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DKG-LIFX.lha         demo/sound 754K+Anarchy's 'Legalise It' 680x0/AGA/HD fix
PureBasic.lha        dev/basic  560K+V2.32 - Brand new powerful programming l
PureBasicUpd.lha     dev/basic  496K+V2.32b - Update for registered users (fr
DragnDrop14b.lha     dev/gui    129K+Update of dragndrop library - got new fu
WHDLoad_dev.lha      dev/misc   526K+HD-Installer for OS-Killer
WHDLoad_usr.lha      dev/misc   134K+HD-Installer for OS-Killer
fat95.lha            disk/misc   84K+Win95/98 compatible file system
GHAS.lha             docs/lists 204K+Maintenance Update: database of nearly 1
WHDIGamesE-F.lzh     game/patch 1.1M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesG-I.lzh     game/patch 1.3M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesJ-M.lzh     game/patch 1.9M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesN-R.lzh     game/patch 2.0M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
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WHDIGamesU-Z.lzh     game/patch 1.0M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHD_HardDrivn2.lha   game/patch  43K+HD Installer for Hard Drivin' II
tiny3dV7.lha         game/shoot  98K+3D Tankshooter V0.7 (ONLY GFX-BOARDS)
X_Q.lha              game/wb     37K+A peg game on an "X" shaped board
3dgpl.lha            gfx/3d      46K+3DGPL V1.0 amiga link library 
acidtake.mpg         mods/mpg   3.4M+AcidTakeOver. Techno (MP3) tune from Emu
amphetarmx.mpg       mods/mpg   3.1M+AmphetamineRMX. Techno/Trance/House (MP3
cosmicspots.mpg      mods/mpg   3.4M+Cosmic spots. HardTrance (MP3) tune from
elephant.mpg         mods/mpg   3.3M+Elephant trunk. Goa/PsyTrance (MP3) tune
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lovemem.mpg          mods/mpg   3.4M+Love memories. Techno/Trance (MP3) tune 
plutey.mpg           mods/mpg   3.2M+Plutey. Techno (MP3) tune from Emulate
soniceleph.mpg       mods/mpg   3.9M+Sonic elephant. HardTrance (MP3) tune fr
trappedspace.mpg     mods/mpg   4.3M+Trapped in space. Goa/PsyTrance (MP3) tu
id3taglibgui.lha     mus/edit   143K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
TheMPegEncGUI.lha    mus/misc    84K+GUI 4 Ncode, MusicIn, Lame, BladeEnc, Pe
APowerStuff_9.lha    pix/misc   644K+Pics from aMiGa=PoWeR magazine
AquaWB.lha           pix/wb     314K+OS3.9 Workbench in Aqua Style
HTMLstrip.lha        text/misc   31K+HTML stripper which can also replace HTM
ltools21_demo.lha    text/misc   46K+Dictionary and Document Translator
JustName.lha         util/cli    15K+A small utility to justify filenames
DragnDrop14.lha      util/libs  129K+Update of dragndrop library - got new fu
FWCalendar.lha       util/rexx  434K+THE calendar creator for FW & Pagestream
rmicon.lha           util/rexx   16K+ARexx script which deletes .info files (
envhandler.lha       util/sys    13K+A happyenv replacement (1.8)
Image2Icon.lha       util/wb     61K+Creates thumbnail icons 68k+WOS (1.19)

`18.Jun.2001` ANN	EETimes: Startup says software translates binary code on the fly The article, published in EETimes, deals with the announcement of an american startup. A short extract: »LONDON - A spin-off from the University of Manchester, Transitive Technologies Ltd., is planning to wow engineers at the Embedded Processor Forum this week in San Jose, Calif., with its dynamic binary-translation technology. The San Diego company claims its Dynamite software can take binary code ready to run on one type of processor and, on the fly, translate it into the binary code required by another. Transitive also says that because of optimizing routines within its software, the translated code usually runs faster and more efficiently than the original native code. If these claims are substantiated, Transitive could spark dramatic changes in the way processor hardware is designed and deployed by ending the architecture-loyalty and legacy-code issues that have dominated for the last 20 years.« The whole article is available at the titlelink. (ps) [News message: 18. Jun. 2001, 21:49] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Jun.2001` Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)	Amiga Arena: Interview with Stefan Kost There are a special offer of SoundFX and an interview with Stefan Kost, the developer of SoundFX, available at Amiga Arena (ps) [News message: 18. Jun. 2001, 21:17] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Jun.2001` Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)	Event: iBox at Benelux Amiga Show (update) Beside the already reported VIP's and highlights the new IBOX will be presented. The IBOX is some kind of special tower containing beside the normal PC-hardware an Amiga-mainboard, a modem, and some additional hardware. The PC is able to control and update Amiga-software like Scala/Mediapoint by using a special software. The IBOX is doing what the Amiga does best: loop playback. By using the PC-software everyone can use every possibility offered in the digitalmarket like webcams and digitalcameras. This concept is currently used by many customers for example for sportbars and tourist information centers. The concept includes the possibility of updating hundrets of these boxes by pressing one button. Even a cellphone with wap-capabilities is able to start this process. A good example for the co-operation of Amiga and PC. The concept and the IBOX were developed by www.oto-foto.nl and www.digitalconsult.nl. Error correction, 19 June 2001: I misunderstood one item of Marvin's description of the iBox (Info-Box). Contrary to what is described there is no PC hardware used in the box. It rather is fact that the customers create the info pages on common PC machines and then those pages will be translated to Amiga language by a 'translator' which makes it possible to use Amiga hardware in the box. A text can be sent to the Amiga using a cell phone which then will be displayed as desired due to the background, logo, and animation preset. (ps) [News message: 18. Jun. 2001, 20:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Jun.2001` Aaron Digulla (AROS-ML)	AROS News During the weekend, the AROS server was down due to a hardware failure. The machine will be replaced within the next few weeks :-) Until then, you can expect the machine to fail again. We are aware of this and we're working on it. No need to worry. (ps) [News message: 18. Jun. 2001, 20:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Jun.2001` AmBoS-Team (Lars Maschmann, Uwe Rosenkranz) (ANF)	AmBoS-Support discontinued The support and development of AmBoS, a Amiga-Mailboxprogram, will be discontinued on the 01.07.2001. The service ExecBase will be discontinued at this day to. Reasons for this decision: low user-interest, the success of the WWW and problems with the timeconsuming support and softwaredevelopment. (ps) [News message: 18. Jun. 2001, 13:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)	Amiga: SCSI Driver for AmigaOS4 The AmigaOne specification contain an on-board IDE controller, but much of the Amiga users use SCSI hardware (harddrives, CD drives, scanners). That's why Amiga Inc.plans to develop a SCSI driver for the "NCR SCSI scripts chip" for Amiga OS4.x (today, NCR is a subsidiary company of LSI Logic). An internal document describing the reasons why these chips have been chosen was published on the AmigaOne mailing list (title link). The same chip was utilized in diverse Amiga products (e.g. in newer Phase5 acceleration cards). These chips are to be of first class at Amiga Inc. at this time, but this decision might change if a better solution would turn out. Fleecy Moss wrote: ".... - don't assume a PCI card is supported until we release the driver for it." (sd) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 20:31] [Comments: 1 - 19. Jun. 2001, 05:17] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` AWeb PPC JPEG Plugin	Browser: AWeb PowerPC JPEG Plugin V0.7 On 17 June 2001 Tom Parker has released version 0.7 of the PPC-JPEG plug-in 'AWeb PowerPC JPEG Plugin' for the WWW-browser 'AWeb'. In this version notedly reduction of context switches increase the performance. To install this version the 68k version of the JPEG plug-in is required, too, which is to find on the AWeb homepage. The PPC version then will be copied to the Plugin directory and related settings will be done. Download: awebjfifPPC0.7bin.lha (10K) awebjfifPPC0.7src.lha (47K) (sd) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 17:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` Ghandy (E-Mail)	Game: Land of Genesis Fix A bugfix for the Turrican oriented action game 'Land of Genesis Fix' was released. The following has changes since the prior version: fixed Intro bug on A4000's the intro runs more slow now skill level was re-adjusted 'Easy' mode is even more easy now rockets now clash with walls 2-buttons joysticks are supported now screen memory option. sound effects were softened the end picture was changed The game runs on A1200 with 2 MB FastRAM and better; faster Amigas are supported. Download: Landof Genesis FIX V. 1.0GT (lzx) Land of Genesis demo V. 2.5GT (lzx) (sd) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 17:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` Czech Amiga News	Magazine: Amiga Power #XIV Issue #14 of the French magazine 'Amiga Power' has been released. This issue contains previews of iFusion and the GREX 1200, a test of Payback, and more. This magazine is issued by the French Amiga assosiation 'AFLE' whom you can draw it from. (sd) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 11:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` Czech Amiga News	MP3: MAS-Player V1.3e as an update of the MAS CLI commands. This software works with both version of the MAS-Player and supports the MAS chip versions G10 and G12. The CLI commands archive contains the source codes of the CLI commands in addition. 'MAS-Player' is a hardware based MP3 player to be plugged to the Amiga's parallel port ('printer port'). Download: MAS-Player.LHA (219K) CLI_Commands.LHA (21K) (sd) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 11:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` Amiga Extreme	Warp3D: Voodoo Driver Status Amiga Extreme has published an e-mail by Thomas Frieden (Hyperion) in which he reports the current status of the Voodoo driver for Warp3D. The Warp3D team converted almost everything relating the use of the FIFO command. As the team was suggested the frame-rate now majorly is independent from the resolution. The speed at 800x600 is exactly the same as at 320x200. Heretic 2 is still playable at 1024x768, but the Voodoo card starts to slow down from this resolution. Moreover the Voodoo version looks much better than the Permedia version. (Screenshots (left: Permedia2, right: Voodoo)). At this time it seems like the Prometheus version of the driver would be finished first. This might happen next week already. The G-REX and hopefully the Mediator version, too, will follow soon after. The Prometheus driver will be the first because of the G-REX prototype had a little problem preventing FIFO from working. So, development was done on the Prometheus board. Development of Warp3D now is done using the new gcc basing StormC 4 which creates fine code, already. Additionally it enables the use of Inline assembler. By some PPC assembler optimizations the Warp3D team now can almost fill up the bus with data to almost reach the maximum performance. Supplement 17 June 2001: Ben Yoris (Hyperion) wrote on ANN that Hyperion will do a presentation of their own games on the Prometheus PCI board with a Voodoo3 plugged in on the Benelux Amiga Show, which will take place on June 23rd, 2001. (sd) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 11:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` Carsten Scholling (ANF)	MUI: NList.mcc V19.99 and V19.100 Under the title link you will find the long awaited bugfix for NList.mcc fixing the wordwrap problem. There are also new betas with noticeable higher speed to find there. Especially inserting/removing of a lot of entries at once takes much time in the list-view of NList. That's why save and management routines were optimized. With some of the operations NList now is up to 3.5 times faster than the old version. Even the origin must surrender for some items (factor 1.2 - 1.3). But to compare directly is not quite fair, since NList offers a lot of features more and therefore has to calculate more, sometimes. Furthermore NListtree of course benefits from the new performance. Download: NList1999pch.lha (11K) NList19100Exp.lha (69K), Readme NListtree189Exp.lha (21K), Readme (sd) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 08:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` Ray A. Akey (E-Mail)	Amiga Inc. and Matay announce Cooperation for AmigaOS/4 Amiga and Matay Announce AmigaOS/4 Cooperative Snoqualmie, 16 June, 2001 - Amiga Inc and Matay company are pleased to announce they are co-operating on a series of initiatives that will see the AmigaOS4 family of operating systems running on Matay's existing and future products. At the St Louis show in April, Amiga announced the continued development of AmigaOS, with AmigaOS4 moving AmigaOS3 to modern hardware and preparing the way for AmigaOS5. AmigaOS5 will be targeted at both the home server and the desktop/workstation markets. "In developing AmigaOS4.0, we have been making extensive use of the Prometheus PCI bridge board, to get a head start on developing drivers for the various sub systems whilst we wait for the Eyetech AmigaOne to be completed," said Fleecy Moss, CTO of Amiga Inc. "The quality of both their product and support, and their commitment to the future of the Amiga has made working with them a pleasure, and we look forward to this co-operation intensifying over the next few years." "We are very excited to work with Amiga Inc., the company that leads our community into the new technological revolution. In the incoming years, we will witness a breakthrough in digital home appliances, a trend to abandon a single computer workstation in favour of several smaller, yet more user-friendly devices. The revolution is coming, though we need to prepare for it, like the Amiga market needs transition from our classic computers to new technologies and standards. Amiga Inc. is the company that foresees these trends and enters the digital future today. We are proud that our Prometheus board, the first Zorro III PCI bridge for Amiga, helps them in making these plans come true," said Filip Dab- Mirowski, CEO of Matay company. "We will continue co-operation with Amiga Inc., not only providing them with hardware solutions for today Amiga market but also working together on products for the future digital market." About Amiga: Amiga Inc is a privately held Seattle based digital solutions company that revolutionised computing in 1984 with the introduction of the A1000, and has consistently been at the cutting edge of the digital revolution ever since. Currently it offers a complete solution for digital living, the AmigaDE (Digital Environment) which provide a device and OS (host) agnostic, universal, scalable content platform for OEMs and IHVs, consumers, producers and brokers of digital content, and the AmigaOS, a 68k and PPC based desktop, workstation and digital server platform for the most demanding of activities. The AmigaDE is currently being deployed on a variety of major cell phone, PDA, Set Top Box, Console, Digital Appliance and existing personal computer platforms. AmigaOS4 is expected to be launched in 3Q2001, running on the new AmigaOne computer. For further information, please email press@amiga.com, support@amiga.com or telephone (US) 425 396 5660. About Matay: Matay company is a privately held computer business oriented company. It was founded in 2000 as an Amiga-only software dealer and in a very short time earned trust of Polish Amiga users. With the introduction of Prometheus PCI bridge for Zorro III equipped Amigas, Matay has extended its offer with hardware solutions for the Amiga platform and professional electronic design of printed-circuitboards. Now, with the announcement of close co-operation with Amiga Inc., Matay enters a domain of digital appliances, which is predicted to be the future of home and business computing around the world. For more information, please email info@matay.pl, fei@matay.pl or telephone (+48) 609 394 778 or (+48) 603 785 100. (ps) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 02:43] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Jun.2001` Andreas Widdelmann (ANF)	Game: HBMonopoly V2.6 HBMonopoly by Holger Beer now is available for download as version 2.6 at the title link. HBMonopoly is a conversion for the Amiga of the popular board game. It runs in a Workbench window or on it's own screen and supports many different languages and specific country versions. Up to eight players, controlled by the computer or by human players, can take part in one game. From version 2 HBMonopoly is network capable and can be played via a local network of even via Internet. Information about the online games are to find on the website of the IRC channel #AmigaFun. (ps) [News message: 17. Jun. 2001, 02:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Jun.2001` Jeff Kreis (REBOL-ML)	Magazine: REBOL/Zine Issue 1 Vol 1 On June 15th, 2001 Jeff Kreis has released the first issue of the REBOL/Zine magazine. This English online magazine is busy with the REBOL system. The current issue contains contributions to the following subjects: REBOL Puzzles and Idioms (Until when?, Loopy House) Posting to Web Forms Tip HTTP Tips and Tricks ALERT ALERT ALERT Command Tricks (Mouse) POP to mbox Filter A Day in the Life of REBOL (Carl Sassenrath) (sd) [News message: 16. Jun. 2001, 18:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Jun.2001` SixK	Database: MySQL for Amiga Version 3.23.39 On the French website ´SixK´ you can find the AmigaOS port of the MySQL database system in version 3.23.39, compiled for 68020 and 68040 processors. Details regarding the made changes can be found following the title link. Download: MySqld_3.23.39_020.lzx (68020) MySqld_3.23.39_base.lzx (68040) (ps) [News message: 16. Jun. 2001, 15:02] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Jun.2001` Jens Schoenfeld (ANF)	Individual Computer: vacation Individual Computer is on vacation until the end of next week and will therefore answer to emails again from June 25th. (ps) [News message: 16. Jun. 2001, 14:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Jun.2001`	Aminet Uploads until 16.06.2001 DKG-LIFX.lha demo/sound 754K+Anarchy's 'Legalise It' 680x0/AGA/HD fix PureBasic.lha dev/basic 560K+V2.32 - Brand new powerful programming l PureBasicUpd.lha dev/basic 496K+V2.32b - Update for registered users (fr DragnDrop14b.lha dev/gui 129K+Update of dragndrop library - got new fu WHDLoad_dev.lha dev/misc 526K+HD-Installer for OS-Killer WHDLoad_usr.lha dev/misc 134K+HD-Installer for OS-Killer fat95.lha disk/misc 84K+Win95/98 compatible file system GHAS.lha docs/lists 204K+Maintenance Update: database of nearly 1 WHDIGamesE-F.lzh game/patch 1.1M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad WHDIGamesG-I.lzh game/patch 1.3M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad WHDIGamesJ-M.lzh game/patch 1.9M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad WHDIGamesN-R.lzh game/patch 2.0M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad WHDIGamesS-T.lzh game/patch 2.8M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad WHDIGamesU-Z.lzh game/patch 1.0M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad WHD_HardDrivn2.lha game/patch 43K+HD Installer for Hard Drivin' II tiny3dV7.lha game/shoot 98K+3D Tankshooter V0.7 (ONLY GFX-BOARDS) X_Q.lha game/wb 37K+A peg game on an "X" shaped board 3dgpl.lha gfx/3d 46K+3DGPL V1.0 amiga link library acidtake.mpg mods/mpg 3.4M+AcidTakeOver. Techno (MP3) tune from Emu amphetarmx.mpg mods/mpg 3.1M+AmphetamineRMX. Techno/Trance/House (MP3 cosmicspots.mpg mods/mpg 3.4M+Cosmic spots. HardTrance (MP3) tune from elephant.mpg mods/mpg 3.3M+Elephant trunk. Goa/PsyTrance (MP3) tune liquidpath.mpg mods/mpg 4.4M+Liquid path. Goa/PsyTrance (MP3) tune fr lovemem.mpg mods/mpg 3.4M+Love memories. Techno/Trance (MP3) tune plutey.mpg mods/mpg 3.2M+Plutey. Techno (MP3) tune from Emulate soniceleph.mpg mods/mpg 3.9M+Sonic elephant. HardTrance (MP3) tune fr trappedspace.mpg mods/mpg 4.3M+Trapped in space. Goa/PsyTrance (MP3) tu id3taglibgui.lha mus/edit 143K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor TheMPegEncGUI.lha mus/misc 84K+GUI 4 Ncode, MusicIn, Lame, BladeEnc, Pe APowerStuff_9.lha pix/misc 644K+Pics from aMiGa=PoWeR magazine AquaWB.lha pix/wb 314K+OS3.9 Workbench in Aqua Style HTMLstrip.lha text/misc 31K+HTML stripper which can also replace HTM ltools21_demo.lha text/misc 46K+Dictionary and Document Translator JustName.lha util/cli 15K+A small utility to justify filenames DragnDrop14.lha util/libs 129K+Update of dragndrop library - got new fu FWCalendar.lha util/rexx 434K+THE calendar creator for FW & Pagestream rmicon.lha util/rexx 16K+ARexx script which deletes .info files ( envhandler.lha util/sys 13K+A happyenv replacement (1.8) Image2Icon.lha util/wb 61K+Creates thumbnail icons 68k+WOS (1.19) (as) [News message: 16. Jun. 2001, 13:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]