20.Oct.2002
Petra Struck
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Event: Report from the Pegasos/MorphOS demonstration at the "BeGeistert"
To give you a first overview about who I met in Düsseldorf at the
BeGeistert, let's start with
Nicholas Blachford, known
through his audio software Aural-Illusion
and Aural Synthetica.
He did a detailed interview
in February 2002 for Amiga Arena. He is working as a software engineer for
Thendic France for about a month now.
Furthermore Bertrand Presles and Sébastien Lokhamkhouak were on board as well.
Bertrand is president of the ASUM
(Association of Sympathiques Utilisateurs de MorphOS), a union of MorphOS-fans,
which originated from the AFUA group (Association Française des Utilisateurs d'Amiga),
a union of Amiga-fans. Sébastien is currently founding a new French MorphOS print
magazine called 'Fly High'.
The Pegasos
"Betatester 1" computer system was being demonstrated with the
MorphOS operating system.
What hides behind the "Pegasos" and "MorphOS"? The Pegasos is a new PPC computer system,
or better said new hardware, which bases on an ATX motherboard offering dual G3/G4
processor support. This computer was developed by
bplan GmbH, Frankfurt, and is manufactured
by DCE, Oberhausen, and
Thendic France is the worldwide
distributor.
MorphOS is an excellent fit for this new computer.
Below we take a look at a part of an
interview done by amiga-topcool
with Ralph Schmidt (one of the MorphOS authors) to better understand why this
OS was developed:
amiga-topcool: Ralph, when did the idea for MorphOS strike you, and what
caused you to begin?
Ralph Schmidt: Let me go back a bit before that, because MorphOS is a stage
in a longer sequence of events. In September 1995 we (the former Phase 5)
decided to introduce the PowerPC as the new CPU in the Amiga market, because
there was no visible future for the old 68K series of processors. To that
end we worked not quite a year on emulations and plans for how the OS could
be ported.
All of that went out the window as we opted instead for the ppc.library
approach, for reasons of time and market conditions. Then in 1998 there was
again a bit of energy to the original approach after the Flash, ppc.library
and SCSI developments were winding down. We saw absolutely no sense in a
simple AmigaOS port or a 68K Workbench extension ala OS 3.5, so our goal was
the foundation of a new OS, an OS that would contain an "A-Box" for old
Amiga API programs. In March 1999 the microkernel for this new OS was
functional, in that such an AmigaOS box could be integrated and this would
then serve as the OS foundation.
So the operating system MorphOS (boots in 2.5 seconds) is a microkernel based OS,
upon which sits an A/box, which would then allow the execution of Amiga programs
(which don't access hardware), but faster as compared to Amiga hardware.
The operating system MorphOS has today matured to a good operational status,
Ambient (the Workbench clone) is based on MUI and can be adapted to individual
design wishes.
During the performance I have asked whether it is possible to use
hard disks from the Amiga to be used without problems. Bertrand attached his
Amiga hard disk as slave and booted his computer, after this we could
use all the programs stored on his Amiga hard disk.
However, if I say that the OS has arrived at a good operational point, I mean
that it currently runs faultlessly in the main areas, but there also are somethings
left to do. Herefor I would like you to remember that the individual stages of development of
our AmigaOS. AmigaOS wasn´t perfect at the beginning, and it isn't today. MorphOS is
nevertheless promising because there are already
many programs, that are converted natively to MorphOS, further software will follow,
just think about those many programs which are in work by
Titan-Computer and
e.p.i.c. interactive.
Around 15 programmers are intensively engaged in making MorphOS
a better solution in the meantime.
Users who think themselves to be capable of coping with a system which still
raises smaller problems, can purchase this Pegasos/MorphOS computer as a
so-called "Betatester1" (with NDA). Later, users of the Betatester1
still have the possibility to test additional hardware, such as a smart card readers.
The "Betatester2" will be sold at the beginning of the coming week, no NDA (obligation
to be silent about certain things) needs to be signed anymore. A date for the
official customer release isn't finalized yet. The German Distributor is
Vesalia, and on their website you can find
all the technical details.
Finally, some answers to the questions asked by amiga-news.de readers:
Which DVD- and CD-ROM-drives are utilizable? Are there any limitations?
Yes and no. Most devices run, there will be a detailed list on Thendic France´s website shortly.
When will the support for 512 MB RAM-modules be ready?
These already can be used, when it's registered RAM. There will also be a list
of all useable RAM-modules.
Will there also be support for Firewire and SCSI-adaptors?
SCSI now, Firewire later, there will be a commercial solution for this
interface not after the release of the video editing software
'Motionstudio' from Titan-Computer.
Is there planned TV out and dual monitoring support?
This does not run yet, but will be implemented. When isn't clear at this
point. It has definately no high priority.
What is the current state of Eclipsis and the JAVA-VM?
In development and there are first prototypes.
My personal impression after this demonstration: Not yet finished, but very very promising!
Author: Petra Struck -
Pictures of this event
Translation by Michael and Gary7
Proofread by Asemoon Abi
(ps)
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20.Oct.2002
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)
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Magazine: AMIGAplus looking for emulator freaks
The AMIGAplus team is looking at short notice for a freelance editor on
royalties basis, who has knowledge of emulation of classic or exotic home
computers or consoles on the Amiga. Interested parties please send a short
example of style and information about the systems employed including
emulation software to Marc Cloppenburg
(marc@amigaplus.de).
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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T.o.T.: New LARP-Videos and Aminet-Demo
From the Tales of Tamar Newspage:
"Dear customers and testers,
it is our pleasure to provide your with two news items
today.
First of all, we finally got the video for the second LARP
based on Tales of Tamar. This con was again organized by
the proven team around Daniel Stein and everybody had a lot of
fun.
Our thanks go to the great people at Virtual Dimension,
who professionally cut and produced the video. You can find it
under Downloads.
If all goes well, we will have an ambiente con in winter 2002/03
on a castle. It will also be the release party for the Tales of Tamar
base set. Every player is cordially invited. You will soon find
detailled information in the LARP section of our homepage.
Last but not least, today we have prepared a tech demo for Tales of Tamar
to be released on Aminet. This demo will help you find out if Tales
of Tamar works properly on your system and also gives you some
background information. It is the same demo as two years ago, but
based on new routines and now also works on Amithlon. Unfortuneately,
we're not able to test it on MorphOS yet, but if some MorphOS
betatesters download this demo, we would like to hear about possible
problems.
Wolfen
Eternity"
(sd)
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20.Oct.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Little Book of Amiga Software expanded (Might and Magic III ...)
From the Amiga Society Web site:
"The Little Book of Amiga Software is slowly growing - page by page and chapter
by chapter. This weekend about ten new entries will be added, and quite a number
will be extended.
Joining in are among others Might and Magic III and Oh no! More Lemmings.
The weekend will also bring extensions for Schlachtfeld.
Here, the team page (among others) will be expanded, but there'll also be the odd
information elsewhere.
Also, the translations of the various areas into German or English respectively should make some progress - o dear, and this with my rusted English. I'm already glad if my German babble is understood. Till then....
Yours, Horst"
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
Peter's Amiga Homepage
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Printers: Canon BJC6000 driver V1.0 for WB 3.5/3.9
On 18th October 2002, Peter Hutchison has released version 1.0 of his Canon
BJC6000 printer driver for Workbench 3.5/3.9.
Download: CanonBJC6000.lha" (sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
Amiga Flame
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AmigaDE: Jami - Java libraries especially for AmigaDE
Gabriel Hauber and Onno Scheffers of
Atomic Digital Studios
are working on new developer tools for AmigaDE. 'Jami' is a set of Java
libraries which have been written especially for AmigaDE and, among other
things, make the extended facilities of AmigaDE APIs like Ami2D and AmiAudio
directly available to Java developers.
Further information about this is accessible through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
amiga.org
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AROS: Snapshots are available again
The snapshots of the AmigaOS compatible Open Source OS 'AROS' are now again
available for download.
Fabio Alemagna writes on amiga.org:
"That's right folks, since today you can download again the
daily snapshots of the sources and binaries of AROS.
You can do it by viting this page.
However, remember that the AROS team doesn't officially support these
snapshots, they are given to you "as is", although bug reports
are very welcome and should be submitted using the
bug tracker
and patches should be submitted using the
patch tracker.
For anything else, head to the AROS main site
and the the SourceForge project page." (sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
Kultpower.de (ANF)
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Kultpower: Top magazine charts and new reviews
The top charts of all games evaluations of the magazines Powerplay and
Videogames are now online on Kultpower.de. So now you can easily find the best
scoring Amiga games, or the C64 games with the best sound grades.
Kultpower.de write: "To commemorate old Powerplay times, this feature is called
Creme de la Creme :)"
Furthermore: New reviews from the very rare Happy Computer special issues of
1986:
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Sega Master System), Delta (C64), Donkey Kong Jr.
(NES), Jinks (C64), Out Run (Sega Master System), Samantha Fox Strip Poker
(C64), Super Mario Bros. (NES), Superstar Ice Hockey (C64), The Bard's Tale
(C64), Wonderboy (Sega Master System).
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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20.Oct.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Magazine: Obligement N°35
Issue 35 of the French Amiga e-zine is now available. You can read in this
issue: latest Amiga news, report of the A-Expo/Alchimie2 show, interview of
Chris Hodges (by Amiga Arena), reviews of FxScan 4 and Aqua, tutorial about
Tornado 3D, all the news about the emulation and AmigaDE, and lot more.
Download: obligement35.lha (936K),
Readme
(sd)
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20.Oct.2002
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Event: Pictures of visit to "BeGeistert" in Düsseldorf
Here is a selection of the pictures that have been taken today by Petra Struck on the BeOS event BeGeistert. Mainly, of course, pictures of the Pegasos/MorphOS and Walker presentations, which btw may be repeated on Sunday morning if required. An extensive report will follow.
Ulrich 'Scholly' Scholz (left) "guards" the entrance ... |
... and collects the entrance fee of 10 Euro per visitor. |
Most people are currently attending a BeOS demonstration ... |
... thus the room looks nearly deserted. |
While waiting for Nicholas, I have already shot a picture of the MorphOS surface. The windows' design is variable and, thanks to MUI, customisable. |
Gert is having BeOS explained to him at length :-) |
T-Shirts of all sizes and all BeGeistert event vintages are waiting for buyers, three of the old vintages can be bought for 25 Euro, the current "BeGeistert 2002" is 13 Euro. |
Bertrand Presles and Sébastien Lokhamkhouak of Thendic France |
Here a glimpse of the Pegasos' inside |
The complete system |
Nicholas Blachford of Thendic France |
(This picture in 1280 x 960)
A further look at the Pegasos' inside |
The Walker! Nicholas has given it a try, and partly even managed to make it work! |
The Walker's backside really strongly resembles a vacuum cleaner, the connectors however reveal that there is a complete computer with all the bits and pieces hiding inside. |
Here two - to my knowledge never before published - drawings ... |
... of Walker prototypes in a tower (well, rather a giant tower). The original pictures will be submitted to us later. |
I have seldomly visited events where the empty pizza boxes were so neatly stacked for disposal! |
Here now a couple of pictures from the BeOSers' room ... |
Discussions here, object lesson there ... |
... naturally, the pizza order is also important! |
Gert is looking forward to dinner at a Chinese restaurant ... |
... and I, too, am in the best of moods, for I have seen much and, obviously, I am totally delighted. Till next time with "Petra on Tour" ;-) |
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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19.Oct.2002
Thorsten Mampel, 1.Vorsitzender ACH (ANF)
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Event: video of Amiga Meeting Bad Bramstedt (Update)
Following the title link you can download a 10 MB video in the Quicktime format showing several minutes of a walk round the meeting presenting all computers.
Update:
Alternative download link: meeting.mov (ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Thomas "Gojira" Nosutta (BAU02/ACBB) (ANF)
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Event: first pictures of the Amiga Meeting
The BAU02 has the honour to present the first pictures of the Amiga Meeting. They can be found following the title link. Further pictures will follow. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Thorsten Mampel, 1.Vorsitzender ACH (ANF)
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Event: status report from the Amiga Meeting Nord
Slowly it's getting full ;-). We have really reached the limit of our capacity. Right now there are 30 computers installed. Our network is still running flawlessly. Hopefully there won't be any problems with the electricity ;-).
Around 17 o'clock will the premiere of the film "Dünn2" take place. After this will
Andre begin with the demo presentations. The organizers are really excited about the event being so popular. The first sales via our stock market have already been done. People are busy in handicraft work and especially in helping each other with the soldering-iron or just with good advice. Here still lives the Amiga feeling!
Under http://www.amigameeting.de/Webcam/Cam.jpg
is the web cam still running delivering a new picture every 25 seconds.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Jim Steichen (ANF)
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AmigaTalk V2.1 uploaded to Aminet
Version 2.1 of AmigaTalk today was uploaded to Aminet. A look at the .readme file
will show some significant additions since V2.0.
AmigaTalk V2.1 is a version of 'Little Smalltalk' (V1.0 by Tim Budd) that
has been re-written & enhanced for the Amiga line of computers.
James T. Steichen, Copyright (c) 1998-2002.
Be sure to have the sound turned on when you start the program!
(It's called AmigaTalk for a reason!)
WARNING:
~~~~~~~
There are some things that I can no longer test due to the fact
that my system has a CyberVision 64/3D graphics card & is using
the cybergraphics.library (et al). I would appreciate some
feedback about problems that you might find, since I will not
always be able to find them.
The system is currently NOT fully documented (especially IFF & BOOPSI
Classes), so expect to see some holes in the documentation.
I did NOT go back & verify that all the test files still work as
shown.
REQUIREMENTS:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
AmigaTalk uses DeckBrowser which is copyrighted (c) by InovaTronics.
I've included a copy of it with my distribution. It should be placed
in the command path where the Amiga OS can find it (example: 'C:')
68040 or better microprocessor. (68000 or 68020 available upon request).
20+ Mb of RAM (or you can edit the AmigaTalk:c/InitializeCommands
script & delete the instantiations for Intuition Tags,
DosSystem Tags & DataTypeSystem Tags & drop this
number down to 4 Mb of RAM).
AmigaDOS 3.5+
Hard disk (5MB of space). (os)
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19.Oct.2002
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: Hilt2 - HD version
Hilt2 as now available for download as HD version including manual and new missions (Spacelab, Bughunt1).
Hilt2 is a strategy game with RPG (role playing game) parts. You have to fulfill several operations with your team. You can set up your team where every unit has different abilities.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Ulrich Scholz
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Event: additional information about the Pegasos presentation at the "BeGeistert"
As reported already yesterday is
the "BeGeistert" taking place today and tomorrow in Düsseldorf. Following the
title link you'll find information regarding the exact place and a plan showing
the way there. The admission is 10 Euros.
From our yesterday's update you can see that the alternative computer system
Pegasos with MorphOS and the Walker will be shown by Nicholas Blachford,
Bertrand Presles and Sébastien Lokhamkhouak, too. Here are some more details:
Saturday, from 14:00 to 17:00 o'clock will the following four parts take place though not neccessarily in this order:
- MorphOS running on a Pegasos and the legendary 'Walker' shown by Nicholas
Blachford, Bertrand Presles and Sébastien Lokhamkhouak.
- Comparison "BeOS R5" / "Zeta" by Bernd Korz (yellowtab.com)
- "BeOS Developer Edition" by Frank Scholl (beosonline.com)
- OpenBEOS (OBOS): team leaders explain what this is, what they do, how far they have come for now...
- If need is given the MorphOS guys will do another presentation on Sunday morning.
As I have already mentioned in yesterday's message I'll visit the event this evening, too. If anyone has suggestions for questions he/she can place these in the comments.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2002
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Video converter update 2.2 beta
Carsten Siegner wrote:
Today I have finished a new beta of the program 'Video converter'. This version fixes a problem with Movieshop picture files. Until now ffmepg broke off when it met an unknown Jpg sub format (ffmpeg is very particular about Jpg sub formats). Now I have created a "work arround" by coding a dataype loader plugin for Video converter. This plugin can read all picture formats for which a datatype is installed, convert them to PPM and hand them over as a picture list to Video converter.
All you have to do is choosing a pictures directory in the lister as input, one for the output and then just pressing "convert".
Unfortunately it's only a beta version because it always crashes on my Amiga when using very big pictures lists and I could not fix the error entirely. This beta can be downloaded from my hompage.
Download: Videokonverter.lzx
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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18.Oct.2002
Thorsten Mampel, 1.Vorsitzender Amiga-Club Hamburg e.V. (ANF)
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Meeting: Amiga Meeting North, Webcam Online
Our webcam is now online!
At http://www.amigameeting.de/Webcam/Cam.jpg you'll
find a new picture every 25 seconds.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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18.Oct.2002
Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)
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Tool: SRename Version 3.5.0 Final
Constantinos Nicolakakis has released the final version of the tool
'SRename'. You can easily rename files with this tool, which runs on
AmigaOS 3.0 and up.
Download: SRename350.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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18.Oct.2002
Mikey C (ANF)
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Event: WoA SE 2002 - It's FINAL!
World of Amiga Southeast 2002 is pleased to announce it's final
Exhibitors line up for this year's Show.
- 100% Amiga Magazine
- Amiga (OS4/Quake II Demo's)
- Cloanto (Amiga Forever)
- Eyetech (AmigaOne)
- Fore-Matt Home Computing
- Kicksoft
- Mediator Support Team
- The Crypt Magazine
- Thendic France (Pegasos/MorphOS)
- Total Amiga Magazine
- Weird Science
- ZeoNeo
The following Amiga User Groups will be in attendance:
- Amiga North Thames
- Amiga Support Association
- Blackpool Amiga Club
- Huddersfield Amiga User Group
Please visit http://www.worldofamiga.com or
http://www.seal-amiga.co.uk/woase
for more information, including an exhibitor layout plan for your convenience.
Advanced tickets, priced, £3.50 each, are available from: Fore-Matt Home
Computing, http://www.forematt.co.uk or
Kicksoft, http://www.kicksoft.co.uk.
World of Amiga Southeast 2002 takes place on Saturday 2nd of November
2002 at Poplars Hall, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex, UK. More news will
follow soon. (ps)
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18.Oct.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets (until 20.10.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your harddrive which were originally made only for use with disks. The following pakets have been added or updated since our last message:
- 20.10.02 new: Shadow of the Beast Demo (Psygnosis) done by Psygore
- 20.10.02 improved: Citadel (Arakkis/VD) polish version supported
- 20.10.02 fixed: Crystal Symphonies (Phenomena) interrupts fixed for 040/060, delay added
- 20.10.02 fixed: Crystal Symphonies 2 (Phenomena) interrupts fixed for 040/060
- 20.10.02 improved: Mean Streets (U.S.Gold) French version supported, bug fixed
- 19.10.02 new: Operation Neptune (Infogrames) done by Psygore
- 17.10.02 improved: Z-Out (Advantec/Rainbow Arts) snoop bug fixed, new installer script
- 17.10.02 new: Wolfchild (Core Design) done by Galahad
- 17.10.02 fixed: Prehistorik (Titus) music fixed
- 17.10.02 new: Dragon Strike (Westwood/S.S.I) done by JOTD
- 16.10.02 new: Crazy Sue 2 (Hironymus Jumpshoe) done by DJ Mike
- 16.10.02 new: Crazy Sue (Hironymus Jumpshoe) done by DJ Mike
- 14.10.02 improved: Budokan (Electronic Arts) disk images shortened, new icons
- 14.10.02 improved: Emptyhead (Rednex) faster loading
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2002
EvenMore
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Text viewer: EvenMore version 0.60 (17.10.2002)
The freeware text viewer 'EvenMore' which was made by Chris Perver is available in version 0.60 (17.10.2002). Chris only changes the version number if an extensive update was made. With the help of plugins a high number of formats can be read and other ones will follow!
Download: EvenMore.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2002
Amiforce
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Amiforce: New IBrowse-toolbar and Euro calculator for Austria
Today Cj-Stroker has published a toolbar for IBrowse in Golded6 AIX design on his download area. All those who like colourful buttons they will love it.
The toolbar for A-Web and Voyager has also almost done and is available in next days, too.
Euro calculator Austria:
Cj-Stroker has published an Euro calculator for all Austrians some times ago. You can also find it in the download area.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2002
Thomas Nosutta (ANF)
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Mailprogram: YAM beta version 2.4 (developer version from 18.10.2002)
There is a new developer version 2.4 of the mailprogram YAM which in the meantime has become Open Source. This is a version which is still in progress and which therefore possibly contains bugs. The developer team offers no support and gives no guarantee! Any requests done by email will also not be answered. You use it on your own risk!
The changes which were made you can read in this list.
You can get further information on the Yamos SourgeForge-site.
Download: YAM24Dev.lzx
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2002
Paul ExiE Strejcek (E-Mail)
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Czech Amiga.News MOVED
Paul ExiE Strejcek writes:
First we would like to apologize that Czech Amiga.News was unavailable
for 12 days. For technical reasons we have moved to a new address
amiga.czex.com.
Now we ask for your help!
If you find a link referring to the old address, please notify the
webmaster about the change.
To contact us, please write to newsy@czex.com
or exie@czex.com.
We made the best of the change and improved the html code, which should
result in faster display in Amiga browsers, especially on slower machines,
and light-speed downloading :-).
BTW main page of Czech Amiga.News finally validates as HTML 4.01 Transitional!
During the transition we have also fixed the
forms for submitting news, so don't be afraid
to use them. Finally we have also started updating our vast collection of
links. We will keep you informed about the progress. After arrival of the
new version of operating system AmigaOS 4.0 we are going to add new services
for our readers. Let us surprise you! Additional ideas and comments are
welcome!
(ps)
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17.Oct.2002
Thomas Schulze (FAJ)
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Music/Sound Expert Sought for Crossfire II
Dreamworlds Development is looking urgently for a music/sound expert who can also
add music to animations, in order to prepare Crossfire II. The animations are in MPEG
format or if needed in single pictures on a CD. The result of adding the sound should
therefore be a timed sample in a common format
There is not going to be much monetary reward involved (because of the
overall market situation). The best case scenario would be approximately
100 Euros when the project is published. You can get further details by
expressing your interest in an email.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
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amiga-news.de: The Internal Search Machine Not Working
Unfortunately our internal search machine 'htDig' is not working right now. Sven brought it to our attention that the Google search and gives a very good result when one enters
site:www.amiga-news.de + key word
in the search field. You can enter the key word either in the upper right in the field where it says 'Google.com', or in the field on our separate
search page.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Nico Barbat (ML)
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Magazine: AMIGAplus for October, 2002
The AMIGAplus for October 2002 with the title theme "Audio with PSA"
will be out in the middle of next week. For two reasons the release
date was postponed, and so a new appointment was made with the
publishing company.
Read about the following topics in the latest AMIGAplus:
Mega-Workshop ProStationAudio
"Audio with the Amiga rocks!" Take a calm walk with us in the world
of a professional Audio-Sequencer, ProStationAudio. Add chimes to
your life!
Thylacine - Tasmanian USB Controller
For many long years it wasn't possible to use a USB gizmo with
your Amiga. Now, within the space of a year come not one but
two new USB cards on the market. After we introduced E3B's
HIGHWAY in the May and July/August 2002 issues, and its little
sister SUBWAY for the clock port of the Amiga 1200 is still
awaited, we're making a little trip to Australia for you. That's
where the Zorro II card Thylacine has been available for a little
while.
Software Tycoon - Learn as the game progresses...
When the digital entertainment industry was still in the
shoes of a little child, the pioneers of game history could
give free rein to their innovative ideas.
After the version for the PC was released about a year ago, the
Amigans and Mac-heads [and MorphOSians -dm] can also dive
into the world of a Software Tycoon and virtually manage the
development of a game.
PC Competitor - Twice-Enjoyed Retro Game Fun
To throw away something valuable, to give something the old heave ho
without a good reason, now that's a pity. So how can the old competitions, zip sticks,
Pythons and Hyperstars be regenerated for employment in Amiga
emulators? The rescue comes from the joystick interface PC
Competitor!
And in addition to all that:
- Workshop PGP, Part 1
- FroggerNG 2 CD Tested
- A+ on Tour: photokina 2002
- What's New in Emulator Land
- How to Do Better on eBay, Part 2
- Floppy Classics on Hard-drive: WHDLoad
- Amiga-Status-Report 10/02: Voter Rights
- Demoscene: Summertime is... Partytime
- Show Report O.A.S.E. 2: News from Austria
- and a whole lot more
AMIGAplus is available by subscription, by single issue at
5 Euros per (inc. postage and handling) and in your local
Amiga shop.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
MorphOS-news
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Meeting: Pictures of the Finnish Amiga User Group Meeting 2002
The members of the 'Finnish Amiga User Group' shot some pictures of their
meeting in Oulu on 28th September, 2002, in which the Pegasos was presented. These
pictures have been assembled in a photo report and uploaded to Aminet.
Download: sakuvk02.lha (4,6 MB)
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
amiga.sourceforge.net
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DCR8520 Amiga-Ports: Updates from 16th October, 2002
Diego 'DCR8520' Casorran put a few ports on his website for public download.
The following programs were updated:
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Chaos Computer Club
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CCC: Wave of Bank Card Fraud
Apparently there is a wave of bank card fraud underway. In inquiries to
Chaos Computer Club, the help-seeking victims all describe a similar
modus operandi.
The complete article may be found under the
title link.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Martin Strojek (ANF)
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Amiga Classics on Gameboy Advance (Speedball 2)
Under the title link there's a game test by Golem
with the titleGame Test: Speedball 2 - Return of the Classics
on the GBA title "Speedball 2", which was also favorably well known on the Amiga.
Here's an excerpt: »Whoever has called an Amiga his own will be dazzled by the mere mention of
the Bitmap Brothers. This development team created Amiga games of an unforgotten
radiance. One of them, Speedball 2, was recently introduced in a version for Nintendo's
handheld Game Boy Advance.«
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Test Reports of Sol Negro & Solution
On the Amiga Future Homepage a
Test of Sol Negro has
been published in the article section. Many thanks to Alexander Drews for this article.
Until the 20th of October, 2002, the current
solution will be
on the Amiga Future homepage. The following is available to win this time:
- 1 x Virtual Karting 2
- 1 x Amiga Tools 2 CD & Tele-Info 2 CD
- 1 x Workbench Design CD & Steuer Profi 96 CD
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: MediatorUP 3.4 & MM CD UP 1.18
The MediatorUP 3.4 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D,
Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator
PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV has been made available today.
The update includes new versions of:
- pci.library
- Voodoo.card
- Virge.card
- MediatorNET.device
Changes:
pci.library ver. 5.6 - support for 6 PCI slots
Voodoo.card ver. 2.18 - displaying the border in 8-bit modes corrected
Virge.card ver. 1.7
MediatorNET.device ver. 2.6 - support for Mediator PCI 1200 SX added
The MM CD 1.18 update for the users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator
PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX,
Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV busbords, who are registered
owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD has been released today.
The update includes new version of:
- Voodoo.card
- FastEthernet.device
- mixer.library
- sb128.audio
- tv.library
- TV
- tv.vhi
Changes:
Voodoo.card ver. 4.18 - displaying the border in 8-bit modes corrected
tv.library ver. 1.13 TV ver. 1.3 - new front-end reception frequency steps added
FastEthernet.device ver. 1.6
mixer.library ver. 1.4
sb128.audio ver. 4.7
tv.vhi ver. 1.2 - support for Mediator PCI 1200 SX added
Info on the current versions is available in
DOWNLOADS | Mediator section. (ps)
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17.Oct.2002
amiga.org
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CCN: (Im)Patient Amigas
Robert Du Gaue, an Amiga enthusiast and former Amiga columnist for CCN,
and AmigaZone's Harv Laser get together to write a good article depicting
the state of the current American West Coast Amiga community and the lack
of progress from Amiga Inc.
(ps)
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17.Oct.2002
Kultpower.de
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Kultpower: New Videogame Test Reports
The online fan site of various cult newspapers collects scanned test reports
and covers in its databank. Today the following videogame test reports have
been entered:
From Videogames 11/97:
Extreme-G (Nintendo 64), Final Fantasy 7 (hello RouWa) (Sony Playstation).
From Videogames 1/93, scanned by Mesca:
Chiki Chiki Boys (MegaDrive), Desert Strike (SuperNES), Ecco (MegaDrive),
Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour (SuperNES), Lemmings (MasterSystem),
Lemmings (NES), Magical Quest (SuperNES), Mickey Mouse 2 (MasterSystem),
Parodius (SuperNES), Sonic 2 (MasterSystem), Sonic Blast Man (SuperNES),
Super Mario Land 2 (Gameboy), World of Illusion (MegaDrive).
Thanks to Mesca there are in total about another 150 test results from the
Videogames issues 1/93, 3/93, 9/93 and 10/93.
In addition to all that Alien426 has sent us the ASM test reports for these games:
Alone in the Dark (PC), Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC),
Legend of Kyrandia (PC).
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Website Renovation in Progress
Horst Diebel writes:
»So, the rebuilding of the page is beginning now. Because a few areas of the page
didn't get many visitors, and I unfortunately don't have time to spruce them up,
they will be shut down. This step is overdue, and many people have called for it.
The "Bücher" section will stay in place as the core. "Schlachtfeld" will get its own domain
sooner or later and be distanced from the society. The other headings, whether they are little
matters from Micha or me, will also be closed. Many people thought we should do this and
we announced it long ago.
The only update really is in the Little Book of Amiga Software - a few games will be found
here, which absolutely must be taken up again.»
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
OnyxSoft
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OnyxSoft: Pictures of AONE, Cathedral Version 1.31, and DagensTV Version 1.0
OnyxSoft has placed online a few pictures
from AONE 2002, which took place in Göteborg. On top of that, two programs were brought up to date on
the 15th of October, 2002:
- The music creation program Cathedral
has reached version 1.31.
- DagensTV is now at version 1.0, ready for
download. The program works with information of TV programs, which are distributed by email from
http://www.dagenstv.com/.
Both programs are from Daniel Westerberg.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
The Legacy
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History: The Legacy Update - 400 New Screenshots
The games museum for C64, Amiga, Atari and other computers is taking care
of their readers by offering new screenshots, cover scans, and articles about
the game developers. On the 15th of October, 2002 400 new screenshots were
saved to the databank.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Total Amiga
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Magazine: Total Amiga Issue 13
The English language magazine Total Amiga will appear on the 28th of October, 2002, and it
is going to have the following content:
- News
- AmigaOS 4 Update
- MorphOS and Pegasos Update
- Columns from Fleecy Moss and Alan Redhouse
- Features
- Digital Cameras - Includes information on choosing a camera, connecting it to your Amiga and using the images.
- Interactive Fiction - A look back at the history of IF, the current state of the genre and how you can get involved with your Amiga.
- Interviews with Davy Wentzler (Audio Evolution) and Matthew Kille (Zoeneo).
- Flashback - A new retro column, this issue looking at the A4000.
- Power Tower Conversion - How Matt Morris of BAC turned his Power Tower into a thing of beauty.
- Reviews
- GoldED Studio AIX
- Thylacine Zorro USB card
- fxSCAN 4 with USB scanner support
- Epson Perfection 1650 USB Scanner
- Tales of Tamar
- Earth 2140 Mission Pack
- PD Paradise: Privoxy and MultiRename
- Support
- Photogenics 5 Layers Tutorial
- Reader Letters
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
ANN
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AmigaOne Will Be Demonstrated on the 20th of October, 2002 in Australia
The Australian Amiga user group SAUG
in cooperation with Anything Amiga
will display the AmigaOne this Sunday the 20th of October, 2002 at 2 pm. In Epping.
Here's an excerpt of the original announcement:
- DATE: Sunday October 20th
- TIME: 2pm
- LOCATION: Epping Community Centre, (School of Arts building), 9 Oxford Street, Epping NSW.
If you're Sydney-based or close enough to get there then see the following.
This coming Sunday the Sydney Amiga User Group in conjunction with user
group member Ross Vumbaca and AnythingAmiga will debut the new AmigaOne.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
sylvio k. (ANF)
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Soms3D Seeks New Partners
Soms has been on ice for a long time because there was a lot of programming to do. This made us really think about things. We decided
not to make a 2D adventure, but rather a realtime 3D online role playing game.
To do this we already have a 3D programmer and our first internal beta version. The capabilities of Soms3D will be made public at a later
date (assuming our new webpage is online). The adventurers will reach, more or less, a common solution. And naturally all that one may
do online must also be doable in an online game.
To reach our goals we still need a bit of help. We are looking for:
- A musician who can deliver his music in MOD or MIDI form.
- A programmer who knows his way around Online-Programming.
- Because Soms3D is based on PPC it would be better when partners have a PPC, especially when programming.
- Applications or Inquiries go to Sylvio K..
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Oct.2002
Matthias Rustler (ANF)
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Game 'Armada' released on Aminet
Armada is a round-based game for two to five players. It is a version of a game formerly played with paper and colored pencils. To start off each player places his sea port on the map. As the game progresses players select their ships and attack opposing ships. It depends on the distance and a roll of the dice if the opposing ships are sunk.
Armada-Homepage is here, and here is the Aminet download link: Armada.lha. The author would like to hear some feedback about the game and its homepage.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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16.Oct.2002
Kermit Woodall (ANF)
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Nova Design Announces Special Offer for Online Sales
Now that Nova Design's online store is live on it's web site at
www.novadesign.com - we'd like to offer free shipping to anywhere in the
world for any of our products purchased directly from our web site online!
Our new store offers a fully secure ordering system and all of our
products are available, including the fantastic ImageFX 4.5 upgrade
package!
If you're interested in Aladdin 4D, ImageFX, Millennium or our Cinematte
products - then visit our web site now and take advantage of this free
shipping offer while it lasts!
www.novadesign.com (ps)
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16.Oct.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)
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New PCI gfx card by PNY
With the Verto GeForce4 MX 420 PCI
the company PNY Technologies offers a modern and powerful gfx card based on the GeForce4 MX 420 gfx processor suited for computers without AGP slot.
The with 64 MB SDRAM equipped gfx card got additionally a useful TV out beside the VGA connector.
Actually the price is around EUR 139.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
Telemar Rosenberger (E-Mail)
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AMHuhn: Programmers are overwhelmed :-)
Telemar Rosenberger, one of the developers of AMHuhn is totally overwhelmed by the positive response and submitted the following statement for release:
Hello AMIGA and AMHuhn friends,
we would like to thank you very much! We didn'd expected such a huge approval and friendly help.
Since the AMHuhn is at the net the incoming emails don't stop, there are so many mails from all over the world to respond, it's getting hard to do something else, there are positive criticisms, brief notes of thanks, suggestions for optimization or problems. Nothing negative yet :-)
Getting so much approval there is nothing left for us than continueing. I know there are problems with Picasso96 but I have to note that I can try cybergraphics only by myself. There are problems as well if the iff.library and the
picture.library are both not inside libs:.
Regarding the datatypes it is important to have the jpg and anim datatype installed, no matter if these are WOS, PPC or 68k.
With AHI sound the following is important:
At the AHIprefs you should choose 3 to 4 channels for the music unit at the mode. With a 68040 is AHI 4.18 the best, it seems to be the fastest.
Have fun and I hope that most people have no problems with running the Huhn.
With the best regards
Telemar Rosenberger
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
ANN
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HauppaugeIR v0.2 BETA, SuperTV v0.71BETA
HauppaugeIR is a driver for the infra-red remote control unit found on
some Hauppauge TV cards. It can control not just your TV software, but
anything you like via ARexx!
It can be downloaded (along with a minor update to SuperTV) under the
title link. Included is a script to control SuperTV, Delitracker,
SongPlayer and AMPlifier.
HauppaugeIR requires a Hauppauge PCI TV card with a remote control, and
a Mediator busboard. (ps)
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16.Oct.2002
ANN
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Video player: Frogger version 2.04
Yesterday version 2.04 of the video player 'Frogger' has been released.
This version contains many bugfixes and optimizations with the video and
audio decoders.
The download for 68k and PPC Amiga systems (WarpUP, PowerUp und MorphOS)
is possible by following the title link frogger.highantdev.de.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
'padrino' im Forum
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Mp3 encoder: Lame version 3.92 for WarpOS
Jarmo Laakkonen has released version 3.92 of the mp3 encoders 'Lame' for WarpOS
including sources.
Download:
lame.lzx (247 KB)
lame_src.lzx (893 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
Telemar Rosenberger (E-Mail)
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Game: New AMHuhn executable with screenmode requester
As reported yesterday,
Telemar Rosenberger and Franz 'Cj-Stroker' Schlick have developed a
"Moorhuhn" clone with the name "AMHuhn". From comments there was obvious
that some users still have problems with the game, e. g. those who use P96.
Telemar fastly has put a new executable to the site which offers a screenmode requester at the launch of the game.
To test if problems are solved with this, he asked us to offer this new executable for download. This is not the whole archive but only the main program 'AMHuhn'.
Download: AMHuhn_Update_01.lha (26 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
Bernd Lachner (ANF)
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UAE for Sharp Zaurus
The Amiga emulator UAE has now been ported to the Sharp Zaurus
(see title link). To use UAE at the Zaurus X11 must be installed, because it won't run with the default Qtopia
(framebuffer).
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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15.Oct.2002
RELEC Software&Hardware Amiga (ANF)
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RELEC announces "PEGASOS": the alternative power!
RELEC statement:
RELEC announces "PEGASOS": the alternative power!
A brand new website http://www.pegasos-suisse.com/
is completely dedicated to this new and extraordinary machine.
You will soon discover all the hardware & software distribution
activity for Pegasos and MorphOS, as well as information and news.
Concerning our country, different demonstrations will be organized
in early November. These will be announced, on the Pegasos
dedicated website, and on http://www.relec.ch/relec/
as well as on the different Amiga & Pegasos news websites!
It is already possible to get information on the different proposed
configurations if you write to info@pegasos-suisse.com
(dealers write to dealers@pegasos-suisse.com).
For the moment, the orders concern the "Betatester II" & Morphos v1.0
and are only for the warned users (according to the Thendic
official statement of the 4 of october).
Give a try to the alternative future!!! (ps)
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15.Oct.2002
Grzegorz "Krashan" Kraszewski (ANF)
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TTEngine 4.3 released
Grzegorz "Krashan" Kraszewski writes:
I have released V4.3 of TTEngine. Main new feature is font scaling and
mirroring. Below you can read full list of changes from previous V4.1:
- I've placed an open counter in the LoadedFont structure. It removes problems with many RastPorts using one font.
- TT_SetAttrs() function may be now called before TT_SetFont() and is able to create RastPort context.
- TT_SetFont() returns now BOOL value instead of VOID, because it can fail in low memory condition.
- New demo program MoreFonts shows using many fonts at once in one window.
- Affine transformation support code added. (Particular examples of affine transformations are: scaling, shearing, rotation).
- Font may now be scaled in both the axes independently with TT_ScaleX and TT_ScaleY tags. Scaling range is from 0.01 to 100 (negative too, results in mirroring of the text).
- TT_TextExtent() returned random values in the TextExtent structure, if no font has been set for the RastPort using TT_SetFont(). Now the structure is zeroed in the case.
- New demo program Scaling shows - as its name says - font scaling.
- TT_OpenFont() performed illegal READ-MODIFY-WRITE operation at address $0000003A, if opening of the font file failed. Fixed.
- Header file "ttengine.h" was modified to comply with AmigaOS headers standard.
Download: ttengine-4.3.lha (ps)
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15.Oct.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Status between Betatester I / II
On MorphOS-News.de Thendic-France clarify the difference between
Betatester I and II:
Betatester I
- Purchased from Thendic-France -- 1000 Euros complete; 650 Euros
mainboard with CPU module (both prices less VAT)
- Sign NDA and provide at least a bug report a week
- Participate on the core testing team
- FTP access to latest OS releases and applications
- Testing of peripheral devices
- First to receive upgrade to G4 package
Betatester II
- Purchased from any authorized Distributor or Reseller
- Sign up with Betatester II form found on MorphOS v1.0 CD
- Access to new releases of OS (major releases not daily/weekly
upgrades)
- Opportunity to participate in December Conference
- Opportunity to port or test applications, develop or test
peripherals, create demos or website concepts and win contest prizes of
1000 Euros for each catagory
(ps)
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14.Oct.2002
Rüdiger Engel (ANF)
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thttpd 2.21b2 and Webalizer 2.01-10 for AmigaOS
Rüdiger Engel wrote:
A few days ago there was an Amiga port of the thttpd Webservers in the Aminet
(Homepage: http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/).
The port contains PHP 4.2.3. but no support for MySQL. Therefore I took the sources of the uploader (thanks to LouiSe, homepage: http://louise.amiga.hu) and added the MySQL support in PHP.
thttpd is a very fast and efficient Web server, which reaches distinguished speed values also on a relatively slow 68k-Amiga.
Furthermore I compiled the newest version (2.01-10) of the log-file analyzer Webalizer (homepage: www.webalizer.com) for Amiga OS. Both programs need the ixemul LIBRARY.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Gregory S. Donner (E-Mail)
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MPEG-Player: RiVA Version 0.47
Stephan Fellner released a Demo version
(0.47) of the MPEG-player RiVA.
Download: RiVA.lha (49 KB)
The demo version has all features enabled, no frame/time limits or annoying
requesters, but colour playback is disabled.
What's new in 0.47:
- Audio sync problems fixed!
- Improved compatibility with some buggy MPEG streams that would not play
- New borderless fullscreen PIP mode! (toggle with Enter key)
- Fixed some minor bugs (asyncio, audio)
- RivaGUI: A new Starter GUI written by Gábor Nagy
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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Tool: SRename Version 3.5.0 beta 5
Constantinos Nicolakakis published a new beta version of the tool 'SRename'.
With this tool, which can be used with Amiga OS 3,0+, you can comfortably rename files.
In version 3.5.0 beta 5 the following program sections and bugs were fixed:
- Rewritten many code parts.
- Added "Reuse" capability using parentheses ( ) . This makes it possible for several actions to act on the same unmodified filename.
- Changed the way the "INSERT" action works when appending characters. For appending purposes the user should now use the new "APPEND" secondary argument.
- Improved the way that the number positioning is handled when modifying the basename of a filename sequence.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed bug with not appending characters at the end of a segment using INSERT.
- Fixed "Destination path not found" bug when using ":" in conversion.
- Fixed problem of reading only up to 120 characters of each CLI supplied path/filepattern.
- Fixed one Enforcer hit.
Download: SRename3.5b5.lzx
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14.Oct.2002
zErec (ANF)
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Microcode Solutions: Power Macintosh(tm) Emulation News (Update)
Power Macintosh(tm) Emulation News!
»Microcode Solutions will be releasing an iMac(tm)
based emulation in both hardware (G3, G4, and dual G4 PCI boards) and
software versions in the near future. Stay tuned for details!«
Update 15.10.2002:
Microcode Solutions has received what we believe will be the final hardware revision of the PCI based PowerPC card being manufactured by a well known PowerPC accelerator company.
The current board is a high speed G3 board. Other models are being prototyped right now, and these are G4 and dual processor configurations.
Microcode Solutions has always been the leader in Macintosh emulation technology, developing the first PowerPC emulation for a non-Macintosh platform. We will continue this tradition by releasing the first Power Macintosh emulation for the PC.
Besides having a PCI based hardware solution, Microcode Solutions will also be releasing a completely software based emulation to the public at an amazingly low price (under $50).
We know that people have waited an extremely long time for Microcode Solutions to release a new product, and we appreciate your patience. Just like our successful product "FUSION-PC", we feel we should wait to release the product until it is perfected. We are nearing that stage right now. (ps)
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14.Oct.2002
Daniel Hartlehnert (ANF)
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Commodore Amiga Unix - AMIX
Daniel Hartlehnert wrote:
Discovered today, no genuine news, but interesting:
Once there was an own UNIX for the Amiga developed by Commodore.
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14.Oct.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: Review of Software Tycoon
Today GFX-BASE published an extended review of the brand new business simulation 'Software Tycoon' for Amiga. Beside many screenshots there is also a tutorial in which the authors explain, how you can produce, more or less successfully, your first play.
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14.Oct.2002
AMIGAplus
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Raytracing: Kray Version 1.2
Kray is a Raytracing software with a text interface for 68k and PPC Amigas.
Recently version 1.2 appeared in the Aminet, further information can be found on the product website under title link.
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14.Oct.2002
Pixel-Art
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Tool: Pixload Version 2.2
Version 2.2 of the Amidock like startmenu Pixload is now available. Additionally Rxmui 28.1 or better is needed (see here). In this current version the sound level can be changed and stored.
Download: Pixload-2.2.zip
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14.Oct.2002
Markus Pflaumbaum (ANF)
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Music: New song published
Bitshifter, perhaps already known from the music project "yel.C. vs. Psyria", published a remix of the song " Messages" by Bjorn Lynne.
This TRACK, which was completly composed on the Amiga using the DigiBoosterPro music software, is my contribution to the current remix-competition on Bjorn Lynnes website.
Further information about the competition and the contributions of the other participants can be found here.
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14.Oct.2002
Bård Olav Olsen, tNA webmaster (ANF)
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Magazine: the NEW AMIGANS magazine - New website
New completely redone website for the magazine up and running.
New Paypal booking system implemented! - Easy and straight forward
to order subscriptions, new issues and backissues....
COME AND VISIT!...:D (ps)
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14.Oct.2002
ANN
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Magazin: Amiga Information Online (AIO) #63
Issue #63 of the English language Amiga on-line magazine 'Amiga information on-line (AIO)' is now available.
This issue contains among other things the article 'YAM vs of AEMail' in the Utils section.
The complete table of content can be inferred from the Readme.
AIO uses its own display program and can be used with Amiga OS V3.0+.
Download: /docs/mags/AIOV63.lha (823K),
Readme
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