14.May.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: 'Layouter' full version
In cooperation and with the okay by Marius Schwarz the Amiga Arena offers a free release of the software "Layouter" for the first time.
With the program "Layouter" it is possible to layout and print your own books and fanzines.
"Layouter" covers the part to process texts, creating paragraphs for pictures and titles to print a fanzine correctly for example.
Layouter does all the work a commo text processoer can't handle sufficient.
To say it in a simple manner: You bring in the text to print and the graphics and "Layouter" creates an impressing book or magazine from that.
Another big advantage of "Layouter" is its speed for printing a book.
A detailed manual and some example projects are included within the archive. For further assistance or suggestions the developer
Marius Schwarz might be contacted.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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14.May.2003
Fabio Trotta (ANF)
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Apple compatible PPC computers by Core
Name CoreCrib and CoreBox the company Core offers
Apple compatible PPC computers. These offer the same technical specs like the current high end Macs but are less expensive. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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14.May.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail)
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Event: Amiga Show - Maarssen, The Netherlands on June the 28th 2003
As reported earlier the Dutch Commodore Club HCC hosts an Amiga Show in Maarssen on June the 28th 2003.
Computer City will demonstrate the AmigaOne and sell soft- and hardware. Genesi
will demonstrate the PPC computer Pegasos with the operating system MorphOS and shows the VideoMicroWave as well as a prototype of a set top box. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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14.May.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 14.05.2003
Here the latest Aminet uploads which were added since our last message:
SpanienSS.lha docs/hyper 98K+SpanienSS guide history of some spanish
DIYrekoIII.lha gfx/ifx 31K+Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
Islife.jpg pix/art 19K+Amiga is live
(ps)
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14.May.2003
VWP Newsletter
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VWP: New Webboard online
After the old webboard was available in German only, now a new one
is online. It supports different languages and can be reached like
the old one: simply by using the "Webboard"-link on the left side
of the page at VirtualWorlds.de.
The only disadvantage of it: formerly registered user have to
register again because their data could not be transferred. But
writing as guest is possible in the new webboard too.
(ps)
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14.May.2003
Wojtek Kozlowski (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Online Photos of the Mirage 1200-based Amiga
The Elbox Support Website has now photos presenting how the new
Mirage 1200 tower may be used to house a really well-expanded
Amiga 1200-based system (title link).
The Amiga in view is fitted with the Mediator PCI 1200 SX busboard and
Blizzard PPC 240/060/50, a Voodoo 3 graphic card, a PixelView TV Pro card,
a Terratec 512i digital sound card, a Spider II USB 2.0 5-port controller,
a FastEthernet 100Mb/s network card, a FastATA 1200 EIDE controller,
a Samsung 80GB HDD, a 52x CD-ROM, a 40x12x40x CD-RW, an LS-120 drive,
an All-in-One USB 2.0 Flash card reader, a Logitech USB mouse and
a A3000 keyboard.
(ps)
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14.May.2003
GetBoinged (ANF)
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GetBoinged Review: Amiga Games Pocket Pak #2
Please find the review about the Amiga Games Pocket Pak #2 under the
title link. (ps)
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13.May.2003
Newsletter von Cinemaware (ANF)
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Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown 2 on 3rd quarter 2003
According to the newsletter of Cinemaware DotC2 has nearly finished.
Because of this some new screenshots has put up online (a trailer and further information
are also available). It should first be published for PC and PS2.
Disk images of all older versions (C64, Amiga, Amstrad, PC...) are now
available again.
Here is the original newsletter:
Hey Cinemaware fans!
I know things have been quiet for a while from your ol' pal Amber over
at Cinemaware, but we've just been preparing to take the lid off some
really exciting news!
How exciting, you ask? Well, after months of patient waiting, I can
finally reveal to our fans who will be publishing Robin Hood: Defender
of the Crown. Cinemaware is proud to be partnering with Capcom
Entertainment to bring Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown to living
rooms across everywhere!
I can't tell you all how happy we all are to be working with one of
the premier publishers in the world to bring Defender of the Crown
back to the fans. And I want to give special thanks to you fans out
there who have been waiting for this day -- we couldn't have done
it without your support!
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown will be launching in North America
in the third quarter of 2003! Head on over to the this news story to
get the full scoop! The exciting news is already starting to hit the
web, though. Check out this story over at GameSpot!
If any of you happen to make it to E3 (the Electronic Entertainment
Expo) this week in Los Angeles, drop by the Capcom booth and say hello!
We'll be showing the game at two kiosks, so come on by and give it a
whirl. If you can't make it to the show, keep an eye on online news,
as there's sure to be a lot of hands-on impressions from the show
floor.
But until then, we've put up a big batch of brand new screens from the
game. Go take a gander at the Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown Product
Page.
Lastly, to celebrate this exciting news, we've once again made disk
images of all version of the original Defender of the Crown available
for download! This includes all versions of the original classic from
Amiga to Amstrad! Head over to the Defender of the Crown vault to get
your hands on 'em!
That's it for this newsletter, but I'll be back soon to update you all
on the exact date for Robin Hood's release!
All the best,
Amber :D
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2003
Virus Hewlp Denmark (ANF)
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Virus Help: New update of xvs.library
A new update of the "xvs.library' (xvs.library - The eXternal Virus
Scanner Library) has been updated today, and can be found at the
"Virus Help Team's websites". Remember, if you use the antivirus
programs like ec. VirusZ, VirusExecuter, VirusChecker, Mill this
update of XVS is a MUST for you.
Info about the new update:
Name: xvs.library v33.40
Archive name: xvslibrary.lha
Archive size: 93,637 bytes
Release date: 13 May 2003
Programmer: Georg Hoermann
News is v33.40: (Size: 61,912 bytes)
- Added file recognition for some very old installer programs of the
following bootblock viruses: Blizzard, CLI-Manager, SystemZ 5.0
and SystemZ 6.4. Thanks to Dirk Stöcker for sending the files.
- Added special recognition for "Zeeball AV-Testfile" from Zeeball's
antivirus test archive.
- Changed several often-used CacheClearU() calls to CacheClearE()
for better performance on JIT 68k emulated systems (file analysis
and repair code for polymorphic linkviruses have not been changed,
as these only get called if some patterns match first). Thanks to
Harry Sintonen for the hint.
- Fixed bug in xvsCheckFile() that accessed two bytes following the
actual file buffer under certain circumstances. Thanks must go to
Mikolaj Calusinski for the report and for beta-testing.
- Did some compatibility fixes for Pegasos/MorphOS systems. Thanks
again to Harry Sintonen for the report and for beta-testing.
- Replaced old installer script with an updated version written once
again by Dave 'Targhan' Crawford. Thanks!
BTW: Georg Hoerman will change his email in the near future, his new email
is ghoermann@gmx.de.
Kind regards...
Virus Help Team DK, NL & CAN
Jan, Denmark
Alex, Holland
Charlene, Canada
(ps)
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13.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #035
The Amiga music scene group called 'Liquid Skies' has published a new music file again.
This time it consists of a mp3 tune by Psycho. It has a length of 6:07 and was created
with an Amiga.
The cover to the title "When The Beast Found His Angle" was created by Angeldust.
As usually you can download the tune from the Liquid Skies homepage.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2003
Carles "Doraemon" Bernardez (ANF)
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CatCon 2k3 Photos
Carles Bernardez writes:
Under the title link you can see a small photo album of
the CatCon 2k3. The results and the releases of the
competitons will be released soon on Aminet.
You can see some Pegasos, AmigaOne, and AmigaOne XE on
the photos, and of course a lot of Amigans. Thx to all
that makes the dream possible another year, specially to
bbrv, Eyetech, Amiga Superbit, Amiga Rulez Magazine, and
all the Amigans that all the years come to our event.
For more information contact
catconparty@yahoo.es. (ps)
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13.May.2003
Various websites
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Several Software Updates until 13.05.2003
Diverse ports
(incl. Descent2 test version) by Nagy Lajos
New software:
- libpng-1.2.5 (png developer lib)
- SDL_mixer and SDL_gfx (SDL extensions)
- sed-4.0.7 (gg tool)
- unace-1.2 (ace file decruncher)
- htdump (web page downloader)
- flite (text to speech engine)
- toppler (Nebulus alike game)
- 1st Descent2 port to test!
- Digger (port of old DOS game)
Amigan Software
Worm Wars version 7.42 and Saga version 1.25 have been published.
WHDLoad - New packets until 13.05.2003
- 13.05.03 improved: Silkworm (Sales Curve) some fixes
- 12.05.03 new: Microprose Golf (Microprose) done by JOTDx
- 12.05.03 fixed: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) install script corrected
- 10.05.03 new: Mission Elevator (Micropartner) done by Asman
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2003
Dany Thinnes (ANF)
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Cost control software for not DSL users: TH-Verbindung V1.1
TH-Verbindung version 1.1 is aimed for surfers who don't have a flatrate or do only a little surfing. It is possible to set up different charges for a main and rest time as well as for a log-in charge. Weekends and bank holidays will not be forgotten too.
From the program itself Miami can be launched, the connection be established and aborted. The costs ammounted so far will be shown in Euro. The sum of the surfed minutes so far is listed as well as the current state of the connection and the connection speed.
The program has been written and tested with a DraCo 060 running AmigaOS 3.9.
Autor: Dany Thinnes - Dany@TH-Home.de
Download: home-thverbindung.lha
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.May.2003
GFX-BASE (Website)
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GFX-BASE: Quake 2 - Amiga version review
Alexandre Balaban describes his impressions of the Amiga version of
Quake 2 in the English-language Review. Starting with the installation
and the hardware requirements he walks through the history of Quake and
his first play, and his personal results finishes the article.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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12.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)
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StartMenu: Pixload Version 4 beta 1 Preview
In the current beta version 1 of the start menu Pixload 4 were
the following new features added.
- Drag & Drop of picture dirs opens a thumbnail tool
- New formats: TIFF and TARGA via datatypes
- Control border for MiamiDX integrated
- New program startup splashscreen
- Clock with RTC functionality
- Help file in the context menu
- Some bugfixes
- Pixload is now scalable
- Pixload is able to open drawers instead of programs
- Shortkeys added
- Icon organisation per Drag & Drop
- Number of rows of icons can be changed
If you have suggestions, ideas or desires, please feel free to send them to Pixel Art by E-Mail (pixelart@wanadoo.fr) in English
or French. (nba) (Translation: sk)
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12.May.2003
BBOAH Website
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The Big Book Of Amiga Hardware - Update of 12.05.2003
The 'Big Book Of Amiga hardware' is probably the largest on-line
manual for Amiga hardware. Ian Chapman extended and updated the
documentation in many subranges.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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12.May.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 12.05.2003
Here the Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message:
HollywoodPromo.lha biz/demo 8.7M 0 High quality Hollywood screenshots
newscoaster.lha comm/news 425K 0 NewsCoaster Full Version (v1.56) (MUI)
newscoastersrc.lha comm/news 188K 0 NewsCoaster Source Code (v1.56 - 10 May 2003)
YAM-Logo.lha comm/yam 49K 0 YAM 2.4 Logo by Chris, The Highlander
JulietCaseCCCP.lha demo/aga 539K 0 CCCP, by Juliet and Case - file version
IRS-EC46.lha demo/mag 2.0M 0 The Official Eurochart #46 by IRIS
ABasiC_patch.lha dev/basic 17K 0 Patch Metacomco's ABasiC to work on OS 2.0+
ABasiC_progs.lha dev/basic 382K 0 Collection of ABasiC games and programs
pmDevBas.lha dev/basic 132K 0 Using PopUpMenu library from HBasic
Window.lha dev/src 7K 0 Attach CON: to existing window on Kickstart 1.x
diskimage.lha disk/misc 79K 0 Mount any disk image file as a DOS device
dynAMIte.lha game/2play 2.0M 0 Internet (only) Bomberman/Dynablaster-Clone
DroidWars4.lha game/actio 163K 0 Droids fighting in an arena.
AS-Hemp.lha game/data 567K 0 Cardset for AS-..... compatible games
digger-68k.lha game/misc 258K 0 Digger - the SDL version of old DOS game!
2Decide.lha game/think 453K 0 2D strategy game supporting themes.
stv_1-0.lha gfx/board 50K 0 TV card software for Mediator systems
DIYrekoIII.lha gfx/ifx 31K 0 Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
imdbDiff030502.lha misc/imdb 2.9M 0 Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
1st16.lha mods/blkha 2.7M 0 First 16bit DBM by blakkhar
bengbum.lha mods/blkha 41K 0 Techno PT mod by blakkhar
bengbum2.lha mods/blkha 160K 0 Techno PT mod by blakkhar
fs.lha mods/blkha 137K 0 Hardcore DBP mod by blakkhar
GM_Rip_Edition.lha mods/blkha 221K 0 Techno DBM by blakkhar
RutgerH.lha mods/blkha 389K 0 Rutger H.dedicated DBM by blakkhar
schranzibelrmx.lha mods/blkha 1.1M 0 Remix DBM by blakkhar
transplantanr.lha mus/play 42K 0 Transplant skin for AmiNetRadio
Haymigga_I.jpg pix/wb 257K 0 Haymigga`s Red & Blue Mania WB Screenshot
japanese-wb2.jpg pix/wb 119K 0 Japanese support on amiga
_Dani_-WB-10.jpg pix/wb 202K 0 Amiga Workbench Screenshot 1024x768x24
Asciiconverter.lha util/conv 44K 0 Change ASCII code in files.
NewHomer.lha util/misc 113K 0 Talkin' Homer V1.87b (guide fixed, better iconific
NoLed.lha util/misc 2K 0 Low-Pass Filter Killer
WRip_26.lha util/misc 45K 0 Rips various pack-formats from Disk/File
SnoopDos.lha util/moni 136K 0 SnoopDos 3.8, the well known system monitor
SnoopDos_Src.lha util/moni 256K 0 SnoopDos 3.8 sources
mouseshell10.lha util/rexx 1K 0 Opens Shell window under mouse pointer
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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12.May.2003
morphos-news.de
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CeBIT Australia 2003 Photos
At the title link and at Pegasos.com.au you
find pictures of the CeBIT Australia 2003, which took
place in the second May week in Sydney.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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12.May.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Quantum Leap: Report of the 'Webb.it' with OS4-Screenshots
At the title link an Italian language report of the Italian IT
fair "Webb.it" is to be found, which took place past weekend in
Padova. The Italian AmigaOne Distributor VirtualWorks presented there
an AmigaOne XE as well as OS4-Module (still as 68k Binaries).
On the OS4-Screenshots both already well-known OS4 parts
(MediaToolbox, new system menus) in newer versions is to be seen as well as modules that have not been shown yet. (ps) (Translation: sk)
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11.May.2003
Ettensberger Martin (ANF)
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Pictures of new Amiga G4 at AmigaClub Augsburg
Recently the first new AmigaOne G4 computers have arrived at the AmigaClub Augsburg. Photos of yesterday's meeting can be seen under this link
on the homepage.
The homepage will be overhauled in the next couple of days and several pictures from unpacking through assembling and running of the computer will be uploaded. You can find new background pictures under this
link.
AmigaClub Augsburg wishes you a nice Sunday :)
AmigaClubAugsburg.de
augusta.de/~ramses
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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11.May.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Morph-box Version 1.0
Today the final version 1.0 of Carsten Siegner's program "Morph-box" for MorphOS has been released. This is fully functioning with clickable buttons and also includes a prefs editor. Morph-box is a toolbar for MorphOS which is able to launch MorphOS native and 68k programs.
This program is MorphOS native and thus only runs on the Pegasos computer. Furthermore it requires the PNG datatype.
Installation: Copy guigfx.library.elf (N.B.: this is the MOS version, so
don't take the version from the powerlibs.lzx directory!) to the directory "Sys:MorphOS/Libs". Furthermore the powerlibs.lzx archive from Carsten Siegner's homepage is required. This is located in the "Videokonverter" subdirectory (unpack the archive and copy to Sys:Libs directory).
The archive contains a small readme file explaining the few functions. (nba) (Translation: cb)
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11.May.2003
x (ANF)
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Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 9
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 9 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):
1) ssolie: How does Amiga Inc. plan to limit and control the myriad hardware options. More specifically, if I purchase a "supported" graphics card for AmigaOS 4.0, what will that mean exactly? And what of "unsupported" hardware?
Fleecy: As has already started with the AmigaOne, we will select and certify hardware. This will allow us to drive the AmigaOS in certain directions whilst also ensuring that there are official solutions that dealers, integrators and customers can purchase safe in the knowledge that there will be official drivers for them. The problem with supporting hardware subsystems and peripherals is that the manufacturers only create control software
for the larger markets (Windows, Apple etc) and most are loath to even release their internal datasheets for fear of revealing and losing IP. We thus have to negotiate with these companies and prove to them a market exists (and then usually pay to create the control software).
A good workaround solution can be seen in the SciTech solution that has been licenced. A very broad set of graphics-cards will be usuable with OS 4.0 in 2D thanks to their SNAP technology (over 182 chipsets are now supported and the list keeps growing). 3D support however is quite a different matter. Currently we will support the Voodoo 3/4/5 and the Radeon 8500/9000. We believe this will change when we are able to demonstrate the AG2 3D system however as the OEMs will see that we are deadly serious in being a graphics platform of excellence.
The existing AmigaOne users have created various web resources where they are sharing their experiences of both setting up their machines and the results they are having with various components. I would urge anyone considering the purchase of a board to peruse these sites for the valuable information they contain.
In summary, I would advise customers either to buy from integrators to ensure certified components are used or else wait for the new Amiga Power Platform website to go live and consider the certified hardware list when it is made available. Be made the mistake of trying to support too many different solutions and ended up wasting valuable resources expanding the platform horizontally instead of vertically; we will not make the same mistake.
2) rayt: Will the coupons be delivered before OS4/csppc is finished so that we can get $50 rebate immediately after it is released?
Fleecy: We have had a lot of issues with creating a valid solution for the 'vouchers', mainly in terms of validation and acceptance by dealers. Given that an AmigaOne is a certified piece of hardware that comes with an AmigaOS4.0 OEM CD bundle and that the CSPPC AmigaOS4.0 product is a shrinkwrap, AmigaOS4.0 is the common factor and so we are considering either placing the voucher within the AmigaOS product package itself (perhaps as part of the registration card) or using the unique serial number of each AmigaOS4.0 instance via a web interface. This would also work with those who have purchased multiple rebate products because they have to have an AmiPASS and so we can apply their multiple rebates against a single purchase. The entire scheme will be published before AmigaOS4.0 is released and we will validate the rebate database by emailing everyone to make sure all the details are correct. I urge anyone who believes they have a rebate to check out their AmiPASS account and ensure the details are correct.
3) jono: Do you know if there is any intention to provide/supply any SQL based server or SQL clients that can access existing SQL Servers such as MySQL, Oracle, (dare I say it) M$ SQL Server?
Fleecy: There is at least one third party company already working hard on a full network capable relational database for the AmigaOS4.0. A standard SQL client is a good idea and I will consider that either for AmigaOS4.0 or for a future release.
4) IonMane: From my research, many developers do not seem to understand the potential power of Amiga Anywhere\DE.How do you plan to raise awareness and educate this segment of the industry to DE's REAL potential?
Fleecy: Early on we heavily evangelised the potential of the AmigaDE, got a lot of interest going and had developers signing up in droves. However, the potential failed to turn into reality, largely because the market was not ready for the product. Our mistake was to fail to realise that the OEMs themselves were not ready to take advantage of what we had, either because they had not entered the appropriate markets yet or because the products were too expensive (as in the case of Smartphones) or too underpowered (as in the case of the Palm PDA). The market was still in the first stage of technology, where innovators co-exist with early adopters. It is only in the last six months that the market has become a second stage market, where maturation brings in the big OEMs whose economies of scale can bring the price down and performance up.
Microsoft, as one of the key drivers of these markets realised the potential of the AmigaDE over a year ago but even working with them and their huge marketing muscle, it has taken this long to get AmigaDE derivatives such as Amiga Anywhere to market. Thankfully, the momentum that has built up is now accelerating customer enquiries and we hope to finally be able to deliver to developers on the potental we evangelised. This in itself will raise awareness of both the product and the opportunity but we are also working with these customers to do cross and joint marketing in several arenas, in both trade and consumer channels.
5) ssolie: Since you are not keen on Samba, what kinds of Samba-like solutions (e.g. file & printer sharing) are you proposing?
Fleecy: It's not that I'm not keen on Samba as a concept, just as an implementation, especially as it is difficult to implement well within the Amiga system architecture. There is a SAMBA solution supported by such Amiga notables as Olaf Barthel and Chris Hertel (amongst others) and it will most likely be included in the AmigaOS4.0 contributions drawer.
What AmigaOS4 users obviously want is the ability to network their Amiga to a heterogenous network, most likely one heavily featuring Windows or Linux PCs and then be able to share resources, mostly files, peripherals such as printers and network connections. The more they can use their Amiga, the more it will be used - for example accessing an MP3 collection on their Windows PC; they obviously don't want to copy it to their Amiga and have two copies of it.
Be assured that this is a high priority and that despite our misgivings, we may integrate SAMBA. All I was stating was that it does not currently seem to be a solution that we are happy with.
6) ssolie: AmigaDE and AmigaOS seem completely different yet you say they will slowly be merged together into a hardware agnostic system. What does that mean for the user? Hypothetically, how will I be able to take my copy of PageStream and run it on my cell phone via Bluetooth?
Fleecy: The AmigaDE is a set of technologies for creating content centric derivative products. In particular it is focused on the individual piece of content, specifically in making that piece of content both high performance/low resource and portable across device classes. The AmigaOS is a complete computing platform. In merging them, the AmigaOS will immediately gain from access to that content which can scale to the desktop. However that is at a product level. There will also be a more profound development of the AmigaOS through the AG2 project that will see a conceptual merging of the ideas behind both. I can't say much more at this time.
7) GregS: I have heard mentioned the A2 project but have not seen any details would you be so kind to make a summary of the main differences between A1 and A2.
Fleecy: AG1 refers to all hardware and software upto the AmigaOS3 family (the last revision being AmigaOS3.9). Some of this will continue into AmigaOS4. AG1 is technology that has its roots in the excellent system architecture and implementation that can be traced all the way back to 1984. However that was written in the context of a specific set of requirements and within a wider domain of current technologies.
Twenty years on the world has changed dramatically in many areas whilst remaining the same in others. The AG2 project is about reviewing the AmigaOS in all its domains, both internally and in its external relationships. There are new customers, new roles, new technologies, new requirements, new scopes, new products, new opportunities and new restrictions. AG2 will see the development of a technology set that can be used in derivative products, whether AmigaOS for the desktop, AmigaOS for the server, AmigaOS for the STB or whatever. Don't expect to see AG2 technology in AmigaOS4.0 but from AmigaOS4.1 onwards, you will start to see the AmigaOS transformed into something that we hope will once again set the marker for all others.
8) IonMane: As I understand it OS5 will be 64 bit, Is Amiga Inc considering the IBM 970, with its 32bit and 64 bit support,for this role in current or future AmigaOne systems?
Fleecy: 64 bit is the natural development path and given its necessity for a decent implementation of orthogonal persistence, one of our targets, I would expect to see 64 bit implementations sooner rather than later.
9) DaveP: I have a question ( everyone groans ). How long after the release of AOS4 will we have to wait for a version of Intent that works with it?
Fleecy: We have always targeted it for AmigaOS4.2. Given that we want to have a release gap of between 6-12 months once AmigaOS4.0 has shipped, that should be around about Christmas 2004. However, we may move it forwards to AmigaOS4.1. It depends on quite a few issues that I can't go into right now.
10) IonMane: There has been a lot of questions around from those that have coupons and other Amiga Inc promoted discounts.Could you please tell these people how to claim these discounts and Coupons...and even if they need a coupon to claim the discount.
Fleecy: I have answered this in question 2
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=10
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (nba)
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11.May.2003
Gary7 (ANF)
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Emulator: New WinUAE Version 0.8.22 R 7 (WIP) announced
Probably end of May 2003 a new version of Toni Wilen's Amiga emulator 'WinUAE' for Windows will be released. Currently WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 7 is in the works.
This version will contain the following changes and improvements:
Bugs fixed:
- printer didn't work if serial port emulation was enabled
- palette wasn't updated properly when entering and exiting
the GUI in fullscreen 8-bit Picasso96 mode
- button or key mapped to mouse horizontal or vertical axis
- right/middle button data register emulation update (Sound of Silents)
- random crash when horizontal centering was enabled
- bsdsocket emulation, AmTelnet connection freeze
- config save crash/non working keyboard when MS SideWinder
Virtual Keyboard is installed
New features:
- emulation compatibility improvements
Elfmania, Rainbow Island (broke accidentally in R6),
Mission Elevator (properly fixed this time...),
Old Timer, Sargon History, TBL demos etc.
- analog joystick (paddle) ports emulated
- improved hard/ZIP disk RDB detection
- Action Replay 2/3 state file support
- sound "power led" filter emulation
- freely selectable sound sample rate (8000 - 48000)
- "direct" serial port support, fixes PC to PC Lotus 2
serial link problems. (two player only, 3 or 4 players
require lower serial latency that is not possible under
Windows)
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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11.May.2003
VMC (Website)
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LowLevel Gameport Driver v41.19 for Amithlon
Guido Mersmann has created a new version of his lowlevel.library
for Amithlon, in which some more bugs have been fixed. A small tool enables the activation of the Sound Blaster Game Port. The new software can be downloaded from the "Amithlon Software Updates" page. (nba) (Translation: cb)
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10.May.2003
YAM (ANF)
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Virus spam mails sent from faked Amiga.com account
According to several messages are for the time mass spam emails being sent from a faked Amiga.com account containing a Windows virus. Should you receive an unexpected email from the sender gary@amiga.com or michael@amiga.com and use Windows as operating system please handle this email carefully.
Supplement (11.05.2003, 1:35, nba): Word "rumors" replaced by "messages".
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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10.May.2003
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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GAUHPIL: Many areas updated
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a
list created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll about websites of Amiga
users that is sorted geographically according to continents and
countries. Today the following areas have been updated:
- Europe
- New Links List
- Lost Links List
- History 2003
(nba)
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10.May.2003
Patrick Henz (email)
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Digital album "Argentina" version 1.5
The digital album "Argentina" is a huge collection which shows the
most interesting and beautiful places of Brasil. It can be used on
all computer platforms and beside that on many DVD players which
feature the Kodak PictureCD (JPG) format.
- Buenos Aires / Buenos Aires ... 122
- Buenos Aires / San Isidro ... 002
- Buenos Aires / Tigre ... 006
- Cordoba / Cordoba ... 033
- Cordoba / Cosquin ... 006
- Cordoba / La Falda ... 011
- Cordoba / Sierra ... 025
- Cordoba / Villa Carlos Paz ... 013
Beside the photo archive the CD-ROM includes the digital postcard system
to send postcards over the Internet and a webpage with interesting links
to the different places. Price: 8 Euro.
(nba)
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10.May.2003
Grasshopper LLC (email)
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PageStream price action until May, 16th 2003
Grasshopper LLC, developer of the DTP application PageStream, wrote:
We have been inundated with requests to continue to offer our discounted
price for PageStream full copies and upgrades. Of course who can blame
them! Paying less than 1/3 retail for a powerful desktop publishing
program like PageStream, not to mention discounts across the board on
upgrades sure does help the pocket book. For those new customers who have
joined the PageStream crowd, welcome aboard! However, all good things must
come to an end! After May 16th, PageStream's pricing returns to our normal
great price!
New Web Site In Development
We have decided to take it upon ourselves to make a radical redesign of
the GrasshopperLLC web site. Our basic design goals are to make it easy
for new customers to learn about PageStream's features, samples, how it
compares to others, and of course how to buy it. We hope to provide near
instant download access to new purchases. For existing PageStream users,
it should be easy to find answers to common questions, new scripts and
templates, and more. We have set up a survey on our web site asking for
input on what you would like to see on our website, and to tell us about
your favorite sites. The survey can be found at www.grasshopperllc.com.
Suggestions and any other help you can offer can also be directed at
sales@grasshopperllc.com.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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10.May.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 10.05.2003
Here are the new added Aminet uploads since our last message:
ABasiC_progs.lha dev/basic 382K+Collection of ABasiC games and programs
AS-Hemp.lha game/data 567K+Cardset for AS-..... compatible games
transplantanr.lha mus/play 42K+Transplant skin for AmiNetRadio
Haymigga_I.jpg pix/wb 257K+Haymigga`s Red & Blue Mania WB Screensho
japanese-wb2.jpg pix/wb 119K+Japanese support on amiga
_Dani_-WB-10.jpg pix/wb 202K+Amiga Workbench Screenshot 1024x768x24
SnoopDos_Src.lha util/moni 256K+SnoopDos 3.8 sources
mouseshell10.lha util/rexx 1K+Opens Shell window under mouse pointer
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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10.May.2003
Mikey C (ANF)
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Magazine: Total Amiga Magazine - The Professionals are back!
No we don't mean Bodie and Doyle, we mean Amiga Legends Richard
Drummond, John Chandler & Andrew Korn! Total Amiga Magazine is
proud to announce that as of issue 15 some of the finest Amiga
Journalists to have ever graced the Amiga scene will be donating
some of their spare time to write for us!
Richard Drummond: "Began writing for Amiga Format, before moving
on to Amiga Active Magazine, eventually moving on to Linux Format."
John Chandler: "Has written for several Amiga magazines,
including Amiga Active and has a regular column on Suite101."
Andrew Korn: "Was CU Amiga Magazine's Deputy Editor and went on
to become the launch Editor of Amiga Active Magazine."
All this and the regulars:
- News
- OS4 Update
- MorphOS News
- Features
- Reviews
- Tutorials
- Plus regular columnists, Fleecy Moss and Alan Redhouse
Congratulations to Louis Vidal of NYC, USA on winning our earlier
QUAKEII competition. Don't forget there is yet another chance to
win a copy of Quake II, courtesy of Hyperion and Forematt Home
Computing in issue 15.
For subscriptions, list of worldwide stockists and free Downloads
of previous issues visit Total Amiga Magazine.
Total Amiga Magazine, does what it says in the name. (ps)
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09.May.2003
Michael Battilana (E-Mail)
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Fair: Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 on 5th July 2003
On July 5th 2003 the Amiga fair "Amiga Alpe Adria 2003" (AAA 2003) will be take place in
Italian Udine. Today Michael Battilana from Cloanto which is a software developer and
fair organizer has announced this.
The topic of the event will be the current hardware and software developments of the
Amiga market where Amiga OS 4.0 and AmigaOne which is supposed to be presented by
Jürgen Schober will stand in the spotlight. The admission to the fair and to the
exhibition location will be free. But you are asked to book for the fair via mail.
The visitors of the fair can use this weekend for a holiday weekend in the area around
Udine with the help of Cloanto. Visits of the beach, the hills, of Venedig, Trieste,
Cividale and San Daniele are planned for the days after the Saturday.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
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amiga-news.de Community-Polo-shirts
The amiga-news.de community-shirts are now also available in the following design:
Zip Polo Pique made from 100% cotton (230g/qm), collar, strip with hidden metal
zip fastener, double seam, site slashs and neck band. The polo shirts are available
from 27 Euro on in different colours.
If you are going to order then please have a look at the picture: small colour field =
colour on the band, big colour field = polo basic colour. If the basic colour light then
the colour of the letters of the amiga-news.de logos is black.
If you want your user name can be also printed on the shirt. Please write it down when
you order.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
Kelvin Shirley (ANF)
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Webserver Gw3s v2 released
The gW3S Open Source Team is proud to announce the first release
in the 2.x branch! gW3S is a small AREXX based webserver that can
run simple and complex websites from your Amiga (and also works on
Amithlon too).
New in this version:
- GZIP Encoding (static and on-the-fly)
- Better HTTP compliance.
- Cleaner code.
- Browser cache handling.
- Minor bug fixes.
Website: http://carls.1av10.nu/w3s/
(ps)
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09.May.2003
racesimcentral.com (ANF)
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Racer Source Code will be published as GPL
As you might know, there seem to be a bunch of people in the Linux
community who have a problem with Racer not being GPL'ed.
This might be a good time to take a crossroads. I plan to release
the Racer v0.5.0 source code under GPL. I don't think I'll host that
version after that, since we don't have that much bandwidth and
would take time that I'd rather put in other things.
After the GPL release, I'll close the source for future versions.
This does not have any impact on the strategy of Racer, which means
a free executable version for the platforms (although I still have
the problem of DRI executables for Linux, since I don't have such
a set in my possession).
There are plans for commercial implementations using Racer, and you
may have noticed things like 'ecol' or 'ecue'. Those are proprietary
extensions. Probably RakNet (a quite cool networking library) will
enter the game as well. It becomes harder to get clean source code
out the door, free of rights. Also, since the multiplayer component
might take a bit of a boost with RakNet (at least take out the
2-player limit at once), it would be too easy for hackers to create
modified versions of Racer and find their way through the network
protocol.
Although I'm sorry for all those interested in the source code, it
seems like the right path. There's always the GPL spinoff that could
be maintained. I'm not sure how that's going to turn out; I'm getting
major support these days in putting realism and knowledge into Racer's
physics and that is interesting for anyone.
The 2 Racer version will drift apart, that's for sure, if only because
of the networking protocols, I'm afraid. I'm not convinced however that
a GPL spinoff (with which I will have little to do) will go to bigger
heights than a closed source one. Even though it potentially means
more developers, it still takes a lot of devotion to make stable
improved versions without hacking little bits in just for the day.
So with the GPL version you'd have OpenSource, but no license to commer
cially sell it. It just still seems a bit counterproductive almost to
split the project into two.
Comments will be read with interest, although with these things I can
imagine you'll have 2 groups; those that are for and those that are
against, and nothing much will bring the 2 together.
www.racer.nl.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Toshiba saves 36 GByte on DVD-successor-medium
»Media are supposed to be produced with current production units
Now Toshiba has introduced a working prototyp of its rewritable optical medium which is
based blue laser. Toshiba can save up to 36 GByte of data in two layers on one side of
the medium - regularly 30 GByte are planned. In contrary to the product of Sony which
is called Blue-Ray the media of Toshiba are supposed to be produced with existing
production units.« (ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
heise Newsticker
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heise: Gateway announces loss
The Wallstreet Journal announces that the PC producer Gateway expects loss again for
2003. In this article a third reorganization of the company is announced. PCs should not
be the only thing to sell but Gateway chief Ted Waitt will create a product line of
15 different home electronic devices such as devices for digital television.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)
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Start menu: Pixload version 3.5 Beta 3
In the current beta version 3 of the start menu called Pixload 3.5 some new features
have been added. If you have proposals, ideas or wishes please write it Pixel Art via
email (pixelart@wanadoo.fr) in English or French.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail)
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Event: Amiga Show - June 28th 2003 - Holland
We organize an Amiga Show at Saturday June 28th from 10:00 till 16:00 at the
Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, Holland. We wanna organize a few nice
activities and demonstrations and we will keep you informed at our website:
http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/.
Come on Amigans and join us all at this Party!
(ps)
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08.May.2003
Sébastien Jeudy (E-Mail)
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User: Annuaire Amiga Francophone #12
The edition 12 of the "Annuaire Amiga Francophone" has been sent to
the subscribers. This is a list of French speaking Amiga users all
over the world (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec,...), which is
sent out monthly.
Via the title link you can find further information and you can add
your name to the list.
(ps)
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08.May.2003
Wolf Zimmer und Cord Hagen (E-Mail)
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Online Magazine "NoCover" Accessible on its Own Homepage
Many Amiga fans already know about it, the time-honored online magazine "NoCover" has finally found its earned place on the Internet.
The complete homepage contains clearly over 200 megabytes and was completely newly and currently uploaded on 7th May, 2003. As always,
near the current edition of the loved online magazine are the old editions as well, quickly and easily found under the menu option
"NoCover Guide," and individual articles may also be quickly found through a comprehensive oversight structure. A visit in the current
issue or the back issues is always rewarding.
This mighty big, but long overdue, Internet debut of "NoCover" was made possible through the sponsor
www.ConnectWeb.de, who made available server resources and hosting on their servers, and also together with Wolf Zimmer, who is
responsible for the complete editorial portion of "NoCover," handled around the updating.
We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you all that we absolutely need active helpers for "NoCover." So we always seek
volunteer editors, who have the desire to look after and care for a single area in "NoCover" and to contribute regular articles. We also
rejoice over individual articles on any familiar theme. Regular editors have the advantage of getting their own email address with a giant
Pop3 email post box (200 megabytes in size), and self-evidently also a secure SMTP server with authentication of the webserver
"AS2-Chicago" in order to dispatch their own emails. Besides there is also an individual subdomain that will be established, so that in
addition to emails regular editors may also get their own free hom page. We are able to offer this package as a little reward to all
volunteer editors who would like to regularly and actively help the magazine.
Of course the online magazine may also be gotten as usual, through an email subscription from Wolf Zimmer, as well as the website
APC&TCP and on Aminet.
We ask for your understanding that the new homepage, despite an astounding start, is still not fully complete, and we sincerely invite
you to the "NoCover" homepage. Further we would naturally be delighted to be linked from many Internet sites, in order for "NoCover" to
become again the biggest Amiga meeting point, as it was in earlier times.
We wish everyone much fun at the homepage of NoCover and rejoice at your visit.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Toolbar for Pegasos (Test version)
Carsten Siegner writes:
"Today I've prepared my MOS-native toolbar for Pegasos in a test version. This puts PNG icons of whatever programs are used on the toolbar,
where they may then be clicked.
Right now the gadgets are not yet activated, and the program thread is read from a Box.pref data. This toolbar supports only the new
MorphOS icons in PNG format. The whole thing has the advantage that I can easily build FX effects into the gadgets, which look
fantastic. To get this toolbar demo to run, you must download the usual libs from my homepage. This toolbar was written with "Hollywood
for MorphOS." (nba) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets through 7th May, 2003
With WHDLoad you are able to play games off your hard-drive, games which were previously thought to be floppy-only. The following packets
have been introduced or updated since our last announcement:
- 07.05.03 fixed: Simon The Sorcerer (Adventure Soft) protection cleanup
- 07.05.03 new: Silent Service (Mircroprose) done by Galahad
- 04.05.03 improved: Licence to Kill (Domark) supports another version, new icons
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2003
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amiga-news.de Survey Script Expanded
Philippe Bourdin has kindly expanded our survey script relating to two functions. For one the entered votes are now also displayed with a
percentage near the quantity, and for the other there is now a grand total of the entered votes. Thanks a lot! (ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2003
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amiga-news.de Community T-Shirts (Update)
Since February 2003
we've been discussing in our forum the question of if and in what form we could
offer t-shirts with the amiga-news.de logo. Rolf Tingler, our home-and-garden graphic artist, has the opportunity to
stain some t-shirts. To those whom "staining" doesn't mean anything: the numbers of soccer t-shirts are usually
used up per staining (whoever has had this done knows how expensive it can be).
In his shop Rolf Tingler now offers different T-Shirt-Designs in different colors with the amiga-news.de logo from 17 euros and up. The
shirts consist of top quality ring-spun cotton (minimum 180g/qm) with double-seams at the arm and collar. The staining is washable up to
60 degree [Celsius, I think -dm] and the colors of the staining don't fade.
The amiga-news.de logo can be printed according to the wishes of the purchaser: large across the back,
small at front right breast, or both. Take a look at the pictures in the online shop, and click, to blow them up.
If you like, a nickname may be placed under the amiga-news.de logo, at no charge. This should be no more than 12 letters if possible.
Update: (14.07.2011, 00:00, cg)
While moving old static content to the database, the following gallery with pictures of the community t-shirts has been added to this news item:
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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