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Archive 01/2003

`04.Jan.2003` Petra Struck	Innovation at amiga-news.de With the beginning of this month is Sven Drieling not anymore at our services for news and commentation as after 3½ years full of work for amiga-news.de he now wants to attend to his own projects again. For possible problems with the scripts Sven remains, though :). Very special thanks to Sven for the work he had done. Up to now Sven had done the Sunday news and had helped in managing the forum and the comments. Besides that he lent a helping hand in cases when I had no time. We have internally discussed several possibilities how to fill this gap respectively how to solve the problem as I really can't and don't like to give up my free Sunday. On Sundays and public holidays only ANF news So to take the load off all (the translators, too) a little bit we came to the conclusion that from now on there will be no news investigation and no entering of news from our side on Sundays and public holidays but only releasing news that were entered into the ANF. That means that also news that are sent to us via email will not be released until the next working day. Help of any kind wanted On this occasion we'd like to remember our readers that amiga-news.de is a news site from users for users meaning we have to rely on help. Your help could be for example that you enter news that are coming across your way while surfing into the ANF or you enter a good web site you encounter into the ALD. A good help would also be the arranging of payed advertisement banners as these are the basis of the financing of amiga-news.de. Another possibility to work actively on amiga-news.de is the creation of articles of all kind, for example workshops, experience reports, previews, reviews, exhibition reports and everything else that could interest our readers. The help in translating is also everytime very welcome. Further suggestions? We are very interested to hear your suggestions how we could improve amiga-news.de and are eagerly awaiting your hints and proposals. (ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 04. Jan. 2003, 20:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Jan.2003` Martin Kuchinka	Programming language: PowerD v0.20 alpha 4 Martin Kuchinka has today released the version 0.20 alpha 4 of the programming language 'PowerD'. Download: alpha.lzx What's new with this last alpha release? Well, again several bugfixed, but there is also one new executable called 'dc_68k', which is the same as 'dc' except that this executable generates the 68k only code, so it's only for ppl with older non ppc Amigas. Else it's completely the same as the 'dc' compiler. Uploaded the TextInput.mcc modules by Miklos Nemeth. (ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 04. Jan. 2003, 18:33] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Jan.2003` Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)	Music scene: AMP updated! The two Amiga demo scene musicians Curt Cool and Crown have collected a very comprehensive data base for all in all 9424 musicians. Here you can download their music pieces directly, read uncounted interviews, etc. etc. All people interested in music created on the Amiga should risk a look at AMP (Amiga Music Preservation). (ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 04. Jan. 2003, 15:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Jan.2003` Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)	Scene: disc mag Jurassic Pack now with own domain! One of the last active Amiga demo scene disc mags 'Jurassic Pack' has now an own domain. Right now is issue #12 in preparation. People who'd like to participate with an English article, a music piece or a title screen should contact the main editors as soon as possible for further details. (ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 04. Jan. 2003, 15:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Jan.2003` Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)	Music group Moods welcomes the new year with four titles The music group Moods welcomes the new year with four songs, all downloadable from the group's website. Furthermore a new MoodTant called Raztaman had recently been contracted who'll introduce in the future his works under this label. (ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 04. Jan. 2003, 15:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Jan.2003` Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)	The Ascii scene is not dead! The Amiga Ascii scene lives and lives and... ! The two scener Dipswitch and Potzkoten from Cologne have released shortly after the turn of the year the colly named Klockwerk. Shortly before that Marc Zito Oberst showed his activity with En-Sof. Further information about this topic can be obtained from ThugLife. (ps) (Translation: wk) [News message: 04. Jan. 2003, 15:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Jan.2003` IOSPIRIT (ANF)	IOSPIRIT guest of Genesi at CES 2003 IOSPIRIT will attend the CES 2003 as guest of Genesi in Las Vegas (Booth #29101 in the Home Networking, IT & Wireless Pavillion). Among others, fxPAINT 2.0, fxSCAN 4.0 and VHI Studio 6.0 will be shown. Felix Schwarz will be available for questions. At this point we also would like to thank Genesi for this great opportunity and their continued commitment. Due to our participation at CES 2003, dispatching of postal orders is only possible after the 15th of January again. Orders for download version via credit card are not affected by this, though. Also, our availability via phone and email is very limited until 15th of January - thanks for your patience. (ps) [News message: 04. Jan. 2003, 15:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` Blackbirds Nest	Retrogame: Missile Command Today the website of Blackbird celebrates its third birthday. Because of that Blackbird makes the readers a present with the retrogame 'Missile Command'. Compared with the original version (made by Michael Rosskopf) Blackbird has added three different levels of difficulty, a title screen, a screenmode requester and many minor improvements. For instance it is now always possible to quit the game by pushing the ESC-key. The game runs starting from a 30er processor with 2-4 MB FastRAM and graphic card. Besides this it is UAE-compatible. Under UAE you simply have to choose UAEGFX 640x480x8bit. Download: MC.lzx (ps) (Translation: dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 20:44] [Comments: 2 - 28. Jun. 2003, 15:21] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` Creative Development	USB-card: First snapshots of UltraBUS For the first time Creative Development shows a few simple snapshots of the first prototype of its USB-card which many people have already seen at ARC 2002. You can have a look at the card here. At the second picture you can have a more detailed look at the card - you can also recognize the FlashROM as well as both extension ports. The final layout will be clearer and possibly more compact but already right now the card makes a good impression. Creative Development is very buzy while finishing the development of the card and hopes to report further news soon. (ps) (Translation: dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 20:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` AND Software	Context menu: ContextSAS version 1.63 The program ContextSAS written by Andre Dörffler makes it possible to create and use context sensitive menus for AmigaOS 3.5+. The DefIcons-system is supported. With the help of a few additional tools it is possible to iconify Workbench screens and to create connections. Today version 1.63 has been published. Some new features have been added in this version. It is now possible to show the name (=title) of the context. A new internal command has been also added. With its help it is possible to filter the content of WB-listers. Of course some bugs have been also fixed. Download: ContextInstall163.lha (ps) (Translation: dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 19:14] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` Richard Small (phone)	The end of an era - last Aminet CD published Because most Amiga users have direct access to the Internet now, the bimonthly Aminet CD has become somewhat redundant. As a consequence, the Aminet team has decided to stop distributing CDs. Aminet as a whole is of course not in danger of being shut down, the service offered by the web and FTP servers will remain the same. The latest (and final) Aminet CD, no. 52 (December 2002), includes the full version of Andreas Kleinert's Superview Productivity Suite II as the highlight. SuperView II reads, writes and/or converts more than 50 graphic formats and also integrates external programs like Xpk, Ghostscipt or MetaView. In addition to converting or displaying graphics (on more than 20 supported graphic cards (via CyberGraphX, Picasso96 or special driver systems)), the program offers more than 30 different effects for picture manipulation. (ps) (Translation: dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 13:45] [Comments: 2 - 08. Jan. 2003, 11:58] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` Idruna Software	IconDesigner for Photogenics wanted Paul Nolan is looking for a talented icon designer who can design the toolbar of Photogenics completely new. People who are interested in this can mail to info@idruna.com and should send some samples of former projects. (ps) (Translation: dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 02:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` Dietmar Knoll	GAUHPIL: Many sections updated (02.01.2003) GAUHPIL (Geographic Amiga User Home Page Internet List) is a list of websites of Amiga users which has been created by Dietmar Knoll which has been sorted considering continents and countries. Yesterday the following sections have been updated: Europe List of new links List of lost links History 2003 Additionally several history sites have been updated. (ps) (Translation: dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 02:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` Maxworld	Book of budget: HomeBank version 2.1 (beta 2) With the Shareware program called HomeBank you can manage your finances and e.g. calculate the costs of your car. There is the possibility of displaying the cost in graphical statistics. The new version 2.1 (beta2) fixes minor bugs. Download: HomeBank21beta2.lha - 303 KB (ps) (Translation: dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 02:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` WHDLoad	Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 03.01.2003) With WHDLoad you can install games which were formerly only meant for playing from disk on your hard drive. The following packets have been updated or completely new added: 03.01.03 new: Cracker Journal 1 (Alpha Flight) done by Wepl 03.01.03 improved: XP8 (Weathermine Software) misc changes 03.01.03 improved: Slam Tilt (Liquid Dezign/21st Century) support for NTSC added, memory requirement reduced 03.01.03 improved: Bubba'n'Stix (Core Design) supports CD³² version 03.01.03 new: Ashes Of Empire (Midnight) done by JOTD 02.01.03 fixed: Knight Force (Titus) better save game support 02.01.03 new: Gravity (Image Works) done by CFOU! 02.01.03 new: Dimo's Quest (Infernal Bytes/Boeder Software) done by CFOU! 02.01.03 new: Cardiaxx (Electronic Zoo/Team 17) done by CFOU! (ps) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 01:39] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2003` ANN	Wired: Vaporware 2002: Tech up in Smoke? Amiga Inc. is placed nineth of the top 10 (or better spoken bottom 10) of the Vaporlist which is selected by the readers of Wired. Vaporware are here products which have been braggingly announced but until today have been not deliverd. It follows an extract of the full list of the winners of the Vaporware award: Duke Nukem Forever Mac and Linux clients for Neverwinter Nights Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms Oqo's Ultra-Personal Computer Infogrames' Master of Orion 3 NVidia's GeForce FX graphics card QuarkXPress for Macintosh OS X Ubi Soft's Shadowbane The new Amiga Silicon Film's Electronic Film System You can find the full Wired article under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2003, 01:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` Martin Heine (ANF)	Event: Benelux Amiga & Pegasos Show 2003 As Ron van Herk of Computer City announced on MorphOS-News.de, a Benelux-Amiga-Show combined with a Benelux-Pegasos-Show is planned for April 2003 in Rotterdam, Holland. You'll find out more from cindy@beneluxpegasosshow.com. (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 18:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` John Chandler (Suite101)	John Chandler on Suite101: Expecting John Chandler regularly writes Amiga-themed articles for Suite101.com. In his latest (which may be reached by clicking on the title link) he refers to what we may expect from Amiga Inc. in 2003, or not. Chandler doesn't forgo mentioning that 2002 didn't go as expected, and he can hardly conceal his disappointment that he and many others still can't use an AmigaOne with OS4. (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 16:14] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` Eric Schwartz	Sabrina Online: Holiday Greetings Eric Schwartz had Sabrina send you holiday greetings on your Amiga. :) (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 15:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` Amiga Future	Magazine: NoCover #106 Under the title link you may reach the online version of the current issue (#106) of the magazine 'NoCover.' Between convention reports and diverse articles (for example articles on ArTKanoid, YiYa.de, personal responsibility and heavy metal lyrics) Wolf Zimmer has put together a colorful mixture of themes for this edition. Included are reader letters, as well as Small Talk and naturally the obligatory help-line. The Amiga Arena interviews with Andreas Falkenhahn and Thomas Schulze additionally may be read through. Download: nocover106.lha - 1,6 MB (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 15:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` Thylacine Updates	USB: New Drivers for USB Card Thylacine from 31st December, 2002 The following new drivers for the USB card Thylacine are set for download: Pegasus chipset USB Ethernet Drivers pegeth.lha New HCD hcd.lha (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 01:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` Webseite von Stiftung Warentest	Foundation Stock Review: What's Changed Since 1st January, 2003 (w. Update) In a thorough article Foundation Stock Review summarizes what has changed since the 1st of January this year. Starting with altered highway signs, progressing to the changeover from 0190 to 0900 telephone area codes, and including all the important and interesting changes. Update of 2nd January, 2003: In the same vein as the new 0900 phone service numbers is the following interesting Golem article: Telecommunications: New Charges for 2003. Here is an excerpt: 0900 numbers change to the prefix of 0190 after January, 2003. After the regulatory officials partially approved the new telecommunications charges, they come into effect on the 1st of February, 2003. Along with that come reductions in urban and German charges, and increases in the monthly base fee for analog T-Net connections. Immediately after January the phone service will raise the setup charge for T-DSL. (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 01:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` Webseite von Jocke Sjöblom	GUI: Overview of MUI Classes Updated by Jocke Sjöblom Jocke 'Zerohero' Sjöblom, as earlier reported, established a website on 26th December 2002, which provides readers an overview of MUI classes along with download links and directions to homepages. In the time since then the website has been updated with the very latest information. (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 00:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` Golem - IT News	Golem: Interview: How the Penguin Came Across the Xbox Michael Steil and Milosch Meriac from the Xbox Linux Project interviewed: The XBox Linux Project is the successful attempt to run the open-source operating system on Microsoft's cheap game console. Golem.de spoke with both German maintainers of this enterprise, Michael Steil and Milosch Meriac, in detail about the success up until now, the posted "bounty" of 200,000 Euros, the hacker work among the team, and what still must happen in order to fully realize the Xbox as PC equipment. Click on the title link for the Golem-Article. (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 00:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2003` Webseite von Chris Perver	Text Viewer: EvenMore Version 0.61 Chris Perver has updated his website, and published version 0.61 of the text viewer 'EvenMore.' New to this version is the capability to function as a plugin, by which the program is usable with different GUIs. Along with that comes the necessity to completely reconfigure your settings for this version. Detailed information about all this may be found in the History. Newly added are also Portuguese and Polish speech catalogs. Download: EvenMore.lha - 800 KB (ps) (Translation: dm) [News message: 02. Jan. 2003, 00:08] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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