12.Apr.1999
C.S. Bridge Deady per eMail
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KOSH summary Nr. 15
KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]
Weekly Summary
Week Commencing: 3rd April 1999
Number: 015
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: UML notation
Summary of debate: See: http://www.rational.com which details a notation called
UML (email to the ML was about the design diagrams that were
discussed).
b)
Subject: Closed KOSH?
Summary of debate: It was expressed that some may feel KOSH to be a closed
group, particularly with the website being down at the
moment.
Actions to remedy this situation include getting the web
site back up, issuing surveys asking what people want of
KOSH (and publishing the results) and promotion of the
surveying working group to do this.
c)
Subject: Standardised coding
Summary of debate: Without standards and things like Interface Control Drawings
could cause difficulties for programmers later on. Formal
specifications for any software created are a must.
It was mentioned that perhaps we should not start direct
coding for KOSH until standards, schematics, etc have been
designed and implemented. However there is no reason why
people should not try out their own ideas by coding them in
whatever language on whichever system they prefer with the
aim to be to port them to KOSH at some point in the future.
d)
Subject: Recursion
Summary of debate: A lot was said on how to implement and use recursion in KOSH
programming, including using it for sorting algorithms.
However it is not the quickest or most space-efficient
construct available.
It was mentioned that recursion could in fact be as fast as
the same function coded non-recursively. It depends on the
language and compiler.
e)
Subject: More on KOSH, Linux and Windows
Summary of debate: One argument against using Linux with KOSH-hosted is that it
is based on a 25-year old OS technology. The same can be
said of Windows which is based on 15-year old OS technology.
However as has been suggested on numerous occasions these
two systems provide probably the best opportunities for
hosted versions of KOSH, at least to start with.
f)
Subject: Commercial Open Source Software (COSS)
Summary of debate: Details of how to reconcile the advantages of Open Source
Software with being paid for ones efforts at:
http://www.treetop.demon.co.uk/coss.html
The Slashdot discussion is at
http://www.slashdot.org/articles/99/04/04/1544211.shtml
These approaches could be useful to KOSH which in part at
least seeks to combine Open Source with an ultimately
commercial venture.
A subscription to KOSH could be one way to gather revenue
while at the same time providing easy access to source
information.
g)
Subject: Planar into "Pixel Land"
Summary of debate: A long debate was had on the merits and possibilities of
taking Planar display modes and getting PC Chunky Pixel
graphics cards to use them, thus allowing both bitplane and
chunky pixel on one device.
MCGA, a graphics mode that came after VGA but before(?) SVGA
was mentioned. This could in part provide something of a
cross over but it may be limited on resolution.
h)
Subject: Fractal packing
Summary of debate: See the following for an introduction to the above:
http://www.rasip.fer.hr/research/compress/algorithms/adv/fraccomp/index.htm
Two further resources on this are:
http://inls.ucsd.edu/y/Fractals/ or
http://links.uwaterloo.ca/fractals.home.html
i)
Subject: KOSH Birthday cake
Summary of debate: Joel Newkirk has pledged an awful lot of cookies and a
birthday cake for the release party of KOSH v1.0
j)
Subject: New ML -> kosh-programming-o
Summary of debate: A new open mailing list with the above title has been
created by Jason Radford. Subscribe at
kosh-programming-o@kosh.net - It is intended to be used to
discuss the majority of programming and language issues that
have been generated on the general mailing list as well as
more besides.
k)
Subject: Abbreviation reference source
Summary of debate: Suggested that a list of all abbreviations in common usage
on the internet (such as AFAIK, OFC< IMHO, etc) as well as
all the smileys and terms such as OOP and BOOPSI could be
written and hosted on the KOSH site. It would help KOSH to
be more inclusive.
Ruward F. Leenstra mentioned the suggestion to have a
Terminology Working Group who could be responsible for this.
l)
Subject: Request for permanent help with summaries
Summary of debate: The scribe of the General Mailing List (mois - Bridge Deady)
has asked for offers of assistance with summarising the KOSH
General Mailing List, preferably on a permanent basis (and
has received some offers to help already - much
appreciated). If you can help please email the scribe at
csbdeady@mythicz.u-net.com
m)
Subject: Colour filters
Summary of debate: An inbuilt graphics filter that compares pixels side by side
could possibly help with some forms of colour blindness
and/or "colour fuzziness" (eg: red text on a green
background can often swim for a lot of people).
n)
Subject: Blinux and further Braille discussions
Summary of debate: While discussing the use of Braille terminals it was
mentioned that Blinux is at http://leb.net/blinux/
The mechanical complexity of a Braille terminal can mean
that they are prone to breaking down. It was suggested that
it could be replaced by heated spots - but they would have
to cool very quickly. A stereo speaker built into the device
would alert the user of a change in the device - this would
emulate the mechanical clicker. By being stereo it would
alert them as to whether the changes are to the left or the
right of the centre of the board.
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12.Apr.1999
Sinan Gürkan
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AGA only racing game
Laden Sie sich die Demo des AGA only racing game (racing.lzx 1.1 MB).
Es handelt sich um ein 3D Driving Game ähnlich wie Accolades Test Drive 2 auf dem A500.
Mit AGA läuft es sehr schnell und macht Spaß. Die Autoren
Milan und Ivan Golubovic
suchen noch nach einem Vertreiber.
Nachtrag 14.04.1999: Das Spiel heißt "JoyRide".
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12.Apr.1999
Heise Newsticker
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Neuer Prozess um einen Link
Soll uns Webmastern ein Maulkorb aufgesetzt werden?
Wenn der Münchner Rechtsanwalt (der vielen Amiga-Usern sicher bekannt ist)
diesen Prozess gewinnt, kann ich mit meine Seite gleich zu machen :-(. Wie soll ein
Webmaster überprüfen, ob der Inhalt
einer "gelinkten" Seite alle Copyrights bzw. eingetragenen Warenzeichen beachtet?
Ich jedenfalls sehe mich dazu außerstande, und bin der Meinung, daß der
Webmaster der "gelinkten" Seite selbst für den Inhalt seiner Seiten
verantwortlich sein sollte. Mich interessiert Ihre Meinung, vielleicht können
wir im
Forum
darüber diskutieren.
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12.Apr.1999
AMIGA
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Informationen zu Dr. Richard LeFaivre, Ph.D.
Rick LeFaivre ist neuer Chief Technology Officer bei Amiga. Mehr Details Link oben.
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12.Apr.1999
Haage & Partner
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Haage & Partner News
Die Umfrage von
H&P hat zu ersten Änderungen auf deren Website geführt. Alle FAQ-Bereiche
wurde überarbeitet und neue Icons gibt es auch. An der Umfrage haben sich bisher
schon über 400 Amiganer beteiligt, wofür sich H&P bedankt.
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12.Apr.1999
Andreas Kleinert per eMail
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Offener Brief an phase5, Metabox und Escena
Am 28.03.1999 hatte Andreas Kleinert einen
"offenen Brief"
an phase5, Metabox und Escena und mir zur Veröffentlichung geschickt.
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12.Apr.1999
Robert Wahnsiedler per eMail
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PPC-Lib-Emu Co-Autor gesucht
Der Autor der ppclibemu Frank Wille sucht einen Co-Autor für dieses Projekt,
da er nicht mehr genug Zeit für dieses Projekt hat.
Wer interessiert ist, soll bitte eine eMail an
Robert Wahnsiedler schicken. Im Betreff unbedingt
angeben: PPCLibEmu Co-Autor. Robert wird die Mails dann an den Autor weiterleiten.
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12.Apr.1999
Christian Bauer
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Basilik II V 0.4 (alpha)
Basilisk II - Ein Open Source 68k Mac Emulator für BeOS, Unix und AmigaOS,
History
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12.Apr.1999
PPCRulez
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FAQ Seite wurde aktualisiert
Neue Tricks, um Ihren A1200 mit BVision stabiler zu machen.
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11.Apr.1999
AmigaAMP
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AmigaAMP Final Version 2.5
Thomas Wenzel schreibt: Ich konnte noch nicht alle Dinge implementieren, die ich wollte,
aber die wichtigsten Funktionen sind drin. Download:
AmigaAMP25.lha.
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11.Apr.1999
Aminet [New Uploads]
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Aminet Uploads vom 11.04.1999
CutNPaste33.lha biz/dopus 20K+Adds Cut'n'Paste to DOpus5.5+ (Version 3
BurnIt_Driv113.lha biz/titan 100K+BurnItMasterdrivers V1.13 (29.03.99)
AmIRC_HU.lha comm/irc 14K+Unofficial hungarian catalog for AmIRC
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jl.lha comm/tcp 26K+JustLinux dyndns server client (MUI)
term48_HU.lha comm/term 17K+Hungarian translation for term v4.8
icr.lha comm/www 11K+Restores IBrowse cached WWW pages for lo
Lynx282dev21.lha comm/www 979K+Fast WWW browser - Fixed -
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pEditorv10.lha comm/www 45K+Free MUI based text editor v1.0
bm-qapmoc.lha demo/aga 74K+Qapmoc 40K by Black Monks, 3rd place at
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MUICD_HU.lha disk/cdrom 6K+Hungarian translation for MUI CD v1.13
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agpg.lha docs/hyper 108K+Amiga Games Patches Guide
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11.Apr.1999
Hans-Georg Punz per eMail
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Logowettbewerb bei amiga-news.de
Hans-Georg Punz hat mir heute seine Logos eingesandt. Die Auswahl wird immer
größer und mir wird die Wahl immer schwerer gemacht :-).
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11.Apr.1999
Jan Andersen per eMail
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VirusChecker II v2.0 released
Name: VirusChecker II v2.0 & Brain v2.16
Archive name: vht_vc2.lha
VC brain file: vhtvb215.lha
Archive size: 446.171 bytes
Released date: 11 April 1999
Programmer: Alex van Niel - Virus Help Team NL
System: OS 2.x or higher
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11.Apr.1999
Marc Gerlitzki per eMail
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AUGDD und Panorama Computerclub User-Meeting in Duisburg
Am Sonntag, den 13.06.99, findet im Ladenlokal des AmiPoint in Duisburg von 11:00
bis 18:00 Uhr ein Amiga-User-Meeting statt. Weitere Einzelheiten in der offiziellen Mitteilung:
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