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14.Jul.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)


 Magazine: AMIGA aktuell 07/2002 published
Carsten Schröder writes:
The July issue of AMIGA aktuell has just been published and can be read online on our web site (please note: New domain!) as well as downloaded in HTML or AmigaGuide format. It contains a.o.
  • a hands-on experience report about the new USB controller "Highway",
  • the third part of our "Ghostscript" workshop,
  • a workshop about the usage of the Workbench addon "ToolsMenu",
  • a report from the June party of Amiga-Freunde Pfalz,
  • miscellaneous comments and assessments about the Amiga situation,
  • a.m.m.


The graphics reside in the separate file "Aakt0702GFX.lha" and belong in the same directory as the guide version resp. the "img" directory within the HTML version.

Download: (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)


 Tool: Rainboot4 in development
Rainboot4 is currently in development.

In prior versions Rainboot was only a program to show stunning demos during the Amiga's boot process. But with Version 4 it made its step to become a complete multimedia authoring system, which means that it has now a programming script language, which allows the programmer to create applications in a very easy way.

The programmer can use many of Rainboot4's functions which save him a lot of time. For example, you do not have to care if your application runs on Picasso96, Cgfx, AGA or ECS. That's Rainboot4's thing now! It does everything for you and it does it system friendly. Here's a short overview what's currently possible:
  • 100% system-friendly. Runs on all Amiga systems.
  • Application can be displayed in window on Workbench or own screen.
  • Transparent windows on Workbench (see screen shot).
  • Transition effects.
  • Functions to scroll graphics smoothly.
  • Transparent Graphics.
  • compiler and linker for creating executables.
  • Easy monitoring of user input (keyboard, mouse).
  • DOS functions.
  • String functions.
  • Math funktions.
  • Variables and arrays.
  • Applications run independent of the current screenmode.
  • Compatible with older Rainboot versions.
  • Different fonts can be used.
  • Supports anim brushes.
  • Supports sound modules and samples.
  • Conditions (if, else, elseif, endif).
  • Loops (for, next, while, wend).
  • System functions.
  • Can still be used during booting.
  • MorphOS and AmigaOS4 versions planned.
  • and much more.
The interesting thing is, that Rainboot4 does all the work for you. For example, the following script opens a window with the file mypic.iff as the background and writes "Hello World" centered in this window: 

%BGPIC1=mypic.iff

%CODE
%Locate(CENTER,CENTER)
%PrintStr("Hello World")
%WaitLeftMouse
%Quit


This simplicity is used by all functions of Rainboot4. And it's fully system friendly. All operations are executed through the operating system or the RTG system respectively.

It was never easier to code intuitive programs with such little effort but maximum effectivity and user friendlyness.

Screen shots of Rainboot4 are available on the Airsoft Softwair home page: www.airsoftsoftwair.de. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Dennis Lohr (ANF)


 Music: New track on Psyria home page
After nearly 3 months it's happened again. Today the Psyria home page has been updated. This is also connected with the fact that the site was celebrating its 10,000th visitor recently. Again, thanks to all for the support.

As of now "Take the Power" is available in the download section. The track has been produced in collaboration with Yel.C..

Download: YelCvsPsyria-TakeThePower.zip (6,9M) (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


 freeCD: The Elite Experience
Patrick Henz has released the freeCD "The Elite Experience". This CD-ROM contains three original Elite games (Elite, Frontier, First Encounters) as well as Elite - The New Kind.

In addition to these there are further Elite fan games, pictures, paper models of the space ships, manuals, tools and stories.

The CD-ROM contains files and programs for Amiga, Amiga CD??, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Gameboy, Linux, Nintendo Entertainment System, OS/2 and Windows.

It is available through the title link and from dealers. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
AROS


 AROS: aros.org accessible again (update)
The AROS web site is again accessible through www.aros.org.

aros.org is accessible again because Peter Bortas and Aaron Digulla have managed to transfer the rights to aros.org from Bortas to Digulla. Here the original text from the AROS-Announce mailing list:

"After only five years of struggling with Network Solutions, Peter Bortas and I finally managed to have the domain transferred from him to me. Now ain't that something! :-)

That also means that www.aros.org is working again and that it won't be down again because the nameservers are now under my control!"

Addendum 14th July 2002:
Added information and original text about transfer of domain rights. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Society


 Amiga Society: Little Book - a.o. Dragons Lair, Flight Simulator II
From the Amiga Society web site:
The mail has arrived. Connected with that a whole bunch of "new" old games, which will bei entered into the Little Book immediately. Present are a.o. RVF Honda, Super Hang on, Dragons Lair and, not to be forgotten, the famous Flight Simulator II.

With that the weekend is saved. The first part of Ians update has also arrived and will presumably be uploaded tomorrow. Well, how shall we continue - the way it looks like, you're mostly interested in new hard and software.

Thus we are set a bit out of place. As a rule I prefer the classics....

This is originates from the fact that we are working nearly exclusively as a pair on this thing, and obtaining old, partially dead computers *screwsolderrun* is much less expensive than purchasing new stuff.

Though I will - if it becomes available - have an AmigaOne standing here, an adequate broadness isn't feasible on a shoestring budget."

All in all, the following information has been added to the "Little Book of Amiga Software":

13th July 2002
  • Extended: Amiga games list
  • Extended: Body Blows
  • New Entry: Super Hang On
  • New Entry: RVF Honda
  • New Entry: Shadow of the Beast
  • New Entry: TV Sports Football
  • New Entry: Dragons Lair
  • New Entry: Goldrunner II
  • New Entry: Atomino
  • New Entry: LOOPZ
  • New Entry: Flight Simulator II
  • New Entry: Super Tennis Champs
13th July 2002
  • Extended: Desert Strike
(sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Gregory Donner-Homepage


 History: Workbench Nostalgia - Updates for WB 2.x
Gregory Donner updated his "Workbench Nostalgia" page on 12th July 2002. This site contains information about the various Amiga Workbench versions. He corrected or moved notes in the Workbench 2.0, Workbench 2.04 and the ßeta 0.x pages.

These notes have been contributed by Rodney Hester. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
AWeb Open Source


 AWeb: List of persons involved
A list of the people involved in the project was published on the AWeb Open Source web site on 8th July 2002. This list was last updated today. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


 A.D.A.: Demos - Muscles, Kah835GB, Dose, Fetish
On 26th May 2002, four demos and two videos were added to the Amiga Demoscene Archive (A.D.A.). The additions are: All demos are available for download for the Amiga and are presented with pictures on their pages. There are also video versions of the first two demos available.

Furthermore, videos for the following Mawi PPC demos have been published: Within ca. 7 months, A.D.A. has had more than 10,000 hits (ca. 14,400 page views): "And we reached more than 10000 hits (about 14400 page views) in about 7 months online. Thanks a lot and keep checking back for more demos and to add comments and votes on all the demos." (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


 ExoticA: Extensive update of many areas
On 14th July 2002 many areas of the ExoticA web site were updated. This site deals a.o. with the Amiga's musical abilities and history.

Among other things, the "Demo Scene Reference Manual", "Tracker History" and "High Voltage SID Collection" have been updated.

Additionally, BuZz writes briefly about the "eXtreme Computing 2002" and the "Back In Time Live 3" meeting in the news.

All changes in detail can be read in the news text on ExoticA. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


 The Legacy.de: 600 Coverscans removed
From "The Legacy" web site:
"600 coverscans, mostly of Amiga games, have been removed. Now, it is a little bit empty here- if you find replacements for them, scan 'em and mail 'em us!."

"The Legacy" web site offers, in the form of a museum, information about computer games in German and English. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


 MorphOS: ttflib V0.8.5
On 14th July 2002, Sigbjørn Skjæret released Version 0.8.5 of the ttf library for MorphOS for displaying TrueType fonts.

In this version the libcode has been improved which makes the library significantly faster than its predecessor.

Download: ttflib_mos.lha (sd)

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14.Jul.2002
Ruben Monteiro (Amiga Open-ML)


 AmigaDE: 3D - TinyGL V0.2
On 12th July 2002, version 0.2 of TinyGL for AmigaDE has been released. TinyGL supplies a subset of the OpenGL API for developing 3D-Software for AmigaDE. Compared to the previous version, the following changes have been incorporated:
  • Bugfix: Some errors have been corrected.
  • New: Some code examples have been added.
  • New: Some GLUT/GLU functions have been added:
    • GLUT: glutMouseFunc, glutMotionFunc, glutPassiveMotionFunc, glutEntryFunc, glutShowWindow, glutHideWindow, glutPositionWindow, glutReshapeWindow.
    • GLU: gluCylinder, gluDisk, gluSphere.
    • GL: glGetString
People who'd like to support this project may submit bug reports and feature requests through the title link.

Download: tinygl.zip?download (113K), Changelog (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
ANN


 Magazine: ARM #3
Spanish Amiga magazine ARM's third issue will be out in a couple of days. The contents, images, news and further information about the magazine are accessible through the title link. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Info @ point.design


 Event: O.A.S.E. 2002 in Graz - 14th & 15th September
Amiga Info write:
The O.A.S.E. - The Open Amiga Southeast Europe Show will take place on Sa. & Su., 14th & 15th September at the Hotel Europa in Graz, near the main station.

A presentation of the AmigaOne is scheduled, and (!if possible!), also of AmigaOS4.

Furthermore we will be showing Amigas with PCI solutions and USB, as well as Amithlon 2.0. And we will have Designer cases for the new Amiga generation on show.

Admission is free. Arrival by car, train or plane (Ryanair from London (STN) - Graz @ ca. 35.-).

O.A.S.E. Open Amiga Southeast Show
14th & 15th September 2002
http://www.oase.at/
E-Mail: oase@pointdesign.at
VX/FX: +43-316-913-048
Mobil: +43-699-1209-0397 (sd) (Translation: cb)

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13.Jul.2002
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)


 Benchmark tool: AmigaMARK LPA 2002
First beta screenshots of a new Amiga Benchmark tool. With this program you can exactly analyse the performance of CPU, memory and drive. For the time being 16 CPU, 24 memory and 15 drive tests have been implemented. 2D and 3D Benchmarks will follow later in a separate tool. The first public beta will be released for 68k and MorphOS and needs the help of beta testers who may register at a given time...

Minimum system configuration:
  • AmigaOS: > 3.1
  • RAM: 6 MB FAST, 1 MB CHIP
  • HDD: ~10 MB
Author/contact:
Rupert Hausberger (naTmeg)
Austria
EFNET/IRCNET: naTmeg / AmiComSys: naTmeg (ps) (Translation: wk)

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13.Jul.2002
Thorsten Mampel, 1. chairman ACH (ANF)


 15th birthday of the Amiga club Hamburg
The Amiga club Hamburg celebrates in August 2002 its 15th birthday. We want to celebrate this day accordingly. Therefore there'll be a party taking place on Saturday, August, 31th 2002 in the Volkshaus Berne/Hamburg where also our club room lies. For the celebration we have rent a big room in the Volkshaus.

The following events are planned for the party:
  • Cold buffet
  • Show program
  • Music and dance
  • Exhibition showing the club and Amiga history
  • Video presentation
  • Draw with interesting prices


You may enter for free but we have to take a price for the cold buffet and the drinks 10,- Euro all inclusive. For an exact planning is a registration needed.

Every Amiga fan and those who want to become one (or were ones) are very welcome.

As you can see above we are planning a draw. Details about the prices and the awaited guests as well as all further information will be published on our homepage (title link).

Please send registrations and questions to festauschuss@amigaclubhamburg.de. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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13.Jul.2002



 Several software updates (13.07.2002)
Andreas Kleinert has released version 45.3 of the akPNG datatype for 68k computers.
Download: akPNG-dt.lha

At SixK you can find the following new ports:
Little endian version of Mame 0.60
P96 colour problem resolved in few SDL binaries.

Amiga Online Games (AOG) has added some addons to the online games database that solve problems with several games.

(ps) (Translation: wk)

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13.Jul.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


 Webinterface for mailinglists on iospirit.de
We offer free mailinglists as part of our service. By subscribing to a mailinglist you can discuss with other users, exchange the latest tips or just receive the latest news.

Starting with today, we also provide you with a webinterface that allows you to view all mails in a mailinglist that have been submitted until now. You reach the webinterface by clicking on a list's name in the mailinglist-overview (see "Service" on the left bar). (ps)

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13.Jul.2002
Alexander Fritsch, selco (ANF)


 Sowjet speech encryption machine for telephone and radio
Right before the summer break a software premiere: the simulation of the Sowjet speech encryption machine "Elbrus". This is a military encryption device for telephone and radio that had been used at the USSR army and the NVA of the GDR. The signal is analogue encoded using a digital code i.e. you get an encrypted audio signal that can be broadcasted directly (without modem) analogue via telephone or radio. With the program you can en-/decode own audio files (or an audio stream of the AHI device). The program should be unique in the Web and is for now exclusively available for the Amiga (68k and PPC). A detailed description and a sound example can be found following the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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12.Jul.2002
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)


 AMIGAplus: New editing address
During the next days we will move to a new office. From 22nd July 2002 please still only use the following address:

AMIGAplus
Dürener Straße 387
50935 Köln (ps) (Translation: dr)

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12.Jul.2002
Olaf Winkler (E-Mail)


 VIVA-Text: Amigas classical games on Gameboy Advance
About ten years ago the successful story of "Pinball Fantasies" started on the Amiga. Now the flipper simulation is supposed to capture the Gameboy Advance. There are eight different tables to chose which have been originally taken from the games "Pinball Fantasies" and "Pinball Dreams". Diverse ramps, traps and hills are supposed to make a new highscore more difficult. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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12.Jul.2002
AMIGAplus


 Elbox: New driver for Mroocheck version 2.0
ELBOX Computer has published version 2.0 of the driver "Mroocheck" (Punchinello MK II, Topolino MK II) for the PC-mouse-adapter. The new driver enables you to calibrate the A/D-converter-parameter on the Amiga in a undependable way for each direction of movement of the mouse wheel. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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12.Jul.2002
AMIGAplus


 Soundtracker: Crap Track version 1.1
The soundtracker "Crap Track" has been published in version 1.1 as the last update inclusive sourcecode.

Download: craptrack_v1_1.lha - craptrack_v1_1_src.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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12.Jul.2002
Kilian Servais (ANF)


 Commemorative edition 100 of disk magazine NoCover published
Today commemorative edition 100 has been published of freeware disk magazine NoCover which of course also contains the current issue of the "Amiga Aktuell". With it NC might belong to one of the longest existing magazines at all. Currently writers are searched who activly participate in NC so the magazine may keep on existing. You can get the NC either via email, over APC&TCP or from the Aminet. Of course you can order a free email subscription at each time. Simply write an email to kilian@apc-tcp.de. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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12.Jul.2002
ANN


 New photos of AmigaMania13 June French Meeting
Stephane Marrec wrote on ANN:
Here are more photos of the meeting ArtBastringue/AmigaMania in Toulouse (FRANCE) June 22-23 2002.
  • - Photos of an "AmigaOne SE" running LinuxPPC,
  • - Photos of the new "AmigaOne XE" showed by Alan Redhouse (Eyetech) during the conférence
  • - Photos of "cristO classic" high end tower case from Naya Design.
  • - Various photos of well known French Amiga users (Professionals and normal users)
  • - and more... :)
Gallery 1 AmigaMania13_1
Gallery 2 AmigaMania13_2

Unfortunely no comment for each photos is available.

You can find the other photos about that meeting, at the French Amiga Association "AFLE" web site: AmigaMania13 AFLE. Other infos about organization and program of that weekend: AmigaMania13 info. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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12.Jul.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)


 GFX-BASE: New version of AmiStart published / Results of opinion poll
There is a new version of AmiStart of Darius Brewka. The new version offers an improved and extended GUI, antialiased Truetype-font support and much more. The new AmiStart version will be published on Aminet in some days. But GFX-Base offers already now the full archive for download and besides this you can look at some new screenshots and get information about further details of the program. Additionally you can read the interview with Darius Brewka and the question&answers of AmiStart.

Download: AmiStart.lha 342 KB

Furthermore the results of the GFX-Base opinion poll 'Should there be AmigaOS4.0 for Pegasos or do you think MorphOS would be the right way?' are online and can be viewed in the vote-area. 426 users participated in it. (Translation: dr)

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12.Jul.2002
BruZard (ANF)


 BruZard: The end
BruZard wrote:
Because of professional reasons I give up all activities on the Amiga. This year I will still manage the AMIGAplus forum but I have been already looking for an user who will do it afterwards. Furthermore the projects "AmiBlitz" and "Stahl2003" are involved. The last mentioned one was a game project for AmigaPPC but it will be published only on Windows PCs because of the negative Amiga market.

Thank you for having 12 years fun with the Amiga and I wish all Amiga users a good prospect in which I cannot believe no more. I regret the farewell but I do not want to waste my time with an antiquated system which has no future. Cya Folks, may the Force be with you! (ps) (Translation: dr)

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11.Jul.2002
Amiforce


 Amiforce: Amiblitz and Developer Support
Amiforce is immediately offering developer support for Amiblitz programmers. If you have written something in Amiblitz, you can make a connection with Cj-Stroker. If it is shareware, he can create an online registration form, and introduce the program.

The goal is to create a platform that both builds the excitement and raises the motivation. Amiga programmers have become a scarce commodity. There must be more new ones and the existing ones must be kept.

If you have your own homepage, Cj-Stroker can help you to market your program on Amiforce. That goes for everybody.

Steffen Nitz provided the first ones. His programs SN-Münzarchiv and SN-Markenarchiv may now be ordered, and may be directly registered online.

The entirety of all this is yet to be attained over the startpage. Before long the Amiblitz section will be newly displayed and correspondingly a new headline will be entered. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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11.Jul.2002
Amigan Software


 Tool: Report+ Version 5.52
For Amiga OS 3.9 users version 5.52 of Report+ is available for download. With Report+ from Amigan Software you can easily generate bug reports, Aminet *.readme files, autodocs, and similar reports. The program is freeware and uses ReAction/GadTools. Since version 5.51a the program has been 90% converted to Reaction, the speed has increased, and a few bugs were eliminated.

Download: ReportPlus.lha (352 KB) (ps) (Translation: dm)

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11.Jul.2002
GoldED Support


 Editor: GoldED Studio 6 Final-Update in work
In a few days a final update for GoldED Studio will be released which combines the existing editor (release 6) with material from the aborted development of version 7: all-new graphics, an improved UI library and various updated add-ons. The package will include the Distributed BASIC interpreter with GPL'ed source code.

User Interface Preview (ps)

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11.Jul.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


 Amiga Future: Issue 37 (July-August 2002) Appears
Today issue #37 of Amiga Future (July-August 2002) has appeared. All the subscriptions and individual issues were sent off today. Naturally the edition is also available by backorder from here on.

Contents:
  • Test Highway USB Card
  • Test Ascon Files
  • Test Monstro
  • Test Demo Collection
  • Test Theme Park
  • Test Chaos Engine 2
  • Test Wasted Dreams
  • Test Dynamite CD Collectors Edition
  • Test Aminet 48
  • Test EmuCD
  • Preview AmigaOS 4.0
  • Preview Earth 2150
  • and a whole lot more


Full version on the Reader's CD:
  • Chaos
  • StarDefender
  • Zerberk
  • Microbes
  • Gnome
  • Digibooster 1.7
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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11.Jul.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)


 H&P: Special Offer of Freespace - The Great War
For a limited time (until August 16th 2002) H&P is offering the full version of the excellent outer space battle simulator from Hyperion for the extra low price of just 24 euros [about $24 -DM]. Order now or read more about it here. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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11.Jul.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


 New DirOpus4 Betaversion Available
A new betaversion of Directory Opus IV is available under the title-link. Changes since the previous version may be found in the history.

Direct download: http://dopus.amiga.pl/files/DOpus417pre13.lzx

Please be aware that the catalog data has not been brought up to date, and may also be that you'll bump into text that hasn't been translated. But that that doesn't affect the fact that everything works. Whoever cares to do so may go over the German catalog and work with the built-in English strings. New catalog data is the next goal. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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11.Jul.2002
Tamio Honma (ANF)


 Vulnerabilities in Zaurus SL-5000D and SL-5500 PDA
Under the title-link you'll find an article which describes the vulnerabilities and security holes of the Sharp Zaurus. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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11.Jul.2002
Michael Heider (ANF)


 Now Available: Image Installer CD with Mandrake 8.2 PPC for Amiga
Under the title-link you'll find the Image Installer-CD for Amiga with PPC card. The CD contains the image installer with German and English user guidance, an image file of Mandrake 8.2 Linux PPC, and additionally the installation instructions in German and English. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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11.Jul.2002
Michael Boehmer (ANF)


 Mailing List for HIGHWAY/SUBWAY Users
For the users of HIGHWAY/SUBWAY boards (and not only these) as well as anyone interested there is a mailing list to exchange knowledge about USB cards on Amiga and experience with everyday problems, to serve as a mutual assistance center. Developers are similarly invited to actively take part. Just click on the title-link to get started. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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11.Jul.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)


 CD32/CDTV-Emulator for Windows: Akiko Version 1.6
Akiko 1.6, the CD32 & CDTV emulator for Windows was just released on the Airsoft Softwair homepage (title link). This version can run more games and the compatibility was increased. Additionally this version contains now a cover archive with more than 160 covers for CD32 and CDTV games (of course they've been prepared to be displayed in the Akiko GUI). Therefore there are now two different versions of Akiko for download: One version that contains all the covers (8 MB) and one version that comes without covers (1.5 MB). Akiko 1.6 can now be downloaded from the Airsoft Softwair web page.

Please have also a look into the documentation because the author need to buy some CD32 games and he still need some CDTV games for Akiko. (ps)

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10.Jul.2002
AmigArt


 AmigArt: Interview with Elbox
Following the title link you can discover an English Interview with Elbox, which has been made by 'Aracnet' of AmigArt. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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10.Jul.2002
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)


 Inutilis Website new layouted
The netsite from Inutilis Software has been new layouted. There has been added the freeware program "PalettenTool", which might be interesting for Inga developers. With that and another additional graphic program (e. g. PPaint) there is the possibility given to calculate 24 bit graphics down to 8 bit including the option to define a part of the colour pallette by yourself (e.g. for a inventary bar).

Furthermore the online shop has been relaunched. Until now there are no new products but there are plans... (ps) (Translation: ub)

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10.Jul.2002
Miscellaneous sources


 Miscellaneous software news
At SourceForge are the followimg new versions of some ports to find:

The window manager DepthMenu by Arkadiusz 'Yak' Wahlig is released in version 2.36. With this tool you can manage, minimize or maximize opened windows at your workbench. The new version includes some bug fixes, new modules for DOpus 4 and 5 and new locales.
Download: DepthMenu.lha

Andreas Kleinert has released version 5.06 of his akMPEG4 players, optimized for 68k and x86.
Download: akMPEG4.lha

The game Payback by Apex Designs will be released in about two month for Windows and Linux. A first short status report has gone online already. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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10.Jul.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


 MAI Logic Press release: Partnership with Eyetech
By the title link there is a press release of MAI Logic to find, in which Eyetech is announced as the European distributor of the Teron CX/PX systems. The "Teron CX/PX based systems" (AmigaOne-SE/XE) are mentioned too. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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10.Jul.2002



 Poll: Should the next Amiga fair be held in Cologne again?
By demand of Ingo Schmitz we have started today this poll. Possible answers:
  • Yes, I liked Cologne every time
  • Yes, but another location would be okay as well
  • No, more to the north would be better
  • No, more to the south would be better
  • No, more to the east would be better
  • No, more to the west would be better
  • Doesn´t matter I won´t attend it anyway
The poll is to reach by the title link, the current result is to get here. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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10.Jul.2002
The High Mind (ANF)


 Offer for free hosting of Amiga related (not commercial) sites
We are running our servers on a true T3 now, so we have plenty of bandwidth and space available. If anyone has Amiga content related sites that they need hosted, I would be willing to offer free hosting on one of our machines to them. There really are some nice sites out there that are endangered of going away due to cost issues..

For such a small, dedicated community, this shouldn't ever have to be an issue.

Our servers have PHP4, Perl5, Rebol View/Core and MySQL installed, so all of the above are available to you.

So if anyone needs a content site (e.g. non-commercial site) hosted, we can arrange this with you at no cost to you. This applies to Morph, AROS, Rebol, and Be related sites too.

If interested, e-mail LotR@merlancial.com.

This is my way of giving some back to the Amiga community..

I've personally almost given up hope of anything real out of A.I. now, as they are even in debt to me for a large sum of money...but as far as the Amiga community is concerned, I have better hopes. You truly are a bunch of wonderful colourful individuals who I have always loved working with. It's a shame we haven't made as great a comeback as I would have hoped... (ps)

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09.Jul.2002
A.D.A. Demo Archive


 A.D.A.: New Demos - New Dawn Fades / Heavy Traffic
A.D.A., the Amiga Demo Archive with search function has provided the PPC-Demos 'New Dawn Fades' and 'Heavy Traffic' for download. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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09.Jul.2002
WHDLoad


 Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 11.07.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your hard disk. The following games are added or updated:
  • 11.07.02 new: Analogia (Analog) done by Psygore
  • 09.07.02 fixed: Eye of the Beholder (Westwood/SSI) supplied diskimage corrected
  • 08.07.02 new: Vectorball (Mastertronic) done by Codetapper
  • 08.07.02 improved: Brutal Paws of Fury (GameTek) supports CD³² version
  • 08.07.02 improved: Mig-29 Soviet Fighter (Code Masters/Rapier Design) supports another version
  • 08.07.02 improved: Future BasketBall (Hewson) keyboard fixed, new install script
  • 08.07.02 new: Yogi's Great Escape (Hi-Tec) done by Codetapper
  • 08.07.02 fixed: The Real Popeye (Bignonia) works on faster machines too
  • 08.07.02 new: Pong (Claudio Buraglio) done by JOTD
  • 08.07.02 new: KGB (Cryo) done by JOTD
  • 08.07.02 improved: Insanity Fight (Microdeal) supports another version
  • 08.07.02 new: Fright Night (Microdeal) done by Psygore
  • 08.07.02 new: European Football Champ (Domark) done by Codetapper
  • 08.07.02 improved: Black Sect (Lankhor) access faults removed, docs/solution added
  • 08.07.02 improved: American Gladiators (GameTek/Imagitec Design) blitter waits added, SMC fixed
(ps)

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08.Jul.2002
Marco Frischkorn (ANF)


 highantdev.de: Servermoving causes HTML-chat inavailability
Due to some serious security problems of the SuSE-Linux system, the homepage of HighAnt Development (titlelink) will be moved to a new server. This moving will cause some downtime of the server (including the HTML-chat).

The chat will be back as soon as possible! (ps) (Translation: sk)

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08.Jul.2002
Jan Andersen (VHT-ML)


 Virus protection: VirusZ III v0.9b
Georg Hoermann has made an new update of VirusZ III, and the new update is now available for download at all the Virus Help Team's homepages. Here is some info about the update:

Name: VirusZ III v0.9b
Archive name : VirusZ.lha
Archive size : 61.352 bytes
Date : 8 July 2002
Programmer : Georg Hoermann
Requires:
AmigaOS 2.04 or better
util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha
util/virus/xvslibrary.lha
util/pack/xfdmaster.lha
util/arc/xadmaster.lha (recommended)
util/libs/DisLib.lha (optional) (ps)

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08.Jul.2002
Amiga Community


 SixK-Port: Reaction MySQL Client RMC 0.4
SixK wrote:
I've just added RMC 0.4, the Reaction MySql Client. This release has far less bugs than the latest.

Download: RMC0.4.lzx (ps) (Translation: sk)

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08.Jul.2002
Amiga Community


 SixK SDL-Spieleport: Freecraft 1.17.2
SixK released his SDL-port of Freecraft 1.17.2 (a Warcraft-clone). The SDL-library makes the programming of games and other multimedia-program for different operating systems possible.

Download: freecraft-020630.lzx

Release notes:
  • Multiplayer is tested and works on Amiga.
  • Few bugs fixed.
  • Sound still disabled for Amiga.
  • For all SDL games, you can have the good colors with P96 when you play SDL games in window mode with a 16 bits (not 16 Bits PC) Workbench.
(ps) (Translation: sk)

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07.Jul.2002
Amiga-Society


 Amiga-Society: English version of web site
Parts of Amiga-Society's web site are now also available in English. This web site contains amongst others the "Little Book of Amiga Software" with information about Amiga software titles. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
MorphOS-News.de


 Pegasos: Pictures from the Thendic France presentation in Bordeaux
This weekend saw the Pegasos computer's and MorphOS' first public presentation by Thendic France in Bordeaux. Pictures by Bertrand "Frodon" Presles and a video of this demonstration can be found under the title link. In addition a report will be published soon.

As some Amiga browsers have a problem with the JavaScript code on above page, two mirrors have been set up:
www.iki.fi/sintonen/pegasostmp/
www-users.rwth-aachen.de/holger.jeromin/pegasos/ (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)


 Amiga Club Guide: Offline version
For all who would like to read the Amiga Club Guide offline, there is now a special version available for download.

This version is for private use only, and requires a written permission for media publication.

Download: AmigaClubGuide_v1_0.lha (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
Cyborg (E-Mail)


 IRC: BenderIRC Update V1.b12 with smiley icons
The IRC client "BenderIRC" now comes with a new graphical feature. It replaces the smileys commonly used in chats like :-) with little icons. The character sequences to be replaced can be defined freely, as can the corresponding graphics. Thus other texts can be replaced with graphics, too, so one is not limited to smileys.

The first set of icons is already contained in the BenderIRC archive, but can also be viewed on the newly designed web site.

Download: BenderIRC.lha, History - Read first! (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
GFX-BASE


 3D: MiniGL from Hyperion Entertainment
'MiniGL' for developers has been published on Aminet. This is a subset of the 3D API 'OpenGL', which has been developed by Hyperion Entertainment (Hans-Jörg Frieden, Thomas Frieden und Christian Michael) with the emphasis on speed.

The archive contains the MiniGL ANSI-C source code, source code of demo programs, the documentation and make files for gcc and vbcc.

Warp3D is required.

Download: /dev/c/minigl.lha (607K), Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
Amiga Flame


 Amiga Flame: Software for AmigaOne and AmigaDE (Kick Off 2)
Philip Cosby has published two articles on Amiga Flame.

After last week's AmigaOne-Guide, in 'AmigaOne Software Line-Up' he particularly goes into software titles for the AmigaOne.

In 'Kick Off 2002 - The Legend is back' he reports shortly about Virtual Programming having come to an agreement with Anco which entitles Virtual Programming to port Kick Off 2 to Intent/AmigaDE. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


 Amiga Arena: Interview Alfred Faust (BarsnPipes), PuzzleBOBS GFX manual
An interview with Alfred Faust (further development of BarsnPipes) and a German manual for creating graphics for PuzzleBOBS have been published on Amiga Arena.

Interview with "Alfred Faust" (BarsnPipes)
Thanks to "Alfred Faust", "BarsnPipes" users are pleased about the steady further development of the multimedia MIDI sequencer "BarsnPipes" Amiga since 2001.

In the very detailed interview with "Amiga Arena", "Alfred Faust" not only talks about the future of "BarsnPipes" but rather more goes into detail about the advantages and possibilities of the program and tells how the release of the sources came about.

The interview is available in German.

PuzzleBOBS GFX manual
The German manual for the creation of custom graphics for the game "PuzzleBOBS" is online.

Thus you have the possibility of making your own backgrounds and game characters.

Unfortunately not all sections of the manual have been translated yet, so please contact Olaf Köbnik if you would like to take on that task.

It would also be nice if some users have fun in creating new level designs. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


 Amiga Future: Update of Workbench gallery
On 6th July 2002, the Workbench gallery on the Amiga Future home page was updated.

In the future, the editors of Amiga Future would also like to publish the corresponding system information besides the actual screen shots. Therefore the editors are asking all users who send in new screen shots as well as all users whose pictures have already been published to include or send in now the following information:

  • OS used, e.g. OS 3.1, 3.9, XL etc.
  • Tools used to give Workbench this look.
  • Programs visible on the screen shot.
  • If so wished by the user, also eMail address and further information. (Please always indicate that these my be published!)
(sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
ANN


 AROS: Zune screen shots - Locale, test apps
Two new screen shots of Zune have been publisehd by AROS. Picture 1 shows the Locale preference program's GUI and picture 2 some test programs, a barebone version of the Zune prefs editor and a small program for testing the layout engine.

Zune is a MUI compatible GUI system. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jul.2002
ANN


 Themes: OverShaker web site online again
After three months offline status because of problems with the web hoster, the web site 'OverShaker' is online again.

This site provides icons and in particular a number of themes for Amiga computers for download.

Three new themes have been added. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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06.Jul.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)


 Amiga Inside: new date - 06th/08th September 2002
The date for the next Amiga Inside Party had unfortunately been delayed by one week because of organizational reasons. It will now take place from September, 6th till September, 8th 2002. The place (Hirsau) didn't change, though. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2002
Amigan Software


 Game: Worm Wars v7.02
Worm Wars has been released in version 7.02. The game needs at least OS2.04+ and PAL/DblPAL as well as a MC68020+.

Download: WormWars.lha (621 KB) (ps) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2002
ANN


 Magazin: The Crypt #24
Today has the issue #24 of the English online magazine "The Crypt" been released. Here the original message:

This issue explores the concept of whether we`re alone in the Universe. All the facts are placed before you to make up your own mind, and we have some very tangible facts as well from sources all around the world. This issue is nearly 10 MB in size, and we have plenty to keep you interested on these hot summer days (Yeh!). So come inside and have your own Alien Encounter. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2002
ANN


 CD-Magazin: 100%AMIGA - July issue #26
Of the English Amiga CD magazine '100%AMIGA' has the issue #26 been released. The magazine is distributed by Forematt Home Computing exclusively on CDROM. The CDROM has a GUI especially developed for this need that guides the reader through the magazine. Read now the original message:

The July issue of 100%AMIGA, the World's only monthly interactive Amiga CD magazine is now available. This month we go behind the scenes...
In The Making of 100%AMIGA, we take a look at M.R.E. and we see if the only remaining Amiga Word Processor, AMIGA WRITER 2.2, can do the business! Plus all the latest headlines read to you TV style by our very own newsreader. Click on the title link to see our new summer look and a glimpse at what we are covering. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2002
amiga.org / Kai Stegemann (ANF)


 Amithlon petition
The petition (title link) was created by Kelvin Shirley. Kelvin Shirley asks in the petition the community to show their support for Bernie and that they are waiting for Amithlon 2.

Here is the original text:
Please sign to show your support for Bernie, author of Amithlon, while he sorts out the problems with its release. He has gone through such hard times trying to get his excellent software out, and it would be nice to show him how much support he has from the Amiga Community! So please sign today and feel free to leave any comments you would like to give Bernie. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2002
Andreas Kleinert (email)


 Andreas Kleinert: free key for ak datatypes pre-45.x
Anyone who wants to use the pre-45.x versions of the ak datatypes with a PPC card now can do so, with these free keyfiles. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2002
Andreas Kleinert (email)


 Andreas Kleinert: download pages online again - akMPEG4 V5.03
Andreas Kleinert has put his download pages online again. They can be accessed (containing some new versions) following these URLs:

Download page German - Download page English (ps) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2002
Andreas Magerl (email)


 Amiga Future: review of Superballz
On the Amiga Future homepage has today a review of Superballz (see title link) been released. Superballz is a game in the kind of Marble Madness where a little ball has to be guided through scrolling levels where switches have to be activated. Having all switches activated somewhere in this level opens the exit to the next level. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2002
Patrick Henz (ANF)


 freeCD: The Elite Experience
The works on the freeCD "The Elite Experience" make good progress and maybe the CD will be finished already this month. Amiga users will find on it among other things the completely playable versions of Elite and Frontier (Elite 2), the latter being now shareware. Furtheron the CD contains Frontier for the CD32 as ISO file. Owners of emulators will find on the CD pearls like Elite for C64, NES, Apple or the Gameboy. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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05.Jul.2002
Alfred Faust


 Sequencer: BarsnPipes version 1.15
On the homepage of Alfred Faust you can find an improved version 1.15 of 3rd July 2002 of the sequencer BarsnPipes. On 25th May 2001 the source code of BarsnPipes was published by Todor Fay. Since Alfred Faust has developed this professional program further it is freeware.

The new features of the current version:
Screenmoderequester, GadTools-GUI, most of the requesters accessable via keyboard, CAMD-library, new 32 colour design, localisation and much more. Please have a look at the history for changes which is included in the BnP_Addenum.guide.

Download: BnP1_15.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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05.Jul.2002
Jürgen A. Theiner (ANF)


 playamiga.de charts for July 2002
Jürgen A. Theiner wrote:
Now it is done. There are the new charts. I have a request: Please keep on sending me your titles of your three favorite games via email. You may take part each month afresh. Besides this I have got a request from AGC if we want to create a big Amiga chart list? What do you think of it? (ps) (Translation: dr)

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05.Jul.2002
Slashdot / Anon (ANF)


 AmigaOne on Slashdot
MacOS on the AMIGA One is one of the main topics on one of the biggest English spoken Geek-news site. Slashdot refers to an article of an user who reported on the AmigaOne mailingslist that he has successfully run Mac On Linux on the AmigaOne. You can find the article under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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05.Jul.2002
Paul Herms


 Music: Sid4Amiga version 3.40b
Yesterday Paul Heams published the beta version 3.40b of his Sidplayer 'Sid4Amiga'. (Full release with DSP Reverb and SidPlay Emulation Libraries). If you have comments then please send them to s4a@heams.freeserve.co.uk.

Download: S4A340b2.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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05.Jul.2002
APC-TCP / Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


 APC-TCP: New manager for DigiBoosterPro
APC-TCP thinks that DigiBoosterPro should be developed further for the users and of course for its own purpose. Because of that and that a new version of this unique can be soon published it has been decided that Dennis Lohr will be the new manager for DigiBoosterPro.

You will get information etc. directly from him. His new email address is: music@psyria.de. The DigiBoosterPro community is available under www.digiboosterpro.de. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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05.Jul.2002
Michael Christoph (ANF)


 Workbench: ToolsMenu V45.8 published
ToolsMenu is a preference program with that you can easily and comfortably add new entries to the Tools-menu.

New features:
  • Program and arguments can be chosen via FileRequester
  • RAmiga+C for copying an entry
  • Snapshot Window + FileReq (position, size and directory)
  • Quotation marks in the command line are now possible
  • %A (always filerequester), %O (optional filerequester), %K (keyboard) for controlling of pictogram and FileRequester as command arguments
  • Highly extended and reworked documentation
  • Installation + Guide + Catalog in German, English and Italian (Italian Guide will follow within the next days)
On the AmigaAktuell of July there will be a workshop about ToolsMenu which will introduce the new functions in practical tests. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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04.Jul.2002
Amiga Society


 Amiga Society - Updates through 3rd July, 2002
Again a bit of catching up has been done for the webpage. The books have been improved in terms of readability. In the project area there are some new pictures of Schlachtfeld [Slaughter Field -DM] and hopefully there will be more soon.

Most recent updates:
  • 03.07.2002 - Updates for Schlachtfeld, improvement in the "books"
  • 02.07.2002 - Updates for Schlachtfeld area
  • 01.07.2002 - Updates for Little Book
  • 30.06.2002 - Updates for Little Book
  • 29.06.2002 - Updates for Little Book
  • 28.06.2002 - Updates for Little Book
  • 27.06.2002 - Updates for Little Book
  • 26.06.2002 - New entry and updates for Little Book
  • 25.06.2002 - Neue entries and updates for Little Book
  • 24.06.2002 - Several entries in Little Book switched to "new" Format
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Jul.2002
amiga.org


 AROS: New snapshot available (2002-07-03)
Adam Chodorowski has made a new binary and source snapshot release of AROS. You can download it from SourceForge, at the AROS download page (see title link). He hasn't done much testing, but i386-pc does boot on his machine at least. There's a huge number of changes since the last snapshot which he won't go into (since he don't really remember them all). One new thing to play with though is Zune (our MUI clone) which is included in this release (in contrib). (ps)

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04.Jul.2002
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)


 Developer Pack: Inga-Engine 1.04/9 (Beta) and News
A new update for the Inga developers packet has been released. Inga is an engine for classic, Monkey Island 3 style graphic adventures. The developer tools have likely reached their final version with this update. The engine certainly won't contain any more specialities, although there are still a couple mysterious errors...

Inga-Engine 1.04/9 (Beta)
  • New command "load picture."
  • Use of the same mask data for several pictures is possible (look in the index under "Load Picture").
  • No explanation text at the pointer during an automatic course.

Script Shell 1.12
  • Catalog-data updates.
  • Interruption of compilation after errors is possible.

InutilisGraphics 1.07
  • Bug in the ILBM loading routine overcome (when Chunks have uneven lengths).
  • Data name now disappears, when "close" button is pushed.
  • Logical suggestions of data names also for mask data (see 1.05)
  • Catalog data updated.

Area Editor 1.13
  • Catalog data updated.

Character Editor 1.01
  • Catalog data updated.
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Jul.2002
Suite101.com


 John Chandler: A Nudge In The Right Direction
John Chandler regularly writes Amiga-oriented articles at the website Suite101.com. In his new article 'A Nudge In The Right Direction' Chandler concerns himself with the current market conditions and the promised Amiga One and OS4 as well as Amiga Inc.'s $50 coupon promotion. He appeals to the users to support Amiga Inc. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Jul.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


 IOSPIRIT: fxSCAN 4.0 benchmarks and special offer
On the fxSCAN-website you can now also find benchmark-results that document the speed increase of version 4.0 and 68K/PPC when compared to version 3.0. All in all the OCR's speed has increased by 650 percent even on one of the slowest PPC-boards.

The delivery of fxSCAN 4.0 has already started. Nevertheless our special offer (save 10 EUR!!) is still valid until 07.07.2002. So don't wait any longer and save money by placing your order now! (ps)

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04.Jul.2002
TriMa (ANF)


 AmigaFun und AOG: FreeCiv Tournament on 13th July, 2002
On Saturday, the 13th of July 2002, a FreeCiv online tournament is being offered in cooperation with AOG. Everyone who has time and money (a residence) is invited. The tournament starts at 2 pm [believe this refers to Central European Time, East Coast US would be 6 hours earlier -DM]. Whoever wants to participate should rendezvouz a half hour before in the IRC channel #Amiga Fun. You'll find the IRC server information under the title link.

It's FreeCiv version 1.12 (Amiga 1.16) that we're using! Here are the URLs to the Amiga and PC versions:

Amiga: freeciv-1.12.0.lzx
PC-Win: freeciv-1.12.0-gtk-win-1.zip

The game is being organized by OEmer and TriMa, come and chat with them if you have questions! (ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Jul.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


 Amiga Future: Question to all Amiga dealers concerning the new child protection
Andreas Magerl writes: "In a short time the new child protection law will come into force. According to this law every game and CD-ROM purchased in Germany must be checked for an age certification. Currently that costs about 500 Euros [about $500 -DM] which makes it uneconomical for every Amiga game. The same thing probably applies to the Mac Market.

I would like to hear from Amiga manufacturers and dealers if they have been able to make sense of this? How are the individual firms reacting? How do they see the future?

Even now, when the law has not yet come into force, should we not react as quickly as possible, otherwise it'll all soon be over with the Amiga market. Sticking our heads in the sand is nothing. Challenges to this law cost 50,000 Euros and no-one can afford that!" (ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Jul.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


 Amiga Future: Appointment Calendar Online
As of today the appointment calendar of Amiga Future is online. In this calendar you'll be able to find Amiga parties, exhibitions, conventions and similar events by date. Right now just a few events have been entered but that should change soon. Send your Amiga appointments with the submission of the following data: event date (beginnning and ending), event name, URL, contact email address and optionally an expanded description. The calendar is reachable at the following URL: http://www.amigafuture.de/kalender/. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Jul.2002
Maja (ANF)


 ELSA: LANCOM Offers Support
"LANCOM Systes Inc. is immediately offering service and support for the earlier ELSA LANCOM and AirLancer product families." Read more about this in the press release under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Jul.2002
Stefan Martens (ANF)


 IRC: Guidance for #AmigaFun Visitors
The #AmigaFun IRC channel announces: On account of problems with the provider the server acid.de.eu.phat-net.de is offline. Connected to this is also the unfortunate fact that all Phat-Net domains which end in ".de" are unreachable, because their DNS is offline. A solution is being worked on. We recommend for now that you try the following servers:

irc.phat-net.org
amigafun.ma.cx

The HTML chat should work. We ask for your patience and understanding. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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03.Jul.2002
Satra Systems


 Database: SatraDB for AmigaOS still under work
Satra Systems website has been reworked in general. With this opportunity they have told that the database management system 'SatraDB' for AmigaOS 3.5 is still under development. Progress is slow but the project hasn't been canceled. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Jul.2002
Virus Help Denmark


 VirusExecutor Version 2.24
Jan Erik Olausen has made an new update of VirusExecutor, and the new update is now available for download at all the Virus Help Team's homepages.

Here is some info about the update:
  • Name: VirusExecutor v2.24
  • Archive name : VirusExecutor.lha
  • Archive size : 283.092 bytes
  • Date : 3 July 2002
  • Programmer : Jan Erik Olausen - vht-dk
  • Requires: AmigaOS 2.04 or better
    xvs.library (included)
    reqtools.library
    xfdmaster.library
    xadmaster.library


News in v2.24
  • Added asl.library and reqtools.library to the patch watch.
  • Added more commands to the memory monitor and fixed some bugs.
  • Fixed 'Modified' message when starting VE outside the current directory. Thanks to Charlene for finding this bug.
  • Renamed execPrivate functions. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the info.
  • Unknown patches are now highlighted. Thanks to Andrew Boyarintsev for this tip.
  • Checking updates from aminet (US) fixed.
  • Improved patch checking... Should work with OS 3.9 (BB2).
  • Added MD5-128 bit checksum checking for BB2 exec.library.
  • Fixed bug, when saving KickStart to file under BB2.
  • VirusExecutor.patches has been renamed to VirusExecutor.PatchBrain!
  • Removed all sound. This is because VE used external programs to produce the sound... Not very clever if those programs were infected.. In the future I will add internal sound support.
  • Added MuMove4K right.
  • Fixed bug in CPU Int. and Exec Int. ValidMem was not doing the job.
  • Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the new GetVBR code and help.
  • exec.library now shows the right function name under MorphOS. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the info.
  • Added recog for AHI (paula.device) to audio 0 ch. Thanks to Harry again.
  • Fixed bug when 'Converting IBM...' to Amiga and 'Rename pictures'
  • Changed CRC-32 to MD5-128 checking (FileWatch). Thanks to Harry Sintonen for this tip.
  • Fixed Enforcer hit when deleting from File Watch.
  • Fixed hits/crash when running VE under MorphOS. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the info about lib_NegSize under MorphOS. There are still some bugs to be fixed while running MorphOS...
  • Fixed small bug in memory area name (Memory monitor).
PatchBrain changes:
  • Added 2 more patches from TrueMultiAssigns v1.09
  • Added 1 more patch to MCP
  • Added MuFastZero v40.20
  • Bugfix: FixGetMsg vs SystemPatch
  • Changed the author of ReqAttack to Jacek Piszczek jr.
  • Added Magic Layers v1.0
  • Added BlazeWCP v1.73
  • Added FixLongMult v1.00
  • Added FakeDefIconMsg v0.1
  • Added DiskSafe v1.32
  • Added ScreenTab v3.2
  • Added PatchWork v0.15
  • Added TitleShadow v1.0
  • Added BDebug v1.688
  • Added FixGetMsg
  • Added SAS/C_CPR v6.58
  • Added LibWatch v0.1
  • Added PM v37.8
  • Added CentreQuest
  • Added AssignWedge v1.5
  • Added one more patch to NewMode
  • Added RAWBinfo v1.35
  • Added AslToRT v39.8
  • Added MuForce v40.30
  • Added SaferPatchesv 2.12
  • Added more from MCP
  • Added SegTracker v37.74
  • Added MagicTV
  • Added RPP v1.0
  • Added Snapper v1.0
  • Added PatchControl v2.6
Download shortcut (Denmark site): http://home4.inet.tele.dk/vht-dk/amiga/ve/ve.htm (ps)

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03.Jul.2002
GFX-Base


 VOB, AVI, MPEG and DIVX convertor
jah writes:
"There's a quick port of ffmpeg available for Amiga, which can easily convert a big range of movie formats." Versions for 68k and PPC of this multi-formats movie convertor are available. See title link for download. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Jul.2002
AMIGAplus


 Titan Computer: New screenshots of Rage Hard
Titan Computer have published some new impressing screenshots of Rage Hard. Rage Hard is a 3D-Shooter, which will be released for MorphOS. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Jul.2002
Amiga.org


 Amiga magazines: Database extended with some magazines
The database of former Amiga magazines has been extended with pages about 'Amiga Active' and 'Digital'. The database contains lots of information about magazines which aren't published anymore. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Jul.2002
RekoNet


 Game: New Klondike card sets at the RekoNet (30.6.2002)
At the RekoNet, the collection of card sets, programms and links concerning the Klondike game by Reko-Productions, some new card sets are added.

These are:
  • 2 new MogwaiMen card sets
  • RomantikGirls and Sonya Kartensets by Andreas Sauer added/updated
  • Some descriptions corrected
(ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Jul.2002
T.o.T.


 Game: Tales of Tamar now to order
After six years of development the time has come. The basic set of Tales of Tamar is now to order. For this reason the ToT team has done the work to renew the start site for ToT completely. The graphically impressing result is to view via the title link. For questions about the game there is a forum with several categories available.

Tales of Tamar will be delivered in September/Oktober 2002. The basic set costs 59,90 EUR, including three CDs and a 64 paged manual.

Tales of Tamar is an Internet and round based game for Amiga, Atari, Mac, Linux and PC from Eternity Entertainment Software. More details and meaningful screenshots are available with the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Jul.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)


 New webmaster for DigiBoosterPro.de wanted
There is still a very urgent search for a new webmaster from September the 1st 2002 for the community site of DigiBoosterPro. For the homepage there is a demand of webspace including PHP and MySQL (the page might be adjusted). If there is nobody to find to do this the page unfortunately will be closed. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Jul.2002
Computer City (E-Mail)


 Computer City to offer 'I Am Amiga' membership
Rotterdam, July 3rd 2002 - starting today, Amiga users in the Benelux can order their "I Am Amiga" club membership through Computer City. Various payment methods are offered, including bank transfers to Belgium and Dutch bank accounts.

A (Dutch) webform is set up at http://www.compcity.nl/iamamiga.

For more information please contact Ron van Herk at info@compcity.nl. (ps)

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03.Jul.2002
Matthias Henze (ANF)


 HSMathLibs final versions nearly finished
HSMathLibs V.44.50 Beta 2 (for MC68881/82) and 8 (for MC68040/060) nearly finished
Matthias Henze writes:
Finally the German version of the HSMathLibs is finished. Betatests are closed and translations are under work. After a very long time there will be a new version of the HSMathLibs again. This is for all registered users. But there will be a new demo version as well. I can't tell an explicit date of release now, it depends on how fast the translations will be finished.

I am sorry that there has been no new version of the HSMathLibs for so long, but there was no other possibility and there were reasons. With my comment regarding the news "HSMathLibs Version 44.50 Beta 2 und 8" from June, the 22nd 2002 I wrote some issues about that. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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02.Jul.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


 TechNetCast: Interview with Carl Sassenrath from Nov. 1998
Under the title link you will find an old interview from November 1998 with Carl Sassenrath, author of the AmigaOS kernel "Exec.library". In this interview Carl describes detailed the origin of AmigaOS and explains several design decisions. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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02.Jul.2002
Andreas Kleinert (E-Mail)


 akMPEG4 V5 for Amithlon
akMPEG4 V5.00 (w/o PPC support, w/ Amithlon optimizations) now is available.

Download: akMPEG4.lha. (ps)

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02.Jul.2002
Apex Designs


 Game: New Extra maps for Payback and workshop
For the game 'Payback` are Extra Maps released. Also a Workshop to explain the Payback map editor from Philipp Bödeker and Ricco Clemens was published. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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02.Jul.2002
Stefan Popp (E-Mail)


 Elbox uses own USB-Stack
As a news from VGR states, Elbox will use its own USB stack as Darek Dulian says. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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02.Jul.2002
CAD-Technologies / Imagine


 Order adress for 'Imagine' changed
The order adress for the Amiga program 'Imagine' has changed from 1st July 2002 on:

Martin McKenzie
528 London Road
Flat 3/1
Glasgow
G40 1DU
Scotland

The version 6.0 of the 3D rendering program is in progress. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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02.Jul.2002
AmiWest 2002


 Event: AmiWest 2002 Information Release #4
Some of you may not be on the Amiga Inc. mailing list, so we have decided to send this Amiga Community message from Bill McEwen to our AmiWest 2002 mailinig list. Our apologies if this is a duplicate.

Notice, as well, that AmiWest 2002 will be the venue for some very important announcements about the new machines and software. Go to lines 311 and 330 in this email (approximately) to see this information. In addition, two other computer companies producing Amiga hardware will be at our show.
So if you haven't made plans yet to attend, it isn't too late. We've just persuaded the Holiday Inn to hold more rooms for us, but only until July 7th. And while you're reserving that room, be sure to send us your check for your show tickets. This helps us to plan for the onslaught better. It's going to be a great show and you should be there to cash in on the great things that are happening. Join us so you can say, "I was there when it was announced!"
And read the following carefully to see what Amiga Inc. is planning for AmiWest 2002. We'll see you at the show!!

Amiga Forever,

Brian Deneen, President
Sacramento Amiga Computer Club
for the AmiWest 2002 Committee
(ps)

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02.Jul.2002
Arkadiusz [Yak] Wahlig


 Window-Organizer: DepthMenu Version 2.35
The Polish coder Arkadiusz [Yak] Wahlig has released version 2.35 of his program 'DepthMenu'. With this program you can organize, minimize or maximize opened windows on your workbench.

Download: DepthMenu.lha (ps) (Translation: gf)

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02.Jul.2002
Jabberwocky


 Instant Messenger: Jabberwocky Version 1.2
Version 1.2 of Jabberwocky, the Amiga Jabber client has been released. Most noteworthy is the fact that small bugs have been identified and removed.

Download: Jabberwocky_aos_v1_2.lha (ps)

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02.Jul.2002
AudioLabs


 AudioLabs: New plugin for ProStationAudio (ASD-1)
ASD-1 is a new recursive delay with echoes running at different speed and pitch than the master signal. DSP implementation, not reproductable with analog fx devices. Works with any version of ProStationAudio for AmigaOS. Speed can be manually modulated in realtime (for recording to disk "realtime modulation performances" a full version of ProStationAudio is needed).

Download: ASD-1.lha (ps)

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02.Jul.2002
Sebastian Bauer


 MUI: NList V0.92, NListtree V18.14
Sebastian Bauer has released version 0.92 of the MUI custom class "NList" and version 18.14 of the class "NListtree". These versions contain mainly bug fixes. No new features have been added.

Download:
MCC_NList.lha (194 KB)
MCC_NListtree.lha (168 KB)
(ps)

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01.Jul.2002



 Survey: How long have you been online?
We want to know for how many years our readers are using the Internet. These are the possible choices:
  • less then one year
  • < 2 years
  • < 3 years
  • < 4 years
  • < 5 years
  • < 6 years
  • < 7 years
  • < 8 years
  • more than 8 years
Enjoy this survey! (ps) (Translation: sk)

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01.Jul.2002
WHDLoad


 Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 02.07.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your hard disk. The following games are added or updated:
  • 02.07.02 new: The Real Popeye (Bignonia) done by Bored Seal
  • 02.07.02 new: Insanity Fight (Microdeal) done by Bored Seal
  • 02.07.02 new: Colorbuster (Indian Software) done by Bored Seal
  • 02.07.02 improved: Blasteroids (Tengen/Image Works) supports another version
  • 02.07.02 improved: Black Crypt (Raven Software) access faults removed, protection removed
  • 01.07.02 new: Cubix (Media GmbH) done by Asman
  • 01.07.02 improved: Ween (Coktel Vision) more versions supported
  • 01.07.02 fixed: Vyrus (Amiga Fun) keyboard routine corrected
  • 01.07.02 improved: Seven Gates of Jambala (Thalion) supports another version, various other changes
  • 01.07.02 improved: Rubicon (21st Century) colorbit fixes, trainer and blitter waits added
  • 01.07.02 improved: Geisha (Cocktel Vision) Spanish version supported, new install script
  • 01.07.02 improved: Emmanuelle (TomaHawk) access fault removed, more versions supported
  • 01.07.02 improved: Black Sect (Lankhor) access faults removed, docs added
  • 29.06.02 new: Supaplex (Digital Integration) done by CFOU!
  • 29.06.02 new: Pinball Magic (Loriciel) done by CFOU!
  • 29.06.02 improved: Darkseed (CyberDreams) new icons, CD³² version supported
  • 29.06.02 improved: Capone (Actionware) new install script, other version supported
(ps)

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01.Jul.2002
Amiga Online Games


 Amiga Online Games: Vote for Top 10
Under the title link you can vote for the Top 10 of Amiga games for July 2002, organised by Amiga Online Games. (ps)

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01.Jul.2002
Amiga Inc.


 Amiga Inc.: Promotion Clarifications and Update (Executive Update)

Promotion Clarifications and Update

Bill McEwen - July 1, 2002

Greetings to one and all, and a big thank you to all of you who have participated (and to others out there who will hopefully participate) in the promotion. I have some points I need to clarify and a desire to, once again, be completely honest with all of you.

Here we go:

One question that has been asked of us a lot is "Why are you doing this promotion?"

This promotion is not about pre-selling AmigaOnes, nor pre-selling Amiga OS 4.0. We are in no way pre-selling these items. Others have taken your money in the past, with no products ever delivered to customers. We are not doing that, nor would we EVER do that. In spite of what some may think, we have learned well the lessons of history, and we do not intend repeating them. The AmigaOne board exists in every way that a motherboard can exist. It has been shown, it is in use, and is being used in software and hardware development. As a point in fact, I know that once the news is disseminated further regarding the show in France that took place last weekend, the largest majority of you will be very pleased with the progress shown in the development and deployment of the AmigaOne, and you will know that all this is very "real".

This promotion is not about the pre-selling of AmigaOS 4.0, either. You have seen the screen shots, it is in the hands of developers, and I am excited (yes I used the "e" word, AGAIN, but hey, I am EXCITED, as we all are here, and we have earned the right to be excited!) about how well this project is coming along. OS 4.0 will run on other PPC products besides the AmigaOne, like the CyberStorm and Blizzard PPC accelerator cards. That's because you, the members of The Community, with many and varied needs, wanted this support. So we delivered this legacy support in response to your expressed desires. OS 4.0 and beyond are providing us with a new future for the AmigaOS in many different traditional hardware configurations.

So for better clarification, the AmigaOne is a motherboard that will be sold to dealers. Dealers will then be able to sell the AmigaOne as is, or can build a complete system, or sell you the parts and let you the end user make it yourself. AmigaOS 4.0 is not pre-loaded on the system, but is sold with the AmigaOne.

With regards to OS 4.0, you may purchase this product separately from the AmigaOne, and it can be loaded and used on other Amiga PPC products and systems and are certified for OS 4.0.

Whew, I think that I have it correct now.

With all of that out of the way, and I trust better clarification I want to share with you the real reason behind the promotion and why it is so very important for all of us. Along with this information we are making a change that better reflects what the promotion is attempting to prove:

We are working daily with developers, 3rd party services, investors, dealers, and past dealers who are looking to return to the Amiga market. The one critical question that is asked of us every day is "How many Amiga customers can we look forward to, as a base for a return on our investment in the market?" "We are not interested in spending money developing software, only to sell a few hundred copies. " These are quite valid concerns, and we want to answer them accurately. These same sort of questions do apply to the number of AmigaOnes we will build and the number of components that are purchased to effect that construction. The dealers must have a reasonably accurate idea of how many cases, peripheral components, even shipping boxes to purchase, so they can build AmigaOne motherboards up into full desktop solutions for their customers, and we have some very large, and I mean huge electronic stores who may be interested in starting to carry Amiga products again, if.....and only if we can show that
there is a viable market for the products. This is important information we need to learn here, not only for ourselves but our network of partners as well, both our announced partners and those waiting in the wings, watching the Amiga market and the Amiga Community.

This promotion is far more than filling some nebulous coffers: it is about letting the developers and the world know that Amiga is a market, that the Amiga Community is viable and that it is one that is most certainly a market worth developing for, and a market and group of people worthy of recognition.

Now I know that many out there are in a "wait and see mode". I keep receiving messages from many of you that tell me that there are 100's of thousands of Amiga aficionado who will come forward once the new products are out, and I must say I agree. I know that there are many more out there waiting before they commit to a purchase. This I completely understand as well. The issue immediately before us is that we really need to prove that there is a market out there for Amiga today, and that there will be even more people tomorrow.

This promotion is about bringing the Amiga family back together again, reforming the ranks if you will, and preparing us all for the great successes we can create together, as we make the necessary moves towards the merging of the DE and OS technologies in AmigaOS 5.0 and beyond. We are committed to being able to show that Amiga is a force to be reckoned with in the technology realm, and to showing that there is an opportunity for developers to return to the Amiga platform and start making money again, with Amiga the platform and Amiga the company.

So yes, the promotion is designed for fun. Yes, it is designed to deliver a good value for you, the members of the Amiga Community. It is also about providing proof to the skeptics that Amiga is here to stay and that we are a market they need to recognize, for which they should develop, that this Amiga Market would be worth their investment of time, effort and money. At the end of the day, this is business, and business is about providing a return for all involved.

With all of the above stated, I am going to change this promotion somewhat, to better capture what we are determined to achieve with this promotion, the Amiga and you. We are going to do something here that will let everyone know that we are part of something great and significant. Most of you have been here far longer than I have and I appreciate the fact that most, not all of you, but most, have adopted me into your family. So in order to better accomplish this goal, this promotion is changing.

Join the Club Now when you join the "I am Amiga Club" for USD 50.00, (EUR 50.00, or GBP 32.50) you will receive a shirt signifying your membership, a coupon that can be used for a USD 50.00 (EUR 50.00, or GBP 32.50) discount on an AmigaOne, or OS 4.0 (for those of you who wish to run this new OS on your existing 3rd-party PPC cards) you will also receive a newsletter, and throughout the next 12 months you will be the first to learn of new products. We will work together with Amiga-associated companies to offer significant discounts and other special promotions to the Amiga Club members.

All of the rest of the promotion still applies and all members will be automatically entered into the sweepstakes.

Here is how you may purchase the promotion:

In my very USA-focused approach (I apologize for that, it won't happen again) I did not think through the process of ordering the promotion without a credit card. And for those of you outside of the USA, where so many of you reside, you can now use Pay Pal, and certain debit cards that carry a credit card logo may also be used or you can also send a check, money order, or bank check to:

Amiga, Inc.
I am Amiga Club
P.O. Box 887
Ravensdale, WA 98051 USA

Please include Name, Address, and all of your other necessary details for us to be
able to deliver the products to you. Also, please include your E-Mail address, if you have one.

By the end of the week, you should also be able to purchase this promotion through your local Amiga dealer. This will make it much easier for all of you to participate in the promotion and order the items from your local dealer. We will still send you the certificate and the shirt directly, but this may be easier for many of you to participate.

Last Item: Extension of the deadline!

We have been asked by many of the dealers and many of you in the Community to extend the promotion deadline so that more of you may participate. Well, we agree and the promotion deadline will be extended to July 19th at Midnight Pacific Time (0900 GMT July 20th). We will update the numbers daily and we are working to get others to share the news with their friends also.

Until we meet again, I look forward to as many of you as possible joining in letting the world know that Amiga is very real and is very much a force that has yet to truly have its time in the sun.

Every membership counts. If you have been sitting on the fence wondering if this is "another money-grubbing idea," You Are Wrong... What we are really about is unifying the community of Amiga users and partners as we move forward. We are dealing with companies and vendors who would like to believe that there is a viable community willing to spend money. Amiga Inc. just has to be able to demonstrate to them, provably, that such a community and such a market exists. I hope that all of you will join the Club and be a part of that proof and history.

One more clarification: All of you who have already purchased the coupon are automatically entered into the club and will receive all listed benefits.

So to summarize:

The AmigaOne is a PPC Motherboard that will be sold to dealers where you may purchase the product.

AmigaOS 4.0 will run on the AmigaOne and other Amiga PPC certified products.

All people who have purchased the coupon will automatically be entered into the Club.

Amiga Club membership includes a Shirt, A discount coupon that can be applied to an AmigaOne, AmigaOS 4.0 or a combination of the two. It also includes a newsletter and future product discounts on other Amiga products and Amiga associated products. These will also include AmigaDE related products and those products that are Amiga Enabled (more about these in the newsletter).

Also the shirts will be produced in more than one continent, so that we can expedite their delivery to you.

All items will be delivered after the completion of the promotion, and initial sign up program.

So come on now: I know that there are more of you out there. Lets make this happen together.
(ps)

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01.Jul.2002
valwit (ANF)


 Video-Player: Frogger Version 2.0 Beta (Update)
It's been a while since last Frogger release, but I believe it was worth waiting ;) Version 2.0 has been basically written from scratch, and can now play, besides mpeg and str movies, also avi (Windows Media), qt (Quicktime), rm (RealMedia), asf/wmv (Advanced Streaming Format) and roq (ID games movie format) files. See features to learn more about what this baby can do for you. You can download version for PPC (PowerUP, WarpUP and MorphOS) as well as 68k version here. Most of audio/video codecs are now distributed as external plugins, so remember to download codecs, either ppc or 68k, depending on what version you prefer.

Please note, that this release should be considered as beta, with lot of things still missing, and with lot of bugs (some known, check included documentation for more info, and some still waiting to be discovered...) Now enjoy.

Alternative to the title link you can use also this mirror: http://highantdev.de/frogger/.

Update:
SVQ1 codec update.
An update to svq1 decoder is available at download page. This update fixes decoding video with width not 16 pixels aligned. Also, GRAY only decoding is now enabled. Source code archive with updated sources available as well. Last, but not least, there is missing frogger.iff image at download page. (ps)

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30.Jun.2002
Dirk Baeyens (E-Mail)


 Amiga: 50$ voucher for complete system, motherboard or OS4.0
Gary Peake of Amiga Inc. writes in the Amiga Open mailing list that the 50$ voucher can be used on a complete AmigaOne system, and AmigaOne motherboard, both including AmigaOS 4.0, or just for AmigaOS 4.0.

Gary Peake: "The voucher is good for any of: complete system, motherboards and OS4.0 or just OS4.0". (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
ANN


 Magazine: Amiga Information Online (AIO) #60
Issue #60 of Amiga online magazine "Amiga Information Online (AIO)" has been published.

This issue contains a.o. an article about the game Puzzle Bobs, a compact comparison of paint programs and an exclusive article about Port Access. The complete table of contents can be gathered from the Readme.

AIO utilises its own display program, and can be used from AmigaOS 3.0.

Download: docs/mags/AIOV60.lha (467K), Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Czech Amiga News


 USB: USB board "Thylacine" for Zorro-2 in production
According to an announcement on Czech Amiga News from 26th June 2002, "Thylacine" is in production. This is a USB board for the Zorro-II slot which will be available from 22nd July 2002. This board is being manufactured in Australia.

The title link provides access to a.o. information about supported devices as well as a forum. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


 Database: SN-MünzArchiv V1.01
Steffen Nitz has released version 1.01 of his coin management software "SN-MünzArchiv" on Aminet. This program is suitable for all popular coins (e.g. Euro, DM, GDR, investment ounces etc.). He writes about this:

On the Ami-Force page of CJ-Stroker a survey has now gone online to find out which collectors databases you'd like to have. Please participate lively - even those not interested at all, so I can get a relatively correct impression.

Planned features for version 1.1:
  • A sales window, to get an overview of which coins have been sold (with statistics).
  • Introduction of a year number statistic.
The following changes have been incorporated into the current version:

Version 1.0
  • Instructions are now available.
  • A parts list window for each quality type has been added.
  • It is now possible to search for entries.
  • A new statistics type (enumeration) has been added.
  • In list processing the lists can now be sorted and entries deleted.
  • On startup via CLI a data record can be passed which is then loaded automatically. Thus it is possible to start the program by double-clicking a data record. It is also possible to enter a data record in the settings which is to be loaded upon startup of SN-MünzArchiv.
  • Entries can be exported and appended.
  • Lists can be printed.
  • Upon saving of a database, a backup (.bak) is now created.
Version 1.01
  • It is again possible to enter records into the lists without having to press the sort button.
It may not have escaped your attention that some features had already been in V0.8. I had made the mistake of doing 2-3 uploads with this version number which is why I list all changes from after the first upload.

Download: biz/dbase/SN-MuenzArchiv.lha (187K), Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


 Amiga Arena: Samba Partie Pro., Tip for RPG "Blade"
The full version of "Samba Partie Pro. AGA/ECS" and a tip for the action role playing game "Blade" have been published on Amiga Arena.

Full version: "Samba Partie Pro. AGA/ECS"
To "celebrate the occasion" the ECS and AGA version of the second part of soccer manager "Samba Partie" by "Sayonara Software" is available for download.

Special thanks go to Stefan I. for supplying the AGA version, and Sylvester B. for the ECS version.

Tip: "Blade"
The HD version of action RPG game "Blade" by Mark Sheeky has been successfully tested with the tool "NoAGA" on an Amiga 4000/60 with AmigaOS3.9.

After the game's German version has been offered exclusively for download on "Amiga Arena", time and again users had problems playing "Blade" from HD. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Amiga Society


 Little Book of Amiga Software: Heart of China, Die Siedler, ...
Since 25th June 2002, the "Little Book of Amiga Software", containing information about Amiga software in German, has been updated repeatedly:

25th June 2002:
  • New entry: Heart of China
  • New entry: Menace
  • Updated: A-Train
  • Updated: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Updated: Backstage
  • Updated: Battle Command
  • Updated: Battle Isle
  • Updated: Battle Isle Data Disk I
26th June 2002:
  • New entry: Human Race Jurassic
  • Updated: K240
  • Updated: World Cup USA 94
  • Updated: Battle Isle Data Disk II
  • Updated: Battle Squadron
  • Updated: Beam
  • Updated: Beneath a steel Sky
27th June 2002:
  • Updated: Zool
  • Updated: Zeewolf
  • Updated: X-Out
28th June 2002:
  • Updated: Anwendungsliste (Applications list)
  • Updated: Xenon 2
  • Updated: Wolf Pack
  • Updated: WipeOut 2097
  • Updated: Winzer
  • Updated: The Adventures of Willy Beamish
  • Updated: White Death
29th June 2002:
  • New entry: Die Siedler (The Settlers)
  • New entry: Afrikakorps
  • New entry: Quintette
  • Updated: Amiga Spieleliste (Amiga games list)
30th June 2002:
  • Updated: Spieleliste (Games list)
(sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


 Sound: AC97Mixer V2.0 for SB 128 sound card (Amithlon)
On 29th June 2002, Frank Fenn has released version 2.0 of "AC97Mixer" for Amithlon. This version adds support for the EMU10K (SB Live). Thus "AC97Mixer" now supports the SB128 and SB Live sound cards as well as VIA onboard sound.

Download: ac97mixer.lha (28K) (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


 MUI: NList V0.91, NListtree V18.13
On 30th June 2002, Sebastian Bauer has released version 0.91 of the "NList" MUI custom class and version 18.13 of the "NListtree" class. These versions contain mainly bug fixes. No new features have been added.

Download: (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


 Datatype: aiff V41.5 by Stephan Rupprecht
On 30th June 2002, Stephan Rupprecht has released version 41.5 of his AIFF sound Datatype. In this version decoders for MACE3, MACE6, ULAW, ALAW and IMA4 have been implemented. Also included is a version for WarpOS.

This Datatype requires util/dtype/soundDT41.lha.

Download: aiffdt41.lha (19K), Readme (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
amiga.org


 AmigaOne: Screen shots of Linux software
Ole-Gil Hvitmyren has published screen shots of Linux software running on the AmigaOne on his home page. Amongst these are RC5/OGR benchmark, Open Office, Mozilla and UAE 0.8.21.

The distribution used is Debian GNU/Linux. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
ANN


 A.D.A.: Alpha Omega, Makaveli, Iraq-demo
On 30th June 2002, three productions have been added to the Amiga Demoscene Archive (A.D.A.). The additions are: The demos for the Amiga are available for download and are presented with pictures on their page. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Amiga Interactive Guide


 History: Amiga Interactive Guide expanded by 20 MB
On 26th June 2002, Gareth Knight has updated the "Amiga Interactive Guide". This is a web site with lots of information about the Amiga's history. 20 MB of new data have been added since March 2002, amongst them:
  • Sendo Z100 in the AmigaDE area.
  • New pages about the Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1, Ami2D and the AmigaOS 4.0 screen shots.
  • Information about Scala Workstation 500 and Scala Infochannel.
  • Information about Amiga based arcade machines.
  • Further adverts - among others the current ones of the Tao Group.
  • The "Famous Amiga Uses" list has been combined with the one by Pär Boberg.
Apart from these there have been lots of further updates. Information about these and the links to the updated and new pages are accessible through What's New?. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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30.Jun.2002
Amiga Flame


 Amiga Flame: Your Guide to AmigaOne
Above article which in short decribes the AmigaOne as well as the announced software titles Sudden Strike, Bloodline, Realsoft 3D Version 4 and Audio Evolution 4 has been published on Amiga Flame. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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29.Jun.2002
AMIGAplus


 New software ports by Diego CR
Diego CR has released new and updated software ports for the Amiga:
  • java2html v1.7
  • xmlclitools v1.25
  • cave v1.0
  • abcm2ps v3.0.16
  • gnuyahoo v0.3.pre0
  • speex v0.4.0
  • muhstik v3.12.1
  • Anubis v3.2.1
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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29.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


 Source code of the render.library released
Tim S. Müller has released the source code of the render.library version 31.0. Changes since version 30.0:
  • Simplified the over-complex quantization algorithm. The new algorithm leads to similar results, with much better performance.
  • Semaphores are (finally!) correctly initialized to zero.
  • Minor cleanup.
Download: renderlib_src.lha - readme - history

What kind of library is the render.library?
  • render.library is an Amiga shared library that serves an image processing kernel.
  • render.library is an interface between planar, truecolor and chunky graphics, plus it supports all Amiga specific pixel and color schemes.
  • render.library provides palette management, histograms, alpha channel processing, color reduction, rendering, dithering, scaling, texture mapping, and lots of conversion functions.
  • render.library is built on a distinct architecture of functional classes, which allows e.g. texture mapping and rendering in a single pass, without the need to allocate intermediate buffers.
  • render.library is fast.
  • render.library comes with autodocs and tutorials, and is freeware for freeware and shareware applications.
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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29.Jun.2002
Jürgen Lange (ANF)


 Amithlon: release date of v2.0 postponed
The release date of the already by some Amiga dealers announced Amithlon v2.0 will probably be postponed. Bernd Meyer wrote on the Amithlon ml that the unfortunate connection with Haage & Partner in the past had made him once more trouble on the way to the release of Amithlon. That's why Bernd doesn't believe that the originally planned released date can be kept up. But he hopes that the delay won't take too long.

The original posting by Bernd Meyer (in English) can be found here. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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29.Jun.2002
Andreas R. Kleinert (E-Mail)


 akJFIF/PNG/TIFF 45.1 now freeware and Amithlon-optimized
Starting with V45.1 (29.6.02), the datatypes akJFIF/PNG/TIFF are Freeware. The keyfile code and some other legacy stuff has been removed. This also may speed things up, since there are less special cases to be covered.

Furthermore, a couple of different optimizations in the 68k code have been made, some bugs were fixed and some amithlon/uae- specific optimizations have been made.

Download links: These datatypes now are specifically targeted to high-end 68k machines and their emulated counterparts. (ps)

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29.Jun.2002
Amiga Future


 Assembler: ColdFire assembler version 2.02
The ColdFire assembler has been released in version 2.02.

New in this version:
  • Fixed bug with addi and subi undefined size code generation. These opcodes now support optimisation.
Download: cfasm.lha (ps) (Translation: wk)

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29.Jun.2002
PageStream / Grasshopper LLC


 DTP: PageStream version 4.1.4.0 for Amiga
Of the known DTP program PageStream has the Amiga version 4.1.4.0 been released by Grasshopper LLC. The program is distributed by H&P, details can be found here (though not for the current version).

PageStream is a proven desktop publishing program. It suits for all publishing tasks beginning with a simple paper via coloured advertisments to a technical book. With PageStream you can create letters, do coloured school exercises, presentations, visiting-cards and much more. Thousands of people use PageStream for years now to do their work. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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29.Jun.2002
CUCUG


 CUCUG: Status Register 06/2002
The Status Register is the monthly newsletter of the Champaign-Urbana Computer User Group. Dealt are current and important information regarding Amiga, Macintosh and PC as well as the computer industry. (ps)

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29.Jun.2002
Darry Dooman (email)


 Mail program: YAM developers version 2.4 (update)
Since June, 18th 2002 exists the new developers version 2.4 of the mailing program YAM that is meanwhile open source. This version is one in development that may still contain bugs. According to Darry this version runs without any problems for him so far.

The changes that have taken place meanwhile can be taken from this list. Further information can be found on the Yamos SourgeForge site.

Download: YAM24Dev.lzx

Update:
The YAM developer team strictly points out that this is a developers' version for which no guarantee, support or answers via email can be given. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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29.Jun.2002
AmiLator.de (ANF)


 Emulator: MAME v0.60 for 68k
Next to the port of Freecraft (see Amiga-News dated June, 28th 2002) has SixK released MAME v0.60 in a 68k version on his homepage, too. This version is first in line thought for Amithlon users as a real 68k Amiga would be to slow for a 68k MAME. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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29.Jun.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)


 AMIGA aktuell: important addresses changes
The website of "AMIGA aktuell" is from now on accessable via the URL http://www.aakt.tk. In a few days will the domain http://www.aakt.de be switched off. The email addresses [...]@aakt.de won't be valid then anymore, either: the "AMIGA aktuell" editor stuff is from now on reachable under aakt@gmx.de. Please change your bookmarks. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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28.Jun.2002
Andreas R. Kleinert (E-Mail)


 AK-Datatype: akJFIF for Amithlon
Andreas R. Kleinert writes:
Out of curiosity, I've removed PPC support from akJFIF datatype and instead did some uae/amithlon-specific optimizations (no native x86 code yet, though).

Download für V44.140: akJFIF-dt.LHA

Other datatypes/programs may follow. PPC support is gone for now, since I don't own any PPC card anymore and did not get any Pegasos developer board, either. (ps)

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28.Jun.2002
Commodore Billboard (ANF)


 Commodore 64 radio commercials
The Commodore Billboard has been updated. This time with 4 English and 4 French radio commercials. All in high quality 192 Kbps mp3. These are all "donut" versions meaning that the radio station would get a soundtrack and then add speak themselves. Found on a tape at a Canadian radio station in Vancouver. The update also includes several C64, Vic20, PET, Amiga etc. adverts and brochures. Also tons of stuff in the miscellaneous section...pins, posters, mousepads, telephones and much more. (ps)

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28.Jun.2002
Anton Preinsack (ANF)


 Focus reported about Commodore One (only in German)
On the news magazine "Focus" on issue of 17th June an interview with Jeri Ellsworth who is the inventor of the "Commodore One" has been published. The imitation of the legendary "Commodore 64" is supposed to be published this Christmas and will delivered by Individual Computers with a price of EUR 200,- in Germany.

You can read a part of the interview here. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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28.Jun.2002



 Aminet CD #49 published
Today the new Aminet CD #49 has been published. It contains 1201 MB of several Amiga software and the highlight Diamond Caves II which is a game by Peter Elzner. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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28.Jun.2002
Amiga Community by SixK


 SixK SDL-game port: Freecraft version 1.17.1
SixK offers ports of SDL-games on its website 'Amiga Community'. The SDL-library makes the programming of games and other multimedia-products possible which do not depend on platforms.

The game Freecraft in version 1.17.1 has been now added. It is a clone of Warcraft. According to SixK the game runs fine on Amithlon (but there are some colour problems), a little bit slower on an Amiga (040/33) and should run very well on an Amiga with 060 processor and graphic board. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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28.Jun.2002
Tales of Tamar


 T.o.T.: Amiga-Version 0.43 R13 - Final version will come soon
Version 0.43 R13 is the last but one beta version up to the Tales of Tamar Amiga Basis-Set! Tales of Tamar is an Internet based round game for Amiga, Atari, Linux and PC by Eternity Entertainment Software. There are only a few days to come until Eternity will accept advance orders for the Amiga basis set! Tales of Tamar will be delivered in a nice shaped Euro box with a 64 sites long documentation and three CDs. Should you have questions concerning the online costs or the game playing then please write an email to eternity@pride.de.

Since the last version a lot of older bugs have been fixed. Besides this the soundtrack of ToT has been added which is certainly a highlight. Because of that a very great thanks to the musician Markus Holler!

Additionally to the soundtrack the texts of research have been added and string-input-boxes created. Because of that it is now possible to change the values of the figures boxes via arrow but as well as via keyboard. This applies for the granary, the trade screen, the barrack and the diplomacy.

Meanwhile the wars on Tamar become more intensive. Please read the chronicle to get a survey.

If you are fond of game of roles and games of strategy you should not pass this game! The testers have played this game for two years and are still enthusiastic. This game will revolutionize the world of PBEM-games (PBEM = PlayByEMail). (ps) (Translation: dr)

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28.Jun.2002
Squid's Amiga Page


 Rumor Mill: Reset
Between April 1996 and April 2001 John "Squid" Shephard provided the English spoken Amiga community with articles about the Amiga situation with a closer look at the scenery.

After a yearlong break Squid who is also the maintainer of the well frequented Moo Bunny-forum has written and published some new articles on his site. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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28.Jun.2002
Younos Salim (ANF)


 ANN: Alan Redhouse clarifies coupon promotion
Eyetech speak up about the coupon promotion. I leave it up to you to draw your own conclusions. "No this is not our promotion - and Bill will post the clarification details later. But we are shipping A1 boards + OS4-OEM to dealers (inc Amiga Inc.) and that plus complete systems ourselves.

It is likely that you will probably be able to cash your voucher direct with dealers - but it is down to Amiga Inc. to give out the details of how this will work. The main issue - as so many people have pointed out - is how to avoid the banks becoming the main beneficiaries of what was a well intentioned user support program (we pay euros15 ~USD15 on every receipt transaction for example).

Also the law is somewhat different in te US. In Europe you cannot (past Amiga-related companies excepted!) legally take money off consumers for a product that isn't yet on general availability. And, to me, $50 seeems an awful lot to charge for a T-shirt, with an non-legally enforcable right to an equivalent reduction on an AmigaOne. You will of course (somehow) get the $50 off - this is just really a problem of how consumer legislation is inconsistent - and bank charges are inevitable - across the Global Economy.

That may also go some way to explain why it is Amiga Inc. who receive the money and not us or Hyperion. Just a few facts to confuse the debate,
Alan" (ps)

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28.Jun.2002
Boris Dietrich (ANF)


 ... it is hard to believe!!
The story:

On 24th April 2002 an eBay-member (abreviated as Mr. P.) bought a 40 gigabyte Maxtor harddrive. Normally that's quite a simple thing because this week two pieces of them have been bought which both were not too old. But the rather extrem aimlessness and the very strange behaviour of this one customer let this story escalate which you can read on my homepage under the title link (unfortunately only in German). (ps) (Translation: dr)

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27.Jun.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


 Amiga Arena: Interview with Steffen Nitz (SN-Münz Archive)
"SN-Münz Archive" is a new shareware program that was recently released by Steffen Nitz, who is known to a few users through the programs Buergergermeister and CMlVII.

Amiga Arena talked with Steffen about his new program, shareware software in general, and about what motivates him as a developer.

Direct link to interview: German
Download: SN-MuenzArch.lha - readme (ps) (Translation: dm)

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27.Jun.2002
Martin R. Elsner (E-Mail)


 New compilation of FTPMount
Martin Elsner writes:
Alessandro Marinuzzi had some interesting ideas and an Italian catalog - so we updated FTPMount which can now be installed without permanent changes to your system - if you want ;)

I must confess that the executable is still the same, but I have just managed to compile it with StormC3 - it's a bit bigger, but I can now make some changes, so if you have some important ideas ...

Available on Aminet and on my homepage.

ftpmount.lha (ps)

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27.Jun.2002
Bright Light Software


 AC97Mixer V1.91 for SB 128 sound card (Amithlon)
Frank Fenn has released version 1.91 of AC97Mixer for the sound card SB 128 under Amithlon.

New in this version:
+20dB MIC / dynamic 3D enhancement slider if supported / show&hide of every mixer / ARexx / Surround support VIA onboard sound (beta).

Download: ac97mixer.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)

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27.Jun.2002
BlitzBasic


 Programming Language: BlitzBasic (PC) Version 1.76
The BlitzBASIC update to version 1.76 has appeared. There are some bugfixes and a very interesting new texture flag 256. This makes it possible to draw textures much more quickly "on the fly" than was possible with normal texture flags up until now.

Additionally practical tests can now be performed that function perfectly, even with ScaleMesh() and multitexturing! (ps) (Translation: dm)

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27.Jun.2002



 GameIcons: New Archive with over 100 Game Icons
Oops! We had to terminate this link, because there was adult-oriented material in the archive. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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27.Jun.2002
Albrecht Kinzkofer (E-Mail)


 Hot: Hard Times for Internet Businesses (Update)
Yesterday Albrecht Kinzhofer brought the above article to our attention. In the article it is described that the Frankfurt credit card service provider EuroCard Systems made a contract with one customer, who does Web shipments. The reason is that there were too many dishonest customers.

Kinzhofer fears that this new development could affect many Amiga dealers, who only have the ability to pay COD, where the costs are usually bundled in with the price the customer pays.

We want to inquire of Amiga dealers, software houses and others, if they have had similarly bad experiences and what consequences have arisen from that.

Update:
In the comments section on the German side there have been many interesting points of view and other bits of information. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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27.Jun.2002



 Poll: What's Your Take on the Current AmigaOne Promotion?
In response to the request of www.amiga-news.de reader Flinx we are starting a poll, in which you are asked to provide your opinion of the current Amiga One sales promotion.

The following possible answers are provided:
  • I want to buy an Amiga One and am taking part in the $50 coupon & t-shirt promotion
  • I want to buy an Amiga One, and I would buy a $50 coupon & t-shirt but only from a local German dealer
  • I want to buy an Amiga One but without any preorder, and I want to have a good look at it first
  • I am looking for another solution

Have fun voting! (ps) (Translation: dm)

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27.Jun.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


 AmigaOS XL: Experiences with the H&P Big Tower 1800+ (V 1.27)
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the Big-Tower. Version 1.27 of the report contains several additions in the chapters "AmigaXL", "QNX" and "Software". The software table has been optically improved. Furthermore, I have a little goody for my loyal readers. But I won't tell more here.

Note: Amiga-Voyager shows only ads instead of the pictures. Therefore, I still recommend to use AWeb or disable background images in Amiga-Voyager. A move to a better server is to come after my vacation. But at that time, amiga-news.de will be on vacation. I hope that someone has written a report about Amithlon 2.0 until then. ;-) (ps)

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27.Jun.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


 Amiga Future: Poll - "What OS do you prefer on the Pegasos?"
Today a new poll (in German) was started on the Amiga Future homepage: "What OS do you prefer on the Pegasos?" Additionally, the results of the last poll have been published in the interactive area.

Note: English speakers can probably handle this with these short instructions:
  1. go to page linked at title of this article
  2. click on the word "interactive" on that page
  3. make your selection in the yellow box on the next page
  4. click "abstimmen" to vote.

Good luck! -DM (ps) (Translation: dm)

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26.Jun.2002
Dennis Lohr & David Röskamm (ANF)


 IRC: IRC channel for the program WHDload set up
WHDLoad enables you to install games, which were mostly meant for floppy disk use, to your hard disk.

The program gains a ever growing popularity. For that reason we set up an IRC channel, where you can share all the experiences with WHDload. The channel is available at:

Port: 6667
Kanal: #whdload
Server: irc.phat-net.de

We would be pleased to welcome many users and see longer lasting visits. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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26.Jun.2002
Martin Kuchinka


 Programming language: PowerD Version 0.19 from June, the 25th 2002
Martin Kuchinka provides a new archive of his programming language PowerD (version 0.19 from June, the 25th 2002) for download.

New with this archive:
  • fixed rexx/storage module
  • fixed one enforcer hit
  • fixed a lr storing problem with ppc, caused a crash
  • debug file do now support global variables
  • bugfixes reported by Michel Bagmeijer
  • '\xDf' changed to '\xDS' to get full name of day
  • bugfixes reported by Marco Antoniazzi
  • global labels didn't compile
Download: powerd.lzx - readme (ps) (Translation: ub)

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26.Jun.2002
cyborg (ANF)


 IRC-Client: BenderIRC version 1.5b11 released
BenderIRC is a freeware IRC client, which works without MUI. The new release includes not only some bugfixes but it is possible now to use several channels at the same server and there is also a new window scrolling possibility but this is still a bit rudimentary.

Download: BenderIRC.lha - History (ps) (Translation: ub)

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25.Jun.2002
Ruediger Hanke/ScummVM Team (ANF)


 ScummVM: Trouble with the law
Users of MorphOS- and AmigaOS versions of the GPL engine ScummVM for playing LucasArts adventures are maybe interested in this: The ScummVM-Team was forced by LucasArts to shut down the site to July, 1st, because of viloation of rights upon the SPU engine.

The eMail from LucasArts and the answer of the project leader of ScummVM, James Brown, is published on the ScummVM developers list (title link).

The arguments in the answer are dealing with an error (maybe LucasArts thought it was "Abandonware" presented for download). Because ScummVM was disassenbled out of LucasArts program code, it is maybe possible that it is illegal in the USA, as a violation of the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). But this is just guesswork of someone. We have to wait for an answer of LucasArts. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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25.Jun.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


 Amiga Inc.: Counter of preorders AmigaOne
Amiga Inc. has installed a counter for the preorders for the AmigaOne (50$ coupons). Payment is now also possible via PayPal. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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25.Jun.2002
Amiga Comunity


 SixK Port: Reaction Mysql Client 0.2
Comment from SixK: Here is an early alpha release of RMC. This MySql client is actually the same as the Mui Mysql Client. I have put on my old site: sixk.maniasys.com except it has been written with reaction and is far more stable. Current limitations are only select work, (insert and update untested, but may crash) and only 10000 cells are permitted and only 10 columns.

I hope to progress a bit more faster than with MUI since I didn't have to care with hooks anymore ;) (ps) (Translation: gf)

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25.Jun.2002
WHDLoad


 Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 25.06.2002) (Update II)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your hard disk. The following games are added or updated:
  • 26.06.02 new: One On One (Electronic Arts) done by JOTD
  • 26.06.02 new: Eye of the Beholder 2 - The Legend of Darkmoon (Westwood/SSI) done by CFOU!
  • 26.06.02 new: Eye of the Beholder (Westwood/SSI) done by CFOU!
  • 25.06.02 new: Strider (Tiertex/US Gold) done by Codetapper
  • 25.06.02 new: Bargon Attack (Coktel Vision) done by CFOU!
  • 24.06.02 improved: Rise Of The Robots (Mirage/Time Warner) supports cd³² version too
  • 24.06.02 new: Ween (Coktel Vision) done by CFOU!
  • 24.06.02 new: The Cartoons (Loriciel) done by CFOU!
  • 24.06.02 improved: Elfmania (Terramarque/Renegade) new install script, new icons
  • 24.06.02 improved: Bio Challenge (Delphine Software) new install script, new icons
  • 24.06.02 improved: Ballistix (Psyclases/Reflexions) new install script, new icons
  • 24.06.02 improved: Aquatic Games (Millennium) new install script, new icons
  • 24.06.02 new: AGE (Coktel Vision/Empire) done by CFOU!
  • 24.06.02 improved: Aaargh! (Arcadia Systems) new install script, new icons
  • 24.06.02 improved: Blasteroids (Tengen/Image Works) supports another version
  • 24.06.02 new: A10 Tank Killer (Dynamix) done by JOTD
(ps)

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25.Jun.2002
2IDs GRAFIX DESIGN MUSIX and more (ANF)


 Audio: SYMPHONIE NG goes PC
For all fans and users of the original Amiga audio software SYMPHONIE PRO there will be soon a PC version named SYMPHONIE NG available.

At the download area you will find the latest preview version and have a look onto the new layout and functions. Enjoy the difference. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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24.Jun.2002
AWeb Open Source


 IRC-Kanal for AWeb Open Source
Now there is an IRC-channel, called #aweb, for the Aweb Open Source project. Please use this page to find a server near you. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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24.Jun.2002
Matthias Gietzelt (ANF)


 Version 4.3 of the Reaction-based GUI-Builders Emperor available
Emperor lets you create Reaction or GadTools based programms with ease. Emperor can be used by nearly every Amiga-user out there. The program is spread as giftware.

Download: Emperor_v4.3.lha - readme (ps) (Translation: sk)

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24.Jun.2002
AMIGA (ANF)


 Amiga Inc.: New Executive Update from 23rd June 2002

A Message to the Community
Bill McEwen - June 23, 2002

A message to the Amiga Community, Present Past and Future:

I would first like to thank all of you who expressed your concern and shared your support for Gary Peake and his family when you learned of his heart attack. I can now share with you that Gary is looking forward to returning to work in the next couple of weeks. He, of course, was trying to send e-mail from the hospital (at one point, he thought that the beeping of a heart monitor was the logon sounds of a modem), but fortunately with his hands and legs restrained, as well as some very effective tranquilizers, they were able to keep him from the computer. Having said that, I wanted to personally thank each of you on behalf of Gary and his family for your kind words and support.

This is an amazing time for Amiga, and the Community. You have all been patient, more than understanding, and have dealt with more misinformation, disinformation and rumors than any one group of people should, ever. Yet, and happily, we are moving forward and gaining momentum. Admittedly, we have not been very public about many of our plans and activities, to date, but they are many and we are pleased to be bringing this news to you, The Community, as well.

One request: If you find this information as positive as we do, share it with someone. Call or e-mail your friends, Amigans who are interested but might not be following the news as closely as you and let them know that change is in the wind: that new, interesting, and most importantly: REAL opportunities will soon be here for all of us in the Amiga Community.

We all see and hear hype everyday. We know it well, sometimes quite instinctively. What you are to read is not hype. These are true and sustainable facts. Reality. The real skinny. We could not sustain and maintain the hard work and dedication of the members of the Amiga Family, those people whom are working so hard to bring you real products, if there were not real opportunities for us to make a real difference and a real change for the better.

Did you notice the incessant use of the word "Real"? Good. Because what this Update is telling you is real.

Quite frankly, I enjoy the almost daily updates showing where you can find Amigas today at work and play. I find it so exciting, and yes, rewarding, to learn how some are using Amithlon to bring Amigas back into usage, in places where they have not been in some time. I see new sales, a new sense of opportunity and a new spirit emerging. A spirit that challenges conventional thought and challenges us at Amiga everyday. We are here because of you. Your desire for new Amiga products, your desire that this platform, this valid, vital and pioneering computing concept should not be swept aside has fueled our desire to succeed and grow. We have survived when so many others have failed, because of you, The Amiga Community and the way you have challenged us to "deliver the goods". Because of that challenge, we owe these exciting opportunities, this "Delivering The Future" to you.

Now, let's roll up our sleeves and get started. We have a lot of news to share with you:

Amiga Party Pack purchasers? This is for you!

Each of you received your Party Pack and in the very near future you will be able to use the discounts that are associated with your Party Pack purchase. Each of you will receive an e-mail explaining your options, and the process is simple:

1. You may purchase the products directly from Amiga at the discounted price and the products will be shipped to your door.

or

2. Once you have purchased either the AmigaOne with OS 4.0, or if you purchase just OS 4.0, send us a copy of the receipt along with the front page of your SDK manual and Amiga will send you back a check for $100.00!

or

3. Let us know the retailer that you will be using and we will get them the $100.00 so you do not need to worry about it.

Not a bad deal at all. Each of you have had the chance to work with AmigaDE and many of you have become developers of Amiga Anywhere content, because of the party pack. Now soon you will be able to get $100.00 back when you purchase a new AmigaOne system. AmigaOne and Amiga OS 4.0 ? Update

We were more than impressed with the response to the AmigaOS 4.0 screen shots and the live demonstration of the AmigaOne boards. We sometimes have trouble understanding how so many people, people interested in the Amiga platform and the progress we are making in bringing it back to market can stay hidden for so long. However, the facts are that we must make certain production decisions based on projected product sales volumes, and how quickly we can receive a return on investment. That's Business 101. So, one of the challenges for us is we decide on a number of units to build and then we see, from web hits and direct inquiries, that there are 5 times as many people who are interested in the AmigaOne than we knew were out there. You can file that under "Beyond Our Expectations".

AmigaOS 4.0 is going to include many of the features that were originally planned for later versions of the desktop AmigaOS. With the need to rewrite certain portions of the code, the Hyperion team has decided to go ahead and fold in a great many more of the features that they were planned for OS 4.1 and OS 4.2 into OS 4.0. Ben Hermans and the team have been doing a great job of keeping us up to date with screen shots, updated product features and current development roadmaps. I know that we will have more updates, regarding real development and feature details from Ben and Hyperion very soon, and trust me when I say that we are chomping at the bit to share these details with The Community. Right now, according to our last conference call with the AmigaOS 4.0 team, at Hyperion, we can see the exceptional progress and the feature set that is being included with this release is fantastic. This has been driven by you the Amiga community, and I know that you will all be very happy.

AmigaOne boards are in the hands of the AmigaOne developers and the integration work is moving ahead quickly, but with the full realization that rushing the release to the public will afford no one any real benefits. Alan and his team at Eyetech has done a great job of "keeping their eyes on the prize". We are really pleased that the hardware is out there, and that the Amiga community is going to have the first new hardware designed for them, with their own operating system, in a long, long time.

These are real Amiga products from Amiga and their associated partner companies. Yes, it has taken longer than any of us had predicted. We too have shared your anticipation and yes, impatience, but some things can only be done one way: The Right Way. Having said that, we know that with the results that we are seeing, I believe that you will share this with your friends and other members of the Amiga family with us.

The Amiga Community will soon have a brand new platform. You will soon begin working with the most sophisticated Amiga Operating System yet developed. There is great care and attention being paid to Getting It Right, with the features and benefits that you have told us that you, The Community, want in a new Amiga. However there is a considerable challenge that goes along with all of these activities and we are going to need your help in helping us make a determination regarding certain business decisions that will be made quite clear further on in this update.

Amiga Anywhere/AmigaDE ? Why are there two?

There needs to be some clarification of these two products: Amiga Anywhere is a subset of the complete AmigaDE. In speaking with customers and potential partners we learned that they were looking for the content, and not the complete DE for their environments. The idea was to have as minimal a build as possible for these devices. So Amiga created the Amiga Anywhere Content Engine. This is a series of lightweight products that offer the binary portable attributes of the complete DE, while delivering the features and products in a much smaller form factor. Development is continuing at a rapid pace with these products and we currently offer an Amiga Anywhere Content Engine for PocketPC, and Pocket PC Phone edition devices, and shortly for Smartphone, Embedded Linux, and Symbian devices. This will allow AACE content to run on all of these various products and devices opening up even wider audience to which we can introduce Amiga.

Development is moving ahead quite well on both the complete DE and AACE, and you will see some new partner announcements in the very near future. These are customers who are going to deploy AACE and the associated content in a variety of interesting products.

There is presently one other question about the current Amiga Entertainment Pack for Pocket PC devices, and why there is limited content for it. This is because we were creating a game console type of experience with this first release, and that it was designed to be closed. The idea was to pop the card into the device and begin playing a game, without taking the resources from the relatively limited memory in the device.

There will be an exciting promotion/contest that we will be announcing later in the week with regards to AACE and the Entertainment Packs. We assure you, this will be a great deal of fun, and we look forward to introducing Amiga to several new customers who are currently using PocketPC and PocketPC Phone Edition devices.

Amithlon Update ? Yes there is an update! (Cue Trumpets!)

We are very pleased to announce that we have entered into contracts, and yes they are signed, with Bernd Meyer, regarding Amithlon. In fact we have been testing a new version in-house for several weeks now, and this is a great product. As you may remember I was the first person to show Amithlon to the public, at the AmiWest 2001 Show, and the reaction was simply amazing from the people there. Since then, we are seeing deployment of Amithlon in many new places where Amiga’s once roamed and seeing new life for Amiga, with Amithlon. Please know that we have been working with Bernd for several months so far, and we see Amithlon as a great product with a long, robust future for both Amiga and Bernd. You can see the press release here.

The Challenge and the Opportunity!

Now before the naysayers out there begin complaining about this and start making rude noises, I want to explain the very real situation before us: Let it be known now that Amiga does not make money on the following. In fact we will lose money, just as we did on the party packs. However it allowed us to show to our board and our investors that we should pursue building a new Amiga computer. Now we are at that same crossroads again, but in a way that is more complex.

How many AmigaOne's do we build and order?

We need to properly plan, budget, and order for the production of the AmigaOne. To do that, we need to get a good idea of how many units we need to order, build and prepare to support etc. You get the idea.

There are those who tell us to plan for 2,500 to 3,500 units. However over 50,000 people downloaded the OS 4.0 screenshots. These were not 50,000 hits, these were 50,000 different people. Then you have others who tell me that we are looking at 10,000 units to prepare for. This is great because there are certain economies of scale, economies that benefit everyone, that come into play at 10,000 units. You have all seen how chip prices work: once you are able to order 10,000 of the chip prices you are able to receive better pricing, and then, prices start coming down. Everybody benefits.

Then we find that there are currently over 30,000 subscribers to Amiga related magazines. Add to this the fact that we know that there are thousands out there who are quietly watching and waiting to learn more about the release of the AmigaOne before they respond. Then this last week we learned that there was a very large electronics chain in Europe who is interested in carrying the line again if there is enough interest for these new products.

So as you can see, this is a real issue before us:

We do not want to come up short on supply for you, the customers, and yet it is growing quite difficult to judge how many AmigaOnes we should build. You can tell, as we do, that there is a big gap between the numbers and we want to make sure that we have the products ready when you want them, in sufficient numbers, as you should not have to wait. We also do not want to go into a situation of oversupply, either. We thought about putting up a survey, but then we know that there are some who will try and maliciously effect the results and that could, and most likely would, cause us a whole new subset of problems relating to the release of the AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0.

Therefore, we have decided to have some fun with this survey and we sincerely think that we have developed a way for everyone to participate and will give us some real numbers and an ability to better budget and track the real intentions of the community.

So with no small amount of fanfare, here is what we are going to do:

The AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0 "Free Stuff" Early Promotion (catchy isn't it):

Here is how it works:

Customers who are interested in purchasing an AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0 pre-loaded will be able to purchase a $50.00 off coupon for $50.00! This way we have a very strong idea regarding how many boards we need to produce.

Not enough you say! Okay, how about this: For every $50.00 discount coupon you will receive a free shirt announcing to everyone that you are part of the future. So for $50.00 you get a $50.00 off coupon and a free shirt.

Still not enough? Okay how about this: When we reach 2,500 orders we will have a random drawing for 4 free AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0 systems.

I think that there is more of you out there than that so if we reach 5,000 orders we will give away 10 AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0 systems. That's riiiiight. 10 people who order their discount coupon and get the shirt will get an entire Amiga One/AmigaOS 4.0 system for... Free. That's Free. As in Free. No Cost. A former price, dead on the bottom of its cage. Or something like that.

There are some optimists in the office that believe that there are 10,000 people who are looking to own the first new Amiga system in more years than we can count, so if we have 10,000 orders we will give away 20 AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.0 systems and 5 Amiga-enabled cell phones!

One last level: If we reach 25,000 orders Amiga will give away 50 Amiga systems, 15 Amiga Cell Phones, and a trip for 2 to either Hawaii or Florida.

OK one more - hit 50,000 orders Amiga will give away 100 systems, 100 Amiga Enabled Cell Phones 3 trips for 2 to either Hawaii or Florida.

Over 50,000 and I will come up with something even better, because at this level we can show the world what you have been telling us for some time, that Amiga is a sleeping giant ready to awaken and take it rightful place - being in the lead.

The Cell phones, and the Amiga systems will be shipped as soon as they are available.

If you do not win in the drawing, you simply take your coupon and wear your shirt into your local Amiga reseller, and you will receive $50.00 off when you purchase your new system. (Amiga resellers: we will be sending you the details on how all of this fun and free stuff is going to work).

Now since we need to be placing the orders in the not-too-distant future, this promotion will run from today until July 7th, with the winners being announced at AmiWest in Sacramento.

Click here to get in on the AmigaOne,/AmigaOS 4.0 "Free Stuff" Early Promotion.

So while I know that there are some people who will make rude noises and fabricate all kinds of specious claims and others will try and use this as a method to attempt driving the community apart even more, I hope that the rest of you, the majority of you, can see where, with this news and this promotion, we can go together. Developers are going to be watching also to see if this is a system that they wish to continue developing for, and others who have left are going to be watching to see if they want to return to development on the Amiga platform. So the stakes are real. But we can face them together and succeed.

AmigaOne and OS 4.0 are the beginning to a new future, and it is real.

To all of you who are thinking of attending AmiWest 2002, in Sacramento CA, please come and join in with all of us who will be attending, as I will be there and it is going to be great fun learning who in the audience may be a winner. It is also one of my real rewards of my job to meet you, the members of The Amiga Community. You also never know what I am going to announce and we could have some real surprises.

Or I just may hang around for the food. :-D

It is time to start having some fun!

Amiga. Isn't it great? (ps)

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24.Jun.2002
ANN


 Bernie Meyer announced Amithlon 2.0 for 1st July 2002 (Update)
Coming to this place on (or around :) July 1st:
A freely downloadable and distributable DEMO version of Amithlon 2.0, which can be unlocked to full functionality via a personalized keyfile.

Please be patient for just a little while longer....
Monday 24 June 2002 04:30:43 ? Bernd Meyer

You can find the following detailed announcement at Moobunny:
Amiga, Inc. and Bernd Meyer announce licensing of Amithlon 2.0.

June 23, 2002 - Snoqualmie, WA and Melbourne, Australia - Amiga, Inc. today announced the cross licensing of Amithlon 2.0. The agreement was made with the author and the inspiration behind Amithlon, Bernd "Bernie" Meyer.

As part of the agreement, Amiga will license Kickstart 3.1 and portions of Amiga OS 3.9 to be distributed as part of Amithlon 2.0. In turn, Amiga will actively promote and license Amithlon 2.0 to OEM customers looking for an Amiga emulator on x86 platforms.

Bill McEwen, Amiga President and CEO, said, "Bernie has been a good friend and partner to Amiga. I first demonstrated a beta version of Amithlon almost a year ago at the Sacramento show. Even then the quality of the product and its potential were obvious to me. Since then it has become a more polished, a clear reflection of the passion and skills that Bernie brings to the table."

I have also been impressed by the moral and ethical integrity that Bernie has displayed as he has partnered with Amiga. Too often in the past we have had to deal with companies who would like nothing better than to split the Amiga community. Bernie has always had the best interests of the community at heart and has created a product that we can all be truly proud of.?

"It is with great pleasure that I finally enter into a deal directly with Amiga", said Bernie Meyer. "This new version, to be distributed with Amiga's seal of approval, provides customers with a clear indication that Amithlon is an actively developed product with great prospects. This partnership will allow users of Classic AmigaOS to use their applications on modern, affordable hardware."

A demo version of Amithlon 2.0 will be available shortly which can be downloaded free of charge from the distribution site at http://www.amithlon.net/demo.shtml. The demo version may be upgraded to a fully functional version with a simple keyfile, which can be purchased online.

About Amithlon 2.0
The goal of the Amithlon project was to make AmigaOS 3.9 run on commodity PC hardware. Unlike other approaches to this problem (UAE, Fellow), Amithlon provides AmigaOS with complete control over the hardware. Hosted on a specially modified linux kernel, Amithlon's CPU emulation runs AmigaOS; All access to graphics, sound, networking and interface hardware is provided through standard AmigaOS drivers. Amithlon 2.0 is distributed as a self-booting CD-ROM image.

About Amiga:
In 1985, Amiga introduced the world to Multimedia with the launch of the incredible Amiga 1000, a revolution in hardware with dedicated audio and graphics chips and a revolution in software with the first 32 bit, fully pre-emptive, multitasking operating system. It then went on to dominate the 1980s and early 1990s, pioneering video and animation and giving rise to many of the top gaming companies of today. That tradition will continue with the launch of the brand new AmigaOne desktop computer and its companion, AmigaOS4.0, destined to set new standards and expectations in the world of digital living. Amiga can be reached on the web at http://www.amiga.com.

About Bernd Meyer:
Bernd Meyer is a freelance software designer with almost 20 years of experience in professional software development. He has studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Germany and Australia, and is currently completing a PhD on Image Modeling at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. In 2000, two of Bernd's hobby projects got out of hand. One turned into Glicbawls, a category winner in the 2000 International Obfuscated C Code Contest, the other into a Just-In-Time compiler for the Amiga emulator UAE, providing it with much greater emulation speed. In 2001, Bernd further refined the JIT Compiler for inclusion in Amithlon.

Addition:
Meanwhile, an official press release by Amiga Inc. was released. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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