08.Sep.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #052
Liqiud Skies released theire 52nd music pack. The song was composed by the finnish muscician Tripper. The corresponding cover was made by Kuadziw.
Additional information:
Titel: Fairy Moon Goes Disco
Artist: Tripper
Style: Electro
Duration: 4:21
Format: mp3 (192kbps)
The packet file is available for download at the titlelink.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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08.Sep.2003
ANN (Website)
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Simple DirectMedia Layer v1.2.6 released
Gabriele Greco released an Amiga port of the Simple DirectMedia Layer version 1.2.6. The release contains the following:
- GCC 68k static library.
- GCC morphos static library.
- SAS/C static library
- The 68k SHARED SDL.library, works with any language or compiler able
to parse an .fd file.
- A few SDL examples with a GCC Makefile to build them.
- Inlines, pragmas and .fd files for the 68k shared library.
- Includes and HTML docs from the original SDL archive.
- All the examples are compiled for the shared version of SDL to save
space and bring users and developers to choose the shared library solution
but they all works (at least on my system) also with the static one.
SDL makes it possible to run applications and games, for example soccer game 'Eat the Whistle', on different operating systems such as AmigaOS, Windows, MacOS or Linux.
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08.Sep.2003
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Magazin: The Crypt #31
Issue no. 31 of the english online magazin 'The Crypt' has been published. The online version is available at the titlelink.
Downlaod: Offline version of 'The Crypt' #31
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07.Sep.2003
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Aminet Uploads up to 7th September 2003
These are the new Aminet uploads which have been added since our last report:
AmBoS-Keyfile.lha comm/ambos 5K+Public AmBoS-Keyfile Rel. 2.98
AmiDiction.lha comm/tcp 29K+Online Dictionary
umsspamc1_3.lha comm/ums 15K+SpamAssassin client for UMS
MakeHTMLMap.lha comm/www 185K+Create fancy JavaScript driven Internet
streamer.lha comm/www 320K+Internet radio MPEG and RealAudio file p
mental-final.lha demo/aga 15M+Mental (final release, AGA/RTG versions)
abnormalia1HD.lha demo/mag 849K+Abnormalia 1 (HD friendly and more)
abnormalia5HD.lha demo/mag 852K+Abnormalia 5 (HD friendly and more)
amigatalk.lha dev/lang 1.2M+V2.4 Update of AmigaTalk (Smalltalk GUI)
Companion.lha docs/hyper 32K+AmigaGuide frontend for Amiga Developer
NotizieAmiga.lha docs/lists 1.7M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 08/2003 (Itali
nocover114.lha docs/mags 3.6M+Great german diskmagazine
TurboPrint_FR.lha docs/misc 5K+French catalogs for TurboPrint 7
Saga.lha game/board 328K+Saga 1.32: Conversion of TSR boardgame
scummvm-tools.lha game/misc 131K+Collection of various ScummVM tools
WormWars.lha game/misc 541K+Worm Wars 7.55: Advanced snake game
BMH03.lha game/patch 418K+Update for Bundesliga Manager Hattrick (
4_skins_4_Kaya.lha gfx/misc 143K+4 skins for Kaya player
4_skins_Kaya.lha gfx/misc 143K+4 skins for Kaya player (MOS)
ChangeMyLove.lha mods/chryl 233K+Funk mod by Chrylian
Chrylian.lha mods/chryl 12K+Demo mod by Chrylian
June.lha mods/chryl 141K+Latin mod by Chrylian
JustToSayGoodb.lha mods/chryl 115K+Jazz mod by Chrylian
KillingParty.lha mods/chryl 461K+Jazz mod by Chrylian
Live2.lha mods/chryl 105K+Jazz mod by Chrylian
MakeADream.lha mods/chryl 214K+Ambient mod by Chrylian
NoisyjegOldies.lha mods/chryl 50K+Techno mod by Chrylian
NuitOldies.lha mods/chryl 136K+Techno mod by Chrylian
OnTheJazzWave.lha mods/chryl 193K+Jazz mod by Chrylian
Pipeline2.lha mods/chryl 10K+Techno mod by Chrylian
PointOfJazz.lha mods/chryl 125K+Jazz mod by Chrylian
ShesMySun.lha mods/chryl 141K+Jazz mod by Chrylian
Tune1.lha mods/chryl 54K+Techno mod by Chrylian
A-crowd.lha mods/hardc 219K+Quite a loud song
A-fog.lha mods/hardc 125K+Some Hardtrance
A-I-ask-you.lha mods/hardc 186K+Some oldschoopl type of song
A-mothahug.lha mods/hardc 270K+Fast(240bpm) hardcore song
A-oldgabba.lha mods/hardc 275K+Old style gabber song
A-paaarty.lha mods/hardc 286K+Hardcorejungle song
A-pathofdarkne.lha mods/hardc 367K+Hardcore remix of a song by Volley
A-stop.lha mods/hardc 107K+Hardcore type of song
A-dream.lha mods/jungl 175K+Jungle module with filtered break
stepdarkness.lha mods/jungl 242K+Old but great breakbeat track
052_mpfree.lha mods/moods 6.1M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
053_mpfree.lha mods/moods 6.1M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
054_mpfree.lha mods/moods 7.1M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
055_mpfree.lha mods/moods 4.7M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
056_mpfree.lha mods/moods 6.2M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
hum_m237.lha mods/moods 3.1M+Moods - Music For Your Instincts
amegasGTR.mpg mods/mpg 4.1M+Amegas Game Tune. Aranged By Gigatron...
companyGTR.mpg mods/mpg 1.4M+Company Crack Tune Aranged By Gigatron..
A-nameless.lha mods/techn 37K+Made for some mod compo in 1997
A-weird.lha mods/techn 56K+Experimental track
Amoralplay.lha mus/play 144K+Plays SIDS,OctamedSS,mods,Digibooster et
c64days.jpg pix/art 108K+C64Days logo
whd-icons.lha pix/icon 111K+Games icons for WHDload installs
alicejuggler.jpg pix/trace 142K+Alice in Jugglerland (1152 x 864 x 24b.
MrCarlitoWb-04.jpg pix/wb 219K+Screenshot of my Workbench 3.9
SKM30.lha text/edit 352K+Skriptmanager for AmigaGuide, HTML, Arex
guideml2.lha text/hyper 59K+Cool AmigaGuide -> HTML converter (V2.6)
SafeCopy.lha util/cli 14K+Overwrite protection, and autorenaming f
froggui.lha util/misc 32K+GUI for FroggerNG
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 325K+Report+ 5.72: Multipurpose utility
vht-vg35.lha util/virus 109K+VirusWarning.Guide v3.5 (VHT-DK)
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07.Sep.2003
Sebasttian Bauer (ANF)
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SimpleMail Version 0.20 released
The developers of "SimpleMail" report the availablility of version 0.20
of this eMail client for AmigaOS. Changes compared to the previous version:
- Messages can in part (header only) be downloaded from an IMAP server
- Added statistical spam filter
- Many other small improvements and bug fixes (see Tracker on SourceForge)
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07.Sep.2003
Olaf Köbnik (ANF)
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Amiga Arena: History report 2000
The year 2000 was to become the hitherto most active year for Amiga Arena.
Beside numerous special price campaigns and interviews, the "Amiga Arena - Homepage CD-ROM"
was published for the first time and presented at the show in Neuss.
Moreover the German version of the game "Blade" was published for the first time and
a raffle with goodies from Amiga Inc. made possible. What else happened - read it yourself in
the third instalment of the Amiga Arena History!
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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07.Sep.2003
Matthias Muench (ANF)
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pegasosforum.de goes online
Today a new "Pegasos Community Portal" for the German-speaking area went online. (nba) (Translation: cb)
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07.Sep.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi: News about Pegasos II
The Pegasos II will soon be on sale. The first limited production run will be for
600 units. Details under the title link.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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06.Sep.2003
Jan Andersen (email)
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VirusWarning.guide version 3.5 released
After several years without almost no new virus or Trojan against the Amiga has VHT (Virus Help Team Canada, Denmark & Holland) released a small update of the VirusWarning.guide. Some members of VHT have changed their email addresses and all anti virus programs have been updated during this time. The new version of the VirusWarning.guide is available on the homepage of VHT and in a few days on Aminet, too.
Information about the new update:
Name: VirusWarning.guide v3.5
Archive name: vht-vg35.lha
Archive size: 111.275 bytes
Release date: September, 6th 2003
Programmer: Virus Help (nba) (Translation: wk)
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06.Sep.2003
heise online (website)
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Settlement out of court between Microsoft and Be Inc.
A settlement out of court Microsoft and Be Inc. has ended the dispute between the two companies. Be Inc. had accused the Windows producer distortion of normal trading conditions. Microsoft pays the developers house of the alternative operating system BeOS the sum of 23,3 millions US-Dollars but claims that this shall not be understood as acknowledgement of indebtedness of any unfair business methods. Read (German) background information at heise online following the title link.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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06.Sep.2003
Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ICQ)
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Software news: amigift v1.0
Version 1.0 of amigift, an AmigaOS 3.x port of giFT, has been released on the Sourceforge page under the title link. The project is supervised by Diego Casorran.
Program description: giFT is a modular daemon capable of abstracting the
communication between the end user and specific filesharing protocols
(peer-to-peer or otherwise). The giFT project differs from many other
similar projects in that it is a distribution of a standalone
platform-independent daemon, a library for client/frontend development,
and our own homegrown network, OpenFT.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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04.Sep.2003
Ralf Schülke (ANF)
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Status Report from the BeOS Front
[note from translator: this is a very long article from Matthias Breiter about various good news related to BeOS. Rather than translating the whole darn thing, I will loosely cover certain points and provide link information]
BeOS, currently enjoying a small rise, runs on X86 PCs and on many old Macintosh computers.
There are two new news sources for BeOS information:
Technoids: http://www.technoids.tk
Beyond: http://beyond.itbug.org/eng/
You may also see what the future holds for BeOS by going to a current site of much development:
YellowTab: http://www.yellowtab.com. There is a lot of software there and they are also looking for developers.
There are also some BeOS events coming up:
What-Is-Art (Mannheim): http://www.what-is-art.de
Begeistert (Duesseldorf): http://www.begeistert.org
So be sure to check out BeOS! (nba) (Translation: dm)
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04.Sep.2003
Merlancia Industries
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Merlancia: Reservations for the Merlancia Amiga MCC 1000 and 1200 Possible
Merlancia Industries is taking reservations immediately for the offered computer series Merlancia Amiga MCC 1000 (AMD x86) and Merlancia Amiga MCC 1200 (IBM PowerPC). Read the following for the whole press release:
Starting September 4th 2003: If you would like to be one of the first to purchase a Merlancia Amiga MCC 1000 or 1200 Series Computer upon their release in a few weeks, please send an email to misel@merlancia.com . The subject line should be "I wish to reserve an MCC."
In your email, please state which computer you would like to purchase, along with your real name, email address, and City and State location if you are a US resident, or your City and Country location if you reside outside of the US. Emails not containing the requested information will be ignored, and will not be acknowledged.
We will add your name to the list of those who will be the first to be able to purchase these new machines as soon as they are ready to ship. The first production run of machines will be a limited number of units, and they will be offered for purchase to those who have followed these instructions, in the order the emails were received.
Please do not send more than one email. Your email will be acknowledged with a reply that it was received.
Your email must come from a legitimate ISP address, not from a "throwaway" address such as Hotmail.com or Yahoo.com.
For specifics on these new computers, please refer to Merlancia Press Release #MIND27082003 at http://www.merlancia.com/newsandpr/MIND27082003.html. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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04.Sep.2003
DIDI (ANF)
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Giga TV: The Amiga 500 Lives
The Amiga 500 is being covered one more time, in the computer-oriented television show Giga on NBC. Along with watching you may voice your support for Amiga in the Giga forum by clicking on and following the title link. (nba)
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04.Sep.2003
Matthias Muench (ANF)
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Meeting: Amiga Inside Part III - "Injected with Poison"
Once again it is upon us: from the 2nd to the 5th of October 2003 the legendary "Amiga-Inside" party will be held in Hirsau (Germany), this time together with our friends in the Mocca party. A few Pegasos systems will be shown, as well as a diverse assortment of Amiga models with varying specifications, which may be closely examined as one exchanges experiences with the owners.
Interested persons may register unbindingly at the website to help give the organizers a rough idea of attendance. Because we want to actively support feminine participation, women get in free (includes 1 computer).
Our team of organizers looks forward to meeting you at the Amiga-Inside meeting. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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04.Sep.2003
Ein Liker (ANF)
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Petition: Halflife for Amiga und Linux
"This petition will be send to Sierra/Valve to ask them for the sources of the game Halflife for Amiga & Linux communities. If you want this great game (not free but ported!) sign up this petition with us! There's two way wished, a GPL version of Halflife or a license for Hyperion.
If we get sources we will soon need best Amiga scene and Linux scene coders to help in HalfLife to be ported. Any questions can be sent to webmaster@amigaland.com" (nba) (Translation: dm)
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04.Sep.2003
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Event: Website for the Benelux Amiga/Pegasos Show 2003
The website for the Benelux Amiga/Pegasos Show of 2003, which takes place from 4th to 5th October, has now been opened. There is where you will find current information, before long a list of exhibitors, and many more details about the event. Click on the title link for all this. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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01.Sep.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 01.09.2003
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
newscoaster.lha comm/news 491K+NewsCoaster Full Version (v1.59) (MUI)
newscoastersrc.lha comm/news 244K+NewsCoaster Source Code (v1.59 - 26 Aug
gdbm.lha dev/misc 260K+GNU's set of database routines
nA_MALevEdSRC.lha dev/src 36K+Level Editor for Mini Arcanoid v2.9 ASM
AmigaPower.lha docs/hyper 65K+AMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine (30 Au
4_skins_4_Kaya.lha gfx/misc 266K+4 skins for Kaya player
Tristartetr.mpg mods/mpg 1.3M+Tristar Tetris Crack Tune Remaked ....
EP_NovoTrade.lha mus/play 9K+EaglePlayer "NovoTrade Packer" external
AP23aCovers.lha pix/misc 484K+AMiGa=PoWeR n 23 Covers Recto & Verso
CatConFast2D.lha pix/misc 1.5M+CATCON PARTY Fast 2D Compo
MrCarlitoWb-03.jpg pix/wb 178K+Screenshot of my Workbench 3.9
froggui.lha util/misc 33K+GUI for FroggerNG
CyberLemmings.lha util/wb 334K+Adds pets to your wb. (68K/MOS)
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01.Sep.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Fortnightly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - round 18
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 18 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-15, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):
1) Asemoon: A poll here at AmigaWorld shows that most people seem to prefer to have "A" keys for their "Amiga" keys on their keyboards. Are there any plans to create such alternative keycaps to stick on Logitech or other keyboards? (like Computer City's Boingball keycaps for their general PC keyboards?)
Fleecy: No. This is a third party opportunity. We do have companies and vendors coming to us to create such officially licenced products but there are no details to release as of yet.
2) Crumb: Do you plan to integrate a X-Windows system with the new 4.1 desktop to allow developers to port easily apps? I mean something like Apple does with OS-X... I think it's called rootless server, it wouldn't harm the platform, but would help a lot to bring us new apps.
Fleecy: It is something we are considering but as with most graphics issues, they will not be implemented unless there is a very good reason until we have implemented the new Amiga Generation 2 (AG2) visual services set. This is slated for AmigaOS4.1.
3) Crumb: When will we have an IDE like a basic Delphi/visual/C Builder? Creating GUIs for our apps takes too much time. I have to say that I like Reaction, but some official C++ classes would be welcome.
Fleecy: Having a proper IDE and more importantly a GUI builder is high up on our list. As with the above though, we really want to get the AG2 visual services done first, then we can implement the new interactive environment, which will have a visual object system and a designer/builder for it. We may do a reaction based tool in the meantime but it isn't something high up our agenda at the present time.
4) Crumb: Will you add more examples to the autodocs? The information is quite good but an example of each function would be wellcome, at least one example of each library showing the most important functions.
Fleecy: The entire documentation and help system will get an overhaul, making use of the AmigaOS4.1 html/xml rendering services to provide a fully integrated solution for users and developers. The AmigaOS4.0 documentation will then be updated to support this. I should say that at this moment in time, all the new and rewritten elements of AmigaOS4.0 are getting updated documentation. One way to ensure you have a say is to sign on as a beta tester and let the developers know what you want in those docs as they are developed. Ultimately, a full time documentation resource will be assigned, attached to Developer Support, thus taking the chore away from the developers themselves.
5) utri007: Will there be tcp/ip printing?
Fleecy: Support for TCP/IP printing via the LPR protocol was included with the 3.9 update. Since this is a bare-bones protocol, it proved more to be much more troublesome than helpful (it basically has no error reporting capabilities, which makes it next to impossible to figure out what went wrong if something went wrong). This needs more work.
Since printing is integrally bound up with the visual services, the foundation for pDP (Digital->Physical) emission of content, with the emission/output device being anything from a TV to a monitor to a projector to a printer to potentially anything else capable of manifesting a physical visual image is being built into the AG2 visual services. Once this is done then it will be relatively simple to make it network aware.
6) Asemoon: Within what timeframe do you expect the Amiga platform to move towards 64-bit technology?
Fleecy: For the general AmigaOS4.n path, we need to enhance functionality, specifically through the AG2 programme and, for the moment that will concentrate on 32 bit technology but, as resources permit, we will create a transitionary version that can run on a 64 bit processor, albeit in 32 bit mode. In parallel, a separate project that is building the foundation for AmigaOS5.n will create a solution equally at home on both. I can't give a timeframe per se, just the steps towards it. It won't be in the next year though but as there is little advantage to it over 32 bit in the near and even medium term then it is not a high priority. It is what your computer can do that counts, not the size of its buses.
7) Asemoon: Can you tell us how you got introduced to Amiga computers and how you got involved in the Amiga community prior to Amiga Inc and Gateway?
Fleecy: I was just a user who worked on corporate systems during the day and on my Amiga 1200 at night. My first Amiga moment was walking past a Curry's in Crewe and seeing an amazing FMV of a space pilot getting into a fighter and launcing out from the belly of a giant star destroyer - a demo running on a CDTV. It blew me away. Then my wife's little brother got an A600 and we used to spend all day playing Captain Planet, Bart Simpson and a few others - Walker, Cool Spot etc. I had to wait a year or so more before I could afford my own A1200.
When first Commdore and then Escom went bankrupt, many users and developers got together online to try to work out what we could do. There were several attempts, some still on going. I was part of the ICOA (Industry Council Open Amiga) which formed just before Gateway bought Amiga. We sent off a proposal to Gateway on how we could help them and how Amiga could be developed and amazingly, they phoned us back and invited a few of us out there - Dean Brown, Andy Finkel, Alain Penders, Jesse McClusky and myself. We meet Jeff Schindler and the rest, as they say, is history.
8) alx: When do you see yourself showing AmigaOS/AmigaONE at a major mainstream computing show?
Fleecy: We intend to show at a major mainstream show early in the new year, hopefully after we have launched AmigaOS4.0 to the Amiga community.
9) reflect: Since many users now have been using Debian and its excellent package system, I was wondering if there are any plans to incorporate a framework for packages in AOS?
Fleecy: Yes. A content management service is being considered that provides similar services to both third parties and for the operating system itself.
10) Eric_Z: Considering the recent release of the OpenGl 1.5 and to a lesser extent the 2.0 specifications/suggestions, I'm wondering if AOS4s WARP-3D NOVA will use these new specifications. Or if the implementation of these are planned for future releases and if so which?
Fleecy: The OpenGL 2.0 specifications are all but finalized, and it will still take some time for the specifications to be adopted. OS 4 will have its own OpenGL support via Mesa, in whatever incarnation that is available at the time of release, and will see continous updates.
As far as I know (cannot verify since www.opengl.org seems to be down) at this point in time not even 1.5 is official, and 1.4 is still the most current version (1.5 being a draft). It's imminent, though.
Nova is something different. This is currently just an API specification/outline that has nothing to do with OpenGL 1.5 or 2.0 in the first place, except that we might opt to use their (OpenGL 2.0's) shader language specification. The idea behind NOVA is its independence from any committee or ARB that, by definition, has difficulties adapting itself to the speed at which graphics card hardware evolves, a fact that becomes quite apparent with recent OpenGL history where Vertex/Pixel shading is still an option supported through extensions. The trouble with these extensions is that they are sometimes burdened by licence or IP issues (NV_vertex_program being a prominent example) that makes it impossible to implement them in a general framework.
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=19
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (nba) (Translation: sk)
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01.Sep.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail)
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Amiga Update Newsletter by Brad Webb #030831
Bradd Webb published the August issue of his monthly newsletter Amiga Update at the titlelink.
Contents:
- McEwen Message on MOS Mess
- Amiga Show Benelux in October
- AmiWest OS 4 and AU - Correction
- Poseidon sinks Elbox Support
- Acid64 Player 1.1 and 1.1a
- Digital Almanac Update
- ImageMagick 5.5.7 available
- WarpDT - New Package Out
- WinUAE continues to improve
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01.Sep.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #051
Liqiud Skies released musicpack number 51. It contains a "Summer-Mix" called version of "High Sun" by Ritzu an a corresponding cover by DaFreak.
Details about the track:
Title: High Sun (Summer Mix)
Artist: Ritzu
Stile: Goa Trance
Duration: 4:39
Format: mp3 (160kbps)
The zipped file can be found at the titlelink.
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01.Sep.2003
Thore Böckelmann (ANF)
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Scout source code in public CVS Repository
The source code of Scout, a system monitor, is now available at sourceforge.net. This CVS repository makes the co-operation of interested programmers easier.
The availabilty through surceforge does not mean that the development of Scout has been stoped. It is only an invitation for other programmers to participade in the developemt of the program.
If you encounter any problem compiling the sources feel free to contact Thore Böckelmann by sending an E-Mail to him.
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28.Aug.2003
Nico Barbat
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amiga-news.de: Summer Break from 29th through 31st August 2003 (Update)
Amiga-news.de and AMIGAplus are taking a break from 29th through 31st August 2003 (Friday through Sunday) on account of an external appointment at the International Radio Exhibition in Berlin. We ask for your understanding and wish you a nice long weekend. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Software News: Movie Encoder "mencoder"
Today a MorphOS version appeared of the movie encoder "mencoder" (which exists in a Linux package together with MPlayer). This resembles ffmpeg and includes 49 audio and 123 video codecs. Unfortunately it is far from easy to configure mencoder. One must write a configuration file containing all the parameters for each codec. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software-News: YGRip v1.2
YahooGroupsRipper (YGRip), which just appeared in version 1.2, is a simple tool for the downloading of all news from a mailing list in a Yahoo! group.
Author: Diego Casorran
Systems: AmigaOS 3.x
Category: Communication
Link: Website, Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software-News: Worm Wars v7.54
The snake clone "Worm Wars" from Amigan Software has been released in version 7.54 for AmigaOS and Windows. Since the last version 7.53 new icons have been added and rule changes have been undertaken.
Author: James R. Jacobs
Systems: AmigaOS 3.x, Windows
Category: Game of skill
Link: Website,
Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: Apex Audio System v1.03
The new version 1.03 of Apex Audio Systems conatains improved support for C++ and Multiple Interrupt. An AAS-specific mailing list has been opened for user discussion and suggestions for small changes to AAS. The use of the sound system of Apex Designs is free for non-commercial products.
Author: James Daniels / Apex Designs
Systems: Windows/Gameboy
Category: Development
Link: Homepage,
Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: CW-Keyboard v1.0
CW-Keyboard, a keyboard driver for the Catweasel MK3, has appeared at version 1.0.
Author: Chris Hodges
Systems: AmigaOS, MorphOS, Amithlon
Category: Keyboard driver
Link: Website,
Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: CyberLemmings v1.1
With CyberLemmings your Workbench is visited by green-haired tiny beings with deathwishes. The little lemmings run around your windows, climb and fall and use their ropes and a teleporter to get from one window to another. This new version 1.1 has sound and introduces lemmings that shuttle from window to window.
Author: Adam Waldenberg
Systems: AmigaOS 3.x, MorphOS
Category: Workbench expansion
Link: Homepage, Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: Frying Pan v0.3
Frying Pan is CD burner software published as shareware. It already has Joliet support, MP3-to-audio conversion, ISO image support, on-fly-burning, Burnproof, TAO/DAO and a whole lot more.
Author: Tomasz Wiszkowski
Systems: AmigaOS 3.x
Category: CD burner software
Link: Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: Jabberwocky (030828)
Jabber (currently available in the preview version of 28th August, 2003) is an open XML protocol for the direct exchange of news. A connection hub with other instant messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo is possible over gateways.
Author: Tom Parker and Matthias Münch
System: AmigaOS 3.x
Category: Instant Messenger
Link: Website, Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: MorphOS Skin #1 v1.0b
MorphOS Skin #1 is a cute skin for MorphOS Intuition. It's very small and uses very little screen space.
Author: Christian Rosentreter
Systems: MorphOS
Category: GUI theme
Link: Website, Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: Report+ v5.71
Freeware Report+ version 5.71 has been released. The tool is based on ReAction/GadTools, requires AmigaOS 3.9, and offers many different functions. For example the use of Report+ with Aminet ReadMe files may be set so that the Commodore Bug Reporting Tool is employed or so that the byte sum for each directory is shown. In the new version there have been a few bugfixes and improvements to the EOL/Tab-Converter and the IFF form viewer.
Author: James R. Jacobs
Systems: AmigaOS 3.x,
Category: System tool
Link: Website, Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: Saga v1.31
From Amigan Software comes version 1.31 of the freeware game Saga, now available. This game is a conversion of the TSR board game "Saga: Age of Heroes" from 1981.
Author: James R. Jacobs
System: AmigaOS 3.x
Category: Strategy Game
Link: Website, Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: SystemPatch v2.1c
SystemPatch serves to accelerate Amigas under OS 3.x and has an influence on exec and areas of the system.
Author: Sante Nocciolino
Systems: AmigaOS 3.x
Category: System expansion
Link: Website, Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus (Website)
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Software News: uptime.amirx v1.0
uptime.amirx is a funny script for an uptime contest. Requires AmIRC 3.x, Trigger-Plugin for AmIRC and 'uptime' command in the system path.
Author: Christian Rosentreter
Systems: AmigaOS 3.x
Category: Communications Script
Link: Website, Download (nba) (Translation: dm)
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28.Aug.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New Packets through 28th August, 2003
With WHDLoad its possible to install games on your hard-drive which were formerly considered to be floppy-only. The following packets have been either introduced or updated since our last announcement.
- 25.08.03 fixed: Space Ball (Rainbow Arts) runs better on faster
machines, new install script
- 25.08.03 new: Leading Lap (Black Legend) done by CFOU!
- 25.08.03 new: Diggers (Millenium) done by CFOU!
- 25.08.03 improved: Capital Punishment (ClickBoom) supports another
version, fixes for '060
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25.Aug.2003
Diverse
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Emulator: WinUAE version 0.8.22R9 released
Version 0.8.22 Release 9 of WinUAE is now available for download at the titlelink.
Changes:
Bugs fixed
- compiler misoptimization of some rare instructions
(affected 0.8.22R8 only, usually caused GURUs)
- bsdsocket emulation (connection freeze, IRCD, AmyGate etc..)
- NTSC vsync sound
- Windows 2K/XP CD detection problems in non-ASPI mode
- more compatible audio emulation (TBL's Tint, some demos playing only
noise)
- ticking/unticking 68000 "more compatible" checkbox on the fly
does not crash the emulated Amiga anymore
- AVI capture sound sync
New features:
- software 2x filters (Scale2x, SuperEagle, 2xSaI and Super2xSaI)
and manual screen position adjustment.
- separate windowed and fullscreen mode width and height
- 100% exact blitter block mode cycle diagram (cycle-exact mode only)
- replaced "run at higher priority" with priority selection select box
- added CAPS support to mini-version
- automatic AVI splitting
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24.Aug.2003
Patrick Henz (E-Mail)
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freeCD "MEXIKON" released
MEXIKON, an extensive lexicon about cactuses with many tips and suggestions
by Egon Münch has been released in the freeCD series of Faces of Mars.
Currently MEXIKON contains information on 77 cactus varieties and far more
than 1200 cactuses. The data is available in HTML format in German language.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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24.Aug.2003
James Daniels (E-Mail)
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Apex Audio System released
Apex Designs has released the Apex Audio System, originally developed for the
Gameboy-Advance version of Payback.
The system has been improved and documented so it can be adopted by other
developers in their software. Use is free of charge for non-commercial products.
Further information about AAS can be obtained on Apex Designs' Web site under the title link.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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24.Aug.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New packages up to 23rd August 2003
Using WHDLoad you can now install games intended for diskette usage only
on your hard disk. The following packages have been added resp. updated
since our last report:
- 22.08.03 improved: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ultra Games)
supports original version
- 22.08.03 new: Super Street Fighter 2 (US Gold) done by Psygore
- 22.08.03 improved: Legends (Krisalis) supports AGA version
- 22.08.03 improved: Heimdall 2 (Core Design) rewritten using kickemu,
supports CD32 version
- 22.08.03 improved: Chuck Rock 2 (Core Design) complete rewrite of
slave
- 22.08.03 new: Booly (Loriciel) done by Psygore
- 22.08.03 new: Black Viper (Neo/LightShock) done by CFOU!
- 22.08.03 new: Leisure Suit Larry Enhanced (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 18.08.03 new: Sorcerer Lord (PSS) done by CFOU!
- 18.08.03 new: Shufflepuck Cafe (Brøderbund) done by Psygore
- 18.08.03 new: Quest For Glory 2 - Trial By Fire (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 18.08.03 improved: Leisure Suit Larry 2 (Sierra) supports another
version
- 18.08.03 new: Legends (Krisalis) done by CFOU!
- 18.08.03 improved: King's Quest 5 (Sierra) misc changes
- 18.08.03 new: Harpoon (Three Sixty) done by Galahad
- 18.08.03 new: Capital Punishment (ClickBoom) done by CFOU!
- 18.08.03 new: Bump'n Burn (Grandslam/Softeyes) done by CFOU!
- 18.08.03 improved: Benefactor (Digital Illusions) supports CD³²
version too
- 15.08.03 updated: Perihelion (Psygnosis) new imager, docs included
- 14.08.03 new: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ultra Games) done by
Psygore
- 14.08.03 new: Swooper (Diamond) done by Psygore
- 13.08.03 new: Strip Pot (Pixel-Blue) done by JOTD
- 12.08.03 fixed: Secret of Monkey Island (Lucasfilm Games) Spanish
version protection fixed
- 12.08.03 updated: Codename: Iceman (Sierra) yet another update, will
it ever work properly :-)
- 10.08.03 new: Time Race (Loriciel) done by Psygore
- 10.08.03 improved: Space Quest Enhanced (Sierra) enhanced music
- 10.08.03 fixed: Codename: Iceman (Sierra) sound driver fixed
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23.Aug.2003
Olaf Köbnik (ANF)
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Amiga Arena: interview with the "SongPlayer" team
Vor wenigen Wochensome weeks ago have Nicolas Det and Mathias Parnaudeau
released a new and reworked version of the known music player
"SongPlayer". Originally developed since 1994 by Stéphane Tavenard had the last version been released in 1999. Olaf Köbnik talked to the two developers how it came to the rerelease and what the future holds for "SongPlayer". The interview is for the time being only in English available on the website of the Amiga Arena under the title link.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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23.Aug.2003
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Digital Almanac homepage moves
The homepage of the astrononomy software "Digital Almanac" has moved to a new server with an own domain. The new address is http://www.digitalalmanac.de.
One result of the move will be an update of the pages, especially the English ones, so that they match the new version DA3 v5.4. Furthermore should there be no more download cancellations.
The update o DA3 v5.4 will be released at the beginning of next week. The changes:
- BUGFIX: City list has been rewritten. The list contains all countries of the world with their flags (optional). The format of the list has changed, so the list is now independend from the Locale settings.
The moving of cities was very buggy before. Now it works without any problems.
- BUGFIX: In the calendar, meteor showers were shown at a wrong date.
- BUGFIX: In previous versions, when the program was started from a Shell, the DOS parameters were analyzes wrong. This bug is now fixed.
- BUGFIX: Program could crash when drawing too many Deep-Sky objects (PPC only).
- NEW: Online information of the countries are available from the CIA World Factbook.
- NEW: Improved ephemeris of the Saturnian satellites Helene, Telesto and Calypso with the help of the HTC20 theory.
- NEW: Online informationen about the planets and satellites of the solar system can now additionally be accessed from the planet filter in the preferences window.
- NEW: IFF-ILBM savings are done via Datatypes. This saves about 10 kB code and is more system-friendly.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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23.Aug.2003
Dirk Martin (ANF)
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Amiga Zentrum Thüringen homepage with new MorphOS screenshot area
The Amiga Zentrum Thüringen e.V. has opened on its homepage a new area with MorphOS screenshots. If you want to get an impression of the Pegasos operating system you should visit this site.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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22.Aug.2003
Søren Ladegaard (ANF)
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Acid64 Player supports SID-chip on Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper
All Amiga/PC/Mac users that have the Catweasel MK3 card, can now enjoy
the genuine sound of the SID chip using the new Acid64 player, that
supports the SID on the Catweasel MK3 card. Get the player at www.acid64.com. (nba)
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21.Aug.2003
Amiga Inc. (Website)
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Amiga Inc.: Legal Settlement Not Reached with Genesi
In an official statement on the website of Amiga Inc. CEO Bill McEwen has taken a position on the recent speculation about a port of AmigaDE to the Pegasos and the legal battle between Genesi and Amiga Inc.
According to McEwen the legal proceedings between Amiga Inc. and
Genesi S.à.r.l. have not been ended, in contrast to other claims. According to his current stance, the proceedings go forward and Amiga Inc. has not lost the case. A port of AmigaDE for the Pegasos is not planned. The information spread by Genesi is supposedly false and misleading. According to the end user licence, Amiga OS may only be used on machines certified by Amiga Inc. Read the English language statement of Bill McEwen under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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21.Aug.2003
Christian Geier (ANF)
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Update of www.amiga-linux.de.vu
The website www.amiga-linux.de.vu has been updated. An image installer with Mandrake 9.1 PPC for the Pegasos has been added. The new site is still being worked on. The webmasters are open to suggestions about the layout. Right now a new image installer is being worked on. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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18.Aug.2003
IOSPIRIT (website)
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IOSPIRIT: Summer break
The software producer IOSPIRIT will have a summer break. Felix Schwarz won't be available from 18.08.2003 until the 27.8.2003 via phone, fax or email. Of course you'll still be able to order online. But the order handling maybe delayed until the 27.8.2003.
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18.Aug.2003
Scenia (Website)
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Amiga Demoscene Archive: Updates
Amiga Demoscene Archive (A.D.A.) updated. There are now charts for Demo, Intro 4k, Intro64k Slideshow and Musicdisk. Futhermore there are now screenshots of the legendary discmag Grapevine by the british LSD group and of the demo "Chronic" by Passion, winner of the Sealand Party 1996.
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18.Aug.2003
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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e.p.i.c. interactive at Games Convention in Leipzig
e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment gmbh will be presenting its portfolio
of games for niche platforms at the Games Convention in Leipzig from
21.8.-24.8.2003. The port of "Northland" will make its debut at Games
Convention for the Mac. With a little luck also a first version of
"Northland" will be shown for the Pegasos. You will find us at Leipzig
in exhibition centre 3 at the stand of our distribution partners in the
pc market bb Verlagsgesellschaft (Stand G31). (nba)
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18.Aug.2003
amiga.org (ANF)
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AmiWest 2003:Detailed show report by Daniel Miller
After Daniel Miller allready wrote two live reports from the AmiWest (Part 1
DE/EN
and Part 2 DE/EN)
he published a photo enriched review of the show at titlelink.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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18.Aug.2003
ANN (ANF)
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AmiWest 2003: Showreport by Lou Vidal
Lou Vidal, president of the Queens Amiga User Group, composed a report about the AmiWest 2003 show. This an some photos made there are available at the titlelink.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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18.Aug.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 18.08.2003
Aminet additions since the last report:
zip100-250_gi.lha pix/gicon 145K+By Raul Silva, the Best GlowIcons for Io
zip100-250_ni.lha pix/icon 173K+By Raul Silva, the Best NewIcons for Iom
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18.Aug.2003
Cloanto (ANF)
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Amiga Forever and Amiga Explorer now at www.amigaforever.com
In preparation of a major overhaul and given increasing bandwidth
consumption, the Amiga Forever and Amiga Explorer pages have been moved
from the cloanto.com web site to a new host at www.amigaforever.com. At
the same time, several new and updated articles and tutorials have been
published in the FAQ section at www.amigaforever.com. (nba)
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17.Aug.2003
Cyborg (ANF)
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New GUI system in search of a name
A new GUI system is still in search of a fitting name. Under the title link
there are the first screenshorts of a GUI system currently available in the
first Alpha version. Currently it offers replacements for Slider, Button,
String, Integer, BevelBox, Text, Number and Gadgets.
Furthermore the new gadgets "Editor" (text editor functionality),
"Blue-Box" (Windows-BlueProgressbar in all colours) as well as "Roundbutton"
are offered.
Current features are a.o.:
- 24 AlphaChannel transparency, sliders can make their handle graphics transparent on the fly.
- Gadgets can be repositioned and resized without application support and will later have
save/load functionalities for internals.
- As gadgets work as objects they may also be separated from the GUI and added to another GUI
while keeping their contents and attributes.
Provided there is enough interest the project is to be released as an Open Source project.
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17.Aug.2003
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: Review of Hollywood
Today a new review has been released on GFX-BASE. This time Bojan Milovic has reviewed the
multimedia/presentation software Hollywood for GFX-BASE - exclusively on his TV station in
Serbia (RTV JedinsTVo, Novi Pazar), where Hollywood was tested for several weeks on the Amiga
used there. Therefore - besides some screenshots of the program - you will also see photos of RTV JedinsTVo.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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17.Aug.2003
Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ICQ)
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New AmigaOS4 screenshots published
Under the title link you can find new official screenshots of AmigaOS 4.0
which show the debugging functionality of the up and coming operating system
for PowerPC Amigas.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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17.Aug.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Fortnightly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 17
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 17 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-15, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):
1) alx: You have mentioned that OS5 should include "Orthogonal Persistence". I roughly understand that this means that you don't need to explicitly "save" a file, but can you give us a rough idea of what it is, how it would appear to the user, and how it would impact AmigaOS in particular?
Fleecy: First of all, here is a decent definition of Orthogonal Persistence (OP) which I googled.
"In geometry, orthogonal means "involving right angles" (from Greek ortho, meaning right, and gon meaning angled). The term has been extended to general use, meaning the characteristic of being independent (relative to something else). It also can mean: non-redundant, non-overlapping, or irrelevant. In computer terminology, something - such as a programming language or a data object - is orthogonal if it can be used without consideration as to how its use will affect something else. In itself, a programming language is orthogonal if its features can be used without thinking about how that usage will affect other features. Pascal is sometimes considered to be an orthogonal language, while C++ is considered to be a non-orthogonal language.
Features of a program that is compatible with its own earlier versions - this is called backward compatible - have an orthogonal relationship with the features of the earlier version, because they are mutually independent; you don't have to worry about how the use of one version's features will cause an unintended effect because of an interaction with those of the other version. Both the features and the programs can be said to be mutually orthogonal.
The length of time data is kept in storage in a computer system is known as its persistence. Orthogonal persistence is the quality of a programming system that allows a programmer to treat data similarly without regard to the length of time the data is kept in storage. Data is stored for varying lengths of time; some is stored very briefly and some is stored relatively permanently. Frequently, a programmer must use different approaches and separate coding to access data depending on whether it is stored for a long time or a short time. Using a programming system with orthogonal data persistence allows the programmer to treat data the same way regardless of its persistence characteristic, saving programming time and making it easier to enforce referential integrity (a type of constraint applied to ensure correct data validity)."
To a user, as you say, the biggest difference is that there is no distinction between objects being used at a specific time and those that are stored on a disk and which have to be loaded and saved. An object just 'is' and you access it directly using just one method. This affects the whole model of data usage, whether for a user or for a developer. You just access the object and it is there.
For AG2, this will mean that the user doesn't consider the individual data object 'as is', but will make use of semantic organisation - embedding the object itself into multiple relationships which can use any sort of paradigm, from explicit sets (a set in which the user puts an object because they want it there) to implicit sets (the set of all png files, for example). Such a system can simply build a hierarchical container relationship, which would manifest itself as the existing file system model, but to only use it for this would be a profound waste.
It sounds very different but it is actually a far more natural activity that the system existing computers use, which is very closely tied to hardware restrictions. In fact you are already using a similar system almost everyday - the Internet. An HTML page is a container for all sorts of data objects and you click on them to access them. It is a limited and controlled environment and uses a very simplistic space model but it provides a good example.
2) Crumb: When will we have an updated datatype/codec system? The level of optimization of Action/Moovid is quite good... but making a codec system we would see Premiere-like aplications developed more easily.
Fleecy: The entire datatypes system is up for an AG2 review for AmigaOS4.1. There is no point in implementing the new system until the new graphics and audio services are in place anyway since we'd have to reimplement all the codecs to take advantage of the new services.
3) Crumb: What about DVD Write support? There's no software for writting DVDs yet :-/
Fleecy: That's probably the only thing we won't be fitting into AmigaOS4.0 but it is pencilled in for AmigaOS4.1.
4) CanGuy: Apple is apparently replacing AppleTalk with Rendezvous. Has Amiga looked into using Apple's Rendezvous (or similar technologies like the IETF's in-development Zeroconf technolgy or jrendezvous, an open-souce implementation of the Rendezvous protocol) as an alternative to Envoy?
Fleecy: The "Rendezvous" protocol is a set of procedures for finding local services (printing, file sharing, etc.) offered in the local network and for assigning IP addresses to hosts. It's just that and does not imply any sort of file sharing or printing protocol. The Zeroconf protocol(s) are still in flux, but Apple took the plunge to deploy (and to publish MacOS X sample source code for the implementation) a solution. Hardly anybody else seems to be using it so far. And it may be wise to wait a little longer for information to trickle in how well it works and for other implementations to become available and to mature (the Apple supplied code is rather MacOS X specific).
For the time being, the TCP/IP stack to ship with AmigaOS4 will support automatic address assignment using one of the protocols of the Zeroconf specification. But that's it so far.
5) Asemoon: What do you consider the AmigaDE's most promising selling point or addition compared to standard Intent2 technology?
Fleecy: The content centric elements. Intent2 is a product that is focused heavily on the feedback the Tao-Group have received from their customers. These are chiefly OEMs and IHVS who are after embedded solutions to drive their hardware products. AmigaDE is focused on supplying content above that layer, and so we have not only a highly flexible packing, distribution and deployment solution but also services for content developers which free them from having to do common tasks - a good example being Astorage and AmiDB.
6) Jose: Do you sitll have the rights to the tick (or checkmark, as somepeople call it) logo? And the Amiga word in italic as it's stamped on the case of our Classic Amigas?
Fleecy: I believe so but I haven't checked. It's not within my domain.
7) Morka: Will be in OS4 something like Windows update or Symantec LiveUpdate?
Fleecy: There is a fundamental issue when considering an automatic maintenance system, and that is how do we have both a 100% knowable system and also allow power users to tinker? An AMS needs to assume that it has complete control of the maintenance domain (or at least that there is a formal way of identifying all changes that may have been made to its last knowable image) otherwise it will base its maintenance on knowledge that may just be completely wrong. A good example of this is the Windows architecture. Changes made through formal mechanisms are reflected in the registry but users can still move into the actual filing system itself and make changes which may/may not be reflected in the registry.
We are already looking at such a system but it will initially be for closed solutions - auto updates for Smartphones, STBS, Games consoles and the like. We have to look at whether power users would accept such control or else implement some sort of transaction logging/journaling and lock down all possible points of change.
8) mjohnson: Is Amiga reaching out to digital camera developers and producers of film scanners (Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Fuji, Kodak, Olympus), to enable the availability of drivers and custom viewer/raw-file software for these products for the A1/OS4? (or will it come for OS5) Also, will (digital image)-card readers be usable through OS4 without too much fuss?
Fleecy: The answer here is the same as for any third party hardware that requires drivers. We have approached and been approached by many of the big players but their answer is almost always the same - we'll support you when you have a market base that makes commercial sense for us.
Luckily there are many standards in play, and with the new datatypes system, there will be a good foundation for third parties to step in and offer solutions. Once we can get the market base to an attractive size then we will revisit these companies.
9) alx: A while ago, Amiga published a timeplan on their website for what features will be in OS4.x and 5. Will there be a new one released to reflect, for instance, the features of OS4.2 that are now in OS4.0?
Fleecy: As with any project plan, things change so yes, we will release a new snapshot of where we are going but it won't be until after AmigaOS4.0 is released. Given the complexity and number of threads in the AmigaOS4.0 development, it is always the case that some take a shorter time, some take a longer time, and with that, some of the developers decided that they'll start work on things pencilled in for AmigaOS4.1, except that they are very quick and are finished before AmigaOS4.0 is ready.
We may just release the overall feature plan from AmigaOS4.0 to AmigaOS5.0 rather than trying to release individual products that may constantly change.
10) alx: I understand that in one of the later 4.x OSes, the current implementation of workbench, icons etc will be replaced. Few other desktop operating systems that I can think of have had this chance for a fresh start in a long time - what features will you be able to introduce that will make the Amiga's implementation superior to other OSes?
Fleecy: The interactive environment obviously sits on top of a variety of foundation services - graphics, audio, events, composition etc and so there is little point in changing large parts of the AG1 system when they will have to be reimplemented when the AG2 foundations services are implemented.
You are correct though that we have a chance to start from scratch with the entire interactive environment and we are deep into that process at the moment, concentrating on developing a much better workflow model. To be honest, this is far more important that 32 bit icons and skinnable frames - these things are just eye candy and relatively simple to implement, although they rarely make an environment better to use. There are many examples of gorgeous looking interfaces and applications, particularly games where the project managers have completely missed the point - an interface is for doing things with, not staring at. Looks are important but secondary and as always with Amiga, we are seeking to advance the total experience, not a specific (and most obvious) part of it.
We are intending to really push the boundaries here, and some of the concepts and models need to go through IP assessment before they are made publicly so don't be surprised if you don't hear about it for some time, and then it is suddenly upon you. I'm not trying to dodge the question but interface design has been stuck for the last decade and we think we have some ideas that could break through that deadlock.We aren't about to give them away.
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Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=18
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17.Aug.2003
AWeb Mailingliste
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AWeb: KHTML port for Amiga
Since yesterday the developers of AWeb, an open source based Web browser for the
Amiga, are cooperating with the developers of KDE and KHTML. The goal of the
concerted efforts is the porting of KHTML to the Amiga and its clone systems.
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16.Aug.2003
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Aminet ploads until August, 18th 2003
Here are the new added Aminet uploads since our last news:
bitlbee_amiga.lha comm/irc 620K+BitlBee: An IRC to other chat networks g
md_autocheck.lha comm/mail 13K+Fix for MD's missing mail autocheck.
BabelDoc.lha comm/tcp 37K+Translate docs or strings from one langu
antiSPAM.lha comm/thor 3K+AntiSPAM script/config/HOWTO for THOR
triangle.lha demo/aga 467K Shey-deed by try'n'gel. released at asm0
mwi-Excess09.lha demo/mag 2.4M+Polish scene magazine by Madwizards!
jrm-hata.lha demo/sound 328K+DA JoRMaS: H t (3rd at Assembly 2003 ol
SFSCheck.lha disk/misc 58K+Utility to check a SmartFileSystem devic
WipeDisk.lha disk/misc 7K+Quickly erase all data on a disk
Saga.lha game/board 326K+Saga 1.31: Conversion of TSR boardgame
FS_MultiPack02.lha game/data 46K+Descent: Freespace 1 MOD
FS_MultiPack03.lha game/data 57K+Descent: Freespace 1 MOD
FS_MultiPack04.lha game/data 54K+Descent: Freespace 1 MOD
FS_MultiPack05.lha game/data 64K+Descent: Freespace 1 MOD
FS_MultiPack06.lha game/data 45K+Descent: Freespace 1 MOD
FS_MultiPack07.lha game/data 57K+Descent: Freespace 1 MOD
FS_MultiPack08.lha game/data 109K+Descent: Freespace 1 MOD
ExodusSGm.lha game/hint 503K+Exodus Moroi Saved Games 1-20
WormWars.lha game/misc 538K+Worm Wars 7.54: Advanced snake game
damage.lha game/shoot 676K+A little killing game... Download IT!
dmg.lha game/shoot 346K+A little killing game... Download IT!
trilero68k.lha game/think 679K+Trilero Simulator
trileromos.lha game/think 735K+Trilero Simulator
watchNplay.lha game/wb 433K+Effects, games, and utilities. -V2.4-
Ham32k.lha gfx/conv 12K+Display 32000 colours with OCS/ECS chips
MicroPaint209.lha gfx/edit 492K+Paint program with effects / BMP support
DIYrekoIII.lha gfx/ifx 34K+Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
jhead.lha gfx/misc 76K+Jhead - Digicam Jpeg exif header manipul
Mentat.lha misc/edu 234K+Mentat 0.7 english2english Longman dicti
MentatData_a-d.lha misc/edu 1.9M+Mentat 0.7 english2english Longman dicti
MentatData_e-l.lha misc/edu 1.9M+Mentat 0.7 english2english Longman dicti
MentatData_m-r.lha misc/edu 1.8M+Mentat 0.7 english2english Longman dicti
MentatData_s-z.lha misc/edu 1.9M+Mentat 0.7 english2english Longman dicti
MaguilaB2.lha misc/emu 12M+MAGUILA GUI for MorphOS MAME
SIM4004.lha misc/emu 135K+Intel 4004 processor simulator (1.0)
djnick-han.lha mods/8voic 522K+RaveTheBrain 8ch MED by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-mad.lha mods/8voic 495K+RaveTheBrain 8ch MED by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-ary.lha mods/hardc 391K+Rave the Brain album djnick/d-tronic
djnick-cyz.lha mods/hardc 191K+Old hc module by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-dza.lha mods/hardc 452K+Rave the Brain album by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-fan.lha mods/hardc 289K+Old 4ch techno mod by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-voi.lha mods/hardc 293K+Old hc rave by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-wel.lha mods/hardc 218K+From Teknoactive album by djnick/d-troni
101_maszynista.lha mods/ijont 777K+10ch psychedelic ;) DBM by Ijon Tichy
djnick-sko.lha mods/instr 344K+Rap med for VaNaMa by djnick/d-tronic
raunio.lha mods/jorma 195K+Raunio by Vesuri (from H t )
djnick-dan.lha mods/melod 243K+Dance song by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-fal.lha mods/piano 271K+Ballad song by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-she.lha mods/piano 127K+Old ballad song by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-bro.lha mods/slow 439K+Ballad song by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-int.lha mods/slow 399K+Old breakbeat by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-lor.lha mods/slow 128K+Old electro ballad by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-nme.lha mods/slow 574K+Old trip-hop mod by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-boo.lha mods/techn 372K+Old competition song by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-cap.lha mods/techn 164K+Module for a game by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-cyb.lha mods/techn 430K+Module for competition by djnick/d-troni
djnick-don.lha mods/techn 267K+Taken from Teknoactive album by djnick/d
djnick-fuc.lha mods/techn 190K+Teknoactive album by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-mak.lha mods/techn 352K+Old breakbeat by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-mal.lha mods/techn 285K+Old breakbeat mod by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-mar.lha mods/techn 238K+Techno dance mod by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-par.lha mods/techn 346K+Rave the Brain mod by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-rav.lha mods/techn 332K+Rave the Brain breakbeat by djnick/d-tro
djnick-red.lha mods/techn 192K+Dance rave rmx mod by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-und.lha mods/techn 221K+Teknoactive mod by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-wha.lha mods/techn 88K+Old techno mod by djnick/d-tronic
djnick-you.lha mods/techn 453K+Rave the Brain album djnick/d-tronic
djnick-eru.lha mods/tranc 352K+Old acid trance mod by djnick/d-tronic
SF_icons.lha pix/gicon 523K+Icons from Super Frog [by cYbo]
ZIP100-250_GI.lha pix/gicon 149K+By Raul Silva, the Best GlowIcons for Io
MrCarlitoWb-01.jpg pix/wb 222K+Screenshot of my Workbench 3.9
Tree17.lha util/cli 15K+Lists Directory content tree-like
WarpTIFFdt.lha util/dtype 310K+TIFF datatype V45.4 (68k,WarpOS,MorphOS)
froggui.lha util/misc 23K+GUI for FroggerNG
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 323K+Report+ 5.71: Multipurpose utility
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16.Aug.2003
amiga.org (website)
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Audio Evolution 4 debutes at Benelux Amiga Show 2003
At the Benelux Amiga Show/ Benelux Pegasos Show taking place in Rotterdam (Netherlands) from October, 4th to October, 5th will for the first time the audio sequencer "Audio Evolution" coming for AmigaOS 4 presented to the public. The introduction will be held by the developer Davy Wentzler.
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16.Aug.2003
MorphZone.org (ANF)
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AMOS goes Open Source
The sources of the programming environment AMOS have been released as Open Source to make a continuation of development or a port to other platforms by third party developers possible. The download of the sources is possible via the Aminet (download: AMOS 1.3 Sources, AMOS Compiler Sources)
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16.Aug.2003
Jürgen Sachs (ANF)
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Router remote control: AImonc v0.24 released
Jürgen Sachs has released version 0.24 of AIMonc on his homepage. Among other things were some bugs fixed that could have caused system crashes. AImonc is an Imonc client for the Amiga to remote control a Fli4l router.
With AImonc you can control the most important functions like online, offline,
cCircuit choice, choice mode (auto/manual), reboot and system halt. Additionally, some information about the router is shown.
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15.Aug.2003
Captain HIT (ANF)
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Wzonka-Lad sources released under GPL
Wzonka-Lad had been one of the best Gameboy emulators for the 68k AGA Amiga.
Since a long time, though, there haven't been neither any updates nor any news. Now has
the author released the sources of the emulator under GPL. So there's now hope that there may come some updates should there be a programmer to continue the development.
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15.Aug.2003
Golem IT-News (website)
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Golem: Games Convention speeches: How to become a games developer?
Quite many enthusiastic gamers dream of becoming a developer in the games industry. But only a small number has really an imagination of the qualifications needed for this and how a typical working day of a games developer looks like. The Berlin team SEK will do some educational work at the Games Convention 2003 in Leipzig (Germany) about this topic.
Read the full (German) article at Golem IT-News following the title link.
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15.Aug.2003
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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Amiga Society: News about BBoAH and Schlachtfeld
The Big Book of Amiga Hardware by Ian Chapman had been updated again and comes now with even more comprehensive information.
Furthermore does the work on Schlachtfeld continue. Right now are especially Christian and Michael preparing the beta tests. For this is a portal built up that will be used by the testers to report their results to the developers using a form. Additionally will some polls be held in the near future regarding this subject.
For the time being is the team looking for beta testers and, should the occasion arise, some programmers for MorphOS. The tests will probably start at the end of the month. People who want to take part in theses should just send an email to Horst Diebel.
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15.Aug.2003
Diverse
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Software news in short (15.08.2003)
Since the last software news update have some applications received further development. Below we write about the changes:
Octamed Sound Studio
In the short period of time he is collaborating on the project Gerd Frank has released a small update for the audio application Octamed Sound. Download
TrileroMOS
TrileroMOS is a version of the classic Hütchenspiels "Trilero" for MorphOS. A first public alpha version is available at morphzone.org (registartion necessary). A version for the classic Amiga is said to follow.
BabelDoc
BabelDoc is a progamm that allows the translation of texts or text excerpts from one language to another by accessing the translation service of AltaVista. You can download the new version 2.6 from the website of programmer Lorence Lombardo.
AmiDiction
AmiDiction is an online dictionary basing on the service of www.dictionary.com. You can download the new version 2.4 from the website of programmer Lorence Lombardo.
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15.Aug.2003
AMIGAplus
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News from Sweden: Amiga magazine "Azine"
For all Amigans knowing the wonderful Swedish language has the Amiga Computer Group (ACG) made the first three issues of the Swedish print magazine "Azine" available for download as PDF files. The current issue and the coming one can be ordered as print issue at the ACG following the title link.
Parts of the contents of the previous issues::
Azine #1: AmiGBG exhibition report, Elemental force - Amiga and TV, Midwinter
2002 report, Payback review.
Azine #2: AmigaOne in Göteborg, Prometheus PCI, Descent: Freespace review.
Azine #3: AmigaOS 4, AROS, C programming part 3, tower alteration workshop,
retro gaming part 2, Quake 2 review.
Azine #4 (out now, Summer 2003): AmiGBG 2003 report, Breakpoint report,
BlizzardPPC upgrade, Linux workshop part 1, Napalm review.
Azine #5 (coming autumn 2003): AmigaOS4 on tour, ACGGbg in Schonen,
Linux workshop part 2, Crossfire II review.
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14.Aug.2003
morphos-news.de (Website)
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Genesi: Thoughts About Future Development (Update)
In a posting on the online magazine morphos-news.de Raquel
Velasco and Bill Buck of Genesi S.à.r.l. express a few thoughts and ideas having to do with Genesi, the Pegasos product series and the state of computing in general. Read the complete English language article at morphos-news.de under the title link.
Nachtrag (15.08.03, 20:27, nba): Martin Heine did a German language translation of this "executive updates." This may be read at pegasosppc.de: "Our View of Things." (nba) (Translation: dm)
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14.Aug.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Full Version of "Teeny Weenys AGA"
Thanks to the efforts of Malcolm Lavery the platform game "Teeny
Weenys AGA" is available for free download at Amiga Arena. "Teeny
Weenys AGA" is a game in the style of "Lemmings". Other games from Malcolm Lavery will follow.
Additionally, the lucky winner of the "amiga-news.de" T-Shirts
have been named. A great big thanks to all who took part. More
raffles will follow. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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14.Aug.2003
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Mai Logic: Information About Articia P Chipset
Mai Logic has made known some information about the Articia P chipset. This information may be read in the PDF document under the title link. Excerpts from the document:
Articia P's groundbreaking architecture enables five buses to run concurrently in one package. The five buses are CPU bus, memory bus, and three configurable peripheral buses-- 32-bit AGP4X for industry-strength multimedia performance, 64-bit 133/66MHz PCIX for high-bandwidth connectivity, and 32-bit 66/33MHz PCI for legacy, low-speed devices.
With its 166 MHz Front Side Bus, 333 MHz DDR memory controller, superb AGP4X core logic, dual 64-bit PCIXs, programmable Interrupt Controller, DMA controllers, integrated Clock Generator, and Global Timers, Articia P yields an unbeatable mix of power, performance, and value.
Articia P engineering samples are expected to be available in Q3, 2003.
For any inquiries, please email us at marketing@mai.com. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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14.Aug.2003
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Mai Logic: Information about the Articia Sa Chipset
Mai Logic has made knoew some information about their Articia Sa chipset. This may be read in the PDF document under the title link. Excerpts from the document:
Articia Sa is a highly-integrated PowerPC companion chipset. Harnessing
the industry-leading CPU bus speed of 166 MHz, the cutting-edge 333 MHz
DDR SDRAM, the stunning graphic capability from AGP4X, and the extended
data throughput of 64-bit PCI, the multi-missioned Articia Sa brings down
system cost while offering phenomenal performance.
Articia Sa realizes a most powerful and yet affordable "toal solution" for the innovative pervasive computing markets by incorporating all critical functionality such as the programmable Interrupt Controller, the enhanced DMA engine, the integrated Clock Generator, and the Global Timers in one single package.
Articia Sa engineering samples are expected to be available in Q3, 2003.
For any inquiries, please email us at marketing@mai.com. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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14.Aug.2003
Patrick Henz (ANF)
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Pictures for YAM with "My Virtual Model"
A little link tip: On the website My Virtual Model a three dimensional model may be generated free of charge, which is a neat gimmick for YAM users, who may use the face in their address books. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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14.Aug.2003
McFly (ANF)
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Big Update of the Amiga-PPS-Homepage
After a few difficulties with the webspace there is a big update of the Amiga-PPS-Homepage. 15 new presenations have been added. The archive now includes 47.
All of the new presenations include a prefs-setter. With this one may now enjoy Amiga-PPS full-screen in a resolution of 800x600.
Additionall, a new category has been added, in which the user may introduce his own presentations. Manager McFly would be happy if you like it. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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12.Aug.2003
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Magazine: Obligement N°40
Issue 40 of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine is now available. You can
read is this issue : latests Amiga news, report of AmigaOS 4 On Tour,
report of the NASS 2 Show, interview of Thomas Steiding (Epic) and Alex
Dillenseger (Amiga Power), review of Immortal and Football-O-Rama,
hardware with USB scanners and The Pegasos-Arcade-machine, articles about
MorphOS 1.4, AROS, FPDF, PixLoad, and lots of other interesting things.
Download: Obligement40.zip (nba)
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12.Aug.2003
Up Rough (ANF)
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Music: New Releases from Up Rough
Amiga-demoscene-group Up Rough released three new modules and
a new Amiga-intro. News in detail:
- #058: No Clue [Amiga Mod]
Compomusic from Underscore 2003 (Chip) by Qwan.
- #057: Lost in Otaniemi [Amiga Intro]
An Intro released at MFX+Kewlers birthdayparty.
A Spaceballs/Up Rough co-op. Ranked 1st.
- #056: Gnomedance [Amiga Mod]
Compomusic from Underscore 2003 (Small) by Qwan.
- #055: Pulsewidth Poem [Amiga Mod]
Compomusic from Underscore 2003 (4ch) by Qwan. (nba) (Translation: nba)
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11.Aug.2003
exotiC (ANF)
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PTPlay Version 1.1 released
Version 1.1 of ptplay is now available. ptplay is shell program for playing protracker files. Additional information is to be found at the titlelink.
Download: ptplay (52 KB)
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11.Aug.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail)
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Amiga Update Newsletter Special: AmiWest 2003 Report
Brad Webb, publisher of the monthly 'Amiga Update Newsletter' released a special edition about the AmiWest 2003. A report by Joanne Calhoun is available at the titlelink.
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10.Aug.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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Installer: WHDLoad Version 16.0
Since the day before yesterday you can download the new version 16.0 of WHDLoad
in a user and developer package from the WHDLoad page. Using this software
you can now install games on your hard disk which have been made for floppy
disk only.
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10.Aug.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New packages up to 09th August 2003
Using WHDLoad you can install games on your hard disk which have only been made
for floppy disk use. The following packages have been added or updated since our
last report:
- 09.08.03 improved: Soccer Kid (Krisalis) supports AGA and CD³² versions, miscellaneous improvements
- 09.08.03 improved: Arabian Nights (Krisalis) supports CD³² version, miscellaneous improvements
- 09.08.03 updated: Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon (Master Designer Software/Cinemaware) reworked for WHDLoad 16
- 09.08.03 improved: Red Baron (Dynamix) supports another version, removed tapes check
- 09.08.03 fixed: Codename: Iceman (Sierra) sound now plays correctly
- 09.08.03 improved: Leisure Suit Larry 3 (Sierra) manual protection removed
- 08.08.03 improved: Lotus 2 (Magnetic Fields/Gremlin) run with full caches on all CPUs
- 08.08.03 improved: Legend / The four crystals of Trazere (Mindscape) supports another version, docs and icon added
- 07.08.03 new: Knights of the Crystallion (US Gold/Bill Williams) done by Galahad
- 07.08.03 new: Codename: Iceman (Sierra) done by JOTD
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10.Aug.2003
PPCNUX (ANF)
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PPNUX: Interview with Pieter van den Abeele (Gentoo)
The Linux online magazine PPCNUX has held an interview with Pieter van den
Abeele, the project leader of Gentoo-PPC, in which they also ask about the
possibility of a port of the Gentoo Linux distribution for the AmigaOne and
Pegasos.
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10.Aug.2003
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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Major Update for ALGOR / ROMulus FlashROM Software
E3B, makers of the well known USB solutions for Amiga Classic, and Chris Hodges,
programmer of many well known software solutions, a.o.t. the USB stack Poseidon,
are glad to announce being able to make available an update for the FlashROM
solutions developed by E3B.
In this update existing functionality has been optimized and expanded as well as
some problems with some system configurations fixed.
Thus users of the USB controller ALGOR as well as the FlashROM module
ROMulus (HIGHWAY) have a mature and field-tested solution for the
integration of additional software modules already at cold boot time at their
disposal.
A short overview over the new functions:
- Special treatment for exec.library and romupdate.idtag. Thus there is for
the first time a full replacement for OS3.9's RomUpdate functionality.
- increased speed by way of switching on the processor cache.
- Workarounds for accelerator boards whose memory is not RomTag able. This
solves many problems with certain accelerator boards even in Amiga 1200 tower
rebuildings.
- Many internal changes and corrections, making the bootloader more stable and
safer. Special attention has been paid to highest compatibility with unusual
accelerator boards.
The basic functions of ALGOR and ROMulus are essentially
unchanged:
- comfortable user interface for programming the FlashROM (MUI).
- In case of an emergency the most important functions can be reached without
MUI via command line.
- Drag'n'Drop when configuring the FlashROM via MUI.
- transparent and reset fast integration of any ROM modules.
- use of USB stack Poseidon directly on cold boot time.
- abolition of the OS3.9 ROM-Patch-Reset by integrating the ROM updates and
thus faster boot tie of the computer.
- Booting the Amiga from USB mass storage directly after cold boot possible.
- full replacement of Amiga mouse and keyboard by respective USB devices via
new input.device (also in the boot menu if OS 3.9 BoingBag 2 present).
- easy switching off of the ROM modules during bootup possible.
- integrated transparent compression for efficient usage of the FlashROM.
The ALGOR resp. the FlashROM module ROMulus (upgrade for
HIGHWAY) each have 512kb (256kx16 resp. 4 MBit) FlashROM which can be
easily programmed via the user interface Luciferin. The FlashROM allows highest
possible speed when booting the computer by way of wordwise access and the
extremely early activation; use is possible in all Zorro II and Zorro III
systems (also A1200 tower with Zorro slots).
The update for Luciferin is available exclusively for registered owners of ALGOR
and ROMulus - all registered users are mailed by E3B and receive the update by
eMail. Should you have not yet registered, please send in your filled in
registration card or contact E3B by eMail (mboehmer@e3b.de).
A warm thank you at this place to Hartmut Schulze for his support through
extensive bug reports and hints.
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09.Aug.2003
Amiga Inc. (website)
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Article: shared libraries in OS 4
The originally in the 6th issue of the Club Amiga magazine published
article "Shared libraries in OS 4" by Hans-Jörg Frieden is now available on the CAM website under the title link for non members, too.
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09.Aug.2003
amiga.org (website)
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Ironstone Partners Ltd. show temporar logo for new Commodore 64
On July, 11th Juli 2003 announced Tulip Computers NV (Tulip) and Ironstone Partners
Ltd. (Ironstone) an agreement about a partnership that was described as a first step for a worldwide relaunch of the trademark Commodore. Since then a logo for a possible rerelease of a home computer under the name "Commodore 64" has been presented that you can see following the title link.
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09.Aug.2003
Amiga Inc. (website)
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Magazin: Club Amiga Magazine #7 released
The 7th issue of the Club Amiga Monthly (CAM) ishas been released as announced with a one week delay. You have to be registered club member to gain access to the CAM (Club Amiga Magazine). Excerpts from the content:
- Editorial
- AmigaOS 4.0 Update
- AmigaOS 4.0 On Tour
- Report From the Inside
- Game Frenzy
- Backdrops R Us
- ExecSG in Detail: Memory
- Members' Corner
- Letters
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09.Aug.2003
Tom Duin alias Amigaharry (ANF)
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CLI2WB version 1.3 released
CLI2WB has been released in version 1.3. With this tool you can launch a shell comfortably via the Workbench. In the icon tooltypes you can set important preferences like ASL requester, stack or priority. CLI2WB has been developed in 68k assembler code by Tom Duin.
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09.Aug.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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MorphOS: version 1.4 released
After finishing the internal beta test is MorphOS 1.4 in the version dated August, 9th from now on downloadable for all registered Pegasos owners in the usual way from the BT2 server. the new features contain among other things:
- optional automatic installation
- JIT compiler "Trance"
- Turboprint integrated
- USB integrated
- Radeon DVI & overlay (except Radeon 8500)
- 3D for Voodoo 3 and 4
- Warp3D emulation
- support for graphics tablet
- setting for icon scaling
- leave out of icons via drag&drop
- individual skins for each screen
- PNG buttons
- auto scroll
- blending
- sound datatypes
- Kaya (MP3/OGG player)
- calculator
- magnifying glass (zoom)
- task manager
- Ambient: panels, lasso function, shortcuts
- dock manager
- new skins and fonts
- skin exchange "on the fly"
- reboot via keyboard
- gradients
- more mprefs
- no connected PS/2 mouse needed on system boot
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09.Aug.2003
Jens Meier (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #048
the scene group Liquid Skies has released their 48th music pack with the title "Nuclear Cars". This time's composer of the 4.02 minutes trance track is Maxus.
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08.Aug.2003
AROS (website)
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AROS status report 08/2003
The developments on the operating system AROS go still as planned. In the last weeks had the following update been done:
- Hardware: Michal Schulz is still working on the PPC port, having
received the Pegasos board donated by Genesi, and more recently a Voodoo3
card donated by Randy Vice.
- Hardware: Johan Grip is implementing the OpenPCI specification, and
also reworking our buggy ide.device, which attempts to write too much
data at once instead of splitting the requests in smaller chunks. However
this is going to be more a rewrite than a bug fix. If someone just wants
to do the bug fix, there is an open bounty (currently 40 USD) for the
ide.device bug at TeamAROS.
- Build system: GCC 3.2 is now the minimum requirement to compile AROS,
which now compiles fine with GCC 3.3, thanks to Stefan Reinauer and
others who fixed the various deprecated bits in the tree.
- Build System: Staf Verhaegen continued to improve and simplify the
build system. Lately, he reorganized the kernel build to use only
objects, no more static or shared libraries.
- Build System: Iain Templeton, one of our South hemisphere developers,
did his fair share on the build system too, especially on the configure
scripts (which now require autoconf 2.53, hopefully a generated configure
is kept in CVS for those missing it) and to ensure that AROS compiles and
runs fine hosted on FreeBSD.
- Build System: Also mawk (which comes as default on Debian GNU/Linux)
will generate incorrect headers while building AROS, but GNU awk (gawk)
and FreeBSD awk work fine.
- i386-pc Installation: John Gustafsson and Adam Chodorowski earned the
first TeamAROS bounty for their "Automated Disk Prep and OS Installer".
It will install AROS on the first disk of the first IDE channel. Don't
try this on a disk with valuable data anywhere on it, you've been warned.
Unfortunately it isn't fully usable yet, due to the ide.device bug: some
files get corrupted during installation.
- i386-pc Installation: As part of this work, new Format and Partition
commands were implemented.
- User Interface: We now have a beautiful About dialog, thanks to Pixel
Art's logo and Adam for the code, as well as an in-progress Mesa port by
Nic Andrews. And before you ask, the beautiful Broken.miho wallpaper is
here.
- User Interface: Adam did major improvements to the workbench and icon
libraries (which handle much of the "under the hood" desktop work), and
also to Wanderer itself. The framework for Wanderer commands is in place,
and there is already the Delete tool implemented.
- User Interface: As a bonus, there is now an identification hook in
icon.library to display proper icons depending on the file type and take
appropriate action on double-click, for files without disk icons.
- User Interface: Sebastian Bauer added arbitrary angled gradients to
Zune images.
- User Interface: David Le Corfec, Adam and especially Fabio Alemagna,
who came up with a multitude of ideas and algorithms, brainstormed on
a "perfectly" MUI-compliant implementation of Zune layout algorithm.
Hopefully the new one seems to do the trick.
- User Interface: The Zune string gadget also got a rework and is now
slightly more usable, the prefs program got a few more pages, and many
Zune classes were put in their own loadable modules.
- User Interface: Georg Steger implemented the Cybergraphics'
WritePixelArrayAlpha() and BltTemplateAlpha(), so we can show even more
eye-candy, with alpha blending this time :) Adam used this to implement a
nice grayed-out disabled effect for Zune gadgets, instead of the usual
grid pattern.
- User Interface: Georg is also porting back the intuition.library from
MorphOS, and still does a lot of impressive bug finding and fixing
elsewhere, which for example led to find and report a longstanding bug
in stipple drawing to the XFree86 project. And when you're faced with a
strange memory corruption, try his invaluable trick : call a check
routine in the scheduler ! This allowed to fix bugs in several Prefs
programs.
- User Interface: But maybe the best for the end ... With
BltTemplateAlpha() to blend the anti-aliased glyphs, and the work from
Staf on freetype2, diskfont and bullet libraries, TrueType fonts now
work - and look - great! It also draws upon the work of many others,
including the MorphOS team (and especially Emmanuel Lesueur) and the
FreeType project. The Bitstream Vera font family is now included in AROS.
- User Interface: Use FTManager to install TrueType fonts in a few
mouse clicks, and enjoy the new Font Prefs program.
- Localizations: We got a Spanish keymap contributed by Albert Astals
Cid, several French catalogs by Olivier Adam and Hungarian catalogs,
language and country files by Mark "Bôregér" Balogh.
- Localizations: The applications localization system has been cleaned
up a bit, and as a side effect, much more applications are now localized.
So if your favorite application has been localized but misses a catalog
for your language, don't hesitate to send it to us!
- TCP/IP: Will be available next week. Nah, just kidding ;-) One of the
most requested features. A couple of people are working part-time on
this, so don't hold your breath. This is a huge task, spanning from
low-level drivers to interface libraries and support applications. It's
currently not the priority for most of the developers. Use another
network appliance in the meantime, or come join us :)
- Softwares in contribution: As usual, some new software or updated
versions were imported in contrib: UAE 0.8.22 (a Zune GUI is planned),
the free DeluxePaint clone 4P 0.09, TCC 0.9.19 (you can now directly
create AROS executables!), GNU tools (make 3.80, diffutils 2.8.1, patch
2.5.4, grep 2.5.1, m4 1.4), abcm2ps 3.7.1, sploiner 1.0
- Miscellaneous: After some benchmarking, BOOPSI method calls were
optimized using macros, and are now about 20% faster.
- Miscellaneous: Roughly 2000 CVS commits since the last status update,
with a record of 1063 in July. Check it there. So obviously this status
update is not exhaustive.
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08.Aug.2003
GIGA (ANF)
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Video of bplan appearance at NBC GIGA
On the PegasosPPC website of Genesi S.à.r.l. you can find a video recording of the appearance of bplan in the TV computer show NBC GIGA on August, 7th 2003. bplan introduced there the possibilities of their PowerPC hardware Pegasos. The 47 MB AVI video is available for download.
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08.Aug.2003
Jörg Lennhof - RetroGames e.V. (ANF)
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Event: 4. Retro stock exchange on 27.9.2003 in the GoTec - Karlsruhe
The first registered association for the preservation of classic video and computer games, RetroGames e.V., and 8bit-Games organize the 4th 8-Bit retro stock exchange this time in Karlsruhe (Germany).
On Saturday in September, 27th 2003 can collectors and interested people from 10 to 16 o'clock in the rooms of the GoTec Kulturhaus buy and sell classisc video games, home computers and collectors pieces.
Additionally, all guests and visitors can visit the arcade and video games exhibition of the RetroGames e.V. association which contains rare collectors pieces out of more than 30 years of video gaming history. The exhibition is unique in Germany. The admission charge is valid for the Retro stock exchange as well as for the exhibition of RetroGames e.V.
More information about the association and about the Retro stock exchange can be found at
http://retrogames.info. Emails can be sent to info@retrogames.info.
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