Remember this AmigaOne is the prototype (G3/600Mhz) and it runs TurboLinux. And I must confess, I never seen a Linux booting that fast. I'm excited to get my hand on AmigaOS4.

Download: AmigaOne.mpg (80 MB)

Update 02.06.2002:
The video was deleted from this Aminet server. I do not know the motive.

This is the first part of the "Samba" series. Besides lots of other features, the football manager also has an action part where you can actively play with your team.

Amiga Arena has been allowed to release further games by "Sayonara Software" in the future. Yet, for this we need your help, as we don't have all games at our disposal!

We are looking for the following software items:

• Diego - Football manager
• WHLM - Ice Hockey manager
• Samba Partie prof. - Football manager with action part
• Travel-Manager - Travel simulation
• Hollywood Pictures - Manager
• Samba World Cup - Football manager with action part

Amiga Arena - "Full version" redesign
The Amiga Arena Full versions have been divided into new areas. Besides the familiar download facilities for commercial software and shareware programs, the areas have been restructured, and with "Applaud Software", "Sayonara Software" and "Vulcan Software" three new areas have been added.

As the first drafts had been made on an Amiga, and the author used to be an Amiga user then, in the case of an adequate turnout there should be a very realistic chance of an Amiga port.

We are over the moon to announce that like other previous Amiga Magazines in the past, Total Amiga Magazine has now got its own open mailing list on yahoo groups. To subscribe send an email to totalamiga-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Here are the answers by Stefan Robl, the author of AmiDock.

The OS4.0 version of AmiDock is an almost completely rewrite of the version included with OS3.9 and a lot of outstanding issues were fixed.

The new design comes with a much improved layouter which arranges all types of icons very well (from very tiny to really big ones).

A very nice new feature is the interactive mode of AmiDock which allows the user to arrange, add, remove icons, categories and even docks directly using the mouse without the need to open the configuration dialog.

AmiDock now also supports button type docks allowing for numerous objects (programs, files) to be available at once as this mode consumes very little "desktop real-estate".

With OS4.0's AmiDock, docks can now have their drag bar on all four possible sides of a dock; each dock is now also minimizeable to conserve space.

The new AmiDock is now up to ten times faster than the old version (depending on the number of icons visible at load time).

The most interesting new feature is the possibility to have active content within a dock through plug-ins.

A plug-in of AmiDock is called a "docky". Each docky has full access to all of AmiDock's functionality and can provide for a virtually endless number of features. The usage of dockies is very transparent - throw in a docky and it will work (and vice versa).

A number of dockies will already be included with OS4.0; one of the most requested features - subdocks - was made possible using a docky. There is also a docky which minimizes a dock automatically if the mouse pointer is no longer over the dock. Other included dockies allow you to have clock, a lens, animations and other active content within a dock.

The most thrilling stuff will surely come from third party programmers in the form of third-party dockies (the API will be released with OS4.0) - just imagine having the current network traffic, the printer status, the current rendering process of your raytracer and other similarly useful things in the form of a small and corresponding picture within your dock.

• 1988: Happy Computer Special 3, Happy Computer Special 4
• 1991: Power Play PC
• 1994: Tips & Tricks
• 1995: PowerPlay Online, Weihnachts-Special, Tips & Tricks
• 1998: Strategie-Special, Tips & Lösungen, Fußball-WM-Special (how fitting ;-)

• pdm_amitcp.lzx (56K), contents
• pde_amitcp.lzx (3K), contents

• Bug fix: Because of the change in version 45.7 b/w and greyscale pictures couldn't be loaded anymore (greyscale pictures already didn't work before that).
• Bug fix: As the OS picture.datatype doesn't pass on HAM and EHB pictures in Chunky format correctly, a workaround for this has been incorporated.

• 199 - Kindermund tut Wahrheit kund
• 200 - Das sind dann etwa vierzig Strips pro Jahr (dieser Strip in Farbe)
• 201 - Kein allzu schlechtes Angebot
• 202 - Intuition
• 203 - Abschiedsgeschenk

• 680x0 and x86 hits.
• Reporting of read access to page 0 (with the natural exception of Exec Base address 4).
• Support for SegTracker.

• Elbox: http://www.elbox.com/
• Mediator PCI 3/4000T: mediator_pci_3_4000t.html
• Mediator Bauanleitung: mediator_pci_4000t_quick_installation_guide.html

»The passed order "about the processing of personal data and the protection of the private sphere in the electronic communication" enables the memebership states to loosen the regulation of protection for data of connections to "carry out penal persecution and to save the national and public safety. Thus the way is free for the so called data retention.

Data retention means that the data of connections of the participant of the telecommunication are not only individually saved and kept after an official order but for all participants in advance and without a starting suspicion. Because of that the authorities can use also data which are far away in the past. Up to now the data of connections had to be deleted after 80 days after making the calculation.

RunTime is a Computer-runtime-monitor which saves all possible data and shows them as beam-diagramms.

New in version 1.25:

• Daily calculation of the average runtime of the computer but also of the annual and complete statistics.

Should this be a first sign of a change at the weakened Amiga market? In this interview Amiga Arena talks with Felix Schwarz about his reasons to go on developing for the Amiga market, about his new software products as well as further new developments.

Felix Schwarz explains how he has found a solution for himself to simultaneously support AmigaOS, MorphOS and emulators and how he is able to do something against not permitted copying.

I completely agree with Felix Schwarz when he says: "Negative signs, negative effect - postive thinking and good products, positive feedback. Let's tackle!"

Finally it is in the hands of the users if they want to set a sign by buying Amiga products and thus make further developments possible.

Thendic-France SARL, a subsidiary of Pretory USA Inc. (OTC: PTRU), an emerging technology-based leader in security, detection equipment and medical devices, today announced that is has shipped the first Pegasos PPC computer. The Pegasos was developed by bplan GmbH of Frankfurt, Germany. Thendic-France SARL has acquired the rights to organize and manage the worldwide distribution of the Pegasos.

"We are very excited to be moving ahead with the Pegasos on schedule. We look forward to both developing a reseller network and a development community for the Pegasos. The next version of the Pegasos will be a handheld device and this important step moves us closer to our ultimate objectives," commented Raquel Velasco, Chairman of the Board.

Internet references can be found as follows:

• Distribution: thendic-france.com
• Development: bplan-gmbh.de
• Production: dcecom.de/galerie.html

The scope of delivery includes the USB Stack Poseidon. The currently supported USB devices are listed here.

New: Offline messages now display properly

He writes: "Dear sufferers of the SoundBlaster and FastEthernet lockup problem. If you have been using ResetInt for the last couple of days to clear these problems, then you may be getting fed up of having to run that program every time that error happens. I have now written a version, called PatchInt, which you can put in the user-startup. You need to run it with the line: "run <nil: >nil: PatchInt".

For version 1.6 there is still a PGP chat planned as well as some further improvements of the GUI and, of course, more plugins..

Hint: Please take a view to the history before you start Bender, the config has changed a little.

The required drivers will be made available seperatly in the "IOUSB Scanner Package" (IOUSB SP) with the appearance of fxSCAN 4.0. By building upon the IOUSB technology, it will be possible to use the drivers with both the Poseidon stack (Highway®, Subway®, MorphOS) and the stack contained in AmigaOS® 4.0.

The first driver will support Epson® scanners. Please have a look at the list of supported USB scanners on the fxSCAN- or IOUSB SP-subpages for supported devices.

ATTENTION: SPECIAL OFFER!! All those who preorder (no matter whether update or full version) fxSCAN 4.0 now, get the IOUSB Scanner Package for free!! This special offer takes effect for all already existing preorders, too.

Furthermore fxSCAN 4.0 does now support special scanner settings that may be available through the respective Betascan-drivers. This includes selection of scanner source (e.g. transparency unit or automatic document feeder) and the internal contrast-, brightness-, gamma- and black&,white-pattern-settings of the scanner. PNG is supported for saving now, too.

New screenshots and an updated "NEW in V4!"-list can be found at the fxSCAN-subpages.

• New: Sound now plays in stereo
• Fix: Autosave did crash Simon the Sorcerer after five minutes
• Fix: MidiEmu did not work when AMidi wasn't installed (not quite the purpose of it ...) - thanks to Michele
• Fix: Monkey Island CD sound plays now also when CD is called "Madness" (previously name was assumed to be "Monkey1CD") - thanks to Henri

New games added in May 2002:

• XSoldier V1.3 (Galaga-Clone)
• Project: Starfighter V2 (2D-Space-Shooter)
• Kobodeluxe V0.3 (2D-Space-Shooter)
• Maelstrom V3.0.5 (Asteroids-Clone)
• Ibreakout 2 V2.2.2 (Arkanoid-Clone)
• Fly V0.3.0 (Starship-Shooter)

• Apache Tools
• Several GCC-Tools
• Techno/House Module
• background pictures

• EXPERIMENTAL: added configurable input device (mouse, joystick, keyboard) support
• EXPERIMENTAL: added OpenGL mode (for best results set lores and disable line-doubling)
• printer support fixed (Bernd Roesch)
• MIDI updates (Bernd Roesch, Alfred J. Faust)
• custom chipset updates (Superfrog,Exile,Apocalypse,Rainbow Islands,Torvak the Warrior etc..)
• CPU idle patch (no more 100% CPU usage)
• HOME + F5 opens state restore dialog and SHIFT + HOME + F5 opens state save dialog
• vsync updates (50/60/100/120 frequencies are now always selectable. Useful for Powerstrip users)
• AVIoutput improvements (can be started later, stops when re-entering GUI)
• Picasso96 updates. Mouse trails are now 100% fixed (Bernd Roesch)
• refresh rate selection only affects Amiga display modes, Picasso96 always use default refresh rate
• "16-bit mode detect" crash fixed
• removed useless 8/16-bit sound selection. Sound output is now always 16-bit
• sound lag compensation slider reimplemented. (if you have bad sound, move slider left until sound gets better)
• build-in gzip and zip support (autoselects first adf-image or Amiga executable if zip contains multiple files)
• executable to adf support, just "insert" Amiga executable in to floppy drive
• improved external decompression support (xdms.exe)
• configuration save option is now available even after emulation has been started
• HD floppy image support in disk-tab

• 27.05.02 improved: SAS Combat Simulator (Code Masters) decruncher and keyboard features added
• 27.05.02 new: Hilt 2 (Scorpius Software) done by Asman
• 27.05.02 new: Zool 2 (Gremlin) done by Codetapper
• 27.05.02 improved: Rocket Ranger (Cinemaware) misc changes
• 27.05.02 new: Hunt for Red October (Grandslam) done by Bored Seal
• 27.05.02 new: Gee Bee Air Rally (Activision) done by JOTD
• 27.05.02 new: The Games: Summer Edition (Code Monkeys/Epyx/US Gold) done by Codetapper
• 25.05.02 improved: Stack Up (Zeppelin Games) music delays added, colorbit fixed
• 25.05.02 new: Starians (Amigo!) done by Bored Seal
• 25.05.02 new: Peter Schmeichel Soccer (Zeppelin) done by Codetapper
• 23.05.02 new: Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds (Team 17) done by Psygore
• 23.05.02 new: Welltris (Spectrum Holobyte) done by Bored Seal
• 23.05.02 new: Octagon () done by Bored Seal
• 23.05.02 new: Apache Flight (Atlantis) done by Bored Seal
• 23.05.02 new: World Class Leaderboard Golf (Access) done by JOTD

This new Amiga version was ported to gcc and is now a mixedbinary which means that it can contain PPC-code.

Besides some other new features and improvements the player is now able to use tradeships for transportation purposes. Infantry, cavalry, artillery, settler and scounts can be moved by tradeships to yet undiscovered islands.

• NEW the sphere of influence can be expanded indefinitely
• NEW invasion with the help of a fleet
• NEW war can be spread over more than one island
• NEW scouts can reconnoitre uninhabited isles
• NEW settler can be send to uninhabited isles to found new cities
• NEW players can flee from bigger enemies to start some where else from the beginning

And its easy to use, too! Just scan the target with your scanner and let ICS create a profile out of the result. From now on, you can automatically reach best and optimized results by selecting the ICS-filter in fxSCAN! The results are very close to the original template and mostly can't even be distinguished from it!

• Meets the IT 8.7/2 and ISO 12641 standard requirements.
• High color volume.
• Printed on high-quality Kodak(R) Professional paper.
• Meets the error tolerances required by the standard. Addmissible tolerance is 5 dE for reference files and 2 dE from CIE Lab for single measured targets. This target reaches an average of 0,3 dE in production!!
• additional reference files for scanners with light picture background. The standard only requires reference files for black background.
• also recommended for owners of older targets that may contain color errors after years!

History v1.5 (26.05.02):
CHG: If you set 'Com=Command' to "" (empty string),
then no action button (named "!") will be created.
[suggested by Todd A. Oberly]

(23.05.02):
CHG: The value after "time: " now shows the time
since starting the download! Previously the
time when the file was last modified has been
used.

FIX: The "time: " value now also takes care of the
days part of the time, f.e. if a download
started before 00:00 o'clock, the time
was negative.

NEW: Added the magic-stackcookie, to ensure that
it get at least 16K of Stacksize! Shell
v45.6+ is needed for this!

NEW: There a now 2 executables in the archive,
one has a "_NoGuru" appended. This is like
the previous, it shouldn't cause a guru
if an error occured.
The other (w/o the suffix) has some checks
disabled, which reduces the filesize about
3000 Bytes and may cause gurus if an error
occured! The version string tells you which
version you have.

CHG: Removed shell arg SM=SizeMode, replaced by
AutoSize/T

NEW: New shell arg AS=AutoSize/T
If used (AutoSize = YES), the current size,
the filesize and the bps are shown in B
(=Bytes), if the size is < 1024 Bytes,
in KB, if the size is >= 1024 Bytes and in
MB, if the size is >= 1048576 Bytes!

CHG: Changed the gauge infotext a little bit.

CHG: Remove the alias EXIT for AUTOEXIT, it was
only introduced to use with AmiSat, till
AmiSat required FSwatcher v1.3+.

• HP_Deskjet870C.lha
• HPDJ870Src.lha"

• Bug fix: There was an Enforcer hit when the window list was being rebuilt (Todd A. Oberly).
• New: The ILBM saver now supports PPC.

• Killer/CNCD (2nd place at TP97)
• Relic/Nerve Axis (1st place at Assembly 98)

Enjoy the pictures at the title link.

• Dicci version 1.7
  (Spanish dictionary and translation program)
• AnubisMUI
  (graphical user interface for Anubis)
• Mail.comFWD version 0.2 beta
  (program for forwarding e-mails)

• Needs version 18.12 of NListtree
• Faster mail list
• Scroll bars in read window for Datatypes
• Drag and Drop from read window to Workbench (needs OS3.9)
• A couple of new config options on the receive mail page
• Two new filter actions
• Better cancel on send/fetch of mails
• Bug fixes

"DF0 unreadable" or "no valid disk in drive DF0" and so on.

I asked on the #AC-forum for help and I was said to clean the drive. I did it and the drive worked again. But I could not format the "damaged" hd-disks.

But I did not want to give up and I therefore tryed to format them with "OFS" (488 bytes/block)...

...and it worked!

But because this does not work with WB3.1 and menu "pictprogram/format..." I did it over the SHELL with:

SYS:System/format DRIVE DF0: NAME Empty OFS NOINTL NODIRCACHE NOICONS

Yes and then I formatted it back to FFS - now also with the WB-menu or with

SYS:System/format DRIVE DF0: NAME Empty FFS NOINTL NODIRCACHE NOICONS

And look, I could format it with FFS!!

Content:

• Amiga Anywhere special
• Interview with Bjorn Lynne
• Review to Zorro II board Repulse Gold
• comparison of Mediator 4000 and Prometheus
• SoundFX
• AmiBlitz2
• Alt.OS zone
• Review to Descent: Freespace

• MPEG1/2 video with sound (optional)
• MP2/MP3 audiostreams
• AC3 streams
• (S)VCD, CD-i and DVD

The Pocket Cosmo Fast Java environment enhances the usability of the PDA. Its first iteration supports Tao's intent PersonalJava(TM) edition which is Sun Microsystems-branded and compatible with PersonalJava 1.2. intent is the first practical Java execution environment for these kinds of devices.

The user interface of the Pocket Cosmo is entirely original with rich menus supporting 3D movement and smooth scrolling and with instantaneous switching of applications.

Hirao Nishiguchi, President of Kyocera said, "We are aiming to deliver new services, ones which customers can easily utilize and derive real value. Combining the technologies at Kyocera with the Tao expertise has allowed us to develop this extremely exciting Pocket Cosmo PDA."

Francis Charig, Executive Chairman of Tao Group said at the E3 show in Los Angeles, "The work undertaken by Kyocera to develop a truly intuitive interface has been inspirational. Kyocera is sending out a signal to manufacturers and carriers that by using intent as the language independent, universal multimedia platform they can create their own brand recognition in a way that would be impossible with any other software technology. Kyocera has developed a product that proves that there is software technology existing already today that enables the running of content in an easy-to-use manner that really does meet the expectations of the consumer. Pocket Cosmo is a ground breaking product and Kyocera has set a new benchmark in the market place."

• What is DSS (Digitized Sky Survey)?
  The whole sky has been iinputted as digital picture information with the help of most modern telescopes. These information are on several servers of the world. You only have to input a coordinate or the name of the object as well as the size of the picture (in angle) and immedately the server sends back a pictute of the sky with the inputted area.

• How does it work in DA III?
  Because of technical details the performance of DSS-pictures is only possible in the planetary mode and from an opening angle of 3 degree. Instead of it it is possible to fade in the names of the stars and the deep-sky as well as the size of the objects. The stars and DS-objects are not drawn.
  Click here for an example picture. This shows the Andromeda-fog with its accompanists with DSS-integration.
  Currently the picture size is limited to 300x300 pixles but I hope I can change it soon. Instead of it the picture is loaded rather fast.
  

• added tape64 to version watch page
• fd2pragma version 2.146 released
• added AV authors PGP keys to antivirus page
• updated antivirus page, new VirusZ version

unfortunately I have bad news: The StarGATE website as well as the mail distribution list will be closed down because of three basic reasons:

1. I don't believe in an Amiga revival anymore.
2. Developing Amiga software needs a lot of work and time. And due to No. 1 I don't think it makes sense anymore.
3. Because of my studies my sparetime is very rare and I don't want to spend it on Amiga anymore.

The StarGATE site will remain online for about 4 or 5 months and will then be shut down. The mail addresses in the distribution list will be deleted.

• FastATA.driver ver. 2.5
• FastATAPrefs ver. 2.5
• AllegroCDFS ver. 3.3

For more info about FastATA 4000 controller see here.

• ATA3.driver ver. 6.1
• ATA3Prefs ver. 6.1

• Corrected procedure of PIO mode changes on the fly

• Error made good in displaying the MASTER/SLAVE description in ATA3prefs

• Greetings related to the current day time.
• Current display of date, time, summertime, moonphase and sign of the zodiac.
• Dispatcher about birthdays and events.
• Calculation and dispatch of all holidays and many commemorations for Germany, Austria and Swiss.
• Automatic change to summertime and back.
• Soundmessages for special events.
• Launch of programs at special events.
• Calendar
• Moon graphics, smiley
• Many preferences

• An Amiga with OS3.0 or better.
• For OS3.0 / OS3.1 ClassAct and AWNPIPE is needed
• RexxMast must be started from Startup-Sequence.
• About 250 KB free space partition SYSTEM: (SYS:)
• About 1-2 MB free RAM.
• 68020 CPU

What's new in version 1.9?

• Data Preview
• Progress display
• More secure with errors
• Improved system check

• 22.05.02 fixed: Bubba'n'Stix (Core Design) install script cleanup
• 22.05.02 new: STUN Runner (Domark) done by Galahad
• 22.05.02 improved: Planet M (Melon Dezign) fixed for 68040, newicon added
• 22.05.02 improved: Baygon (Melon Dezign) fixed for 68040, newicon added
• 21.05.02 new: Picture Book (Axis) done by MiCK
• 21.05.02 new: Hilt (Scorpius Software) done by Asman
• 21.05.02 new: Gunship 2000 (Microprose) done by JOTD
• 21.05.02 improved: Goblins 3 (Coktel Vision) supports another version
• 21.05.02 new: Crazy Seasons (Proxima Design/Idea) done by Codetapper

The source code of BarsnPipes has been released on 25th of May 2001 by Todor Fay. Since Alfred Faust has continued developing this program it became freeware.

These are the improvements:

• Screenmode requester
• GadTools-gui
• You can use most of the requester with the help of the keyboard.
• CAMD-library
• New 32-colour-design
• Localisation (German catalog included)
• and much more

Since version 1.10 this program is also useable for users of Amithlon (earlier this did not worked because of the "old" screen pop-up).

In the interview with Amiga Arena Jah talks about future versions, which OS he will support, and how he sees the future.

In order to be able to give an overview of the current user number to the developers of DigiboosterPro, we started an inquiry. This inquiry is extremely important for the future of Digibooster Professional! Please participate, and contribute you also to the fact that the development continues!

Update:
Due to the fact that some users had questions about DBPro, here some hints:

• Digibooster Professional is one of the best tracker programs for Amiga.
• DBPro and an additional AddOn-CD can be purchased from ACP&TCP. ACP&TCP is the wordwide distributor.
• For any question about DBPro please contact the Community in our own forum.

• Changed the GUI Resize options for INPUT / OUTPUT Gadget
• added LOG option
• added extensive debug system
• changed IO routines
• changed datatype routines.. faster and better
• added QUIT Message option!

Name: VirusZ III v0.9a
Archive name : VirusZ.lha
Archive size : 58.365
Date : 20 May 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),

News is VirusZ III v0.9a:
TODO  Until final release version 1.00:
 - Implement file and sector scanning inside
   all types of disk- and
   filearchives that xadmaster.library supports.
 - Add device-based sector scanning.
 - Add useful commands to ARexx port.

 0.9a  Changes/Additions since 0.99:
 - Totally redesigned the file check. Now all
   selected files/dirs are always scanned
   without user interaction (exception: encoded
   files) and just the important results get
   listed. These can be reviewed at any time
   to finally decide what to do with malicious
   files.
   The new concept has the following advantages:
   (a) it's much faster (my SYS: partition gets
       scanned in 2:16 min, the old scanner
       needed 9:20 min; that's over 4 times
       faster!);
   (b) the Job Monitor (that's the name of the
       new check-window) is fully prepared for
       archive and sector checking, all this will
       happen in just one window (NOT IMPLEMENTED
       YET);
   (c) less information that's not interesting
       for the average user, just important things
       get reported now (if you want to analyse
       the files on your harddisk, just use a tool
       like CheckX!);
   (d) even disinfects damaged or encoded files as
       far as possible;
   (e) looks much better :-)
 - Added a whole bunch of perfectly commented
   snapshots sent by Todd A. Oberly. Thanks a lot!
 - Added more snapshots sent by Michel Bagmeijer
   and Ian Chapman. Again thanks!

The magazine is available from:

Download: FSwatcher.lzx

History:
--------
Version 1.4 (19.05.02):
CHG: Changed the gauge format a little bit
("bps: xxx" to "xxx b/s"

NEW: Extended the both time values to display
also the hours (noticed while downloading
the pegasos video with wget;-)

CHG: Removed shell arg KB=ShowKilobytes/T,
its replaced by 'SizeMode'

NEW: New shell arg SM=SizeMode
It can be set to "KB" or "MB", to display
the current size and the filesize in Kilobytes
(divided by 1024!) or MegaBytes (divided by
1024*1024, with 3 numbers after the comma).
If its set to a different string, "bytes"
are used.

NEW: New shell arg Com=Command
This command will be executed if you press
the "!" button!          You can use it f.e.
to play the currently downloading mp3 song!
Default is "s:FSwatcher.bat".
The 's' and/or 'x' bit have to be set, if
the command is a shell-script!

NEW: New shell arg ComCon=CommandConsole
This is used to specify a console window
where the output of the command is send to.
Default: CON:210/400/500/120/FSwatcher
action command/CLOSE. If you don't want a
window, use "ComCon = NIL:" w/o the quotes.

CHG: Removed the initialPattern (#?.mp3) from the
asl-req, cause every file could be downloaded,
not just .mp3s.

• Fixed stereo output.
• Updated liba52.
• Minor cleanup.

• Seven Seas/Andromeda
• Never Liked UNO/Lego
• Artcore/Scoopex

• HP_Deskjet900C.lha (24K)
• HPDJ900Src.lha

• cgxv42_rc5.lha (Mirror 1) (529K), Readme
• cgxv42_rc5.lha (Mirror 2) (529K)

New on 18th of May 2002: The second collection of new and enhanced patches is now here available. Please ensure that you have read the (unfortunately only in English available) README.

Download: amithlon_contrib2.lha

Please use the following e-mail address for all requests etc.: as-webshop@t-online.de.

Tales of Tamar has been ported to gcc. Unfortunately not everything works fine as it should after it has been started to optimate. Each help is welcome!

You can also find there detailed FAQs to the AmigaOS 3.5 and 3.9 (just updated with hints and remarks by Martin Steigerwald) and reviews as well as detailed information about several hardware components.

Just for GFX-BASE Nikolaj has written an English spoken Q&A for the new version. There you will learn all important news of DiamondBOX and much more. You can also download the new version from our site.

Download: FSwatcher.lzx

Version 1.3 (16/17.05.02):

• FIX: Fixed the automatically closing of the finished requester
• NEW: You can now set the env-var 'FSwatcher' to your default args. It will be parsed before the commandline is parsed. Therefore all /S shell args are now /T args, if you want to set a /T arg you have to put a "ON" or "YES" after it, and if you want to unset it, you have to use "OFF" or "NO"!
• NEW: New shell arg QUIET/T [suggested by jah] Should ALL error requesters be suppressed? Well the "Dos.ReadArgs() failed!" isn't suppressed;-)
• NEW: New shell arg BPSBar/T Should a small gauge showing the current bps relative to the max bps be displayed?
• NEW: New shell arg TimeOut/N If a transfer is stalled (-> the "---" display) AND AUTOEXIT/T is used, the window will close after 'TimeOut' seconds. Defaults to 10. You can use values from 0 to 30. 0 means, no timeout.
• NEW: New shell arg Delay=UpdateDelay/N Update the display every x seconds. Defaults to 2. You can use values from 1 to 10.
• NEW: New shell arg KB=ShowKBytes/T If the current size and the filesize should be displayed in "kb", then you should set this argument to ON or YES,
• NEW: the window doesn't gets activated when its opened

The Federal Safety Bureau for Child-endangering Publications has decided against a ban of the game Counter-Strike. The chairperson of BPjS, Mrs. Monnsen-Engberding, clarified that although she was uncertain, she was in personally ready to be against the ban, in light of modern times.

Click on the title link for the complete article (German).

The Club Guide has been brought to an up-to-date state and refined somewhat. The IRC lists were removed, because there was not too much interest in that. At this time there are 36 clubs with 847 members registered in the guide.

http://www.amidog.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl

Please adjust your bookmarks accordingly. For all programs from AmiDog discussion boards have been put up, to wit:

• General Board
• Test
• AmiDog's Movie Player
• TrueReality
• AmiGenerator
• DarcNES/Amiga
• Handy
• GBE
• Frodo
• SOPE
• MAME
• MESS
• FPSE

To make this easy you'll find a workshop specially covering the topic at the CD-32 Allianz homepage, a workshop that leads you through the steps to make such a bootable photo CD: the LISTFILES, the startup-sequence, as well as how to burn the recordable CD-ROM.

But not only the webpage has changed:

1) Our search to replace to loss of our designer has come to an end, and we'd like to welcome Sue to our team. Sue will be drawing the characters of our game. 4 examples of Sue's work may be viewed in the screenshot area.

2) The battle routine has been changed to a new design, and now runs completely with 16 bit graphics. Two new screenshots show the new interface, which is now offered during battle.

• 15.05.02 fixed: Goblins 3 (Coktel Vision) slave was missing
• 15.05.02 new: Gainforce (Infernal Byte System) done by Bored Seal
• 14.05.02 new: Tetris (MirrorSoft) done by Psygore
• 14.05.02 improved: Marble Madness (Atari/Electronic Arts) install script and keyboard fixed
• 14.05.02 improved: Elvira 2 - The Jaws of Cerberus (Horrorsoft/Accolade) protection removed

Changes since 5.5:
Bug report editor, ACSE test: converted to ReAction.

And I am still looking for a coder that can continue on development and fixing some bugs.

neues - das Computer- und Telekommunikationsmagazin auf 3sat

One subject of the show will be the Pegasos Hardware Platform developed by bplan GmbH in conjunction with MorphOS.

During this period there won't be any news and translations, the commentary function and the ANF (possibility to post news online) will be disabled. The forum will be kept enabled. We will announce a talk master who will be responsible for its content.

We discussed this issue thoroughly and controversial if, and if so in which kind, we could/should realize such a summer break. A short break will not result in any recovery and a longer break comprises the risk to lose readers. A stopgap for urgend news seemed to be possible but difficult, who wants to be responsible to decide wether a news item is urgent or not? Further more this wouldn't be a real recovery, say nothing half, nothing whole. We trust in the hope that our readers will not have forgotten us after such a long break :).

However we will go back to work after the summer break with a whole new motivation. We ask for your understanding and therefore announce this break that early.

Among others, new features are a strongly enhanced and accelerated OCR-engine (based on gocr 0.3.5, now also PPC-native and with the ability to export embedded pictures and HTML), the all-new PDF-export, an enhanced copying function with preview and correction features, support for Turboprint® and an all-new documentation (in German and English) with many illustrations in HTML- and PDF-versions.

A detailed list of all new features, first screenshots, a list of supported scanners and much more can be found on the fxSCAN 4.0 site.

New features (since the last CVS snap, not 0.1.0!) include:

• first non-Scumm games supported: Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2
• in addition to the games that could be completed before, Loom CD-ROM version, Zak McKracken 256 color and Simon 1 are fully playable now
• 32 color Amiga versions are supported
• choosable sound driver (Adlib, Midi, Midiemu)
• updated PDF manual (please read, because some command line options had to change!) including compatibility chart

Update 15.05.2002:
bplan: Pegasos and MorphOS on German TV (3Sat)
The bplan GmbH would like to inform you about the Computer Magazine taking place on the 27th of May at 9.30 pm.

neues - das Computer- und Telekommunikationsmagazin auf 3sat

One subject of the show will be the Pegasos Hardware Platform developed by bplan GmbH in conjunction with MorphOS.

Features:

• new dynAMIte Version
• all maps, all styles + exclusive new styles for the CD-release!!
• new "dynAMIteAI.library" for 68k and PPC (MorphOS)
• 3D-Intro-FMV-Sequence
• Audio-Tracks
• detailed HTML-documentation
• many Extras, Backdrops, early-Intro-tests, first test-versions of dynAMIte, and many more!!
• in contrast to the normal version, you require about 93 MB of free harddisk space this time!
• The first 50 discs are limited, an "extra"-feature is included

If you now think "dynAMIte is becoming commercial!" you aren't right since the game itself will stay freeware.
We just want to give the fans of that nifty little game we all love the chance to purchase a
"bigger, better, faster, more" edition which is even a way to say "thank you" to the programmer.
The price is as low as possible, we think every Amiga user nowadays can afford 15 Euro for a good game and its extras.

It's available for:
Germany: EUR 15,-
Great Britain: GBP 11,-
Europe: EUR 18,-
USA: USD 15,-
All prices including shipping-costs

• 13.05.02 improved: Warzone (Paradox Software) supports another version, another icon
• 13.05.02 new: Jouster 3 () done by JOTD
• 13.05.02 new: Goblins 3 (Coktel Vision) done by JOTD

• Colours Professional
• Mythic Empires

I have to mention that Stefan Martens and Robert Konrad are no longer involved in the maintenance of the Amiga-User-List. Changes and additions can only be made by me.

• shows errors for missing required tags in NORMAL mode now, only RELAXED disables them
• added /RCMD=RECOMMENDED attribute modifier. Useful for accessibility tags like ACCESSKEY, TITLE etc., this yields "bad style" warning #90. HSC.Prefs is still awaiting a full update according to the W3C guidelines
• user defines from the commandline are now processed before the prefsfile is read. This allows individual prefs to be used depending on commandline switches that needn't be built in but can be user-supplied in form of a DEFINE