24.Oct.2002
Jens Schönfeld (E-Mail)
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Event: Amiga + Retro Computing 2002 - Website now also in English
All parts of the page are now available in English as well. Small changes
have been done to the website design, and a free hotel booking service
has been added.
AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING 2002 takes place on December 7th and 8th, 2002
at the Eurogress Aachen, Germany.
The main focus of the show will be on Amiga-related products. The biggest highlights will surely be the new mainboards "Amiga One" and "Pegasos". The title "Retro Computing" does not mean that this is a nostalgia meeting or even a fleamarket for old computers. Just the opposite. The exhibitors will show that the technologies of the home computers of the 80s are still improved today, and that they're still available as new products in the 21st century.
With AmigaOne and AmigaOS 4 on the one side, and Pegasos with MorphOS on the other side, the Amiga - multimedia wonderbox of the late 80s - is ready for a comeback with high-performance PowerPC processors. The "Digital Enviroment" of Amiga Inc. (USA) allows using adapted software on multiple mobile and home-based devices like desktop computers, mobile phones or personal digital assistants (so-called palmtops). This makes Amiga-technology perfectly suited for the future.
Probably the most interesting product from the Retro Computing area is the Commodore One (Codename: C-One). Developer Jeri Ellsworth is working on the ATX-sized motherboard for nearly two years now. As the name already suggests, it's the inofficial successor of the legendary C-64 by Commodore. Exchangable CPU modules can turn this board into nearly any computer of the 80s, among them is also the well-known Atari 2600 console that became famous in Germany with the game Pac-Man.
After big German magazines like Focus and Computerbild Spiele wrote about the project, it's first presented and sold in Europe at AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING 2002.
We're especially happy that Jeri Ellsworth is making the long trip from USA to Germany to present the board in person.
The name Atari is closely tied to the computers of the 80s. Developers are still active today; The magazine ST-Computer and developers of the prestige products Calamus, Papyrus or Eclipse will surely be in Aachen, where visitors can also gather information about the exciting Coldfire project that wants to accelerate old Atari ST computers with a powerful processor.
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24.Oct.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Game: PuzzleBOBS - MorphOS-compatible
The cooperation of Fun Time World,
Amiga Arena and
Nexus Development
presents a further update of "PuzzleBOBS".
This update of the executable PuzzleBOBS program supports MorphOS
and the Pegasos computer. To install this expansion one must download the demo archive (3.5 MB) itself, and
install the first and second PuzzleBOBS updates.
Sales: Fun Time World -
Contact: Sebastian Brylka
Support: Amiga Arena -
Contact: Olaf Köbnik
Developer: Nexus Development -
Contact: Emanuele Cesaroni
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24.Oct.2002
Grashopper LLC
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DTP: PageStream Survey
Under the title link a survey concerning the future of the DTP program PageStream is to be
found. The question are about your system, and your wishes and suggestions for a new version of
PageStream.
PageStream is a well-known Desktop Publishing Program. It's oriented for
all publishing tasks, from the simplest newspaper through colorful brochures to
technical books. With PageStream one can write letters and colored schoolwork
and visitor badges and a whole lot more. Thousands of users have used
PageStream for years to do their work.
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24.Oct.2002
Chaos Computer Club e.V.
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Meeting: With the Hack Train to the 19th Chaos Communication Congress
Chaos Computer Club meets annually between Christmas and New Year's at the
Chaos Communication Congress. The 19th CCC (19C3) occurs from 27th to
29th December, 2002 in Berlin, Germany at the
House at Köllnischen Park. The Hack Train
to Congress starts the morning of 26th December, 2002 in Mainz, comes up along the Rhein,
through the Ruhr, and reaches Berlin. The return trip is on the 30th. The whole thing is only going
to happen however, when 200 people sign up (85 euros round trip). On that account, everyone
who wants to come is asked to sign up (non-binding) at http://zug.verbrennung.org.
The deadline is the first week in November!
The train from the RHEB comes through Mainz - Köln - Düsseldorf -
Bochum - Bielefeld - Hannover - Berlin, and will consist of two cars with about 100 seats. Further stops
along the way are no problem, just say so in advance.
The Chaos Communication Congress is a three day congress about technology, society and Utopia.
The congress offers lectures and workshops on a range of topics concerning Information Technology,
computer security, Internet, Cryptography, and the critically creative handling with technology, and
discourse over the effects of technological development on society.
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24.Oct.2002
Amiga Games Classifying
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Amiga Games Classifying: New Game Survey
Yesterday at Amiga Games Classifying surveys were published about
preferred game genres
and desired new games. In the top part
of the lists you'll find the opportunity to take part in the surveys, and in the bottom part
you'll see the results of those who have participated.
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24.Oct.2002
Amigan Software
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Game and Tool: Worm Wars V7.21a and Report+ V5.63
As of the 21st of October, 2002 there are two program updates available at Amigan Software: Worm Wars and Report+.
Worm Wars is now at version 7.21a. This game requires OS2.04 or better and PAL/DblPAL as well as an MC68020 or better.
For users of AmigaOS 3.9 version 5.63 of Report+ is set to be downloaded. With Report+ from Amigan Software it's easy
to create bug reports, Aminet "readme" files, autodocs and similar reports. The program is Freeware and supports the GUI systems
ReAction and GadTools.
Download:
WormWars.lha (621 KB)
ReportPlus.lha (304 KB)
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24.Oct.2002
A.D.A.
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ADA: Update of the 20th of October, 2002
ADA, the Amiga Demo Archive searchable databank has placed online the following new demos:
After Guardian Dragon in the previous update, yet another release of
The Forces of the Pyramids, Kefrens (the 4th Kefrens production on
A.D.A.). This time a cool slideshow called
Masterpieces
from R.W.O. Nice presentation, good tune by Laxity and some cool
pictures... Released somewhere in 1992 I think...
Another new group appears on A.D.A., Limited Edition (LED) with a
demo called Mind Abuse. Released at Assembly 1996 where the demo
ended on 5th place. Hardcore tune, fast effects and lots of colors
...
A very famous demo from French group Complex,
Origin
was released at The Party 1993 and won. A very cool intro, classic
tunes by Clawz and nice visuals make this a very cool production all
around. Check it out.
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24.Oct.2002
Frogger
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Video player: New MPEG Video Decoder Plugin for Frogger
Since the 21st of October 2002 a bug-cleaned version of the MPEG video decoder plugin has been ready for
the video playerFrogger.
Additionally, the documentation is now available in Spanish.
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24.Oct.2002
Apex Designs
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Game: Amiga Version of Payback Becomes a Better Value
The price of the game Payback has been reduced in time for Christmas. For those who already own the game
there are a few new and updated maps on the
maps page.
In Payback the player steps into the role of a young driver on the lam who is trying to become a
big gang kingpin.
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24.Oct.2002
ANN
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Compatibility List for USB Card Thylacine Renovated
The compatibility list for the Thylacine Zorro 2 Amiga USB 1.1 Card has been completely redone. If you would like to know what works with this card (and what doesn't) click on the title link.
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24.Oct.2002
(ANF)
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Gathering: Photos from Amigafest 2002 (Dayton, Ohio)
Under the title link you'll find a selection of photos from AmigaFest 2002, which took place at Hara Arena in Dayton,
Ohio, USA on the 24th and 25th of August.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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23.Oct.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Airsoft Softwair Homepage with new design
In the last days the Airsoft Softwair homepage was generally reworked.
The old design was online now for over 3 years and therefore it had to be
replaced by a new one. Additionally the homepage is now more functional
and user-friendly. The Airsoft Softwair homepage is available in two
languages: The international version is online at
http://www.airsoftsoftwair.com/.
The German version can be accessed at
http://www.airsoftsoftwair.de/.
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23.Oct.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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SUBWAY production started
Michael Böhmer of E3B writes:
Not ignoring the difficulties within the Amiga market we at E3B decided
at least to start a small production run of the SUBWAY USB card also.
The open positive feedback by many Amiga users was not a small subject
to make this decision. Therfore we see the introduction of the SUBWAY
as a small gift to the users.
We hope to give a positive sign for the classic market and hop to fulfill all expectations of quality and innovation.
The smallness of this production run will cause some delays. The availability of this card will, as usually practised by E3B, be announced by the known dealers when the shipping really starts. Stay tuned.
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23.Oct.2002
ANN
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Dave Haynie: DVD of the video "The Deathbed Vigil" in preparation
At the newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.hardware Dave Haynie announced that he
prepares a DVD of the famous video "The Deathbed Vigil", which he filmed
during the last days of Commodore. Additionally the DVD will be extended
with some extra material. Further information are to find via the title
link.
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23.Oct.2002
NetBSD (ANF)
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NetBSD 1.6 published in September 2002 already
On September the 14th 2002 version 1.6
of NetBSD/amiga has been published already.
Ports of NetBSD, a fully functional and
UNIX style operating system, which was developed at the University of California
Berkeley and is open source, is for nearly every system available.
NetBSD is a complete system. Additionally to an easy portable and high efficient kernel, NetBSD contains a full set of utilities, compiler for several languages the X window system, a firewall software and other different tools, which all come including the sources. NetBSD supports software of other authors (e.g. the desktop systems KDH and gnome) by using the packages collection.
Further information is to find at the official
announcement of
NetBSD 1.6.
Those who like to install NetBSD may have a look to the
installation manual.
Download by FTP
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22.Oct.2002
Amiga Community
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Data Base: MySql 4.0.4 für 68040
SixK has compiled MySQL 4.0.4 Beta for 68040. You will find a history on the official MySQL-page.
Download: MySqld-4.0.4.lzx
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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22.Oct.2002
Cloanto (ANF)
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Pictures from Amiga Mini Show in Slovenia
Pictures from last Saturday's
Amiga Mini Show in Skofja Loka,
Slovenia, are
online
in Michael's pages at cloanto.com. (ps)
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22.Oct.2002
Lars "Ghandy" Sobiraj (ANF)
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Issue #11 of "Jurassic Pack" released!
Issue # 11 of the Amiga Demoscene Magazine "Jurassic Pack" has been released last night. Some topics are: "Irc - The Kindergarden of the Scene",
"Crimson Jihad - no rights for the Wilddemo on the Mekka?", "Spiv/Infect - Interview with a legend", "The Silents - They are not silent anymore" plus several
Interviews, topics, Reviews ...
Download: S_JP11.LHA (3,87 MB) (ps) (Translation: gf)
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21.Oct.2002
Mikey C (ANF)
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Magazine: Total Amiga Magazine finished - Unlucky 13? No Way!
Issue 13 of Total Amiga Magazine is finished and will be with
subscribers just before the World of Amiga Southeast 2002 show.
But fear not, unlike Issue 12 we have printed additional copies for Sale at WOASE.
There is now no excuse for missing out on this blockbusting issue.
Issue 13 Features:
Digital Cameras: Includes information on choosing a camera,
connecting it to your Amiga and using the images.
Interactive Fiction: A look back at the history of IF, the current
state of the genre and how you can get involved
with your Amiga.
Interviews with:
Davy Wentzler (Audio Evolution) and
Matthew Kille (Zoeneo).
Flashback: A new retro column, this issue looking at the A4000.
Power Tower Conversion: How Matt Morris of BAC turned his Power Tower into a thing of beauty.
Plus Reviews of:
GoldED Studio AIX
Thylacine Zorro USB card
fxSCAN 4 with USB scanner support
Epson Perfection 1650 USB Scanner
Tales of Tamar
Earth 2140 Mission Pack
PD Paradise: Privoxy and MultiRename
Support: Photogenics 5 Layers Tutorial
Plus of course, our regular:
News
AmigaOS 4 Update
MorphOS and Pegasos Update
Columns from Fleecy Moss and Alan Redhouse
Buzz Word (Inside Agent)
New! for Issue 13: Reader Letters!
Unlucky 13? Only for those who don't get a copy of our highly rated magazine.
Total Amiga Magazine can be brought via our network of World Wide Amiga
retailers or via subscription. Visit
http://www.totalamiga.org
for more details.
Total Amiga Magazine. Total Commitment.
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21.Oct.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: Engl. Amhuhn.guide, index change and new toolbars
Index change: Today the startpage of Amiforce was extended by a
translation tool. Thus one can, from now on, view the side also in
English language. The selection can be found in the starting picture
of the index side.
AMHuhn: In the Download section is now an English version of the
AMHuhn.Guide available.
Browser toolbar: A browser toolbar for IBrowse was released lately. Now there are versions for AWeb and Voyager available at our download page.
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21.Oct.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Thendic-France about AmigaOS4 on Pegasos (Update)
In the article MorphOS, the Pegasos, and other PPC Operating Systems and Platforms at MorphOS News.de Thendic France takes position to the possibility of Amiga OS on Pegasos. Therefore they are gladly ready to ship (or let ship by other distributors) theire Pegasos system with operating systems of other manufacturers if they can be run problem free. But there will be no kind of dongle version that will be supported by Thendic France. Further details can be found in the original article (see title link).
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21.Oct.2002
Thendic France
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Pegasos Website of Thendic France completely revised
The Pegasos Website of Thendic France was completely revised. In the columns hardware, Specs, CPU, OS, software, Events, Reseller, beta testers and Download you can find information concerning the system.
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21.Oct.2002
OSnews
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Meeting: Report and pictures of the A-Expo by OSnews
Nicholas Blachford wrote an English language report for OSnews about the A-Expo, which took place on 7 and 8 September 2002 in France, with the title The A-Expo Review. Additionally five sides with pictures are available.
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21.Oct.2002
PIK (ANF)
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Encryption software: PGP Version 2.6.3in
Under the title link you find a small download side by Andreas Schwarz. Among other things you find the current version (20010323) of the encryption software 'PGP 2.6.ín' there. However contrary to the Aminet version one needs the ixemul 48 library. Nevertheless the speed corresponds at least to that of the age-old asm version of the Aminet. The list of fixed bugs is rather long. It was compiled using the GCC 2.95.1.
The archives are also very well arranged. They contain nearly the complete English docs + en/es/fr/de language files. The execs are for 020+ and 060. Praise to the author.
Download: pgp263in010323.lha
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20.Oct.2002
Petra Struck
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Event: Report from the Pegasos/MorphOS demonstration at the "BeGeistert"
To give you a first overview about who I met in Düsseldorf at the
BeGeistert, let's start with
Nicholas Blachford, known
through his audio software Aural-Illusion
and Aural Synthetica.
He did a detailed interview
in February 2002 for Amiga Arena. He is working as a software engineer for
Thendic France for about a month now.
Furthermore Bertrand Presles and Sébastien Lokhamkhouak were on board as well.
Bertrand is president of the ASUM
(Association of Sympathiques Utilisateurs de MorphOS), a union of MorphOS-fans,
which originated from the AFUA group (Association Française des Utilisateurs d'Amiga),
a union of Amiga-fans. Sébastien is currently founding a new French MorphOS print
magazine called 'Fly High'.
The Pegasos
"Betatester 1" computer system was being demonstrated with the
MorphOS operating system.
What hides behind the "Pegasos" and "MorphOS"? The Pegasos is a new PPC computer system,
or better said new hardware, which bases on an ATX motherboard offering dual G3/G4
processor support. This computer was developed by
bplan GmbH, Frankfurt, and is manufactured
by DCE, Oberhausen, and
Thendic France is the worldwide
distributor.
MorphOS is an excellent fit for this new computer.
Below we take a look at a part of an
interview done by amiga-topcool
with Ralph Schmidt (one of the MorphOS authors) to better understand why this
OS was developed:
amiga-topcool: Ralph, when did the idea for MorphOS strike you, and what
caused you to begin?
Ralph Schmidt: Let me go back a bit before that, because MorphOS is a stage
in a longer sequence of events. In September 1995 we (the former Phase 5)
decided to introduce the PowerPC as the new CPU in the Amiga market, because
there was no visible future for the old 68K series of processors. To that
end we worked not quite a year on emulations and plans for how the OS could
be ported.
All of that went out the window as we opted instead for the ppc.library
approach, for reasons of time and market conditions. Then in 1998 there was
again a bit of energy to the original approach after the Flash, ppc.library
and SCSI developments were winding down. We saw absolutely no sense in a
simple AmigaOS port or a 68K Workbench extension ala OS 3.5, so our goal was
the foundation of a new OS, an OS that would contain an "A-Box" for old
Amiga API programs. In March 1999 the microkernel for this new OS was
functional, in that such an AmigaOS box could be integrated and this would
then serve as the OS foundation.
So the operating system MorphOS (boots in 2.5 seconds) is a microkernel based OS,
upon which sits an A/box, which would then allow the execution of Amiga programs
(which don't access hardware), but faster as compared to Amiga hardware.
The operating system MorphOS has today matured to a good operational status,
Ambient (the Workbench clone) is based on MUI and can be adapted to individual
design wishes.
During the performance I have asked whether it is possible to use
hard disks from the Amiga to be used without problems. Bertrand attached his
Amiga hard disk as slave and booted his computer, after this we could
use all the programs stored on his Amiga hard disk.
However, if I say that the OS has arrived at a good operational point, I mean
that it currently runs faultlessly in the main areas, but there also are somethings
left to do. Herefor I would like you to remember that the individual stages of development of
our AmigaOS. AmigaOS wasn´t perfect at the beginning, and it isn't today. MorphOS is
nevertheless promising because there are already
many programs, that are converted natively to MorphOS, further software will follow,
just think about those many programs which are in work by
Titan-Computer and
e.p.i.c. interactive.
Around 15 programmers are intensively engaged in making MorphOS
a better solution in the meantime.
Users who think themselves to be capable of coping with a system which still
raises smaller problems, can purchase this Pegasos/MorphOS computer as a
so-called "Betatester1" (with NDA). Later, users of the Betatester1
still have the possibility to test additional hardware, such as a smart card readers.
The "Betatester2" will be sold at the beginning of the coming week, no NDA (obligation
to be silent about certain things) needs to be signed anymore. A date for the
official customer release isn't finalized yet. The German Distributor is
Vesalia, and on their website you can find
all the technical details.
Finally, some answers to the questions asked by amiga-news.de readers:
Which DVD- and CD-ROM-drives are utilizable? Are there any limitations?
Yes and no. Most devices run, there will be a detailed list on Thendic France´s website shortly.
When will the support for 512 MB RAM-modules be ready?
These already can be used, when it's registered RAM. There will also be a list
of all useable RAM-modules.
Will there also be support for Firewire and SCSI-adaptors?
SCSI now, Firewire later, there will be a commercial solution for this
interface not after the release of the video editing software
'Motionstudio' from Titan-Computer.
Is there planned TV out and dual monitoring support?
This does not run yet, but will be implemented. When isn't clear at this
point. It has definately no high priority.
What is the current state of Eclipsis and the JAVA-VM?
In development and there are first prototypes.
My personal impression after this demonstration: Not yet finished, but very very promising!
Author: Petra Struck -
Pictures of this event
Translation by Michael and Gary7
Proofread by Asemoon Abi
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20.Oct.2002
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)
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Magazine: AMIGAplus looking for emulator freaks
The AMIGAplus team is looking at short notice for a freelance editor on
royalties basis, who has knowledge of emulation of classic or exotic home
computers or consoles on the Amiga. Interested parties please send a short
example of style and information about the systems employed including
emulation software to Marc Cloppenburg
(marc@amigaplus.de).
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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T.o.T.: New LARP-Videos and Aminet-Demo
From the Tales of Tamar Newspage:
"Dear customers and testers,
it is our pleasure to provide your with two news items
today.
First of all, we finally got the video for the second LARP
based on Tales of Tamar. This con was again organized by
the proven team around Daniel Stein and everybody had a lot of
fun.
Our thanks go to the great people at Virtual Dimension,
who professionally cut and produced the video. You can find it
under Downloads.
If all goes well, we will have an ambiente con in winter 2002/03
on a castle. It will also be the release party for the Tales of Tamar
base set. Every player is cordially invited. You will soon find
detailled information in the LARP section of our homepage.
Last but not least, today we have prepared a tech demo for Tales of Tamar
to be released on Aminet. This demo will help you find out if Tales
of Tamar works properly on your system and also gives you some
background information. It is the same demo as two years ago, but
based on new routines and now also works on Amithlon. Unfortuneately,
we're not able to test it on MorphOS yet, but if some MorphOS
betatesters download this demo, we would like to hear about possible
problems.
Wolfen
Eternity"
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20.Oct.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Little Book of Amiga Software expanded (Might and Magic III ...)
From the Amiga Society Web site:
"The Little Book of Amiga Software is slowly growing - page by page and chapter
by chapter. This weekend about ten new entries will be added, and quite a number
will be extended.
Joining in are among others Might and Magic III and Oh no! More Lemmings.
The weekend will also bring extensions for Schlachtfeld.
Here, the team page (among others) will be expanded, but there'll also be the odd
information elsewhere.
Also, the translations of the various areas into German or English respectively should make some progress - o dear, and this with my rusted English. I'm already glad if my German babble is understood. Till then....
Yours, Horst"
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20.Oct.2002
Peter's Amiga Homepage
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Printers: Canon BJC6000 driver V1.0 for WB 3.5/3.9
On 18th October 2002, Peter Hutchison has released version 1.0 of his Canon
BJC6000 printer driver for Workbench 3.5/3.9.
Download: CanonBJC6000.lha" (sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
Amiga Flame
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AmigaDE: Jami - Java libraries especially for AmigaDE
Gabriel Hauber and Onno Scheffers of
Atomic Digital Studios
are working on new developer tools for AmigaDE. 'Jami' is a set of Java
libraries which have been written especially for AmigaDE and, among other
things, make the extended facilities of AmigaDE APIs like Ami2D and AmiAudio
directly available to Java developers.
Further information about this is accessible through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
amiga.org
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AROS: Snapshots are available again
The snapshots of the AmigaOS compatible Open Source OS 'AROS' are now again
available for download.
Fabio Alemagna writes on amiga.org:
"That's right folks, since today you can download again the
daily snapshots of the sources and binaries of AROS.
You can do it by viting this page.
However, remember that the AROS team doesn't officially support these
snapshots, they are given to you "as is", although bug reports
are very welcome and should be submitted using the
bug tracker
and patches should be submitted using the
patch tracker.
For anything else, head to the AROS main site
and the the SourceForge project page." (sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
Kultpower.de (ANF)
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Kultpower: Top magazine charts and new reviews
The top charts of all games evaluations of the magazines Powerplay and
Videogames are now online on Kultpower.de. So now you can easily find the best
scoring Amiga games, or the C64 games with the best sound grades.
Kultpower.de write: "To commemorate old Powerplay times, this feature is called
Creme de la Creme :)"
Furthermore: New reviews from the very rare Happy Computer special issues of
1986:
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Sega Master System), Delta (C64), Donkey Kong Jr.
(NES), Jinks (C64), Out Run (Sega Master System), Samantha Fox Strip Poker
(C64), Super Mario Bros. (NES), Superstar Ice Hockey (C64), The Bard's Tale
(C64), Wonderboy (Sega Master System).
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Magazine: Obligement N°35
Issue 35 of the French Amiga e-zine is now available. You can read in this
issue: latest Amiga news, report of the A-Expo/Alchimie2 show, interview of
Chris Hodges (by Amiga Arena), reviews of FxScan 4 and Aqua, tutorial about
Tornado 3D, all the news about the emulation and AmigaDE, and lot more.
Download: obligement35.lha (936K),
Readme
(sd)
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20.Oct.2002
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Event: Pictures of visit to "BeGeistert" in Düsseldorf
Here is a selection of the pictures that have been taken today by Petra Struck on the BeOS event BeGeistert. Mainly, of course, pictures of the Pegasos/MorphOS and Walker presentations, which btw may be repeated on Sunday morning if required. An extensive report will follow.
Ulrich 'Scholly' Scholz (left) "guards" the entrance ... |
... and collects the entrance fee of 10 Euro per visitor. |
Most people are currently attending a BeOS demonstration ... |
... thus the room looks nearly deserted. |
While waiting for Nicholas, I have already shot a picture of the MorphOS surface. The windows' design is variable and, thanks to MUI, customisable. |
Gert is having BeOS explained to him at length :-) |
T-Shirts of all sizes and all BeGeistert event vintages are waiting for buyers, three of the old vintages can be bought for 25 Euro, the current "BeGeistert 2002" is 13 Euro. |
Bertrand Presles and Sébastien Lokhamkhouak of Thendic France |
Here a glimpse of the Pegasos' inside |
The complete system |
Nicholas Blachford of Thendic France |
(This picture in 1280 x 960)
A further look at the Pegasos' inside |
The Walker! Nicholas has given it a try, and partly even managed to make it work! |
The Walker's backside really strongly resembles a vacuum cleaner, the connectors however reveal that there is a complete computer with all the bits and pieces hiding inside. |
Here two - to my knowledge never before published - drawings ... |
... of Walker prototypes in a tower (well, rather a giant tower). The original pictures will be submitted to us later. |
I have seldomly visited events where the empty pizza boxes were so neatly stacked for disposal! |
Here now a couple of pictures from the BeOSers' room ... |
Discussions here, object lesson there ... |
... naturally, the pizza order is also important! |
Gert is looking forward to dinner at a Chinese restaurant ... |
... and I, too, am in the best of moods, for I have seen much and, obviously, I am totally delighted. Till next time with "Petra on Tour" ;-) |
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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19.Oct.2002
Thorsten Mampel, 1.Vorsitzender ACH (ANF)
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Event: video of Amiga Meeting Bad Bramstedt (Update)
Following the title link you can download a 10 MB video in the Quicktime format showing several minutes of a walk round the meeting presenting all computers.
Update:
Alternative download link: meeting.mov (ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Thomas "Gojira" Nosutta (BAU02/ACBB) (ANF)
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Event: first pictures of the Amiga Meeting
The BAU02 has the honour to present the first pictures of the Amiga Meeting. They can be found following the title link. Further pictures will follow. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Thorsten Mampel, 1.Vorsitzender ACH (ANF)
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Event: status report from the Amiga Meeting Nord
Slowly it's getting full ;-). We have really reached the limit of our capacity. Right now there are 30 computers installed. Our network is still running flawlessly. Hopefully there won't be any problems with the electricity ;-).
Around 17 o'clock will the premiere of the film "Dünn2" take place. After this will
Andre begin with the demo presentations. The organizers are really excited about the event being so popular. The first sales via our stock market have already been done. People are busy in handicraft work and especially in helping each other with the soldering-iron or just with good advice. Here still lives the Amiga feeling!
Under http://www.amigameeting.de/Webcam/Cam.jpg
is the web cam still running delivering a new picture every 25 seconds.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Jim Steichen (ANF)
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AmigaTalk V2.1 uploaded to Aminet
Version 2.1 of AmigaTalk today was uploaded to Aminet. A look at the .readme file
will show some significant additions since V2.0.
AmigaTalk V2.1 is a version of 'Little Smalltalk' (V1.0 by Tim Budd) that
has been re-written & enhanced for the Amiga line of computers.
James T. Steichen, Copyright (c) 1998-2002.
Be sure to have the sound turned on when you start the program!
(It's called AmigaTalk for a reason!)
WARNING:
~~~~~~~
There are some things that I can no longer test due to the fact
that my system has a CyberVision 64/3D graphics card & is using
the cybergraphics.library (et al). I would appreciate some
feedback about problems that you might find, since I will not
always be able to find them.
The system is currently NOT fully documented (especially IFF & BOOPSI
Classes), so expect to see some holes in the documentation.
I did NOT go back & verify that all the test files still work as
shown.
REQUIREMENTS:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
AmigaTalk uses DeckBrowser which is copyrighted (c) by InovaTronics.
I've included a copy of it with my distribution. It should be placed
in the command path where the Amiga OS can find it (example: 'C:')
68040 or better microprocessor. (68000 or 68020 available upon request).
20+ Mb of RAM (or you can edit the AmigaTalk:c/InitializeCommands
script & delete the instantiations for Intuition Tags,
DosSystem Tags & DataTypeSystem Tags & drop this
number down to 4 Mb of RAM).
AmigaDOS 3.5+
Hard disk (5MB of space). (os)
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19.Oct.2002
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: Hilt2 - HD version
Hilt2 as now available for download as HD version including manual and new missions (Spacelab, Bughunt1).
Hilt2 is a strategy game with RPG (role playing game) parts. You have to fulfill several operations with your team. You can set up your team where every unit has different abilities.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Ulrich Scholz
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Event: additional information about the Pegasos presentation at the "BeGeistert"
As reported already yesterday is
the "BeGeistert" taking place today and tomorrow in Düsseldorf. Following the
title link you'll find information regarding the exact place and a plan showing
the way there. The admission is 10 Euros.
From our yesterday's update you can see that the alternative computer system
Pegasos with MorphOS and the Walker will be shown by Nicholas Blachford,
Bertrand Presles and Sébastien Lokhamkhouak, too. Here are some more details:
Saturday, from 14:00 to 17:00 o'clock will the following four parts take place though not neccessarily in this order:
- MorphOS running on a Pegasos and the legendary 'Walker' shown by Nicholas
Blachford, Bertrand Presles and Sébastien Lokhamkhouak.
- Comparison "BeOS R5" / "Zeta" by Bernd Korz (yellowtab.com)
- "BeOS Developer Edition" by Frank Scholl (beosonline.com)
- OpenBEOS (OBOS): team leaders explain what this is, what they do, how far they have come for now...
- If need is given the MorphOS guys will do another presentation on Sunday morning.
As I have already mentioned in yesterday's message I'll visit the event this evening, too. If anyone has suggestions for questions he/she can place these in the comments.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Video converter update 2.2 beta
Carsten Siegner wrote:
Today I have finished a new beta of the program 'Video converter'. This version fixes a problem with Movieshop picture files. Until now ffmepg broke off when it met an unknown Jpg sub format (ffmpeg is very particular about Jpg sub formats). Now I have created a "work arround" by coding a dataype loader plugin for Video converter. This plugin can read all picture formats for which a datatype is installed, convert them to PPM and hand them over as a picture list to Video converter.
All you have to do is choosing a pictures directory in the lister as input, one for the output and then just pressing "convert".
Unfortunately it's only a beta version because it always crashes on my Amiga when using very big pictures lists and I could not fix the error entirely. This beta can be downloaded from my hompage.
Download: Videokonverter.lzx
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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18.Oct.2002
Thorsten Mampel, 1.Vorsitzender Amiga-Club Hamburg e.V. (ANF)
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Meeting: Amiga Meeting North, Webcam Online
Our webcam is now online!
At http://www.amigameeting.de/Webcam/Cam.jpg you'll
find a new picture every 25 seconds.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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18.Oct.2002
Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)
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Tool: SRename Version 3.5.0 Final
Constantinos Nicolakakis has released the final version of the tool
'SRename'. You can easily rename files with this tool, which runs on
AmigaOS 3.0 and up.
Download: SRename350.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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18.Oct.2002
Mikey C (ANF)
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Event: WoA SE 2002 - It's FINAL!
World of Amiga Southeast 2002 is pleased to announce it's final
Exhibitors line up for this year's Show.
- 100% Amiga Magazine
- Amiga (OS4/Quake II Demo's)
- Cloanto (Amiga Forever)
- Eyetech (AmigaOne)
- Fore-Matt Home Computing
- Kicksoft
- Mediator Support Team
- The Crypt Magazine
- Thendic France (Pegasos/MorphOS)
- Total Amiga Magazine
- Weird Science
- ZeoNeo
The following Amiga User Groups will be in attendance:
- Amiga North Thames
- Amiga Support Association
- Blackpool Amiga Club
- Huddersfield Amiga User Group
Please visit http://www.worldofamiga.com or
http://www.seal-amiga.co.uk/woase
for more information, including an exhibitor layout plan for your convenience.
Advanced tickets, priced, £3.50 each, are available from: Fore-Matt Home
Computing, http://www.forematt.co.uk or
Kicksoft, http://www.kicksoft.co.uk.
World of Amiga Southeast 2002 takes place on Saturday 2nd of November
2002 at Poplars Hall, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex, UK. More news will
follow soon. (ps)
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18.Oct.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets (until 20.10.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your harddrive which were originally made only for use with disks. The following pakets have been added or updated since our last message:
- 20.10.02 new: Shadow of the Beast Demo (Psygnosis) done by Psygore
- 20.10.02 improved: Citadel (Arakkis/VD) polish version supported
- 20.10.02 fixed: Crystal Symphonies (Phenomena) interrupts fixed for 040/060, delay added
- 20.10.02 fixed: Crystal Symphonies 2 (Phenomena) interrupts fixed for 040/060
- 20.10.02 improved: Mean Streets (U.S.Gold) French version supported, bug fixed
- 19.10.02 new: Operation Neptune (Infogrames) done by Psygore
- 17.10.02 improved: Z-Out (Advantec/Rainbow Arts) snoop bug fixed, new installer script
- 17.10.02 new: Wolfchild (Core Design) done by Galahad
- 17.10.02 fixed: Prehistorik (Titus) music fixed
- 17.10.02 new: Dragon Strike (Westwood/S.S.I) done by JOTD
- 16.10.02 new: Crazy Sue 2 (Hironymus Jumpshoe) done by DJ Mike
- 16.10.02 new: Crazy Sue (Hironymus Jumpshoe) done by DJ Mike
- 14.10.02 improved: Budokan (Electronic Arts) disk images shortened, new icons
- 14.10.02 improved: Emptyhead (Rednex) faster loading
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2002
EvenMore
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Text viewer: EvenMore version 0.60 (17.10.2002)
The freeware text viewer 'EvenMore' which was made by Chris Perver is available in version 0.60 (17.10.2002). Chris only changes the version number if an extensive update was made. With the help of plugins a high number of formats can be read and other ones will follow!
Download: EvenMore.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2002
Amiforce
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Amiforce: New IBrowse-toolbar and Euro calculator for Austria
Today Cj-Stroker has published a toolbar for IBrowse in Golded6 AIX design on his download area. All those who like colourful buttons they will love it.
The toolbar for A-Web and Voyager has also almost done and is available in next days, too.
Euro calculator Austria:
Cj-Stroker has published an Euro calculator for all Austrians some times ago. You can also find it in the download area.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2002
Thomas Nosutta (ANF)
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Mailprogram: YAM beta version 2.4 (developer version from 18.10.2002)
There is a new developer version 2.4 of the mailprogram YAM which in the meantime has become Open Source. This is a version which is still in progress and which therefore possibly contains bugs. The developer team offers no support and gives no guarantee! Any requests done by email will also not be answered. You use it on your own risk!
The changes which were made you can read in this list.
You can get further information on the Yamos SourgeForge-site.
Download: YAM24Dev.lzx
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2002
Paul ExiE Strejcek (E-Mail)
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Czech Amiga.News MOVED
Paul ExiE Strejcek writes:
First we would like to apologize that Czech Amiga.News was unavailable
for 12 days. For technical reasons we have moved to a new address
amiga.czex.com.
Now we ask for your help!
If you find a link referring to the old address, please notify the
webmaster about the change.
To contact us, please write to newsy@czex.com
or exie@czex.com.
We made the best of the change and improved the html code, which should
result in faster display in Amiga browsers, especially on slower machines,
and light-speed downloading :-).
BTW main page of Czech Amiga.News finally validates as HTML 4.01 Transitional!
During the transition we have also fixed the
forms for submitting news, so don't be afraid
to use them. Finally we have also started updating our vast collection of
links. We will keep you informed about the progress. After arrival of the
new version of operating system AmigaOS 4.0 we are going to add new services
for our readers. Let us surprise you! Additional ideas and comments are
welcome!
(ps)
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