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`22.Jul.2001` slashdot.org (ANF)	PPC Machine: The Yellow briQ Node 'The Yellow briQ Node' is a compact PPC machine of size of a CD-ROM drive (5,74 x 1,625 x 8,9 Inches) with G3 or G4 CPU and Linux. (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 22. Jul. 2001, 16:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Jul.2001` NSM-Page	Midi: camd.library V40, CamdBnp-Tools The camd library v40 as well as the CamdBnp tools for BarsnPipes were released on the NSM page. 'camd' is a shared library for midi, which is part of the AmigaOS. Due to several problems with the original one and because there was no camd.library for AROS, this library was completely new programmed. This one should work like the original one and was successfully tested with 'BarsnPipes' 'Radium', and the 'CAMD' toolkit. An additional driver 'mmp' and a special camd midi driver for WinUAE are available for download for this library. The 'camdbnp.lha.zip' archive contains 64 tools for BarsnPipes, which should simplify the communication with other programs. The 'camd library' is used for this communication. 'camd40.lha' and 'mmp.lha' contains both binary and source code (APL, AROS Public License). The includes are part of the AROS source code and also available via e-mail. Download: camd40.lha mmp.lha (mmp=Tpp/Qp/rs323) uaemidi.lha camdbnp.lha.zip (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 22. Jul. 2001, 11:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Jul.2001` Rüdiger Hanke (ANF)	Role-playing game: Exult 0.93alpha4 Rüdiger Hanke writes: My Exult port for Amiga is available for download on my homepage. Exult is a role-playing game engine which can interpret Ultima 7 datafiles. Ultima 7 still captivates after many years with an epic storyline, a vast world and many details. You can find some screenshots on my webpage. The story: 200 years have passed in Britannia since your last visit as the Avatar. Driven by the mockery of a demonic creature calling itself "The Guardian", you travel once more to Britannia and arrive in Trinsic on a scene of gruesome murder. Maybe the new organization "The Fellowship", which is gaining more and more influence in the lands, is involved in it? Or maybe this is just the beginning of a larger plan that might endanger all Britannia? Required is an Amiga with FPU and graphics card as well as the original PC game by Origin. Please note that the files on the disk version are usually packed and have to be installed on an MS-DOS system to get the required files. Alternately, the uncompressed game is contained on the "Ultima Collection" CD-ROM. As a small goodie for the Amiga I have included a preferences program with which you can change all game options with a graphical interface on OS3.5 and above. An interesting tidbit: While porting the game, I found a sourcecode to read IFF files. Indeed, some of the Ultima 7 files are in IFF format. Even the chunk lengths are in Motorola and not Intel byteorder ... (ps) (Translation: rh) [News message: 20. Jul. 2001, 02:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Jul.2001` Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)	e.p.i.c. interactive: Feeble Ubdate Thomas Steiding of e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment GmbH wrote: Update & FAQs about The Feeble Files As announced last week we require at least 400 pre-orders to enable an Amiga port of the cartoon adventure The Feeble Files. Including today's entries we received 232 pre-orders and we are hoping, that the following days will bring the rest. The game can be pre-orders from us (order@epic-interactive.com) or from any stockist. With the enclosed FAQ we hope to be able to answers some frequently asked questions regarding the announcement. Q: What is The Feeble Files about? A: The Feeble Files is the official sequel to Simon The Sorcerer II by the British Adventuresoft company. Feeble is a little green alien having the task to make circles in grain fields on earth. He lives in a world restrictively ruled by the Omnibrain and he is an honest citizen never violating the group's big catalog of rules. But one day this kind hearted gawky stumbles into a full-grown conspiracy against the Omnibrain. As one can see from the screenshots on our homepage, the characters of this game are fully rendered. The game comes along with complete German or English spoken samples. The German games magazine PC-Games rated the title at 80%, then. The German vocals came for example from the German movie voices of Brad Pitt, Whoopi Goldberg, and Roseanne. More information and topical Mac screenshot are to find on our homepage. Q: What Amiga do I need for The Feeble Files? A: The Feeble Files requires an Amiga equipped with a 4 MB graphics board and 32 MB of memory. Furthermore a 68060 OR a PPC CPU is required. Theoretically the game would run on a 68040/40, but sure would be very very slow on this configuration. Q: When will the game be out? A: As soon as we have received 400 pre-orders (no matter if those were directly ordered from us or from a vendor - who forwards the orders to us), we will start to port the game to the Amiga. Due to the porting engine of our leader of development, Paul Burkey, the game then should be shipping for the Amiga within 6 weeks!! Q: Will there be more Amiga games from e.p.i.c. interactive? A: Theoretically it would be possible to port to the Amiga more games currently available for the Apple Macintosh. But since license fees for other games, e.g. like in case of the Settlers clone Knights&Merchants or the RPG-mix Gorky 17, are much more expensive (and hence the number of sales to be expected for an Amiga version must be higher), it is clear: If The Feeble Files port will not become reality, we don't need to start thinking about more games. (ps) (Translation: mj) [News message: 19. Jul. 2001, 16:14] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Jul.2001` Andre Geisler (ANF)	GRex4000T available from August Andre Geisler wrote: This moring I called DCE on the phone. From this call I learned, that definite there will be a PCI expansion for the Amiga4000T (and A4000D built into a case), which will be connected to the PPC board's bus, as usual. This would be available from the end of August, the latest on the Cologne show. (ps) (Translation: mj) [News message: 19. Jul. 2001, 15:41] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Jul.2001` infinity (ANF)	Elbox Computer announce mutual consent with Hyperion After a long time of both official and private discussions Elbox announced on the Mediator mailing list to sign Hyperion's contract for the Warp3D drivers. (ps) (Translation: mj) [News message: 19. Jul. 2001, 15:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Jul.2001` Matthias Münch (ANF)	PowerPC ATX Board Matthias Muench wrote: I just happend to find an interesting article on the IBM site, which is about a new PowerPC ATX board. (ps) (Translation: mj) [News message: 19. Jul. 2001, 15:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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