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Archive 03/2001

`13.Mar.2001` Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail	Amiga Arena News Preface Since I cannot affect as much as I would like to on my own I decided to take a chance for a partnership with the Fun Time World! The Amiga Arena homepage will remain what it is, now, and I hope to be able to act even more effective in this partnership than before ! Olaf Koebnik - Amiga Arena Amiga Arena - Fun Time World Partnership The shareware market suffered from evaluations of the past years. The amount of new releases decreased very much every year. To stop this evaluation the pages Fun Time World and Amiga Arena agree to a partnership to patronize the shareware market. This partnership's objective is to call user's attention to developments at the shareware market. This is to serve the purpose of higher sales and to motivate developers to continue to develop new and better programs, at the same time. In the future by a closer cooperation with the developers user's wishes shall be taken into account more than this has been done before. In further steps registration of programs from foreign countries shall be facilitated. It will be determined from surveys which kind of software is in demand most. Special wishes from now on can be sent to the Fun Time World and to the Amiga Arena. Programmers who would agree to offer their programs at a more cost-effective price for a certain period of time, can contact the Amiga Arena at any time. Amiga Arena The Amiga Arena is a shareware / freeware support site with special prices for shareware software, links, interviews, and full versions of shareware software which will not be further developed. Fun Time World The Fun Time World page provides the Amiga users with topical news, test of software and hardware, as well as important information since several years. Meantime the service has been extended by adding an online shop as well as auction and forum sections. [News message: 13. Mar. 2001, 23:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2001` clickBOOM	clickBOOM S-File # 10 In the latest S-File clickBOOM say that all the defective Nightlong-CDs are pressed again. Registered Nightlong-users can fill in a formular at the password protected portal of clickBOOM to receive the new CDs. [News message: 13. Mar. 2001, 19:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2001` Alfred Sturm	New Aminet Uploads Football.lha biz/dbase 583K+NEW Version 2.6 - Setup your own leagu HTMLread.lha comm/mail 484K+YAM-Plugin to read HTML-Emails OrangeFTPd.lha comm/tcp 16K+OrangeFTPd V1.0, freeware FTP daemon. Tango.lha comm/tcp 114K+Samba/smb-handler gui. NGC-Animatunes.lha demo/file 1.7M+Animatunes / N.G.C (WHD version) NGC-ArtParadis.lha demo/file 1.4M+Artificial Paradise / N.G.C (WHD version wpz-impact.mpg demo/file 12M+VHS demo by Whelpz+Potion released at Sa SceneArchives.lha demo/mag 1.3M+SASU v1.09: Ultimate Demo CDs-11 CD's (8 clockita.lha dev/basic 67K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix) Dorkalize.lha dev/c 172K+Very powerful localization tool, v0.9 AmiSlateSource.lha dev/misc 188K+Partial source code for AmiSlate1.4 Amygate1.1PL.lha docs/help 5K+Polish Locale for Amygate1.1 Virus_ChkII_PL.lha docs/help 7K+Polish Locale for Virus_CheckerII starmag26_ht.lha docs/mags 1.6M+German Amiga-Online-Magazine HTML-Versio TheCrypt16.lha docs/mags 2.1M+Issue 16 of "The Crypt" magazine Toadies_Interv.lha docs/misc 3K+Amiga Arena Interview mit Thilo Khler FA_Talkie.lha game/2play 6K+Better talkie files for Frontal Assault Toadies.lha game/2play 1.0M+Version 8.0 - a real Worms clone ! ChaosLite.lha game/board 5.7M+World's Best Board Game! 1-8 players! Fa Inju2CARDS.lha game/data 253K+Anime Cardset for Soliton Mattonite_Src.lha game/demo 37K+Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteE Diamchal.lha game/misc 248K+Platform: collect diamonds V1.0 !FINAL! NapalmPL.lha game/patch 11K+Polish Locale for Napalm angband.lha game/role 726K+Angband 2.9.2 - Roguelike solo RPG World.lha game/role 199K+"WORLD" text adventure, includes source colourlines.lha game/think 107K+Logical ball game Now_Pop_Quiz_2.lha game/think 351K+Quiz for all music fans around the world Now_Pop_Quiz_3.lha game/think 486K+Quiz for all music fans around the world Now_Pop_Quiz_4.lha game/think 542K+Quiz for all music fans around the world SmartScale.lha gfx/conv 17K+A CLI/WB program used for gfx conversion FlashMandelPPC.lha gfx/fract 3.9M+The best fractal rendering program for A FormAldiHyd.lha hard/drivr 120K+V2.2, Driver for Aldi/Tevion/Aiptek/Waco cpcd2dsk.lha misc/emu 15K+EmuCPC .CPCD to .DSK format converter imdbDiff010302.lha misc/imdb 5.9M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase Da_13b.lha misc/misc 126K+Calorie counter and more, italian versio atom.lha misc/sci 78K+Propability densities of electrons in p id3taglibgui.lha mus/edit 77K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor Amoralplay1.5.lha mus/play 121K+A no fuss multiformat audio player. Panos3D.lha pix/trace 203K+Some 3D pictures by Panos recoilwb02.jpg pix/wb 206K+recoilBENCH 2001 1024x768x16bit Picass recoilwb03.jpg pix/wb 280K+recoilBENCH 2001 1024x768x16bit Picass recoilwb04.jpg pix/wb 179K+recoilBENCH 2001 1024x768x16bit Picass CloudedViews.lha pix/wfm 2.2M+7 graphix on knowing the heart QuickNote.lha text/edit 63K+Notepad for scrap-notes (very handy) HP_Deskjet870C.lha text/print 41K+Deskjet 8x0C/9x0C Driver for WB V40.13 BackDrop12.lha util/boot 26K+Force Workbench 1.3 to run in a normal w Kill2090.lha util/boot 14K+Reboot, toggle NTSC/PAL, disable autocon mathlibspatch.lha util/boot 9K+Mathffp, ieeesingtrans libs SpeedUp Patc Wibby.lha util/boot 19K+Small, quick, and useful taskbar util HardwareInfo2.lha util/libs 31K+Library for hardware check and control Pony3D.lha util/libs 43K+Library with 3D graphic functions ReqAttack.lha util/misc 628K+Best, configurable requesters for Amiga ReqAttackUpd.lha util/misc 85K+RAPrefsMUI1.71 - ANOTHER BUGFIX Lightpen.lha util/sys 9K+Lightpen-Handler, use lightpen instead o MegaRamfix.lha util/sys 4K+Elsat.device fix SaveROM.lha util/sys 6K+Save`s ROM to file QuickLens.lha util/wb 7K+A quick lens, any OS, source included SystemReset.lha util/wb 22K+Simply reset tool VBRControler.lha util/wb 18K+Tool to control your VBR location. [News message: 13. Mar. 2001, 16:35] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2001` Amiga Support Network	Dave Haynie Describes PIOS One System Dave Haynie has released on the developer-supportpage of Amiga, Inc. some technical documents which deal with the PIOS One System. The original message: Open Documets These are Technical and Informational documents that are either supplied by Amiga or Third Parties, as noted. The PIOS One System Specification - Graciously supplied by Dave Haynie [PDF (33.8 MB)] The PIOS One Open CPU Module - Graciously supplied by Dave Haynie [PDF (729 kB)] Zip file containing both PIOS One documents [zip (2.73 MB)] [News message: 13. Mar. 2001, 15:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Mar.2001` Stefan Blixth via E-Mail	OnyxSoft News New version : DECH (Version 1.38) Information : - Removed "Stack of executed programs" and replaced it with "Stack of the compiler". ------------------------------------------------------------ New version : Detris (Version 3.1) Information : - A lot of changes and added features, mouse/joystick can be used to control the game. - Two new draw methods for the background etc. ------------------------------------------------------------ New version : DRemind (Version 1.57) Information : - Removed a longstanding Enforcer hit. ------------------------------------------------------------ New version : MultiRen (Version 1.44) Information : - Fixed the MP3-Info plugin (returned wrong layer). - Enable what entry the program will sort (secondly) by. ------------------------------------------------------------ New version : QuickNote (Version 1.4a) Information : - Fixed the enforcer hits that was introduced in 1.4, Thanks to Luca "Hexaae" Longone and Stefan Ruppert... ------------------------------------------------------------ New version : TheMPegEncGUI (Version 2.07) Information : - Added some options for BladeEnc. - Moved the encoder paths to make the GUI smaller. [News message: 12. Mar. 2001, 23:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Mar.2001` Diverse Sources	Software News CygnusEd Professional 4.21 for MorphOS There are a minor update for CygnusED available at the MorphOS-Website. The official CygnusED4 CD-ROM is recommended for this update. Download: ced_mos_ppc-upd421a.lha WBStartEmu Version 45.1d Stephan Rupprecht released version 45.1d of his wbstart.library for OS3.9. Download: WBStartEmu.lha Randomizer for the Workbench-background Stephan Rupprecht released version 39.9 of 'random wbpattern picture selector'. Download: rndwbpix.lha [News message: 12. Mar. 2001, 14:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Mar.2001` amiga.org	New Products for ImageFX by LegacyMaker Inc. Legacy Maker, Inc. released a tutorial-video named Catalyzer Vol. 3 for ImageFX version 4.0. The video deals with layers, scaning, printing, animation and FXForge. Version 2 of the Motion Control Plugin PanCanvas, for ImageFX were released. "PanCanvas 2 lets you take a large image in ImageFX and move a virtual camera over it. You end up with an astonishingly smooth documentary-style animation. You can output frames, anims, FlyerClips, and even Jstreams for the Broadcaster Elite. The virtual camera can zoom in and out, accelerate and decelerate, and move along a spline curve. You can add motion blur, render fields for video, and run macros on each frame before saving in a variety of formats." Legacy Maker, Inc. will exhibit at the Gateway Computer Show in St. Louis. [News message: 12. Mar. 2001, 13:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Mar.2001` Jens Schönfeld at ANF	isdnsurfer.device V1.942 Released Few weeks ago a new programmer took over the work at the ISDN-software and ported the source to a new compiler. Because we could not find any bug in this new version we decided to release it as a public test version but there are no new features or bugfixes. Download: isdndev.lha [News message: 12. Mar. 2001, 00:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` AmiSource on ANF	Finally Fresh Explosives: dynAMIte is Ready At the Cologne 'World of Amiga' the AmiSource-Crew had already spread a free preview version of the new network Bomberman clone 'dynAMIte'. Now, three months later, the game is ready and is downloadable as freeware exclusively from the AmiSource website. French and English documentations are included while the single player mode desired by Petra didn't make it. Download, log-in and take pleasure in the game. And all for free. [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 21:33] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` Diverse Sources	Software News ppclibemu Frank Wille has made version 0.8f of his PPC library emulation ppclibemu available for download. Download: ppclibemu.lzx HP Deskjet 870C driver On Peter's Amiga Page you can find a new printer driver version 40.13 for the printer HP Deskjet 870C. Download: HP_Deskjet870C.lha [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 18:49] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` Gunter Hinrichsen on ANF	New Version of HTMLread A new version of HTMLread (v1.1) can be downloaded from the support page. HTMLread is an extension for YAM. YAM is a wonderful mailer, but not capable of displaying e-mails written in HTML code as like as sent by Netscape, Eudora or Outlook. HTMLread discovers, converts and sends these e-mails to a HTML viewer. Some changes were made in the new version: HTML parser rewritten (faster, more compatible, , full «base» tag support), Problems with blank characters in the name fixed. New GIF for condition. Better error handling. HTMLreadPrefs rewritten (now with MUI GUI) [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 18:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` Gary Peake via E-Mail	AMIGA Inc.: New PDA Projects As already reported on amiga-news.de, Amiga Inc. is organizing a project for programming software for PDAs. People who want to take part in this project as programmers may announce himself/herself via this page. Amiga already has contact with companies who like to use the AmigaDE software on their appliances. In this context Gary Peake, director for development and support at Amiga Inc., wrote the following on AMIOPEN mailing list: We have spent considerable time talking with a company who likes what they see of the Amiga content thus far. They will not be announced until St Louis, but we all know that development needs lead time. This company has some PDA models coming out real soon now and we have sold them on letting Amiga developers produce their content. This content will be sold via a web portal and all certification and runnability testing will happen here at Amiga Inc for logistic reasons. Specs are as follows for two separate units: Screen Size: 240x320, 65k color3.5" reflective-TFT Screen Size: 176x220, 65kcolor, 3" reflective-TFT Both units will be able to handle up to 500k games and applications. Due to CPU speed limitations, code must be tight and efficient as always. This customer prefers VP coding, but won't pass on C, C++, or Java apps. Examples of content needed: Hoyle type card games Chess Checkers Armageddon PokeYman derivatives No X rated content! I am sure they would welcome any freeware content, but they are mainly looking for commercial quality content. Details on how the system will work will be released shortly to those who respond to this email. If you are seriously interested in producing PDA content please send me an email to gary@amiga.com. You MUST be under NDA AND be a registered Amiga developer before I can release any further information to you so make sure you have a valid NDA on file. If you have not yet registered and you have a copy of our SDK, please go to www.amigadev.net and register as a developer. If you do not have a valid NDA with us, simply look at www.amigadev.net under the "legal" menu, grab a copy of the NDA and get it mailed back or faxed back ASAP. Address and fax number is on the NDA. Only serious need respond as we will be on a tight schedule to meet the first delivery date. This may be cross posted to Amiga news web sites and other lists. Gary Peake Director - Developer Relations and Support Amiga Inc. www.amigadev.net www.amiga.com [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 16:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` amiga.org	New Development System for PDA Games for the AmigaDE Ast, by the makers of KDP, is a new PDA game for AmigaDE. The game uses the gm-Engine to give developers easy access to the basic functions necessary for games developement for PDAs. The release of Ast and gm is still long in coming. But for the meantime there's a picture of an Ast beta version. This imgae was taken before the final graphics set was added. [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 16:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` Thorsten Schoelzel on ANF	Wordworth Developments Unfortunately development of Wordworth for the AMIGA has ceased several time ago. The last version 7 indeed contains many features, but also lacks of things like for example a JPEG filter. So you have to convert the wanted JPEG graphic for now into IFF or another format Wordworth supports using a separate program. Another thing completely missing is PPC (WOS) support. I'd like to call programmers among other things working with Wordworth to program the missing things (I'm mainly about the JPEG filter). Provided that I'd have the needed development tools, compilers etc., and a supporting (teaching!) programmer, I'd do it myself. [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 15:04] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` Greg Donner	OS 3.9 FAQ Update Version 1.4 Greg Donner has updated the following parts of his official OS3.9 FAQ (Version 1.4): Known bugs Internet applications Compatibility page [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 14:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` Andreas Kuerzinger via E-Mail	AKIconzGold Update 5 days after the latest update there's again one due.: On my homepage can be found the third (and probably the last) "homepage only" preview of the AKIconzGold. There are almost 40 new icons. Additionally the ReadMe was extended by an important part regarding the installation in which the setting of the correct color palette is described that is necessary to display the icons as wanted. The setting of this color palette gives some more advantages: All icons, no matter whether MagicWB (8 colors), RomIcons (16 colors, often to be found with the installers of WHDLoad and jst) or just the AKIconzGold (and also the similar BNSMWBicons) have always the right colors with this setting. And NewIcons, too, manage with this palette, and even GlowIcons do look relatively appealing on a 32 colors screen! People who don't want to restrict themselves to one "kind" of icons but want to have the correct color settings for almost all icons should set this palette! Besides, all sites of the homepage were recreated. Although less the design but especially the colors were chosen completely new. This looks, in my opinion, much better (and is much better matching the homepage title ;-)). [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 14:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2001` Ignatios Souvatzis via E-Mail	NetBSD/Amiga IOblix - Driver Change The NetBSD/Amiga - IOBlix-Zbus driver was changed in a way that the quartz frequency is changeable via the kernel variable _iobzclock (with binpatch and reboot) or via the kernel option IOBZCLOCK. Newer IOBlix cards use a 22.1184MHz quartz that allows more standard baud rates, older ones on the other hand use a 24MHz quartz. Owners of a 24MHz quartz need to set _iobzclock or IOBZCLOCK to 24000000. Besides this, iobl* at zbus? is now included in the GENERIC configuration. NetBSD-current testers are asked for review reports, also about the parallel interface. Details about the availability of source code etc. can be found at: NetBSD in general NetBSD on Amiga hardware [News message: 11. Mar. 2001, 13:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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