10.May.2002
ANN (ANF)
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VGR: GUI Screenshots of the first Amiga USB-Stack
Under the title link one may be awed by the first pictures of USB-Stack Poseidon in alpha version. There is not a lot of informative text on the page, but one can get an idea of the nature and state of the stack from the screenshots.
First mices and keyboards, then cameras (web and digital), hubs, printers and other gizmos can be used and easily configured.
Poseidon runs on Subway (A1200), Highway (ZorroII) as well as GREX PCI-
USB-controller, and the internal USB connection of the Pegasos. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.May.2002
Kilian Servais (ANF)
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Issue 98 of the Freeware-Magazine NoCover Appears
Today NoCover 98 appeared. In addition to a diverse range of articles there's also naturally the new edition of AmigaAktuell on board. To explore this issue you have the option of going to the APC&TCP homepage, Aminet (docs/mags - with a bit of delay), or by email direct from Kilian Servais. Free email-abos are of course possible all the time. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.May.2002
Stefan Falke (ANF)
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EZP@gerNG Plugin-SDK Appearances
The Software Developer Kit (SDK) shows in what ways the external call-service plugins may be programmed, in order to send EZP@gerNG over a Web gateway. This is a way for EZP@gerNG broadcasts to not only be sent over the built-in or bundled services and protocols, but also for any service that has an associated plugin.
Near the documentation of these programming excerpts the SDK demonstrates the use of the ezhttp.library and the different functions of a simple HTTP communication, as might be used in the loading of a web-page or the sending of forms.
The SDK is available in download section.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.May.2002
AmiWest
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Event: AmiWest 2002 Date Stands Firm
The date of this year's Amiga show in California 'Amiwest 2002' has been nailed down: 27-28 July, 2002. The show will be held in a Holiday Inn in Sacramento. The price of admission will vary between $12 and $20.
On top of that there's a banquet with guest speakers (we're still arranging who) scheduled for Saturday at 7 PM, at a price of $35.
Interested exhibitors may find further information here. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.May.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: News about Action-Strategy Game ´Schlachtfeld´
Amiga Society writes: "There are some new things in Schlachtfeld: Eddy has delivered a few unique things in the textures. This allows an optimized 256 color palette to be displayed. The new pictures are then placed online once again. For all of you who now say "256 colors aren't enough..." there will certainly be more colors available in some later phase. But now is the time to raise high Peter's old motto: the game should run on "any" AGA machine. And for that we have a restriction to the old version. A new alpha is well within reach - it'll be presented as before without a lot of publicity. We hope to have a new Beta very soon!" (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.May.2002
Amiga Society
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Amiga Society: Little Book of Amiga Software Updated
The 'Little Book of Amiga Software' has been updated. There are a few new inclusions and an improved game listing. A list of utility programs is being worked on.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.May.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 09.05.2002)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which were formerly meant only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated:
- 09.05.02 new: Ugh! (PlayByte/Ego Software) done by Asman
- 09.05.02 new: North Sea Inferno (Parsec Software) done by Psygore
- 08.05.02 improved: Zone Warrior (Electronic Arts) faster loading
- 08.05.02 new: Lethal Zone (Infernal Byte System) done by Bored Seal
- 08.05.02 improved: Future Shock (Amiga Fun) minor changes
- 06.05.02 improved: The Sword and the Rose (Code Masters) music fixed, packable
- 06.05.02 new: Kamikaze (Codemasters) done by Codetapper
- 06.05.02 improved: Crackdown (U.S.Gold) misc changes
- 06.05.02 improved: Deja Vu (Anarchy) misc fixes
- 04.05.02 new: Warzone (Paradox Software) done by Codetapper
(ps)
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10.May.2002
Amiga Inc.
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Engine 'Inga' to Be Ported to All Amiga Platforms by Computer City
The graphic adventure engine ´Inga´ from Inutilis
is going to be ported to all Amiga platforms by Computer City.
INGA stands for INutilis Graphic Adventure and is an engine for graphic adventures in the style of Monkey Island 3. It was to have been developed solely for the game Ermentrud, however it should serve as a basis for all interested developers who don't want to reinvent the wheel. Whoever wants to see Inga in action can download the demo of Ermentrud and try it out.
You'll find the complete press release under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.May.2002
Amiga Inc.
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Amiga Inc. Website Shows a New Face
The website of Amiga Inc. has been completely rearranged and divided into four sections. From the top page, one may now select from 'Amiga Anywhere', 'AMIGAOS', 'AMIGA Corporate' and 'AMIGA support network'.
Under the graphic ´AMIGAOS´ the layout hasn't changed. Under ´AMIGA Corporate´ the old Amiga Inc. homepage may be found. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.May.2002
Vinnny (E-Mail)
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Magazin: PowerAmiga #6
Team PowerAmiga released next issue of Russian-speaking magazine
"PowerAmiga".
Download: PowerAmiga6.lzx
(ps)
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10.May.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Matrox G1000 offered - including OS4 Support (Update)
The graphic card manufacturer Matrox appears to intend to introduce the new product "Matrox G1000" on the 14th of May. The first listings of the technical specifications are shown on many different hardware-oriented websites:
matrox.jpg,
text.
On ANN Ben Hermans (Hyperion) opened up speculation about whether OS4 drivers would be available for this card: "Oh, you can really trust in the existence of this card. The thing totally creams the Geforce 4. We saw it in action... yeah, OS4 will support this card. But not right away, modern architecture of this type requires Warp3D V5 ("Nova")... This card is lightyears ahead of the other stuff on the market. The only thing that even comes close to it is the P10 from 3DLabs. I'm just happy that I can finally let the cat out of the bag."
Update:
Ben Hermans, the project leader of OS4 found his ANN remarks on several different news forums (see below links); his Matrox G1000 "chatter" was quoted. Apparently Ben was the first to actually see this card. There was speculation that the remarks were really an attack on the nVidia-Imperium, but Hermans disagreed with that in a new ANN posting (that maintained the truthfulness of his earlier comments).
OSNews.com: Matrox G1000 Information Leaked
The Register: Amiganauts rave over Matrox G1000
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.May.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Astronomy: First Developer Snapshot for Digital Almanac III
As was announced last week, the first developer snapshot for Digital Almanac III may be downloaded from its homepage (see title link). This update is a beta but it is fully usable! It provides a preview of a possible OS 4 version.
Because of the increased requirements this update may only be used by owners of the appropriate hardware and software (see the homepage for details).
The following features have arrived:
- Hertzsprung-Russel diagram.
- Renewed data banks for parallax data (distancing) and improved stellar information and online infos.
- Animations mode (save) are only still QuickTime or AVI. The animations frames are not shown to scale.
- Reworked toolbar icons from Martin "Mason" Merz.
- New GUI layout.
- Dynamic caching of stellar data, in order to build the cards quicker.
- "Low memory handler" for when memory runs out.
I'm asking each user of the update to send feedback!
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.May.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: Blitz2_Examples for Download
An archive of example source codes has been available for download on Amiforce for a short time now. This archive is based on the original Blitz2_Exampledisk. The following alterations were made:
- Completely everything in Glowicons.
- Icon-Info adapted for Ab2 and Co.
- Docs were fully translated into German.
- Remarks in the source codes were partially translated.
- Diverse adaptations were made on a few of the source codes.
A majority of the sources were tested with Ab2 and were required to run smoothly. This is another step to bring beginners closer to Ab2. More projects are coming. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.May.2002
Thilo Köhler (ANF)
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Audio: Samplemanager 0.12 Update
The audio sample processing tool Samplemanager has now reached version 0.12.
A few of the improvements:
- Support for 24bit AIFF/WAV files
- The paths account for the data requester properly
- Better V/U level meter
- The Window for the realtime effects stays open as the effects are used
- Small bugfixes
Samplemanager 0.12 may be downloaded from Aminet or the HD-Rec Homepage under "others."
Download: Samplemanager012.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.May.2002
Fr3dY's Amiga Web Page
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Fr3dY's Software: RipMIME v1.2.16.11 and UnRTF v0.18.1
RipMIME Version 1.2.16.11 is a tool for the extraction of MIME attachments, such as those found in emails.
UnRTF Version 0.18.1 is still in the alpha stage. It is a very complicated tool that may be used to convert RTF data in HTML, LaTeX or Postscript. Up until now tables, fonts, colors, embedded pictures, hyperlinks, line breaks and much more have been supported.
Both programs are available for download in AmigaOS and MorphOS versions. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.May.2002
WinUAE (ANF)
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Emulator: New WinUAE Features in View
The developers of WinUAE, the Amiga emulator for Windows, are offering the following new features:
- Graphic output while using OpenGL with configurable sizes/weakness signs and scanlines.
- Full joystick/mouse configuration (full keyboard configuration will be implemented later).
- Elimination of "border bugs" (Superfrog, Exile etc..)
- Internal support of ZIP und GZIP archives.
- Improved support of xdms.exe, now DMS archives may be utilized.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.May.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena - Interview with Marius Schwarz
A short while ago a new IRC client debuted: "BenderIRC." The first release of this client was able to square off against competitors such as "AmIRC" and "BlackIRC" through a configurable GUI and a plugin system.
Marius "Cyborg" Schwarz talked with Amiga Arena about the development of BenderIRC, IRC channels, Amiga, and what we may expect in the future. The interview (in German) is viewable here.
Amiga Arena comment by Olaf Köbnik:
"I read some of comments about BenderIRC in the forums, and I want to appeal to you all that at the end of the day it depends on us if these new programs will be developed any further. Programmers are guided by bug reports and constructive suggestions. That's something only we, the users, can provide.
If one enjoys a particular program, she or he should send a short email to the developer, because without that it can very quickly occur that without this feedback the program gets tucked away on the shelf. The Amiga developers are already too few. Lets make an effort to keep the communication going, and surely more people will." (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.May.2002
Amiga Future
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Amiga Future: Translation of the GetBoinged Interview with Jarno van der Linden
Under the title link you'll find the German translation of the interview with Jarno van Linden. The original (English) is by Get Boinged and is dated 2nd May, 2002. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.May.2002
Fr3dY's Amiga Web Page
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Fr3dY's Software: wvWare V0.7.2 and Anubis V2.0.0
The tool wvWare has been updated to version 0.7.2. With this program you're able
to convert MS-Word files to HTML or ASCII.
The anonymous mailer Anubis supports WinGate, TSL/SSL connections,
anonymous remailer, News Postings and is now in version 2.0.0 available.
Both programs are ready for download as a version for AmigaOS and for MorphOS.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.May.2002
Apex Designs
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Game: Payback - New Status Report And New Maps
Apex Designs has posted the second status report
(including screenshots) on the progress of the Intent conversion of
Payback. Also, three maps
(one new, two updated) have been added to the
Extra Maps Page.
(ps)
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07.May.2002
Fun Time World (ANF)
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Fun Time World: Distribution of Frogger&SoftCinema quicker now
Some users who ordered Frogger or SoftCinema are still waiting for delivery.
Unfortunately we had to stop the distribution short-dated to look for a better solution.
The former kind of distribution has taken too much time and therefore wasn't to handle anymore.
We had the choice either to stop the distribution at all or to think about a better solution.
After some talk with the developer we found an alternative possibility to maintain the distribution
and to deliver the software quicker than before.
Everyone who ordered software from us but hasn't received it, has been informed by us about the next steps.
New orders will now regulary be sent within the next three days, but also often within the same day.
With Frogger and SoftCinema you will get video/animation player set which is capable of playing mostly all known formats.
The development of that software still continues so there will be steadily new updates, which will include not only new features but also significant speed increasements.
The player set is time limited available at our old page (title link), the new site is expected to be online from May, the 13th 2002.
Of course there are orders per e-mail possible as well. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Full version of "LOG!C"
With the permission from Jochen Heizmann
(Sounder of games like Flyin High, T-Zero, Samba Partie, Space Station 3000)
the Amiga Arena brings you the Mind/Puzzle game "LOG!C".
LOG!C has a playfield width and height of 14 units. At the right stones in
a 3*3 field appeared. The player must try to copy this formation of stones
to the 14*14 playfield, by setting the stones with the mouse. And trym that
you`re enemy can`t set his formation!!! The game stops, if the time is over,
if one player doesn`t have a stone at all or if it`s not possible to copy anything.
LOG!C was published by APC/TCP and thanks to Andreas Magerl for the permission too!
(ps)
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07.May.2002
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)
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Jobs at "Ermentrud"
We are still urgently looking for assistants for the graphic adventure "Ermentrud"!
Firstly we are still looking for an animation graphics artist! There has been no response after my last claim!!
There should be somebody who feels perfect for that!?
Secondly there is still need for a colorist for background pictures.
There are detailed descriptions at this site
http://www.inutilis.de/software/jobs.html (there you' re able to download example pictures)...
· Animation graphics artist
Ermentrud will have loads of animations (persons). The animation graphics artist's task is to create animations from existing fixed images. Graphics are made within a closed 64 colour palette.
For candidacy please send animations of walking, with 8 frames each, made from these
fixed images.
· Colorist
The background pictures drawn be made with pencils and then they will be scaned.
We are looking for someone who might help with the coloration. The pictures should
be colorated in that kind that the original drawings will not be painted over but
will be colored. Therefore a graphic processor with layers is required (e.g. Photogenics).
This example
shows how it should look like (of course without the white areas!).
For cancidacy please colorize
this picture!
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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07.May.2002
Michael Dietrich (ANF)
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New LDDCheck in the works
Michael Dietrich writes:
Have created a home page for LDDCheck by way of a sub domain!
Though this home page isn't finished yet (e.g. download), this will
become the new Internet page for LDDCheck!
I need help, please, as I have to update the lists.
So, please send new versions of libraries, datatypes and devs to me
via e-mail, or
ICQ UIN: 107370055
Thank you very much for your assistance.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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07.May.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)
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Tips&Tricks: PPC-Crashes?
Does a PPC application freeze on you from time to time, or your whole computer
crashes while you are playing a current game on the PPC? If so, you can find a
suggestion for a solution by Mirko Naumann behind the title link. (ps) (Translation: cb)
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07.May.2002
Amiga Future
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Commodore/Amiga Fanpage celebrates first birthday
Patric Klöter, maintainer of the Commodore/Amiga Fanpage, has written a short retrospect on the occasion of the web site's first birthday, and also speaks out on his plans for the web site's future.
Congratulations! (ps)
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07.May.2002
clickBOOM
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clickBOOM: 666 for PPC-Amiga announced
As announced in the most recent S-File, clickBOOM have today on schedule disclosed details
of the first game. The game is 666, which would
most likely be labelled 3D-Action-Adventure, and is clickBOOM's own development.
Supposedly 666 is to contain many untypical twists, and is planned for release for Power-PC Amiga,
Mac and Windows in the third quarter of 2003. clickBOOM are still looking for games programmers.
Sofia Tsiotsikas, public relations officer at clickBOOM, also addresses the rumours that clickBOOM
was to be bought out by a large video game company, but clickBOOM decided against the takeover to
stay independent.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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06.May.2002
kdh news (ANF)
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USB card HIGHWAY available from 31.05.2002
The USB card HIGHWAY will be general available on May, 31st 2002 and will be distributed by KDH Datentechnik. This is the first time that Amiga users can connect and use modern USB devices in connection with their classic Amigas.
HIGHWAY is a Zorro II USB card and comes with an integrated 4-port-hub. The user has the possibility to connect up to four USB devices without the need for an additional hub. In addition, the HIGHWAY card can be expanded by the new 10Mbit ethernet modul NORWAY
without wasting an additional Zorro slot. A compatibility list for Zorro-boards and Zorro-cards can be found here.
The boards have been developed and manufactured by E3B (Michael Boehmer). The worldwide distribution is done by KDH Datentechnik and your local Amiga dealer will have the cards in stock by end of May.
The scope of delivery includes the USB software stack Poseidon by Chris Hodges. Drivers for USB mice, keyboard and parallel interface (printers) and mass storage devices (SCSI-emulation: e.g. flashcard-reader, ZIP-devices, digicams following the MSD-standard) will be shipped in addition to the HIGHWAY card without any additional cost. More drivers (webcam, digicam and printers) are being developed right now by third party companies.
We do support the development of the Amiga OS4.0 contained USB-stack by providing the USB cards HIGHWAY and SUBWAY.
Both cards serve as a reference-hardware for the software-development and will be directly supported by OS4.0. Alternatively it will be possible to use the provided Poseidon stack.
(ps)
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06.May.2002
RekoNet
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Game: New Klondike-cardsets at RekoNet
There are some new cardsets for Klondike available at RekoNet, a collection of programs, cardsets and links for or dealing with Klondike by Reko-Productions.
Details:
- New - Elfstars cardset by Allan Rasmussen
- New - AnnaK2 and KWitt cardsets by Andreas Sauer
- Update of AS-Solitaire by Andreas Sauer
- New - seven new cardsets by Mogwai
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.May.2002
Bright Light Software
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AC97Mixer Version 1.8 for Amithlon SB 128 sound card
Frank Fenn released version 1.8 of the AC97Mixer for Amithlon SB 128 sound cards. This release supports the ES1370, ES1371 and CT5880 chipsets. The program lets you control the volume and balance of MASTER, AUX, CD, PCM and MUTE.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.May.2002
A.D.A.
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A.D.A.: New Demos from Mekka Symposium 2002 online
"Phew, we're back. Had a bit of problems with hosting and design took longer than
expected. It's still not finished but I decided to update the site anyway. This
time, added 4 productions from Mekka Symposium 2002. We start with the nice demo
from Reason called Mind Matter Electricity, then we have the technically stunning
64k from Loonies called The Castle. We continue with the stunning demo Little
Nell/TBL and we finish with the absolutely fab and rocking hard 64k intro from
Potion called Planet Potion.
Added extra screenshots for the following productions: Choke/Spaceballs (+6),
Electricity/Appendix(+3), Flux/Ephidrena(+3), Hazchemix/Amnesty(+3), Melba/Appendix(+3),
Raybong/Loveboat(+3), Retrospectacular/Contraz(+5), Ride on our enemies/Skarla(+2),
Spellbound/Loveboat(+2) and Wildlife/Abyss(+2).
V A N Q U I S H did 2 banners to put on your website if you want to link us (be sure
to check out the sinusscroller with starfield and coppereffect banner). Check them
out at extras page.
Expect more frequent updates in the future again and more stunning demos from the best
demo archive ever."
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.May.2002
Greg Donner
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Greg Donner: OS 3.9 FAQ - installation tips updated
On May 3rd, 2002 Greg Donner has updated his
OS 3.9 FAQ installation tips.
Gregory S. Donner releases on his private English Amiga website uncountable
interesting information about the Amiga and updates his website regularly.
In the area 'Workbench Nostalgia' for example you can find information
beginning with the first Workbench up to the just released information
regarding AmigaOS 4.0.
Comprehensive FAQs for AmigaOS 3.5 and 3.9 and reviews invite for reading
as well as detailed information about different hardware components.
(ps)
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06.May.2002
Amig@lien (ANF)
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Event: Computerrevolution 2002 Video and first pictures
Amig@lien published a first video and some pictures of the Computerrevolution 2002 convention. More pictures will follow soon.
The Amig@lien-team would like to say thank you to all visitors and all the supporters of this convention.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.May.2002
Cerpheus (ANF)
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FOM: The Elite Experience-Workbench Theme
There is a new workbench theme available at the download area of the title
link. This theme contains backgrounds for the WB, windows, MUI and AmiDock.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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05.May.2002
Czech Amiga News
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Instant Messenger: STRICQ-GUI (ReAction) released 4 May
On 4 May 2002 Glenn Hisdal released a new version of ReAction-GUI for the
Instant Messenger
StrICQ V2. This GUI is an alternative
to MUI-GUI of StrICQ. Compared to the previous version the following
modifications were made:
- Added more info to the send/write message windows.
- Preferences are saved on exit.
- Status is read from preference file on startup.
(If you are online when quitting the program, you will be logged on automatically.)
- Fixed some bugs (not that I think it will help those who couldn't get it running.
STRICQ-GUI should run from AmigaOS (it was only tested on AmigaOS V3.9)
and it needs StrICQ V2.8.1. The installation is described in
Readme.
Download: stricq-gui-ra.lha,
Readme
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
PixelArt (E-Mail)
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Tool: Pixload V1.71.C
Version V1.71.C of 'Pixload' has been published.
Just like Amidock the tool enables you to start programs and scripts via an
icon by means of MUI.
In this version bugs have been fixed. The tool needs
Rxmui V26+.
Further information about the tool can be found at
news from 2 May 2002
Download: Pixload-1.71c.zip
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05.May.2002
Steffen Schiller (ANF)
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Event: MPEG video about the Computer Revolution 2002
Steffen Schiller writes:
From now on a MPEG video is ready for download (approx. 37 MB) on our
homepage.
The short film was shot at the party 'Computer Revolution 2002', which took
place in Herrenwalde/Zittauer Gebirge last weekend.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank the organizer Amigalien for
this nice user meeting.
AMIGA Oberlausitz
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05.May.2002
www.amiga-hardware.com (ANF)
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Big Book of Amiga Hardware updated
The 'Big Book of Amiga Hardware' has been updated. Approximately 40 updates
can be found via the title link under 'Recent Updates'.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
Amiga-Society
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Amiga Society: Various Updates
From the Amiga Society web site:
The hardware page has been updated - unfortunately not yet in German.
But this might change in May.
The software page has been improved and new entries have been added.
But we could really need some help here.
The book page is also progressing slowly...soon you'll certainly find
information about Amiga books on this page.
Any news about Schlachtfeld (Battlefield)? I'm not sure about this.
More and more patterns are being created in order to build a good level.
The latest units are a little weak at the moment but I hope that the
parts will come in soon. Not to mention a new Alpha or even Beta.
Let's hope for the best!
LATEST UPDATES: 04.05.2002 - updates for the Little Book;
16.04.2002 - updates for Ian's Big Book of Amiga Hardware;
04.05.2002 - Several small updates
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05.May.2002
AnandTech
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3D: 3DLabs' P10 VPU - When a CPU & GPU collide
On 3 May 2002 an English article about P10-VPU (Visual Processing Unit)
by 3DLabs was published at AnandTech.
As a 3D processor this VPU exceeds the previous possibilities of the GPUs
(Vertex, Pixel-Shader) and is supposed to be more easily programmed.
The article describes the basic architecture of P10-VPU and compares
it to GeForce4.
The article doesn't talk about the command setting of VPU. Some information
about this is included in the Heise newsticker news:
'Graphic processor for everything'.
The chip is supposed to contain more than 200 SIMD units and it can support
complex operations such as loops and subroutines, which the current Vertex
and Pixel-Shaders cannot do.
Appendix 05.05.2002:
press release about VPU by 3DLabs from 3 May 2002. (sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
Schatztruhe (Announce-ML)
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Aminet Set #12
On 2 May 2002 'Aminet Set #12' was released by
Schatztruhe. This set
contains the Aminet CDs #44 up to #47 as a bundle and completely unchanged.
The set includes 3 gigabyte software in almost 2,750 archives.
It also contains the complete versions of Genetic Species,
Extreme 2.0, Virtual Karting 2 as well as the complete Amiga Future
web site.
Note:
From 16 May until 2 June Schatztruhe / GTI are on holiday. Any orders
or enquiries during this period can only be dealt with after 2 June.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
ANN
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Game: Maim & Mangle is being developed again
The 3D strategy game
"Maim & Mangle" is being
developed again. Under the title link a new web site has been set up where
you can find information about the game. (sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
amiga.org
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Magazine: The Crypt #23
On 3 May 2002 issue 23 'The Dragons Lair' of the English
online magazine 'The Crypt' was published. The issue deals with myths and
legends about dragons from around the world. With regard to Amiga
'The Dragons Lair' focuses on AmigaOS 4 with the latest press releases.
PC-articles, jokes, recipes, puzzles and other contributions are included.
Download: Online23.zip - HTML-Verion
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04.May.2002
Ricco Clemens (email)
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Event: Computer revolution 2002 web cam
As known takes this weekend the Computer revolution 2002 place.
On the party site (title link) you can watch the party via a web cam.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.May.2002
Ricco Clemens (email)
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Game: new Freespace MODs
On the Amiga Freespace homepage have three new missions as well as
a general update been released. Additionally has the FAQ list got an update.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.May.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Astronomy: news about Digital Almanac
Achim Stegemann wrote:
Because of the results of the poll held by me regarding Digital Almanac and OS4
I have taken according measures regarding the code of Digital Almanac.
The following has been removed or tightened:
- Only modern upgraded Amigas will be supported (FPU, graphics board >16 Bit,
at least 32 MB RAM, OS 3.9).
- Program functions that were not of interest for the customers have been
removed (external telescope control, VSOP87 planets theory).
- MPEG animation has been removed as this is too much for the Amiga regarding
its capacity.
This is new:
- Implementation of the Hipparcos stars catalogue as cross index.
- Improved data about stars parallaxes of almost 100,000 stars.
- Improved star ephemerides, Hertzsprung-Russel diagram.
- Improved GUI. Many single functions have been integrated in a page
orientated window and sorted by topics (see MUI prefs, STRICQ etc).
- Automation of some settings that had to be done by hand before.
- Animation size independant of screen size.
- ... and some more things.
About the implementation of an ARexx interface is still not decided. But in case of an
implementation shall the communication not only be done from ARexx in direction of the program but an ARexx script shall also be able to receive
data from the program (via so called STEM variables). But ARexx will only be
implemented if there's an big enough interest by the users existing.
Soon I'll upload the first beta snapshot of the new DA3 version to the net.
Further information as well as screenshots of the most important visual changes
can be taken from the DA3 site (title link). (ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.May.2002
Titan Computer
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Titan Computer: screenshots of Motionstudio
On the Motionstudio page of Titan Computer you can find new screenshots
of Motionstudio. Motionstudio is a new software for video cutting exclusively
for MorphOS. Some of the outstanding features are for example freely definable
particles effects that can be applied to every b-w mask, 40 video effects, a very
intuitive GUI and much more.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.May.2002
Andreas Magerl (email)
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Amiga Future: issue #36 released
Today has the issue #36 May/June 2002 of the print magazine Amiga Future been
released. That means that all orders are sent. A sinlge issue can
still be ordered.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.May.2002
ANN
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Temple Of Technology: Interview with Fleecy Moss
Under the title link you will find an interview with Fleecy Moss,
CTO from Amiga Inc. made by Vidar Langberget from Temple Of Technology.
Link for readers with non Amiga browsers: Link.
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04.May.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Delfina Flipper: Technical changes
The preparations for the sound card "Delfina Flipper Edition" have
reached the last phase before production. Some technical details had
to be changed in order to keep the announced price.
Here are the most important changes:
A cable for connection to the A1200 clockport will not be included.
A connection kit will be available separately for 10,- EUR. To use the
Midi-ports, a separate cable is necessary. It's a standard Midi cable
that is also used by PC sound cards, and it will not be included with
the Delfina Flipper. It can be ordered separately for 9,- EUR.
Pre-orders for the Delfina are taken by your reseller.
(ps)
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