10.May.2003
YAM (ANF)
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Virus spam mails sent from faked Amiga.com account
According to several messages are for the time mass spam emails being sent from a faked Amiga.com account containing a Windows virus. Should you receive an unexpected email from the sender gary@amiga.com or michael@amiga.com and use Windows as operating system please handle this email carefully.
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(nba) (Translation: wk)
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10.May.2003
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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GAUHPIL: Many areas updated
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a
list created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll about websites of Amiga
users that is sorted geographically according to continents and
countries. Today the following areas have been updated:
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10.May.2003
Patrick Henz (email)
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Digital album "Argentina" version 1.5
The digital album "Argentina" is a huge collection which shows the
most interesting and beautiful places of Brasil. It can be used on
all computer platforms and beside that on many DVD players which
feature the Kodak PictureCD (JPG) format.
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10.May.2003
Grasshopper LLC (email)
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PageStream price action until May, 16th 2003
Grasshopper LLC, developer of the DTP application PageStream, wrote:
We have been inundated with requests to continue to offer our discounted
price for PageStream full copies and upgrades. Of course who can blame
them! Paying less than 1/3 retail for a powerful desktop publishing
program like PageStream, not to mention discounts across the board on
upgrades sure does help the pocket book. For those new customers who have
joined the PageStream crowd, welcome aboard! However, all good things must
come to an end! After May 16th, PageStream's pricing returns to our normal
great price!
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(nba) (Translation: wk)
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10.May.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 10.05.2003
Here are the new added Aminet uploads since our last message:
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(ps) (Translation: wk)
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10.May.2003
Mikey C (ANF)
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Magazine: Total Amiga Magazine - The Professionals are back!
No we don't mean Bodie and Doyle, we mean Amiga Legends Richard
Drummond, John Chandler & Andrew Korn! Total Amiga Magazine is
proud to announce that as of issue 15 some of the finest Amiga
Journalists to have ever graced the Amiga scene will be donating
some of their spare time to write for us!
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(ps)
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09.May.2003
Michael Battilana (E-Mail)
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Fair: Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 on 5th July 2003
On July 5th 2003 the Amiga fair "Amiga Alpe Adria 2003" (AAA 2003) will be take place in
Italian Udine. Today Michael Battilana from Cloanto which is a software developer and
fair organizer has announced this.
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(nba) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
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amiga-news.de Community-Polo-shirts
The amiga-news.de community-shirts are now also available in the following design:
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(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
Kelvin Shirley (ANF)
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Webserver Gw3s v2 released
The gW3S Open Source Team is proud to announce the first release
in the 2.x branch! gW3S is a small AREXX based webserver that can
run simple and complex websites from your Amiga (and also works on
Amithlon too).
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(ps)
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09.May.2003
racesimcentral.com (ANF)
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Racer Source Code will be published as GPL
As you might know, there seem to be a bunch of people in the Linux
community who have a problem with Racer not being GPL'ed.
This might be a good time to take a crossroads. I plan to release
the Racer v0.5.0 source code under GPL. I don't think I'll host that
version after that, since we don't have that much bandwidth and
would take time that I'd rather put in other things.
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(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Toshiba saves 36 GByte on DVD-successor-medium
»Media are supposed to be produced with current production units
Now Toshiba has introduced a working prototyp of its rewritable optical medium which is
based blue laser. Toshiba can save up to 36 GByte of data in two layers on one side of
the medium - regularly 30 GByte are planned. In contrary to the product of Sony which
is called Blue-Ray the media of Toshiba are supposed to be produced with existing
production units.«
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
heise Newsticker
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heise: Gateway announces loss
The Wallstreet Journal announces that the PC producer Gateway expects loss again for
2003. In this article a third reorganization of the company is announced. PCs should not
be the only thing to sell but Gateway chief Ted Waitt will create a product line of
15 different home electronic devices such as devices for digital television.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)
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Start menu: Pixload version 3.5 Beta 3
In the current beta version 3 of the start menu called Pixload 3.5 some new features
have been added. If you have proposals, ideas or wishes please write it Pixel Art via
email (pixelart@wanadoo.fr) in English or French.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail)
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Event: Amiga Show - June 28th 2003 - Holland
We organize an Amiga Show at Saturday June 28th from 10:00 till 16:00 at the
Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, Holland. We wanna organize a few nice
activities and demonstrations and we will keep you informed at our website:
http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/.
Come on Amigans and join us all at this Party!
(ps)
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08.May.2003
Sébastien Jeudy (E-Mail)
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User: Annuaire Amiga Francophone #12
The edition 12 of the "Annuaire Amiga Francophone" has been sent to
the subscribers. This is a list of French speaking Amiga users all
over the world (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec,...), which is
sent out monthly.
Via the title link you can find further information and you can add
your name to the list.
(ps)
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08.May.2003
Wolf Zimmer und Cord Hagen (E-Mail)
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Online Magazine "NoCover" Accessible on its Own Homepage
Many Amiga fans already know about it, the time-honored online magazine "NoCover" has finally found its earned place on the Internet.
The complete homepage contains clearly over 200 megabytes and was completely newly and currently uploaded on 7th May, 2003. As always,
near the current edition of the loved online magazine are the old editions as well, quickly and easily found under the menu option
"NoCover Guide," and individual articles may also be quickly found through a comprehensive oversight structure. A visit in the current
issue or the back issues is always rewarding.
This mighty big, but long overdue, Internet debut of "NoCover" was made possible through the sponsor
www.ConnectWeb.de, who made available server resources and hosting on their servers, and also together with Wolf Zimmer, who is
responsible for the complete editorial portion of "NoCover," handled around the updating.
We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you all that we absolutely need active helpers for "NoCover." So we always seek
volunteer editors, who have the desire to look after and care for a single area in "NoCover" and to contribute regular articles. We also
rejoice over individual articles on any familiar theme. Regular editors have the advantage of getting their own email address with a giant
Pop3 email post box (200 megabytes in size), and self-evidently also a secure SMTP server with authentication of the webserver
"AS2-Chicago" in order to dispatch their own emails. Besides there is also an individual subdomain that will be established, so that in
addition to emails regular editors may also get their own free hom page. We are able to offer this package as a little reward to all
volunteer editors who would like to regularly and actively help the magazine.
Of course the online magazine may also be gotten as usual, through an email subscription from Wolf Zimmer, as well as the website
APC&TCP and on Aminet.
We ask for your understanding that the new homepage, despite an astounding start, is still not fully complete, and we sincerely invite
you to the "NoCover" homepage. Further we would naturally be delighted to be linked from many Internet sites, in order for "NoCover" to
become again the biggest Amiga meeting point, as it was in earlier times.
We wish everyone much fun at the homepage of NoCover and rejoice at your visit.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Toolbar for Pegasos (Test version)
Carsten Siegner writes:
"Today I've prepared my MOS-native toolbar for Pegasos in a test version. This puts PNG icons of whatever programs are used on the toolbar,
where they may then be clicked.
Right now the gadgets are not yet activated, and the program thread is read from a Box.pref data. This toolbar supports only the new
MorphOS icons in PNG format. The whole thing has the advantage that I can easily build FX effects into the gadgets, which look
fantastic. To get this toolbar demo to run, you must download the usual libs from my homepage. This toolbar was written with "Hollywood
for MorphOS."
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets through 7th May, 2003
With WHDLoad you are able to play games off your hard-drive, games which were previously thought to be floppy-only. The following packets
have been introduced or updated since our last announcement:
- 07.05.03 fixed: Simon The Sorcerer (Adventure Soft) protection cleanup
- 07.05.03 new: Silent Service (Mircroprose) done by Galahad
- 04.05.03 improved: Licence to Kill (Domark) supports another version, new icons
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2003
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amiga-news.de Survey Script Expanded
Philippe Bourdin has kindly expanded our survey script relating to two functions. For one the entered votes are now also displayed with a
percentage near the quantity, and for the other there is now a grand total of the entered votes. Thanks a lot!
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2003
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amiga-news.de Community T-Shirts (Update)
Since February 2003
we've been discussing in our forum the question of if and in what form we could
offer t-shirts with the amiga-news.de logo. Rolf Tingler, our home-and-garden graphic artist, has the opportunity to
stain some t-shirts. To those whom "staining" doesn't mean anything: the numbers of soccer t-shirts are usually
used up per staining (whoever has had this done knows how expensive it can be).
In his shop Rolf Tingler now offers different T-Shirt-Designs in different colors with the amiga-news.de logo from 17 euros and up. The
shirts consist of top quality ring-spun cotton (minimum 180g/qm) with double-seams at the arm and collar. The staining is washable up to
60 degree [Celsius, I think -dm] and the colors of the staining don't fade.
The amiga-news.de logo can be printed according to the wishes of the purchaser: large across the back,
small at front right breast, or both. Take a look at the pictures in the online shop, and click, to blow them up.
If you like, a nickname may be placed under the amiga-news.de logo, at no charge. This should be no more than 12 letters if possible.
Update: (14.07.2011, 00:00, cg)
While moving old static content to the database, the following gallery with pictures of the community t-shirts has been added to this news item:
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.May.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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New Genesi/Phoenix-Mailing list for demo coders
At MorphOS-News.de
Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco announce the opening of a mailing list for demo scene coders:
The DemoScene@phinixi.com mailing list is open for business / Genesi
sponsoring Demo Scene Online Party in Fall 2003.
The Peagsos I is out to about 600 avid users now and things are
starting to get whipped up for the introduction of the Pegasos II in
September 2003. We have always had respect for true Demo Teams because of
the way technical and creative skills are intertwined to produce unique
results with a computer. We decided that to truly be a success the Pegasos
and MorphOS needed to do their best to support the Scene. The Scene can
bring things to the Pegasos that no one else can.
To that end we have decided to lend ten fully configured and loaded Pegasos
machines to Demo Teams that have demonstrated past success and a desire to
produce a demo with the Pegasos for a Demo Scene online Party to be
sponsored by Genesi in the Fall of 2003. The Online DemoScene Gathering
will be open for voting by all Pegasos owners only -- one Pegasos, one
vote. First prize for the best Demo is 1000 Euros (and keep the Pegasos),
second prize 750 Euros (and keep the Pegasos) and third prize 500 Euros
(and keep the Pegasos!!!). For all teams that successfully present their
demo they can keep their Pegasos ( :-D ). If they agree to produce another
demo they will be lent a new G4 card with the same terms (and keep the card
if they deliver the demo).
To be selected for the DemoScene special offer each Team must be screened
and selected by the Phoenix DemoScene Executive Committee that is being
lead by Mikko Virtanen aka Hooligan of Dual Crew-Shining. We will ask
"Kiero" of the MadWizards, the winner of the Equinoxe DemoScene Competiton
and LoRD, of 4Mankind, the first Pegasos contest winner to also be on the
committee.
We will develop a special section on the MorphZone to keep track of these
special Demo Teams. All necessary documentation and support will be
provided to the DemoSceneTeams.
Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
Haage & Partner
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Haage & Partner: New Amiga start page and discussion forum
Haage & Partner have fitted their start page of the Amiga area to the new web design of the company and opend a discussion board also.
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(nba) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies Records #034
After a real short while there is a new music track from the Amiga music scene group Liquid Skies with the following features:
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(nba) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
st-computer (Website)
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Infogrames renamed to Atari
Infogrames is dead - long live Atari! The French company Infogrames that bought all rights of the trademark Atari two years ago changed its name today officially and worldwide to that of the former game and computer giant. Until now Infogrames used the label Atari for publishing or licensing of some games only.
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(nba) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
Golem IT-News (Website)
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Golem: Driver sources by 3dfx found at the net
There has been a complete driver source code for the Voodoo gfx cards by 3dfx found at the Internet.
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(nba) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
Eule (ANF)
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Commodore ITX-64 with 933.000 MHz
Since some time there are some really small motherboards available within the PC world which almost have everything integrated which a usable PC needs.
The company Mini-ITX offers some of these tiny
all-in-one-boards. That ought to be nothing special but at their website they present some really weird "do it yourself PCs" which use this motherboard. Among these a PC compatible Commodore 64 with 933.000 MHz clock speed or a Commodore ITX-64.
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(nba) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
chip.de (ANF)
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Chip: Apple: Entry-level Macs faster and cheaper
»Apples educational computers eMac
becomes faster and cheaper. The new product palette includes models with up to 1 GHz clocked G4-CPUs.«
Read the full article by the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Interview with Jens Langner
By the title link there is an interview with Jens Langner which was done by Anton Preinsack for the Amiga Future.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
Golem - IT News (ANF)
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Golem: First details of the new PalmOS game handheld
Golem reports that the company Tapwave works on a game handheld which will be powered by PalmOS. The device works with an ARM 9 processor from Motorola
and an ATI gfx chip. It will be intended more for the older gamers and could become a rival to the GameBoy and the Nokia nGage.
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(ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
SpawnPPC (ANF)
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WarpOS programmer needed for PD project
Dear Amiga users,
I'm Emanuele, from Italy.
I need help from a WarpOS programmer. I have the latest UAE source code
version (V. 0.8.22) with all Amiga modifies. I need just to compile it
but I'm not a WarpOS programmer. Please, any programmer who
would partecipate with me, contact me via
e-mail.
Thanx for all and excuse me for my bad english.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
ppcnux.de (ANF)
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ppcnux.de: A1 sales are good
At ppcnux.de the Pegasos and A1 is covered sometimes.
»The A1 sales are well. Especially compared to the PegasosPPC.
The A1 might be seen as a success in sales.«
Read the full article by the title link.
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(ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2003
Tom Duin (ANF)
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CDDA_SwapMostLeast released and CLI2WB 1.1 update
CDDA_SwapMostLeast converts CDDA_MostSignificant (MOTOROLA)
to CDDA_LeastSignificant (INTEL) CD audio format and reverse. It can
convert more files, has an 'advanched' configurable save routine and can be started from Workbench. It's written in 68K machine code. Another program, CLI2WB, is updated to version 1.1 It launches easily Shell (CLI) commandline from Workbench. Configurable in its icons tooltypes. Give ASL requester own title, button, and filematching pattern and more.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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06.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)
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StartMenu: Preview of Pixload Version 3.5
You will find a preview of the start menu Pixload version 3.5 on the Pixel-Art website.
If you have any suggestions and/or improvements you can send a mail to pixelart@wanadoo.fr.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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06.May.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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'Super Tennis Champs' free for download
The former commercial game "Super Tennis Champs" is now with consent of the author
Elton Bird free for download. A HD-Installer for
"Super Tennis Champs" is available at the Aminet.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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06.May.2003
GFX-BASE
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GFX-BASE: Review of the Pegasos by Stefan Blixth
On GFX-BASE you will find a review of the Pegasos by Stephan Blixth published here.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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06.May.2003
ELBOX COMPUTER (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Free Shipping with Purchase of Mediator
Elbox Computer, manufacturer of hardware and software
for Amiga computers, announces free shipping for all Mediator
purchases from the Elbox Online Store between 05 - 20 May 2003.
For details, see the Special Offer page under the titlelink.
(nba)
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06.May.2003
A.D.A.
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A.D.A.: Breakpoint- and Gathering-Updates
Four new demos and intros from the Breakpoint Party 2003 and The Gathering 2003 were added to the demo-online-collection "Amiga
Demoscene Archive":
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(nba)
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05.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #033
The music label "Liquid Skies record" of the Amiga scene published
a new music file. This time the release #033 contains a MP3-Tune in
the Trance style with the title "Free" by their newest member Ritzu.
Made with the Amiga!
!NEWS!
- Ritzu (in the demo scene member of PicSaintLoup & appendix) joins as a musician -
!NEWS!
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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05.May.2003
ScummVM Amiga Ports Seite (ANF)
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ScummVM 0.4.0 work in progress & new demo
ScummVM 0.4.0 will be published with in the next weeks. With ScummVM
LucasArts Classic Adventures can be played on new systems.
So it is now possible to play games like 'Day of the Tentacle' and 'Sam and Max on the road' on the Amiga and other systems, since there ports for many other systems.
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(ps) (Translation: sk)
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05.May.2003
OpenBSD (Website)
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Unix: OpenBSD 3.3
On 1 May 2003 the version 3.3 of the Open Source Unix operating system
"OpenBSD" was released. This release contains among other things the following components:
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(nba) (Translation: sk)
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05.May.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 05.05.2003
Here the Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message:
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(ps) (Translation: sk)
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04.May.2003
Amig@lien (ANF)
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Descent: Freespace Server
This Sunday Amig@lien are putting a Freespace server on the Web. The IP address as well as possibly necessary information can be obtained in the Amiga Freespace Forum (see title link). Up to four players may connect to the server at any one time. The reason is that unfortunately only one ISDN line is available for this (should the offer prove successful, it might be possible to offer channel bundling on some Sundays).
You can play with the patched PC version and of course also with the Amiga version (all versions except demo).
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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04.May.2003
AmigaWorld.net (ANF)
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Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 8
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 8 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):
1) IonMane: Some software is now available for DE, yet I had difficulty finding out info on it, or even where to buy it. How do you plan on marketing it, do you plan to get in on shelves in supermarkets/department stores?
Fleecy: In discussions with potential partners, we have discovered that they are keen to rebadge and sell it themselves, for example the MS PocketPaks using Amiga Anywhere. They want to do this for several reasons, whether it be to use their existing marketing resources and branding or else to build up their own marketing brand, for example we are working with a company that has a rather unique expansion capability and they want to use Amiga Anyware products to show it off. Due to this, we are having to create a multi thread marketing strategy that promotes Amiga Anyware as a whole without damaging any of the particular marketing threads and opportunities.
The power of the underlying AmigaDE technology is that we can create multiple deployment models - cards, players, standalones etc and each one represents a separate marketing domain.
To answer your question, we already have one chain in the US (CompUSA) shipping the cards, Microsoft are pushing these cards to other chains and are investigating expansion opportunities. Other potential partners are at various stages but most seem to want to control the marketing. To bring it all together, we will be revising the Amiga Anyware website so that the different deployment types and different pieces of content will have their own separate resources so you will be able to search through the available content, find out in which products it ships and locate their availability.
2) Doobrey: Are there any plans( or even pipedreams) to have an AmigaOne or derivative as an "all on board" system (ie video, sound etc. all on the motherboard) for STB or embedded use?
Fleecy: We have several hardware vendors ranging from small to huge who are interested in the AmigaOS on a variety of devices that span the digital device market, all the way upto servers and workstations. Most of these devices already exist as either prototypes or reference designs and the companies involved are looking for an advanced multimedia capable operating system. We are keeping them closely informed as to the progress of AmigaOS4.0 and are already including requirements from them into the specification for AmigaOS4.1 and beyond.
3) ShadesOfGrey: For those of us who've already made that decision, and those of us considering this decision. How does Amiga Inc. plan to entice us back to AmigaOS 4 AND 'AmigaOS 5'? To be a bit more precise, once the die-hard community has been satisfied (or perhaps placated) by the release (or is the proper term is launch) of AmigaOnes and/with AmigaOS 4. Does Amiga Inc. have any formative plans for recapturing the dormant Amiga user and developer community?
Fleecy: Obviously we want to sell the AmigaOS into as many markets as possible and I have hinted at how we intend to do this in previous Q&A sessions. I do not want to go into too much detail since competitors are constantly on the lookout for any details of our plans so that they can adopt or stymie them as suits their agenda.
4) Treke: Don't you think that the success of 'mainstream' platforms (I think windoze) is also based on the ease of development (mass development) for them ? Has Amiga plans to make available some RAD tools for Amiga OS 4.x or AmigaOS 5.x ?
Fleecy: It is a fact that the success of a platform is down to the amount of content available for it. Whilst the AmigaOS does have a huge backlog of quality content, we need to create new content that takes advantage of the new features of AmigaOS4.0 (and beyond that of AG2). Having a friendly and easy to use development environment set which appeals to all levels of developer, from hobby to commercial is crucial to the growth of the content portfolio and we have plans to attend to this whilst also pushing the development envelope in terms of technologies.
5) IonMane: Could you tell us about SHEEP?What is it, and where does it fit into Amiga Incs. plan?
Fleecy: This follows on from Q4. We want a single, simple universal language that can be used to 'talk' to the environment, whether that be an extended shell, scripts, querying or shells. Such a language would sit at the heart of our future environment, making it a more social, more interactive experience that graphical manipulation and projection.
6) IonMane: Just how powerful is the DE player?Is it possible, for example, to write a Office suite with the capabilities of MS office/Open Office?
Fleecy: Firstly, the AmigaDE is a technology set for the creation of products. The DE Player was a prototype product that allowed for content portability. Amiga Anyware was our first proper commercial product, allowing for multiple deployment options against a content portfolio. As to how powerful is it? It is as powerful as its host in terms of performance and in terms of capabilities, we are expanding them all the time - enhanced 2D, 3D support, data storage and organisation options. It is more than capable of providing a productivity environment which in reality is a lot less demanding that many of the games being written or already available. We need to add a few more GUI gadgets to make it more productivity friendly but they are in the pipeline.
7) IonMane: If this is possible, is it possible to take this exact program and use it directly on say a Linux, Mac or AmigaOne? (providing the DE player is available for these platforms?
Fleecy: That is the point of the AmigaDE and we have already demonstrated this, with the same content runnning on both Linux, Embedded Linux, Symbian, Windows, PocketPC and across Arm, MIPS, SHn, and x86 processors. We just have to make sure that the DE environment is available for the particular deployment HW/SW.
8) horizone: The Commodore 64 got you right into a BASIC interpreter 2 seconds after powerup and the original Amiga included AmigaBasic. I think DOS included a basic too... WindowsXP at least have Paintbrush and a bunch of small games to start having fun with out of the box. How will the newbie AmigaOne owner get started with creative and fun stuff without spending more money on full games and apps right away?
Fleecy: What we are intending to do is offer a contributions drawer, where third parties can provide freeware, shareware and either full or limited versions of their commercial products. In this way the user has a good selection of powerful applications with which to experiment right out of the box and the third party developers gain maximum access to the potential customer base for their products. We had talked to developers and users about the very problem you describe and this is the solution that they suggested.
9) ssolie: How does Amiga Inc. influence and control the development path of AmigaOS when you do not have direct control over the source code? For example, Hyperion may add/remove/change features that would be counterproductive to your goals.
Fleecy: Far too much has been made of the fact that ownership of the AmigaOS rests with Hyperion at the moment, mostly by those with an interest in encouraging mischief. It was done as a protective measure to ensure that if anything happened to Amiga Inc then the community wouldn't have to put up with another x years of uncertainty. The actual development process itself is already well documented and agreed at the highest levels. I have also mentioned before that AmigaOS4.0 is unique in that it is mostly about moving from old hardware to a new abstract hardware definition whilst the Amiga Generation 2 (AG2) project is about advancing the capabilities of the product as a whole; as such Hyperion, with its expertise in classic hardware, porting and PPC architectures is far more qualified to make that transition than the staff at Amiga Inc.
10) JubalHarshaw: I was wondering what direction the AmigaDE side of things will move in... as far as what markets besides the current one. (forgive me if that's not clear, English isn't my strong point yet :) What I mean is, where is it moving into, and where do you see AmigaDE making the biggest impact?
Fleecy: AmigaDE will continue to flesh out its capabilities in response to the demands made on it by its derivative products and the customers of those products. For example, the enthusiastic response to the Gamecard technology, one of the Amiga Anyware deployments is causing us to extend the Quickstart, Autostart and PIPO (Pop In/Pop Out) feature sets. At its heart though, AmigaDE will always be a portable content solution whilst for dedicated products such as desktops and workstations which require a full environment, the AmigaOS will be enhanced and pushed.
As far as impact, AmigaDE derivatives will have most impact where a product domain has a heterogeneous profile. So, in a market where content solutions are more important than implementations, such as the embedded market, the ability of the DE to offer the same content across those many different product implementations will be valuable whereas in a product domain where one manufacturer and implementation dominates then it will have less of an impact (although even in this case, the high efficiency of the AmigaDE coupled with the quality of the content makes a compelling case all of its own.
Over time, the idea of a multi product matrix will become a very powerful driver for the AmigaDE. A digital home with a mix of devices that ranges from PDAs, Tablets, TVs, Consoles, Laptops, Smartphones, DVD players and even washing machines, air conditioning and automobiles will benefit immensely from something like the AmigaDE, which attempts to create a single, contiguous solution above the various devices.
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