28.Jun.2003
Uwe Ryssel (ANF)
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Lego Mindstorms for Amiga
Today I have released the Amiga port of NQC 2.5 r1 on my homepage.
With this it is for the first time possible on the Amiga, among other things, to program the Lego Mindstorms RCX. This can be used to control robots built with Lego bricks.
NQC (Not Quite C) is a language similar to C for the programming of these RCX stones. Furthermore is the communication via the serial interface and via USB (with Poseidon) supported.
Download: nqc.lha (181 KB)
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28.Jun.2003
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: "Samba World Cup" CD version online
After "Samba Partie" and "Samba Partie Pro" is now the CD version
of "Samba World Cup 98" available for free download. It's the third and last part of the "Samba Partie" series by
Sayona Software. "Samba World Cup" is a football manager with "action" part!
Features:
- Spoken in-game comments and names
- 6 different field conditions
- Original players and team names
- 6 Europe leagues incl. 1. and 2. Bundesliga
- Team editor
- Action part incl. video recorder
- Comprehensive transfer market, settings, statistics etc.
The archive has a size of 10 MB and can alternatively be found on the "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002 CD", available for 10,- Euro at Fun Time World.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jun.2003
Moneyless (ANF)
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Magazine: Last independant issue of the "ST-Computer" released
The last independent issue of the German Atari magazine "ST-Computer" has been released. The magazine, available for seventeen years and for years now exlusively available as subscription, will in the future only be available as subscription supplement of the German magazine "PC-Welt".
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jun.2003
Gary7 (ANF)
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Emulator: New WinUAE version announced
WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 8 WIP (26.06.2003)
Expected release date: first half of July
Bugs fixed:
- stuck joypad POV directional controller
- workaround for buggy sound driver (ISA SB16, maybe others)
that report zero as minimum and maximum supported sample rate
- possible crash when copying to virtual filesystem's root
- CD32 media change detection
- extended ADF write protection check
- extended ADF HD floppy support
- fast copper works again
- JIT FPU fix (Descent Freespace -demo)
- 57600 serial bit rate was incorrectly rounded to 56000
New features:
- all configuration file loading restrictions removed,
load new configuration file at any time!
- display width, height, depth, lores, doubling, correct aspect
can be changed on the fly
- bsdsocket.library updates
- improved audio emulation
(Mortville Manor and Maupiti Island speech)
- improved and more compatible CD32 pad emulation
- improved CD32 CD autodetection
- sound capture to wav-file
- Direct3D hardware filtering and scaling
- more configurable source tree, added very simple way
to disable features like AGA, JIT, bsdsocket, Picasso96,
harddisk, 68020+ etc..
- separate basic A500-only WinUAE executable included
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jun.2003
Markus Lunk
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Browser: GCC version of AWeb 3.4 APL
For users who like experiments there's a new alpha version of AWeb
been released that you can download following the title link. Errors may lead to crashes. The user may be aware.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jun.2003
Jürgen Schober (ANF)
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Today: AmigaOS 4.0 on tour
Today takes for the fourth time the AmigaOS on Tour place in Sweden and Austria.
At this time AmigaOS 4.0 is shown on CyberstormPPC and the AmigaOne:
Saturday, June, 28th 2003:
- 09:00 - 18:00 h BOF - Building of Fun, Weblinger Gürtel 25, 8054 Graz, Austria
- 11:00 - 17:00 h Lilla Bommen Konferens Center, Gothenborg, Sweden
We are eagerly awaiting your visits!
Further detailed information can be found here.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jun.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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AmigaWorld: Latest official AmigaOS 4 screenshots
Following the title link you'll find further official screenshots of AmigaOS4 by Hyperion.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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27.Jun.2003
Constantinos Nicolakakis
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Tool: SRename Version 3.7.1
Constantinos Nicolakakis has published the final version 3.7.1 of the tool 'SRename'.
With this tool which works from AmigaOS 3.0+ you can easily rename files. In the new
version some new features have been added and bugs fixed:
New features:
Added "Filename" (fn) selector to specify filenames that should be
treated like filenames even if they contain wildcard characters.
Normally SRename can process such filenames in recursion mode but only
if they are present in the root directory, if they are not they are
treated as wildcard patterns.
"Filename" makes it possible to look for and rename such filenames in
recursion mode even if those filenames aren't present in the root
directory.
Added secondary arguments to "Dirpat":
"Androot" (ar) causes the filenames in the starting (root) directory to
also be renamed.
"Anddirname" (adn) causes the name of the directory that is entered with
Dirpat to also be renamed.
Removed "Persistentdp" that was used together with "Dirpat" because it's
behaviour is now the default for "Dirpat". Not having a persistent
pattern for entering directories didn't have much use.
Recursion can now be used with non-wildcards, for example giving an
ordinary filename to look for.
Bugfixes:
Corrected a bug in recursion where directories weren't always entered
with "Dirpat" if the names of those directories were also to be
modified.
To avoid this situation now directories are first entered and their
contents renamed, and the names of those directories are modified
afterwards.
Other changes:
The shell output has slightly changed in some instances.
The recursion bugfix has also caused slight changes to the shell output
in recursion, such as that the name of a directory has to be printed
again to avoid confusion if subdirectories in that directory were
entered and filenames in that same directory are also to be renamed.
Download: SRename371.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)
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27.Jun.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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IR-chat of the Amiga-show in Maarssen, Netherlands
For the Amiga-show
in
Maarsen, Netherlands which will take place on 28th June 2003 an IRC-channel has been
created: #AmigaParty on
ARCNet.
Participants are Genesi, Computer City
and Attention Software.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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27.Jun.2003
Niels Bache (ANF)
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Pictures of Niels Bache of the Amiga fair moved
Niels Bache wrote:
Up to now my pictures of several Amiga fairs have been accessible under
http://nbache.frip.dk/.
Although the people have earned much praise for their efforts for this free service
in my opinion there have been too many breaks in the last time.
Now I have found a new home for these sites where I have also more space.
Therefore I could add the pictures of the AmiGBG 2003 again and there will be the
possibility to upload the other pictures, too. In any case probably there will be
new pictures of the OS4 tour in Götheburg because I will go there today.
The new start page can be accessed under http://nbache.frac.dk/.
Please change your bookmarks.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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27.Jun.2003
REBOL (ANF)
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REBOL/View desktop now Open-Source
There is another aspect of pushing forward the open-source idea.
The desktop project will be released by Carl Sassenrath as an attempt to integrate the
community thus everybody can participate in.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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26.Jun.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Mitsumi: External floppy with integrated memory card reader
»7-in-1-drive for all usual memory cards
At the end of June 2003 Mitsumi Europe will introduce the 7-in-1 USB media drive FA 401
to the market which can read and write all usual memory cards and additionally normal
3,5-inches disks.«
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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26.Jun.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #042
Yesterday the scene group Liquid Skies has published its 42th music pack of its series.
This time it contains a tune in Techno style called "Rush Hours" written by the Polish
musician Rzs. By the way this is his first track for Liquid Skies Records! The cover
was created by DaFreak.
Some additional information of the track:
Title: Rush Hours
Artist: Rzs
Style: Techno
Play time: 4:39
Format: mp3
The zip-packed file (4,4 MB) can be downloaded from the homepage.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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26.Jun.2003
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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ROMulus-extension for HIGHWAY is being delivered
From today on E3B delivers the FlashROM-Modules
ROMulus for the known USB-controller HIGHWAY.
Thus the most successful USB-controller of E3B can get further functions - without
engaging a Zorro-slot. The network-modul NORWAY can be also used.
A cooperation with the company IOSPIRIT (Felix Schwarz)
will make easy getting the upgrade for all interested users.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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26.Jun.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Iomega with 4x-multi format-DVD-burner
»DVD+RW, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM in one device
Iomega has announced a new internal IDE-DVD-burner drive which DVD+RW, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM
combines in one device and at least can burn on the first two mentioned formats with
four times speed.«
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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26.Jun.2003
Sebastian Brylka (E-Mail)
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Total Amiga Magazine: FTW Official Commerce Partner in Germany
After Fun Time World succeeded in putting out issue #14 of the English-language Amiga magazine "Total Amiga" they also made the decision to produce further issues in Germany, and have become the magazine's official German partner. The next edition, #15, is being completed and may already be pre-ordered.
Fun Time World: "We recommend that all interested parties order an issue. The price is unchanged."
In the latest issue of about 52 pages you can read:
- AmigaOS 4 Update
- Fleecy Moss (Amiga) and Alan Redhouse (Eyetech) Columns
- Pegasos and MorphOS thoroughly explained and tested
- IBrowse 2.3 Test
- A few more exciting articles and reports
If you hurry, you can still get a copy of issue #14! (ps) (Translation: dm)
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26.Jun.2003
Philippe Bourdin (ANF)
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Report from AUGS Meeting / OS4 on Tour in Basel
The official report from AUGS Meeting 2003 in Basel is online, with pictures from Caspar Schlegel (AUGS).
The meeting itself was enjoyable for the organizers (Claude Müller/AUGS
and Jürgen Schober/point.design).
The AUGS team was happily surprised that they actually had to bring in more chairs for the OS4 presentation, which they did with pleasure.
Locally, the way to the currently largest Commodore logo in the world was described: in "Aesch" not far from Basel one finds such a logo over 9 meters tall, where it has been for many years at the former headquarters of Commodore Switzerland.
Many thanks to all the visitors and have fun with the pictures. A special thanks to Jürgen Schober for his honorable efforts. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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25.Jun.2003
Erhard Bruse (ANF)
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Event: Pegasos board presentation in Leipzig
On June the 28th and 29th 2003 there will be a presentation of more tan 160 clubs and organizations from Leipzig
held at the central railstation of Leipzig.
At the booth of the Computerclub-Lützschena-Stahmeln where some fellows of the
Amiga Club Leipzig
are working, there will be a working Pegasos computer shown on both days.
On Sunday Micha Heider will be there as well and will be testing and adjusting his Linux
image installer CD for the Pegasos.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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25.Jun.2003
yps aus dem heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: Critics regarding Apple's benchmark for the Power Mac G5
Like it can be obtained from the article by Heise which is linked by the title,
Steve Jobs might have operated at the presentation of the Power Mac G5 at the
WWDC with some dressed up speed values for the regarding to Apple world's fastest PC.
Read the full aricle (German) by the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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25.Jun.2003
Michael Asse (ANF)
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Webmaster for Amiga Frontier page wanted
To all Frontier fans,
because I will have no more Internet access during the next time I am looking for somebody who
wants to be webmastering my site www.amigafrontier.de.vu (title link).
The task is to check the page for dead links (and probably to correct them) and to answer user requests
regarding Amiga and UAE (which happens around every two or three months)
As a further update there is the AtariST version of Frontier Elite II for a shareware download now on that site.
Right On Commander
Michael Asse
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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25.Jun.2003
Amigan Software
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Tool: Report+ version 5.67
The freeware Report+ is now available in version 5.67. The tool
bases on ReAction/GadTools needs AmigaOS 3.9 and offers ten different functions:
For example it's possible with Report+ to create Aminet readme files, the
Commodore bug reporting tool can be replaced by it or the ammount of bytes for any directory can be shown.
Within the new version some bugs have been removed, the IFF displayer is now capable of "IFF SPLT"
forms and within the Aminet readme editor the directory tree has been updated.
Download: ReportPlus.lha - 314 KB
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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25.Jun.2003
Terra Soft
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Terra Soft Offers Apple G5s Prepared for Yellow Dog Linux
Loveland, Colorado -- 24 June 2003 -- Terra Soft Solutions, Inc., leading developer of integrated PowerPC Linux solutions is today accepting pre-orders for Apple G5 Power Macs -- soon to be supported by Yellow Dog Linux. (ps)
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25.Jun.2003
Kieron Wilkinson (ANF)
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CAPS Poll Results Annouced
Results to the CAPS poll are now on the website, along with the decision, and the reasons behind it. (ps)
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25.Jun.2003
DENIC (Website)
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DENIC restricts access of Domain information data
Starting from July 2003 the DENIC will restrict the number of whois-requests with an automatic system to a limited time interval to avoid mass requests.
DENIC as registry for domains below .de provides several information systems, which can be used to find out whether
a domain is already registered and if yes, to who. These services are heavily used. Since DENIC has recently
increased its technical capacities about 6000 to 7000 requests are answered per minute. According to an analysis
the registry more than 90% of these requests do not serve the purpose of determining the status of a domain or its
owner once. Rather they are for checking continually in extremely short time intervals whether a certain domain is still
registered, in order to register it immediately in the case of a deletion.
"We see less of a problem in overloading our systems, because we can handle the high number of requests technically
without any difficulties. However, the excessive usage of the whois service by certain users causes costs, which
at this point have to be shared between all domain owners", describes DENIC board member Andreas Bäß
the background of these steps. "Another problem is the unlimited access to these directories in relation to
the detection and prevention of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks. A limitation of the maximum number of requests
from an address block solves both problems. Because then we can determine a threshold, upwards of which we assume
an abuse of the services. However, we also want to motivate the intensive users to talk to us in order to mutually
find an alternative way to satisfy their information needs."
Therefore, starting July 1st, DENIC will regulate the usage of whois requests more strongly. In addition to the
above mentioned limitation of the number of requests, the owner data will in the future be only accessible by
way of additional parameters. For those requests the number of requests per time unit will be reduced further in
order to better protect the domain owners from an automatic utilisation of their address data. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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25.Jun.2003
Virtual Dimension (Website)
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Virtual Dimension: Photos from the "Back in Time Live" event
On the 21st of June 2003 there has been the first German
Back in Time Live
event in Wedel near Hamburg. A party regarding the C=64, at which amog other things there were a lot of remixes
of popular SiDs. Virtual Dimension has been there and came back from that party with a bunch of photos.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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25.Jun.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi: MPC 7447 for Pegasos G4 processorcard chosen
As announced on PegasosPPC.com
their choice is made to use the Motorola MPC 7447 for the Pegasos G4 processor modules.
Additionaly it is newly confirmed that these cards will be available from July on.
"This summer processor cards with Motorola's 7447,
which work with 1 GHz and higher, will meet the Pegasos. The 7447 is the most recent
PowerPC processor of the fourth generation (G4) by Motorola, which offers an improved performance compared to the predecessor
generation (G3).
Additional to an increased cache the 7447 offes more pipelines, an improved Front-Side-Bus (FSB)
and most important an SIMD unit called Altivec. Altivec offers a
special on-chip vector engine which is capable of delivering more than one
Gflops (one billion floating point operations per second) and still being affordable to an average user.
G4 upgrades will be available from July 2003."
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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24.Jun.2003
Russ Norrby owner Mr. Hardware Computers (ANF)
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Mr. Hardware Computers will be at AmiWest 2003
Mr. Hardware Computers is happy to announce for the 1st time we
will be at AmiWest July 26-27 2003. We will have AmigaOne G3XE &
G4XE motherboards and systems for sale. Call in advance to reserve
a system to your specs. We will have our popular PC-Amiga Multimedia
Keyboard adapters MRHK-2D instock and also our newer Mouse adapters
the MRH Mouse instock. Our SBase4Pro v1.36 (formerly SuperBase) will
be on sale. Also many other programs and hardware. Let us know what
you want before and we will try to have it. (ps) (Translation: gf)
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24.Jun.2003
Diverse
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Software Updates until 24.06.2003 in short
Worm Wars 7.51
The Snake clone "Worm Wars" of Amigan Software was released in version 7.51.
Download: WormWars.lha 565 KB
YAM2HTML Version 1.2
This little program enables the direct view of HTML files you received via
email. You do not have to start an ARexx program nor to save it to RAM. A
configuration file is included (in German) for "YAM". At this time Multiview,
IBrowse, and AWeb are supported.
Download: yam2html.lha 17 KB
Blender Version
2.27: Port for MorphOS in progress
As reported on morphos-news.de, 'Yomgui' Amiga Impact says his Blender-Port for MorphOS
makes good progress. Look a this screenshot. Yomguis
port uses Jungl, the Mesa implement for MorphOS.
What is Blender? It is a 3D suite of the Dutch company Nan. With Blender you can create
3D objects, render as picture, or animate it. It also includes a 3D-Engine you can
create for example interactive websites in 3D.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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24.Jun.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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Installer: WHDLoad - New Packages until 25.06.2003 (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games based on floppy to HD. Following packages are
new/updated since last time:
- 25.06.03 improved: Knights of the Sky (Microprose) supports another version
- 25.06.03 new: Colonel's Bequest (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 23.06.03 new: Xenex (Scorpius Software) done by Asman
- 23.06.03 new: Ninja Mission (Mastertronic) done by Asman
- 23.06.03 new: Myth (Magnetic Scrolls) done by Galahad
- 23.06.03 new: Knights of the Sky (Microprose) done by JOTD
- 23.06.03 improved: Genesia (Microids) protection removed, disk request removed
- 23.06.03 new: A-Train (Maxis) done by Psygore
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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24.Jun.2003
Audio Evolution (Website)
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Audio Evolution Version 4 nearly finished
Davy Wentzler has Version
4 for AmigaOS 4 / PPC nearly finished. The HardDisk-Recording Software for
recording, rework, and play of audio tracks is distibuted by Computer City and was known under the old name
'PlayHD'.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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24.Jun.2003
DraGo International Trading & Consulting (ANF)
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Retro: CyberShell 16 Bit
For fans of Retro-Gaming now the game console 'CyberShell 16 Bit' is available. It is
fully compatible with the SEGA-Megadrive (or Genesis). The console is working with a
Motorola 68000 and could be available in Germany for ca. 30 EUR.
Included are many teaching programs.
- Style Design
- Processor Motorola 68000 16 Bit
- Processor Speed 8 MHz
- Main Memory 128 KBit
- Video Memory 64 KBit
- Soundprocessor Yamaha
- 512 Colours
- 64 Colours on the Screen
- Screen Resolution 72 KDots
- Real Human Voice
- SEGA Megadrive (Genesis) compatible (more than 500 games)
- Cartridges
- Max. Cartridges Volume 32 MBit
- Data Save Ability
- Including:
- 1 Console
- 2 Joysticks
- 1 AC Adapter
- 1 AV Cable
- 1 User Manual
- 1 Cartridge 33 in 1
- 1 Mouse
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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23.Jun.2003
Apple (ANF)
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Apple G5
Here they are the new G5 computers of Apple. And this is said about the new computers
by Apple itself: "The Power Mac G5 is the worldwide fastest personal computer and the
first computer with a 64bit processor. As the first personal computer the Power Mac G5
breaks through the 4 gigabyte border. It is able to use up to 8 gigabyte main memory.
Additional to the speed of up to 2 times 2 GHz the new G5 processor has a new system
architecture with high band width and AGP 8x and PCI-X-slot. Because of all these features
the new Power Mac G5 has made the break through in the processing performance at
the desktop computers."
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jun.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)
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StartMenu: Pixload version 4.1
The version 4.1 of the start menu called Pixload is ready and contains some bug fixes
in the German locale. There are versions for AmigaOS and MorphOS.
Download: Pixload-4.1.lzx
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jun.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: The end of the GIF-Patent
burnallgifs.org
20 June 2003: The LZW patent expires today in the United States.
However, patents on LZW are still in force in other countries.
Please continue to refrain from using GIFs. More importantly, do
not allow your communications to be censored by the whims of
patent holders. Things you can do:
- Oppose the expansion of software patents to your country, if such
patents are not available there now.
- Insist that standards bodies in which you participate make an an
"innovation compatible" (IC) license a requirement for any patents
needed to implement a standard.
- Develop and support software that works with non-patented file
formats and network protocols, instead of patent-encumbered ones.
Sign the petition against software patents in Europe.
PNG-Tips for Cartoonists
Hackles writes:
In short, PNG combines (and improves upon) the best qualities of GIF
and JPEG, and can effectively replace GIFs on the Web. So why don't
people use it more often? Here are some tips on how to use it correctly.
I wrote this article to encourage cartoonists to start using PNG, and
to share some tips on exploiting PNG's strengths. Used correctly, PNG
can drastically reduce the file size and download time of one's comics.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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22.Jun.2003
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Multimedia Authoring System: Malibu Version 1.0
Malibu 1.0 - the Scala plugin for Hollywood - is out now. When Malibu is
installed, Hollywood will suddenly be able to display your Scala presentations.
The compatibility is very high. You can run almost every Scala script. In
24-bit of course and absolutely RTG friendly! You can even compile your
Scala presentations to AmigaOS executables or native MorphOS executables!
A truly unique feature! Malibu is available in a version for AmigaOS3 as well
as in a native MorphOS PPC version. Malibu requires at least Hollywood 1.5
and can be ordered in a discounted bundle together with the Hollywood 1.5
update or the Hollywood 1.5 full version.
-Introduction-
Malibu is a plugin for Hollywood which contains an import filter for Scala
presentations. As soon as Malibu is installed, Hollywood will suddenly be
able to show Scala presentations or compile them.
With Malibu it is now possible for the first time to display Scala presentations
on Workbench screen or on your own public screen. Because the whole
emulation runs on top of Hollywood's multimedia application layer everything
will be first converted to 24-bit and then displayed. In many cases the quality
of the pictures that Malibu displays is much better than the original Scala quality
because Scala often had to remap many pictures with very different colors
to a 8-bit display which resulted in a massive loss of color information.
Malibu emulates nearly the whole Scala command set and supports all
Scala versions up to Scala InfoChannel 500 which was the last Amiga version
of Scala. Emulation is done by the elCapitan microkernel which tries to
achieve the best performance possible on the used system. For example,
the next page is already calculated while the current page is on the display.
Complex transition effects can also be pre-calculated and then displayed
smoothly.
Scala is a program which helped the Amiga to become a real Multimedia
wonder. There were no products for a long long time that could beat an
Amiga with Scala. Therefore Scala was widely used in all different production
fields, from movies and television to big shows. Everyone who has worked
with Scala knows what powers it has. But this power is only possible
because Scala is very hard coded to the Amiga's custom chips which
leads to the problem that it does not run on graphics boards and also has
some other major problems with today's Amiga systems. For many years
all sorts of users complained that there is no Scala that runs RTG compatible.
This time is over now. Scala revives with the Malibu plugin: On the Workbench?
Of course. In 24-bit? You can bet your life on that. Always RTG conform? Absolutely.
Don't miss out! Watching Scala presentations on Workbench is a complete
new feeling which every Amiga user should experience.
-Features-
Graphics:
- Impressive Scala transitions (e.g. Superimpose, Roll on, Flow, Push, Diagonal)
- Support for Scala text styles outline, shadow, charspacing, underline
- Scala forms: Ellipses, rectangles, lines & polygons
- Emulation of backgrounds with raster type
- Complete brush support (incl. crop & resize)
- Animations are supported
- Transition effects for all Scala objects
- Support for styles like bevel & background
- Runs completely in 24-bit mode
- Color fonts are supported
- Smooth scrolling for Scala fly-ons
- Emulation of all graphics attributes
- Brush transparency is fully supported
- Objects can be removed from screen with transition effects
- All palette settings are respected and correctly converted
Sound:
- Support for sound modules and samples
- Audio output through AHI incl. full mixing
- Sound fades are supported
- Sound implementation is retargetable for use on Pegasos, Amithlon...
Environment:
- All Scala versions up to InfoChannel 500 are supported
- Margin settings and tabulators are respected
- Scala variables can be used
- Buttons and events are emulated
- Almost complete emulation of Scala command set
- Scala presentations can be compiled
- Emulation can be configured in detail
- Complete independent from environment; does not matter if Cgfx, P96, AGA, ECS or OCS is active
- Absolutely system friendly
-Requirements-
- Hollywood 1.5 or better
- Kickstart 3.0 or better
- 68020 processor
- Graphics board recommended
- 16 megabyte memory recommended
Visit the Airsoft Softwair Homepage
for screenshots, detailed info and ordering of Malibu. (ps)
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22.Jun.2003
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: Iconset "MAME Bubbles Vol.1" released
I've just uploaded "MAME Bubbles Vol.1" to my homepage.
It's a set of icons in 32bit PNG format with attached shell
scripts for easy launching MAME games from MorphOS Ambient Desktop.
Volume 1 features icons for: All Points Bulletin, Black Tiger,
Bomber Man, Bosconian, Bubble Bobble, Donkey Kong, Dynasty Warriors,
Far East of Eden - Kabuki Klash, Taisen-Mahjong Final Romance 2, Garou -
Mark of the Wolves, Ghost'n Goblins, Golden Axe, Gunbarich,
Hyper Sports, King of Fighters 2001, Metal Slug - Super Vehicle-001,
Metal Slug 2 - Super Vehicle-001/II, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug X -
Super Vehicle-001, Neo Bomber Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
Pocket Gal, Psychics 5, Puyo Puyo 2, Puzzle Bobble 2/ Bust-A-Move Again,
Q*Bert, Sexy Parodius, Street Fighter II - The World Warrior,
Super Locomotive, Track & Field.
Get them from the website
or if you want you can also look at the
screenshot.
The second volume is in the queue and will feature
Icons for e.g. "Contra", "Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter",
"'88 Games" or "Saru Kani Hamu Zou - Taisen Block Kuzushi".
Requests are allways welcome, write to karibu@gmx.net. (ps)
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22.Jun.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with AmiS (eNote, Visual Guide)
More than a year ago Olaf Köbnik approached Russian developer "AmiS" to talk
about his tools such as "eNote" and "Visual Guide". Now he could find the time
and you can read about his future plans and whether we may count on updates for
his programs so far in the interview.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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22.Jun.2003
Mikey_C (ANF)
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Total Amiga Magazine: The wait is Finally Over
The finest issue of Total Amiga Magazine, hits the Printers!
So what's in Issue 15?
News
- AmigaOS 4 Update
- Columns from Fleecy Moss and Alan Redhouse
Features
- Selling the new Amiga
- "It's not about the desktop"
- AROS: the DIY AmigaOS
- Mac: Reloaded - getting back into classic Mac emulation
- Quake II Competition
- Tales of Tamar Update
Reviews
- Pegasos and MorphOS 1.3
- Subway USB
- IBrowse 2.3
- FXPaint 2
- Aqua
PD Paradise:
- ANR and Home Bank
- Support
Top Tips
- Tutorial: Hollywood Tutorial - how to create a simple presentation with the new multimedia package.
Plus new contributors, John Chandler, Richard Drummond and Andrew Korn.
Total Amiga Magazine. Issue 15 Will be out soon. To subscribe, or buy
a single issue, please visit our website totalamiga.org.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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22.Jun.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Fortnightly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 13
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 13 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) MetalJoe: Previous versions of the OS have had official support for C and Assembler developers. What languages (i.e. C, Assembler, C++, Objective-C) will be officially supported in the initial OS 4 SDK and which, if any, are planned for future 4.x releases?
Fleecy: C and C++ will be supported in the first instance. We are talking with third parties about other support (Basic, Forth, and some others). We are more interested in getting a comprehensive toolchain and documentation in place before we start considering other language support.
2) Rudei: Can you clarify that the Amiga trademarks are indeed safe and still licenced to Amiga Inc? There has been a lot of malicious talk recently and it would be helpful to have an official line so we can quash the rumours once and for all.
Fleecy: Our attorney tells us that everything is as it should be. You will never quash the rumours because the reason for them is mischief and as long as they are people out there wanting to cause mischief, then there will be rumours. We just keep quiet and get on with it.
3) Dandy: Will DRM (digital rights management) and/or TCPA have any impact on AmigaOs-platform and if so, of what kind will this impact be? (As I understood it, it will be forbidden to advertise or sell hardware within the USA which does not include/support TCPA)
Fleecy: DRM is something that many OEMs are asking for as well as many developers who are tied of losing sales via piracy.
However it is still a very fluid and unsure area in both legal and technical application and it is not at a point where we have to give it much general consideration, just on a per customer basis.
4) hnl_dk: What do you think of the outcome, of the "OS4.0 on tour 2003" until now?
Fleecy: I think it has been very good. The fact that dealers and user groups worked together to organise it is a testament to the power of the Amiga community, where everything doesn't have to be driven by the centre. Jurgen and the others have done a great job and it has started some lively debate about the new default interface and praise for many of the new graphical features. That alone has caused a huge increase in requests for information and registrations of interest from around the world. For those who have stood fast through all the rumours about how it will never happen, then it will never work, it must be giving them a good feeling to see that their trust was not misplaced. The power of Amiga is about getting through the bad times as well as the good times and the supporters, the AmigaOS4.0 team and the community in general has come into its own and from here on, things will accelerate towards launch and rebirth of the platform.
5) Wain: What does the current AmigaOS roadmap plan in regards to upgrade costs? Do we pay full retail cost for every OS version up to 5 and after? I realize none of this is set in stone.
Fleecy: For AmigaOS4, this is the most likely although we are considering some form of product subscription as well, wrapped up with extra services and support.
6) Turbo: Is the aim for Amiga OS4 to be exclusive to AmigaOne based hardware? If not, how will this manifest itself? Will it run on top of intent? Could it be ported to custom hardware like you would find in say... a PlayStation 3?
Fleecy: The AmigaOS4 product family will run on any PPC solution that is certified by Amiga. We have several customers in various stages of negotiation as to getting AmigaOS4 onto their products. AmigaOne is the only desktop. The Amiga Generation 2 (AG2) product represents the next stage of developing core Amiga technology that can then be used in various product lines, including the AmigaOS and the AmigaDE. The ultimate aim of AG2 is to have a core technology pool that is hardware agnostic and which implements advanced technologies that can be used anywhere we want and which, most importantly can span the different types of devices to create a single environment for OEMs, developers and users.
7) pods: I know of people who have expressed disapointment of the current workbench and icons libraries implementation. Has there been schedules, or has there been talk about replacing these implementation with something more up to date?
Fleecy: The development of AmigaOS4 had a very strict priority. Encapsulate hardware dependencies to create an abstraction, move and then enhance the core of the AmigaOS into this abstraction and then replace Amiga Generation 1 domains by Amiga Generation 2 technology. AmigaOS4.0 is dealing admirably with moving our platform from a 68k and custom chip based solution to a modern PPC, modular subsystem hardware model. In doing that, it is far more important for us to ensure that the foundations are made solid, efficient and then improved.
graphics.library, layers, intuition and Workbench are all very old services that have been hacked and patched beyond even the wildest dreams of Dr Frankenstein. The fact that it all still works and that it can be made to look even better is a testament not just to the far sightedness of the original designers but also the the immense skill and knowledge of the AmigaOS4.0 team.
However, one of the AG2 projects currently underway is for the entire visual domain, 2D, 3D, Video and User Environment and we are working hard to ensure that most if not all of that technology will be in AmigaOS4.1. You can be sure that we will keep the community apprised and show off some of the visual delights to come as soon as we can.
8) Sbaitso: Are you familiar with the Amizilla project? What are your feelings about it? Is there any chance Amiga, Inc. may contribute to the cause?
Fleecy: I think it is another great example of the Amiga community in action and putting its money where its mouth is to improve and extend the platform. We will not contribute to the cause because it is a third party effort and also because if the rules of the project are correct, then we would be supporting potential competitors as well.
However, the most important reason is because a brand new, world class HTML rendering solution is one of elements of AmigaOS4.1.
9) Asemoon: Are Amiga's PDA game packages selling well at CompUSA stores and will they become available at stores in Europe?
Fleecy: They appear to have sold out in most stores in the US and we are in negotiations with Microsoft both to extend the number of cards and the volume of cards. We are talking with other vendors who themselves want to sell the Gamecards and some of these are active in the European market. We'll post more details when we can.
10) Asemoon: Will there be any alternative themes included on the AmigaOS4 CD?
Fleecy: It is something that is being considered but we want to at least have one that is complete before considering adding others.
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=24
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: cb)
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22.Jun.2003
Claude Müller (ANF)
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OS4 Tour Basle: Short report
Yesterday the Amiga OS4 Tour stopped by in the centre of Basle. Several times
did Jürgen Schober of pointdesign hold
a presentation with subsequent question time on the event organised by the Amiga
User Group Switzerland (AUGS). One of the
presentations was even translated live for the numerous French speaking Amiga
fans by a member of the Club Annuaire Amiga Francophone.
Due to the large number of visitors (from Switzerland, France, Germany and
Holland), the interesting performances and the good mood AUGS as organisers are
very satisfied with the course of the meeting and warmly thank all those involved.
Further reports and photos will be available on our homepage shortly and surely
also from other sources.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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22.Jun.2003
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Aminet Uploads up to 22nd June 2003
Here are the Aminet uploads newly added since our last announcement:
PPaint.lha biz/cloan 3.0M+Cloanto Personal Paint 7.1c Software
YamHTMLyam.lha comm/mail 20K+Reads HTML pages with YAM(2.4 too) mail
trsi-acidtop10.lha comm/misc 72K+WeekTop Tool with 64Bit Support for FAME
MiamiDxCAT.lha comm/net 49K+Catalonian catalog for Miami Deluxe 1.0c
NewsCoaster.lha comm/news 468K+NewsCoaster Full Version (v1.57) (MUI)
newscoastersrc.lha comm/news 229K+NewsCoaster Source Code (v1.57 - 16 Jun
GL-pack1.lha dev/c 18K+Examples to start programming with TinyG
jikes-diffs.lha dev/lang 34K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v1.18 (diffs)
jikes.lha dev/lang 831K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v1.18 (source)
jikes000.lha dev/lang 623K+Fast Java compiler, v1.18 (68000 binary)
jikes020-060.lha dev/lang 619K+Fast Java compiler,v1.18 (68020-060,FPU)
6581sid-sdk.lha dev/misc 1K+Unofficial 6581sid.library SDK
TCS.lha dev/misc 701K+320x256x8 50 FPS C2P on A1200/030 & more
TCS_demo.lha dev/misc 494K+TCS & tcs.library interactive presentati
GL_BMP_Load_11.lha dev/src 244K+OpenGL BMP texture loader routines
amigazette_16.lha docs/mags 1.3M+AMIGAzette 16th issue (20.06.2003) (ital
PairsNG_Demo.lha game/wb 2.0M+Great board game for CGFX/P96, AHI Sound
PairsNG_DemoUP.lha game/wb 90K+Update of PairsNG Demo to V2.03
PairsNG_View.jpg game/wb 128K+Great board game for CGFX/P96, AHI Sound
SmartScale.lha gfx/conv 32K+A CLI/WB program used for gfx conversion
BorderColor.lha gfx/ifx 1K+A Color Border script for IFX
Crystallize.lha gfx/ifx 1K+Crystallize EOT script for IFX
EOT_PolarBlur.lha gfx/ifx 2K+Polar Blur EOT script for IFX
RadialStar2.lha gfx/ifx 3K+Radial Star EOT script for IFX
AMP2_RU.lha gfx/show 8K+AMP2 russian documentation v2.04
iverilog-amiga.lha hard/misc 736K+Icarus Verilog HDL Simulator
anescgfx.lha misc/emu 93K+A/NES CGFX v1.32 - Nintendo emulator
P87.lha misc/emu 26K+Abstract computer simulator.
051_mpfree.lha mods/moods 5.0M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
psy_vs_blk.lha mods/moods 40M+Moods - Psycho vs. Blakkhar 2002
MAMEcons_03.lha pix/icon 310K+MAMEcon icons for MorphOS MAME (set 3)
NewAge-Icons.lha pix/icon 10M+Realistic, shaded OS3.5/3.9-Icons
Raouls-WB.lha pix/wb 1.5M+3 Snapshots of Raoul Boger's WB feat. Ne
BareED_Alone.lha text/edit 77K+Simple text editor which supports propor
AmiGOD2.lha util/moni 84K+Benchmark Tool - 15.06.2003
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22.Jun.2003
Diverse
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Software Updates in short up to 22nd June 2003
SmartScale Version 2.0c
Lorence Lombardo has provided his CLI/WB program for picture converter scripts
SmartScale in Version 2.0c for download on his
homepage.
SmartScale Readme
New Wordworth plugin for text viewer EvenMore
Chris Perver has rewritten the Wordworth plugin for his text viewer
EvenMore.
Here is the original anouncement:
"Rewrote WordWorth plugin. Will now pick up command packets, and will
display any ANSI text formatting. Still to work on colour, but this
seems more complicated. Colour support now added to the WordWorth plugin."
Emulator: UAE-X Version 0.8 - Amiga-Emulator for X-Box
You can emulate an Amiga 500 or Amiga 1200 on your X-Box with
UAE-X. UAE-X has been released under
General Public Licence. The Micorosft XBOX XDK is required for compiling.
Besides the new version 0.8 you'll find extensive information and some
screenshots under the title link.
New in version 0.8:
- SnaX: added config selection. uae config files are now in /configs/
-SnaX & Zhevon: XBOX Keyboard support!
- Schlauchi: better default config file (old savestates might be
broken, you'll have to load "Default (from previous UAEX versions)"
to have them work)
- SnaX: Hardfile support working
ARexx-Script: YamHTMLyam
Download: YamHTMLyam.lha (177 KB)
It is used for reading HTML pages and embedded images (if there are) downloaded
along with e-mails using YAM mail client for Amiga. It uses various Amiga browsers.
The ARexx program has Italian doc. too.
Peter Hutchison's printer drivers
New EpsonStylusColorv40 beta driver out. Please download and test for me!
TTEngine ported to MorphOS
TTEngine is a TrueType Font
based text rendering environment for AmigaOS. Author Grzegorz Kraszewski has
ported the program to MorphOS. It has been tested on a standard Pegasos with a
G3/600 MHz. "TTEngine achieves over 12000 cps in JAM1 mode and over
20000 cps in JAM2 mode on 24-bit screen and Voodoo3 PCI board, which is over
150% faster compared to emulated 68k version. NOTE: TTEngine MOS requires
MorphOS 1.3 or newer."
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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