09.Dec.2002
Thomas Schulze (ANF)
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Solution of the bug in the CrossfireII version sold on the fair
Even returned from the fair, the first e-mails reached us. Unfortunately in haste to finish the work on Crossfire II still
before the fair an error occured. If you trie to start the program, bought on the fair, after the
installation the error message "... File not executable" appears. In order to solve
this problem, one has to select the menu option "instruction executes" from
the Workbench menu and input in each case one of the following two
lines:
protect <Ihr Crossfire2-Verzeichnis>/CF2 ADD RWED
protect <Ihr Crossfire2-Verzeichnis>/CF2_PPC ADD RWED
We would like to apologize for this error and hope for your
understanding. The update that will probably appear this week will contain this correction as well as MorphOS support
and German translation.
Thanks to all involved and supervisors of the
fair, particularly to Eternity, which exhibited "valley of
Tamar". Next year we will place the coffee. Promised.
Thomas Schulze (Dreamworlds Development)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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08.Dec.2002
Peter's Amiga Homepage
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Printer: Epson Stylus Color (24bit) driver V44.02 by Peter Hutchison
On 7th December 2002, Peter Hutchison has updated his home page. The Epson
Stylus Color 24bit driver now has an install script, and the Epson Stylus
Color 200 has been added to the list of printers.
The driver runs on AmigaOS V3.5 and V3.9 from a 68020 and 6MB RAM.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Verschiedene
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ARC 2002: German Reports
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
LouiSe's home
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LouiSe: PHP V4.2.3 (Standalone), CircleMUD V3.1
Already at the beginning of December, LouiSe had released ports of PHP V4.2.3
and CircleMUD V3.1 for 68k Amigas.
PHP V4.2.3:
This is a standalone (without WWW server) version of the script language PHP,
which is used in particular for generating dynamic Web pages.
CircleMUD V3.1:
CircleMUD is a multi user dungeon game
system (MUD) by Jeremy Elson which had originally been developed at the John
Hopkins University's Department of Computer Science and represents a derivative of
DikuMUD Gamma 0.0, which had been developed in 1990 by Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen,
Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Michael Seifert and Sebastian Hammer at the University
of Copenhagen.
MUDs are text based worlds, into which users log in through the Internet to
explore the worlds with an own character and interact with other characters.
More about this on the home page of CircleMUD.
The Amiga archive contains only the binaries - no lib, doc or other files. The
complete archive is available on
ftp://ftp.circlemud.org/.
There are binaries for 68020, 68040 and 68060.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Verschiedene
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ARC 2002: English reports
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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GUI: MUI-MIAMI panels by Alfonso Ranieri
Alfonso Ranieri has released two new MUI-MIAMI panels for MiamiDX on his home
page.
MUINList.MiamiPanel uses NList and MUI.MiamiPanel uses a Virtgroup for panel
display.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
amiga.org
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GoldED Studio AIX: Service Pack 5, FACE/ON V0.9
Already on 6th December 2002, Dietmar Eilert had released service pack 5 for
his editor package 'GoldED Studio AIX' as well as version 0.9 of the theme
installer 'FACE/ON'.
Service Pack 5:
Service Pack 5
is available to registered users for free download. It is mainly a maintanance
upgrade, yet it also contains some fine tuning of the optics.
Prerequisite for this upgrade is GoldED Studio AIX SP3 or GoldED Barebones SP3.
Older installations can only be updated with the Service Pack CD.
Free versions:
The GoldED demo version available for free
download
has also been updated to Service Pack 5. These versions are restricted to a
text length of 1000 lines - yet the editor itself has no other functional
restrictions. The only things missing are some add-ons such as the gcc compiler
and the spell checker to keep the download size within limits.
FACE/ON V0.9
FACE/ON
is a theme installer for GoldED. With FACE/ON theme previews can be viewed and
the themes as well as alternative menus can be installed
(screenshot).
System requirements contain a gfx card and GoldED Studio AIX SP5 or GoldED
Barebones SP5.
Download: faceon.lzx (30K)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Sylvio k. (ANF)
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Game: DeepSilence Team with new team name and new Soms3d Web site
Because of legal problems, the software development team DeepSilence has
decided to change the team name into 'Anime Development for Amiga', in short
'ADA'.
Additionally, a new team page has been added on which new screenshots of 'Secret of
my soul 3d' have been published. It can be accessed under
http://galileo.spaceports.com/~dssoms.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Heise Newsticker (ANF)
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ARC 2002: Heise announcement re. Amiga show
An announcement of the Heise newsticker re. the ARC 2002 can be found
under the title link. The emphasis of this announcement lies with the Pegasos.
Additionally, the AmigaOne and C-One are mentioned.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Verschiedene
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ARC 2002: More pictures of the show
Pictures by Jens Neubauer (ANF):
Show, T.o.T. knight, Pegasos, Walker, MorphOS plasma.
Pictures by Caghan 'Muaddib' Demirci (AmigaArt):
AmigaOne, Pegasos, MorphOS.
(sd)
Oliver "Bladerunner" Hummel (ANF):
Just now I have uploaded a couple of pictures of the Amiga und Retro Computer
Messe on my site. In case somebody is interested in the fxPaint Web Catalogue
Skin "ARC" to use them for his/her own pictures, please send me a short mail.
P.S.: Oliver has also posted a fairly extensive show report in our Amiga forum
under the thread
"Heute ist es soweit". (ps) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Petra Struck
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ARC 2002: Pictures of the first day by amiga-news.de
Hilke made a bunch of photos at the ARC 2002. As you can see from the pictures and subtitles, the Pegasos was the
highlight of the show. However, until noon Thendic were busy setting up and
installing all in all 30 computers. After that the users were able to get a
picture of the Pegasos in conjunction with MorphOS.
The AmigaOne, however, was presented as well. Once at the stand of Amiga-Club and
at Vesalia's. In both cases the operationg system running was Linux. There were
no news to be gathered about AmigaOS. Yet I have clearly sounded out a tendency
with the users: Many look upon a Pegasos with AmigaOS as the optimal solution.
Thendic France is working hard to setup the demo machines |
A pegasos in a micro wave oven |
The door acts as the monitor |
Sebastien Lokhamkhouak build the crazy micro wave oven Pegasos :) |
Martin Merz (Mason Icons) |
Christian Kemp (ANN) |
Ron van Herk (Computer City, NL) |
Guido Mersmann (right) presenting Amithlon ... |
... together with Timo Hegemann (right) |
Amithlon |
Jeri Ellsworth presents the CommodoreOne |
Daniel Bindel as ´Lord Fox´ von Tamar |
Otis from the club "User der Nordseeküste" |
the fair |
Pegasos inside |
Martin Heine, one of the Pegasos/MorphOS betatesters |
McGreg, an enthusiastic Pegasos/MorphOS betatester |
Thomas Schulze showing his game Crossfire |
Dennis Lohr presenting Digibooster Pro |
The Thendic booth |
Sebastian Brylka and Olaf Köbnik (Fun Time World and Amiga Arena) |
Ebay explaining irritated Amiga users, why Java can't be avoided for certain things |
A total of 30 Pegasos computers available for testing |
Christian Kemp (ANN) and Petra Struck (amiga-news.de) discussing with visitors |
Bill Buck and Gerald Carda answering questions about the Pegasos |
Timothy de Groote and Steffen Häuser (far left) showing games in the AmigaOne ... |
... like Majesty |
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(ps) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Andre Dörffler (ANF)
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Context menus for OS3.5+
The program ContextSAS allows creation and use of context sensitive menus for
AmigaOS3.5+. It supports the DefIcons system. With the help of a few additional
tools you can even iconify Workbench windows and create links. The author is
always thankful for remarks and suggestions.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Falcon (ANF)
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Falcon: Pictures from the Aachen show
As of now all interested people can gaze at some pictures from the Aachen show
under the title link. Featured are a.o. the Walker (which was actually
running!), Pegasos' by the cartload, and much more...
Furthermore a video of the show including an interview with Petra Struck will
be released shortly on CD-ROM. However, a date has not been set.
Have fun,
Falcon
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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08.Dec.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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First winner of HIGHWAY raffle
As the winner of KDH Datentechnik's und E3B's "thank you" raffle, at which a
NORWAY networking module is raffled on each show day among all registered
HIGHWAY users, today ... fanfare ...
Mr. Michael Narramore from Swindon, England
has been drawn by our lucky fairy. Congratulations!
Michael Böhmer / E3B
Günther Horbach / KDH Datentechnik
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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07.Dec.2002
Chris Hodges (email)
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Chris Hodges: Time to say goodbye!
In his known humorous way Chris Hodges tells us that he'll be on vacation for the next seven weeks. He'll be in New Zealand till 2003, 24th January and has today uploaded an update for Poseidon with some bug fixes. Here's the original message:
Dear Poseidon users,
I'm leaving the Amiga. Yes, I've had enough of all that fighting and
bitching. Instead, I'll try to live on a green island with lots of sheep.
Good bye and farewell!
Now get up from the floor, stop crying, I'm only off to New Zealand for
about seven weeks of vacation and I will return to my one and only true
love (currently, just my Amiga :( ) on 24th January 2003. But before I'm
leaving on a jet plane, I've uploaded a small update of Poseidon for your
benefit. Not much has changed, however, a few bugfixes reported by some of
you have been incooperated. See changelog for details.
As I'm away from my machine, don't write private emails, if you have any
problems. Please use the Yahoo Mailing List instead, there are a lot of
people who could give a hand.
So, please enjoy the time off, I will certainly do so. And don't forget to
use Trident regularily >>>;-) (ps) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
several (ANF)
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ARC 2002: pictures of the fair
Pictures of the AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING 2002 that is taking place on December, 7th and 8th in Aachen:
Jochen Abitz (ANF):
Pegasos, Pegasos micro oven, AmigaOne, Amiga Future, KDH, fair
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF):
AmigaOne, Pegasos micro oven, fair
(sd) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
Rüdiger Hanke (ANF)
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Gamel: ScummVM 0.3.0 released
Version 0.3.0 of the popular interpreter for Lucasarts games has been released today. On the download page are executables for several operating systems available including the MorphOS binary. A complete distribution with PDF manual and Ambient PNGIcons will be released probably tomorrow by me.
ScummVM MorphOS supports now also MIDI music that is qualitywise much better than the Adlib sound used until now. What is needed for this is the Etude MIDI device that I unfortunately can't make available for download yet. People who should see me today in Aachen at the beta tester conference may ask me for a version.
Regarding the legal issues with Lucasarts there's still no solution. A comprehensive description of the situation as it is right now can be found on the ScummVM site.
The improvements in detail:
0.3.0b (2002-12-06)
- fix major race condition resulting in extremely frequent crashes on MorphOS/PocketPC (supercedes unreleased 0.3.0 version)
0.3.0 (2002-12-01)
- massive cleanup work for iMUSE. Sam and Max music now plays correctly
- many bugfixes for Zak256, + sound and music support
- music support for Simon the Sorcerer on any platform with real MIDI
- experimental support for Indy3 (VGA) - Indiana Jones + Last Crusade
- completed support for Monkey1 VGA Floppy, The Dig
- added akos16 implementation for The Dig and Full Throttle costumes
- added digital iMUSE implementation for The Dig and Full Throttle music.
- Loom CD speech+music syncronisation improved greatly
- added midi-emulation via adlib, for platforms without sequencer support
- code seperation of various engine parts into several libraries
- several fixes to prevent Simon the Sorcerer crashing and hanging
- hundreds of bugfixes for many other games
- new SMUSH video engine, for Full Throttle and The Dig
- new in-game GUI
- launcher dialog
(cd) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
Jens Schönfeld tel.
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ARC 2002 News: Massimo Mancini unfortunately not there
As we just now heard from Jens Schönfeld via telephone is Massimo Mancini
not at the fair because of a sports accident and is therefore not able to introduce his new USB card by himself. The card itself will be presented, though.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
falkemedia (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: "Digital Camera Magazin" by falkemedia
From December 2002 on you can buy the worldwide popular print magazine »Digital Camera Magazin« in Germany, too!
It offers on a monthly basis everything you want to know about digital cameras, how to use them in the most efficient way and what to do with them to make full use of their potential. With it comes every month a CD with full versions, tools, filters, drivers and more.
DCM will be available 2002, 18. December throughout Germany.
You can buy the first issue of the »Digital Camera Magazin« already exclusively at the booth of falkemedia at the AMIGA + RETRO Computing 2002 for a reduced exhibition price of just 5.- Euro! (ps) (Translation: wk)
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07.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: AMIGAplus 12/2002 and more
Also at the booth of falkemedia at the AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002 in Aachen will visitors be able to get the new AmigaPlus 12/2002 with the main topic "Amiga allrounder - emulations with the Amiga".
This issue is available at the fair for a reduced price of 4,- Euro only, the bundle with the "Digital Camera Magazin #1" and "Mac Life 01/2003" only costs 10,- Euro! The regular subscription sendings of the AMIGAplus 12/2002 will take place at the end of the coming week.
Next to this latest issue you'll be able to buy all A+ issues of the last two years, issues of the st-computer and Mac Life, hardware like USB hubs and interfaces, CD pockets, the AMIGAplus readers CDs, Wildfire 7 for the special price of 29,- Euro and much more.
We are looking forward to your coming to the show and wish all visitors of the AMIGA +
RETRO Computing 2002 much fun at this weekend!
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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ARC 2002 News: FroggerNG at Amiga Arena / FTW available
You can buy the popular multimedia player "FroggerNG" version 2.0 on the Amiga + Retro Computing 2002.
The version of the fair will contain a temporally limited keyfile.
After the fair you will get your personal keyfile via email or post for free (they still just have to be
generated).
Demo CD available
Each customer will additionally get a special fair demo version with the products of the Fun Time World
and of Amiga Arena. You can buy this demo CD for 2,- Euro but if you will buy one of our products this
amount will be credited you later! So you have the possibilty to test our products!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Steffen Häuser (ANF)
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Two new Quake2 mods available
There are two new Quake2 mods on the Amiga Quake2 site (title link) available called "Blastchamber" and
"Jailbreak" (but which are very big: Blastchamber=60MB, Jailbreak=30 MB).
Steffen Häuser
Hyperion Entertainment
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Guido Mersmann (E-Mail)
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ARC 2002 News: Guido Mersmann with 1st stand of Shareware
Guido Mersmann who is the author of programs like AmithlonTV, AView, AFind,
BoulderDaesh, GuideCheck, GuideFormat, Execute64, SiedlerBoot, R(equest),
DVBControl, MCControl, Simplecat, AvailCPU, VBRControl, TrackDisplayClock,
SnoopRouter, Meridian, MMKeyboard, ParKeyboard and WheelMouseSupport will have a
stand of Shareware on the ARC 2002 together with Timo Hegemann.
Guido Mersmann: "By the friendly help of Haage & Partner we are able to performance the current
Amithlon with some new applications on our stand on the "AMIGA + RETRO COMPUTING 2002".
You will see the new VHI-Studio v6.0 working together with the current driver for AmithlonTV. Of course
we will introduce AmithlonTV and will demonstrate the support of several boards which has been doubted.
You can also see the keyboard adapter hardware called "MMKeyboard" and the software packet which belongs
to it. But there will be no sale!
Furthermore we will answer questions concerning Amithlon, AmithlonTV, VHI-Studio, MMKeyboard, MCControl
and other software products as far as possible.
I will also answer questions concerning the support."
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Vesalia Computer (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: Turboprint 7.40 available at Vesalia
For the first time the new version 7.40 of Turboprint Professional will be available at Vesalia Computer.
Besides this owners of version 7.x will get an update to 7.40 on our stand.
We hope we will see you!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Amiga Speed with the first Quake2 tests
On the site of Amiga Speed there are finally the first tests of Quake2.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 05.12.2002)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which were originally made only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated since our last message:
- 05.12.02 new: Dragon's Breath (Palace Software) done by Galahad
- 05.12.02 improved: Zaxxon (Bignonia) supports another version, skip greetings
- 30.11.02 improved: Battle Isle (Blue Byte) supports another version
- 30.11.02 new: Return to Genesis (Firebird) done by Codetapper
- 30.11.02 new: Leatherneck (Microdeal) done by Codetapper
- 28.11.02 new: It Came From The Desert (Cinemaware) done by JOTD
- 27.11.02 new: Mini Golf (Magic Bytes) done by Psygore
(ps)
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06.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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AROS: SVGA-driver and mascot Kitty
AMIGAplus wrote:
There is the first beta version of the new SVGA-graphic driver for the operating system AROS which can
be activated over the boot menu. The driver may not work on some computers but nevertheless it shows
what can be graphically possible. The current used 4bit VGA modus is supposed to be substituted by
the 16bit or 32bit SVGA modus.
Besides this Eric W. Schwartz has given the AROS project a mascot: Kitty
should be worth a look.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Amigan Software
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Game: Saga version 1.23
Version 1.22 of the game Saga has been published. Saga is a port of the board game called Saga: Age of Heroes
which was published in 1981 from TSR. It can be played by up to six players and the players can
be controlled either by the Amiga or by men. You have to defeat monsters, find magic treasures and
support great kingdoms being glorious and heroic.
Currently the game is available in English and German and requires at least AmigaOS 3.0+, AGA/RTG.
The archive also contains the source code.
Download: Saga.lha (290 KB)
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
KDH News (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: AmigaOne boards available on the ARC 2002
Last minute KDH news:
We have just got the AmigaOne boards by UPS Express and thus are available on the stand of KDH Datentechnik.
We hope we will see you all again.
Günter Horbach
KDH Datentechnik
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Dec.2002
Sjoerd de Vries (ANF)
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Pictures from ArticiaS and April Chip
Pictures says more than thousand words...
(ps)
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05.Dec.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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AMHuhn: Update Available for Download (Update)
Under the title link you'll find in the downloads area a little update for AMHuhn. With this the crosshairs are color red and are seen more
easily. Many users had complained about this.
Offering AMHuhnXE
In a few day Abakus-Design's AMHuhn(X)mas(E)dition will be introduced. The game comes with completely different graphics and sounds.
But much more than the graphics and sounds have been changed.
Introduction of AMHuhnXE
As thanks to all who trusted us with the update, the download will made available early to registered users. This is our Christmas present to
these users. In the next few days accounts for the protected areas will be opened and sent to the users. For security reasons the entry will
be limited, in order to obstruct that the accounts are forwarded to others.
When Christmas time is over the archive will be offered to everybody.
Addition:
Notice:
We could only work through the entered registrations sequentially. As a result the new registrations first come to a close. Thanks for your
understanding. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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TV Card Software: AmithlonTV Beta 200
There's a new beta version (200) of AmithlonTV available for download from the AmithlonTV homepage.
AmithlonTV is a really, genuinely modularly built driver system for PCI TV cards. Only the necessary components and resources are loaded.
New cards unknown to AmithlonTV will be automatically detected and may be configured by the user. In order to do this the components of
the card are detected in a setup program.
The advantage of such a system is that a new driver for any specific component will function on any TV card that has the component. Special
modifications by me are generally unnecessary. We won't be involving ourselves with a bunch of supported cards that haven't been tested.
AmithlonTV will run on practically any card. When certain components haven't been added they just haven't been added, but the rest of the
card works.
A further advantage of AmithlonTV is that multiple cards are supported. Two, three, or more are possible. This is easily managed and may
be used in a security system. It is all the same if one wants a picture from each, or a channel list to switch between cards.
The entire system is built so modularly that USB and Firewire may be possible. At this time there is support for the powerpci.library (Amithlon).
The openpci.library support is currently implemented and functioning but is not yet officially available.
What's new:
As is already known through other channels, Amithlon TV has a VHI_Studio driver. Your computer will become a multimedia center, especially
with the new accelerated functions of VHI Studio version 6.0.
The channel seeker has also been greatly accelerated. In contrast to other options (such as Windows software) there is a real channel seeker
here that doesn't just check for channels, but also VCRs and satellite receivers that are found between channels.
There are other small improvements in the works.
Especially noteworthy are the new audio drivers. All MSP cards should work with these.
The new Hauppauge drivers achieve an automatic configuration, whereby the copying of special configuration data occurs.
You'll find a lot more information by clicking on the title link!
Guido Mersmann
Author of:
AmithlonTV, AView, AFind, BoulderDaesh, GuideCheck, GuideFormat, Execute64,
SiedlerBoot, R(equest), DVBControl, MCControl, Simplecat, AvailCPU,
VBRControl, TrackDisplayClock, SnoopRouter, Meridian, MMKeyboard,
ParKeyboard, WheelMouseSupport, ... (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Vesalia Computer (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: Hyperion Will Be Guests at Vesalia Computer Stand (Update)
Steffen Häuser and Timothy de Groote of Hyperion will present the Amiga One and various Hyperion games at Vesalia Computer's ARC 2002
stand on Saturday the 7th of December, 2002.
Additionally, as already known, Elbox and Creative Development will also be Vesalia guests and introduce their own respective products.
Update:
Vesalia indicated that the two Hyperion personnel are not closely involved with OS4 and will not be able to speak on questions relating to OS4. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)
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TV Card Software: Visionary Version 0.15 (Update)
There's a new version of Visionary (v. 0.14) available for download on the Amiga G-Rex homepage. Mainly, a few bugs have been removed.
The Visionary program is a TV service with a modern graphical overlay that allows one to fully utilize the Visual Reality System and modern
TV/Video Cards.
Visionary was designed to be very modular, in order to support a broad range of cards with different chip sets and TV tuners. Support for
documented new cards may be easily implemented.
Update:
Version 0.15 was just made available for download.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Game: Crossfire II Released
The game Crossfire II was released today. At the moment it can only be ordered from APC&TCP. It'll be available from specialty stores in
three to four weeks. In a few days there will be a new demo version as well as more screen-shots. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Preview Pictures of SOMS and AF #39 (Update)
Screen-grabs of the game "Secret of My Soul" (SOMS) have been released on the Amiga Future website in the "Articles" section. SOMS
is projected to be published next year by APC&TCP.
Update:
Issue 39 of Amiga Future was released today. It was mailed to all subscribers and single issue orderers. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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04.Dec.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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FREE Virus Help Team Maillist
When the Virus Help Denmark web was down due to the changing of Internet
providers, we had to close the VHT-Denmark maillist. Now we want to bring
it back to all of you (a lot of people have been asking for it). But Charlene of
the Canadian Virus Help Team, has a maillist, and we don't want to a have two
maillists that writes the same things. So the Virus Help Team maillist will be up
at Charlene's Canadian VHT maillist.
If you join this maillist, you will receive emails about new updates of all the great
Amiga antivirus programs (ect. VirusZ, VirusExecutor, Mill and xvs.library).
You will also receive an email when a new virus or trojan is found. Notices can
only come from list operators, which is Charlene of VHT-Canada or myself
Jan of VHT-Denmark.
You can also see the maillist on-line at this webaddress:
VHT at Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vht-can/
You can join the maillist at the two Virus Help Team's websites:
VHT Canada : http://vht-can.shadow-realm.org/links.html#world-services
VHT Denmark : http://home4.inet.tele.dk/vht-dk/amiga/maillist.htm
Or you can write an empty email to this email to subscribe to the maillist:
vht-can-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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ARC 2002 News: Fun Time World / Amiga Arena presentation
Fun Time World / Amiga Arena setting "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" on fire!
The following products and news will be at the stand of Fun Time World
at the "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" in Aachen:
- "Aqua" German Version:
It's a "Myst" like adventure game.
You are looking for treasures of a sunk drilling platform.
The Atlantic Ocean is waiting for you!
- NEW Re-release "PuzzleBOBS"
"PuzzleBOBS" is a "bust a move" clone, which stands out from other puzzle games of this kind with it's many features and game modes
"PuzzleBOBS" is sold in a DVD package with all recent updates and a new set of levels.
"PuzzleBOBS" is now optimized for MorphOS also!
- NEW "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002"
As a thank you and tribute to all developers and users, who supported me recently, there will be at the "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" the "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002" be presented for the first time.
With more than 50 games from the commercial and shareware section there are the genres action, adventure, board/mind, manager, platform and strategie and number of classics, the offer is rounded up with several sceenshots, solutions and cheats.
The following games (extract) are by appointment with their developers on that CD:
commercial:
- Acid Software (Roadkill, Seak&Destroy, Kiros Quest, Woodys World and more)
- Applaud Software (Blockehaed I/II, Mobile Warfare and more)
- Austex Software (Uropa2 CD version)
- Blue Lemon Studio (Beambender exclusively)
- Black Legend (Embryo, Wheelspin, Fussball Total, Der Seelenturm, Der Trainer, Fatman and more)
- Mellon Design (Jimmys Fantasic J.)
- Revolution Soft (Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky CD32 Version with spoken language output)
- Sayonara Soft (Hollywood Manager, Flamigo Tours, Samba Partie Series, Samba Partie Worldcup - CD
version/spoken language output and more)
- Scorpius Soft (Burnout, Blade und Hilt II German version exclusively and more)
Shareware:
- Roketz, Sharks, BallMaster, Boulderdäsh, Doktor, HBMonopoly, myLocomotion, Mahjongg,
Tiles, Imperium Terranum II and more.
Bonus:
- Shareware "WHDload" installer special offer!
All games are available in German and English language. The CD is published in a DVD package and will be available firstly at the show.
- Distribution & sale:
Fun Time World c/o Sebastian Brylka - E-Mail - WWW
- Live on stage!!
The game "Aqua" and a "PuzzleBOBS" contest will possibly be shown and held at the stand! The Amiga Arena will be host at the stand of Fun Time World on Saturday.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Announcement: Malibu-Plugin for Hollywood
Andreas Falkenhahn:
Airsoft Softwair will soon release the first plugin for Hollywood. The
Malibu plugin extends Hollywood to accept also Scala presentations and
display them. This makes a dream come true for those Amiga users who always
wanted to display their old Scala presentations on Workbench or on an own
Intuition screen in a system friendly way. The Malibu plugin is scheduled
for release in the middle of January 2003 and requires Hollywood 1.0.
Additionally I want to point out that I cannot attend the ARC show in Aachen
unfortunately. Therefore Hollywood is not available for sale there either.
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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Amiga Award 2002: Reminder
Don't forget: Until Friday the 6th of December, 3 o'clock pm you can vote for he Amiga Award 2002 and the Amiga Award 2002 Extra!
Honour with that together with the AMIGAplus two members of the Amiga community for special efforts during the last 12 months!
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
zErec (ANF)
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Eyetech Reply to BBRV open post
Under the title link you can read the reaction of
Eytech (the developer of the
AmigaOne board) about the Thendic statement
"...April, Mai and teamwork...". Read the complete statement from Alan also
here:
I'm afraid Buck has exceeded even his usual level of bullshit and innuendo
on this one.
My take on this:
Our announcement of the G4 availability and pricing, and of the (solved)
Articia problem at the WoA SE was not what he expected. Since then we have
been innundated for dealership agreements from ex-Amiga dealers who have
(and their customers have) good memories of the Amiga OS and a growing
hatred of Windows. The polls, such as they, are show that the A1-XE G4 is by
far the most popular PPC platform for the Amiga community and this must also
have been a bit of a shock. (Is it also a coincidence that we've been the
recipients of an intense, targeted virus campaign since then, I wonder?)
Meanwhile Hyperions work on PPCBoot and linux has allowed the Teron
reference boards to get to a level where they can be usefully sold in the
Linux Market. As most on this list will know we have the rights to
distribute these boards in Europe and now Terrasoft do in the US. (We also
have distribution rights on the Teron based designs for the Amiga marker
worldwide). This has knackered Thendics plans for world domination of the
PPC Linux market.
Reading between the lines it seems that they are prepared to drop MorphOS
altogether if they can get their hands on OS4 to at least salvage something.
Buck plans to do this by suing Amiga Inc (for what?) and bribing us to
abandon the AmigaOne and Hyperion to port OS4 to the pegasos hardware .
Sorry, thats not on. You can only have sensible business arrangements with
people who are trustworthy and behave with integrity. There are plenty of
instances (which are inappropriate to reveal here) where these principles
have been completely abandoned on his side.
On their so-called relationship with MAI, we/hyperion have done more to help
MAI get the Teron design to the linux market than ever bplan have, alltough
I don't doubt that Gerald Carda made an important contribution to
identifying the Articia bug - I've every respect for him as a hardware
engineer.
As far as Thendic making their own boards is concerned thats a complete
joke. Its a matter of public record that Thendic-France incorporated as a
one-man company with the minimum 7500 euros of capital. Thendic, like us and
MAI do not actually make anything themselves, manufacture is all
subcontracted. In our case its to a Tiawanese specialist, in Thendic's its
to DCE. Based on our past experience of quality assurance and after sales
service from DCE I personally would never buy any DCE manufactured products
for resale again.
Well you did ask
Alan
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04.Dec.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (ANF)
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Statement from Thendic about April, Mai and teamwork in the Amiga market
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck of Thendic France sent us an email to gain the attention for an important comment they both posted at the comments of
amiga.org (see title link). For simplicity we repeat the statement which they gave about the collaboration opportunities within the Amiga market:
OK, last word before Aachen Show....
The is no Mai without April. The Articia does not work as promoted. There. We have said it.
Everything that has been promised for the AmigaOne and the Pegasos will not work without
April -- April is *mostly* a "patch." With April the Articia will work as advertised,
without April the Articia will not. Betatesters of the A1 and the "Betatester (Pegasos)"
know that there are difficulties.
In September and October bplan developed the "patch" with Mai. There is no other patch for
the Articia and there was no other assistance from anyone else in creating it. This is why
the Pegasos, A1 and Teron are not available in quantity and why they will not be until the
patch is mounted on the respective PCBs and shipped.
Check out the estimated shipping dates at the YDL site. Do you think they will get anywhere
else sooner? Where is the biggest market? Is it MorphOS and OS4, or is it LinuxPPC? Where
do you think Mai will focus? Not here (MorphOS/OS4)! Our sales commitments for the first
1000 Pegasos went 817 to Linux and the rest to this community (less two for OpenBSD and
two for OpenBeOS).
Mai does not care about this market. They care about the Linux market. They want to sell
the Articia and their board. They make chips and want to sell them. LinuxPPC is a bigger
market for them. That will be their new focus. We are the poor stepchild now. Please
forget all the delusions about the new Amiga or the Pegasos that will re-conquer the world
when the hardware shows up. If we want success this is going to be hard work and a long
haul.
In the meanwhile, you won't have to worry about MorphOS or OS4 being pirated by someone
here now. There is a whole new world of potential users with an OpenSource/Freeware
mentality that is about to consume this market and make it more irrelevant. This is a
post-Napster world.... and Napster was only the beginning. Individual "freedom" has
replaced respect for others. Something is wrong with this picture and it needs to be
fixed, but it will not happen with dongles.
If this community wants a future it needs to start working together. We are spending
plenty of money to make the Pegasos successful, but it is not our final focus. We are
a niche market -- both OS4 and MorphOS. We need unity if we want to be more than a
lingering historical footnote.
The Mai story is not over yet. The first patch is not enough. We figured this out in
November when Mai was scurrying back to Tiawan to make what they thought would be the
final solution. It is not. There are more problems. We finally solved all this a week
and a half ago. Plus, we have added a couple of other features that are better
accomplished in hardware than software (and don't believe a few lines of code will make
the first patch work). If YDL sets off on their current course, they will "crash and
burn" in a month after they finally introduce the product. The Linux market is
unforgiving when it comes to hardware bugs. With all the success they will seem to
achieve their liability will grow correspondingly.
Before you think this is another marketing stunt, here is something new. We know what
Eyetech pays for the Teron/A1; we know what the A1 distributors pay. We would be
willing to match the prices all around less 5% and provide an immediate solution to
the community. We make the Pegasos. Eyetech does not. We have many of the same
distributors. We can compensate Allan Redhouse through his success (something he is
clearly about to loose with YDL Teron pricing). Hyperion too. Oh yes, you want to
buy a G4 A1? Wake up people! Read the disclaimers on the YDL site. Do you understand
what needs to happen before this will? There is a Pegasos G4 now. The question is not
how fast the processor *can* work, the issue is how fast the processor *does* work!
Let's get better organized. We are about to be crushed.
If we pulled eveyone together on this we might even honor those $50 coupons!
This market and community is in complete confusion. There is no leadership or vision
and we need both fast or we can forget it. This is a public statement in good faith
to Eyetech and Hyperion. Allan and Ben are formidible marketing opponents. We can
forget the past if you can. We need to get into the same boat. Amiga Inc. has lost
its leadership mantel. Selling coupons, promoting unachievable concepts and making
wild claims about the next deal have worn tired and false. Fortunately, all have not
blindly followed this route and Hyperion and Eyetech have a solid agreement in place
that protects them in the event of Amiga Inc bankruptcy. And, before you think this
is a "group hug" thing, we have paid our King County, Washigton legal counsel a
retainer. We will commence legal action against Amiga Inc. this month. This is not
some "get legal" BS. This is business and the Amiga Inc. management do not understand
what business is. They "blew it" and we have had enough of their interference in our
future.
The whole Mai/YDL collaboration has changed the situation dramatically. We hope this
statement helps you understand this better.
We will give Hyperion a board. We will support the A1 Betatesters as we have our own.
We don't have to trade sources or get Ralph having a beer with Ben, but we could all
move ahead this way. Eyetech can certify the Pegasos to meet Amiga specifications --
they are positioned to do this. Hyperion and Eyetech can promote OS4. Great. We might
even develop some collaborative efforts quickly. We should.
Things are moving very fast. We have alot to do. Thanks for reading this post and
please think about it carefully. See you in Aachen!
Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill
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04.Dec.2002
www.dreamworlds.de (ANF)
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Game: Crossfire II finished / Will be sold and introduced at the ARC 2002
Crossfire II is finished and will be shown at the show. The demo will be available in some days. Then the Dreamworlds home page will be updated again.
Crossfire II is a 2D shooter. It contains not only a single player mode with an atmosphereic story and complex missions, but also a freestyle mode for entertaining battles for one to four players.
Crossfire II runs on classic Amiga (min. 030, AGA
and 16 MB RAM), AmigaPPC (WarpOS) and Amithlon. Gfx cards
(HiColor), sound cards (AHI), 4 player adapters and much more is supported. A MorphOS support is currently under development.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
Russ Norrby (ANF)
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AmigaOne's available & Amiga Repair
Mr. Hardware Computers is happy to announce that we are selling AmigaOne
Systems and motherboards. We have packages on our site and can configure
any system to your liking. you should atleast order your AmigaOne
motherboard ASAP because there are a limited number of boards. We have a
huge listing of new and used Amiga parts. We even repair your Amiga
Classics. Based out of New York, USA we ship internationally.
Amiga since 1985
http://www.mrhardwarecomputers.com (ps)
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03.Dec.2002
OSNews / Anton Klotz (ANF)
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OSnews: Teron-Boards from Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Anton Klotz:
As OSNews reports will Terra Soft Solutions,
Inc. present an ATX board with PowerPC. It is a Teron board with a 600 MHz G3 PPC
with Articia Northbridge from Mai. The operating system will be Yellow Dog Linux.
As Nicolas Blachford states will MorphOS run on it.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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03.Dec.2002
Steffen Häuser / Hyperion Entertainment (ANF)
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Two new Quake2 Mods downloadable
Steffen Häuser:
On the Quake2 Amiga page are the new mods
- Roughnecks - (if you have seen "Starship Troopers" you will maybe recognize
something)
- Napalm II (all weapons are replaced by fire effects)
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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03.Dec.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News from IOSPIRIT
As already stated previously, IOSPIRIT will attend the Amiga + Retro Computing 2002 fair with an own booth. This said, we want to give you further information and news here.
Just in time for the fair we have received the produced fxPAINT 2.0 CD-ROMs. Thus, you can buy updates and full versions of this graphics allrounder at our booth. More detailed information on the new features in the latest and brand-new fxPAINT-release can be found at our pages for fxPAINT 2.0.
Also in time for the fair, development on VHI Studio 6.0 has been finalized. Besides many small improvements, support for USB-cardreaders (Poseidon only for now) and PCI-TV-boards under Amithlon (via AmithlonTV) are the highlights of this new version.
fxSCAN 4.0, released just a few months ago, will of course be available as well as all other products we have in our product portfolio.
This will also include the possibility to directly purchase a Poseidon license and an updated version of AmiATLAS 6 with updated data.
Finally we want to point out, that we will only be accepting EURO-cash at our booth. If you want to pay via credit card or eurocheque, you will of course also have the possibility to place a postal order (under the special show prices!) at our booth.
We are looking forward to your visit!
(ps)
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03.Dec.2002
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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e.p.i.c. interactive at the Amiga+Retrocomputing 2002 in Aachen, Germany
We will be guests at the stand of falke media during the Amiga +
Retrocomputing show in Aachen this year. Naturally you will be able to buy
all our Amiga products such as Software Tycoon, The Feeble Files or the
Earth 2140 series games a.o. at very special prices directly at our stand.
For the first time we will present some of our products in native MorphOS
versions on the Pegasos, among these will be bussiness simulation Software
Tycoon and Simon The Sorcerer 2. In addition we will also present two brand
new games for MorphOS/Pegasos. The first is our carzy arcade fun shooter
Birdie Shoot which we originally developed for Windows and Macintosh. Fans
of real-time strategy fans will be treated to a demonstration of empire
builder Knights and Merchants, which will be released shortly for the
Pegasos.
More information on both Knights and Merchants and Birdie Shoot can
be found in the projects section of our homepage. The first 25 customers at
our stand will receive a free Earth 2140 mousepad. So, make sure you visit
us early.
(ps)
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03.Dec.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Spider USB 2.0 working in High-Speed mode
Elbox is pleased to inform that development of the USB EHCI High-Speed
driver for the Spider USB 2.0 card for Mediator busboards has been completed.
The new Spider EHCI driver provides all three USB speeds: High-Speed,
Full-Speed and Low-Speed.
Up to now the EHCI controller (the main part of the Spider USB 2.0
controller) was not activated. The Spider cards worked as two independent
OHCI (USB 1.1) controllers with 5 USB ports. Now you can take advantage
of the EHCI (USB 2.0) and two OHCI (USB 1.1) controllers included in
the Spider board.
The first public demonstration of the Spider USB 2.0 PCI card working
in the Mediator system in the High-Speed (USB 2.0) mode will have place
in the AMIGA+RETRO Computing 2002 show in Aachen on 07 December 2002.
During the show, Spider USB 2.0 PCI cards will be available for purchase,
exclusively at the Vesalia Computer stand. Contact Vesalia before the show
to make sure the Spider USB 2.0 cards will not run out of the show stock
before you have one for yourself.
Spider USB 2.0, the fastest and most advanced USB solution for Amiga
computers, will be presented with various USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 devices
like USB HDD, USB ZIP, USB CD, USB card reader/writer, USB keyboard
and USB mice. Spider USB 2.0 will be working in the PCI slot of
the Mediator PCI 1200 SX.
All the registered Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card users will receive the
new Spider EHCI driver as a FREE software update just after the
AMIGA+RETRO Computing 2002 show.
(ps)
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03.Dec.2002
Raquel Velasco or Bill Buck (E-Mail)
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Genesi Press Release about the April® Chip for PegasosPPC
bplan GmbH and Thendic-France SARL
Announce Completion of April® Chip for PegasosPPC
Paris, France - December 3rd, 2002. bplan GmbH and Thendic-France SARL,
both soon to be acquired by Genesi
S.à.r.l. of Luxembourg, are pleased to announce the
development and final certification of the April® chip. The April® chip
adds new functionality to the successful Articia® chipset developed by
Mai Logic Incorporated of Fremont, California. Mai Logic, an
innovative technology design house of integrated circuits/systems,
worked with bplan to develop the first prototype of the April® chip. The
April® chip enables Mai and Genesi licensees to offer PPC based computer
systems that can compete in today's quickly evolving IT environment.
The Pegasos will be the first platform to offer
the April® chip and will be commercially launched at the Amiga+Retro
Computing 2002 in Aachen, Germany 7-8 December.
"We were very pleased to have worked with Mai Logic on this
development," said Gerald Carda, Chief Technology Officer of bplan.
"Through our collaborative efforts, we were able to leverage Mai's
expertise in PowerPC-based chipset/system development and manufacturing
technologies and our own knowledge of system design, architecture and
software to bring the April® development to a successful conclusion.
The Articia® and April® can be used together to promote an exciting
alternative platform for the desktop, portable computer and
sub-notebook marketplace.
The Pegasos incorporates the Articia® and April® chip with either a
PowerPC 750FX processor or a G4 processor, operating at 800 MHz or
higher. A dual CPU module release is planned for 2003. In addition to
the standard enterprise applications and other state-of-the-art
functions to satisfy the most demanding users, the Pegasos platform
will offer many state of the art functions. For example, smart card and
bar code modules have been prepared to work with the platform. A
handheld version of the Pegasos is currently being developed with a
planned release in 2003.
Genesi, Innovation for the Future
MorphOS is also being launched at Amiga+Retro Computing 2002. MorphOS
is a new operating system for PowerPC RISC microprocessors and was
developed for the Pegasos. MorphOS runs on the Pegasos and on the Mai
Logic Teron CX and Teron PX evaluation boards. MorphOS functions on
603e, 604e, 750 and 7400 (Original G4) PowerPC processors. In the
future MorphOS will also run on other Open Firmware based PowerPC
machines. Genesi will also be release an internally developed
CD-bootable version of DebianPPC at Amiga+Retro Computing 2002 for
Linux users. Additionally, a first quarter 2003 Pegasos release of
OpenBSD is expected.
The Pegasos on sale NOW!
The Pegasos can now be purchased through any of the following vendors:
And coming soon to:
- USA http://www.aztekcomputers.com/
- Australia/NZ http://www.boinghosting.com.au/
Articia® is the registered trademarks or trademarks of Mai Logic
Incorporated. April® is the registered trademark of Genesi S.à.r.l.
For more information, please contact:
Raquel Velasco or Bill Buck
+33 1 43662800
bplan@thendic-france.com
(ps)
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03.Dec.2002
Amiga Inc.
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Amiga announces partnership with Extreme Computing
Amiga announces partnership with Extreme Computing to provide Amiga licensed merchandise
AmigaMall will provide on-line solution for customers desiring AMIGA®
products.
(Snoqualmie, WA) December 2, 2002 - Amiga has announced the creation
of a partnership with Extreme Computing to provide customers with a source
to purchase Amiga licensed clothing and merchandise. The "AmigaMall"
e-commerce site will provide both Amiga branded clothing and merchandise
as well as Extreme computer systems. The AmigaMall can be accessed from
the Amiga Website or via
mall.amiga.com.
"We are very happy to be able to enter into this partnership with
Extreme Computing to provide these types of products" said Vince
Pfeifer, Vice President of Operations. "Having Extreme handle all
of our physical product fulfillment allows us to focus our resources on
delivering software solutions for our customers. The timing of this agreement
allows customers to purchase products in time for the holiday season."
"We are very pleased to be able to work with Amiga Inc. on this
project" said Todd Gustafson, CEO of Extreme Computing. "We
feel it is important to keep the Amiga spirit alive, and the AmigaMall
is just one way to keep things going in the right direction. We plan to
continue offering unique and fun Amiga products, and we will update our
website with new products throughout the new year".
About Amiga:
Amiga, Inc. established itself in 1985 as the premier provider of multimedia
technologies to the world. Its award-winning software has been a mainstay
for motion picture studios, government agencies, and entertainment enthusiasts
from around the world. Today Amiga continues to lead the way in multimedia
development by providing developers with hardware-independent technologies
for writing and porting applications to a new hardware-agnostic, multimedia
platform. Amiga Anywhere powered with intent from the Tao Group, enables
applications to run unchanged on a broad range of processors including
ARM, StrongARM, Intel X-Scale, OMAP, MIPS, Intel x86, Motorola 68K, and
Hitachi SH. It can run hosted on a wide variety of operating systems including
Windows CE .NET, Windows 9x, 2000, and XP. Amiga Anywhere applications
can be purchased online at www.shopamiga.com
Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, Wash. For more information, call 425-396-5660
or visit www.amiga.com (ps)
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