30.Mar.2001
Stefan Falke on ANF
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New EZP@gerNG Versions
The latest unregistered version 1.4 of EZP@gerNG is available
in the download area
for free, from today.
There all registered EZP@gerNG users will also find an
update archive with which you can update your registered software from
version 1.3 to version 1.4.
With the EZP@gerNG, you can reliably send messages to mobile phones and pagers
without annoying ads. Sending e-mail through the internet is also supported.
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30.Mar.2001
A.C.T.-News
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A.C.T. presenting Plans for Multimedia Network Machine
The AV-NetNode will be an embedded system with a real-time OS which can
play besides DVD, VCD, etc. also MP3 from both CD and network from
(any!) server platforms.
Also, the system offers MPEG-2 real-time recording (hardware-based),
planned are VCD and DVD authoring tools. MIDI, audio and video editing
are planned as well as online games, internet access, etc.
First de¿veloper machines are supposed to appear late autumn 2001,
but as the entire software will be available as a desktop system, too,
developers could probably make acquaintance with the system before.
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30.Mar.2001
Suite101.com
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John Chandler Article: Amiga Handhelds
John Chandler monthly writes articles about Amiga at Suite101.com. This time,
he wrote about the Amiga Handhelds which have been much-discussed last month.
Read the entire article at the title link.
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30.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF
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Again new SendStuff Version
At the title link, you can find the new version 0.4 of SendStuff. SendStuff
is a program with which you can send files simply by drag'n'drop to any
directory or device (either copy or move).
The most important new features:
- Some bugfixes (e.g. Multiview problem with the online help)
- Move mode (you can now move files)
- Cycle gadget to switch between copy and move modes.
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30.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF
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Heise: Corel makes Profit Despite Low Sales
»Even if only barely, the software company Corel would make some profit
in the first quarter. Despite strongly decreasing sales, the graphics software
specialist could reach a profit of 534,000 USD, or one cent per share. In
view of being deep in the red in the business year 2000 and the last quarters,
Corel is of course happy, since with the presentation of the year's results,
getting into the black was announced for the third quarter 2001.«
Entire article (German) at the title link.
More news on the topic:
The Register: Corel's profit, sales predictions hit
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30.Mar.2001
Darek Dulian on ANF
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Elbox: Does SharkPPC G3/G4 work only in G-Rex Busboard?
Elbox was frequently asked whether their
SharkPPC G3/G4 board works with the G-REX busboard by DCE.
In the mail you can find at the title link, Darek Dulian of Elbox explains,
why it does not work and cannot work.
Since I doubt that and I am no technician and cannot judge whether the claims
of Elbox are correct, I have contacted Thomas Dellert from DCE and asked him
for a statement. He cannot and won't leave Elbox's claims as they are and will
send us a counterstatement in the next days.
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 23:58:28 +0200
From: ELBOX support@elbox.com.pl
Subject: [Fwd: [Amiga-Mediator] Watch out: Insider's comments on G-Rex]
I am sending you a message delivered today to the Mediator news-list.
You may find it interesting.
Darek Dulian
ELBOX COMPUTER
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Amiga-Mediator] Watch out: Insider's comments on G-Rex
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 23:00:40 +0200
From: ELBOX support@elbox.com
Reply-To: Amiga-Mediator@yahoogroups.com
Organization: ELBOX COMPUTER
To: Amiga-Mediator@yahoogroups.com, G-REX@yahoogroups.com
Hi,
We have received a number of inquiries about whether the
SharkPPC G3/G4 card could be used in the G-REX busboard.
Here is the response to clear up these doubts:
The SharkPPC G3/G4 card is a PCI-standard card which
meets all the requirements of the PCI 2.2 specification.
We are using PCI CPC710 bridge chips by IBM
(http://www.chips.ibm.com/products/powerpc/chips/)
in SharkPPC cards.
Designing the Mediator busboard, we have foreseen mechanisms
to enable full use of the functions offered by the MPC710
interface, which operates as the Mediator PCI busarbiter.
This required, firstly, implementing the full system for
busmastering management in the PCI slots of Mediator
and the full implementation of interruption system specified
by the PCI standard.
The G-REX busboard design (called PREDATOR in some countries)
has been made available for some weeks now.
The G-REX design is based on the single-slot simplified bridge
designed only with the aim of supporting a graphic card;
this bridge was previously composed within the BVision card.
Applying this bridge in the G-REX busboard resulted in a number
of limitations. The most important of them are:
1. Complete lack of support for the busmastering (DMA)
between PCI slots (the lines controlling busmastering -
GNT#, REQ# are not physically connected to the 2nd, 3rd,
4th and 5th G-REX slot).
This makes the operation of PCI cards impossible, which
cannot use their mutual resources without overloading the
processor. Therefore, the G-REX busboard is not capable
of offering what Elbox presented in the WOA2000 fair, where
a TV card in the PCI slot was writing as busmaster data to
Voodoo3 graphic card at full speed without intermediation
of the processor.
2. Lack of a parity control system (the PAR parity line
is not physically connected to the control logics of the
busboard).
It means that many standard popular PCI cards will not run
in this busboard.
3. Reduction of the interruption system from 4 to 1
- the interruption lines (INTB#, INTC#, INTD#) are not
physically connected to PCI slots.
The processor card could be then installed only in the 1st
slot, the one to which GNT and REQ signals are connected
(which enable taking over controlling address/data buses).
However, as the G-REX busboard does not support (DMA)
busmastering between slots, co-operation of the PCI processor
cards with any cards working in this mode is impossible.
All the currently produced TV, USB, FastEthernet and more
advanced music cards (e.g. Sound Blaster Live) work solely
in the busmastering mode.
These limitations in G-REX make installation of any advanced
processor cards in it useless and ineffective.
I am really embarrassed to read letters from people who
-- having no idea about hardware -- give their opinions on
various products or designs.
Elbox is a company present in the electronics for many years.
Elbox employs high-standard engineers electronicians
and programmers.
We are not in the habit of commenting devices or software,
but here we make an exception, as the level of misinformation
in the ML like this one reached its critical level.
Best regards,
Darek Dulian
ELBOX COMPUTER, Support Department
For info, links, joining and unsubbing from this group see:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amiga-Mediator
Please do not request the latest driver updates... ask elbox
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30.Mar.2001
David Gerber via E-Mail
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New Software for MorphOS: Voyager-PPC 3.3.92beta
David Gerber, one of the programmers of Voyager, has ported the popular
browser to MorphOS and released a first beta version (3.3.92). This is
the original message:
The first version of Voyager PPC native is available from any VaporWare
mirror near you. There's a snippet from the readme file:
This is the first version of Voyager running on PPC native.
It is still a public beta version but doesn't require a
keyfile to run in demo mode. Everyone can appreciate the
speed gain.
MorphOS 0.4 or higher required. You can download MorphOS from
http://www.morphos.de/
You *must* install the PPC image decoder version coming in the
archive and make sure the old one isn't left in memory (if in
doubt, reboot). It's still backward compatible with the V 68k
version.
You need the Plugins/ dir of the V3.2 full version
to make this version run. Copy the included plugins over
any of the old ones.
Differences with the 68k version:
---------------------------------
- it's much faster :)
- SSL is currently disabled
- JS is currently disabled
They will be added in a later version.
Important: due to some last minute bugs, Voyager-PPC seems
to require MUI 3.9 to run. You have to install MUIPPC
(available from the MorphOS fileslinks section).
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30.Mar.2001
Mikael Persson via E-Mail
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The Coolest Amiga on Earth II
Yesterday, we presented in the article The coolest Amiga on Earth! Mikael Persson's Amiga. Some people doubted about the authenty of the pictures.
We contacted Mikael and he sent us three more pictures proving that his
Amiga, built into a table, really exists.
The pictures were also put on Aminet, more details can be found in the readme files.
Hipsamtab4.readme
Hipsamtab5.readme
Hipsamtab6.readme
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30.Mar.2001
Amiga-OPEN-ML / Jorge Pino on ANF
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Internet-Relay-Chat (IRC) during the Gateway Computer Show in St. Louis
Amiga Inc. invites to a chat during the Gateway Computer Show in St. Louis.
Gary Peake and/or Fleecy Moss will dispel rumors and answer to questions
on announcements which are made during the show. Here the original message:
Greetings Amiga users around the world,
Amiga Inc. would like to extend an invitation for you to join us on
Internet Relay Chat before, during and after the Gateway Computer Show
Amiga 2001 in St. Louis.
Amiga supporters, employees and developers and those with interest in Amiga
Inc. are welcome.
Amiga notaries are destined to drop in for chat and it is very likely, as
time permits, that Gary Peake and/or Fleecy Moss will be joining to address
questions and dispel rumors that may be lingering after announcements made
at the show.
To join other Amiga users, point your IRC client at any of the following
servers and join the channel #developer.
AmigaNet Servers:
whiterose.us.amiganet.org
linux.us.amiganet.org
thule.no.amiganet.otg
spod.uk.amiganet.org
Join channel: #developer
We'll see you all there!
Cheers,
Amiga Support Network
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30.Mar.2001
Elbox via E-Mail
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ELBOX Computer: New Software for Mediator PCI Busboard
ELBOX COMPUTER - Krakow, 29 March 2001
REVOLUTION BEGINS:
COMPLETELY NEW SOFTWARE
FOR MEDIATOR PCI BUSBOARD
- pci.library ver.3.0
- Voodoo.card ver.2.0
- MediatorNET.device ver.2.0
ELBOX Computer programmers have been committed to preparing this
new revolutionary software for the last couple of months.
Enhancements made in the programming stage offer the user
performance that has never been available for Amiga users before.
The new pci.library ver.3.0 enables access to the Config Space,
I/O Space and Memory Space in PCI cards directly in the
address space of the turbo card processor.
Access to the PCI Memory Space is executed through the
continuous 1.7 GB area.
The new PCI library supports all the turbo cards with processors:
68030, 68040 (& PPC603e), 68060 (& PPC603e).
The new Voodoo.card driver ver.2.0 enables full control
over the memory of the graphic card used as a
frame buffer by the P96 system.
This allows using the maximum resolutions
offered by the Voodoo3/4/5 cards.
And now something special: the new Voodoo driver offers
the possibility of overclocking memory in Voodoo cards
for the first time in Amiga.
We are sure this new piece of software will make your
work and enjoyment much more effective and playful.
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
PS. You may want to check the unofficial e-group on MEDIATOR:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Amiga-Mediator
For subscribe mailto Amiga-Mediator-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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30.Mar.2001
Dennis Lohr via E-Mail
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New Song by Psyria
Psyria is a music project which produces songs exclusively with the AMIGA.
After about seven weeks, the Psyria homepage was updated.
Dennis Lohr wrote:
»First of all, a new song (MP3) is available for download in top
quality. The song "Sleppy Miriam" was transformed by request of the original
composer "Techno Overdose" into a club mix. The original song is available at
Techno Overdose.
Further, I am negotiating with my "old" record company again.
Soon, there will be a new contract. The release of the first record
was (if all goes well) aimed for summer 2001 on "Masonic Records
distributed by Virgin Europe". (Keep your fingers crossed :-))
Also, I'd like to remind of the other songs which are available for download,
as well as the forum and guestbook. Everybody can post his comments on the
songs, the homepage and anything else there.«
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29.Mar.2001
Schatztruhe
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Aminet CD 42 - 04/2001
Aminet CD 42 - April 2001 - contains over 800 MB (unpacked) of software in
more than 900 archives. Since Aminet CD 41 numerous MBs of innovations have been
added.
As special highlight Aminet 42 contains the full version of SuperView Productivity Suite by
Andreas R. Kleinert with cheap opportunity to upgrade
to SuperView Productivity Suite II.
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29.Mar.2001
Pawel Filipczak on ANF
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New TaskiSMS
Pawel 'Paplo/Taski' Filipczak, Taski has published
version 3.51 of his program TaskiSMS. Using this program short messages (SMS) can be sent
cia cell phone to 112 countries.
- Some bugs in the main program fixed.
- New Plug-in for Switzerland (DiAx).
- New Plug-in for the Czech Republic and Slovakia (D1cz)
- More send information.
- Updated Polish translation (others to follow, soon)
You can download the demo version from the TaskiSMS website
or from AmiNet.
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29.Mar.2001
Bernd on ANF
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Fireball under Additional Address
Additionally to http://fireballmag.2000pages.com
we are now also reachable under http://www.amiga-fireball.da.ru.
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29.Mar.2001
Dynamite Team on ANF
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Dynamite Update 1.1- Download Now!
Today a new version of the online game dynAMIte has been published which of course
is better, more colourful, and louder. Some bugs were fixed, a new bonus and a new
chat command (/msg) were added. One new feature e.g. is the "Afterburner" which lets
the flames last a bit longer.
For the time being Pulpfiction is the first server this new version runs on.
And the rest (especially the mostly fastest server, RNO) hopefully would not take too
long to 'wake up'.
Download: dynAMIte.lha - 2,2 MB
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29.Mar.2001
Virus Help Denmark
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VirusExecutor V2.09 Released
Version 2.09 of the anti virus program 'VirusExecutor' has been released.
Here are the details:
Name: VirusExecutor v2.09
Archive name: VirusExecutor.lha
Archive size: 258.021 Bytes
Release date: 29. März 2001
Programmer: Jan Erik Olausen
Recommends: xvs.library (included), xfdmaster.library, reqtools.library
New in Version 2.09:
- OS 3.9 ROM-Updates added.
- SystemPatch added.
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29.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm
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New Aminet Uploads
LocalePL_OS39.lha biz/dbase 79K+Polish locale for OS3.9 ver 1.5
tummy_020.lha biz/dbase 887K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.05
tummy_040.lha biz/dbase 888K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.05
tummy_060.lha biz/dbase 887K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.05
NickServAuth.lha comm/irc 1K+NickServ identify AmIRC script
UidlRem.lha comm/mail 4K+Automatic daily YAM .uidl file deleter :
TaskiSMS.lha comm/tcp 343K+Sends SMS to GSM phones (MUI).
Puchdemo.lha demo/slide 1.4M+Really stupid slideshow demo. Swedish.
muimaster020.lha dev/mui 98K+Muimaster.library 020 patch
TextEditorExam.lha dev/src 11K+ReAction texteditor.gadget example
charlemagne.lha docs/anno 744K+New C64 CD to release!
AIOV45.lha docs/mags 437K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 45 (Marc
AquaDemo.lha game/demo 2.6M+Demo of Aqua a great new commercial adve
FlashNG.lha game/misc 74K+Small GPL Arkanoid clone with RTG suppor
angband.lha game/role 726K+Angband 2.9.2 - Roguelike solo RPG
kangband.lha game/role 842K+Kangband 2.9.2 - Roguelike solo RPG
MagicNumbers10.lha game/think 33K+A small but good mind game
SvIVFix917.lha gfx/misc 5K+*Fix* for SViewIV V9.17 (24.3.2001)
imdbDiff010316.lha misc/imdb 2.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
listchopper.lha misc/imdb 11K+Prevent buffer overflow in MovieMUI 3.5a
ThatsWhat.lha mods/s3m 239K+That's what friends are for
TIM_0040.lha pix/3dani 1.3M+TIM's rendered animations (Cinema4D)
GameIcons.lha pix/gicon 490K+Great GlowIcons for MANY Amiga games.
fomst28.jpg pix/henz 309K+NCC-1701D (Star Trek)
fomst29.jpg pix/henz 280K+Romulan Warbird (Star Trek)
Hipsamtab1.jpg pix/misc 57K+A picture of the best Amiga on earth! (r
Hipsamtab2.jpg pix/misc 53K+A picture of the best Amiga on earth! (r
Hipsamtab3.jpg pix/misc 51K+A picture of the best Amiga on earth! (r
Cruiser.jpg pix/trace 54K+D7 Klingon Cruiser
StationK7.jpg pix/trace 62K+Classik Series Star Trek"The K7 Station"
theworld.jpg pix/views 100K+Poem with background pic
guideml2.lha text/hyper 51K+Cool AmigaGuide -> HTML converter (V2.1)
AutomaticRead.lha text/misc 40K+An Automatic Reader that speaks your tex
CGXrndLIB.lha util/boot 1.6M+Random Bootpic.library Selector
titleshadow.lha util/boot 20K+Add shadows or outines to your window ti
WoW.lha util/conv 40K+Text converter (Html, Ww6, Rtf, AGuide,
akJFIF-dt.lha util/dtype 215K+AkJFIF-dt V44.97 (JPEG, 68000-060, PPC/M
akPNG-dt.lha util/dtype 230K+AkPNG-dt V44.97 (PNG, 68000-060, PPC/MOS
akPNG-PPC.lha util/dtype 79K+AkPNG-dt PPC plugin V44.97
akTIFF-dt.lha util/dtype 226K+AkTIFF-dt V44.97 (TIFF, 68000-060, PPC/M
WarpPSDdt.lha util/dtype 44K+Adobe Photoshop datatype V44.1 (68k,War
ArgueGUIColl.lha util/misc 53K+Argue GUI for SoftCinema, Moovid, Visage
ReqAttack_mgr.lha util/misc 5K+RAPrefsMUI hungarian catalog
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29.Mar.2001
Thomas Steiding via E-Mail
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"Knights and Merchants" to be Ported to MAC
e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment porting "Knights and Merchants"
e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment GmbH has signed an license agreement
to port the real time strategy game "Knights and Merchants" to MAC.
The world "Knights and Merchants" plays in is a counterpart to the medieval
age. Expect for the imaginary geography of our world all of the game contents
were take from the European and especially from the Anglo-Saxo medieval times
around 1200 u.C.. There are no additional fantastic elements as like e.g
tale creatures used. The player takes the role of a simple captain serving the
kings commands. Due to a confederacy against the king and his empire the
captain (the player) gets assigned the job to defend the royal provinces remaining.
Expect for this land the kingdom has fallen apart to many small principalities and
counties. After disposal of the ancient empire was lost the king himself in his
capital city gets threatened by hostile forces. This is the starting situation
the player faces at the beginning of the game. The players task is to reconquer
all of the provinces which have belonged to the ancient empire.
The game "Knights and Merchants" can be taken for a strategical economy simulation.
Cardinally the economic part represents the main element of this game running in
real-time. With numerous medieval buildings in combination with then customary producer
goods can manufacture several wares. He lets build and maintain buildings and streets by
his 'bondslaves'. The economic structures are simulated in detail whereby each ware is
produced using several raw materials and passes the respectively number of manufacturing
sites. All of those manufacturing systems are visualized in detail and comprehensible
enabling the player to fast and reliable control economy. The result of all productive
activities is the manufacture of weapons and armaments. Mentionable in this are the
logistics the player prearranges by the structure of transport rout (streets). All of
the wares must be transported between the houses by assistants which marks down
planning of the town, production times, and buildings, thus the efficiency of economy.
Also in this the player gets the transported wares graphically displayed. All game
figures have their specific operational area and do their work independently. The do not
depend on any control by the player. The players opportunities are limited to indirect
commands for creating buildings, streets, corn fields, etc.. Only the military units can be
directly commanded by the player.
More information about "Knights and Merchants" are to find at the projects section of
our homepage:
http://www.epic-interactive.com.
Consulting Thomas Steiding via telephone arose that there is no version for Amiga planned for
the time being, because apparently there is not enough demand.
Well, this game sounds quite interesting. Maybe we are able to assure Thomas Steiding of the antipode. ;-)
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29.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp via E-Mail
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NARR-Site Update
Again there are three new downloads on the Narr-Site:
SendStuff v.0.3Beta - a program to send files to other directories or devices by drag'n'drop.
MagicSets - 3 nice 256-colour sets for the newly released WB game 'MagicNumbers'.
CoolsOS - 3 backdrops for the Workbench (very stylish and good matching for high-resolutions).
Moreover the is a new status update, again.
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29.Mar.2001
Michael Rupp on ANF
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Update: TAWS v0.7 is Online
A new version of TAWS - the Amiga Workbench simulation - is now online. TAWS is a pure
JavaScript simulation of the Amiga Workbench for Win32 Internet Explorer 5.x, just for fun and
of course in dedication for the Amiga. ;-)
Innovations are:
- Real Amiga-Menue
- Implementation of the menue commands «Open», «Close» and «Close Workbench ...»
- Preferences program for user settings which even can be saved (pay regard to the simulated BOOPSI elements)
- Background patterns for windows and Workbench
- Configurable fonts, font size and colours
- OS3.5 Icon-Dragging-Patch (for dragging several icons without SHIFT key)
- SolidWindows-Patch (no fram while dragging or enlarging windows, but those will be redrawn immediately)
- PowerWindows-Patch (window parts can be placed out of the visible area)
- ClickToFront-Patch now can be disabled, too
- Transparency while dragging icons (configurable, too)
Feedback is always welcomed, as well as your favourite patterns which
I think about to implement into TAWS, then.
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29.Mar.2001
AmigArt
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The Coolest Amiga on Earth!
Among yesterday's Aminet uploads AmigArt has found three pictures by
Mikael Persson from
Sweden showing his super-cool Amiga built into an "Amiga" table (Aminet-Readme):
Our Danish translator Viggo has done a raw translation
of the readme text:
What do you think about my new Amiga? Cool, eh? I started to work on it right after
Christmas, so it took more than four month to finish this thing. Are my grandfather and
I just slow, are we?
The frame contains of aluminium rods with two hardened 6 mm glass plates put in between.
The drawing was done by print office. Inside of the table there are two strong and above all
silent fans for cooling the system. There are also four fluorescent tubes of 18 watts each -
this can make the thing warm.
On the forefront you can see the floppy drive next to the CD-ROM drive and the on/off switch (on the left).
The other switches are to control a "lightning control station" with which I can let the light inside of
the table blink in different colours (note: like in a disco). On the backside of the table (not visible
on the picture) there are infrared units and all of the Amiga ports (note: serial, parallel, etc). Inside
of table there is an Amiga 4000 which was completely reconstructed. Please, pay attention to the wireless
keyboard and mouse on the table.... and the best of all... the TFT flatscreen, which even works with my
Amiga.
This was a brief description. If you would like to get more information just write to me!
Of course I have got many pictures of my Amiga's reconstruction.
I also do other things. As soon as I can get a little help I will build a new Amiga table
which even will be lifted to the ceiling after use.
Regards, Mikael Persson (Englisch translation by mj)
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29.Mar.2001
Grzegorz Juraszek via E-Mail
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New PCI-Board "Prometheus"
Announcement - Warsaw, March 29, 2001
We are pleased to introduce you to our latest product - "Prometheus"
card for Amiga.
It is the most advanced PCI bridge adapter available for Amiga
computers equipped with Zorro III expansion slots. With "Prometheus",
a world of cheap, standard PCI cards opens before you! Some features
of the product:
- Works with any Zorro III equipped Amiga, regardless of the
turbo/processor card installed in the system,
- Four 32-bit PCI slots clocked with 33 MHz,
- Fits any tower case, also works with desktop A3000/4000s when open,
- Works with other Zorro III cards, supports AutoConfig (TM),
- Real transfer rates between Amiga and PCI cards - up to 12 MB/s,
- Real transfer rates between PCI cards - up to 120 MB/s,
- Additional on-board connector for the power supply,
- Professionally designed four-layer printed-circuitboard with
gold-galvanized contacts - complies the PCI standard specifications.
Together with the "Prometheus" card we bundle a CD-ROM with:
- Drivers for the Voodoo3 graphics card, developed in close
co-operation with Hyperion and the authors of Picasso96. 2D drivers
work under the P96 system, 3D functions are available through Warp3D,
- Drivers for a sound card and a network card,
- A completely FREE software development kit for programmers. There is
no need to sign NDA and no additional fees - we want to make
"Prometheus" the most open PCI bridge solution as far as the drivers
development goes,
- Demo versions of the games that use the 3D functions of Voodoo3:
Heretic 2, Shogo.
The "Prometheus" package also contains multi-lingual reference manual
(also in English), holders for the bridge and PCI cards and the
extension cord for a graphics card.
Prometheus - no promises, just solutions.
Our webpage: http://www.matay.pl
For information about Prometheus in English, contact Grzegorz Juraszek:
e-mail: fei@matay.pl or cel. phone: +48 609 394778 (from 10 am to 6 pm).
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29.Mar.2001
Jan Andersen via E-Mail
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Virus Help Denmark created Support Shop
Virus Help Denmark, the Virus experts
from the upper north, have created their own support shop with merchandising articles like T-shirts,
sweatshirts, coffee cups, and mouse pads with the Virus Help Denmark logo at cafepress.com.
The profit of 2USD for each unit sold will benefit the anti virus programmers (which are not only commercial programmers).
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29.Mar.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail
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Updater v1.3 for the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM
For the program updater, on the 'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM' enabling access to updates,
a new version was released. With this new version it is no more necessary to type in the serial code each time, but it
will be saved local. The program can be downloaded from the update section on the Airsoft Softwaire homepage (title link).
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28.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources
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Software News
Aqua
There is a new demo version of the recently published adventure game
'Aqua'
by Emerald Imaging. The game is distributed by
Crystal Interactive.
Download: AquaDemo.lha
Tales of Tamar
There is a new Amiga client v0.34 for registered beta testers of
Tales of Tamar
which is a round game based on the Internet.
For the first time with version v0.34 it is possible to create armies on Tales of Tamar. You have to
equip your armies on ToT with the help of bought or self produced weapons and arming. The damage of
an army depends on the level of arming and the quality of the weapons as well as the class of the
arming depends on the arming of an army.
There are over 50 several weapons such as a one-handed weapon, two-handed ones, crossbow or
complex besieging weapons like catapult or trebuchet.
There are also 15 different opportunities of equipping the army with arming.
You can only produce several weapons when gaining a certain level of research. Armies can be generated,
renamed, increased, split, connected, deleted and trained.
MUI PPC for MorphOS
PPC MUI 3.9 Public Release 2 has been published for MorphOS.
Please read the documentation before installing it!
Download: MUI_Release2.lha - 969 kB
Amster V0.8a
Today version v0.8a of the Napster-client Amster has been
published for Amiga computers. Amster is a client for exchanging MP3-files which supports features
like chatting, search, download, announcement-lists and so on.
Downlaod: Amster-main.lha - 199 kB and
Amster-locale.lha - 352 kB
AutoPDF V1.2
With this small but very useful script by Designburo.nl you
can convert Ghostscript-files to PDF-files with your Amiga.
Download: AutoPDF_Archive.lha
ilbm-PPC-Datatype
Stephan Rupprecht has published version 45.3 of his
ilbm-PPC-datatype.
Download: ilbmdtPPC.lha - 10 kB
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28.Mar.2001
AmigActive
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AmigActive issue #19 Available from Today on
From today on issue #19 of the english print magazine 'AmigaActive' is available with
the following topics:
- Payback! - Smell the burning rubber...
- Zoned! - Digital Art.
- Powered Up! - The latest on MorphOS.
- Netted! - The Eye-Surf.
- Bitmap Bonus! - Paging Mr. Montgomery...
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28.Mar.2001
Heise [Newsticker]
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Heise: Strato-Domains Offline Possibly Because of Attack
Since yesterday many websites which are hosted at Strato cannot be accessed any longer. Many Amiga-sites
are also concerned.
Heise writes:
«An attack to the Strato-server cannot be excluded any longer - in contrary to the loss of current
which Strato called to be the reason. The press spokesman Sören Heinze called the incident as a
"abnormal shutdown of the memory unit" and told heise online that he accepts a report against unknown
in the next time. KPNQwest technician said that an attack from outside is almost impossible. Heinze
didn't want to exclusive any possibility as the reason for the offline.»
The full article under the title link.
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28.Mar.2001
Darkage
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Amiga Classix 3
Next month there will be a new multi platform game collection CD called 'Amiga Classix 3'
(Windows, MAC and Amiga) which contains many nice classical Amiga games distributed by
E.p.i.c. Interactive Entertainment.
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28.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF
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GFX Games Database: Interview with Giles Burdett
On GFX-games-database there is an English spoken interview with Giles Burdett, the programmer
of the WB-game called Connect4, where he speaks about his new and old projects and where he expresses
his opinion about MorphoS, AmigaDE, Amiga magazines and much more. Have fun reading the interview!
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28.Mar.2001
Thomas Unger via E-Mail
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The Kickstart Archives V1.1
The most important innovation of version 1.1 of KICKSTART ARCHIVES is the integrated freeware-search-engine
"S@lz&Pfeffer Leicht 1.0" by Rainer Eschen.
With the help of a pre-calculated JavaScript-file it is possible searching the websites offline
on the CD-R. The search engine does not depends on platforms and is directly integrated in the index-tree
of KICKSTART ARCHIVES. It is only expected a web-browser which supports frames and JavaScript-standard 1.1.
There is a german spoken help function at any time. But there must be said that interpreting the
ca. 8 MByte script-file when starting the search engine takes ca. 10 minutes on a 900 MHz Pentium III-system (WinME, IE 5).
But each search for a string takes just ca. one second. (Remark: THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES themselves
and images are put on a harddrive of Amiga 2000 with Blizzard 2060 and 64MByte RAM under AmigaOS 3.5.
The images are burned with MakeCD 3.2.)
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28.Mar.2001
Horst Diebel on ANF
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Strategy game Schlachtfeld
The strategy game SCHLACHTFELD is supposed to be developed on.In order to give some users a first
impression the side is being created in the link. If there is sufficient interest there will be also
a seperate domain.
Up to now you can find the intro-story, a first opinion poll, a forum, a download area and several
outlines to the units in the game.
Please have a look at our side and maybe you've got an idea which things still could be integrated.
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27.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources
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Software News
GoldEd Studio 6 SP 17 CD
Dietmar Eilert, author of this genius editor, offers a small stock of
GoldED Studio 6 SP 17 CDs at a special price.
This version fully upgradeable.
REBOL/Core 2.5
Version 2.5 of REBOL/Core is now released for Amiga and AmigaDE,
it contains hundreds of improvements and bugfixes.
Tales of Tamar
The chronicle of the year 75 of the online game Tales of Tamar is now available.
Audiomaster2k
Frank Fenn provides version 0.65 of his MUI sample-editors Audiomaster2k
for download.The program is shareware, you can not save with the demo version. Download:
audiomaster2k.lha - 274 kb
Ico-datatype V43.5
Version 43.5 of Stephan Rupprecht's ICO-datatype is ready for
download. Download: IcoDT.lha - 17 kb
MorphOS software
More and more software is ported to MorphOS. Now SoX (Sound exchange)
V12.17.1 and NcFTP V2.4.3 are available for download.
Report+ V4.4
Report+ is one of these small but very useful
programs that makes things easier
for the user. With Report+ you can create in a simple way bug reports, Aminet
readme-files, documentations, and similar reports. The program is freeware and
is based upon ReAction and GadTools. Download: report.lha - 350 kb
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27.Mar.2001
AmiBench
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AmiBench Needs Beta Testers
AmiBench, the international Amiga blackboard is looking for beta testers for a
new version. If you are interested to test the new scripts, please subscribe
to the AmiBench-betatest-mailinglist.
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27.Mar.2001
AIO
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AIO #45 Released
Issue 45 of the online magazine 'AIO'(Amiga Information Online) is released. Still
authors for articles and reviews are wanted. Download:
AIOV45.lha
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27.Mar.2001
clixnet
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New Virus Menaces Internet
In America experts are warning of a new virus, which uses a security leak of
the server software 'Bind'. The worm can disconnect complete networks from the
Internet and makes websites non-reachable.
Lion, so the name of the new virus, uses a leak in the software 'Bind', used
almost on every Linux domain name server. The software controls the coupling of
IP and real address.
In the last two days the quantity of attacks has risen about 500%. But only 1/10
of companies have taken countermeasures. The virus sends password and other
information to an email address in China.
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27.Mar.2001
Andreas Kürzinger via eMail
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Full Release of AKIconzGold
The Full Release of my icon collection AKIconzGold is now availble from my
homepage and in a few days fom Aminet. The collection contains about 300 icons,
most of them are game icons, like in AKIconz 1-4.
Description:
The icons are drawn in up to 32 colours, based upon an enhanced MWB/RomIcons/BNSM/Bicons
palette. Because they are no New-/GlowIcons they do not need the NewIcons patch
nor OS3.5+ but a predefined colour palette for the Workbench.
The preferences for this palette are explained in detail in the now contained
guide and gives no disadvantages at all - and is especially for LowSpec-User (030,
no gfx board) a colourful (and completely MWB/RomIcons/BNSW/Bicons compatible)
alternative to New-/GlowIcons.
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27.Mar.2001
Michael Heider at the ANF
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SuSE Linux PPC 7.1 Availble from April
On 23.03.2001 on the homepage of SuSE was announced that SuSE Linux PPC 7.1 is
available. You can order online or by telephone at SuSE. Deliveries will begin
in April said a spokesman. Like for the previous versions, I will create an
installation manual for Amiga and announce it here in the amiga-news.
At this point I want to ask coders and users (testers) about a software project
i want to start. This project is about the Mac emulator (PPC) "MacOnLinux",
that is available for Macs with LinuxPPC. The aim of the project is to port
this Mac emulator to Linux-APUS systems. So I just want to know if there is
interest from coders and users.
If you are interested, please send an e-mail to me.
Please let me know then if you have good knowledge of C and C++ programming for
Linux, but all other users are welcome, too. I will inform all of you that are
interested the progress of this project so far.
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27.Mar.2001
Ch. DZ at the ANF
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TECHNODATABASE00 + DPIXELS CD-ROM Updated
TECHNODATABASE00, 100% Amiga CD-ROM, made with Scala and filled with Techno
(400 MB demos, gfx, texts, and music software).
DPIXELS (Compilation of amiga-made creations and utilities) was updated.
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26.Mar.2001
Kai Stegemann on ANF
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Server Moving, New Videos Online
`Amiga - The Site` moved to a new server. The new videos are already available.
The new colors should make the navigation more easy. The videos are now situated in a special area of the download side.
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26.Mar.2001
Bill Borsari via E-Mail
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UGN @ Amiga 2001
The UGN is happy to present live audio, webcam and ICQ from the Amiga St
Louis show 2001! This is only possible with the help of Amiga Inc, Amiga
St Louis, NovaDesign, National Capital Amiga Users Group and AudioLabs. The planned
start time of the webcast will begin Saturday March 31st at
11:00 AM CST (GMT -6) and will end on Sunday April 1st at 5 PM CST. We
hope to bring the top amiga personalities through the power of the internet
right your Amiga so you can ask the important questions.
How it will work is the UGN staff will get a guest from the show floor and
bring them to the UGN booth. Amigan's at home will be able to see the
guest through the webcam and listen to guest speak over the internet with
shoutcast technology. You can ask questions with ICQ and listen to the
answers live over the internet.
Please visit the UGN website at http://ugn.amiga.org for more information.
If you have any further questions or comments please email
tekmage@amiga.org.
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26.Mar.2001
Sebastian Bauer on ANF
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New SimpleMail Alpha Version
New features of the SimpleMail 0.5 alpha:
- mail preselection before downloading
- redesign of the reading-window
- if possible the mails will be send by using 8bit mime
- button pictures will not reloaded every time
- support for the SimpleMail User Gallery
- Bug Fixes
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26.Mar.2001
UAE Discussion Board (ANF)
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UAE-JIT/Linux Source Snapshot
A new patch for the Just-In-Time compiler for linux UAE is available at the title link.
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26.Mar.2001
Jens Schoenfeld on ANF
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individual Computers at the Gateway Amiga Show 2001
individual Computers will attend the Gateway Amiga Show in St. Louis. Beside the well known
products we will present the new prototype of the VarIO zorro-board, the successor of Hypercom.
The new software system by Thore Böckelmann - that replaces HyperIO and Silversurfer.device -
will bring new features even to owners of Silversurfer or Goldsurfer.
In co-operation with Cloanto Software - producer of `Amiga Forever` - we will present a Catweasel
for the ISA-bus. This offers the possibility to read Amiga floppies with your PC.
Furthermore there will be a seminar about the hardware design of Zorro-2-boards.
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25.Mar.2001
amiga.org
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Sharp to Use Java Technology in Devices for User Convenience
According to an article at Blomberg.com, Sharp (also manufacturing currently the Zaurus PDAs) will use PersonalJava of the
TAO Group in a series of Zaurus PDA devices.
In an article by Golem "Sharp brings Linux-PDA to germany in summer"
however, Linux is mentioned as OS for the Zaurus-PDAs.
This is interesting since many are speculating currently (however not confirmed) that the OS used by Sharp could be the
new AmigaDE.
More news about the subject:
The Register:
Sharp to beat Palm with Linux, Java - official
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25.Mar.2001
Brad Webb via E-Mail
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Brad Webb Amiga Update Newsletter
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A R E Q U E S T F R O M A M I G A
A M I G A P R O F E S S I O N A L S A S S O C I A T I O N
A M I G A L E G E N D S A T S T . L O U I S
C H A N G E S T O F R E E A M I G A J O B S
J U N O U S U R P S Y O U R C O M P U T E R
S C H A T Z T R U H E G M B H T O G T I G M B H
N A T I O N A L A M I G A I S A L I V E . . .
. . . B U T W O N D E R I S G O N E
A S I M W A R E T O I O M E G A
P A U L N O L A N O N L I N E S T O R E
E L B O X O N M E D I A T O R
G R E X I N F O R M A T I O N
A U T O P D F F O R A M I G A
D I G I B O O S T E R P R O A D D O N C D
F O R M A L D I H Y D 2 . 2 I S A N N O U N C E D
N E W V E R S I O N P E R F E C T P A I N T
Y A C A S - M A T H P R O G R A M A V A I L A B L E
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
We're almost to the Amiga 2001 show in Saint Louis, USA, and all the
news that has been hinted at. It's hard to believe it could contain as
much earth shattering news as we'd all like, but we do expect some
significant announcements there. We hope a number of our readers can
join us at the show for whatever news will be revealed.
If you do make it to the show, please be sure to say "hi" if you get
the chance. We'll be there through the entire show, and hope to have a
chance to talk to many of you.
In the meantime, there's lots of news in the Amiga community to bring
you with this issue. There seem to be changes everywhere, especially
in the software arena, and some interesting changes on the marketing
side of the community as well. This includes saying good-bye to yet
another long-time Amiga supporter.
THENDIC "SMARTBOY" THE ONE ... ?
There has been a lot of talk on the Net lately about a German
manufacturer bringing out a PDA which uses Amiga DE. Looks like that
company may be Thendic. Here's part of a Thendic press release that
has shown up recently on some sites:
"With the launch of SmartBoy Thendic will realise a quantum leap. The
b2b version is launched today, a consumer version will be ready for
distribution at the end of 2001. This product will be marketed under
the label of Amiga DE. Thendic secured the rights for this name
recently."
Thendic`s other product CashBoy will be marketed aggressively in
2001. The CashBoy so far used in Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Turkey,
Brazil and Argentina will be distributed in Asia and USA"
If this proves to be true, we'll be among those first in line to
purchase one - but only if (brace yourselves for this) it can
synchronize data with a (it really hurts to say this) Windows PC. Why
on earth would we want that? Because, truth be told, a PDA is of very
limited use to most people unless you can use it as an extension of
your business desk top computer. If it can't do that, it won't survive
long.
I suppose there may be a future for one that can link to Linux
computers or "Star Office", but it's not as likely at the present
time.
Look at it this way - if it can sync with Windows machines, it
becomes one way to get Windows users to use something Amiga and maybe
learn about a better way to do computing. And if it can link to
Windows, then it can be made to link to your Amiga DE or Amiga Classic
desktop also, just as has been done with Palm Pilots.
LINK TO SUPPORT ST. LOUIS SHOW
There's still some time to help promote the Amiga 2001 show in Saint
Louis if you have a web page and haven't already gotten "into the
act". This promises to be a show with very important annoucements for
the Amiga community, as we mentioned above .
If you have an Amiga web page, you can help support the show, and
keep it growing. Clicking on the following link will download an
archive containing a jpeg and sample html code which you can add to
your page. These will establish a link to the show's web site, and
allow Amigans to easily get information on the show. You can see them
in action on the "Amiga Update" links page. Use this URL to download
the archive:
http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/stl.lha
Please consider adding this link to your web page, as a contribution
to the Amiga Community.
Those of you involved with other key Amiga shows, please let us know
if you'd like "Amiga Update" to help you distribute similar archives
of links for your shows. We're here to support the Community.
Brad Webb,
Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:
12 March, 2001
I was wondering if any of your readers might have a copy of the
colorgadget.library that came with MathVision? I own a legitimate copy
of the program but I deleted the library by mistake & have no backup.
I've tried on more than one occasion to contact the owners of the
MathVision website (www.olympus.net/personal/7seas/7seas.html), but
they never respond to my e-mails. I will happily supply my serial
number to anyone, proving that I own the program (if necessary).
Thanx in advance,
Jim
~~~~~~
If anyone knows where Jim could get a legal copy of
colorgatdget.library, please contact us and we'll put him in touch
with you.
Thanks,
Brad
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21 Feb 2001
Hi Brad!
ADUG is a regional User Group, acting as an umbrella organisation and
is open to all members of the Amiga community who reside in Australia
or New Zealand (Australasia)
- hence the name Amiga Downunder
I am Secretary of ADUG, and one of three Australian members of the
Amiga Advisory Council (AAC), and I have long admired your site as a
no-nonsense provider of Amiga news. Consequently, I would like to
direct my ADUG Members to your site for news of, and about, the Amiga
via a link on ADUG's News page (if that's alright by you), but I noted
your comment recently that as there is a paucity of such news, you may
not be publishing your newsletter so often.
I hope this will not always be so, as I do believe that Bill and his
team are on the right track (both in their push with the Amiga DE and
their continued support of the Classic) and I certainly look forward
to your coverage of the St Louis Amiga Show at the end of March.
The purpose of this email is to ask whether you could put something
about ADUG on Amiga Update which will direct people who live in
Australia and New Zealand to our site.
Something like "For more detailed information about the Amiga and the
Amiga community in Australia and New Zealand, check ut Amiga Downunder
UG Inc, the regional User Group for those living `downunder." ...
... using "Amiga Downunder UG Inc" as the link to
http://www.amigadownunder.org?
Check us out. We'd be very grateful :))
Best wishes
__
Basil Flinter
Secretary
<== ADUG - bringing the Australasian Amiga community together ==>
- the Amiga User Group for All Australasians -
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Basil,
Thanks for writing - it's always a pleasure to hear from you, and
others who keep Amiga user groups running around the world for that
matter. I thought I'd run part of your letter, as you put your case in
the best words possible and your enthusiasm for the group clearly
shows.
Readers who live in that part of the planet and who haven't checked
out ADUG owe it to themselves to do so. Help keep this great group
functioning and a strong part of the community.
We've added an ADUG link to our "Amiga Update" archive site links
page, so those who stop by can find a quick way there.
Brad
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A R E Q U E S T F R O M A M I G A
30 Dec 2000
{Didn't see this until just recently. Those in non-English speaking
nations, please forward to any local Amiga clubs you can. Thanks!
Brad}
If you are a member of an Amiga user group, please go to the
following link to sign your group up.
http://www.amigadev.net/index.php?sid=&subpage=usergroups
Also, can some of you please pass this post to non-English speaking
Amiga newsgroups, web sites, and publications as well?
Sincerely,
--
Gary Peake
Director - Developer Relations and Support
Amiga Inc.
http://www.amigadev.net
http://www.amiga.com
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A M I G A P R O F E S S I O N A L S A S S O C I A T I O N
26 February, 2001
In just a few days the Amiga 2001 show will begin in St. Louis. It
will also herald the formation of the Amiga Professionals Association
(APA) - a group formed to serve ALL Amiga professionals; developers,
resellers, publishers and more.
The first meeting of the APA will be hosted by Kermit Woodall and
will be Friday evening. The meeting is open to all current
professionals in the Amiga market. Topics discussed will include
mutual cooperation, the Amiga market and the Amiga itself! Other
topics are welcome as well.
There are no admission fees for the meeting of course, and all
developers are strongly urged to be sure they attend. You won't want
to miss this meeting!
Full information on the Amiga 2001 show follows.
Kermit Woodall
Two day admission (Sat. & Sun.)............... $17 ($20 at door)
One day admission (Sat. or Sun.).............. $12 ($15 at door)
Banquet-Petro ROAST & Bill McEwen speaks...... $35 (advance only)
Class tickets sold at show.
Friday is the Developers Conference - Tickets at door.
Please mail your check or money order, in U.S. funds, for tickets to
Amiga2001 and the banquet Saturday evening to this address:
Amigan-St. Louis
c/o Amiga2001
P.O. Box 672
Bridgeton, MO 63044
U.S.A.
For hotel reservations, call the Sheraton West Port - Chalet Hotel at
191 West Port Plaza Drive, in St. Louis, MO. at: 314-878-1500. You
must call between 8 am - 10:30 pm CST Monday thru Friday. Ask for the
reservation desk and tell them that you are going to Amiga2001 so that
you get your discount. If you call at any other hours or on weekends,
you will not be able to get ahold of the hotels reservation desk and
the people answering will not know about the Amiga2001 show. So please
call between 8 am - 10:30 pm CST, Monday - Friday.
The web page http://www.amiga-stl.com is updated, and the prize page
is up. More will be added later, so stay tuned.
Best Regards,
Bob Scharp
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A M I G A L E G E N D S A T S T . L O U I S
24 Mar 2001
Amigans,
Yes, it's true. Not only is Dave Haynie attending the Amiga2001 show,
but now we learn that Leo Schwab another Amiga legend is also
attending Amiga2001.
Leo Schwab and Dave Haynie are both legends in the Amiga community.
Let's all make them feel welcome.
If you haven't made up you mind about attending Amiga2001, the
largest Amiga computer show in the Americas, now is the time to do so.
Don't miss this chance to meet some of the finest people in the
computer industry... Amigans.
Best Regards,
Bob
Best Regards,
Bob Scharp,
bscharp@icon-stl.net
Amigan-St. Louis
P.O. Box 672
Bridgeton, MO 63044
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C H A N G E S T O F R E E A M I G A J O B S
Köln/Erkrath, Germany, 02-Mar-2001 - In April 2000 the team of
amiga-news.de and AMIGAplus founded "Free Amiga Jobs", the free online
employment agency for the Amiga market, filling over fifty jobs in all
fields since its birth and making new Amiga projects possible.
On March 1st, 2001, we changed the strucure of Free Amiga Jobs.
Employers may now feed their jobs into the new, powerful databank
directly, while employees may search for an appropriate job offer
filling out several search criterias. Furthermore, this online job
agency is of course still free of charges for both employers and
employees.
"Free Amiga Jobs" is located in the World Wide Web at
"http://www.amiga-news.de/cgi-bin/jobs-db.pl", but may also be
navigated to from the websites "http://www.amigaos.de" or
"http://www.amiga-news.de".
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J U N O U S U R P S Y O U R C O M P U T E R
Opinion
By Brad Webb
The huge ISP company Juno has recently changed their Terms of Service
to include conditions that should cause most computer users to think
several times before signing up with them. Here's an excerpt from the
actual terms of their agreement:
2.5. You expressly permit and authorize Juno to
(i) download to your computer one or more pieces of software (the
"Computational Software") designed to perform computations, which may
be unrelated to the operation of the Service, on behalf of Juno (or on
behalf of such third parties as may be authorized by Juno, subject to
the Privacy Statement),
(ii) run the Computational Software on your computer to perform and
store the results of such computations, and
(iii) upload such results to Juno's central computers during a
subsequent connection, whether initiated by you in the course of using
the Service or by the Computational Software as further described
below ... you agree not to take any action to disable or interfere
with the operation of ... any component of the Computational Software.
You agree that, as between you and Juno, you shall be responsible for
any costs or expenses resulting from the continuous operation of your
computer, including without limitation any associated charges for
electricity, and that you shall have sole responsibility for any
maintenance or technical issues that might result from such continuous
operation.
You agree that, as between you and Juno, Juno shall have sole rights
to the results of any computations performed by the Computational
Software, including without limitation any revenues or intellectual
property generated directly or indirectly as a result of such
computations, without further compensation to you. ...[Y]ou expressly
permit and authorize Juno to initiate a telephone connection from your
computer to Juno's central computers using a dial-in telephone number
you have previously selected for accessing the Service ... you agree
that, as between you and Juno, you shall be responsible for any costs
and expenses (including without limitation any applicable telephone
charges) resulting from the foregoing ... You agree that you will not
attempt to reverse engineer any such software, data, or other
materials or transfer or disclose any such software, data, or other
materials, or the results of any such computations, to any third
party.
You acknowledge that your compliance with the requirements of this
Section 2.5 may be considered by Juno to be an inseparable part of the
Service, and that any interference with the operation of the
Computational Software (including, but not limited to, any failure to
leave your computer turned on at all times) may result in termination
or limitation of your use of the Service.
All these words boil can be summarized in a few disturbing points.
First, you allow Juno to use your computer for whatever it wishes,
whenever it wishes to use it. You are not allowed to discover what
Juno is doing with your computer. You have to leave your computer
powered up and accessible at all times in case Juno wants to use it.
You pay to have the results of their use sent to them by e-mail. If
anything happens to your computer along the way, that's no concern of
theirs and you can do nothing about it.
The only good we can find in this at "Amiga Update" is to assume
there may be a laugh or two at Juno's expense the first time they try
to run anything on an Amiga. We bet they have no idea what one is, and
if we're lucky maybe they don't even allow Amigas to connect. Even if
they do, we don't think we'd be interested in taking the risk.
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S C H A T Z T R U H E G M B H T O G T I G M B H
Waldshut-Tiengen/Essen, 26th February 2001
GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH has been active as
distributor for Amiga software since 1987 and supplies a worldwide
network of dealers. Stefan Ossowski's Schatztruhe Gesellschaft für
Software mbH has been one of the leading publishers of Amiga
productivity software for over than 13 years. The two companies have
co-operated closely and successfully since 1994 and have contributed
to the lasting establishment of the CD-Rom medium within the Amiga
software market.
With effect from 1st March 2001, both companies have agreed to
intensify their co-operation further, with GTI Gmbh taking over the
operating business of Schatztruhe GmbH. All publishing activities of
Schatzruhe will be re-located to Waldshut-Tiengen and continued in
undiminished scale as a business division of GTI GmbH.
The change will be handled as simply as possible for customers,
suppliers, and other business partners of Schatztruhe GmbH, only
contact information being changed to the following as from the 1st
March 2001 :
Schatztruhe
GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH
Weihergasse 5
79761 Waldshut-Tiengen
Germany
Telephon:
Telephon: +49-(0)700 - 70 60 50 40
Telefax : +49-(0)201 - 426 00 00
Internet:
amiga@schatztruhe.de (General Enquiries & Orders)
support@schatztruhe.de (Technical Support)
http://www.schatztruhe.de/
Schatztruhe will continue to publish high-quality Amiga software at
attractive prices. A number of new products are already in preparation
for 2001.
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N A T I O N A L A M I G A I S A L I V E . . .
28 February, 2001
National Amiga has not gone bankrupt, has not been bought out by a PC
chain, and has not been abducted by aliens. There have been rumours
floating around for quite some time that National Amiga had bitten the
dust as far as Amiga retail was concerned. Simply not true! The
website has had intermittent connectivity due to a combination of site
upgrades, hardware shuffles, and problems with the broadband internet
provider. The latest incarnation of the website should be up shortly
at www.nationalamiga.com... at the present time it is sub-beta and
still very much under development, but the contact information on the
page is still the same. You see "Archtech Computers" on the banner...
Arch Computer Technology has been the parent company of National Amiga
for many, many years. Similarly, they've been doing multiplatform
retail and service for a very long time. That hasn't changed!
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. . . B U T W O N D E R I S G O N E
Press Release - February 23, 2001
Magma Communications steps in to provide Internet access and email to
clients of Wonder.ca
Ottawa, Ontario, February 23, 2001 - Magma Communications Ltd. today
announced that it has agreed to provide Internet access and hosting
services to the customer base of Wonder.ca - an Internet division of
Wonder Computers. Wonder Computers ceased business operations
yesterday. {Wonder Computers had been a long-time Amiga supplier.
Brad}
The arrangement will ensure that Wonder.ca's 750 customers continue
to receive Internet services. Magma has agreed to honor Wonder.ca's
existing client arrangements.
"Magma is a recognized leader in the Ottawa and Canadian Internet
communities," said AJ. Byers, Magma's Chief Operating Officer. "Magma
felt a responsibility to step in and help make sure that people
weren't left without their Internet and email access."
"Within an hour of learning Wonder was going to cease operations,
Magma had determined that it would act to ensure that Wonder.ca's
customers would have continued access to the Internet and email
through Magma," stated Mr. Byers.
Wonder.ca clients are encouraged to call Magma's customer service
group at (613) 228-3565 to re-activate their accounts. Magma's
technical staff is working around the clock with various Internet
organizations to ensure that there is minimal disruption to
Wonder.ca's clients.
Magma Communications is Ottawa's leading full-service Internet
Company and employs over 140 people. Founded in 1995, Magma is a
privately owned firm that specializes in providing reliable, High
Speed Internet service throughout Ontario and Quebec. Services include
residential and corporate Internet access, custom web solutions, and a
full range of website and server hosting services. Visit: www.magma.ca
for more details or contact AJ Byers at (613) 228-3565.
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A S I M W A R E T O I O M E G A
ROY, Utah, March 1, 2001 - Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global
leader in data management solutions, today announced that it has
acquired the software product line of Asimware Innovations Inc., a
Canadian developer of CD-RW software technology, as an investment in
Iomega's rapidly growing software solutions business.
"We're pleased to announce this acquisition, which builds additional
core competencies in software needed for the next stage of growth at
Iomega," said Bruce Albertson, president and chief executive officer,
Iomega Corporation. "This acquisition is expected to make tangible
contributions to our software and CD-RW product lines this year."
Under the agreement, the Asimware software engineering team will
immediately join Iomega's software division. In the fourth quarter of
2001, Iomega expects to introduce full-featured optical drive software
which includes a unique "skins" technology that enables users to
customize the look and feel of their software.
"Iomega's strategy is to build a broad software business that
supports our existing hardware platforms and generates new stand-alone
retail software products," said Germaine Ward, senior vice president,
software and e-business, Iomega Corporation. "The addition of Asimware
technology and programming expertise fits perfectly into that
strategy. By combining our software competencies, our aim is to create
distinct competitive advantages in our already successful CD-RW
product line as well as contribute new products to our newly developed
portfolio of software products for sale."
Iomega expects to offer new software using Asimware technology in
future CD-RW software bundles that will be available in the retail
channel. Iomega's current CD-RW software bundles include Roxio, Inc.'s
Easy CD CreatorTM and DirectCDTM software for Windows® PCs, and
ToastTM software for Macintosh® computers.
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P A U L N O L A N O N L I N E S T O R E
San Diego, CA.-March 20, 2001- Paul Nolan Software Inc. is pleased to
announce the launch of the Photogenics eStore,
http://photogenics.beyond.com, and the official launch of Photogenics
5.0 for the Amiga, and for the first time, Linux and Windows.
Photogenics 5.0 is now available for immediate purchase and download
via Beyond.com's electronic software delivery technology.
"Our top priority is to provide our customers with an outstanding
online purchasing experience, which means making it easier for them to
find, buy and receive our products," said Paul Nolan, CEO of Paul
Nolan Software. "Beyond.com's expertise in e-commerce, merchandising,
marketing, and customer service made them the right choice to build
and manage our online store."
For those unfamiliar with the product, Photogenics is an exciting new
graphics package, delivering unprecedented levels of creativity,
freedom, and flexibility. For a full list of features, please visit
the links below.
For existing users of Photogenics 4.x, a free upgrade to the Amiga
version of 5.0 is available for download. Customers wishing to
cross-grade from the Amiga version of Photogenics to the Linux or
Windows version may do so at a discounted price for a limited time by
following the links below:
Amiga to Windows cross-grade:
http://photogenics.beyond.com/AF78328-xgrade/Product/
0,1057,3-22-SN107521,00.
html
Amiga to Linux cross-grade
http://photogenics.beyond.com/AF78328-xgrade/Product/
0,1057,3-22-BD70329,00.html
Additional Links:
Photogenics eStore: http://photogenics.beyond.com
Paul Nolan Software Inc.: http://www.PaulNolan.com
Beyond.com: http://www.beyond.com
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E L B O X O N M E D I A T O R
16 March, 2001
After six months of continuous distribution of Mediator PCI it must
be admitted that Mediator PCI has appeared to be a real hit
on Amiga market. Huge and still increasing number of Mediator users
have an opportunity to appreciate how significantly the
possibilities of the computer have grown due to introduction
of PCI standard cards to Amiga.
Our next step, which is about to take place, is to allow Mediator's
users to extend the computer with the new excellent turbo card
fitted to Mediator PCI busboard - SharkPPC G3/G4.
Those who fail to accept this marvellous product with respect
that should undoubtedly be given concerning its design, try
to underestimate its unquestionable worth by spreading not
true rumour about Mediator. In order to make this situation
clear we feel obliged to answer to this rumour.
Rumour: If your jumper is set on 8MB and you have 'vertical lines'
trashing on the screen, you may have a buggy board.
No, it is not the true.
The fact of appearing 'vertical lines' on the screen is definitely
not the result of any fault of Mediator's board.
The presence of 'vertical line' is the result of the hardware
protection, which was installed in Mediator's busboards.
In order to avoid 'vertical lines' it is enough to set the
'memory window' jumper to 4 MB according to Mediator User's Manual.
The hardware protection was designed to enable the sell
of commercial software for Mediator's busboard secured by
the hardware key, which was supposed to be available together
with that software.
After the negotiations on WOA 2000 we have changed our plans
as far as the distribution of the graphic drivers with full
hardware acceleration implemented is concerned.
As a result of this decision the protection had been removed
from the Mediators that are being sold after the 13th
December 2000.
We do not plan to offer the upgrade of the MACH chip in which
the protection is placed, as in the forthcoming days we are going
to release the software for the Mediator which enables the reaching
of full busboard's performance independently of the 'memory window'
jumper's setting.
Joanna Mildner
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
ELBOX COMPUTER
http://www.elbox.com
Krakow, 16 March 2001
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G R E X I N F O R M A T I O N
18 March, 2001
The G-REX PCI board by DCE offers 5 PCI slots that are PCI 2.1
compatible. This allows supported standard PCI graphic cards to be
use. The picture to the left is the mid-stage prototype, the release
version will have 5 PCI-2.1 compliant slots available. A quick
overview:
o Extremely fast PCI-Bridge-Design
o Linear memory without bank-switching
o Programmable via developer API using the pci library in flash-rom
o Multi-monitor support with up to 4 graphics cards
o Power connectors for both AT and ATX
o DMA support for fast networking- und USB-card support
http://www.vgr.com/grex/
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A U T O P D F F O R A M I G A
{The following item was spotted on the Czech Amiga News site recently.
http://www.realdreams.cz/AMIGA/index.html Brad}
23 March, 2001
A statement from Martina Kramer: "Macintosh has a program called
Distiller. This program converts postscript files in a certain source
directory to PDF files in an output directory. We (Amiga) have
Ghostscript to create PDF files. AutoPDF uses Ghostscript to convert
postscript files into PDF files. The nice thing about AutoPDF is that
it will monitor a given directory untill files (or just one) are
copied into it, then it will convert the file to a PDF file placing it
(and the original file) into a given destination directory. Just run
AutoPDF in the background and it will convert any postscript file
placed in the source directory automatically. However, since creating
a PDF file with Ghostscript eats up most of your processor time,
conversion will only start after 'activating' the AutoPDF window.
The program has been uploaded to Aminet, but if you want to try it
NOW... Hope it is as helpfull for you as it is for us..."
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D I G I B O O S T E R P R O A D D O N C D
3 March, 2001
Today we are releasing the Digi Booster Pro Add On CD-ROM. The CD is
a collection of high quality samples, modules and programs for Amiga
computers. It was designed for everyone busy with making any kind of
music. Digi Booster Pro is the main program for use with this
collection. It can edit and play all the samples, modles, mp3's found
on this CD. {This short item didn't give information on obtaining the
CD. Contact Amiga dealers for more information. Brad}
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F O R M A L D I H Y D 2 . 2 I S A N N O U N C E D
10 March, 2001
FormAldiHyd is a driver intended for the Aldi/Medion/Tevion MD 9310
graphic tablet and WacomIV compatible tablets. I bought a MD 9310 in
summer 2000, but have been too lazy to write a driver until November
2000. German speaking people are proposed to spell the name of this
software as "From-Aldi-Hütt'" ;)
This program has been out some time now and has proven to be stable.
It works with:
- AipTek HyperPen 6000 (maybe other boards aswell, still unconfirmed).
- Aldi/Medion MD 9310 and Aldi/Tevion LT 9310.
- Wacom IV compatible (PenPartner etc.) (experimental)
- Sumagraphics compatible boards (unconfirmed).
Starting with V2.2 it finally works with MFC and IOBlix serial ports!
This is probably the only tablet driver that correctly works with all
known (MUI) applications and at the same time has full pressure
support.
Some portions of the code have been ported from the xf86HyperPen.c
source by Roland Jansen <roland@lut.rwth-aachen.de> and Christian
Herzog <daduke@dataway.ch>, who has taken over development of
xf86HyperPen.c.
The experimental WacomIV support has been ported from the xf86Wacom.c
source by Frederic Lepied <Fredric.Lepied@sugix.frmug.org>.
Short list of features:
- Comes both as CLI-only/WB (no GUI) and MUI version.
- Works with Tevion MD 9310 and AipTek HyperPen 6000. Probably works
with other boards aswell (SummaGraphics compatible?).
- Can be run either in 9600 or 19200 baud mode.
- Supports pressure, which can be scaled to your requirements (e.g.
with ArtEffect).
- Versatile support of the functions keys at top of the tablet.
- Can play sounds on button presses to make clicks audible.
- Supports a threshold value for the left mouse button.
- Middle and right mouse button can be swapped for stylus.
- Mouse and Stylus can use different active areas.
- Mouse can be used in relative mode. A mode for left handed people
is also available.
- Automatic detection of stylus and mouse.
- Tablet orientation can be changed by swapping x and y coordinates.
- Lots of different resolution can be chosen (up to 3048 LPI!).
- Fully compatible with MUI applications.
- Even works with low level software that reads the input events
directly (Cinema4D, MagicMenu, etc.)
Usage
~~~~~
There are two different programs for you to choose:
FormAldiHyd - tablet driver with MUI interface (interactive) Formalin
- CLI only/Workbench version (argument/ToolTypes driven)
Pressure support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now this is a sad story. I've done everything the AutoDocs say, but
neither TVPaint, XIPaint nor Photogenics 2 seem to support the
Intuition NEWTABLET messages and therefore readout the pressure value.
ArtEffect however, supports it in various ways (try out 'Tablet:
Intuos' or 'Accupoint').
Please send me an email if you use this program. Thanks to those who
have done so already.
Future
~~~~~~
Here's a list of stuff that is planned for the next releases:
- Gamma corrected pressure instead of linear scaling?
- Adding some functionality to the middle mouse button.
- Try out if old OS 2.x TABLET messages might help for other
applications pressure support.
- tablet.library emulation for DPaint pressure support? If anyone has
docs on this library, please send them it!
Contact address
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Any mail, comments or donations welcome:
Chris Hodges Account: 359 68 63
Kennedystr. 8 BLZ : 700 530 70
D-82178 Puchheim Bank : Sparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck
Germany
Tel.: +49-89/8005856 WWW: http://www.platon42.de/
Email: hodges@in.tum.de IRC: platon42 on EfNet
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N E W V E R S I O N P E R F E C T P A I N T
What's New ? V2.5 - March 2001
Add AppIcon
- Drop one file, Pfpaint will ask you if you want to load the file as
a picture, brush or anim.
- Drop several files, and PfPaint will create an anim.
Improve Undo:
- Entirely Rewritten
- add a Real Redo
- Add Prefs
little bug corrected with 'Adjust levels'
Last Jpeg.library is used.
bug fix with effectbrush and picasso96
Improve Edit mask: 'Pick color' now have tolerance.
New Arrex Commands
pp_GetCurrentFrame
pp_GetCurrentBuffer
pp_GetCurrentBrush
pp_FindEmptyBuffer
pp_FindEmptyBrush
pp_SetBuffer
pp_ClearCurrentBuffer
pp_AnimGui
You can have ten buffers, each buffer can have a picture or an anim,
with different depth.
Improve Scaling anim picture, and scaling anim window
Improve animation storage: RAM or HD (you can also select a path for
the storage.)
http://gothic.fr.free.fr/amiga/new.html
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Y A C A S - M A T H P R O G R A M A V A I L A B L E
22 March, 2001
Math program like MatLab, v1.0.45 -MorphOS- Author: Fr3dY
(fr3dy@retemail.es) Uploader: Fr3dY (fr3dy@retemail.es) Type:
misc/math Yacas (Yet Another Computer Algebra System) is a small and
highly flexible general-purpose computer algebra language. The syntax
uses a infix-operator grammar parser. The distribution contains a
small library of mathematical functions, but its real strength is in
the language in which you can easily write your own symbolic
manipulation algorithms. Fr3dY
http://www.morphos.de/meanmachine/files/Fr3dY/yacas-mos1045.readme
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25.Mar.2001
Richard H. Poser II via E-Mail
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AmigAIM BETA Version 0.9411 Released
The new betaversion 0.9411 of AmigaAIM, the AOL Instant Messenger for Amiga, is available for download at
the usual place.
Here the original message: AmigAIM 0.9411 Beta (24 Mar 2001)
- This is a rather small update, compared to what is actually operational (or partially operational)
in my latest unreleased version,
which will probably never be publicly released, as a complete rewrite is in progress
- Instant Messages are now sent to the server in V4 format. (shouldn't even be a noticeable change)
- System login to Server now uses Version 4.1 protocol, this means that the
password is now sent using a new protocol which encodes the password before
being sent to the server (using an MD5 Hashing scheme), therefore increasing the
security during system login.
NOTE: As mentioned on the Mailing List, this will probably
be the last release for quite a while, as I started rewriting the entire program from scratch about
a week ago
BTW: As of my last internal release before starting the rewrite,
I had worked out and implemented several items. File transfer, search by common interest,
selection of common interests to send to server for your own profile, etc... Hopefully,
all these items will also be implemented in my rewrite :-) - In the last operational internal version,
the file transfer code has so many bugs it was deemed easier to rewrite the whole program.
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25.Mar.2001
Andreas R. Kleinert via E-Mail
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ak-Datatypes Updates
In the support area of Andreas R. Kleinert's website
you can find updates to the following datatypes:
akJFIF - akPNG - akTIFF and akNAIL
The datatypes are as usual available for download in different CPU-versions.
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25.Mar.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail
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CD32 Games Install Kit v4.2 NG Released
The CD32 Games Install Kit v4.2 NG has been released on the Airsoft Softwair Homepage.
Now more Games (for example: Denis) can be installed and there are other, minor improvements,
amongst others the use of OS3.9. As all 4.x versions of the CD32 Games Install Kits this version can also
only be used and installed by owners of the 'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM'.
Those who own a valid registration code may immediately have access to the update in the matching section oh
the Airsoft Softwair Homepage.
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25.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm
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New Aminet Uploads
DopJoin.lha biz/dopus 3K+Join files with DirectoryOpus 4.xx. V1.0
Babelfish.lha comm/irc 3K+Use babelfish from AmIRC/Shell
GoPortscan.lha comm/net 93K+V0.1 TCP Portscanner with MUI interface
TaskiSMS_PL.lha comm/tcp 180K+Polish catalog & documentation for Taski
ApacheMI.lha comm/www 79K+GlowIcons for Apache Servers
showurl.lha comm/www 19K+Showurl (program for shell to show url i
srh-vis.lha demo/ecs 192K+SRH - Vision - **
Syn_darkeye.exe demo/ecs 59K+Synabytes DaRKeYE **
srh-2day.lha demo/intro 139K+SRH 2-Day Intro **
srh_love.lha demo/intro 11K+Social Disease BBS **
syn_sg.lha demo/intro 52K+Synabytes Sysop Greetro **
Syn_xatari.exe demo/intro 136K+Synabytes Ex-Atari **
obligement25.lha demo/mag 729K+Obligement #25 - Famous FRENCH fanzine !
SCL_MS2001Inv.lha demo/mag 314K+Secretly! - MS2001 Party Invitation
up-ep007.lha demo/sound 1.6M+UP ROUGH "Another Day EP" feat. Skope
STRPortLib.lha dev/basic 5K+STRPortLib V1.2 BB2 hardware commands
FD2Pragma.lha dev/misc 139K+V2.122 create pragma, inline, ... files
GNGrabber1.0PL.lha docs/help 11K+Polish Locale for GiambyNetGrabber 1.0
T1Engine2.0PL.lha docs/help 13K+Polish Locale for Type1Engine2.0
Virus_CheckerP.lha docs/help 11K+Polish Locale for Virus_CheckerII v1.1
Fireball_4a.lha docs/mags 757K+German Entertainment Magazine
Fireball_4b.lha docs/mags 597K+German Entertainment Magazine
PaybackDemo.lha game/actio 2.9M+Payback playable demo (Updated)
PaybackDemoUp2.lha game/actio 659K+Updates the Payback demo to latest versi
PaybackUpdate2.lha game/actio 982K+Updates Payback to the latest version
Rattlesnake.lha game/actio 674K+Beat-em-up game.
ChaosLite.lha game/board 5.7M+World's Best Board Game! 1-8 players! Fa
AOG_15.lha game/data 3.7M+Abode of Golgotha - Addon for Heretic II
dynSP_Style.lha game/data 89K+SouthPark Style for dynAMIte
Hd_Lion_V_M.lha game/patch 61K+Install_H_D_Virtual_Disk
jst.lha game/patch 180K+JOTD Startup *FREEWARE* for HD Installs
ruffhd.lha game/patch 25K+HD Installer & Fix for Ruff'n'Tumble V1.
zouthd.lha game/patch 58K+HD Installer & Fix for Z-Out V2.0
GLsokoban.lha game/think 248K+Sokoban3D in MiniGL (PPC WarpOS Warp3D)
Win95Map_s.lha hard/drivr 5K+Keymap for Finnish/Swedish Win95 keyboar
ps2m.lha hard/hack 10K+Ultimate Amiga PS/2 Wheel Mouse Controll
Bastards_intro.lha mods/misc 20K+Custom module from "Bastards" intro
EnglandChamp.lha mods/misc 50K+Custom module from "England Championship
HQC_intro.lha mods/misc 23K+Custom module from "High Quality Crackin
VirusKillerV2.lha mods/misc 29K+Custom module from "VirusKiller V2.0 Pro
id3taglibgui.lha mus/edit 79K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
EP_StevBarrett.lha mus/play 5K+EaglePlayer "Steve Barrett" external rep
comic.lha pix/art 190K+Comic.pic
BAM_GIcons.lha pix/gicon 96K+Some OS 3.5/3.9 GlowIcons
AP13Recto.jpg pix/misc 260K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 12 Cover Recto
AP13Verso.jpg pix/misc 93K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 13 Cover Verso
SpookyTheme.lha pix/misc 501K+Spooky theme for NewInstaller
a1200raytrcd.jpg pix/trace 97K+RayTraced pic of Amiga 1200
ALEM_0025.lha text/dtp 212K+ALEM's ZIPdisk template for Wordworth7
AutoPDF.lha text/misc 18K+AutoPDF - Convert postscript files to pd
HP_Deskjet670C.lha text/print 43K+Deskjet 670C/680C/690C Driver V40.24
HP_Deskjet870C.lha text/print 41K+Deskjet 8x0C/9x0C Driver for WB V40.14
Next3.01.lha text/show 83K+Viewer for text/guides/html/datatypes
ilbmdtPPC.lha util/dtype 7K+Ilbmdt for the PPC, running WarpUP (45.1
wavdt41.lha util/dtype 17K+Datatype for wave sounds 68k+WOS (41.10)
ra.lha util/libs 78K+RA Remote Access Library (load files int
Type1Engine.lha util/libs 493K+PostScript Type1 font engine V3.1
BAMReqAttack_e.lha util/misc 24K+Images and Prefs-file for ReqAttack, OS
BAMReqAttack_g.lha util/misc 24K+Images and Prefs-file for ReqAttack, OS
Draco060-RW.lha util/moni 1K+SysSpeed Module - Draco060 reworked
SysInfo.lha util/moni 50K+Gives comprehensive system information
Anno1.20.lha util/time 23K+Reminder and calendar utility
SetDST.lha util/time 62K+Adjusts time for Daylight Saving Time
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25.Mar.2001
codepoet.com (ANF)
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Status Update for WinUAE 0.8.16
Status Update for WinUAE 0.8.16 from March 24, 2001
- Now have "direct" mode of JIT working
thanks to patches from Bernd Roesch, but this (currently) requires WinUAE to be compiled under
VisualC++ instead of GCC/MinGW32, which thus breaks the bsdsocket.library emulation.
- Now have virtual
Picasso96 screens (Bernd Roesch)
- Merged in many changes from 0.8.16 core UAE tree (Bernd Schmidt).
Note: This breaks AGA sprites completely.
- Investigating DirectSound vs. WaveOut APIs for audio output, due to SB-Live! issues.
- Support for multiple mice being added, thanks to patches from Andreas.
- Fixed old floppy-disk writing bugs (Toni Wilen).
- Removed NT4 support.
- Removed 24-bit pixels support.
- gzip.dll support for handling .adz files (no console window popping up anymore)
- MIDI input support (Bernd Roesch)
- New serial-port emulation (Bernd Roesch)
- Cleaning up source-tree in preparation for release.
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25.Mar.2001
Martin Merz in ANF
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MasonIcons' Homepage Update
Some new archives have been released on the MasonIcons Homepage:
- ApacheMI - filetype images for the ApacheServer
- AudioMI - a toolbar for the newest version of AudioMaster 2k
- CoolMI - a MI skin for CoolCALC
- EvenMI - a GlowIcons toolbar for EvenMore
- FlagsMI - a collection of flags for the Input and LocalPrefs of AmigaOS 3.9
- PfPaintMI - an icon set for PerfectPaint
- QuadraMI - a toolbar set for DirectoryOpusMagellan based on AppMI
- ReqMI - icons, buttons, images and anims for ReqAttack
- ShowMI - an image set for ShowGUI
- WB2000MI - an image collection for Workbench2000
- WorkOnMI - a toolbar image set for WorkOn
For more information please visit the "Projects" page on the homepage.
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24.Mar.2001
Michael Ulbrich on ANF
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Forum and Guestbook at SHOPnFUN
As I am just busy with some PHP3 scripts I have put a small guest book and a
forum regarding the Amiga on the Amiga page. Visits would please me, already
because of the possibility to fix possible bugs.
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24.Mar.2001
Dennis Gronewold on ANF
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3ivx Delta 3 Codec Released
On the 3ivx homepage the new 3ivx codec for WarpUP
and 68k has been released on the 23.03.2001. The PowerUP version will follow.
The codec offers the same high compression ratios as it's predecessor but the
movies are played 600% faster.
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24.Mar.2001
Richard Kapp on ANF
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New Review on the GFX Games Database
On the GFX games database there's again a new review. This time we have tested
the WB game 'Mahjongg Tiles'. Have fun while reading.
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24.Mar.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via E-Mail
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Spooky Theme Released
A new theme for the NewInstaller was just released on the
Airsoft Softwair homepage.
The "Spooky Theme" was made by Kevin Hansen
and can be downloaded now. It requires at least NewInstaller version
1.5, which is also contained as a full version on the 'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM'.
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24.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail
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Amiga Arena News
Frogger and Softcinema
Frogger and Softcinema can now be registered at a special discount price directly via Reg.net!
T.U.M.M.Y and T.U.R.R.D
The database T.U.M.M.Y for Magic trading cards and the Relais cards interface
software T.U.R.R.D are only available at a special discount price until 31.03.2001!
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24.Mar.2001
ANF
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TaskiSMS Version 2.5 Released
Version 2.5 of TaskiSMS is available. With this program you can send short
messages (SMS) via handy across 112 countries. The new version was completely
new programmed and the plugin for the SMS sending was updated. The program is
now shareware. Polish localisation and documentation is also available.
You can download the demo version of TaskiSMS from the homepage via the title
link or from Aminet.
Download (Aminet): TaskiSMS.lha
On Aminet there's actually only the old version for now, the new one will be
ready for download in the next days.
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24.Mar.2001
Frost and Mason on ANF
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ApacheMI Update
ApacheMI is now available on the Aminet. The archive contents 146 file type
images for the ApacheServer and a ConfigFile.
The Images have a size of 24 x 24 pixels and use the GlowIcons design. The
ConfigFile was created by Frön.
If you think any file type is missing please contact me.
Download: ApacheMI.lha
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24.Mar.2001
No Risc No Fun on ANF
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Diamond Box Review and Interview on NoRiscNoFun
You can currently find on our pages a review of the graphics program 'Diamond Box'.
Matching this we also deliver an interview with the developer Nikolaj Kiær
Thygesen. Have a look at the features of the program and inform yourself about
this software's future by reading the interview.
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24.Mar.2001
Andreas Neumann via E-Mail
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Text Viewer 'Next' version 3.01 Released
Juergen Klawitter has released version 3.01 of his text viewer "Next". The
update contains first of all smaller bug fixes. You can find more information
following the title link.
Download:
Next3.01.lha
(80 kB) and soon also from Aminet.
Besides this a new program by the "Next" programmer Juergen Klawitter will
make its appearance on Aminet soon. "Anno" is an easy and intuitive to use organizer
and - as "Next" already does - it comes as freeware.
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