21.Jun.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Pegasos/MorphOS review by Christophe Decanini
Christophe Decanini, co-founder of the French Amiga retailer APS and co-moderator at ANN, has (in English) created one of the most detailed reviews of the Pegasos and MorphOS 1.3.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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21.Jun.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #041
The scene group Liquid Skies has yesterday released the 41st music pack in their series. This time it contains a tune in the GoaTrance style called "Out Of Nowhere" by the German musician Angeldust. The cover was done by himself.
Here some more information about the track:
- Title: Out Of Nowhere
- Artist: Angeldust
- Style: GoaTrance
- Playing time: 5:28
- Format: mp3
The zip packed file (5.1 MB in size) is available as always for free download on the homepage following the title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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21.Jun.2003
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amiga-news.de moves today to a new server
To make amiga-news.de once again still faster we move today to a new server. As last time everything is prepared perfectly and we don't reckon with any problems. Should any disturbation arise we'll surely fix them in no time. In the worst case some comments or forums entries will get lost.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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21.Jun.2003
Cyborg (ANF)
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Software: AntiSPAM 2 now with 70% hit rate (update)
AntiSPAM 2 is finished: the new version of the spam killer works on a new basis and reaches now a dramatically improved hit rate of measured 70%.
Features of AntiSPAM 2 (excerpt):
- It analyses spams by the frequency of words.
- It needs no remote filters.
- It is much easier to install.
- It works parallel with YAM and doesn't block it anymore.
- It also works offline or in conjunction with other clients.
- It has a white list to prevent unwanted deleting.
- A manual finetuning is possible.
Now a thankyou from the developer to all who participated in AntiSpam 1 as this is what AntiSpam 2 just made possible. Thanks for the 3500 spams! :)
(nba)
Update:
The download link has been corrected in the meantime and should now work.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Jun.2003
Michael Battilana (E-Mail)
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Fair: News to the Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 on 05.07.2003
As we have already reported
the fair A3 (Amiga Alpe Adria 2003) will take place on 5th of July 2003 in Udine, Italy.
On the website you will find all necessary information such as the program, overnight accomodations,
music festivals and concerts. It is described very detailed.
Tomorrow will be the last day where you can book a so called cheap fly. You can find further
information on the website.
Here is the orirginal message:
Tomorrow is the last day to take advantage of some great 14-day
advance airline tickets. Have a look at the airline information, but
also the concerts ("Cultural Events"), the sightseeing and the food.
Then we are likely to have an unexpected meeting of demo coders with
some new presentations, and lots of people from different countries
(even two different registered guests who did not know of each other
coming from... Australia!).
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jun.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail)
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Event: Saturday, June 28: Amiga Show
The Dutch HCC Commodore User Group organizes an Amiga Show on Saturday
June 28 from 10:00 till 16:00 at the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen,
Holland. ComputerCity, Genesi and Attention Software will attending our
Amiga Show with their newest products like the AmigaOne, Pegasos,
VideoMicroWave, a STB Prototype, MorphOS and a new game. There will be a
lot of demonstrations and activities and for all Amigans: This is the
opportunity to meet all famous national and international Amiga people!
Description:
- AmigaOne - Amiga computer with G3 or G4 PowerPC microprocessor, works
with LinuxPPC operating system or AmigaOS 4.0
- Pegasos - PowerPC computer from Genesi, with a G3 or Dual G4 PowerPC
processor. Operating system MorphOS or LinuxPPC. Some other operating
systems will be developed like some Linux variants, BeOS, OpenBSD etc.
- VideoMicroWave - Soft- and hardware bundle for video on a Pegasos or other Amiga compatible
computers. For our demonstration we will show a Pegasos computer in a
microwave.
- STB prototype - Digital signaldecoder from Genesi, based on
the Pegasos and MorphOS technology.
- MorphOS - AmigaOS compatible operating system for PowerPC processors.
- Attention Software will demonstrate their new FotoFoto game at some
Amiga systems.
More activities and participants can still join our program next week, all
other Commodore computers and lovers will also attending at this show. For
more news and our new Forum (you can also add your own news) look at our
website: http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/.
Other participants on June 28 are:
www.amiga.nl
- www.amigaclub.nl
- www.amigascene.nl
- www.attention-software.com
- www.compcity.nl
- www.genesi.lu.
For the next great Amiga Event look at:
http://www.beneluxamigashow.com/.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jun.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Apple: Specifications of the new models with PPC970 CPU
Several news services (such as OSNews)
reported that today the official online-shop of Apple
has announced the exact specifications of the new computer models of Apple.
This might have been a mistake because meanwhile the new models have been deleted from
the website.
Here are the exact specifications:
- 1.6 GHz, 1.8 GHz, or Dual-2 GHz PPC-G5 CPU
- Upto 1 GHz CPU Bus
- Maximal 8 GB DDR SDRAM
- Fast Serial ATA
- AGP 8x Pro (ATI/Nvidia)
- 3 USB 2.0 Ports
- 3 PCI or PCI-X slots
- One FireWire 800 Port, two FireWire 400 Ports
- Bluetooth & Airport Extreme ready
- Optical and analog audio in and out
The new Macintosh-models will be probably introduced by Apple on a conference in San
Francisco which will take place on Monday. At the same time this conference will be
shown via satellite in Berlin for invited press members.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jun.2003
Felix Schwarz (ANF)
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MorphOS SDK 1.0 pre-release 1 published
The first release of the offcial MorphOS SDK is available for MDC-members (MorphOS Developer Connection)
in the files section. It is called "pre-release" because many but not all OS-parts
are considered.
This release of the MorphOS SDK contains:
- MorphED 1.0
- a complete PPC-native GCC/GG-compiler-environment
- a complete set of MorphOS-includes
- Documentation, example code and articles about the many
features of MorphOS
- the current release of Barfly PPC ASM (as contribution)
- the current OpenPCI SDK (as contribution)
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jun.2003
Felix Schwarz, Martin Heine (ANF)
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MorphOS Developer Connection opens its doors
Today, the MorphOS Developer Connection (MDC) officially opens its doors.
Every developer working on MorphOS-related projects is welcome and encouraged to become a free member of the MorphOS Developer Connection.
What is the MDC?
The MorphOS Developer Connection (MDC) is mainly a communication and support platform that serves as a central interface between general third party developers and Genesi.
It aims at supporting third party projects and developers interested in development or actively developing for MorphOS with information and organizational infrastructure (if needed).
What are the benefits?
If you join the MDC, you have, among others, the following benefits:
- access to the MorphOS SDK, including documentation, MorphED and a complete GCC-based compiler environment
- discuss and exchange with other developers
- establish new business contacts
- organize your own project in dedicated forums, file groups and using our project tree (only on request)
- get listed in the developer addressbook & link-directory
- organize or participate in events
- everything developer-related in ONE spot
Costs?
The MDC is a free service of Genesi to support the MorphOS developer community. Thus, there are no fees.
Join us!
Join us! A membership is completly free. Click here to sign up. You'll receive an email once your account has been activated. (nba)
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20.Jun.2003
Robert Konrad (ANF)
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Emulator: QuarkTex - a Warp3D - OpenGL wrapper for WinUAE
Robert Konrad wrote:
I have devloped QuarkTex within the last two months with the help of Bernd Roeschs.
I did it because of a discussion here on amiga-news.de.
The program works quite good but please read the documentation. There are limitations.
download page
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jun.2003
(ANF)
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Current prototype of Amiga Coldfire-card
Under the title link you can find a current picture of the new platine layout of the
Amiga Coldfire-card.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jun.2003
Creative Development (Website)
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Status Report on the Development of UltraBUS
Massimo Mancini, owner of Creative Development, has reported after a long period of radio silence on the status of the development of the UltraBUS.
Because of some hardware damage the Zorro-II-based USB controller received only limited development in the last three months. The development on the project has 100% recommenced after a successful repair of a defective Cyberstorm MK3 card, and it could with a bit of time show clear steps towards trial equipment, port adapters and stack optimizations. In the meantime the hardware itself stands shortly before the serial preparation and is newly improved in certain technical aspects. Related information and a complete update of the entire Creative Development homepage should follow shortly. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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19.Jun.2003
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Print Magazine Amitopia Ceases Publication
The Norwegian print magazine Amitopia has been discontinued after seven years on account of insufficient editorial support and successively poorer sales figures. This is according to the editor in charge, Michal Bergseth. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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19.Jun.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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MorphOS: Possible New Game Project - a Trojan Horse for the Mac?
Genesi came up with an idea of developing a new game. This is considered in a possible cooperation with producer Elie Chouraqui. It might then be possible to use this game as a "Trojan Horse" for the Macintosh version of MorphOS.
Whoever is interested in cooperating in this should send an email to: Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco.
Following are both original statements from Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck on MorphZone:
1)
"Gladiateur"
If you have been in Paris the last few days you would have probably seen THIS! It is being produced and directed by Elie Chouraqui. His last film of international renown was Harrison's Flowers (2000).
Last night we had dinner with Elie (thanks to some very good friends of ours). We discussed his latest projects, including "Gladiateur", which is based on the Roman slave uprising lead by Spartacus.
When Raquel and I heard the story line we started to think we might had found our Morph-Apple "Trojan Horse" game.
We told Elie about MorphOS and the Pegasos, contrasting MorphOS and Genesi with Windows and Microsoft...could the Pegasos be the computer gladiator of the 21st Century?! Could the Pegasos inspire another Revolution?! We said OK, let's figure out whether or not we can do it...
Release date: 1 October 2004
MorphOS/Pegasos and Morph-Apple releases
We will invest for this Project! Here are some basic ideas:
1. Themes: Freedom, personal empowerment, responsibility, leadership, teamwork, good vs. evil, changing the world...
2. When a Gladiator (single player) overcomes the challenges of the arena (the CD itself), they qualify to step into the online world and join forces with others who have overcome the arena to fight on for the Revolution (online via the rebellion portal).
Online players hold roles and work together to overcome specific task oriented challenges. Imagine this... You play the CD or through the settings assume an old score...you connect. Online you meet those that are there... you "chat" and plan to overcome the various tasks and requirements.
For example:
Task: Mount Vesuvius
Requirements: Ten Gladiators
Objective: Overcome a Roman Centuria (100 men lead by a Centurion)
The team has to cooperate to be successful and have a strategy for success. Think of Knights and Merchants...
The game and story scale from there. The historical setting is accurate. The greatest success occurs when the most online players cooperate. Game sequences can be re-lived to analyze and improve group game performance. The game takes a quality of its own based on the teamwork and unique skills and resources of the players...
Post feedback here please!
Pegasos!
Raquel and Bill
2)
Just spoke with Thomas Steiding (thomas@epic-interactive.com), who would be the Project Manager for the effort if we can pull the right people and agreements together. As some know e.p.i.c. is soon to release Northland that could be tuned for the theme we are discussing. We would have to go from vikings to gladiators, but it is not too much of a stretch if the right engine is there and we can get Andre to do some new artwork...
If you are interested send us or Thomas an email.
This could be fun!
Raquel and Bill (nba) (Translation: dm)
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18.Jun.2003
Christoph Kimna (E-Mail)
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Game: PairsNG Version 2.03
Since today the version 2.03 of the game PairsNG is available. PairsNG is
a game similar to Shanghai and running on the Workbench. The game is provided as shareware and might be registered for about 10,- Euro.
Changes since version 2.01:
- Input errors at the highscore fixed
- Errors within the catalogues removed
- AHI-Guru fixed
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Jun.2003
Heise (ANF)
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heise: European software patents coming closer
Yesterday a directive advice for patenting computer implemented inventions bas been accepted by the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (JURI) at the the Brussels' EU parliament.
Read the full heise article by the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Jun.2003
Golem (ANF)
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Golem: Apple attempts to stop the Barebone Mac project
»US-retailer must not sell Apple compounds to computer manufacturers.
The small company evolved from the private "Mac Based Computer Project"
CoreComputers, that has its activities at www.2khappyware.com, has lost its supplier due to some Apple investigations. The supplier must not - reasoned by some contract details, sell hardware compounds to a computer manufacturer. CoreComputers ambitioned goal is to offer valuable and good looking barebone sytems to Mac enthusiastics.«
Read the full article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Jun.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Kickflash OS4: Final product specifications
Due to the high demand, Kickflash OS4, which has been announced on June 2nd, has been revised. The base version now has 1MB of flash memory, and can be expanded to 1GB on an expansion port. Transfer rates can be compared to normal hard drives, but the common access times of mechanical mass-storage media practically don't exist on flash memory: On random access, so-called solid-state memory is about tenthousand times faster than common hard drives.
Kickflash OS4 is a Zorro-card that's compatible with all Zorro-2 and Zorro-3 systems. The new base price for the board is 34,90 EUR. Prices for expansions are not yet available. (ps)
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18.Jun.2003
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Aminet Uploads until June the 18th 2003
Here are the added Aminet uploads since our last report:
AmFTP175_ES.lha comm/tcp 19K+AmFTP 1.75 Spanish locale, V2.1
AmFTP_CAT.lha comm/tcp 7K+AmFTP 1.90 Catalonian locale
PalmFTPAmiga.lha comm/tcp 229K+Connect your Palm via FTP to your Amiga
ctags.lha dev/c 347K+Generate tag files of source code
EasyACDDA.lha disk/cdrom 344K+Play&Save CD tracks with Gui - EasyACDDA
AmigaPower.lha docs/hyper 58K+AMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine (June
bouldercaves.lha game/jump 472K+V5.20, BoulderDaesh RTX Caves Archive
boulderdaesh.lha game/jump 921K+V5.20, BoulderDaesh RTX Main Archive
bouldergraph.lha game/jump 196K+V5.20, BoulderDaesh RTX Graphics Archive
bouldersound.lha game/jump 184K+V5.20, BoulderDaesh RTX Sound Archive
AS-Accordion.lha game/think 202K+Accordion Solitaire Card Game
AS-Calculation.lha game/think 218K+Calculation Solitaire Card Game
AS-Clock.lha game/think 207K+Find cards with the same rank
AS-Findit.lha game/think 229K+Find cards among the others
AS-Freecell.lha game/think 162K+The well known game
AS-HighLow.lha game/think 192K+HighLow Card Game
AS-Memory.lha game/think 216K+Finding Pairs in fewest moves possible
AS-Montana.lha game/think 217K+Fill In The Gaps
AS-Pyramide.lha game/think 207K+Pyramid Solitaire Card Game
AS-Remember.lha game/think 205K+Remember AND find cards
AS-SeaHaven.lha game/think 178K+The well known card game
AS-Senso.lha game/think 222K+Remember AND click the cards in the corr
AS-Thirteens.lha game/think 217K+Thirteens Solitaire Card Game
PairsNG_Demo.lha game/wb 2.0M+Great board game for CGFX/P96, AHI Sound
PairsNG_DemoUP.lha game/wb 96K+Update of PairsNG Demo to V2.01
DIYrekoIII.lha gfx/ifx 35K+Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
Reko2As.lha gfx/ifx 2K+Convert Reko cardsets to AS-.....
swfplayer.lha gfx/show 305K+Standalone player for Amiga (v1.2e) 68k+
swfplayersrc.lha gfx/show 414K+Standalone player for Amiga (v1.2e) 68k+
DarkHelmets.lha mods/misc 2.2M+Custom module from "Dark Helmets"
Lapsuus.lha mods/misc 2.6M+Custom module from "Lapsuus"
047_mpfree.lha mods/moods 3.9M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
048_mpfree.lha mods/moods 4.0M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
049_mpfree.lha mods/moods 4.3M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
050_mpfree.lha mods/moods 7.2M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
MegaDrive-01.lha pix/gicon 422K+Megadrive/Genesis Games GlowIcons Vol.1
2CVicons.lha pix/icon 642K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
AideMemoire.lha pix/icon 43K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
AnimSeries.lha pix/icon 520K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Apercu.lha pix/icon 267K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Aventure.lha pix/icon 226K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
BAL.lha pix/icon 48K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
BDclassiques.lha pix/icon 245K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
BenjamenRabier.lha pix/icon 126K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Bidochon.lha pix/icon 91K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
CartesPostales.lha pix/icon 94K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Chanteurs.lha pix/icon 145K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Charentaise.lha pix/icon 81K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
ChatEpinal.lha pix/icon 48K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Cinoche01.lha pix/icon 143K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Crayon.lha pix/icon 40K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
DossierFrench.lha pix/icon 88K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
ElastokElastok.lha pix/icon 46K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
ElastokSystemA.lha pix/icon 687K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
ElastokSystemG.lha pix/icon 690K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
ElastokTexture.lha pix/icon 187K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Elastok_Color.lha pix/icon 328K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
EuroCoins.lha pix/icon 324K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Europa.lha pix/icon 47K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
EuroPiggyBank.lha pix/icon 96K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
FrenchFood.lha pix/icon 183K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
GDA1.lha pix/icon 504K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Grenouilleetc.lha pix/icon 90K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Guignols.lha pix/icon 134K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
LTF.lha pix/icon 240K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Mail01.lha pix/icon 507K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Maillol.lha pix/icon 45K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
MAMEcons_01.lha pix/icon 265K+MAMEcon icons for MorphOS MAME (set 1)
MAMEcons_02.lha pix/icon 331K+MAMEcon icons for MorphOS MAME (set 2)
Manu01.lha pix/icon 518K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Megalex.lha pix/icon 44K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Nikopol.lha pix/icon 523K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
Philemon.lha pix/icon 40K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
QueteOiseauTem.lha pix/icon 101K+This is a conversion of MacOSX icons for
AP22Covers.lha pix/misc 317K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 22 Covers Recto & Verso
ssnake_WB_01.lha pix/wb 352K+Screen grab of my BVPPC WB
ReqCollect.lha util/cli 53K+A collection of "request" CLI tools
FlipSide_v2.0.lha util/misc 16K+Middle-Mouse Button Screen Flipper
TPrint_ITA.lha util/misc 69K+TurboPrint 7.00 Italian catalogs
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18.Jun.2003
Bjorn Lynne (E-Mail)
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Music: Bjorn Lynne - Under The Bard's Tree
Bjorn Lynne by the CD label 'LynneMusic' is pleased to announce the release of the new audio CD "Under The Bard's Tree". Read with the following the original message:
A new track: "Under The Bard's Tree"
Dear friends...
I have a new music track, just finishexd this week and now
available to download in mp3 format: "Under The Bard's Tree":
http://www.mp3.com/bjornlynne.
The track is from my next CD, "Return to Witchwood", which is now 95%
ready, and only a few minor adjustments remain. This CD will be my next
"big" project and I really can't wait for it to be finished and released.
It's been 1 year and 3 months since the release of my previous Bjorn Lynne
CD, "Colony".
I made two different mixes of "Under The Bard's Tree", probably only one
of them will be used on the CD album, "Return to Witchwood". I haven't
fully decided which one. So I've made a kind of "voting" thing on my
Message Board where I'd like
you to come in and "vote" for the version of the song that you like best.
I'm not saying I will definitely choose the most voted for version, but
that may at least sway my decision.
So if you would like to listen to both versions of the track, from
http://www.mp3.com/bjornlynne
and then cast your vote for the version that
you like best at
http://www.lynnemusic.com/messageboard.html,
that would be helpful. Thanks!
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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18.Jun.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: Patent for a dual boot PC to avoid viruses
That idea just has to come to mind... The 65 years aged hobby musician Claude M. Policard gets a patent for a system with two independent operating systems for surfing and working.
Read the full article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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17.Jun.2003
Ron van Herk (ANF)
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Genesi/Phoenix Pegasos Summer Sale
Genesi/Phoenix Pegasos Summer Sale:
Pegasos I/G3 for 299,- upgrade to PegII/G4 for 200,-
Pegasos I/G4 for 499,-
Both for Phoenix members
Betatester Blowout:
Pegasos Betatester 199,-
Pegasos April1 249,-
All prices in EUR and are excluding VAT, the offers are available
from all participating Pegasos dealers such as APS, Computer City,
eFunzine, GGS-Data, Vesalia and others. More information on the
Pegasos can be found under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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17.Jun.2003
Tobias Franke (ANF)
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Amiga OS 4 On Tour: report by Amiga Club Augsburg
A complete report with more pictures is online.
The Amiga Club Augsburg send thanks to all guests and partners for a succesful arrangement.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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17.Jun.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Interview with Matthew Kille - AmigaOS 4.0 GUI Design
Under the title link you can find an English interwiew with the AmigaOS 4.0 designer Matthew Kille, which was made by
Mike Bourma of Amiga World.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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17.Jun.2003
IBM / Linux Kernel Mailing List (ANF)
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Linux-compatible 64Bit-operating system K42 from IBM for PPC
K42 is a operating-system research project (available under LGPL) focused
in large part on scalability in the implementation of core OS services.
We will give a brief overview of the project, discuss some of the recent
performance results running 64-bit PPC Linux binaries and discuss the
major ways that our implementation of Linux services depart from the norm
(hopefully making sure to bring up all the truly offensive and contentious
ways).
K42 employs building-block technology to allow applications to customize
and thus optimize the OS services they require. This is particularly
important for applications, such as databases and web servers, where
given the ability to control physical resources, they can improve
performance. K42 is portable; it currently runs on PowerPC systems
(both native and using SimOS). K42's design allows implementors on a
particular architecture to choose what objects of the system should be
customized for that architecture, and as a result allows the implementors
to exploit any architecture specific features to improve performance.
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17.Jun.2003
ELBOX COMPUTER (E-Mail)
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Mediator-Spider-promotion-arrangement of Elbox Computer
Elbox Computer, a polish developer of hardware for amiga computers, had announced a promotion arrangement
for all users, who buy a Mediator PCI-Busboard in an Elbox Online Store between 17. and 30. of June 2003.
With every bought Mediator-Busboard, the buyer gets a Spider II USB 2.0 card for free.
You can get more information on the store website under the titlelink and also in the englishspeaking product
description.
About Mediator:
The Mediator PCI busboard line is designed to enable expansion
of Amiga computers with a wide range of PCI cards. The following
PCI cards are already supported in Mediator busboards: Voodoo5,
Voodoo4, Voodoo3, Voodoo Banshee, S3 VirgeDX and S3 Virge PCI
graphic cards; Spider USB 2.0 host controller cards; Fast Ethernet 100Mbps and Ethernet 10Mbps PCI network cards; Sound Blaster 4.1
digital, Sound Blaster 128 and ForteMedia FM801-based sound cards;
TV tuner cards. The Mediator busboard is a necessary expansion for
Amiga computers to employ the power of the latest PowerPC
G3/G4 processors, around which SharkPPC and SharkPPC+ cards are
based. Mediator busboards are available for the following Amiga
models:
- Amiga 4000T (Mediator PCI 3/4000T)
- Amiga 4000D (Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator
PCI 3/4000T)
- Amiga 3000T (Mediator PCI 3/4000T)
- Amiga 3000D (Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 3/4000T)
- Amiga 1200 (Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI ZIV,
Mediator PCI 3/4000T).
About Spider:
The Spider II USB 2.0 card is a 5-port Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI
controller. Spider II is the most powerful USB host controller for
Amiga computers. The enclosed SpiderCD includes Mediator and
Amithlon EHCI (USB 2.0) and OHCI (USB 1.1) drivers for the Poseidon
stack.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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16.Jun.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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AmigaWorld: Article of DatorMagazin about the AmiGBG 2003
In issue no. 06/2003 of the renowned Swedish computer magazine
DatorMagazin was published
an article about the Goeteborger meeting AmiGBG, which was now translated
by the on-line magazine 'AmigaWorld' into English
and made available at the title link.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jun.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #040
Liquid Skies released music pack no. 40. This time it contains a tune by Lcr called "Painted Shogun" which is a Drum'n'Base track. The cover was made by Kudaziw.
Details:
Title: Painted Shogun
- Artist: Lcr
- Style: Drum'n'Base
- Duration: 3:42
- Format: mp3
The file (3.4MB) is available at the title link.
Furthermore Liquid Skies welcomes a new member - Rzs. He will release his first track in one of the upcoming music packs.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jun.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packages until 16.06.2003
With WHDLoad you are able to install games which were meant for the floppy
usage only, on your non removable disk. The following
packages were added and/or updated since our last message:
- 15.06.03 new: Death Bringer (Spotlight) (Spotlight Software) done by Galahad
- 15.06.03 new: Psychedelic (Virtual Dreams) done by Psygore
- 15.06.03 improved: Gobliins 2 (Cocktel Vision) various improvements
- 14.06.03 new: Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot! (Gremlin) done by Codetapper
- 14.06.03 new: King's Quest 5 (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 14.06.03 improved: King's Quest 4 (Sierra) supports BTTR version
- 14.06.03 updated: Silent Service 2 (Microprose) another version supported, completely rewritten
- 14.06.03 improved: Abra Cadabra (Coktel Vision) supports another version, protection removed
- 13.06.03 fixed: Magicland Dizzy (Codemasters) memory usage fixed
- 13.06.03 fixed: Dizzy Collection (Code Masters) various fixes
- 13.06.03 fixed: Lords of the Rising Sun (Cinemaware) copy protection fixed
- 13.06.03 new: Hillsfar (SSI) done by Galahad
- 13.06.03 improved: World Class Leaderboard Golf (Access) fixed TOP crash, supports course disks
- 10.06.03 new: King's Quest 4 (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 10.06.03 new: Hot Rod (Activision) done by DJ Mike
- 08.06.03 fixed: The Settlers / Die Siedler (Blue Byte) fixed French version crashing
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jun.2003
Diverse
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Software Updates until 16.06.2003
Scalos Beta 40.28
The Workbench alternative Scalos was published in the beta version
40.28. Archives can be downloaded of the website of the developers
at www.scalos.co.uk.
AmiGOD2 Beta 15.06.2003
The benchmark tool AmiGOD appeared on 15 June 2003 in a new beta
version, in which two new Pegasos tests were integrated as well as an early version of a hard disk and a memory test. The Download is
available at amigod.zde.cz.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jun.2003
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Presentation of 'Foto-Foto' at the Amiga Party in Maarssen
The programmers of Attention Software will present for the first time their new game 'Foto-Foto' at the Amiga party 2003, which takes place on 28 June in the Dutch Maarssen.
'Foto-Foto' is a game, in which from two nearly identical fig. five
differences must be found. The game runs locally, the photos however
will be downloaded from a website, on which also the highscores are stored.
'Foto-Foto' is developed for Amiga OS and MorphOS.
Genesi, which present the Pegasos at the meeting, will make a chat
session possible (# Amiga party - ch1.arcnet.vapor.com). (nba) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jun.2003
Brian Deneen
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AmiWest 2003: Participation of individual Computers
individual Computers, developer of hardware for Amiga systems, will
participate, according to data of the exhibitors, in the AmiWest exhibition,
taking place in the American Sacramento on the ends of July 2003.
They will present new and well-known products for the Classic Amiga, AmigaOne
and Pegasos. Further official information is to be expected shortly.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jun.2003
anonym (ANF)
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AmiWest 2003: Pegasos flies westwards
Yes! Pegasos is flying west, and for the first time at a
major
American Amiga show, the Pegasos will be available for users to get a first
hand look at what MorphOS on the Pegasos is all about. With at least
five Pegasos computers at the Genesi booth, everyone can be assured a
turn at taking a Pegasos out for a test flight.
At the 2003 version of AmiWest, YOU can get YOUR hands on the Pegasos,
a tangable successor to our community's platform of choice. See
first
hand the MUI3.9 PPC integration into your OS experience, feel the power
of a PPC processor pushing both classic and new applications, and
experience the transformation in our community. You've seen the forums, read
the contriversies, and watched the flak fly. At AmiWest, however, there
will be no smokescreen thick enough to come between your curiosity and
the Pegasos running MorphOS. See the PEGASOS first hand at AmiWest.
Just in: MorphOS 1.4 with the Trance JIT for MorphOS will be released
in time for AmiWest!
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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15.Jun.2003
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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AmigaOS game: BoulderDäsh RTX V5.20 - Rockford is back!
BoulderDäsh RTX V5.20 has just been released on the Aminet (Download see title
link)! The most significant improvement since V4 is the direct support of
Picasso96 and CyberGraphics. With that all RTG related problems should once and
for all have been eliminated.
Thanks to the likewise new AHI support BoulderDäsh runs on all AmigaOS
compatible Systems (A500, Ax000, Amithlon, MorphOS, OS4, UAE).
Merely OS2.0 or better is required. Rockford is back - He will rock you!
BoulderDäsh RTX V5.20 - Features list:
- 1:1 Clone of the original
- Runs in Multitasking
- Online help
- Locale support
- Programmed according to Commodore Style Guide
- 2D soft scrolling and full speed even on an MC68000 (no jerking of
animations or scrolling)
- Full gfx card compatibility through Picasso96/CyberGraphics support, thus up
to 256 colours with full screen scrolling
- Full sound card compatibility through AHI support
- More thans 10000 (!!) levels included!
- 36 different games gfx
- 6 different fonts
- 5 different sample sets
- 6 different in game songs in retro style
- All settings can be done via Gadtools GUI
- Extension by further game elements (fake bricks, fake metal...). Thus
interesting new level possibilities arise.
- Levels of any size possible (under NonRTG only depending on ChipMem)
- Automatically administered high score lists for each game
- Comfortable level editor
- Gravity is adjustable in four directions in every level
- Games editor to compile complete games
- Possibilty of creating custom in game gfx with a paint program
- Possibility of integrating custom sound fx with a sampler
- Possibilty of creating custom in game music with a Protracker compatible music editor
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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15.Jun.2003
heise.de (ANF)
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heise: Warez-Gruppe Fairlight calls it quits
Fairlight, the warez group well-known in
the scene are announcing the immediate cease of their work in an NFO file.
Fairlight have been very active on Amiga and C64.
Read the German heise article under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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15.Jun.2003
.design/kdh (ANF)
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'OS4.0 on Tour': Thanks to AC Augsburg
We hereby want to express our thanks to the Amiga Club Augsburg and its many
helpers for the warm welcome in Augsburg on the occasion of the 'OS4.0 on Tour'
event. Everything was prepared excellently and with much idealism (e.g. the
Amiga museum) and also carried out with great commitment. It is good to see and
to know that there are still many friends of the computer legend 'Amiga' and many
users waiting for OS4.0 to hit the market to be used on an AmigaOne or a
Cyberstorm/Blizzard PPC board.
Thanks also to our guests from Hyperion who despite the heat and a long journey
met all visitors' questions openly and willingly.
Warm thanks also to Michael Böhmer (E3B) who was able to present the Algor USB
card Chris Hodges (Poseidon) in action, and thanks also to Jens Schönfeld who
extensively illuminated the C-Ones history and mode of operation in the well
proven manner of a lecturer. Not to forget Christian Brenner with his 'Monster A600'.
Point-Design
KDH Datentechnik
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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15.Jun.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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First presentation of a UAE-JIT PPC
For the first time Bernie Meyer presented a modified UAE-JIT version for PPC
at a meeting of the Australian Amiga Users Group. Pictures of Bernies iMac and
his Pegasos can be found under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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15.Jun.2003
amiga.org (ANF)
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Event: AmiWest 2003 News Update
Computer Connection (Video Toaster)
will participate in the Amiga fair AmiWest 2003,
taking place on 26th and 27th July 2003 in Sacramento, California. Further news
about this event can be found in the extensive press release under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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15.Jun.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Movie: Second Animatrix filmlet online
The second Animatrix filmlet can be seen on the Internet resp. downloaded.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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15.Jun.2003
Walter Gehring (RAMses) (ANF)
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Amiga OS 4.0 on Tour in Augsburg: Pictures by Walter Gehring
Under the title link you can find further pictures by Walter Gehring (RAMses), taken
yesterday in Augsburg. All pictures can be downloaded as a ZIP file.
Download: os4.zip (1,7 MB)
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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15.Jun.2003
AC Augsburg (Website)
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AmigaOS 4 on Tour: Pictures by AC Augsburg
Further pictures of the Augburg Roadshow are online on co-organisator Amigaclub
Augsburg's Website. Further information to follow!
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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