26.Apr.2002
Matthias Münch (ANF)
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Jabberwocky now OpenSource
Jabberwocky which is a Jabber client for Amiga is now OpenSource. Tom Parker and Matthias Münch have resumed the development. An appropriate project has been created on SourceForge. You can find the links on the Jabberwocky homepage (title link).
For that we are looking for several graphics, sounds and guides in different languages to put them to the archive. If there are people who are interested in then please contact us under jabberwocky@amigaworld.de.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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26.Apr.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Full version of Breed96 version 1.3
One of the "most wanted" shareware games of the Amiga Arena was Breed96 by Damian Tarnawsky. It took a long time to make a free version possible but now Breed96 is available for free download in version 1.3!
Breed96 belongs to the best shareware games which has been developed for the Amiga and it should be commercially distributed by Vulcan Software after the developer Damian Tarnawsky worked three months on the next part Breed2000. But Breed2000 was never published by Vulcan Software.
Breed96 is a space colonisation game with elements from Sim City, Reunion and Deuteros. You have to build up your colony and to produce ore, food and buildings. You have to manage famines, attacks of Aliens and similar problems as well as explore and populate planets or leading wars.
Hints:
Damian Tarnawsky has not got the original version of Breed96 and therefore with his permission the cracked (keyfile) version 1.3 is available! Should be there anybody who has got a keyfile or the full version of Breed96 1.3b then please contact me! Thanks!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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26.Apr.2002
Cj-Stroker (ANF)
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Amiforce: Amiblitz version 2.26 available
From today on you can download the updated archive of Amiblitz version 2.26 under the title link.
Soon you cal also download it from the Aminet (already uploaded). Now there is also a German version of the following components:
- Amiblitz 2.26 (compiler)
- PED 2.26 (editor)
- Amiblitz2.readme
- Amiblitz2faq.txt
- Amiblitzhistory.txt
In order to get the German version you only simply have to rename the file PED_ger to PED. Then you start AmiBlitz2_ger and the German version will be opened.
Of course the English version is still always part of the archive.
For a problem-free work with Amiblitz 2.26 and PED 2.26 you should also install the disassembler.library which is part of the MMUlib-package (available on Aminet). But Amiblitz do work without this library. A requester will remind you to install it. ;-)
Direct download link: MMULib.lha.
For the information of further changes and bug fixes please read the history which is a component of the archive.
Besides a mailinglist there is also a forum for interested people. Please also visit http://www.blitz-2000.co.uk for a big archive of Blitz2-material and much more. Thanks a lot to Bernd Roesch who made the realization possible.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2002
Eyetech
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Eyetech: Mailing List for Dealers Established
Eyetech has established a mailing list for dealers who want to offer the Amiga One. To get added to the list send an email to a1dealerapp@eyetech.co.uk.
Under the title link you will find a list of dealers who have already ordered boards. Further the terms are explained to all prospective dealers. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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25.Apr.2002
Heise [Newsticker]
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Hot: Warnings About Defective Mastheads on Websites
As was already reported,
many people who offer homepages are unaware that the new (German)
Teledienstegesetz (TDG) and Mediendienste-Staatsvertrags (MDStV) laws
mandate a masthead, an identifying banner at the top.
There have been hot reports about the first series of warnings over
missing or absent mastheads. In these cases, which number about 1000,
primarily commercial websites have been warned. But the step to private
websites is not far behind.
Click on the title link for the hot article.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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25.Apr.2002
AMIGAplus
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Xonio: Test: Sharp Zaurus SL-5500g - Challenger with Linux
Fans of the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500g PDAs will find a comprehensive test by Xonio. In this test the equipment and the experience (fun with crosses and loops) are explored. Additionally there is a table with detailed information and a summary.
»The end of the idyll is near: Palm begins to fall from its comfortable market position, and the PDA dealers begin to move towards Pocket PC 2002, putting trust in the name of the desktop monopolist Microsoft. But Sharp is a manufacturer that has the power to establish Linux in the PDA market. "Zaurus" is the first strike, and Sharp has the tools to hype it, if there are no blemishes to be found on the lovely portrait.«
The complete article is under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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25.Apr.2002
AMIGAplus
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Emulator: New Features in Development for WinUAE
The developer of the Amiga emulator for Windows "WinUAE" is preparing to offer the following new features:
- Internal support for ZIP and GZIP archives
- Improved support of xdms.exe, that will allow reading of DMS floppy disk image archives
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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25.Apr.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 24.04.2002)
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:
- 24.04.02 new: Wild West World (Software 2000) done by Wepl
- 24.04.02 new: Elvira 2 - The Jaws of Cerberus (Horrorsoft/Accolade) done by Wepl
- 24.04.02 improved: Archon (Electronic Arts) install package shorten
- 23.04.02 new: Dracula (Psygnosis) done by Bored Seal
- 23.04.02 improved: PGA European Tour (The Dome/Ocean) support for CD³² version added, fast mem support
- 23.04.02 new: Total Eclipse (Incentive Software/Domark) done by Codetapper
- 23.04.02 fixed: Odyssey (Audiogenic) access fault removed
- 23.04.02 new: Heavy Metal (Access) done by Bored Seal
- 23.04.02 new: Driller (Incentive Software/Domark) done by Codetapper
- 23.04.02 new: Dark Side (Incentive Software/Domark) done by Codetapper
- 22.04.02 improved: Test Drive (Accolade) no longer needs s/startup-sequence
- 22.04.02 fixed: Lotus 3 (Magnetic Fields/Gremlin) bugs removed
- 17.04.02 improved: Elvira - Mistress of the Dark (Horrorsoft/Accolade) higher mouse speed, docs added
(ps)
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25.Apr.2002
Celso (ANF)
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Microsoft reports the Debut of AA Entertainment Pack (Update)
Microsoft too finds the debut of Amiga Entertainment Pack #1 to be a newsworthy event.
Also:
More articles on this subject:
PC-Tip: Amiga games on compact Flash Cards for Windows PocketPCs
Xonio: Amiga games for Pocket PCs
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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24.Apr.2002
Thomas Unger (E-Mail)
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Three news at THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES
- The webpages based distribution on CD-ROM about history, persons, models, clones, specials, peripherie, operating systems and support of the Amiga is now available in version V2.0.
The massive growth in volume, especially caused by the update to ´Amiga Interactive Guide- 5th anniversary edition´ from Gareth Knight
(13/03/2002), created the necessity for the transition to a double-CD.
Belatedly: Congratulations Gareth!
The PDF manual collection were taken out to the second CD.
All news, updates, the release history and requirements are to find within the ReadMe.
Price and shipment kept unchanged
- THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES introduces its new homepage.
- The home page has been extended with a further online service:
Amiga-Ethernet with bridgeboard and an ISA network card. This tutorial detailly describes how ISA network cards can be used.
Sure: Not trivial at all. These screenshots and background information, chapter by chapter, might also be suitable for "non freaks" to finish (hopefully) the installation of the hard- and software.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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24.Apr.2002
AMIGAplus
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DTP: PageStream version 4.1.3.4
There has been an update for PageStream to version 4.1.3.4
released. The update is available for Amiga, Macintosh and Windows.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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24.Apr.2002
Golem - IT News
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Golem: ELSA after all to close down
»The closure of ELSA AG's business very probable now.
The continuance of ELSA AG is very unlikely, according to the result of the company's insovancy trustee, lawyer Thomas Georg.
After examination of the insovency request he came to the result that the company is insovent and hevily in debt.
«
For the complete article follow the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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24.Apr.2002
Heise Newsticker (ANF)
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Event: 3rd Retrocomputer-festival in Munich
This weekend there will be the
3rd Retrocomputer-festival in Munich.
Probably there will be an exhibition about the history of the Amiga as well.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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24.Apr.2002
ANN
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Jon Niemima: Interview with Ben Hermans
Following the title link you will find an English interview with Ben
Hermans of Hyperion
from April, the 23rd 2002. The interview was made by the Finn
Jon Niemima. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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24.Apr.2002
Marc Gutzwiller (ANF)
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ORF Teletext: AmigaOS 4.0 - First pictures
At the teletext page 462 of the Austrian TV ORF
I discovered the following notice:
»AMIGA OS 4: FIRST PICTURES
After the anouncement of the new Amiga platform AmigaOne the company Hyperion,
OS-development partner of Amiga Inc., has released first sreenshots of OS 4 now.
Those pictures should give a first impression for the new OS but do not represent the finished look.
According to Hyperion this look was generated not through patches but with system functions.« (ps) (Translation: ub)
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24.Apr.2002
Felix Schwarz (ANF)
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VHI-drivers for USB-digicams and USB-webcams
We are very happy to announce that VHI-drivers for USB-digicams and USB-webcams
will soon be available.
It will soon be possible to also use more recent cameras with VHI Studio and benefit
from all its advantages. In contrast to a USB-card reader VHI Studio communicates
directly with the camera via the VHI driver. This opens up completly new possibilities
to the user, making it possible to create timelapse-animations, use the digital camera
as a webcam, make changes to internal settings via a comfortable user interface, correct
pictures using its correction-tools or just creating a quick overview of the pictures
in the camera.
Supported USB-webcams will be handled like a videoboard in VHI Studio.
In the last few weeks we´ve extended the VHI-standard and made the required changes
to VHI Studio to support USB. As the development of at least two API-incompatible USB-stacks
(Poseidon by Chris Hodges (for Highway/Subway, MorphOS, maybe Amithlon) and the USB Stack
contained in AmigaOS 4.0) on the AMIGA-market is forseeable, we furthermore have created
a stack-independant layer (called IOUSB) between the driver and the respective USB-stack
that will ensure support for the different systems.
Thanks to a close cooperation with E3B
(hardware of Highway/Subway) and Chris Hodges
(author of Poseidon) the support for Poseidon is already complete. Support for AmigaOS 4.0 and its
stack will be added when the development of AmigaOS 4.0 has completed. We´re already in contact
with the AmigaOS 4.0-developerteam, so that adapted drivers should be available from us for the
release of AmigaOS 4.0.
The first driver, which will support the Kodak®-Digicams DC 240, DC 280, DC 3400 and DC 5000,
currently undergoes final betatests with Poseidon.
Development of drivers for other devices will depend on the demands of the market. We therefore
have created a little poll and would appreciate a high number of participants.
To the poll (ps)
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24.Apr.2002
AFUA
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AFUA: French Amiga usergroup has been visiting Thendic (Update)
Bertrand Presles, president of the French
usergroup AFUA (Association Française des Utilisateurs
d'Amiga) has been visiting Thendic in Paris on April, the 23rd 2002 and was talking with
Bill Buck, Rakesh and Sharwin (Coyote Flux) and several other employees
about MorphOS, Pegasos and the other products distributed by Thendic.
Some pictures, a movie and an English report are to find following the title link,
of course that one is also available in French.
Thendic is the company, that will distribute BPlan´s Pegasos board;
further information you might find with our interview which is available in
German and
English.
Update:
Because the server of AFUA wasn´t capable of the run on it Bertrand Presles,
the president, has permitted to set up a mirror for the relevant pages and to translate the report to German (which still has to be done).
Thendic-France Report
Author: Bertrand Presles
In the 23rd of April 2002 i go to Thendic-France where i could meet Bill
Buck, the famous Coyote Flux guys and the others employees of this company.
I've also seen the Pegasos working under MorphOS. You should note that the
MorphOS version i have seen is a development version, that means that there
is debug output every second that slow down the computer and so the performances
i could see weren't as good as they should be with the final version of the
Pegasos.
I could talk about lot of things with Bill and the Coyote Flux, i've particularly
learn that the Eclipsis project will consist of a handheld computer which
will use a PowerPC processor and run under MorphOS. It will have an amazing
graphic chip which can be compared to something like the Copper but a lot
better ;). It'll also feature AGA emulation and so will be able to run existing
AGA Amiga softwares. The goal of this project is to offer an handheld computer
which has capacities close to a desktop computer and allowing to use the
same applications as you can run on the Pegasos. But don't expect to see
an Eclipsis before 2003.
I've also have the luck to admire the other products distributed by Thendic-France
like the ComCams which are wireless cameras (802.11b) very easy to install
and use. I've also seen a Tri-Cam which is a black box which content three
video cameras allowing to see the globality of a room. The big advantage
is that this box don't look like a camera but more like an alarm and can
easily not be noticed. This box is also wireless.
Finally, i've seen the CashBoys which are devices for credit card payment
and also bar code readers.
Concerning the Pegasos, i could see the capacities of this marvelous computer
thanks to some demos on CandyFactory Pro and Softcinema. And i've to admit
that, despite the debugging outputs, it runs pretty well. You can see a video
of Matrix (Divx) below but notice that the little stops every seconds are
due to the debugging log that it sent to the serial port every second so
the effective speed that we can expect in the final version of the Pegasos
can be constated between this debug seconds ;)
Personally, i'll definitely buy a Pegasos when it'll be available ;)
The photo below show the front side of the Thendic's Pegasos. This is a
well designed standard ATX tower.
Below you can see the non customized Workbench running on the Pegasos.
Obviously this is the Workbench as you know it, so it is as customable as
a normal Workbench and the final version of MorphOS will have lot of parts
of the GUI running natively and with some new cool stuffs.
The picture below is a screenshot of Quake 2 Beta running on a Voodoo3
on an Amiga 4000. This game run perfectly well and show that we can expect
all the game we want in the future on the Pegasos (Of course for games that
will be available ;) )
The picture below show a global view of the Amiga part of the company.
We can see Bill, Sharwin and Rakesh. Notice also the impressive number of
Amigas ;-)
Below it's a picture of the back of the Pegasos. We can notice that it fits
perfectly on an ATX tower and we can recognise the impressive standard connectivities
included by default.
Finaly you can watch a little movie showing Matrix running on SoftCinema
on MorphOS (You can download it and see it with Action, Moovid or SoftCinema).
I'd like to thanks Bill, Sharwin, Rakesh, Thierry, Eric and the others for
their welcome, their adhesion to the AFUA and for their cool little presents ;) (ps) (Translation: ub)
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23.Apr.2002
ANN
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AmigaRulez: Interview with Thomas Frieden
Johan "Graak" Forsberg of AmigaRulez has conducted a wide-ranging interview with Thomas Frieden of Hyperion. You will find this English language interview under the title link above. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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23.Apr.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Preview of Issue #36 online
The preview, such as reading and layout samples, of Amiga Future #36 (May/June 2002) is now available on the AF homepage. The magazine itself is to come out on May 5th.
With this issue the entire layout has been reworked, and if everything goes as planned, this issue will be on a better quality of paper [recycled I hope -dm] (ps) (Translation: dm)
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23.Apr.2002
Tales of Tamar
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Game: T.o.T. - New Amiga Version 0.43R1 / Mac V0.22
The new Amiga version 0.43 R1 and version V0.22 for Mac of the internet based roundgame Tales of Tamar by Eternity have been released.
The update is available for download by beta testers at the usual location.
In version 0.43 the statistics screen of the ToT PC version has been
ported, corrected and activated. At the same time the Amiga version of ToT
now also supports SMTP Auth.
In the Mac version 0.22 the building screen has been ported and some city
routines have been implemented.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Apr.2002
gene (ANF)
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Heise reports about AmigaOS 4: First pictures of Amiga OS 4 (Update II)
German computer news service Heise has published a news item about OS4.
Complete article via title link.
Update - Further articles about this topic:
Golem: AmigaOS 4.0 - Erste Screenshots veröffentlicht
Der Standard: Erste Bilder von Amiga OS4 veröffentlicht
OSNews: AmigaOS 4 Screenshots Released
futureZone: Erste Screenshots von AmigaOS4.0
Planet.nl: Eerste beelden Amiga-besturing
Flash.gr: Screenshots AmigaOS 4
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Apr.2002
Celso (ANF)
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ZDNet: Sendo Z100 with Amiga Anywhere
According to ZDNet, newcomer Sendo has also licensed technology for making
AmigaAnywhere available on their multimedia mobile phone with Microsoft's
Smartphone (Stinger) operating system and Java.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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22.Apr.2002
Oliver ´Bladerunner´ Hummel
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Workshop: PCMCIA-Reset Workshop
There is a German workshop about PCMCIA-Reset.
(ps)
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22.Apr.2002
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Amiga Inc.: AmigaOS 4 Screenshots online (Update II)
The first screenshots of the GUI of the upcoming AmigaOS 4 are now available at the title link. These shots depict only some new features like configurable sliders, menus and system-images. Another new feature is the possibility to move a window partly out of the visible screen.
Additional screenshots will soon be published.
GUI: Temporary screenshots of the AmigaOS 4 GUI
The published screenshots are only temporary and they do not depict the look and feel of the final AmigaOS 4.0 GUI. The work is still in progress.
The big improvements of intuition (made beneath the surface) are not visible in these screenshots...
These screenshots only show a few elements may or may not be part of the default look and feel of AmigaOS 4. The important point about these shots is the fact that the new intuition can, in many parts, be configured according to the needs of the user.
In the end you will be the one who desides how the new AmigaOS 4 will look like...
Menu: Preview of the AmigaOS 4 Menus
This is no MagicMenu or something similar; this is intuition! The work is still in progress and new features, like changing the menu icons, will be added.
Update 25.04.2002:
Ben Hermans from Hyperion stated on ANN:
In the last 48 hours interest in the OS 4 screenshots was such that it threatens to overwhelm the server.
- 50000 visitors (!) - 9000000 page views - 2.2 million files transfered - 17.67 GB of traffic All within 48 HOURS.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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22.Apr.2002
Dirk Baeyens (E-Mail)
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Amiga Anywhere now up for sale (Update)
In the middle of March 2002 Bill McEwen announced the 'Amiga Anywhere'
line of products for PDAs, Cell Phones, Set Top Boxes, Internet Appliances,
Desktops, Digital TVs and more.
Under the title link the new product 'Amiga Anywhere Entertainment
Pack #1' for PocketPC is up for sale.
Update 23.04.2002:
Amiga Anywhere takes Windows Powered devices to the next level! Amiga has
announced the availability of the Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack # 1.
The Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 is available for download at a
price of $29.95 and exclusive Game CardTM versions are available for $49.95
(Compact Flash), or $59.95 (Secure Digital) from the Amiga website at the
Amiga Anywhere Shop. Read the Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 for PocketPC press release here. (ps)
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22.Apr.2002
Spymac.com (ANF)
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Spymac.com mentions Amiga
Spymac.com mentions the Amiga and Atari in an article
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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22.Apr.2002
Elvis (ANF)
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Game: EyAngband 0.4.2
An Amiga version of EyAngband 0.4.2 has been uploaded to clockwork.
As soon as someone has moved from Incoming, you'll be able to access
it via the following link:
eyangband-042-ami.lha (658 KB)
There are bound to be plenty of graphical discrepancies, so email
me with a list and I'll get them fixed for the next release.
Gumband 2.2.0c gumband-220c-ami.lha
Enjoy...
Bablos - Angband Variant Site
(ps)
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22.Apr.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: Interview with Emanuele Cesaroni
Emanuele Cesaroni of Nexus Developement, programmer of the game PuzzleBOBs is currently working on a new game (called PDAng) for AmigaOS and AmigaDE.
The game seems to be funny and interesting. We talked with Emanuele about PDAng and his plans for the future. We also publish some exclusive screenshots of his new game. The English version of the interview can be found here.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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22.Apr.2002
Michael Asse (ANF)
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Update Amiga Frontier Page
The Amiga-Frontier-Page, which has several versions of Frontier-Elite-II
as shareware-version for download has been updated.
I added the Polish and Czech versions of the game.
(ps)
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22.Apr.2002
Amiga Future
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Updates: HSMathLibs V44.50, muFS patch V45.13
HSMathLibs
Matthias Henze released a new version (44.50 beta2 for mc68881/82 and 44.50 beta8 for mc68040 and mc68060) of HSMathLibs for betatesters only.
muFS patch
Etienne Vogt released beta version 45.13 of "muFS patch".
Download: muFS4513p.lha (27K),
Readme (sd) (Translation: sk)
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22.Apr.2002
CyberGFX
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USB-Poseidon: support for ZIP-drives
Vision Factory Developments updated the UHCI-driver used by Poseidon. The new version now supports USB ZIP 250MB drives.
The new version was tested with a VIA 83572 UHCI PCI USB-card and a G-REX A4000.
(sd) (Translation: sk)
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22.Apr.2002
AmigaArt
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Games: Cinemawares "Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon"
After the release of games like "Defender of the Crown" Cinemaware now made "Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon" available for download.
After the registration, you can download the game for Amiga, C=64, AppleII and IBM-PC.
Original text (taken from the webside):
«YOU are Sinbad the Sailor battling dark and mysterious forces in a epic sea
fearing quest. Get ready for pirates and genies, romance and heartbreak,
comedy and tragedy, set in a fantastic universe that begs to be explored.
Steel yourself for the ultimate challenge to your skills as swordsman, leader
and navigator. You'll need all of your wits to defeat THE BLACK PRINCE and his
minions from hell. The task is formidable but the lovely PRINCESS has begged
for your aid. Can you deny her?»
(sd) (Translation: sk)
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21.Apr.2002
Jürgen A. Theiner (ANF)
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Game: Preview of Alien Nations
Jürgen A. Theiner writes:
'Alien Nation', in Germany better known as 'Die Völker', will soon be available
on Amiga. Therefore I've asked my brother to look at the game on the PC on
our behalf. Everybody is invited to read what he's saying about the game.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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21.Apr.2002
Achim Klopsch (ANF)
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Sport: Runcoach - runner's training program for Amiga PC
Achim Klopsch writes:
For people who are into running and who are preparing themselves for a
marathon, putting together their individual training program is a great
help. A typical question would be: How do I need to set up my training in
order to improve my time for the half-marathon by 5 minutes?
Subsequently, a program will be devised up to the time of the competition
which consists of the best possible combination of different training blocks.
Runcoach, available in Aminet, is such a program (freeware) also for our
Amiga. It's the realization of the well-known PC version by the Australian
Paul Shields. Erik Engdahl is the maker of the Amiga version. Unfortunately
he's very busy at work. However, further development might be possible if
there are enough users.
Therefore whoever is interested in using Runcoach, please contact
me.
Further development could comprise:
- Possibility to print
- Training diary
- Localisation
- Import of data from pulse watches of the Polar series (e.g S410) etc.
Your comments are very much appreciated.
Download: misc/sci/rc.lha (48K),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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21.Apr.2002
Bernd Rösch (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE Beta for sound test plus P96-Fix
On 21 April 2001 a new beta version of the Amiga emulator 'WinUAE' for Windows
was released. This version is supposed to test whether the sound has improved.
The sound doesn't block UAE in any case, so that speed problems are not supposed to occur.
In addition there's also a P96 Fix. Whoever got problems with Picasso 96 on
WinUAE, can also take a look at the beta version.
A readme archive has been attached.
Download: winuae_soundbeta.zip
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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21.Apr.2002
Markus Pohlmann (ANF)
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Game: Update of the 'Projekt Crashsite' web page
Markus Pohlmann writes:
Again we've got some news about the role game 'Projekt Crashsite'.
First the bad news:
Frederike, the graphic artist, hasn't shown any further interest in
'Projekt Crashsite' and has stopped her work without giving any reasons
for her decision.
The search for a new graphic designer has already started.
Now the good news:
A new picture shows the new lay-out and design of the battle routine.
The labelled buttons have been replaced by icons which improve the futuristic
visual effects.
The KI of the battle program is halfway finished. It's much better and faster now.
Besides the battle program offers variable texts and very soon you'll be
able to choose between a German or an English version. And maybe even other
language in the future.
According to a vote it has just been decided that 'Projekt Crashsite' will
first be further developed for the PPC and only subsequently for the 68k.
You can read up on all this at:
www.projektcrashsite.de
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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21.Apr.2002
Amiga Flame
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AmigaDE: Pang style game and network-enabled games
Amiga Flame briefly
reports about
the development of a new platform game for AmigaDE and Kaliko's plan regarding
the development of network-enabled games.
Nexus
Development works on a Pang style game for AmigaDE.
In this platform game there will be enemies such as UFOs and
monsters, and you will have to avoid bombs and hazards such as acid, nails,
and beams.
An editor will be included with the game to allow gamers to create
their own levels. The developers are currently seeking musicians and
beta-testers to help out.
In an
interview
with GetBoinged Kaliko revealed that
they are working on network-enabled games. As they are still in the early
stages of development there's no further information right now.
In addition Kaliko also indicated a desire to create two player games
for handhelds using infra-red connections as a means of communication.
However, only if Amiga Inc decides to include support in AmigaDE for IR
(or Bluetooth) will such titles appear.
Amiga Flame calls on everybody in a second
textto encourage
Virtual Programming to implement
'Kick Off 2002' for AmigaDE.
Virtual Programming already ports Payback onto AmigaDE as well as
'Kick Off 2002' onto Macinthosh.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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21.Apr.2002
amiga.org
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Web directory: Relaunch of 'Made on Amiga' on 29 April 2002
On 29 April 2002 the Amiga web directory 'Made on Amiga' will go online
after a year's break. At the moment you can find a countdown under the
title link. Take a look at the newly designed web site with its almost
800 entries at Sneak-Preview.
'Made on Amiga' began in April 1997 as a simple web page exclusively listing
web sites which had been created or were maintained on the Amiga family of
computers. The list quickly grew, necessitating categorisation. Shortly
after that a move was made from a static page to a searchable database.
Each site is individually reviewed and categorised. Checks are also made
to confirm that the site is in fact made or maintained on an Amiga.
In the spring of 2001, 'Made on Amiga', along with a number
of other GonMad / No Original Thought websites, suffered a major setback when
the hosting ISP disappeared due to legal problems in the USA.
'Made on Amiga' has been given a complete overhaul and
redesign. After 4 months of testing, the new site is finally ready and
will be online as of 29 April 2002, exactly 5 years after its first launch.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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21.Apr.2002
amiga.org
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CPU: Amiga Coldfire mailing list launched
Due to a great number of requests Oliver Hannaford-Day, webmaster of
www.cdtv.org.uk, has set up a
new mailing list for the Motorola Coldfire V4 (5407) development on
the Amiga platform.
Anyone can join, everyone is welcome. It doesn't matter if you're in favour
of the project or against it, it could at the very least prove interesting.
Questions are answered, ideas are shared - join now.
The list is hosted by Yahoo and you can subscribe to it via the title link
or send an e-mail to
Amigacoldfire-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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21.Apr.2002
Michael Mann (ANF)
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History: Cult computer of the 80s
Via the
Netscape (Deutschland)-Portal you can find an amusing
look back
at the home computer - starting with ZX 81, followed by UrMac and leading up to the Amiga.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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20.Apr.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Virus Help Denmark: Safe Version 17.9
A new update of "Safe" has been released today.
Here is some info about the archive:
Name: Safe v17.9
Archive name : Safe.lha
Archive size : 19.070 bytes
Date : 20 April 2002
Programmer : Zbigniew Trzcionkowski
Requires : OS 2.04+, xvs.library
Changes in Safe v17.9:
- fixed too high 'suspicity' values in VECS caused by RAM placed
functions of exec45 update (thanks for Marcin 'Morgoth' Kurek)
Download shortcut (ps)
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20.Apr.2002
Martin Merz (ANF)
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New MasonIcons
The following new and reworked archives are available on the MasonIcons homepage:
- 3PMguiMI (2nd release) - reworked toolbar image for 3PMgui
- AmiComSysMI (2nd release) - reworked toolbar images for AmiComSys
- AmiMDCMI (3rd release) - reworked toolbar images for AmiMDC800
- AminetIdxMI (2nd release) - reworked toolbar images for AminetIDX
- ApacheMI (4th release) - 180 filetype images for Apache -
available as ZIP and LHA archive
- CharonMI (4th release) -
reworked toolbar images for Charon
- PicShowMI (1st release) - new GlowIcons navigationbar for PicShow
- ReqMI (2nd release) - new and reworked logos and animated logos for ReqAttack - new designed buttons -
reworked toolbar for RAPrefs - redesigned icons
- Voodoo-XMI (1st release) - reworked toolbar images for VooDoo-X
Visit Mason.Home for further informations and previews.
(ps)
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20.Apr.2002
Stefan Falke (ANF)
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EZP@gerNG v2.2 released
The latest version of the SMS, paging and e-mail software is as unregistered
version since today available for free download.
All registered EZP@gerNG users will find in the download area an update archive
for updating their registered software from version 2.1 to version 2.2.
This is mainly a bugfix release:
Some items of the menus 'Window' and 'Icon' were in v2.1 not or not correctly
executed.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Apr.2002
Kultpower (ANF)
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Kultpower: new reviews, magazine covers and comics
After a long break now an update on Kultpower.de, and it's a very big one.
- More than 40 new Powerplay reviews, among other things of Zak McKracken from
the year 1988
- In addition some new reviews taken from the magazines ASM and Videogames
- New magazine covers (PC Joker, PcXtreme, Club Nintendo)
- New entries in the area "Kult-Games" (Day of the Tentacle, Magnetic
Scrolls Collection, Super Mario Bros. 3)
- 6 new episodes of the Turkey comics of the series "Return to Modul" by
Karl Bihlmeier
Should the domain kultpower.de not work
in the next days (due to a provider change) are the contents always reachable
via the URL
http://kultpower.supermariokart.de.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Apr.2002
Dirk Baeyens (email)
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Tao: voice recognition "VORERO" by Asahi Kasei for intent
Asahi Kasei and Tao have on 18. April 2002 announced that voice recognition engine
"VORERO"
will support the intent platform. As destination architecture they name the
PXA250 CPU by Intel for this.
"VORERO" is a compact and efficient voice recognition software designed for car
navigation, cell phones, PDAs and similar devices.
The voice recognition software is speaker independant, works at places with
additional sound, needs only a little amount of memory and supports Japanese as
well as the North American English.
Further information about this can be found under the title link and on the VORERO homepage.
(sd) (Translation: wk)
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20.Apr.2002
Christian Sahle (ANF)
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Repulse Driver Update from 01.03.2002
Repulse Update (1.03.2002) contains repulse.library V4.4, toccata.library
emulation V12.0, repulsetest V3.3
Download: repulse_upd010302.lha
(ps)
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20.Apr.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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AmigaOSXL: Experiences with the H&P Big-Tower 1800+ (Update)
In my report I describe the experiences I have made with the Big-Tower. As announced, the
eleventh update also contains information about AmigaXL. The list of
programs that have been tested with Amithlon and AmigaXL has moved to
an extra page. Accordingly, the chapter "Software" has become more clear.
BTW, the tenth update was the new chapter "Harddisk". (ps)
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20.Apr.2002
Thomas Tavoly (ANF)
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New RC5/OGR Distributed Amiga clients
New improved RC5/OGR client builds are out, now with built in
ClassAct/Reaction GUI and several bugfixes/improvements. (ps)
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20.Apr.2002
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German translation of interview with Thendic and Petro Tyschtschenko
In a teamwork that had never before happened here with some of our readers
the translation of the interview had been done. To all who participated we send
a big "Thank you"!
The interview can be found following the title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Apr.2002
Marco Frischkorn (ANF)
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New alias URLs and ceasing of support
Marco Frischkorn wrote:
Ceasing of support for the tutorial "AMIGA-PC Network"
As I sell my AMIGA I can't give any support for the tutorial "AMIGA-PC Network"
anymore. A testing of problems etc. is because of a lack of hardware not
possible anymore. The tutorial will stay online for now. But for problems or
questions I recommend to have an additional look at the workshop at AUG99.
Alias URLs for Softcinema and Frogger
The mirrors of Softcinema and Frogger can be reached from Sunday, 21.04.2002,
on using the following URLs:
http://frogger.highantdev.de/
http://softcinema.highantdev.de/
The old URLs remain. These were only created because of an easier reachability.
(Translation: wk)
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