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05.Feb.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)


Demo scene: Genesi sponsors Equinoxe
For the Demo-Contest by Equinoxe Genesi donates Pegasos mainboards as prizes. Furthermore all contributors for Pegasos/MorphOS will get polo shirts with the slogan "MorphOS Demo Team".

At the comments regarding this news item at MorphOS-News.de Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco by Genesi explain which meaning they apportion the demo scene and their contribution for making the Amiga that which it is known for. Genesi's goal is to bring the demo scene back along with their creative and technical skills which were characteristically for them.

In the end the remained teams are invited to ask Genesi if they are looking for a sponsor. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
Jabberwocky


Instant Messenger: Jabberwocky V1.3 - 8. Preview
Tom Parker and Matthias Münch have released preview 8 of the Instant Messengers 'JabberWocky' version 1.3 for Amiga computers. Jabber is an open XML protocol for the direct exchange of messages.

Connections to other Instant Messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo is possible via gateways.

Download: Jabberwocky030205.lha (ps)

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05.Feb.2003
YAM


Mail program: new YAM developer version dated 05.02.2003
Since today there's a new developer version 2.4-dev [020] BETA of the mail program YAM available which is Open Source for some time now. This version is a pure developer version that may still contain bugs and for that the developers team doesn't give any warranty and support. Request regarding the developer versions via email aren't answered, either. Usage at your own risk!

The made changes can be taken from this list. Further information can be found on the Yamos SourceForge page.

Download: YAM24Dev.lzx (ps)

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05.Feb.2003
David "Daff" Brunet


Amiga Games Hit Parade - Results from Jan./Febr. 2003
Because the website of 'Amiga Games Hit Parade' is down actually David 'Daff' Brunet sent the results of the poll from January/February 2003 via email:

1. (2) Payback - 150 points
2. (3) Quake - 135 points
3. (88) Tales Of Tamar - 114 points
4. (1) Napalm - 109 points
5. (6) Slam Tilt - 99 points
6. (5) The Settlers - 94 points
7. (4) Sensible World Of Soccer - 73 points
8. (16) Foundation - 70 points
9. (7) Earth 2140 - 67 points
10. (14) Heretic 2 - 61 points
11. (23) Wipeout 2097 - 61 points
12. (60) Quake 2 - 57 points
13. (18) Freespace - 55 points
14. (9) Exodus The Last War - 54 points
15. (13) Fields Of Battle - 51 points
16. (11) Colonization - 50 points
17. (8) Civilization - 49 points
18. (10) Worms / Worms DC - 45 points
19. (15) Moonstone - 44 points
20. (21) Nightlong - 43 points


The problems regarding the website will be solved within some days. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
The Amiga RC5 Team effort (ANF)


Amiga RC5 Team Effort: RC5-72 status
The "Amiga RC5 Team Effort" reached in the meanwhile position 15 of the team charts at RC5-72-Contest. In January the team got position 18/19 avaragely. More participants are allways much appreciated!

Within 64 days only 0,006% of the RC5-72 key space were determined. There is still enough time to show which kind of power is among the Amiga community! (nba) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
Etienne Vogt


Filesystem: muFS- and FFS-Patch (both V45.14 Beta)
By the title link there is a patch (beta version 45.14) by Etienne Vogt for the multi user filesystem 'muFS' for AmigaOS 3.5 and better available. Please read the Readme for more details. Furtherore the author provides a patch (beta version 45.14) for the filesystem FFS for OS3.9-BB2. Like above the Readme will offer more information regarding this release.

Download:
muFS4514p.lha
FFS4514p.lha (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


Genesi sues Amiga Inc.
According to a posting by Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco at ANN Amiga Inc. has been sued by Genesi already because of breaking a contract. This is to obtain from the following document, found at the 'U.S. District Court Western District of Washington'. The assigned Judge is Robert S. Lasnik.

Details about the actual content of that charge were not given by Bill Buck. Ben "HyperionMP" Hermans (managing partner of Hyperion) says the following at the according thread at Amiga.org regarding this issue and tells the charge would be about the AmigaDE license for the WinCE based handheld "Smartboy". According Hermans Genesi means this license would be valid for the Pegasos as well - therfore the action

Within the comments of Morphos-News.de Bill Buck says that it might be possible to get a verdict still this week. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
Martin Wollert (ANF)


the inquirer: Playstation3 architecture revealed
Like from the article above by 'the inquirer' is to hear the new Playstation3 will be powerd by a PowerPC-CPU. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
GFX-Base


GFX-Base: Interview with Gregory Donner
The English online magazine has interviewed Gregory Donner known from his huge and helpful website. The detailed and informative interview is available by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
Michael Asse (ANF)


Game: Mac version of Payback published
On January the 15th 2003 the Mac version of 'Payback' has been published. You can order it at the Virtual Programming Website.

With 'Payback' you jump into the role of a young driver who is on escape and tries to become an important gangster boss. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)


TV card software: AmithlonTV Beta 251
Guido Mersmann has released beta version 251 of the TV-Card driver software AmithlonTV. New in this version:

  • BUGFIX:
    Many small changes. Nothing realy important.

  • FEATURE:
    Well, not realy a feature. There is a new debug setup window for the msp sound chip. You are only able to open it, if your card is using such chip.

    The usage is very simple! Start AmithlonTV and select a TV picture. Make sure that your audio mixer is not muted and the volume is at maximum. Now use the debug menu and open the msp debug window. There are three cycle gadgets. Start with first one. Cycle it. If you hear any sound, than report the gadget status and make a TVCardDump.


Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha (ps)

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05.Feb.2003
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)


Mailer: SimpleMail 0.19 / NListtree 18.6
The new version 0.19 of the mailer 'SimpleMail' is available from today. The following changes have been made since the last version:

  • PGP works again like before the version 0.18 (de- and encode)
  • By scrolling through the mails within the read window the status is updated correctly (Bernd Gollesch)
  • Secondary sorting mode is implemented correctly now (Bernd Gollesch)
  • Signed S/MIME messages are shown in the right manner (AmiSSL is needed)
  • The import of the addressbook of newer YAM versions works now
  • Some more bugfixes
The new NListtree version is available at http://home.t-online.de/home/sebauer/ and solves the problems which were reported from the recent version. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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05.Feb.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail)


Centsible buy up should be avoided
Brad Webb asks within an extra edition of the Amiga Update Newsletter for support to avoid the buy up of the US Amiga dealer Centsible by a third party and following clearyfication.

Bill Griffin, chief editor of the print magazine "the NEW AMIGANS", tries to save the business with his own funds and with the help of the Amiga community and so to avoid the sell out of the existing chip warehouse. Interested people who think of support this action with funds or loans are asked for help to get the required amount of 2000 US$. Further information is to obtain from the newsletter available by the title link. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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04.Feb.2003
Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)


Tool: SRename Version 3.6.1 Beta
Constantinos Nicolakakis has released beta version 3.6.1 of the tool 'SRename'. With this tool (AmigaOS 3.0+) you can comfortably rename files. This version is a bugfix.

Download: SRename361.lha (ps) (Translation: gf)

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04.Feb.2003
DeliPlayer (ANF)


Music: Public-Beta of Deliplayer2 for Windows
A few days ago from the well-known DeliTracker a new public beta version for Windows was published. This multiformat player for Windows is available as public beta for download under the name Deliplayer2. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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04.Feb.2003
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)


e.p.i.c. and GTI team up for Pegasos distribution
GTI and e.p.i.c. interactive sign an exclusive distribution agreement for the upcoming Real Time Strategy game Knights and Merchants for the Pegasos/MorphOS. Knights and Merchants will be the first commercial game release by e.p.i.c. interactive that is exclusively available for MorphOS and the Pegasos. Knights and Merchants is priced at Euro 49,95 and will be shipping from Februray 12th, 2003. More information on Knights and Merchants can be found at www.epic-interactive.com. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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04.Feb.2003



Aminet uploads until 4th February 2003
Since our last message there have been the following updated on Aminet:

SN-KontoArc.lha      biz/dbase   93K+V1.10  Accout archives (Germany only)
XBaze-7.2.lha        biz/dbase  518K+Very easy2use flexible and fast database
FServ.lha            comm/irc     3K+Shell-type file server for AmIRC
amiycoders.lha       comm/mail   17K+V0.3beta yEnc Encoder / Decoder for the 
gelbesPanel.lha      comm/tcp    35K+Another MiamiDx Control Panel
ib2email.lha         comm/www     2K+ARexx scripts to pass mailto: links from
ibmht.lha            comm/www     5K+Adds support for .mht files to IBrowse v
SegTracker_pch.lha   dev/debug   13K+Patches SegTracker V37.74 to V37.75
amigatalk.lha        dev/lang   1.3M+V2.3 Update of AmigaTalk (Smalltalk GUI)
ThePolice.1.45.lha   docs/hyper  48K+The Police: albums, lyrix, singles +more
NotizieAmiga.lha     docs/lists 1.5M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 01/2003 (Itali
nocover107.lha       docs/mags  1.6M+Great german diskmagazine
AxisAlliesGM.lha     game/board 1.2M+World War II strategy wargame
DC2Lvl-EMine3.lha    game/data  508K+99 levels for Diamond Caves II
Liga2002-03.lha      game/data   25K+Up-date of Liga 2002-03 for SWOS game
Montezuma.lha        game/data  233K+Digital map for Montezuma's Revenge (C 6
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  671K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
Skeleton.lha         game/misc  174K+3D Maze game for AtariVCS, translated to
AS-Freecell.lha      game/think 156K+The well known game
AS-Memory.lha        game/think 209K+Finding Pairs in fewest moves possible
MazezaM.lha          game/think  55K+Puzzle game, Sokoban Alike.
Aye_Q.lha            game/wb     43K+My version of a peg game...
Hexa_Q.lha           game/wb     43K+Surprise!! A peg game... updated!
robotfindskitt.lha   game/wb     17K+Robotfindskitten clone for AmigaOS with 
JPEG2MOV.lha         gfx/conv    30K+Creates a QuickTime-Movie
Sv5-1.lha            gfx/misc   557K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 1/8
Sv5-2.lha            gfx/misc   155K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 2/8
Sv5-3a.lha           gfx/misc   127K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 3a/8
Sv5-3b.lha           gfx/misc   326K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 3b/8
Sv5-4.lha            gfx/misc    38K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 4/8
Sv5-5.lha            gfx/misc   143K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 5/8
Sv5-6.lha            gfx/misc   158K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 6/8 (opt
Sv5-7.lha            gfx/misc   157K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 7/8 (opt
imdbDiff030124.lha   misc/imdb  1.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
AmiBiorythme.lha     misc/misc   68K+MUI Biorythm tool. Now localised. v1.2
LiFun4speed.lha      misc/sci   175K+Ant and flee like simulation. Optimized.
TheMPegEncGUI.lha    mus/misc   281K+GUI 4 Lame,OggEnc,BladeEnc,Pegase,Ncode,
EP_MFP.lha           mus/play    16K+EaglePlayer "Magnetic Fields Packer" ext
XenoMorph_pk01.lha   pix/icon   272K+XenoMorph's Icons PACK I MMX
anl-strip_8.lha      pix/misc    51K+[ancor] a normal life
nwo-strip_11.lha     pix/misc    49K+[ancor] now way out
sgf-strip_3.lha      pix/misc    50K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
sgf-strip_4.lha      pix/misc    51K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
HowDif.lha           util/cli     9K+File comparison/examination utility
TxtToHTML.lha        util/conv   92K+Converts txt files to HTML Docs (+GUI v1
Alkotest.lha         util/misc   68K+Calculate how much you`re drunk *PL*
Frogger-GUI.lha      util/misc   20K+Reaction GUI for FroggerNG
ReportPlus.lha       util/misc  307K+Report+ 5.64b: Multipurpose utility
AmberRAM.lha         util/sys    56K+Replacement RAM disk.
AmiMemos.lha         util/wb     28K+A memo utility for OS 3.x. C sources. V0
(ps)

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04.Feb.2003
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 03.02.2003)
With WHDLoad you can install games which were formerly only meant for playing from disk on your hard drive. The following packets have been updated or completely new added:

  • 03.02.03 new: Battle Master (PSS) done by CFOU!
  • 02.02.03 improved: Space Harrier (Elite) supports another version, new icons
  • 02.02.03 improved: Mortville Manor (Lankhor) supports another version, new install script
  • 02.02.03 improved: Iron Lord (UBI-Soft) supports another version
  • 02.02.03 new: G.Nius (Lankhor) done by CFOU!
  • 31.01.03 updated: Murder (U.S.Gold) supports another version, keyboard fixed
  • 31.01.03 new: Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess (Interplay) done by Psygore
  • 30.01.03 new: Virtual World (TomSoft) done by Psygore (Info,Image)
  • 30.01.03 updated: Puffy's Saga (UBI-Soft) supports hit squad release
  • 30.01.03 improved: Combat Air Patrol (Psygnosis) added support for intro
  • 27.01.03 improved: Space Crusade (Gremlin) extra files, access fault fixed
  • 27.01.03 fixed: Lunar-C (Mindscape) fixed install script, more icons
  • 25.01.03 new: Combat Air Patrol (Psygnosis) done by JOTD
(ps)

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04.Feb.2003
Elbox (E-Mail)


Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.22
The Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.21 update for users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV, who are registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD has been released today.

The update includes a new AHI driver:
  • fm801.audio
This driver handles Fortemedia FM801-based sound cards in all currently produced Mediator busboards. It allows using all analogue and digital (S/PDIF and TOS-Link) inputs and outputs provided in the user's FM801-based sound card model.

The update includes the new versions of:
  • sb128.audio
  • mixer.library
  • tv.library
  • FastEthernet.device
Changes were made as follows:

sb128.audio driver ver. 4.8 - support for the Sound Blaster 4.1 Digital
sound card added - supports for the digital S/PDIF output added

mixer.library ver. 1.5 - support for new revisions (rev.3 and 4) of the CT5880 chipset added

tv.library ver. 1.14 - I2C software support added

FastEthernet.device ver. 1.8 - internal changes

Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section. (ps)

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04.Feb.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail)


Amiga Update Newsletter from Brad Webb #030131
Under the title link you will find the complete newsletter from Amiga Update (Brad Webb) for January. His newsletter is a monthly summary of all news around the Amiga. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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03.Feb.2003
Rudolph Riedel (E-Mail)


File manager: DiskMaster beta version 2.5RC9
Rudolph Riedel today published the beta version 2.5RC9 of his file manager. The download is available at the title link. The following details are changed:

  • 2.5RC9 needs new locales as we needed to expand it by one string!
    a) Copy the new DM2.catalog for your language.
    b) Quit your older DM2 version.
    c) Run "avail flush" from a shell to remove DM2.catalog from memory.
    d) Start current DM2 version.
  • The reason for not just making the new catalog a V2 is that all 2.5xxx versions are only steps to 2.5 final.
  • And some translators haven't answered my request to confirm the changes


Download: DM2beta.zip (ps)

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03.Feb.2003
T.o.T.


Game: Tales of Tamar - Amiga Public Update V0.48R1
Dear players,

it is our pleasure to announce the third official update to the Amiga version.

New features in V0.48 R1:

  • rebellion of town added
  • new town anims
  • executables are now crunched (Bitmap-Brothers- or Team17-Style :-))
  • improved memory management in SetPeople, BlitFigur and Motion, flickering
  • start anim fixed
  • Residencedownload now goes offline immediately after downloading the turn and before decoding it
  • ResidenceUpload shows more progress information


Bugfixes in V0.48 R1:

  • hardware check bug with MorphOS/Pegasos fixed
  • memory for CloseAllPattern is properly freed now
  • bugfix with loading/unloading units
  • slider in report screen activated
  • training of armies with more than one part didn't create a figure. fixed
  • towns at the worlds turning point can have ports now
  • if the capital was lost and thus the town with ID 0 disappeared, Bardstale and diplomacy created a new town with Id 0
  • SMTP Auth problem with some servers fixed
  • If two or more towns were founded at the same time, names could be messed up


A word about rebellions: Rebellions are a way of stopping players growing uncontrollably. From a certain size of a realm onwards you need to have town guards or risk that town rebelling against you. A rebelling town can no longer be controlled. You need to send a big enough army to restore order. Rebelling towns are also easier to take over for other players of course. Soon, there will be another update that will introduce the option of taking vassals. This makes it possible to extend your power even further and ascend through the ranks towards emperor. Unfortunately, the test phase of this feature is not completed yet. The current version should also please users of a Pegasos and MorphOS. There had been a problem with registration but this is now fixed.

What else is going on around Tales of Tamar? Quite a lot, actually... First and foremost, we would like to thank AmigaFuture [a German Amiga print magazine] for the new "Messenger from Tamar" feature. It appears in every issue and reports the current events on Tamar. Georg Breitsprecher sums up updates, events, tips and tricks and rank lists. We are very pleased about this co-operation with this magazine. We were also reviewed in the current issue of AmigaPlus [another German magazine]. In the four page long report, we received 6 out of 6 points. A very gratifying result. Thanks to Nico Barbat and the team.

We would also like to thank the Amiga community for the award as Game Of The Year 2002, which was also hosted by AmigaPlus. Even if the sales don't show it yet, the still active Amiga users show us that it is still worthwhile to support the market. We know that there are more active users out there and we hope to convince some of you to buy this game as well :-) Meanwhile the PC version is progressing equally well. We recently received an offer from Vivendi Universal, which is a real honor for us. Vivendi Universal is a publisher of high-quality games, the whole line of Blizzard games, for example.

Last but not least, we would like to point to another event. On February 28th 2003, the third Tales of Tamar con will take place at castle Hessenstein. This time, we will take it slow and just celebrate in a dignified way. Unfortunately, the event is booked out completely already, but we will report from it.

Until the next update, we remain, with best regards and saying "Amiga forever"  

Wolfen & the ToT-Team (ps)

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03.Feb.2003
Maxworld


Book of budget: HomeBank Version 2.1 (Beta 3)
With the Shareware program called HomeBank you can manage your finances and e. g. calculate the costs of your car. There is the possibility of displaying the cost in graphical statistics. The new version 2.1 (beta3) fixes again some bugs from v2.1 beta 2 and the add of an import/export into csv format.

Download: HomeBank21beta3.lha - 312 KB (ps)

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03.Feb.2003
Greg Donner


Greg Donner: AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ (Miscellaneous section) updated
Greg Donner has added a couple of notes to the bottom of entry 14 in the Miscellaneous section of the OS3.9 FAQ. (ps)

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03.Feb.2003
GAUHPIL


GAUHPIL: Many sections updated (02.02.2003)
GAUHPIL (Geographic Amiga User Home Page Internet List) is a list of websites of Amiga users which has been created by Dietmar Knoll which has been sorted considering continents and countries. The following sections have been updated:



Furthermore Dietmar Knoll updated the following sections: (ps)

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03.Feb.2003
AmithlonTV


TV card software: AmithlonTV Beta 247
Guido Mersmann has released beta-version 247 of the TV-Card driver software AmithlonTV.

Neu in dieser Version:
  • BUGFIX:
    Fixed the color setup of the video_bt8x8.lib.
  • FEATURE:
    Added a volume slider to the former picture quality window, which is now an audio video setup.
  • FEATURE:
    English online help added.


Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha (ps)

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03.Feb.2003
TTEngine


Font: TTEngine Version 6.1
TTEngine is a text rendering environment basing on TrueType Font for AmigaOS. Yesterday the author Grzegorz Kraszewski has released TTEngine version 6.1. Following three bugs are fixed:

  1. Font requester gadgets now remember their state after window resizing.
  2. Removed requester layout bug preventing window from opening in some circumstances.
  3. Font handle returned by TT_OpenFont() can be now shared between different system processes. It allows for using TTEngine in multithreading applications or BOOPSI classes.
Download: ttengine-6.1.lha (ps)

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03.Feb.2003
Stephan Rupprecht


Tool: SGrab Version 1.23
Stephan Rupprecht released version 1.23 of his screen grabber SGrab. With this program you can create screen grabs and save them in different formats. You can also grab single windows and parts of pictures.

Download: sgrab.lha - 182 KB (ps)

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03.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)


Demo scene: Scenery 1.41 released
Version 1.41 of the English language scene book Scenery was published today. This book is an overview of all current and erstwhile groups, which are or has been active in the Amiga and C64 demo scene. This encyclopedia contains also various reviews and an overview, which good productions were published in which years. Scenery can be read on-line or downloaded as text files. Amiga fans with English knowledge will get a good first glance into the demo scene. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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03.Feb.2003



Amiga-news.de and Amiga plus announce co-operation
Cologne, Erkrath, Germany, 03 February 2003 -- Amiga news.de, the internationally visitor-strongest Amiga portal, and Amiga plus, the world-wide strongest independent Amiga print magazine, announced on 3 February 2003 their comprehensive co-operation.

The partnership between Amiga news.de, Erkrath, and AMIGAPlus, Cologne, leads to a bundling of the know-how, to garanty and expand a daily competent reporting about the Amiga market and the adjacent surrounding field. In the context of the partner contract laid out on a long-term basis the team of amiga-news.de, wich is highly recognized in the industry, will be supported by the AMIGAPlus editorship in terms of creating content and write reports. Furthermore the four exisiting amiga-news.de pages will be incorporated into the AMIGAPlus. Current short messages are published on-line on Amiga news.de with the well known authority and regularity, while the AMIGAPLus homepage will concentrate on deep-going reports and service sides for the print version of the magazine..

"This could be the beginning of a developable partnership." Petra Struck says, editor-in-chief of amiga-news.de. "We understand this co-operation also as an encouraging call for a closer co-operation between the numerous enterprises in the Amiga market." explains Nico Barbat, editor-in-chief of the AMIGAPlus.

About AMIGAplus
The print magazine AMIGAPlus was published for the first time in November 1991 by the ICP publishing house. In January 2000 the Amiga pluses fused with "Amiga OS" and published by the Kieler publishing house Falkemedia from then on. Today the AMIGAPlus is the strongest independent Amiga specialized magazine world-wide. Parallel the editorship is active in the on-line range, with the meeting of fairs and at the organization of the Amiga Awards.

About amiga-news.de
The on-line EMS magazine Amiga news.de was created in August 1998 by Petra Struck and is today, with 100.000 hits daily, the prominent german-language web project for Amiga related reporting. The contentwise emphasis lies on News, which are supplied by different Backends. Apart from the Web version also by WAP, E-Mail, KDE and PDA. The subregions of the Website cared for by 17 active volunteers cover the Amiga link directory, the Free Amiga job, a well visited forum, meeting calendar, search archives and other interactive elements.

Contact:

AMIGAplus / falkemedia
Dürener Str. 387, D-50935 Köln
Tel: 02 21 - 430 82 933
E-Mail: info@amigaplus.de
www.amigaplus.de

amiga-news.de
Petra Struck
Trills 9, D-40699 Erkrath
Tel: 0 21 04 - 17 16 97
e-Mail: team@amiga-news.de
www.amiga-news.de
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03.Feb.2003
Alexander Greye (ANF)


C-One is not delivered yet
Alexander Greye wrote:
Against the statements of some persons the C-One is not delivered yet. According to Jens Schönefeld the board was not yet sufficiently and completely tested and therefore it will not be delivered before these tests will be finished. An exact date for the release date is not certain. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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03.Feb.2003
Jim Steichen; Author of AmigaTalk (ANF)


AmigaTalk V2.3 uploaded to Aminet
The latest and greatest version of AmigaTalk (V2.3) has been uploaded to Aminet. The most significant change is the addition of catalogued language support to the main program. Please send me any translations that you develop for inclusion into later versions of the program, thanx, Jim Steichen, author of AmigaTalk.

For version 2.3 the following enhancements/bug fixes were made:
  • Added catalog support for the program (now, send me your translation files!)
  • Added Layers.st to the Intuition/ directory to support using layers.library (why anyone would want to put themselves through the torture of using layers is beyond me).
  • Fixed some bugs in GadTools.st so that the test files now run correctly.
  • Added ARexx.st to the System/ directory.
  • Added MsgPort.st to the System/ directory.
Download: amigatalk.lha (ps)

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02.Feb.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (ANF)


Amiga Inc.: First issue of Amiga Club Magazine published
Amiga Inc. have published their first Amiga Club Magazine. This issue is currently only accessible at Amiga Inc. by logging in with a password, i.e. only for club members and developers. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Feb.2003
sylvio.k@gmx.de (ANF)


Soms3D voting results new shots and help wanted
The online poll regarding the future of the Soms3D engine has been finished. The Silent Hill like engine was voted by 51 voters, role playing game got 41 votes and the GtA3 like engine got 31 votes.

So a game like Silent Hill got the most interest through the online and the mail vote. Because of that we have already put two new screen shots online.

Furtheron we are looking for capable raytracers respectively 3D object creators who are willing to work with us. Pixler are welcome, too. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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01.Feb.2003
Lars Ghandy Sobiraj (ANF)


Scene party Kindergarden will take place!
The Norwegian scene party Kindergarden, originally planned for last year, is now scheduled for February, 28th to March, 2nd 2003 in Haga near Oslo.

The organizers have recently released a very nice Flash animation, aiming at the classic "State of the Art" by the Norwegian group Spaceballs. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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01.Feb.2003
Golem - IT News


Golem interview: why and when are computer games placed on the index?
»Interview with lawyer Thorsten Feldmann
Discussions about placing computer games on the index are quite often in the public but do often lack the legal base. To get knowledge when and by whom a computer or video game can be placed on the index and what this means to the distributors, buyers and to people publishing fan sites for such games we talked to the lawyer Thorsten Feldmann.«
Full article can be found following the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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01.Feb.2003
Achim Stegemann (ANF)


AmiChess: bugfixes
There's an update for AmiChess on the home page (title link) that contains some bugfixes.

  • Small fixes in the source code.
  • The loading of PGN files (game files) and the creating of the openings book is now possible in the PPC mode, too! So there are now limitations of the WarpOS version compared to the 68k version anymore.
  • The archive on the Lycos server was unfortunately defective. I have now corrected this and have uploaded an unpackable archive (has been successfully tested). Sorry to all who wanted to download the archive.


My thanks go especially to Georg Steger of the AROS team who has helped me very much. By the way, he has already managed to do an AROS port of AmiChess! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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01.Feb.2003
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)


RPG: eVe status update
In January 2003 announced Emerald Imaging, known through the adventure game 'Aqua', a new role playing game (RPG) called 'eVe'. The game will contain hand drawn scenarios and chosen music is said to improve the gaming fun. Here a current status update:

Well, it's been a month since eVe was announced so it's time for a quick status update. The programming is coming along great and already the main play screen and character/collision detection etc. are working. The graphics work is moving a bit slow right now but Darko Ponos has recently signed on to help with some great graphics. Quite a bit has been done on the game design too. Hopefully within another month some screenshots of a nearly fully working version can be shown and maybe some concept artwork etc. before then. The game will be targeted at OS4/MorphOS/Amithlon users. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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01.Feb.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)


heise: Linux on mobile cell phone
Invair Technologies from Stuttgart releases a Smartphone with Linux (Kernel v2.4.18) as operating system. The mobile cell phone can be used in contrary to other PDAs without a pen and can be controlled completely with one hand.
Full (German) article can be found following the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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31.Jan.2003
David "Daff" Brunet (E-Mail)


Amiga Games Hitparade: Amiga Games Awards 2002
The most important vote for Amiga gamers has come. It's time for the Amiga Games Awards 2002. Vote for the best Amiga games of the year 2002.

Please go to our website and send us your vote.

Final results will be published the 10th of February 2003. (ps)

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31.Jan.2003
heise Newstiscker (ANF)


heise: Suit against Gateway?
Gateway which is our previous mother company went back to minus in the fourth quarter. Additionally a suit of the American stock supervision is imminent. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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31.Jan.2003
Elbox Computer


Elbox: Mediator AHI drivers for FM801-based sound cards
Elbox Computer is pleased to announce releasing Mediator AHI drivers for the ForteMedia FM801-based sound cards. The ForteMedia AHI drivers are prepared for all the currently produced MEDIATOR busboard models.

The Mediator ForteMedia AHI drivers support many various PCI sound cards based on the ForteMedia FM801 chipset. As an excellent and cost-effective FM801-based card we recommend the Terratec 512i Digital sound card. This card has won many worldwide awards for its sound quality. The comprehensive list of various supported sound cards will be available in the Mediator Driver Guide.

The Mediator ForteMedia AHI drivers will be available free of charge for all Mediator Multimedia CD registered users, who have any of the Mediator busboards listed above.
Please find the complete press release under the title link. (ps)

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31.Jan.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)


heise: Fans are to continue further space shooter
According to the Heise report the game Parsec is supposed to continue further as open source at the beginning of May. Maybe there will be a possibility of making an Amiga version? (ps) (Translation: dr)

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31.Jan.2003
Maja (ANF)


Network from the socket
At this Cebit the company devolo from Aachen will introduce its new product "devolo MicroLink LAN" (title link) to the market. With this device it should be possible to realize a DSL network over the mains supply of the house - without boring holes or pulling cables. "Simply put it in the socket and connect it with an Ethernet card on the PC."

According to the documentation a bit rate of up to 14Mbit in a circuit of 200 m is possible. The data transfer is described as safe. The electric meter is supposed to work as a firewall and a DES encoding with a 56 bit key will be used.

The device has a driver. All operating systems like Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and all TCP/IP operating systems will work with it. Maybe the Amiga, too...? (ps) (Translation: dr)

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30.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


PowerConverter Update
Carsten Siegner writes:
Today I uploaded an update to PowerConverter.

New:
  • Production of stop-motion video
  • Support of the variable bitrate (VBR) in ffmpeg
  • Snipping (Crop) of videoframes with almost any amount of pixels
There is also an expanded Readme.pdf on my homepage. All the fine points are there.

Download: Powerkon-2.lzx (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


IOSPIRIT: fxPAINT 2.0 demo version completed
We are pleased to present you today a demo version of fxPAINT 2.0 - immediately available through our download section.

Limitations/specialities of the demo version:
  • saving is disabled
  • DEMO-text on every image
  • the demo version is noticably slower than the full version
  • a small refresh bug due to the DEMO-text-effect when zooming is lower than 100 percent. This bug ONLY exists in the demo version
  • some features of the full version are missing completly or are disabled
The demo version comes with all native modules for 68K, PPC (WarpUP, PowerUP, MorphOS) and x86 (Amithlon) and gives you - except for the limitations of the demo - an impression and some insight of fxPAINT 2.0. (ps)

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30.Jan.2003
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)


AMIGAplus 01/2003 - Comeback 2003
2003 could be the year of the Amiga-comeback. In the new German print magazine AMIGAplus 01/2003 you can read several reviews of upcoming and current software and a forecast for 2003, just as Audio Evolution (Preview), fxPAINT 2, Hollywood, Tales of Tamar, a.s.o. Read on.

Content of AMIGAplus 01/2003 in Detail:
  • Preview: Audio Evolution 4
  • Review: fxPAINT 2.0
  • Review: Hollywood
  • Review: Tales of Tamar
  • Workshop: Simple DirectMedia Library, part 1
  • Looking back on ARC 2002
  • Amiga Award 2002: The winners
  • Deathbed Vigil DVD - Endzeit-atmosphere on DVD
  • New column: Flying visit... at Computer City
  • Review: Amiga Arena CD Games Edition
  • Amiga Status Report January 2003
  • Demoscene anno 2003
  • Review: Cherry-Keyboard with Boing-Keys
  • News from the world of emulation
  • Workshop: Pro Station Audio, part 4
  • Workshop: Cooperative software-development, part 2
  • and much more
AMIGAplus is available via subscription, single issue shipment and at your local Amiga dealer for 5 Euro. (ps)

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30.Jan.2003
Ponos Homepage


GlowIcons for Beat-Em-Up Games
In the download area of the Ponos homepage you'll find an archive with GlowIcons for the following games:

  • Samurai Shodown
  • Shadow Fighter
  • Real Bout


Simultaneously, different pictograms for the different characters in the games may be found in the archives. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
gW3S


WWW-Server: gW3S Version 1.0 Final
Carl Svensson, the author of mp3Play, has released a small WWW-server written in ARexx. The current version 1.0 Final offers the following functions:

  • HTTP/1.0 200 OK
  • HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
  • Rudimentary request logging
  • Built-in directory listing (for dirs without an index document)
  • Embedded ARexx command execution
  • Embedded Execution of external ARexx scripts (with QueryString as argument)
  • Query String/URL unescaper
  • Complete parsing of external ARexx CGI scripts (.xgi files)
  • Fancy Files (Support for unsafe characters in file names)
  • External config file
  • Command line admin tool


Download: w3s_10sharp.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


Amiga Future: Workshop Collection Expanded
The workshop collection (title link) and the link list of the Amiga Future homepage have been updated. If anyone knows of some German-language workshop not already in the list, please write an email to the editor. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
Fabio Trotta (E-Mail)


New Screenshots from Robin Hood : Defender of the Crown
A few days ago, some new screenshots appeared of Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown. This game is a 3-D remake of Defender of the Crown, which will appear in PC and PS2 versions. In contrast to the recently released remake for PC, few aspects of gameplay have been altered here. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
Fabio Trotta (E-Mail)


C-One Report in Computer Bild Spiele
In the current issue of Computer Bild Spiele 2/2003, a two page article may be found about Jeri Elsworth and her C-One. This report goes a bit into Jeri's history and the development of the C-One. So there is some information about the C-One and the original C64. Two pictures of C-64 classics and two funny pictures of a Lara Croft-style Jeri complete the report. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)


Abyss: Extralife Demo from 1998 released as Mpeg!
The classic demo Extralife, by the mostly German group Abyss, has now been released as an mpeg for all interested fans who don't have an Amiga.

On the homepage of the group many other different demos can be accessed, as can a multitude of graphics such as Cyclone, Acryl, Jcs, etc. Abyss played a decisive role in the international demoscene a few years ago, with their fresh designs and good ideas. Nowadays a few of them are developing for Gameboy Advanced and Gameboy Color.

Download: AYS-Extralife.mpg (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)


TV-Card Software: AmithlonTV Beta 245
Guido Mersmann has released beta-version 245 of the TV-Card driver software AmithlonTV.

New in this version:
  • WARNING!
    Due the latest changes I cleared the libs/tvcard_carddata/ drawer. If you perform a fresh installation just drag and drop the required tv card file(s) from the storage_carddata into the tvcard_carddata drawer. This change was required, because several cards are using the same hardware ids, but they also need a different setup.

  • FEATURE:
    Added the missing global setup which is required for non card specific drivers like audio mixers.

  • FEATURE:
    Optional Volume_AmiMixer.lib allows to modify the volume within applications (requires amimixer.library).

  • BUGFIX:
    TVFakeInterrupt() wasn't working correct in special cases.

  • FEATURE:
    The missing "Notify" interrupt feature implemented. "Volume_AmiMixer.lib" enhanced to support this feature.

  • BUGFIX:
    Removed the ghost card which appeared with the bt8x8 audio section and the Philips enhancement. Currently the section will be suppressed by the library. Later this will be handled by the configuration, but currently this is the best solution.


Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
Cerpheus (ANF)


Elite - Darkness Falls - Open Source
The Elite Fan Project "Elite - Darkness Falls" is open source. It looks very interesting, perhaps there is an Amiga programmer who would like to port it. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Jan.2003
Achim Stegemann (ANF)


AmiChess: Information Pages Established
A promise is a promise.
On the Digital Almanac Homepage (see title link) may be found an information page for AmiChess. All chess fans will find a link there, for a download.

On the information page you'll see offerings about system requirements, features, and a few screenshots that show the new layout of AmiChess. Have fun playing chess! (ps) (Translation: dm)

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