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AROS:State Of Developement Of The IBM Version (21. Sep. 1999)
The code to build AROS standalone (to boot an IBM compatible PC) is now much better integrated into the rest of the system. After boot, AROS opens a VGA screen (no use of the text mode just like on the Amiga) and you are in SAD. When the console is finish...

ZDNet: ITG shopping list: Communications, consumer electronics (21. Sep. 1999)
More rumors. An article speculates about a cooperation between Amiga and IBM. Another potentially major customer is Gateway Inc. The North Sioux City, S.D., company's Amiga division is developing a wide range of information appliances, including game play...

CNet: Gateway's AMD decision reflects changing battle (20. Sep. 1999)
Gateway seems to have entered a period of base decisions. The message has so far not been confirmed by either AMD nor Gateway, but it seems the chip question has been answered in favour of Intel. ...

Yahoo News: No multimedia console by Microsoft? (20. Sep. 1999)
(IBN) Microsoft denied reports of the software giant cooperating with Intel, Dell and Gateway as well as graphics specialist Nvidia to build a multimedia console. American and British computer magazines have reported about the project dubbed "X-Box" and W...

KOSH summary 26 (18. Sep. 1999)
After KOSH has resolved the problems with the DNS entry, and the mailing lists have been reactivated, we are again supplied with the summaries from the MLs. The KOSH website is available again. The URL is www.gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk/kosh/. KOSH [Kommunity...

Executive Update: Open Letter to the Amiga Community (17. Sep. 1999)
In this Update, Thomas J. Schmidt again speaks to the Amiga users. He regrets that his last Executive Update dating September 14th has led to irritations and frustration. In this latest statement Mr. Schmidt makes it clear that AMIGA, after a change in ma...

Heise: USA: Unlimited Crypto-Export Possible (17. Sep. 1999)
Heise writes: Following the announcement, US export restrictions on cyptographic software will be softened, the Clinton gouvernment has now released details. According to the information given, US developers of cryptographic software can now sell it virtu...

Gateway Petition (17. Sep. 1999)
Trogladite has initiated a protest petition against the latest descissions at Gateway. Everyone who thinks Gateway should reconsider their descissions can join the petition. ...

VIRTUAL News (14. Sep. 1999)
Since the latest Executive Update clearly shows that Gateway has no interest anymore in a decent computer platform, and the Amiga is absolutely dead, it is time for VWP to make decissions. All software projects are put on hold. There has been no final dec...

Open Letter to Tom Schmidt (14. Sep. 1999)
The latest Executive Update leaves open questions, as always. :-( Therefore, I wrote an Open Letter, that asks the one basic question I think most of us would ask if they had the chance... From: Martin Baute solar@baud.de To: te...

OS3.5 presentation in Benelux (14. Sep. 1999)
From: "B. van der Meer" b.vd.meer@worldonline.nl To: team@amiga-news.de Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 16:55:11 +0100 OS3.5 demonstration in the Benelux. On saturday the 18th of september Dirk Harlaar of Haage & Partner will give a de...

PHOENIX PLATFORM CONSORTIUM (14. Sep. 1999)
Today, I phoned Marc Albrecht and asked for clarification about the idea behind the founding of the Consortium. He kindly summarised his thoughts and suggestions for us as follows: Phoenix is not a miracle cure. The market power destroyed by Amiga Inc. in...

The Phoenix Platform Consortium (13. Sep. 1999)
A number of well known persons has assembled in this consortium, to give help and suggestions for the development of a reference platform for the Amiga users wanting to upgrade their Amiga. The goal of this group is taking the responsibility for this plat...

new Project: IMP - Amiga as Open Source (13. Sep. 1999)
Volker Mohr writes: Some days ago, when Jim Collas (was made) left, I suggested to find a sollution saving the Amiga plattform as Open Source, even if the people at Gateway have different opinions of the future, or worse still, none at all. My original su...

Version Watch Offline... for duration? (13. Sep. 1999)
I am frustrated. I am angry. I feel really sick about the ongoings - or lack thereof - at Amiga Inc. And I don't see any sense in investing considerable amounts of time in this Amiga-related project right now. The Version Watch will be down until further ...

Customers able to protest against credit card misuse (11. Sep. 1999)
Heise writes: "If you just give your credit card's number, you are not responsible for damage done by misuse." The usual contracts of credit card companies states that the customers are not made responsible if the payment was done without billing - means,...

BusinessWeek: Seems Gateway Isn't the Friend Amiga Fans Thought It Was (10. Sep. 1999)
There is much discussion about this article at Slashdot.org, too. It takes time to see what is true about the article. We have asked the article's author Steven V. Brull per eMail to tell us who gave these informations to him, because we have some clue du...

Amiga: Buletin Boards, US employees removed from webpage (10. Sep. 1999)
Since today, the Buletin Boards and the list of US employees have vanished from the AMIGA website. Reasons for this are unknown. ...

NoPiracy Discussion Forum temporarily closed (10. Sep. 1999)
H&P writes: Too late we discovered a security hole in the script for our webboard, which we have to close first before discussion may continue. We ask for your patience for some days. The board has been hacked, and a malicious message left behind. Eve...

Press Release by AudioLabs: NL-editing system for Amiga and DraCo (09. Sep. 1999)
From: AudioLabs info@audiolabs.it To: Petra Struck petra.struck@online-club.de Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 16:43:10 +0100 Subject: Press Release Press Release DATE: 09-Sep-99 TOPIC: NL-editing system for Amiga and DraCo CONTACT...