From:        info@markengrabbing.de
Date:        Fri, 24 Sep 1999 00:36:41 +0200
Subject:     Aktion gegen Markengrabbing - 24.09.1999
Reply-to:    info@markengrabbing.de


Nach ein paar langen Arbeitstagen habe ich es nun endlich wieder
einmal geschafft: Ein Update der Seiten auf markengrabbing.de ist
da! Das wurde aber auch Zeit ;-)

In der letzten Woche hat sich wohl Einiges getan und so ist es mir
eine Freunde, die folgenden Nachrichten vorzustellen:

+++ Prozeß um "webspace"

Der erste prozeß bzgl. einer einstweiligen Verfügung wurde am
17.09.1999 in Nürnberg geführt. Angetreten waren der
Internetprovider Troidl mit anwaltlicher Vertretung sowie die
anwaltliche Vertretung des Markeninhabers Thielker.
Der Prozeß endete in einem Vergleich ...

--> http://www.markengrabbing.de/troidl.htm


+++ Akte99 (SAT1) berichtet über unsere Aktion

Die wohl angenehmste Überraschung traf mich (eher zufällig) am
vergangenen Dienstag, während ich Fernsehen schaute. Plötzlich
wurde dort in Akte99 über den Fall "webspace" u.a. berichtet.
Unser FvG wurde nicht genannt, dafür wurde unsere Aktion sehr
gelobt :-)) Dies spiegelte sich natürlich auch in den Zugriffszahlen
wieder ...

--> http://www.markengrabbing.de/news.htm


+++ Liste der Unterstützer aktualisiert

Es hat nun fast zwei Wochen gedauert, aber jetzt ist sie endlich
aktualisiert ... die Liste der Unterstützer!
Bei allen, die auf die Eintragung so lange warten mußten, möchte
ich mich herzlich entschuldigen! Also, schaut einmal vorbei und
klickt den einen oder anderen interessanten Link an ;-)
Ach ja, und bitte versucht auch weiterhin, aktive Unterstützer für
uns zu gewinnen !!

--> http://www.markengrabbing.de/unterstuetzer.htm


+++ "www." von Talkline GmbH geschützt

Nun ist auch "www." als Marke geschützt. Die Talkline GmbH hat
dies durchgeführt. Näheres versuchen wir bei denen nun
herauszubekommen ...

--> http://www.markengrabbing.de/news.htm


+++ Surftips versenden

Als neue Möglichkeit, unsere Aktion aktiv zu unterstützen, habe
ich nun den Versand eines sog. "Surftips" eingebaut. Jetzt könnt
ihr Freunde und Bekannte per Email direkt von unserer Seite mit
einer Email auf unsere Aktion hinweisen.
Bitte macht reichlich Gebrauch hiervon, da jede Unterstützung
zählt!

--> http://www.markengrabbing.de/surftip.htm


+++ Hintergrundinformationen werden aufgebaut

Nachdem das Abstimmungsverhältnis der letzten Wochen
eindeutig einen Bedarf nach Hintergrundinformationen aufzeigt,
habe ich in den letzten Tagen begonnen, diese auf
Markengrabbing.de bereitzustellen.
Natürlich ist dies jetzt am Anfang noch recht kläglich, aber es wird
schon ...
Auch hier würde ich mich übrigens über aktive Hilfe von Euch sehr
freuen. Insbesondere sind hier die Rechtsanwälte unter Euch
angesprochen, die vielleicht die ein oder andere Abhandlung über
das Markenrecht veröffentlichen wollen ...
Aber auch ansonsten bin ich -wie immer- in diesem Bereich für
viele Tips und Anregungen dankbar!

--> http://www.markengrabbing.de/hintergruende.htm


+++ Campaign against Trademarkgrabbing

Da ich immer wieder den Hinweis von amerikanischen Besuchern
erhielt, daß das Thema langsam auch in den USA, England etc.
auf Entsetzen stößt, habe ich zuerst einmal die Startseite ins
Englische übersetzt, damit man sich dort zumindestens anfänglich
informieren kann.
In den nächsten Tagen und Wochen werden dann noch viele
weitere Seiten übersetzt. Hoffentlich erreichen wir somit einen noch
größeren Sturm der Entrüstung, damit unsere 'Forderungen'
entsprechenden Nachdruck erhalten ...

---> http://www.markengrabbing.de/start_e.htm


Also, bitte unterstützt uns weiterhin so tatkräftig wie Ihr es bis dato
getan habt. Wir brauchen noch viel Energie und Resourcen, um
diese Auseinandersetzungen zu gewinnen ...

Berichtet weiterhin in Eurem Freundes- und Bekanntenkreis über
unsere Aktion ... vielleicht wird ja auch noch der ein oder andere
weitere Fernsehsender auf uns aufmerksam und wir können auf
diese Art und Weise eine erhebliche Multiplikation unserer
Reichweite und unserer Unterstützung erreichen.

Es ist erstaunlich, welche durchweg positive Reaktion auf unsere
Aktion nach dem Bericht bei Akte99 bei mir hier eintraf. Dies zeigt
mir, daß wir(!) auf dem richtigen Weg sind ...

Also, bis später und noch viel Spaß und Erfolg am heutigen Tage :-)

Euer
Thorsten Haßiepen




*** Aktion gegen Markengrabbing ***
URL: http://www.markengrabbing.de
Email: info@markengrabbing.de

Newsletter herausgegeben von:
Thorsten Hassiepen, Hauptstrasse 31, D-41844 Wegberg
Tel.: 02434-20687 (V.i.S.d.P.)

Bitte unterstuetzen Sie uns!
Vielen Dank!
***

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Date:    Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:30:00 +0100
From:    Greg greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk
To:      petra.struck@online-club.de
Subject: KOSH News


After a long enforced break, KOSH is finally back! Discussion lists are
running again, work is being done and the website is even being updated
:) New members are welcome as ever, and we welcome all skill levels and
platform advocates.

Current website mirrors are:

http://www.iconimaging.net/kosh/
http://kosh.convergence.org/
http://www.gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk/kosh/

About KOSH

KOSH is a new platform being designed and built by the users,
developers, retailers and journalists who will use it. It offers the
potential for real innovation in hardware and software whilst also
allowing for the best use of existing machines. It puts the individual
at the centre of the computing experience and empowers them to create,
work and play in the virtual world. Built on a firm commercial base, it
will be owned by the same users, developers, retailers and journalists
that go to make up its vibrant community.

Thank you,


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

Greg
--------------------------------------------------
ssu97gw@reading.ac.uk, greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk

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• Auslesen der Gebührenzähler
• Löschen der Gebührenzähler
• Einfache Requester für Informationen, Fehleranzeige und "Ja/Nein"-Abfragen
• Starten von bis zu 10 Programmen per Shortcut

• Tool zum Auslesen der Gebührenzähler und speichern in eine Logdatei (für Workbench und Shell)
• ARexx-Skript zum Auslesen der Gebührenzähler und eintragen in ein "TurboCalc"-Arbeitsblatt

• Amiga mit Amiga-OS 3.0+
• Installiertes "ViperTools" V1+
• DataBox "Speed Viper"
• Festplatte
• Wenn ARexx-Skripte genutzt werden, muss der ARexx-Interpreter "RexxMast" gestartet sein

• AmiTCP-Genesis
• VoyagerNG
• Microdot-II
• AmFTP
• AmIRC
• AmTelnet
• AmTerm
• NetInfo
• AmTalk
• X-Arc

KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Weekly Summary

Week Commencing: 11th September 1999

Number: 026

Mailing List: kosh-general@icon2.iconimaging.net

In the mailing list this week, the following items were discussed.

I'm happy to receive comments on this summary (and corrections if I have made
mistakes). Email me (Bridge) at kosh-scribe@mythicz.u-net.com

Well it has been a while - the last summary was in June when kosh.net vanished.
We now have access to the same kosh-general mailing list but it is located at
kosh-general@icon2.iconimaging.net which in fact is the same as "kosh.net". On
that note it is important to a) send messages to the icon2 address and b) when
replying to messages check your "Send to:" field to make sure it says icon2 as
it has a habit of filling in "kosh.net" which doesn't work (this has been
demonstrated on a number of email packages).

kosh-general@iconimaging.net also works now but the above is still relevant for
people replying to older messages.

I am also posting summary 25 with this one (in a separate file in case you want
to avoid it!) as a reminder of what was going on back in June.

Anyway, on with the show!


a)

Subject: KOSH is back!

Summary of debate: It never really went away, it just went a bit quiet for a
                   while. Please note the following items for KOSH:

                   1) Email address is kosh-general@icon2.iconimaging.net (read
                   the introduction above for more information) BUT
                   kosh-general@iconimaging.net works without all the problems
                   described above so try this instead if you are creating new
                   mail (thanks to Jason Radford for fixing this).

                   2) The KOSH website is located on a mirror at
                   http://www.gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk/kosh/index.html

                   3) The KOSH booklist remains at
                   http://www.snowcrash.u-net.com/kosh/booklist.html and is
                   well worth a look through.

                   4) If you have a query such as "where did that bit of KOSH
                   info go?" then please email me (Bridge) at
                   kosh.scribe@mythicz.u-net.com and I'll either have it to
                   hand or know someone that does.


b)

Subject: New method for summaries

Summary of debate: An alternative interactive internet based way of producing
                   summaries is being looked at. The beginnings of this can be
                   seen at http://www.tele2.co.uk/~flump/kosh/ and mention on
                   the ML of things like Perl and Mason has occurred.

c)

Subject: Second user survey draft

Summary of debate: This is where we left off back in June discussing the User
                   Summary that Greg and co were working on. I'm leaving
                   summarising it off of this summary as it sort of took over
                   back in June and I'm going to keep this summary general:P
                   Suffice to say all is progressing well. Thank to Greg for
                   getting this one started again.


d)

Subject: 3D+ data manipulation

Summary of subject: A bit back I was discussing with Greg Webb and John
                    Chandler my ideas for 3D data manipulation. At the moment
                    we all have cosy spreadsheets that let you enter data on
                    the x and y planes (columns and rows). However in every day
                    usage I find this constricting as I need a visual (and not
                    just mathematical) way to place data on x,y and z planes.
                    While this can be done with conventional spreadsheets just
                    about if you have to y-axis on the resulting graphs it
                    hardly makes for perfection. The idea is that perhaps apps
                    in KOSH can be written to take 3D (or more - although
                    changes over time normally gets stuck on the x-axis in
                    conventional spreadsheets) data sets and be able to view
                    them on screen, rotating through them, using pan, scan and
                    zoom to be able to view the whole thing in any way you
                    want. Now this may only be possible in a "3d" or
                    holographic monitor - but maybe not as the eye can easily
                    be tricked.

                    It was suggested that there may be people out there that
                    actually need nD data manipulation tools - and this could
                    well be a killer app for KOSH.


e)

Subject: RF bugs KOSH?

Summary of debate: A way to make computers transmit RF information by executing
                   code to put data on a bus in a certain pattern has been
                   figured out. The potential for using this to bug people's
                   machines with nothing more complicated than a small software
                   agent and a cheap radio could well be a real problem for
                   KOSH if we decide to implement this type of technology (and
                   why not - after all KOSH is inclusive).

                   What sort of steps could we take to plug this potential
                   problem but still allow this technology to be used in KOSH?

                   It was suggested that a system of public and private keys
                   could be used to plug this hole as a transmitting system
                   would have to send an underlying carrier wave containing a
                   valid key for the recipient machine to "listen" and act on
                   the main message.


f)

Subject: EROS

Summary of debate: An interesting URL of http://www.eros-os.org was mentioned
                   which people may want to take a look at.


g)

Subject: IMPORTANT! All KOSH Working group progress managers and maintaners
         please read.

Summary of debate: A direct cross-list post from Greg that is important for the
                   above to read:

We seem to be having difficulties contacting our working group progress
manager and maintainer of our supporters list, so we haven't been able
to get up-to-date information on either for some time. If you're
involved with a working group or have registered your interest as a
supporter and are not shown here then please get in touch so we can
update the necessary details.

The relevant page to check whether you're registered is
http://www.gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk/kosh/kommunity/index.html and I'd
appreciate any resulting information coming in to me.

Thanks,
Greg


h)

Subject: Open KOSH

Summary of debate: Following an idea myself and others had on the nature of
                   KOSH towards other competing systems, Greg Webb (yep it's
                   that man again!) has compiled an article on this. The
                   general jist is that if KOSH is open about its weaknesses as
                   well as its strengths particularly when at computer shows
                   then we will generate a more honest atmosphere with users
                   whom KOSH is designed to serve (and not control unlike
                   certain other systems out there).

                   To demonstrate openness, an example given is that at a
                   computer show we could line up several computers running
                   (for example) AmigaOS, KOSH, Linux, Windows and MacOS and
                   then demonstrate each to its full potential. The conclusion
                   hopefully will be that KOSH is better than the rest for the
                   user to get the "thing" to do what they want. However if
                   KOSH fouls up and another system turns out better at
                   performing a particular function we admit this openly and go
                   away and fix the problem on KOSH.

                   See the KOSH URL for the full interesting text (and it does
                   make a good read - some very thought provoking things in
                   there).


i)

Subject: KOSH and Convergence International

Summary of debate: John Chandler has given a short KOSH update to James Sears
                   for inclusion in the next Convergence international
                   newsletter. James has offered assistance to KOSH to get
                   around the kosh.net DNS problem (thanks James).


j)

Subject: Re-announcing KOSH


Summary of debate: If anyone has -any- computer contacts that they can email to
                   say "KOSH is back at  and " then please do so.
                   Only thing is that we may want to coordinate this as we
                   could end up bombarding some unsuspecting person. I've
                   emailed Amiga Format (Ben Vost) and am contacting
                   Petra Struck of http://www.amiga-news.de .
                   John has contacted Convergence International (see above).
                   Can anyone else offer up other contacts?


k)

Subject: Fleecy's Lentil

Summary of debate: Fleecy Moss and John Karcher are working on Lentil which (I
                   think from my limited understanding) is a logical and formal
                   language being developed due to reservations about IDL. They
                   are currently designing a Java tool that allows entities to
                   be designed and maintained. More details to follow in the
                   fullness of time.


l)

Subject: Dave Haynie and the Object Sea

Summary of debate: Someone emailed me and told me Dave is still working on the
                   above which is a jolly good thing. (For those doubters out
                   there - see KOSH is coming back to life after... well not
                   really dying in the first place).


m)

Subject: KOSH Owls

Summary of debate: Gary Peake of http://www.OwlNet.net offered the email
                   address kosh-list@owlnet.net (thanks Gary). I don't know if
                   this is up and running or if we are sticking with icon2.
                   Watch this space for more info next week hopefully.


n)

Subject: KOSH FAQs

Summary of debate: Greg Webb has written some but more are needed on anything
                   related (or vaguely related) to KOSH. Offers of assistance
                   to greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk please.


o)

Subject: Multiprocessing KOSH

Summary of debate: A direct quote from Greg here which is interesting:

Amiga.org are reporting that there's a patent application from Amiga
Development on IBM's patents server covering multiprocessor bits:

At least two clusters of CPUs are present in a multiprocessor computer
system. Each CPU cluster has a given number of CPUs, each CPU having an
associated ID such as an ID number. An additional ID number, not
associated with a CPU in the same cluster, is associated with the
opposite CPU cluster that appears to the original cluster as a "phantom"
processor. A round-robin bus arbitration scheme allows ordered ownership
of a common bus within a first cluster until the ID reaches the
"phantom" processor, at which time bus ownership passes to a CPU in the
second cluster. This arrangement is preferably symmetric, so that when a
CPU from the first cluster requests ownership of the bus, it is granted
bus ownership by virtue of the first cluster's appearance to the second
cluster as a "phantom" CPU.

Does this sound useful to our hardware people?

See: http://amiga.org/articles/1999/0901-aipatents.shtml


p)

Subject: New KOSH mirror site

Summary of debate: A new mirror site for KOSH can be found at
                   http://kosh.convergence.org/ and you'll find some space
                   kindly donated by http://www.convergence.org/ This should be
                   quicker than the current location (again thanks to
                   Convergence International for their kind help with this).


q)

Subject: Amiga, KOSH and QNX

Summary of debate: With Amiga declaring that they are not going to make
                   hardware but concentrate on software perhaps should switch
                   the idea of one of the hosts for KOSH being AmigaOS to QNX.
                   If we stay with Amiga which from recent announcements seems
                   to be going to be hosted over other things then we end up
                   with the silly situation of base OS with 2 levels of hosting
                   on top.

                   Please note that this is only in reference to AmigaNG and not
                   "Classic" which a number of people have said we should port
                   to. Also note there is no change with the idea of hosting on
                   Linux and Windows.


r)

Subject: AmiJoe and KOSH

Summary of debate: With Met@Box producing the AmiJoe accelerator for the A4000
                   perhaps KOSH should consider porting a hosted version
                   specifically to take advantage of this and other PPC Amigas?


s)

Subject: Transmeta and KOSH

Summary of debate: Simple question - Is Transmeta of any use to KOSH?


t)

Subject: Team Amiga, Phoenix Platform Consortium and KOSH

Summary of debate: A cross-ML posting with two things of interest:
                   To join Team Amiga ML send an email to Gary Peak TA
                   coordinator at gpeake@texas.net with the subject of
                   "join TA request" and your personal details. All info
                   provided by you on joining will be for internal TA/TAC use
                   only.

                   Secondly here is a snippet from the rest of the email which
                   is very interesting for KOSH although please note that there
                   were mixed feelings about what Phoenix is trying to do:

The Phoenix Platform Consortium will assume responsibility for aid and
recommendation for reference platforms for the Amiga users who wish to
upgrade their present Amigas, as we establish an open migration path
to a new platform. That platform will in spirit and in feel be a new
Amiga experience while incorporating and surpassing the features found
on the desktop elsewhere today.

As information becomes available it will be posted on mailing lists,
newsgroups, and at the following website: http://owlnet.net/phoenix/
which will be up shortly. This announcement is freely repostable.


u)

Subject: KOSH Subscribers

Summary of debate: There is a problem at the moment that some KOSHans are not
                   receiving emails via the icon2 email address we are using.
                   Obviously this creates a problem. Please can you therefore
                   email Greg Webb at greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk and let him
                   know that you are getting the emails. We can then coordinate
                   a "rescue package" to contact other KOSHans who have been
                   dropped off of the list (by comparing the respondents to
                   Greg with the kosh-general@kosh.net ML subscribee list that
                   we have).


v)

Subject: Why KOSH?

Summary of debate: I seem to be quoting a lot in full this week but why not -
                   its not as though there have been many summaries to read
                   since June. Here is a quote from Greg Webb (does this guy do
                   anything but KOSH? - all credit due to him!) which I
                   particularly like:

KOSH isn't just a software engineering project. The thing that really
sets us apart and makes me particularly fond of this project - for those
who hadn't noticed ;) - is the ideology behind it. We're not in this
just to produce something fantastic, we're in it to produce something
for the community. So, rather than a more traditional corporate
structure, we're set up so that KOSH is owned (when these considerations
actually mean anything) by a combination of those who've developed it
(as in us guys), those who own KOSH boxes and those who sell KOSH boxes.
No corporate investors running this for financial gain, just a community
of people who want to avoid the horrific problems that the Amiga
platform has suffered. So, we're set up to do everything we can to make
that impossible.

Greg


w)

Subject: New hardware from IBM

Summary of debate: IBM recently announced availability of PPC motherboard
                   designs. This should help start up Mac clones again (with
                   MacOS X on UNIX/NeXT). Motorola have announced PPC G5 (64
                   and 32 bit products, new pipeline, new bus topology, 2GHz+)
                   and G6. This hardware could be used for KOSH systems.


x)

Subject: TransAM/One

Summary of debate: Interest was expressed on the list for Met@Box to start up
                   the TransAM/One project again as this would present a very
                   interesting hardware opportunity for KOSH (noting it would
                   not be the only hardware solution - inclusive but not
                   exclusive...)






From:     "Colin-Stewart Bridge Deady" csbdeady@mythicz.u-net.com
Date:     18 Sep 99 11:52:33 +0000
Subject:  [KOSH] Summary 25 to go with 26
To:       kosh-general@iconimaging.net
Reply-To: kosh-general@iconimaging.net

As promissed here is summary 25 to go with 26 so we can remember what
was going on in June...

-Bridge


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KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Weekly Summary

Week Commencing: 12th June 1999

Number: 025

Mailing List: kosh-general

In the mailing list this week, the following items were discussed. Please do
not email the scribe regarding any of these topics, it is not his job to answer
these questions but merely to report  the topics of conversation. If you have
any queries about this summary, please email ben@kosh.net, stating the Summary
Number, and Mailing List Name, and he will try to answer your queries.

a)

Subject: Community involvement in Linux - an example for KOSH?

Summary of debate: Linux stresses community involvement and feedback. See
                   http://www.kde.org - from the website can be seen where KOSH
                   could go in terms of feed back mechanisms (documentation,
                   FAQ, wish list, bug reports, etc).


b)

Subject: KOSH Installation

Summary of debate: It was pointed out that KOSH being easy to install and
                   working first time will present a good first impression to a
                   user. It was also mentioned that subsequent usage and
                   alteration of the system should also maintain the good
                   impression.


c)

Subject: Second User Survey Draft

Summary of debate: The KOSH Survey WG released the second version of its User
                   Survey Questionnaire. Changes incorporated included an
                   additional section on disabilities and a note that personal
                   questions are completely optional and various other
                   amendments.

                   See the email from Greg Webb (greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk)
                   date 14/06 and entitled "[KOSH] Second survey draft" for the
                   full text.

                   This again generated a large number of replies with many
                   constructive comments on the survey. Even though the survey
                   is developing very well a number of areas such as the
                   personal questions section were felt in need of further
                   development. Even so, a big thanks to all the hard work that
                   the Survey WG have put in to this project.

                   One key point for the future is that there will most likely
                   be a "Developers Survey" and therefore the one we are
                   creating at the moment does not need to cover everything.
                   However we do note that developers are users and vice versa.

                   I won't detail all the different comments on the second
                   draft as I'm sure the Survey WG will be taking their own
                   notes and I don't want to take up the entire summary with
                   it. If you're interested in the work of that group please
                   feel free to get involved!

c)

Subject: Volunteers to translate the survey to other languages.

Summary of debate: As well as Thomas Jensen offering to do a Danish translation
                   of the survey, Philippe 'Elwood' Ferucci has volunteered to
                   do a French version. Thanks to both of you.

                   If anyone else would be able to translate the Survey into
                   other languages when it is completed please would they make
                   themselves known to kosh-general@kosh.net


d)

Subject: Deadlocking in KOSH

Summary of debate: The following questions were posed:
                   "How will Deadlock (resource circularity, mutual exclusion,
                   hold&wait) be dealt with?  In current OSes it is not a
                   serious problem because there are not many places it can
                   occur - but in a sea of objects all offering services, the
                   possibility for deadlock must increase 1000 (or a million?)
                   fold... [Without this] KOSH...won't work for more than a few
                   minutes before the entire system freezes up solid under
                   heavy load".

                   Apparently Unix ignores deadlock and hopes it will go away,
                   working on the grounds that it does not happen all that
                   often. Hopefully a better solution will be found in  KOSH?

                   There are plenty of ways to prevent deadlocks from ever
                   ocurring by being careful about how you hand out resources
                   and checking with process what resources they could
                   conceivably need.

                   Alternatively getting rid of "hold & wait" just like in
                   current filing systems could be the way to solve this. The
                   OS can be set up so that, if a process wants some resources,
                   it has to give up others.


                   A deadlocking object in the resource manager was proposed.


e)

Subject: Atari computers and MiNT

Summary of debate: It was mentioned that those using Atari computers now use
                   MiNT which has multitasking and is POSIX compliant. See
                   http://www.altos.org.uk/mint/index.html which has a guide to
                   FreeMiNT. MiNT is a hybrid of Unix and TOS. Perhaps this has
                   some ideas that are relevant to KOSH.


f)

Subject: KOSH website location

Summary of debate: Just in case you missed it, the most up-to-date version of the
                   website is currently at http://www.rdg.ac.uk/~ssu97gw/kosh/

                   It should move to kosh.net/ soonish.


g)

Subject: Developing users

Summary of debate: In reference to the User Survey it was mentioned that
                   developers and users are often the same people. If we could
                   make it so that in KOSH every user could behave as a
                   developer at any time we would make the system much more
                   accessible. We would thus avoid creating an  unnatural
                   separation and scare people into a division between the two.

                   We must be careful not to scare off people who just want to
                   be users.


h)

Subject: EPOC32

Summary of debate: The Psion 5 keyboard being nice to type on compared to other
                   palmtops was mentioned and this generated a comment that
                   EPOC32 has some nice things in it that KOSH may like to look
                   at (scribe's note: presumably EPOC32 is an OS and not a
                   keyboard though).


i)

Subject: KOSH FAQ

Summary of debate: "Our Greg" has asked he could have some questions to put
                   into the KOSH FAQ please. Oh and Frequently given answers
                   would be nice as well.


j)

Subject: Sheep and #HHHHHH

Summary of debate: There was lots of discussion on sheep and dodgy HTML code
                   involving #HHHHHH which gives lots of interesting results
                   depending on where you see it - oh and watching the Simpsons
                   when one should be working on one's studies was also
                   mentioned... and that's all I'm saying about this:P

From:       Rüdiger Engel Ruediger.Engel@gmx.de
To:         Petra Struck Petra.Struck@online-club.de
Date:       Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:05:31 +0200
Subject:    Bericht von Verhandlung Thielker .\. Troidl

Beim Betreten des Verhandlungssaales fiel mir erstmal die geringe
Zuschauerzahl auf, außer mir waren lediglich 3 Personen anwesend.
Der Antragsgegner (Troidl) war persönlich mit zwei Anwälten an seiner Seite
anwesend, Thielker ließ sich durch Freiherrn v. Gravenreuth und noch einen
Anwalt vertreten.

Als der Anwalt des Antragsgegners ein langes Plädoyer über den Schutzwert
der Bezeichnung "Webspace" startete, unterbrach ihn der Richter nach kurzer
Zeit mit den Hinweis darauf, daß das nicht Gegestand dieser Verhandlung
sei.

Gravenreuth hat eigentlich während der gesamten Verhandlung nicht viel
geagt. Das einzig Bemerkenswerte in Gravenreuths Aussagen war, daß er
"keine Hundert, aber doch mehr als zwölf Abmahnungen" verschickt habe und
mit "einigen Großen" auch Lizenzverträge zur Nutzung des Namens "Webspace"
geschlossen habe.

Nachdem nach einer Stunde keine Einigung erzielt werden konnte (Troidls
Anwalt wollte nunmal von seiner prinzipiellen Ablehnung des Markenschutzes
für "Webspace" nicht abrücken und auch Gravenreuth blieb natürlich bei
seiner Forderung) gingen die Parteien in eine Pause. Tenor des Richters und
Gravenreuths war es, Troidl beizubringen, daß er sich seine Prinzipien
nicht leisten könne und einlenken möge. Man käme ihm ja sogar mit der
Möglichkeit der Ratenzahlung entgegen.

Nach der Pause verkündete der Richter dann folgendes Urteil:

1.) Der Antragsgegner verpflichtet sich, bis zum Abschluß des
Löschungsverfahrens beim Markengericht in München (AZ 39806414.8/42-S166
aus 99) unbeschadet seiner Rechte aus §23 Markenschutzgesetz das
Kennzeichen "Webspace" im geschäftlichen Verkehr für die Bereitstellung der
für die Internetpräsentation von Dritten benötigte Hardware (Speicherplatz)
sowie die Durchführung der technischen Umsetzung nicht zu benutzen.

2.) Für jeden Fall der Zuwiderhandlung verpflichtet sich der Antragsgegner,
eine Vertragsstrafe in Höhe DM 10.001,- zu bezahlen.

3.) Der Antragsteller verzichtet auf Schadensersatzansprüche aus einer
bisherigen etwaigen Nutzung des Kennzeichens durch den Antragsgegner.

Mit Punkt 3 erledigt sich dann natürlich Ratenzahlung.
Die Punkte 4 bis 7 und die Zusätze behandeln vor allem Formalien.
Es wäre noch zu erwähnen, daß Troidl 4/5 der Verfahrenskosten trägt und ihm
Prozeßkostenhilfe für die erste Instanz bewilligt wurde.

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ClassesGuide.lha     docs/lists  86K+A Guide of Amiga custom BOOPSI classes. 
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TeRmOz.IRC.lha       docs/misc   43K+Polish FAQ about IRC and bots.
thewholetruth.lha    docs/misc    2K+The whole truth about Bill G.
WorldCup.lha         docs/misc  110K+Statistics of soccer World Cups '30-'98
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RiVA.lha             gfx/show    26K+MPEG Player for AGA/Cgfx/P96 v0.21, Fast
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ICS.lha              hard/misc  1.1M+V1.06 ICS - professional color correctio
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AGEngChi.lha         misc/edu   416K+English for Chinese/Japanese Speakers La
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Handy.lha            misc/emu   115K+Atari Lynx emulator for WarpUP, v1.03 (9
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uv-dreams.lha        mods/k4k   199K+"Ultraviolet Dreams" tekno/acid by Kure/
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32bc_purple.mpg      mods/mpg   3.3M+Dnb by 32bit choonz boyz
32bc_return.mpg      mods/mpg   5.2M+Dnb by 32bit choonz boyz
32bc_soundcl.mpg     mods/mpg   5.5M+Dnb by 32bit choonz boyz
32bc_tequest.mpg     mods/mpg   5.8M+Dnb by 32bit choonz boyz
saku99sp.mpg         mods/mpg   1.2M+Petro Tyschtschenko's Saku 99 speech

From:     Chris Hodges hodges@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
To:       Petra Struck petra.struck@online-club.de
Date:     Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:50:10 +0100
Subject:  Glosse

An die Amiga Gemeinde

Danke für Eure jahrelange Unterstützung und Loyalität gegenüber Amiga. Aber
nun  bin  ich  hier  um  Euch  ein  für  alle  mal klarzumachen, daß in der
Industrie kein Platz für den "Geist des Amigas" ist.

In den letzten paar  Wochen  haben  tausende  eMails  und  Nachrichten  von
blinden  Lemmingen  meine  In-Box  verstopft, die sich viel zu viele Sorgen
über die Zukunft des Amiga machen, weil sie die Geschehnisse bei Amiga Inc.
vielleicht  doch  richtig  zu  deuten wissen. Ich war sichtlich genervt und
habe diese Mails natürlich ungelesen  gelöscht.  Eure  Meinung  ist  völlig
irrelevant, der Pfad ist doch sowieso schon längst eingeschlagen.

Fakt ist... um J.M. Straczynski zu zitieren "Viel schwerwiegender  als  der
Tod  der körperlichen Materie, ist der Tod der Hoffung, der Tod der Träume.
Und vor dieser Gefahr dürfen wir niemals kapitulieren." In dieser  Hinsicht
sind  die  Amigianer tatsächlich nicht tot zu kriegen -- nein im Gegenteil:
Gerade nach meinen vernichtendem Executive Update  scheint  sich  mehr  und
mehr Energie in Projekten wie AQUA/Amino oder Phoenix zu konzentrieren. Ich
empfinde das mehr als verwirrend, habe ich ja noch nie einen Amiga besessen
oder damit gearbeitet.

Beim Amiga ging es -- und da müßt ihr  mir  zustimmen  --  niemals  um  ein
Computersystem.  Es  ging  nicht darum, daß das Arbeiten am Amiga effizient
war und Spaß gemacht hat. Nein, die Amiga-Gemeinde  war  schon  immer  eine
Gruppe  illusionierter, präpubertärer Fratzen, die eigentlich nur aus Trotz
immer wieder behauptet hatte,  "Mein  Computer  ist  besser  als  deiner!".
Amiga-User  hofften,  die  Welt  zu  verbessern. Tja, leider kommt ihnen da
immer wieder was  in  die  Quere,  oder?  Warum?  Weil  der  Amiga  niemals
allgegenwärtig wurde.

Das werde  ich  jetzt  ändern.  Der  Amiga  wird  in  Zukunft  als  Plug-In
existieren.  Ja,  ich  weiß, vielleicht glaubt ihr vor ein paar Wochen noch
andere Pläne gelesen zu haben, keine Angst, das waren nur  Halluzinationen.
Ich  selbst habe nie diese Pläne gelesen.

Kein OS mehr, keine Hardware, man  braucht  nichts  selbst  zu  entwickeln,
nein,  man  wird  in  Zukunft  die Gurumeditationen sogar auf Digital-Uhren
bekommen können! Ich  persönlich  bin  schon  sehr  begeistert!  Amiga  als
Applikation in jeder Mikrowelle. "Amiga for Windows"... denkt darüber nach.

Amiga und sein revolutionärer Geister verdienen nichts besseres als das. Es
ist ein neuer Mega-Trend und Amiga wird an vorderster Front dieser nächsten
großen  Kampfeinheit  in  der  Computergeschichte   stehen   --   und   von
verräterischen  Söldnern  wie  mir  erschossen  werden. Dafür haben wir uns
entschieden,  als  wir  von  einer  ziemlich  großen   Firma   eine   nicht
unerhebliche Bestechungssumme kassiert haben.

Also: Lang lebe Amiga, aber  wenn  Ihr  denkt,  daß  derjenige,  der  Amiga
besitzt,  ihn  auch  vernichten kann, dann habt ihr die Vergangenheit nicht
verstanden. Bei Amiga Inc. geht es  um  einen  profitableren  Weg.  In  den
kommenden  Monaten,  versprochen, werden wir Euch über Fortschritte bei der
Zerstörung des leblosen Amiga-Körpers auf dem Laufenden  halten,  und  wenn
Ihr  uns nicht weiter unterstützen wollt: bei Gateway kann man auf die alte
Userbasis verzichten -- ein paar neue Dumme werden schon drauf reinfallen.

Amiga Inc. kann die Industrie nicht revolutionieren und die Welt verändern.
Dazu braucht es Visionäre.

Lang lebe Amiga Inc.,

Thomas J. Schmidt,
President & C.E.O.
---------

Chris Hodges, 15. September 1999

*********************


From:     Wolfgang Czepan czepan@laura.soem.uunet.de
To:       Petra Struck petra.struck@online-club.de
Date:     Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:51:52 +0200

"Als Antwort auf einen Forumsbeitrag: ...
Irgendwer muß ja den ersten Amiga gekauft haben..."

Ich geb`s ja zu...
Ich war`s...,
der damals den ersten Amiga gekauft hat...
Wenn ich gewußt hätte, was ich damit anrichte, hätte ich es sicher
nicht getan, ich schwör`s! Beim Leben meiner ersten Festplatte :-))

Fazit: Gelernt und nie vergessen:

Kaufe nie als erster ein Produkt, zwischen 10 und 100 tausend oder
noch mehr könnten Dir folgen und anschließend nicht beschreibare
Leiden erdulden müssen! Kann man das verantworten? Ich sage nein!

Unendliches Leid habe ich über tausende und abertausende gebracht,
von denen ich nicht mal die Hälfte kenne. Seit Jahren treu zur Fahne
stehend, haben sie Ozeane an Tränen durchquert, bis zuletzt immer
wieder am Honig der Hoffnung genippt... vor allem aber eins:
Sich zu nicht belehrbaren Fanatikern entwickelt, die emotional nur
noch in der Lage sind, extreme Höhen oder Tiefen zu erleben.
"Jim Collas, tritt zurück!" (Quelle: Forum Funtime-world)
"Jim Collas, komm zurück!" (Quelle: Forum AC)

Es ist nicht zu fassen:
Inzwischen werden sogar Smileys "gedeutet"!

Fehlt bloß noch, daß jemand die Ladezeit der AI-Homepage interpretiert,
aber das kommt auch noch, wetten?

What happened?

Alsooo:

Ein Computer, der laut Meinung der "Gemeinde" ("Amiga=Gott"), sowieso
kein Amiga mehr gewesen sein würde, wird nicht gebaut (oder vielleicht
nicht gebaut oder er hätte sowieso soo nicht gebaut werden sollen oder
können).

Was passiert?
Die gleiche Gemeinde erleidet kollektiv akute Diarrhoe und fühlt sich
erneut verraten (wieso eigentlich erneut?; Den Walker wollte auch
keiner haben).

Die Gemeinde wird - nach ihrem eigenen Selbstverständnis - sowieso
ständig verraten (und verkauft, hihi).
Sie braucht das auch, mindestens, um ihre Diskussionsforen zu füllen,
weil sonst die Ladezeiten gewaltig runtergingen...
Sie braucht es, weil am Computerhimmel ja immer der schreckliche
Wintel-Gott, der den Amiga-Gott zu seinem persönlichen Feind erklärt
hat, droht. Dem "Amirage-Gott", der seit Neuestem seine Kreise zieht,
mag der eine Teil noch nicht so recht trauen... was ihm den Haß des
anderen Teils einbringt, der genau in diesem den neuen Heilsbringer
sieht :-)

Der "Boxer-Gott" verspricht da nur wenig Abhilfe, da er nicht in
der Lage ist, Armageddon zu gewinnen. Ebensowenig wie der
"IWIN-Gott". Da hilft es auch wenig, wenn "AI-Gott" plötzlich als
Teufel "erkannt" wird. Die Gemeinde leidet Höllenqualen (sic!).

Was soll die Gemeinde machen?

Sie will sich ihren eigenen Gott schaffen. Klasse.

Nun gibt es fürchterlich wenig brauchbare (wenn überhaupt eine)
Definitionen von "Gott". Wollte man die noch am meisten plausiblen
heranziehen (und das sind keine Definitionen), so ergibt sich als
eine der Quintessenzen: "Gott kann Sachen, die wir nicht können".
Mithin will die Gemeinde ihren "Gott" selber schaffen, was aber
à priori nicht möglich ist; niemand kann das Ideal verkörpern,
woran er glaubt. Die Gemeinde begeht den Fehler, zu denken (?),
sich mit dem "spirit of amiga" zu identifizieren, genüge, selbst
"spirit" zu werden. Der "spirit" lebt in der Gemeinde, das ist wahr,
aber die Gemeinde ist nicht der "spirit" (genausowenig wie ich
Beethovens 9te bin).

Die Gemeinde ist, leicht nachzuweisen, manisch depressiv.
Beweis: Sämtliche Foren, die von Gefühlsausbrüchen überquellen.
Onkel Sigmund hätt` sich ge"freud".

Beim Lesen des Ac-Forums - neulich - tippte mir mein Alter Ego auf
die virtuelle Schulter und fragte: "Wovon redet Ihr da eigentlich?
Von Computern? Ich dachte immer, die sollen das Leben erleichtern und
nicht zur Hölle machen?" Stimmt wohl.

Ich, für meinen Teil, werde in Zukunft sehr darauf achten, nie wieder
etwas als Erster zu kaufen; DAS tu ich mir nicht nochmal an!

Wolfgang Czepan

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      H E ' S   D E A D ,   J I M   C O L L A S . . . M A Y B E
               {See Editor's Thoughts and Introduction}

            T H E   P R E S I D E N T   S P E A K S . . .

                    A N   A L T E R N A T I V E ?

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 We present the much anticipated statement from the new President of
Amiga below. Frankly, we're not sure what to make of it and will
withhold most of our comments for a few days to think it over. Our
first thought, in all honesty, is a question: if the Amiga isn't a
"box" or an operating system, what, exactly, is left? Clearly, this
statement tells us there will not be a computer from Amiga. We never
expected them to make many, but we did expect them at least to control
hardware specs for a new machine, based on recent developments. An
Internet Appliance server for the home if nothing else. Also, we
expected the same control for an operating system, not just something
to run on top of other operating systems (Windoze? NT? Mac? Solaris?)
also based on recent developments. Our second thought is another
question: what is the cost of a good Dell computer running Linux? Our
third thought: are we being too hasty in seeing only negatives here?
Is there a real vision spelled out here which could, in fact, be the
next real Amiga? That IS a possibility ... I think ...
 We like to give everyone a fair chance. So, you'll get a real
editorial in the near future, after we digest this, but not tonight.
However, we bring you a second story that may be of interest to some.
 Nothing seems to come easily for us, does it?
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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            T H E   P R E S I D E N T   S P E A K S . . .

September 14, 1999


TO: THE AMIGA COMMUNITY

 Thanks for your notes and comments about our plans for Amiga. In the
past couple weeks, we've received hundreds -- if not thousands -- of
emails and messages from loyal Amigans worldwide, many of you
expressing a concern about Amiga's future based on recent reports in
the media and in numerous chat rooms. I am so impressed with the
spirit and passion of this great community and I wanted to make sure I
told you that.

 The fact is... to borrow from Mark Twain... the reports of Amiga's
death have been greatly exaggerated. To that end, I wanted to provide
a little more detail about our plans for Amiga... both as a product
and as a company, and hopefully clear up any confusion that exists.

 First, I hope you'd agree that Amiga was never about a box. It was
never about an operating system either. Sure those things were part of
what made the original Amiga great, but at its heart, Amiga was simply
about a better way. Amiga was ahead of its time. Amiga promised to
change the world. It ran against conventional wisdom and was better
than anything out there at the time. In fact, we could all argue that
it's still better than anything out there.

 The ideals and spirit of that original Amiga are alive and well
today. But to limit Amiga to just one box, one product, one OS, is to
keep Amiga from ever seeing its full potential. Think about it.... The
original Amiga never did really reach its full potential despite its
technical advantages and its cost and ease of use advantages. Why?
Because it never became ubiquitous. The company's early vision was
probably too limited for the vast potential that Amiga offered.

 The original Amiga was all about multi-media, so why not have Amiga
running on every type of device imaginable, on top of every other OS
out there? That's the beauty of Amiga and where we are as an industry.
We're in the midst of a revolution unlike anything the world has seen,
and Amiga has never been better positioned to change that world and
make a bigger impact. Limiting Amiga to just one box and one OS at
this point would be like offering the world a better horse and
carriage at the dawn of the automotive age. Amiga and its
revolutionary spirit deserve better than that. Amiga is going to
produce software technology that will enable Internet services on an
emerging category of products commonly referred to as "Information
Appliances". It is an exciting new mega trend in the industry and we
are excited about being at the forefront of this next great wave in
computing history. In addition, we have decided to work with business
partners who will deliver our software technology on their systems,
rather than enter the hardware business directly.

 So long live Amiga, but if you think that Amiga was just a box,
you've missed the point. Amiga is about a better way. In the coming
weeks and months, we promise to keep you posted on progress against
our plans for Amiga, and we thank you for your continued support.
Let's work together to enable Amiga to revolutionize the industry and
change the world!

Long live Amiga,


Thomas J. Schmidt
President & C.E.O.
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                     A N   A L T E R N A T I V E ?

14 Sept., 1999

              == THE PHOENIX PLATFORM CONSORTIUM ==

 We are pleased to announce the acceptance of provisional charter for
the Phoenix Platform Consortium.

 Phoenix signatories believe it is time to place our destiny back in
the hands of folks who understand what the Amiga is all about. You
will notice members of the original Jay Miner team within our ranks.

 Unlike other new entities we will not field questions from
newsgroups, mailing lists, or in email, nor will we be erecting a
marketing facade to false hopes. Results and honest direction are our
mandate.

 The Phoenix Platform Consortium will assume responsibility for aid
and recommendation for reference platforms for the Amiga users who
wish to upgrade their present Amigas, as we establish an open
migration path to a new platform. That platform will in spirit and in
feel be a new Amiga experience while incorporating and surpassing the
features found on the desktop elsewhere today.

 More information will be posted when we have facts to present. Please
do NOT email the participants in curiosity. We ask for your patience
in this matter. Please respect the wishes of the participants named
below. There is much to do and we have just begun.

 As information becomes available it will be posted on mailing lists,
newsgroups, and at the following website: http://owlnet.net/phoenix/
which will be up shortly. This announcement is freely repostable.

 Thanks, from the Phoenix Platform Consortium, currently:

    Alan Crandall       JMS
    Alan Swithenbank    Stanford Comp Systems Lab
    Albert Bailey       Flying Mice
    Andy Finkel         Met@box
    Aron Digulla        AROS
    Bart G Colbert      BG Colbert
    Berardino Baratta   MetroWerks
    Bill Bull           QNX
    Bill McEwen         Amino
    Bohdan Lechnowsky   REBOL
    Bruce Ellsworth     AmiTrace/ACSVideo
    Carl Sassenrath     REBOL
    Christian Kemp      ANN
    Clash Bowley        Flying Mice
    Dan Dodge           QNX
    Daryl Low           QNX Internship
    Dave Cook           GuruMeditationError
    Dave Haynie         Met@box
    dinglis             QNX
    Don Cox             Don Cox Computer Productions
    Drew S Tarmey       IAT Manufacturing
    Dr Greg Perry       GPSoftware
    Ed MacKenty         MacKenty Software Services
    Eric Herget         Ki Networks
    Fleecy Moss         Amino
    Frank Friesacher    QNX
    Fred Wright         The Wright Solution
    Gary Peake          Team AMIGA/OwlNet
    Geert Bevin         Thunderstorms/The Leaf
    Giorgio Gomelsky    JMS
    Glenn Davidson      Cloud Media
    G'o'tz Ohnesorge
    greenboy            Phoenix
    Hal Greenlee        HardDrivers
    Holger Kruse        Nordic Global
    Igor Kovalenko      Motorola iDEN
    Joanne Dow          Wizardess Designs
    Joe Gulizia         SCOLA
    Johan Rönnblom
    John Shepard
    Kevin Lowe          BrainDrops
    Kevin Tiernan       Elfnet
    Marc Albrecht       A.C.T.
    Mario Charest       Zinformatic
    Mario Saitti        Phoenix
    Marko Seppänen      Visual Engineer
    Martin McKenzie     CADTech
    Matt Sealey         U of Leicester
    Michael Battilana   Cloanto
    Mick Tinker         Access
    Odd H Sandvick
    Olaf Barthel        logical line GmbH
    Paul Lesurf         Blittersoft
    Paul May            Phoenix
    Paul Nolan          Paul Nolan Ltd
    Ray Akey            HMetalsoft/ZenMetal
    RJ Mical            Mical.org
    Robert Krten        PARSE/Cisco
    Ron Liechty         MetroWerks
    Rudi Chiarito       Magrathea Development
    Samuel A Falvo II   Dolphin
    Shaun Sauve         QNX
    Stephane Desrosiers
    Stephen Jones       Siamese Systems
    Steve Tomkins       QNX
    Tobias Abt          Picasso 96
    Vegard Berget
    Wolf Dietrich       phase 5


Interested developers may contact greenboy [greenboy@bigsky.net]
 with a post titled

   Dev Database «your name»

and with the following information in the body

1. Name
2. Company
3. Email@
4. Developer Category
     A. Hardware
     B. Software
     C. Beta tester
     D. Marketing/Support Functions
     E. Internet-oriented development
5. Development Description (ie specialties - video, office suite, etc)
     A. Current Projects
     B. Past Projects
6. Platforms currently involved
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From:             Martin Baute solar@baud.de
To:               team@amiga-news.de
Date:             Tue, 14 Sep 1999 20:12:43 +0200
Subject:          Open Letter to Tom Schmidt
Voller Name:      Martin Baute
Homepage:         http://www.baud.de/public/members/solar.html

Dear Sir,

we are the Amiga community. We are a community of people brought together
by a very different kind of computing, which survived despite the gravest
of circumstances, beyond bancrupty, beyond despair, beyond obsoletion.

The community survived because there was hope, and little alternative.

We look at the market of home, personal, and office computing, and we see
bloated, inefficient, unreliable systems that offer little "feeling" to
the power user, and much irritation to the beginner.

So we dared to hope, that one day there would be a computing alternative
available again to the masses, one that made computing fun again for
everyone, not only for the elusive few who actually like to modify arcane
registry entries or .rc lines.

And our hopes, for long, and sometimes very dark years, were on the brand
named "Amiga", because this brand - rather, the philosophy and spirit it
stood for - embodied what we liked in computing.

We have seen many changes at the helm, even more changes in direction.

And every time again, ever since EsCom times up to the latest ongoings at
Amiga Inc., whenever there was a change at helm or a change in direction,
we feared.

Our fear always was the same. Will there be an Amiga computer we can
buy, to sit on our desks at home or in the office?

There has always been talk about Set-Top-Boxes. In more recent times,
there is talk about "information appliances".

But what the community anxiously waits for, always has waited for when
the winds of change were blowing, is not about Set-Top-Boxes, not about
"information appliances". I do not want to critizise, to the contrary.
There are evolving markets out there waiting to be explored, and it is
a good feeling that Amiga might be among the spearhead of explorers to
this market.

However, for us, the existing, living, starving community scattered all
around the world, for the distributors, developers, vendors, users, for
us, it is the desktop we most anxiously wait for.

Yes, there certainly is a mass market for Set-Top-Boxes and information
appliances, and the Amiga Inc. concept for a pervasive home network is
a nice one for sure. But all this is not what the brand "Amiga" promises
to us.

To make a long story short, to ask the question so vital for motivation,
faith, and hope for many of us, I ask you:



- Do the plans at Amiga Inc., which you told us will be followed
  through, still include a home/personal computer product range similar
  or at least alike to the "Multimedia Convergence Computer" previously
  presented by Amiga Inc.?
  Manufactured by Amiga Inc. itself, or by third party manufacturers?

  (Means, will we see hardware as revolutionary as your software
  technology, or will we share the fate of BeOS, fine OS without
  own plattform?)

- And will it be presented anywhere near to the original time scale
  (1st quarter 2000)?



A question so simple, but of utmost importance for those who look at
Amiga Inc. today. Those looking at Amiga tomorrow might be satisfied
by Set-Top-Boxes and "information appliances".

We are not. Scatter our fears.
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With kindest regards,
--
    Martin Baute          /// Amiga A1200 Towerhawk - PowerPC 603e / MC68060
 => solar@baud.de <=     /// Newsmaster - English:  http://www.amiga-news.de
Member of Team AMIGA \\\/// Member of the Bielefeld Amiga Users & Developers
100% Microsoft free!  \XX/ Maintainer of Version Watch: http://www.vwatch.de

Amiga - The Last Line of Defense.
-- www.baud.de



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From:        "B. van der Meer" b.vd.meer@worldonline.nl
To:          team@amiga-news.de
Date:        Tue, 14 Sep 1999 16:55:11 +0100

OS3.5 demonstration in the Benelux.

On saturday the 18th of september Dirk Harlaar of Haage & Partner
will give a demonstration of the new OS3.5 in Leeuwarden, located
in the Netherlands. Propably this will be the final salesversion.
This day will be organized by the AGGF and ComputerCity, the OS3.5
distributer in the Benelux.

Contact us at: amiga@worldonline.nl


The AGGF is the Amiga User Groep Friesland found in 1993.
Since january 1999 we publish a bimonthly paper-magazine called AmigaScene in
the dutch language.

AGGF webpage: http://www.fris.nl/~dkraus/AGGFINDEX.HTML
AmigaScene webpage: http://home.worldonline.nl/~amiga/


******


Os3.5 demonstratie bij the AGGF.

Zaterdag 18 september zal Dirk Harlaar van het Duitse Haage&Partner bij de
Amiga Gebruikers Groep Friesland
het nieuwe besturingssysteem OS3.5 komen demonstreren. Het is zelf
waarschijnlijk dat het hier om de
definitieve versie gaat, zoals dit op de markt gaat komen.
Deze dag wordt door de AGGF in samenwerking met ComputerCiy, de officiële
importeur, van OS3.5 georganiseerd.

De locatie is Clubhuis 'Welgelegen', W.Loréstraat 36 te Leeuwarden. Open
10:30-16:30.
Neem rustig je Amiga mee, maar bel ons dan wel even van te voren. tel.
0519-562288 (tussen 19:00 - 21:00 uur)
of email: amiga@worldonline.nl


De AGGF is de Amiga Gebruikers Groep Friesland en bestaat sinds 1993.
Vanaf januari 1999 geven wij de AmigaScene uit. Dit is een tweemaandelijkse
Amigablad met
artikelen over software en hardware en laatste nieuws.

AGGF internet adres: http://www.fris.nl/~dkraus/AGGFINDEX.HTML
AmigaScene internet adres: http://home.worldonline.nl/~amiga/


******
Thanks in advance.
Berend van der Meer.
AGGF/AmigaScene.

1. Phönix wird ein System aufstellen, das den "Classic" Amiga von Beginn an integriert. Es soll einen gangbaren Weg zu neuen Plattformen geben, die "Kompatiblität" zur bestehenden Hardware ist nicht nachgeschoben sondern Initialie
2. Phönix wird ein System aufstellen, das dank dem Neutrino Kern von Beginn an portierbar ist. Damit können sowohl PPC als auch Intel Plattformen grundsätzlich bedient werden. Eine Heirat mit irgendeinem MCC ist nicht notwendig - wohl aber möglich.
3. Phönix hat bereits jetzt, nach wenigen Tagen offizieller Existenz, fast alle wichtigen Amiga-Application-Entwickler sowie einige führende Hardware-Entwickler an Bord. Damit besteht ein kaum zu übertreffendes Know-How des "Amiga Spirit" (was immer das ist). Wenn hier von einer Wiedergeburt des Amiga gesprochen wird, dann von Leuten, die den heutigen Amiga bestimmend gestaltet haben - hier reden keine Manager, die sich die Materie anlesen müssen.
4. Phönix beheimatet genügend hochrangige Software-Entwickler, daß selbst auf einem komplett neuen System in vertretbarer Zeit reale Applikationen existieren können. Durch die Einbindung des "Classic" kann und soll der Kreis der Applikationen sogar maximiert werden.
5. Phönix stellt keine spinnerte Idee dar, deren gesamte Komponenten erst noch entwickelt werden müssen - denn die wesentlichen Bestandteile wie QNX (Neutrino), Rebol und andere existieren bereits und sind erfolgreich. Hier wird keine Phantasie beschrieben sondern Realität.
6. Phönix hat bereits Verbindungen zu führenden Hard- und Software-Herstellern geknüpft, um in engsten Zeitrahmen Ergebnisse präsentieren zu können. Die Namen der Firmen sind nicht wie anderswo "streng geheim" sondern in der Liste der Unterstützer eindeutig zu finden.

• keine Heirat mit irgendeiner begrenzten Plattform (wie Amiga Classic) sondern Verwendung eines existierenden, expandierenden und zukunftsfähigen Kernels von QNX
• ein Echtzeitsystem aus einer Hand ist mir lieber als das Compilat der Bemühungen von tausenden Entwicklern weltweit
• extrem enge Zeitrahmen zur Realisation von Ergebnissen (die Ankündigungen sind nicht erst Jahre später sondern in Wochen überprüfbar)
• keine Phantasie-Produkte sondern Verwendung existierender Technik wie QNX, Rebol, voraussichtlich ARTAS
• realistische Vorhaben "hinter den Kulissen", sprich: konkrete Pläne, die die Ergebnisse von Phönix voraussetzen

• die GeoWorld-Anleitung im HTML-Format
• ein neues Titelbild für GeoWorld zum downloaden
• Möglichkeit, den GeoWorld-Newsletter (Mailing-Liste) zu abonnieren

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990910

                    E T   T U ,   G A T E W A Y ?
               {See Editor's Thoughts and Introduction}

       S T A T E M E N T   F R O M   N E W   P R E S I D E N T

             P H O N E   C H A N G E S   A T   A M I G A

               D I G I T A L   I M A G E S   Q U I T S

           I W I N   D O E S N ' T   W A N T   C =   N O W

                  N E W S   F R O M   S A K U   9 9

                A M I G A   " F L E A "   M A R K E T

                   T E X A S   A M I G A   S H O W

  M O R E   T H A N   E X P E C T E D   -   F R O M   P H A S E   5

              I B R O W S E 2   I S   A V A I L A B L E

       I M A G I N E   -   N E W   U P D A T E   R E L E A S E

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

            T H E   B O X E R   I S   A V A I L A B L E !

               B O I N G   C O I N   A V A I L A B L E

               L I L J E D A H L   C D   R E L E A S E

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

GATEWAY OUT COMMODORES COMMODORE ... ?

 Visitors to the Amiga web site already know it's not the place it
was. The entire American staff is no longer listed. Most of the
material which refers in any way to the building of Amiga computers in
the future have quietly vanished. The short and mostly meaningless
statement from the new head of the company pointedly refers only to
Internet Appliances. On top of that comes a story in "Business Week
Online" that a change of direction has occurred at Amiga. The company
has no plans to build anything. Instead, it will work on standards and
software for internet appliances and the like. The story, "Seems
Gateway Isn't the Friend Amiga Fans Thought It Was" has this to say:

 "Gateway has dropped plans to build the new machine. Instead, it will
focus on creating a user-friendly interface that will link Internet
appliances over home networks. 'Amiga will be the Internet-appliance
infrastructure company. We don't intend to build anything,' says a
source close to the company. Gateway declines to comment."

 As if that isn't depressing enough, the author (Steven V. Brull) adds
later:

 "Amiga has dropped plans to engage in manufacturing and appears to
have broadened its ambitions by moving into the home-networking
territory targeted by behemoths such as Microsoft, Sun Microsystems,
and Sony. 'There won't be a whole lot that relates to the Amiga name,'
says one insider."

 At the time Jim Collas was forced out as company President, we
wondered if it weren't at least partly over a difference in vision for
the future. From the beginning, Gateway has always said they were
interested in the Amiga patents for use in the upcoming Internet
appliance market. Thoughts of a computer were secondary at best. Jim
Collas and some others saw Amiga computers as part of the mix. It now
looks like their vision of the future was lost in the internal
struggle within Gateway and Amiga.
 In fact, the time is ripe for an alternative to Wintel computers. Sun
Microsystems understands that but their vision - a low priced empty
box which just talks to a server somewhere - won't fly. You'd need to
have a Sun server in your home in order to use it there, or tie up the
phone lines or cable modem every time you wanted to do anything - play
a game, write a note; anything. Sorry, Sun, it's going to die just
like the Java Station did, and for the same reasons.
 Computers companies may be lost but users are showing the way. Linux
isn't growing by chance - it provides the alternative that no one else
is. Now if only someone were visionary enough to market an easy to use
Linux box, maybe one with some real multimedia capabilities, a lot
more people could be brought into the fold ... Unfortunately, Gateway,
once a company with some vision and entrepreneurial spirit, now seems
to have little of either. It's become a corporate conservative. Such a
company will always live and grow, but it will never leave a legacy.
 It bothers me that almost no-one is listening to the users, and
looking ahead based on what's current, but that's actually a common
practice of Information Technology organizations. Gateway is clearly
not able to do better than any other run-of-the-mill IT company. The
most they're likely to accomplish is to offer Linux in the common
form.
 Speaking of patents, which we did a moment ago, it's been a buzz in
the Amiga community for some time now that Gateway has filed for a
whole series of new patents apparently deriving from their Amiga
activities. These patents are without a doubt Intel oriented. Remember
Gateway's talk about "no X86 solutions!"? Sounds like another change
of mind and not one that helps the Amiga.
 So where does that leave us? You certainly shouldn't look to Iwin to
save us. Don't look to Phase 5 or QNX either. None of these efforts is
likely to be strong enough to do anything meaningful, if they do
anything at all. Unless I'm misreading what has happened at Gateway
very badly (oh, how I hope I am!) there is no more future for the
Amiga. The only conceivable "out" now would be if Amiga licensed the
building of computers by others, while retaining control of the
operating system (or environment), something they've talked about
doing in the past. There are no current indications they'll be taking
this approach.
 Assuming the worst is true, the community will hang on for a while,
and "Amiga Update" will be here to report it. We don't have to turn a
profit, so we can stay with this as long as it's appropriate. The
community will dwindle away, probably becoming ever more lunatic
fringe as it dies. Already, it's too small to support many of the
companies that have been with us for a long time. Look at how many
have left to date. Stand by for more defections. As ad expenses for
Amiga products can no longer be covered by product sales, the ads will
end and the publications that carry them will follow. This is already
the trend, and without an Amiga NG, it'll pick up steam rather than
reversing.
 We've noticed hate posts and calls for Gateway boycotts already
flying thick and fast in the Amiga newsgroups. This isn't likely to
have much affect on Gateway's decisions of course, though it will make
some people feel a bit better. The hate posts and the foul language
don't reflect at all well on the community and should stop now!
 The Amiga community certainly isn't strong enough to make a
meaningful boycott that would hurt Gateway. However, Gateway may in
fact have made a tactical blunder, though it's affects will be
relatively mild. There seems to be a disproportionate amount of
Amigans who work in corporate IT organizations. They can't buy Amigas
for their companies of course, but they can influence whose PCs are
bought. Gateway will have a hard sell in the future in places which
will likely surprise it, if the sales force ever even knows why some
doors are now closed to it. I doubt it'll hurt them badly, but if
there truly will be no Amiga NG, people won't forget why. Gateway
would have done much better to have said nothing about computers. They
did say things about computers, and many (I for one) will never
forgive them if things truly are as bad as they look right now.
 We trust you'll find this issue interesting.

 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

 Where have I seen this before? Ah yes, this seems to be a legacy from
the old Commodore days. Some things never change. Everytime we see a
bright spot on the horizion, it never fails that some way must be
found (or made) to screw it up. This is one piece of Amiga history I
really wish we could leave behind. Makes me wish we could find a way
run a company WITHOUT upper management.

--
BCNU,

Mark
~~~~~~
Mark,
 Tend to agree with you. Actually, there is a way to run a company
without upper management, or at least with upper managment under some
sort of control. It's the cooperative system but it's pretty much out
of favor these days except in the farming community, at least in this
country. Wonder if anyone's ever tried that with a computer company?
 Thanks for the thoughts,
 Brad
======


2 Sep 1999

Brad,

 When is the boat going to stop rocking???? As a Commodore/Amiga owner
since 1983, I began to have a little hope for Amiga. Perhaps Amiga
needs Steve Jobs, or a clone!

Virginia
~~~~~~
Virginia,
 The boat may stop rocking very soon now. Unfortunately, that may not
be a good thing in this case. As we've often said, time will tell.
 Brad

======

1 Sep 1999

Hi Brad,

 Sometime ago I wrote you that my A2000 had been in the closet for a
couple years and that shortly after retirement; I dug it out, plugged
it in, bought IBrowse, Miami, YAM, PPaint, a couple of hundred dollars
in new hardware, etc., etc., etc. Also, I spend many hours trying to
get everything to work. Ordered a game which wouldn't work and another
game that they sent in PAL from a USA dealer! Even with all of this I
was still excited. Excited about the pending release of OS3.5, excited
about the new AmigaNG (which I intended to buy), excited about Mr.
Collas and the new and exciting direction that the Company (read
Gateway/Amiga) was taking. I have been a good ambassador for Amiga
these past few months, telling the story over and over again to
friends and acquaintances. Telling them that Amiga is back and to be
on the lookout for a kickass system in the near future. I even bought
a hat, a mug, a shirt, a pen, a mouse pad,  and additional
software at the St. Louis convention.Shame on me!

 With Mr. Collas leaving to pursue other avenues we have just lost a
very intelligent man, a top notch communicator, and someone that we
all put our faith in. Does anyone want to buy 100,000 plus shares of
Gateway? I wish him well, as I'm sure everyone (or most everyone)
does. Mr. Collas - check with Steve Jobs; I'm confident he can use a
good man like you.

 Before I ramble any further I just want to say that I have had it
with Gateway/Amiga and the entire program. Read: I GIVE UP!!!

 I have loved my Amiga for many, many years. I started out with
theC64, then the A1000, then the A2000. Rather than put the A2000 back
in the closet I am shipping same to my grandson so he can play Pacman,
Galaga, etc.

 Now I must make a very tough decision: Do I contact Dell for a 600mhz
system or wait until the new G4 is released. Decisions, Decisions.

Color me gone!

gary

ps: I have loved your newsletters. You do a very outstanding job of
keeping everyone informed. Thank you.
~~~~~~
Gary,
 There's no comfort in it I'm sure, but you're not alone in your
thoughts. While Gateway hasn't given the final word that there will be
no more Amigas, right now it sure looks like that's what they'll be
announcing later this month.
 Thanks for the kind words about "AU". We'll be here for a while at
least.
 Brad
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       S T A T E M E N T   F R O M   N E W   P R E S I D E N T

6 Sep 1999

Dear Amigans:

 I wanted to make sure everyone knew that Jim Collas has chosen to
leave Amiga to pursue other interests and opportunities. I would like
to personally thank Jim for the leadership and vision he brought to
Amiga and the entire Amiga community over the past eight months. We
wish him the best of luck in his new endeavors.

 I have been with Amiga since April of this year as the Chief
Operating Officer and I continue to be extremely excited about the
plans and strategies we have been working very hard on the past
several months. Those plans will continue with a great business and
technology leadership team focused on the emerging Internet Appliance
market space. As we finalize our plans in this area, we will
communicate those to the community.

 I would also like to thank Bill McEwen for his many contributions to
the Amiga community and wish him the best of luck in his future
endeavors. Bill has been a steady and calming voice to the community.

Regards,


Thomas J. Schmidt
President
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          P H O N E   C H A N G E S   A T   A M I G A

1 Sep 1999

{Found this interesting post on the Net. Combined with the statement
above from Mr. Schmidt - pointedly avoiding mention of computers - and
the fact that the American staff is gone from Amiga's web page, it
certainly makes one pause for thought. Brad}

 Does anyone know if something has changed with the phone system at
Amiga, Inc? Using the 888-676-3638 number, all I get is: "Your call is
being answered by Audix. Extension 12512 is not available. To leave a
message, record at the tone. Record at the tone. *beep*". I left a
message at 9:00 PST, no return call yet (granted, it hasn't been that
long).

 The last time I called, it was after 10:00 AM in San Diego (and San
Jose, I see the number should also go to the Engineering group), so I
assume Amiga should be open for business, yet I got the same message.
I'm just trying to contact Developer Relations and see if I can get
involved with NG development (via NDAs or whatever other hoops), which
Amiga *should* be encouraging. Regardless, it seems to me that Amiga
should be projecting a more professional (and friendly) image. _If_
this is a recent change, it seems that drastic (and none too good)
changes may be taking place at Amiga/Gateway.

Comments?

Terry
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              D I G I T A L   I M A G E S   Q U I T S

3 Sep 1999

To Amiga users worldwide,

 Due to recent announcements and problems with Amiga, Digital Images
regrets that we will be suspending all AmigaMCC projects including
Sabrina Offline. Space Station 3000 and Wipeout 2097 will be released
as planned, but we will be suspending all other Amiga developments
until further notice.

 Everyone behind Digital Images has enthusiastically supported the
Amiga through the good times and the bad times. But with the recent
troubles with Amiga, the entire team has unanimously decided to
suspend all Amiga developments (with the exception of Space Station
3000 and Wipeout 2097). We regret to have to take these measures, but
Digital Images cannot afford to spend time, resources and money
developing for a computer which now, as it seems may never appear.

 We hope that everybody reading this understands our position as this
is the last thing that any of us would ever have wanted to do, but
Amiga have made promise after promise that something would appear, but
it has not.

 We deeply regret this decision, but it is a final measure that has to
be taken. We wish that we wouldn't have to go this far, but we now
have no other option - it is the last thing that any of us wanted to
do. We would appreciate it if everybody understood our position and
wouldn't send e-mails of anger and abuse. We have done everything in
our power to avoid this, but it just isn't possible.

 If the Amiga does indeed rise again, which we hope it does, we will
return.

 We hope that you will enjoy our upcoming releases of Space Station
3000 and Wipeout 2097.

 If you do have any questions or queries concerning this announcement,
please e-mail info@digital-images.demon.co.uk

We thank you all once again for your loyal and devoted support.

Kind Regards,

Stuart Walker
Digital Images
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          I W I N   D O E S N ' T   W A N T   C =   N O W

09/03/99

 Iwin Corporation has announced that because of the latest things
happend with Amiga Inc. there is no longer need for the Commodore
brand. Negotiations with Tulip will stop.
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                  N E W S   F R O M   S A K U   9 9

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Petro Tyschtschenko Spoke To Saku 99 Audience Via Telephone

 ESPOO, FINLAND - September 5, 1999 - The biggest Amiga event in
Finland, Saku 99, was held yesterday and turned out to be success,
even though Petro Tyschtschenko of Amiga had cancelled his visit a
couple of days earlier. The show was visited by approximately 400-600
people during the day.

 Although Mr. Tyschtschenko couldn't attend in person, he spoke
briefly at the show via telephone. He apologized for not coming and
asked the audience not to panic. Mr. Tyschtschenko also said that he
is not going to be fired and that he will meet with the new President
shortly. AmigaOS 3.5 will be released by the end of September and the
MCC is still on track, although it could be delayed a bit. He also
mentioned the up-coming Cologne show and hoped too see some of the
audience there. The speech will soon be available in MP3 format.

 Saku 99 was organized and sponsored by the Finnish Amiga Users Group.
The show was also generously supported by Amiga, who donated two Amiga
A1200's for a raffle and gave away literally dozens of AmiColas, Amiga
Theme CDs, card games, mouses, mouse pads, socks, pens and other
promotional items. Haage & Partner, in co-operation with Amiga,
provided an AmigaOS 3.5 pre release for demonstration.

 Warm thanks also to the Finnish exhibitors Amigator, Gentle Eye Ky,
Elysée Arena and Petsoff LP for making Saku 99 a truly memorable
event. In addition to the companies mentioned above, special thanks to
Broadline Oy, ClickBOOM, Digital Dreams Entertainment, Toysoft and
Tsunami Trading for supporting the user group with prize donations and
product samples, some of which were given away at the Saku 99.

 Above all, the Finnish Amiga Users Group would like to thank the hard
working Amiga users who have volunteered their time, passion, talent
and even financial support for making this spectacular event happen. A
list of these individuals will be published in the next Saku e-zine.
There could never have been an event like Saku 99 without the
tremendeous support of the Finnish Amiga community.

 Please visit http://batman.jytol.fi/~saku/english/ or our mirror site
http://tzimmola.tky.hut.fi/saku/english/, for further information.
E-mail inquiries may be sent to Janne Sirén (siren@mikrobitti.fi).

 About Finnish Amiga Users Group

 Finnish Amiga Users Group (Suomen Amiga-käyttäjät ry.) is a
non-profit organization for promoting Amiga computing and helping
Amiga users in Finland. Also known as Saku, after it's disk magazine,
the group is trying to accomplish it's goals by organizing meetings
and by publishing a disk magazine. Since 1993 the Finnish Amiga Users
Group and it's predecessors have released over thirty issues of the
disk magazine and held several public gatherings. Other
accomplishments include the Web site and Sakunet, a national Fidonet
style network of Amiga related bulletin board systems.
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                A M I G A   " F L E A "   M A R K E T

990909

MCCC Flea Market Extravaganza '99

Flea Market Extravaganza '99

Where : The Brookside Convention Center, Hurst, Texas

When : Saturday, September 25, 1999

Time : 12:00 to 4:00pm

Admission : Free

Background

 One of the main goals of last year's Extravaganza was to bring user
groups in the region together. We were successful! Members from the
Central Texas Amiga Computing Society (CTACS) in Austin
(http://www.main.org/ctacs/), the Tulsa Amiga Group (TAG), and the
X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio (XCSSA) were present. Amiga
enthusiasts from Houston, College Station and other Texas and Oklahoma
locales were also in attendance. This year we are putting on our
thirteenth annual computer Amiga show with the help and support of
CTACS. So come and join us and show your support for the Amiga.

 Amiga Computer Flea Market

 Hardware and Software for Amiga computers, from members and
non-members, will be for sale. The flea market will be open to members
for a fee of 5% on items sold. A fee of 10% will be charged to
non-members on items sold.

Sellers:

 Items for sale must be turned into a club representative. Prices are
set ahead of time and sales are handled by club representatives.
Arrangements MUST BE MADE IN ADVANCE. Items will NOT be accepted on
the day of the show. There will be no exceptions. Items to be sold at
the flea market may be turned in at one of the chapter meetings or you
may make arrangements with one of these club representatives:

Mark Stodola Cedar Hill (972) 299-6824
Ned Kelly Arlington (817) 277-5825
David Owens Fort Worth (817) 847-5486
Dan Stockelman Dallas (972) 985-8522

Buyers:

 Cash and checks accepted from members. Cash only accepted from
non-members.

Prices will be reduced at 3:00 pm.

Door Prizes

 Drawings will be held throughout the day. You must be present to win.

MCCC Amiga Library

 The entire MCCC library of Amiga computer disks, over 2,000 disks,
will be available.

Special Membership Offer

 13 months for the price of 12. This offer is good for new or renewed
memberships.

Amiga Wares Available

 Amiga Wares (shirts, caps and more) from Randomize, Inc.
(http://www.amigawares.com) will be available at the show.

Classes/Demos

 A class/demo of the new 3.5 Operating System will be held if it is
released by the show. We are planning a class on AREXX by Don
Kassenbaum, from CTACS. Also demos of Music-X by another CTACS member
and using Amiga and MIDI by an MCCC Member are being arranged.

3.5 Operating System Available for Sale

 Copies of the new 3.5 Operating System will be available for sale by
Exodus Multimedia.

Amiga 1200 Computer Raffle

 A raffle drawing will be held at the close of the show for an Amiga
1200 Magic Pack. The A1200 is a brand new boxed Magic Pack, complete
with software and manuals, and without a hard drive, courtesy of Amiga
International in Germany. Tickets are $1.00 per chance, cash only.
Tickets will be available at the show and at the CTACS and at both
MCCC September meetings. You need not be present to win.

Amiga Computer Dealers

 Exodus Multimedia (http://exodusmm.com), a local dealer/developer,
will be at the show. Exodus will have classic Amiga OS items for sale,
including the new 3.5 Operating System. Currently Exodus is working on
the first Amiga NG powered digital video workstation, Maverick! They
hope to have the Maverick at the show.

 Space is available to rent for dealers, companies or user groups.
Please inquire on rates.

DIRECTIONS & PARKING

 The Brookside Convention Center is located at 1244 Brookside Drive in
Hurst. To get to the Convention Center get to Highway 183/121 and take
the Precinct Line Road exit and drive south on Precinct Line Road.
After approximately 0.3 miles turn left (east), on Bedford Euless
Road. Drive 0.4 miles to Brookside Drive. The Convention Center is on
the southeast corner. There is plenty of parking space, and parking is
free.

Note

 Amiga has delayed the release of the new 3.5 OS. The new Operating
System might not be released as of September 25th. We will do
everything possible to have 3.5 at the show. Thank you for your
understanding.

URL  : http://www.cucug.org/amiga/aminews/1999/990910-mccc.html
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                  T E X A S   A M I G A   S H O W

1 Sep 1999
Hi, Gang --

 Just a word to all you *Texas Amigans* and other Southwesterners out
there that the Dallas-Ft. Worth Amiga user group, in cooperation with
the Austin Amiga user group, is hosting this year's annual Flea Market
Extravaganza on Saturday, September 25th, at The Brookside Convention
Center in Hurst, Texas, from 12 to 4 p.m.

 It will be a lot of fun, with a great deal of used *and new Amiga
stuff* (including Randomize's Amiga Wares and OS 3.5) for sale.
Additionally, a raffle for a brand new A1200 (courtesy of Petro and
Amiga, International) will be held.

Have a look at:

http://www.startext.net/np/agm/fleamarket/fleamarket.htm

for more information.

Peace,

Steve Folberg
President,
*Central Texas Amiga Computer Society  (CTACS)* Austin, Tx!
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  M O R E   T H A N   E X P E C T E D   -   F R O M   P H A S E   5

2 Sep 1999

Dear Amiga friends:

 Without any regrets, I have to inform the Amiga community that we
have cancelled the BLIZZARD and the CYBERSTORM G3 accelerators. I hope
you will understand our reasons for that step, which I will outline
shortly:

 We don't see a big future for the G3 processors in the Amiga, since
we will be shipping the G4 versions of our next generation BLIZZARD
and CYBERSTORM boards, starting by October 1999. The boards come in
for a similar pricing as the originally announced G3 boards (well,
sorry, you have to pay 10$ more for the 400MHz Altivec unit...)

 You too can now join the gigaflop community now with these exciting
new products:

- PowerPC XPC7400 with Altivec
- Ready for SMP with Dual-XPC7400 configurations
- QNX Neutrino OS included
- Full Amiga 3.x legacy support included
- Ready to run LINUX PPC as well (for those who want it)
- and much more, read the specs in detail at http://www. phase 5.de

 For all users who now finally decide to get one of these boards, we
have extended the preorder program one last time until September 15,
1999. Don't miss the deadline!

 If you have placed a G3 order already, you'll of course get the G4
boards at no extra cost too.

-----
Wolf Dietrich, GM phase 5 digital products
wd@ufoo.phase5.de  http://www.phase5.de

In der Au 27    61440 Oberursel     Germany
Phone +49 6171 583787 Fax +49 6171 583789
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               I B R O W S E 2   I S   A V A I L A B L E

990903

 It's been a long time coming, but now it's here and we know you are
going to LOVE it! Of course the big new feature in iBrowse 2 is
JavaScript support.

 Most websites these days use Javascript, even if sometimes the
webmaster doesn't realise it. You see, it's all these fancy web page
design packages like GoLive and Dreamweaver. You drop a button here
and a graphic there, next thing you know you've got 50K of Javascript
on top of your HTML and anyone without a JavaScript-savvy web browser
is locked out.

 But that's all in the past when you reward your Amiga with iBrowse 2
and its brand new Javascript interpreter.

 It's not just about JavaScript you know, there's lots more in iBrowse
2, more than enough to ensure that iBrowse 2 remains, as it has always
been, the serious Amiga surfer's browser of choice. And now you can do
it all electronically...

 After you you make your purchase you can immediately download the
30-day evaluation version and we will then email you a keyfile which
will unlock that version and magically transform it into the full
program.

 Alternatively you can buy it in a box, bundled with Net&Web 2, and
have it delivered by normal mail.

Aw, come on, buy it man. It really rocks!

£34.95iBrowse 2 full*
£12.95Upgrade from 1.x*ser # **
£39.95iBrowse 2 with Net&Web 2


 * These products are keyfiles (delivered to you by email) which
unlock the downloadable 30-day evaluation version. ** To buy the
upgrade, you must give us your 1.x serial number.

http://www.hisoft.co.uk/amigashop/ibrowse.html
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     I M A G I N E   -   N E W   U P D A T E   R E L E A S E

990829

 A new update release of the Imagine Amiga Constant Upgrade Program
(ACUP) is now available - V5.16. The update can be downloaded by ACUP
subscribers from the usual ACUP download area.

 A brief list of changes are detailed below; Please refer to the
documentation included with the ACUP archive for a more detailed list
of changes.

 Version 5.16:

 o Reworked Detail and Stage editor menus to bring them into line with
 Imagine For Windows.
 o Detail editor: Save object "overwrite requester" improved.
 o Added Lightwave and 3DStudio object export functions.
 o Added three new primitive object types - Hemisphere, Rod and Box.
 o Added new "sharp edges" option to the relevant primitive objects.
 o Added new right mouse button "popup menu" functionality.
 o Added support for double-clicking an object type within the
primitive object window.
 o Added support for double-clicking a render size type within the
 sub-project/render resolution window.
 o Added "path length" option to Detail editor.
 o Added two new "lite" procedural textures - Purplehaze and Caustics.
 o Added three new procedural textures (in 040 and 060 CPU versions) -
 SSFBumps, SSPBumps and SSRBumps.
 o Optimized PPC version of the MPEG video creator; Now utilises the
custom PPC maths routines.
 o Improved GUI; This includes the main editors, and the requesters.
 o Added default X & Y aspect ratios to rendering resolution types.
 o Added an Imagine Splash screen. This uses the OS3.x Datatypes, and
also supports the 24Bit datatype system if available.
 o ...and Miscellaneous other changes/enhancements which are detailed
in the included AmigaGuide documentation.

 Further information and screenshots can be obtained from the Imagine
for Amiga website at: http://www.cadtech.demon.co.uk/
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              F X P A I N T   O N   S C H E D U L E

1999-09-07

 Innovative is fully on schedule with the new graphics program
fxPAINT.

 fxPAINT`s first day on sale will be, as scheduled, at the beginning
of November 1999 at the Cologne Show. That`s what the software company
"Innovative" from Herzogenaurach announced today. In order to document
the progress the project makes, new screenshots and new creates
pictures were added to the homepage. Everything announced in the
original announcement is already finished. So the project now is going
into its final phase before release. Since the announcement of
fxPAINT, many new features have been added:

 o Support for grapic tabletts (tableaus)
 o Full TIFF-support (except for LZW)
 o Full support for AmigaOS 3.5 (printer, icons, workbench, datatypes)
 o Ability to draw fire (with special Pyro Plugin for the fastest
creation
 possible) - you find some examples to that in the fxPAINT-gallery.
 o special Plugins e.g. to render an image on an own screen
 o Support for the "ICS Color Calibration System" by Wolf Faust
 o Histogram-functions
 o fxALBUM-Albums now can be exported as HTML-files
 o Online-Help-System (runs in multitasking)
 o many more features, that are unique for the AMIGA and on all other
 platforms

 Innovative also underlines, that the preorder-offer will end on 1st
of November 1999. If you want to save 40.- DEM, you should order
fxPAINT now.

Yours sincerly,
Felix Schwarz
--
Innovative
c/o Felix Schwarz
Am Gründla 3
D-91074 Herzogenaurach
Germany

EMail: info@innovative-web.de
WWW: http://www.innovative-web.de/
Phone: +(0)049 (0)9132/3400
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            T H E   B O X E R   I S   A V A I L A B L E !

990910

From Blittersoft:

http://www.blittersoft.com/

 The BoXeR range of computers offers the next step in Amiga systems.

 Not only is the BoXeR 100% Amiga compatible (utilising all your old
software), but it is equipped to deliver the performance you require
for the future.

 We have addressed the problems of high cost peripherals by
integrating active PCI slots to enable the support of standard PCI
cards such as state of the art Graphics, Ethernet, Sound Cards, Modems
and more.

 The optional Zorro III adaptor board is available if you wish to use
your existing Amiga cards.

 The all-new leading-edge design uses a single chip chip-set with AGA
feature and register compatibility, but has completely new logic to
achieve the highest performance and most flexible design.

 Our Processor connector supports low cost PowerPC upgrades. This
expansion allows the on-board 680x0 to remain in place or be removed
when using appropriate emulation software for a PPC only systems. Both
G3 and G4 accelerators are planned.

 The BoXeR FlashROM allows software and hardware upgrades for future
system enhancements.

BoXeR-4
£ 680.81 + VAT

BoXeR Tower Computer with 68040/40

Specification

 o 100% Amiga compatible.
 o Motorola 68040 or 68060 at 25-75MHz supported in a single processor
 socket.
 o Integrated chip chip-set, AGA compatible but with performance
 enhancements.
 o Most peripherals support high speed DMA transfers, increasing
throughput while reducing processor overhead.
 o No CHIP RAM limits.
 o 2 x 64-bit DIMM sockets (low cost) for combined use as FAST/CHIP.
 o Dual IDE Hard disk interface, supports fast IDE modes, including
UDMA.
 o Flash ROM 2Mb, 32 bit wide. Provides kickstart ROM's and resident
 modules.
 o High Density floppy disk drive interface, operating as DF0:
 o CD-ROM audio input connector and mixer.
 o Real Time Clock.
 o 4 x Active PCI slots
 o Amiga Video slot
 o Expansion connector to support 2 x Zorro 3 slots
 o Connector for full 64-bit PowerPC expansion card

 Connectors

 o Printer port (buffered with DMA transfers).
 o RGB video.
 o PS/2 Keyboard.
 o PS/2 Mouse
 o Serial port (buffered with DMA transfers)
 o Amiga Joystick port
 o Amiga Mouse port
 o Stereo audio
 o IDE - 40 pin (Dual) header
 o Floppy drive DF0:/DF1: header

 Features

 o Choice of colour Tower (call for plain system)
 o 64Mb RAM
 o 6.4Gb UDMA Hard drive
 o Keyboard and Mouse (PS/2)
 o 68040/40 MHz CPU (Upgradable to 68060 or PPC)
 o KickStart 3.1
 o OS 3.5
 o Multimedia Speakers

BoXeR-6
£ 765.92 + VAT

Specification

 o 100% Amiga compatible.
 o Motorola 68040 or 68060 at 25-75MHz supported in a single processor
 socket.
 o Integrated chip chip-set, AGA compatible but with performance
 enhancements.
 o Most peripherals support high speed DMA transfers, increasing
throughput while reducing processor overhead.
 o No CHIP RAM limits.
 o 2 x 64-bit DIMM sockets (low cost) for combined use as FAST/CHIP.
 o Dual IDE Hard disk interface, supports fast IDE modes, including
UDMA.
 o Flash ROM 2Mb, 32 bit wide. Provides kickstart ROM's and resident
 modules.
 o High Density floppy disk drive interface, operating as DF0:
 o CD-ROM audio input connector and mixer.
 o Real Time Clock.
 o 4 x Active PCI slots
 o Amiga Video slot
 o Expansion connector to support 2 x Zorro 3 slots
 o Connector for full 64-bit PowerPC expansion card

 Connectors

 o Printer port (buffered with DMA transfers).
 o RGB video.
 o PS/2 Keyboard.
 o PS/2 Mouse
 o Serial port (buffered with DMA transfers)
 o Amiga Joystick port
 o Amiga Mouse port
 o Stereo audio
 o IDE - 40 pin (Dual) header
 o Floppy drive DF0:/DF1: header

 Features

 o Choice of colour Tower (call for plain system)
 o 64Mb RAM
 o 6.4Gb UDMA Hard drive
 o Keyboard and Mouse (PS/2)
 o 68040/40 MHz CPU (Upgradable to PPC)
 o KickStart 3.1
 o OS 3.5
 o Multimedia Speakers
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               B O I N G   C O I N   A V A I L A B L E

The Amiga "BoingCoin"

The front shows
Keep the Momentum Going!
Back for the Future

Back shows
www.amiga.com
www.amiga.de

 BoingCoins are BRASS minted and about the thickness of a mouse cable!

 We currently only accept Credit Cards, click below to purchase your
BoingCoins.

Payment by Credit Card

 For alternate payment methods, please email:
boingcoin@allthingsamiga.com

   TOP TEN Reasons to buy an Amiga "BoingCoin":

10. They make great stocking stuffers for Microsoft Employees!
9. Soon to replace the EURO as the currency of Europe!
8. AMIGA! Need I say more?
7. They make excellent User Group gifts.
6. Luckier than a stinky, old rabbit's foot.
5. They have a really neat Boing Ball logo on the front!
4. They make great paper weights!
3. Impress your PC friends! You don't see a PCCoin, do ya!?
2. "BoingCoin" just sounds sooo neat!

    and the number one reason to buy an Amiga "BoingCoin":

1. They're Y2K compliant!

URL  : http://www.allthingsamiga.com/boingcoin.html

$12 Amiga Boing Coin + S&H
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               L I L J E D A H L   C D   R E L E A S E

12 August 1999

 Jogeir Liljedahl, perhaps the most famous Amiga MOD musician ever,
has published his first music CD.

 Jogeir Liljedahl was the composer behind such massive Amiga MOD hits
as "Guitar Slinger", "Mystified", "Face Another Day", "Out of
Silence", "G-Comp", "Physical Presence" and too many others to
mention. He has won several awards and prizes at Amiga demo- and
music-conventions and for years been one of the driving forces behind
the entire free MOD music movement that started around 1987 on the
Amiga computer.

 He started the music-production group "Noiseless" in the early 90's
and they produced such music-disks as "Ambrozia", "Dizzy Tunes",
"Dizzy Tunes 2", "Full Moon" and others.

 For years, Jogeir wanted to publish a CD with his music, but he
lacked the money to get the project off the ground. But in early 1999,
Bjorn Lynne, an old friend and also an Amiga musician, stepped in and
offered to release Jogeir's CD on his "LynneMusic Productions" label.

 Bjorn Lynne was known as "Dr.Awesome" and part of the demo-group
"Crusaders" in the Amiga scene back in the late 80's and early 90's.
Bjorn "Dr.Awesome" Lynne has since then set up a small record label
and mailorder business specialising on music CDs by musicians from the
Amiga demo scene. Bjorn also writes music for computer games and has
released several CD albums, too. He decided to help Jogeir get his CD
released, and in August 1999 the CD was published on Bjorn's label
LynneMusic productions. Other artists CDs available through LynneMusic
are Chris Hülsbeck, Allister Brimble, Adam "Scorpik" Skorupa, Gustaf
"Lizardking" Grevberg and others.

 Jogeir Liljedahl's first CD, titled "The Wanderer", costs £12 plus £1
p&p. It is only available to buy online or through mail order. To buy
online, visit http://www.lynnemusic.com. To purchase by mail-order,
make cheque payable to BJORN LYNNE and send to Bjorn Lynne / Longlands
House / Wakefield Road / Ossett WF5 9JS / ENGLAND.

 For a free catalogue of professionally produced music CDs by
Amiga-musicians, simply write to the above address, and a free
catalogue will be sent to you.
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From:      AudioLabs info@audiolabs.it
To:        Petra Struck petra.struck@online-club.de
Date:      Thu, 09 Sep 1999 16:43:10 +0100
Subject:   Press Release


Press Release

DATE:       09-Sep-99
TOPIC:      NL-editing system for Amiga and DraCo
CONTACT:    info@audiolabs.it


AudioLabs (http://www.audiolabs.it) is proud to announce ProStationAudio,
the ultimate NL-editing software for AmigaOS-based systems.

Featuring   timeline  visual   editing,  region-based  audio  management,
realtime  DSP effects,  faders automation, studio-quality digital mixing,
ProStationAudio  is  the  largest  audio  project in development for the
AmigaOS.

ProStationAudio v2 Demo is available for downloading at the AudioLabs web
sites. North America residents can take advantage of the local web server
at http://usa.audiolabs.it for faster downloads.



[FEATURES]

- Import/export audio from/to any platform. Exchange audio files with
  industry standard platforms including Windows, MacOS, Unix or
  dedicated hardware (DraCo, NewTek Toaster/Flyer, AD516/Studio16).

- Internet friendly: MPEG layer 1, 2 and 3 (the popular MP3) import,
  Java ulaw import/export. Import multiple MP3 files, overlap them
  on the timeline to create automatic crossfades, add realtime effects
  such as EQ and stereo field expansion, then master to CDDA, all with
  ProStationAudio.

- Hard-disk based non linear editing. Work with audio recordings up to
  2GB each, regardless the amount of RAM memory installed. Disk streaming.
  Instant random access to any location.

- Non destructive editing. Trim, cut, fade, crossfade audio recordings
  without affecting the original takes. Instantaneous operations
  regardless the file size.

- Region-based editing. Any fragment of audio is accessible from an
  alpha-sorted list, managed by the application. Any fragment generated
  by cutting, bouncing, recording, gets automatically named and sorted.
  Let ProStationAudio take care of your most complex projects.

- Visual approach. Build your projects managing visual audio blocks.
  Examine on-screen waveforms to create perfect edits. Each block can
  be distorted manually to create fades and trim its boundaries. Blocks
  can be dropped over blocks to create crossfades (or to have them
  automatically align in various ways). Multilayer graphics: objects,
  waveforms, fades/xfades, automation.

- Extensive set of tools for positioning and aligning objects, ranges
  and the cursor. Accurate spotting to SMPTE locations, at sub-frame
  resolution. Tools for DJs such as shifting and scaling ranges. The
  intelligent Magic Wand tool lets you create perfect loops in a
  fraction of a second, automatically.

- Automotion (tm), the automation engine. Create the perfect mix while
  letting the software remember all of your moves. Automation tracks
  can be graphically edited in the timeline window or recorded in
  realtime by grabbing the faders during playback.

- Realtime design. Operate on faders, pans, effects parameters, even
  the virtual tape speed, always in realtime, to tune up your mix on
  the fly or create dynamics effects. These dynamic effects can
  optionally be recorded to disk, again in realtime, while playing.

- Advanced auditioning. Fast-forward and slow-motion during playback.
  Realtime time stretching. The auditioning signal can be digitally
  recorded to disk in realtime.

- ALPS architecture for audio DSP plugins: unlimited expansion
  possibilities. Multiple DSP inserts allow to apply different DSP
  effects to each track, in realtime. Multiple master DSP inserts
  (post-fader processing).

- ALPS plugins: freely accessible modules for realtime DSP operations.
  Downloadable from the web site. Include dynamic compression,
  several EQ modules, spatial processing, ducking, delays, ...
  http://www.audiolabs.it/plugins

- Hi-end hardware support: ProStationAudio takes advantage of 1 or 2
  CPUs, 1 or 2 video monitors, 1 or 2 graphic cards.  Add value to
  your hardware investments.

- Hi-quality graphic interface, scalable, font-sensitive, supporting
  up to 1600x1280 on two different monitors. Shaded look, includes
  gadgetry (pots, switches,...) scanned from real gear. Supports also
  a dual screen display on a single monitor.



[TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS]

- sampling system:         16bit linear
- sampling rates:          48/44.1/32 KHz
- processing resolution:   from 24bit to 64bit
- audio tracks (disk):     16
- audio tracks (console):  16
- automation tracks:       80: 5 automated controllers x 16 tracks
- DSP channel inserts:     48 stereo: 96 channels processed
- DSP master inserts:      3 stereo (post-fader)
- automated faders:        16
- automated pans:          16
- automated inserts:       48
- faders groups:           8
- time metrics:            24, 25, 29.97, 30, 75, 100 FPS
- time resolution (audio): 1/100th frame
- time resolution (automation):  1/10th second
- objects per track:       unlimited
- audio regions:           unlimited
- audio sub-region levels: unlimited
- maximum editing size:    120 minutes
- locator markers:         10
- range store/recall slots:10
- display snapshot slots:  10
- display resolution:      up to 1600 x 1280
- video monitors:          1 or 2
- CPUs supported:          1 (680x0) or 2 (680x0 + PowerPC60x)
- CPU models:              68040, 68060, PowerPC 603, PowerPC 604
- Realime effects:         ALPS, software plugins system
                           http://www.audiolabs.it/plugins
- EQ (parametric, 1 band):  [2.5Hz : 20000Hz] [-+12dB]
                          [0.05 : 1.00 Q] [1/12th octave steps]
- EQ (parametric, 2 bands): [2.5Hz : 20000Hz] [-+12dB]
                          [0.05 : 1.00 Q]  [1/12th octave steps]
- EQ (shelf, 2 bands):      [2.5Hz : 20000Hz] [-+12dB]
                          [0.05 : 1.00 Slope] [1/12th octave steps]
- EQ (band / notch):        [2.5Hz : 20000Hz]
                          [1/12th octave steps]
- EQ (lowpass / hipass):    [2.5Hz : 20000Hz]
                          [1/12th octave steps]
- Audio import:           MPEG Layer1/2/3, AIFF, WAVE, CDDA Intel and
                          Motorola, FlyerClips, Studio16, MAUD, Maestro,
                          SoundDesignerI, IFF, Sun/Next, Voc
- Audio export:           AIFF, WAVE, CDDA Intel and Motorola,
                          FlyerClips, Studio16,MAUD,
                          Maestro,IFF,Sun/Next, Voc




[PRICING & ORDERING]

ProStationAudio is US$395. The software can be ordered only via Internet,
directly to AudioLabs. Local orders and payments are possible in US and
Canada, these orders are passed to AudioLabs by local representatives.

Crossgrade price for registered AudioLab16 users, US$245.



The AudioLabs www sites are located here:

http://www.audiolabs.it (european server)
http://usa.audiolabs.it (US server)


Email:

info@audiolabs.it
orders@audiolabs.it


ProStationAudio (tm), ALPS (tm), AutoMotion (tm), AudioLab16 (tm) are
trademarks of AudioLabs.

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From:         Bernd Rakel
Reply-To:     Bernd.Rakel@bigfoot.de
To:           petra.struck@online-club.de
Date:         Thu, 09 Sep 1999 11:23:25 +0200
Subject:      Iwin

Hallo Petra

Da ich einer der Betatester von Iwin bin, teile ich dir hiermit
offiziell mit, daß die ersten Teile der von der Firma Iwin
angekündigten Materialien angekommen sind, und zwar zu 100% wie
angekündigt.

Erwarte noch in dieser Woche die restlichen Teile aus USA, sie sind
wohl schon beim Zoll eingegangen.

Dies habe ich bereits auch in d.c.s.a.m gepostet.

Bis denn ...

Mit freundlichem Gruss
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Weg geht, den er weist?
--- Ludwig XV (König von Frankreich, 1710-1774)

Reply-To:        "Computer City" info@compcity.nl
From:            "Computer City" info@compcity.nl
To:              petra.struck@online-club.de
Subject:         Iwin premises
Date:            Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:13:06 +0200

Dear Mrs. Struck,

Below is a link to some pictures we received from Martin Steinbach. They
were taken yesterday at the Iwin premises.

http://www.compcity.nl/amiga/iwin.htm

We doubted Iwin very much and at first we didn't mean to enter the
discussion. But now we have received more information from Mr. Steinbach and
customers even want to pre-order. Therefor we want to share our findings.
Since there has been a lively discussion on c.s.a.m. about Iwin being real
or not, I think most people would like to take a look at these.

Now a lot has been said about Iwin, and not many of it was positive. What I
wonder is how everyone would have reacted some years ago however, before all
the disappointments of promised Amigas that never appeared.

Of course, one could set up a hoax as big as this and go through all the
trouble and costs of making it believable. We tend to think this one is for
real, however.

If we are wrong we'll just have to compliment Iwin with obtaining such
believability. But if we're right the Iwin C-series might just be what a lot
of people are waiting for.

Yours,
Ron van Herk,
Computer City
info@compcity.nl

From:         Petra Struck
Reply-To:     petra.struck@online-club.de
To:           Computer City info@compcity.nl
Date:         Thu, 09 Sep 1999 17:58:07 +0200
Subject:      Re: Iwin premises


Computer City (info@compcity.nl)
wrote on: 09-Sep-99 at 11:13:06
subject:  Iwin premises

Dear Mr. van Herk,

thank you for sharing your information. However, pictures of some office
building, taken by Mr. Steinbach himself, are of little value as proof
for the credibility of Iwin. So far, Iwin presented webpages, claims,
mails, and photos that could have been taken anywhere around the world.
As long as there are no products available from Iwin, we will doubt
their credibitlity.

This doesn't mean we won't be excited to see Iwin's claims to come true.
It's just that they have been presented in such an unlikely manner that
we still are in doubt.

So far, we have not recieved positive confirmation about Iwin's credi-
bility from someone we trust. Until this happens, our position towards
Iwin will not change.

Best Regards
Petra Struck
-----------------------------------------------------------
  // mailto:petra.struck@online-club.de
\X/  http://www.amiga-news.de/
     Tel. 02104/35040


in deutsch:
danke, daß Sie Ihre Informationen geteilt haben. Allerdings sind Bilder
irgendeines Bürogebäudes, aufgenommen von Mr. Steinbach selbst, als
Beweis für die Glaubwürdigkeit von Iwin von geringem Wert. So lange es
keine verfügbaren Produkte von Iwin gibt, werden wir deren Glaubwürdig-
keit anzweifeln.

Das soll nicht heißen, daß wir nicht aufgeregt wären, sollten Iwins
Behauptungen Wahrheit werden. Es ist nur so, daß sie in derart
unwahrscheinlicher Weise präsentiert wurden, daß wir an ihnen zweifeln
müssen.

Bis jetzt haben wir keine Bestätigung von Iwin's Glaubwürdigkeit von
jemandem erhalten, dem wir vertrauen. Bis dies geschieht, wird sich
unsere Haltung gegenüber Iwin nicht ändern.

Reply-To:       digital-images-news@egroups.com
From:           Stuart Walker Stuart@digital-images.demon.co.uk
Date:           Mon, 06 Sep 1999 19:01:26 +0000
Subject:        [digital-images-news] Wipeout 2097 Pre-Ordering

Hello,

Wipeout 2097 can now be pre-ordered from http://www.blittersoft.com for
£29.95!

Specification:

Highly detailed 3d graphics
8 tracks with up to 15 ships racing concurrently
3 racing modes (time trial/arcade/challenge)
4 racing classes
5 ship models with different characteristics
8 weapons/extras
9 CD audio tracks + 16 bit sound fx
MPEG animations (no external player required)
Keyboard/Mouse/Joypad control (fully configurable)

AMIGA-specific features:

Runs in a window on the workbench (incl. resizing)
Supports triple buffering for max. performance
Increased maximal view distance during the race
Fogging effect
Mipmapping/trilinear filtering (if supported by hardware)
Gamma correction
Optional frame rate limitation

Requirements:

PowerPC 603e CPU (recommended: 604e CPU)
3D gfx card (minimal: CV3D, recommended: CVPPC/BVPPC or newer)
recommended: sound card
minimal 1 MB free HD space (recommended: 70 MB)
24 MB RAM (recommended: 32 MB RAM)
CD-ROM drive
OS 3.0 (recommended: OS 3.1)
CyberGraphX/Picasso96 software
WarpUp V4 software (included)
Warp3D V2 software (included)
recommended: AHI software

Kind Regards,

Stuart Walker
Digital Images

Name:          VirusExecutor v1.82f
Archivename:   ve-182f.lha
Archivegröße:  100.804
Datum:         6. September 1999
Programmierer: Jan Erik Olausen
System :       OS 2.0x oder höher

From:        "Holger Meier" holgermeier@online.de
To:          "Petra Struck" petra.struck@online-club.de
Subject:     AMIGAspecial VorabStatement
Date:        Mon, 6 Sep 1999 19:53:38 +0200
Voller Name: Holger Meier


Liebe Amiga-Gemeinde,

da es jetzt ja mittlerweile überall die Runde macht, möchte ich folgendes
Vorabstatement abgeben:

a) Die AMIGAspecial wird als Printmagazin vorerst auf Eis gelegt. Die
   kommende Ausgabe wird somit nicht erscheinen.

b) ... das bedeutet aber nicht, daß es niemals mehr eine Ausgabe der
   AMIGAspecial geben wird. (!)

c) Unser Online-Angebot wird ausgebaut. Da ich dort u. a. (aus eigenem
   Engagement) Redaktion unterbringen möchte, suche ich noch "ehrenamtliche"
   Redakteure bzw. Online-Magazine, die mit mir zusammenarbeiten möchten.

d) Ein offizielles (und ehrliches) Statement (...wieso, weshalb warum...)
   habe ich bereits fertiggestellt und wird voraussichtlich noch in dieser
   Woche auf unserer Homepage zu finden sein. Zuvor muß ich es jedoch der
   Geschäftsführung vorlegen.

e) Bitte bombardien Sie mich nicht mit eMails. Wir werden weitere Infos
   bekanntgeben. Alle Formalitäten (z. B. Abos etc.) werden in jedem Fall
   geklärt.

Bitte haben Sie etwas Geduld bis zum endgültigen Statement.

Holger Meier

From:         info@markengrabbing.de
Date:         Sun, 5 Sep 1999 16:38:04 +0200
Subject:      Von Fangprämien, Abmahnungen und anderem
              - Aktion gegen Markengrabbing
Reply-to:     info@markengrabbing.de

Halli Hallo!

Nach längerer Zeit nun endlich wieder einmal ein Update über die
"Aktion gegen Markengrabbing" ...

... auch in der vergangenen Woche hat sich wieder einmal Einiges
getan. All' das zeigt mir, wie wichtig es ist, daß diese Aktion
weiterhin bestehen bleibt und von euch allen stark unterstützt wird,
denn weder die Abmahnwelle im Falle "webspace" scheint vorbei
zu sein, noch finden die seltsamen Markeneinträge ein Ende!

*** FvG und die WUAG ***
Wie ja bereits beschrieben, hat die What's Up AG einen
kostenlosen Lizenzvertrag für deren Marke "webspace" angeboten.
Hierauf hatte ich auf unseren Seiten einige Bedenken vorgetragen.
Nun meint unser "guter" FvG diese Bedenken gegen die What's Up
AG ausnutzen zu können, indem er Zitate mindestens in dem
Forum von Freedom For Links postet ...

Mehr:
http://www.markengrabbing.de/news.htm
Meine Bedenken:
http://www.markengrabbing.de/wuag_lizenz.htm
Mein Kommentar zu FvG's Versuch:
http://www.markengrabbing.de/kommentar.htm


*** Fangprämien für Markenverletzer? ***
Gibt es so etwas wie Fangprämien für Markenverletzer? Lt.
Informationen von Freedom For Links scheint sich zumindestens
eine Person hierauf spezialisiert zu haben und dann die
angeblichen Markenverletzer an Rechtsanwälte zu melden ...
http://www.markengrabbing.de/news.htm


*** "www" und "FvG" nun als Wortmarke eingetragen ***
Auch die Begriffe "www" und "FvG" scheinen nun als Wortmarke
für die Schutzklasse 42 eingetragen zu sein. Genaueres versuchen
wir gerade bei dem Markeninhaber herauszufinden ...
http://www.markengrabbing.de/news.htm


*** GIF-Bilder nur noch mit Lizenz? ***
Lt. verschiedenen Quellen, könnte unisys demnächst an etliche
Website-Manager herantreten und für die Benutzung von GIF-
Bildern (nach LZW-Komprimierung) Lizenzgebühren verlangen ...
http://www.markengrabbing.de/news.htm


*** Weitere Abmahnungen ***
Auch mit dem Ende des Augustes scheint die Abmahnwelle im
Fall "webspace" noch lange nicht vorüber zu sein. So erreichte uns
auch in den letzten Tagen wieder eine Email, daß ein Provider
abgemahnt wurde ... wann endlich hat dies ein Ende?


*** Mithilfe gefragt ***
Nachdem sich etliche von euch in unserer Abstimmung dafür
ausgesprochen haben, daß Hintergrundinformationen ebenfalls
stärker präsentiert werden mögen, rufe ich euch zu aktiver Mitarbeit
auf. Wer von euch hat gute Ideen, was wir anbieten können, wer
kann und möchte vielleicht einen Artikel oder Informationen
zusammenstellen, den wir dann veröffentlichen können etc.?
Bitte meldet euch einfach bei mir unter:
info@markengrabbing.de

Ach ja, die Abstimmung könnt ihr von jeder Seite aus mitmachen.
Im rechten Menü findet ihr die Abstimmungpunkte :-)


So, nun wünsche ich euch einen guten Start in die kommende
Woche ... und rufe euch wieder einmal auf, unsere Aktion tatkräftig
zu unterstützen. Wer noch Ideen und Anregungen, Tips,
Informationen etc. hat, melde sich bitte bei mir, damit wir dies alles
in die Aktion einbauen können.

Auch seid ihr alle wieder und wieder dazu aufgerufen, unsere
Aktion aktiv zu unterstützen indem ihr Freunden, Bekannten,
Kollegen, Chefs etc. von unserer Aktion erzählt und diese aufruft,
uns zu unterstützen... Vielen Dank !!!!!!!!!!!

Also, bis später
Euer
Thorsten Hassiepen




*** Aktion gegen Markengrabbing ***
URL: http://www.markengrabbing.de
Email: info@markengrabbing.de

Newsletter herausgegeben von:
Thorsten Hassiepen, Hauptstrasse 31, D-41844 Wegberg
Tel.: 02434-20687 (V.i.S.d.P.)

Bitte unterstuetzen Sie uns!
Vielen Dank!
***

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Date:         Fri, 03 Sep 1999 23:15:36 +0200
From:         Darek Dulian
To:           "Amiga-News.de" petra.struck@online-club.de
Subject:      FastATA'99 & AllegroCDFS new sofware for PowerFlyer Controller

ELBOX Computer is proud to present FastATA'99 ver.4.x.
FastATA'99 4.x is the fourth generation ATA/ATAPI control
software for ELBOX FastATA/PowerFlyer/Winner HighSpeed
Controllers for Amiga 1200.

With this software the newest PowerFlyer/FastATA/Winner
High Speed Controllers with new EIDE/UltraATA HHDs
may reach over 10 MB/sec. (Sysinfo, DriveSpeed) and with
new CD-ROM drives may exceed 7 MB/sec.

>From FastATA'99 ver.4.0 on, controller users could choose between
spliting HDD > 4 GB into 4 GB logical units or using DirectSCSI
and TD64 commands.

If you would like to receive e-mail updates of the software written
for the PowerFlyer FastATA-2/EIDE Controller, please send a message
to:       support@elbox.com
subject:  subscribe FastATA'99
body:     [your name], [your ATA3.driver version],
          [the serial number of your controller]

If you have a controller version without AllegroCDFS,
you may want to purchase it from:
sales@powerc.demon.co.uk
or
sales@elbox.com
or your local distributors.

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Read more:

THE  FAST ATA-2/EIDE CONTROLLER

In recent times, the extremely dynamic progress in the mass production
technology of data storage media has resulted in a huge increase
of their capacity and speed. It is especially apparent in the devices
which make use of the FAST ATA-2/EIDE standard of communication with
computers.
Enhanced IDE is at present the most common controller standard for
hard drives, CD-ROM drives, CD-RW drives, DVD drives, etc.

The Amiga 1200 has a built-in hard disk controller in the IDE standard.
However, only the PIO 0 mode of operation has been implemented in the
Amiga 1200, which is the slowest of all PIO modes with a maximum
transfer rate of about 3 MB/s.

The FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller idea has been based upon the
assumption to fully use the currently produced devices in
the FAST ATA-2/EIDE standard with their increased speed and capacity.
The aim of this solution is to adapt the existing Amiga computer
systems to the new, many times more effective devices, while retaining
full compatibility with the existing software and hardware installed
in the system.

The FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller has been designed to fit inside the
Amiga 1200 in its standard casing or in any Tower-type casing.
The controller works with two EIDE ports, which can accommodate up
to four devices. Apart from the PIO 0 standard, necessary for
booting up the Amiga computer from a hard disk and for accepting
the oldest types of devices, the card also provides for fast
PIO 3 and PIO 4 modes.



THE  FAST ATA-2/EIDE CONTROLLER FEATURES

The  FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller with its many features represents
the highest technology controller in its category. The following
list describes some of these features:

Fast transfer rate of up to 16.6 MB/s

The  FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller with its maximum transfer rate
of 16.6 MB/s in the PIO 4 mode offers a huge capacity reserve for
fast mass storage devices, especially for fast hard drives.
Therefore, applications may run much faster if they can count on
fast access to large data files.

Support of ATAPI standard devices

The  FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller implements the ATAPI standard as
well, for use with devices like CD-ROM drives, DVD drives, etc.
This enables the connection of ATAPI-standard devices to the Amiga
with no need for the installation of additional software.

Two buffered and terminated EIDE ports

The controller operates with two EIDE ports, which enable
installation of up to four IDE/EIDE/ATAPI devices. Both controller
ports are fully buffered and terminated in accordance with the
recommendations set forth in the ATA-3 specification.

Fully compatible with hard drives of over 4 GB capacity

Limitations on the size of hard disks have been overcome in the
FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller. The  FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller may be
used with hard drives of over 4 GB capacity with no need to change
the FastFileSystem used so far for file management.

Automatically configured devices

The Controller automatically recognises any devices attached to it,
negotiates the highest possible data transfer rates, switches the
devices into its appropriate mode and performs data transfers at
their maximum transfer rates.

Automatic recognition of the processor type

The  FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller automatically detects processor type
used and optimises and modifies some software routines
in order to achieve the highest possible data transfer rate between
the controller and the computer memory.

32-bit access

The computer recognises the controller as a 32-bit device configured
in the address space of the previous IDE controller, which has been
disconnected. Full 32-bit operation of the controller combined with
very efficient software guarantees a significant increase in the
speed of your computer.

Other features of the  FAST ATA-2/EIDE Controller:

* 2 devices in different modes of operation (PIO 3 or PIO 4)
  may be connected simultaneously to each of the ports without speed
  reduction.
* New mass storage data verification procedure free of ROM-based errors.
* The software installation is performed automatically by the
  installation programme script found in the enclosed floppy disk.

Reply-To:        digital-images-news@egroups.com
From:            Stuart Walker
To;              digital-images-news@egroups.com
Date:            Fri, 03 Sep 1999 23:20:52 +0000
Subject:         [digital-images-news] Digital Images Update

To Amiga users worldwide,

Due to recent announcements and problems with Amiga, Digital Images regrets
that we will be suspending all AmigaMCC projects including Sabrina Offline.
Space Station 3000 and Wipeout 2097 will be released as planned, but we will
be suspending all other Amiga developments until further notice.

Everyone behind Digital Images has enthusiastically supported the Amiga
through the good times and the bad times. But with the recent troubles with
Amiga, the entire team has unanimously decided to suspend all Amiga
developments (with the exception of Space Station 3000 and Wipeout 2097). We
regret to have to take these measures, but Digital Images cannot afford to
spend time, resources and money developing for a computer which now, as it
seems may never appear.

We hope that everybody reading this understands our position as this is the
last thing that any of us would ever have wanted to do, but Amiga have made
promise after promise that something would appear, but it has not.

We deeply regret this decision, but it is a final measure that has to be
taken. We wish that we wouldn't have to go this far, but we now have no
other option - it is the last thing that any of us wanted to do. We would
appreciate it if everybody understood our position and wouldn't send e-mails
of anger and abuse. We have done everything in our power to avoid this, but
it just isn't possible.

If the Amiga does indeed rise again, which we hope it does, we will return.

We hope that you will enjoy our upcoming releases of Space Station 3000 and
Wipeout 2097.

If you do have any questions or queries concerning this announcement, please
e-mail info@digital-images.demon.co.uk

We thank you all once again for your loyal and devoted support.

Kind Regards,

Stuart Walker
Digital Images

• Header wurde um das needs-Feld erweitert.
• Bugfix: delete to trap-Fehler beim Öffnen eines Vezeichnisses.
• Bugfix: MIME-Version in system/standard/email korrigiert.
• Bugfix: Argumente an Objekte und Funktionen behalten nun die Groß-/Kleinschreibung.
• Bugfix: system/console/tab-size.
• Bugfix: find now works on ports.
• Bugfix: Copy funktioniert bei Ports auch nun wenn nicht zum Anfang des Ports kopiert wird.
• Bugfix: Probleme bei der Multiplikation mit money-Werten.
• Beim Lesen einer leeren Datei wird nun ein leerer String zurückgegeben.

Reply-To:     chaos-update-owner@lists.ccc.de
Date:         Fri, 3 Sep 1999 15:06:21 +0200
To:           chaos-update@lists.ccc.de
From:         Andy Mueller-Maguhn andy@ccc.de
Subject:      CCC Presseinfo zu Hintertuer in MS Crypto API

Presseinformation des Chaos Computer Club

03. September 1999

Microsoft-Betriebssysteme mit eingebauter Hintertür:
Sichere Verschlüsselung mit Windows in Frage gestellt

Durch detaillierte Untersuchung des Betriebssystem Windows NT durch
einen amerikanischen Sicherheitssoftware-Entwickler konnte eine massive
Software-Hintertür, die offenbar auf den US-Geheimdienst NSA zurückgeht
in den Betriebssystemen Windows 95, 98, NT sowie Windows 2000 (beta)
entdeckt werden. Diese hat nachhaltige Auswirkungen auf die Sicherheit
der Microsoft-Betriebssysteme.

Nachdem die Bestrebungen des amerikanischen Geheimdienstes NSA (National
Security Agency) zur weltweiten Kommunikationskontrolle mit Hilfe
international einheitlichen Regulierung von Verschlüsselungsverfahren
herbe Rückschläge erlitten hat, wird nun offenbar versucht dasselbe Ziel
durch Einbau von Hintertüren in die marktdominierenden amerikanischen
Softwareprodukte zu erreichen.

Die von Microsoft für Programmierer zur Verfügung gestellte Anwendungs-
schnittstelle für Verschlüsselungsfunktionen, die sog. "Crypto API" ist
gegen das Einspielen und Verändern von Verschlüsselungsmodulen im
Betriebssystem normalerweise geschützt. Externe Programmierer oder
Unternehmen, die Verschlüsselungsfunktionen für die Microsoft-
Betriebssysteme zur Verfügung stellen, müssen diese Module zunächst von
Microsoft signieren lassen, bevor sie in der Crypto API verfügbar sind.

Bei der Integration von externen Verschlüsselungsmodulen werden diese
von der Crypto API auf die entsprechende korrekte Signatur mit einem
Microsoft-RSA Key geprüft. Zum Zwecke dieser Prüfung befindet sich der
Microsoft RSA Public Key im entsprechenden Modul neben einem weiteren,
bislang nicht identifizierten RSA Public Key. Durch die versehentliche
Herausgabe einer noch mit Debug-Symbolen versehenen Version des
Prüfmoduls (in Windows NT4, SP5) konnte jetzt der zweite RSA Key als
offensichtlich dem amerikanischen Geheimdienst NSA (National Security
Agency) zugehörig identifiziert werden; er wird im Programm mit als
"NSAKEY" bezeichnet.

Aufbauend auf dieser Erkenntnis muß man es als unmöglich bezeichnen, auf
der Microsoft Crypto API aufbauend sichere Verschlüsselung zu betreiben.
Denn durch Signierung von der NSA produzierter unsicherer
Verschlüsselungsfunktionen ist es möglich, eigentlich sichere
Verschlüsselungsmodule zu überspielen.

Für den Anwender bedeutet dies, daß er sich nicht auf die Sicherheit
etwaiger Softwareprodukte verlassen kann, selbst wenn diese durch
öffentliche Tests und Dokumentation für sicher befunden wurden; denn
diese können längst durch manipulierte Versionen der NSA ersetzt worden
sein.

"Der wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Schaden durch derartige
Hintertüren in amerikanischen Softwareprodukten ist kaum abschätzbar. Es
kann einfach nicht angehen, daß die deutsche Bundesregierung auf der
einen Seite autonome Verschlüsselung fördert, auf der anderen Seite sich
selbst auf derartig unsichere Betriebssysteme verlässt" kommertiert
CCC-Sprecher Andy Müller-Maguhn den Vorfall; "selbst in sensiblen
Bereichen des Bundestages und der Regierung wird Windows eingesetzt".

Club-Sprecher Frank Rieger forderte in dem Zusammenhang eine europäische
Open-Source Software-Initiative für Sicherheits-Software ohne
Hintertüren.

Der Chaos Computer Club fordert die Gesetzgeber zum Schutz der
Allgemeinheit auf, eine Deklarationspflicht für Hintertüren bei Software
einzuführen. Dies gilt insbesondere für Software aus Ländern, in denen
die Hersteller per Gesetz zum Einbau entsprechender Hintertüren bzw.
Sicherheitseinschränkungen verpflichtet werden können. "Die Benutzer
sollten nicht länger mit scheinbaren Sicherheitsfunktionen getäuscht
werden." sagte CCC-Sprecher Frank Rieger.

Die Erkenntnisse des amerikanischen Hintertür-Entdeckers gehen sogar
noch weiter; auch Angriffsmöglichkeiten durch Ersetzung des NSA-Keys mit
einem beliebigen anderen sind vom ihm beschrieben.

Quellen im Netz:

Original-Dokumentation des Entdeckers Andrew Fernandes
http://www.cryptonym.com/hottopics/msft-nsa.html

Grundlagenpapier zum Finden von Schlüsseln in Datenmengen  von Nicko van
Someren und Adi Shamir
http://www.ncipher.com/products/files/papers/anguilla/keyhide2.pdf

National Security Agency http://www.nsa.gov

Gesetzliche Grundlagen der Schwächung von US-Sicherheitsprodukten für
den Export http://www.epic.org/crypto/export_controls



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FROM:        "Thomas Rudloff" rudloff@metabox.de
To:          petra.struck@online-club.de
Date:        Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:05:40 +0100
Subject: Re: amijoe
Reply-to:    rudloff@metabox.de

Hier ist die aktuellste Info, neuer wird sicherlich in ein bis zwei
Wochen auf Grund der neusten Entwicklung folgen.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Thomas Rudloff

Metabox AG

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amiJoe1200

bis zu 143 mal schneller als ein original Amiga(TM) 1200
(errechnet nach Motorola Spezifikationen bei 333MHz)

Das ist die amiJoe...

- Die amiJoe 1200 ist die ideale CPU erweiterung um den Amiga(TM)
  1200 in das PowerPC(TM) Zeitalter zu versetzen.

Das leistet die amiJoe1200

Durch die Nutzung des leistungsstarken PPC750 (G3) Prozessors,
des Hochleistungs-Back-Side-Caches und der PCI Bridge wird der
Amiga(TM) 1200 zu einem modernen Computer. Durch die integrierte
68k Emulation bleiben aktuelle Amiga-Programme weiterhin nutzbar,
während PPC(TM) native Programme den vollen Geschwindigkeitsvorteil
nutzen können.

Die RAM-Erweiterung auf bis zu 512MB erfolgt mit den im
Laptop-Bereich üblichen PC66 SO-DIMMS.

Selbstverständlich verfügt die amiJoe 1200 über eine Echtzeituhr.

Aufrüsbare Systeme

- Amiga(TM) 1200 sowie Amiga(TM) 1200 Tower umbauten.


Lieferbarkeit und Preis

 - amiJoe1200 - 250/512kb      DM  895,- inkl. MWSt. = Euro 400,- zzgl. MWSt
 - amiJoe1200 - 300/512kb      DM 1095,- inkl. MWSt. = Euro 480,- zzgl. MWSt
 - amiJoe1200 - 333/1Mb        DM 1395,- inkl. MWSt. = Euro 615,- zzgl. MWSt
 - amiJoe1200 - 400/1Mb        DM 1549,- inkl. MWSt. = Euro 680,- zzgl. MWSt

 - Lieferbar ab Oktober 1999


Erweiterungsmöglichkeiten:

durch SO-DIMM

 - 16MByte - 512MByte PC66 oder PC100

durch PCI kompatible Steckplätze
für

 - SCSI Controller
 - Grafik-Karte
 - USB Controller
 - IEEE 1394

und durch einen DMA IDE Steckplatz
für

 - weitere HDD
 - ein CD ROM Laufwerk
 - DVD Laufwerk

Geplante Zusatzmodule:

 - I/O Schnittstellenkarte

 - Grafikkarte


Weitere amiJoe Karten sind in Entwicklung:

 - amiJoe2000
   läuft im Prozessorslot des A2000 (auch Towerumbauten)
   Technische Daten: G3 bis 466MHz und 768MByte PC100 sonst wie amiJoe1200

 - amiJoe3000/amiJoe4000
   läuft im Prozessorslot des A3000(T) oder im A4000(T) eingesetzt werden.
   Technische Daten: G3 bis 466MHz und 768MByte PC100 sonst wie amiJoe1200

Irrtümer und technische Änderungen vorbehalten.

• erhält Ihr Amiga den topaktuellsten Prozessor, den es je in einer Amiga-Erweiterung gegeben hat
• bietet Ihr Amiga eine Leistung wie kaum ein anderer aktueller Desktop-Computer heutzutage - Supercomputerleistung auf Ihrem Schreibtisch
• ist Ihr Amiga technologisch wieder vorne - mit leistungsstarker Hardware, Erweiterbarkeit, und Unterstützung durch hochmoderne Bestriebssysteme bei voller Amiga 3.x-Kompatibilität!

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           C O L L A S   A N D   M C E W E N   G O N E

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
 If you spend much time on the Internet, you may not need this special
short issue. For those who haven't heard, as of today several news
sites such as ZDNet and CNET are reporting that Jim Collas has
resigned as President of Amiga. Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer Tom Schmidt has been promoted to take over.
 Here's a quote from the CNET story, written by Jim Davis:
"Collas,former senior vice president of global products for Gateway,
has left Amiga after less than nine months on the job, Gateway
spokesperson Brad Shaw confirmed. He is being replaced by Tom Schmidt,
who joined Amiga in April as its senior vice president and COO.

 Schmidt was formerly with AlliedSignal, a manufacturing and
technology concern in the market for aerospace products and services
and automotive products."

 Separately, other web sites indicate that Bill McEwen is out as
Amiga's contact to the press and users. This change apparently
happened Tuesday.
 It would seem we now know why the sudden change to quiet mode by
Amiga. The only good news in all of this is the reports we've seen all
indicate Amiga intends to continue with its existing plans. The
question here is - how close are those plans to what we all think they
are? We'll find out over time.
 "Amiga Update" will attempt to keep you informed about any other
changes at Amiga as we go forward. At this point, there's no
information available at Amiga's web site.
 URLs for the stories from ZDNet and CNET are:

http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,41208,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh.ni

and

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2326207,00.html
?chkpt=hpqs014

Brad Webb,
 Editor
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* Forwarded from newsgroup "a Mail"
* Originally from: Fabian Jimenez (fabian@cais.com)
* Original date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:01:48 -0400

Hello All,

I regret to inform that Bill McEwen told me as of
Tuesday he will no longer be under contract at
Amiga.  Sigh.

I called him about some newsletter plans he had
in mind, only to receive yet another bit of
disappointing news.

Regards,
Fabian
--
Fabian Jimenez : fabian@cais.com : ICQ# 21377601
       Editor, Amiga Intuition Newsletter
National Capital Amiga Users Group, www.ncaug.org

From:       Janne Siren siren@mikrobitti.fi
Reply-To:   siren@mikrobitti.fi
Subject:    Press release: Finnish Saku 99 Event This Saturday
Date:       Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:18:34 +0300


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Finnish Saku 99 Event This Saturday

Webcam and IRC Channel Available

ESPOO, FINLAND - September 1, 1999 - Saku 99, the biggest Amiga event in
Finland this year, will be on this Saturday in Vantaa. The show starts at
12 o'clock and will feature Amiga related competitions, demonstrations,
retailers and video films. Amiga's Petro Tyschtschenko and AmigaOS 3.5
previews will be there as well. Attendance is free of charge.

For those who can't attend, the Finnish Amiga Users Group will be hosting a
webcam and an IRC channel (#saku99 at IRCnet) with live comments from the
exhibition place. Please note the Finnish timezone (EET, GMT+2). You should
also check out the Saku 99 invitation intro in Aminet for pictures and
other highlights (demo/intro/saku99.lha).

Please visit http://batman.jytol.fi/~saku/english/ or our mirror site
http://tzimmola.tky.hut.fi/saku/english/, for further information. E-mail
inquiries may be sent to Janne Sirén (siren@mikrobitti.fi).

About Saku 99

Saku 99 will be the biggest Amiga event in Finland this year. Following the
success of Saku 98, which was visited by some 500 Amiga enthusiasts, Saku
99 is aimed to be bigger and better than the previous events. Mr. Petro
Tyschtschenko of Amiga has already confirmed his presence and other great
highlights are planned. Saku 99 will be held on Saturday September 4th 1999
at the Science Centre Heureka in Vantaa, near Helsinki.

About Finnish Amiga Users Group

Finnish Amiga Users Group (Suomen Amiga-käyttäjät ry.) is a non-profit
organization for promoting Amiga computing and helping Amiga users in
Finland. Also known as Saku, after it's disk magazine, the group is trying
to accomplish it's goals by organizing meetings and by publishing a disk
magazine. Since 1993 the Finnish Amiga Users Group and it's predecessors
have released over thirty issues of the disk magazine and held several
public gatherings. Other accomplishments include the Web site and Sakunet,
a national Fidonet style network of Amiga related bulletin board systems.