14.Jun.2002
Vinnny (E-Mail)
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Audio Player: AmigaAMP Final-Version 2.9
After Thomas Wenzel got his PPC running again, he compiled the final version (2.9) of AmigaAMP and offered it as freeware. Why? He doesn't have a lot of time to develop it more, and at any rate doesn't have time to support it. Bug reports und suggestions may be emailed but chances are they won't be answered..
Further Mr. Wenzel is making it known that the old mailing list (the one on MajorDomo) is being deactivated so no spam will be emailed through it. In the place of the mailing list a web-based forum will be opened, in a short while.
AmigaAMP is an audio player with a graphic user-interface. The mpega.library is used to decode on the 68K processors. The PPC version uses the AMP decoder. Furthermore the sndfile.library allows the playing of AIFF, WAV und 8SVX files. Sound is output successfully over the AHI Audio System.
Requirements:
- AmigaOS 3.0 or higher
- 68030-50MHz Processor or better
- mpega.library (Aminet:util/libs/mpega_library.lha)
- asyncio.library (Aminet:dev/c/AsyncIO.lha)
- AHI audio system (Aminet:mus/misc/ahiusr.lha)
Download: AmigaAMP29.lha (545 KB)
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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14.Jun.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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E-Zine: Obligement 33 is now out
Issue 33 of the famous French e-zine is now available. You can read in
this issue: latest Amiga news, interviews of Paul Strejcek, Fleecy Moss
and Stéphane Georget, a report of AmigaFun 2002, reviews of AMP 2.04 and
Glow Icon Collection 2, articles about Emulation and AmigaDE, and a lot
more!
Download it from the website:
http://obligement.free.fr.
(ps)
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14.Jun.2002
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amiga-news.de: IP-address has been changed
We have got a new IP-address. It may take 24 hours until all Domain Name Servers (DNS) will know the new address. Because of that this site may be temporarily not accessed.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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14.Jun.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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USB: HIGHWAY + DraCo
The HIGHWAY USB-controller has been successfully tested with a DraCo. Unfortunately it took much more time to find a test device in the area of Munich. The list of the supported USB-devices has been also updated because of the many reports of our users.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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14.Jun.2002
Maik Schultheis (ANF)
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AmiGate with new design
Amigate now with improved design. Because of that the use is much more simple and flexible.
Now there is the opportunity to become member of the "Club Amigate" and thus to profit of diverse actions. Send a mail to: Club@amigate.de which contain your name and with the topic: "Member Club Amigate" if you want to be booked as a member.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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14.Jun.2002
Chaos Update (CCC-ML)
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CCC: Establishment of the European Digital Rights (EDRI)
Chaos Computer Club Press release 13th June 2002
European Digital Rights:
An international civil organisation for the Internet
European Digital Rights (EDRi) which is an international
civil organisation for the Internet has been etablished on 8th June 2002 in Berlin.
Ten organisations from seven countries from the European Union have bundled their forces to defend the human rights in Europe in the digital era of the information and communication technology. The residence of EDRi will be Brussels.
These are the foundation members: Bits of Freedom
(Netherlands), Chaos Computer Club (CCC, Germany), Digital Rights
(Denmark), Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFi, Finnland), Foundation for
Information Policy Research (FIPR, United Kingdom), Förderverein
Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft (FITUG, Germany), Imaginons un
réseau Internet solidaire (IRIS, France), Privacy International
(United Kingdom), Quintessenz (Austria) und Verein für Internet-
Benutzer (VIBE!AT, Austria).
European Digital Rights (EDRi) : http://www.edri.org
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.Jun.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Bill Buck und Raquel Velasco Comment on Pegasos, MorphOS, AmigaOS4
A few days ago Thendic-France (the distributor of Pegasos) issued a
press release
on ANN. A wideranging discussion on the theme of Pegasos
followed, in which Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco (of Thendic) regularly took part. See also
News message and comments
on amiga-news.de from 6th June, 2002.
Martin Heine brought together the majority of the relevant comments from Bill und
Raquel on morphos-news.de
and we present them here in a minorly edited version.
Pegasos Production (Dates, Distribution), MorphOS
1) PRODUCTION RUN: "The next scheduled production run is for 50 boards. In July we will produce up to 500. This is what we have ordered/budgeted for components. The final amount will depend on demand and if all our component orders can be fulfilled. To date complete machines have been configured for the bplan/MorphOS/Thendic development team. We have also configured a small number of machines for a special shipment to an *outside* development group in the US. These computers were shipped prior to 1 June."
"You can probably buy a Pegasos in August and maybe in July if you are lucky. In this case, you would have to contact TerraSoft Solutions (www.yellowdoglinux.com)."
"What we are selling *commercially* is the mainboard with the IBM G3 PPC indicated on our websites. This mainboard will be configured by resellers and packaged by them to meet the demands of their customers. At this point, neither Thendic nor bplan will configure complete machines for commercial release. For customers, the latest version of MorphOS will be available online as it is today and it will work on the machine. Of course, the MorphOS team will continue to enhance the features and flexibility of the OS and there will be new releases. We hope this will process will continue in the normal course of business for some time. Yellow Dog Linux can also be installed on the Pegasos, as well as other Linux PPC based operating systems -- they work too."
"for the record we want to repeat that MorphOS is and will be updated online. Ralph and the MorphOS team will release new versions and upgrades as they have. This will continue. There will be something there *on the net* when it is time for customers who purchase a desktop machine with "Pegasos inside"."
"The bplan team will use the production facilities of DCE and will produce the boards and operate the fabrication machines themselves."
"We are working with DCE because we can do that there as if it was our own shop. Forget all the other BS. There is no conspiracy against anything...has anyone noticed that the official bplan/MorphOS team has been absent from all these discussions for months? That is because they are hard at work and they know what they have to do. They are working with a great deal of confidence and they should be! The Pegasos and MorphOS are both great products. Is DCE involved in those activities...no. When we are ready to make a board we go to DCE and bring everything we need with us. That is it..."
"All the Pegasos machines we have shipped and the mainboards we will ship this week have Northbridges. I ask you how anyone would know this [that there were no northbridges available]? Did Mai tell him? I think not as we speak to them nearly three or four times a week."
2) PROCESSOR BOARDS:
"We have the Motorola XPC7455RX1000SC and the XPC7445RX867LC now and are in the process of achieving PCB verification. Motorola is also assisting us in getting samples of the XPC7455RX867P. We have others and have tested them. We are working on it. Gerald and Thomas are very good, but there are many other things to do now too. Power consumption is our primary focus. All the machines are FAST."
"Yes, those Motorola processors we referenced were G4s."
3) AmigaOS 4:
"What we think of OS4 is irrelevant and has nothing to do with our business. We sell the Pegasos mainboard."
"We do not need anything from Amiga Inc. The version of MorphOS that runs natively on a PPC does not need Amiga OS anything..."
"It is true we have moved away from Amiga Inc. and we do not have the same level of interest in cooperating with them today as we did before. Time marches on and we simply don't want to waste any more effort."
"We sell the Pegasos mainboard. Please speak to your preferred reseller about how you want this to be configured and then buy one from him. You want to load OS4 you are now free to figure out how to do this. That is up to you -- not us!"
"The most important thing is this: we are not interested in doing anything to get OS4 running on the Pegasos. Someone else is welcome to and we will support them. The main reason is because we will not devote the resources or time to become "amiga" approved."
"The Pegasos mainboard can be configured by resllers and if they are able to get Amiga "approval" then great!"
"No resellers have approached us with regard to the Amiga Inc. licensing issue, but all of the well know resellers have contacted us about getting product. The requirements are a ten board minimum purchase. For pricing you have to send us an email...:) "
4) PEGASOS MARKET / ECLIPSIS:
"Again, the Pegasos is a DEVELOPMENT MACHINE for the eclipsis."
"In the meanwhile, what is the market for the Pegasos (while the eclipsis is in development)? Probably: a) Linux users, b) embedded system developers, c) application developers that want to do rendering on stacked boards with dual processors or build something very special that has a huge amount of processing power... "
"Will "Amiga" be a big market for us? We do not think so. First, because we are not an official Amiga piece of hardware, and secondly because we are using MorphOS. The two just don't go together."
"I did not mean to give you the impression we were not interested in the "Amiga market." I think you know our history with the (platform). We will be very happy -- all of us -- if you can buy the Pegasos as a "ready fitted desktop machine." [...] But, we all have to admit that the "Amiga market" has atrophied a bit. This will not be the *big* market for the Pegasos -- just realistically speaking. The Pegasos will create its own demand."
"We never said the trademark [Amiga] was worthless! In Germany it is quite good. UK too. France, Italy, Spain, it is not quite as good, but it is still OK. But, it is not for us...maybe something else. The problem *for us* is what is it now? Is it something from before? Is it something for the future? What is it today? It is all to confusing. The biggest challenge the eclipsis will face is a marketing one. What is it? Its everything! That sounds way too positive. The marketing approach needs to be built around simple concepts. "It has to do what people do already just more easily and anywhere." This is a huge challenge. There is too much baggage in the "Amiga" name for this -- FOR US. The Pegasos is a piece of hardware and this we are convinced will stand on its own. It does not need the association. We build toward the eclipsis with the success of the Pegasos. That is phase one. MorphOS will ride the wave...:) These are our ambitions."
The key is to be unique as a package. Linux is what has created the big opportunity for the Pegasos. Hopefully, "amiga" can contribute to this success too. But, the next step is a combination of hardware and an OS that is dedicated and ready to do something new."
"The Pegasos is a great desktop machine. We are going to sell plenty of them. But again, ultimately the idea is that you have something small and modular. This is the "mini-pegasos" or what we call today the eclipsis. The eclipsis is mobile and described on www.thendic-france.com. There is a docking station and here what is too cumbersome or power-demanding remains plugged into the wall (and connected by wire to the internet). Remember the duo dock from Apple? That is the basic idea. Of course, when the main board can be that small you could make a laptop, etc. All the features you referenced are planned."
"Well, we really do not feel like rebels, more like veterans. There are other similar products coming about the same time. The Oqo and Tiqit 83 are also mini-computers and have compatible interfaces for standard computer peripherals. Both are Windows platforms. Then, you have the Nokia 9290 and the Treo 270 which are more phones than computers, but clearly things are moving in that direction. The Nokia uses SymbianOS and supports JAVA. The Treo is kind of neat, but not as capable as the high end Nokia (PalmOS). The prices are high. The Oqo is targeted at $1000, the Tiqit at "laptop prices" and the Nokia and Treo at $599 and $699 *without* concessions from the mobile operator. There in the UK you can get one at Dixon's with a year long service agreement for significantly less. In any case, we think we can beat these prices without too much effort. The issue will be performance vs. power requirements and feature set.
We think with the efficiencies of MorphOS (with the JVM Allan Havemose is developing) and all the money and research being poured into low-power PPC processors (by two very large companies who are interested in the Pegasos) that we will be in the right place at the right time. Our "development platform" is ready and it will be stable well before the first "mini-pegasos" is released. This creates some big advantages for us and will we need them. We do not have any illusions about what a challenge this will be. We will seek strategic partnerships. The wireless operators in Europe are the ultimate target."
"We are managing the distribution process. bplan has more important things to do now!"
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
GFX-BASE
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GFX-BASE: Interview with Emanuele Cesaroni in German
GFX-BASE has translated their April 2002 interview with Emanuele Cesaroni (originally in English)
into German. You'll find this under the title link.
Emanuele Cesaroni of Nexus Development, the programmer of the game PuzzleBOBs, is now working on a new game called PDAng that should come out for AmigaOS and AmigaDE.
The game looks to be quite promising and a lot of fun. GFX-BASE was nosey, and asked Emanuele about PDAng and its features, hardware requirements, and future plans. They got an exclusive and new screenshots of the game. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
Peter Hutchison
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Printer: New Driver for HP Deskjet 600C/400C
Peter Hutchison has produced an updated version of his HP Deskjet 600C/400C printer driver. Changes: speed and compression.
Print systems like TurboPrint or Print Studio should not be combined with this driver. There are binaries for 68000, 68020 and 68040 in the archives. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
Oliver Roberts
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Modem: SoloControl Version 1.1
Oliver Roberts, who is know for his Warp-datatypes, has come up with a modem control program called ´SoloControl.´ It's for the Pace 56 Solo modem. The current version (1.1) requires an Amiga with a 68020 processor or better, and at least Kickstart 2.04.
Download: SoloControl.lha (21 KB)
Here are a few of the features:
- Modify the Solo's clock
- Turn call monitoring on/off
- Switch answerphone on/off
- Set number of rings before answerphone answers
- Set number of rings before the Solo automatically switches the answerphone on (should it be switched off)
- Toggle power saving mode on/off
- Display detailed statistics on your last modem connection
- Display all the calls in the CallerID log
- Erase the calls in the CallerID log
Amongst other things, this makes it easily possible to keep logs of your
connection statistics, and to keep your Solo's clock in synchronisation
with your Amiga's system clock. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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AmigaOS XL: Experiences with the H&P Big Tower 1800+ (Version 1.23)
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the
Big-Tower. Version 1.23 of the report contains several
additions in the chapters "Introduction", "Harddisk",
"Amithlon", "AmigaXL" and "QNX". Also, the chapters have been
sorted again, so that the "Software" chapter is again at the end.
Note: Amiga-Voyager shows only ads instead of the pictures.
Therefore, I still recommend to use AWeb or disable background
images in Amiga-Voyager. A move to a better server is also
planned.
(ps)
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13.Jun.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)
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AMIGA Aktuell 06/2002 has Appeared
The June edition of Amiga Aktuell is out and may also be read on our website in HTML or even downloaded in AmigaGuide format.
Attention: To ensure the future existence of the magazine, we *urgently* need more honorary contributors in every subject, but especially interviewers, authors of background articles with respect to current reports, and a "Newsmaster." Without this help we can't guarantee we'll be able to produce Amiga Aktuell for much longer. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: MIRAGE for A3000D Available after 21st June, 2002
If your current Amiga 3000D is left in the desktop case, Mirage 3000 is
the must-have solution for you. Mirage 3000 is a modern, functional and
spacious tower case. It is designed for those Amiga 3000D users who have
upgraded or want to upgrade their computers with the Mediator PCI 3000D
busboard.
Mirage 3000 equipped with a powerful 300W PSU is prepared for massive
expandability of the A3000 hardware.
Be ready for the future!
Along with the new operational system, AmigaOS4, and SharkPPC G3/G4-series
cards for the Mediator PCI 3000D busboard, your Amiga 3000D Mirage will be
one of the most efficient Amiga computers of the new generation.
Mirage 3000 Tower SRP - Availability: from 21 June 2002
For more information and price see: Mirage 3000 webpage. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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12.Jun.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)
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AmigaOS 3.9 Update
The ATO coordinator Söenke Tesch has just dilivered some new data.
New are a Greek locale, the Finish locale (Suomi) has been reworked.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)
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Haage & Partner: Summerfresh Offers
Summer is near and so is the time of our super summer offers. Not only the newest version of the DTP classic Pagestream 4.1 is available for a summer price (Amiga, Windows, Mac) but also we offer the professional graphics processor ImageFX 4.5 including a German handbook and the AmigaOS 3.9 book (2nd edition) for special prices (also available bundled with OS 3.9).
(tranlators note: English versions of the books aren't mentioned in the original message)
At least the bang - who does'nt catch one now will have it already:
Arteffect 4 together with the AE collection for a super discount price.
The prices of these offers you will find with the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Sanjay Menon auf AMIOPEN-ML
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Gary Peake after heart attack on the way of recovery
Sanjay Menon sanjay@amiga.com via email:
Subject: AMIOPEN: Gary hospitalized
Gary suffered a heart attack over the weekend but is now back at home
and on the way to a full recovery. He is following doctors orders to get
plenty of rest and stay away from email.
He has asked me to thank you for keeping him in your thoughts and for
your best wishes. He hopes to be back on email towards the end of the
week.
Sanjay (ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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morphos-news.de under new direction
Thorsten Schölzel retracts his work from morphos-news.de. He handed the direction over to David Scheibler and Jürgen Lukas who both will continue to provide you news about the alternative PPC OS "MorphOS" and the PowerPC computer "Pegasos".
Thorsten Schölzel: "With my recession my email address "ts@morphos-news.de" will not be valid any longer, please direct personal emails to
Thorty@Thorty-online.de. I want to take this opportunity to thank all those people who gave help and support, especially the editoral staff!" (ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Linux/APUS bei Souceforge
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Linux/APUS: New FAQ added
A short-term FAQ has been added. This will
give info to people until the fancier autoFAQ
can be restored. All entries will be archived
for future usage (unlike before when they all got
lost). (ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
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CDTV- und CD32 Websites with a new layout
Two English homepages about the CDTV and CD32 have changed their layout:
The Amiga CDTV has been released as a multimedia device (CD-Player
and Video Disc Player) in 1990.
In autumn 1993 it has been replaced by the Amiga CD32, which is a video game console.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Martin Kuchinka
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Programming language: New MMU module for PowerD
As reported version 0.19 alpha 6 of the programming language PowerD by Martin
Kuchinka has been releaed in middle April.
On the 10th of June 2002 a MMU module has been added. Further information are available via the title link.
Download: mmu.lzx -
mmu_list.txt
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Amiga Community (SixK)
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SDL game: Crimson Fields 0.2.4
SixK has released the next port based on SDL at his new website `Amiga Community'.
This is the game Crimson Fields which is available in version 0.2.4.
The game is a Battle Isle clone, which runs, exept a problem with some colours, with Amithlon.
The SDL library allows platform independent programing and ports of games and other multimedia products.
(ps)
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12.Jun.2002
EvenMore
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Textviewer: EvenMore version 0.60 from June the 11th 2002
The freeware textviewer 'EvenMore' from Chris Perver is ready for download in version 0.60.
Changes since version 0.60 from June the 5th 2002 (Chris Perver changes the version number only with major updates):
- Created a very basic work in progress IXML plugin (See Ix-Guide, www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/hudson/187.
- Amended EvenMore's escape code interpreter. Not sure if these codes are in use already, if they are, someone let me know. I have 2 new codes, *e[50;0;0;0m and *e[51;0;0;0m. Both take 3 arguments after them to allocate a pen for text (R,G,B). 50 changes the Pen colour, and 51 will change the background colour, thus giving you multicoloured text.
- Rewrote RTF plugin from the ground up with full colour support.
Download: EvenMore.lha (800 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
osOpinion
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osOpinion: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
»Nowadays, Amiga is a software-only company developing the "Amiga Digital
Environment," which is supposed to run applications written in "VP code"
on everything from toasters to PDAs. The AmigaOS is being updated, though,
and the first new version (4.0) will be a PowerPC OS, based on OS 3.x for
the old 68k Amigas.«
Complete article see title link. (ps)
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12.Jun.2002
DCR8520 Amigaports
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DCR8520: bibcursed v2.0.0 - Anubis v3.0.2 - barkix v1.0.2
Spaniard Diego CR 'dcr8520' has updated his Web site at SourceForge
with many of his Amiga ports. You will find there lots of small tools
which alleviate the daily handling of many applications.
Updates:
- bibcursed v2.0.0 - Editor for BibTeX
- Anubis v3.0.2 - Mailprogram
- barkix v1.0.2 - Barcode generator for PCL without the need for font cartridges
(ps)
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11.Jun.2002
Mario Börner (ANF)
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Falke34: Homepage online again and Bekuna Version 1.9R4
Aftr some query with the provider is the homepage of Falke34 online again. In the meantime there were several updates on this site, e.g. the informations on the game Tales Of Tamar (site partly under construction)are updated.
Also an update for the greetings program ´Bekuna´ Version 1.9R4 from Kuno Naumann is available for download. The program has many features like greting depending on daytime, display of date, time, summertime, moonphase and sign, and reminder of birthdays and events.
Download: BekunaUpd.lha
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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11.Jun.2002
Autor: Mirko Naumann
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Hardware: Serial ATA (SATA) - The new port for hard drives
On the website of Acard, the manufacturer of the IDE-to-SCSI adaptor, you can see that these people are still busy and have released new adaptors. Now they support transfer rates up to 160 MB/sec (LVD-SCSI).
The new port is one of the climaxes of the Computex. More and more manufacturers of mainboards, controllers, and hard drives have products with the successor of IDE and E-IDE (up to UDMA-133) in the program. Serial ATA should replace the parallel ATA complete until February 2003.
The advantage of SATA is the easier and more stable connecting. Timing problems are history. Also the new cables with 4 to 8 poles ease the circulation of air inside the tower because they are not blocking the stream.
SATA uses up to 4 direct point-to-point connections between controller and one device per connection. This doubles the maximum of possible devices. Problems with jumpers and bus-termination are no longer expected, because every wire is terminated at both ends in the chip. A defective device will not effect the others.
SATA is designed for using period of 10 years with two duplications of performance up to 600 MB/sec. At start a transfer rate of 150 MB/sec is supported, slighlty less than LVD-SCSI with 160 MB/sec. Some of the other features are the break through of the 137 GB limit of harddrives, "hot-plug"-abilities, and 1st-Party-DMA.
The first devices will maybe available in third quarter 2002, but some manufacturers of mainboards have started to implement it into their chipsets.
Amiga users can use the new harddrives with an adaptor on normal ATA ports (from UDMA-33) or (maybe the better solution) with bridge adaptors on SCSI. A question about that is send to ACARD, but still on the way. The answer will be presented here.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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10.Jun.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 11.06.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your harddisk. The following games are added or updated:
- 11.06.02 new: M1 Tank Platoon (Microprose) done by JOTD
- 11.06.02 new: Killerball (Microids) done by JOTD
- 11.06.02 new: Guy Spy (Ready Soft) done by JOTD
- 11.06.02 improved: Road Wars (Arcadia Systems) supports another version, new icons
- 10.06.02 new: Dream Web (Empire Software) done by Dr.Zarkov
- 10.06.02 new: Invasion (Sector Software) done by Codetapper
- 10.06.02 improved: Deuteros (Ian Bird) supports another version
- 10.06.02 new: Blasteroids (Tengen/Image Works) done by Psygore
- 10.06.02 improved: Super Cars (Gremlin) now compatible with emulators, manual included
- 05.06.02 improved: Battle Isle (Blue Byte) minor changes
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10.Jun.2002
Bernd Rösch (ANF)
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AmiBlitz V2.26 new distribution with extended documentation (Update)
A new distribution of AmiBlitz 2.26 is now available. This new distribution includes an extended documentation, many libs are now described in the online guide and the different syntaxmodes are now described.
editors note:
We are not able to say something about the differences between the above version and the one reported by Amiforce on 08.06.2002.
If you anything about it feel free to tell us.
Update 12.06.2002:
David McMinn explained us
the difference:
I saw your note on the AmigaNews site, that you could not see the difference between the
different AmiBlitz distributions, so I thought I would clarify.
First of all, Bernd Roesch has updated the editor and compiler greatly, and convinced Acid
software to release Blitz Basic 2 for free, under the name AmiBlitz2. However, Bernd did
not provide a ready-made package for users to download and use, only updates.
I decided to create an user distribution which would provide everything a person needs to
start programming in AmiBlitz as I have been maintaining the Blitz2000 site for a few
years. Of course, since AmiBlitz is free, anyone can do this if they choose, such as CJ
Stroker has done on the AmiForce site.
The differences between the distributions on the Blitz2000 and AmiForce sites are that they
have different contents and are aimed at different people. For example, the distribution
provided by AmiForce does not seem to have the acidlibs and deflibs files, so you already
need a working installation of AmiBlitz to use it (they might have it in other archives on
the site though, I have not looked through all of them). The AmiForce site is also more
useful for German speaking programmers, as a lot/most of the documentation they have is
available in German (for example, the AmiBlitz manuals). The distributions on the Blitz2000
site are available in different sizes and have all the documents for the libraries included
in the archive, as well as useful tools and the library files mentioned above.
The only thing which would be nice to keep the same between all distributions is the
default set of libraries that are provided. Bernd suggested this as it makes everything
easier from the viewpoint of everyone has the same libraries to start off with.
Sorry for the long mail, but I hope this clears the situation up :)
http://www.david-mcminn.co.uk
http://www.blitz-2000.co.uk
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10.Jun.2002
bruZard's blitzbasic
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Programing: BlitzBasic - BSP2B3D Converter Version 0.3 (Update)
Jens 'bruZard' Henschel wrotes:
Due to the fact that there seems to be some interest in BSP2B3D I uploaded the current version today. There are no changes since the last release but it should be enough for most of the users. This is the Windows version of the program.
bsp2b3d.zip (ca. 1 MB)
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10.Jun.2002
amiga.org
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amiga.org: Interview with Olaf Barthel by Pods
Amiga.org (title link) released a substantial interview with Olaf Barthel. The interview was made by Pods. Olaf Barthel is involved in the development of AmigaOS since 1995 and gives his view on the new AmigaOS 4.
At the end of the interview Olaf Barthel answers questions of users of amiga.org.
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10.Jun.2002
Mr.Vain (E-Mail)
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Demo-Scene: SECRETLY! - In memory of Jan Horn
In Memory of Jan Horn (Sulaco of Secretly!) 08 June 2002
We just received some extremely sad news. Our coder and man behind the
sulaco.co.za site "Jan Horn" passed away 06 June 2002, 18:30. Apparently
he was involved in a car accident.
He will be greatly missed in the Delphi Game/OpenGL development community
and in our hearts!! No words can explain our loss, we miss you! Our
sympathy goes out to his family and friends. May his memory live on!!!
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09.Jun.2002
Linux Gazette
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Magazine: Linux Gazette #79
Issue 79 of online Linux Magazine "Linux Gazette" has been published. Apart
from Linux specific articles, time and again the magazine also contains
contributions and information that might also be interesting outside the
Linux world. Issue #79 contains the following articles:
- Dillo--a Web Browser as Fast as Lightning, by Matthias Arndt
- Cracking open proprietary envelopes, by Adrian J. Chung
- Help Dex, by Shane Collinge
- Compiler Design with Python, by Dinil Divakaran
- A Linux Fax Server for a Windows Network, by Pedro Fraile
- Writing Your Own Toy OS (PART II), by Krishnakumar R.
- The Foolish Things We Do With Our Computers, by Mike Orr
- Improving Hard Disk Performance with hdparam, by Piter Punk
- Qubism, by Jon "Sir Flakey" Harsem
- Getting started with PIC 16F84 on GNU/Linux, by Jerry Sebastian
- A Framework For Writing Application Servers In C++, by Rob Tougher
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09.Jun.2002
ANN
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TrueType Font Rendering: ttrender.library V3.1
On 9th June 2002, Grzegorz Kraszewski has published version 3.1 of TrueType font
render engine "ttrender.library" for AmigaOS. According to the author, this
version entails a noticable increase in speed. This was obtained by improving
memory allocation. The re-allocation of memory during the drawing of each
single letter has been eliminated.
This version of the library is based on the FreeType V2.0.9 sources of the
project of the same name.
Kraszewski is targeting two goals when porting: Expansion of FreeType's functionality and seamless integration into AmigaOS.
Download: ttrender-3.1.lha (78K)
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09.Jun.2002
amiga.org
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Tool: MCP V1.39
Version 1.39 of multi function tool MCP ("MasterControlProgram") is available
for download.
The mcp1_39u archive is the update for version 1.38 and only contains the files
updated against V1.38. The mcp1_39 archive contains the complete version 1.39.
Download:
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09.Jun.2002
ANN
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XFree86: Open Source 3D driver for ATI Radeon 8500 announced
Jens Owen of Tungsten Graphics
announces an Open Source 3D driver for the
ATI Radeon 8500
for Q4, 2002. This will be developed as a 3D-DRI-Driver for the XFree86 X
server. Development is sponsored by the Weather Channel.
The source code of a TCL (Transform, Clipping and Lighting) driver's alpha
version for Radeon is accessible through the
Tungsten Graphics project page
(Radeon right at the end of the page).
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09.Jun.2002
BarsnPipes (ANF)
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Music: Bars'n'Pipes V1.14
Yesterday the new version 1.14 of MIDI sequencer Bars'n'Pipes, further
developed by Alfred Faust, has been published. The following features have been
added in this version:
- Screenmode requester
- GadTools user interface
- Most requesters operable via keyboard
- CAMD library
- New 32 colour design
- Localisation
- German catalogue included
- and much more
Please read the included BnP_Addenum.guide for changes.
Download: download/BnP1_14.zip (532K)
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09.Jun.2002
Digital Almanac (ANF)
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Digital Almanac III and Amithlon
At the "Amiga Freunde Pfalz"'s Amiga Party, Achim Stegemann had the
opportunity to test DA III under Amithlon on a Pentium 4 (1.6GHz) and GeForce 3 equipped PC. An animation of the star chart at a resolution of
1024x768 and a colour depth of 16bit resulted in a frame rate of ca. 10 fps. This
is about ten times as fast as on the development machine (PPC604e/200 and
68060/50 with CVPPC).
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09.Jun.2002
Amiga Society
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Little Book of Amiga Software: Games list updated, 14 new entries
The games list in the "Little Book of Amiga Software" by Amiga Society has been
updated. Furthermore, the following titles have been added to the software
directory:
- Goal!
- Dizzy Dice
- Beam
- Police Quest 2
- Starball
- Night Dawn
- Streetgang
- Khalaan
- The three Stooges
- Silent Service II
- Seek & Destroy
- Their finest Hour
- Christoph Kolumbus
- Jurassic Park
Your help is needed to keep the Little Book of Amiga Software current and
informative. Please send the following information to
software@amiga-society.de:
- Scans of software, of which there are no pictures available yet.
- Supplemental informationen about software in the Little Book of Amiga Software.
- Information about software not yet mentioned on the pages.
- Software instruction manuals.
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09.Jun.2002
ANN
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Browser: Further development of AWeb at Sunsite.dk?
Henrik Mikael Kristensen writes on ANN
that Sunsite.dk is willing to host a development site for AWeb free of charge.
Due to lack of time, he himself can not participate in the development but will
be able to help with setting up the site and organizing development.
Sunsite.dk provides CVS, PHP4 or JSP/servlets and MySQL, mailing lists, news
groups, FTP, backups etc. to Open Source projects.
The complete text by Henrik Mikael Kristensen is accessible through the title link.
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09.Jun.2002
Amiga Future
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Datatype: wbmpdt V1.0 for WAP bitmap images
On 7th June 2002, Stephan Rupprecht has published version 1.0 of his wbmpdt
Datatype for WAP bitmap images. This is this Datatype's first publication.
Download: wbmpdt.lha (5K),
Readme
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09.Jun.2002
Amiga Future
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Amiga Future: Raffle to new FAQ
On Saturday, a FAQ section
with tips and suggested solutions for problems of all sorts has gone online in
the interactive area of Amiga Future.
It was created by Thomas Rapp. The section is subdivided into more than 15
subcategories, amongst them: AmigaOS, programming, emulators and emulation,
Internet, PowerPC, viruses and CD writers.
To this there is a raffle until 20th June 2002. A full version of iFusion will be
raffled amongst all contributions
to the FAQ. The creator of the best contribution will receive, quasi as a reward,
the full version of The Feeble Files.
Multiple contributions are possible. Of course the tips may not be pinched or already
contained in the FAQ.
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09.Jun.2002
amiga.org
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Amiga.org: Download area
Wayne Hunt of Amiga.org has taken the publication of the AWeb source code as
an opportunity to open a download area on Amiga.org.
People are still being searched for the expansion and administration of this
area.
The download area is accessible after registration with Amiga.org.
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09.Jun.2002
Amiga Future
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Amiga Future: Review of the game 'Chips'
Today a review by Matthias Jakisch of the puzzle game Chips has been published
on the Amiga Future homepage. The player has to adopt the role of a
professor at a laboratory to assemble a computer from parts scattered
around the laboratory.
The game by Ventzislav Tzvetkov requires an Amiga with 1 MB RAM and is
available for download on Aminet.
Download: Chips.lha
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08.Jun.2002
Maja (ANF)
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ELSA: new founded devolo AG produces new edition of industry modem Microlink 56k
The on 2002, 1st May in Aachen founded
devolo AG brings a new edition of the
successfull industry modem Microlink 56k i to the market. So the good ELSA
quality doesn't go completely lost.
The team of the devolo AG consists of 25 former workers of the ELSA AG who bring
each up to 18 years of experience in data communication into the company. The
ELSA AG was founded in 1980 as spin off of the RWTH Aachen. As pioneer of the
data communication ELSA brought in 1988 the first by the Deutsche Post accepted
modem to the market. For more than 20 years could ELSA establish themselves as
leading provider in the area of the data communication and the computer
graphics. Dramatic market changes prevented lasting synergies between the different
business fields, though. Heiko Harbers, former vice president consumer products
at ELSA and now founder and chairman of devolo, draws the obvious conclusion out
of this: a clear focussing on the business field data communication and a clear
tightening of the portfolio by concentrating on profitable succeeding products
is the devolo motto.
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08.Jun.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: big update - AmiBlitz V2.26
Amiforce has after a longer period of time an update to announce.
The start make some cosmetic changes that had taken most of the time. Many
errors had been removed and especially the selected colours got a change after
some criticism. Whether it looks better now may be judged by everybody on
his/her own. ;-)
Amiblitz:
There's now a new, error reduced version of Amiblitz 2.26 in the Amiblitz
section. It's again an update archive that contains next to the English version
also the German one. A new Image.res that enhances Amiblitz with further
graphical possibilities is also included. GlowIcons are now used and bring the
boring old fashioned look to an end. As the old archive contains the new one bilingual
docs.
Download: amiblitz2.26.lha (658 KB)
Furthermore there's a little 3D tutorial in the Amiblitz section included. This
will be removed in the near future again, though, as it will be completely
revised and expanded with example sources. Soon will a beginners course be
started that will then lead to different areas. The 3D part will be done by
Sterix (a programmer and my best guy) who is training at present on Amiblitz.
The first sources look really great. In this direction there'll come quite some
things. ;-)
Some examples (demos) that could make people very interested in Amiblitz will
follow, too.
Softguide:
The softguide section had been opened, too. The beginning is done with Amisat. For
this there'll be soon a detailed manual in the helpguide rubric released. The
other sections will be updated again, too.
Forum:
Amiforce has now a new forum, too. All interested are invited to enter. Almost
all contributions of the old forum had been taken on. So it's not a start at
zero. Thanks go to Matthias Münch for his support.
Further material is already being worked on. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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08.Jun.2002
Jens Pachl (ANF)
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Browser: AWeb is Open Source!
As can be read following the title link are from this day on the sources for
AWeb free available.
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08.Jun.2002
GFX-BASE (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: German translation of the DynAMIte review
On the GFX-BASE had a German translation
of the review of the 'DynAMIte - Special Collectors Edition' CD-ROM been
released today. We'd like to thank here very much Stefan Donati for his
translation.
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08.Jun.2002
Björn Dehmel (ANF)
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AmigaOne in the PC Magazin (German print magazine)
In the current issue (07/2002) of the German "PC Magazin" there's a short
article about the AmigaOne on page 26. It's given the title "AMIGAOS 4.0 - The
ball bounces again". The article contains the already known stuff about the
AmigaOne hardware and the AmigaInc. licensing model.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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08.Jun.2002
jurassicpack.de.vu (ANF)
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The Amiga demo scene lives!
Since six months do Ghandy & Zito out of the Amiga demo scene release a regular
disc mag again. The name is "Jurassic Pack". The latest issue #10 is an
anniversary issue - one reason more to party - and can easily be downloaded
under www.jurassicpack.de.vu (title link)! Especially recommendable as this
issue's motto is "Oldskool"! (ps) (Translation: wk)
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