und AI-Routinen aufnehmen.

• Beliebig viele Plugins können gleichzeitig laufen.
• Unterstützung für Streaming Audio mit Hilfe von CISC's StreamMP3 AREXX Skript (experimentell!)

• Bugfix: Frogger konnte keine RIFF-Streams erkennen.
• Neu: Spulen mit Audio ist nun möglich. Dies kann aber zu Deadlocks führen, so daß man diese neue Funktion vorsichtig einsetzen sollte.
• Bugfix: Frogger stürzte beim Öffnen einer neuer MPEG-Datei ab.
• Bugfix: 'DISPLAY FILE' verursachte Absturz.
• 68k-Versionen sind wieder verfügbar. Die 030-Version wird jedoch nicht mehr unterstützt werden.
• Neu: Die 68k-Version benötigt nicht mehr die ixemul.library.
• Neu: In der 68k-Version wird der Ton nun mit demgleichen Dekoder wie in der PPC-Version dekodiert. Dadurch ist die Dekodierung auf 68k-Rechnern langsamer, aber sie funktioniert.
• Bugfix: Die Skalierfunktion im Graustufenmodus arbeitete fehlerhaft.
• Bugfix: Der gleiche Fehler trat in den Color-Dithering-Funktionen auf, wenn das Bild skaliert wurde.
• Bugfix: Bei einigen VideoCDs konnte Frogger nicht die korrekte Auflösung ermitteln, sie wurde immer auf 0x0 gesetzt.
• Neu: NOSKIP schaltet die Audio-Dekodierung ab.

• Nach Änderungen an der Verwaltung der User-Prefs im Speicher wird an der Behebung von dadurch verursachten Enforcerhits gearbeitet.
• Bugfix: Der GETCONTACT-Befehl produziert keine Enforcerhits mehr.

• .EMAIL_SECONDARY
• .EMAIL_OLD
• .FAX
• .CELLULAR
• .LAST_ONLINE
• .MESSAGE_TO
• .MESSAGE_FROM

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         A M I G A   A N D   T A O   R E L A T I O N S H I P

                A M I G A   R U M O R   C O N T R O L

                F L E E C Y   E X P L A I N S   T A O

       T A O   A N D   E S P I A L   C O L L A B O R A T I O N

    T A O ' S   E L A T E   C H O S E N   B Y   I N F O M E D I A

              O P E N   L E T T E R   F R O M   C O S A

        N E W   E X H I B I T O R S   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

      S U P E R V I E W   S I T E   C L O S E D   F O R   N O W

        F R O G G E R   P P C   V   1 . 5   A V A I L A B L E

            H & P   H A S   G R A P H I R E   D R I V E R

                    N O   M O R E   N E W S R O G

           F U S I O N   P P C   S T A T U S   U P D A T E

         D I G I T A L   I M A G E S   O P E N   L E T T E R

           S E A S I D E ,   E N G L I S H   V E R S I O N

        Q U A K E   N E W S   T O   P L E A S E   G A M E R S

         T W O   N E W   G A M E S   F R O M   D A R K A G E

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Things really are happening in the Amiga community, some of it fast
paced indeed. The first story in this issue came out on the day we
sent out the last "Amiga Update". It came out after the issue was
mailed, however, so it had to wait for this one.
 It's grouped with a couple of other stories that we hope will help
people begin to get a feeling for the work of Tao, Amiga's new
"content partner".
 We also find it interesting that Motorola, makers of the 68XXX family
of CPUs that have powered Amigas for so long, has taken a stake in
Tao. A story published recently in England carried the following
information:

 "Motorola Inc. has taken a small minority stake in Tao Group Ltd.
here and will use the company's virtual processor and Java-like OS
technology in portable communications and computing gear, Internet
appliances and digital-imaging products.

 Neither the size of Motorola's stake in the 35-person company nor the
monetary terms have been disclosed."

 The new Amiga has been in place for less than a month, and we're just
beginning to get a feeling of what their long term plans are. They
sound good so far. The only negative - a strong tendency to try so
hard not to be corporate types, they may end up scaring off potential
worthwhile business associates. We certainly hope that doesn't happen.
On balance, we're very pleased with events to date and feel all
Amigans have reason to feel much relief.
 Lots to read below - we hope you enjoy this issue.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

09 Jan 2000

Hello Brad,

 I hope this is the right addy to send stuff to?

 First let me say, excellent work with Amiga Update. I really look
forward to getting the news and info you send out. Please stay with us
and keep up the excellent work.

 Now that CUCUG's "Amiga Web Directory" is gone, sadly, what are our
best WWW sites to go to for Amiga News? Has anyone talked to CUCUG and
asked/begged them to continue? The community can use all the support
it can get and the AWD was a great presence on the WWW.

 Good luck to the *new* Amiga Inc. Go get 'em guys and dont give in no
matter what the "big" guys do, say or offer! The world needs a
realistic alternative and Amiga is it.


Regards

Simon
~~~~~~
Simon,
 Well, I hope you'll let "Amiga Update" help you keep up with the
news. As for alternative sites to the old Amige Web Directory, I'd
recommend two:

http://www.amiga.org/
http://www.realdreams.cz/AMIGA/

 Neither site has all the features the old CUCUG site, but both will
help you stay on top of Amiga news.
 Brad
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5 Jan 2000

brad,

 just a quick note to say "keep up the good work" ! i enjoy recieving
this e-publication. also, let me add that i prefer this "e-mail style
" as opposed to the old "download style "!!!! makes it easier for me
to read.
best,
dave
~~~~~~

Dave,
 Thanks very much. As we're happy to state, we plan on being around
for a while to come.
 We've always been e-mail based, never download style, so I'm a bit
confused by your statement, but if you (or any reader) know of someone
who's bumped into our archive site and figured that's all there is,
please let them know we're a subscription based publication. And that
we'd be happy to welcome them aboard!
 Thanks again,
 Brad
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       A M I G A   A N D   T A O   R E L A T I O N S H I P

8 January 2000

 Amiga and Tao-Group enter into a strategic relationship


 Las Vegas, NV January 8, 2000 - Amiga begins expressing plans for the
new Amiga with a strategic alliance with Tao-Group.

 "Things started going wrong the moment the PC rode into town and the
home computer revolution of the 1980s ground to a halt. We are here to
right that wrong." said Bill McEwen, Amiga's El Presidente. 'We kind
of feel guilty about not having been around to show the world the
evils of the PC, but inept management sent the Amiga off to a bad
place. Luckily, its users and developers have kept it alive, and now
we are back."

 "Existing products are very rude.' He continued. "Shoving PCI slots,
interrupts, file systems, registries, megahertz, and megabytes right
into your face. My grandmother just wants to play a game, or send an
email, or draw a picture. She doesn't want to have to mortgage the
house and get a masters degree."

 "Digital Technology has become stalled because of the predominance of
Windows." quiped in Fleecy Moss. "Putting a thousand monkeys on
typewriters may eventually produce the works of Shakespeare but it's
not something you're going to want to wait around for, and you don't
want to be responsible for cleaning up the mess in the meantime."

 "Our approach is outrageous. WE look at what actual people want, and
then give them the most simple, elegant solution. Even calling it
computing is falling into the PC trap. It is participation in the
digital content universe, whether it be developing an application,
playing a game, making your own video, watching TV or buying S&M gear
online. Computing companies are trying to paint digital convergence as
computers and TVs coming together, so they can stick "TV" in front of
PC and continue to sell the same old garbage. Digital Convergence is
something much bigger though. It is about content, information,
services, and activity transforming into a digital format and coming
together in a single place that has no boundaries. If someone tells
you you need a PC to get into this new content universe, smile nicely
and hit them with a big stick."

 "Elegance, simplicity, invisible and universal technology." sings
Bill McEwen, trying to get a word in edgeways. "That is why we are
just giddy to be working with the Tao Group. Others rant on about how
their products are next generation, warp capable, but the truth is
that most of them are based upon old concepts and architectures -
that's why you need the latest monster machine just to type letters.
Chris Hinsley (CTO/Tao Group) was one of those smartass child
prodigies you wanted to beat up at school. By age 20, he had already
been a commercial games developer for 5 years, and wrote some great
Amiga games. Being a smartass though, he saw the future, realised
nothing out there was ready for it, and dedicated the last ten years
of his life to making sure the human race was ready when the future
arrived."

 "The Amiga was special because it refused to settle for second best.
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right, and the proof of
that is in the global following that it still has today. With the
nightmare of the past five years behind us, the Amiga is ready to push
out ahead again, and save the future from a muddled, poorly fitting,
frustrating PC enema. With the foundation that the Tao Group gives us,
we are ready to re-introduce the world to a novel computer concept -
fun."

 "We aren't stupid enough to think it's going to be easy," interrupts
Fleecy Moss, shoving McEwen to the ground and gagging him. "A lot of
people have been brainwashed by the advertisements and the slick
salespeople. However, the digital information revolution is all around
us, waiting to happen. Everyone can feel it, everyone wants to be a
part of it. Amiga is going to stick a pretty big bomb under that PC
logjam and blow it clean back to Redmond. Elegance, simplicity,
invisible and universal technology. Time to start smiling again."

 "We are happier than a crocodile at a waterpark to be working with
Amiga." said Francis Charig, CEO and international stud. "We are very
proud of what we have created in our garden shed. We could have sold
out long ago, but the market was crowded with companies doing that so
we decided to actual create a product and make it a good one. Now we
are finding that OEMs are seeing our product and getting even more
excited about it than we are ourselves; it almost makes the whipping
and torture we have had to inflict on our employees worthwhile. An
Amiga solution powered by Tao technology is a match made in heaven for
everyone."
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            A M I G A   R U M O R   C O N T R O L

14 Jan 2000

{A posting to the Net from Fleecy Moss, with some helpful
clarifications. Brad}

In my trawling around the community hangouts,
I have come across several misconceptions, rumours,
and a lot of confusion. Whilst I can't hope to answer
everything, here are some things I want to set straight.


 0. Amiga will build a digital content universe. Digital
 content means anything composed of 0 and1 -
 applications, video, audio, games, emails, whatever.
 We will focus on 2 markets, the pathfinder market,
 for digital adventurers, power users, gamers,
 content creators, DTPers, artists, video ppl
 and those who refuse to define a computer as
 a digital appliance. Our second market will
 cocentrate on the Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH).

 1. If you are a personal computer person, there will
 be a personal computer second wave Amiga.

 2. We will support classic development in so much
 as we want to help users and developers transition
 to a new machine. That will be the total extent of our
 support for the classic machine. If this involves further
 AmigaOS releases, then so be it.

 3. We are targetting x86 and PPC for the first consumer
 release of Pathfinder products (if you are a personal
 computer person, this means you).

 4. We will do everything in our power (that doesnt bankrupt
 us or interfere with our primary goals) to ensure classic
 Amiga software runs on the new machine in some form or
 another.. The new Amiga product family (formerly called
 AQUA) will run natively and hosted. This is to create a large
 market fast for Amiga developers to profit from. For the first
 pathfinder release it will run hosted to see this market grow
 fast. We see one of our core duties as serving the developers.

 6. We are talking to the Phoenix Consortium about common
 interests.

 7. We have been contacted by QNX but currently have no plans
 to work with them.

 8. We will develop Amiga products for another market, the
 Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH) market. This markets will
 be kept separate but products will work together if the installer
 so desires it.

 9. There will be a new website and it will be public shortly. It has
 been tested on all browsers, Amiga and non Amiga, and given
 the compatibility problems between the implementations of open
 standards, our best effort has been made. The site will grow
 quickly and more information will be added. We want it to become a
 village where all Amigans can come to voice their opinions, chat,
 and travel off to different parts of the Amiga universe.

 a. A developer support manager has been selected and they are
 working on implementing the developer support program. This will
 be in place before the developer boxes are released.

 b. The developer boxes are specced out, we have contacted several
 whitebox manufacturers and we are building the distribution.

 c. Amiga will not provide dates until we have a product. We will
share
 timelines, but will not attach dates to them. Enough damage has
 already been done.

 d. We have had acceptances from 75% of our development team and
 their names and roles will be announced once we get back from
 training (before the end of the month).

 This mail can be redistributed without modification within the
community. As further questions and issues come up, we will attempt to
answer them.
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               F L E E C Y   E X P L A I N S   T A O

10 Jan 2000

 {The following exchange from a the Net may help ansewr questions
about Tao for many people. Our thanks to Fleecy Moss for posting the
answer to these questions. Brad.}

 >Hi fleecy, I was wondering if you could clear up a question that's
appeared >in various forums. Specifically, is Amiga going to use the
Elate RTOS as >the new AmigaOS kernel? It seems there's some confusion
over that. Your >comments that it will run on top of other OSes tend
to point towards the >J-Engine being more important. I guess I'm just
a little confused, or maybe >I don't understand the Elate RTOS very
well. :)

----

 Tao has a virtual processor system and a set of services that run
above it. You can call it an "OS" if you want, but the term is
increasingly irrelevant, as it is in KOSH. It can run natively, in
which case it is its own complete solution, or it can run on top of
other OSs, in which case the services are either provided by Tao, as
in the native version, directly to the VP, or they are "passed
through" to the host OS, and they provide the services.

 AQUA {Note: it's unlikely Amiga will use the AQUA name as Apple seems
to have grabbed it. Brad.} will offer a set of services accessed
through interfaces/APIs and developers will write to them no matter
what the situation. The situation itself can be AQUA running native,
which means only Amiga and Tao code, or it can be hosted, for instance
on Linux, or Windows even, in which case it can look a lot like an
application.

 No matter the situation, AQUA is still AQUA and developers and users
will see the same product. The only issue will be in speed, with the
native version running the fastest. For market reasons though we will
support it running hosted. In fact the first one or two releases will
most likely be hosted.

 The J-Engine is merely an example of how efficient the Tao products
are. Coding, initially will be in C, C++ (if you enjoy pain) and Java.
However, the tao ppl code in VP code directly, and it is so easy to do
and you get such screaming results with the tools that it may become
the preferred method for developers.

 It is far more than a Java support engine though.

 So to answer your question, we will concentrate on a full AQUA (tao
and amiga only) solution but we also have the ability to offer it
working on other OSs as well.

 Amiga will define and develop AQUA which defines how developers and
users access AQUA. What happens deep down can be different though.
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     T A O   A N D   E S P I A L   C O L L A B O R A T I O N

Leaders in embedded Java(TM) technology announce collaboration for
interactive multimedia for wireless, digital TV, and network gaming
Internet appliances.

Ottawa, Canada, January 11th, 2000

 Espial, the leading provider of embedded Java(TM) technology for
Internet appliances, and Tao Group, a provider of leading-edge Java
virtual machine technologies in the fields of compact, fast, and
portable operating environments, today announced that they will
collaborate to offer a complete Java-based solution for the multimedia
and interactive entertainment content delivery targeted at the
wireless and consumer markets. This collaboration will offer the
world's first Java based solution for delivery of multimedia and
interactive content to Internet appliances, which promises to
revolutionize the wireless, digital TV and network gaming industries.

 The Espial and Tao collaboration brings together Tao's intent(TM)
Java Technology Edition (JTE) virtual machine with Espial's market
leading full-featured Espial Escape(TM) web browser and Espial(TM)
Espresso application framework. The combined solution brings together
an optimized, high performance embedded JVM with the most advanced
Java based Internet and graphics technologies for embedded Internet
appliances. Espial's other products include Espial DeviceTop(TM), the
only service-ready Internet appliance platform for Java-based Internet
appliances; Espial Ebox(TM), a highly customizable Java based email
client; Espial Assistant, a full-featured Java based personal
information manager (PIM); and Espial Architect; a RAD tool for
embedded Java applications that gives developers the most
comprehensive development environment available today for developing
multimedia content, games and software applications for Internet
appliances.

 According to a recent report from International Data Corporation
(IDC), the market for Internet appliances is positioned to explode
over the next several years. The future is much brighter than most
have anticipated and will grow to become an annual 55 million unit
market and $15 billion market by the year 2001, the report says.

 "This partnership with Espial brings together two complementary
technologies," comments Francis Charig, Chairman and Chief Executive,
Tao Group. "By putting them together we are not only providing a
completely integrated software solution for the interactive
entertainment industry but also working together in bringing fast,
compact Java performance solutions to market. Developers for the world
of Java based interactive entertainment, network gaming, digital TV,
wireless and multimedia information appliances are now free to focus
on the benefits of their accelerated time-to-market."

 "In the Internet appliance and wireless markets, application and
content services will drive the adoption of smart devices." said Mal
Raddalgoda, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing, Espial Group.
"Through our partnership with Tao Group, we will be enabling a new
generation of service-driven, smart devices that will deliver a
compelling multimedia and interactive user experience. This will take
Java technology to a whole new level in the consumer electronics
market"

Pricing and Availability

 The combined Tao and Espial solution is available today for smart
devices running embedded operating systems such as Linux(R),
WindowsCE(R), OS-9, QNX(R)4. Future operating systems include VxWorks,
pSOS, QNX/Neutrino, TRON and EPOC32. Pricing information is available
from Espial and Tao for their respective products.
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    T A O ' S   E L A T E   C H O S E N   B Y   I N F O M E D I A

Reading, England, January 10th 2000

 Infomedia Network, manufacturer of advanced consumer hardware
computing and entertainment devices announced today that it has
selected the Elate(RTM) Real Time Operating System and the intent(TM)
multimedia content platform by Tao Group for use in INFOMAX, the
company's next generation of advanced set-top boxes. Due to the high
performance and small footprint of Elate(RTM) and intent(TM) these
technologies are well suited for use throughout Infomedia's entire
product line of advanced set-top boxes, portable computers and
point-of-sale devices.

 "Infomedia is represents a new generation of hardware manufacturer,"
said Patrice Haftman, Executive Vice-President of Infomedia Network,
Inc. "Our approach is to address solutions and to design hardware in
accordance with the needs of maximizing the value of the software.
Consumers do not buy hardware for it's own sake; they buy it for what
it can do for them. Tao's Elate(RTM) combined with intent(TM) gives us
the greatest potential to enable even the most demanding Java(TM) and
multi-media applications in the embedded market."

 intent(TM) was launched at CES on 6th January 2000. Its portable
multimedia content platform includes its Java(TM) technology edition
(Tao is a Sun Java(TM) technology licensee) and its 2D graphics
libraries, world-class audio and 3D technologies are also shortly to
be made available as intent(TM) becomes one of the standard content
platforms for consumer products.

 Infomedia Network will be introducing the INFOMAX line of advanced
set-top boxes and portable computers in 2000. All will be enabled for
Java(TM) applications and secure electronic commerce via Elate(RTM)
and intent(TM).

 "Infomedia's clear focus and commitment has been to provide high
performance systems designed for the Consumer. This explains our
support at Tao for INFOMAX and why we are excited about the
partnership between the two companies", commented Francis Charig,
Chairman of Tao. "Infomedia's approach has been to integrate world
class components while working consistently within industry standards.
By taking Tao's technologies, Infomedia has armed itself with products
to make its appliances easier to use, lower cost and faster to market
than its competition."

 "Since we are focused on delivering applications, the operating
system is of key importance to us," said Haftman. "Tao has
consistently demonstrated that Elate and its Java(TM) Virtual Machine
are the fastest, most compact and robust, and Tao has been there to
support us during our product development phase. We look forward to
our continuing relationship with Tao as new ideas are turned into new
products."

For more information about Tao please visit Tao's website at
http://www.tao-group.com/
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            O P E N   L E T T E R   F R O M   C O S A

                        COSA PROGRESS UPDATE
                          JANUARY 11, 2000

                  An Open Letter - January 11, 1999
                 By COSA President, Steve Crietzman

Introduction

 Our last open letter to the community talked about the status of our
negotiations with Tom Schmidt, and where we would be taking them after
the new year. Well, talk about bad timing! Just a week later, Amiga is
snapped up by Fleecy Moss and Bill McEwen in the form of Amino. Out
with the old, in with the new. And along with the new, comes new ideas
and plans for the future, and a fresh start.

 This begs the obvious question: How does this affect COSA and our
plans for the future of the AmigaOS?

 Well, in truth, the change in ownership of Amiga is entirely a good
thing for COSA. Our plans remain unaffected, and we continue to plan
and organise for the day when the classic Amiga operating system is
released as open-source, as we hope it will be. Fleecy, afterall, is
on record in numerous places supporting open source, including on
COSA's very own website, so it's hardly as if the new owner has
scupperred our original plans.

 If anything, the change is a positive one. Fleecy Moss has always
been very open and accessible, and we have found it an entirely
positive experience discussing the future of the AmigaOS with him. He
has been very receptive to the idea, and willing to discuss many
different possibilities.

COSA's Plans for the Future

 COSA is working on a number of different, but related and
inter-connected ideas to support the future of the classic AmigaOS.
While many are still in their infancy, they are already being to take
shape.

 Some of the major ones are discussed in the rest of this open letter,
but many more exciting plans and projects are being worked on behind
the scenes. These will be discussed in due course in future open
letters to the community.

 What sort of plans, you ask? Well, here's a clue.

 Imagine COSA providing Amiga-related products and services for the
Amiga community. Some of the revenue generated from sales of these
products and services could then be reinvested, and spent in any way
the community feels appropriate to aid the classic AmigaOS in it's
revival.

 COSA is already in negotiation and discussions with one large company
for access to their product's source code. That's a hint of the sort
of things you can expect to see in the future if COSA's plans are
successful, as we expect they will be.

 Think big name apps for AmigaOS and revived Amiga software, all being
made freely available on the AmigaOS, and you're on the right track.

 Beyond that, I'm afraid we're going to have to be a tease and give a
"no comment," but as we've always promised in the past - and always
kept - when the time is right, these plans will be discussed openly so
they can be debated. In the meantime, our negotiations are still
preliminary and we must remain quiet about them for the timebeing. I
hope you understand our reasons.

 In the meantime, think what we could do if we had a few dollars to
spend. Any suggestions are welcome. Details of our mailing list can be
found below, where suggestions are particularly welcome, but otherwise
feel free to e-mail any ideas, comments and suggestions of things you
would like to see, to president@amigakernel.org.

Developer Registrations Now Being Accepted

 As a result of the optimistic outlook, COSA are now focusing on the
hard work that lies ahead assuming, of course, the AmigaOS does indeed
go open-source. While it can't be entirely certain at this point, it
can never hurt to make plans. We are cautiously very optimistic about
our chances now, and are eager to get going - as are COSA's minature
army of users and developers.

To that end, COSA is now accepting registrations for developer status within
our open-source AmigaOS development team, led by Ian Parker, formerly of
Free Amiga/AMozillaX.

 If you are an Amiga developer, we would welcome your support and
contributions to the project. There is a need for a wide variety of
skills and experience in a project such as this. Those with kernel
experience, porting experience, a variety of languages including 68k
assembler and C/C++, GUI enhancements (ReqTools, MUI, ClassAct, etc),
writing "stability" or "improvement" patches for AmigaOS - improved
filing systems, etc. etc. are kindly requested to join our list, as
all help offered to this project will go a long way.

 Joining the Open Source AmigaOS Developer Base is simple. Just send a
blank e-mail to the following e-mail address:
amigaos-dev-subscribe@egroups.com, and you will be added to the
AmigaOS developer's discussion list, where developers can discuss and
debate future enhancements and additions to the AmigaOS and the
AmigaOS Kernel.

 For more information, you can visit the official Open AmigaOS
Development Website at http://www.amigakernel.org.

Your Feedback Is Welcome and Encouraged

 Feedback from the community on what you would like to see come from
future versions of the AmigaOS are also welcome. Indeed, they're
essential if developers are to know what features the community would
like to see integrated into future versions of the Amiga operating
system.

 Those members of the Amiga community who welcome the opportunity to
play a part in forging the future shape of AmigaOS are welcome and
encouraged to join COSA's Members' Mailing List, by sending a blank
e-mail to savetheamiga-subscribe@egroups.com.

 This mailing list has been created as a way for the community to
discuss and debate different ideas about the future of the AmigaOS as
Open Source, so that the community have a way to communicate their
feelings to those who will be managing the AmigaOS development
project. These ideas and comments can then be passed onto the
developers, who will integrate those suggestions into future versions
of the AmigaOS and kernel.

Conclusion

 COSA is very excited about the future of the Amiga, both of the
classic and the next-generation Amiga range. Our focus will of course
be entirely on the classic AmigaOS, while Amino and Phoenix, etc. will
be handling the next-generation Amiga systems and OS.

 It is COSA's goal, as it has always been, to have the AmigaOS (most
likely v3.1) released as open-source, radically improved and updated,
and ported to a wide variety of hardware platforms and CPUs. This
would dramatically expand the AmigaOS's existing userbase, and bring
fresh new ideas and talent into our community.

 COSA remain committed to our goal of overhauling and reviving the
classic Amiga, as an open-source OS environment, and bringing it into
the new millennium with new energy and life, with new ideas and
perspectives, and a fresh new start to give it a fighting chance in
the future.

 Our members and developers believe that the classic AmigaOS has
plenty of life left in it yet, and with a little work, stands a good
chance of making a comeback.

 We would welcome comments and feedback from the Amiga community,
especially those who would like to play a part in this process. Our
contact information is below. We want to thank the Amiga community for
their continuing support of COSA and for helping us come this far. The
Amiga community united can achieve so much, and we look forward to a
future where that talent can be unleashed, and the community can work
together as a team to take our OS into the new millennium - the next
generation.

Kindest Regards,

Steve Crietzman
President, COSA/Open Amiga.

E-Mail Feedback: president@amigakernel.org
Member/Users/Community List: savetheamiga-subscribe@egroups.com
AmigaOS Developer's List: amigaos-dev-subscribe@egroups.com
http://www.savetheamiga.org.uk
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        N E W   E X H I B I T O R S   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

January 19, 2000

More exhibitors have signed up in the last ten days.

individual computers of Germany is our first German
exhibitor, but not our first European exhibitor. That
title goes to Paul Nolan Ltd. of England.

Other exhibitors signing up include NASAU, amiga.org,
Digital Arts, AmiTech Dayton Amiga Users Group,
E.S. Productions and Northwest Amiga Group.

The pace is quickening, as more developers, dealers and
distributors sign up. Stay tuned for more information
on the largest and best Amiga show in the Americas...
Amiga 2K.


Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis
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     S U P E R V I E W   S I T E   C L O S E D   F O R   N O W

{The following message has recently been posted on the PerSuaSiVe
SoftWorX site. There's a message to the wise here. Brad}

CLOSED. Today.

-------

 Thanks for being able to gain your attention.

 Due to massive piracy and other efforts to destabilize the Amiga
software market (not counting the subtile attempts to bash
competetitors with unfair methods) I've decided to put this site on
hold for a few days.

 This is just to show that it's in your own hands (customer is king)
to decide what should happen next. I personally will have to think
about that as well.

 In case I'll have to take different job oppurtunities, this will mean
ceasing or at least slow-down of the Amiga development. There of
course are people who would not mind about this, but I'm more
interested to hear what the rest is thinking (and how many they are).

 Let's call this a thinking pause

http://www.ar-kleinert.de/
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       F R O G G E R   P P C   V   1 . 5   A V A I L A B L E

21 Jan, 2000

Short
------

 Frogger is the ultimate MPEG video player, with MPEG-2 layer support.
Frogger was oryginally relased by Miloslaw Smyk (thorgal@wfmh.org.pl),
recently, the development has been taken over by Sebasian
Jedruszkiewicz (bjsebo@jota.wi.tuniv.szczecin.pl) Additional
programming was made by Przemyslaw Gruchala.

Changes in this release
------------------------

v1.5

 - Added direct VideoCD support!!! (only in PPC version).

 - There is new mailing list, dedicated to all our programs
 (including Frogger,VisionFX and SoftCinema). To subscribe
 send blank message to: tvision-subscribe@egroups.com and
 then follow the instructions.

 - Fixed an ugly bug in P96 dislay code.

 - Removed BUFSIZE,FORCEAUDIO and AUTOEXIT parametters.

 - New parametter: FASTDIRECTCGFX. It will speed direct video memory
 access routines, but may be dangerous. I have not got single crash
 when using this option, but who knows? If there will be no problems
 with it repoted by users, this option will be enabled by default.

 - Fixed (at least I hope so) bug which caused Frogger to lock at
 end of some movies.

 - Reworked main loop, simplified messages received code. Also I have
 added some new keyboard commands.

 - Fixed slider code. It now 'almost' works, with sound disabled. Also
 Pause/Play now works.

 - +/- keys can now be used also in windowed mode to scale display.

 - switched to faster IDCT code in 68k version. Applied the same
 changes in PPC version. IDCT code is about 10% faster now, But it
 gives only 2-5% overall speedup.

 - Replaced calls to WritePixelArray with my own fast direct routines.
 Also scaling is now done by CPU; ScalePixelArray calls has been
 removed. Windowed mode is now really fast.

 - Added support for every possible pixel format supported by
cybergfx. However, I have tested only some of them. in case of
problems, please use VERBOSE option, send me output and (if it is
possible) make me a screenshot. Almost forgot - there is no conversion
for 8bpp cgfx screens. But who needs it? However, 8bpp mode works in
grey. Of course 8bpp mode works on AGA machines.

 - Updated Speed section of the guide.

 - Switched back to old pll calculation code. Frogger now needs latest
 ppc.library emulation (v0.7c) if you working under WOS.

 - version string is now y2k compatible ;)

 - It was impossible to exit (in some movies), when LOOP was used.
 Fixed.

 - Again I had to fix main loop, to be able to read multiple video
sequences movies. It now works ok. Thanks must go to Miroslaw
Bagrowski, for sending me CD with such a movie.

 - Changed filename format for saving iff images. it now looks like
this: basename.x, where x is frame number (6 digits:
000001,000002,etc.).

http://jota.wi.tuniv.szczecin.pl/~bjsebo/Frogger/

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           H & P   H A S   G R A P H I R E   D R I V E R

22 Jan., 2000

Amiga drivers for new Wacom graphics tablet "Graphire"

 We all know there's no such thing as an input device that lends
itself equally well to every application. Which is why H&P created
Graphire. Its mouse and pen combination means you always have the
right tool at hand. Graphire is the all-round solution, from
Web-browsing to retouching, from illustration to Office. Switch on to
the benefits of the unique Graphire set - for precise pointing and
clicking, for intuitive drawing, for sketching and writing.

 Finally Amiga fans can use the new graphics tablet. The driver
supports the pressure sensitive pen as well as the enclosed wireless
mouse and the finger-wheel.

 The "Graphire" can be used with any Amiga computer with external
keyboard (PS/2 connectors). Unfortunately all Amiga models besides
A4000 Desktop were delivered with normal DIN connectors you might need
an additional adapter set.

Prices

Graphire: 249 DM
PS/2 Adapter Set: 12 DM
Graphire Driver: 89 DM

Haage&Partner Computer GmbH
Schlossborner Weg 7
61479 Glashuetten, Germany
Phone: +49 (6174) 966 100
Fax: +49 (6174) 966 101
www.haage-partner.com
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                  N O   M O R E   N E W S R O G

04-Jan-2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 ShadowWorks Software regrets to announce the end of the NewsRog
project for the Amiga. NewsRog is an NNTP News client running on Amiga
personal computers.

 Unfortunately, due to a combination of factors which include the lack
of a market for Amiga software, obsolescent hardware, and a recent
increase in piracy and fraudulent credit card orders, it is no longer
financially possible to continue developing NewsRog. The last version
stands at 1.8b, and the update is available to all registered users
via the web page below:

     http://www.frii.com/~srk/ShadowWorks/Preview/NR.html

 ShadowWorks Software is proud to have pioneered a large number of
news client features that have yet to be duplicated in any other
software that we are aware of. We regret that it was not possible to
continue development of the software, since there was a great deal
more planned for the future.

 ShadowWorks Software wishes to thank all of our loyal customers who
have supported our attempt to bring the Amiga a world class NNTP news
client.
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         F U S I O N   P P C   S T A T U S   U P D A T E

1 Jan., 2000

{The following was posted by Jim Drew to the Microcode Solutions
mailing list. Brad:}

 "Microcode Solutions is still working the PowerPC upgrade module for
FUSION (Amiga version). We have run into difficulties with compilers,
poor response from the customers (nearly 1,000 people pledged their
support, yet a little more than 200 people have actually ordered the
product), and many other unexpected problems along the way! These
factors have caused a significant delay in the release of FUSION-PPC.
We originally planned on hiring a few extra people to help develope
the emulation, however, due to the actual response we were not able to
do that and so far we have been doing everything ourselves! We are
extremely happy with the progress we have made thus far, and we know
that those people who did pledge their support will be happy too! We
ask that you please be patient and let us do our magic! :-)"

... "We are hoping to see it end January/beginning February".
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        D I G I T A L   I M A G E S   O P E N   L E T T E R

11 Jan., 2000

Hello,

 This is the first time I have written an open letter to the
community, but this should breifly outline our plans for the future.

 First of all, we are pleased with how Wipeout 2097 is selling and I
would like to thank everybody who has bought a copy of the game! For
those of you who have been waiting for the new graphics cards to be
released to play it, your wait is almost over! So, as soon as you plug
it in, download the Wipeout 2097 demo and then go and buy the full
game!

 A lot of people have been asking about Space Station 3000. We
apologise to the long wait that people are having for this, but it is
a much bigger project than we have ever anticipated. But we hope to
bring an accurate release date soon as well as a brilliant game that
will keep you hooked!

 We intent to port more games from the PC. We will keep you posted on
this.

 We will also be porting Wipeout 2097 to the Apple Mac which should
provide a brilliant 3D racing experience for them! Just go and take a
look at it running on your friends Amiga's and you'll get a good idea
of what to expect!

 We will keep you posted with our current and future games
developments.

 I will be away between January 10th and March 31st and so I will not
be able to answer any e-mail sent directly to me. If you have any
queries, then use these e-mail addresses:

info@di-games.co.uk - Customer Service
technical@di-games.co.uk - Technical Support
wipeout2097@di-games.co.uk - Wipeout 2097 (non-technical) queries
webmaster@di-games.co.uk - Webmaster

 Have a very happy new year!

Kind Regards,

Stuart Walker
Managing Director, Digital Images

http://www.di-games.co.uk
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         S E A S I D E ,   E N G L I S H   V E R S I O N

13 Jan 2000

 Today we release the english version from SeaSide. You can order the
game in some days at all dealers worldwide or direct by APC & TCP. You
found some Screenshots and infos on our homepage:
www.chiemgau.com/apc&tcp

Please dont forget:

 Due to a stay at a hospital we are not available from mid January to
early March. During this period we can not be reached via phone, fax
or e-mail and we also can not deliver orders. This will be done from
early march when we resume our bussiness as usual. During this time
our homepage will not be updated. Thank you.

Andreas Magerl
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        Q U A K E   N E W S   T O   P L E A S E   G A M E R S

23 Dec., 1999

 The creator of Quake, John Carmack of id software's, has released
Quake sources and placed them on the Internet.

 According to John, "All of the Quake data files remain copyrighted
and licensed under the original terms, so you cannot redistribute data
from the original game..."

 This means you can create new Quake PPC, QuakeWorld and other
executables and spread the code without restriction, but not copy
Quake levels, textures, or other files found on the Quake CD.

 Further, if you wish to use any new Quake PPC executables tha become
available, you are required to own a copy of Quake. These restrictions
are minor and we expect a lot of Quake PPC activity in the Amiga
world.
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         T W O   N E W   G A M E S   F R O M   D A R K A G E

23 Jan., 2000

                          Amiga Classix 2

 The official sequel to one of the most succesfull Amiga compilation
ever!
 Over 230 freeware, shareware and commercial FULL games, no demo
versions!
 Produced exclusively for Epic Marketing ltd.

 Featuring commercial games by:

 o Andreas Seebeck Software Development (Tiebreak, Hannibal, Space
Max, Aunt Artic Adventure, Charon V)
 o Darren Ithell (Dithell In Space)
 o Dark Unicorn Productions (Scorched Tanks)
 o Diamond Production (Diamond Caves, Diamond Caves 2, Maniac Ball,
Master Blaster)
 o Digital Concepts (Island of lost hope, Lords of War, Torch2081)
 o Eclipse Software (Lethal Xcess, Monster Business)
 o Frank Otto (Lost on Parrot Island)
 o Hitek Softworks (Barravento)
 o MegArts (Bomb Mania)
 o Mental Image (Bandit Mania, Technology 2, Winning Post)
 o Scorpius Software (Antz, Blade, Hilt, Hilt 2, Hideous)
 o Team Hoi (Hoi Aga Remix)
 o and the very famous game Ports of Call!

 Suitable for both Amiga and PC (you can play all games directly from
the cd, no installation required!)

Format: Cd-Rom
Publisher: Epic Marketing ltd./Islona
Requirements: AGA Amiga or PC
Release Date: February 2000

                            Powerball


 Powerball is a simple puzzle game where the player must clean each
screen from all the coloured bricks. Doing this is possible by using a
ball that bounces up and down in the screen and that can be controlled
by the player who can move it left or right.

The game features:

80 levels in 8 worlds
Runs also on an A500!
Level editor to add your own levels
Only one floppy disk, but it's also hard disk installable!
A password system to save your position
Loads of fun included in the package! :)



Format: Floppy Disk
Publisher: To Be Announced
Requirements: Any Amiga with 1Mb Ram
Release Date: March 2000
http://www.idealia.net/darkage/
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• Douglas F. McLaughlin: StrICQ Version 0.1702
  Download: STRICQ.lha
  
  
• AmiDog: TrueReality Version 990629.2
  Download: TrueReality.lha
  
  
• Peter John Hutchison: Neuer HP Deskjet 870C Treiber V40.11
  Treiber für HP 810C, 850C, 870C, 880C, 890C und kompatible (außer 820C)
  Download: HP_Deskjet870C.lha
  
  
• Frank Fenn: WBStartup++ Version 1.0
  Download: wbstartup++.lha - 6 Kb
  
  
• Imagine Amiga Constant Upgrade Programm (ACUP) Version 5.17
  Das Update kann von eingetragenen ACUP-Usern in dem gewohnten Downloadbereich geladen werden. Neuerungen: 24Bit-Datatype-System unterstützt nun auch Brushmapping, OS3.5-kompatibel, neue GUI und Funktionalität der Zoomfunktion, verbesserter MPEG-Generator, neue GUI und Funktionalität der Bevel- und der Frame-goto-Funktion.
  Weitere Einzelheiten finden Sie unter dem Titellink.

To:         "amiganewsfeed"@phoebe.hosting4u.net
Subject:    [ANF] (fwd) Amiga 2K Press Release 8
Date:       Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:17:16 -0600

PRESS RELEASE:
Amiga 2K - Banner Year Rewards

January 19, 2000

Let's make this a banner year for Amiga and Amigans.
Place the Amiga 2K show banner on your web sites, and
or distribute flyers for the Amiga 2K show. All Amiga
clubs, companies and individual Amigans can enter this
promotion. The more folks that see the banners and elect
to come to Amiga 2K, the better it will be for the Amiga.

To encourage the distribution of the Amiga 2K brochures
that we have printed, and the placement of our show banner,
located at:  http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html
we are offering the following incentive.

WIN A "MAGICAL AMIGA MUG"
(You can view this mug at: http://www.amiga-stl.com)
(click on the "Products" page)

First way to win: Banner Placement

Place the Amiga 2K show banner on your website and keep
it there until after the show. Fill in the information
below and email it to me.

Second way to win: Brochure distribution

If you have an Amiga club, or an Amiga company, and you
distribute Amiga 2K flyers prior to the show, I will
enter you in the drawing. Fill in the information below.

Each week, at random, I will draw a name for a cup.
Winners will be notified by email or U.S. mail if
no email address is available.

Drawings will continue until the week of the show.

It is possible to win more than once. It's possible to
win every week, as all names will be put back in the hat.

-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
Banner Year - Banner Placement

I have placed the Amiga 2K banner on the following
site and wish you to enter my name in a drawing for
a "Magical Amiga Mug"

Individuals Name:

Site Name:

Site address: http://

Banner placed where on the site:

Full mailing address:


Phone number:

email address:

------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------

Banner Year - Flyers

I wish to distribute flyers for the Amiga 2K show.
Please send them to me at the address provided, and
I will distribute them. You must distribute a
minimum of five flyers.


Individuals Name:

Full mailing address:


Phone number:

email address:

Please send me _____ flyers.

------------------------------------------------------

To obtain the banner, go to the following website. At the
bottom of the page is the banner. Save it to your Amiga
and place it on your site.

Thanks for your help, and your interest. I wish I had
more mugs to give out, but we are running out of them.
If you are interested in viewing what the mugs look like,
check out: http://www.amiga-stl.com  Click on the
"Products" page. A picture of the mug is displayed.

These are five color high quality porcelain mugs with
gold rims and four finger handles. They have two unique
designs, one on each side of the mug. The designs are
heat sensitive, so when hot liquids are added to the
mug, the design changes. The mugs are microwave safe.
They should not be washed in the dishwasher however.
It affects the magic ink, fading it, and eventually
affecting the gold rim.

See you at Amiga 2K, April 1 & 2, in St. Louis, MO. The
largest Amiga show in the Americas. Check out the show
site at http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html

Good luck, and thanks.

Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis

bscharp@icon-stl.net
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Bob Scharp,              WOW! Amiga 2K is going to be HUGE!
bscharp@icon-stl.net     Almost 1,200 people attended Amiga 99.
Amigan-St. Louis
P.O. Box 672             You've just got to check it out at:
Bridgeton, MO 63044          http://www.amiga-stl.com
U.S.A.                   Amiga 2K, the next Gateway Computer
                         Show - April 1 & 2, 2000.

• XAD-System Version4
  Dirk Stoecker schreibt uns per eMail:
  Die Version 4 des Archiv-Extrahiersystems "xadmaster.library" ist fertig. Dieses System erlaubt es, Archive vieler Formate (LhA, LZX, RAR, Zip, ...) zu extrahieren. Außerdem können auch Disketten-Archive (DMS, Zoom, ...) entpackt werden, und es ist sogar möglich, Dateien aus solchen Archiven ohne den Umweg über eine Diskette (oder Ramdrives) zu extrahieren. Die originalen Archiver-Programme werden nicht benötigt, sondern durch interne Routinen ersetzt.
  
  Momentan unterstützen nur die beiliegenden Shell-Tools das System vollständig, allerdings ist eine Reaction-GUI in Arbeit und Module für DirOpus und andere Programme existieren schon oder werden entwickelt.
  
  Das System kann im Aminet unter util/arc/xadmaster.lha geladen werden und ein paar zusätzliche englische Informationen sind unter dem Titellink abrufbar. Als Zusatz ist das Antivirus-Tool CheckX sinnvoll (Aminet uti/arc/CheckX.lha), welches mittels XAD ganze Festplatten und CDs inklusive der enthaltenen Datei- und Diskettenarchive auf Viren prüft.

• Die Leute, die Interesse haben, melden sich beim Koordinator
• Idealerweise sollte dieser eine WWW-Seite zur Verfügung stellen können, wo man die Ergebnisse posten kann
• Am Besten generiert anhand einer Musterliste von JPEG- und PNG-Dateien aus dem Aminet (unterschiedliche Größe, aus pix/misc), PNG vielleicht aus dem Cloanto-Paket (AFAIK sind bei PPaint verschiedene dabei)
  
  
• Es sollten diverse Configs vertreten sein:
• A1200 mit 020/30 und 040, 060
• A1200 mit PPC
• A4000 mit 030 und 040, 060
• A4000 mit PPC
  
  
• Die Ergebnisse sollten regelmäßig (bei neuen Releases) aktualisiert werden
  
  
• Bei den jeweiligen Ergebnissen sollte mit angegeben sein:
  
  
• Rechnerconfig (Prozessor, RAM und Grafikkarte)
• Betriebssystem (3.1, 3.1 - picDT V40, 43, 44)
• Datatypes-Config

• Danny Hamon schreibt uns per eMail:
  Ich habe mir das Tool "MCControl" zugelegt. Mit diesem Tool kann man mit dem Amiga die Memorykarte der Playstation auslesen und die gespeicherten Spielstände separat abspeichern. Somit gehen alte Spielstände nicht durch Löschen (zum Platzmachen für neue) verloren.
  
  Das Tool unterstützt DexDrive und man muss nicht unbedingt ein großer Bastler sein, um sich selbst einen Memorycardreader zu bauen. Eine Anleitung für das Selbstbau-Kit ist in dem Archiv enthalten.
  Download: mccontrol.lha
  
  
• Oliver Roberts: WarpPNG.datatype Version 44.3
  Download: WarpPNGdt.lha - 45 Kb
  
  
• Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype Version 44.7
  Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha - 39 Kb
  
  
• Douglas F. McLaughlin: StrICQ Version 0.1698
  Download: STRICQ.lha
  
  
• Bei Haage & Partner gibt es neue Treiber für das Grafiktablett Wacom-Graphire. H&P schreibt: Endlich können auch die Amiga-Fans in den Genuss des neuen Grafiktabletts kommen. Die Treiber unterstützen dabei sowohl den drucksensitiven Stift, als auch die beiliegende kabellose Maus und deren Scrollrad. Weitere Details.
  
  
• Die Zahl der Vorbestellungen für die Amigaversion von "Simon The Sorcerer 2" bei Epic Marketing liegt derzeit bei 346. Zur Erinnerung, es werden 500 Vorbestellungen benötigt, um "Simon The Sorcerer 2" für den Amiga zu realisieren. Vorbestellen können Sie direkt HIER machen.
  
  
• Christian Scharrnbeck teilt uns per eMail mit, dass man seit Anfang des Jahres die neueste Version des wohl besten ihm bekannten Shareware-Programmes zur Pflege der Haushaltskasse UltraAccount V5.0 bei Richard Smedley herunterladen kann. Onlineregistrierung ist dort ebenfalls möglich.
  
  Alle denkbaren Buchungen und nachträglichen Änderungen sind unkompliziert möglich. Verwaltung aller getrennten Kassen und Konten möglich. Ständig sind für alle Konten die Saldi verfügbar. Mehrere Sprachen. Mit einem kleinen Trick arbeitet UA5.0 jetzt auch unter dem Amiga-Emulator UAE in einem PC: Autor oder Chr.Scharrnbeck@t-online.de fragen.
  Download: ultraacc.lha
  
  
• Dundar Unsal teilt uns im ANF mit, dass bei Amigart nun die Amster Web Page als ultimative Quelle für Musik online ist. Neu erschienen ist Amster Version 0.4.
  Download: amster.lha

• VMC wird keine Hardware mehr selbst produzieren
  Seit Anfang dieses Jahres wurde von uns der Entschluss gefasst, keine Hardware mehr selbst zu produzieren oder zu entwickeln. Die Firma VMC wird sich rein auf die Softwareentwicklung konzentrieren und diese Ergebnisse dann unter Lizenz von Dritten auf den Markt bringen.
• HyperCOM 1 wird nicht mehr produziert und verkauft
• HyperCOM Plus Serie wurde komplett verkauft
  Mit sofortiger Wirkung werden die Produkte der HyperCOM Serie nicht mehr von VMC produziert oder verkauft. Der gesamte Warenbestand sowie eine Lizenz für weitere Produktionen wurden an die Firma Individual Computers verkauft. Die Firma VMC wird für diese Produkte allerdings weiterhin die Softwarepflege übernehmen und dafür Sorge tragen, daß eine reibungslose Funktion gewährleistet wird. Wir möchten Sie daher bitten, weitere Bestellungen direkt an Individual Computers zu richten oder über einen Individual Computers Fachhändler Ihrer Wahl.
• Neue ISDN-Blaster-3 sowie VMCISDN in Sicht?
  Zur Zeit wird nach wie vor fleissig an der ISDN-Software gearbeitet, allerdings hatte der Festplattencrash letztes Jahr doch einen sehr hohen Schaden angerichtet, der nach wie vor noch nicht ganz behoben ist. Zur Zeit wird darüber nachgedacht, eine neue Generation von leistungsfähigeren ISDN-Karten für den Amiga zu produzieren, welche für die jetzigen Amiga Rechner alles an Geschwindigkeit schlagen würden, was man im Modem oder ISDN-Adapter Bereich kennt. Bitte schreiben Sie uns, wie groß Ihr Interesse an solchen für den Amiga zugeschnittenen ISDN-Karten ist.
• Die wichtigsten Software-Neuigkeiten
• HyperCOM 1 und 3+ Uhrenport-Karten
  Sämtliche HyperCOM-Treiber wurden auf die in letzter Zeit neu in den Markt gebrachten zusätzlichen Uhrenport-Anschlüsse der verschiedenen Hersteller-Lösungen angepasst.
• Firma ACT Amiga 1200 Zorro-IV Busplatine
• Firma Individual Computers X-Surf Netzwerkkarte
• Firma Individual Computers Amiga 600 Adapter
• Iomega parallel ZIP-100 Laufwerk
• ScanQuix parallel Scanner-Unterstützung für HyperCOM
  Für die ScanQuix Software wurde eine kompatible API in den HyperCOM- Treibern implementiert. Wann allerdings mit einer ersten Version von ScanQuix gerechnet werden kann, die diesen Modus verwendet, ist noch nicht bekannt.

Return-Path:  majordomo-owner@owlnet.net
From:         Gary Peake gpeake@texas.net
To:           "amiganewsfeed"@phoebe.hosting4u.net
Subject:      [ANF] Tao's Tumbler(TM) Cryptographic Toolkit
                    Operates 100 Times Faster Than Rivals
Date:         Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:04:12 -0600
Organization: http://www.owlnet.net
Reply-To:     amiganewsfeed@owlnet.net

Boston, MA, January 20th, 2000

NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. has announced the availability of the
Tumbler(TM) software toolkit implementing NTRU, the world's fastest
secure public key cryptography system. The Tumbler(TM) toolkit was
developed by Tao Group. Tumbler(TM) delivers encryption, decryption,
authentication and digital signature features at speeds over 100 times
faster than alternative systems, including those from RSA (Nasdaq:RSAS)
and Certicom (Toronto:CIC), at equivalent security levels.

"The need for public key security is moving from traditional Information
Technology (IT) applications to mass market consumer electronics
devices, such as wireless telephones, portable music players and digital
televisions." said Scott Crenshaw, NTRU Vice President of Business
Development. "These applications have vastly different requirements than
IT applications. Solutions for consumer devices must be fast,
inexpensive to implement in hardware, and consume minimal power. All of
the existing technologies, including Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems (ECC),
are just too large and slow. NTRU delivers the ideal solution for the
emerging consumer electronics market."

Key benefits of Tumbler(TM) over the competition include:

  Fast performance, even on low speed processors
  Small memory footprint
  Low cost to implement in hardware (fewer gates required)
  Increased server performance (supports more users with fewer servers)
  Reduced battery consumption

Francis Charig, Chairman & Chief Executive of Tao Group said "Tumbler
incorporates unique technologies from both NTRU and Tao. Our development
team has worked with NTRU to develop successfully a toolkit which can
resolve many of the security issues faced by digital appliances on
mobile, home and professional networks."

The technology in the Tumbler(TM) toolkit is ideally suited for
applications where high performance, high security and low power
consumption are required, such as wireless data communications, Internet
music and video distribution, micro payments, e-commerce and embedded
devices.

Developed by a team of world renowned mathematicians and cryptographers,
NTRU provides the fastest and most efficient public key cryptography
solution - at all security levels. Unlike other technologies, NTRU
resists parallel processing attacks. Likewise, its disposable key
technology allows frequent public key changes. Those properties
dramatically reduce the risk of power analysis, timing attacks, and the
danger of security breaches due to misplaced, lost, or intercepted keys.
Perhaps most important of all, NTRU offers high levels of security
without the performance sacrifices inherent in systems such as RSA and
ECC. The NTRU technology has been extensively studied by both the
academic and commercial cryptographic community. Complete technical
details, including a tutorial, are available on NTRU's web site at
www.ntru.com/tech.learning.htm.

NTRU's unprecedented performance advantages open up new options for
security. Its super fast key generation allows the encryption of every
transaction with a different public key. Disposable key use enables
completely new paradigms in encryption - for example, encrypting every
second of a music clip with a different key. That means, on a
three-minute clip, the time and cost of breaking the encryption increase
by a factor of 180. Disposable keys also allow every wireless data
transaction to be encrypted with a different independent key. Unlike
other systems that claim to generate multiple encryption keys to protect
media, NTRU disposable keys are completely independent of one another,
dramatically enhancing security. Disposable keys will become
increasingly necessary as insecure channels carry valuable data.

At the heart of NTRU is a collection of mathematical algorithms based on
manipulating lists of very small integers. This allows NTRU to achieve
high speeds with the use of minimal computing power. NTRU is the first
practical and secure public key cryptosystem not based on factorization
or discrete logarithm problems, which require the use of extremely large
integers or complex structures. The computations performed in NTRU
involve simpler processes that can be performed very quickly even on
inexpensive 8-bit processors at security levels equivalent to other
public key cryptosystems.

Notes to Editors

About Tao

Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software company
specializing in technologies for home and mobile networks. Incorporated
in 1992, the Company provides leading edge products for the emerging
markets of intelligent consumer devices. The company's philosophy is
based on providing powerful frameworks for use right across the range of
networked appliances from smart phones to digital television into which
Tao's clients can build in their own branding and incorporate their own
added value. Tao's clients include blue chip technology corporations in
the United States, Japan and Europe. Motorola and Sony are investors in
Tao Group. Tao is headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom, with
representation in Japan and the US, and its staff includes more than
fifty world-class software engineers. Tao is a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50
Winner and has won a series of innovation awards for its operating
system and Java(TM) based engine.

About NTRU Cryptosystems

NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. makes the world's fastest secure public key
cryptography solutions operating over 100 times faster than competitive
systems at equivalent security levels. NTRU is the fastest secure public
key cryptography solution for wireless data communications, digital
music and video distribution, e-commerce and embedded applications.
Strategic investors include Sony Corporation. For more information, see
www.ntru.com or call NTRU at 888.346.NTRU or 617.948.9138.

NTRU, F@stWTLS, the NTRU logo and the F@stWTLS logo are trademarks of
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. Portions of NTRU's system are the subject of
pending patent applications in the US and internationally. Tumbler(TM)
is a trademark of the Tao Group, Ltd.

Contact:

Scott Crenshaw
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
Tel: (617) 948-9138
Fax: (708) 575-3426
Email: screnshaw@ntru.com
Web: http://www.ntru.com/

Graham Nice
Tao
Tel: +44 (0)118 901 2999
Fax: +44 (0)118 901 2963
Email: Nice@tao-group.com
Web: http://www.tao-group.com/

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Gary Peake
http://www.owlnet.net
Team AMIGA

• Update zu Digital Almanac II erhältlich
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  Download: DAlmanac_Exe.lha
  
  Der Autor gibt bekannt: "Dies wird die letzte Version von Digital Almanac II für 68k-Prozessoren sein. Es werden nur noch evtl. Bugfixes vorgenommen, aber keine Neuerungen mehr entwickelt. Dafür wird die Entwicklung einer PPC-Version (DA III PPC) mit neuen Möglichkeiten vorangetrieben."
  
  
• Darkage Software kündigt zwei neue Produkte an
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  Das zweite Produkt ist eine CD namens Amiga Classix 2. Die CD-ROM wird viele klassische Amiga-Spiele enthalten und alle Spiele werden direkt von CD aus startbar sein. Enthalten sind Spiele wie z.B. Diamond Caves, Bomb Mania, Lost on Parrot Island, Hoi AGA REmix und viele andere mehr. Die CD-ROM wird über Epic Marketing voraussichtlich ab Februar 2000 erhältlich sein.

• Bei PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX finden Sie im Supportbereich neue Versionen der ak-Datatypes (Version 44.76) und eine neue Version des akMPEG4-Player (Version 4.06).
  
  
• VWP: JavaRunner 1.0 für PPC-Linux und Windows®
  Der JavaRunner ist ein Programm, der auf eine vorhandene JRE® (Java Runtime Environment®) zurückgreift und es ohne lange und umständliche Parameteraufrufe ermöglicht, Java®-Programme zu starten. Dabei wird auch die CLASSPATH-Variable überprüft und gegebenenfalls automatisch korrigiert, um auch hier Kompikationen und fehlerbedingte Abbrüche zu vermeiden. Alles in allem vereinfacht dieses kleine Tool das Starten von Java®-Applikationen wesentlich.
  
  Der JavaRunner ist FREEWARE und wird demnächst auch für 68x68-Linux erhältlich sein.
  
  
• Epic Marketing teilt mit, dass sich das Jump and Run Spiel "Tales From Heaven" im Presswerk befindet und vermutlich ab Ende nächster Woche an die Vorbesteller ausgeliefert werden kann.
  
  
• Der MPEG-Player Frogger Version 1.5 ist erschienen. In der PPC-Version werden nun VideoCDs unterstützt.
  Download: frogger_ppc_15.lha
  
  
• Auf der Patch & HD-Installerseite von Jean-Francois Fabre finden Sie ein Update zu seinem Rapage Loader.
  Download: rampagehd.lzx - readme
  
  
• Ragonsoft gibt nach und nach einige bisher unveröffentlichte Spiele zum Download frei. Aktuell kann das Spiel "Handelsspiel" frei heruntergeladen werden.
  Download: handel1.lha
  
  
• Javosoft teilt uns per eMail mit, dass für FastATA/PowerFlyer und Allegro sowie 4xEIDE mit Allegro neue Treiber auf deren Downloadseite bereit liegen.