07.Jun.2002
Computer City (E-Mail)
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Computer City: New Amiga keyboards - Cherry Amiga Cybo@rd
Computer City announces that they have keyboards with Amiga-logo. For further information in English, German or Dutch please have a look at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jun.2002
Vapor (ANF)
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Vapor.com: David Gerber takes over management of Oliver Wagner
Due to time constraints on my part, David "Zapek" Gerber will now take
over project and release management of the vapor products.
This doesn't mean that I'll stop working on them or so, but managing
a project is more than just that.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jun.2002
A.S.Munde (ANF)
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DocDatatypes v40.40 released
Amarpreet Singh Munde has released an update of DocDatatypes.
DocDatatypes are a set of datatype classes for documents. The list of
supported formats include: MS-Word (Windows, Mac, OS2), RTF, WordPerfect,
Write, MS-Works, AmiPro, WordStar, WordStar 2000, Pocket Word, Quill,
XyWrite III, Psion Word, Psion TextEd, Palm DB TEXt Doc (pdbdoc), TEAL
docs, RichReader, First Word Plus, Mac Write, Mac TeachText and Mac Text.
New for this version (40.40) is the support of MacBinary MS-Word files.
There is also the latest version of FindFile in the archive. A new fast,
easy to use file finder application that offers search by name, size,
date, and even file type.
Available to download only from http://go.to/docdatatypes.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jun.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)
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PageStream news to version 4.1
For owners of version 4.1 of Amiga and Windows there is a corrected German localisation. At the Amiga version the 4.1-functions have translated and at the Windows version the faults of the graphics of the editing palette have been debugged and the help and hints work again.
All customers who have entered their names in our new product registration will get the access to the current version and files. Customers who still did not register can make up for it: Registration.
Because PageStream 4.1 now finally is complete including the German documentation, German localisation (except the Mac-version) H&P presents a special for new customers. For a limited time the full version of PageStream will be available to a special price for all versions. PageStream is one of the few products which is available for three platforms (Amiga, Windows, Macintosh) with the same version number.
If you want to get more information please have a look at the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jun.2002
Bill Buck und Raquel Velasco (E-Mail)
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Thendic-France: Pegasos news
Next Production Run of the Pegasos SOLD OUT!
"We would like to announce that the next scheduled production of the
Pegasos has been sold out. Boards have been set aside for friendly
developers, but all others have been sold.
Another production of the Pegasos will follow in July."
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jun.2002
Peter Hutchison
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Printers: New drivers for HP 6x06, 870C and 900C
Peter Hutchison has published updated versions of the following printer drivers:
- HP Deskjet 6x0C (now with compression and installer script) version 40.12
- HP 870C (now with installer script) version 40.21
- HP 900C (now with Installer script) version 40.12
Printer systems like TurboPrint or Print Studio should not be used together with this driver. The archives contain binaries of 68000, 68020 and 68040.
Download page
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jun.2002
Amig@lien (ANF)
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Amig@lien: Payback MapEditor workshop published
Today a detailed workshop to the Payback MapEditor has been published at Amig@alien which you can find under the title link. The following things are explained:
General things:
- Adding objects
- Determining start position
- Controlling the editor
Controlling the vehicles:
- Adjustments of traffic lights
- Pedestrians
- Route modus
- Barring roads
- Transmission ways
Area-/cubes controlling:
- Own textures
- Area defenitions
- Allocation of textures
- Change of rise
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jun.2002
Mario Cattaneo (ANF)
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Collecting data for the FastFileSystem V46
Mario Cattaneo writes:
Olaf Barthel developes the new FFS (FastFileSystem) of AmigaOS 4. Doing that in an as optimal as possible way he needs data. Data about the conditions of as many as possible Amiga partitions. Thus he is able to collect them he has written a little program which determines the file sizes.
So these data may become representative if the program will be distributed as much as possible. Because of that I decided to put this program on my homepage for download. Please directly send the data to Olaf (please read the documentation before!).
The last possible data for sending in it is the 16th June 2002. Please do not send any reports after this day. This day is the deadline and then all reports which I have got up to this date will be analysed. Please join numerously...
Thanks a lot in anticipation, Mario.
PS: For all those who doubt that this program is "clean" I added the source code to the program. So you can see what it makes.
Download: sample_dir.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jun.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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Who Will Port BMP2WBMP?
Thorsten Schölzel writes: "While browsing the Workshop in AMIGAPlus about the display of WAP-pages I came across the conversion program "BMP2WBMP," which is a program that allows BMP images to be quickly and easily displayed as WBMPs, and thereby embedded in a WAP-page."
"Unfortunately there is no AmigaOS port, so I am publicly calling for this program to be ported. It is written in ANSI-C and may be downloaded from the homepage."
Download Sourcecode: bmp2wbmp.c
Update 07.06.2002:
Ramazan alias Gigatron has ported the
program. You can download the port from the Web site of Thorsten Schölzel:
bmp2wbmp.lha
(ps) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 06. Jun. 2002, 22:03] [Comments: 4 - 13. Jun. 2002, 17:43]
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06.Jun.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: PuzzleBOBS Review
With the friendly approval of the newspaper
AMIGAplus Amiga Arena is making available a test report of the issue 01/2002 to "PuzzleBOBS."
Another test report (in Italian) is on AmiWorld online.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Jun.2002
Stephan Rupprecht
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Audio: New Sun Audio Sound-Datatype Version 41.1
Stephan Rupprecht has made version 41.1 of his Sun Audio Sound-Datatype
available. The datatype now functions even when the size of the soundheader is zero.
Download: SunAUdt.lha - (5 KB)
The cooperation of datatypes allows various datatypes from different program to be displayed and played. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Jun.2002
M. Schwarz (ANF)
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Website www.benderirc.de Offline
Cyborg writes: www.benderirc.de is unreachable due to problems of our Internet host, but should be online again tomorrow. Updates may be obtained this evening via xdcc in the IRC channel #amigafun. By the way the service is longer term :-). Whoever would like a beta-version can gladly find one there, as well as beta-versions of plugins.
To download simply in IRC channel #amigafun type
/ctcp cyborg xdcc list
whenever I'm around. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Jun.2002
Rene König (ANF)
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AmigaOne in the Computer Newspaper "Chip"
In issue 06/2002 of the computer newspaper Chip you'll find on
site 47 a short report on the Amiga One. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Jun.2002
Patrick Beerhorst (ANF)
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A.D.A. - Demo Archive with Commenting and Voting
From today on, new programs have been integrated into ADA. All visitors can vote on each demo and write a comment. Through these new functions it will be possible in a short time to tell which demos are most loved and the best, and other users will be tipped off which ones they should download.
The comment function can be found under the screenshots in every demo. For the voting you must register (username and password). In the future we'll make the user data editable, so if a user would like to express more about his interests (email address, homepage, system specs) he can do that.
Since a week ago, ADA has also been available at amigademos.de. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Jun.2002
The Legacy
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Nostalgia: The Legacy - Museum Again Online
The Legacy, the nostalgia museum, is reachable again. As
reported there was always some problem with the provider. MishRa says: "The abstinence is over! The old museum keeper mishRa hobbles - on account of his troublesome knees - to the entrance and throws the doors w i d e open. At the same time he barricades them open, so that they won't easily be shut again."
In 'Nostalgic Game Museum' you'll find screenshots, cover-scans und
genre definitions for over 10,000 games. 'The Legacy' also offers
informationen over the developers of old games for C64, Amiga, Atari,
PC and Schneider/Amstrad CPC.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Jun.2002
Insolshop, Aachen
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Elsa: Bankruptcy Assets Auctioned Off Beginning Today
The last tragic chapter in the many-yeared history of Elsa begins today. In Aachen the stock inventory of the insolvent hardware manufacturer is being auctioned. According to the liquidator Insolshop about 24,000 items are on the auction block.
From others about 400 19-inchers will be auctioned, as well as numerous modems, network products, graphic cards, and accessories. An auction catalog is available in PDF format here. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Jun.2002
amiga.org
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Browser: Mozilla 1.0
After four years of development the open-source web-browser Mozilla, which is developed for a range of platforms, has made the giant leap to version 1.0. MozillaZine has verified this in a wideranging
article.
Information about the planned Mozilla for Amiga DE may be found at mozamiga.mozdev.org.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Jun.2002
Emanuel Mair (ANF)
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AmigaOS + POP/PPC petition official web site
Emanuel Mair writes:
AmigaPOP.8bit.co.uk is finally online!
Here you'll hopefully find all information you could possibly want about the
AmigaOS distribution policies and POP/PPC hardware petition.
I hope the background information and FAQ will be especially helpful to clear
up some of the confusion surrounding these issues.
If you have not yet signed the petition, then please do so now! Please help
spreading the word by linking to AmigaPOP.8bit.co.uk. It's not too late to
save our favourite OS and a unified POP-based hardware market!
In other news, I have finally managed to get in touch with the
PetitionOnline.com administrators. The few abuse and sabotage attempts so
far have been removed from the signatory listings. Not that any garbage would
ever reach the recipient of our petition, but I understand some thought that
it didn't look too good...
(ps)
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05.Jun.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Virus Help Team: Chat-Room open again
The Virus Help Team Chat-Room has been down for some time now, but
Charlene (VHT-Canada) has solved the problem, and the Chat-Room is
now open again. Hope to chat with you all...
You can join the chat room from the title link. (ps)
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05.Jun.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Amiga Games Classifying: Results of the vote from May/June 2002
Amiga Games Classifying asks the readers all two months about their favorite games.
These are the results of the vote from May/June 2002 (the number within the brackets shows the result from the last vote):
- (3) Payback - 164 Pts.
- (2) Napalm - 135 Pts.
- (1) Quake - 130 Pts.
- (9) The Settlers - 100 Pts.
- (4) Earth 2140 - 100 Pts.
- (10) Heretic 2 - 97 Pts.
- (5) WipEout 2097 - 84 Pts.
- (19) Freespace - 74 Pts.
- (17) Worms / Worms DC - 73 Pts.
- (7) Sensible World Of Soccer - 66 Pts.
- (12) Shogo - 64 Pts.
- (8) Foundation - 61 Pts.
- (6) Slam Tilt - 55 Pts.
- (45) Beneath A Steel Sky - 48 Pts.
- (27) Cannon Fodder - 47 Pts.
- (11) Civilization - 45 Pts.
- (31) Dune 2 - 44 Pts.
- (24) Wasted Dreams - 40 Pts.
- (96) Another World - 39 Pts.
- (38) Flashback - 39 Pts.
The next vote (July/August 2002) for Amiga games will start in -July 2002.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Jun.2002
Tom Duin alias Amigaharry (ANF)
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CLI2WB, easy CLI commandline launch from Workbench
CLI2WB, easy launch Shell (CLI) commandline from Workbench.
I've configurated CLI2WB for the realaudio 1/2/3 player RAplay.
So doubleclick on the icon, an ASL loadrequester appears to
select a realaudio to play. You can define the title, OK button
and pattern of the requester in CLI2WB's tooltypes, and more.
Also released Shrinky, a little utility to shrink the size of
a file to an exact desired size.
Grts, Tom Duin alias Amigaharry (ps)
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05.Jun.2002
Tales of Tamar
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T.o.T.: New Amiga-Version V0.43 R6
Tales of Tamar, the round based Internet game from Eternity, is available in the new Amiga version 0.43 R6 for registered beta testers.
In this updated version the sea battle has been enabled. With your own battle ships it is now possible to attack hostile trading ships or warships.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Jun.2002
Bright Light Software
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AC97Mixer V1.83 for Amithlon SB 128 sound card
Frank Fenn has released version 1.83 of the program AC97Mixer for
Amithlon for SB 128 sound cards. Actually the ES1370, ES 1371 and CT5880
chipsets are supported.
The program allows the control of volume and balance for MASTER, AUX, CD,
PCM and MUTE.
Download: ac97mixer.lha
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Jun.2002
AOG
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Amiga Online Games: Three new games in the data base
Amiga Online Games, the website which informs you about Amiga games playable via
nullmodem, modem or TCP/IP, has put three new games in its data base.
New are:
- Scud Buster
- Spacewar
- ZapTris
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Jun.2002
EvenMore
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Textviewer: EvenMore version 0.60
The freeware textviewer 'EvenMore' is ready for download in version 0.60.
Changes since version 0.59:
- Created a basic RTF plugin.
- Removed Printer settings from the preference GUI. Instead of opening the
printer device, it will now open a file using the PRT: device instead. The
other method was causing problems with TurboPrint. Please use the Workbench
printer preferences instead.
- Fixed a bug. Was updating menus while they were still in use when loading or
closing a file. Thanks Jean Marie :).
- Images within EvenMore, e.g. Hand image when you quit EvenMore, will now be
loaded through icons in the icon folder you are currently using. They will
support NewIcons/GlowIcons as usual.
- Created a basic Becker2text plugin.
- A new PowerArt ASCII plugin has been created by aGGreSSor of team PowerAmiga,
along with a new Russian locale!
Download: EvenMore.lha (800 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Jun.2002
Stephan Rupprecht
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Audio: New AIFF sound-datatype version 41.4
Stephan Rupprecht has released the sound-datatype for AIFF in version 41.4.
With this version a bug has been fixed which made it impossible to play AIFC sounds.
Download: aiffdt41.lha (6 KB)
With the help of the so called datatypes different programs are enabled to show or play any kind of data.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Jun.2002
Elvis (ANF)
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Game: Angband 3.0
Bablos has the Amiga version of Angband 3.0 compiled and published on Clockwork.
Download: angband-300-ami.lha.
Angband is a complex and round based Freeware RPG, that is based upon the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. The player explores a deep dungeon, collect many weapons, encounters monsters to kill to meet "Morgoth", the "Dark Enemy".
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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04.Jun.2002
AudioLabs
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AudioLabs: Summer prices
Until the end of June 2002 you can buy AudioLabs product at special
summer prices:
- Titanium (contains ProStationAudio Titanium, 30 ALPS plugins, complete technical support and a free version of AudioLab16 R3)
- Titanium, as before, but only basic service (installation), no free updates and no free version of AudioLab16 R3
- Older ProStationAudio Millennium Version (contains ProStationAudio Millennium, 30 ALPS plugins, basic service (installation), no free updates
Prices and more details see title link.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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04.Jun.2002
Apex Designs
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Game: New/updated maps for Payback
For the action game »Payback« from Apex Designs are new and updated Extra-Maps available.
In the game you have to get from a Nobody to a gangster boss. (ps) (Translation: gf)
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04.Jun.2002
RekoNet (Dirk Stöcker)
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Game: New Klondike-cardsets at RekoNet
At the Reko-Net, the collection of cardsets, programs, and links around the Klondike game from Reko Productions, were done some changes and new cardsets are added.
- Buffy2 cardset from Vegard Krog Petersen
- JulieKSmith and Zoe from Joe Pineapples
- New AS-Solitaire version from Andreas Sauer
- MogwaiMen7 cardset
- 3 Dorian cardsets from Allan Rasmussen
- Link to Vegard's Website
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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04.Jun.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 04.06.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your
harddisk. The following games are added or updated:
- 04.06.02 new: Plutos (Micro Value) done by Codetapper
- 03.06.02 new: Dogfight (Microprose Ltd.) done by Dr.Zarkov
- 03.06.02 new: Vyrus (Amiga Fun) done by Bored Seal
- 03.06.02 improved: Marble Madness (Atari/Electronic Arts) support for the splash screen added
- 03.06.02 new: Hellrun Machine (Amiga Fun) done by Bored Seal
- 03.06.02 improved: Dune (Cryo) diskfile release, shitty original installer not necessary anymore
- 03.06.02 improved: Dark Side (Incentive Software/Domark) also supports the Rob Northen series 1 copylocked version
- 03.06.02 new: Crystal Palace (Amiga Fun) done by Bored Seal
- 03.06.02 improved: Arcade Pool (Team 17) fixed ECS slave, reworked install script
(ps)
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04.Jun.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: Q&A Session with Darius Brewka about 'AmiStart' / New poll
On GFX-BASE you can read
Q&A-Session
with Darius Brewka. Darius is the coder of the StartMenu-Launchbar Tools
'AmiStart', with many features. The new version in progress is very
promising.
He talks about this great tool and all its new features in the coming
version. He has also added an exclusive screenshot.
We have started a new poll on GFX-BASE and want to know if AmigaOS 4.0
should be available for Pegasos. (ps) (Translation: gf)
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03.Jun.2002
AOG
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Amiga Online Games: New screenshots, top 10 and highscores
There are eleven new screenshots of Amiga games at Amiga Online Games, a webpage about Amiga games that can be played over any kind of network connection.
Furthermore a game-voting was added and BattleDuell players can now send in their highscores.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Jun.2002
stop1984.com (ANF)
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Privacy: Stop1984-Petition (Update)
SOS Privacy
Since data retention, as it is now possible after the decision of the EU
parliament, does not only affect EU citizens but also their worldwide
communication partners, we ask any user to sign - no matter where from.
During the first campaign 16206 people signed the open letter to the
EU-Parliament -- help us to collect even more votes this time!
(ps)
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03.Jun.2002
A/NES CGFX
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Emulator: A/NES CGFX Version 1.26
Version 1.26 of the NES-emulator for AmigaOS is now available for download. The main new feature is a bugfix of a problem of the CPU-emulation.
Download: anescgfx.lha (130 KB)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Jun.2002
Amigan Software
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Game: Worm Wars Version 7.01
Worm Wars version 7.01 released. You will need OS2.04+, PAL/DblPAL and a MC68020+ to play this game.
Download: WormWars.lha (621 KB)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Jun.2002
AHI - Beta
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Audio: AHI - ahi.device 5.21 (Beta) (Update)
Martin Blom released version 5.21 (beta) of the ahi.device for ix86. The following changes were made.
- ahi.device: Re-enabled optimization and removed all 64 bit
kludges for the Amithlon version. It's still just using the C
version of the mixing routines, but is already about 2.5 times
faster native (compared to the JIT-compiled 4.180 version). I like
it.
- paula.audio: When opening timer.device (used in the DMA mode),
I didn't clear the flags parameter and opened UNIT_MICROHZ instead
of UNIT_ECLOCK. [Sigbjørn Skjæret]
Download: ahi-2002-01-06-ix86.lha (491 KB)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Jun.2002
Amiga Update
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Amiga Update Newsletter #020531 von Brad Webb
The English version of the newsletter (May 2002) by Brad Webb of Amiga
Update can be found at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Jun.2002
Ralf Steines (E-Mail)
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back2roots.org: New mirrors
Besides a complete mirror (accessable via http and ftp) we added some new
interesting mirrors:
Newly added complete mirrors:
- amidemos.org (Amiga demos as DivX videoformat),
- amigascne.org (a lot scene material)
- aros.org (the source compatible AmigaOS clone),
- geekgadgets.org (ports of many GNU/FSF programs for Amiga),
- funet.fi [amiga] (many old Amiga programs, +Fish disks 1-999)
- uu.net [amiga] (only few but very old Amiga programs :)
- AMOK (Amiga Modula & Oberon Club, disks 1-105)
- UAE (Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator, source- and binary archive)
- WinUAE (Main-FTP of winuae.net)
Except the old pieces of software, everything else is updated every day and Aminet even every 2 hours.
As a special gift you will find the complete 'Frozenfish'-cd that also contains fish-disks 1-1000.
If somebody wants to add other freeware (floppy-)disk series and owns a flatrate, please feel free
to contact us. ADF, DMS and lha archives are welcomed, too.
Furthermore we would like to publish other freeware CD's. So if somebody owns such a thing and has a broadband connection available do not hasitate and contact us, too. Our ftp-server can be accessed at:
Please contact info@back2roots.org before doing large uploads. Thanks a lot! (ps) (Translation: sk)
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02.Jun.2002
ANN (ANF)
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AmigaOne: MPEG showing the AmigaOne booting TurboLinux
Elwood writes on ANN:
I uploaded on Aminet a video in Mpeg showing the AmigaOne booting
TurboLinux. This video is old (March 2002) and not professional in
any way (in fact, it never meant to be). I originally wanted to
upload it on my website instead of putting this huge file on Aminet
but my ISP didn't allow me this. So here it is, to make Aminet even
bigger!
Remember this AmigaOne is the prototype (G3/600Mhz) and it runs
TurboLinux. And I must confess, I never seen a Linux booting that fast.
I'm excited to get my hand on AmigaOS4.
Download: AmigaOne.mpg (80 MB)
Update 02.06.2002:
The video was deleted from this Aminet server. I do not know the motive.
Update II 02.06.2002:
Here you will find the explanation from Elwood. (ps)
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02.Jun.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena - Full version of "Samba Partie AGA/ECS" and redesign
With the approval of Jo Seitz (Sayonara Software), Amiga Arena
enabled the release of the full version of the football manager
"Samba Partie AGA/ECS".
This is the first part of the "Samba" series.
Besides lots of other features, the football manager also has an action part
where you can actively play with your team.
Amiga Arena has been allowed to release further games by "Sayonara Software"
in the future. Yet, for this we need your help, as we don't have all games
at our disposal!
We are looking for the following software items:
- Diego - Football manager
- WHLM - Ice Hockey manager
- Samba Partie prof. - Football manager with action part
- Travel-Manager - Travel simulation
- Hollywood Pictures - Manager
- Samba World Cup - Football manager with action part
Please contact: Olaf Köbnik.
Amiga Arena - "Full version" redesign
The Amiga Arena Full versions have been divided into new areas.
Besides the familiar download facilities for commercial software and
shareware programs, the areas have been restructured, and with
"Applaud Software", "Sayonara Software" and "Vulcan Software"
three new areas have been added.
Here you will be able to find - apart from the well-known games of the software houses - level codes, cheats, screenshots as well as reviews of the products.
Furthermore, we are looking for the game "DNA" by "Applaud Software"!
Have fun with our offerings! Amiga Arena. (ps) (Translation: cb)
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02.Jun.2002
Marcel Rohles (ANF)
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Survey about Tukult, the Space-Rat adventure
A poll about the systems to be supported has been started on the new
homepage of Tukult, an adventure game in development about Space-Rat.
As the first drafts had been made on an Amiga, and the author
used to be an Amiga user then, in the case of an adequate turnout there
should be a very realistic chance of an Amiga port.
Direct links to the poll: German see title link, English
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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02.Jun.2002
Suite101.com
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John Chandler: Turn The Page
At Suite101.com, John Chandler writes an article about Amiga in
regular intervals. In the new article, Chandler is dealing with
the fact that there aren't any books to buy about the Amiga
anymore, and makes proposals how this situation might be changed.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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02.Jun.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)
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Jabberwocky Homepage moved
The homepage from Jabberwocky, the Jabber client for Amiga, has moved to
http://jabberwocky.amigaworld.de/.
Please update all your bookmarks/links. Thanks. (ps)
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02.Jun.2002
Mikey C (ANF)
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Total Amiga Magazine Scores a Hat Trick!
It's World Cup time and to celebrate we too have a hat trick of good news
to tell you about. Issue 11 of Total Amiga Magazine has sold out at our HQ.
There are no copies left! So we are sending on the substitute and going
for a second print run of this month's 48 page packed issue.
We are over the moon to announce that like other previous Amiga
Magazines in the past, Total Amiga Magazine has now got its own open
mailing list on yahoo groups. To subscribe send an email to
totalamiga-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Full details and more on our website (title link).
(ps)
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02.Jun.2002
Ben Hermans (E-Mail)
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AmiDock for AmigaOS 4 - New informations
A lot of users have questions about the new version of AmiDock that will be
included with OS 4, especially regarding the differences between the OS 3.9 and
the OS 4.0 version.
Here are the answers by Stefan Robl, the author of AmiDock.
The OS4.0 version of AmiDock is an almost completely rewrite of the version
included with OS3.9 and a lot of outstanding issues were fixed.
The new design comes with a much improved layouter which arranges all types of
icons very well (from very tiny to really big ones).
A very nice new feature is the interactive mode of AmiDock which allows the user
to arrange, add, remove icons, categories and even docks directly using the
mouse without the need to open the configuration dialog.
AmiDock now also supports button type docks allowing for numerous objects
(programs, files) to be available at once as this mode consumes very little
"desktop real-estate".
With OS4.0's AmiDock, docks can now have their drag bar on all four possible
sides of a dock; each dock is now also minimizeable to conserve space.
The new AmiDock is now up to ten times faster than the old version (depending on
the number of icons visible at load time).
The most interesting new feature is the possibility to have active content
within a dock through plug-ins.
A plug-in of AmiDock is called a "docky". Each docky has full access to all of
AmiDock's functionality and can provide for a virtually endless number of
features. The usage of dockies is very transparent - throw in a docky and it
will work (and vice versa).
A number of dockies will already be included with OS4.0; one of the most
requested features - subdocks - was made possible using a docky. There is also a
docky which minimizes a dock automatically if the mouse pointer is no longer
over the dock. Other included dockies allow you to have clock, a lens,
animations and other active content within a dock.
The most thrilling stuff will surely come from third party programmers in the
form of third-party dockies (the API will be released with OS4.0) - just imagine
having the current network traffic, the printer status, the current rendering
process of your raytracer and other similarly useful things in the form of a
small and corresponding picture within your dock.
This is just the beginning, we are planning a lot more useful features for
AmiDock which may or may not be ready in time for OS 4.0.
(ps)
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02.Jun.2002
Rudolph Riedel (E-Mail)
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Internet: FakeUUCP V0.41 (POP3/SMTP/NNTP for Microdot)
Rudolph Riedel writes:
Stefan Huelswitt just mailed me that FakeUUCP 0.41
is now available for download on his homepage.
In fact with source code in C under GPL V2.
FakeUUCP is a program for teaching Microdot1 to use
POP3/SMTP/NNTP.
As Stefan gave up the Amiga some time ago, this should be the last version done by him.
Download: FakeUUCP0.41.lha (167K),
History
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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02.Jun.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: New survey - Amiga as main computer?
Today the new survey "Do you want to use the Amiga as your main
computer in the future?" on the Amiga Future homepage was
started. Furthermore the result of the previous survey
"Are Amiga Inc. going the right way into the future?" has been
published in the homepage's
Interactive area.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
CyberGFX
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Mediator: 2nd version of PatchInt
PatchInt is to solve a lockup problem with the Mediator board
in connection with a SoundBlaster and FastEthernet card.
The corresponding text from the CyberGFX site:
'Mr. Matthew Allatt
has released a new (2nd release) PatchInt. He writes: "Just a quick email to
let you know that I've made a small alteration to PatchInt. I was getting
some distortion when playing MP3's through SoundBlaster, which I've never
heard before, and wasn't because of my speakers being crap. I don't know
if anyone else has had that problem, but I'm hoping that this version
should clear that up".
You can find information on PatchInt and all other Mediator programs
on the 3rd
Party Mediator Software Page.'
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
David Zaroski (gg-ML)
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Geek Gadgets: Server upgrade on 6th June
Presumably on 6th June 2002, geekgadgets.org's Server
will be upgraded and not be available for at least 6-12 hours. Date and duration of downtime is still subject to change. Geek Gadgets apologizes for any possible inconvenience this may cause.
Geek Gadgets provides a.o. Amiga versions of gcc,
ixemul.library and many GNU and Unix packages for download.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
AMIGA Freunde Pfalz, Mario Schröder (ANF)
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Event: AMIGA Freunde Pfalz Party starts in a few days
Mario Schröder writes:
Soon it's the time of year again. In only a few days the three days long mega party of AMIGA Freunde Pfalz will start.
The event will take place from 7th to 9th June 2002 in Mutterstadt.
As always our party is a popular meeting place for all Amiga friends with and without hardware. Questions,
problems and help for everyone, as well as presentation of own projects.
Guests and visitors are very welcome. Further information as well as an itinerary etc. can be gathered from our homepage.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Gamasutra
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Gamasutra: Technology Inspires Creativity: Indie Game Jam Inverts Dogma 2001
Developing games today is very time consuming and costly. Furthermore,
developers tend to first concentrate on familiarizing with new hardware
to technically make the best use of it. Both go at the expense of new
game ideas. In above article Ernest Adams describes the "Indie Game Jam"
as antipole to currently adopted game development practice.
The basis for this jam was the question of how many sprites you can display
on screen nowadays. After a bit of research, the answer was "round about
100,000". This served as the basis for the development of a simple games engine.
A small group of games developers was then invited to the "Indie Game Jam",
who then went on to develop 12 news games within 4 days.
The article describes the surroundings and the games, and offers concluding
information in an interview with Chris Hecker, one of this meeting's organisators.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Kultpower.de
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Kultpower.de: 10 new Powerplay covers
Already on 29th May 2002 the website Kultpower.de
has been extended with 10 Powerplay covers. These were sent in by Gisbert. The issues
in question are:
- 1988: Happy Computer Special 3, Happy Computer Special 4
- 1991: Power Play PC
- 1994: Tips & Tricks
- 1995: PowerPlay Online, Weihnachts-Special, Tips & Tricks
- 1998: Strategie-Special, Tips & Lösungen, Fußball-WM-Special (how fitting ;-)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Amiga Future
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FreeCD: Paranoia 2 and Digital Maps
Patrick Henz has published two new CDs in his FreeCD series under the names
of "Paranoia 2" (Amiga games) and "Digital Maps" (maps, HTML/JPEG).
Paranoia 2
contains Boogie Nights, Cybernetix, Dope Wars, Rage Hard Video, Rattlesnake,
Roadkill AGA, Seek and Destroy, Woodys World, Woodys World, Zombie Massacre
and Zombie Massacre 2 for Amiga computers.
Digital Maps
contains maps from all over the world. Among these are maps of cities as well as
historical and geographical maps. Also included is a map of the world's youngest
country: East Timor.
All maps are available in JPG format. A search is possible through the HTML menu
and the personal WWW browser's search function. The CD is thus system indepentent.
The CDs can be ordered under the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Amiga Future
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PowerD: AmiTCP Modules, AmiTCP Examples
On 31st May 2002, the AmiTCP developer kit "AmiTCP Modules" as well as
the archive "AmiTCP Examples" with two examples for TCP/IP programming
have been published for Martin Kuchinka's PowerD programming language.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Amiga Future
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Datatype: ilbmdtPPC V45.9 by Stephan Rupprecht
On 1st June 2002, Stephan Rupprecht has published version 45.9 of his
ILBM PPC Datatype for displaying IFF ILBM pictures.
Compared to the previous version, the following changes have been made:
- Bug fix: Because of the change in version 45.7 b/w and greyscale pictures
couldn't be loaded anymore (greyscale pictures already didn't work before that).
- Bug fix: As the OS picture.datatype doesn't pass on HAM and EHB pictures
in Chunky format correctly, a workaround for this has been incorporated.
The Datatype runs with AmigaOS 3, CPU 020+, PPC 603+ as well as picture Datatype V43+.
Download: ilbmdtPPC.lha (17K),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
ANN
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ANN: More than 3 million visitors
The imprecise graphical counter of English language Amiga news service
Amiga Network News (ANN) by Christian Kemp
has exceeded the 3 million mark.
According to the ANN server logs, currently about 12,500 pages are accessed
every day. Thereby ANN is accessed from more than 40,000 different hosts.
Since ANN introduced dynamic web pages in 1998, more than 4,500 news items and
more than 58,000 comments have been published.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Patbest (ANF)
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Amithlon: Amigabest.com updated
The Amigabest.com website with much
information about Amiga emulator "Amithlon" has been updated. The site
now also works smoothly with IBrowse and AWeb.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Rudi (ANF)
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Emulators: New website - AMI.lator
Rudi writes:
In the meantime, I have completed my Amiga emulator page to the extent
that I feel I can present it to the broad Amiga public.
AmiLator.de is not yet finished by far!, e.g. my "News" system
has to be reworked completely...
Maybe someone from the Amiga community would like to write for
AmiLator.de: re.
-Emulators & Co...
Please take a look.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Amiga Future
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Comic: Sabrina Online.de with strips 199-203
Already on 27th and 29th May 2002, strips 199-203 have been added to the German
language version of Eric W. Schwartz's comic strip series "Sabrina Online".
The added strips are:
- 199 - Kindermund tut Wahrheit kund
- 200 - Das sind dann etwa vierzig Strips pro Jahr (dieser Strip in Farbe)
- 201 - Kein allzu schlechtes Angebot
- 202 - Intuition
- 203 - Abschiedsgeschenk
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Tristan "TriMa" Mangold (ANF)
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IRC: New #AmigaFun homepage
Tristan Mangold writes:
Today the new #AmigaFun homepage has gone online.
Despite some display errors with AWeb and some unsupported
HTML tags with IBrowse, the page is displayed nearly identical everywhere.
#AmigaFun is an IRC channel which is at home on the Phat Net servers.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Czech Amiga News
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Event: Extreme Computing Festival 2002 on 9th June
On 9th June 2002 the "Extreme Computing Festival 2002" will be held
in London. This event offers a wide variety of themes from self-constructed
robots over retro video games and Community Wireless Networking up to
Japanese junk food. The Amiga sector will be represented by
CAPS (The Classic Amiga Preservation Society).
CAPS is an organisation which has made it its objective to collect and
preserve Amiga originals, especially games.
CAPS will present itself and hand out a limited number of free copies of
"Abandoned Places 2". Furthermore there will be a couple of Amiga games
for playing on location.
Further information about this event and the list of exhibitors (a.o. also
from the C64 sector) are available through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Martin Blom (Amithlon-ML)
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Amithlon: Enforcer clone
Martin Blom (AHI) has developed an Enforcer clone for Amithlon.
The tool can generate 680x0 as well as x86 hits. Amongst its
features are:
- 680x0 and x86 hits.
- Reporting of read access to page 0 (with the natural exception of Exec Base address 4).
- Support for SegTracker.
Enforcer is a debugging tool for Amiga computers for recognising illegal or unwanted
memory access.
Download: run_elf-1.6.lha
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Ruben Monteiro (Amiga Open-ML)
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AmigaDE: Ogg Vorbis decoder "jorbis" (Java)
According to Ruben Monteiro in the Amiga Open mailing list, the Ogg
Vorbis decoder "jorbis",
which has been programmed in Java, runs under AmigaDE.
This decoder decodes the Ogg Vorbis audio stream into a file. For
replay, an additional sound player is needed. Note: The player
on the Jorbis site needs JavaSound and doesn't run under AmigaDE
at the moment.
The Ogg Vorbis format is an
Open Source audio format which is an alternative to MP3.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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