11.Jan.2003
Stefan Ruppert (ANF)
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Red card for Internet investigators
Stefan Ruppert wrote:
Just stumbled across the above mentioned site. Don't know if this has already been posted here but it seems to me to be interesting for all Internet users.
Some words about the content:
"The Bundesrat has decided concerning a bill that intends the saving of all available data in the area of the classic telecommuncations (calling via cellphone and mobile cell phone, SMS, fax etc.) as well as all data available on the Internet on stock. The goal is to make it possible for the secret services and the offices for prosecution to find data they can access if is needed. Details shall not be handled in form of laws but through the Federal Government via a statuory instrument."
For those who are interested I came via fiff.de
to this site.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Conrad Elektronik: USB/Firewire to IDE interface
At Conrad Elektronik you can buy an interface for USB/FireWire to
IDE. With this interface it shall be possible to run an external IDE tower with hard disks for example via the USB interface card Highway. This interface handles on the IDE side ATA and ATAPI (PIO 0-4 and UDMA 0-4).
Interesting though is the question whether this interface can work also in the other direction. IDE to USB/FireWire.
Supplement:
Link to the interface removed as they use with single session IDs. So all interested have to wade through to the interface's page themselves.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
Jabberwocky
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Instant Messenger: Jabberwocky v1.3 - 6. preview (Update)
Tom Parker has released preview 5 of the Instant Messenger 'JabberWocky' for
Amiga computers. Jabber
is an open XML protocol for the direct exchange of messages.
Connections to other Instant Messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN and
Yahoo are possible via gateways.
Download: Jabberwocky030109.lha
Update 12.01.2003:
Today was released preview 6.
Download: Jabberwocky030113.lha
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
Ralf Himmel (ANF)
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Replacing floppy discs with MiniCD-RW
The company Memorex will offer from Februar 2003
on rewritable CDs for the waistcoat with 8 cm in diameter as a replacement for the floppy discs. The small CD-RW that can be rewritten up to 1.000 times and can contain a maximum of 210 MB of data is suitable for mobile
users. The Pocket CD-RW fits in every pocket and therefore suits perfectly for the mobile use, e.g. in the laptop, MP3 player or in the digital camera. Using the standard audio compression mode MPEG you can record 210 minutes of music. They are said to be available from February on for a price of 6,99 Euros for five Pocket CD-RWs in a slim jewel case.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
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Aminet uploads of 11.01.2003
Here are the latest Aminet uploads:
opentriton-hun.lha dev/gui 3K+Hungarian catalog for OpenTriton GUI sys
fat95hun.lha disk/misc 20K+Hungarian translation for fat95
AmigaFuture40.lha docs/mags 1.0M+Great german paper mag preview
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
Stefan Schulze (ANF)
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Collected Dreamworlds news - Crossfire II update (update)
There are many news to report:
The new homepage of Dreamworlds Development is online. The base design is already complete as well as are the news and the downloads. Information about projects and the team will follow in the next few days. Until then there's a link to the old homepage.
Crossfire II has experienced a big update. There's finally a demo version
(download: cf2_demo.lha - 11,7 MB)
and an update (download: cf2_upd101.lha),
containing the following:
- Alternative graphics functions that don't need ChunkyPPC;
solves problems of ChunkyPPC on Pegasos systems.
- Mission mode completely translated into German.
- Optionally playable in the Workbench window.
- The tutorial can be skipped when starting a new game.
- Active weapon is marked with light effect.
- New music piece specially for mission #11.
- Many missions details changed.
- Wrong colors when playing in 8bit without screen fading fixed.
- Crash in mission #26 fixed.
- "File not executable" error fixed.
People ordering the full version now will get already the new version with all known problems fixed. The demo version is up to this level, too, and lets you play the tutorial, 2 missions from the middle of the game and test the multiplayer mode. To keep the archive small in size were all animations and musics removed. A more complete demo will be released e.g. on the next AmigaFuture CD.
Crossfire II is a kind of Wing Commander seen from above with complex and varied missions, a thrilling background story, lavish effects and explosive multiplayer fights.
Update:
On the APC&TCP homepage have recently further screenshots of the game been released. The game is available at APC&TCP and in a few days also on the shelves in the stores. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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10.Jan.2003
TTEngine
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FAQ for TTEngine written
Grzegorz Kraszewski has written an English FAQ to the topic TTEngine.
TTEngine is a text-rendering environment for AmigaOS based on TrueType font.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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GetBoinged.de will go online in two weeks
Thorsten Schölzel wrote:
The website www.getboinged.de which has gone offline some time ago will be online again
in two weeks. The goal has clearly determined: Supporting x86 users who use AmigaOS
via WinUAE.
The workshops describe the installation of AmigaOS3.9 for getting the best sound
as well as the creation of an Internet connection with Genesis. I try to show that
the use of AmigaOS is very easy with the help of an Amiga emulator. The proper
preferences are very important.
But before I will present you this issues I want to finish designing the homepage.
You will be able to watch the site with AWeb, IBrowse and Voyager in any case.
Now I want to speak a few words to the "negativ thinker": "Currently there is a
stagnation at users and developers. Why is it so? By working with UAE I could convince
users having the Amiga system. Today they use Windows and AmigaOS/WinUAE in a friendly
coexistence because there is good software on both sides. Try to expect the future
a little more positive!"
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Peter's Amiga Homepage
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Peter's Amiga Homepage: WinUAE FAQ updated
On the homepage of Peter the following sections have been updated:
- Winuae FAQ
- Windows XP guide will be available soon
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: Amiblitz 2.27 distribution published
Amiblitz2.27_Ger-Distribution:
From now on the full distribution of Amiblitz version 2.27 is available on Amiforce.
The update for Amiblitz 2.27 still had a few bugs which have been now fixed.
During the next days this archive will be completed by adding additional translations.
Please get the changes from the history which the guide contains. The Amiblitz download
section will be reworked and the date will be added.
The mailing list filearchive was created and data will be permanently added.
This will be also written in the info site.
SN-archives:
The programs SN-KontoArchiv and SN-AnlagenArchiv can be now accessed under Amiblitz/Developer
support. Additionally to a short describtion and the download there is also an online
formular for registering directly at the author Steffen Nitz. This section is being
reworked and has been still not finished.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Ancor Productions
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Website of Ancor Productions has a new design
The website of Ancor Productions which is well-known by projects such as 'The Last Seal'
, 'PTOE' and 'AFP' has been completely new designed.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Richard H. Poser II (E-Mail)
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Instant-Messenger: AmigAIM V0.9443 beta
Richard H. Poser has published the beta version 0.9443 of the AIM-messenger "AmigAIM".
The following changes have been made compared with the previous version:
- Fixed, I believe, a long standing bug with the reconnection system.
This is only a small maintenance release, as I'm sure that was
annoying.
For further details please have a look at the
history-file.
Downlaod:
AmigAIM_BETA.lha
AmigAIM.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
d!RT!E & Zito of mOOdS (ANF)
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mOOdS now also without frames and Javascript!
Additional to some minor improvements you can now watch the homepage of "mOOdS - Music For Your Instincts"
which is a music group based on Amiga without frames and without Javascript.
Have much fun you IBrowse fans!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2003
Petra Struck
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Interview with Urban Müller (Aminet Administrator)
Interview with Urban Müller
by Petra Struck - 09.01.2003 (In Deutsch)
As we had to report in early January, the Aminet series of CDs was cancelled. So Aminet CD
#52 will be the last one put together. This turn of events compelled us to ask a few questions of Urban Müller, the person who does the CDs and is
also an Aminet administrator.
Amiga-News: Who is Urban Müller?
Urban Müller: I'm an Amiga fan since way back when. I first satisfied this passion during my IT studies and then as I worked as a search machine programmer.
Amiga-News: What constitutes Aminet and what is Aminet?
Urban Müller: Aminet was the attempt to ease the load on our university's Amiga archive through the use of mirrors, and it succeeded through the help of volunteers.
Amiga-News: How many years have you busied yourself with Aminet?
Urban Müller: Oh my God, it's been almost ten years! :)
Amiga-News: How is Aminet organized? Who does what and how long does it take to do it?
Urban Müller: The two moderators - Matthias Scheler and I - proofread all uploads for correct *.readme file, to make sure there are no viruses, for appropriate content and correct category designation. Normally this doesn't take too much time, however new features (for example the new web interface from Andrea Kareth) and the maintenance of the many mirrors take some time.
Amiga-News: What sort of difficulties have you had to overcome in this enterprise?
Urban Müller: Almost everything has gone quite well. Only occasionally are mirror admins difficult to reach, and I myself have a network card problem with the Amiga :)
Amiga-News: How is Aminet financed?
Urban Müller: Luckily Aminet's financial requirements are not very high, because bandwidth and storage space have been provided by universities.
Amiga-News: The cancellation of the Aminet CD series will leave a hole that will not be easily filled. Why exactly is it being stopped?
Urban Müller: The number of breaks shrank steadily, also in part it's due to the fact that almost everyone can connect to the Internet and therefore doesn't need a CD.
Amiga-News: Under what circumstances would it be possible to carry on the CD series, for instance would it help if we had a subscription campaign which registered 500 new subscribers?
Urban Müller: I think that would only postpone the cancellation a bit.
Amiga-News: Could you possibly turn over the rights to make Aminet CDs to someone else?
Urban Müller: I wouldn't rule that out, if someone is interested.
Amiga-News: What feelings do you have about the current Amiga situation?
Urban Müller: It's going to be difficult for the Amiga to expand the tiny user base after such a long period of standing still, but I would like to be surprised by positive developments.
Amiga-News: Do you still have an Amiga?
Urban Müller: Of course, but now I spend more time using Linux.
Amiga-News: In closing, is there anything you would like to say to readers?
Urban Müller: I thank all the people who have contributed to Aminet, especially the software authors, who have invested countless hours. Without them the Amiga would never have been useful for as long as it has.
Amiga-News: Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to our questions. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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New FAQ Page for HIGHWAY / SUBWAY
E3B is offering a compilation of frequently-asked questions (and answers) on their website. If you have USB problems they recommend that you first take a quick look there, perhaps the problem is already known and may be easily solved.
This FAQ is offered as support for customer service. If you have problems or questions E3B is also available by email, of course! (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
H & P
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Haage & Partner Website Revised
The webpage of Haage & Partner has been completely revised. At the first glance it seems that Amiga will not play a big role at H&P
in the future. The resisted decline of the Amiga market is apparent. The Amiga pages are there as they were before, but the principle
focus of H&P is now visibly in other areas. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
PageStream.de
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PageStream News for January 2003
PageStream News for January, 2003
It's version 4.1.5.4 of PageStream for Windows and 4.1.5 for
Amiga. The versions are still in testing stage and only available in English versions. A Macintosh version will follow shortly. A Linux version is also announced, but exact dates can't be stated yet.
Registered customers can download the new version and the German localization in the download area. Customers who have not registered yet can do so now: Registration.
PageStream area revised
To honor the new year the Pagestream area was revised and now meshes with the new design of the main site. Shortly the text area will also be updated and reorganized. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
Golem - IT News
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No Soldering Required: Radeon 9500 Conversion to Radeon 9700
Driver patch enables functions only offered by more expensive products. After the Russian website Overclockers.ru publicized a modification in which one could change a Radeon 9500 with 128 megs RAM to a better-performing Radeon 9700 with a BIOS update and a bit of solder, the story continued: tinkerers found new ways to do the same thing without any hardware modification nor warranty voiding, although there are a few restrictions.
Click on the title link for the complete article.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
Amigaworld.net
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Amiga Inc. Website Covered in Computeractive's Netcharts
The website of Amiga Inc. has landed in the "Netcharts" section of the English-language computer newspaper 'Computeractive.' The website is described as follows:
www.amiga.com
Unlike the rest of the 1980s home computer systems such as the Sinclair
Spectrum and Commodore 64 that went west during the early 1990s, the
Amiga is still reasonably common. All sorts of software and applications
are still being developed and Amigas are still widely used to create
video effects for TV and film. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
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Aminet Uploads 09.01.2003
Here the current uploads:
CDCat30PL.lha docs/help 14K+Polish Locale for CDCat 3.0
AmigaBG.jpg pix/back 395K+A simple Amiga wallpaper
(ps)
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09.Jan.2003
TecChannel (ANF)
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tecChannel: T-Mobile Offers Microsoft Smartphones
According to tecChannel: Microsoft Germany has found a new partner in T-Mobile for their efforts in the Handy market. This quarter T-Mobile will market the first telephone with the Handy software, the Microsoft SmartPhone. Click on the title link for the complete article.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
CD32-Allianz (ANF)
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New Category at CD32 Alliance: Instructions
On account of many requests for the original instructions of CD-32 stuff we decided to meet the challenge and create a category
for instructions. Additionally there are also the instructions for the SX-32 expansion module and diverse CDTV accessories. In the
CD-32 Games area, there are the instructions for Lotus Trilogy. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jan.2003
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packages (until 01-05-2003)
With WHDLoad it is possible to install games on a hard disk which were orginally designed for floppy disk use only. The following packages were added/updated since the last announcement:
- 05.01.03 fixed: XP8 (Weathermine Software) support for NTSC machines
- 05.01.03 new: The Speris Legacy (Team 17) done by JOTD
- 05.01.03 new: Sextimates (Actionworks) done by Psygore
- 05.01.03 new: Pinball Mania (21st Century Entertainment) done by JOTD
- 05.01.03 improved: Pinball Fantasies (21st Century) supports AGA version, highscores fixed
- 04.01.03 new: Sky Chase (Imageworks) done by Psygore
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
CVS
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Developer tool: CVS version 1.11.4 AmigaOS/MorphOS port
By the title link there is the latest update of the Amiga and MorphOS port of CVS (Concurrent Versions System) available which was done by Olaf Barthel and Jens Langner. The current version is 1.11.4. Please see the included ChangeLog.
Download: cvs-1.11.4.lzx - 982 KB
CVS is a tool for programers which simplifies the version control of source code a lot. More known from Unix/Linux these ports may be useful for one or another using AmigaOS or MorphOS.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail)
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Event: C= show report on Dutch radio
Ron van Schaik writes:
Hello all great C= lovers,
First of all I wanna wish you a very good 2003!
Dutch radio will have a report of our C= show held on December 21 at the
Trefpunt in Holland. There is an interview with Jeri Ellsworth and a report
of the C= One. Also there will be an interview with our clubmembers Ruud
Baltissen and Gideon Zweijtzer (builder of the new C64 32-bit processor).
The programm called Telescoop will be on air at Saturday January 11 from
17:00 till 18:00 at radio 747AM. Info:
(telescoop magazine).
When you wanna see some nice pics (two pages) of our C= show held on December
21 you can watch it on: commodore-gg.hobby.nl/dec2002a.htm and
commodore-gg.hobby.nl/dec2002b.htm.
Lots of greetings Ron van Schaik
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
MorphOS-news.de
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Genesi USA founded (Update)
Genesi USA (tax number: EIN 42-1567425) has been founded this week in Nevada,
USA. Genesi USA is a hold to 100% by Genesi SARL Luxembourg.
Samuel Rydh (MacOnLinux) will be at the Genesi-CES stand
Genesi SARL has informed MorphOS-news that Samuel Rydh (chief developer of Mac-On-Linux) will attend together with Genesi at their stand at the CES and will help to promote the Pegasos mainboard.
Update 09.01.2003:
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck:
Announcement:
Crossbee Management Joins Genesi
The Management of Crossbee S.A. of Paris, France has joined Genesi to assist
in the organization of the Company. "Integrating Thendic-France, bplan GmbH,
and all of our sales efforts and strategic initiatives required us to find
and recruit a proven and talent international management team. Stéphane Donders
and the Crossbee team are the right people to bring Genesi to the next level."
The Crossbee team began working with Genesi 7 January.
Details about Crossbee can be found at www.crossbee.com. Crossbee and Genesi
will share offices in Paris. New Genesi Offices will be established in Frankfurt
and Luxembourg in January and February.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: Amiblitz2.27 update
Unfortunately it has been very quiet around Amiforce due to lack of time and other projects. Now it's going on. The start is a new update archive of Amiblitz2.27.
For the usage there is a full distribution of Amiblitz 2.26 is required.
The FAQ has partially translated to German and will soon be completed.
In the next days an updated distribution will be released.
The following things will soon be changed/expanded:
- AmiblitzML files archive:
All data which were posted to the German mailing list will be put inside a public folder so every user can access it.
- SN archive will be expanded
- At the "Gamesfun" area the will be added the section "Classicgaming" which will offer some never before released games.
- The music area gets a new track. ;)
The last poll is finished now and the results can be viewed at the start site. The favoured topic will be featured soon.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
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amiga-news.de tries new ways of financing
The costs for amiga-news.de were covered by banner ads only. Due to the stagnation of the Amiga market it became more and more difficult during the last year to find paying clients for these banner ads.
With Martin Wolf of Eternity
we try from today on a new kind of advertisements. amiga-news.de sets up a banner for a product, in this case 'Tales of Tamar', and for every purchase that was done via this banner amiga-news.de gets a provision.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
heise Newsticker / Apple-Fan (ANF)
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heise online: Macworld Expo: Web browser by Apple
A new open source browser called 'Safari',
which was developed by Apple especially for Mac OS X, should, so Jobs, show that innovation and speed is nothing magically.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Amiga-Mediaplayer version 2.9
Update of the 'Amiga-Mediaplayer'. New: Start of the TV window or 'Frogger' after a context change, save function for the radio frequency list, possibility for changement of single frequencies within the list and fix the new entries, TV/radio switch keeps the last chosen radio frequency.
Optimization of the source code.
Shortcuts:
- Return: Opens the Frogger ASL requester for media data
- Esc: Quits the mediaplayer window
- F1: Opens a context changer window "Changer"
- F: Fixes the new radio frequencies within the frequency list
- S: Saves the new radio frequency list
Function:
To change the radio frequency list a number key has to be stroken first. Then it is possible to change the tuner frequency with the up ">>|" and down "|<<" arrows inside the
mediaplayer window in 10KHz quantities.
If the desired frequency is reached only the "F" key has to be hit and the new value is fixed.
Now this frequency can't be changed any more.
If this new value should be to find at every start of the Mediaplayer the "S" key has to be pressed. Then the frequency list will be rewritten within the program directory, including the changed frequencies.
Download: Mediaplayer-2.lzy
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
Titan Computer (ANF)
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Diskussion: Rage Hard discussion board
For the new multi player tactic shooter Rage Hard a discussion
board has set up here.
Ideas, improvements and critics are welcome.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
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Aminet uploads from 01-08-2003
Following the latest Aminet uploads:
up-kicks.lha demo/aga 1.1M+UP ROUGH "April In Paris" released at MS
up-yours.lha demo/intro 66K+UP ROUGH "Introducin" our first intro ev
apx-tb05.lha demo/mag 3.1M+Taboo #5 AGA/CGX.Polish scenemagazine by
fdisk.lha disk/misc 126K+PC partition table editor for Amiga
Sv5-1.lha gfx/misc 549K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 1/8
Sv5-2.lha gfx/misc 152K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 2/8
Sv5-3a.lha gfx/misc 127K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 3a/8
Sv5-3b.lha gfx/misc 237K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 3b/8
Sv5-4.lha gfx/misc 35K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 4/8
Sv5-5.lha gfx/misc 141K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 5/8
Sv5-6.lha gfx/misc 159K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 6/8 (opti
Sv5-7.lha gfx/misc 154K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 7/8 (opti
up-warez.lha mods/chip 5K+UP ROUGH "Hong Kong Warez" by Skope. Rel
up-ilove.lha mods/house 676K+UP ROUGH "To Be In Love" by Spot. Releas
up-style.lha mods/mpg 2.9M+UP ROUGH "Up Rough Karate Style" by Goto
up-ndrnt.lha mods/techn 189K+UP ROUGH "Underneath Our Home" by Spot f
up-tumb.lha mods/techn 290K+UP ROUGH "Tumblebeat" a compomod by Qwan
up-warp.lha mods/techn 362K+UP ROUGH "In Warp" by Qwan
up-spect.lha mus/misc 8K+UP ROUGH "Spectrum" a waveform designer.
Xtree.jpg pix/misc 85K+A Christmas tree
PLConverter.lha text/misc 42K+Text Converter for Polish users only (I
MemTrailer.lha util/boot 3K+Allocates 16 bytes for MEMORY-PROTECTION
ScalosPlugAP96.lha util/wb 12K+Avail Picasso96 plugin for Scalos
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.Jan.2003
Matthias Acklow (ANF)
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BlizKick Version 1.24rc4
Harry "Piru" Sintonen has released version 1.24rc4 of BlizKick. This version fixes
some problems with the SpeedyIDE module under OS3.9 BB2 and contains a tool for
protection of the MMU. It is a version from June 2002.
Download: BlizKick-1.24rc4.lha - 279 KB -
Readme
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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07.Jan.2003
No Amiga to Waste (ANF)
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No Amiga to Waste: Ideas wanted!
This page can be used as a source of ideas for coder. If you have a real good idea
for a program on the Amiga that should be programmed you can post it here, and maybe
a coder will take it and make it.
Coders for the Amiga are rar nowadays but some are still looking for ideas or asking
what programmes are needed.
The last entry was taken years ago, so I wanted to get some attention to it again. (Translation: gf)
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07.Jan.2003
Scott Pistorino (ANF)
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AmigaSource reaches 1300+ links
Hello all, just a minor news flash. I am pleased to announce that
www.amigasource.com has just passed the 1300 link mark. Drop in, look
around, enjoy and PLEASE help spread the word!
Thanks
Scott Pistorino (ps)
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07.Jan.2003
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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TTEngine 6.0 and TTManager 1.1
TTEngine 6.0 and TTManager 1.1 have been released. New features:
- Font requester in TTEngine. From user point of view it looks almost the same as ASL font requester that every Amigan is familiar with. The font requester uses data stored in "ttengine.database" file and is an easiest way to use the database with applications. Requester gadgetry is based on GadTools to keep independence of disk-based GUI packages and the look consistent with ASL. Three new functions in the library API have been introduced to handle the requester: TT_AllocRequest(), TT_RequestA() and TT_FreeRequest(). See autodoc file for details. Currently the font requester provides only the basic functionality - font family and size - and will be extended in the future versions in the compatible manner (TT_RequestA() is taglist based much like ASL). A new version of "PlainTest" example program uses the font requester.
- Internal: Cache autooptimisation. TTEngine font cache now modifies its structure in the runtime to minimize cache search time. For example with "PlainTest" example program cache optimization lowers the number of cache search iterations from 15 500 to 6 700.
- Cache size limit. TTEngine 6.0 font cache size is limited and the limit can be adjusted by user. This way you can avoid memory exhaustion even if working with hundreds of TrueType fonts. When the limit is reached TTEngine starts to flush unused fonts from the cache. Read more about this feature in an User's Guide document in the distributuion archive.
- Internal: TTEngine global data acces is arbitrated with semaphores. It eliminates a rare possibility of lockups when multiple applications use TTEngine simultaneously.
- TTManager: The database manager is now aware of cache limit setting saved in the database file.
(ps)
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06.Jan.2003
AmithlonTV
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TV board software: AmithlonTV beta version 209
Guido Mersmann published beta version 209 of the TV board driver AmithlonTV.
New in this version:
- Bugfix: Fixed a small bug, that may caused a damaged memory list in very rare
cases.
- Bugfix: TVCardDump is opening the requested card. This forces all drivers to
be running and creates a full dump.
- Feature: Reworked the old card scan core within the library.
Now it's possible to set an "ignore" value insteed of a valid card ID.
- Feature: Added new card files for Pinnacle_PCTV2 and LiveView
FlyVideoII.
Download: AmithlonTV_Beta209.lha
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.Jan.2003
Lizard / ANN (ANF)
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CManager now available under the GPL
Briefly announced: CManager from Alfonso [alfie] Ranieri is now available under GPL license at
SourceForge.
Contact manager is a program, with which you can administer your
addresses as well as user information. That can be Web addresses, ftp
addresses, IRC channels or other addresses.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.Jan.2003
AMIGAplus
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Interview with LhA developer Dr. Haruyasu Yoshizaki
The developer of the LhA
compression technology, Dr. Haruyasu Yoshizaki, mentions in an interview a possible
port of future versions of LhA for the Amiga OS.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.Jan.2003
amiga.org
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AB Glow Icons support side
A support site for the Glow Icons of Alessandro Bacchia is now available on the Italian website 'Ikir sector'. Currently the following pictogram collections are available for download:
AB Glow XMAS (81 Icons)
AB Glow Icons 2 (26 Icons)
AB Glow Icons 1b (32 Icons)
AB Glow Icons 1a (167 Icons)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.Jan.2003
The Register
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The Register: Microsoft's masterplan to screw phone partner - full details
Andrew Orlowski deals in the English language article, which you can
read under the title link, in detail with how the dispute
between Microsoft and the telephone manufacturer Sendo started out, and who
carries which responsibility for this argument.
In this connection we remind of the fact that Amiga Inc. announced in
their Executive update of November 2002 a
partnership with Sendo concerning their Smartphones Z100. The telephone should be delivered together with the SmartPhonePack by Amiga Inc. Few days later Sendo announced in a special report
that the development program for Smartphones was
given up, and as consequence the Z100 will not be delivered. (ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.Jan.2003
MooBunny
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Board: MooBunny in version 4.2 beta 32 on-line again
The English discussion board 'MooBunny' is now, after some changes of the underlying scripts, back on-line.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.Jan.2003
Rudolph Riedel
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File manager: DiskMaster version 2.5RC8
Yesterday Rudolph Riedel published the beta version 2.5RC8 of his file
manager. The download is available at the title link.
Innovations in this version: 2.5RC8 (03-01-05) 72700 Bytes
- Corrected default display-format to "N S C".
- Bugfix: digits calculation for file-size display returned one
digit to less on sizes of 10/10x/10xx/10xxx...
Thanks for reporting to Jostein Klemmetsrud!
- Added different modes for file-size display.
- Added "separator=" & "sizes=" options to 'SetX'.
Download: DM2beta.zip (ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.Jan.2003
Paul Huxham (ANF)
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Image cataloging: PhotoFolio 2.3 upgrade released
Steeple Software is proud to announce the release of PhotoFolio v2.3.
After two free updates (2.1 and 2.2) that introduced many new features,
PhotoFolio v2.3 is a paid upgrade that adds even more features:
New browse window functionality
- Sorting ascending and descending in the browse window.
- Select orphaned proofs (proofs that have no images associated with them).
- Open with configurable context menu can send a proofs' image to any application.
- On opening can automatically synchronize the browse window contents with an updated directory.
Better proof management
- Delete orphaned proofs. Images that have been deleted that have already had proofs created can be deleted automatically.
- Create proofs for new images. Creates proofs for new images that have been added to directories automatically (where proofs have been created for the directort before).
- Send a list of proofs and details to a text file.
Improved drag and drop support
- ARexx scripts can be dropped onto browse windows, the main window and the ARexx settings window.
- Images can be dragged and dropped from the Workbench to add them to a browse window.
New program windows
- Path palette window for storing paths that are used often.
- Directory view module - now has toolbar with copy, move, rename, delete.
Show window
- Can save the loaded size image or the original full size image.
- Can perform image processing. Current operators include Flip X and Y, Rotate 90, -90 and 180, Sharpen and Gamma adjustment.
Main window
- List of open browse and show windows in a menu for easy selection to bring to the front.
Tooltypes
- Per project settings with the SETTINGS tooltype.
ARexx - Additional commands:
- ADDIMAGE (Adds an image to a browse window)
- DELETEORPHANEDPROOFS (Deletes proofs that have no image)
- CREATENEWPROOFS (Creates proofs for new images)
- SELECTORPHANEDPROOFS (Selects proofs that have no image)
There have also been many minor improvments and several bug fixes. See complete list
complete here.
With continuing support, PhotoFolio promises to be one of the most
powerful image cataloguing systems available on the Amiga platform.
PhotoFolio v2.3 is available now. Full purchase details are available
here.
Steve Quartly and Paul Huxham
Steeple Software
(ps)
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06.Jan.2003
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Aminet: New uploads from 06-Jan-2003
As requested by our readers we publish here the list with the new
Aminet uploads. Due to the fact, that we made our own recent list,
in future you will see only the new daily uploads.
SN-AnlagenArc.lha biz/dbase 100K+V1.0 Money units archive (Germany only)
SN-KontoArc.lha biz/dbase 76K+V1.0 Accout archives (Germany only)
nc21.lha biz/patch 1.1M+NetConnect v2 Service Pack 1
nc22.lha biz/patch 1.7M+NetConnect v2 Service Pack 2
GoPortscan.lha comm/net 376K+V1.0 TCP/UDP Portscanner + more with MUI
LinksysTIADCC.lha comm/tcp 2K+Set ENV:TIADCC from LinkSys router BEFSR
Yam2Thor.lha comm/thor 3K+Addressbook (YAM) -> User List (Thor)
NetNifty-WS02A.lha comm/www 8K+Early preview of NetNifty Web Server - u
wpz-frozen50.lha demo/aga 1.4M+Frozen#5o - Christmas Edition [2oo2]
wpz-frozen51.lha demo/aga 874K+Frozen#51 - Christmas Edition [2oo2]
mhm-BeApe.lha demo/intro 85K+Beape 4k intro - CAFe02 winner with sour
mhm-BeApe_Rele.lha demo/intro 85K+Beape 4k intro - CAFe02 winner with sour
ASM-One.lha dev/asm 295K+68k & PPC Assembler Development Environm
clockita.lha dev/basic 85K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
MBPrefs.lha dev/basic 24K+External Preferences Editor for MaxonBas
RenderDevBas.lha dev/basic 12K+Using Render library from HBasic
Mods-JMH.lha dev/e 11K+Some useful E Modules
mkisofs-2.0bin.lha dev/gg 326K+Mkisoft v2.0 - CD image builder for Amig
php-4.2.3-bin.lha dev/gg 618K+PHP 4.2.3 - AmigaOS 68k binary
rinetd-0.61.lha dev/gg 83K+Rinetd v0.61 - TCP port redirector daemo
sox-12.17.3bin.lha dev/gg 317K+SOX v12.17.3 sound converter for AmigaOS
sox-12.17.3src.lha dev/gg 525K+SOX v12.17.3 sound converter for AmigaOS
Flexy.lha dev/misc 102K+FLEXY 1.3 A very user-friendly GUI for
MySqld-v3-upd.lha dev/misc 621K+MySQL v3.23.51 update (68040 exe only)
MySqld-v3.lha dev/misc 2.5M+MySQL v3.23.48 database (complete)
MySqld-v4.lha dev/misc 4.9M+MySQL v4.0.4 database (complete)
MCC_BWin.lha dev/mui 62K+MUI public borderless window class
MCC_SpeedBar.lha dev/mui 205K+Highly configurable toolbar class
MCC_Urltext.lha dev/mui 32K+MUI public custom url class
GL_BMP_Load.lha dev/src 226K+OpenGL BMP texture loader routines
TimedSerial.lha dev/src 25K+Serial I/O functions that time-out. Sour
BackupRexx.lha disk/bakup 24K+Backup.rexx uses MirrorCopy to backup ha
EasyACDDA.lha disk/cdrom 409K+Play&Save CD tracks with Gui - EasyACDDA
fdisk.lha disk/misc 126K+PC partition table editor for Amiga
LutherBibel.lha docs/etext 1.4M+The bible (German) by Martin Luther
Monedas.lha docs/hyper 10K+Numismatica guide of spanish history coi
Poczet.lha docs/hyper 161K+Guide ***POLISH ONLY*** about polish mon
SpanienSS.lha docs/hyper 97K+SpanienSS guide of few history some span
NotizieAmiga.lha docs/lists 1.4M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 12/2002 (Itali
AIOV66.lha docs/mags 405K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 66 (Dece
nocover106.lha docs/mags 1.5M+Great german diskmagazine
vchess_dt.lha game/board 12K+V1.3, German catalog for VChess 4.1
2Decide_Demo.lha game/demo 232K+A highly customizable 2D strategy game.
Filepoke.lha game/patch 48K+Filepoke V3.1 cheat your games
Gomoko-Ninuki.lha game/think 21K+Reflexion game
MenoBoxXmas.lha game/wb 629K+3D-platformer in OpenGL-window V1.0 (68k
W3DInformer.lha gfx/board 10K+Show supported efects in W3D driver(s)
Gif2anim.lha gfx/conv 151K+Converts & scales GIF animations to amig
ImageConvert.lha gfx/conv 29K+ImageConvert 1.10, batch converting with
swfplayer.lha gfx/show 306K+Standalone player for Amiga (v1.2d2) 68k
3c589.lha hard/drivr 53K+Driver for 3Com PCMCIA network cards
newkernel.lha hard/drivr 1.0M+GNU/GPL updated kernel for AMIthlon
WinSP.lha hard/drivr 4K+New driver for Window's spanish keyboard
TestGear-Extra.lha hard/hack 140K+A600, A1000, A500(+), A1200 & PC extras.
TestGear-Notes.lha hard/hack 749K+Test equipment projects, general notes.
amitrs80.lha misc/emu 312K+TANDY TRS-80 Model 1 Emulator V1.0
Wintec.lha misc/emu 3K+Wintec keyboard config for UAE
imdbDiff021220.lha misc/imdb 15M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff021227.lha misc/imdb 827K+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
AmiBiorythme.lha misc/misc 63K+MUI Biorythm tool. French only. v1.1
amoon.lha misc/sci 99K+Map of the Moon
Darius+.lha mods/misc 114K+Custom module from "Darius +"
Foundation1.mpg mods/mpg 10M+First part of a three part suite
Foundation2.mpg mods/mpg 5.0M+Second part of a three part suite
Foundation3.mpg mods/mpg 11M+Third part of a three part suite
Oriental_sun.mpg mods/mpg 6.3M+Oriental song by Pero-Fotar
Prelude3.mpg mods/mpg 1.6M+Prelude3. MPEG of old tape of me on keys
rno-r082.mpg mods/mpg 6.8M+Rno-records release #82 by Roz(Tekno)
TheSpell.mpg mods/mpg 3.3M+The Spell MPEG of old tape of me on keys
AmySequencer.lha mus/edit 224K+MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA
abcm2ps.lha mus/misc 294K+Convert music tunes from ABC format to P
EP_StevBarrett.lha mus/play 8K+EaglePlayer "Steve Barrett" external rep
EP_WallyBeben.lha mus/play 7K+EaglePlayer "Wally Beben" external repla
mhm-mAYhem.lha mus/play 148K+MAYhem pak II for DT2 (AY/YM chip emulat
mhm-mAYhem_del.lha mus/play 148K+MAYhem pak II for DT2 (AY/YM chip emulat
PlasmaPlugin.lha mus/play 24K+Plasma-Spectrum Plugin for AmigaAMP Powe
AllBlue.png pix/back 399K+An nice WB background [by cYbo]
nICkONs.win98.lha pix/gicon 110K+Glowicon`s from Win98 4 your AmigaOS
anl-strip_7.lha pix/misc 58K+[ancor] a normal life
explosion.lha pix/misc 368K+[ancor] a picture with an explotion done
nwo-strip_10.lha pix/misc 45K+[ancor] now way out
sgf-strip_1.lha pix/misc 53K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
sgf-strip_2.lha pix/misc 47K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
vd-ami2k1_eng.mpg pix/mpg 11M+<VD> show report "Amiga 2001", medium, E
AmiReplace.lha text/edit 60K+MUI text replace tool. French but easy.
JanoEditor.lha text/edit 290K+Simple and efficient text editor v1.01d
MyNotes.lha text/edit 31K+A simple MUI based QuickNote clone
BibVision.lha text/show 97K+Bible text viewer for 68k/WarpOS. V1.4
CheckX.lha util/arc 39K+V1.92 Check for Archive/Packer/Virus
P96EmulUpd.lha util/boot 5K+Hacks version information in the CGX (V3
DepthMenu.lha util/cdity 54K+Popup menu for depth gadgets. V2.41.
dir2html_trans.lha util/dir 16K+Translations for Dir2HTML
ExtraLib.lha util/libs 241K+Dynamic buffers, filesystem CRCs, colorf
pccard.lha util/libs 51K+Library to parse PC Card information
EasyInterest.lha util/misc 25K+Compound interest calculator
VClock_v1.7b.lha util/time 331K+Real Speech Clock - Bug Fix
VirusZ.lha util/virus 85K+VirusZ III 0.9d - Antivirus Software
RandomWBPatt.lha util/wb 29K+Timer controled Slideshow-like random WB
ScalosPlugAP96.lha util/wb 12K+Avail Picasso96 plugin for Scalos
VolumeMeter.lha util/wb 34K+Transparent graphical hard drive usage m (ps)
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05.Jan.2003
TGD (ANF)
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REBOL/View on Amiga - new Reblets available
As from now some new Reblets/programs are available in the download area under
the title link, which have all been developed on the Amiga (68k) under
REBOL/View.
Apart form the tool "Web-GetIt!" for downloading complete HTML conforming Web pages, four interesting gamelets (Kniffel-It!, Move-It!, Cascade-It! and
Break-It!) are waiting for you to try them out. The size of each Reblet is less
than 30 kBytes!
Minimum requirements for these programs are an Amiga with 68030/50 MHz processor
as well as the corresponding REBOL/View environment.
Of course the programs can also be used on every other platform under
REBOL/View or REBOL/IOS.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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05.Jan.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: T-Shirt statement
Amiga Inc.'s Web site features a statement on the T-Shirt situation in
conjunction with the Coupon campaign.
This is the statement:
(4-Jan-2003) Amiga Inc. would like to apologise unreservedly for the
delay in getting the T-shirts out. We have received all the orders from
the dealers and no blame should be attached to the dealers for the delay.
There are several reasons for the delay and we are working on trying to
get these remedied as quickly as possible. We hope to have everything
sorted out in the next few weeks.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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05.Jan.2003
Søren Ladegaard (ANF)
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Amiga .mod remix scene
It seems that many people long to see more remixes of classic Amiga .mod
music. In an attempt to create an Amiga .mod remix scene as have been
achieved in the C64 scene by sites like
remix.kwed.org,
c64audio.com and
remix64.com, I have created a new
Amiga remix specific mailing list at Yahoo Groups.
Let's hope for a growing Amiga remix scene in 2003.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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