20.Jul.2001
Tommy Tamsen (ANF)
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JVC announce OCPA coorperation
At the URL JVC announce the "Open Contents Platform Association to
be Established".
There are many interesting companies listed, e.g. Sega and Taito, to
create content for the intent (Tao) based computers, cell phones etc.,
but Amiga Inc. are not mentioned anywhere...
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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20.Jul.2001
SOL-Invictus (ANF)
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H&P: Toolbars for AmigaWriter and ArtEffect
The team Thomas Peterseim, Heinz Andreolla, Marco Schärfchen and Oliver Tacke has
provided Haage&Partner with new toolbars for AmigaWriter and ArtEffect.
Download:
AE-Toolbars.lha - AW220-Toolbars.lha (ps) (Translation: rh)
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20.Jul.2001
Amarpreet Singh Munde (ANF)
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Datatype: New version of DocDatatypes (v40.20)
I have just released a new version of DocDatatypes. New for this version (40.20)
is the support of writing Compressed Palm Docs and the fixing of the Mac Write
descriptor. Also all datatypes have had some speed improvements and memory
optimisations.
DocDatatypes is a set of Datatypes classes for documents. The list of supported
formats include: MS-Word (Windows, Mac, OS2), RTF, WordPerfect, Write, MS-Works,
AmiPro, WordStar, WordStar 2000, Pocket Word, Quill, XyWrite III, Psion Word,
Psion TextEd, Palm DB TEXt Doc(pdbdoc), First Word Plus, Mac Write, Mac TeachText
and Mac Text.
There is also a new version of FindFile in the archive. A new fast, easy to use
file finder application that offers search by name, size, date, and even file
type.
Available to download only from http://go.to/docdatatypes.
Also SpitFire, the Palm Desktop
by Ralph Torchia becomes the first application to support Native File Format
Loading and Saving via DocDatatypes. Now convert any supported format and
use it on your Palm.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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20.Jul.2001
MorphOS
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MorphOS: Developer Support Page opened
A support area for developers was opened on the MorphOS website.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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20.Jul.2001
AudioLabs
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AudioLabs: Special offer for ProStationAudio
The Millennium version of the music editor 'ProStationAudio' is currently
being offered by AudioLabs for special conditions.
- ProStationAudio Millennium V4, 16 track / 32 channel non
linear editor for AmigaOS
- all the realtime ALPS plugins for ProStationAudio included
- AudioLab16 processing software for AmigaOS
- unlimited tech support for ProStationAudio
Prices and more details at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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20.Jul.2001
Frank Fenn
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Music: Audiomaster 2000 version 0.77
Version 0.77 of Audiomaster 2000, the sample editor, has been released. The
program uses MUI and supports all AHI devices.
The program by Frank 'Fenny' Fenn is shareware, the demo version does not
allow saving.
Download: audiomaster2k.lha (354 KB)
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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20.Jul.2001
Rüdiger Hanke (ANF)
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Role-playing game: Exult 0.93alpha4
Rüdiger Hanke writes:
My Exult port for Amiga is available for download on my homepage. Exult is a role-playing
game engine which can interpret Ultima 7 datafiles. Ultima 7 still captivates after many
years with an epic storyline, a vast world and many details. You can find some screenshots
on my webpage.
The story: 200 years have passed in Britannia since your last visit as the Avatar.
Driven by the mockery of a demonic creature calling itself "The Guardian", you travel
once more to Britannia and arrive in Trinsic on a scene of gruesome murder. Maybe the
new organization "The Fellowship", which is gaining more and more influence
in the lands, is involved in it? Or maybe this is just the beginning of a larger plan that might endanger
all Britannia?
Required is an Amiga with FPU and graphics card as well as the original PC game by Origin. Please
note that the files on the disk version are usually packed and have to be installed on an
MS-DOS system to get the required files. Alternately, the uncompressed game is contained on
the "Ultima Collection" CD-ROM. As a small goodie for the Amiga I have included a preferences
program with which you can change all game options with a graphical interface on OS3.5 and above.
An interesting tidbit: While porting the game, I found a sourcecode to read IFF files. Indeed,
some of the Ultima 7 files are in IFF format. Even the chunk lengths are in Motorola and not
Intel byteorder ... (ps) (Translation: rh)
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19.Jul.2001
Stephan Rupprecht (E-Mail)
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Tool: SGrab with PNG format to save
Stephan Rupprecht wrote:
I just released SGrab v1.16 on my homepage. This now offers the possibility
to save screenshots as PNG files.
Download: sgrab.lha - (99 KB)
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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e.p.i.c. interactive: Feeble Ubdate
Thomas Steiding of e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment GmbH wrote:
Update & FAQs about The Feeble Files
As announced last week we require at least 400 pre-orders to enable an Amiga port
of the cartoon adventure The Feeble Files. Including today's entries we received
232 pre-orders and we are hoping, that the following days will bring the rest. The game
can be pre-orders from us (order@epic-interactive.com)
or from any stockist.
With the enclosed FAQ we hope to be able to answers some frequently asked
questions regarding the announcement.
Q: What is The Feeble Files about?
A: The Feeble Files is the official sequel to Simon The Sorcerer II by the
British Adventuresoft company. Feeble is a little green alien having the task to
make circles in grain fields on earth. He lives in a world restrictively ruled by the Omnibrain
and he is an honest citizen never violating the group's big catalog of rules. But one day this kind
hearted gawky stumbles into a full-grown conspiracy against the Omnibrain. As one can see from the
screenshots on our homepage, the characters of this game are fully rendered. The game comes along
with complete German or English spoken samples. The German games magazine PC-Games rated the title
at 80%, then. The German vocals came for example from the German movie voices of Brad Pitt, Whoopi
Goldberg, and Roseanne. More information and topical Mac screenshot are to find on our homepage.
Q: What Amiga do I need for The Feeble Files?
A: The Feeble Files requires an Amiga equipped with a 4 MB graphics board and 32 MB of memory.
Furthermore a 68060 OR a PPC CPU is required. Theoretically the game would run on a 68040/40, but
sure would be very very slow on this configuration.
Q: When will the game be out?
A: As soon as we have received 400 pre-orders (no matter if those were directly ordered
from us or from a vendor - who forwards the orders to us), we will start to port the game to
the Amiga. Due to the porting engine of our leader of development, Paul Burkey, the game
then should be shipping for the Amiga within 6 weeks!!
Q: Will there be more Amiga games from e.p.i.c. interactive?
A: Theoretically it would be possible to port to the Amiga more games currently available for the Apple
Macintosh. But since license fees for other games, e.g. like in case of the Settlers clone
Knights&Merchants or the RPG-mix Gorky 17, are much more expensive (and hence the number of
sales to be expected for an Amiga version must be higher), it is clear: If The Feeble Files port will not
become reality, we don't need to start thinking about more games. (ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Andre Geisler (ANF)
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GRex4000T available from August
Andre Geisler wrote:
This moring I called DCE on the phone. From this call I learned,
that definite there will be a PCI expansion for the Amiga4000T (and A4000D built into a case), which will
be connected to the PPC board's bus, as usual. This would be available from the end of August, the latest
on the Cologne show.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
infinity (ANF)
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Elbox Computer announce mutual consent with Hyperion
After a long time of both official and private discussions Elbox announced on the Mediator mailing list
to sign Hyperion's contract for the Warp3D drivers.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Michael Asse (ANF)
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Start of the AmigaFFE project
Michael Asse wrote:
Today I would like to announce the official start of the AmigaFFE project in which
I would like to tackle the port of the 'Frontier First Encounters'
game to the Amiga with help of other interested people.
As a first step I defined preliminary project aims to which you can, may and shall send me
suggestions and tips, etc., since this is my first project and I don't have the specialised knowledge to
do this perfectly.
Please, don't send me any "What should that gain...?" mails. I would not reply.
The provisional time limit to send suggestions for the project aims was set to 31. August 2001.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Matthias Münch (ANF)
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PowerPC ATX Board
Matthias Muench wrote:
I just happend to find an interesting article on the IBM site, which is about a new PowerPC ATX board.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
T.o.T.
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Game: Tales of Tamar News
Tales of Tamar is an Internet based rounds game by Eternity Entertainment
for the Amiga, Atari, Linux, and PC. Since a few days the first Java version
is available, which later will be available for settop boxes, handheld, and
all other computers not supported native.
New Atari version v0.21
The option screen was ported to the Atari version v0.21, enabling sound,
Internet, and modem settings.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Marco Miljak, c't 14/2001 (ANF)
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AltairBASIC source code by Bill Gates
Under the mentioned URL one can find a very interesting analysis of
the AltairBASIC once programmed by Bill Gates. The British computer
scientist Reuben Harris disassembled and elaborately described it on
his website. There also is an AltairBASIC simulation basing on Java applets.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Stephan Rupprecht
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Library: WBStartEmu V45.2 / Datatype: Icon-Datatype V44.3
Stephan Rupprecht released version 45.2 of his WBStartEmu (wbstart.library) for
OS3.9. The icon datatype for OS3.5+ was updated and now is available as v44.3.
Download:
WBStartEmu.lha (5 KB)
IconDT44.lha (8 KB)
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Sven Zander (ANF)
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Kult is coming home - News at "com!online" 08/2001
The current issue 08/2001 of the German print magazine com!online mentions
the Amiga in the news on page #20 reading that the Amiga boss Bill McEwen announced
the cult-brand soon to come back. The new One PPC 1200 would be under development
specially for this purpose. If this computer will attract enough customers the
company would found new agencies, yet.
The following interesting wording was used for the Amiga:
"In the long run this box cannot be killed", and, "....for the scuffproofed
veteran...".
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla (E-Mail)
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AROS News
As already reported
there were hardware problems with the server hosting the AROS website.
Some good and bad news about that: the good news is, that
the hardware will be replaced, the bad news is, that the machine will be
connected to a new network and thus the page temporary might not be
available, again, due to DNS conversion.
Here the original message with more details:
As you might have noticed, we had a lot of hardware failures
in the last months. Now there are good and bad news. The good
one is that the hardware will be replaced. The bad one is that
the machine is moved to a different network and this means that
we'll have DNS hell all over again ! The "real" name of the
machine on which AROS is hosted is "sebigbos.hepe.com". This
name should work when aros.org doesn't. So when CVS doesn't like
you anymore, check AROS/scripts/updatecvspath to fix the host name
until I have fixed the DNS server (usually takes only several
weeks...hrm :-). The mailing list runs on lists.hepe.com.
The only thing which will not be reachable for the time
being is the web and the ftp site.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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Game: New Schlachtfeld survey
The previously announced Schlachtfeld survey is online.
This survey is about how to differ the units:
- Units in red/green/blue/yellow.
- Units with tactical field signs.
- Units with different textures.
- Units with different textures and tactical field signs.
- Different textures with certain primary colours (red/green/blue/yellow)
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
No Risc No Fun (ANF)
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nrnf: Interview with Matay
There is an interview (English) with Filip Dab-Mirowski of Matay online
on 'no risc no fun'. Learn about the future of the Prometheus.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Gerrit Timmermann (ANF)
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Stardate-Mailbox back to the Internet
One week after a flashlight caused damage to the DSL connection the Stardate-Mailbox
is available via Internet (http/telnet), again: stardate.2y.net (title link). Also the
Dynamite server of same denominator is running, again.
Background:
While a thunderbolt in Muenster (Germany) and the surrounding area a flashlight hit
the telephone switch and put off my DSL connection. The (German) Telekom repaired
it, now.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Jul.2001
Alexander Kurtz (ANF)
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Upload function for the Aminet on www.aminet-gui.de
Soon there will be an upload function available on the AminetGUI. Thus
it will be possible to upload files of up to 5 MB of size to the Aminet,
without any FTP knowledge. The current script still is beta and is being
reworked.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Jul.2001
Thorsten Schoelzel (E-Mail)
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RealAudio/Media-Support page updated (Update)
A few days ago Sigbjørn Skjæret
released version 2 of his RealAudio/Media player "RAPlay". New is among other things
the support of the RealMedia format, which could not be played up to now.
More information e.g. about installation as well as download possibilities
are to find under the title link. Of course there also is a PPC version.
Update 19. July 2001:
Thorsten Schoelzel wrote:
As I just was told by Sigbjørn Skjæret,
RealMedia is not supported, yet. But there is a better RealAudio 1 & 2 support.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Jul.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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Tom's Hardware Guide: Corel takes over Micrografx
The Canadian software manufacturer Corel according to Tom's Hardware Guide
is about to take over their American graphics software competitor
Micrografx. This fusion will be established by exchange of shares. Some
32 Millions USD were mentioned for the price.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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Big Book of Amiga Hardware Update
On the 5th of July in 2001 Big Book of Amiga Hardware has been updated. From today the updates are also available at the German mirror.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2001
Diverse
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Apple: Quarterly results Q3/2001
After Apple has published its quarterly profits- and loss results there are some articles in various media. At Macworld Expo which currently takes place in New York some new models are supposed to be showed.
Apple: Apple Reports Third Quarter Profit of $61 Million
Golem: Apple looks optimisticly in the future
Heise: Apple gains hope
Macnews.de: Detailed quarterly results q3/2001 of Apple
Spiegel: Apple: Anxious in the autumn
Stern: Apple finally is profitable again
ZDNet: Apple got profits
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2001
Scalos
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Workbench replacement: New autodocs for Scalos
In the section 'Developers' of the website you can find new autodocs for Scalos. Autodocs are developer-documentations which were made in a standardized way.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2001
Oliver Roberts
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Datatypes: WarpJPEG.datatype version 44.21
With the help of so called datatypes various datatypes can be showed
with different programs. Oliver Roberts has published version 44.21 of
his 24-bit JPEG-datatype which is available for 68k, WarpOS and MorphOS.
Some bugs has been fixed and the support for some webcam-pictures has
been added. Besides this the memory management has been optimized and
the PowerPC-version was newly compiled with VBCC 0.8.
Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha (134 KB)
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2001
Haage&Partner
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H&P: StormC student version (Update)
Because of the immense request Haage&Partner offers a student version of the developer system 'StormC'. It is a cheap full version without any restrictions. It is available for schoolboys and schoolgirls as well as students who send H&P an officially recognized evidence of their school or their university with the order.
Postscript:
If you can prove a valid training contract trainee can order the student version, too. (ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jul.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Virus Help Denmark: Safe version 16.2
With the virus scanner 'Safe' you can detect virus but you can not eleminate them. It follows the details to version 16.2 which has been published today:
Name: Safe v16.2
Archive name: Safe.lha
Archive size: 37.500 bytes
Release date: 17. Juli 2001
Programmer: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski
Required: Amiga with OS 2.04+ (xvs.library strongly recommended)
NOTE THAT SAFE IS VIRUS DETECTOR - NOT FILE CHECKER OR CLEANER!
IT ONLY INFORMS ABOUT ATTACK AND REMOVES VIRUS FROM MEMORY
IF POSSIBLE!
New in v16.2
- Added XFD slave to detect and remove PENETRATOR
and two SMEG2 clones from files.
Please use xfdDecrunch to perform cleaning
or VirusZ to see the infected files.
- Added to Safe memory removal for SMEG2 viruses.
Added generic memory removal for PENETRATOR and
other SMEG1 kind infectors.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Jul.2001
Joerg Rebenstorf, CEO ALiENDESiGN (ANF)
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New web-design at ALiENDESIGN
The web-design of the ALiENDESiGN company was completely reworked.
We think that our web-designer FoX did a very good job, again, as he previously did
with the product pages, and so we would be happy, if you would drop by.
The Repulse sound card still is available from our online shop and the online shop
now is fully integrated to the web-offer. Suggestions are welcome, contact
sales@aliendesign-gbr.de.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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17.Jul.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 17.07.2001
IBrowseMI.lha comm/www 26K+GlowIcons Toolbar for IBrowse
IBrowseSP.lha comm/www 19K+IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v2.2.0
MD2MI.lha comm/www 25K+GlowIcons Toolbar for MicroDOT 2
simplehtml.lha comm/www 38K+V0.17 of the simple HTML Offline Browser
lns-hst.lha demo/aga 2.6M+Hotstyle Takeover by Loonies (MS2001 2nd
PhxAss.lha dev/asm 151K+PhxAss V4.40 68xxx Macro Assembler
uncat.lha dev/misc 8K+Create .cd file from running program
PFS3ud.lha disk/misc 124K+PFS3 undelete
qformat.lha disk/misc 6K+Quick format for FFS disks
SyQuest270-ML.lha disk/misc 17K+Mountlist for SyQuest 270MB Drives
f1me.lha docs/anno 1K+FreeCD: Formula 1 Manager enhanced
paranoia.lha docs/anno 1K+FreeCD: Paranoia Vol.1
psv.lha docs/anno 1K+FreeCD: PSV Football manager
revolution.lha docs/anno 1K+FreeCD: Classic Revolution
scorpius.lha docs/anno 1K+FreeCD: Scorpius
toons.lha docs/anno 1K+FreeCD: Amiga Toons Vol.1
vt2.lha docs/anno 1K+FreeCD: VideoTracker 2.0
PSX-BlackCheat.lha docs/mags 177K+PSX-CheatBook HTML-Only
CircusLinux.lha game/actio 744K+SDL game compiled for Amiga
Mattonite.lha game/demo 484K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
FoundationMan.lha game/misc 256K+Foundation Manual (PDF version)
IChing.lha game/misc 100K+V2.0 of a GUI I-Ching fortune telling pr
PicShow.lha gfx/show 9K+Datatype picture viewer for directory to
DickTracy.lha mods/misc 32K+Custom module from "Dick Tracy"
rno-r063.lha mods/misc 190K+Rno-records release no.63 by tang (triph
NeuralAss.lha mods/pro 100K+Two Protracker mod's from the demo 'Neur
ClassMI.lha pix/gicon 33K+A GlowIconsSet for ClassAction
eNoteMI.lha pix/gicon 9K+A GlowIconsSet for eNote
PlayMI.lha pix/gicon 38K+A GlowIconsSet for PlayGUI
FF9_icons.lha pix/nicon 29K+Great set of FF9 Newicons
HP_Deskjet400C.lha text/print 24K+Deskjet 400C/L Driver for WB 40.10
HP_Deskjet600C.lha text/print 26K+Deskjet 600C Driver for WB V40.12
CheckX.lha util/arc 28K+V1.85 Check for Archive/Packer/Virus
alba.lha util/boot 61K+Lock your Amiga with a password ITA-ENG
JPEG-DT.lha util/dtype 433K+New Datatype for JPEG Images (43.5)
JPEG-DT35.lha util/dtype 357K+New Datatype for JPEG Images (46.3a)
JoinReplace.lha util/sys 17K+V1.20 powerful Join replacement
Easyreset.lha util/wb 18K+EasyReset - system reset utility
Memicon.lha util/wb 17K+Memory/Screen/OS display for OS3.5/OS3.9 (as) (Translation: mj)
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17.Jul.2001
Da SixK Port Page
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Tool: Webalizer 2.01-06 for MorphOS
With this tool HTML statistics can be created from Apache log-files. This
version is for MorphOS and is faster than the 68k version (1.8 seconds contrary to 11 seconds,
determined using the same Apache log-file).
Download: webalizer-2.01-06_mos.lzx
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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17.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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Game: New Schlachtfeld pictures
In spite of the turbulences around the Amiga-Society of course development of
the Game Schlachtfeld is being continued.
Edgar Leiding rendered some units for the game's board, again. Thus now there are
nine unit previews available - there will be some changes, of course. There will
be a survey regarding the camouflage: the question is, if the enemies should use
different colours (red, blue, ...) or should differ by different textures and/or
tactical field signs. You can also post your opinion about that in the forum of
the Schlachtfeld website.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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17.Jul.2001
I. Souvatzis (ANF)
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NetBSD-1.5.1 released
NetBSD-1.5.1 is a patch release for the Unix like open source operating
system from now available via FTP.
Since NetBSD-1.5 mainly some enhancements regarding system security were
added. VLAN's (viruel LAN's) support is one of the new features.
Closer information can be found under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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17.Jul.2001
Christian Effenberger (ANF)
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mSQL database administration program
Who ever dealt with SQL database systems soon realized that in fact
only mSQL comes into question for working offline.
mSQL is the most compact and resource sparing SQL-DBMS for the Amiga.
One example to point this up:
The mSQL daemon requires less than 10% of the resources the MySQL
daemon needs and even can react 4-times faster on client requests
via mUSD (unix socks daemon).
The biggest disadvantage of all SQL systems for the Amiga is the lack
of any GUI software for administration and database care.
That's why I wrote a program named mSQL-Administrator, which
contains the operation of the following executables of the "mSQL.bin"
directory:
msql, msql2d, msqladmin, msqldump, msqlexport, msqlimport,
relshow, and mUSD.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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17.Jul.2001
Richard Körber (ANF)
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Palmiga is now called amiga-pda
The Palmiga Project is a project for all Amiga users that own a PalmOS-PDA
to use with their Amigas.
Palm Inc. wrote to me that the name is violating their trademark, combined with
the request to change it.
Due to this the mailinglist can from now on be reached via "amiga-pda": http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amiga-pda.
Assigned members should post to amiga-pda@yahoogroups.com.
The Pamiga website will be redesigned in the near future available at the URL
http://amigapda.shredzone.de.
I want to let you know they have send their request in a very polite way against
the trend without announcing any lawyers. :)
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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16.Jul.2001
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packages
By using WHDLoad you can install floppy-based games on your harddisc. Available new packages:
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16.Jul.2001
Sebastian Bauer
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HTML-Offline Browser: SimpleHTML Version 0.17
SimpleHTML (version 0.17) is a HTML offline browser. It lets you quickly display small HTML-files (for example as a MIME-viewer of HTML-files with YAM). But only a small set of HTML-tags is supported. A html.datatype is available, too.
Only OS3.0 is recommended. For dislpaying embeded pictures you need the corresponding datatype.
Download:
simplehtml.lzx (36 KB)
html-dt.lzx (27 KB)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jul.2001
Amiga Inc.
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Edivision LLC working with Amiga Inc.
Edivision Teams Up With Amiga To Develop Exciting New Content
Snoqualmie, WA - July 12, 2001
Edivision LLC announced today that they would create game applications for the Amiga Digital Environment
(AmigaDE). The company plans to create 3 titles in the coming year for the AmigaDE environment. The games
will be distributed through the Sharp Space Town web site for release in Japan and through other Amiga
distribution channels worldwide. Amiga and Edivision also announced a joint relationship where Edivision
would provide key pieces of technology for the AmigaDE.
The principals at Edivision have more than 30 years of
experience in the computer graphics field. Patrick Roberts
created 2D and 3D effects for Walt Disney's feature animation
classic "Dinosaur". He has also created software and animation
for Dreamworks Animation, Disney Classics and the Disney
channel. Jeremy Engelman is one of the finest 3D artists in the
world. His best-known work is the artwork for Cyan's Riven, the
sequel to Myst. Steven Haun is an award-winning computer
graphics producer with more than 10 years of experience in the
computer graphics and entertainment industry. His credits
include effects production for Warner Brothers, Universal
Pictures, ABC, CBS, and Fox Television.
"This relationship with Edivision will offer consumers some
exciting content and an enjoyable experience that they will want
to share with others," said Bill McEwen, President and CEO of
Amiga, Inc. "Patrick, Jeremy and Steven are longtime supporters
of Amiga and we appreciate their contributions to driving
adoption of our software. With their expertise in gaming and the
entertainment industry, we look forward to some revolutionary
games for the PDA market."
"We are very excited to be working with Amiga to generate
compelling content for the AmigaDE," said Patrick Roberts, one
of the founders at Edivision. "When Amiga announced their
relation with Sharp, we saw this as an opportunity to get in
early on a new, exciting gaming platform. Devices like the Sharp
Zaurus and other PDA's offer the ability to reach a new and
different generation of gamers."
Edivision will focus on original titles for its first set of
releases. The company is also negotiating with other content
providers to bring their titles to the AmigaDE platform.
The market for video games in the United States, which includes
arcade, PC, console, and online gaming, is currently estimated
to be worth $11 billion. The AmigaDE platform allows developers
to create game applications that target this market. The binary
portable nature of AmigaDE content allows applications to
migrate seamlessly from cell phones and handheld devices to
set-top boxes and up to desktop machines and servers.
Edivision Press Release
Los Angeles, CA - July ##, 2001
Edivision LLC announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement
with Amiga, Inc. Amiga, Inc. will have world-wide distribution rights on
software titles Edivision will produce using the
AmigaDE operating environment. Also under the agreement Edivision will make
technology it develops for its AmigaDE titles available to Amiga, Inc.
Edivision LLC will create 3 development labels over the next year that run on the AmigaDE platform.
Two labels will be exclusively devoted to entertainment
titles, while the third will provide utilities, drivers, and extended
functionality. Edivision will focus on original titles for its first set
of releases, but the company is also negotiating with other developers to
bring their titles to the AmigaDE platform.
"This relationship with Edivision will offer consumers some exciting content
and an enjoyable experience that they will want to share with others," said
Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amiga, Inc. "With their expertise in
gaming and the entertainment industry, we look forward to some revolutionary
games for the PDA market."
"Titles created for the AmigaDE are capable of running unmodified on a
number of platforms including PocketPC, Zaurus, Windows, and Linux. This
gives us a tremendous advantage in bringing a title to market." remarked
Steven Haun, CFO of Edivision. "It allows us to focus development on the
title itself and not the limitations of cross-platform least common
denominator intrinsics."
About Amiga Inc.
Amiga Inc. provides technology to developers for writing and
porting applications to a new multi-media operating systems
which is hardware agnostic. AmigaDE is a joint development
effort between the Tao Group of Reading England, and Amiga
Incorporated. AmigaDE based applications can run unchanged on
x86, PowerPC, M Core, ARM, StrongARM, MIPS R3000, R4000, R5000,
SH3, SH4, and NEC V850 processors. The AmigaDE can run hosted
on Linux, Embedded Linux, Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, CE and QNX4.
Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, WA, 28 miles east of Seattle and
has offices worldwide. Amiga can be reached at (425) 396-5660 or
visit Amiga on the web at http://www.amiga.com.
About Edivision
Edivision LLC was formed in May 2001 in Los Angeles, CA. Its
founders, Patrick Roberts, Jeremy Engelman, and Steven Haun are
veterans of the computer gaming industry. They have received
numerous awards and accolades for their cutting-edge work in
computer graphics and animation. For more details about
Edivision, visit http://www.e-d-i-v-i-s-i-o-n.com or contact
Steven Haun at Steven.Haun@e-d-i-v-i-s-i-o-n.com or via phone at
(323) 578-1998.
All Trademarks are the Property of their Respective Owners. All Rights Reserved. ##
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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16.Jul.2001
Ben Yoris/Hyperion (ANF)
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Hyperion publishes Voodoo3 vs. Permedia 2 benchmarks
Hyperion Entertainment recently conducted some tests benchmarking the
Permedia 2 based Cybervision PPC against a Voodoo 3 / Prometheus combo.
The test is a timedemo in Heretic II.
Cybervision PPC
640x480: 14.9 FPS
800x600: 9.9 FPS
Configuration:
Cyberstorm PPC 604e/233-060/50, 128 MB of RAM
Voodoo 3 (Prometheus)
640x480: 18.6 FPS
800x600: 18.6 FPS
Configuration: Cyberstorm PPC 604e/200-060/50, 96 MB of RAM
For more detailed informations you may check the Amiga Extreme Web
site.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jul.2001
Milan Pollé (ANF)
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Genetic Species for Gameboy Advance petition
Milan Pollé (author of the site, but not the petition pages) write:
Seeing the FPS games announced for the Gameboy Advance started me thinking
about the awesome Amiga game Genetic Species, by
Marble Eyes.
This game is an FPS with really great atmosphere and elements borrowed
from the classic 'Paradroid', like being able to take over the bodies
and skills of your enemies.
As this game worked well on low-end Amigas, about three years ago, I
thought it might be possible to port it to the Gameboy Advance. The
developers of this game worked for three years on it and only sold
hundreds or at the most a couple of thousands of copies, as the Amiga
market had shrunk when the game was completed, but also because of
piracy. Needless to say the developers were really disappointed.
I coined this idea in the Gameboy Advance forum on www.ign.com
and people were really interested in this game, so they started
contacting the developers, who were suprised by the sudden attention
this game got. At the moment the developers are looking into the
possibilities of doing a port.
We ask anyone interested in a Gameboy Advance version to sign our
petition. Even if in the end a port won't or can't be done, it will
show the developers that their work is appreciated by a lot of
people. (ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jul.2001
Webmaster SAUGe.V. (ANF)
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Attention: virus after EBay-auction?
Attention: virus after EBay-auction?
Attention: sellers and byers:
It seems that shortly after the end of an auction some sellers and byers got an e-mail with the sender of the seller or byer that contains a ".exe"-file.
Do not open this file! If you do your Windows-system will be infected with the "W95/Hybris.worm.B"-virus. Maybe this virus makes it possible to attack your system with a subseven program. EBay is allready informed.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jul.2001
No Risc No Fun (ANF)
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nrnf: Voodoo3 Speedtest
Fabio Trotta wrote:
The day before yesterday when I wanted to post the Voodoo3-speedtest
I recognized that there was a new version of the display driver.
This was why I trashed all the findings and retested everything with
this new versions of the P96 and W3D drivers.
Now my findings are available at the title link. I compared the speed of
the Voodoo3, the CVPPC, PicassoIV and the AGA-chip. There are some
3D-game-tests and also 2D-graphicfunctions-tests available now. Find
out what a Voodoo3 is able to offer you in your Amiga.
(ps)
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16.Jul.2001
ANN
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Event: Saku 2001 - Website online
Saku 2001 will be held on Saturday September 1st 2001 at the Science
Centre Heureka in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The event will open at 12:00 and
end at 18:00. Admission will be free of charge.
Finnish Amiga Users Group is pleased to announce that the Web site for its
fourth Amiga event, Saku 2001, is now open. The Web site features
highlights, directions and other vital information for interested visitors and
exhibitors from Finland and abroad.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Finnish Amiga Users Group Announces Saku 2001 Web Site
VANTAA, FINLAND - July 15, 2001 - Finnish Amiga Users Group is
pleased to announce that the Web site for its fourth Amiga event, Saku 2001,
is now open. The Web site features highlights, directions and other vital
information for interested visitors and exhibitors from Finland and abroad.
Two webcams will be available from the venue. We are also planning an
IRC channel.
Fleecy Moss, Vice President of Amiga Inc., will attend the show and
demonstrate the latest Amiga products such as the AmigaDE. A
representative of Matay company will present their new PCI bridge, the
Prometheus. The Mediator PCI bridge will also be demonstrated with a
Voodoo3 graphics card. Latest versions of Nova Design's ImageFX and
Aladdin4D are available for testing. Finnish Amiga retailer Gentle Eye Ky
offers a variety of Amiga products to buy at the venue. Other highlights and
competitions are planned.
Saku 2001 will be held on Saturday September 1st 2001 at the Science
Centre Heureka in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The event will open at 12:00 and
end at 18:00. Admission will be free of charge.
Please stay tuned for more details as the planning progresses. For further
information, visit Finnish Amiga Users Group's Web Site at
http://saku.amigafin.org/ or
http://tzimmola.tky.hut.fi/saku/.
E-mail inquiries may be sent to Terho Henriksson (terho.henriksson@kopteri.net).
Please also contact Terho if you or your company have products that you
would like
to demonstrate or advertise in Saku 2001.
About Finnish Amiga Users Group
Finnish Amiga Users Group (Suomen Amiga-käyttäjät ry.) is a non-profit
organization for promoting Amiga computing and helping Amiga users in
Finland. Also known as Saku, after its e-zine, the group is trying to
accomplish its goals by organizing meetings and by publishing an e-zine.
Since 1993 the Finnish Amiga Users Group and its predecessors have
released over thirty issues of the magazine and held several public
gatherings. Other accomplishments include the Web site and Sakunet, a
national Fidonet style network of Amiga related bulletin board systems.
(sd) (Translation: sk)
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15.Jul.2001
Martin Merz (ANF)
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Icons: MasonIcons - New Archives
Some new and reworked archives are available on the MasonIcons homepage
and on Aminet:
- ClassMI - complete icon set for ClassAction
- eNoteMI - reworked toolbar image set for eNote
- MD2MI - new GlowIcons toolbar for MicroDOT II
- PlayMI - image set and new skin for PlayGUI
For further information, please visit the 'projects' site of Mason.Home.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Amiga Future
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History: ExoticA extended
The ExoticA website
deals with the music capabilities and history of the Amiga.
On the website you will find exotic Amiga music, demo information, Amiga games
cover-scans, utilities, disk magazines, and more of nostalgic and historic value
from the Amiga world.
On 14. July 2001 the site was updated and many new things were added:
- The 'BP-SoundMon-section' was extended.
- Missing Newsflash issues were added - this disk magazine contains many exclusive software
and music reviews.
- 'The tracker history' is now online, again, and can be found in the 'Info-section'.
- The 'Demo Scene Reference Manual' and 'The Demo Pack Reference Manual'
were extended very much.
Closer information can be taken from the
news site of
ExoticA.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Marcus Neervoort (E-Mail)
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History: AmigaPage extended with adverts
Marcus Neervoort wrote:
Again an update after longer delay....
I received some Amiga adverts and Amiga show adverts, again.
Those are online from today and can be found under
'AMIGA GESCHICHTE'.
Furthermore from today my special site about the Amiga World 2001 is
online. Unfortunately there is not much content, yet, but this will
change during the following weeks.....
So, have fun till the next update.
Kind regards, Marcus
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Olaf Koebnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena News: 'The Prophet'
Olaf Koebnik wrote:
Amiga Arena Full Version
With permission of Mark Ford the Amiga Arena makes possible the
release of 'The Prophet'.
'The Prophet' is a role game released by 'Alive Media Soft' in
1999. Unfortunately a number of problems occured, hence more
than one year of development were in vane for Mark F. The 'Amiga Format'
rated 'The Prophet' at 81%, those days.
'The Prophet' is available in English, only.
Some features:
- more than 200.000 locations
- non-linear game flow
- HD version
- different enemies
Amiga Arena Status Report
Due to holidays and Amiga's future in the air activities decrease somehow, at
this time.
Several things are in the works, but I don't want to put you off with
announcements (unfortunately that's what others are doing sufficient!). :-(
Also it becomes more and more difficult to achieve special prices for shareware
software, cause almost no market remaining.
Ideas and tips are always welcome!
Also I'm still wanting someone who would like to translate interviews and texts.
Contact: Olaf Koebnik (olaf.koebnik@online-club.de)
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Andreas Wolff (gg-gcc-ML)
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Compiler: gcc V2.95.3-3 Bugfix
On 15. July 2001 Andreas Wolff has released a new version of his gcc-m68k port for
the Amiga on Geek Gadgets.
This one fixes problems with the compiling options:
'-fbaserel' und '-fbaserel32'.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Metalmoon-ML
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Music: Faces of Mars
Patrick Henz released 'Donwloads', which contains the best-of of the
'Faces of Mars' series including music taken from other free CDs like
'Formula 1 Manager enhanced', 'Paranoia' or 'Amiga Toons'.
The following pieces of music are contained:
Lexx, Mulher do meus Sonhos, The Song G'Kar, Herzschlag, Faces of
Mars, Verao, Theme from 3Pyramids, Party Time, Dias Oscuros,
Traveller, Das Experiment, Faces of Mars 2001, Future World,
The Dark Theme, Lights over Mars, Human by Design, Touching
Earth, Elegant Sound of Hal, Samba de Smurfet, History and Future,
Phoenix Machine, Martians! - Part 2, and Dartk Time.
'Downloads' can be ordered as CD or VHS video tape via the title link.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Amiga Future
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Scalos: New Plugin 'Titlebar Clock'
On 14. July 2001 the new plug-in 'Titlebar Clock' was released for the
alternative Workbench 'Scalos'. This plug-in adds a clock and date
display to the titlebar of the Scalos desktop.
Download: Scalos-Plugin_Clock.lha (12K)
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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The end of Amiga-Society?
On 17. July 2001 the Amiga-Society would have had their first
anniversary. After the initial problems on start-up, the end of A4EP, etc.,
etc., etc., the new page was taken offline (for the time being).
Hence among other sites also the mirror of the Big Book of Amiga Hardware
and the new Schlachtfeld website were disabled. On 17. July an opinion poll
shall determine whether or not we should continue the pages / projects.
But the previous feedback rather indicates the end of the project.
Best regards,
Horst Diebel
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Bernd Gmeineder / Peter Levan (ANF)
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Game: Emerald Mine Online now part of AMI Sector One
The popular site 'Emerald Mine Online', dedicated to the same named
well known Kingsoft game, now became a part of AMI Sector One by the
name of 'Emerald Web'.
Emerald Web offers downloads of hundreds of Emerald Mine clones for the
Amiga as well as editors, cover-scans, and more. The layout of Emerald Web
was adjusted to AMI Sector One, too.
Who owns Emerald Mine relating games still not listed on Emerald Web,
please contact.
The URL of Emerald Web is http://amiga.emucamp.com/emerald/.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
REBOLforces
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Magazine: REBOL/Zine Issue 3 Vol 1
On 13. July 2001 Jeff Kreis has released the 3rd issue of the REBOL/Zine magazine.
This online magazine deals with the REBOL system. The current issue contains articles
about the following subjects:
- REBOL Puzzles and Idioms
- Compose is your friend
- Compose Idioms
- Block stripper
- Parsing financial statements - sort of.
- Doing the impossible - shell access without shell access
- Iterated Fields?? (an iterator intro and iter-field howto(-fakeit))
- Get-Word!
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Starmag-Team (ANF)
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PSX-CheatBook V1.7.1 released
Today a PSX cheat book was put online on our site. Unfortunately only
PSX 1 relating at this time, but this would change in the next version.
The cheat book is located under "PSX".
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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14.Jul.2001
Amiga Inc.
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AMIGA Inc. News
press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Amiga joins Tao in its plans to support Open Contents Platform Association
Snoqualmie, WA - July 13, 2001
Amiga today announced its support of the Open Content Platform Association
(OCPA), The Tao Group, along with Sharp, JVC and Kyocera, launched the
OCPA today to promote the creation of a flexible and open environment
that will benefit hardware vendors and content developers.
The Amiga developer community is the largest and most experienced
at creating applications targeting the intent platform from Tao. Amiga
developers are well known in the industry for creating compelling
multimedia applications. Amiga is already working with a number of
Tao partners to deliver games and productivity applications for the
intent platform.
"The standardization of the intent platform will help Amiga's development
community target a broad number of hardware devices", said Bill
McEwen, the President and CEO of Amiga, Inc. "Our experience with intent has
shown that it is an excellent platform for building multimedia applications.
We have more than 18 months of expertise in creating application that run on
intent and we look forward to working with the OCPA to share our experience
with them."
"Amiga has been an excellent partner with a worldwide development community
that can benefit from this initiative", said Francis Charig, Chairman of the
Tao Group. "Amiga's inputs will be valuable to the working members of the
OCPA and we welcome their participation."
Amiga offers developers a number of programs and products to help build
applications. The Amiga SDK (available at http://www.amiga.com) offers a
development environment and tools for developers. The Amiga Support Network
(http://www.amigadev.net) offers developers a forum for discussion, mailing
lists, and other infrastructure for joint collaboration efforts.
Amiga has also signed a distribution agreement with Sharp Corporation that
allows content created by Amiga developers to be distributed on Sharp Space
Town. Sharp Space Town provides applications and other content that run on
the Sharp Zaurus and other Sharp PDA devices. Amiga also offers distribution
channels for worldwide markets.
About Amiga Inc.
Amiga Inc. provides technology to developers for writing and porting
applications to a new multi-media operating system which is hardware
and operating system agnostic. Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, WA,
28 miles east of Seattle and has offices worldwide.
Contacts:
Bill McEwen
Amiga, Inc.
Tel: +1 (425) 396-5660
Fax: +1 (425) 396-5671
Email: bill@amiga.com
http://www.amiga.com (ps)
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14.Jul.2001
Matay
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Matay: New Prometheus SDK and new drivers
There's a new software kit for developers in version 1.49 ready for download at
Matay's homepage. All Voodoo3 2000/3000 drivers have been revised and are now
available in a final version.
Download:
Prometheus149.lha
V3_13JUL.lha
Picasso96InstallPrometheus.lha
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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14.Jul.2001
Steffen Haeuser (ANF)
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Hyperion and the StormC 4
Steffen Haeuser wrote:
After our reactions on the "StormC 4 news" I was asked by Ben Hermans to explain
our position on this topic to clarify some misunderstandings and
falsifications.
At Heretic II times we were using a "self development" called gcc-WarpUP, a self
standing port of gcc to WarpUP and 68k. This compiler had the substantial
disadvantage that no debugger - very important for program testing and fast bug
fixing - was available (and wasn't easily made, either). Besides that the
compiling speed was quite slow (despite PPC exe), and there was no GUI
available. At that time this compiler was the only alternative, though:
- SAS/C: Even when leaving aside the missing WarpOS support, this compiler
isn't really suitable for a "big" PC port. Doing a PC port there's normally a
heavy use of C++, and when a compiler isn't 100% compatible with the standard
used by compilers like gcc/VisualC++/Metroworks CodeWarrior - inclusive
possible "enhancements" of these compilers - doing a port is made much more
difficult, if not even impossible. It may well be possible to develop a C project with
such a compiler but not a C++ project. The only one of our projects being not
C++ was Heretic II. And the most of our projects rely HEAVILY on C++, with STL
and all things belonging to it.
Because of that we don't feel like doing long ports and then, when linking,
having to realize that the compiler isn't compatible enough with gcc/... making a
compiler change necessary.
- vbcc: In my opinion this is a great compiler, too, but as it doesn't support
C++ using this compiler is completely out of question for us. Besides that
we prefer a commercial product. In case of bugs you may demand a fast bugfix,
or you get telephone support or so.
But sure, the vbcc is a good compiler - but it simply doesn't suit our needs.
By the way: vbcc has no source level debugger, either (wosdebug is not
source level but assembler level).
- StormC 3: For StormC 3 (in contrary to 4) counts the same as for SAS/C - a
special compiler not compatible enough for the Amiga market.
Now Haage&Partner have decided to drop their "own" code generator in favour of
the gcc code generator - what was welcomed by us - with the version 4 of StormC.
That means: StormC 4 has more in common with gcc-WarpUP than with StormC 3.
That means that with StormC 4 you get all what you get with gcc-WarpUP but
additionally you get the special features of the StormC that gcc-WarpUP doesn't
offer:
- A superb source level debugger
- 40% faster compiling than with gcc-WarpUP thanks to optimizations
(in the PPC version)
- A significiantly more efficient I/O linker library
- A profiler for 68k and PPC
- A graphical IDE
- The possibility to compile via network
- (Partly) Object file compatibility with StormC 3 and vbcc-WarpUP
and SAS/C 68k
- The possibility to create mixedbinaries
- The possibility to easily create PPC shared libraries
- Support possibilities from the developer (very important for us,
no matter what compiler !!!)
Though this sounds like advertising: For a developer of commercial software
there's simply no alternative to StormC 4 on the Amiga.
And I don't see any rason why people absolutely want to talk about an
alternative.
If I only think of the many weeks (!!!) of work the debugger of StormC 4 has
shortened my work on the port of Freespace. These are REAL working hours I have
saved through this.
By the way, the BSD compatibility of the includes of StormC (as gcc derivative)
is considerably better than the one of the CodeWarrior includes for MacOS.
Steffen Haeuser
Hyperion Entertainment
SteffenH@hyperion-software.de
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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14.Jul.2001
Thomas Wolf (ANF)
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Failure at amigakult.com repaired
Lift switchboard
Unfortunately my site couldn't be viewed since Friday. Because of a small error
was the start of the page cancelled. This error was removed now and therefore
the is the lift switchboard for the Cologne exhibition reachable again. Please
excuse this disturbance many times.
Thomas Wolf
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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14.Jul.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 14.07.2001
TaskiSMS.lha comm/tcp 476K+Sends SMS to GSM phones (MUI).
MKD_Euskal9.lha demo/aga 390K+Euskal Party 9 invitation 680x0 aga/cgx
PerfectCircle.lha demo/aga 5.2M+Perfect Circle demo by TBL - fixed versi
i3Pm-qcv.lha demo/intro 67K+Q[r]COV - intro contribution to Flag2001
Devotion2.lha demo/mag 1.3M+Devotion issue 2 - diskmag by Haujobb
SNMAOptsMUI.lha dev/asm 29K+Modern SNMA assembler options GUI v1.4
2b_CreativE.lha dev/e 120K+CreativE - AmigaE compiler/linker [binar
2b_CrtvE_src.lha dev/e 183K+AmigaE compiler [sources]
AmigaSDLstorm4.lha dev/misc 171K+Version 1.2.0 of Amiga SDL for StormC4 (
MakeTagBase.lha dev/misc 7K+Make methods and tags bases 1.15 (21.06.
urltext.lha dev/mui 19K+MUI public custom url class
AaktInt0601.lha docs/mags 166K+International infotainment magazine
AaktInt0601GFX.lha docs/mags 147K+International infotainment magazine
mc801.lha docs/mags 260K+German Metal Mag in HTML - 8 / 01 (Augu
TheCrypt18.lha docs/mags 2.8M+Issue 18 of "The Crypt" magazine
Mattonite.lha game/demo 484K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
SWOSEd_GR.lha game/patch 18K+Greek documentation for SWOS Ed 1.85
WHD_Ikari.lha game/patch 20K+HD Installer for Ikari Warriors
WHD_UridiumII.lha game/patch 18K+Uridium II Hard Drive Installer
MMKeyboard.lha hard/hack 153K+V1.14 Use entire Multmedia Keyboard on A
imdbDiff010706.lha misc/imdb 2.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
bird.lha misc/sci 2K+Small program of flocking birds
MoonDial.lha misc/sci 46K+Graphically shows the moons phase. V1.6
Relativity.lha misc/sci 16K+Time dilatation calculator V1.1
Chipnonchip.lha mods/blkha 235K+Chipy styled PT mod by blakkhar
Finsternis.lha mods/blkha 261K+"Schranz" PT mod by blakkhar
Solong.lha mods/blkha 1.0M+16 channel DBM by blakkhar
NP_ZShuf.lha mods/misc 858K+Noyz Phaktah '007 - Zombie Shuffle by Ho
Projectyle.lha mods/misc 88K+Custom module from "Projectyle"
rno-r062.mpg mods/mpg 6.7M+Rno-records release #62 by Habit(Elektro
vdo_ninj.lha mods/vdo 39K+Ninjat rannalla [xm 18ch]
ForrestLevel.lzh mods/xm 989K+And in the forrest we go...
EP_JasonPage.lha mus/play 17K+EaglePlayer "Jason Page" external replay
EP_SteveTurner.lha mus/play 9K+EaglePlayer "Steve Turner" external repl
EP_TME.lha mus/play 6K+EaglePlayer "The Musical Enlightenment"
MASMPegDevice.lha mus/play 129K+CBM compat. device for MAS MP3 Player
htmldoc.lha text/misc 844K+Convert HTML to PDF,PostScript...v1.8.14
alba.lha util/boot 62K+Lock your Amiga with a password ITA-ENG
TxtToHTML.lha util/conv 23K+TXT files to HTML Documents Converter
ReqToolsLib.lha util/libs 195K+V39.1 reqtools.library w/src (AROS back
Safe.lha util/virus 33K+Virus detector v16.1
classaction.lha util/wb 399K+AmigaOS multipurpose filemanager
handmouse.lha util/wb 1K+Cute mousepointer (hand+sleeping mouse)
suomicountry.lha util/wb 1K+Suomi.country file (Finnish) (as) (Translation: wk)
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14.Jul.2001
Michael Merkel (ANF)
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Amiga chooses H&P's StormC as official development environment
July 14, 2001
Amiga Inc is pleased to announce that it is partnering with
HAAGE&PARTNER GmbH, of Glashuetten, Germany in order to provide Amiga
developers with a world class development environment.
Amiga Inc is working closely with HAAGE&PARTNER to provide for the
first their flagship StormC developer package will become the official
Amiga Development System. This will see StormC providing transparent,
language independent support for both the AmigaOS and the
AmigaDE.
"Amiga is committed to moving application development forwards to
support our new architecture." said Fleecy Moss, Chief Technical
Officer of Amiga Inc. "This means dynamic, persistent components,
descriptive, location independent interfaces, brokered services and
a complete separation of design from implementation. HAAGE&PARTNER
have spent many years creating a simple, easy to use, yet powerful
development package for the AmigaOS, and we are delighted to be
working with them as we push forwards.
"We are very pleased about the Amiga certification on StormC",
said Jürgen Haage, General Manager of HAAGE&PARTNER GmbH. "This
certification is a quality assurance for Amiga Inc. and guarantees
the Amiga developer community a continuous further development of
our StormC development system."
The complete press release can be found following the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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