16.Jul.2003
Sven Scheele und Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Event: Pegasos hardware meeting news
As reported before (for details see title link), the
Amiga-Club Hamburg e. V.
and the Amiga-Club Schleswig-Holstein
will do a hardware meeting on Friday the 1st of August 2003 covering specially the new
Pegasos computer. We arranged the beginning of that meeting to be set to 4:00 pm,
the room is rented until midnight. Everyone interested in the Pegasos is very welcome to show up.
The address is: Volkshaus Berne, Sasselheider Weg 6, 22159 Hamburg
(city district Berne), Entry: left back door, 1st floor. Who likes to bring an own Pegasos should contact
Thorsten Mampel by
email.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ICQ)
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Volunteers for the demo scene web project "Scenia" wanted
The maintainers of Scenia, a web project for a platform independent demo scene, are looking
for some motivated and voluntary fellows for their team.
For a required reconstruction of the website there is an in PHP and SQL experienced programmer,
a gfx artworker and probably an online editor wanted to bring the due to lack of time little
bit stopped project back on track again.
Brief "applications" are welcome by email to
m.cloppenburg@gmx.net.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Gabriele Favrin (E-Mail)
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IRC-Channel #AWeb reopend
Gabriele Favrin has re-established the known chat channel regarding AWeb, an open source based web browser for
AmigaOS, at the IRC. Users and developers are welcome to discuss the issues of all versions of AWeb. The channel
is at the IRCnet to find under the name #AWeb.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Bjorn Lynne (E-Mail)
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"Return to Witchwood" by Bjorn Lynne released
Bjorn Lynne has announced the release of his new CD, "Return to
Witchwood". The CD can, earlier than originally planned, be pruchased from now on at the online shop
of Lynne-Music by the title link as a single disk or bundled with other CDs.
Orders befor August the 10th will be signatured by the composer.
As the successor of "Witchwood" this fantasy music album offers the expected chilled tunes. The website
offers several extracts from different tracks.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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Mac: Northland getting closer to release
The Apple Macintosh version of Northland is very close to completion now.
The game has been in betatesting for some time now. "Northland", which was
developed by Funatics Software for the PC is ported to the Apple Macintosh
and other platforms by e.p.i.c. interactive. The Mac version will require at
least a G3/350 with 128 MByte RAM and OSX. A OS 9.x version will also be
supplied on the CD but the memory requirements are not 100% known yet.
"Northland" for the Macintosh should start shipping from the middle of
August 2003 and preordering from our webstore will start next week, when the
demo version of Northland for the Mac will be launched.
More information on Northland can be found at:
www.northland-game.com or
under the title link.
The MorphOS version of Northland should go beta very soon. A demo version for
the Pegasos and MorphOS can be expected in August.
(ps)
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16.Jul.2003
Carsten Berger (E-Mail)
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Poll about the 3D map for Tales of Tamar started
Some days ago Eternity gave a
status update
of Tales of Tamar and pointed to the
planned 3D map (Snapshot).
Within the comments there were surprisingly little feedback about this map.
To give Eternity the possiblity to get an overview about the interest on such a map
we started a poll regarding that map.
Please vote only if you bought ToT already or if you will buy it definitely (maybe if there is such a
3D map). Thereforeso: Please don't hesitate to vote because for a programmer nothing is worse than
ignoring his work.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
MUI Classes (Website)
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Website for new or updated MUI classes
Jocke 'Zerohero' Sjöblom has owed his website to new MUI classes. Whenever there is an update or a new
version in area, the info regarding it will be to find at this website.
For example in July 2003 the MCC_TheBar class has been updated several times.
Currently the version 16.0 is available for download.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
Amiga Inc. (Website)
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Amiga Inc.: AmigaOS Artist Competition and Community Exchange
Get your art published on the AmigaOS 4 CD and explore our new Community Exchange! Click here to read about the competition and here to browse or contribute to the Community Exchange. (ps)
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16.Jul.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New packages until 07-15-2003
With WHDLoad it is possible to install games onto the hard disk which were meant originally for
floppy disk use only.
The following packages were added or updated since the last announcement:
- 15.07.03 new: Jinxter (Magnetic Scrolls) done by Galahad
- 15.07.03 improved: Operation Stealth (Delphine Software) rewritten
- 15.07.03 improved: King's Quest 6 (Sierra) protection removed, new icon
- 15.07.03 improved: James Pond 2 - Robocod (Millennium) supports CD³² version too
- 15.07.03 improved: Storm Master (Silmarils) supports another version, slave optimised
- 15.07.03 improved: Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Tengen/Teque) supports another version
- 14.07.03 new: Typhoon (Kingsoft) done by Psygore
- 14.07.03 new: Space Hulk (Electronic Arts) done by Galahad
- 14.07.03 new: Eliminator (Hewson) done by CFOU!
- 14.07.03 new: Madness (Anarchy) done by Galahad
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Jul.2003
James Daniels (E-Mail)
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New Payback GBA Status Report
A new progress report on the GBA version of Payback has been posted
here.
This update talks about the performance and presentation improvements that
have been made to the game over the last month, in particular the addition
of a "bloom blur" effect and the dramatic optimisation of the audio mixer.
It includes four new screenshots and a video clip of the game's improved
pause mode.
(nba)
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16.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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G4: A few ammount of Pegasos I April 2 G4 available
The first processor card to upgrade the Pegasos is available now.
Thank to the flexible, upgradable and open architecture of the Pegasos Genesi
offers a G4 upgrade which will lead you to the next step of computer experience.
For the Pegasos are
processor cards
with a Motorola 7447 CPU which operates with 1 GHz and more available now.
The 7447 is the newest PowerPC processor of the fourth generation
(G4) by Motorola, which offers an increased performance compared to the recent
processor generation (G3). Additionally to a bigger cache the
7447 offers more pipelines, an improved front side bus (FSB) and, most important, an SIMD unit called Altivec.
Altivec offers a special on-chip vector engine, which is capable of operate more than one Gflops (one billion
floating point operations per second) but is still affordable for an average user.
There is a few ammount of Pegasos-1/April-2 boards with this G4 card available for
EUR 499.- (excl. VAT). If you are interested in one of these boards please feel free to contact
bbrv@genesi.lu.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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15.Jul.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers: Retro Replay sold out
Retro Replay is a clone of the popular Action Replay for the C64. The
cartridge was made in October 2001 at a very limited quantity, which is
sold out now.
The last cartridge from the mass-production and an early prototype from
March 2001 are now offered in an eBay-auction. Since the announcement of
RR-net, a networking card for the Retro Replay, we had strong demand for
the cartridge, and many people asked for a new production run.
Unfortunately, the cost, and therefore the risk, is very high, because
we'd have to produce several hundred cartridges in order to keep the
price of 50,- EUR. Therefore, the interest in the auction will determine
if a new production run will happen:
As announced in the product description, we're sponsoring the "Retro
Replay Party", it will take place in September this year. Details
will be published shortly, but we can already say that there will be
plenty of free beer. Nice detail of the party location: It's an air-raid
shelter from World War II, which has no windows. Neither 2000, nor XP ;-). (nba)
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14.Jul.2003
Martin Wolf (E-Mail)
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T.o.T.: Amiga Version 0.50
Martin Wolf of Eternity announced in his current press release the availability of version 0.50 of 'Tales of Tamar' for Amiga computers. Details about changes and improvements are to be found at www.tamar.net.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Jul.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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Installer: WHDLoad - New install packs until 11.07.2003
WHDLoad lets you easily install floppy based games onto your hard disk. The following changes and updates have been incorporated into the installer library since our last report.
- 11.07.03 improved: Super Space Invaders (Taito/Domark) various changes and improvements
- 11.07.03 new: Impact! (ASL) done by Psygore
- 11.07.03 updated: F/A-18 Interceptor (Intellisoft/Electronic Arts) reworked
- 11.07.03 new: Bloodnet (Microprose/GameTEK) done by JOTD
- 11.07.03 improved: Pinball Dreams (Digital Illusions) supports NTSC version too
- 11.07.03 improved: Another World / Out of this World (Delphine Software) support
for another version added, merged with 'Out of this World', new icons
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Jul.2003
SonicPulse (Website)
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10th anniversary of SoundFX!
SoundFX will celebrate its 10th anniversary this very month. Congratulations!
Stefan Kost is currently working on version 4.3. He hopes that the betatest phase will start soon.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Jul.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 14.07.2003
The following additions were made since our last report:
lands057a.lha comm/cnet 108K+BattleLands C-Net Amiga P-File
YamHTMLyam.lha comm/mail 21K+(1.9) Shows HTML e-mails with YAM mail c
GummiSurf.lha comm/net 20K+Companion tool for Charon (Download mana
AMP2.lha demo/mag 2.4M+AMP#2 - polish discmag
AMP2_DBM.lha demo/mag 1.4M+Music for AMP#2 - polish discmag
AMP2_TrueColor.lha demo/mag 1.1M+24-bit graphics for AMP#2 - polish mag
ctags.lha dev/c 348K+Generate tag files of source code
FlashROM.lha disk/cdrom 18K+Amiga tool to change the flash ROM of Pl
WolnyCD.lha disk/cdrom 14K+Better read-spead, quiet working CD. v0.
fat95.lha disk/misc 133K+Win95/98 compatible file system
RealAmigaWorld.txt docs/anno 4K+New Real Amiga-Mania World IRC Channel i
Mb4levelsets.lha game/data 7K+2 level sets for Megaball 4
bouldercaves.lha game/jump 472K+V5.21, BoulderDaesh RTX Caves Archive
boulderdaesh.lha game/jump 927K+V5.21, BoulderDaesh RTX Main Archive
bouldergraph.lha game/jump 196K+V5.21, BoulderDaesh RTX Graphics Archive
bouldersound.lha game/jump 184K+V5.21, BoulderDaesh RTX Sound Archive
WormWars.lha game/misc 566K+Worm Wars 7.51a: Advanced snake game
Marryampic2.lha game/think 538K+CardSet game with sound-pairs (MorphOS)
vcdimager.lha gfx/conv 1.1M+VCD/SVCD tool v0.7.14
vcdimager_src.lha gfx/conv 868K+VCDImager v0.7.14 source code
A2630SpeedFix.lha hard/hack 13K+Speed up fixes and mods for CBM A2630 ac
scl.lha misc/emu 6K+Work with SCL-archives
Corruption.lha mods/misc 121K+Custom module from "Corruption"
DaleyThompsons.lha mods/misc 41K+Custom module from "Daley Thompson's"
Jinxter.lha mods/misc 48K+Custom module from "Jinxter"
ThePawn.lha mods/misc 63K+Custom module from "The Pawn"
UNSquadron.lha mods/misc 54K+Custom module from "U.N. Squadron"
WinterChalleng.lha mods/misc 70K+Custom modules from "Winter Challenge"
Zitrax.lha mods/misc 26K+Custom module from "Zitrax"
20030705aaa_1.mpg mods/mpg 4.5M+Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 MP3s - Track 1
20030705aaa_2.mpg mods/mpg 4.0M+Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 MP3s - Track 2
20030705aaa_3.mpg mods/mpg 9.3M+Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 MP3s - Track 3
20030705aaa_4.mpg mods/mpg 7.3M+Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 MP3s - Track 4
20030705aaa_5.mpg mods/mpg 6.1M+Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 MP3s - Track 5
20030705aaa_6.mpg mods/mpg 700K+Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 MP3s - Track 6
TheMPegEncGUI.lha mus/misc 320K+GUI 4 Lame,OggEnc,OggDec,BladeEnc,Pegase
EP_NoiseTrack.lha mus/play 28K+EaglePlayer "NoiseTracker" external repl
QuakerZone.lha pix/icon 198K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
QuickSketch.lha text/edit 20K+A simple WB-prg to sketch and write in.
PasTeX14src.lha text/tex 8.6M+PasTeX 1.4 sources
CardPatch.lha util/boot 3K+Patches bugs in PCMCIA system V1.2
NewWBPattern.lha util/cli 3K+Change your WB background pic on the fly
WarpBMPdt.lha util/dtype 56K+Windows BMP datatype V45.3 (68k,WarpOS,M
WarpDTPrefs.lha util/dtype 150K+WarpDT preferences program V45.1
WarpJPEGdt.lha util/dtype 142K+JFIF-JPEG datatype V45.3 (68k,WarpOS,Mor
WarpPNGdt.lha util/dtype 144K+PNG image datatype V45.3 (68k,WarpOS,Mor
WarpPSDdt.lha util/dtype 54K+Adobe Photoshop datatype V45.3 (68k,War
WarpTIFFdt.lha util/dtype 290K+TIFF datatype V45.3 (68k,WarpOS,MorphOS)
PolishAccent.lha util/libs 8K+Polish accent for translator lib. V42+
ArgueGUIColl.lha util/misc 72K+Argue GUI for Frogger(NG), Moovid, Visag
MultiRen.lha util/misc 198K+Powerful multi-file renaming tool (MUI)
idle1_5b.lha util/moni 20K+A (working) A68K cpu monitor
zlibexample.lha util/pack 42K+Example for zlib.library w/ WOS support
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Jul.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)
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StartMenu: Pixload Version 4.1d
Version 4.1d of 'Pixload' released. By using 'Pixload' you can start programs or scripts by clicking on an icon. Therefor the program uses MUI. So RxMUI 32.8 is needed in order to use 'Pixload'.
'Pixload' is available for Amiga as well as for MorphOS.
Download: pixload-4.1d.lzx
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Jul.2003
carls (ANF)
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Web server: gW3S v2.1 bug fix available
Some of you might have experienced trouble with gW3S version 2.1.
There was a bug in the fancy-files unescaping which affected the way XGI scripts was executed (resulted in a 404 or other error).
This is now fixed.
I would also like to announce the opening of the gW3S Discussion Forum where you can get in touch with other gW3S users, and the gW3S development team. Everything can be found here.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Jul.2003
Lars Sobiraj (ANF)
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Demoscene: Diskmag Saxonia#2
The second expenditure of the Amiga demo scene diskmags Saxonia
appeared recently. Concerning the articles a clear quality increase is
to be noticed. The diagrams and the liking engine are unfortunately
the same as with the first expenditure. Diskmag.de offers archives
under the title link for download! Comments on Saxonia#2 can be made here.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Jul.2003
sylvio.k@gmx.de (ANF)
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Soms3D news
The "Anime development for Amiga" team reports that a mailing list for
all prospective customers was established now. One can register oneself
over the main side and post questions and suggestions there.
Furthermore the Somspage was completely redesigned. The developers made an Engine-Testvideo (4.5 MB) available depicting the Dunkle-Engine.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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13.Jul.2003
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Pegasos hardware meeting in Hamburg
On 1st August 2003 AmigaClub Hamburg
and AmigaClub Schleswig-Holstein
are holding a hardware meeting in Hamburg. The meeting targets Pegasos users
and those who are contemplating to maybe buy this computer. It is to serve the
exchange of information and experiences. Everyone is cordially invited to this event.
The meeting starts on Friday, 1st August at 8pm. The organisators are currently trying
for an earlier start time, which will announced here if need be.
The venue:
Volkshaus Berne
Sasselheider Weg 6
22159 Hamburg (city district of Berne)
Entrance: Left backside entrance, 1st floor.
If you want to bring your computer along, please register by eMail.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
z5 (ANF)
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Amiga Demoscene Archive: Symphony Party Update
Symphony Party was held from 4-6 July 2003 in Poland. At A.D.A., 3 demos from that party were added:
- 1st place: By Night / Encore (PPC demo, also Pegasos/MorphOS)
- 2nd place: My definition in blue / Scarab (68k demo)
- 3rd place: Blind Visions / Appendix (68k slideshow)
On top of that, extra screenshots were added for Spellbound / Loveboat, Smokebomb / Ozone, Cybercinematastic / Loonies, Synergy / Sector 7 and My Kingdom/Scoopex and Haujobb.
A.D.A. now features 281 demos and 2725 screenshots.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Mercury News (ANF)
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Mercury News: Start-up's goal: run software on any chip
The article is about the company "Transitive" which apparently has developed
a very fast (70% native speed) and lightweight (600 KB)
"on-the-fly" binary code translator which shall make it possible to run software
on any processor architecture.
Recently an unknown "big partner" is claimed to have been found, who apparently
is pumping vast amounts of money into the company. (ps) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Thomas Zahren (ANF)
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PPJoy: Using digital joysticks on the parallel port under Windows
Owners of e.g. a 4-player adaptor for the Amiga's parallel port are now able to
use their favourite digital joystick on the PC with the freeware driver
"PPJoy" by Deon van der Westhuysen. For tinkerers there's an overview of
supported interfaces of various other joysticks on the Web page.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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Updates for Amiga-Society
In preparation for Amiga Society's third birthday there are some updates in different areas.
Among others the Schlachtfeld area is online again.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Cyborg (ANF)
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AntiSPAM2 update released
All AntiSPAM2 users are asked to download the newest version from the server under the title link.
Older AntiSPAM versions including the beta versions currently in circulation contain a bug which may cause a crash
when encountering incorrect form headers.
Apart from this bug fix the new version contains some small detail improvements.
Thus, beside some improvements in the query routines,
you can now set the position of the start window.
In order to curb the growing data flood there will be a conversion of the matching function
in the forseeable future.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Web browser: Atlantis will be ported to MorphOS
According to a comment
in MorphZone by Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck, Ali Akcaagac, author of the Web browser
Atlantis,
will shortly receive a Pegasos from Genesi in order to port his creation to MorphOS.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Cloanto (ANF)
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Amiga Alpe Adria 2003: Further pictures online
Under the title link you'll find a choice of futher pictures from the
Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 which took place last weekend in Undine, Italy.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Amiforce (ANF)
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Abakus-Design: Screen saver Amiquarium released
As from now the screen saver project Amiga Aquarium, short: Amiquarium, is available
for download on Abakus-Design's Website. The screen saver recreates an aquarium with
fishes. On startup you just choose one of five background pictures and you're up and running.
Currently the screen saver doesn't yet offer timer settings and doesn't automatically save the screenmode and the chosen picture.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Scalos: Port to MorphOS in the works
As announced on MorphOS-News.de,
the Workbench replacement Scalos is being ported to MorphOS.
Ambient stays the standard GUI of course - but, as Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco wrote in a corresponding
comment,
variety is the spice of life.
Scalos' feature list comprises
a.o.t. full Multitasking (every window has its own task), icons becoming transparent
when drawn over something they can be applied to with drag&drop, stretching, splitting
and centering of backgrounds, iconification of drawer icons as well as a plugin system
for replacing or adding new features.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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12.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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AmiWest: Bill Buck banquet-speaker / MorphOS 1.4 / Super bundle from the weekend
On the AmiWest which will take place on
26th and 27th July 2003 in Sacramento (USA) there will be several speakers at the
banquet. One of them will be Bill Buck of Genesi.
Furthermore Kermit Woodall of Nova Design,
Kurt Grach of Mr. Hardware and
Jens Schönfeld of individual Computers will be
present.
In a comment
on MorphOS-News.de Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck confirm that there will be a
new version 1.4 of MorphOS.
Together with it the "superbundle" of several software titles will be available for all
Pegasos owners (inclusive "Phreeboard" owners) on the Genesi FTP server.
On the AmiWest Genesi will be presented by Raquel Velasco, Bill Buck and the whole
Genesi USA-team. The Pegasos I with 1 GHz-G4-processor will be performed as well
as the plans for the Pegasos II and for the superbundle are supposed to be
explained.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2003
Rombald (ANF)
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Relaunch of Commodore by Tulip Computers N.V. and Ironstone Partners LIM
On 11th July 2003 Tulip Computers NV (Tulip) and Ironstone Partners Ltd. (Ironstone)
have signed an agreement which is supposed to be seen as an important step for the
worldwide relaunch of the name Commodore.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jul.2003
Oliver Roberts (E-Mail)
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Warp Datatypes V45.3 published
Oliver Roberts has published version 45.3 of his WarpDT which contains updates of all
five Warp-datatype. Here the detailed changes:
- Fixed a problem reading the prefs file from disks using FFS.
- Fixed another bug which caused bogus evaluation period warnings.
- Tweaked installer so that it checks for picture.datatype in MOSSYS:
as well as SYS: when run under MorphOS.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jul.2003
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Lightweight Busboard: Mediator PCI 1200 LT
Elbox Computer, the leading manufacturer of hardware for Amiga
computers, the company that introduced the PCI standard to Amiga
computers, is proud to announce expansion of the MEDIATOR busboard
product line with the new Mediator model for Amiga 1200 computers:
the Mediator PCI 1200 LT.
This product is dedicated to all Amiga 1200 users, who have not
expanded their computers with a multi-slot PCI busboard as yet.
We know that many of you need only a fast, modern graphic card and
a good sound card. This new, 2-slot model of Mediator is
specifically dedicated to meet these needs.
Mediator PCI 1200 LT opens the possibility of using the best
available graphic cards for Amiga: the Voodoo series;
and the highest-quality Terratec 512i Digital sound card.
The second slot may obviously be used for other purposes. You
can install a Spider USB 2.0 controller, a 10Mbps Ethernet card,
a 100Mbps FastEthernet card or a TV tuner card in it. The choice
is yours.
Moreover:
If at any time you decide that you need additional PCI slots,
you can easily expand the number of active slots in this busboard
up to four. All you will need is acquiring a DIY set:
the LT4 Upgrade Pack.
Mediator is not only a well-designed, reliable hardware. Mediator
also means excellent drivers and professional support. Start
enjoying these benefits yourself.
Mediator PCI 1200 LT features:
- 2 PCI slots (PCI 2.1 compatible)
- 66/33MHz PCI clock (transfer rate up to 264MB/s)
- 32-bit PCI datapatch
- 4GB PCI memory space
- Busmastering/DMA in all slots
- Compatible with 68030/040/060 and PPC turbo cards
- Ready for SharkPPC(+) G3/G4 cards
- Fits in any A1200 in E/BOX (Power, Winner), EZ-Z4 and Infinitiv tower
Included with the Mediator PCI 1200 LT is the Mediator Multimedia
CD with drivers for Sound, TV tuner, Ethernet 10Mbps, Fast Ethernet
100Mbps and Graphic PCI cards. For the list of currently supported
PCI cards see Mediator Driver Guide.
For more info, see the
Mediator PCI 1200 LT website.
Pricing and availability
The Mediator PCI 1200 LT will be on sale beginning with 11 July 2003
at the suggested retail price of EUR139.95 (VAT excl.) only.
To locate an authorized distributor in your area or to purchase the
product online visit the Elbox Computer website.
Why Mediator?
Do you need your Amiga to display crystal-clear image up
to 2048x1536x32@75? Do you want your favourite games to run in
accelerated graphics?
Get hold of a Voodoo-family PCI graphic card and enjoy its 2D and
3D performance!
Care for superb high-quality music?
Just install the highest quality Terratec 512i Digital sound card
and enjoy crystal clear sound all around.
Do you want to use a variety of devices connected via the USB port?
Simply install the Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed PCI card into the
Mediator slot and explore the world of the newest USB devices such
as mice, keyboards, tablets, joysticks, printers, scanners, webcams,
digicams, flash card readers, zip drives, floppy disk drives,
harddisks, memory sticks, ethernet adapters and audio adapters,
GPS location devices or finger print readers!
Want fast network connections to surf the net?
Put a low-cost RTL8139 Fast Ethernet 100Mbps PCI card into the
Mediator slot and connect your computer to the network!
Do you want to watch and capture your favourite TV programmes?
With a TV tuner PCI card you can watch TV; you can also connect
a TV-SAT tuner, a camcorder or a digital camera. Although the
full TV image resolution runs at 30 fps in the PIP window on
your Workbench screen, it does not use the Amiga processor's
time at all!
MEDIATOR - The Best Way to Power-up Your Amiga.
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
contact: press@elbox.com
(ps)
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11.Jul.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: Rumours about the return of Jim Collas denied
The latest issue of UK's print magazine Total Amiga claims that there
are rumours about a new CEO at Amiga Inc. The "Buzz Word" rumour column, where an anonymous insider
reveils that latest "industry" rumours, the following statement can be found (quoted with permission):
"Buzz Word has heard that Amiga are about to get a new CEO but it won't be Garry Hare; apparently the whole
Genesi/ Garry Hare story was a setup designed to produce confusion. The new CEO is a man who will bring many
millions of investment dollars back into the company. The Man's name? Jim Collas."
Asked if this is a joke, Robert Willaims, editor of Total Amiga, assured us that he "honestly
doesn't know whether the rumour about Jim Collas is true or not".
Thus we contacted Bill McEwen, CEO of Amiga Inc. and asked for a short statement. Bill writes:
"It is just a joke, and I agree a good one. I found it to be pretty funny.
I also thought that it was funny that they stated that Garry Hare was
replaced by Jim, when I have not even been replaced yet ;-)
I am still CEO, and still enjoying the ride."
(ps)
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10.Jul.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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DiaCD - Transfer of ARexx to Hollywood 1.5
Carsten Siegner writes:
Today I have created the first alpha version of DiaCD with Hollywood 1.5. With this, I wanted to show just how powerful Hollywood has become.
During the entry of a picture listing in the upper requester
all pictures are at once graphically shown in a picture list. One may then use the slider beneath the
picture list to scroll through all the pictures in realtime. At the same time a larger version of the currently
selected picture is shown separately in a subwindow. When you press the left mouse button and move the
cursor on the picture list, you select the first picture that you're going to work on later. Similarly, you select the final
picture with the right mouse button. These pictures are expressly scrolled through in realtime, when you move the
mouse back and forth. The picture under the cursor then appears in the selection window.
This is just a demo of the further capabilities of the program. I will then compile it for 68k and MorphOS. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jul.2003
Bill Buck und Raquel Velasco (E-Mail)
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Event: Pegasos on Linux Tag 2003
All concerned: There will be a Pegasos at the Linuxtag in Karlsruhe this weekend.
Linuxtag is Europe's largest GNU/Linux exhibition. The Linuxtag is at the
Karlsruhe Convention Center from 10-13 July.
Genesi will be represented by Nicholas Blachford, whose "Analysis: x86 Vs
PPC" was featured yesterday on OSNews and Slashdot here:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3997
http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/07/09/1730206.shtml?tid=137
Nicolas will be joined by Genesi's newest team member Sven Luther. Sven is
a developer known to both the MorphOS and Linux development communities.
Sven Luther's LinuxPPC kernel was recently announced on MorphOS-News here:
http://www.morphos-news.de/index.php?lg=en&nid=371&si=1
At Linuxtag, the Genesi Team and the Pegasos will be found in the Debian Booth.
The following weekend (18-20 July 2003) Sven will also be attending the
Debian Developers Conference, Oslo, Norway with the Pegasos. Details about
that conference can be found here:
http://debconf.org/debconf3/
Sven has joined Genesi to manage the LinuxPPC development effort for the
Pegasos. Sven is a PhD candidate at the University of Strausbourg and an
Associate Professor in the Computer Sciences Department. The University of
Strasburg was founded in 1621, with a long tradition of academic excellence.
Louis Pasteur, John Calvin, Marc Bloch and four Nobel Prize winners have
studied or taught there. We can now add Sven to the list...;-) Welcome
Sven! Of course, Nicholas and Sven will be able to demo MorphOS too! (ps)
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10.Jul.2003
carls (ANF)
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Web server: gW3S v2.1 released
The easy-to-use web server gW3S has been updated to version 2.1. The new version includes bug fixes, more in-depth XGI documentation and a new version of the administration tool.
Download it for free at the gW3S web site!
The gW3S team members are proud to announce that the Technic Up site has been running gW3S since a few months back, in conjunction with MUIBase (www.muibase.de) which proves that it is indeed capable of hosting professional sites! (ps)
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10.Jul.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies Records #045
The scene group Liquid Skies has released their 45th music pack today. This time a piece, "Moonlight," in the electro-pop style. The cover was provided by DaFreak.
More information about the track:
- Title: MoonLight
- Artist: Maxus
- Style: Pop
- Song-length: 4:09
- Format: mp3 (160 kbps)
The zipped data has a size of about 4.8 megabytes and is available on the homepage under the title link as a free download. Additionally, the group and their webpage have been chosen as a link tip of the month at
www.leipzig-info.net.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jul.2003
Gary7 bei Golem gefunden (ANF)
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Golem: Rambus, Toshiba and Elpida introduce XDR DRAM
»XDR DRAM runs next with 3.2 GHz, later with 6.4 GHz and higher.
Together with Toshiba and Elpida, Rambus has introduced a new generation of memory. XDR DRAM
uses the XDR memory interface (previously Yellowstone) from Rambus and runs at up to 3.2 GHz. Sony has just
licensed the new technology for use with "Cell", the basis for Sony's PlayStation 3, among others.«
Read the complete article under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jul.2003
Davy Wentzler (ANF)
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Audio Evolution 4 demo released
After two years of hard work, today we present you the release of the 68k demo
of the audio harddisk recording and editing system, Audio Evolution 4! AE4 is
a major update to AE3 and will be released for OS4/PPC.
Some of the new features:
- Non-linear and non-destructive editing on the time line, including cut, copy,
paste, move, split, trim and crossfade actions
- Unlimited undo
- Many grid options to align regions
- Improved automation editing on the time line
- Record automation events during playback by mouse or MIDI remote
- Track height adjustment and higher quality waveform display
- Metronome with freely adjustable time signature
- Control the mixer and transport controls remotely with external MIDI hardware
- Native OS4 effect plug-ins with realtime parameter control, automation and metering
- New plug-ins, including a new compressor, chorus, ducking delay and sound replacer
- WAV import
- 'Repeat region' functionality with intervals
- Automatic regionize with export of timecode list to BurnIt
- ARexx interface
- Communicate and synchronize with other applications (like B&P) easily through the
Master Control Bus (OS4 only)
- Enhanced look and feel. All imagery can be changed by the user.
- Experimental Dolby Pro Logic encoder
- Brand new manual in HTML and PDF formats
- Many more smaller improvements and bug fixes
Please download and try out the demo from the title link.
Any suggestions, questions and bug reports are welcome.
Davy Wentzler
Audio Evolution (ps)
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10.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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OSNews: Analysis: x86 vs. PPC (English)
On OSNews.com,
Nicholas Blachford of Genesi has written an in-depth examination of the comparative advantages and
disadvantages of the X86 and PPC processor lines. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jul.2003
computerhilfen.de (ANF)
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New Help Forum for Amiga Users at Computerhilfen.de
Today the Amiga section has added a help forum as a complement to the Windows, Apple, and Linux help forums at Computerhilfen.de. As occurs in the already existing Computerhilfen.de forums, the new Amiga forum should prove to be a place for friendliness and competence.
amiga.computerhilfen.de (ps) (Translation: dm)
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