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15.Jun.2001
Stefan Martens (ANF)


#AmigaFun: HBMonopoly online game
The #AmigaFun IRC channel on ie.altnet.org organizes and manages the second official HBMonopoly game of this month. It will take place on June 16th starting 6:00 pm.

The programmer of HBMonopoly will participate as well. HBMonopoly 2.6 is required. This version will be available from some people on the #AmigaFun channel should it not already be on the homepage.

The server which have to be configured in HBMonopoly will be named on the #AmigaFun channel. Important: you have to know how HBMonopoly works. We'll only explain how to log in. We'll assume that you have played at least one, two times against the computer.

In future we'll organize more HBMonopoly games. There's already a #AmigaFun-internal highscore list which you can have a look at on the #AmigaFun homepage. It will also contain the top 5 of all HBMonopoly games we'll organize in the future.

It is possible that after some games there'll be a surprise for the best gamer. The first HBMonopoly game starts Saturday June 16th, 2001 at 6:00 pm. Please note that Monopoly may take several hours, so you should have a full version of your TCP client (Miami, Genesis).

You'll find our #AmigaFun channel as follows:
You need an IRC client. For the Amiga there are AmIRC (shareware), BlackIRC (freeware) and EpicIRC (freeware). On our homepage, you'll find download links. You just have to enter:

Server: ie.altnet.org
Port: 6667
Channel: #amigafun

Should the server be down you can get access through the following server:
12.30.169.83 (please enter without "irc.").

You can find more information, especially for IRC novices, on the #AmigaFun homepage. On this occasion I'd like to say that the homepage was entirely redesigned. You can choose between German and English language. (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Lars "Ghandy" Sobiraj (ANF)


Demoscene disk mag: Devotion#2 released
Last night the second issue of the English Amiga demoscene disk mag "Devotion" has been released.

Experts of the scene will compare this issue with the 'Creme de la creme' and find that Devotion has everything which made classics like RAW, ROM or GENERATION special. For novices and those interested in the demoscene the magazine is recommended also. SCENET has the magazine available for download since it's available nowhere else.

Download: hjb-dvn2.lha (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)


Music: DARKAGE releases fix for LEGALIZE IT 2
The group Darkage, known in the Amiga demo scene for their intros, demos and their disk mag Showtime, released yesterday a fix for the music disk "Legalise it". This music disk was originally released in the early nineties by the lengendary group Anarchy.

The programmer Reinhold "Stingray" Kloth has reworked the entire sourcecode and allows owners of modern Amigas to experience the feeling of the demo scene from 1992. SCENET hosts also the sixteenth issue of the English disk mag 'Showtime' which is available here.

Download: DKG-LIFX.lha (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Thomas Tavoly (e-mail)


RC5-64 contest: Half-time! (Update)
The Amiga RC5 team participates now for four years in this worldwide contest to crack a 64 bit key. That requires calculating up to 18,4 trillion possible keys. Half of the total key count has now been calculated. The Amiga RC5 team did not get lucky after 1331 days, but are currently advancing 2,5 times faster than the average for the first half, and chances of finding the key before the whole keyspace is searched are progressively getting better and better.

The Amiga RC5 team is on rank 7 of thousands of teams and has more than 2500 participants with more than 5000 computers. Read the entire press release for more details. (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Ray A. Akey on Amipress-ML


Party Pack: new URL for direct order
Ray A. Akey of Amiga Inc. announced on the Amipress mailing list that contrary to the original message (titlelink) you should from now on use the following URL for direct order of the Party Pack:

Direct order through Amiga Mall (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Heise [Newsticker]


Heise: 3D game engine for mobile devices
»Finnish developers are working on a 3D engine X-Forge which is supposed to allow platform-independent games on mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs and other mobile devices. The company Fathammer founded in October 2000 aims at realizing cheap 3D games for wireless devices.« (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Bjarke Viksoe (ANF)


PC: ADF view
The ADF View is a Shell Namespace extension, which opens up the .ADF file extension. ADF files are Amiga Disk Files, or image dumps of AmigaDOS formatted disks. These files are used by most Commodore Amiga emulator software.

Because ADF View is a namespace extension, it is integrated right into the Windows Explorer. Double-clicking on an ADF file brings up the familiar folder view, where you can copy, move, delete, recover and rename files as you would usually do with normal PC files. You can also drag'n'drop files from any Windows folder to an ADF folder, and back.

ADF View works with Amiga floppy images and hard disk images. It even detects Amiga hard drives attached to your computer and adds a new drive icon to the "My Computer" folder under Windows NT/2000.

New and empty disk images can be created using a Wizard under the Shell New commands (The File/New sub-menu in the Windows Explorer).

Download: adfview.zip - 96 kB (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Andrew Bell


Unarchiver frontend: Voodoo-X version 1.5 beta 8
Voodoo-X is a MUI-based GUI for the unarchiver XADmaster.library by Dirk Stöcker.

With Voodoo-X you can easily view the contents of the archives (also single files). This beta version may still contain bugs which may lead to crashes. More details at the titlelink.

Download: VX1.5.BETA8.lha - 110 kB (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
AmigArt


Images and icons for JabberWocky sought
As already reported, there now exists an Amiga client for the Instant Messenger Jabber. Author Gürer Özen is now looking for graphics artists, who want to create nice graphics and icons for this new program.

Application icons for WB:
One for the jw's .info file. Three for online, offline, message states of the iconification (this works now, just put some icons under Icons dir with names like Jabberwocky_online.info, Jabberwocky_offline.info...)

Small status icons for roster:
Available, Unavailable, Away, XAway, DoNotDisturb, FreeForChat and Message. Several sets with different sizes would be good for people with different resolutions. (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Schatztruhe (e-mail)


Schatztruhe: Aminet 43 available
Aminet CD 43 - June 2001 - contains more than 900 MB (unarchived) of software in almost 700 archives. Since Aminet CD 42 many MB of new software have been added. As special highlight, Aminet 43 contains the full version of Wildfire 5 with the possibility to cheaply upgrade to Wildfire 7. (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Scalos


Workbench replacement: Scalos beta V1.3
A new beta version 1.3 of Scalos, the extensive Workbench replacement, has been released. This version contains many bugfixes. Should you find bugs, please submit a bug report.

Download: ScalosBeta.lha - 140 kB (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (e-mail)


CD32 Games Install Kit v4.41 NG
The CD32 Games Install Kit v4.41 NG is now available for owners of the Best of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition at the Airsoft Softwair homepage. A major bug was fixed and thus every user should install this update. (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (ANF)


Party Pack also available at the Benelux Amiga Show
We have if asked Amiga Inc. if we may sell the Party Pack for a week longer, i.e. on the B.A.S. - and we may. (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


Amiga starts with delivery of the "Party Packs"
According to a posting of Gary Peake (see titlelink), Amiga has begun last Thursday with delivery of the "Party Packs". (ps)

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15.Jun.2001
René Thol (ANF)


(New) informations on GREX 4000 and MicroServer
René Thol has received some interesting informations from DCE on the G-Rex 4000 board and summarizes:
  1. the GREX 4000 is ready, they're waiting only for the boards from the manufacturer.
  2. the GREX 4000 replaces the the daughterboard (ISA-, ZIII- and videoslots) on the motherboard and is connected with the port for the CVPPC on the Cyberstorm board.
  3. the TV board drivers for the GREX are still in the works and are thus no longer mentioned in the GREX advertising since only finished drivers are advertised there.
  4. AGP extensions are not planned. The AGP slots of the AmigaOne will also work only through PCI with the resulting speed.
  5. The planned DCE Microserver will be plugged later in one of the PCI slots and features two SDRAM slots with 133 MHz bus speed. It can be used as busmaster and has access to the entire Amiga hardware. Sadly, a Cyberstorm board already working in the Amiga has still to be used and its processors can not access the SDRAM (buswidth through PCI too narrow). Because of a CPU socket, more current CPUs than the G3/G4 can be used later. Existing PPC applications won't run immediately on the new CPUs (due to addressing and such) but have to be be adapted through (minor) changes in the sourcecode and a special library.
(ps)

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15.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (e-mail)


Event: Benelux Amiga Show and Amiga LAN Party
As already announced, the Benelux Amiga Show takes place on June 23rd, 2001 in Rotterdam together with a LAN party which are organized by the Dutch print magazine ´Amiga Scene´ and the dealer ´Computer City´.

Besides the already mentioned highlights and VIPs there are the following confirmations: Alan Redhouse of Eyetech will present two AmigaOne with a colleague.

Discount on admission
To make the trip to Holland from neighbor countries more appealing, a discount of 50% on the admission is granted to everyone who comes from outside Holland. (ps)

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14.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)


Heise: mp3PRO: MP3 Successor joining the Race
»Since today, 14th June, the first official demo version of the designated MP3 successor mp3PRO is available for free download on Coding Technologies' website. The "RCA Demo mp3PRO Player/Encoder 1.0" plays Mp3(PRO) files as well as wav-files. The latter can also be converted to the new mp3PRO format at a non-varying bit-rate of 64 kbit/s. The new and downwards compatible format augurs a substantial better quality of sound at low bit-rates, due to "spectral band replication" (SBR). «
Complete article (German) under the title link. (ps)

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14.Jun.2001
Nico Barbat


Event: Autumn Show appointment determined
Autumnal there will be a show organized by the Falke-Verlag, again. Meantime the time-frame was determined: The "AMIGA WORLD 2001" will take place on 20th and 22nd September 2001 with the maxpo 2001 jointly at the fairgrounds of Cologne. More information will follow, soon. (ps)

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14.Jun.2001
BTTR-Team (E-Mail)


Back to the Roots: Download Hours Fixed
BTTR downloads now disabled 2/3 of each day!

Our archive files will only be available for download from 06:10 to 13:10 GMT (may vary), but they should work at full speed then. We are not happy about this, but unless we find some sponsors, we have to prevent our archive from being closed down by this action. If we find we can extend the times outward more, we will.

The entire content of the site (except all downloads, full-size pictures and the mod player) will continue to work the entire day. The same applies to the Aminet downloads, as they are not stored on these servers.

If you are willing to help us by either donating money to pay parts of our traffic, by purchasing targeted advertising at our site or by providing us a fast dedicated *nix server somewhere else, please contact traffic@back2roots.org.

Several thousand people visit this site each day, and create the enormous traffic together. Some download more, some download less. It would be nice if a few of you could also help us to keep this monster comfortable for people of all time zones.

Many of you have surely noticed that most of the gaming archive sites were closed down recently. These sites all paid their traffic by advertising. So did we. However, this does not work for archive sites anymore, since advertising prices dropped horribly worldwide.

We have several ideas in the queue to find an income to finance this site for your convenience. Just none which will work fast enough. So please also contact us if you want to provide temporary help.

To all companies who have licensed games to be offered at our site for free: BTTR will continue to be a non profit project, and we did never earn a single pence with it, and we will continue to do so. (ps)

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14.Jun.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


New Screenshots of the AmigaDE GUI
Under the title link there is a posting by Fleecy Moss (AmigaOne mailing list) along with several pictures attached to the mail.

Matt Chaput (together with other people) in deed has been authorized to design the new GUI.

Fleecy explained that "of course these still are prototypes and eventually will be 'skinnable' (configurable with skins). But the pictures should give a good impression of where things are going".





Update: (08.08.2012, cg)

Added the two screenshots mockups that could still be found on the net. (ps)

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14.Jun.2001



Aminet Uploads until 13.06.2001
TruncateMail.lha     comm/mail   10K+Removes unnecessary parts from e-mail fi
YAMGenesis.lha       comm/mail   24K+YAM-->Genesis-->Yam2NN, united. V1.05
FlushHeaders.lha     comm/news   32K+FlushHeaders for Yam2NN_087 V1.00
Yam2nnSpa.lha        comm/news    4K+Spanish translation catalog for Yam2NN
AmiDiction.lha       comm/tcp    26K+Online Dictionary
factsSpa.lha         comm/tcp     2K+Spanish translation catalog for FACTS
Jabberwocky.lha      comm/tcp   185K+Jabber/ICQ/AIM/MSN/Yahoo/IRC client
pproxy-mos.lha       comm/tcp     6K+Little Proxy with cache -MorphOS-
Artifictional.lha    demo/aga   1.3M+Secretly! - artifictional,demo at ms2001
PureBasic_Upd2.lha   dev/basic  661K+V2.32 - Update for registered users (fro
DragnDrop14a.lha     dev/gui    129K+Update of dragndrop library - got new fu
MCC_NListtree.lha    dev/mui    264K+MUI list tree class for NList
stormgcc_binut.lha   dev/src    5.2M+Sources of StormGCC from Dec. 2000 CD
stormgcc_cvs.lha     dev/src    1.8M+Sources of StormGCC from Dec. 2000 CD
stormgcc_gcc.lha     dev/src     11M+Sources of StormGCC from Dec. 2000 CD
TsGuiSpa.lha         disk/misc    1K+Spanish translation catalog for TsGUI
AmigaPoWeR.lha       docs/hyper  31K+AMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine
WHDIDemos.lzh        game/patch 2.0M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesA-B.lzh     game/patch 2.1M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesC-D.lzh     game/patch 1.7M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
Stato.lha            game/shoot 2.5M+Statoscuro-overhead shoot'em-up.GIFTWARE
vpeg.lha             hard/drivr  13K+Hardware mpeg-player for Peggy+ and simi
dissa.lha            misc/emu    91K+Pc-Engine Roms Tools V1.77+Gui
Benelux-show.jpg     pix/art     19K+Jpg picture with fxPaint and C4D
htmldoc-mos.lha      text/misc  679K+Convert HTML to PDF,PostScript...v1.8.12
htmldoc.lha          text/misc  612K+Convert HTML to PDF,PostScript...v1.8.12
muReset.lha          util/cli     3K+Reset command with muFS support, check i
PopScreen.lha        util/cli     2K+A small popscreen utility for scripts V1
AslToRT.lha          util/misc   21K+Asl/Arp/Req/Intuition/RT requester to RT
ReqAttackUpd.lha     util/misc   52K+RAPrefsMUI 1.81
ReqAttack_deu.lha    util/misc   38K+RAPrefsMUI german catalog & docs(1.80)
RxSPack.lha          util/rexx    2K+Spanish translation catalogs for RxMUI,R
xvslibrary.lha       util/virus  53K+External Virus Support Library v33.25
(as)

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13.Jun.2001
Haage & Partner


H&P: ArtEffect Plugins Collection
The ArtEffect Plugins Collection for the first time brings an extended collection of sensational effects and editing filters for the image editing software ArtEffect.

As highlights among the effects there are Glow and DarkGlow maken objects "glowing", Solar, Neon, and Alien to mutate images, classics like PageCurl curling one edge of a picture, as well as OilPainting creating a perfect painting from a photograph or scanned picture.

System requirements: ArtEffect 2, 3 or 4 (will not work with v1.5 or SE version). The collection will come along with ArtEffect 2, so you can start right away. (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Heise [Newsticker]


Heise: "Trojan horse" disguise as folder
A new virus disguise as Windows-folder - while opening it shows a directory but in the background it installs a "Trojan horse".
[...]
The mail has the subject-line "Welcome you to" and it contains an attachment "iwantyou.exe".
[...]
In order to get rid of the virus you should delete the files "angel.exe" and "angel.dll" in the Windows/system-directory and reboot the computer.
For full article see title link. (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Ron Goertz


ARexx: FWCalendar 4.14 and FWCAddEvent v3.97
FWCalendar of Ron Goertz is an ARexx-script (macro) for FinalWriter V4+ or Pagestream V3+ which enables you to easily create calendars.

The script contains over 100 variables which can be preferenced by the user and is therefore useful in many different ways. With the macro FWCAddEvent you can easily enter dates in the created calendar.

Download: FWCalender.lha - Please note the Installation hints! (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Richard H. Poser (E-Mail)


Messenger: AmigAIM 0.9415 beta
The new betaversion 0.9415 of AmigaAIM which is the AOL Instant Messenger for Amiga of Richard H. Poser is available.

Changes:
  • Modified Away System to reply correctly when using the %n, %t or %d replacements when set (Info display also properly shows when replaced and the person is away).
  • Added text in Add/Edit Away section to indicate the replacements.
Download:
AmigAIM_Beta - full archive
AmigAIM.lha - Update (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)


Golem: Powerful PDA-processors of Motorola
»With two new chips of the DragonBall-family which uses less current Motorola starts a new round concerning PDA-processors. The DragonBall MX1 is the first processor of Motorola based on a ARM-core while DragonBall Super VZ puts one its trust on 68k-architecture. The predecessor the DragonBall VZ is used in PDAs by Palm, Handspring, Sony and HandEra.« For full article see title link. (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Roland Wintgen (E-Mail)


Golem: Amiga delivers pre-version of AmigaDE
Golem - IT news for pros reports about AmigaDE:

»Beta-version with SDK and example applications for 100 US-dollars
For a short time Amiga offers software packets for Windows and Linux with which users and developers can test slowly growing up Amiga Digital Enviroment (AmigaDE). Those ones who buy a party pack until the 16th of June will get a beta version of AmigaDE with which AmigaDE-software can be used directly under Windows or Linux as well as free updates for one year.«
For full article see title link. (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Jens Schönfeld (comment)


Driver: New details to X-Surf driver
In a comment (see title link) to the topic of ADSL Jens Schönfeld of Individual Computers told some interesting details to his driver for the network-card 'X-Surf' which is still in development.

"Currently there is a driver for the X-Surf in development with which you can implement PPPoE based DSL in each TCP/IP stack (also the "ordinary" Miami, Genesis and AmiTCP). Currently the driver is in the alpha-phase but will be adapted to each possible PPPoE-implementation".
For full article see title link. (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)


Event: Benelux Amiga Show and Amiga LAN Party
As already announced on 23th June 2001 Benelux Amiga Show and LAN-party will take place in Rotterdam which is organized by the Dutch print magazine ´Amiga Scene´ and the trader ´Computer City´.

Additional to the already mentioned highlights and vips Jürgen Haage of Haage & Partner will take part, too. (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena news
Amiga Arena full versions
With permission of Stefan Berge Amiga Arena publishes the full version of "FileCutter". "FileCutter" enables you to divide files of any size into as many pieces as you like.
Because of that it is possible to transport a 4 MB big file which you cannot archive to spread on 5 disks (720 kb).
In the newest version it works with files which were divided by NortonCommander on a PC. A great thanks to Andreas Magerl who placed the full version at your disposal.

Amiga Arena pre-release
The popular Workbench-game "ArTKanoid" (breakout clone) of Thilo Köhler is exclusively online in version 1.2 right before Aminet.

Amiga Arena updates
"Blade" which is an action-RPG-game of Mark Sheeky is ready for download in the harddrive-version. Exclusively in the German version.

Amiga Arena - "The Boss": German catalog
The German locale for "The Boss" was created by Richard Kapp and is in the archive.

Amiga Arena special price action
In co-operation with Nemeth Miklos Amiga Arena makes a special price for "LangTools" possible. With "LangTools" you can translate texts. You can easily load a text and simultaneously translate the text with an editor.
You can choose between several languages and more will follow. "LangTools" is already in development and author Nemeth is looking forward to your feedback.

Amiga Arena interview action
At the same time an interview with Nemeth Miklos which is the developer of "LangTools" went online. (ps)

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13.Jun.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


Matt Chaputs notions to GUI-design for AmigaDE
Under the title link you can find a document called AmigaUI Look. It was created by Matt Chaput which is the GlowIcon-designer. Looking at the first paragraph you can only suppose that Matt concerned with the GUI for AmigaDE at least in October 2000.

In section "Work" of his website you can also find the site Amiga GUIs which contains some screenshots of his notions:

Screen mock-up #1
Screen mock-up #2
Single window- and control elements

If Matt Chaput did it on behalf of Amiga Inc or just for fun and if he concerns with it today is unfortunately not known. (ps)

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12.Jun.2001
Patrick Beerhorst (ANF)


ASA - Amiga Software Archive (work in progress)
We will revive amiga-software.com on our server. Until its shutdown it was a regularly used service with an easy and fast overview about the latest Amiga software.

We want to continue this with the ASA (Amiga Software Archive). Users and coders can present helpful programs, tools and utilities with a short description. The visitor will get also information about system requirements (CPU, memory, OS, PPC, ...) and of course the link for the related homepage and email address of the author - every author can change and delete his entry via ID and password at any time.

The coding of the system will be finished next week, so from then on you can make entries into it.

We need the support of experienced users, who will offer up some of their freetime for administration and control of the latest entries. If you are interested, please send an email to us: asa@synotec-newmedia.de. (ps)

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12.Jun.2001
Thorsten Willert


News from Thorsten Willert
First you can get a fix of his HTML preprocessor extension in the GoldED WebWorld menu, that you can use together with "CompressHTML".

Second he is looking for a new name for "CompressHTML", because the old name does not fit anymore with the new functions.

Third the following of his AREXX programs are now public domain:
  • Auto-Font-List
  • FWTabTools
  • FileInfo
  • GH_Browser
  • MakeSuffix

    Because of lack of time Thorsten Willert can not develop them any further. If you want to continue the development of these projects, he will give you a helping hand to start.
Who wants to continue the AmigaOSGuide? It is an Amiga DOS manual, with dictionary. State: OS 3.1. If you are interested, send an email to Thorsten Willert. (ps)

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12.Jun.2001
PureBasic


Compiler: PureBasic Version 2.32 for AmigaOS
Version 2.32 for AmigaOS of the compiler PureBasic is released. For registered users is an update available, not registered users can download a demo version.

Download:
PureBasic_Upd2.32.lha - Update
pureBasic.lha - Demoversion
(ps)

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12.Jun.2001
Frank Fenn


Music: Audiomaster 2000 Version 0.74
Version 0.74 of Audiomaster 2k, the sample editor, is released. It uses MUI and supports all AHI devices.

The program of Frank 'Fenny' Fenn is shareware, no saving in the demo version.
Download: audiomaster2k.lha - 338 kB (ps)

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12.Jun.2001
DCE (ANF)


DCE: New Poster for G-Rex online
The new poster (257 kB) for the G-Rex PCI board for the up-coming AmigaOS has been released for downlaod, in advance. On this poster among other things the following new details of the G-Rex 4000 are reading:

G-REX4000 D
4 PCI-Slots, 4 Zorro 2/3-Slots, 1 Video-Slot,
for use with Cyberstorm PPC & MK III,
PCI board as a replacement for the original Commodore A4000 Riser-Card
(ps)

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12.Jun.2001
Michael Asse (ANF)


Game: Amiga Shareware Version of Frontier?
Michael Asse wrote:
"I just received an e-mail from Mr. Andrew Gillett of the ELiteclub site reading that a re-release of the Amiga version of Frontier might come at a later date." (ps)

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12.Jun.2001
Amipress ML


AMIGA celebrates First SDK anniversary with special offer (Executive Update)

Greetings to members of the Amiga Family:

Wow, what a year it has been!

In the coming weeks we are going to see the releases of not one but three new Amiga Products!:
  1. AmigaOne PPC /1200 - On Schedule and Rockin'
  2. AmigaOS 4.0, and shortly thereafter AmigaOS 4.2 on schedule and will offer the next generation of Amiga desktop - on PPC!
  3. AmigaDE 1.1 so the rest of the world may begin to learn the power of Amiga - For Cell Phones, PDA's, and other portable devices.
Because of overwhelming e-mails and suggestions, Amiga Incorporated is pleased to announce the AmigaOne, AmigaOS 4.0, 4.2, and AmigaDE pre-release party pack!

Here is how you can participate with this party pack.

Starting June 11th and ending June 16th 2001 Amiga family members can purchase a pre-release version of AmigaDE for $99.00 (US plus tax and handling), you will receive one year of updates, the SDK, a bundle of sample applications and games, and the ability to start using DE on Windows or Linux desk tops.

Next you can pick from either a $100.00 (US) discount coupon on an AmigaOne PPC/1200 for use at your local dealer, or you can receive BOTH AmigaOS 4.0 and AmigaOS 4.2 for FREE!

That's right, for one week only purchase the pre-release of AmigaDE, get the SDK, and all the trimmings and select either a $100.00 (US) discount on a new AmigaONE, OR AmigaOS 4.0 and AmigaOS 4.2 for FREE.

It's your choice, and it is available today at: AmigaMall

Sincerely,
Bill McEwen (ps)

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12.Jun.2001
AmigArt


Instant Messenger: JabberWocky Client V1.0 available
JabberWocky is an Instant messenger using XML for data transfer. Version 1.0 of the client for AmigaOS and MorphOS is available.

With servermodules (called transports) you can exchange information with users of other Instant Messengers like AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), ICQ, MSN Instant Messengers, Yahoo Messengers and IRC-clients.
Download: Jabberwocky.lha (ps)

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12.Jun.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Denmark: xvs.library V33.25
The xvs.library (External Virus Support Library) has been updated today. Alex van Niel has decided to stop programming the xvs.package but will still update VirusChecker when he has the time. Alex got a new job that takes almost all his time. At this time I got very cold feet... Where would we find a new programmer that know something about viruses ? Or even worth, should we stop "Virus Help Denmark", without programmers to make antivirus programs, where would we be ??? And where would YOU BE ???????

So we went out looking for a new programmer to update the xvs.library. And with Georg Hoermann's approval we offered the code to a great guy, Jan Erik Olausen (The programmer of VirusExecutor), and he said YES :-)

PLEASE..... read the PS at the bottom of this email......

So, Jan has been rather busy in the last 4 weeks with adding new viruses and looking at the code for xvs. And now his first release is ready.

Here is some info about the release:

Name : xvs.library v33.25
Archive name : xvslibrary.lha
Archive size : 54.743 bytes
Release date : 10 June 2001
Programmer : Jan Erik Olausen
Email : virusexecutor@c2i.net


News for 33.25:
  • Added Zakahackandpatch File virus Thanks to Jan Andersen for the files.
  • Added Bobek! Link virus Thanks to Jan Andersen, Frank and Zeeball for the files.
  • Added Bastard Installer 1 Data virus, Bastard Installer 2 File virus, Bastard Link virus. Thanks Jan Andersen and Zeeball for the files. Thanks to Zeeball for the info on this virus and for the decrypt and memory removal routines.
  • Added 212 Bytes Link virus Thanks to Jan Andersen for the file.
  • Fixed bug in recognition code for DKG-Blum file virus. Thanks to Jan Andersen for reporting this.
  • Added Bobek2 Installer File virus Thanks to Fabrizio Bartoloni for telling me about this file.
The library has changed programmer, although Georg does keep all copyrights and remains owner of the sources, I (Jan Erik Olausen) will continue development. See the README file for my contact address.

Thanks to Georg Hörmann and Dirk Stoecker for helping me out with fixing bugs in the source. I couldn't have done this without there help :o)

Download shortcut.

STILL TO DO:
  • Add Bobek2 Link virus.
  • Add Neurotic Death 1 - 5. These five linkviruses are polymorphic, but crash on my system if I try to infect some test files. It seems that they haven't been spread to the public, I received them anonymously from the author. So it's not that BIG danger at the moment.
  • Try to get and add GlobVec linkvirus. The only one who has it is Heiner Schneegold (author of VT-Schutz) and VTC Hamburg, but Heiner doesn't give his permission to the VTC to send me the virus :(


Remember to join the Amiga antivirus maillist for free. Just send an empty email to: vht-dk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

To leave the maillist, just send an empty email to: vht-dk-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.

You can find this update at Virus Help Denmark & Virus Help Team Canada now, and on Aminet within the next 24 hours.....

PS: If you think that Jan Erik Olausen is doing one hell of a job, with keeping you Amiga secure for viruses, then send him a little donation. I know that xvs.library and VirusExecutor is freeware, but Jan has done one hell of a job in the last 6 month, to add new virus recog. in VirusExecutor and now with xvs.library. Send him 4 or 5 US-$, a postcard and even flowers, if you think he is doing a great job, and would like to keep the xvs.library alive...... (ps)

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11.Jun.2001
Virtual Worlds Productions (E-Mail)


Audiotool: AudioCutter Cinema HOME Version 1.0
The AudioCutter Cinema - an extensive and feature loaded audio- and surroundsound-software - is available now for free for all non-commercial purposes. Information can be found under http://www.AudioCutter.com . It can be downloaded in versions for PPC-Linux, 80x86-Linux and Windows® under http://www.AudioCutter.com/download.html for free. (ps)

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11.Jun.2001
Fr3dY (E-Mail)


Website: New Homepage for ports by Fr3dY (Update)
Fr3dY made same ports of programs to 68k and MorphOS. Now there is a homepage available that contains all of them. There you will find many usefull tools.

19.06.2001: URL corrected. (ps)

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11.Jun.2001
Michael Asse (ANF)


PC: Frontier Elite II / First Encounters Downloads (Update)
As already reported, the Eliteclub will publish the official games, source code and many other things concerning Frontier Elite II / First Encounters. The first step is the offering of the download of the PC-version of Elite II and First Encounters. The docs and copy-protection-codes are available too. (ps)

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11.Jun.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Denmark: VHT-DK Bobek-2 Linkvirus found (update)
Supplement 13 June 2001
Accidently the wrong text for this news message was published. I replaced that with the correct text, now. I apologize for this bad mistake. mj

Here the proper message:

VHT-DK think to have found the installer of the link virus 'Bobek2'. The respective archive was on Aminet, but meantime has been removed. But there might be other infected archives, so be careful!

Known so far:

Archive name : Footro.lha
Archive size: 2.924 bytes
Archive info : Borntro from new A500 team Footro is looking for skilled A500 coders.
Installer name : 4k
Installer size : 2.784 bytes (stonecracker 4.04 packed)
Installer size : 3.316 bytes (unpackt)
Virusname : Bobek2 Linkvirus
Virus size : ca. 1036 bytes (uses polymorphic engine)

In the unpacked file you can read:
>------------------------------ CUT TEXT ------------------------------
xxxxxxxxxxx proudly presents BOBEK2 - The first binary virus for Amiga!
Credits - main coding by xxxxxxxx, polyengine by xxxxxx, installer-tool
and timer.device coding by xxxxxx! We are the best! Powered by Asm-One!
Enjoy! That is only preview of our metamorphic engine!
>------------------------------ CUT TEXT ------------------------------


Virus Help Denmark replaced the names with 'xxxx'. Thy don't want to promote virus programmers. "They should make use of there programming skills and make some useful programs", Jan Andersen wrote in his mail.

Since the file could not be started the people of VHT-DK tried an old A500 on which the virus was spread to other files.

At this time there is no cure for the virus 'Bobek2', but Jan Erik Olausen is working for a way to make a recognition for the 'Bobek2' linkvirus. (mj)

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10.Jun.2001
Carsten Scholling (ANF)


MUI: NListtree V18.8
Carsten Scholling wrote:
Since the new version of NListtree is to find in the YAM 2.3 archive, already, I would not like to let them take away from me the chance to make the definite last version before fall available as a complete archive.

Among other things two new Drag&Drop methods were implemented and a small bug in the Drag&Drop handling was fixed.

Download: MCC_NListtree18.8.lha (269K), Readme (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
V3 Portal


Browser: Voyager³ 3.3.105beta (MorphOS-PPC)
On 09. June 2001 beta version 3.3.105 for MorphOS (PPC) of the web-browser 'Voyager' was released.

This is to be a PPC version for MorphOS only, which should fix crashes under MorphOS in connection with JavaScript and image decoding.

Download: v3_33105beta_morphos.lzx (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
TEKlib


OS-Layer: TEKlib V0.32
On 09. June 2001 Timm Mueller and Daniel Adler have released

The 'TEKlib' offers basic OS functions and by this facilitates platform comprehensive programming. For now 'TEKlib' is available for AmigaOS 3.x, Linux/32bit, MorphOS, and TAO Elate/AmigaSDK 1.01. It contains functions for the following sections:
  • memory management
  • timer
  • mutexes
  • events
  • threads
  • internal process communication (message-IPC)
  • network (Internet)
The Amiga version requires AmigaOS 3.x, bsdsocket.library v4, guigfx.library, and render.library (optional). The latter two are available for download on http://www.neoscientists.org/~bifat/binarydistillery/.

The documentation including examples, system requirements, and binaries for other systems, as well as the source code (license: BSD-Stil) are to find on the homepage.

Download: dev/misc/teklib0.32.lha (291K), Readme (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
Jeff Kreis (REBOL-ML)


Magazine: REBOL/Zine
'REBOL/Zine' is a mailing list used to send weekly articles about REBOL. This mailing list can be ordered by following the title link. After you have entered your own address you will receive an e-mail containing order confirmation information.

Articles for the magazine can be sent to Jeff Kreis with something like 'Here's an article for the 15-JUN-2001 issue of REBOL/Zine' for the subject. (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)


CD³²: Games Install Kits V4.4NG
A new update of the CD32 Games Install Kit for owners of the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM was just released on the Airsoft Softwair homepage.

The version 4.4 NG of the Install Kit supports now many more games (182 in total !!). Additionally there were some optimizations made and also a small bug was fixed.

Version 4.4 can be downloaded now from the protected area of the Airsoft Softwair homepage that can only be accessed by owners of the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM. (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
Carl Sassenrath (REBOL-ML)


REBOL: How to Create and Use Text Fields
On 08. June 2001 Carl Sassenrath has released the requested How-To 'How to Create and Use Text Fields'. This How-To describes the use of text fields in REBOL and contains examples.

Described are display of text fields, display of text fields with their own styles, processing of entries, as well as the use of requester text and requester-pass for simple input-requesters.

Beside of the above HTML version with 37 pictures, there also exists a text version which creates the pictures on your own computer. For this to work make-spec.r must be launched with http://www.rebol.com/how-to/fields.txt given as parameter. (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News


Filesystem: Smart Filesystem V1.187
On 08. June 2001 Jörg Strohmayer has released version 1.187 of Smart Filesystem. The following has changed since the previous version:
  • Bugfix: Mounting from RDB did not work in v1.186.
  • Changed: AmigaOS: SCSI_DIRECT support was removed.
  • Changed: Some unused parts of the code were disabled (deviceio/asynctransfer).
  • Changed: AmigaOS: Device check with the TD_GETGEOMETRY command, which did not work, was removed. If needed, NSDPatch.cfg should be used for this instead.
This version should be used carefully. Bug reports and confirmation of that it works might be sent to Jörg Strohmayer.

Download: SFS.lha (34K) (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
Fun Time World


Payback: New Map and Screenshots
On 09. June 2001 the Extra Maps section for the game Payback was updated and screenshots of the PPC version were released.

In the Extra Maps section a new map was added and Philipp Bödecker's D-Town-Map was updated. The new Amigalien's Metropolis (Day) map comes from Ricco Clemens. This one contains a town including motorway.

The development of the PPC version is progressing. This version supports gouraud shading with up to 1,000 dynamic and an unlimited number of static sources of light. There were screenshots released to show that. (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
Achim Stegemann (ANF)


AsyncIO V40.5: New Upload
Achim Stegemann wrote:
Unfortunately there where problems while uploading the new version of the asyncio.library, last time. Everybody interested can get the update in the 'Downloads' area under the title link.

Especially PPC users may contact me for feedback if the new version works correctly. (sd)

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10.Jun.2001
Bernd Gmeineder (ANF)


AMI Sector One Update
This time there is a big update on AMI Sector One. The up-to-now biggest legal and licensed Amiga game 'The Case of the Cautious Condor' (65 MB compressed) can be downloaded, now. This realtime adventure game was first released in 1991 for the Amiga CDTV. Wonderful drawn graphics and the glassy digi-sound make it a highlight. Not without cause it has been 'Game of the Year' in Japan.

Of course there are much more games like 'Blood 'n' Bullets', 'Slap 'n' Tickle', 'Bill', etc.

The two classics 'Genesis - The Third Day' (generating fractal landscapes), and 'Deluxe Music 2.0' (best? notation program for the Amiga) are legally available at the program area, now.

The Amiga group 'Wanted Team' now also has pages on AMI Sector One. For example there are Amiga players and new ripped sound modules. An update of the Coverscan section may not be missed.

Last but not least the 'Amiga Games Compendium' has been expanded with 1,100 new entries. (sd)

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10.Jun.2001



Aminet Uploads until 10.06.2001
DOpusRxTrash.lha     biz/dopus    4K+Global trashcan for DOpus Magellan
YAM23.lha            comm/mail  691K+MUI Internet mailer V2.3 (main)
YAM23con.lha         comm/mail  196K+MUI Internet mailer V2.3 (contributions)
YAM23cpu.lha         comm/mail  138K+MUI Internet mailer V2.3 (68040/68060)
YAM23loc.lha         comm/mail  772K+MUI Internet mailer V2.3 (language)
YAM23mos.lha         comm/mail  378K+MUI Internet mailer V2.3 (MorphOS)
YAM23src.lha         comm/mail  408K+MUI Internet mailer V2.3 (source code)
Camedia.lha          comm/misc   38K+Get pictures from Camedia digital camera
AmiDiction.lha       comm/tcp    25K+Online Dictionary
opennap.lha          comm/tcp   469K+Ixemul port of OpenNap 0.41
WebYAM.lha           comm/www    15K+Web interface for YAM
PowerAmiga4.lha      demo/mag   684K+Power Amiga. Russian Amiga E-Mag, issue 
clockita.lha         dev/basic   73K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
catcheck.lha         dev/misc    24K+Amiga catalog tester, v1.4
FlexCat_GR.lha       dev/misc     5K+Greek locale for FlexCat
teklib0.32.lha       dev/misc   291K+Virtual amiga-like OS and network layer
Mattonite_Src.lha    game/demo   42K+Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteE
Labyzarre.lha        game/wb     38K+A labyrinth (sort of...) game
NP_PHS69.lha         mods/misc  4.0M+Noyz Phaktah '006 - Pioneer vs Hotcakes 
CoolBall.lha         pix/back    21K+MagicWB backdrop (640x480)
AP14Recto.jpg        pix/misc   185K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 14 Cover Recto
AP14Verso.jpg        pix/misc   238K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 14 Cover Verso
APowerStuff_7.lha    pix/misc   391K+Pics from aMiGa=PoWeR magazine
APowerStuff_8.lha    pix/misc   496K+Pics from aMiGa=PoWeR magazine
AquaGraphiteVP.lha   pix/misc    35K+Aqua-style for VisualPrefs
frosch.jpg           pix/misc    37K+Funny Frog, scanned from a sticker
HTMLText_GR.lha      text/misc    4K+Greek locale for HTMLText
xlhtml.lha           util/conv   42K+Convert Excel/PowerPoint files to HTML, 
asyncioppc.lha       util/libs   22K+Asyncio.library with WarpOS functions (V
Utilities.lha        util/libs   17K+Handle strings and numbers (V1.2)
ReqAttack.lha        util/misc  526K+Best, configurable requesters for Amiga
ReqAttack_mgr.lha    util/misc    5K+RAPrefsMUI hungarian catalog (1.80)
FWCalendar.lha       util/rexx  430K+THE calendar creator for FW & Pagestream
rxmui_NO.lha         util/rexx    3K+RxMUI_NO - Norwegian catalog for RxMUI
Safe.lha             util/virus  27K+V15.8 of virus dicovering system
Commander.lha        util/wb     38K+Execute commands with pleasure (V1.1)
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09.Jun.2001
John Chandler / Suite101.com


John Chandler: article about AmigaSDL
John Chandler writes monthly articles at Suite101.com based around the Amiga. In the current article he's writing about the Amiga port of SDL (simple direct media layer) by Gabriele Greco. (ps)

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09.Jun.2001
Microcode Solutions


Microcode Solutions seeking developers and beta testers (update)
Microcode Solutions is seeking for software developers and beta testers for a PowerPC plugin board. As it isn't told in the press release about which board they are talking we have asked Microcode Solutions for this information and will post the answer as appendix.

The board can be plugged into your PC, Amiga or any other PCI based computer. On June 9th, 2001 Microcode Solutions received the first working prototype of this board that uses a high speed PowerPC processor and two RAM sockets allowing up to 1 GB memory on the board.

There are numerous projects in development at Microcode Solutions for this board. To finish these they are looking for software developers. Furthermore there's a business plan for the development of many products for this board by third party companies as their own products.

Here's the full message:

June 9th, 2001 - Today, Microcode Solutions received our first working prototype PowerPC board. This concludes nearly 4 months worth of design and negotiations.

The board plugs into your PC, Amiga, or any other PCI based machine, and uses a high speed PowerPC processor with two RAM sockets, allowing up to 1GB of RAM to be placed on the board!

Microcode Solutions has numerous projects in development for this board, and is seeking software developers to complete some of these projects. We also have a business plan for the development of many products for this board, by 3rd party developers, as their own products. Basically, Microcode Solutions would be handing out product ideas that will be huge successes, at no charge. There are just so many things that this hardware is capable of doing, that Microcode Solutions doesn't have the time to write all of the software AND handle developer technical support, at the same time. Microcode Solutions plans to make their money in the sales of the hardware, and will be offering boards and direct technical support for free (to those developers and companies that qualify).

Microcode Solutions is looking for qualified beta testers for this board. Beta testers must be in the U.S.A. (no exceptions), and must sign a multi-page confidentiality agreement. Microcode Solutions is looking for beta testers with extensive experience in Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and MacOS. Experience with BeOS and Linux is a plus.

If you are interested in developer information, please contact Jim Drew via email: jimdrew@microcode-solutions.com

If you are interested in becoming a beta tester, please send a summary of your computer experience, what system(s) you have, and how much time you can devote to beta testing to: tech@microcode-solutions.com. ps

Appendix 09.06.2001:
On asking Jim Drew, CEO of Mircocode Solutions, informed us that this board was delivered by their board manufacturer. The named PowerPC plugin board comes also from Mircocode Solutions themselves. (mj)

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09.Jun.2001
Zaphod (ANF)


Mailclient: YAM 2.3
The YAM Open Source Team presents version 2.3 of the mailing program. YAM 2.3 contains many bug fixes and some often asked features like SMTP-AUTH and PGP multiple support.

Version 2.3 is available for 68k CPU's as well as for MorphOS (PPC).

Download page (ps)

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09.Jun.2001
Patrick Beerhorst (ANF)


GlowIcons v1.7 with more than 500 icons
The current archive covers more than 500 icons in the areas games, internet, network, sound, graphics, Workbench etc. Required for the use of the icons is the icon.library of the OS 3.5 or OS 3.9 and a starttool that supports this library (for example DirOpus II).

But the icons can be used with the program "Amidock" of the OS 3.9, too. A resolution of 800x600 or higher in HiColor is recommended. (ps)

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09.Jun.2001
V3 Portal


Browser: Voyager³ 3.3.104beta
Of Voyager³, the internet browser, the beta version 3.3.104 with new layout engine has been released. The fifth beta version is for the systems AmigaOS and MorphOS available. These versions work also without keyfile and can be used as demo version.

The sourcecode of these versions isn't optimized yet and does still contain many debug information and probably bugs, too. You can find further changes and details in the readme.

Download:
v3_33104beta_amigaos.lzx
v3_33104beta_morphos.lzx (ps)

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09.Jun.2001
Tales of Tamar


Game: Tales of Tamar v0.36 and v0.36r1
Tales of Tamar is an internet based move game for Amiga, Atari, Linux and PC by Eternity Entertainment Software. For registered beta testers are among other things updates of the versions for Amiga, Atari, Linux and Mac ready on the download page. Current version is v036 and v036r1.

Attention:
Players having already downloaded all updates and installed them, only need the 0.36r1 update. New alpha testers have to download both archives and install them one after another. This step became necessary to keep new update archives as small as possible.

Further information about the current game progress can be found using the title link under 'News'.

Alpha testers are still accepted. Applications please to eternity@pride.de. (ps)

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Commercial action RPG: Dungeonette - The New Adventure (AGA/CD32) available (07. Dec.)
Gorky 17: WarpOS support, minor update of AmigaOS 3 version, new demo (06. Dec.)
AmiGameJam: Numerous new games introduced (30. Nov.)
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