13.Jan.2003
Jürgen Schmitz (E-Mail)
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Amiga Inc.: AmigaOS4 Feature Set: Release 1
January 13, 2003 - Snoqualmie, WA
Amiga is pleased to publish this first version of the feature set of the up
and coming AmigaOS4.0. The document will undergo revision in subsequent issues
but because of the massive demand for information made by the public, we have
decided to release it in its current state.
Due to the large amount of work and the obvious technical nature of OS development,
the document is both considerable in size, laden with jargon and, to save download
time, diagrams have not been included.
For those using older Amiga based PDF viewers, there may be a few minor issues
with displaying the front page graphics but this is due to issues with these
viewers. On official PDF viewers, and on the new AmigaOS4.0 viewer, the document
is rendered true.
Amiga would like to thank both those in the AmigaOS4.0 project team, who have
worked on this project with passion and commitment and those who have patiently
waited for their favourite platform to bloom once again. It has been a huge
undertaking and no one company, entity or person can take the credit. It has
been a fantastic demonstration of what makes the Amiga platform so special,
the coming together of like minds to build something extraordinary.
AmigaOS4.0. The legend continues.
Click here to download/view the
AmigaOS4 Feature Set PDF
Update:
There is also a HTML version of this PDF document:
http://www.ryusworld.webhop.net/OS4Features/features.html
(ps)
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13.Jan.2003
Sylvio (ANF)
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New Screenshots of Soms3D and innovation
There are new Soms3D shots on the Anime development web page to admire,
which shows the first progress of the engine. In addition one can now chat
with the developers of Soms3D. On the IRC server phatnet
(irc.phat-net.de #amigafun) and/or at this URL.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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13.Jan.2003
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Aminet Uploads 13.01.2003
Here the current uploads:
rno-urea.lha demo/aga 1.6M+RNO: "Urea" demo from M&S 2000 (7th)
eviled.lha dev/e 75K+Editor with source in E
php-4.3.0-bin.lha dev/gg 717K+PHP 4.3.9 - AmigaOS 68k binary
fdisk.lha disk/misc 206K+PC partition table editor for Amiga
CyberGazetka01.lha docs/mags 406K+Skubaniec - simple polish mag
WormWars.lha game/misc 624K+Worm Wars 7.3: Advanced snake game
Sv5Fix100.lha gfx/misc 284K+*Fix* for SView5 V1.00 (11.1.2003)
3c589.lha hard/drivr 54K+Driver for 3Com PCMCIA network cards
Lame68k.lha mus/misc 324K+Lame 3.93.1, mp3 encoder
cvs-1.11.4.lha util/gnu 1.1M+CVS 1.11.4 - Concurrent Versions System
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 305K+Report+ 5.64: Multipurpose utility
idle1_4.lha util/moni 12K+A (working) cpu monitor
idlewos.lha util/moni 12K+A cpu monitor with WarpOS Support
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13.Jan.2003
John Klas (E-Mail)
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Sixgirls Computing Labs is under attack
John Klos from Sixgirls Computing Labs writes:
Sixgirls Computing Labs, which is known for being one of the only hosting
services which uses an Amiga as a full time server (reva.sixgirls.org), is
experiencing a massive denial of service attack of unprecedented
magnitude.
A previous attack saturated the 10-base-T connection of the Amiga server
with over 7 Mbps of syn packets, which caused loss of most connectivity
for part of a day, but the machine was put behind another Sixgirls server
with 100-base-T connections which filters this traffic.
Another attack began at midnight EST Sunday morning. Information from the
upstream router shows that this attack is using 150 Mbps of traffic to
make the connection unusable. Measures will be put into place to block
this traffic upstream, and normal service should resume sometime Monday.
The authorities are investigating.
Temporarily, you may have trouble accessing sites which are hosted on
reva.sixgirls.org, such as:
http://distributed.amiga.org/
http://www.totalamiga.org/
http://www.seal-amiga.co.uk/
http://ireland.amiga.org/
and others.
Please check back.
(ps)
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13.Jan.2003
Grasshopper LLC
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DTP: PageStream V4.1.5.5 for Amiga OS and Windows
On 12 January 2003 Grasshopper LLC published version 4.1.5.5 of the
DTP program 'PageStream' for Amiga and Windows. This
update is available for registered users on the Grasshopper LLC Website at
the disposal. Currently this update contains only the new files until the
test of the package is finished.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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13.Jan.2003
AmithlonTV
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TV software: AmithlonTV beta version 229
Guido Mersmann published beta version 229 of the TV card driver software AmithlonTV.
- CHANGED:
Complete rework of the current video_bt8x8.lib.
Many routines replaced, improved or completly removed.
- BUGFIX:
Fixed a memory allocation problem. The video_bt8x8.lib didn't
work on non powerpci.library systems, now this is fixed.
- BUGFIX:
TVCard.library is now able to detect the Philips video chip
which is using the pci subclass "other" instead of video.
- FEATURE:
New option "Push in screen"! When using PowerWindows you're
able to drag windows out of the screen, which is very useful.
My TV window is placed at the right bottom of the screen by
default. When using the menu/hotkey to enlarge the window it
stays there and grows into the screen border. By using the new
option the window position is automaticaly changing to fit
on screen.
Download: AmithlonTV_Beta229.lha
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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13.Jan.2003
SAKU
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Meeting: Pictures of the Alternative Party 2003 (update)
Under the title link you can find some pictures of the Alternative Party 2003, which took
place last weekend in Helsinki, Finland.
Supplement 14.01.2003:
Further pictures can be found
here and
here.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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13.Jan.2003
Marius Schwarz (ANF)
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Meeting: Amiga party in Braunschweig asks for registration
Marius Schwarz wrote:
"For planning reasons of the Amiga Lan party in Braunschweig, which will take place
on 8 and 9 February 2003, we would like to ask all of you, to announce your coming by using our web form. We need the
registration because of the food supply, are thus in your
interest. THX."
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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13.Jan.2003
Velcro_SP (ANF)
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Meeting: Pictures of CES 2003 (Genesi)
I placed pictures of the CES 2003 on-line. Much fun when looking at!
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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12.Jan.2003
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amiga-news.de: 1000th news ticker mailed!
More than 600 subscribers make use of the possibility to have our news sent to
them via eMail. Jürgen Müller, who we are extending a big thankyou to, has been
creating a ticker almost daily for more than 3 years, and yesterday the 1000th
ticker was sent in the German section!
If you hadn't yet known about this possibility, you can learn how to subscribe
and unsubscribe under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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12.Jan.2003
Jörg Thomas (ANF)
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New URL for ylf's home page
As Amiga browsers apparently are learning and thus are slowly getting problems
with my hitherto domain redirect service in the form of annoying banner ads and
popup windows, I have now set up a new URL. As from now my site with the well
known hardware tips and the \"Amiga ist ...\" page can also be reached under
http://www.ylf.de.vu.
At the same time I would like to thank everyone for their feedback, and ask
those who have linked to my page to update the link at the next opportunity.
Regards, Jörg Thomas (ps) (Translation: cb)
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12.Jan.2003
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New review online
Today a review by Tristan Mangold of the online game 'Inselkampf' has been
published in the Amiga Future home page's articles area.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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11.Jan.2003
Stefan Ruppert (ANF)
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Red card for Internet investigators
Stefan Ruppert wrote:
Just stumbled across the above mentioned site. Don't know if this has already been posted here but it seems to me to be interesting for all Internet users.
Some words about the content:
"The Bundesrat has decided concerning a bill that intends the saving of all available data in the area of the classic telecommuncations (calling via cellphone and mobile cell phone, SMS, fax etc.) as well as all data available on the Internet on stock. The goal is to make it possible for the secret services and the offices for prosecution to find data they can access if is needed. Details shall not be handled in form of laws but through the Federal Government via a statuory instrument."
For those who are interested I came via fiff.de
to this site.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Conrad Elektronik: USB/Firewire to IDE interface
At Conrad Elektronik you can buy an interface for USB/FireWire to
IDE. With this interface it shall be possible to run an external IDE tower with hard disks for example via the USB interface card Highway. This interface handles on the IDE side ATA and ATAPI (PIO 0-4 and UDMA 0-4).
Interesting though is the question whether this interface can work also in the other direction. IDE to USB/FireWire.
Supplement:
Link to the interface removed as they use with single session IDs. So all interested have to wade through to the interface's page themselves.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
Jabberwocky
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Instant Messenger: Jabberwocky v1.3 - 6. preview (Update)
Tom Parker has released preview 5 of the Instant Messenger 'JabberWocky' for
Amiga computers. Jabber
is an open XML protocol for the direct exchange of messages.
Connections to other Instant Messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN and
Yahoo are possible via gateways.
Download: Jabberwocky030109.lha
Update 12.01.2003:
Today was released preview 6.
Download: Jabberwocky030113.lha
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
Ralf Himmel (ANF)
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Replacing floppy discs with MiniCD-RW
The company Memorex will offer from Februar 2003
on rewritable CDs for the waistcoat with 8 cm in diameter as a replacement for the floppy discs. The small CD-RW that can be rewritten up to 1.000 times and can contain a maximum of 210 MB of data is suitable for mobile
users. The Pocket CD-RW fits in every pocket and therefore suits perfectly for the mobile use, e.g. in the laptop, MP3 player or in the digital camera. Using the standard audio compression mode MPEG you can record 210 minutes of music. They are said to be available from February on for a price of 6,99 Euros for five Pocket CD-RWs in a slim jewel case.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
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Aminet uploads of 11.01.2003
Here are the latest Aminet uploads:
opentriton-hun.lha dev/gui 3K+Hungarian catalog for OpenTriton GUI sys
fat95hun.lha disk/misc 20K+Hungarian translation for fat95
AmigaFuture40.lha docs/mags 1.0M+Great german paper mag preview
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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11.Jan.2003
Stefan Schulze (ANF)
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Collected Dreamworlds news - Crossfire II update (update)
There are many news to report:
The new homepage of Dreamworlds Development is online. The base design is already complete as well as are the news and the downloads. Information about projects and the team will follow in the next few days. Until then there's a link to the old homepage.
Crossfire II has experienced a big update. There's finally a demo version
(download: cf2_demo.lha - 11,7 MB)
and an update (download: cf2_upd101.lha),
containing the following:
- Alternative graphics functions that don't need ChunkyPPC;
solves problems of ChunkyPPC on Pegasos systems.
- Mission mode completely translated into German.
- Optionally playable in the Workbench window.
- The tutorial can be skipped when starting a new game.
- Active weapon is marked with light effect.
- New music piece specially for mission #11.
- Many missions details changed.
- Wrong colors when playing in 8bit without screen fading fixed.
- Crash in mission #26 fixed.
- "File not executable" error fixed.
People ordering the full version now will get already the new version with all known problems fixed. The demo version is up to this level, too, and lets you play the tutorial, 2 missions from the middle of the game and test the multiplayer mode. To keep the archive small in size were all animations and musics removed. A more complete demo will be released e.g. on the next AmigaFuture CD.
Crossfire II is a kind of Wing Commander seen from above with complex and varied missions, a thrilling background story, lavish effects and explosive multiplayer fights.
Update:
On the APC&TCP homepage have recently further screenshots of the game been released. The game is available at APC&TCP and in a few days also on the shelves in the stores. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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10.Jan.2003
TTEngine
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FAQ for TTEngine written
Grzegorz Kraszewski has written an English FAQ to the topic TTEngine.
TTEngine is a text-rendering environment for AmigaOS based on TrueType font.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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GetBoinged.de will go online in two weeks
Thorsten Schölzel wrote:
The website www.getboinged.de which has gone offline some time ago will be online again
in two weeks. The goal has clearly determined: Supporting x86 users who use AmigaOS
via WinUAE.
The workshops describe the installation of AmigaOS3.9 for getting the best sound
as well as the creation of an Internet connection with Genesis. I try to show that
the use of AmigaOS is very easy with the help of an Amiga emulator. The proper
preferences are very important.
But before I will present you this issues I want to finish designing the homepage.
You will be able to watch the site with AWeb, IBrowse and Voyager in any case.
Now I want to speak a few words to the "negativ thinker": "Currently there is a
stagnation at users and developers. Why is it so? By working with UAE I could convince
users having the Amiga system. Today they use Windows and AmigaOS/WinUAE in a friendly
coexistence because there is good software on both sides. Try to expect the future
a little more positive!"
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Peter's Amiga Homepage
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Peter's Amiga Homepage: WinUAE FAQ updated
On the homepage of Peter the following sections have been updated:
- Winuae FAQ
- Windows XP guide will be available soon
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: Amiblitz 2.27 distribution published
Amiblitz2.27_Ger-Distribution:
From now on the full distribution of Amiblitz version 2.27 is available on Amiforce.
The update for Amiblitz 2.27 still had a few bugs which have been now fixed.
During the next days this archive will be completed by adding additional translations.
Please get the changes from the history which the guide contains. The Amiblitz download
section will be reworked and the date will be added.
The mailing list filearchive was created and data will be permanently added.
This will be also written in the info site.
SN-archives:
The programs SN-KontoArchiv and SN-AnlagenArchiv can be now accessed under Amiblitz/Developer
support. Additionally to a short describtion and the download there is also an online
formular for registering directly at the author Steffen Nitz. This section is being
reworked and has been still not finished.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Ancor Productions
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Website of Ancor Productions has a new design
The website of Ancor Productions which is well-known by projects such as 'The Last Seal'
, 'PTOE' and 'AFP' has been completely new designed.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
Richard H. Poser II (E-Mail)
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Instant-Messenger: AmigAIM V0.9443 beta
Richard H. Poser has published the beta version 0.9443 of the AIM-messenger "AmigAIM".
The following changes have been made compared with the previous version:
- Fixed, I believe, a long standing bug with the reconnection system.
This is only a small maintenance release, as I'm sure that was
annoying.
For further details please have a look at the
history-file.
Downlaod:
AmigAIM_BETA.lha
AmigAIM.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2003
d!RT!E & Zito of mOOdS (ANF)
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mOOdS now also without frames and Javascript!
Additional to some minor improvements you can now watch the homepage of "mOOdS - Music For Your Instincts"
which is a music group based on Amiga without frames and without Javascript.
Have much fun you IBrowse fans!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2003
Petra Struck
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Interview with Urban Müller (Aminet Administrator)
Interview with Urban Müller
by Petra Struck - 09.01.2003 (In Deutsch)
As we had to report in early January, the Aminet series of CDs was cancelled. So Aminet CD
#52 will be the last one put together. This turn of events compelled us to ask a few questions of Urban Müller, the person who does the CDs and is
also an Aminet administrator.
Amiga-News: Who is Urban Müller?
Urban Müller: I'm an Amiga fan since way back when. I first satisfied this passion during my IT studies and then as I worked as a search machine programmer.
Amiga-News: What constitutes Aminet and what is Aminet?
Urban Müller: Aminet was the attempt to ease the load on our university's Amiga archive through the use of mirrors, and it succeeded through the help of volunteers.
Amiga-News: How many years have you busied yourself with Aminet?
Urban Müller: Oh my God, it's been almost ten years! :)
Amiga-News: How is Aminet organized? Who does what and how long does it take to do it?
Urban Müller: The two moderators - Matthias Scheler and I - proofread all uploads for correct *.readme file, to make sure there are no viruses, for appropriate content and correct category designation. Normally this doesn't take too much time, however new features (for example the new web interface from Andrea Kareth) and the maintenance of the many mirrors take some time.
Amiga-News: What sort of difficulties have you had to overcome in this enterprise?
Urban Müller: Almost everything has gone quite well. Only occasionally are mirror admins difficult to reach, and I myself have a network card problem with the Amiga :)
Amiga-News: How is Aminet financed?
Urban Müller: Luckily Aminet's financial requirements are not very high, because bandwidth and storage space have been provided by universities.
Amiga-News: The cancellation of the Aminet CD series will leave a hole that will not be easily filled. Why exactly is it being stopped?
Urban Müller: The number of breaks shrank steadily, also in part it's due to the fact that almost everyone can connect to the Internet and therefore doesn't need a CD.
Amiga-News: Under what circumstances would it be possible to carry on the CD series, for instance would it help if we had a subscription campaign which registered 500 new subscribers?
Urban Müller: I think that would only postpone the cancellation a bit.
Amiga-News: Could you possibly turn over the rights to make Aminet CDs to someone else?
Urban Müller: I wouldn't rule that out, if someone is interested.
Amiga-News: What feelings do you have about the current Amiga situation?
Urban Müller: It's going to be difficult for the Amiga to expand the tiny user base after such a long period of standing still, but I would like to be surprised by positive developments.
Amiga-News: Do you still have an Amiga?
Urban Müller: Of course, but now I spend more time using Linux.
Amiga-News: In closing, is there anything you would like to say to readers?
Urban Müller: I thank all the people who have contributed to Aminet, especially the software authors, who have invested countless hours. Without them the Amiga would never have been useful for as long as it has.
Amiga-News: Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to our questions. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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New FAQ Page for HIGHWAY / SUBWAY
E3B is offering a compilation of frequently-asked questions (and answers) on their website. If you have USB problems they recommend that you first take a quick look there, perhaps the problem is already known and may be easily solved.
This FAQ is offered as support for customer service. If you have problems or questions E3B is also available by email, of course! (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
H & P
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Haage & Partner Website Revised
The webpage of Haage & Partner has been completely revised. At the first glance it seems that Amiga will not play a big role at H&P
in the future. The resisted decline of the Amiga market is apparent. The Amiga pages are there as they were before, but the principle
focus of H&P is now visibly in other areas. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
PageStream.de
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PageStream News for January 2003
PageStream News for January, 2003
It's version 4.1.5.4 of PageStream for Windows and 4.1.5 for
Amiga. The versions are still in testing stage and only available in English versions. A Macintosh version will follow shortly. A Linux version is also announced, but exact dates can't be stated yet.
Registered customers can download the new version and the German localization in the download area. Customers who have not registered yet can do so now: Registration.
PageStream area revised
To honor the new year the Pagestream area was revised and now meshes with the new design of the main site. Shortly the text area will also be updated and reorganized. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
Golem - IT News
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No Soldering Required: Radeon 9500 Conversion to Radeon 9700
Driver patch enables functions only offered by more expensive products. After the Russian website Overclockers.ru publicized a modification in which one could change a Radeon 9500 with 128 megs RAM to a better-performing Radeon 9700 with a BIOS update and a bit of solder, the story continued: tinkerers found new ways to do the same thing without any hardware modification nor warranty voiding, although there are a few restrictions.
Click on the title link for the complete article.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
Amigaworld.net
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Amiga Inc. Website Covered in Computeractive's Netcharts
The website of Amiga Inc. has landed in the "Netcharts" section of the English-language computer newspaper 'Computeractive.' The website is described as follows:
www.amiga.com
Unlike the rest of the 1980s home computer systems such as the Sinclair
Spectrum and Commodore 64 that went west during the early 1990s, the
Amiga is still reasonably common. All sorts of software and applications
are still being developed and Amigas are still widely used to create
video effects for TV and film. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
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Aminet Uploads 09.01.2003
Here the current uploads:
CDCat30PL.lha docs/help 14K+Polish Locale for CDCat 3.0
AmigaBG.jpg pix/back 395K+A simple Amiga wallpaper
(ps)
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09.Jan.2003
TecChannel (ANF)
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tecChannel: T-Mobile Offers Microsoft Smartphones
According to tecChannel: Microsoft Germany has found a new partner in T-Mobile for their efforts in the Handy market. This quarter T-Mobile will market the first telephone with the Handy software, the Microsoft SmartPhone. Click on the title link for the complete article.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jan.2003
CD32-Allianz (ANF)
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New Category at CD32 Alliance: Instructions
On account of many requests for the original instructions of CD-32 stuff we decided to meet the challenge and create a category
for instructions. Additionally there are also the instructions for the SX-32 expansion module and diverse CDTV accessories. In the
CD-32 Games area, there are the instructions for Lotus Trilogy. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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08.Jan.2003
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packages (until 01-05-2003)
With WHDLoad it is possible to install games on a hard disk which were orginally designed for floppy disk use only. The following packages were added/updated since the last announcement:
- 05.01.03 fixed: XP8 (Weathermine Software) support for NTSC machines
- 05.01.03 new: The Speris Legacy (Team 17) done by JOTD
- 05.01.03 new: Sextimates (Actionworks) done by Psygore
- 05.01.03 new: Pinball Mania (21st Century Entertainment) done by JOTD
- 05.01.03 improved: Pinball Fantasies (21st Century) supports AGA version, highscores fixed
- 04.01.03 new: Sky Chase (Imageworks) done by Psygore
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08.Jan.2003
CVS
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Developer tool: CVS version 1.11.4 AmigaOS/MorphOS port
By the title link there is the latest update of the Amiga and MorphOS port of CVS (Concurrent Versions System) available which was done by Olaf Barthel and Jens Langner. The current version is 1.11.4. Please see the included ChangeLog.
Download: cvs-1.11.4.lzx - 982 KB
CVS is a tool for programers which simplifies the version control of source code a lot. More known from Unix/Linux these ports may be useful for one or another using AmigaOS or MorphOS.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail)
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Event: C= show report on Dutch radio
Ron van Schaik writes:
Hello all great C= lovers,
First of all I wanna wish you a very good 2003!
Dutch radio will have a report of our C= show held on December 21 at the
Trefpunt in Holland. There is an interview with Jeri Ellsworth and a report
of the C= One. Also there will be an interview with our clubmembers Ruud
Baltissen and Gideon Zweijtzer (builder of the new C64 32-bit processor).
The programm called Telescoop will be on air at Saturday January 11 from
17:00 till 18:00 at radio 747AM. Info:
(telescoop magazine).
When you wanna see some nice pics (two pages) of our C= show held on December
21 you can watch it on: commodore-gg.hobby.nl/dec2002a.htm and
commodore-gg.hobby.nl/dec2002b.htm.
Lots of greetings Ron van Schaik
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
MorphOS-news.de
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Genesi USA founded (Update)
Genesi USA (tax number: EIN 42-1567425) has been founded this week in Nevada,
USA. Genesi USA is a hold to 100% by Genesi SARL Luxembourg.
Samuel Rydh (MacOnLinux) will be at the Genesi-CES stand
Genesi SARL has informed MorphOS-news that Samuel Rydh (chief developer of Mac-On-Linux) will attend together with Genesi at their stand at the CES and will help to promote the Pegasos mainboard.
Update 09.01.2003:
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck:
Announcement:
Crossbee Management Joins Genesi
The Management of Crossbee S.A. of Paris, France has joined Genesi to assist
in the organization of the Company. "Integrating Thendic-France, bplan GmbH,
and all of our sales efforts and strategic initiatives required us to find
and recruit a proven and talent international management team. Stéphane Donders
and the Crossbee team are the right people to bring Genesi to the next level."
The Crossbee team began working with Genesi 7 January.
Details about Crossbee can be found at www.crossbee.com. Crossbee and Genesi
will share offices in Paris. New Genesi Offices will be established in Frankfurt
and Luxembourg in January and February.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: Amiblitz2.27 update
Unfortunately it has been very quiet around Amiforce due to lack of time and other projects. Now it's going on. The start is a new update archive of Amiblitz2.27.
For the usage there is a full distribution of Amiblitz 2.26 is required.
The FAQ has partially translated to German and will soon be completed.
In the next days an updated distribution will be released.
The following things will soon be changed/expanded:
- AmiblitzML files archive:
All data which were posted to the German mailing list will be put inside a public folder so every user can access it.
- SN archive will be expanded
- At the "Gamesfun" area the will be added the section "Classicgaming" which will offer some never before released games.
- The music area gets a new track. ;)
The last poll is finished now and the results can be viewed at the start site. The favoured topic will be featured soon.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
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amiga-news.de tries new ways of financing
The costs for amiga-news.de were covered by banner ads only. Due to the stagnation of the Amiga market it became more and more difficult during the last year to find paying clients for these banner ads.
With Martin Wolf of Eternity
we try from today on a new kind of advertisements. amiga-news.de sets up a banner for a product, in this case 'Tales of Tamar', and for every purchase that was done via this banner amiga-news.de gets a provision.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
heise Newsticker / Apple-Fan (ANF)
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heise online: Macworld Expo: Web browser by Apple
A new open source browser called 'Safari',
which was developed by Apple especially for Mac OS X, should, so Jobs, show that innovation and speed is nothing magically.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Amiga-Mediaplayer version 2.9
Update of the 'Amiga-Mediaplayer'. New: Start of the TV window or 'Frogger' after a context change, save function for the radio frequency list, possibility for changement of single frequencies within the list and fix the new entries, TV/radio switch keeps the last chosen radio frequency.
Optimization of the source code.
Shortcuts:
- Return: Opens the Frogger ASL requester for media data
- Esc: Quits the mediaplayer window
- F1: Opens a context changer window "Changer"
- F: Fixes the new radio frequencies within the frequency list
- S: Saves the new radio frequency list
Function:
To change the radio frequency list a number key has to be stroken first. Then it is possible to change the tuner frequency with the up ">>|" and down "|<<" arrows inside the
mediaplayer window in 10KHz quantities.
If the desired frequency is reached only the "F" key has to be hit and the new value is fixed.
Now this frequency can't be changed any more.
If this new value should be to find at every start of the Mediaplayer the "S" key has to be pressed. Then the frequency list will be rewritten within the program directory, including the changed frequencies.
Download: Mediaplayer-2.lzy
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08.Jan.2003
Titan Computer (ANF)
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Diskussion: Rage Hard discussion board
For the new multi player tactic shooter Rage Hard a discussion
board has set up here.
Ideas, improvements and critics are welcome.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jan.2003
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Aminet uploads from 01-08-2003
Following the latest Aminet uploads:
up-kicks.lha demo/aga 1.1M+UP ROUGH "April In Paris" released at MS
up-yours.lha demo/intro 66K+UP ROUGH "Introducin" our first intro ev
apx-tb05.lha demo/mag 3.1M+Taboo #5 AGA/CGX.Polish scenemagazine by
fdisk.lha disk/misc 126K+PC partition table editor for Amiga
Sv5-1.lha gfx/misc 549K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 1/8
Sv5-2.lha gfx/misc 152K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 2/8
Sv5-3a.lha gfx/misc 127K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 3a/8
Sv5-3b.lha gfx/misc 237K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 3b/8
Sv5-4.lha gfx/misc 35K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 4/8
Sv5-5.lha gfx/misc 141K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 5/8
Sv5-6.lha gfx/misc 159K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 6/8 (opti
Sv5-7.lha gfx/misc 154K+SView5 V1.00 (1.1.2003) - Part 7/8 (opti
up-warez.lha mods/chip 5K+UP ROUGH "Hong Kong Warez" by Skope. Rel
up-ilove.lha mods/house 676K+UP ROUGH "To Be In Love" by Spot. Releas
up-style.lha mods/mpg 2.9M+UP ROUGH "Up Rough Karate Style" by Goto
up-ndrnt.lha mods/techn 189K+UP ROUGH "Underneath Our Home" by Spot f
up-tumb.lha mods/techn 290K+UP ROUGH "Tumblebeat" a compomod by Qwan
up-warp.lha mods/techn 362K+UP ROUGH "In Warp" by Qwan
up-spect.lha mus/misc 8K+UP ROUGH "Spectrum" a waveform designer.
Xtree.jpg pix/misc 85K+A Christmas tree
PLConverter.lha text/misc 42K+Text Converter for Polish users only (I
MemTrailer.lha util/boot 3K+Allocates 16 bytes for MEMORY-PROTECTION
ScalosPlugAP96.lha util/wb 12K+Avail Picasso96 plugin for Scalos
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07.Jan.2003
Matthias Acklow (ANF)
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BlizKick Version 1.24rc4
Harry "Piru" Sintonen has released version 1.24rc4 of BlizKick. This version fixes
some problems with the SpeedyIDE module under OS3.9 BB2 and contains a tool for
protection of the MMU. It is a version from June 2002.
Download: BlizKick-1.24rc4.lha - 279 KB -
Readme
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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07.Jan.2003
No Amiga to Waste (ANF)
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No Amiga to Waste: Ideas wanted!
This page can be used as a source of ideas for coder. If you have a real good idea
for a program on the Amiga that should be programmed you can post it here, and maybe
a coder will take it and make it.
Coders for the Amiga are rar nowadays but some are still looking for ideas or asking
what programmes are needed.
The last entry was taken years ago, so I wanted to get some attention to it again. (Translation: gf)
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07.Jan.2003
Scott Pistorino (ANF)
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AmigaSource reaches 1300+ links
Hello all, just a minor news flash. I am pleased to announce that
www.amigasource.com has just passed the 1300 link mark. Drop in, look
around, enjoy and PLEASE help spread the word!
Thanks
Scott Pistorino (ps)
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07.Jan.2003
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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TTEngine 6.0 and TTManager 1.1
TTEngine 6.0 and TTManager 1.1 have been released. New features:
- Font requester in TTEngine. From user point of view it looks almost the same as ASL font requester that every Amigan is familiar with. The font requester uses data stored in "ttengine.database" file and is an easiest way to use the database with applications. Requester gadgetry is based on GadTools to keep independence of disk-based GUI packages and the look consistent with ASL. Three new functions in the library API have been introduced to handle the requester: TT_AllocRequest(), TT_RequestA() and TT_FreeRequest(). See autodoc file for details. Currently the font requester provides only the basic functionality - font family and size - and will be extended in the future versions in the compatible manner (TT_RequestA() is taglist based much like ASL). A new version of "PlainTest" example program uses the font requester.
- Internal: Cache autooptimisation. TTEngine font cache now modifies its structure in the runtime to minimize cache search time. For example with "PlainTest" example program cache optimization lowers the number of cache search iterations from 15 500 to 6 700.
- Cache size limit. TTEngine 6.0 font cache size is limited and the limit can be adjusted by user. This way you can avoid memory exhaustion even if working with hundreds of TrueType fonts. When the limit is reached TTEngine starts to flush unused fonts from the cache. Read more about this feature in an User's Guide document in the distributuion archive.
- Internal: TTEngine global data acces is arbitrated with semaphores. It eliminates a rare possibility of lockups when multiple applications use TTEngine simultaneously.
- TTManager: The database manager is now aware of cache limit setting saved in the database file.
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