05.Apr.2003
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: Virtual Karting full version
In cooperation with and with permission by Fabio Bizzetti makes the
Amiga Arena for the first time the free release of the carts racing game "Virtual Karting
I and II" available.
"Virtual Karting I" is playable directly from the hard disc.
"Virtual Karting II" will be released at a later date at the Amiga Arena.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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05.Apr.2003
Dirk Ohms (Oehmmes) (ANF)
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Own Internet radio for the IRC channel #AmigaFun
Dirk ´Oehmmes´ Ohms wrote:
I am pleased to be able to announce that our IRC channel #AmigaFun has now its own channel radio. You can listen to the radio via Live Stream and access it via the URL http://radiostream.de:15970.
If anybody has special song wishes he/she can tell them DJ Marc, who supports us in this way, here on the channel. Our channel is accessable via IRC client (server: irc.phat-net.de ; room #amigafun) or via the HTML chat made available by CJ-Stroker.
As player is Amplifier on the Amiga recommended.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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05.Apr.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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France-special with individual Computers and KDH
To increase the availability of products by
individual Computers in France,
there's a special in cooperation with
KDH Datentechnik, Germany.
Every parcel that contains a Catweasel, a Delfina or an X-Surf
2 will be shipped at discounted shipping cost. With an allowance
that is paid by KDH and individual Computers, shipping cost can
be as low as 11,- EUR in the best case.
The special is valid until April 30th, 2003. Just drop by at
KDH and compare prices!
International payments are conveniently handled with credit
cards or through PayPal.
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05.Apr.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #031
Liquid Skies releases music pack #031 in their series:
- Titel: Escape (To Wherever You Want)
- Composer: Angeldust
- Music style: Rave
- File format: MP3
- Length: 5:05
As always is the track together with the cover available as zip packed archive for download on the website.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.Apr.2003
Charlene/VHT-Can (E-Mail)
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VHT-Canada temporary offline
The website of the Virus Help Canada is currently not available.
The maintainor of the website asks for your understanding for possible complicatednesses.
Please use VHT-NL or
VHT-DK for the most current downloads and
news of anti virus software for the Amiga.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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04.Apr.2003
Jens Langner in the YAM-Mailing-List / Michael Wohlers (ANF)
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Final-Release of YAM 2.4 promised
According to a corresponding statement of Jens Langner on the YAM mailing list the
final release of YAM 2.4 is soon to be published.
Quote: "...and as we are really near to a 2.4 release I
would suggest you wait until 2.4 is officially released
and then upgrade to it."
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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04.Apr.2003
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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GAUHPIL: Many areas updated (04.04.2003)
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a
list created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll about websites of Amiga
users that is sorted geographically according to continents and
countries. Today the following areas were updated:
- Europe
- New links list
- Lost links list
- History 2003
(ps)
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04.Apr.2003
HomeBank (Website)
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HomeBank Version 2.1
With the shareware progam called HomeBank you can manage your money and for instance
calculate the costs of your car. There is the possibility of displaying the costs in
graphical statistics. The new final version 2.1 fixes some bugs.
Download: HomeBank.lha - 512 KB
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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04.Apr.2003
Matthias Bethke (Website)
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HTML-Tool: HSC version 0.929
Yesterday version 0.929 of the HTML preprocessor called "HTML Sucks Completely" (HSC)
(originally written by Thomas Aglassinger) written by Matthias Bethke was published.
The delivered source code can be compiled on all supported platforms. It was tested
under Linux, HP/UX 10.20 and AmigaOS. There is also a HTML documentation available
online. The download archive additionally contains current preferences and macro files.
Version 0.929 contains several minor bugfixes.
You can get further information under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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04.Apr.2003
Alfred Faust (Website)
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Sequencer: BarsnPipes V1.20
Alfred Faust published version 1.20 of one of the best sequencer for the Amiga called
BarsnPipes on 1st April 2003.
New in version 1.20: Screenmode requester, GadTools interface, most of the requesters
are accessable with the keyboard, CAMD library, new 32 colour design, localisation and
much more. If you are interested in the changes please have a look at the
history which is available in the
BnP_Addenum.guide file.
Download: BnP1_20U.lha (454 KB)
This archive only contains the changed files if you are going to update previous version.
The source code of BarsnPipes was officially released on 25th May 2001 by Todor Fay.
Since Alfred Faust has developed further this pofessional program it is Freeware.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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04.Apr.2003
Chris Beckefeld (ANF)
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IBM changes to SciTech SNAP Graphics
IBM uses SciTech SNAP-Graphics for OS/2.
On the sites of IBM you can exactly read which steps are necassary for installing it and
IBM offers the corresponding software packet for OS/2 for download. Very interesting are
the specifications which IBM/SciTech specifies on the site. Of course it is also
interesting that IBM could tie Big Blue to it which is a well-known name.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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04.Apr.2003
Otto Dette (E-Mail)
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KSTA: Inventor of notebook died in India
»Inventor of the portable computer has died.
Adam Osborne
has died with 64 years because of an incurable sickness of the brain.
In 1981 Osborne introduced the first real computer which can be seen as portable on
a fair in USA.«
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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04.Apr.2003
MorphZone (ANF)
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MorphZone with polyglot forum
Now open: International House of Chatter, the MorphZone multi-lingual forum.
Initially, two languages are supported, German and French. Welcome to
MorphZone! (Note: This is in addition to the default English forums.)
Maintenant ouvert: Un nouveau lieu incontournable pour discuter, le
forum multilingue de Morphzone.. Initialement 2 langues sont disponibles,
Français et Allemand. Bienvenue sur MorphZone!
MorphZone is a new web-portal
dedicated to MorphOS users, including those running MorphOS on their
PPC Amiga systems. MorphZone is also home to the
MWD, the Morph Web Directory.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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03.Apr.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Sound card: Delfina introduced successfully
The new soundcard Delfina by Individual Computers was introduced
successfully last weekend at
the AmiGBG show in Gothenburg, Sweden. Meanwhile, all important
European dealers have been supplied, so the anticipated delivery
date of April 7th can be kept without problems.
The module that is available now is ready to be used on nearly any Amiga.
The included 22-pin cable for the A1200 clockport can also be used
to connect to an X-Surf Ethernet card in a "bigbox" Amiga.
Probably the most important reason to buy this card is the DSP, the
digital signal processor. For example it allows playing back MP3
nearly without CPU load. MP3 is a popular audio format that is also
used by artists to put demos on the Internet. Free music samples and
full titles are available on sites like
Entertainment-Mafia.
With the Delfina, an Amiga can
playback MP3 even without an accelerator in the best possible quality.
(ps)
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03.Apr.2003
Ulrich Scholz (E-Mail)
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Convention: BeGeistert 010 - 26th and 27th April, 2003
What is BeGeistert? BeGeistert is an international gathering of Be users, developers, user groups, all about the operating system Be.
The next BeGeistert 010 takes places from Saturday the 26th to Sunday the 27th of April 2003 in the Düsseldorf youth hostel on 1
Düsseldorfer Street, under the slogan "beautiful new world."
Participation cost 20 euros (including lunch). To stay overnight in the youth hostel is 25 euros, including breakfast. The cost of dinner
and drinks are not included. Whoever wants to make a reservation should call: +49-211-557310.
Many different workshops and seminars will be offered at BeGeistert. As it has in previous conventions, the program will develop over
time. If someone would like to present, he or she should write to the team.
On the website, under the title link, you'll find more details about registering for, traveling to, and participating in the convention.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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03.Apr.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: New Mozilla Roadmap: Dismissal of the Web Suite
The development team has changed the planning. From here on the package will no longer be developed in its old form. As a browser
the Mozilla derivative Phoenix will be employed, in order to get slim, fast software on its feet. Something similar will likely happen to
the email client.
Read the complete article under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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03.Apr.2003
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Aminet Uploads through 4th April, 2003
Here are the new Aminet uploads, which have arrived since our previous announcement:
HomeBank.lha biz/misc 539K+V2.1 The personal account manager (MUI)
ifusion_update.lha biz/patch 384K+IFusion Patch 1.3.0
KuangEleven29.lha comm/irc 303K+3.0 Gamma(29) UPDATE Requires Gamma(17)
amithlon1_com.lha comm/misc 10K+Much better serial device driver for AMI
hipsstv10.lha comm/misc 295K+SharkTerm. A really fun Terminal program
JabberW_IMG.lha comm/tcp 23K+Extra images for JabberWocky
autoconf-254.lha dev/gg 1.8M+GNU automatic configuration generator. V
nocover109.lha docs/mags 2.1M+Great german diskmagazine
birds3.lha game/data 585K+Cardset in Iff-Format for AS-....... com
horses2.lha game/data 638K+Cardset in Iff-Format for AS-....... com
AS-Accordion.lha game/think 192K+Accordion Solitaire Card Game
AS-HighLow.lha game/think 185K+HighLow Card Game
ZXLive.lha misc/emu 86K+ZX-Spectrum 48/128k emulator v0.15b
8svxtoxxx.lha mus/misc 21K+IFF-8SVX to 8SVX, RAW, AIFF, WAV, VOC co
EasyHex.lha util/cli 4K+View the header on large files
FTPMount-PL.lha util/misc 2K+Polish locale for FTPMount 1.0
NewHomer.lha util/misc 90K+V1.8 (some updates, a couple of fixes).
DeStart.lha util/wb 17K+Provide control over WBStartup-drawer
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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03.Apr.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New Packets up to 4th April, 2003
With WHDLoad, you are able to install to your hard-drive games which were formerly considered floppy-only. The following packets have been
created or updated since our last announcement:
- 02.04.03 new: Space Ace 2 (Ready Soft) done by CFOU! & Codetapper
- 02.04.03 improved: Cruncher Factory (Kingsoft) adjustable speed
- 01.04.03 improved: The Final Battle (Mirrorsoft) supports German version, uses fast memory
- 30.03.03 improved: Slam Tilt (Liquid Dezign/21st Century) smash screen appearance
- 30.03.03 fixed: Vegas Gambler (California Dreams) protection removed
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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03.Apr.2003
Diverse Websites
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Diverse Software News in Summary (Update)
DCR 8520 Ports:
30 Mar 2003 - WCGI v1.0
It is a simple, but powerful, database search engine, designed as
CGI to run from a HTTPd (tested on Apache). The features are:
Very configurable.., Search took result, Flood protection, Max.
# of results, etc. - Download: wcgi-1.0.lha
30 Mar 2003 - Help wanted!
Hi folks, I have compiled a nice unix program using the MiamiDX
librarys functions, but something doesn't work properly. Please,
if you have used these libs (mainly pcap) help me to finish it!.
This will be a great program for the community! :-)
Amigan Software:
Game: Worm Wars 7.4 - Download: WormWars.lha
Tool: Report+ 5.66a - Download: ReportPlus.lha
Game: Saga 1.24a - Downlaod: Saga.lha
Stephan Rupprecht
Tool: reaction.lib replacement - reactionlib.lha
TTEngine:
TTE Manager has been upgraded to version 1.1a with some locale translations:
Polish locale by me (Grzegorz Kraszewski)
French locale by Jerome Chesnot
Hungarian locale by Márton Dósa
German locale by Dieter Beck
Download: tte_manager-1.1a.lha
AmiDog's Movie Player:
030331: A new beta has been released. Read the included BETA.txt before using it!
Download: AMP2-BETA-030331.lha
dynAMIte:
Game: dynAMIte Version 2.3 with many bugfixes published
Download:
dynAMIte_update.lha (nur das Update)
dynAMIte.lha (das komplette Archiv)
DOpus4:
File: DOpus417pre20.lzx
Uploaded by: jrzeuski
Description: 4.17pre20 beta release
Download: DOpus417pre20.lzx
OnyxSoft - Daniel Westerberg:
Added a new version of 8SVXtoXXX (Version 1.31) - 8svxtoxxx.lha
Added a new version of DeStart (Version 2.0) - destart.lha
Added a new version of EasyHex (Version 1.01) - easyhex.lha
PowerD:
Uploaded the 0.20 full release - Download: powerd.lzx
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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03.Apr.2003
Amiga Segodnya (E-Mail)
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Color backgrounds for mobile Amigans
djv/magway wrote:
I have updated my "Amiga Segodnya" wap-site. Now you can download color Amiga/MorphOS backgrounds to your mobile phone.
Visit English section at wml.amitoday.spb.ru
Note: you must use GPRS mode for download some pictures more than 4 Kb size. (ps)
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03.Apr.2003
Fabio Alemagna (E-Mail)
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New AROS Website at Sourceforge
Under the title link you'll find a newly established website at Sourceforge for AROS (Amiga Research Operating System). The AROS developer
team will inform you about news concerning the project.
AROS is an open source project for the implementation of a portable version of AmigaOS V3.1. On the newly established website you'll find
new and updated documentation, an expanded and improved download area, new screenshots and the new little mascot Kitty, which was
created by Eric W. Schwartz. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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02.Apr.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Disk-Magazine: NoCover 109 published
The NoCover #109 has been published some days ago. Since today you
might read or download that magazine at the APC&TCP website online. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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02.Apr.2003
Dirk 'Docki' Dockbreyder (ANF)
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Amiga Club-Magazine No.3 released
Dirk 'Docki' Dockbreyder writes:
I just got an email that the CAM#3 (like it's called now) is released now. But you have to be registered at Amiga to read it. It has been with intention to publish it on April the 2nd and not on the 1st. "...We chose to release CAM #3 on April 2nd instead of April 1st, for obvious reasons". :)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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02.Apr.2003
Suite101
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John Chandler at Suite101: AmigaOne Latest
John Chandler writes at Suite101.com in regulary an English article about Amiga. With the latest article, reachable by the title link, he sums up all facts about the AmigaOne.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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02.Apr.2003
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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Golem.de: Source code of Duke Nukem 3D made freely available
»Download of 3.8 MBytes
The game developers Realms made the source code of the classic shooter Duke Nukem 3 D officially free available. Interested programmers might download the 3.8 MBytes sized code free of charge.«
Full Golem article see title link.
According to vgr.com there is a version for Amiga systems availabe/under development already: "...you can play
Duke Nukem 3D (that has just been released), Shogo and the latest Quake for
Amiga...". (ps) (Translation: ub)
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02.Apr.2003
Florian Stadler (E-Mail)
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Music: Scooter CD with Turrican
The cult game for the Amiga 'Turrican' LIVES! Not in that kind of a new Amiga game but at the new Scooter CD "The Stadium Techno
Experience". Track no. 8 called "Level One" includes the "Freedom"
melody of Turrican 2. Who does not believe this might read within the CD:
Track 8 written by H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Jay Frog, J. Thele and
Chris Hülsbeck.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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02.Apr.2003
Jörg Karisch (amiga1303) (ANF)
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Event: AMIGA user meeting in Nuremberg on April the 5th 2003
The AMIGA user group IMAGE invites to a hardware meeting in Nuremberg again. This will take place on Saturday the 5th of April 2003 from 9.00 am till about 10:00 pm at the Mannertstraße 10 in 90429 Nuremberg.
We want to offer support for problems which might be solved with brought in hard and software. Additionally at least three of us will introduce devices like keyboards, mouse, card readers driven by a Highway/Subway.
Further information you can read under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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01.Apr.2003
Gary7 (ANF)
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Emulator: New WinUAE Version 0.8.22 R6 announced for first half of April 2003
WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 6 WIP (29.03.2003)
Expected release date: first half of April
Bugs fixed:
- increased compatibility/display corruption fixes, Future CAPS releases, TerrorPods, Eliminator, Double Dragon 2, Wild Streets, Liverpool, Banshee AGA, Alien Breed 3D, Skeleton Krew...
- audio emulation fixes (noise and random popping)
- input configuration saves autofire settings properly
- crash when creating new CD32 NVRAM-file
- compressed disk images can be write-enabled
- more compatible with newer CDTV extended ROMs
(still no CDROM controller emulation)
- disk emulation fixes (writing freeze, drive type, disk eject/insert, more compatible disk change detection, writing to multiple drives simultaneously)
- stuck middle button when "Middle Mouse-Button -> ALT-TAB" was enabled
- don't crash if zlib.dll is missing
- lost mouse input events when using high refresh rate mouse
New features:
- compressed state files
- rewritten and more compatible serial port emulation
- more compatible blitter speed in non cycle-exact mode (Spindizzy Worlds, PP Hammer..)
- turbo-floppy speed enables fast writing
- disable screensaver when WinUAE is active
- improved configurable CPU idle-function
- screenshots saved to ScreenShots-directory
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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01.Apr.2003
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Aminet Uploads till 01.04.2003
Here are the latest Aminet-Uploads since last time:
MiamiDxCT.lha comm/net 10K+Catalonian catalog for Miami Deluxe
MiamiDxSPA.lha comm/net 10K+Spanish catalog for Miami Deluxe
MKD_OstylASM.lha dev/asm 91K+Sources code from OSTYL/MANKIND
adocart.lha dev/misc 289K+NEW AutoDoc viewer MUI
ThePolice.lha docs/hyper 50K+The Police: albums, lyrix, singles +more
NotizieAmiga.lha docs/lists 1.5M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 03/2003 (Itali
animals2.lha game/data 613K+Cardset in Iff-Format for AS-....... com
flowers3.lha game/data 609K+Cardset in Iff-Format for AS-....... com
bouldercaves.lha game/jump 271K+V5.10, BoulderDaesh RTX Caves Archive
bouldergames.lha game/jump 1.0M+V5.10, BoulderDaesh RTX Games Archive
bouldergraph.lha game/jump 185K+V5.10, BoulderDaesh RTX Graphics Archive
bouldersound.lha game/jump 178K+V5.10, BoulderDaesh RTX Sound Archive
SWOSEdKey.lha game/patch 0K+Free Registration Code for SWOS Ed
cd32-adjust.lha hard/misc 312K+CD32 CDROM alignment
imdbDiff030321.lha misc/imdb 2.2M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
NKN_cs_cd_1.lha mods/nkn 12M+01 Sugar Rain Morning - Cooleour SYNTHES
NKN_cs_cd_8.lha mods/nkn 7.3M+08 Sweat & Noise - Cooleour SYNTHESIS CD
SpringMelodies.lha mods/sets 1.4M+"Spring Melodies" Eureka Packer mods
viruscommands.lha mus/midi 98K+Access Virus commands for tracks&fields
8svxtoxxx.lha mus/misc 21K+IFF-8SVX to 8SVX, RAW, AIFF, WAV, VOC co
a52dec-074.lha mus/misc 587K+A52dec, liba52 decode ATSC standard A/52
anl-strip_10.lha pix/misc 51K+[ancor] a normal life
sgf-strip_7.lha pix/misc 43K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
sgf-strip_8.lha pix/misc 44K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
Spring_is_wait.jpg pix/park 70K+Beautiful landscape-JPEG in 640x480 Pixe
Spring_is_wai3.jpg pix/views 48K+Beautiful landscape-JPEG in 640x480 Pixe
NewHomerDatFix.lha util/misc 3.8M+Fixes Sample Load Errors! (Wav Datatype
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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01.Apr.2003
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox announced Spider USB drivers for Amithlon
Elbox Computer is pleased to announce completion of the development
of the new Spider drivers. New drivers for the Spider USB 2.0 PCI
cards extend the range of supported hardware with computers running
AmigaOS under Amithlon.
'Amithlon users have overwhelmingly and repeatedly told us they
absolutely wanted the features of the USB 2.0 standard as soon
as the Spider USB 2.0 card entered the market,' said Darek Smietana,
support manager at Elbox. 'We are proud to deliver our sophisticated
and innovative USB hardware to Amithlon users. Now they can enjoy
all the benefits of the USB 2.0 Hi-Speed functionality in their
systems. Needless to say, we are again following our basic business
rule with this step: to give to users more than they could expect.'
The new USB driver is enclosed in the Spider CD bundled with the new
version of the Spider USB 2.0 card, whose availability will be
announced in the coming days.
For more info about Spider, see the
Spider USB 2.0 card website. (ps)
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01.Apr.2003
Martin Merz (ANF)
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AmiPR ImageLayer - Thumbnail-Image-Preview in a Workbench Window
AmiPR ImageLayer adds the feature of previewing images in the standard
Workbench directory lister to the Amiga (just as WinXP). The program
creates thumbnails of the picture for every image. Your old Workbench
icons will not be deleted. For files which are not images, the normal
icon will be displayed.
AmiPR ImageLayer needs OS 3.5/3.9 as the Preferences tool is based on
Reaction.
Please visit http://www.masonicons.de/AmiPRIndex.html
for download, detailed information and some preview images.
Dear Martin, you did it too good ;-)
Update 03.04.2003:
This was an April-fool. Have a look at the capitals in the program name
and you will read APRIL :)
(ps)
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01.Apr.2003
AmiWorld / SpawnPPC (ANF)
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AmigaONE SE Review in Italian by AmiWorld
Under the title link you will find the first AmigaONE SE G3 600 MHz
review in Italian. (ps)
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01.Apr.2003
vht-dk.dk (ANF)
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Virus program: New update of Mill (01.04.2003)
Zbigniew 'Zeeball' Trzcionkowski has made an new update of MILL, and
is now available for download at the VHT sites. Here is some info
about the update:
- name: mill
- short: New polish antivirus
- author: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski (zeeball@interia.pl
- uploader: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski (zeeball@interia.pl
- version: (01.04.2003)
- requires: OS37+, asl38+, locale, xvs, xfd, xad etc.
- type: util/virus
Fixes from previous public version:
- added catala locale by Carles 'Doraemon' Bernardez (thanx!)
- none, just refresh
Download from VHT Netherlands: http://welcome.to/vht-nl
Download from VHT Denmark: http://www.vht-dk.dk
Download from VHT Canada: http://vht-can.shadow-realm.org
Take care
The people behind Virus Help Team
Jan, Alex & Charlene
(ps)
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31.Mar.2003
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Instant Messenger: Jabberwocky V1.4 - 3. Preview
Tom Parker and
Matthias Münch released
Preview 3 of the instant messenger 'JabberWocky' version 1.4 for
the Amiga. Jabber is an open source XML-protocol for a direct message interchange.
A connection to other instant messaging services like AIM, ICQ, MSN or Yahoo can be established via gateways.
Beta-Version-Download: Jabberwocky030331.lha
Changes:
- Fixed enforcer hit when opening write window (introduced in 1.4pre1)
- Roster icons may be loaded from disk (thanks to Jeff Gilpin).
- Roster icon set by Martin 'Mason' Merz and Matthias Muench
- Iconified icons by Jeff Gilpin.
- Fix for initial iconified icon (thanks to Jeff Gilpin).
- German Translation by Matthias Muench
- Nederlands Translation by Djordje Slocuk
- Polski Translation by Kamil Niescioruk and Mariusz Danilewicz
- Srpski Translation by Djordje Slocuk
- Spanish Translation by Roger Barranco
- Online help activated (thanks to Jeff Gilpin)
- Example Arexx Script (thanks to Jeff Gilpin)
- MOS native binary compiled by Nagy Lajos
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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31.Mar.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 3
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 3 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) Derfs : is there an ETA on the t-shirts ? and if there isnt can you tell us anything about the delay?
Fleecy: We don't as yet have a delivery date for the Club Amiga T-shirts but we are working hard on sorting the situation out. I can't go into the reasons why we have had such issues but the delay is as irritating for Amiga as it is for those who are waiting for them. Resolution of this situation is pretty close to the top of our agenda.
2) BrianHoskins : Is there a time scale on planned multi-processor support for AOS4?
Fleecy: When moving Exec forwards into ExecSG, great care was taken to provide a foundation for a lot of features. These will be implemented as the need for them arises both from the development of the operating system itself and the requirements from third party developers.
That said, SMP support is planned for release in either 4.1 or 4.2; with the rider that plans can change. I would also caution against the desire for or claims made on behalf of Symmetric Multi-Processing or SMP. It has its uses but ultimately is limited, rather like sticking more and more engines onto a four wheel car. Proper parallel computing through a matrix of separate processor elements, all with their own schedulers and organisation models - authoritarian, pluralist, service,
anarchic etc offers a much better long term solution and is far more in the mould of 'Amiga, doing it first'.
3) Jose: Will there be various versions of AmigaOS, one for the continuation of the Classic OS on PPC hardware like the users/supporters wish, and the other the so called server, etc. OS that OS5 is to be?
Fleecy: AmigaOS will develop a service based architecture which will allow users to construct the environment that they wish. If a person doesn't want 'server' targeted services then they don't need to use them. For example if you just want a simple filing system with no security, then that could be selected. If you want a secure filing system, you can select that service.
In this way it will be possible to produce targeted builds, a family product, a developer product, a business product etc built using Amiga technology. The core and more importantly, the framework will be the same.
4) jumpship: Is there likely to be a public demostration of an OS4 beta in the near future? I understand that not everyone (ie the whole community) would be able to attend, but maybe at a mayjor user group meeting, similar to WoA, and get someone to video tape it. That way it would be hard for people to say "I could make that in XYZ program.
Fleecy: Having a publicly demonstratable build of AmigaOS4.0 that runs on CSPPC and the AmigaOne occupies our every waking breath. We are well aware that once that is shown, the rumours and untruths will then have nowhere from which to grow.
However, the nature of the project is that all the pieces are now being integrated and being an integrated whole, the public demonstration will actually come pretty close to the end of the project, when most things are actually working together. To demonstrate just a piece of it would actually take time away from the project because we would have to unwrap many of the dependencies that would be inherent in a less than whole demonstration, as well as again opening us up to the charges of 'see, told you they had only done a bit of it'.
Believe me, when we can finally demonstrate the product, the world will hear our screams of joy. I am not even going to give a time though because it is an imprecise art to predict when it will be ready for demonstration. I'd rather just tell you when it is and that moment is not now.
I can tell you that one of the current test suites being run is the process of booting a standard 68k OS3.9 on ExecSG through the 68K emulation service. That is OS3.9 being run via emulation on a PPC processor. This is just part of the validation of the AmigaOS4.0 product. Supporting the CSPPC product has cost us time and effort though because, to say the least, it is an imperfect piece of hardware. The AmigaOne is a much cleaner product and if we had had only to support it then the situation might be different.
5) z5: What are you [Amiga Inc] contributing to OS4?
Fleecy: AmigaOS4.0 is the product that begins the transition from Amiga Generation 1 to Amiga Generation 2. It has several tasks, the most important of which are to move the entire platform to a new processor and to create an abstract hardware interface which allows us to far more easily adapt to other potential hardware markets.
This skillset requires a very detailed knowledge of both the existing 68k AmigaOS as well as the PPC processor family. This is one of the reasons why we contracted this work out to Hyperion, who themselves have pulled many of the brightest and best from the Amiga developer community into the project.
Amiga Inc itself has been concentrating on the future of the AmigaOS, in particular the Amiga Generation 2 (AG2) project. The next release of the Club Amiga Magazine (CAM) carries an article about this but as AmigaOS4.0 ships, more and more of this plan will be revealed.
The future of the Amiga platform isn't just a question of technology, it is a question of application as well. It is a business, and a business requires income which requires sales. Whilst we are comfortable with slowly developing the desktop market for the Amiga, to be able to fund it properly needs other markets.
Technology and busines have to work together to bring success and Amiga is concentrating on that at the moment, allowing Hyperion and the AmigaOS4.0 team to make that first step because they are the ones best equiped to make that first step.
6) AmigaGuy: I'd like to know if there are plans (maybe it already does) to have AmigaAnywhere available through web browsers. Something sort of in the way Java or Flash work. It might be cool to write an entire web site in C++
Fleecy: Amiga Anywhere currently runs as a player, on ROM and RAM cards, as standalone host transparent applications and as a run time engine. We have blue skyed the concept of providing a browser integration solution but given those already in that space, and the fact that the player will develop into an self sufficient Internet environment of its own, we are not pursuing that path.
7) Spacemonkey: Will Amiga Inc be porting Samba 2.7 or 3.0 for AOS 4.0 or will it be relying on 3rd party/End User to provide this functionality.
Fleecy: Olaf Barthel, one of the chief AmigaOS4.0 developers is also a key member of the Amiga Samba project. His opinion mirrors my own, that Samba is a monster and that it really doesn't fit into the Amiga model.
We are looking at including the Samba project as a contribution to AmigaOS4.0 but given the large list of requirements already clogging our desks, I do not see it as a priority.
Most people will be happy to be able to network with other computers running other platforms so that they can share file and resource access. Of course,if the requirement changes then we will look again at this area.
8) Blomberg: What are the plans for the OS4 audio system beyond the current state of AHI?
Fleecy: The Audio services provided by the Amiga will be one of the first that are developed in AG2. Indeed the core audio architecture for this has been fermenting and prototyping over the past year, arising from AmigaDE audio work.
Our commitment is simple. The AmigaOS will strive to have the best audio services of any operating system. We fully intend to push ourselves forwards as a viable and attractive alternative to any offering out there, both at the hobby level and in the professional world.
9) z5: why didn't the microsoft deal come through?
Fleecy: We have a strategic relationship with Microsoft, which means that they believe our technology enhances their PocketPC and Smartphone product line. Actual deals arise out of this relationship, both directly with Microsoft and via them pushing us towards their partners who also use PocketPC and Smartphone. For example, at the CTIA show held in New Orleans last week, they provided a number of Gamecards as freebies to their partner Samsung who were launching a new PocketPC Phone Edition product. This has led to direct contact with Samsung following a successful reception, and also a number of other contacts with Samsung competitors who also expressed an interest in the Gamecard content and product.
As far as an actual deal goes, Microsoft have been selling rebadged Gamecards (2 of them at the moment) in select CompUSA stores for the past two weeks. We have not announced this both because they are not currently selling them on their website (CompUSA that is) and also because of the difficulty of synchronising a web press release with Microsoft.
We have been criticised in the past for such practices and we are trying to ensure that any press release is independently verifiable.
Microsoft are very pleased with this initial batch of Gamecards and want to move to bigger volumes, and increase the number of Gamecards (2 are in the initial launch, we have 2 more ready to go and can make another 3 quite quickly) by the summer. These were supposed to have debuted in November but technical difficulties with both the card sourcing and then with issues in PocketPC, discovered and reported by Amiga led to a 3-4 month delay.
Indeed, the first appearance of Amiga product in a mainstream computing channel has also witnessed our old friend, piracy, returning to the platform. Dean Brown, our hardware guru found three of the Gamecard packs in the Bellevue CompUSA and someone had cut one open with a scalpel and stolen the Gamecard!
10) Hooligan: How does AInc plan to ensure steady development of software?
Fleecy: Developers create software either because there is money in it for them or because they simply enjoy creating for a platform and community. Whilst we are looking at seeding some core application development, the proper solution is to create a market that is commercially viable.
This means enough users to buy enough of the product to make the cost of development of that product worthwhile. Our efforts are thus focused on increasing the size of that market, through successful launch and post launch activities in the sales and marketing domains, and in reducing the cost of development for the platform, primarily through ensuring that development can proceed as rapidly and trouble free as possible; in other words a developer toolchain, documentation and lots of support.
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=3
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: sk)
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31.Mar.2003
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Amiga ColdFire Update
Again there are some news about "Amiga the
ColdFire Project" by Oliver Hannaford-Day. Beside a picture of the
new prototype, you will find a short german summary at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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31.Mar.2003
Michael Asse (ANF)
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Payback for GBA: status update
The work at the GBA version (GameBoy Advance) of Payback will soon be finished. Recently a multiplayer mode, new multiplayer maps ( Desert Deathmatch, Little
Chicago, Tank Warfare, The Killing Zone, Woods) were added and the replay memory system was reworked.
In Payback you slip into the role of a gangster. The aim of the game is to collect as many points as possible by accomplishing missions or trickery.
Versions for Amiga and Mac are allready available at the titlelink.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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30.Mar.2003
Egon Münch (comment)
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Mexikon: Cactus lexicon in HTML format
Under the title link you can find a.o.t. 'Mexikon', a lexicon on cactuses with
many tips and suggestions. It also contains maps of Mexico and photos of more
than 650 cactuses.
Since end of November 2002 version 3.1 of Mexikon has been available, and as we haven't covered it yet, we are herewith gladly catching up on this. Egon Münch
has completely revised the cactus lexicon, fixed various errors and added new
descriptions and photos.
Furthermore MEXIKON doesn't use AmigaGuide anymore, but has become more platform
independent by now supporting the HTML format, so every user can utilise the
lexicon with an Internet browser.
The only thing that hasn't changed is the fact that MEXIKON is and will stay
freeware.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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30.Mar.2003
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Multimedia-Authoring-System: Hollywood Promo Pack released
There is now a Hollywood promo package available for download on the
Airsoft Softwair Web page. The promo pack contains over 60 high
quality screenshots which will give you an extensive impression
of the powerful features of Hollywood.
Download: Hollywood_PromoPack.lha - 9 MB
(ps)
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30.Mar.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Event: SlimJim's Not-so-short AmiGBG Fair Report
There is a circumstantial account by Slim Jim on the Amiga show
AmiGBG which took place yesterday in Gothenburg, Sweden.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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30.Mar.2003
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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AmigaOS game: BoulderDäsh RTX - Rockford is back!
Just in time for BoulderDäsh's 16th birthday, BoulderDäsh RTX will be released
soon! The most important improvement is direct support of Picasso96 and
CyberGraphics. With this all RTG problems should once and for all be a thing of
the past.
Thanks to the likewise new AHI support BoulderDäsh should run on all AmigaOS
compatible systems (A500, Ax000, Amithlon, MorphOS). It requires only OS 2.0 or
better. Rockford is back - He will rock you! BoulderDäsh RTX V5.10 - feature list:
- 1:1 Clone of the original
- Runs in Multitasking
- Online help
- Locale support
- Programmed according to Commodore Style Guide
- 2D Softscrolling and full speed even on an MC68000
(no judder in the animations or when scrolling)
- Full gfx card compatibility through Picasso96/CyberGraphics support, allowing for up to 256 colours in full screen scrolling
- Full sound card compatibility through AHI support
- More than 5700 levels included!
- 35 different game graphics
- 6 different fonts
- 5 different sample sets
- 6 different music tracks
- All settings adjustable via Gadtools GUI
- Enhanced by way of additional game elements (fake bricks, fake metal...)
Thus interesting new level possibilities come about.
- No level size limit (under NonRTG only dependent on ChipMem)
- Savable Highscore lists for each game
- Comfortable level editor
- Gravitation adjustable in four directions in each level
- Game editor to compile complete games
- Custom game gfx can be created with a paint program
- Custom sound effects can be integrated with a sampler
- Custom game music can be created with a Protracker compatible music editor
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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