22.Feb.2002
Sven Dröge (ANF)
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Genealogy: Initial demonstrative Dynastie version released
Some time ago I've announced a new genealogy program for the Amiga. But since Bonds has priority this new program progresses only very slowly. Anyhow, I decided to translate the existing source code and to give all interested people a first impression of the program. At this time it reads family trees of GEDCOM format and displays the personal data.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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22.Feb.2002
Sven Dröge (ANF)
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Finance software: Bonds Version 1.86 available
In the download section of the homepage you will find the new
version 1.86 of Bonds.
(ps)
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22.Feb.2002
CyberGraphX
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CyberGraphX 4.3Beta Release3 for G-Rex owners has been released
If you missed it, CyberGraphX 4.3Beta Release3 for G-Rex owners has been
released. New: Many updates, most all drivers have been updated...
SiS6326 update also. There is a new ENV called NOMOUSERATIO (also in
V4.2pre11). See the CGX ENV Page
for complete info on NOMOUSERATIO.
NOTE: This update is for G-Rex users.. none of the drivers will
work on Amiga based bus cards. As with all V4 updates you will need your
CX V4 CDROM to use this update. You can find CyberGraphX 4.3Beta Release3
for G-Rex and all the latest G-Rex software on the
G-Rex support page. (ps)
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22.Feb.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 21.02.2002)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your harddrive which were formerly
meant only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or
updated:
- 21.02.02 new: Times Of Lore (Origin) done by CFOU!
- 21.02.02 new: Test Drive 2 - The Duel (Accolade) done by JOTD
- 21.02.02 improved: Last Action Hero (Psygnosis) misc improvements
- 21.02.02 new: Joe & Mac (Caveman Ninja) (Data East) done by CFOU!
- 21.02.02 improved: Into the Eagle's Nest (Pandora) supports another version
- 21.02.02 improved: Elvira - The Arcade Game (Flair Software) supports another version
- 20.02.02 new: Turrican 2 Demo (Rainbow Arts) done by Psygore
- 20.02.02 new: Misery Dentro 2 (TRSI) done by Psygore
- 20.02.02 new: Darius+ (The Edge/Taito) done by CFOU!
- 20.02.02 improved: Blastar (Core Design) misc changes
(ps)
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22.Feb.2002
Marius Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Warp3D for all A3000 & A4000 Mediator models
Elbox Computer is happy to inform that now the complete line of Mediator
PCI busboards is supported with Warp3D Voodoo drivers.
Warp3D Voodoo are being released today for the following Mediator models:
Mediator PCI 3000D,
Mediator PCI 4000,
Mediator PCI 4000D,
Mediator PCI 3/4000T
and Mediator PCI ZIII.
Warp3D drivers prepared by
Hyperion Entertainment
for Mediator PCI busboards work flawlessly on PPC & 68k processors with:
- Voodoo3 2000/3000,
- Voodoo4 4500, and
- Voodoo5 5500 graphic cards.
Warp3D Voodoo drivers are part of the software package bundled with
all models of the Mediator PCI busboard product line. Warp3D Voodoo drivers
are available free of charge for all registered users of Mediator PCI busboards
- directly and exclusively from Elbox Computer. (ps)
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22.Feb.2002
Computer City (E-Mail)
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Computer City: Special-offer for visitors of the Alt-WoA show
Rotterdam, February 22nd 2002
MediaPoint RTG
There is a special offer for visitors of tomorrow's Alt-WoA show in
Huddersfield, UK. Buyers of MediaPoint at the show will receive a full free
upgrade to the upcoming MediaPoint RTG, which will feature RTG support
through Picasso96, RTA support through AHI, support for Matrox' Dual-Head
capabilities, and much more!
Audio Evolution 4
AE4 will be demonstrated at the Alt-WoA show. More information is also
available on the newly opened (but still partly under construction) support
website for Sultan Systems & Software,
Computer City's software-brand. Of course, more information on Audio Evolution
can also be found on the official site.
Audio Evolution 4's planned release-date is April 2002.
Both MediaPoint and Audio Evolution will be for sale at the Eyetech stand at
the Alt-WoA show. For more information
please contact Ron van Herk. (ps)
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22.Feb.2002
Marco Frischkorn (ANF)
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HighAnt Development at new URL
Marco Frischkorn of HighAnt Development:
Due to a move to an own webserver, the URL of HighAnt Development changes.
The new URL is: http://www.highantdev2.de.
Should you nevertheless use the old URL, you'll get an error message,
and when you access the main page you'll be redirected automatically to
the new domain.
These changes were necessary as I need scripts and programs in future
which my current web hosting service does not offer in a normal hosting
package.
The mirrors of Frogger and SoftCinema will probably move in the next days
as well. If and when this happens I have to decide with the webmaster.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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21.Feb.2002
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5.000.000 website visitors :)
If we were paid an Euro for every person who visits our website, we would now
be incredibly rich :). Today more than 5,000,000 visitors have been
counted. The good thing is that the next full million will now be reached much
faster; we counted 4 million in October 2001 - only about 4 months ago.
This is just like making money - the first million is the hardest to get :).
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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21.Feb.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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CD32-Emulator for Windows: Akiko v1.4
Version 1.4 of the Windows CD32 & CDTV emulator Akiko was just released on
the Airsoft Softwair homepage. This
version can now finally boot any CD32 & CDTV game you like. Akiko uses
a very general procedure to gain the best compatibility. In some
tests more than 90 percent of the games ran with this general procedure.
Additionally a lot of requests by Akiko users were realized in this
version. Version 1.4 of Akiko can now be downloaded from the Airsoft
Softwair homepage (title link). (ps)
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21.Feb.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)
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Apex Designs: Payback report about AmigaDE port
A status report (including screenshots) on the progress of the
Intent/AmigaDE conversion of Payback has been released. (ps)
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21.Feb.2002
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New survey: How do you access the Internet at home?
We've started a survey to find out how do you access the Internet at home.
Possible answers are:
- analogue modem
- ISDN
- xDSL
- a different way
- I don't have Internet at home
The survey is available via the title link.
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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21.Feb.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Bargain price news and interview with Marcin Kielesinski
Amiga Arena - bargain price news
Until 28 February 2002 the following programs can be registered at bargain
price:
- GeoWorld, a geography program
- PhotoAlbum/CyberShow, picture management
- DocDatatypes (for MSWord, Wordperfect..)
- Siteway, site and content management
- AMPlifier, hardware based decoder
On 1 March 2002 Amiga Arena will stop the shareware "Sonderpreis Aktion"
(Bargain Price Action).
Amiga Arena - interview with Marcin Kielesinski
Marcin Kielesinski, who developed 'Sherman Blanker', has ported another
outstanding PC blanker for Amiga. A short interview about the future of his
programs and about the 'Sherman Blanker' has been published online. It is
available in
German and
English.
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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21.Feb.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: Interview with Marcin Kielesinski
Via the title link you will find a
GFX-BASE interview in English
with Marcin Kielesinski, the programmer of MungMem and the recently released
'Sherman Blanker'. This blanker is based on a comic-strip series,
which was published in 150 daily newspapers. The first version of this
blanker was originally programmed for the PC. But thanks to Marcin Kielesinski
this funny blanker, which supports AGA as well as graphic boards, can
now also be used for Amiga.
At the weekend GFX-BASE is going to publish the review of PuzzleBOBs,
which Sebastian Brylka and Olaf Koebnik were kind enough to make available.
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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20.Feb.2002
Paul J. Beel (ANF)
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Get Your GetBoinged Merchandise Now
GetBoinged.org is selling t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs and mousepads.
Get your GetBoinged merchandise today! Just go to the Roundup or GB Site
News sections and click on the link to view the new products. (ps)
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20.Feb.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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Painting programm: Update of Polish catalog for PerfectPaint
Since 15. February 2002 there is an updated version of the Polish catalog on the official homepage of the painting programm "Perfect Paint".
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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Status report of porting of Mozilla
On 8. February 2002 a status report (title link) has been published concerning the porting of the Internet browser "Mozilla".
All users and developer who are interested in it can gain some information on the official homepage of the Amiga port of Mozilla.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Be accuses Microsoft
»Microsoft would have destroyed the buisiness of Be
Be Inc. has prefered against Microsoft. Be reproaches the software company from Redmond with destroying the buisiness of Be by applying of competitive detrimental practices.«
Have a look at the title link for the full article.
Another link to this topic:
The Register: Be Inc sues Microsoft
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
Amiga.org
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Face of Mars: New Amiga freeCD: Pinball Nights
This CD-ROM includes the full versions of Pinball Fantasies, Pinball
Illusions, Obsession Pinball, Pinball Dreams, Pinball Hazard and
Amiganoid. You can order it for 3 EUR plus sending from the FOM-Website
(title link). (ps)
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20.Feb.2002
Kultpower.de
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Kultpower: 39 new pages ASM-feedback
The ASM-feedback-fancier laphroaig has scanned fantastic 39 pages for Kultpower. Thank you very much for this. All other can now browse again through the old ASM-letters to the editor from issues 1+6+10+12/1991, 4/1992 and 2/1995 (with some space-rat-comics).
Kultpower is a fan-site with a seperate database for scans of test reports of the magazines 'Powerplay', 'ASM', 'Videogames' and 'Amiga Joker'.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
Peter Glauser (E-Mail)
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... A historical moment ... (update)
This evening, on the 20. February, there is a moment for one minute which has been only one time, more than thousand years ago!!
Two minutes after 8 pm we will have the following date:
20:02 20.02.2002
This is a register with a perfect symmetry and is called "Palindrom".
This has been happened at
10:01 10.01.1001
more than thousand years ago. This will not happen any more because the maximal digital marking of a day is 23:59. On 30.03 3003 this will not be possible because we do not have 30 hours!
See you!
Peter Glauser
CEO / Manager
webware.ch GmbH
Addendum:
Lizard has pointed out in a commentar that there is another Palindrom on 21:12 21.12.2112 - but this will still last a while :)
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
ExoticA
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ExoticA: Menus 'Scenery' and 'UnExoticA' updated
ExoticA and UnExoticA are interested in the musical abilities and the history of the Amiga and of other computers. Today the menus Scenery
(Amiga and C64) and UnExoticA has been updated.
Scenery is a scene-guide which contains data about scene-groups, events and publishments of the demo-scene.
UnExoticA is the music archive of the website where you can find many songs in several playing formats.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
MorphOS
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MorphOS: Documentations in HTML, PostScript, PDF and text online
On the website of MorphOS you can find programm directives and documentations in the formats of
HTML,
PostScript,
PDF and as a
Text file.
All documents are written in English.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
AmiGBG
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Event: AmiGBG 2002 in Göteborg - Newsletter #3
On 2. March 2002 the AmiGBG 2002 will take place in Sweden, Göteborg. You can find the current newsletter under the title link to this exhibition.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
Bright Light Software
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Tool: MultiReset Version 4.31
Frank 'Fenny' Fenn has published version 4.31 of MultiReset. The programm plays samples and shows pictures and observe tasks during booting the Amiga. The Tool requires OS 3.5, MUI, optional AHI and is giftware.
Download: multireset.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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20.Feb.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad Version 15.0 and new packets (until 19.02.2002)
There is available WHDLoad version 15.0.
With WHDLoad you can install games on your harddrive which were formerly meant
only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated:
- 19.02.02 new: Holiday Maker (PM Entertainment/Software 2000) done by Wepl
- 19.02.02 new: Elvira - Mistress of the Dark (Horrorsoft/Accolade) done by Wepl
- 19.02.02 fixed: Stunt Car Racer (Microstyle) install script corrected
- 19.02.02 improved: Power Drift (Activision) supports another version and other enhancements
- 19.02.02 improved: Fire And Forget 2 (Titus) supports another version
- 18.02.02 new: Test Drive (Accolade) done by JOTD
- 18.02.02 new: Armageddon Man (Electronic Pencil/Martech) done by Codetapper
- 18.02.02 new: Taekwondo (Anco) done by CFOU!
- 18.02.02 new: Stunt Car Racer (Microstyle) done by Codetapper
- 18.02.02 new: Scrolling Walls (KingSoft) done by CFOU!
- 18.02.02 new: Savage (Probe Software) done by Psygore
- 18.02.02 improved: Rampage (Activision) hiscore saving support added
- 18.02.02 fixed: Kwasimodo (Courbois Software) access fault removed
- 18.02.02 new: Impossible Mission 2 (Epyx) done by CFOU!
- 18.02.02 new: Hägar (KingSoft) done by CFOU!
Download: WHDLoad_15.0_usr.lzx (122 KB) (ps)
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20.Feb.2002
Michael Heider (ANF)
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Update of the programm apus_start for SuSE Linux PPC
Under the title link there is another update of the programm apus_start for SuSE Linux PPC. The programm has been functionally completed. I would be glad about your feedback.
Whats new:
- English menu updated
- Update-Function added
(thus you can update from an older version)
- Output of a protocol file
- Minor bugs fixed
We also plan to create an Init-Ramdisk-Image for APUS. The Ramdisk are supposed to help to fix the problems with SCSI which still exist with the original Ramdisk of SuSE with some configurations of computers.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Feb.2002
Patrick Jung (ANF)
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Amigabest: New TV-Card drivers for Amithlon
On Amigabest you will find the latest drivers for TV-Cards from Michael Ulbrich for all TV- and Radio-Cards with BT8xx.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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19.Feb.2002
ANN
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Warp3D software render driver
This is a software driver from Stèphane Guillard for Warp3D, which enables: using Warp3D
applications, demos and games with PPC Amigas not equipped with a 3D
GFx board, or not equipped with a GFx board at all (but requires P96
or CGX) [and] using Warp3D applications, demos and games not compatible
with a 3D Gfx board (example: WipeOut and CGx4/Voodoo3). More details
in the readme (see title link).
Download: W3D_CPU_PPC.library
Website: Stèphane Guillard (ps)
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19.Feb.2002
Aminet
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Browser: AWeb-II - New JFIF/JPEG Plugin Version 1.10
Tom Parker has uploaded version 1.0 of the image decoders for JFIF/JPEG for AWeb-II 3.x into the Aminet. The plugin is available in versions for all 68k processors. It is now optional possible to load JPEG pictures progressive into AWeb and to show and scale them. Also it supports CyberGraphics.
The links for download and readme you will find under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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19.Feb.2002
Titan Computer
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Titan Computer: AlienNations Website online
At the title link you will find the new website for the game "AlienNations". It is a game like "The Settlers" and will be released for MorphOS and AmigaOS (PPC).
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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19.Feb.2002
Mike Bouma on ANN
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Amiga Ring: Status update
Members of AmigaRing should read this
status update
as the migration of AmigaRing to the new Webring System is complete.
There are currently over 120 AmigaRing
member websites.
If you want to join this webring, please read the AmigaRing homepage (title link)
for more information.
(ps)
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19.Feb.2002
Steffen Häuser on ANN
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Game: Freespace Update for PPC and 68k
There is now an update for the full version of Freespace available at
www.hyperion-entertainment.com (title link).
We released yesterday an update (both PPC and 68k versions) for the full
version of Freespace. This update adds some new explosion sound effects
to the game, additionally the mouse control and the CD32 Joypad Control
was enhanced. Also the AlphaTexture settings for the Warp3D Renderer of
Freespace are now always configured correctly, so that Voodoo 3 owners
do not need to set the Alpha manually. The update is for download for
registered users of Freespace for AmigaOS. There are two seperate
archives, one for PPC, one for 68k.
(ps)
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19.Feb.2002
ANN
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Magazine: Amiga Information Online (AIO) - Compilation CD
Amiga Information Online taking pre-orders for their compilation CD.
Amiga Information Online free online magazine (title link) is
now taking pre-orders for their compilation CD, 1997-2002 the survivor
years. This CD contains all issues of AIO ever made. An exclusive
issue 57 will be on the CD which will not be available to download
anywhere else. (ps)
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19.Feb.2002
ANN
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Dealer: Turtle Lightning Amiga Software (Texas) goes out of business
Turtle Lightning Amiga Software has been in business since 1992 supplying
Amiga users all over the world with quality affordable software and
hardware.
Owned and operated by Terry Fike out of Midland, Texas, USA, Turtle
Lightning Amiga Software has finally decided to go out of the Amiga
business.
Accordingly, all of our prices are rock-bottom, and when a title sells
out it will be removed from the catalog. Prices are just pennies on the
dollar of the original retail, so get 'em while they last! (ps)
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19.Feb.2002
Peter Eriksson (ANF)
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AROS Update from 12.02.2002
Work on the Amiga Research Operating System is making progress. Details of
the most recent development can be found over at the AROS website
(title link). In summary, various bugs all over AROS have been dealt with,
a lot of changes to the underlying framework (the build process) were
introduced, the Palm flavor has been worked on and both minor and major
enhancements have been made (including the long awaited "pci.hidd", which
is meant to communicate with all sorts of hardware within the computer
thru higher level hardware interfaces, such as the brand new "nvidia.hidd"
- although still in a juvenile stage, the "Hardware Independant Device
Driver"-system is expected to grow in the future). (ps)
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19.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Amiga Future: New Q2 Screenshots
There are some new Screenshots of our Quake 2 port (which is in the final
stages of developement) available at the interactive section of Amiga
Future (see title link).
This time these screenshots are coming from the "engine modification"
Q2Max. With our port we are optionally adding support for Q2Max.
There will be two executables in our port, one for the "normal"
Quake 2, and one for Q2Max. Q2Max enhanced (among other things)
the particle effects of Quake 2 in a *major* way (the new effects
really remind a bit of Quake 3 IMHO!) There is no big speed loss.
Please note, that Q2Max has quite huge memory requirements - but well,
it is only optionally. You can as well run the "normal" Quake 2
executable. Both executables are included in the port and can be
installed parallely. Both Quake 2 and Q2Max can be played together
in Multiplayer without any problems. Steffen Haeuser.
(ps)
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19.Feb.2002
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amiga-news.de: Minor changes for "Title-Only"-view
On request of a reader our coder Sven Drieling has changed the datestamp output in that way that you can now see the date of the last comment.
Until now you have seen the last update of the news there.
How do you like this change?
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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19.Feb.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Virus Help Denmark: Virusz III v0,96 bug
After a lot of bug-reports about the new VirusZ III v0,96, the
Bug has been found. If you use a screen size under 800x600,
VirusZ III v0,96 can not do the filecheck, the you must use
VirusZ III v0,94b until Georg Hoermann has made an new update
of VirusZ III. Here is what Georg wrote to me:
> -- email start --
I already received lots of those bug reports, and I have already
found the bug. Dirk increased the window size and didn't test it
on plain 640 pixel screens, so VZ 0.96 refuses to work on that
resolution. I didn't notice that because I use a 800x600
screen :-
The bugfix is on the way, but I maybe add some other features
to VZ first..
- Georg....
> --- email end ---
VirusZ III v0,94b can be found on our website. Quicklink here:
http://home4.inet.tele.dk/vht-dk/amiga/vz/vz.htm.
(ps)
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19.Feb.2002
Different sources (ANF)
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Hyperion chat on #AmigaFun from 18.02.2002 log available
Under the title link you will find the log from yesterday's IRC Chat with
Hyperion.
Also on PolarBoing a
log
from the chat is available. (ps)
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18.Feb.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Nicholas Blachford now also in German
The interview with Nicholas Blachford there is now available also
in German.
Thanks to Christian Busse for his translation. (ps)
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18.Feb.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Airsoft Softwair: Homepage extended
The Airsoft Softwair homepage was
majorly extended in the products section. Now there are detailed information
available for all major programs by Airsoft Softwair. Additionally
all Shareware programs by Airsoft Softwair can now be ordered with
credit card. (ps)
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18.Feb.2002
Irseesoft
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Printer driver: Turboprint Version 7.30
TurboPrint version 7.30, by Irseesoft, now additionaly supports the following printers:
- Canon S500/630/6300
- Epson Stylus C60,C70,C80, Photo 810
- HP DeskJet 92x, 94x, 96x
This update is supposed for users that own or plan to buy one of the printers mentioned above. Bugfixes for predecessor versions of TurboPrint 7 are still freely available. Irseesoft ask for your understanding that this upgrade is not freely available.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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18.Feb.2002
ANN
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Game: WarpSCUMM 0.1.0r2 für AmigaOS 68K/PPC (WOS)
Adam Waldenberg released version 0.1.0r2 of WarpSCUMM for AmigaOS 68k/PPC (WOS). This new version now supports PowerPC (WarpOS), music- and soundoutput, Workbench-window and fullscreen-mode (AGA and CGX). Now you are able to play LucasArts games including speech and music-support.
"Vollgas - Fullthrottle" and "The Dig" are already planned for the Amiga-version and will probably be included as beta in one of the upcoming versions. There will be a special 256 color version of "Zak Mc Kraken" available, too.
WarpSCUMM is amiga port of ScummVM. With ScumVM you can play LucasArts-adventures like Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island.
Additional information about ScumVM is available here.
Download: WarpSCUMM_0.1.0r2.lha
More information under the title link and at
ScummVM - Amiga Ports.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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18.Feb.2002
MorphOS
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MorphOS: T-Shirts (Update)
At the title link you can buy t-shirts with the MorphOS butterfly on them.
Addition:
These t-shirts are not a merchandising article of MorphOS. But nevertheless they are still looking quite good.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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18.Feb.2002
SonicPulse
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Audio: SoundFX - What's finished or being worked on with version 4.2?
Thanks to many post to the mailinglist, I was able to fix lots of bugs and to fulfill wishes. The beta-version 3 will soon be released.
As a new feature I have installed a bug/feature-request/support tracker. Please use this one from now of for such requests.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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18.Feb.2002
Aminet
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System-Monitor: Scout Version 2.15
Thore Böckelmann released version 2.15 of the system-monitor Scout. Information about the included features and changes can be found in the included readme.
Download:
Scout.lha (274 KB) -
Readme
Scout-src.lha (384 KB) -
Readme
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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18.Feb.2002
Bernhard Wörner
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Audio: Amplify Version 1.4a erschienen
Bernhard Woerner has made version 1.4a of his audio program "Amplify" available. A few bugs have been taken care of. It is possible to process audio data with this program.
Amplify runs on minimum Amiga OS 3.0, 68020 processor and 1.5 megs free memory. It requires the mpega.library from Stephane Tavenard. 68K and PPC versions of Amplify are available, just click on the title link to this article and then click on "download."
This will be the last version of Amplify for a while. Bernhard will now begin to implement the following features into version 2.0:
- capability to select multiple source files
- an equalizer
- a player
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Feb.2002
CyberGFX
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PCI: Mediator page with new software
The Elbox Mediator PCI Busboard support page
has been updated. On the sub-page with
3rd party sofware
the following products are new: 'ControlTV', 'BVPPC Fix',
'MemTestin' and the ViRGE Driver. If you notice that existing software
for the Mediator Board is missing, please send a note to the following address:
mediator@vgr.com.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
ANN
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Programming language: PowerD V0.19 alpha 5
On 17 February 2002 Martin Kuchinka released version 0.19 alpha 5
of the programming language 'PowerD'. It comprises several bug fixes,
modules for AmigaOS 3.9, improved binary modules, new functions and more.
This is a very early alpha version. If you find any bugs or if you have
any ideas or just want to share your opinion, just contact
kuchinka@volny.cz.
Download: alpha.lzx (212K),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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Games: 4 new games from Amigaland
Mirko Engelhardt writes:
From today on there're 4 new games ready for download. They're called
'Amiganoid', 'Zzzep', 'Movem' and 'On the Ball - World Cup Edition'.
In addition, there's a code table for Oldtimer (AGA) available.
Once again thanks to Unicorn. There are also two demos from Abyss
available (Wildlife, Extralife).
Amigaland provides original games, authorised by the manufacturer, to
be downloaded. They also provide demos, emu-tools, emulators and
a lot of facts worth knowing about Amiga.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Kermit Woodall (E-Mail)
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Amiga Expo 2002: Further exhibitors and robots
From 29 - 31 March 2002 the
Amiga Expo 2002 is taking place
in Baltimore, US. Within the last few weeks further exhibitors have been
registered. Amongst others the former Amiga company 'NewTek' will be
represented as well as 'Applied Magic'. The latter will present their
products in the new sub-exhibition 'Video editing' and they will also run
workshops.
The 'Top Secret Robotics' team will present their combat robots, which
already appeared in 'Robotica' and 'Robot Wars' and they will answer all
questions related to their products.
In addition some important news from more than one Amiga company
will be announced at the fair.
Here the original text:
«Over the last few weeks Amiga Expo has added a lot of new exhibitors. We're
now incorporating a whole new video editing show as a subset of Amiga Expo!!
Expect to see the latest video products from NewTek and Applied Magic - both
former Amiga companies taking video to new levels!! There will be classes
and demos of the new products as well.
We've got 'Bots!! Top Secret Robotics - a robot fighting team who have
appeared on Robotica and Robot Wars will be appearing to show off their
robots and give you a talk on everything that goes on behind these scenes on
these shows!
That's not all - we can't give you details now - but there is going to be
some Big News at this show ...and from more than one Amiga company! Check
out the EVENTS schedule that is now up on the Amiga Expo web site.
Advance price discount tickets are still available for the show and banquet.
We've had the hotel extend our room block so if you hurry you can still get
some cheap rooms too!
Visit us now at www.amigaexpo.com.»
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Robert Williams (ANF)
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Magazine: Total Amiga #10
The 'South Essex Amiga Link (SEAL)' user group has published the
first issue of their English Amiga magazine 'Total Amiga'. It is
the successor of 'Clubbed' and has the issue number 10. It comprises
44 DIN-A4 pages with news, tests and tutorials.
In this issue the following products are tested amongst others:
'Descent: Freespace', 'Mediator 4000', 'ImageFX 4.5 Upgrade',
'Eyetechs EZKey XS' and 'EZTowerZ4'. There's a summary of all news
about AmigaOS 4.
Paul Qureshi introduces his Amiga-based AmiMPC-MP3-player for cars.
Fleecy Moss describes in his first column for the magazine
the latest news about Amiga's strategy.
In the tutorial section there's the first part of a workshop
dealing with the adjustment of the 'Directory Opus Magellan'
to your own desires. In 'Back to Basics' you'll find a tutorial
for beginners that deals with re-routing Videomodi (mode promotion).
You can also find news, comments, tips and further tests.
As well as the name the lay-out of the magazine has changed and its
contents has been further developed. To get a first impression just
look at some photos from the magazine on the home page where you will
also find earlier issues of 'Clubbed' ready for download as PDF data
files.
Next weekend SEAL will be at the ALt.WoA in Huddersfield, Great Britain,
in order to sell the latest issue. Besides, you can subscribe to
the magazine via the title link.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
OSNews
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Microsoft: Sueing federal staates are to be supplied with Windows sources
According to a press report by Reuters Microsoft has to permit the
9 sueing federal states to examine the source code of Windows as ordered
by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in connection with the cartel trial.
This is supposed to give the prosecuting party an opportunity to discover
if Microsoft's statement that it is not possible to create a Windows version
without Internet Explorer is right.
Heise: Microsoft has to permit examination of source code
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Event: "Insider Mocca" in Hirsau from 22 - 24 February
From 22 - 24 February 2002 the 'Insider Mocca' takes place in Hirsau at
the establishment for breeding small animals. Further information
is available at Andre89@gmx.de.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Kultpower: Scans of ZakMcKracken and Indiana Jones
In the category 'cult games' packaging scans of 'ZakMcKracken'
and 'Indiana Jones and the last Crusade' were published
on kultpower.de. At the same
time the cult games website was given a thorough clean up.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Telepolis
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Story: Fighting Nintendo by means of a fly swat
In the middle of the 80s Nintendo had with NES a market share of
90% in the US and in Japan. In the above Telepolis article Konrad
Lischka describes Sega's idea to opt out of Nintendo and create
his own market. By means of Sega Console a new market for adults was established
since also older people without any PC experience could now find easy access
to video games.
When Sega's home console 'Master System' only gained a market share of
10% and the computer manufacturer NEC 1989 didn't have any success with
his home console 'TurboGrafx-16', Rosen said: "A Nintendo culture does
exists and to compete with it is extremely difficult.
The difference between the marketing concepts of both companies
becomes particularly apparent for the Mega Drive if we look at the
fighting game 'Mortal Kombat'.
The version of 'Mortal Kombat' which was released in 1993 for Sega's Mega Drive
did away with any moral considerations: The Sega version allows you to rip
off the enemies' heads and to rip out their hearts. The makers cheered:
"On average Genesis¹ has, compared to Nintendo, customers of a higher age
so that this will be the market with the highest growth for the second
half of the 90s", according to Electronic Arts Manager Bing Gordon in 1993.
The complete article is available via the title link.
Genesis¹: Mega Drive's brand name in the US.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Game: Battlefield survey concerning low participation
From the Battlefield home page:
The end of the graphic competition isn't the end of Battlefield...
Despite low participation things are progressing in the graphic sector.
However, everybody was very disappointed because of the poor result
of the competition.... In order to find out the reasons why hardly
anybody participated, a survey is taking place at the moment.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
amiga.org
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News: amiga.org continues
Wayne Hunt has at last decided to continue the web page
amiga.org since this is what a lot
of Amiga users wished for. In the above mentioned text of 13 February
he describes the status of amiga.org.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Virus Help Denmark
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Virus Help Denmark: WatchDog 2.7
On 16 February 2002 Zbigniew Trzcionkowski released version 2.7
of his memory surveillance tool 'WatchDog'. Compared to version 2.5
the following modifications have been made.
- added checking of some BCPL stuff (which is totally harmless since
os37+ anyways).
- CallGVptr - ROM check
- EndGVptr - ROM check
- GlobVecTable - checksumming, that should detect patches of any GV
based viri including imaginary ones like GlobVec144 ;)
Thanks to Thomas Richter and Holger Hippenstiel for information
about GV that helped me a lot...
- added new tooltype 'NoGlobVec' to skip tests described above - it is
already set in the icon as nobody beside me needs these checks!
- added notification of LIBS:xvs.library
- added some additional stuff to tc_launch/tc_switch checker
- changed timing routine
- ToolTypes: NoSwitch and NoLaunch are no longer debug only :P
- kicked bonus stuff due to lack of users' interest
The tool uses the xvs.library in order to check every three seconds
if there're any known viri in the memory. Further features have
been added which you can find in the documentation.
'Watchdog' runs from AmigaOS 2.04 and needs the xvs.library.
Download: WatchDog.lha (19K),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Status and interviews with N. Blachford and D. Westerberg (Update)
Amiga Arena - status report
In his status report
Olaf Köbnik makes a personal statement about the current situation of
Amiga Arena. It seems that he doesn't want to give up his activities
completely, he just wants to cut them down a little.
Amiga Arena - interview with Nicholas Blachford
Recently Amiga Arena has drawn attention to the sources of the sampler
software Aural Illusion.
Its further development has been authorized by the author Nicholas
Blachford. Amiga Arena's interview with the ex-Amiga developer
is by far the most comprehensive interview in the history of Amiga Arena
and full of really interesting statements. At the moment the interview is
available online in
English.
Amiga Arena - interview with Daniel Westerberg
Apart from Stefan Blixth also Daniel Westerberg belongs to
OnyxSoft. Programs such as
MultiRen, Detris or DRemind are very popular. The interview with
Daniel Westerberg is available under
German and
English.
Update 18.02.2002:
The interview with Nicholas Blachford there is now available also in
German.
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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16.Feb.2002
Stephan Rupprecht
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Tools: PNGTool v1.1 - CopyIcon v44.4a - SGrab v1.19a
Stephan Rupprecht has updated some of his tools:
- PGNTool for converting every picture format to PNG is now available in
version 1.1. The program needs from this version on the asyncio.library v40
improving the speed by 3%.
Download: PNGTool.lha
- The CopyNewIcon clone for OS 3.5 has been released in version 44.4a.
New is here the Spanish documentation by D. Dominguez.
Download: CopyIcon44.lha
- The screen grabber SGrab is available in version 1.19a. A module problem in
the PPC version has been fixed.
Download: sgrab.lha
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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16.Feb.2002
SPIEGEL
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SPIEGEL: "TRONLAND.NET" - Murdered because of a telephone?
»The Berlin public prosecutor's office has ceased the investigations in the
"death case Tron". But his friends believe less than ever in suicide of the
hacker after having done own investigations.
The file is closed, Tron's CCC friends open it again -
in the web.«
Full (German) article see title link.
As already reported are friends
of Boris just building up a website named Tronland.
Documents, media reports and memories of Tron will be published on this website.
In the view of the friends shall the documents proof that the public prosecutor's office is wrong in
closing the file.
The website shall on the one hand help to bring under circumstances some light
in the dark around the death of the encryption expert and on the other hand give
a portrait of the human behind the hacker. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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16.Feb.2002
Heise [newsticker]
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Heise: illegal copying ruins US games developers
Refering to a report
of the Interactive Digital Software Association
(IDSA) loses the American video industry 1.9 billion US dollars per annual
because of illegal copies.
(German) Heise article see title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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16.Feb.2002
Aaron Lewis (ANF)
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Windows: iLOVE for Winamp
How if Amiga visual artist does Windows? The author of AmiganFX plugin
for Winamp has released another plugin called iLOVE. Original styles...
If you have a Windows machine it's worth checking the title link. (ps)
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16.Feb.2002
David Brunet (email)
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AGC Award 2001
AGC (Amiga Games Classifying) will award the best Amiga game with the AGC
Award 2001. Following the title link you can participate in the vote. The
results will be released on 25. February 2002.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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16.Feb.2002
Stéphane Campan (email)
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Amiga Impact online again
After quite some time being offline because of several reasons and several problems is our French partner site Amiga Impact now online
again and will supply the French speaking Amiga users regularly with Amiga news
in their native language.
»Après quelques longues semaines d'absence, votre site Amiga Impact est
(enfin) de retour.
Diverses raisons et divers problèmes (la plupart d'ordre privé), ont été à
l'origine de cette suspension de la maintenance du site. La situation s'étant
aujourd'hui arrangée, il ne devrait donc plus y avoir de gros problèmes à
l'avenir.
Amiga Impact va donc pleinement retrouver son allure de croisière dans les
jours à venir, avec l'arrivée de nouvelles rubriques.
Si vous rencontrez un problème lors de l'utilisation des services
d'Amiga Impact, n'hésitez pas à écrire à
webmaster@amigaimpact.com.« (ps) (Translation: wk)
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