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Archive 02/2003


10.Feb.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


individual Computers: New drivers, higher shipping costs
individual Computers writes: "Dirk 'Doj' Jagdmann has updated his Linux-drivers for the Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper. In addition to SID functions, joysticks and an Amiga keyboard is now supported. The drivers, as well as the source codes, can be found on the author's website: http://llg.cubic.org/cw/.

The Amiga One now supports our PCI POST code display. The diagnostic tool shows valuable information during system startup that can be debuggin-information for developers, or give hints for technicians in case of a defect.

The cooperation with the development team of the Amiga One and Amiga OS4 has also been intensified on another field: Parts of the source code for the keyboard driver for the Catweasel MK3 have been given to Hyperion.

We're especially happy to announce that individual Computers has found a new distribution channel: The wholesaler APi has started selling the PCI POST code display under article number 11008. Several tenthousand PC-resellers and workshops now have an easy possibility to get hold of this useful tool. APi does not sell to end users.

Deathbed vigil DVD in stock: The must-have collector's item, the DVD-edition of Dave Haynie's movie about Commodore's demise and lots of bonus material is available and in stock. It's a DVD+R in NTSC video standard. All players convert automatically from NTSC to PAL-60 if necessary. Since some stand-alone DVD players have problems with DVD+R media, please check for compatibility before you buy. In any case, the DVD can be played back with a PC. The best thing: Each DVD has Dave Haynie's signature! Price: 39,- EUR.

Bad news at the end: The Deutsche Paketpost has informed us in an automatic mailing that shipment cost will go up by more than 68% on March 1st, 2003. Therefore, we can only offer the special domestic rates of 4,- EUR for pre-paid goods and 8,- EUR for cash-on-delivery until the end of this month. Starting March 2003, we'll only ship with the Deutsche Paketpost in exceptional cases, we're already negotiating with UPS and DPD/German parcel service. International shipping rates are not affected." (nba) (Translation: nba)

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10.Feb.2003
David "Daff" Brunet (E-Mail)


Results of the AGHP Amiga Games Awards 2002
The on-line magazine "Amiga Games hit parade" accomplished a vote in the last days about the play of the year 2002. The winner of the "Amiga Games Awards 2002" is, like in the "Amiga Awards 2002" of the AMIGAplus, the on-line strategy game of "Tales of Tamar" by Eternity computer. The official ranking:
  1. Tales OF Tamar
  2. Quake 2
  3. Crossfire 2
  4. Feeble Files
  5. Software Tycoon
  6. FreeCiv
  7. FreeCraft
  8. Crimson Fields
  9. Chaos 4
  10. Axis and Allies

The complete list can be found at the title link. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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10.Feb.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)


OpenPCI-1.0 and rtl8139-network-driver released
Yesterday Benjamin Vernoux released the first public version of his OpenPCI software package for PCI-systems Amithlon, Pegasos and Classic 68k/PPC Amiga with GREX 1200/4000 or Prometheus PCI Busboard

This first release contains new rtl8139-compatible network driver for the popular 10/100MBit-network-devices. VMC has tested these drivers for several weeks and they are glad to make them available to the public.

Additional information about this new software can be found on the Website of OpenPCI for the Amiga at the title link. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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10.Feb.2003
Richard Kapp (ANF)


GFX-BASE: THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES-review
The on-line magazine GFX BASE published a review of the new "THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES" (2-CD-Set-Version).

The KICKSTART ARCHIVES is a collection of documents, arranged by Thomas Unger on CD-ROM, dealing with the history and the technology of the Amiga. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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10.Feb.2003
TTEngine


Font: TTEngine Version 6.2
TTEngine is a text rendering environment for Amiga OS, which is based on TrueType Font. Yesterday the author of TTEngine Grzegorz Kraszewski released version 6.2. Changes:
  • Style and weight selection gadgets added to the font requester.
  • Added algorithmic italic font face generation. If a choosen font family does not have italic faces, TTEngine automatically generates them by shearing regular ones. Works only if requesting application opens fonts using the database.
  • FPU version of TTEngine compiled. Faster 30 to 50% on the same machine in antialiased modes.

Download: ttengine-6.2.lha (609 kb). (nba) (Translation: sk)

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10.Feb.2003
VMC Website


TV-board software: AmithlonTV Beta 254
Guido Mersmann released a new beta version (254) of his tv-board software package AmithlonTV. Changes:
  • Improved TVCardSetup utility with support for auto setup.

Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha (393 kb). (nba) (Translation: sk)

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10.Feb.2003
Patrick Henz


Amiga freeCD: Racing Weekend
A new issue of the freeCD series of Faces OF Mars published: "Racing Weekend" contains the full versions of "XTreme Racing" including many additional tracks and add-ons as well as "Wheelspin" (AGA Version).

Furthermore, this CD contains several freeware games and demos as well as a formula 1 data base and many pictures of Ferrari, Nuerburgring, Zolder and Monaco. The CD-ROM is available for the price of 3,- euro and can be ordered at the title link. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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10.Feb.2003



Aminet Uploads until 09.02.2003
Additions to the Aminet:

FFS4514p.lha         biz/patch   11K+Unofficial patch for the 45.13 FastFileS
netcat-1.10.lha      comm/net   106K+Netcat v1.10 - network data read/write t
umsspamc1_1.lha      comm/ums    15K+SpamAssassin client for UMS
IBrowseSP.lha        comm/www    21K+IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v2.3.1a
MBPrefs.lha          dev/basic   24K+External Preferences Editor for MaxonBas
SegTracker_pch.lha   dev/debug   14K+Patches SegTracker V37.73 or V37.74 to V
eviled.lha           dev/e      121K+Source Editor written in E 
GoPortscan_src.lha   dev/e      294K+E Source Code to Go Portscan! V1.0
Flexy.lha            dev/misc   119K+FLEXY 1.4  A very user-friendly GUI for 
OMon2.7.lha          dev/moni    48K+Monitors memory and system structures
agsaku01.lha         docs/mags  186K+AmigaGuide-Saku #1 (1/93). Finnish diskm
agsaku02.lha         docs/mags  145K+AmigaGuide-Saku #2 (1/94). Finnish diskm
agsaku03.lha         docs/mags  324K+AmigaGuide-Saku #3 (2/94). Finnish diskm
agsaku04.lha         docs/mags  220K+AmigaGuide-Saku #4 (3/94). Finnish diskm
agsaku05.lha         docs/mags  169K+AmigaGuide-Saku #5 (4/94). Finnish diskm
3SubGames.lha        game/actio  77K+3 small subgames. (AGA/68k)
qrdq_addon.lha       game/data  7.6M+Quake redone Quick Vocale Add-On
qrdq_deluxe.lha      game/data   14M+Quake redone Quick Deluxe
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  671K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
Anim2qt.lha          gfx/conv   176K+Converts and rescales an amiga animation
ldisplay.lha         gfx/edit    30K+Make AnimGif with scroll-text x web page
tileripper.lha       gfx/pbm      9K+TileRipper (29.01.2003) (TinyPic's compa
tinypic.lha          gfx/pbm    116K+TinyPic (29.01.2003) (Photomosaic for Am
BetaScan_v3.lha      hard/drivr 124K+BetaScan v.3 with Raction based GUI
imdbDiff030131.lha   misc/imdb  3.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
venti-lotto.lha      misc/misc   60K+Venti di Lotto (08.02.2003) (Photomosaic
JD-Digication.mpg    mods/mpg   2.5M+Digication by JaDe
JD-Dreamscapes.mpg   mods/mpg   3.6M+Dreamscapes by JaDe
JD-Evofinal.mpg      mods/mpg   1.1M+Evolution Final by JaDe
JD-Evolution.mpg     mods/mpg   4.3M+Evolution by JaDe
JD-Independenc.mpg   mods/mpg   1.3M+Independence by JaDe
JD-Overloaded.mpg    mods/mpg   2.7M+Overloaded by JaDe
JD-Piano.mpg         mods/mpg   1.4M+Piano by JaDe
JD-Revolution.mpg    mods/mpg   2.4M+Revolution by JaDe
mp3info-0.2.16.lha   mus/misc    96K+Mp3info - cool command line mp3 ID tag t
HD_Play103.lha       mus/play    53K+Plays long samples direct from HD
VakumTryne.lha       pix/anim   812K+Short funny animation by RHz
Mephisto-icons.lha   pix/nicon  444K+Yet Another Cool Icon Pack  [by cYbo]
WorkbenchXP.lha      pix/wb      47K+Windows XP Theme for VisualPrefs
mufs4514p.lha        util/misc   27K+MultiUser patch for OS3.5/OS3.9 FastFile
AWeb2IB_HL.lha       util/rexx    1K+(0.2) Converts AWeb hotlists to IBrowse 
Breaker.lha          util/wb    102K+Stops programs running in the background
(nba) (Translation: sk)

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10.Feb.2003
Jukka Varsaluoma (ANF)


New Freeware puzzle game: AlyBox
Jukka Varsaluoma released a new puzzle game "AlyBox".

By using the MiniGL technology 3D-accelerated diagrams, fast camera moves and impressive blending effects are possible. The game, which offers numerous sound effects, can be used in the full screen mode or in a window on the Workbench and can be controlled by keyboard or joystick.

System requirements given by the programmer are an Amiga with 68040 CPU (PPC to become supported by WarpOS), executable Warp3D-Installation, executable AHI installation and installed Lucyplay.library on. The game was published as Freeware. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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09.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)


Divinorum & Aural Planet CDs close to publication
Former Amiga musician Björn Lynne, better known as Dr. Awesome, has recently joined the musicians of the group Aural Planet to record a new joint album with them. Furthermore he is currently working on new material on his Divinorum label. This is progressive trance, or, broadly speaking, electronic sounding music pieces. All audio CDs are handled through his own distribution, Lynnemusic.com, where also numerous albums of other former Amiga demo sceners can be found. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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09.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)


Demo scene: Scene.org Awards 2002
This name is none other than an international jury who nominate the best demo scene productions of the year 2002 and later determine the winner. The nominations are not restricted to a computer platform, country of origin or a certain party. Thus also demos created on the Amiga, C64, Gameboy Advanced, PS2 etc. can be nominated and awarded. The sole requirement is that the demo was published in the course of last year.

The announcement of the winners and the award ceremony itself will be held on the Breakpoint Party 2003. A list of all nominations will be announced in the course of February on the Awards Web site. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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09.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)


Scene: Shakwave Web site completely reworked
The personal home page of musician and trader Shakwave, formerly better known as Chavez, has been completely renewed. A large number of older music modules and MP3s which he has composed over the years on the Amiga and later the PC are awaiting the visitor. This is mainly stuff that might become interesting for techno fans. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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09.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)


Scene: New music by Moods published
Various new songs by the music group Moods have been published. In one of the news entries of Diskmag.de one of the mainly responsible people, D!rtie, in a way apologises for their productivity, resp. for the fact that he has been able to announce new modules in the news nearly on a daily basis. As always all music pieces of the Moods Web site are freely available at no cost. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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09.Feb.2003
Amigart / Robin (ANF)


Soft3 Hardware: Photo of AOne-Dual G4 Module
Under the title link you'll find various photos of the AmigaOne, a.o. also a photo of the AmigaOne Dual-G4 Module. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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09.Feb.2003
Ricco Clemens (ANF)


Descent Freespace: MultiplayerPack02 released
Ricco Clemens writes:
The MultiplayerPack02 for Descent:Freespace with 5 multi player missions has been released, and all older MODs have been uploaded to the Aminet. Moreover, I'd again like to draw attention to our Freespace Forum which unfortunately is not yet being visited enough. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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09.Feb.2003
Rene (ANF)


Amithlon and Adaptec 19160
The Amithlon emulator can also be operated with a U2W 160 SCSI card by Adaptec. The name of the card is "19160 Adaptec". This is interesting for all those who have a hardware test on their internet site for Amithlon. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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09.Feb.2003
Achim Stegemann (ANF)


AmiChess: New version with increased playing strength
Under the title link there is a new version of AmiChess which has been recompiled with StormC 4. Apart from some minor bug fixes, the WarpOS version in particular has benefitted from the recompilation.

Calculation speed of the WOS version could nearly be doubled! Thus AmiChess with the GNUChess engine is a match for "Crafty" (see Aminet), the chess engine with currently the highest plaing strength! I wish all chess friends a good time with the new version! (ps) (Translation: cb)

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08.Feb.2003
Olaf Köbnik (email)


Amiga Arena: interview with Michael Lanser (Realms of Power)
Olaf Köbnik wrote:
Michael Lanser is developing already for some months a Civilization clone for our Amiga with the name "Realms of Power". We wanted to know the current developing state of "Realms of Power" and talked to the developer Michael Lanser about his project. The interview is available in German and English.

Amiga Arena - Back in business!
The basic design has been finished and further rubrics are now following. For the time being some software titles are not accessible. But I may already tell you that with the opening of the download area further new programs will be released. I want to thank you for your patience and hope that you will remain loyal to the Amiga Arena! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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08.Feb.2003
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)


Benchmark: AmigaMARK LPA 2003 v0.922 full-release
Rupert Hausberger writes:
Today it's time to release a full version of AmigaMARK LPA 2003. The release includes versions for M68k- and MorphOS-native! Both versions are fully compatible. Read docs before start. (ps)

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08.Feb.2003
Jurassic Pack Homepage


Scene: website version 1.2.4 of the mag Jurassic Pack online
Next to the repair of dead links that came to live due to our moving were the WinUAE tutorial and reactions to the issues #9 and #10 put online. All older issues of Jurassic Pack (#1 to #6 have also been made available online. Enjoy the reading! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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08.Feb.2003
Mikey C (ANF)


TOTAL AMIGA Magazine: Issue 14 coming soon - to a post box near you
HOLLYWOOD
The new multimedia authoring package for the Amiga. But can it topple SCALA? Our reviewers sit in front of the screen and bring you their verdict.

Our main Feature is: WEBDESIGN!
A true epic struggle, starring brave and determined reviewers, see if it can be done using an Amiga.

SOFTWARE TYCOON
The good, the bad and the ugly. Oscar Nominee or Turkey of the Year?

QUAKE II - On the Amiga
A long established Title, but will the latest Hyperion Entertainment port leave you reaching for more popcorn or heading to the exit?

The latest, eagerly anticipated issue of Total Amiga Magazine issue #14 is coming soon via subscription, individually, and at an Amiga vendor near you! For more details including release date, visit our website at www.totalamiga.org. (ps)

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08.Feb.2003
Robin (ANF)


AmiBench online again
As update to the yesterdays AmiBench news telling AmiBench had been closed because of violent attacks can today be told: The Amiga Community lives! Because of many encouraging emails Marc 'tecno' Wilson decided to continue amibench.org. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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08.Feb.2003
Falcon (ANF)


Interview with Petra Struck (amiga-news.de) online
Falcon wrote:
Since today is the interview with Petra Struck (recorded on January, 25th 2003) thanks to the help of the 'User der Nordseeküste' (udnimweb.de) finally online.

Download: interview_amiganews.mp3 - 6,15 MB

Sorry for the not so good sound quality but as the interview has a lenght of around 20 minutes and I wanted to make it available to as many users as possible I had shrunk the file to the end lenght of appr. 6.15 MB (40 kb/s).

Soon there'll be a CD released containing an exhibition video and the interview in word and picture (I'm just doing the video cut). On the CD may be a little surprise (if the timing's good) - no more words about it right now. As soon as the CD's finished I'll tell you right here. Enjoy! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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