11.Nov.2002
Digital Almanac Homepage
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Astronomy: Modifications in Digital Almanac III
Achim Stegemann writes:
In order to keep the program slim, I decided to cut off some very old stuff. In this
case the support of the graphics format IFF-RGFX will be stopped. IFF-RGFX is an
alternative graphic format to IFF-ILBM, which was originaly developed by Andreas
Kleinert and carried by me.
While IFF-ILBM only archieves a weak image compression, IFF-RGFX offers by the use
of the XPK modular compression rates for the encoding. Unfortunately this format was
never assumed by the Amigans. I do not know any other program, which supports RGFX
except SuperView and Digital Almanac. Therefore I threw it now of the program. RGFX
was replaced by the portable PNG format, which is supported already for some time in
DA III.
Moreover I am developing a new concept for the program documentation. Instead of
using connected HTML files as before, which can be read then in an external Browser.
From now on a program assistance will appear within DA III. Each window therefore
possesses its own description, which in an extra assistance window is displayed.
Thus storage space is saved and an update of the documentation is likewise simpler
than so far. The release of the new DA III version 4.9 are to be expected in December
2002!
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11.Nov.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Antivirus software: xvs.library Version 33.39
Georg Hoermann has just released a new update of the xvs.library.
Remember this library is very important for all the major antivirus
programs, because they all use this library to get recog. for viruses.
Here is some info about the new update:
Name: External Virus Scanner Library
Version: v33.39
Archive name: xvslibrary.lha
Archive size: 91.362 bytes (lha packed)
Release date: 11 November 2002
Programmer: Georg Hörmann - ghoermann@gmx.de
News: xvs.library 33.39 (size: 61.196 bytes)
- Added size check to bootblock virus recognition in xvsCheckFile().
Any files bigger than 2048 bytes will no longer be tested for
bootblock viruses to avoid fake recognitions inside disk-images.
- Finally fixed the last MuForce hit ($c0.w) in xvsSurveyMemory().
Thanks to Sensei again for the report and Zeeball for further
suggestions on this topic.
- Fixed severe bug in 'Illegal Access' recognition code that caused
crashes on any files with virus-like hunklengths. Thanks to
Zeeball for the report and the example files.
- Added 'NoName (196 Bytes)' linkvirus and 'XFD Infiltrator' virus.
Thanks to Zeeball for sending them.
- Fixed problems with native MorphOS applications that directly call
xvs.library functions. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the report and
for further help.
- Implemented custom Disable() function that prevents loss of data
on the serial port during xvsSurveyMemory() calls. Thanks to
Christian of CAPS (www.caps-project.org) for the report and the
excessive beta-testing!
- xvsSurveyMemory() now closes TCP ports opened by several viruses.
These currently are: 1666, 2000, 2001, 2227, 2333, 2421, 2551,
4097 and 9876. Please note that closing an open port doesn't cause
a virus report, it just happens!
- Once again improved the internal security stuff for less timing
problems with sensitive software (serial.device still has trouble
with 115200 baud on a MC68030, use 8n1.device instead!).
- Added 'Neurotic Death' viruses (6 versions) to xvsSurveyMemory()
and the installer files to xvsCheckFile().
- Added new developer files created by Dirk Stöcker. Thanks a lot
and sorry that I forgot to add them to the last release.
- Added installer script written by Dave 'Targhan' Crawford. Thanks
a lot for this contribution.
(ps)
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11.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Emulator: WinUAE v0.8.22r2 announced
Amiga plus writes:
The Windows based Amiga emulator WinUAE is to appear in the coming week
in the version 0.8.22r2. Additional information can be found at the
title link.
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11.Nov.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Virus Help Denmark online again
Jan Andersen writes:
Hi all.....
It has been some time now, I have been moving and I have had
no Internet connection. But just to inform you all that I'm alive and
still kicking....
I got an email from Charlene, that she had a hard disk crach. So I
have desided to make an emergency Virus Help page, where users
can get the latest antivirus programs. I'll do the uploading from my
work computer (my boss does not mind) :-)
Okay, so the Virus Help Denmark page in up and running at a small
size, but all the latest Antivirus programs are on it. And only Amiga
stuff is for download.
The complete Virus Help Denmark website will be up on the 1'th of
December 2002. Then I get my ADSL connection back.
I know that this has been as much a problem for you, as it has been
for me. But this was out of my hands !!!!
My new email is: vht-dk@mail.dk
VHT-Denmark: www.vht-dk.dk
I hope to hear from you all soon.....
Kind Regards
Jan Andersen
Virus Help Denmark
vht-dk@mail.dk
www.vht-dk.dk
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11.Nov.2002
z5 (ANF)
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A.D.A. celebrates 1 year online with 10 new demos
One year ago, Amiga Demoscene Archive appeared online with 123 demos and
about 900 screenshots. One year later, we have updated the database to
234 demos and 2142 screenshots.
On the newest update, which was the biggest update we ever did, 10 high
quality Amiga demos were added:
9 fingers/Spaceballs, Authentik/Skarla, Crash test/Cryptoburners, Dust
addict/Fiction, Guardian Dragon 2/Kefrens, It can't be done/Ram Jam,
Mosaic/Exceed, System crime/Scoopex, Xpose/The Silents and
Omnirush/Mystic. Enjoy!
(ps)
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11.Nov.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)
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Flash: Swfplayer V1.2c (07-Nov-2002)
Alexandre Balaban published the version 1.2c of the independently running Shockwave Player 'Swfplayer' in the Aminet. The Player is based on libflash for Linux by Olivier Debon. In this version the PPC support (WarpOS) was added. In detail in relation to the previous version the following changed:
- New: Loop-Play-Option.
- New: PPC-version for WarpOS (WOS)
- Changed: improved Makefiles
The Player supports Flash files up to version 4 and some Flash 5 features. It runs on 68040+ or PPC and needs AGA (thus also on graphic cards). Further information can be found in the Readme of the program as well as notes about well-known problems.
Download:
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10.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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Comic: Sabrina Online.de with Strips 204-207
On 10th November 2002, the German edition of Eric W. Schwartz's cartoon series
'Sabrina Online' has been updated.
The additions are:
- 204 - Straßenraub als Pointe
- 205 - Das Stinktier-Einmaleins
- 206 - Taktvolles Mädchen
- 207 - Angst hat heute Verspätung
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10.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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Benchmark: AmiGOD 2 Beta 10.11.2002
On 10th November 2002, Lukas Stehlik has released a new beta version of
'AmiGOD 2'. This is a modular AmigaOS benchmark. Changes as compared to the
previous version:
- The previous archive (AG2 BETA 14.10.2002) was defective.
- Internal module for UAE + GeForce2 Ti.
- Load/Save module in development.
The benchmark runs from AmigaOS 3.0 (AmigaOS 2.0 has not been tested), CPU 68k,
PPC (or PC and UAE or Amithlon resp.), 0.2 MB RAM and the identify.library
(enclosed).
Download: AmiGOD2.lha
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10.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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Game: Payback for GBA - Status report #2
On 10th November 2002, James Daniels (Apex Designs) has published the second
status report on the Gameboy Advance version of Payback. Over the last month
the game has been speeded up by about 30% due to optimizations. The full
report, screenshots and further information about Payback are accessible
through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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10.Nov.2002
Peter's Amiga Homepage
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UAE: Winuae.chm V1.7.1
On 9th November 2002, Peter Hutchison has released Version 1.7.1 of the
Winuae.chm file. This version contains some small updates and additional
information about the Amiga programs enclosed with WinUAE. (sd) (Translation: cb)
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10.Nov.2002
Martin Kuchinka's home page
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Programming language: PowerD V0.20 Alpha 3, AHI archive
On 10th November 2002, Martin Kuchinka has released version 0.20 alpha 3 of the
programming language 'PowerD'.
Additionally, Philippe van Calsteren has put the developer archive for AHI on the PowerD site. Changes compared to the previous PowerD version are:
- fixed (u)word/(u)byte shifts/rotates under PowerPC
- fixed an old bug in PowerPC support, that made executables about 5%-10% longer!
- added support for functions pointers in variables:
DEF a:() // define the variable as a function pointer (no args here)
a:=&func // assign a function address to the variable
a() // launch the function addressed in variable a
- fixed static lists containing doubles under PowerPC
- added some examples written by Philippe van Calsteren
- basic OOP again started to work :) (see oop.html)
- bugs reported/fixed by Marco Antoniazzi
- shared library support is now working better and safer!
Download:
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10.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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Game: Detris V3.2 Beta 6
On 8th November 2002, Daniel Westerberg of OnyxSoft
has released the beta version V3.2 Beta 6 of Tetris clone 'Detris'.
Changes as compared to the previous version:
- Bugfix: Now the highscore should let you enter stuff even if
it's full, given that you are better then the worst that is.
- The auto-resize of the window should work better now.
Detris works from AmigaOS V2.04 with MUI.
Download: detris.lha
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10.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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MIDI: BarsnPipes V1.17
Already on 7th November 2002, Alfred Faust has released version 1.17 of the
MIDI software 'BarsnPipes'.
Compared to the previous version, the following changes have been made:
- Double ScreenWidth and Double ScreenHeight now are exactly the double
of the Text-Overscan of the current choosen screenmode, equal, which
dimensions you have had defined in the screenmode-requester before.
NB.:Text-Overscan is the size of the screen, which fits exactly the
visible range on the monitor.
ATTENTION !
These values are not stored anywhere. If you want to go back to these
values, you must:
- uncheck the Double Width and Double Height gadgets
- "Choose" - screenmode and insert your values into the Width and
Height integer-gadgets in the screenmode-requester and resume
- after that you may click "Save" or "Use", like you want
- Changed the method of altering a value with the mouse in the
List-Editor in "Magic-Wand"-mode
- Changed the colorization in the song-construction-window.
Now the marked and shifted range is more "colored".
(Not in the "classic" version)
- MIDI-Defaults now defineable for each MIDI-channel separate, and
they may be saved and loaded in separate files
Download: BnP1_17.lha (575K),
History
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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10.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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GUI: reaction.lib alternative by Stephan Rupprecht
On 9th November 2002, Stephan Rupprecht has released an alternative to the
NDK 3.5/3.9's reaction.lib for software developers. The reaction.lib
contains support functions for the ReAction GUI classes from AmigaOS 3.5.
This release is NO official Update from Amiga Inc., but a
redevelopment of most of the original SAS/C's reaction.lib which is enclosed
with NDK 3.5 and 3.9.
The library's full source code, the project file and the binary for StormC4 as
well as a modified clib for this library are included (unsupported functions
have been removed).
Download: reactionlib.lha (11K),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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10.Nov.2002
ANN
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Audio: OctaMED SoundStudio 2 for Amiga discontinued
RBF Software have announced that development of the sample sequencer 'OctaMED
SoundStudio 2' for Amiga has been discontinued. According to RBF, the only
chance for further development would be if the makers of the new Amiga were
ready to talk with RBF Software about a possible new version.
"If you still want to see OctaMED arise again on the new Amiga,
the only way forward is if the manufacturers of the new Amiga
are willing to hold talks regarding a possible new version."
(RBF Software)
It is not possible to release the Amiga source code as Freeware as some vital
parts of the source code have to remain copyrighted.
OctaMED SoundStudio V1.03c itself is available for
download as Freeware.
The makers' full announcement is accessable through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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10.Nov.2002
amiga.org
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Magazine: The Crypt - New mailing lists
The online Amiga magazine 'The Crypt' has set up two mailing lists on Yahoo!.
The general mailing list for discussions as well as the mailing list for
announcements can each be subscribed to via a form on the bottom of the
magazine's entry page.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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10.Nov.2002
amiga.org
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AmigaOne: #AmigaOne IRC web site updated (a.o.t. Aminova)
The web site on the
#AmigaOne IRC channel in the Undernet has been updated. The site now contains a mirror of the Aminova News, a publically accessible forum, the Photo of the Week and an article area for guests and members of the channel in which articles about anything they like can be published.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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10.Nov.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Audio: APC&TCP has acquired rights to DigiBooster Professional
Lately APC&TCP have concluded a contract with the programmers of
DigiBoosterPro and thus acquired all rights to the program, source and the name
DigiBoosterPro.
DigiBooster Professional is a sample based music tracker program. With
- more than 60 commands
- a choice of 128 tracks
- 255 available sample locations
- DSP echo
- and much more
there are no boundaries for inspiration. So, those who have already worked with
programs such as Protracker will be able to shortly find their way around DBPro.
As DBPro runs completely through AHI, any sound card whose driver is AHI based
is automatically supported. Also well known module formats get their fair share.
So DBPro is currently able to read and process
- MOD (Protracker/Noisetracker)
- DIGI (Digibooster 1.x)
- XM (FastTracker)
- S3M (ScreamTracker)
- MED (Octamed & OctamedSoundStudio).
As soon as an able programmer will have been found, it is planned to further
develop the program in big steps.
Furthermore it is planned to publish future versions on CD instead of diskettes.
Detailed information about the program can be found on the APC&TCP homepage
which has been extensively updated this week.
In the future, APC&TCP will also work very closely with the DigiBoosterPro
community.
Thus, for example, Dennis Lohr (Psyria) is taking over support for this
extensive program.
In order to have support for the program as uncomplicated as possible, a forum
has been set up especially which can be accessed from the community, APC&TCP
as well as the Amiga Future homepage.
We would be glad if you would write down your suggestions for improvements and
new features in the support forum.
This is how you can contact us:
Distribution : http://www.apc-tcp.de/
Community : http://www.digiboosterpro.de/
Support Forum APC&TCP : http://www.amigafuture.de/forum/index.php?c=3
Support Forum DigiBoosterPro : http://www.amigafuture.de/forum/index.php?c=4
Distribution (E-Mail) : info@apc-tcp.de
Support (E-Mail) : Psyria@apc-tcp.de
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10.Nov.2002
Jens Langner (ANF)
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Developer tool: CVS V1.11.2 for AmigaOS and MorphOS
Today Jens Langner has released an update of the CVS (Concurrent Versions
System) port. Apart from some important bug fixes re. local repositories, now
there is also a MorphOS/PPC version contained within the archive. The complete
codebase of CVS has been adapted to gcc so there is nothing standing in the way
of a subsequent port to AmigaOS4.
As usual, all interested developers can download the newest version under the
address http://amcvs.light-speed.de/.
Please find all changes in the attached ChangeLog.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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09.Nov.2002
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: interview with Torsten Giebl (Turricane 4 Ever)
If there's any cult figure on the Amiga existing then it is "Turrican"!
A game that had set new standards at its time and had an ongoing influence on a whole genre.
In 1993 the "Turrican" series had ceased on the Amiga with the release of the third part but Turricane lives! With the project "Turricane 4 Ever" exists the possibility of the hero of old times returning to the Amiga.
The Amiga Arena spoke to Torsten Giebl who's working with his team on an unofficial successor and asked for details about the game's progress and how this project came to live.
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09.Nov.2002
Andreas Günther (ANF)
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ScanQuix for USB scanners
The known scan software is now also available in a version for USB scanners. The software package "ScanQuix USB" is based on the proven software "ScanQuix 5" and works with the scanners "HP ScanJet 2200c" and "Epson Perfection 1250". Next to the drivers for these scanners is among other things software for saving, printing and post-processing of the scanned pictures as well as there is for easy creating photo copies.
"ScanQuix USB" needs an USB card with the Poseidon USB stack (e.g. HIGHWAY by E3B). Because of the teamwork with E3B and Chris Hodges (Poseidon) who have actively supported the project is a flawless use also via the USB connection guaranteed.
"ScanQuix USB" is available at Vesalia Computer.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Nov.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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fxPAINT 2.0 in December
We are proud to announce the long awaited version 2.0 of fxPAINT today.
fxPAINT 2.0 includes many new features, that will open up new graphical horizons to you. Besides the generally improved working speed and many new effects, a lot has been done at the modules, too. The fxALBUM- and fxCONV(batch processing)-modules have been heavily extended, new modules like e.g. the "Navigation Builder" and the "Color variations"-wizard have been added.
One of the most important new features is the support for gradients that may consist of a theoretically unlimited number of colors and transparency-values. Together with the also brand-new gradient tool you can easily add gradients to pictures or use them as background.
Furthermore direct support for Truetype®-fonts, PNG-files (loading and saving, incl. all options like alpha-channel, etc.), the system clipboard and Turboprint has been added. The ARexx-port and its nearly 90 new commands as well as the numerous scripts contained offer additional functionality.
fxPAINT 2.0 will, besides the support for 68K-systems, also offer native support for MorphOS, Amithlon, PowerUP and WarpUP and thus, independant of which platform it runs on, allow you to work at full speed. An adaption for AmigaOS 4.0 is already being worked on and will be made available as a free download upon the time of completion.
An overview over all, including many more, new features as well as the possibility to purchase fxPAINT 2.0 at a time-limited special price can be found on the all-new fxPAINT 2.0 subpages. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of December 2002. (ps)
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09.Nov.2002
sylvio k. (ANF)
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Avcodec.Library for 68k and PPC released on Aminet
On the Aminet have the Amiga ports of the ffmpeg libs appeared:
Short: Audio and Video codec library for 68+PPC CPUs
Author: chip@amiga.rulez.org (Csaba Simon)
Uploader: chip@amiga.rulez.org (Csaba Simon)
Version: 1.45
Type: gfx/misc
Downlaod: avcodeclib.lha
This shared library is an Amiga port of the opensource ffmpeg project's
libavcodec static library. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg)
This archive contains:
avcodec.library - for 68020 and upper CPUs
avcodecwos.library - for PPC603e and upper CPUs
Installation:
Copy them to your Libs: directory
Features:
Decoder for the following video codecs:
MPEG1VIDEO, H263, RealVideo1.0, Motion JPEG,
MPEG4, OpenDivx, Divx3, Divx4, Dix5.xx, MP41, MP42,
WMV1, SVQ1 Sorenson, DV Video
Decoder for the following audio codecs:
MP2, MP3, DV Audio, WMV, PCM, ADPCM
Todo:
Compile the encoders too.
Autodoc Documentation
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Winner of the Messages-Remix contest
AMIGAplus wrote:
Some weeks ago had Bjorn Lynne started a remix contest for the title sound "Messages" of the latest Lynne album "Colony" for which 29 people had sent in music pieces. Today the lucky winner was announced:
"PROJECT 2020" took part with a fantastic mix of Dub, Hip-hop, Club, Dance and Tribal and put with this the competitors in their places. This one and seven more tracks will be played in a special radio show on The Mixdown, a FM and Internet radio station on November, 9th between 3 and 5 o'clock (Central US. time). Besides, the winner gets 100 US-Dollars and a copy of "Colony".
All eight remixes can still be downloaded at JavaMusic
(http://www.javamusic.com/bjornlynne.
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09.Nov.2002
Amiga SourceForge
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DCR8520 Amiga ports: updates done on 08.11.2002
Diego 'DCR8520' Casorran has made some ports available for download on his web site. Yesterday were the following programs updated:
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Nov.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)
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Magazine: AMIGA aktuell 11/2002 released
The November issue of the free magazine AMIGA aktuell has just now been released and can be read online on the website of the distributors as well as it can be downloaded in the HTML respectively in the AmigaGuide format.
It contains among other things
- a "small tools" special about the audio compression format "Ogg Vorbis",
- the sixth and last part of an introduction in the ReAction programming,
- a background article about data types and their recognition,
- a workshop about programming a note book in PHP with mySQL,
- a review of the German version of the graphics adventure "Aqua",
- the most important news and press releases regarding Pegasos & MorphOS, AmigaOne & AmigaOS 4.0 and Amithlon,
- a comment about the supposed quarrelsomeness of the Amiga community,
- reports from the Amiga events in Graz and Grebenstein,
- a note about the future proceeding with a lack of sent contributions,
- and much more.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Nov.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: translation of the AmigaSource interview with Ben Hermans
Following the title link you'll find the German translation of the interview with Ben
Hermans that AmigaSource had made. The translation into German had been done by Markus Castro of Amiga Future. The original can be found
here.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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08.Nov.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Multimedia authoring system: New screen shots from Hollywood
Andreas Falkenhahn writes:
Many people e-mailed me because they wanted more
screenshots from Hollywood. Therefore I published 5 new
screenshots from a game done with Hollywood and a demo
done with Hollywood. More screenshots will be published
over the next weeks. All applications whose screenshots
are on the Airsoft Softwair homepage are of course included
on the Hollywood CD-ROM.
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08.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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HTML-Tool: HSC and HSC-RPM v0.927
On 06th November 2002 version 0.927 of the HTML-preprocessor "HTML Sucks Completely" (HSC) written by Matthias
Bethke has been published. The delivered source code can be compiled on each supported platforms. It
has been tested under SuSE Linux 7.3 and HP/UX 10.20.
There is also a HTML-documentation available online.
Besides this the download archive contains the current preferences and macro files, too.
Version 0.927 contains several minor bugfixes.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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08.Nov.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Update of Ian Chapmans BBoAH
From now on the last update of the Big Book of Amiga Hardware written by Ian Chapman is also available
on Amiga Society. Additionally there are minor upadates of the Little Book of Amiga Society.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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08.Nov.2002
MorphOS-News.de
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Event: First pictures of Thendic of the ExpoProtection
Thendic France has published first pictures of its stand on the ExpoProtection (SecurityExpo).
For the first time Thendic France has officially introduced its Eyecam together with Pegasos/MorphOS on
this fair with the topic Safety.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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08.Nov.2002
ScummVM at SourceForge.net
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Hardware of the SourceForge.net-server will be changed
On the page of ScummVM at SourceForge.net has been announced that between the 14th and 17th December
the hardware of the server will be changed. Therefore single offers will be temporarly not available.
Please read the following original message:
Downtime notice
Greetings fellow Adventurers!
SourceForge, our host, is moving hardware on the 14th and 17th of November.
During this time, there will be a number of outages:
- 14th: ScummVM Downloads and Mailing Lists will be unavailable between
approximatly 16:00 Pacific Time (GMT-8), till 19:00.
- 17th: The main ScummVM site, and CVS tree, will be unavailable from
10:00 Pacific. This may last up to 12 hours, but hopefully less!
Thank you, and please shop at Snuckeys again!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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08.Nov.2002
Ottawa Amiga Show
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Event: Ottawa Amiga Show with Randy Hughes of Amiga Inc.
As we have already reported the Ottawa Amiga Show 2002 in Ottawa will
take place on 09th November 2002. The
team of organization has announced that Randy Hughes of Amiga Inc. will take place on the dinner which
will follow after the show and will answer questions. This will take place from 3:30 p.m. on in the Royal
Oak.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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08.Nov.2002
Haage&Partner
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Haage&Partner: Offers
Additionally to the current version of the DTP program PageStream 4.1 (Amiga, Windows, Macintosh) H&P
now also offers the professional graphic program ImageFX 4.5 containing the German documentation for
a special price. There are also special prices for the OS 3.9 book (second edition), the bundle with OS 3.9 and ArtEffect4 together with
the AE Collection. (ps) (Translation: dr)
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08.Nov.2002
Cloanto (ANF)
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Event: WoASE 2002 - Pictures from Cloanto
More pictures, including panorama view, at
http://cloanto.com/news/20021102woa.html.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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08.Nov.2002
Fun Time World
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Fun Time World: Situation of Frogger explained
Fun Time World which is the German distributor of the video player software Frogger announces
that the development of Frogger has been ensured. Few days ago the author Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz
has got uncertain if he offend against GPL and he was going to publish the program as Open Source.
Fun Time World wrote:
»Development of Frogger ensured
We are glad to inform you that the development of the unique video player called Frogger has been
ensured. After an exact examination of the licences there is no reason for publishing the program
as Open Source. Only two codecs will not be contained as components of Frogger. These ones will be
freely available on Internet. If we are allowed to deliver these codecs on our CDs have to be cleread
but we cannot see any problems there.
All orders which we have got we will handle during the next days. You may be looking forward to
your registered version of Frogger.
We would like to thank you for your confidence and the positive feedback we have got.« (ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Nov.2002
Hyperion Entertainment (ANF)
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Amiga Quake2 Page Online
In cooperation with Daniel Schultz: an Amiga Quake 2 webpage has been started, on which additional material regarding Quake 2 for AmigaOS
will be published in the future - such as new mods and levels, whether created by users or downloaded from the server.
Originally there were 41 Quake 2 mods for AmigaOS. Since then there have been another 20 mods. These additional mods will be
downloadable from the Quake2 page. So there will be 2 or 3 mods offered for download weekly, just check the page and don't miss
them.
To start off, the following three mods are offered:
- ChaosDM - one of the best Deathmatch mods for Quake 2
- Star Trek - contains the entire Enterprise as a level (and new weapons)
- Bots - "Battle of the Sexes" - a CTF Mod, based on classes,
in which a male team and a female team go up against each other.
The requirements to be able to use these mods are that you must have Quake2 for Amiga installed. Quake2 is available from retailers now.
Hyperion Entertainment (ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Full Version of WBMenu`97
In cooperation with Manfred L. and with the approval of H. Röhricht Amiga Arena
is making possible a further classic full version of WBMenu`97. Here is a snip
from the handbook:
WBMenu`97 is a multifunctional high speed data bank system with an intuitive user
interface, with which you are placed in a position where you can have an overview
and manage and start all of your programs.
To this end WBMenu`97 offers functions, for which unless several programs must
be inserted, and is an offer to all who wish to get the most from their computers.
Thereby it doesn't matter what particular use you make of your computer. WBMenu`97 is
the first program of its type, that can take over full control of the system. Whether it is the
binding of hardware drivers or the loading of the Workbench, it's "no problem" for WBMenu '97.
You'll find more information in the handbook for WBMenu`97!
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Audio: AHI/PPC 6 only for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4
Martin Blom, the developer of the soundcard driver system AHI, has reiterated that there will be
neither PowerUp nor WarpUp versions. There is only the MorphOS version (available) and the
AmigaOS 4 version (planned).
Here is his original announcement:
"Yes, indeed, today is November 7th, not July
11th. Anyway, I've been asked to clarify one thing
regarding the PPC version of AHI. There will be no WarpUp version, nor
will there be any PowerUp version. The reason is that neither of these
two systems allow PPC code to be invoked from within an interrupt?,
which is an absolute requirement for AHI. The current PPC version is
for MorphOS only. In the future, I hope to have an AmigaOS 4 version
as well.
1) While it should have been obvious by reading the PowerUp documentation,
there is nothing in the WarpUp documentation or the actual design that
suggests that it will not work; in WarpUp, it could be possible
if the implementation had allowed it. In any case, the days when I could
be bothered to write for a mixed CPU system are since long gone..." (ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
Hyperion Entertainment (ANF)
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Quake2 Amiga Port Available
On the 2nd of November 2002 at the WOASE convention in London, Quake 2 for AmigaOS officially went on sale.
The game was demonstrated in a "Death Match" between three Amigas. It ran a custom level which was specially
created for the convention. The network server was a PC, in order to demonstrate that PC users and Amigans may
play in the same TCP/IP multiplayer network, however naturally an Amiga could also be used as a server. The
Quake2 packet for Amiga contains an easy-to-use installer script, a startup GUI, and documentation in AmigaGuide
format, including the original version of Quake2 for Windows, which contains the data files.
Over 55 Quake2 mods are to be offered for Quake2 through different channels, including the Internet.
Quake2 for AmigaOS will become available from your local Amiga dealer sometime this week. The price may vary
from dealer to dealer.
Hyperion Entertainment
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
Ralph Ewers (ANF)
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Sendo Z100 Will Not Appear
Setback for Bill McEwen: The Sendo Z100 will not appear.
Even in his Executive Update at the beginning of
November, 2002, McEwen was announcing (under point 6) that the Sendo Z100 with the "SmartPhonePacks"
would be produced.
In the article from Heise "Setback for Microsoft's Handy-Operating System"
(see title link) it is made clear that presumably nothing will come of the market introduction of Amiga Anywhere on
this Handy.
Sendo released the following in a special announcement:
»Sendo hat das Entwicklungsprogramm für ihre Smartphones auf Basis von
Microsoft Windows for Smartphone 2002 Software eingestellt. Als eine Folge
davon wird das Sendo Z100 nicht auf den Markt kommen.
Wir bedauern das zutiefst. Es war eine sehr schwerige Entscheidung,
insbesondere weil wir durch das Z100 die führende Position bei der Entwicklung
von Smartphones erworben hatten. Wir sind sehr enttäuscht, dass wir das Z100
nicht auf den Markt bringen.
Gleichzeitg freuen wir uns aber, dass wir heute mitteilen können, das wir die
Series 60 Plattform von Nokia für unsere Smartphones lizenziert haben. Wir sind
davon überzeugt, dass wir damit unsere führende Position bei der Entwicklung von
Smartphones in 2003 fortsetzen können.« (ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Pegasos in the Microwave and Three More Bundles
After the successful appearance of Thendic-France
and bPlan at the
World of Amiga South-East 2002
last Saturday, some new Pegasos-related developments became known. The first four Pegasos-bundles
have been determined:
- The unusual "VideoMicrowave" is a remodeled steel microwave with an LCD display
as the door and a Pegasos board on the inside. You'll find information at
http://www.videomicrowave.net.
- The "Development Suite" is a developer package for
the Pegasos, Eclipsis, and Pegasos server stack.
- The "Pega-shush" is a home-server for the long-endurance business of integrating with
other entertainment electronics. The communications occur over a 802.11b network card.
- The "Games Package" is an offer
especially for friends of good game value. More details will be announced at
http://www.pegasosppc.com.
On the 16th of November Thendic-France will spend some time in Poland at the Amiga Show 2002,
and they are going to bring a bunch of Pegasos equipment to test on the basis of a new ISO installation [new MorphOS version - dm].
This will be the first showing of the Pegasos Wireless Camera with the display software to be seen on an iPAQ (this is just a temporary solution
until the Eclipsis prototype is ready).
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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ScummVM News: It's a SCUMMy job, but someone's...
ScummVM is an engine, an engine which enables you to play the old classics of LucasArts such as The Dig,
Indiana Jones 1 & 2, and Sam & Max under AmigaOS and MorphOS.
After the license discussion with LucasArts the contact with the American operation was broken off. As long as
LucasArts doesn't respond with a veto of the software, work will proceed energetically on ScummVM-Release
0.3.0, which will support the following games:
- Zak McKracken (FmTowns 256 Color Version)
- Monkey Island (VGA Floppy and Enhanced CD)
- Monkey Island II
- Loom (CD Talkie version)
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Day of the Tentacle
- Sam and Max Hit the Road
- The Dig
- Simon The Sorcerer 1
The next big release, 0.4.0, will support the following games:
- Simon The Sorcerer 2
- Full Throttle
- Indiana Jones and Last Crusade (256 color version)
How can you as a user help? You can test the supported titles and report the mistakes that make it impossible to complete the game. You should go over the details at Information on Release 0.3.0. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
GFX-Base
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GFX-Base: Interview with Arkadiusz Wahlig
Under the title link you'll find an English-language interview by GFX-Base with
Arkadiusz Wahlig, the author of the Workbench-extending DepthMenu. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Antivirus Program: VirusExecutor Version 2.28
Jan Erik Olausen has updated his antivirus software VirusExecutor:
Name: VirusExecutor v2.28
Archive Name: VirusExecutor.lha
Archive Size: 306.337 Bytes
Date: 06. November 2002
Programmer: Jan Erik Olausen - vht-dk
Requirements: AmigaOS 2.04, xvs.library (inkl.), reqtools.library,
xfdmaster.library, xadmaster.library
Further information and the possibility to download VE may be found under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Merlancia Industries Has Moved
The US American Amiga hardware distributor and retailer Merlancia
Industries announced a move of its office and warehouse. The new
address:
Merlancia Industries
9034 N 23rd Ave, Ste 2
Phoenix, AZ 85021
United States of America
The telephone number and Internet contact addresses are unchanged. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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AmigaOne Complete Systems
Eyetech has identified (under the title link) the configuartions for two AmigaOne complete systems, the AmigaOne starter systems:
Eyetech AmigaOne Starter:
- available with the AmigaOneG3-SE (750CXe G3 cpu @600MHz) or AmigaOne-XE (7451 G4 cpu @800MHz) motherboard
- 20 GB HD
- 56x CD-ROM
- 128 MB RAM
- CPU Cooler
- Floppy Drive
- Soundblaster Live Soundcard
- ATI or Similar low-end graphic card, AGP, Linux and OS4 compatible
- PS/2-Keyboard and Mouse
- 7-bay Midi ATX-Tower
- SuSE Linux PPC Distribution inc. Instructions
- LinuxPPC & UAE Preinstalled
- OS4-specialized BIOS (& OS4-License with Earlybird-Systems that are ordered and paid for before 31st December, 2002)
- Onboard-Ethernet and USB
- Bundled, Tested, and Assembled
AmigaOne Power System:
- available with AmigaOneG3-SE (750CXe G3 cpu @600MHz) or AmigaOne-XE (7451 G4 cpu @800MHz) motherboard
- 80 GB HD
- DVD-ROM
- CDRewriter
- 512 MB RAM
- CPU Cooler
- Floppy Drive
- Soundblaster Live Soundcard
- ATI Radeon 8500 Graphic Card
- PS/2-Multimedia-Keyboard
- Optical, Cable-less, Unencumbered Mouse
- 7-bay Midi ATX Tower
- SuSE Linux PPC Distribution inc. Instructions
- LinuxPPC & UAE preinstalled
- OS4-specialized BIOS (& OS4-License with Earlybird-Systems that are ordered and paid for before 31st December, 2002)
- Onboard Ethernet and USB
- Bundled, Tested, and Assembled
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
Amiga Inc.
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Amiga to create games and other content for Microsoft Windows ...
Amiga to create games and other content for Microsoft Windows for Smartphone 2002 Software
Snoqualmie, WA, Nov 6, 2002 - Amiga, a leader in games and entertainment
software, today announced the release of games targeting Windows Powered
Smartphones. Using the Amiga Anywhere Content Engine and their new "App
Pak" technology, applications written for Windows Powered Pocket
PC handheld computers will now be available for Smartphones as well. In
addition, Amiga intends to build specific games and productivity applications
that take advantage of the unique characteristics of devices running Microsoft
Windows for Smartphone.
"Amiga has partnered with Microsoft to create the best experience
for games and entertainment on Smartphone devices", said Bill McEwen,
CEO of Amiga. "We have been an early adopter of Microsoft Windows
for Smartphone because of our belief that it can revolutionize the mobile
experience. With our new App Pak technology, users can access applications
on their PDA or Smartphone without having to install them from their personal
computer."
App Pak applications are distributed on memory cards. Users will be able
to purchase the cards from their retail store and immediately use them.
In less than 60 seconds, users can enjoy games and other applications
with just by inserting their card. Just insert the card in the appropriate
slot, click, and play. App Pak applications use little storage space on
local systems making them more functional for PDA and Smartphone devices
with limited resources.
"The Windows Powered Smartphone enables users to do what they want,
when they want, from business productivity to entertainment," said
Mary Rose Becker, group marketing manager for Mobile Devices at Microsoft
Corp. "We're thrilled that Amiga is releasing it's games for the
Smartphone platform, providing our mutual customers with compelling entertainment
options."
Amiga will begin shipping games and other applications for Smartphone
in time for the holiday season this year. To learn more about Amiga visit
www.amiga.com or www.shopamiga.com. Developers who want to receive more
information regarding developing content for Amiga Anywhere can sign up
at www.amigadev.net
About Amiga
Amiga Inc. established itself in 1985 as the premier provider of multi-media
technologies in the world. Today, Amiga continues leading the way in multi-media by
providing language independent technologies to developers for writing
and porting applications to a new multi-media platform that is hardware
agnostic. AmigaDE, powered with intent(TM) from the Tao Group, enables
applications to run unchanged on a broad range of processors including
ARM, StrongARM, Intel X-Scale, 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, Windows XP, Linux, and Embedded Linux.
Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, WA, and has offices worldwide.
#########
All trademarks, brand or product names are the property of their respective
owners.
For more information, press only:
Bill McEwen, bill@amiga.com
Tel: 206-383-3576
Fax: 425-432-0608 (ps)
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07.Nov.2002
Christian Sahle (ANF)
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Emulator: UAEx - Amiga-Emulator for the XBox
On sourceforge.net (under the title link) an Amiga emulator for the X-box is being worked on. The first appearing
Beta v. 0.3 is available for download.
[download link removed, because apparently there is a KickROM there.] (ps) (Translation: dm)
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07.Nov.2002
Scott Pistorino (ANF)
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AmigaSource: Exclusive interview with Ben Hermans
Scott Pistorino writes:
AmigaSource is proud to announce what hopes to be the first of many
interviews with the big names in the Amiga Community. Drop on by and
read the exclusive interview with Ben Hermans of Hyperion
Entertainment! (ps)
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06.Nov.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Expansion Continues: Mediator PCI 4000Di
Elbox writes:
Elbox Computer, the real & creative manufacturer of hardware for Amiga
computers, the pathfinder for the PCI standard in Amiga computers,
is proud to announce expansion of the MEDIATOR busboard product line
with the new Mediator model for Amiga 4000D computers: the Mediator
PCI 4000Di.
With this product, every Amiga 4000D user gains the chance to use up
to 4 PCI cards in the standard A4000 desktop case, thus significantly
improving his/her computer's performance.
Features:
- 4 PCI slots (PCI 2.1 compatible) and 3 Zorro III/II slots
- 66/33 MHz PCI clock (transfer rate up to 264 MB/s)
- 32-bit PCI datapatch
- 4GB PCI memory space
- Busmastering/DMA in all PCI slots and DMA to A4000 motherboard space
- Compatible with all 68030/040/060 and PPC processor cards
- Ready for SharkPPC(+) G3/G4 cards
- Fits in a standard A4000 desktop case (replace the Commodore daughter board)
Included with the Mediator PCI 4000Di is the Mediator Multimedia CD with
drivers for Sound, TV tuner, Ethernet 10Mbps, Fast Ethernet 100 Mbps and
Graphic PCI cards. For the list of currently supported PCI cards see
Mediator Driver Guide.
For more info, see the Mediator PCI 4000Di website.
Pricing and availability
The Mediator PCI 4000Di will be on sale beginning with 1st December 2002 at
the suggested retail price of EUR 239.95 (VAT excl.). To locate an authorized
distributor in your area or to purchase the product
online visit the Elbox Computer website.
Why Mediator?
Do you need your Amiga to display crystal-clear image up to 2048x1536x32@75?
Do you want your favourite games to run in accelerated graphics?
Take a Voodoo-family PCI graphic card and enjoy its 2D and 3D performance!
Do you want to use a variety of devices connected via the USB port?
Simply install the Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed PCI card into the Mediator slot
and explore the world of the newest USB devices such as mice, keyboards,
tablets, joysticks, printers, scanners, webcams, digicams, flash card
readers, zip drives, floppy disk drives, harddisks, memory sticks, ethernet
adapters and audio adapters, GPS location devices or finger print readers!
Care for superb high-quality music?
Just install the inexpensive, quality Sound Blaster sound PCI card into the
Mediator slot and play your MP3 files at 16 bit resolution!
Want fast network connections to surf the net?
Put a low-cost RTL8139 Fast Ethernet 100Mbps PCI card into the Mediator
slot and connect your computer to the network!
Do you want to watch and capture your favourite TV programmes?
With a TV tuner PCI card you can watch TV, but also connect a TV-SAT tuner,
a camcorder or a digital camera. Although the full TV image resolution runs
at 30 fps in the PIP window on your Workbench screen, it does not use the
Amiga processor's time at all!
MEDIATOR - An Easy and Inexpensive Way to Power-up of Your Amiga.
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
(ps)
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06.Nov.2002
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Aminet CD #51 - October 2002
Today I got the new Aminet CD #51. Stuffed with more than 500 MB
(unpacked) of new releases within hundreds of archives. As a highlight the well known game Foundation - The Directors Cut is included.
The Aminet is the largest Amiga PD archive worldwide. Up to 40.000 users access it daily and several programmers publish their new software directly at the Aminet. During the eight years of existence the Aminet reached, converted, an extend of more than 40.000 floppy disks
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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06.Nov.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: New driver for Spider USB 2.0 Hi-Speed card
The SpiderUP 1.9 update for the
Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card
has been made available today. Changes in usb.device ver.1.9:
- the bulk out procedure corrected,
- speed improvements.
The usb.device 1.9 requires the Poseidon stack ver.1.31 as a minimum.
Info on the current versions is available in the
DOWNLOADS | Mediator section.
(ps)
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06.Nov.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Event: Betatester II conference held in Aachen
Due to a statement by Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco of Thendic France at MorphOS-News.de
the originally planned for being held in Frankfurt at December the 14th/15th Betatester II conference will now be joined with the "Amiga and Retrocomputing Fair" in Aachen on December 7th/8th.
Among other things they will appear with 50 Pegasos computers to be tested by the visitors. Further information by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Nov.2002
AmigArt
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AmigArt: Boot Log of ExecSG Kernel on AmigaOne G3 and G4
Hyperion Entertainment has allowed us to publish a boot log of ExecSG
Kernel running on AmigaOne G3 and AmigaOne G4. For further information
see title link.
(ps)
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05.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Austria: point.design opens new store
A positive news for all Austrian Amiga fans: point.design has opened a new store on 08.11.02 in Graz.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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05.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Audio: AHI 6 PPC in progress
Martin Blom refers on the website of the sound card driver system AHI that soon a stable version 6 of AHI for the PPC-Amiga will be available.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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05.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Emulator: MAME-MOS with AHI-Support
The from Fabien Couerjoly ported version of the arcade emulator MAME for MorphOS now supports AHI and was optimized in video speed.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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05.Nov.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 04.11.2002)
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:
- 04.11.02 new: The Pawn (Magnetic Scrolls) done by Galahad
- 04.11.02 improved: Pirates! (Microprose) supports another floppy version
- 04.11.02 improved: Out To Lunch (Mindscape) new imager, minor other fixes
- 04.11.02 new: Midwinter 2 (Maelstrom Games) done by JOTD
- 04.11.02 new: Explora (Infomedia) done by Psygore
- 01.11.02 improved: Secret of Monkey Island (Lucasfilm Games) miscellaneous changes
- 01.11.02 new: Armour Geddon 2 (Psygnosis) done by Galahad
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05.Nov.2002
Jens Schönfeld (tel.)
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Event: ARC 2002 - Info-space for shareware-authors at reduced prices
Starting today, shareware-authors can book cheap info-space on the
Amiga + Retro Computing 2002 (ARC 2002) with one table and one chair
for 100,- EUR. If you're interested in this offer, please
contact Jens Schönfeld.
A perfect opportunity for shareware-authors to make direct contact
with customers!
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05.Nov.2002
Amigan Software
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Game: Saga Version 1.22
The game Saga is released in version 1.22. It is a conversion of the board game Saga: Age of Heroes released 1981 by TSR. It is for up to 6 players,
human or Amiga. The game is about defeating monsters, finding treasures and support great kingdoms to be famous and heroic.
The game is available in Englisch and German, and recommends AmigaOS 3.0+, AGA/RTG. The source code is contained in the archive.
Download: Saga.lha (290 KB)
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05.Nov.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Multimedia authoring system: Hollywood available
Andreas Falkenhahn wrote:
Finally! After a long time of development, the Multimedia authoring system Hollywood
is available. Hollywood is a powerful and extensive program which is unique on the
Amiga. You could compare Hollywood with a modern version of Scala: But Hollywood works
fully in 24bit mode and uses only system functions to grant compatibility on every
Amiga system. Because of this extreme system friendly programming Hollywood does also
run on Amiga emulators with great speed. Versions of Hollywood for MorphOS and AmigaOS4
and maybe also AROS are planned. On the Hollywood product page
you will find an extensive overview including screenshots from the program. In the
next days some applications done with Hollywood will be presented here. Hollywood
is delivered on CD-ROM and can be ordered now.
Hollywood is the Multimedia Application Layer for Amiga(tm) and compatible operating systems.
This means that it offers you a script language together with advanced functions that allow
you to create your own multimedia applications which range from a simple slideshow to a complex game.
The big advantage of Hollywood is, that it does all the framework for you. You do not have to
care for example, if your application is going to run on a ECS, OCS, AGA or RTG system. You
do not have to care if the Workbench screen your application runs on has 16 or 16.7 million colors.
You can concentrate yourself on the important thing which is your application and not its enviroment.
Hollywood is fully 24 bit enhanced which means that you do not have to mess around with palettes,
remapping and so on. Additionally it is fully integrated into AmigaOS(tm) and does not rely on a
specific custom hardware. Therefore Hollywood does also run on emulations like Amithlon or WinUAE
with amazing speed.
Using the Hollywood script language, the possibilities are almost unlimited. The basic version of
Hollywood comes with over 150 functions that range from disk operating system (DOS) functions to
functions that allow you to smoothly scroll animations and graphics on your display. There are
also many functions that allow you to display objects, pictures and texts with over 50 cool
transition effects or scale graphics and animations. You can also fade objects, texts and
pictures smoothly.
Hollywood uses the datatypes system to load all graphics, animations and sounds which allows
you to use all formats you have datatypes for. Additionally it supports unique things like
transparent windows which enhance the look-and-feel of your Workbench screen amazingly.
You can use true type fonts (with anti-aliasing), standard bitmap fonts and even the cool
Amiga color fonts with Hollywood.
The integrated sound system allows you to play various types of music modules (including
Protracker and OctaMED) but also sound samples. You have full control over this system because
you can specify which channels to use for play back.
Hollywood is a high-end application that needs some memory to work best. It uses a special
preload system so that all data is immediately accessible and the play back is incredibly fast.
Therefore it is advised that you have lots of memory (16 megabytes+) and also run a RTG
system like Picasso96 or CyberGraphX.
Hollywood is the absolutely number one choice in Amiga(tm) Multimedia nowadays and brings
the Amiga back to its roots...Multimedia! It comes with a compiler which can save your
applications as stand alone Amiga executables which may be freely distributed.
Hollywood is delivered on CD-ROM with many examples on it as well as over 250 kilobyte of
documentation in AmigaGuide format. It is only available directly from the author.
Although all this may sound a bit complicated to you, it is very easy. Programming skills
are not necessary. They are only of use if you want to create complex applications but for
the normal Hollywood usage, you do not need them because Hollywood is really easy to handle.
Graphics:
- Fully 24bit enhanced!
- Transparent windows are possible
- Over 50 transition effects for objects, pictures and texts
- Graphics can be scrolled smoothly
- Smooth and fast animation play back
- Support for transparent graphics and animations
- Functions for using textures
- Support for datatypes
- Support for true type, bitmap and color fonts
- Scaling of graphics is possible
- Application can open on Workbench or own screen
- Integrated easy Undo system
- Fully independent from the enviroment e.g. does not matter if user runs Picasso96 or CyberGraphX or AGA or ECS/OCS
Sound:
- Support for audio samples
- Full control over the audio channel playback
- Support for various music module formats
- Volume and pitch of samples can be modified during playback
- Sample size is not limited to 128 kilobyte
- Full Stereo playback
Script language:
- Variables, arrays and different data types (long, float, string)
- Conditions and loops can be used
- Easy handling of variables (no initialization, declaration)
- Functions for manipulating strings and doing math operations
- Compiler and linker to convert your script to an executable
- Inbuilt error handler that does all the error handling work for you
- Functions for debugging your script
- Labels that are fully integrated into the user interaction mode
- Plugins can be used to enhance Hollywood's functionality
User interaction:
- Buttons can be defined
- Hollywood buttons support mouse click and mouse over events
- Keyboard input can be monitored
- System keys can be monitored
- Window events (window is moved, sized, closed etc.) can be monitored with ease
System functions:
- Read from and write to files
- Easily read whole directories into an array
- Various file operations
- Many functions to handle files and work with them
- Query the Amiga system for information (e.g. CPU, Kickstart etc.)
- Retrieve information about hard disks, memory...
- Enhance your program to use different languages by using Hollywood's locale.library support
- Many time and date functions
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05.Nov.2002
turricane.org (ANF)
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Pixelartists and Coder for inofficial Turrican 4 needed
The team of the Turrican 4 ever project (title link) is looking for pixelartists and coders for the realisation of an inofficial Turrican 4 game. The finished game can be downloaded for free.
As pixelartist you can decide if you want to create background gfx or anims and splashscreens.
As coder you should have knowledge about SDL and/or FLTK or willingly to work with it.
For more information surf to turricane.org or send an eMail to wizard@turricane.org.
CU
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