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06.Sep.2002
Mikey C (ANF)


Magazine: Total Amiga - Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Issue 12 of Total Amiga Magazine is almost sold out, if you are wondering what all the fuss is about, here is what some Amiga notables are saying about us.

"An excellent issue, well produced, full of good stuff. If you don't subscribe yet, now would be a good time."
-Don Cox

"I particularly like the in-depth features, the quality of which I haven't seen since the heyday of Amiga Shopper many years ago. If you haven't got it already, what're you waiting for?"
-Bill Hoggett

"I have to say total Amiga is a brilliant brilliant read. Amazing stuff. Its like a pint on a Friday night - keeps your faith in the world.
- Dave P

"It is a great mag with reviews, tutorials and of course news."
- Technoid

Urgent! We are looking for additional writers/contributors, if you have software or hardware that you wish to review, top tips, tutorials or even a rant or rave that you want to share, send it in to us and we will consider it for publication in the next issue.

Visit http://www.totalamiga.org for more information and while you at it why not join our discussion forum, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/totalamiga/messages.

Total Amiga Magazine; we are, are you? (ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


AmigaOSXL: Experieces Report V1.36
Dietmar Knoll writes:
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the H&P Big-Tower. There have been numerous updates since the latest news message before the summer break of amiga-news.de.

The chapter "AmigaXL" has been extended by the "Commands and Programs" for this emulator and the "Settings" section has been retouched again.

For Amithlon, several changes have been made in the chapter "Installation" and new "Commands and Patches" from the latest Amithlon-Contrib3 archive have been added in the chapter "Amithlon".

Today I have finished version 1.0 of the GoodyBox. Since the first version 5 icons and 3 mountlists for Amithlon and a script for AC97Mixer have been added. Furthermore, I have reworked the "Readme" file nearly completely. If someone else can offer suggestions or files for the GoodyBox, he or she can write them to me. (ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Dirk Baeyens (ANF)


Nieuwe AmigaClub in Vlaanderen
Hallo Amigafans in Vlaanderen en Nederland,
op Woensdag 11 september starten we officieel met een nieuwe AmigaClub in Vlaanderen. Onze Deuren gaan open vanaf 19.00 uur tot 23.30 uur en je kan ons lokaal vinden op het volgende adres:

Bits & Bytes Computer Club
A. van Puymbroeklaan 33
9120 Melsele (nabij Antwerpen)

We hebben in ons lokaal een A3000 en een Amithlon staan. Jullie mogen gerust ook je eigen Amiga meebrengen, er is plaats genoeg. Gelieve wel de nodige verlengkabels mee te brengen als het kan.

De Inkom is gratis en het inschrijvingsgeld voor de AmigaClub bedraagt 30 Euro. In het Lokaal kan je een drankje en een versnapering nuttigen en bij grote honger is er dichtbij ook nog een frietkot open. Er is voldoende parkeerplaats.

We hebben ook een mailinglijst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bbccamiga, waar je alle vragen kunt stellen inverband met de Amiga en de Club.

Zo, hopelijk mogen we enkele nieuwe en 'oude' gezichten ontmoeten om eens een leuk babbeltje mee te slaan of om wat te computeren, tot dan. :)

De groetjes, Dirk (ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Amiga Inc. (ANF)


New screenshots of AmiDock in AmigaOS 4.0
In the executive-update of September of Bill McEwen there is also a link to new screenshots of AmiDock in AmigaOS 4.0 which we now want so seperately emphasize. It is impressing how consequently the developer Stefan Robl has developed further AmiDock for AmigaOS 4.0. You can find the screenshots under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2002
Amigan Software


Tool: Report+ version 5.6
Users which have AmigaOS 3.9 can now download version 5.6 of Report+. You can create bug reports, Aminet readme-files, autodocs and similar reports with Report+ by Amigan Software. The program is Freeware and supports the GUI-systems ReAction and GadTools.

Download: ReportPlus.lha

Changes since 5.53a:
Path size report: optionally shows/hides subdirectories and/or files; you can pass a path as a CLI argument. System files report: you can pass a path as a CLI argument. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2002
The Legacy


Nostalgia: The Legacy - 350 new cover-scans
The Legacy which is the nostalgia museum has been equipped with 350 new cover-scans. This mega update could be only realized by the support of Classic Amiga Preservation Society.

On 'Nostalgic Game Museum' you can find screenshots, cover-scans and definitions of genres of a lot of games. Besides this 'TheLegacy' offers information about the developer of older games of C64, Amiga, Atari, PC and Schneider/Amstrad CPC. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2002
Amiga Inc.


Amiga, Inc.: Bill McEwen's September 2002 Executive Update
Bill's latest update touches on a plethora of topics including the Sacremento show, the Amiga club, the AmigaOne, PDA/Cellphones, Bernie Meyer's product and the possibility of new product(s) from Amiga:

September 5, 2002 - From the desk of Bill McEwen
Greetings to one and all:

I would first like to thank all of those that I had the chance to meet in Sacramento. While a short trip it was indeed great fun and real delight meeting with all of you and hearing not only the encouraging words, but also sharing in your concerns, desires, and dreams. We are looking forward to deliver on what we discussed with you.

When we purchased Amiga from Gateway there were many out there who said that we would fail. There were many out there who have worked against our efforts, and others that have misrepresented fact and manipulated privileged information in order to further their obviously self serving goals. There have been those who have wronged us, and caused us damage.

But, guess what? We are still here! We are still delivering! We are going to stay here! Amiga is about people, technology, excellence, we are a most tenacious people, and we have the community to prove it. Has it always gone according to plan? no. Have we made some adjustments to the plan? yes. Are we delivering on the plan? yes. Will we allow others to dictate our future? Absolutely not. Period..

Because of you, the Amiga dream lives, because of you, Amiga's are still being used throughout the world performing amazing tasks and activities, and because of you, we are still here and moving forward.

Amiga is a giant resting for the day of the fight, and gaining strength quietly, for, as we embark on this mission together, nothing will tear us apart.

Thank you once again for supporting us, and showing to the world that what was begun in 1985 was truly only the beginning.

Bill McEwen, and the Amiga Team

Amiga Club Members:

I would also like to take a minute and say a special howdy to all of the club members. It is really encouraging to see all of the activity and input from you with regards to the shirt design and name for the club. The "I am Amiga" name did not go over as well as I had thought, but in the next couple of weeks (after we get the ok from those who already have the name that was selected) we will all have the name and shirt design with which an be happy and proud to wear. Each member will receive their first newsletter in the next two weeks, and there will be all sorts of great announcements and information e, so look forward to it in your inbox.

As a reminder we will be having a new drawing for an Amiga Enabled Cell Phone in September, and we would encourage those of you who have not joined yet, to get in here and do so. We have many plans and activities coming up for the club, and once again for only $ 50.00 you will receive the newsletter, Shirt and other special promotions. The lifetime membership offer has ended, but we would encourage you to be a part of something really exciting as the members will continue to receive special discounts and exclusive programs directed at the membership. We will honor the "$50.00 off" certificate for the next members who join through the end of September, at which point we will hold the draw for the new cell phone.

September 1st, 2002:

As mentioned in Sacramento at AmiWest, we had offered amnesty to those people/companies/entities who have knowingly stolen our IP and used it for their own gains, or who have shipped product knowing that they are illegal had until the end of August in order for them to comply and to get legal.

Now, I am not going to mention names nor am I going to get into a public discourse on what is happening.. But legal action has begun. In the next two weeks papers will be served. We will target one violator at a time with the hope that we will send a very clear signal that this is very serious, will not be permitted and will be stopped.

This is a private action between Amiga Inc, and those who wish to continue in this practice. While we announced publicly our intentions, the actions will be private. I am sure that everyone can understand this and I hope will support this.

AmigaOne Update:

Well, the amazing team of Eyetech and Hyperion are doing a great job. Many of you already have in your possession the AmigaOne boards, and many more of you have seen the hardware in action. This is indeed another major leap forward as we near the release of the new hardware and OS 4.0. Eyetech and Alan Redhouse have been doing a great job of keeping everyone informed of the progress, and we look forward to the products release.

AmigaOS 4.0:

Hyperion and the team are making amazing strides here. The screen shots that we all see and the updates from Ben and the people working on it shows great progress. I know that they are working hard with regard to the integration into the AmigaOne, and I for one am looking forward to seeing it all working together, and from what I hear we are not too far off from making that happen. With this stated we have received some more shots of the interface from the OS 4.0 team. You can see the new AmiDock screenshots here.

PDA/Cell Phone Update:

As mentioned in Sacramento the Amiga Anywhere Content Engine and associated content will be shipping on the new Sendo™ SmartPhone™ when it ships. Now, to answer the many e-mails that I have received about the Sendo phone…. I do not know when the device will ship commercially; it is out of our hands with regard to when they will have the phone available. I will tell you that before the end of the year we will be making at least two more Cell Phone announcements and at least two more PDA announcements.

We are really starting to move on getting these business deals done and there will be many more opportunities for our developers to create new products for these cutting edge devices.

A Possible New Product Offering - Let me know your thoughts:

In recent dealings with one of our hardware OEM's they offered an opportunity. This opportunity is for excellent laptop hardware at excellent prices. They would be dual boot systems with Linux/UAE, and Bernie Meyers product (formally known as Amithlon) pre-loaded on the device. Here is a sample of some of the pricing that you could expect, all prices quoted are in US$:

Processor RAM Display Hard Drive Optical media Software Price
Intel® 1.2GHz Celeron™ 256MB 15.0" TFT 20GB DVD Linux/UAE Ami* $999
Intel® 1.6GHz Pentium® 4 256MB 15.0" XGA TFT 20GB DVD/CDRW Combo Linux/UAE Ami* $1579
Intel® 1.6GHz Pentium® 4 256MB SXGA TFT 30GB DVD/CDRW Combo Linux/UAE Ami* $1679


These examples are notebook computers. There are other options available, but I am trying to find out how many of you would be interested in purchasing these through your local Amiga dealer. Let us know by sending an e-mail to interested@amiga.com. There are also desktops and other configurations but I think that a notebook Amiga would be compelling. Let us know.

The Product Formally Know as Amithlo*:

As mentioned before Bernie Meyers has a wonderful product, and we expected it to be out by now. However there have been a couple of delays, none of these are engineering driven, that has delayed the release. I can tell you that the new product will be out very soon, and will offer some new requested features, and from what I understand is really going to knock your socks off. We will have an update concerning the timing of this release and the new name very shortly. So contrary to what you may have heard, it will be available soon.

Developers:

This message is an update for you. You have created some of the greatest content that the world has ever known. Your skill sets and your tenacity have overwhelmed many, and everyday you become more and more important to the future.

If you have been sitting on the sidelines I encourage you to jump in. We are getting requests from many of our OEM partners with regard to content that they are looking for on their devices.

While it has been a slow start (as is always the case in developing a market), this next quarter is going to see major movement, and distribution. We have many programs ready to take place for the Holiday season and we want you to be a part of it. So I encourage you to jump in make contact with us. Join us in creating the future.

In closing I wish to thank each and every member of the Amiga family for their support and good wishes in this amazing journey that we have embarked upon together. We are closer today than we were yesterday to the dreams and goals of Amiga. Tomorrow we will be closer again, and soon we can all share in the rewards.

Sincerely,
Bill McEwen and the rest of the Amiga Team
(ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)


New graphicboards from ATI
With the new Radeon-boards of the 9000 and 9700 series ATI replaces the former models with Radeon 7500 und 8500.

The ATI Radeon 9000 PRO is an eightfold AGP-board with DirectX 8.1 standard with 64 MB DDR RAM and has altogether 4 parallel render-pipelines. The core works with 275 MHz and the memory with 550 MHz. Currently it costs 149,- Euro.

Alternatively with the ATI Radeon 9000 a model is offered which is for 20,- Euro cheaper. The equipment is equal to the PRO but core only works with 200 MHz and the memory with 400 MHz.

The new first class model is the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO which is an eightfold AGP-board with the new DirectX 9.0 standard with 128 MB DDR SDRAM in 256 bit, has 8 parallel render-pipelines and additionally 4 parallel geometry-pipelines. The core works with 325 MHz and the memory with 620 MHz. This board costs 399,- Euro. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2002
AmiLator.de (ANF)


Some new emulators
Some new emulators have been uploaded to http://v2os.v2.nl/~amigaclub/:
  • Nofrendo (WOS/MOS): A NES-emulator
  • SMSPlus (WOS/MOS): A Mastersystem-emulator
  • Atari800 (WOS/MOS): An Atari800-emulator
  • Stella (WOS/MOS): An AtariVCS-emulator
  • 'Little John NG' (WOS/MOS): A NES/SNES-emulator
  • DGen (MOS): A SEGA-Megadrive-emulator


Furthermore GNUBoy has appeared which is a GameboyColor-emulator for MorphOS.
Direct download: gnuboy103.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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05.Sep.2002
Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)


Tool: SRename Version 3.5.0 Beta 5
Constantinos Nicolakakis has released probably the last beta version of SRename 3.5.0. SRename is a program which has some more functions as the common 'rename'. Here are some features:

  • Can use wildcards.
  • Total control over recursion, the user can set the level of recursion, starting level of recursion and can even specify a different pattern for entering directories.
  • Can renumber filename sequences without the user having to care for the renumber order or filename clashes because these are taken care of automatically.
  • Can perform numbering of filename sequences.
  • Can modify the filename's comment and transfer the filename to the comment or the reverse.
  • Allows the user to build his/her own functions by providing a command set of selectors and actions that can be combined in many ways.
  • The number of actions that can be executed in one go is only limited by the command line length.
  • It is interface compatible with the OS Rename command.
  • Efficient memory usage.
Download: SRename3.5b5.lzx (ps)

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05.Sep.2002
Amiga Freunde Pfalz (ANF)


Meeting: AMIGA Friends of Pfalz - 2nd Party in 2002
In a few weeks (4th through 6th October, 2002) we'll have the beloved AMIGA Friends of Pfalz autumn party in Mutterstadt, Germany. As always this means three days with our friends and many chances to talk to Amigans and trade stuff.

Also guests are definitely welcome, with or without a computer, for all three days or just one. Related information may be found on our homepage (click title link). You'll also find some pictures from the last party there. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Sep.2002
Chris Hodges (E-Mail)


Poseidon & Norway Updates Version 1.28 available (Update)
There is a new version V1.28 of the Poseidon USB Stack available from my website (title link), aswell as an updated driver for the Norway Ethernet Addon which sits ontop of the Highway.

There's now a VHI driver for the Pencam and compatible webcams. However, to work 100% correctly, you probably need version VHI Studio 5.7 which is scheduled for release next Monday.

There are also MorphOS PPC native binaries, but I doubt anyone will use them yet ;) (also there still seems to be a problem with the ELF version of the main library).

Finally, I want you to encourage to send in an email, whenever you might need help or just have a good idea of improvement (except nagging for the HID class ;) ).

Update:
PS: Don't be worried about the registration form included starting with this release and the "demo version" restrictions: The Highway and Subway boards come with an OEM licence and you do NOT have to register Poseidon.

This is only for third party hardware drivers which do not have a licence. In this case, the user has to buy a keyfile, if he wants to make use of Poseidon. (ps)

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05.Sep.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (E-Mail)


Thendic: Vesalia named 'Master Distributor' for Germany
Vesalia Computer has been named the Master Distributor and Customer Service Manager for Germany. Pegasos systems will be on sale in October.

Betatester systems will continue to be sold directly from Thendic-France. Betatester systems and the Betatester program will continue to evolve to include peripheral devices. The Betatester will become the development platform for the eclipsis (see products at title link). (ps)

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05.Sep.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (E-Mail)


Thendic: Betatester II scheduled for 14./15.12.2002, Hilton Hotel Frankfurt (Upd
Thendic-France and bplan will host Betatester II at the Hilton Hotel, Hochstrasse 4, Frankfurt from 0900 to 1800, a buffet lunch will be served. Highlights of the conference will be:

  • Presentation of the commercial release of MorphOS
  • Demonstration of new and old applications
  • Release for testing of three new peripheral devices: the smart card and reader for security and loyalty/payment systems (the Trusted Community), the DataPlay disc drive, and a wireless mobile camera. Ten Developers will be selected for testing with the DataPlay and the camera based on performance as a Betatester and relevant development experience. All Betatesters will receive a personalized smart card and smart card reader.


All key individuals from the Thendic/bplan will be present.

All Betatesters and the MorphOS Development Team will be admitted free of charge.

All others will be admitted for an afternoon demonstration from 1500-1800 for 10 Euros. All participants will receive a Thendic/bplan T-Shirt and non-alcoholic drinks will be available.

Please contact info@thendic-france.com for more details.

Update 07.10.2002:
The date of this event was moved to 14./15.12.2002. More details you will find in this message. (ps)

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05.Sep.2002
Markus Holler


Music for Friends of C=64 Remixes

Markus Holler writes on his website: "Since the beginning of the month there has been for friends of C=64 remixes a new streaming site, in which among others my remix of Whittaker's Glider Rider (opening track of the soon to appear CD Remix 64 - The CD) may be played! The site is a cooperative effort from Remix64, C64Audio.com and SouthPole Radio. Have fun listening!"

(ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Sep.2002
Etienne Vogt


System Monitor: Sysmon V1.20a

On the 2nd of September Etienne Vogt released Version 1.20a of his shell-based System Monitor. Check the ReadMe Text for more information about the program. Since version 1.20 the following changes have been made:

  • 'UnMount ALL' will now ignore ENV: as well as RAM: if mounted as a separate handler. This allows late shutdown code to access global environment variables in all cases and also avoids problems with Env-Handlers that have broken ACTION_DIE support.
  • Added FRAGS option to the Sysmon monitor Show Memory command.

Download: Sysmon120a.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Sep.2002
Amiga Impact (E-Mail)


The French reseller APS demonstrates the Pegasos with MorphOS
The French reseller APS, based in Marseille, can receive people (appointment required) to demonstrate the Pegasos machine and the MorphOS system. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Sep.2002
Amiga Impact (E-Mail)


Some components of AmigaOS 4 will be demonstrated on "A-Expo / Alchimie 2"
Next Saturday afternoon, at the French event "A-Expo / Alchimie 2", some components of the AmigaOS 4 will be demonstrated on Amiga 4000 with CyberStormPPC.

These components are:
  • The new Intuition
  • Roadshow (the TCP/IP stack)
  • MediaToolBox (the new HDToolBox)
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Sep.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


AF: Test Report Nebulus

Increasing numbers of users send us test reports of games which we may publish on the Amiga Future homepage. This time Patric Klöter sent us a test of Nebulus, which we put in the article section.

We hope people send us more such reports! (ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Sep.2002
Andre 'Andre89' Sommer (ANF)


Event: Amiga Inside 2
From the 6th until the 8th of September 2002 the will be the Amiga-Party Amiga Inside 2 helt in Hirsau, Germany. Andre 'Andre89' Sommer writes: "I'm gonna dismantle my computers at Thursday evening and carry them to the party. If anyone has some urgent questions about the party and wants to write me a mail, the do so before Thursday afternoon, because the I will catch my mails the last time."

A description of how to get there and some other important informations are to find with the title link. If anyone has some trouble to find the location Andre Sommer will still be reachable by his mobile under +49177/5551010. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Sep.2002
Stefan Robl (ANF)


Relaunch of www.qdev.de
After nearly four years of online presence it has come to a great demand to renew my homepage completely. The new pages are all bilingual (German/English) and most of the content has been improved. Originally I wanted to finish all this earlier, but the successful finish of my first university degree (informatics) as well as the work for the Amidock for OS4 were (reasonable) more important. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Sep.2002
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)


AMIGAplus Soccer Special: Finals Prelude with Kick Off 2

Today begins the finals of the virtual soccer season on the occasion of the 40 years running German Soccer Common League. The AMIGAplus editition rummaged up another 17 soccer games for the editing case and put this digital bunch of bolts together in the next 17 days of brief tests. The finals begin with a real whizbang: we are reporting on the game "Kick Off 2" from Anco software.

(ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Sep.2002
Zito (ANF)


Amiga music group active again!
The international, amigabased szene music formation "mOOdS - Music For Your Instinctz" is, as well after a short summer break, back not only with some new tracks, but also with a new designed homepage!

And there are still new composers of any genres welcome, so do not hesitate to contact Zito, if you're an active musician using the Amiga! (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Sep.2002
Dennis Lohr (ANF)


Music: Little Psyria homepage update
Today there has been a little update at Psyria's homepage and the Amiga Future track has been released there. That one was recently only available at the homepage of the Amiga Future as exclusive download as VBR or CBR MP3.

That by Yel.C. vs Psyria produced piece is hosted at the download area as VBR MP3. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Sep.2002
Pixel Art (E-Mail)


Tool: Pixload 2.0
"Pixload" has been released in version 2.0. That tool allows, similiar like Amidock does, to launch programs and scripts via an icon using MUI. With this version "drag and drop" is implemented.

Download: Pixload-2.0.zip (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Sep.2002
Paul J. Beel (ANF)


Jim Sachs interviewed by GetBoinged!
He is an amazing artist! Remember Defender of the Crown? The now famous AmigaWorld cover? Take a trip back in time and find out what Mr. Sachs is doing now! (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Sep.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)


Thendic: MorphOS runs on the "AmigaOne" already
Within a comment at ANN Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco told, that MorphOS runs on the AmigaOne already. Futher Ben Hermans (Hyperion) is told that he's welcome to buy a Pegasos from those actually produced 1000 pcs run without doing the betatesting. At least Thendic offers the interested ones to send them a detailed report about all the legal issues ("detail legal brief"). (ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Sep.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


fxSCAN sidegrade-offers, more news
In a time-limited offer until the 1st of October 2002, we are giving you the possibility to sidegrade fom your current scanner software (ScanQuix, ScanTek, ArtecScan, other software on request) to fxSCAN 4.0.

Therefore please send in your old software (original disk/cd-rom with serial number/key in resellable constitution) and a filled-out sidegradeform (Download).

fxSCAN 4.0 offers, as the only scanner software on the AMIGA, OCR- and PDF-export-capabilities. Besides this, you can also make copies (incl. unique finetuning!), optimize your scanning results, print, convert or send images to fxPAINT for further processing.

More information regarding fxSCAN and the sidegrade offer can be found on the pages about fxSCAN 4.0. You can also find various other news that have not made it to the amiga-news.de mainpage due to the summer break. (ps)

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03.Sep.2002
Sébastien Jeudy (E-Mail)


Photos of Jedis visit at Thendic-France
Sébastien Jeudy has visited Thendic France in August 2002. You will find some pictures here. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Sep.2002
Diskmag


Event: XzentriX 2002
The XzentriX 2002 meeting is for 8-Bit-Computer friends who believe in a life beyond standard software. 0815 is out, C64 is en vogue... The XzentriX 2002 meeting takes part from 4th October 2002, about 15 o'clock till 6th October 2002 in the Mehrzweckhalle Seeshaupt, Oberbayern, Germany. More details and informations under the title link. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Sep.2002
Remedy Systems


DynDNS Client: AmiDynDNS Version 1.15
The DynDNS client AmiDynDns is released in the latest version 1.15: New/changes:
  • Now GUI is font sensitive
  • New TooltypeUPDATE_IMMEDIATELY=YES|NO
  • Minor bugs in GUI fixed
Download: AmiDynDNS115.lha

AmiDynDNS is a commando line based Freeware-Amiga-Client for DynDNS.org. Beside complete support of the DynDNS-Protocol (DynDNS, StatDNS, CustomDNS, and all options) it offers some more useful functions. More informations about AmiDynDNS and its functions you will get in the Amiga section under the title link. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Sep.2002
Amitopia


Magazine: Amitopia online again
The Norwegian magazine Amitopia is online again, after the return from his Europe journey of Michael Bergseth. On his journey he has met many Amiga users, he has visited DCE and COOLBits and met Nico Barbat from AMIGAplus in Cologne. His picture reports you will find here:

(ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Sep.2002
A.D.A.


A.D.A. - Three new winner-demos added
A.D.A., the Amiga Demoscene Archive has added three new winner demos. First the demo Tetsuo from Haujobb (1st Place Trsac20002, 64k Intros), second Chineasthetik from Scrab (1st Place Trsac 2002, AmigaDemos), and Another dream away from Madwizards (1st Place Slash Party 4, AmigaDemos). Dowload links under the title link. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Sep.2002
ANN


Big September-Update on Amiga Interactive Guide
Amiga Interactive Guide deals with the history of Amiga and is one of the biggest site of its kind in English. In this September update about 15 MB of material are added. For example scans of magazines, prototypes, and the latest announcements of Amiga Inc. and Thendic France. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Sep.2002
YAM


Mail program: YAM New developer version of 03-Sep-2002
Now the developer version 2.4 of the mail program YAM, now Open Source, is available. It is a work-in-progress version, maybe containing bugs, and the developer team gives no support and guarentee. Questions via eMail will not be answered. Use on your own risk!

You can see the changes in this list. More informations you will find on the Yamos SourgeForge-site.

Download: YAM24Dev.lzx (ps) (Translation: gf)

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02.Sep.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


AF: Test WolfChild, tombola, poll, anniversary
At the homepage of the Amiga Future Homepage today there has been released a test of WolfChild within the article area. We want to continue to contribute articles of older games. It's obvious that we need users who will write those. Users who are interested might contact the editoral staff.

Until the 5th of September 2002 there is still our anniversary special. There is a subscription of the Amiga Future including the CD for half a year for only 17,- Euro.

And there is a tombola at the Amiga Future homepage at the interactive area, there are the following give aways to catch: Feeble Files und Exodus. You don't need to do more than to send us your cheats and you get the chance to win one of these prices.

Furthermore there is in the interactive area a poll regarding the fair in Aachen. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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02.Sep.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)


Statement by Thendic regarding reproaches by Amiga Inc.
Thendic France, bPlan and the MorphOS team comment on the earlier allegations by Amiga Inc. regarding the legality of MorphOS in a short statement at morphos-news.de (title link), after the deadline set by AI, after which they would start legal proceedings (1 Sep 2002), has passed without discernible action. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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02.Sep.2002
Bernward Hofmann (ANF)


IBrowse - New Homepage
IBrowse has a new homepage. You still cannot find there the announced update but you can download the two last ones as well as look at a reference to OS4. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2002
Amiga Anywhere


Amiga Club Contest finished
The choices of the logo and the name of the formerly called "I am Amiga"-club of Amiga Inc. have been finished. The name of the club will be "Team Amiga" and the chosen logo was designed by Mark Rickan und Simo Ami.

(ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2002
Frank Fenn


Sound: AC97Mixer V2.1 for SB 128 sound card (Amithlon)
On 1st September 2002 Frank Fenn has published version 2.1 of "AC97Mixer" for Amithlon. In this version the support of ESS1968 (Maestro) has been added. Thus "AC97Mixer" now supports the SB128 sound card, the SB Live and the VIA onboard sound. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2002
dynAMIte


Game: dynAMIte - Team up! with version 2.1
DynAMIte is a Freeware-Dynablaster- respective a Bomberman-clone. From version 2.1 a team modus has been added for a completely new feeling of the game. Version 2.1 does not work with the old styles. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2002
A/NES CGFX


Emulator: A/NES CGFX version 1.27
On 1st September 2002 version 1.27 of the emulator of the Nintendo Entertainment System for AmigaOS has been published.

anescgfx.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2002
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 03.09.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your hard disk. The following games are added or updated:

  • 03.09.02 new: Space Station (Paradox) done by DJ Mike
  • 03.09.02 new: Allo 'Allo (Alternative) done by DJ Mike
  • 03.09.02 updated: Sooty & Sweep (Alternative Software) install script updated
  • 02.09.02 improved: Dogs of War (Elite Systems) supports another version
  • 02.09.02 improved: Banshee (Core Design) access faults removed, CD³² version supported
  • 01.09.02 new: Top Banana (Hex) done by Codetapper
  • 31.08.02 new: Erik (Atlantis) done by Codetapper
  • 31.08.02 updated: Switchblade (Core Design/Gremlin) supports kixx budget release
  • 30.08.02 updated: Speedball 2 CD³² (Renegade) reworked install package
  • 30.08.02 improved: Fire & Ice (Graftgold) various improvements
  • 29.08.02 new: Batman Vuelve (Batman Group) done by Codetapper
  • 29.08.02 new: Authentik (Skarla) done by Psygore
  • 28.08.02 improved: Loopz (Audiogenic/Mindscape) supports another version, misc changes, new icons
  • 23.08.02 new: Donkey Kong (Bignonia) done by JOTD
  • 20.08.02 new: Frantic Freddie (Bignonia) done by Asman
  • 20.08.02 new: Ultimate Gameboy Simulator (Symbiosis) done by Galahad
  • 20.08.02 new: Sorceror's Apprentice (Art Computer Software) done by Codetapper
  • 20.08.02 new: Marvins Marvellous Adventure CD³² (21st Century Entertainment) done by René Gennes
  • 20.08.02 new: Leviathan (English Software) done by Codetapper
  • 20.08.02 improved: Insects in Space (Hewson) blitter waits added
  • 20.08.02 improved: Executioner (Codetapper) supports another version, new icon
(ps)

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02.Sep.2002
Dirk Stöcker (ANF)


XAD System V12, XFD version 39.14
Although a few days have been gone. The newest versions of the extraction system XAD and of the unpacking system XFD have been published at the end of August. Additional to many detailed improvements the following points may be mentioned:
  • Complete StuffIt-support (XAD)
  • Complete CAB-support (XAD)
  • Polish translation (XAD)
  • Detection of many tricks of hiding of viruses (XFD)
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2002
CUCUG


CUCUG: Status Register 08/2002
The Status Register is the Champaign-Urbana Computer User Group's monthly newletter. It deals with current and important information regarding Amiga, Macintosh and PC as well as the computer industry. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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02.Sep.2002
Jens Langner (ANF)


AmIDE goes Open-Source (GPL)
Not long ago the source codes of AmIDE which is an integrated developing environment for the Amiga have been published by Jens Langner under GPL (open-source) and thus is available to everybody under the title link.

Jens has published the source codes because he cannot develop further AmIDE and thus hopes to encourage a team of developers for the sourceforge project.

The source texts have been completely reworked for the GPL release and have been uploaded to the CVS of the sourceforge server in this way that they immediatly can be compiled with SAS/C.

Every interested developer who wants to directly take part in AmIDE is supposed to contact Jens Langner and will then get the writing access to the CVS sources. The old homepage will be updated later and an explicit developer mailing list will be also created then. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2002
Marc "Zito" Oberst (ANF)


Scene-Diskmag: Jurassic Pack with own homepage
Just before the summer break the AmigaDemoScene diskmag called "Jurassic Pack" could celebrate its 10th issue. To this occasion an own website was finally created. Thus you can download all issues but as well as enjoy the music tracks and title pictures. Besides this there are lot of arcticles for reading online. There you can also find texts which have nothing to do with the scene but for example with Amiga Inc. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2002
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


On public demand: Download "Shanghai Dragon" AGA version
On public demand Christian Rosentreter has published the AGA version of "Shanghai Dragon".

Download: tksd.lha

Please note that this version is not being further developed anymore, and is really not comparable to the coming CGX version. The AGA version only shows the framework, the CGX version will offer better graphics and a much enhanced functional range.

Please also note that the AGA version cannot be redirected to gfx card screens properly, and also that there is no documentation available.

There is a screen shot at the ZENZER-2dNOW-Forum. Further details (about the future CGX version) can be gleaned from the interview with Christian Rosentreter in AMIGA ARENA. You can also find some information about the planned game on the Amiga Future page. However, the CGX version will not be released "in a week" - this was a little misunderstanding. A release in late autumn is more probable. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002
Ralf Gruner (ANF)


GPatch Version 3 completed
The 68k version 3 of the patch system GPatch has finally been completed and put on Aminet.

There have been many improvements over the previous version: New search algorithms, new coding methods, easier execution of the patch. And for those who don't know it yet: GPatch is the only program of its kind with the ability to combine any number of difference data in one patch file in order to automatically update different older versions of a program to the newest one.

And - to demonstrate that the program is really worthy of a news item - the readme contains a comparison of different update variants of a real program (AWeb 3.2 and 3.3 to 3.4). Just briefly the result: The classic approach with scompare takes 1:28 minutes to create 277258 bytes (compressed), GCompare 3 on the other hand takes 0:59 minutes to create 163593 bytes. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


SUBWAY - open letter to all interested parties
Apart from some updates (especially of the list of supported devices) there is an open letter to all interested parties for the clock port USB card SUBWAY. If you are interested in such a card you should absolutely read the announcement under the title link! (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002
David Röskamm (ANF)


WHDLoad chat support page online
The homepage for WHDLoad Chat is online since yesterday and can be reached at http://www.whdload-chat.de.vu. For browsers that do not support frames, the page can be reached at http://hot-server.de/maccrack/whdload/index.html.

The homepage contains various information about the program WHDLoad and the chat. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


SN-MünzArchiv V1.4 available
The new version of SN-MünzArchiv, a program for administering coin collections, is available on Cj-Stroker's AmiForce home page.

The following items have been added/changed:
  • Added function "search, count", which provides a means for counting coins belonging to a search result (e.g. a certain collection area). A.o. number of coins, total purchase value and total value are counted.
  • Extended pre- and postfix in catalog no. by five and three characters respectively.
  • Added sales project info, showing a.o. how many coins were sold at which total price.
  • The list window can now also show the numbers of the item and sales list windows (e.g. 1999|PP:1 ST:5 SS:10|Motiv) (function had previously been imcomplete).
  • Improved handling of the setup window (now double click on list settings and the settings can be in- or decreased).
  • Other small changes.
  • Fixed bug.
Download under: muenzarchiv.lha.

Please also note the survey about the collections databases on the home page (title link). (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002
Simon Neumann (ANF)


Amiga Speed with first Voodoo4 and new Voodoo5 reviews
The gfx board Voodoo4 has been tested regarding its speed by Amiga Speed and surprises with its good performance. It even beats the Voodoo5 in most cases, which can probably be attributed to the chip design and the better drivers. However, the specifics have yet to be worked out. Please inform yourself under 2D Gfx (Voodoo4) about the current 2D performance and under Payback, Heretic2 and Q***e about the current 3D performance. The new Voodoo5 results can be found under 2D Gfx (Voodoo5) and Heretic2.

Furthermore, a new survey has been started, this time with the topic AmigaOne. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002
GoldED Support


GoldED Studio AIX one week offer at special price
After Dietmar Eilert's announcement in April of this year that he'd stop further development of GoldED Studio for AmigaOS, he has still implemented some improvements from the cancelled Version 7 - viz all that were finished at the time. This version is now being offered under the name of GoldED Studio AIX for a week at a special price. You can find particulars under the title link. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002
Brad Webb per E-Mail


Amiga Update Newsletter #020831 by Brad Webb
Below you will find the complete newsletter of Amiga Update (Brad Webb) for August, 2002.
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A O N E   G O T H E N B U R G   F A L L   E V E N T

P E G A S O S   A N D   M O R P H O S   U P D A T E

A M I G A   O N   M O R P H O S   L E G A L I T Y

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P R I V O X Y   3 . 0 . 0   F O R   A M I G A

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

It's been a quiet month. Apparently, work continues on Amiga ONE and
OS 4.0 with quiet determination. At least I hope so, and there's
really no reason to think otherwise. However, it's now been a very
long wait. Fortunately, the Amiga community is used to long waits. I
believe the community as a whole still feels this one will turn out
differently from all the others. I know I still do. But it does feel
frighteningly familiar, doesn't it?
Quiet or not we have several interesting items for you to read this
time. Most interesting to me is the situation with Pegasos and Morph
OS. I am constantly amazed that supposed promoters of the Amiga do
things that, if successful, can only hurt the company. In this case,
damaging Amiga's ability to control its OS. The small companies that
continually do these things seem to have no concern that Amiga is
itself small, and damage to its intellectual property could cause
severe difficulties or even put them out of business. And the small
companies that do this seldom get anything genuinely useful on the
market.
My personal opinion is that both products have about as much chance
for real success as (to use an old American expression) "a snowball in
Hell". But they are causing already limited resources to be wasted by
Amiga Inc. in defending their property.
Ah well, bad judgement takes funny forms sometimes.
Most of our other stories show the good side of the Amiga community,
and I enjoyed some of the news very much.
We hope you enjoy this issue also.
Brad Webb,
Editor
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A M I G A   O S   4 . 0   F R E A T U R E S   L I S T E D

{Taken from the Amiga OS website, and apparently just posted there
despite the date. Thought you might like to see these. Brad}

07-Aug-2002 - AmigaOS Features

Listed below are the modules that make up the core of AmigaOS 4. Most
of the OS modules (including the kernel) are finished and being tested
internally by the OS 4 development team.

Current work centers around Intuition and Reaction, 2D/3D drivers, A1
Bios, additional kernel functionality (virtual addressing and
page-based memory handling) and the integration of the 68K emulation
into the system.

Here are the modules that make up AmigaOS 4:

Exec Second Generation (Exec SG)

Exec is the AmigaOS kernel and was written in 68K assembly
for AmigaOS 3.1. It has been rewritten in C, as ExecSG, for
AmigaOS 4.

The following features are planned for ExecSG:

Hardware abstraction layer (HAL)
Virtual addressing (for automatic stack enlargement etc.)
Page-based memory handling (less fragmentation and more
efficient)
Virtual memory
New library interface
Resource tracking and management
Optional memory protection
WarpOS backwards compatibility

Just in Time (JIT) 68K emulation

PPC native TCP/IP stack & PPP drivers

fastest on the platform

Re-implementation of the Amiga file system (FFS2) for PPC

PPC native CD Filesystem

with limited Mount Rainier support (use your CDRW as a floppy)

Recovery and Salvage tools for FFS2 and SFS

PPC native CD back-up tool

OS 4 will include a simple tool which allows the user to back-up
files by burning them to an ISO 9660 CD which also allows for
exchanging data between systems)

PPC native RTG system

Picasso 96 V3

PPC native arithmetically optimised version of layers.library

Warp3D (3D driver system)

OpenGL 1.3 support (Mesa 4.0)

PPC native RTA system based on AHI

with Soundblaster Live! Drivers

PPC native GUI system (Intuition and Reaction)

PPC native shell

PPC native version of "Amidock"

PPC native utility for archiving and de-archiving

SCSI drivers for onboard (UW) SCSI controllers

AmigaInput API (for multimedia controller devices)

USB stack

already adapted for the Highway and Subway hardware

PPC native datatypes

New HDToolbox ("Media Toolbox")

Support for TrueType/OpenType fonts

Web-browser (Ibrowse 2.3)

MUI PPC (for legacy applications)

Reading/printing of PDF files

PPC native rewrite of DOS library

PPC native movieplayer

"Action" with DivX and MPEG4 support

PPC native devices

Generic PPC native PCI library

http://os.amiga.com/os4/OS4Features.php
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AmigaFest 2002, The Show Within a Show at Computerfest®

12 August, 2002

For the fourth year in a row, AmiTech-Dayton, Amiga Computer Users
Group, is sponsoring AmigaFest, a show within a show at Computerfest®.
The purpose of AmigaFest is to provide a concentration of Amiga
oriented vendors and exhibitors in the show to provide improved
support for the Amiga Community. If you are a current or former Amiga
user, or are just curious about the platform, stop by AmigaFest 2002
and find out what is currently going on with Amiga. There are many new
developments on the horizon and we will have some available for
demonstration or sale at the show.

The AmigaFest 2002 area will include a Seminar/Presentation section,
that will be showing off the capabilities of the Amiga system,
including alternative operating systems that are currently in
development for the Amiga community. Presentations will be going on
continuously throughout the show. In addition there will be an Amiga
museum displaying nearly every model of the Amiga that was produced.

One of the advantages of the Amiga platform is its extremely
efficient operating system that has provided pre-emptive multi-tasking
since its introduction in 1985. The next version of the Amiga OS will
make full use of the PowerPC CPU line. A new generation of Amiga
hardware is on the horizon that will back up the efficiency of the
operating system with modern computing horsepower. Amiga OS Emulators
are also currently available, and will be demonstrated at AmigaFest
2002, bringing Amiga efficiency to X86-based systems bypassing
Windows. Drop by and find out about all the upcoming developments.

As in years past we will be holding several demos that should be of
interest to any present, past or future Amiga user. We will have demos
of MorphOS installed on a PPC equipped Amiga 1200, Amithlon and
AmigaXL installed on a PC, and using digital cameras on your Amiga.
Other demos are in the works. Stop by our booths for a complete
schedule of events.

We are expecting several exhibitors for this year's AmigaFest. They
include Extreme Computing, developers of a new line of X86-based
computers optimized to run new Amiga OS emulation systems; Compuquick
Multi Media Center; FWD Computing; Mr. Hardware; E. S. Productions; G
and G Publications, publishers of The New Amigans magazine; the Amiga
Cafe; AmiTech Dayton and Grasshopper LLC, developer of Pagestream, the
premier desk top publishing program for Amiga, now also available for
Macintosh and Windows.

Additionally, on Saturday night after the show, we have arranged to
have a gathering for a dinner and social get together for all Amigans.
Stop by the AmiTech-Dayton booth, pick up a flyer, and be sure to join
in the fun.


We think it's going to be an interesting and fun show. There are a
couple of definite advantages to having an Amiga Show in conjunction
with a show like Computerfest®. First of all it gives the Amiga user
access to a concentrated selection of Amiga gear, a lot of which will
be at special show prices. Secondly, it gives them unparalleled access
to a broad selection of general equipment that we all need and a
little shopping will find them at bargains beyond belief.

As always, we hope all Amigans will stop by and show their support.
Hope to see you there!


21 August, 2002

AmigaFest Update: Pegasos to be demonstrated in Dayton, Ohio


AmiTech-Dayton Amiga User Group is pleased to announce that they will
be privileged to have live demonstrations of the Pegasos computer
system during this years AmigaFest at the Dayton ComputerFest¨, August
24th-25th. We are quite excited that they have accepted our invitation
and hope to see many of our long time Amiga friends come by to see
this much-talked about platform.

Also, we would like to announce our other vendors participating in
AmigaFest 2002:

Compuquik Media Center - Amiga hardware and software vendor.

E.S. Productions - Artwork by Eric Schwartz and home of Amy the
Squirrel

Extreme Corporation/Computing - Home of ready configured
Amithlon/AmigaOS XL systems.

FWD Computing - Vendor of Amiga software and collectibles.

G&G Publishing Ent. - Publisher of The New Amigans magazine.

Grasshopper LLC - Your source for Pagestream for the Amiga, PC, and
Mac systems.

Amiga Cafe - Amiga IRC chat site.

And of course our club, AmiTech-Dayton will on hand! Along with our
table will be an Amiga Museum, a collection of nearly every model of
Amiga produced along with some of our members modified machines.

Plus, we will be having demos of the Pegasos, the Extreme machines,
Pagestream, Personal Paint, Photogenics, and Amicamedia that will be
going on constantly during the show. And as always, there is no charge
for these demos. Please check with the AmiTech table for a listing of
times and locations.

We will once again have a social gathering off site once the show
closes on Saturday. This year will will have door prizes for those
attending the gathering courtesy of our friends at Software Hut. Space
for this dinner is limited, so check with the AmiTech table for full
details.

Show hours are 9:00am to 6:00pm on Saturday and 10:00am to 4:00pm on
Sunday. Some vendors may not be able to stay for the full day on
Sunday, so come early! With over 30,000 attendees, the Dayton
ComputerFest¨ is one of the largest shows of its type in the United
States. And AmigaFest will be there for the fourth year in a row. Come
be a part of the excitement!

For further information contact Ron Schwartz at: schwartr@gemair.com
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A O N E   G O T H E N B U R G   F A L L   E V E N T

28 August, 2002

When & where

AONE Gothenburg 2002 Fall Event will take place on the 21st of
September, which is a Saturday. The event will last between 12 - 17
and the premises where we will hold the event is called Kajutan ("The
Cabin" in English).

For those who visited the AmiGBG 2002 fair earlier this year it will
be quite easy to find their way to Kajutan that is situated in Tolken,
that is the same building that we used when we arranged the fair. The
entrance to Kajutan is placed on the same side of the Tolken building
and we will set out direction signs so that it will be easy to find
your way.

Kajutan is often used for conferences and seminars and we think that
this is a suitable place to have this event since we will have a
number of lecturers present that will tell you all you want to know
about the Amiga One.

The new Amiga - AmigaOne

At this event, the first new Amiga computer in ten years will for the
first time be seen in Sweden.

We see this as a scandinavian kickoff for the new Amiga!

The name of this computer is AmigaOne (AONE). The first version has a
PowerPC G3 processor running at 600 MHz. This first board goes under
the name AmigaOneG3-SE and is at the moment shipped to a selected
group of developers/beta testers.

Two of these beta testers, Justin from Denmark and Ole-Egil from
Norway will visit us in Gothenburg, Sweden on the 21st of September to
demonstrate this new hardware that so many have waited so eagerly to
see. The computers that they bring to Gothenburg are their own
AmigaOne developer machines.

The AmigaOne machines that will be running during the day in
Gothenburg will have different versions of PowerPC Linux installed
(Debian and SuSe), as well as UAE Amiga Emulator (emulation of the
classic AmigaOS).

When the end user version of AmigaOne is ready for sale, it will be
bundled with the next generation AmigaOS, OS4. This Amiga operating
system is a modernized and rewritten OS for the PowerPC processor.
AmigaOS4 is still under development by Amiga Inc's partner Hyperion.

Whether we will have any news regarding OS4 at the event, we don't
know yet.


What will happen during the day?

During the day of the event, seminars around AmigaONE will be held.
Of course it will also be possible to ask questions about this new
Amiga and to see it in action!

We are very proud to announce that we will have Alan Redhouse from
english company Eyetech attending the showcase. Eyetech is the company
behind AmigaOne. We are also working on the possibility to have other
prominent guests with connections to AmigaOne and OS4 here at the
event, so stay tuned.

At this event we will also have a machine running Amiga DE. This is
because of the future development with DE being integrated into the
new AmigaOS. You'll get an opportunity to ask questions about DE and
to see how far the development process has proceeded.

More detailed information regarding seminars and lectures will be
available soon before the event, so hold on!

http://www.amigbg.com/
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P E G A S O S   A N D   M O R P H O S   U P D A T E

06-Aug-2002

Getting the Pegasos Market Going!

This is a message for traditional ``Amiga Community'' Resellers...

Since our involvement and the earliest threats against MorphOS, we
have had German and European experts checking the applicable law. If
fact, in spite of the latest threats, we are looking forward to the
timely release of MorphOS.

A word about the past: the spirit of ``Amiga'' rose from the demise
of Commodore with what was an incredibly well designed and functional
operating system. It became one of the first examples of "forward
compatibility." A word about the present: MorphOS is ready to take the
first step to co-exist with this internationally appreciated example
of software engineering that has generated a distinctive Community of
Users, Developers and Resellers.

We would like to address our potential Resellers. What will be our
future relationship with you? Well, we tried one approach. It worked
for the Linux market, but not for your market. Nearly all of you
wanted the same thing - a Pegasos running MorphOS to test. You will
have that now. You can buy one this week or next month, or whenever
they want. There will be many available soon. You will find MorphOS
for the PPC is something new. Before, MorphOS was a kernel, which ran
on the PPC, but required AmigaOS files to be able to run Amiga
applications. Now it is different. MorphOS is the complete core of the
Pegasos and can function as a complete operating system. No additional
files are required to achieve this. To be completely clear, what
MorphOS is today is not what ``MorphOS'' was before (and what is still
available today online). MorphOS today is different. It is a great
accomplishment and a credit to Ralph Schmidt and his team to have
MorphOS where it is today, but that will not stop us from making it
better. You won't be wasting your time and effort when you begin to
sell these machines.

We have decided that while there was a Community suave enough to
handle the Pegasos and MorphOS as it was, the regular computer user
was not, and frankly initially, neither were the Resellers. Our
original concept did not work well. We had only one reseller in this
Community order ten boards until two weeks ago when we had three more
place orders (two of them for a very decent size), but this was slow
enough in coming that we understood we needed to take another
approach. We sent back their money or did not accept it. We had a bad
dream about an OS based website dedicated to The Best 100 Bug Fixes --
have you heard of that before? We woke up.

Ladies and Gentleman, we need to remember that the target is regular
computer users, who are ``new'' users and who represent new markets
for this Community. A little economic success could improve plenty of
things around here - for Developers, for Resellers, and ultimately for
Users themselves - so we decided MorphOS needed to be ready for
them.... and you. That is why there will be a few steps.

Step One: The ``Betatester'' with MorphOSv.90
Step Two: Pegasos with MorphOSv1.0
Step Three: The Pegasos Handheld with MorphOSv1.0+

But, in this post we will stick to our Resellers and our message to
them. We will come back to Developers and Team Betatester after this
weekend in Bordeaux at the SLACH PARTY. Later, we will describe in
detail our hardware plans here and all the peripherals we plan on
introducing. We have plenty of things to share and we will do it here
on www.morphos-news.de

The cost of the Pegasos will fall in the next production runs. We
will keep optimizing and as we do there will be more profit to carved
up. Right now, we are just spending money. Releasing a product with no
strings attached that is not ready for a ``regular computer user'' is
commercial suicide. We cannot afford to do that, but we need to begin
to cover our investment and we need to take a straight line to the
commercial /regular consumer release point. We need to get going!

So, here is our promise to our Resellers: we will have a product you
can release to ``regular computer users" in December. We intend to
fully support the computer show being planned in Aachen that month. We
will not only have an operating system to release, but a few
applications, including a game that will surprise even the normal
fans.

Just to make sure that is clear:

We will ship Pegasos boards to all Resellers by 2 December 2002, if
not before.

If you have comments or questions you can email us at
bbrv@thendic-france.com

We will also present our Pegasos Handheld Prototype in December!

Keep your eyes on the site for the latest updates!

Best regards,

Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck

Singleview
Thendic-France/bplan

http://www.morphos-news.de/
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A M I G A   O N   M O R P H O S   L E G A L I T Y

{We don't often run stories on what are really non-Amiga items, but
we feel the Pegasos / Morph OS story should be covered because of the
potential impact on Amiga. Hence, we decided to use the preceding
story. However, it is very important to keep the legality of the
situation in mind. To that end, we run the following quotes from an
interview conducted by the Scandinavian Amiga magazine "Amitopia". You
can find the full interview at the "Amitopia" site, referenced below.
The interview actually consists of questions and answers from a
variety of dates. Brad}

29 July, 2002

I would start this interview, by asking if you see at MorphOS as a
illegal product?

Amiga INC. writes:

Our position is that the elements of MorphOS which allow it to
provide AmigaOS compatability have been illegally derived. These
either need to be removed or a licence obtained for them. I am afraid
I cannot say more than that due to advice from our lawyers.


Monday, April 29, 2002, 11:10:22 PM, I asked:

And finally...

But you should stop doing this.. Why cant Amiga go for the future,
show that you are strong? I know this is a marked {sic. perhaps he
meant to type "market". Brad} strategy to somewhat push MorphOS out.
Its like Lindows for the PC marked. Its a competitor to Windows, but
also RUN's Windows programs. You should start to think like an Amiga
user Bill. If you have full believe in your work, then drop the case
and go further. We all know you should have the right to use Amiga,
but MorphOS aint using Amigas name. I want both products on the
marked, it will be a colourfull marked and thats what we want, not
another Commodore keeping all secret and kinda forget what the
userbase want. Please clear things out for me?

Amiga INC. writes:

You do not understand the legal implications of what you say.
Whatever the merits or otherwise of MorphOS, they used illegally
obtained AmigaOS source code to develop their product. If Amiga Inc
does not defend that code, then we can lose all rights to it. We have
no choice BUT to prosecute anyone who dares to make use of Amiga code.

The MorphOS team knows this and has spent the last six months or so
trying to remove any code they have which was derived from AmigaOS.
However, our attorneys already have a copy of a MorphOS release where
via disassembly, you can prove that they did use the same source
routines as were in the AmigaOS source code that they had.

http://home.powertech.no/micbergs/Interviews/
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E L B O X   M E D I A T O R   P C I   1 2 0 0   S X

13 Aug 2002

Elbox Computer, the leading manufacturer of hardware for Amiga
computers, the company that introduced the PCI standard to Amiga
computers, is proud to announce expanding the MEDIATOR busboard
product line with the new Mediator model for towerised Amiga 1200
computers: Mediator PCI 1200 SX.

With this product Elbox offers Amiga 1200 users the opportunity to
use up to 6 PCI cards significantly improving the computer
performance. Additionally the new Mediator model has the Power
Management Interface, which allows waking up the computer with
external events (e.g. with USB or LAN signals) and shutting it down
controlled by software.


Features

* 6 PCI slots (PCI 2.1 compatible)

* Power Management Interface

* 66/33MHz PCI clock (transfer rate up to 264MB/s)

* 32-bit PCI datapatch

* 4GB PCI memory space

* Busmastering/DMA in all PCI slots

* Compatible with 68030/040/060 and PPC turbo cards

* AT and ATX PSU connectors with control IC

* Ready for SharkPPC(+) G3/G4 cards

* Fits in any A1200 in E/BOX (Power, Winner), EZ-Z4 and Infinitiv
tower

Included with the Mediator PCI 1200 SX is the Mediator Multimedia CD
with drivers for Sound, TV tuner, Ethernet 10Mbps, Fast Ethernet
100Mbps and Graphic PCI cards. For the list of currently supported PCI
cards see Mediator Driver Guide website at
http://www.elbox.com/mdg.html.

For more info, see Mediator PCI 1200 SX website at
http://www.elbox.com/products/mediator_pci_1200_sx.html.


Pricing and availability

The Mediator PCI SX will be on sale beginning with 1st September
2002, and its suggested retail price is EUR 239.95 (VAT excl.) To
locate an authorized distributor or purchase product visit the Elbox
Computer website at http://www.elbox.com/buy.html.


Why Mediator?

Do you need your Amiga to display crystal-clear image up to
2048x1536x32@75? Do you want your favourite games run in accelerated
graphics? Take a PCI graphic card from the Voodoo family and enjoy its
2D and 3D performance.

Care for superb high-quality music? Just install the inexpensive,
high-quality Sound Blaster sound PCI card and play your MP3 files in
the 16-bit resolution.

Want fast network connections to surf the net? Put a low-cost RTL8139
Fast Ethernet 100Mbps PCI card into the Mediator slot and connect your
computer to the network.

Do you want to watch and capture your favourite TV programmes? The TV
tuner PCI card allows you not only watching TV... you can also connect
a TV-SAT tuner, a camcorder or a digital camera. Although the full TV
image resolution runs at 30 fps in the PIP window on your Workbench
screen, it does not use the Amiga processor's time at all.

And all this is possible NOW, with the MEDIATOR.

Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
contact: press@elbox.com

http://www.elbox.com
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S O U N D F X   V 4 . 2   I S   A V A I L A B L E

20 August, 2002

After more than a year of development and testing, the final version
of SoundFX 4.2 has finally been released!. WinUAE/AmigaXL/Amithlon
users can try the 060 version. It should run without any problems on
their systems. The list of new features and bugfixes is here. SoundFX
is a powerful sound-processing package for AmigaOS, developed by
Stefan Kost. For a shareware price it offers professional features,
many of which are quite unique on the Amiga. It is a real must for
every Amiga sound designer or music
producer.


SoundFX V4.2
Changes since the previous version


- Stable as never before.

- Extensively tested also on emulated systems: WinUAE, AmigaXL and
Amithlon.


NEW FEATURES

- Significant internal changes made in order to allow advanced
features (like realtime processing) in the future.

- The ARexx port has been completely rewritten. It is now almost 100%
faster.

- New operator: a 3-band parametric equalizer.

- Apart from whole samples, sample ranges can now be saved as well.

- All sample-windows have two new gadgets in the title bar. One hides
the window, the other displays the Sample Options local menu (useful
for people who do not have a 3-button mouse). These features require
Massimo Tantignone's titlebar.image.

- Now there are altogether three ways to hide the sample-window: the
'Box' button in the toolbar, the Hide gadget in the window title bar,
and the local menu.

- SoundFX can display "Tips of the Day" at startup. OS3.5+ (or an
older system with ClassAct installed) is recommended for this feature.

- You can get to SoundFX's homepage at www.sonicpulse.de and e-mail
the author directly from within the program: see the Help menu. This
feature requires openurl.library installed and configured properly.

- New About-window gives extensive information about the program and
the system. This feature requires Richard Koerber's identify.library.

- The quality of the Hall operator has been improved.

- New Utility menu with functions for manipulation with sample data
(sign and byte-order switching, channel interleaving and
deinterleaving).

- New functions for preference handling (see Prefs menu).

- When calculating the maximum sample volume (Amplify operator) a
progress-bar is now used, as this operation can take a long time with
large samples (like CD tracks).


SUPPORT

- There is a new bugtracker suite at http://www.sonicpulse.de/phpbt/
for reporting bugs and submitting feature requests.

- The HTML documentation has been extended and updated.

- Documentation now available also in PDF and PostScript formats.
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I O U S B   2 . 0   F R O M   I O S P I R I T

19 Aug 2002

IOUSB System 2.0 Update with OS 4 support

IOUSB, developed by IOSPIRIT, is a system for USB-device-drivers that
allows them to access USB stacks via a uniform API. Thus any driver
that builds upon it can theoretically be used with every USB-stack on
the AMIGA.

Apart from the already existing support for Poseidon (Highway/Subway,
MorphOS), support has been added for the Sirion-stack (Thylacine,
Highway/Subway) in cooperation with the AmigaOS 4.0 development team.
Thus it is now also possible to use devices covered by IOUSB with the
Thylacine USB-board and the upcoming AmigaOS 4.0.

The update to version 2.0 can be found on our download-page. It also
contains an update to version 1.1 of the iousbscanner.device fixing a
timing-problem with the Epson Perfection 1650.

EMail: info@iospirit.de
WWW:   http://www.iospirit.de/
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P O S E I D O N   U S B   S T A C K   1 . 2 6

16-Aug-02

Introduction
~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Poseidon USB Stack is a software solution that unleashes the
possibilities of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) and the devices with
USB interface, ranging from mice, keyboards, tablets, joysticks,
printers, scanners, webcams, digicams, flash card readers, zip drives,
floppy disk drives, harddisks, memory sticks, ethernet adapters,
scanners and audio adapters to less common things like power supplies,
GPS location devices or finger print readers. It is intended to be a
solution for all systems.

Requires: a compatible USB card

Big news

~~~~~~~~
V1.26:

- Mass storage fixed and extended.

- New USB Modem class.

- UPAR printer mountlist included.

V1.25:

- German manual and installer script

- Fixed the bugs in the installer script that would copy the UMSD
file to  the wrong drawer (and without icon)

- New usb->serial converter class

- Mass storage now automounts

Changelog
~~~~~~~~~

poseidon.library 1.26

o On USB devices with multiple configurations, only the first one was
read due to me thinking that I would get all configurations
automatically. This is now fixed. Hey, it was the first time I came
across a device with multiple configs, so I couldn't test the code
before.

massstorage.class 1.11

o Added information messages on mounting (after three attempts :) ).

o Mounting now again uses lowcyl = 0. But therefore, detection of an
already mounted partition has been reduced to unit, device and
dostype. This means that no multiple partitions on a harddisk will be
mounted, but only the first one. I hope this is not a problem for most
of you.    (thanks to Jens & Jean-François).

o After mounting, a diskchange signal was sent. This is now fixed
(thanks to Jens).

o Added NSD and TD64 support. This means you now can uses harddisks
>4GB.

serialpl2303.class 1.3

o Fixed buffer management. Added EOF mode.

cdcacm.class 1.2

o Initial. Should support state reporting and EOF mode.

pencamtool

o Added UPTO option.

highwayusb.device 2.8

o Optimized copyloop a bit.

subwayusb.device 2.2

o Initial

serialpl2303.class 1.2

o Initial

bootkeyboard.class 1.6

o Now calls reset handlers of the keyboard.device on reset. This is
done in a tricky, but system-friendly way. If any reset handler is
found, the reset is delayed by 10 seconds (no way to find out, if the
reset handlers have finished).

massstorage.class 1.9

o Added 200ms delay for some strange devices before first
interaction. I hope this is enough for most drives.

o Added automounting capability for FAT95. Took me ages to get this
working. Sorry.

o Added experimental untested support for CB and CBI transport
protocols.

o Added special init sequence for eUSCSI bridges.

o Disabled internal retry mechanism for HDCMD_SCSI commands. Maybe
this fixes the disk changing bugs when using "+s" on FAT95.

o Fixed broken disk change detection. Sorry, just forgot some
paranthesis.

hub.class 1.14

o Changed the init sequence to be more error tolerant, adding several
retries

o Added locking mechanism (oops! how could I forget) of address 0 to
avoid confusion on the bus with multiple hubs connected to a hub at
the same time.

o Lots of little changes.

poseidon.library 1.25

o If SET_CONFIGURATION fails, the enumeration will now still proceed.
This seems to be the case with a few USB2.0 devices.

o Changed psdSpawnSubTask() to launch a process if started with dos
available.

o Misc little changes.

Contact
~~~~~~~
Any mail, comments or donations welcome:

Chris Hodges
Kennedystr. 8
D-82178 Puchheim
Germany

WWW: http://www.platon42.de/
Email: hodges@in.tum.de
IRC: platon42 on EfNet
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I O S P R I T   S O F T W A R E   D I S T R I B U T I O N

14 August, 2002

Software distribution via IOSPIRIT

IOSPIRIT, known worldwide for its high product quality and its
well-accepted service, is expanding its distribution activities. Thus
we are looking for interesting programs and projects, that lack a
distribution partner or that want to open up new market segments.

Distribution activities include the wide-spread mail-order
distribution and popular, modern Electronic Software Delivery (ESD),
where everything is handled digitally - from the customer's payment to
the product delivery. Besides we also offer support aids like
mailinglists and a FAQ-system.

Advertising (both banners and print), flyers and our presence at
exhibitions allows us to introduce the products distributed through us
to a broad public. Furthermore we already have a strong customerbase
within and outside Germany.

More general information and information about the advantages of our
distribution services can be found on the page "Distribution services"
under "Information" Don't hesitate to contact us directly, if you are
interested and want to learn more.

EMail: info@iospirit.de
WWW:   http://www.iospirit.de/
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W O R K S   N E E D E D   F O R   2 0 0 3   C A L E N D A R

9 August, 2002

DiscreetFX Announces The 2003 Amiga Art Calendar. Attention Amiga
Artists - now is the chance to get your best Amiga artwork seen by
thousands and share in the proceeds of the sale. You only have until
October 5th 2002 to send in your artwork for consideration for the
2003 Amiga Art Calendar. This Calander is being produced exclusively
on the Amiga and will go on sale in time for the 2002 Christmas
holidays. All submissions must be created on an Amiga and or Video
Toaster (Amiga version) and must include a list of what software/
hardware was used to create the artwork. A panel of 12 judges/Amiga
enthusiates will select the 13 pieces of artwork that will be included
in this years edition. Please send all submissions to
discreetfx@yahoo.com on or before October 5th 2002.
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P R I V O X Y   3 . 0 . 0   F O R   A M I G A

28 August, 2002

Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies,
controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
obnoxious junk. It is based on the Internet Junkbuster.

o Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable

o Environment: No Input/Output (Daemon), Web Environment, Win32 (MS
Windows)

o Intended Audience: End Users/Desktop, System Administrators

o License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

o Natural Language: English

o Operating System: MacOS X, Windows, Other OS {Including Amiga.
Brad}, HP-UX, Linux, SunOS/Solaris

o Programming Language: C

o Topic: WWW/HTTP, Firewalls

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/
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01.Sep.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


Amiga User List GAUHPIL: Now with own domain
As of now, the Geographical Amiga User Home Page Internet List (GAUHPIL) can be reached under its own domain: gauhpil.dietmar-knoll.de. Please amend your bookmarks and any links to this web site. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002
AmiBench


AmiBench - Planned move to new server
Mark 'tecno' Wilson, maintainer of AmiBench, the web site for international, free classifieds informs us that the web site will probably move to another server around the 5th September.

"News Update for you all. AmiBench will be moving hosts next week. Dont know when or what time yet but it will be around the 5'th of September. I now have to pay for the hosting of AmiBench so please no nasty emails about poor service or so on. (Yes I am paying for this out of my own pocket!)." (ps) (Translation: cb)

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01.Sep.2002



Event calendar updated
We have just now updated our event calendar. In September alone there are six different Amiga events planned in Europe.

06./08.09.2002 - Amiga Inside 2 - Hirsau, Germany
07./08.09.2002 - A·Expo - Tain l'Hermitage, France
07./08.09.2002 - Guru Meditation - Bautzen/Sachsen, Germany
14./15.09.2002 - O.A.S.E. - Graz, Austria
21./22.09.2002 - Pianeta Amiga 2002 - Empoli, Italy - Pianeta Site by Virtual Works
28.09.2002 - Classic Computing 2002 - Buchen, Germany
04./06.10.2002 - AMIGA Freunde Pfalz Party Herbst 2002 - Mutterstadt, Germany
18./20.10.2002 - Amiga Meeting Nord - Bad Bramstedt, Germany
02.11.2002 - WOA SE 2002 - Shenfield, Essex, UK
07./08.12.2002 - AMIGA Messe 2002 - Aachen, Germany (Web site not yet online)
(ps) (Translation: cb)

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Summer break is over
Our summer break is over, as of now news can be entered in the Amiga News Feed (ANF) again, and the comments function has been reactivated, too. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)


Magazine: AMIGA aktuell 07/2002 published
Carsten Schröder writes:
The July issue of AMIGA aktuell has just been published and can be read online on our web site (please note: New domain!) as well as downloaded in HTML or AmigaGuide format. It contains a.o.
  • a hands-on experience report about the new USB controller "Highway",
  • the third part of our "Ghostscript" workshop,
  • a workshop about the usage of the Workbench addon "ToolsMenu",
  • a report from the June party of Amiga-Freunde Pfalz,
  • miscellaneous comments and assessments about the Amiga situation,
  • a.m.m.


The graphics reside in the separate file "Aakt0702GFX.lha" and belong in the same directory as the guide version resp. the "img" directory within the HTML version.

Download: (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)


Tool: Rainboot4 in development
Rainboot4 is currently in development.

In prior versions Rainboot was only a program to show stunning demos during the Amiga's boot process. But with Version 4 it made its step to become a complete multimedia authoring system, which means that it has now a programming script language, which allows the programmer to create applications in a very easy way.

The programmer can use many of Rainboot4's functions which save him a lot of time. For example, you do not have to care if your application runs on Picasso96, Cgfx, AGA or ECS. That's Rainboot4's thing now! It does everything for you and it does it system friendly. Here's a short overview what's currently possible:
  • 100% system-friendly. Runs on all Amiga systems.
  • Application can be displayed in window on Workbench or own screen.
  • Transparent windows on Workbench (see screen shot).
  • Transition effects.
  • Functions to scroll graphics smoothly.
  • Transparent Graphics.
  • compiler and linker for creating executables.
  • Easy monitoring of user input (keyboard, mouse).
  • DOS functions.
  • String functions.
  • Math funktions.
  • Variables and arrays.
  • Applications run independent of the current screenmode.
  • Compatible with older Rainboot versions.
  • Different fonts can be used.
  • Supports anim brushes.
  • Supports sound modules and samples.
  • Conditions (if, else, elseif, endif).
  • Loops (for, next, while, wend).
  • System functions.
  • Can still be used during booting.
  • MorphOS and AmigaOS4 versions planned.
  • and much more.
The interesting thing is, that Rainboot4 does all the work for you. For example, the following script opens a window with the file mypic.iff as the background and writes "Hello World" centered in this window:

%BGPIC1=mypic.iff

%CODE
%Locate(CENTER,CENTER)
%PrintStr("Hello World")
%WaitLeftMouse
%Quit


This simplicity is used by all functions of Rainboot4. And it's fully system friendly. All operations are executed through the operating system or the RTG system respectively.

It was never easier to code intuitive programs with such little effort but maximum effectivity and user friendlyness.

Screen shots of Rainboot4 are available on the Airsoft Softwair home page: www.airsoftsoftwair.de. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Dennis Lohr (ANF)


Music: New track on Psyria home page
After nearly 3 months it's happened again. Today the Psyria home page has been updated. This is also connected with the fact that the site was celebrating its 10,000th visitor recently. Again, thanks to all for the support.

As of now "Take the Power" is available in the download section. The track has been produced in collaboration with Yel.C..

Download: YelCvsPsyria-TakeThePower.zip (6,9M) (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


freeCD: The Elite Experience
Patrick Henz has released the freeCD "The Elite Experience". This CD-ROM contains three original Elite games (Elite, Frontier, First Encounters) as well as Elite - The New Kind.

In addition to these there are further Elite fan games, pictures, paper models of the space ships, manuals, tools and stories.

The CD-ROM contains files and programs for Amiga, Amiga CD??, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Gameboy, Linux, Nintendo Entertainment System, OS/2 and Windows.

It is available through the title link and from dealers. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
AROS


AROS: aros.org accessible again (update)
The AROS web site is again accessible through www.aros.org.

aros.org is accessible again because Peter Bortas and Aaron Digulla have managed to transfer the rights to aros.org from Bortas to Digulla. Here the original text from the AROS-Announce mailing list:

"After only five years of struggling with Network Solutions, Peter Bortas and I finally managed to have the domain transferred from him to me. Now ain't that something! :-)

That also means that www.aros.org is working again and that it won't be down again because the nameservers are now under my control!"

Addendum 14th July 2002:
Added information and original text about transfer of domain rights. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Society


Amiga Society: Little Book - a.o. Dragons Lair, Flight Simulator II
From the Amiga Society web site:
The mail has arrived. Connected with that a whole bunch of "new" old games, which will bei entered into the Little Book immediately. Present are a.o. RVF Honda, Super Hang on, Dragons Lair and, not to be forgotten, the famous Flight Simulator II.

With that the weekend is saved. The first part of Ians update has also arrived and will presumably be uploaded tomorrow. Well, how shall we continue - the way it looks like, you're mostly interested in new hard and software.

Thus we are set a bit out of place. As a rule I prefer the classics....

This is originates from the fact that we are working nearly exclusively as a pair on this thing, and obtaining old, partially dead computers *screwsolderrun* is much less expensive than purchasing new stuff.

Though I will - if it becomes available - have an AmigaOne standing here, an adequate broadness isn't feasible on a shoestring budget."

All in all, the following information has been added to the "Little Book of Amiga Software":

13th July 2002
  • Extended: Amiga games list
  • Extended: Body Blows
  • New Entry: Super Hang On
  • New Entry: RVF Honda
  • New Entry: Shadow of the Beast
  • New Entry: TV Sports Football
  • New Entry: Dragons Lair
  • New Entry: Goldrunner II
  • New Entry: Atomino
  • New Entry: LOOPZ
  • New Entry: Flight Simulator II
  • New Entry: Super Tennis Champs
13th July 2002
  • Extended: Desert Strike
(sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Gregory Donner-Homepage


History: Workbench Nostalgia - Updates for WB 2.x
Gregory Donner updated his "Workbench Nostalgia" page on 12th July 2002. This site contains information about the various Amiga Workbench versions. He corrected or moved notes in the Workbench 2.0, Workbench 2.04 and the ßeta 0.x pages.

These notes have been contributed by Rodney Hester. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
AWeb Open Source


AWeb: List of persons involved
A list of the people involved in the project was published on the AWeb Open Source web site on 8th July 2002. This list was last updated today. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


A.D.A.: Demos - Muscles, Kah835GB, Dose, Fetish
On 26th May 2002, four demos and two videos were added to the Amiga Demoscene Archive (A.D.A.). The additions are: All demos are available for download for the Amiga and are presented with pictures on their pages. There are also video versions of the first two demos available.

Furthermore, videos for the following Mawi PPC demos have been published: Within ca. 7 months, A.D.A. has had more than 10,000 hits (ca. 14,400 page views): "And we reached more than 10000 hits (about 14400 page views) in about 7 months online. Thanks a lot and keep checking back for more demos and to add comments and votes on all the demos." (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


ExoticA: Extensive update of many areas
On 14th July 2002 many areas of the ExoticA web site were updated. This site deals a.o. with the Amiga's musical abilities and history.

Among other things, the "Demo Scene Reference Manual", "Tracker History" and "High Voltage SID Collection" have been updated.

Additionally, BuZz writes briefly about the "eXtreme Computing 2002" and the "Back In Time Live 3" meeting in the news.

All changes in detail can be read in the news text on ExoticA. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


The Legacy.de: 600 Coverscans removed
From "The Legacy" web site:
"600 coverscans, mostly of Amiga games, have been removed. Now, it is a little bit empty here- if you find replacements for them, scan 'em and mail 'em us!."

"The Legacy" web site offers, in the form of a museum, information about computer games in German and English. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Future


MorphOS: ttflib V0.8.5
On 14th July 2002, Sigbjørn Skjæret released Version 0.8.5 of the ttf library for MorphOS for displaying TrueType fonts.

In this version the libcode has been improved which makes the library significantly faster than its predecessor.

Download: ttflib_mos.lha (sd)

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14.Jul.2002
Ruben Monteiro (Amiga Open-ML)


AmigaDE: 3D - TinyGL V0.2
On 12th July 2002, version 0.2 of TinyGL for AmigaDE has been released. TinyGL supplies a subset of the OpenGL API for developing 3D-Software for AmigaDE. Compared to the previous version, the following changes have been incorporated:
  • Bugfix: Some errors have been corrected.
  • New: Some code examples have been added.
  • New: Some GLUT/GLU functions have been added:
    • GLUT: glutMouseFunc, glutMotionFunc, glutPassiveMotionFunc, glutEntryFunc, glutShowWindow, glutHideWindow, glutPositionWindow, glutReshapeWindow.
    • GLU: gluCylinder, gluDisk, gluSphere.
    • GL: glGetString
People who'd like to support this project may submit bug reports and feature requests through the title link.

Download: tinygl.zip?download (113K), Changelog (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
ANN


Magazine: ARM #3
Spanish Amiga magazine ARM's third issue will be out in a couple of days. The contents, images, news and further information about the magazine are accessible through the title link. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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14.Jul.2002
Amiga Info @ point.design


Event: O.A.S.E. 2002 in Graz - 14th & 15th September
Amiga Info write:
The O.A.S.E. - The Open Amiga Southeast Europe Show will take place on Sa. & Su., 14th & 15th September at the Hotel Europa in Graz, near the main station.

A presentation of the AmigaOne is scheduled, and (!if possible!), also of AmigaOS4.

Furthermore we will be showing Amigas with PCI solutions and USB, as well as Amithlon 2.0. And we will have Designer cases for the new Amiga generation on show.

Admission is free. Arrival by car, train or plane (Ryanair from London (STN) - Graz @ ca. 35.-).

O.A.S.E. Open Amiga Southeast Show
14th & 15th September 2002
http://www.oase.at/
E-Mail: oase@pointdesign.at
VX/FX: +43-316-913-048
Mobil: +43-699-1209-0397 (sd) (Translation: cb)

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