13.Jan.2002
Amiga Future
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JPEG: exif.library 1.1, pfDirectoryView V13.1
On 13 January 2002 updates were published on the web sites of Steeple
Software (Paul Huxham) for "exif.library" and for "pfDirectoryView".
The "exif.library" supports the selection of the EXIF-data of a
JFIF-(JPEG)-image file.
It was developed to gain useful information from image files as saved
by most digital cameras. Example programs and a single image with
EXID-data are included in the library.
In this version a bug in a language string has been fixed.
In the "pfDirectoryView V13.1" module for PhotoFolio 2.2 a bug has
been fixed in connection with loading locale catalogs.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
Amiga Future
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Scalos: Updates for DefIcons, Persistent Windows und WB39-Plugins
On 13 January 2002 new versions of DefIcons, Persistend Windows
and WB39-Plugins for the Workbench alternative "Scalos" were
released.
DefIcons Plugin V45.6
This can be used as a replacement for the filetypes-plugin.
It can display a default icon for files without icon,
depending on the type of the file.
DefIcons requires AmigaOS V3.5+
Persistent Windows Plugin V39.16
This plugin records all the directory windows a user
opens and closes and keeps a record. Should a reboot
or a crash occur this data is used in order to open
the windows automatically so that the former condition
is restored.
Note: If you had previously the SnapDesktop beta installed,
it is necessary to delete the old files completely
before this new plugin is installed.
WB3.9 Plugin V45.21
This plugin is for AmigaOS 3.5/9 users only. It
provides Scalos with some missing functions that will
now allow some other software to work correctly, e.g.
AmiDock.
It also offers an integrated volumegauge for
AmigaOS 3.5+ users. It now loads in OS3.5+ volumegauge
preferences as set in the Workbench preferences.
There were also further system checks added so that this
plugin is now more stable.
Note: Users who use this plugin don't need the volumegauge.plugin.
If it was previously installed, it must me removed.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Gerd Frank (AmiATLAS)
Olaf Köbnik writes:
In November it finally happened. A new version of the travel planner
"AmiATLAS" was published for the first time since 1998. It was developed
by Andreas Regul and then Gerd Frank took over and developed it further.
Within a short period of time he created a piece of software of the
highest quality - AmiATLAS 6.
The Amiga Arena talked to Gerd Frank about the development and future of
AmiATLAS and about the question why some of the planned features were not
finished for the release.
Just a personal remark
I can only appeal to all of you. Whoever wants good software for the Amiga
will destroy its future by using pirate copies which are unfortunately
also available from AmiATLAS.
Many people don't seem to be aware of the fact that every registered
and sold unit counts!
Just now that we are about to have the chance to get an up-to-date software
it would be a shame to ruin ourselves and also the future of the platform
Amiga by using pirate copies.
I take this interview as an opportunity to once again draw attention to
this issue!
Olaf - Amiga Arena
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
Virus Help Denmark
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Virus Help Denmark: WatchDog 2.1
On 13 January 2002 Zbigniew Trzcionkowski released with version 2.1
a current snapshot of his memory watch tool 'WatchDog'.
The tool uses the 'xvs.library' in order to check every three seconds
if there are any known bugs in the memory. There are further features
which are explained in the documentation.
'WatchDog' runs from AmigaOS 2.04 and uses the xvs.library.
Download: WatchDog.lha (16 834),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
Amiga Future
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Audio: Amplify V1.0a
On 13 January 2002 version 1.0a of the audiotool 'Amplify' was
released. In addition,
benchmarking results
was put online on a 060-computer.
Amplify offers the following features:
- Modulates on 0dB.
- Removes empty spaces at beginning and end.
- Removes a particular time interval at beginning and end.
- Mixes together the left and the right channel.
- Dubs in and fades out.
- Inserts pauses at beginning and end.
- Removes crackling at beginning and end.
System prerequisite: AmigaOS 3.1, 68020+, 1,5 free memory.
The tool is available for download for various 68k-CPUs and PPC via the
title link.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
ANN
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File Manager: Translations for DiskMaster 2 needed
Rudolph Riedel is looking for further translators for the next
Aminet release of his file manager
'DiskMaster 2'.
At the moment there are translations available for English, German,
French and Dutch. The Italian version will soon be released, the
Hungarian has been announced.
Whoever is interested in doing translations
should contact Rudolph Riedel. (rudolph-riedel@t-online.de)
59 short sentences have to be translated.
If you haven't got a tool to convert the DM2.cd file, you can
use one of the empty .ct files or you can ask Rudolph Riedel for
an empty .ct file.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
Czech Amiga News
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ProStationAudio: ALPS-Update and WinUAE-Benchmark
On 12 January 2002 an update of the plug-ins for 'ProStationAudio
Titanium' as well as early DSPSpeed benchmarking results for WinUAE-
JIT (0.8.17 R3) were released.
The ALPS update makes sure that the plug-ins APS-1 and APR-1
(Stereo Phase Rotator) are compatible with 'ProStationAudio
Titanium'.
The benchmark tool 'DSPSpeed' measures the performance of a computer system
with AmigaOS which runs 'ProStationAudio' in real time.
Here the reference system is AmigaOS/68 on a 68060 with 50MHz.
To this system the index value 100% was allocated.
The
result page
for this benchmark has now been extended with early results for
WinUAE-JIT (0.8.17 R3) on a Celeron Coppermine with 1000 MHz.
At this benchmark WinUAE runs at approximately half-speed than
Amithlon and still provides high acceleration for 'ProStationAudio'
compared to the reference system.
Download:
ALPSfix020112.lha
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
amiga-topcool.de (ANF)
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topcool: Interview-Steffen Häuser about Quake 2:68k-Version probably too slow
At the moment Quake2 is generated by Hyperion-Entertainment only for
the PPC since the 68k computer has turned out to be too slow. In the
interview with amiga-topcool Steffen Häuser gives away many more
interesting details about porting the game which is registered in Germany.
Steffen Häuser is working together with Hans-Jörg and Thomas Frieden
on a port of Quake2 for AmigaOS.
Update 13.01.2002:
Daniel Orth: "Steffen Häuser has asked me to change the heading of
the interview. He emphasized that the 68k version for QuakeII
hasn't died yet. He won't exclude it explicitly, since a decision
hasn't been made yet. In the interview he only said that a 68k version
might be too slow.
more...".
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
Czech Amiga News
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MorphOS: csa.morphos appears on Usenet-Servers
Daniel Miller writes in the MorphOS mailing list that
the new Usenet group 'comp.sys.amiga.morphos' now appears
on Usenet-Servers. You can read and post to it.
Since it is a new group, it cannot be found
on all servers. However, you can find the group under
- 'news.freenet.de' Port 119
- 'infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de' Port 119
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
ANN
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Programming Language: PowerD V0.19 alpha4
On 12 January 2002 Martin Kuchinka released the alpha version 0.19
alpha4 of his compiler for the programming language 'PowerD'.
Amongst other things bugs were removed in this version, the compiled
executables can be launched directly from the Workbench and there
is also a German catalogue available. More detailed information can
be found under
Readme
The alpha.lzx archive contains as update those files which
have changed since the last version.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
Marco Lovera (E-Mail)
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AmigaPage: "Amiga Passion"-Contest
The "Amiga Passion"
competition was born to let you share in the AmigaPage
life. The target of this competition is all the Amiga users
to participate by sending one or more of your Workbench screenshots (max 3) to kanuka@ciaoweb.it with "Concorso" for the subject.
Originally "Amiga Passion" expired on 31. December 2001, but a new
expiration date was decided to be 31. January 2001. So there is another chance for
everybody to win !!!
Prizes:
- Position 1: Full version of EXTREME plus full version of PuzzleBOBS plus mouse pad.
- Position 2: Full version of EXTREME plus a brooch
- Position 3: Full version of EXTREME plus a poster.
Games contributed by DKGStore.
Mouse pad, brooch, and poster contributed by AmigaPage.
The jury consists of Marco Lovera, Sandra Lovera, and Claudio Marro Filosa.
All of the screenshots sent in will be published on the following websites:
www.amigapage.it/concorso_eng.htm
www.amigapage.it
www.dkgstore.com
After the competion expired all shots will be moved to our "Computer Passion" section.
I invite you to participate in the "Amiga Passion" competition!
(Message text edited by mj)
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13.Jan.2002
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)
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Graphic Adventure-Developer Kit: Inga-Engine Version 0.9/5
Timo Kloss writes:
Once again there is a version which is really almost totally finished!
Of course the Audio-CD-Support is still missing.
Compared to the last version the most outstanding difference is the
following: the plug-in system has been removed!!! What's all this about?
All the features offered by the plug-ins of late have now been
firmly integrated (sound-/ language and MED-music) and can be
activated by using normal script commands. Accordingly, Inga has been
prepared to be ported to other platforms. However, a complete compatibility of
all versions would be endangered by a plug-in system. Consequently,
it has been removed! Further information can be found in the compendium
under "LadeSound", "SpieleModule" etc. Besides the following improvements
have been made:
- You can now also talk to the characters even when you can't run to them
all the way (because of the run card). However, it's still not possible
to give them anything (that is to say "WennBenutzt" works but
"WennBenutzt-Mit" doesn't work!).
- The destination of the run towards the characters is now better calculated. So
far it has only been possible to run either on the left-hand or right-hand side
(only provisional).
- Small mistakes have been removed: If animated characters appeared for
example only from the left-hand side and if they bent forward,
it was impossible to find a suitable representation.
- Inga-pictogram information now enables the features "NOSOUND" and "NOPLAYER"
as a substitute for "DISABLE" at the plug-ins. You can find further
information in the game instructions.
- The speed of the characters can now be changed. (Consult the compendium
under "Laufschnelligkeit" (speed)).
InutilisGraphics Version 1.04
For this you can also find an update with two improvements:
- Even for small graphics a big screen now opens up so that it is
possible to control the characters from a point outside the graphic.
- 24-bit-pictures are now recognised and activate a warning message
while previously the program got stuck.
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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13.Jan.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Miscellaneous news at Airsoft Softwair
Finally all prices for the Shareware programs on the Airsoft Softwair website,
which is http://www.airsoftsoftwair.com/, were changed from
DM (Deutsche Mark) into EUR (Euro, the new European currency). Of course, all prices
are available in USD (US dollars) too. In near future there will also be new versions of
Akiko (including NV-Ram emulation and real Joypad emulation!), NewInstaller and Rainboot.
So stay tuned and check back on this homepage every once in a while. By the way,
there were also some small changes on this homepage.
(ps)
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13.Jan.2002
Pawel Filipczak (ANF)
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SMS-Tool: New TaskiSMS
New (2.60) version of TaskiSMS has been released.
News in this release:
- updated VLF plugin
- updated ICQ plugin
- updated GoldenTelecom plugin
- added Vizzavi plugin
- added MTNSMS plugin
- added folder filters (only for registered users)
Using this program you can send SMSes to cellular phones
to over 160 countries around the world. You can download demo version from
TaskiSMS homepage or from
AmiNet. (ps)
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13.Jan.2002
Martin Merz (ANF)
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MI News: AppMI 7 is available for download
The archive features over 600 image sets and animations in 27
categories based on the GlowIcons design by Mat Chaput. Each
image set content three single images for normal, selected and
ghosted display. AppMI is Freeware.
(ps)
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12.Jan.2002
Spiegel
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Spiegel: Kimble on the run
Kim Schmitz, known to the Amiga scene since his "Hacker times", understands it
perfectly to put himself in the limelight in one or another way. This time he
feels abandoned by the German authority of the state and mocked by the press.
He turns disappointed Germany his back with a good bye on
his website.
Spiegel: »Now he's gone. Up and away. Like Graf Zahl from the Sesame Street
with sensation, fireworks and much artificial fog. The most shimmering person of the New
Economy has left the German Republic. «
Full article see title link.
Update:
Other articles:
Die Kimble-Doku von Torsten Kleinz
Telepolis: Kimble ist ausgewandert
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
onlinekosten.de
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onlinekosten.de: big T-DSL chat
»Telekom answered questions about the broadband/satellite access and Fastpath
Yesterday, on Januar 2002 10th, had a big, presented T-DSL chat been held where
Telekom employees answered questions from 14:00 to 17:00 o'clock about the Telekom's
own broadband access. "In the big DSL live chat answered the experts for three
hours the questions of the customers regarding connection, hardware
installation, costs or modem installation.
The responce to the experts chat was so big that during the three hours not
all questions could be answered.", so the Deutsche Telekom. We want to give you
a short overview about the most important questions and answers.«
Full article see title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
stern.de
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Stern poll: What was your first computer?
In the section Computer&Netze the German print magazine Stern runs a poll asking
about your first computer. Possible answers are:
- Amiga
- Atari ST
- Commodore C64 (or VC20, C128 etc.)
- Macintosh (or other Apple computers)
- PC
- none of the above mentioned
For the time being 705 visitors have taken part in the poll and the C64 is
leading with 36.9%.
To see the current results click here. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
tecChannel.de
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tecChannel.de: Virus: JS.Gigger.A@mm deletes hard disks
People using a PC next to their amiga should read this (German) article of tecChannel.
According to it there's a new computer virus named 'Gigger' underway that can
have desastrous effects. The virus is written in Javascript and spreads via email
and IRC (Internet Relay Chat).
When the virus comes to work it deletes the contents of all files ending with
.asp, .htm and .html on your hard disk, all that resides is a file with 0 bytes.
Additionally the virus places the command to format the hard disk after a
restart of the computer in the start file "autoexec.bat".
Further (German) articles regarding this topic:
Golem: Neuer HTML-Wurm formatiert die Festplatte
Heise: Neuer Virus zerstört Dateisystem unter Windows
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
Amiga Update
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Newsletter: Amiga Update by Brad Webb #011230
Brad Webb monthly publishes his newsletter 'Amiga Update' in which he
writes about the most important Amiga events. Read the December newsletter
under the title link. (ps)
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12.Jan.2002
OnyxSoft
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OnyxSoft: several software updates
OnyxSoft begins the new year with all in all seven software updates and
a new program by Daniel Westerburg. Besides, there's now a tutorial by Stefan
Blixth been added dealing with the creation of logos. Here the software titles
listed one by one:
- Update for 8SVXtoXXX (version 1.3)
- Update for BackUp (version 1.3)
- Update for Cathedral (version 1.3)
- Update for CDDAtoAIFF (version 1.2)
- Update for DRemind (version 1.59)
- Update for MultiRen (version 1.47)
- Update for TheMPegEncGUI (version 2.09)
- New program: LPFilter (version 1.0)
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
Matthias Münch (ANF)
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AUG99: present poll
Because of demand and as counter part to the Kultpower poll we have
started a corresponding new poll. We want to find out here the most popular Amiga
print magazine of the currently existing ones. The poll can be found right
here.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)
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Telepolis: Buried in New Mexiko
According to an investigation of the Telepolis editor Konrad Lischka
had the company Atari bought the computer producer Amiga. In the third last
paragraph it is written that: "After Tramiel had bought Atari the company
concentrated on the home computer market. To enter into the market for
respectable business clients Atari took over the Computer producer Amiga.
This is not correct.
1984: Amiga, then represented by the chief developer Jay Miner (formerly
chief developer of Atari) had in his financial need already got a private credit
from Jack Tramiel (who was the founder of Commodore Business Machines, but then
parted from the company because of differences, and afterwards bought the
clapped-out game console producer Atari). A takeover of Amiga through Atari had
already been negotiated. This takeover was avoided in the last moment through a better
offer by Commodore (remember: Tramiel had already left Commodore)
what led also to a repayment of Jack Tramiels private investment. The takeover
had cost 27 millions dollars. To be looked up in the
History of the
AMIGA.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
Darek Dulian (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia-CD Update 1.12
The MM CD 1.12 update for Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 1200 and
Mediator PCI ZIV users, who are registered owners of the Mediator
Multimedia CD, has been released by ELBOX Computer.
The MM CD UP 1.12 includes the following updates:
VHI Studio now works on
PowerPC and on 68k processors in both MMU and NO MMU pci.library
modes.
An incorrect change in the border colour has been eliminated in
the Voodoo.card driver, which could occur in ver. 4.12 driver
when 8-bit screen was switched to any other colour depth.
(ps)
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11.Jan.2002
LinuxToday
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LinuxToday: Linux in Korea
Linux PR announce in a press release
that the Korean government decided to start to switch to Linux and has ordert the first
packets. The product is "HancomLinux Deluxe 2.0" combining the MS compatible Office Suite
and LinuxOS.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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11.Jan.2002
Bernhard Wörner (ANF)
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Audio processing tool "Amplify" in version 1.0 online
Bernhard Wörner:
Version 1.0 of my audio processing tool "Amplify" is available on my homepage
since today.
You can for example do the following things:
- set recording level to 0dB
- fade in and out
- cut off silence at beginning or end
The program will also appear on Aminet in the next days.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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11.Jan.2002
SOL-Invictus (ANF)
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"Open Letter" from Matay
You can find an "open letter" from Filip Dab-Mirowski (CEO) on the
new Matay homepage. In this letter he announces that there is a
new, free firmware upgrade for the "Prometheus" PCI bridge with which
drivers for e.g. Fast Ethernet, TV cards and soundcards will be
released.
The "Prometheus" boards ordered from now on will be shipped with the
new firmware, further the program "English Teacher 5" is added as
a bonus.
Also, the game Boing'em for AmigaDE is already available.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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11.Jan.2002
Bright Light Software
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SB 128 sound mixer AC97 version 1.3 for Amithlon
Frank Fenn has released version 1.3 of the SB 128 sound mixer for Amithlon.
Currently supported are ES1370, ES1371 and CT5880 chip sets. The program
allows volume and balance control for MASTER, AUX, CD, PCM as well as MUTE.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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11.Jan.2002
Wojtek Kozlowski (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Driver Guide Update
Elbox Computer website has been updated today.
In the SUPPORT / Mediator Driver Guide section
the current list of PCI cards has been placed which
are supported with drivers for Mediator PCI
busboards for Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000.
(ps)
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11.Jan.2002
Shaun Bebbington (ANF)
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Magazine: Retro Computing Today
Retro Computing Today - What is the big idea?
There seems to be a growing interest in computers and technology of
yesteryear. With very few publications actually acknowledging this, it
is left to a handful of small magazines to fill the gap, with
profitable publications such as Computer and Video Games dedicating
less than 4 pages to "The Old School". Retro Computing Today aims to
be the one of the first professional publication to cover all topics
regarding this very subject matter, instead of concentrating on one
particular computer or platform, as Commodore Scene does, Retro
Computing Today aims to cover as many topics as there are interests for.
For instance, those people who choose to use a Vic 20 to view web sites
through to the Amiga classic/AmigaOne platform.
Obviously, the more support a particular platform receives, the more of
the magazine will be dedicated to covering it, however, we would hope
to provide some sort of balance, unlike at least 90% of current
publications, whom tend to concentrate on the Windows/XBox platform.
Do you have big ideas yourself?
Details are sketchy at the minute, as the publication is still in early
planning stages. We can confirm the following:
- Launch issue for early May 2002.
- 8 copies a year (1 every 6 weeks). If there is enough demand, we will move
towards 10 copies a year (1 every 5 weeks).
- Website launched soon.
- A sample issue will be available to download.
- Special edition no. 1 will be available to pre-order soon.
So, if you would like to shape this publication, please email me with
your suggestions or comments.
If you would like to write any articles for the launch issue, please forward
them in .txt format, with the subject matter as Submissions 092246. We would
appreciate greatly any help we can get.
Thank you for reading,
Shaun/Retro Computing Today -
retrocomtoday@aol.com.
(ps)
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10.Jan.2002
Amiga Arena (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Grzegorz Tanski (Kray Raytracer)
From the beginning of this year a new freeware "scene" raytraycer is under
development - "Kray".
The Amiga Arena talked to Grzegorz Tanski about why this development was started and
what we may expect for the future. There are other programs and interesting
demo versions of a 3D soccer game on his homepage. As the Amiga Arena came to know,
Grzegorz Tanski really is interested in developing high quality software, if
there is qualified hardware.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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10.Jan.2002
Norman Thiel of Heise [Newsticker] (ANF)
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Heise: Macworld: Two new graphic boards for the Mac
The ATI Radeons now also exist in PCI versions for MACs. If those boards would
also work in AMIGAs, soon?
See title link for the Heise article (German).
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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10.Jan.2002
Fr3dY's Amiga Web Page
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Mailprogramm: Anubis 1.1.0
Anubis an anonymous mail sender
supporting WinGate, encrypted TSL/SSL, anonymous remailing, news posting, and
much more. The program was released in version 1.1.0 and is also available for
downlaod in a MorphOS version:
Download:
anubis.lha -
anubis-mos.lha
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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10.Jan.2002
Dennis Lohr (E-Mail)
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Today: IRC-Meeting of the DigiboosterPro Community
The DigiboosterPro Community invites to attend the second
IRC meeting. On Thursday, 10. January, 2002 starting from 20:00 CET
a DBPro Community channel is available under:
- Server: ie.altnet.org
- Kanal: #digiboosterpro
- Port: 6667
We would be happy about numerous chatters.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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10.Jan.2002
Peter Eriksson (ANF)
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AROS Update
Over at the AROS website, another news update has been made. In summary,
some bugs have been dealt with, AROS for PalmPilots and the PCI hardware
interface are moving along, some fixes for AROS/Native have been made and
AmiTCP is currently being ported. (ps)
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10.Jan.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Individual Computers: First release version of xsurfadsl.device
The first release-version of the PPPoE driver for our networking
card X-Surf, as well as a new version of the appp.device for
Genesis/AmiTCP can be found in the support-area of our website.
The communication between the two devices has been speeded up again.
The installer-script is still in beta-phase. It helps you configuring
a T-DSL broadband internet connection, but other providers are also
supported.
(ps)
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09.Jan.2002
Thomas Unger (E-Mail)
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The Kickstart Archives V1.3
With permission of Alex Lupták, Gregory Donner and Ian Chapman you can now also browse through the newest versions of hardware reference Lex Site (ca. 80 MB), the Workbench Nostalgia and the Big Book of Amiga Hardware (ca. 90 MB) offline.
Changes:
- updated: Workbench Nostalgia of Gregory Donner (07/01/2002)
- updated: The Big Book of Amiga Hardware of Ian Chapman (27/12/2001)
- updated: Lex Site of Alex Lupták (21/11/2001)
- added: Haynie's Garage Sale!
- added: User Guides, Manuals, Service Manuals as PDF-files
- Commodore A590 Service Manual
- Commodore A1060 User's Guide
- Commodore A2088/2286 Manual
- updated: Search index for client offline search engine
Dave Haynie gave the permission using the pictures and texts of his eBay-offer "Haynie's Garage Sale!". These sites contain interesting background information of many products and prototypes of the Commodore's developing department.
Amiga, Inc. (Vince Pfeifer) and MacroSystem Digital Video AG (Ibrahim Tertemiz) gave the permission to publish manuals of their products as PDF-files on the CD. Manuals of XiPaint, Samplitude and MovieShop of MacroSystem are not included. The first manuals are included but more producers and manuals will follow.
The index of the search engine allows you search for headwords of all new sites which were added. For using it you must have a browser with full JavaScript support. This function offers none of the presently available Amiga browsers. Therefore you have to use different operating systems. Of course the link page works fine on each system. Unfortunately under Linux there are some restrictions because at the beginning the use of small/capital letters when creating files has been neglected.
You can look at all PDF-files on Amiga with the help of the current version of Apdf. THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES costs USD/EUR 10,- (without transport costs, Germany EUR 1,50, Europe EUR 3,- and worldwide USD 3,- normal and USD 5,- air mail). You have to pay USD/EUR 5,- (without transport costs) for updating your old version.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets (until 09.01.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your harddrive which were originally made for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated:
- 09.01.02 new: War In Middle Earth (Melbourne House/Synergistic) done by CFOU!
- 09.01.02 new: Robin Hood: Legend Quest (Codemasters) done by Bored Seal
- 09.01.02 new: Kwik Snax (Codemasters) done by Bored Seal
- 09.01.02 new: Kwasimodo (Courbois Software) done by CFOU!
- 09.01.02 improved: Invest (Starbyte) supports another version
- 09.01.02 new: Fantastic Dizzy (Codemasters/Purple Haze) done by Bored Seal & Abaddon
- 09.01.02 new: Carnage (Zeppelin Games/Warped Minds) done by Bored Seal
- 08.01.02 new: Transartica (Silmarils) done by CFOU!
- 08.01.02 new: Conan the Cimmerian (Synergistic/Virgin) done by CFOU!
- 08.01.02 new: Bobo (Infogrames) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 07.01.02 new: Wacky Races (PAL Developments/Hi-Tec) done by Codetapper
- 06.01.02 new: Yogi Bear and Friends in The Greed Monster (Hi-Tec) done by Codetapper
- 06.01.02 improved: Pinball Dreams (Digital Illusions) supports two more versions
- 06.01.02 fixed: Horror Zombies from the Crypt access fault removed
- 06.01.02 new: Double Dragon 2 - The Revenge (Virgin) done by Galahad
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2002
Patrick Beerhorst (ANF)
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A.D.A. Demoarchive with new design and more functions
During the last days the layout of A.D.A. (Amiga Demo Archive) site has been substantially improved and the database has been changed. Besides this you can now find a search option which e.g. allows you to discover which graphic artist has created demos. Wouter who is the administrator of the database will upload several updates in the next days add reviews and further information to each demo.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2002
Darek Dulian
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Elbox: Mediator UP2.8
The MediatorUP 2.8 update for Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 1200
and Mediator PCI ZIV users has been made available today. The update
includes the latest versions of the driver for Voodoo card family:
- Voodoo.card ver. 2.11
The new driver release eliminates background graphics errors, which could
appear in certain specific situations with the previous version.
(ps)
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09.Jan.2002
Darek Dulian (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD 1.11
The MM CD 1.11 update for Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 1200 and
Mediator PCI ZIV users, who are registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD,
has also been released by ELBOX Computer.
The MM CD 1.11 update includes the new VHI Studio software driver:
- tv.vhi
Using the VHI Studio program, Mediator users may now grab and edit snapshots and
video sequences from their TV tuner cards.
The update includes the new versions of the following drivers:
- tv.library ver. 1.6
- Voodoo.card ver. 4.12
The list of 48 TV cards supported by the tv.library has been expanded with support
for 28 more cards.
In practice, it means support for all the PCI-standard TV cards now available
in the market. (ps)
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09.Jan.2002
Sven Ottemann (ANF)
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VideoCD: VCDImager version 0.7.12
Under the title link you can download the newest version 0.7.12 of VCDImager. VCDImager is a program for creating VideoCD-images. There are versions for 68020+ and WarpOS.
Video CD 1.1 and 2.0, Super Video CD 1.0 as well as PBC (playback control) are supported. VCDImage generates .bin/.cue files. Afterwards the image file can be burned with BurnIT or MakeCD.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jan.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: AmiFIG 3.1 full version
With permission of Andreas Schmidt the registered version of AmiFIG is available at Amiga Arena. AmiFIG is a universal vector drawing program based upon the UNIX program Xfig of Supoj Sutanthavibul and other known ones. This version is nearly compatible to Xfig 3.1.
The surface is partly build with GadToolsBox 2.0b of JaBa Development.
AmiFIG has several drawing and editing functions and is one of the most powerful vector drawing programs on the Amiga.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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08.Jan.2002
EnuZone.net (ANF)
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New Amiga CD32 Emulator for Windows - Project32
A beta version (1.0) of the first non commercial CD32 emulator Project32 had been released on 22.12.01 - barely noticed by public - and supports about 20 games of the CD32. The author promises a new version in the next fortnight, that fixes some problems with Windows2000 and offers an english localization. The homepage demonstrates the features and abilities of the emulator with screenshots from Gunship 2000, Dark Seed and James Pond 2.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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08.Jan.2002
Harald Frank (ANF)
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Amithlon-Tester for TV-card software needed
Harald Frank writes:
Michael Ulbrich is looking for testers for his Amithlon TV-card software. More information about the neede equipment you will find here.
If you are interested in Amithlon development notes to create your own projects write to Harald Frank with a little description of your planned project so we can join people with same interests or provide more informations.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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08.Jan.2002
Markus Nerding (E-Mail)
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AmigaOS XL: Revised compatibility list and new addendum
The addendum "Using PC floppy disks with Amithlon" describes
the usage of PC floppy disks to transfer data from the Amiga to Amithlon.
Thanks to the help of some customers (e.g. Heinz Gyrole, Udo Gaßner, Paul
de Vries, Günter Wirth) we could add some more items to our software
compatibility list: ADM, ArtStudio, Digibooster Pro, Elastic Dreams,
Fantastic Dreams, Octamed Soundstudio, PhotoFolio, Photogenics, Picture
Manager, X-Trace, Xi-Paint und ZShell.
If you have tested a program that it not on the list yet, we would be
pleased it you would tell us about that. Please use our form. Thank you
very much.
(ps)
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08.Jan.2002
SixK
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Webserver: Amiga Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.1.1
On the 'SixK Port Page' is the version V1.3.20 (incl. PHP V4.0.5) of this
webserver for AmigaOS (version for 68040) to use with the official
Amiga Apache archive
available.
Download: apache1320_php411_040.lzx
(ps)
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08.Jan.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: VHI Studio - Mediator drivers
Elbox Computer is happy to announce availability of new drivers
for the Mediator busboard.
For users of the Mediator PCI for Amiga 1200 and Mediator PCI
for Amiga 4000 busboards with the Mediator Multimedia CD package,
drivers have been released as of today for the VHI Studio software.
These drivers have been prepared by Elbox Computer programmers.
VHI Studio produced by
Innovative, is a
video-editing and snapshot-software
including webcam- and timelapse-support and featuring (PPC-supported)
highspeed-MPEG-compression and realtime-preview-facilities.
It currently supports all major digitizer-boards and DigiCams on
the AMIGA and is the most popular digitizing and recording-software
on the AMIGA-market.
Using the VHI Studio program, users of TV cards in Mediator may
now grab and edit snapshots and video sequences from broadcast
and cable TV and any other signal sources connected to the input
of the TV tuner card, for example: video cameras, TV SAT tuners,
DVD players and VCR players.
All you need is:
Mediator PCI busboard
TV tuner card
Voodoo graphic card
VHI Studio software
Enjoy snapshots and videos to your heart's content.
More creativity. More fun.
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
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08.Jan.2002
Helmut Hoffmann (ANF)
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PhotoAlbum V6.6 und CyberShow V9.5a
Helmut Hoffmannrites:
After a longer break I have released new versions of my shareware programs "PhotoAlbum" and "CyberShow". The most important new features in both programs (PhotoAlbum 6.6 und CyberShow 9.5a) are functions to rotate pictures +/- 90° or 180°. For users of a Sony-CyberShot digital camera an automatical rotation detection is integrated.
Both programs are available in the Aminet (gfx/misc/photoalbum66.lha - gfx/board/cybershow95a.lha) and on my homepage (title link).
The shareware prices are adapted to EURO. For all internet users ordering online (order and delivery via email) a reduced price of EUR 20,- is valid. Ordering via mail and delivery on disks will cost you EUR 30,-.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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07.Jan.2002
Cj-Stroker (ANF)
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News on Amiforce
On Amiforce you can find:
- At the download area you can find an Euro calculator and the gag program Speaker.
- The dynAMIte.styles Alienoid and PacMan are updated.
The poll about Blitzbasic/Amiblitz is still running.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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07.Jan.2002
Markus Nerding (E-Mail)
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H&P: Freespace: at last available
Haage&Partner wrote:
At last we get the official permission to ship 'Freespace'. The advance orders are allready shipped.
Freespace was proted by Hyperion Entertainment and is surely the best the space-battle-simulation that was ever available for the Amiga. It offers a unique mixture of phantastic graphics, complex plot and an outstanding gameplay.
Freespace can be used with every Amiga with PPC-CPU and 64MB RAM or Amigas with 68060 and a 3D-accelerator-board (like Voodoo3, Permedia 2).
Additional information is available at the titlelink. (ps) (Translation: sk)
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07.Jan.2002
Marcel Rohles (ANF)
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Downloadmanager: Charon V1.98
Well, believe it or not, it's been released. Available from my
homepage or from Aminet in a couple of days.
Version 1.98 (6.1.2002)
- Introduced the concept of groups. Now each URL can belong to
a group and will take that group's settings as its default
settings. A new URL is by default placed in the group in
which the active entry indicator is currently found.
- Completely rewritten URL parsing routine which resulted in a
large speed up. This speed up would be even larger, but the
URL comparison routine was changed from simple string compare
to full-blown URL comparison routine which works properly.
- Rewritten detection of duplicates in the list. The code is now
much faster and works for any number of duplicates, unlike in
the last version.
- Charon now remembers the length of the file on server and
shows it all the time (if it is available).
- Many improvements and some fixes in the HTML parsing routine.
- Addressed some security issues.
- There's now a special treatment for %2F URL escape code (/)
because there are some filesystems that allow / in a filename.
- Added support for ftp://.../file;type=x URLs.
- When automatically creating filenames from the URL, %xx
sequences are now decoded.
- There's a new section in the documentation describing some
"hidden" features. Charon's tooltypes/arguments (LOG and
SETTINGS) are documented there.
- It is now possible to log all HTTP headers that were sent or
received through Charon for debugging purposes. More about
this in the advanced section of the manual.
- There's a new configuration option which tells Charon not to
read the size of the files on the disk during the startup thus
speeding it up. More about this in the advanced section of
the manual.
- DOS requesters are now blocked while the list of entries is
being loaded in order to prevent a bunch of the "Please
insert ..." requesters from a appearing if one of your drives
is dismounted.
- New gadget "Move & start" in HTML links and Internet search
windows.
- Changed the way Charon shortens the filenames when "Max
filename length" option comes into action.
- Changed the way the "Directory structure" option works. It now
also takes into consideration the name of the host.
- When a file is downloaded and Charon needs to check if there
are any queued files to be started, they are first searched
for in the same group in which the downloaded file was.
- Some changes in ARexx interface as a result of introduction
of groups.
- Updated some and removed some searches from Internet search
window. Ideas for possible additions are welcome.
- Fixed a bug in parsing dates in HTTP headers.
- Fixed a rare bug in display of percentage of the downloaded
file.
- Too long FTP paths would cause a crash while sending a
request. Fixed.
- Fixed a small memory leak during that occured only when Charon
was started from the shell.
- Charon would report that it couldn't resume a transfer when a
file had already been downloaded fully.
- SET Arexx command wasn't working properly for ages, fixed.
(ps)
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07.Jan.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Individual Computers: Old links re-activated, VarIO online manual
While analyzing our webserver-statistics, we have seen that there
are a couple of hundred accesses to pages that have been renamed
with the re-launch of the site in May 2000. These accesses are now
re-directed to the corresponding URLs of the new site.
The online-manual of the VarIO interface board is now available in
two languages, and the last missing part of the hardware
documentation is available in the insider-section of the support
area.
Users of Microsoft Internet-Explorer (Version 5.0 and higher) that
bookmark our site will see a fragment of our company logo as an
icon next to the URL in the favourites list.
(ps)
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07.Jan.2002
SOL-Invictus (ANF)
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Matay: New homepage
Matay, producer of the well-known PCI-bridge "Prometheus" from Poland, relaunched theire homepage with a new design. A new and easy to use navigationbar lets you faster find the information you are looking for.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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