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19.Oct.2001
Stéphane Campan (e-mail)


Print magazine: Amiga Active Magazine Announces Major Changes
Fri 19 Oct Amiga Active Magazine Announces Major Changes
Amiga Active, the world's leading Amiga magazine, is undergoing significant changes to meet the challenges of a changed marketplace. With the first consumer version of the next generation Amiga environment, the AmigaDE player, finally available to the public, Amiga have stepped into the future, and Amiga Active magazine is following suit.

Issue 26 of Amiga Active magazine will be released on the 25th of October. This issue will contain the normal mix of forward-looking and "Classic Amiga" content, including the most detailed preview of the Amiga DE to date, revealing for the first time much of what is actually going into the next-generation Operating Environment which Amiga are building on top of the binary-portable intent JTE (Java Technology Edition) multimedia engine from Tao Group. This will be the last time that Amiga's journey into the next generation will be a matter of previews and predictions. The next generation has arrived.

Amiga Active has been preparing for this from the very beginning. Since the very first issue we have been covering the revolution taking place in computing, and over recent months our coverage has increased through our ever-expanding "Next Generation" section. We are now taking the magazine itself into the next stage with a change in focus, and a change in name - to digital.
Complete article see title link. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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19.Oct.2001
Matthew Kille (ANF)


Zeoneo website launched
The Zeoneo website is now online with details of its two new releases for AmigaDE: Convex and Planet Zed.

Until now, Zeoneo was a company that relatively few people knew about. Indeed, it may suprise many people to know that we have been working behind the scenes for well over a year now. In that time, experience and understanding of the systems that make up AmigaDE has been gained and used to develop our first two PDA-targetted titles.

Convex is an addictive puzzle game where the objective of each of the 25 levels is to remove all the marbles.

Planet Zed is a vertical scroll shoot 'em up game that borrows many of its features from the classic Bitmap Brothers game Xenon2.

Further information and screenshots of these products is available on the website. www.zeoneo.com (ps) (Translation: rh)

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19.Oct.2001
Richard Kapp (e-mail)


New downloads at the NARR site
At the NARR site you can download a colorful imageset in GlowIcon style for MUIVideo (was released some time ago for the Amiga Arena).

In addition to some other small changes on my site, there's also a new skin (SolarCalc) for CoolCALC which was made by Klaus Licha. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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19.Oct.2001
Andreas Schmidt (ANF)


4,000,000th visitor :-)
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! You've just had your 4,000,000th visitor, that's me. With the help of a printout made with Netscape (PS file) I can prove it. Will there be a price? :-)

Comment from the team:
We currently have no prices, but maybe a company donates something :-). (ps) (Translation: rh)

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19.Oct.2001
Scott Pistorino (ANF)


WWW.AmigaSource.com - Your NEW source for Amiga information
For your viewing pleasure. A new source of Amiga information has been created. After months of hard work www.AmigaSource.com has finally been released to the Amiga community. With 500 links and many more still yet to come this I hope this will be of much use to you all.
Thanks. Scott Pistorino (ps) (Translation: rh)

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19.Oct.2001
Bernd Lachner (ANF)


Sharp announces developer version of their SL5000 PDA for November
Sharp has announced the developer version of their SL5000 PDAs for November
In the article at the title link there is some concrete information about the operating system of the PDA for the first time. The PDA will use besides the already known Embedix Linux kernel by Lineo Qt embedded and the QT Palmtop Environment by Trolltech as well as the browser Opera. Further, a Java VM is integrated.

The article does not mention who provides the JVM. Probably TAO's Java VM won't be used but rather the Jeode Java VM by Insignia, at least this is mentioned on the Sharp developer page for the PDA. Then the Sharp PDA would use the system of the partners Lineo - Trolltech - Insignia - Opera already announced on the Lineo page.
Original article at the title link. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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18.Oct.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


Eyetech: Initial impressions of the design case for AmigaOne
Eyetech has released first impressions of the design case for the AmigaOne, exclusively developed for Eyetech by the French industry designers Naya.


Some of Naya's employees are still active Amigans who seem to have contacted Ben Yoris (Hyperion) who then arranged contact with Eyetech. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Oct.2001
Stéphane Campan (E-Mail)


XTeam Software Solution: Geometry Studio Demo
In the section download is present a preview of Geometry Studio (need a mpeg player). (ps)

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18.Oct.2001
Markus Nerding (E-Mail)


Hyperion announce Haage & Partner to distribute "Freespace: The Great War"
18-October-2001: Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce that Haage&Partner will act as Publisher of the Amiga conversion of "Freespace, The Great War".

The eagerly awaited game which was originally developed by Volition and published by Interplay, is arguably the best space-combat simulator ever to grace the Amiga platform and offers an unparalleled mix of top-notch graphics, plot and gameplay.

Freespace will run on any PPC equipped Amiga with at least 64 MB of memory or a 68060 based Amiga with 3D accelerator (e.g. Voodoo 3, Permedia 2).

More information can be found at freespace.haage-partner.de.

Freespace can already be pre-ordered from the H&P online store at www.amiga-shop.de .

Users who pro-order their copy of Freespace will receive their copy before anyone else. (ps)

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18.Oct.2001
Paul Qureshi (ANF)


AmiMPC - Amiga in-car MP3 Player
The AmiMPC website is now available at: http://amimpc.world3.net. Check out the Amiga in-car MP3 player based on an A1200 and MAS Player Pro! (ps)

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18.Oct.2001
Thomas Dellert (ANF)


DCE: GREX 4000D shipping from today
From today the GREX 4000D is in stock and available. Today the first boards have been delivered to our distributor Vesalia Computer. The boards also are being offered by Virtualworks on the Pianeta 2001 in Empoli, Italy. Moreover we have created a new driver pack for free use (download: grexdriver2_2.lzh).

To make our board PCI compatible with the Pegasos board the CyberPCI library version 2.2 is available now (download: flash_20011012.lha). This new flash for the first time enables Voodoo3 users to display the 15KHz start screen directly on the Voodoo card after system start. For this new graphic boards drivers and new 68060 libraries are required and made available (download: GREX68K_libraryV2_2.lha).

Also new is the graphic board driver for the SIS 6326 VGA card supporting both of the RAM variants of this card. For sound support we are offering drivers for the approved Terratec sound cards PCI 128 and PCI 512. Compatible cards with the chip sets ESS SOLO ONE (PCI 128) as well as Fortem edia 801 (PCI 512) can be used, too. Both of the drivers support use with AHI. All of the drivers will be available for download from tomorrow. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Oct.2001
Achim Stegemann (ANF)


Digital Almanac III - update announcement
A new update for the Amiga astronomy program "Digital Almanac III" version 4.2 can be expected bevore long. A certain release date was not determined, yet.

New features:
  • Enhanced formula for the moon's brightness.
  • The DA screen now is puclic (public screen).
  • The Bayer/Flamsteed database has been enhanced.
  • Online information of several hundreds of stars!
  • Selection of different Internet sites for constellation descriptions via context menu in the star window.
Bugfixes:
  • Small bug in the accuracy matrix fixed (but did not affect due to low values).
  • URLs in the planet window called wrong Internet sites.
  • When opening a project file on program start (CLI or WB) accidently a screen mode request was done.
If Harald Frank will agree and there will be time enough DA III perhaps will be presented running on the new Amithlon/AmigaXL on the Amiga meeting of the Amiga-Freunde-Pfalz in Mutterstadt, Germany, on 19. Oktober to show the new emulator's performance by an scientific program. But this cannot be guaranteed at this time and cannot be checked before the meeting. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Oct.2001
T-Online Computer


Virus warning for Windows users: New virus "Anthrax-Info" (update)
»According to the US software company Kaspersky Labs a new e-mail worm "Anthrax-Info" appeared on Tuesday abusing the fact that Amerikan's are afraid of anthrax infection these a days, but did not do any damage up to now. «

Complete article see title link (German). (ps) (Translation: mj)

Update 18. October 2001:
This link for our English speaking readers to find information about this new worm: www.kaspersky.com (mj)

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18.Oct.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena: Interview with Rafal Kaczmarczyk (developer of XBaze)
Recently XBaze version 7 was released being a very flexible database with an easy field and display editor. The Amiga Arena talked to the developer Rafal Kaczmarczyk. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Oct.2001
Tao Group


Tao Group establish subsidary in Japan
»Tokyo, Japan, 17th October 2001: UK-based Tao Group today announces the establishment of its new subsidiary, Tao Japan K.K, headquartered in Tokyo. It will be responsible for continuing the growth that Tao's Japanese business has already enjoyed. It will also work closely with both Tao's partners and the Open Contents Platform Association (OCPA) - the open standards body using Tao's 'intent®' software platform as a core component for home and mobile connected appliances.«
Complete article see title link. (ps)

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17.Oct.2001
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


Amiga Future: Homepage is being updated again
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
XBaze


Database: XBaze V7.01
On 14th of October 2001 Rafal Kaczmarczyk has published version 7.01 of the database called 'XBaze'. In this version a bug of the popup-menu in the view-editor has been fixed.

Download:
2b_XBaze-7.lha (539 KB) - Full archive
2b_XBaze-7.01-upd.lha (113 KB) - Update of V7
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
WHDLoad


Installer: New packets for WHDLoad (until 16.10.2001)
Games which have been previously made for disks can be now installed to harddrive with the help of WHDLoad. The following packets have been added or updated:
  • 16.10.01 new: Synthesis (Underground) done by Psygore
  • 16.10.01 new: Torvak the Warrior (Core Design) done by CFOU!
  • 16.10.01 new: Thunder Jaws (Tengen/Domark) done by CFOU!
  • 16.10.01 new: Side Winder (Arcadia Software) done by CFOU!
  • 16.10.01 new: Scramble Spirits (Grandslam/Teque) done by Bored Seal
  • 16.10.01 improved: Project X (Team 17) automatic load/save highscores
  • 16.10.01 new: Joyride (Phenomena) done by Psygore
  • 16.10.01 new: Peter Beardsley's International Football (Teque/Grandslam) done by Codetapper
  • 16.10.01 fixed: Navy Seals (Ocean) graphics problem fixed
  • 16.10.01 fixed: Jumping Jack Son (Infrogrames) highscores and some gfx fixed
  • 16.10.01 new: Barbarian 2 (Psygnosis/Pandemonium) done by CFOU!
  • 16.10.01 new: Banshee (Core Design) done by JOTD
  • 16.10.01 new: The Last Sun Demo (Ackerlight) done by Psygore
  • 10.10.01 new: Vindicators (Tengen/Domark) done by CFOU!
  • 10.10.01 new: Vigilante (US Gold/Emerald Software) done by CFOU!
  • 09.10.01 improved: Zool (Gremlin) all disk versions supported too
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
SonicPulse


Music: SoundFX News
Stefan Kost writes: "There have not been information for a long time so I want to make up for it. Currently I rewrite a lot of code and I fix bugs. Without it a version 5 would be impossible. There will also be some nice new features." (ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
Golem


Golem: IBM introduces 1 GHz PowerPC-processor
»Power consumption lowered at 50 percent, efficiency incresed at 30 percent
At the microprocessor forum in California IBM has introduced its previously fastest PowerPC-processor called PowerPC 750FX. It is supossed to have a clock rate up to 1 GHz and for the first time is supoosed to unify copper cable, Silicon-on-Insulator-(SoI-) and low-k-dialectric-technologies in one chip.«
Have a look at the title link for the full article.

Another link to this topic:
Heise: PowerPC G3 with 1 GHz
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
Jörg Brenner (ANF)


Lexsite: New update of hardware-website
Today Lexsite hase been updated. The following things have been added:

Description, photos and gallery-pictures of
  • Commodore A1060 Sidecar (XT-emulator for A1000)
  • Kupke Golem HD 3000 (ST-506-controller for Zorro II)
  • Datel Action Replay III A2000 (Freezer)


Photos and gallery-pictures of
  • GVP EGS 28/24 Spectrum (RTG-graphic adapter)
  • Village Tronic Picasso II (RTG-graphic adapter)
  • X-Pert Merlin (RTG-graphic adapter)
  • HK-Computer Vector Connection (interface adapter)
  • RBM IOBlix (interface adapter)


Description of
  • ArMax oMniBus (RTG-graphic adapter)


In addition all extensions which are supported by Linux and/or NetBSD have got a corresponding comment. By the way we are still looking for Amiga magazines from 1987 to 1993 especially from England and USA - we would be pleased if some poeple could give support to us. Generally scans of the according magazines are sufficient. Please contact us before sending it.

Last but not least: Thanks a lot to all which have sent us pictures of extensions! (ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
Czech Amiga News


Dave Haynie's Garage Sale
According to Czech Amiga NewsDave Haynie, Chief Technology Officer, Merlancia Industries (formerly working at Commodore), offers several Amiga hardware for sale under the title link. Different prototypes also belong to it: PIOS One-Board, A3000+-Board and Amiga-Gemini (Multiprozessor-Amiga based on A3000). (sd)

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17.Oct.2001
Amiga Inc.


AmigaDE Shop: New products
In the AmigaDE shop two new products can be found called 'BoXiKoN' and 'Solitaire Pulsar'. 'BoXiKoN' is a Tetris-clone and 'Solitaire Pulsar' is a packet of ten different Solitaire-variants. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
H. Ogino (ANF)


Japan Amiga User Group's (JAUG) homepage finished
JAPAN AMIGA USER GROUP'S (JAUG) homepage has been finished today. Here you can find everything about Amiga in Japan. "Amiga history in Japan", "Amiga softwares in Japan", "Amiga games in Japan", "Amiga power users now in Japan" as well as "Say it in Japanese", "Japanese culture", etc. On "Event" page JAUG is planning to have event titled "simultanous interpret chat" between Japanese Amiga users and non-Japanese Amiga users. This is the first time project worldwidely. Please visit the homepage and enjoy Japan! (ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
Richard H. Poser II (E-Mail)


Messenger: AmigAIM BETA Version 0.9433
Richard H. Poser has published beta version 0.9433 of the AIM-messenger AmigAIM. AmigAIM is a client for connecting with the America Online Instant-Messenger (AIM-service). It follows an extract of the history from where you can get the changes which have been made:

  • Fixed bug, I hope, having to do with some URLs containing the '&' replacement for '&'
  • Still working on new stuff in internal Alpha...
Download: AmigAIM_BETA.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
Jörn-Erik Burkert (E-Mail)


Amiga magazine: Article of issues 9 and 10 online
On the website some readings of the issues 9/2001 and 10/2001 are online. Among other things you can read the full MySQL-course and a workshop for programming sound. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
Fun Time World


AMIGA 2001: Ticket advance-booking
From 17th to 18th of November 2001 the AMIGA 2001 will take place in MediaPark 6 in Cologne. From now on until 5th of November 2001 you can order your ticket in advance for this event under http://www.amiga-messe.de/kartenverkauf-d.html. (sd) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (ANF)


Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD V1.06
The MM CD 1.06 update for registered users of the Mediator Multimedia CD has been made available by ELBOX Computer.

The update includes the new TV card driver version:
  • tv.library ver.1.3
  • TV ver.1.2
Additionally, the driver supports TV backdrop functionality. See more: http://www.elbox.com/news_01_10_16.html.

Other driver updates in the MM CD UP1.06:
  • FastEthernet.device ver.1.1
  • MediatorNET.device ver.2.2
Important:
As the interest of programmers is really high, who would like to prepare graphic interfaces working with our TV drivers, we have decided to make available the appropriate tv.library developer's documentation.

The tv.library documentation is enclosed in the Mediator Multimedia CD UP1.06 in the DEV_TV drawer.

Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department (sd) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2001
Cyborg (ANF)


Instant Messenger: CIM V1.05 now with MultiUserChat
With the Instant Messenger it is now possible to have an encoded MultiUserChat together with PGP-support of CIM. Since the last version the expected rework of the GUI has been made.

As usual the updates can be found on the Amiga Security page which you can access over the title link. (sd) (Translation: dr)

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16.Oct.2001
ANN


Programming: ARexx- and AWNPipe tutorials
Bruce Steers has released tutorials for ARexx and AWNPipe on his homepage. The ARexx tutorial introduces you to the basics of ARexx. The AWNPipe tutorial describes how to use 'AWNPipe', with which GUIs and other stuff can be created. What makes AWNPipe special is the possibility to use it with any programming language offering read/write operations.

JavaScript is required to dispaly the page. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Oct.2001
Jürgen Lange (ANF)


Amithlon/AmigaXL: Compatibility list and release date
On 15. October 2001 Haage & Partner Computer GmbH have released a compatibility list for Amithlon and Amiga XL for QNX on thier website.

Furthermore it is being announced that the emulator package will start shipping within this week.

There will be an official presentation this weekend on the Pianeta 2001 in Italy. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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16.Oct.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (ANF)


Elbox: TV as background
Elbox Computer is pleased to inform that Amiga with the Mediator busboard is from now on the first hardware, in which displaying the actual and moving at full speed real TV broadcasting picture in the backdrop has become possible.

Mediator PCI is now the only PCI busboard for Amiga, whose users may use TV cards. Apart from this fact, Mediator PCI is also a pathfinder for new quality standards in the way PCI TV cards are used in computers.

Displaying the full-quality TV picture with absolutely 100% system performance maintained (irrespective whether you use a turbo card with PPC/68060 or with 68030) is now possible with the special method of storing code for the video capturing processor.

The fast SDRAM/SGRAM memory of graphic cards, to which the TV card sends the digitalised television picture is used in Mediator PCI also to store program for the TV-card video and audio capture processor. This means that none of the operations related to generating the picture requires any operation outside the PCI bus.

Therefore, performance of TV cards is significantly enhanced when compared against other computers with PCI TV cards, in which the video capture processors must take their code from the computer's main memory.

Inventing this method of co-operation between TV cards and graphic cards has become possible due to the effort of our in-house team of programmers, who have written drivers for both graphic and TV cards.

Software for TV cards for Mediator, which now supports as many as 50 of the most popular PCI TV cards, enables a series of different methods of displaying television image.

The basic method is to display the image in the window of the pre-set size from the range of 96x72 to 768x576. Any size of window may be freely scalable at any time. Scaling the TV picture is executed in real time with the PCI graphic card's hardware.

When the TV image is displayed as a backdrop, the user may freely define the colour, which will be automatically replaced by the graphic card with the moving television image.

The enclosed screenshots show television picture samples in Amiga with Mediator PCI.

Software for TV cards in Mediator enables a number of other additional functions, which the TV card may perform.

For example: managing the radio tuner integrated with the card or using the TV card as a scandoubler / flickerfixer for displaying the AGA-generated image in the PCI graphic card screen.

The software to enable operation of any supported TV card in the backdrop mode will be made available today to all the registered users of the Mediator Multimedia CD package as an update, free of any charge.

Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department (sd)

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15.Oct.2001
Virus Help Denmark


Virus Help Denmark: VirusExecutor V2.22
There is a new version (2.22) of 'VirusExecutor' available. This version contains the following bugfixes:
  • Fixed bug when renaming VirusExecutor. No more modified error.
  • If you have unknown patches, the patch window pops up twice at startup. Fixed.
  • If you have an unknown patch and then run a program with a known patch, the patch window pops up with the same unknown patches. No need for that. Fixed.
  • Got some complaint about the flashy check box around the clock when checking memory/patches. Fixed.
  • Added "real" name to Shell programs in 'Show tasks'. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the code.
  • Fixed bug in dos.library LVO-names.
  • Added czech catalog. Thanks to Roman Brychta.
  • Fixed small bug in the install script.
  • Added 'Write to log file'-flag to the preferences.
  • Added an Iconify option to the project menu. See also the preferences if you want to iconify at startup.
  • Fixed Enforcer hit when KickTagPtr was zero. Thanks to Joerg Riemer for finding this hit.
  • Added recog for hidden executable files inside installer scripts.
  • Added hunk structure check of VirusExecutor.
  • Fixed hit in the memory monitor when RAM has no name. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for finding this hit.
  • If the xvs.libray somehow has been disabled, VE will tell you so. Thanks to Zeeball for this tip.
System requirements:
  • AmigaOS V2.04+
  • reqtools.library V38.11+
  • xvs.library V33.13+
  • xfdmaster.library V38.6+


Download: VirusExecutor.lha (298K), Readme (sd) (Translation: sk)

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15.Oct.2001
Housey (ANF)


Music: New OctaMED- and additional music forums
New OctaMED forum at aBSTRaCTaSS as well as many other music production related forums. Please register and give support. We would also like to add more Amiga music related forums if the interest was shown. (sd) (Translation: sk)

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15.Oct.2001
Alex Goedert


Draco: Interest in PPC and Grafikkarte?
Alex Goedert wrote:

Hello!

I am currently making some inquiries about how much you out there are interested in a new fast, high-resolution graphic board and/or a faster CPU-addon-card with a UW-SCSI controller for the DRACO-system.

A hardware developer must have some strong evidences that his developments will be bought after the release. I think that everyone knows that such a development is expensive and time consuming.

I would like to please everyone who is interested in these devices to mail me.

Please do not discuss if it is worth it.

Furthermore the follwing would be a great help:
  • wiring of the DRACO-tower or DRACO-cube
  • Volunteers that make theire DRACO-systems available for hardware-development
  • People able to give some programming aid


Thanks a lot

Alex (sd)

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15.Oct.2001
Martin Blom (Geekgadgets-ML)


Compiler: gcc-Crosscompiler für AmigaOS und MorphOS (update)
Martin Blom has released an initial version of a cross development suite for AmigaOS (68k) and MorphOS (PPC) running on Linux and created under RedHat Linux 7.1, but should also run on other Linux distributions. Beside of the compiler tools like 'fd2inline' and 'textinfo' are also contained. The adapted source codes are said to be released after about one week.

The several packets and more information are available by following the title link.

Update 18. October 2001
Displaced pior text due to that was not matching the content of the German message. (mj) (sd) (Translation: mj)

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14.Oct.2001
Czech Amiga News


Project for a better datatypes system
Martin Machiels is planning a project to develop an enhanced datatypes system. Beside of other things the current one misses streaming support. Furthermore other features are missing in the library as well as in Multiview.

Beside of the enhancements to the basic system new datatypes (read and write) for currently not supported formats as well as for new formats like MPEG-4 shall be developed, too.

The new system should be backwards compatible and run on AmigaOS V3.x, V4.x, MorphOS, AROS, and Amithlon. The datatypes.library of the AROS project might be a starting point.

Regarding organization Machiels has a project at Sourceforge in mind.

People interested to participate in this project might contact Martin Machiels via e-mail: darklite@beer.com. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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14.Oct.2001
Virus Help Denmark:


Virus Help Denmark: xvs.Library V33.35
On 12. October 2001 Jan Erik Olausen has released version 33.35 of the virus checker library 'xvs'. Recognition of the Bobek2 virus installer from the 'CoolBall.lha' archive was added.

The xvs.library contains the recognition code to remove viruses previously part of VirusZ. The library was developed by George Hörmann and currently Jan Erik Olausen cares for it.

Download: xvslibrary.lha (58K), Readme (sd) (Translation: mj)

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14.Oct.2001
AmigaArt


Magazine: Obligement #29
Issue #29 of the French online magazine 'Obligement' is available for download.

This issue contains current Amiga news, interviews with Richard Fhager (author of 'BabeAnoid'), and Jean-Jacques Boulet (leader of the 'Amiga Center'), a report about the 'Alchimie Meeting 2001', tests of Photogenics 5 and the Repulse sound card, an article about ADSL, and many other articles more.

This magazine utilizes a special program to display the texts which runs on Amigas with AGA or graphics board.

Download: obligement29.lha (888K), Readme (sd) (Translation: mj)

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14.Oct.2001
Czech Amiga News


ExoticA: SID collection updated and new logo
On 13. October 2001 the ExoticA website was updated. This site deals with the musical capabilities and the history of the Amiga.

ExoticA's Mirror, the 'High Voltage SID Collection' was updated to version 43. This collection now contains 16.986 pieces of C64-music.

Per HTML-Interface these are available for download in a big tar.gzip archive (HVSC.tar.gz).

What has changed in this archive can be taken from the announcement text. Detailed information about the changes are part of the update-logs in the DOCUMENTS directory.

There is a new logo by Yon Iris on the start page of ExoticA, which strongly differs in style from the previous one.

If other artists also would like to see their works on this start page please, contact buzz for further information. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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14.Oct.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena: 'MUIVideo' V2.40 full version
In cooperation with Christoph Kirsch the Amiga Arena makes possible the full version of MUIVideo v2.40.

With MUIVideo you can comfortably manage video collections. MUIVideo offers a database system allowing various entries for each dataset. Beside of movie title, original title, list of characters, etc., it is also possible to rate the movies.

MUIVideo has very good printing features and an easy to use GUI. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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14.Oct.2001
Richard Kapp (ANF)


NARR Website: New Downloads and G4C-Tutorial
Richard Kapp wrote:
On my NARR website again some things have happened:

Beside of some new sections and an enhanced design the download section also was updated. Among other stuff there you will find a new image-set for Tinymeter, a logo for SimpleFind, an much more.

At the wallpaper section now you will find all of the CoolOS (several times part of the Aminet charts and ratings) and other background pictures for your Workbench.

Also new is a short (German) review of the easy to learn scripting language Gui4Cli (short: G4C) with which you easily can create nice GUIs and add functions to them.

Have fun while browsing and reading! (sd) (Translation: mj)

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14.Oct.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)


Amiga-Society: New units in Tarnblau (masking blue), graphics competition
Again there are new units in Tarnblau (masking blue) at the Schlachtfeld area.

The upcoming graphics competition will start on 21. October and last thru the end of this year. There will be detailed information during this week.

The software area also was updated. There are some new entries and more to come during this day. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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14.Oct.2001
Inutilis News (E-Mail)


Adventure-Engine: Inga V0.7/3
Now the update of the adventure engine 'Inga' is available for download on the website. This update contains the engine in version 0.7/3 with the following innovations:
  • The menu screen (quit game, save / load game, ....).
  • A plug-in-system for sound and music (no plug-ins available yet).
  • Small bugfixes with graphics output (no more blinking text scraps any more).
Inga is an engine for graphic adventures in the style of Monkey Island 3. The developer pack is available from the vendors. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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13.Oct.2001
Matthias Münch (ANF)


Amiga Club Guide: PHP system and new clubs
The switching to the PHP system has been finished which eases the maintenance of the pages. Besides that the navigation through the pages has been improved and more clubs were added. (sd) (Translation: wk)

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13.Oct.2001
Pro-Linux (ANF)


WWW browser: Mozilla V0.9.5 for Linux, MacOS, Windows
Version 0.9.5 of the WWW browser 'Mozilla' has been released. New in version 0.9.5 are among other things index card support (like in Opera) and a plugin for 'gesture recognition'.

For now there are no binary packages for Linux PPC, only for Linux x86, Windows and MacOS. (sd) (Translation: wk)

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13.Oct.2001
Amiga Flame


Think game: 'Last In Line' by Kaliko
Kaliko is a new founded developer team that is working on several games, especially for AmigaDE and the next generation of the Amiga computers as well as for Amiga classic, Windows, Linux and other platforms.

Their first game 'Last In Line' will be released for AmigaDE compatible PDAs. This is a think game for one or two players with tactical characteristics and a strong computer opponent.

Kaliko's looking for talented people for the development of games. Contact address: info@kaliko.net.

With this has Amiga Flame updated the list of the Amiga PDA games, too. (sd) (Translation: wk)

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13.Oct.2001
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Amiga meeting Bad Bramstedt: Webcam, DCE, Amithlon
Some new information abot the Amiga meeting taking place right now in Bad Bramstedt:

The webcam there is now working. Going to www.amigameeting.de automatically opens a small popup window showing a new picture every minute.

Important for AWeb users: switch off the function 'suppress banner window' in the browser settings/'1 options' as it won't work otherwise.

Additionally will more pictures of the meeting be released on the homepage.

Mister Dellert from DCE arrived at around 12.15 h and just puts up two computers with G-REX PCI board. People here are already eager about the things that will be shown on these systems later.

There's also an interview with Mr. Dellert planned later that will be released, too.

Torsten Gruner, Thorsten Hansen and Jörn Plewka from KATO Development are at the meeting and show Amithlon live. The interested user may take a picture of the power and the possibilities of the AmigaOS under Amithlon on up-to-date PC hardware.

The Amithlon co-developer Thorsten Hansen, from KATO, will introduce his own developing system and is fond on answering questions by interested users.

People who want to visit the meeting taking place until Sunday midday are very welcome.

Sources: (sd) (Translation: wk)

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