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14.Apr.2000
AMIGA


AMIGA plans to use Sun's Java technology for new products

Amiga Announces Plans to Embrace Sun's Java Technology as the software platform for forthcoming New Amiga products more ... (Translation: mb)

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14.Apr.2000
Richard H. Poser via eMail


AmigAIM Version 0.9353 Beta released
  • The sound and window menu problems were fixed in this release.
  • Prefs can now be set for Windows to be opened on original connection, auto relogin should not change the normal windows (Either the Docking Window or the Buddy List Window must always be opened, though both can be set for opening)
  • If currently away when Auto-relogin is activated, the client should now reset itself as away after reconnecting.
  • Removed a testing menu I think I left in an earlier upload (didn't do much anyway)

Download: AmigAIM_BETA.lha (Translation: mb)

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14.Apr.2000
Dennis "Hurrican" Pauler in ANF


Virtual Dimension status report
After months finally an update. First of all: Many thanks for the incredibly positive feedback regarding our fair video. As it was such a success, we will of course make videos again in future - just stop by ever now and then. more ... (Translation: mb)

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14.Apr.2000
Nico Barbat


Free Amiga Jobs online
The worrying lack of qualified people in the computer field is also apparent on the Amiga market. Creative minds, especially programmers, designers and text journalists, are sought by numerous small and medium-sized companies and private developers. more ... (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Andreas L. in ANF


Pokémons now as Amiga icons
Elastic Images is offering some of the well-known (?) Pokémons as WB icons (OS 3.5 only). The sets are available in two sizes (for resolutions of 1024x768 + and for smaller screens). more ... (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Michael Ritter by e-mail


amiga-news.de included in the webcharts at gutesites.de :-)
You will be happy to hear that your site has been added to the Web Charts. More precisely, to the charts of the Good Sites Germany. more ... (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


Airsoft Softwair website has moved
The Airsoft Softwair website has just moved: All files are now on a SpacePorts.com server, which is much faster than Fortunecity.de, and !free of ads!. The redirect at http://airsoft.home.pages.de now directly leads to the new page, with the URL http://phobos.spaceports.com/~sfa/ (title link). The pages at Fortunecity.de will be removed in the next days. (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
ideaEDGE


ideaEDGE Ventures
Interesting, interesting! This company will be "Creating a New Generation of Internet Companies". more ... (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Achim Stegemann in ANF


Digital Almanac contest
The aothor of Digital Almanac has started a contest. All star watchers with some imagination and creativity can participate. It is a graphics contest for the nicest logos and GlowIcons for DA. more ... (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Jens Langner by e-mail


AmIDE Beta version 0.2b released
The first public beta version of AmIDE has been released. AmIDE is a so-called "Integrated Development Environment", helping you in maintaining, editing and compiling your projects. The MUI graphical interface is used for this. In the current beta, AmIDE supports the SAS/C compiler, but in the final version, other compilers like Storm-C or vbcc will also be supported. more ... (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Andreas Kleinert by e-mail


akDatatypes for MorphOS
Special versions of the akDatatypes are planned for MorphOS. From a developer point of view, MorphOS is an excellent platform for future Amiga PPC applications. Since registrations have decreased by 80%, but PPC apps make up 90% of all registrations, focussing completely on MorphOS seems likely - as a last-ditch attempt to give an impulse to the remaining market. more ... (Translation: mb)

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13.Apr.2000
Rene König by e-mail


hardhacks.de
In the meantime, much has changed at AmigaHardHacks! We created a new domain at www.hardhacks.de, because we will now also support other systems like Linux, Macintosh and Newton. The design was changed completely to speed up loading. more ... (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Amiga Sector One


New Games at Amiga Sector One
At Amiga Sector One you can find lots of legal games for Amiga emulators. The author is only releasing games being either freeware or PD, or for which he owns an explicit individual allowance. more ... (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
KDH


KDH News
The recently announced "Mroocheck PC Mouse Adapter" is now available from KDH, too. The Mroocheck Interface is a microprocessor-driven adapter for connecting PC mice (cordless, too) and trackballs to the Amiga. The interface is plugged between mouse port and PC mouse. More details at the title link (German). (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Tumult


MUI MMC-Class News
On their website, Tumult is collecting information on all MUI MCC classes. If you want to update your MUI MCC classes, you have come to the right place. Current news is that a new archive including source code has been created for HexEdit.mcc by Miloslaw Smyk, and that NewImage.mcc by Matthias Bethke has been renamed to Guigfx.mcc. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
SoftCinema


SoftCinema website has moved
The SoftCinema website is now available at http://www.amiga.pl/softcinema/. Please adjust your bookmarks. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
amiga-news.de


Photogenics 4.5 beta for Linux available
Read the details in the press release. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
NordicGlobal


New version of the Z2-DP8390 MNI driver
The new version of the Z2-DP8390 MNI driver supports X-Surf, and performance of the Ariadne-II has been improved.
Download: z2-dp8390.lha (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
HydraBBS


HydraBBS Source Code available
The source code for HydraBBS is now available for download. The author, Dominic Clifton, gives permission to continue developing the program, but you must not charge a fee for it. However he contradicts himself in saying also that he wants a full version if parts of his program are used in commercial or shareware products. This seems to be more a basis for talks... ;-) more ... (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Amity


RoboticsDP Developer Packet released
With the Robotics Developer Packet (RDP) version 1.0, programmers can breathe live into robots, automats and moving devices. RDP works with the minissc.library. Aside from the library, the packet contains a complete documentation, the necessary source codes and the RDP developer manual.
Download: RoboticsDP.lha - 771 Kb (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Fun Time World


Nintendo64 Emulator: TrueReality version 990629.3 released
Download: TrueReality.lha (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Fun Time World


LamePPC (WarpUP) version 3.70 released
The author explicitly mentions the possibility of crashes when encoding MPEG2 streams.
Download: lame.lha - 189 Kb (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
CGrX


CyberGraphX V5
The new CyberGraphX V5 page is now online. CGX V5 will be the PowerPC version of CGX V4, and will run under MorphOS. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


AOL-Client AmigaAIM: New beta version 0.9348 released
Download: AIM_BETA.lha (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Rolf Roth in ANF


PlayGUI version 2.7 released
The new version 2.7 of PlayGui (GUI Add-On for HippoPlayer/Play16) is available now from the support website. New: Miniplay (skin only shows the player gadgets), modules can be copied by menu, buttons can be "hidden" so only the skin is displayed, and a small bug fix concerning the new version of PLone (under construction).
Download: PlayGUI.lha - 510 Kb (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Holger Kruse by e-mail


MiamiDeluxe 1.0c released
NordicGlobal announces the release of MiamiDeluxe version 1.0c. Read the complete press release, which describes all new features of the TCP/IP stack for Internet and LAN. Download area. (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Andreas Mixich by e-mail


Aminet Virus Warning
The 46 Kb archive imaged.lha from gfx/misc, described with Add your own description to images!, contained a file named InstallerFX. This file is infected with the HappyNewYear96 virus. more ... (Translation: mb)

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12.Apr.2000
Frank Mariak by e-mail


New MorphOS overview
In the Files & links area, there is a new overview about the functionality of MorphOS and the AmigaOS 68k emulation / extension included. This should clarify several points. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
Marek Funk via Email


Pictures from the Amiga Meeting in Lodz
On 8 April in Lodz, Poland, a session was organised to cover current issues related to Amiga computers. The panel presentation was held for the Amiga OS3.5 system, with introduction of the MakeCD program and presentation of Linux as an alternative for the AmigaOS following.
Much interest was aroused in the meeting and discussion with authors of the "Amiga Vademecum" manual. Visitors had the opportunity to meet the editor of the new Amiga-dedicated magazine: "eXec". New products from ELBOX were on show: the FastATA ZORRO IV controller and the "Mroocheck" mouse interface with support for wheels. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
LinuxInfo.de via email


LinuxInfo.de: Report iOffice2000 - System independant Groupware solutions
LinuxInfo.de, a free information service for German language information and documentation concerning Linux, has published a report an concerning Groupware solutions iOffice2000. The important aspect of this Groupware solution is the system independant design of the client software, because it is exclusivly Web based and the wide support available for Linux server applications. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
Andreas Maeegerl via Email


AmigaFuture: Interview with XTeam Software Solution
I the section Action of the AmigaFuture you will find an interview with the italien software company Xteam Software Solution. They mainly develop games and multimedia applications for Amiga & PC. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
Mario Klier via Email


tecChannel.de: Can Amiga succeed at a Comeback?
Alltogether there have been 24 such promises since Gateway purchased the Amiga technology and patents, but Gateway allowed the hardware to fall 4 generations behind current existing systems. Then they fired the manager in charge of the Amiga project (Jim Collas) Now the rights and technology lies with a new company named Amiga. Why should things now be any different? Why should anyone believe that this antiquated platform has a chance in today`s marketplace, regardless of how ingenious it is adapted? Who is behin this new company? Read Micheal Swaine`s answers via the Titlelink. (Translation: mb)

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11.Apr.2000
Guenther Klug v. Biedermann via Email


Met@box closes deal for sale of 500,000 Multimedia Boxes
Met@box International Inc. a 100% subsidiary of Met@box responsible for international operations has closed a strategic alliance with a foreign corporation. The agreement covers multimedia-Set-Top-Boxes and Server technology valued at over 500,000,000 DM. more ... (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Frank Mariak by e-mail


ppc.library update
At the title link there are updates for the Blizzard/CyberStormPPC system software; as well an update to the ppc.library as new FlashUpdates for BlizzardPPC and CyberStormPPC. The new ppc.library 46.31 is needed e.g. for the new VFlash PPC module of the currently released Voyager 3.1. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
CS&E by e-mail


CS&E club
There is merit in joining the CS&E club at http://www.icatmall.com/cse as those who have got their hands on an A1200 Magic Pack for a special price will vouch for. The CS&E club is newly formed and is a development fund for our Amiga publishing and wholesale operations. In short it is a co-operative idea where we get the best possible value for our retail customers. This gives us the support we need to be in the Amiga market so thank-you to everyone who has joined. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Christian Dezert by e-mail


TECHNODATABSE OO is now available
It's now a 100% Amiga interactive CD-ROM as it runs with SCALA MM400 or player. (PAL needed). A 400 megs bonus (hundreds of demos, gfx and sound utilities, mods, mp3, pictures, anims, texts, web sites and so on...) is also offered. A pure delight for technomaniacs and one of the only french interactive Amiga CD-ROMs. Also available: DPIXELS and TECHNODATABASE98. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Rene Hatje by e-mail


Amiga related articles
Mactimes: Amiga Returns!
ZDNet.com: Some Technologies Should Die Peacefully (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Stephan Teuscher by e-mail


Silicon Anims for DraCo
Starting immediately, the Silicon Anims Volume 1 is available for DraCo. This enables turning any pictures and video sequences into wonderful trailer, animated movies and breathtaking animations easily. Professional users will save many hours construction time, beginners will immediately achieve stunning results. more ... (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Jan Andersen by e-mail


New Virus Warning Guide 3.0 from VirusHelp Denmark
Name: VirusWarning.Guide v3.0
Archive name: vht-vg30.lha
Archive size: 83,932 Bytes
Release date: 9. April 2000
Author: Virus Help Denmark
Download: vht-vg30.lha (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Brad Webb by e-mail


Amiga Update Newsletter
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         B O X E R ,   A N T I - G R A V I T Y ,   A M I G A

       P R O B L E M S   W I T H   A M I G A   W E B   S I T E

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       F U S I O N   V 3 . 2   F O R   6 8 K   R E L E A S E D

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 We're back from the Amiga 2K show in Saint Louis, and very pleased we
went. This was the first major show for Amiga under the new regime,
and we feel they did very well. It's a different Amiga world now, and
some are going to be unhappy about that fact. We've already seen many
postings both from those upset and with and those accepting of the new
Amiga directions. We'd hoped to have more information for you about
those plans than we do, but there has been little put out by Amiga
since the show. In part, that's due to problems with their web site
(see below). We expect more details to be released to the public as
soon as things settle down for Amiga, and we'll bring them to you. The
overall direction is clear, and we discuss it some in our show report,
below.
 Other than the show, there's not a great deal of news at the moment.
We do have some items we think you'll find interesting, so wish you
happy reading.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

27 Mar 2000
 {The following was received in a note responding to last issue's
request for information about otbaining BVision cards. Thanks Tony for
esnding the URL along. Brad}

http://www.softhut.com/bvision.html

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23 Mar 2000

<some lines removed>

 I'm not sure whether I'd read the updates at all if you didn't bring
them to me. OTOH, if they're taking space that could go to other
useful information, then they're getting in the way, and I could find
them online. I read them so I obviously care.

 Instead of reprinting the whole, long thing, could you give us a
precis of each update and remind us where on the web it is?

 'Til next time,
 Allan
~~~~~~
 There were too many responses to my request for reader thoughts on
how we should handle Executive Updates for me to include them all, so
I selected one at random and it was Allans. Thanks to everyone who
took the time to write!
 Allan's comments are pretty much indicitive of the concensus. What
we'll probably do in the future is make a judgement based on the size
of the Executive Update. Smaller ones we'll most likely include in AU,
larger ones we'll probably summarize, then include the URL to the full
text.
 If we find this doesn't work out well for our readers, we'll take
another look at the issue.
 Brad

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9 April, 2000
 I'm looking for software for a Tiny Tiger II hard drive
connected to the parallel port of the A1000. Do you have or do you
know where I can get such. It was made by M.A.S.T. Memory and Storage
Technology.
 Wendell
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Wendell,
 Hoo Boy, does this question take me back! We remember M.A.S.T. from
the very early days, but we're not familiar with the Tiny Tiger II.
Another one I have to toss to the readers for help, and this one is a
bit of a challenge. Anyone have any ideas?
 Thanks,
 Brad
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 A M I G A   2 K   S H O W   -   M I X   O F   O L D   A N D   N E W

By Brad Webb

 The Amiga 2K show in Saint Louis, March 31 through April 2, was a
"must attend". This was the first major show to be presented since the
newest Amiga Inc. was formed, and took over the management of the
Amiga computer. The real interest was in what Amiga Inc. would be
announcing, both to the developer community in private and the world
at large.
 The show itself was what most Amiga computer shows have been in
recent years - a sort of a combination family reunion and rummage
sale, with a bit of an amature feel in its organization. That doesn't
mean it's not fun, well done or worthwhile - only that there's a
certain "Amiga" quality that is hard to describe.
 There were new products available. To our mind, the most significant
was from Best Power, a well-known maker of uninteruptible power
supplies for the mainstream computer industry. Best Power now has
software to link Amigas to their products, thanks to the dedication of
their employee Jamie Krueger. Jamie is responsible for maintaining the
software on 14 different UNIX varieties for Best Power. He does this
on an Amiga 4000 tower, using AREXX to update the various UNIX machines
as he goes. This has to be one of the best stories to come out of this
show.
 We counted about 40 booths on a good-sized exhibition floor. We don't
have actual attendance numbers, but while there were many people
there, we didn't feel the crowds were actually large.
 Friday was reserved for the Amiga Developers' Association meeting,
and the Developer Conference. There had been an Exhibitor meeting
scheduled, but it was cancelled. The Developer's Association is an
informal grouping of Developers, with Kermit Woodall of Nova Design
leading the way. The Developer Conference, which was well attended,
was a closed forum for Amiga Incorporated to present their plans for
the future. The forum was only available to those who signed
Non-Disclosure Agreements.
 What can be said about the new Amigas is that while Amiga will
produce hardware references, they will not be a hardware company.
Others will build the boxes. The new Amiga software environment will be
hardware independent, and will feature several products from Amiga's
partner TAO. This will include both the Elate RTOS and TAO's superb
Java Engine. The TAO products will be wrapped in an Amiga environment
which will lie between them and the user. All this will sit on top of
Linux, though TAO products can operate with any underlying OS, or even
none at all - who knows what the future may bring in this area? The
hardware independence is a function of TAO's use of a Virtual
Processor in it's software.

 Here are some of our observations from the show, in the form of "word
pictures":

 More Amiga t-shirt designs than I've seen in a long time wandering
about the Henry VIII motel. We had our own to show off, of course.

 The Henry VIII itself - a rambling, doomed, interconnected set of
buildings displaying faded elegance, wonderful woodwork, a ridiculous
idea of what architecture was like in the time of Henry VIII, the most
confusing room numbering system I've ever seen, and a staff whose
Southern approach to life seemed a bit out of place in such a place,
but delightful nontheless. The hotel will soon be destroyed to make
way for airport expansion. We understand the home of show organizer
Bob Scharp may suffer the same fate. The staff provided good service
and showed surprisingly high morale during the show despite knowing
the fate of the work-place. Some call this progress.

 Crowds of Amigans filling the aisles in search of goodies and finding
many, though few new products.

 Gil and his 500 (!!) raffle tickets. He did not win the Developer
System despite purchasing what must be a record number. He won a lot
of other items, though.

 The developer system itself. At this stage just a plain, beige, small
tower PC with a paper Amiga logo pasted to the front. But oh, what it
promises. Current minimum specs: AMD K6-II 500 Mhz, GeForce Prophet 3D
video card, SoundBlaster PCI card, 64 megs of ram.

 Bill McEwen's marvelous and genuinely inspirational speech at the
Saturday night banquet. Most want to believe, but most are too many
times stung by false promises in the past to be entirely comfortable
yet. Still, there's something very different and reassuring about the
new Amiga crew. During his talk, McEwen showed some almost wildly
modernistic concept models for both desktop machines and games
consoles. These models were the work of Disney employees, provided
free of charge to Amiga. There has been mis-information about the
models and their use by Amiga. First, the Disney employees created the
models on their own and NOT as a Disney product. Second, the concepts
were clearly presented by McEwen as possibilities for hardware
reference standards, not as something Amiga was going to make itself.
Too bad the misunderstandings have arisen, as the concept models and
the way they were given to Amiga is the real story here.

 Scala used for Bill's presentation rather than Powerpoint! So much
better. So sad it was running on a PC laptop.

 Positive reaction from the banquet crowd to Amiga's list of partners,
including TAO of course, Sun, Motorola, ESI, Corel, JVC, ARM and Red
Hat. It should be noted the extent of the partnerships was not
revealed. Positive reaction also to the list of companies pledging
software, which included ACT, Epic, DCE, Met@Box, Scala, something
called Amiga Development, Haage & Partner, Digital Images, Hyperion,
Crystal Software, others. The official number of current Amiga
packages scheduled for porting is 117.

 The demonstration of what TAO by itself can do, after the banquet.
Running several copies of Quake at once, and Doom, and utilities -
with no slowdown. Combined with the plans announced, there's much to
look forward to.

 The t-shirt rush at the banquet. A unique item only for attendees -
or their spouses. Then there were the leather Amiga bomber jackets for
the Amiga Inc. crew. As Bill McEwen pointed out, "remember what these
were".

 Breakfast with Amigans I hadn't met before. Many marvelous
conversations with readers and old acquaintences.

 Did Joe Torre really sleep in the lobby Saturday night? Boing shoes
and all?

 A late Saturday night's visit to Robert Hamilton's room to see his
"Amiga Altar". A wonderful work of art by a first rate Amiga artist.
Illuminated manuscripts made of computer paper? Stained glass windows
of Jay Minor and Mitchie? Of course!

 Overheard quotes - "the difference between this show and a Microsoft
one is there are no hookers here."

 The announcement by G & G enterprises that their nascent US Amiga
Magazine would be called "The New Amigans", by vote of the first
subscribers.

 Well attended classes and demonstrations. Despite a very rough start
Saturday morning with equipment problems, these contributed much to
the show. The problems were worked out, and things went forward well.

 The new t-shirt design which showed a boing ball breaking out of a
box with black and white cow spots on it. Slogan: "Get out of the box.
You'll have a ball!".
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     B O X E R ,   A N T I - G R A V I T Y ,   A M I G A

2 April, 2000

 Not only has Anti-Gravity purchased the BoXeR from Blittersoft, but
it was announced at Amiga 2K that Amiga has established a strategic
relationship with them, backing the BoXeR as a platform for the
classic Amiga operating system. It will be a platform for both new and
transitional products. The sale of BoXeR was completed on March 31,
just in time for the show.
 Mick Tinker will remain with BoXeR as Director of BoXeR Development.
 Representatives of Anit-Gravity were present in Saint Louis for the
announcement, which was made during the presentation by Amiga CEO Bill
McEwen after the show's banquet.
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     P R O B L E M S   W I T H   A M I G A   W E B   S I T E

7th April 2000

 As many people are aware we are having problems with the web site.
This is in no way a reflection of how we do business.

 This is a reflection of the inherent problems of business
relationships.

 When Amino purchased all of the domains from Gateway for Amiga there
was more than one party involved in hosting Amiga web sites.

 We have been working for months in getting everything transferred to
our servers and our ownership.

 Now many of the people who were at Gateway/Amiga are no longer there,
and we still are having problems with their releasing the domains to
us. This has become very clear with our new web site, and the fact
that thousands of mail messages are not arriving.

 We are working as quickly as possible on these issues, and hope to
have all of this resolved today. However there are some people
(companies) who are making this very difficult as they do not want to
let go of our accounts. I am purposely not mentioning their companies
here in this message, but will make it known if it becomes necessary.

 I thank everyone for their patience as we are more than frustrated at
the lack of professionalism in working with these companies, as we
take control of our web sites, and mail.

Best regards,

Bill McEwen
President/CEO
Amiga, Inc.
{Note: as this issues goes out, the problems of accessing the new site
- which is really the old, early Gateway/Amiga site - seem to be
coming to an end. Brad}
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                 A M I G A   A N D   P H O E N I X

2 Apr 2000

 Amiga Inc is pleased to announce its membership in the Phoenix
Developer Consortium. Amiga Inc president and CEO Bill McEwen
formalized the partnership at the St Louis Amiga 2K Computer Show in
conjunction with Phoenix chairman-facilitator greenboy.

 greenboy and Phoenix core members Mario Saitti, Clash Bowley and Arto
Malian will be working directly with Amiga's recently-appointed
director of developer support Gary Peake to make participation in
Phoenix an integral part of the Amiga Developer Support Network.
Details of the developer support structure will be forthcoming through
official Phoenix channels and were shared at Amiga 2K.

 Amiga Inc (http://www.amiga.com) is a Washington corporation founded
in 1999 with plans to produce a modern Amiga OS as well as a hardware
reference platform which will take the Amiga into the modern age of
computing. Amiga Inc is presenting for the first time in almost ten
years an Amiga developer reference platform as well as holding the
first official developer conference in almost the same time span.

 The Phoenix Consortium (http://owlnet.net/phoenix/) was formed in
1999. Phoenix is an international Amiga-inspired organization
comprised of OS and software developers, hardware engineers, dealers,
marketing specialists, financiers, and media publishers for the
specific purpose of designing, implementing and fostering modern
solutions for digital desktop and convergence.
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       P O S S I B L E   N E W   G E R M A N   M A G A Z I N E

 The german Internet news website amiga.topcool.de has announced plans
to publish a new German paper Amiga magazine. If amiga.topcool.de can
obtain 200 preorders for the first issue, the magazine will be
available this coming summer. The URL is
http://homepages.go.com/~amigaistcool/ausgabe.htm
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              A F D - C O P Y R I G H T   U P D A T E

28 March, 2000

By Dietmar Knoll

Hello Amigans!

 Here are some news about the project "AFD-COPYRIGHT"(TM) or "Standard
Amiga FD-Software Copyright Note"(TM).

 This Copyright Note is an offer for all Amiga developers who want to
release FD-Software, be it as Freeware, Giftware, Shareware or
whatever.

 AFD-COPYRIGHT is now available in fifteen (15!!!) languages - all in
two formats, as plain text and as HTML-file.

 *The latest addition is the Russian translation by Andrew Boyarintsev
(translator) and Oleg Sergeev (proof-reader).*

 The files can now be downloaded from the Official Support Site for
AFD-COPYRIGHT - as single files or full archive. The Address is:

 http://AFD.home.pages.de/


 The webmasters of you are kindly requested to add it to your hotlist.

 In case home.pages.de should go offline again, you can also reach the
page directly at:

 http://www.dknoll.myokay.net/AFD/

 And of course, news sites are allowed to spread this message. Thanks
for your attention, interest and support!
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            V O Y A G E R   3 . 1   R E L E A S E D

8 April, 2000

 Welcome to the latest incarnation of the V3 Portal for all users of
Voyager. Today, we bring you not just one update, but three - and then
some!

 Voyager 3.1 Browser is out, with a zillion more bugs fixed and
suggestions implemented. Read a full list of changes here and download
the archive from Vapor UK FTP or from the list of mirrors on the left.

 VFlash 1.2 available, for all your Flash needs! The PPC module is
complete, but please install ppc.library 46.31 first

 Vpdf plugin released - view Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files as embedded
objects!

http://www.vapor.com
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     I B R O W S E   2 . 2   U P G R A D E   A V A I L A B L E

 With virtually no fanfare and no press releases we know about,
version 2.2 of the IBrowse web browser for Amiga has been released.
Since we don't have a press release, and there's little information
about the upgrade on the hisoft website, we can't tell you much about
it. However, we don know that lots of Amigans use IBrowse, so for
those of you interested, head over to http://www.hisoft.co.uk/ for
what details there are and a downloadable upgrade.
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      F U S I O N   V 3 . 2   F O R   6 8 K   R E L E A S E D

March, 23rd 2000

Fusion V3.2 is released.

 All Fusion users (and those anxiously awaiting the pending PPC
release) will be pleased to here that there is a new upgrade to the
68K version. This release confirms the continued commitment to the 68K
Macintosh emulation, but also provides a number of improvements and
enhancements.

 Fusion 68K V3.2 is the final upgrade before the release of the
PowerPC upgrade, which is nearing completion.


Changes to V3.2

 * Added ICP Transfer Priority. You can now specify the priority the
Mac runs at while the drives are accessed from the Amiga side though
ICP.

 * Fixed OpenDevice problem with ethernet.

 * Fixed ethernet query bug.

 * Added TD64 support. A partition that is partially or completely
above the 4G point will cause FUSION to fail to start if TD64 support
is not available.
 Partitions are still limited to 4G in size.

 * Added support for block sizes other than 512. Up to 64K valid.

 * Fixed ICP MacBinary file copy hang.

 * Auto-start doesn't auto-quit if you change the ICP or cpu settings.

 * Added tooltype and cli switch for specifying parameter ram file.

 * Changed ethernet from software loaded to a hardware card for Open
Transport support. Cleaned up ethernet for better Amiga ethenet card
support;
 Ariadne card now works.

 * Fixed cursor problem with old Lucas Arts games.

 * Fixed problem with QD based video drivers.

 * Fixed slight problem with autosense SCSI data.

 * New ADB drivers with (nearly) all Mac keys mapped.

 * Added tooltype support; switches from cli now have Workbench
tooltype equivalents.

 * Auto-start now also implies auto-quit

 * Changed 060 initial settings; now starts with only SuperScalar off.

 * Fixed miscellaneous problems with the interface related to the
auto-iconify feature (Tall thin windows on WB fixed).

 * Fixed Timer interrupt bug that prevented QueBase from playing.

 * Added support for a couple more ROMs.

 * Updates to video drivers.

 * Updates to RsrvCold, and RsrvWarm which is now called RsrvKick.


 To obtain your copy, head for:

http://www.blittersoft.com/cgi-bin/2/webc.cgi/~bsoft/Fusion32.html
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10.Apr.2000
Stefan Ossowski by e-mail


Aminet 36 CD-ROM available
Aminet CD 36, dated April 2000, contains 1 gigabyte (uncompressed) of software in thousands of archives. Since the release of Aminet CD 35 more than 500 MB new software has appeared. The current edition includes the full version of the excellent car racing game Max Rally. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Herbert Markart in ANF


FutureZone: Hard Drives becoming obsolete
"A completely new memory technology could make hard drives obsolete in the future. The difference to the RAM chips currently employed is that, with this technology, the contents of the main memory are not lost. A boot procedure upon power up is no longer necessary."
Full article (German) at the title link. (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Aminet Recent


New Aminet uploads
A highlight for sure is the freely downloadable PPaint version 7.1b. more ... (Translation: mb)

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10.Apr.2000
Vapor


Voyager version 3.1 released
With Voyager 3.1, you get a version with countless bugs removed and many suggestions recieved by users being implemented. Read the readme for a complete list of changes. more ... (Translation: mb)

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09.Apr.2000
Olaf Köbnik by e-mail


Amiga Arena News
MetaView for special price!
The displayer and converter MetaView is available for a special price at the Amiga Arena. more ... (Translation: mb)

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09.Apr.2000
Martin Preisinger by e-mail


NotifyPlus version 1.0 released
The free script NotifyPlus is now available in version 1.0. It is an event script for AmIRC, which extends the "Notify" function. more ... (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
Scalos


Scalos News
The Scalos developer packet is available for download, and the icon support has been improved.
Download developer packet: ScalosDev.lha (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
MorphOS


MorphOS FAQ and support page updated
The MorphOS FAQ and support page have been updated. (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
HåParting by e-mail


VersionWB version 2.14 and AMarquee version 50.11a released
Download:
VersionWB2_14.lha
AMarquee50.lzx (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
Borut Zivkovic by e-mail


Sat aerial as Boing ball :-)
Borut Zivkovic from Kärnten, Austria, did send us a picture of his sat aerial, which he painted in Boing ball design. So it is close to being "Powered by Amiga". more ... (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
IrseeSoft


New e-mail adresses at IrseeSoft
Starting immediatly, only the following e-mail adresses are valid:
Orders sales@irseesoft.de
Other mail@irseesoft.de (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
AWNPipe


AWNPipe version 2.42 released
Download: AWNP_2-42.lha - 201 Kb (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
clickBOOM by e-mail


Nightlong almost finished
Nightlong is in the last stages of development. It took somewhat longer than planned, since we had to wait for the new StormC version. Until now, we only recieved 150 preorders for Nightlong PPC. Don't worry, we wouldn't let PPC down, but you will agree with us that 150 preorders aren't that much. More about it in the next "S-File". Nightlong can still be preordered until Monday, April 17th. more ... (Translation: mb)

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08.Apr.2000
Andreas Hippauf by e-mail


LightForce Status
I want to give just a small status report on the Lightforce project at this place, since it has become pretty quiet around it. There were reasons: I have married, and have been on honeymoon starting March 17th. So I was busy with much more important issues the weeks before and afterwards... :-) more ... (Translation: mb)

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Amiga & Atari show


News from the Amiga & Atari show 2000
As reported before, The Amiga & Atari show 2000 (The World of Alternative - World of Amiga & Atari) is taking place on June 10th / 11th (Whitsun weekend) in the City Hall Neuss. Neuss is close to Düsseldorf, and therefore should be easy to reach even for international Amiga users. AMIGA and many exhibitors are announced, even Bill and Fleecy might show up; workshops, seminars, conferences etc. are in the planning stage; best provisions to make it a real Happening :-). more ... (Translation: mb)

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