27.Jun.2001
Dirk Baeyens (E-Mail)
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Amiga.org online again
Because of some troubles with PHP-Nuke the English speaking news
service Amiga.org had canceled the website to completely rework it.
Because it takes much time to establish a new editing system Amiga.org
is now online again with PHP-Nuke.
(ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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New timeline for AmigaOne
Under the title link you can find the new timeline for the AmigaOne. According to it the selling start is at the beginning of October.
Probably at the "secret" meeting at the Benelux Amiga Show they reached an agreement on it explained Alan Redhouse (Eyetech) at the AmigaOne mailinglist.
With this delay AmigaOS 4.0 becomes more important. Still in this version there will be the PPC native TCP/IP stack which according to Fleecy Moss (Amiga) was developed by Olaf "Olsen" Barthel and which is being tested with a 68k version.
There will be the new filesystem "AmFS2" and the support of virtuel memory already in 4.0 as well as drivers for SCSI and Ethernet.
Besides this Picasso96 and Warp3D drivers will be delivered for Voodoo3 (PCI/AGP), Matrox G450 (PCI/AGP) and Matrox G550 (AGP).
Contrary to the original plans USB- and soundcard-support (with "Soundblaster Live") will be there already in the BoingBags of OS 4.0 and not on OS 4.2.
(ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Frogger
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MPEG-Player: Frogger 1.65rc7 for PowerPC
There is a new version 1.65rc7 of MPEG-animation-player 'Frogger' for Amiga PowerPC computers.
If the oiriginal Frogger-website (titlelink) is too slow then you can use the following mirrorsite for downloading. The program is shareware and you can directly register at the author Sebastian Jëdruszkiewicz in Poland. (ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Matay
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Matay: New Voodoo3 graphicboard-driver available
In section 'Archives' (titlelink) you can find the new versions of the Voodoo3 2000/3000 graphicboard-driver for the PCI-board Prometheus.
The increase of the speed is the most important difference to the older versions. This is not a final version. This one is announced for Voodoo4 4500 graphicboards including the drivers and for networkcard-drivers for the NE2000 to the next week.
(ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Webserver: Apache V1.3.20 + PHP V4.0.6
On 25th of June in 2001 on the 'SixK Port Page' another update of the webserver 'Apache' has been published for the Amiga. The Apache-version is still 1.3.20. On 23th of June in 2001 the script-language-modul 'PHP' has been published in version 4.0.6.
This version should run more stable and should need less memory.
The binary has been compiled on http://amiga-apache.home.pages.de/ for the 68040 and for the use with the official Amiga-Apache-archive.
Download: apache1320_php406_040.lzx
(sd)
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27.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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AmigaOS: French mirror of AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ
The official AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ which is led by Greg Donner is also accessible in French under http://os39.amedia-software.com/os39faq.html.
The translation has been done by Thillot Lionel. During this week the update v1.5 will be published. Thus the mirror will be up-to-date.
(sd)
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27.Jun.2001
Darek Dulian (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Answers to questions of users
Elbox has issued a statement which answers many questions of the users concerning SharkPPC, sound- and tv-card-drivers as well as Warp3D support.
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:22:13 +0200
From: ELBOX support@elbox.com
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [pl] (WinNT; I)
Subject: ELBOX about SharkPPC, Sound and TV card drivers and Warp3D support
Below are the answers from Elbox to questions asked by Kay Are Ulvestad.
The questions (asked in a message to Elbox) refer to SharkPPC cards,
drivers to Mediator PCI for Sound, TV and other cards, Warp 3D support, etc.
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Kay Are Ulvestad wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm sorry to hassle, but you know how the Amiga market is. . . keep
> public relations quiet for a while, and wild rumours start circulating.
> Anyway, I was hoping you could provide this impatient user with some
> info by answering some questions. With your permission, I will post
> the info on the Amiga Mediator ML as well, hopefully calming some
> people down. The questions may look kind of long, but I think
> they're mostly easy to answer. Ok, here I go:
> 1. There recently was a claim (outside of Elbox), that the Shark
> products were cancelled. Although I myself don't really believe
> this on such a weak basis, the recent lack of information about
> the products as well as the successful marketing of the AmigaONE
> might lead to some users feeling they've invested in a "dead end"
> expansion-wise. Perhaps you could tell me how the development
> is going? Any estimated release date?
As we have explained many times, we will start producing
SharkPPC G3/G4 and ShakPPC+ cards when AmigaOS 4.0 is ready
for releasing.
> 2. When is the next driver release from you? What kind of drivers
> can be expected, and how soon?
Tomorrow we will make available the MediatorUP2.3 update, which
is a simultaneous update for the users of Mediator PCI 1200 and
Mediator PCI ZIV. All the system files and the enclosed drivers
have been optimized and adjusted to operation with Mediator PCI 1200
and ZIV. In the pci.library, workaround has been made to avoid the
incorrect recognition of 68LC060 processors by the LC060.library.
The next drivers to be made available within the coming two weeks
will be drivers for SoundBlaster 128 music cards.
Drivers to TV cards, which were presented in WOA 2000 in Koln
are ready and will be released in one package with drivers
for SounBlaster 128 music cards.
Further drivers, on which we are now working, are drivers for
SoundBlaster Live! cards. The work is advanced in ca. 80% on these
drivers.
Writing drivers is a very time-consuming work. Unlike drivers to
the previous Amiga cards, like those in Zorro slots, writing drivers
for PCI cards requires much more time. The reason is that drivers
for Amiga cards were prepared usually for one specific series (mask)
of chipsets around which they were produced. For example, CyberVision
64 3D cards were produced around the S3 ViRGE 86C325, chipset but
always only and solely for one series (mask) of these chipsets.
Our drivers for S3 cards support various chipsets of the S3 ViRGE,
but also have to run with all the series (masks) of these chipsets.
This applies to other drivers written by us, as well.
In the recent several months , production of other PCI busboards
for Amiga was announced. Probably many people believed that this
would result in co-operation of companies for writing drivers
for PCI cards. We guess such co-operation would be beneficial for
users of Amiga with PCI slots.
Elbox has written drivers for Voodoo3, Voodoo4, Voodoo5 and S3
Virge graphic cards and Ethernet cards.
We hoped that if a new busboard is to be introduced to the market,
its authors will prepare drivers for these PCI cards, for which
no Amiga support is available as yet. Then, by licensing, they
would make available their drivers for working with Mediator,
receiving in return licences for drivers prepared by Elbox.
Well, as we see , the trend is completely different:
The only drivers which are made for other PCI busboards are drivers
to these PCI cards, to which Elbox has already written drivers.
Writing drivers to these PCI cards, to which drivers have been
written and made available by Elbox, is like solving a difficult
problem in physics, when you already have seen its solution...
Therefore, soon we will make available drivers for Mediator to
such PCI cards, which due to technical reasons cannot work in PCI
busboards other than Mediator.
We also hope that external developers will write drivers for
PCI cards. SDK for Mediator is available free of charge after
signing NDA.
However, prospective developers have to remember that:
- They should approach appropriate companies about documentation
to PCI card chipsets, to which they want to write drivers.
Usually, such companies require signing an individual NDA.
Also, questions about operation of the PCI cards of interest
to them must be asked with these companies.
- PCI specifications are property of PCI SIG and may be acquired
at http://www.pcisig.org.
> 3. Is there a solution within reach to the 4mb memory window problem
> on early mediators with BlizzPPC cards? Or will AND have to wait
> for the Shark?
For users of BlizzPPC cards with Mediator PCI produced last year
we are preparing a special offer for upgrading to the appropriate
MACH chip.
> 4. It seems Hyperion has mostly completed the Warp3d drivers for
> Voodoo3. How long until we can see the true power of Voodoo3 on the
> Mediator?
This question should be asked to Hyperion.
Elbox accepted financial conditions of the Hyperion company.
However, the Hyperion company so far was not able to give any
specific date when their Warp3D drivers to Voodoo3 for Mediator 1200
could be released, despite numerous earlier assurances (since December
2000) on the part of the Warp3D team that preparing such drivers is
only a matter of a few weeks.
As soon as Hyperion are able to give a definite date, there will
be nothing to be an obstacle for signing the contract.
> Well, that's all I can think of for now. Thanks in advance,
> and keep up the good work for the Amiga market!
June is a month of very intense work for us, as , apart from
all the things I have already written above, we now begin
production of three more Mediator busboards:
- Mediator PCI ZIV for the Z-IV busboards,
- Mediator PCI ZIII for any Amiga with Zorro III slots,
- Mediator PCI 4000 for controlling Elbox Zorro III/PCI (7xZIII,
5xPCI, 1xVideo) busboard of the E/BOX 4000 tower system (known
also as Power Tower 4000 or Winner Tower 4000) for Amiga 4000D.
The two last models of Mediator are technologically the most
advanced busboards in the Amiga market for Amiga 3000/4000 computers.
Mediator ZIII and Mediator 4000 busboards for Amiga 3/4000 computers,
unlike other simplified bridges offered for Amiga with Zorro III slots,
support the most advanced Zorro III mechanisms like e.g. DMA between
PCI cards and memory in the turbo card and other features omitted in
these bridges, which are necessary for cards like SoundBlaster 128
or SoundBlaster Live! to work properly.
We are glad to be able to answer your questions. If you still have
any doubts, please drop us a line.
Best regards,
Darek Dulian
ELBOX COMPUTER, Support Department
support@elbox.com
http://www.elbox.com
(ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Ben Yoris (E-Mail)
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NO Voodoo3-drivers of Hyperion for Mediator?
With permission of Ben Yoris (pr-manager of Hyperion) we post an e-mail of the Amiga-Mediator mailing list. It says that Hyperion Entertainment could not agree about licencing of Voodoo 3 drivers with Elbox. That means that at least Hyperion will not produce drivers for the PCI-board Mediator.
Read now the full comment of Ben Hermans of Hyperion:
Response from Ben Hermans, managing partner of Hyperion Entertainment:
"Elbox and Hyperion did NOT come to an agreement about licensing Voodoo 3
drivers because Elbox insisted that the Mediator 1200 would be the very
first PCI solution to be supported (of all PCI boards on the market
regardless for which machine A1200 or A4000).
There never was discussion about delivery dates.
The fact of the matter was that Elbox wanted us to do something which was
clearly impossible both practically and legally.
Practically: we can't "unsupport" the Matay Prometheus PCI solution. Drivers
are shipping with the Prometheus for some time now and it's impossible to
turn back the hands of time and allow the Mediator 1200 drivers to be
shipped first.
Legally: We entered into a legally binding contract with Matay for driver
support. They paid us, Elbox didn't. We cannot legally delay release of the
Prometheus drivers (which are already released anyway) just because Elbox
wants us to. This is a clear breach of contract and runs contrary to the
requirement of good faith which is a general principle of contract law.
In short, Elbox was trying to impose an impossible condition on us and as a
result we failed to reach agreement about Voodoo 3 drivers.
I have e-mails from several staff members of Elbox to back up these claims.
Despite numerous attempts we could not convince Elbox that Mediator 1200
users really could care less about the fact that the Voodoo 3 drivers for
an A4000 solution were shipping first.
The result is apparently that there won't be any 3D drivers for the Elbox
products unless Elbox drops this ridiculous condition. Or somebody could
invent a time-machine.
As anybody could see at the Benelux show, the Voodoo 3 drivers are quite
ready and could be adapted to the Mediator 1200 in a relatively short time.
Mediator 1200 users interested in Voodoo 3 drivers should e-mail Elbox
explaining that they don't care if an A4000 PCI busboard is supported first
as long as they can finally get their Mediator 1200 drivers.
The ball is clearly in Elbox's court."
--
Ben Hermans
Managing partner Hyperion Entertainment
(ps)
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26.Jun.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 26.06.2001
TaskiSMS_BOS.lha comm/tcp 171K+Bosnian translation for TaskiSMS
TaskiSMS_DEU.lha comm/tcp 167K+German translation for TaskiSMS
TaskiSMS_ESP.lha comm/tcp 164K+Spanish translation for TaskiSMS
TaskiSMS_FRA.lha comm/tcp 156K+French translation for TaskiSMS
TaskiSMS_ITA.lha comm/tcp 159K+Italian translation for TaskiSMS
TaskiSMS_MAG.lha comm/tcp 159K+Hungarian translation for TaskiSMS
TaskiSMS_POR.lha comm/tcp 161K+Portuguese translation for TaskiSMS
TaskiSMS_RUS.lha comm/tcp 143K+Russian translation for TaskiSMS
GDS-DISC11a.lha demo/mag 1.9M+D.I.S.C.#11 by Gods (1st Release)
GDS-DISC11b.lha demo/mag 1.9M+D.I.S.C.#11 by Gods (2nd Release)
SceneArchives.lha demo/mag 1.3M+SASU v1.09: Ultimate Demo CDs-11 CD's (8
StolenData09.lha demo/mag 1.1M+Stolen Data #9 by Anarchy (100%)
GfxSndSystemSr.lha dev/c 284K+C++ Sources of an independant graphic/mu
millibar.lha dev/c 57K+Millibar Barcode Library v 0.1
FD2Pragma.lha dev/misc 185K+V2.131 create pragma, inline, ... files
HunkFunc.lha dev/moni 15K+V1.14 display executable file structure
Dismount.lha disk/misc 4K+Dismounter for volumes and drives
PPaintHTML.lha docs/hyper 665K+HTML Version of PPaint Guide
FltMate1.lha game/2play 572K+4 player skydiving simulator. Disk 1/2
FltMate2.lha game/2play 645K+4 player skydiving simulator. Disk 2/2
BRAlltimeleagu.lha game/data 6K+All time greatest teams from Brasil for
F1GP_2001.lha game/data 10K+2001 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (24 June
Mattonite.lha game/demo 723K+BreakOut demo game, working in progress
aminano.lha game/jump 127K+AMIGA Nanotech (ONLY GFX-BOARDS)
WormWars.lha game/misc 731K+Worm Wars 6.7a: Advanced snake game
mccontrol.lha hard/hack 730K+V1.62 PSX MemoryCard Reader
imdbDiff010615.lha misc/imdb 2.1M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
vdo_puls.lha mods/vdo 565K+Pulse width [xm 14ch]
Alecos-WB.jpg pix/wb 120K+A nice desktop 800x600 16 Bit by Alecos
carls_wb.lha pix/wb 73K+Snapshot of Carl Svensson's Workbench
BareED.lha text/edit 281K+Simple text editor which supports propor
HTMLstrip.lha text/misc 26K+HTML stripper which can also replace HTM
GlowAttackFix.lha util/misc 5K+A Guide for GlowAttack (That works)
ReqAttackUpd.lha util/misc 77K+RAPrefsMUI 1.82
CopyReplace.lha util/sys 19K+V1.18 powerful Copy replacement
VirusExecutor.lha util/virus 259K+VirusExecutor v2.19
xvslibrary.lha util/virus 55K+External Virus Support Library v33.26
AddItem.lha util/wb 25K+Tiny helper to launch programs from tool (as)
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26.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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Chip online: Rumour: Radeon 2 available from end of July
A programmable vertex- and pixelshader will be integrated in the Radeon 2 chip.
As the french hardware magazine "Puces3D" reports will gfx-boards with the 3D-chip
Radeon 2 from ATI be available from end of July. Also it reports about some new
features of the Radeon 2 chip. So there will be six instead of four rendering
pipelines to do the job.
The pixel accelerator produced in 0.15 micrometer technology will have a clocktime
of 350 MHz. Even the Dual-Monitor-functions as used by the Radeon VE gfx-boards
will be integrated on the first boards with the Radeon 2 and offered together
with the software HydraVision.
For complete article follow the title link (german only).
(ps)
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26.Jun.2001
eBund - Der Bund online
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Exhibition: Control - Alt - Collect. Computer im Ruhestand
The exhibition "Contro-Alt-Collect. Computer im Ruhestand" (Computers in Retirement)
has opened at June, 22nd 2001 in Bern, Switzerland at the Museum of Communication.
Besides some computer rarities developed in Switzerland you can see computers from
Commodore, Amiga, and Atari. You will find more details under the title link (german).
It is nice that you can see Amiga computers, too, but Amiga will not be in
retirement so soon. :-)
(jm)
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26.Jun.2001
DCE (ANF)
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DCE News: WIN-TV runs under DMA at GREX Board
We are proud to announce to you that after an intensive developingtime we have
finished the first beta version of the WIN-TV driver based upon the chipset
BT878/BT879.
This driver supports the G-REX PCI DMA mode. You as G-REX users are able to display
an overlay window in any size or depth with a minimum of CPU time. To get a first
impression you can look at this: voodootv_grab.jpg - 391 kB
The release of the end-product is to be expected within in the next four weeks.
(ps)
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26.Jun.2001
Amigan Software
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Software: Worm Wars und Report+ updated
Version 6.7a of the game Worm Wars and version 4.7 beta of the tool Report+
released.
With Report+ you can easily create bugreports, Aminet readmes, documentations, and
other reports. It is Freeware and based upon ReAction and GadTools.
Download:
wormwars.lha - 730 kB
4_7beta.lha - 403 kB
(ps)
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26.Jun.2001
T.o.T.
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Game: Tales of Tamar Amiga-Version V0.36R3
Changes of the latest Amiga version 036R3 of "Tales Of Tamar", the round based online game:
- Paula DMA sounds were not played correctly if the samples were too long. Fixed
- FigurMenu could be drawn outside the screen. Fixed
- A building that was build but not finished could not be build again, only if you reset the town. Fixed
- All screens check now ChipRAM and if there is not enough availble leave out DMA samples.
- Map has not freed all elements, the memory was fragmented. Fixed.
- The Corn Store has not freed all memory. Fixed.
- If you want to increase your army incl. armor the number of weapons and armor was not checked correctly. Fixed.
- In armies like heavy and medium Infantry other / wrong units moved. Fixed.
Registered beta testers will find the update at the usual location.
(ps)
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26.Jun.2001
AmigActive
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Magazine: AmigActive preview of issue #22
In the latest version of the english magazine AmigActive you will find a
review of Shogo:MAD, an article about the sound package SoundFX, an
appraisal of the emulator WinUAE JIT, and basic knowledge information about Photogenics.
(ps)
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26.Jun.2001
Hyperion Entertainment
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Hyperion/DCE: Licence for Voodoo3-driver
DCE and Hyperion have made an agreement about the usage of the Warp 3D drivers
for the G-REX PCI line Voodoo 3. Read the press release:
DCE licenses Voodoo 3 Warp 3D drivers for its G-REX line of PCI products
Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce that it has entered into a license agreement with DCE, producers of the G-REX line of PCI hardware for the Amiga.
Under the agreement Hyperion will support DCE's G-REX 1200 and G-REX 4000 products with fully featured Warp 3D Voodoo 3 drivers for both 68K and PPC.
« We're very pleased that DCE has decided to respond to demand by its customers for Warp3D drivers for Voodoo 3 », says Ben Hermans, managing partner of Hyperion Entertainment . « Amiga users currently have quite a number of PCI solutions to chose from and the manufacturers offering the widest range of drivers for their PCI solutions will clearly have a competitive advantage. From the large number of e-mails we have received, we can only conclude that the availability of 3D drivers is a key consideration for users when they make their decision to purchase a specific PCI solution. To avoid disappointment, we once again urge users interested in 3D graphics to investigate the availability of Warp3D drivers before purchasing a specific PCI solution. »
(ps)
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26.Jun.2001
Thomas Unger (E-Mail)
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CD: THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES v1.1.1
The Kickstart Archives is a collection of actual and dead AMIGA related
websites and more on CD. A list of the contained material you will find here.
Updates since the last issue:
- Updated: LexSite from Alex Luptak (updated May, 3rd 2001), peripherie section
- Added: The Art of James D. Sachs by himself and Jeff Palmer in the specials section
Jim Sachs had drawn for example as Art Director for the game "Defender Of The Crown"
and was responsible for the GUI of the Commodore CDTV.
- Added: AS WE MAY THINK from Vannavar Bush in the hstory - Amiga patents section
In this 1945 published article V. Bush mentiones may things that are realized
decades later (Internet, GUI, ...) and that takes influence on the design of
the workbench.
- Added: reedBench - A Workbench emulation by Jaakko "Reed" Kaitaniemi in the specials section.
A reproduction of booting with Kickstart/OS 1.3 and 3.1 (needs JavaScript)
- Reworked: Index page for better Overview and navigation.
The changes since last update are marked. No Amiga browser is able to interprete
the JavaScript file to generate the linklist.
You can get THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES for a special price of DM 18,- or US-$ 10,- (incl. p&p)
till July, 31st 2001. (ps)
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25.Jun.2001
H&P
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H&P: Pictures of the meeting at the Benelux Amiga Show
There was an internal talk about the AmigaONE at the Benelux Amiga Show. Participants in the talk were
Alan Redhouse, Martin Schüler, Michael Rock, Fleecy Moss, Ben Hermans, Hans-Jörg & Thomas Frieden and
Jürgen Haage. Unfortunately it is not allowed to unvail any details. But there are some pictures of the meeting at the titlelink. (ps)
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25.Jun.2001
Sinan Gurkan (E-Mail)
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AmigArt: Return to the old URL
The newsservice 'AmigArt' can now be accessed again by using the old URL www.amigart.com
(ps)
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25.Jun.2001
Gregor Galwas (E-Mail)
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Game: dynAMIte Version 1.5
Version 1.5 of the networkgame 'dynAMIte', a Bomberman-clone, released. All the changes made can be found in changes.txt.
Download:
dynAMIte_update.lha (only the update) - 182 kB
dynAMIte.lha (complete) - 1,9 MB
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25.Jun.2001
Martin Schueler (E-Mail)
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AmigaOne Board: Status Report by Martin Schueler
As promised on the BAS2001 (see First report)
Martin Schueler has sent us a summary of the lecture about the AmigaOne board and technical details.
Status
The lecture mainly was similar to the one already lectured on the WoA, but of course
contained updated information regarding the time schedule. Important about this is that
the beta test will close middle of September, which at the same time will mark the starting
shot for the first line.
Moreover the new revision of the AmigaONE boards - plugged into an Eyetech tower -
was shown. One was able to tangible ("forcibly") convince oneself of how sophisticated
and solid even the mechanical solution was done, and that it is by no means some unstable
kind of tinkering solution. But we deliberately used a board only quipped with PCI/AGP sockets,
to prevent our electrostatic sensible testing boards from any possible damage.
Following the status report from which I took the answers on respective questions, on the
show:
During production the first revision formed short cuts on several points of which some
were irreparable. It was not possible to obviate the latter during production without
knowing the problem in advance.
For the new revision we had changed the respective points, but also several other points,
in a way that reduced production requirements. Furthermore we corrected mechanical reference
measurements, which prevented the first revision from being precisely assembled inside the casing.
Also the non-technical problems were fixed and the testings efficiently proceed on schedule since June 8th.
It is especially joyful that all of the testings (contrary to common expectations due to
complexity) succeeded on the first go, which was finally a result of their carful preparation,
too.
All significant testings on board level are already finished. The following testing work
is limited to verification of the logic within WestBridge and NorthBridge and it's interaction
with the standard components.
This is to talk about ca. 10% of those testings are done. But virtually this means that
already 50% of the problematic and time critical points are covered. Nevertheless those
succeeded on the first go. So schedule risks are more and more decreasing. Furthermore
100% of the problematic points are functional of which malfunction would mean total outage,
in worst case.
I also added three pictures:
picture_1.jpg
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picture_2.jpg
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picture_3.jpg
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The first one shows the rev2 board (equipped with PCI/AGP only) as it was presented
on the show in Rotterdam. But the other one shows one of the equipped rev2 boards as
these were used for the testings. All of the testings succeeded on the first go using
the board in the picture. Third picture: The slots in this picture are simply put on,
cause I think it looks much nicer if it is fully equipped :-).
For the rest the board will be tested as stand-alone for a very long time. The connection to
the A1200 will be done at the very end.
Martin Schueler
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25.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)
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Events: More Pictures from the BAS 2001
Marvin Droogsma has sent us some more exclusive pictures of the
BAS 2001.
The photos were taken by Lejon Hamstra.
bruno&marvin.jpg
(533 x 400) |
croud.jpg
(533 x 400) |
alan.jpg
(533 x 400) |
lan.jpg
(533 x 400) |
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25.Jun.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Virus Help Denmark: VirusExecutor V 2.19 and virus-warning (Update)
Minor update of VirusExecutor (2.19) released. Details:
Name: VirusExecutor v2.19
Archive name: VirusExecutor.lha
Archive size: 265.021 Bytes
Release date: 25. June 2001
Programmer: Jan Erik Olausen
Required: xvs.library (contained), xfdmaster.library, reqtools.library, xadmaster.library
New in v2.19
- Added MuMove4K right!
- Removed library version check for xadmaster.library.
- Added Amiga OS Update IDE_scsidisk right...
- Removed all internal virus checking as they are added in
xvs.library v33.26
- Fixed bug when running on kickstart lower than 3.0
Thanks to Jan Andersen for telling me...
Virus-Warning
Yesterday, there was a warning at the VTH-mailinglist concerning a very dangerous virus.
(ps)
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25.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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Chip online: Graphic Chips: New Details about Kyro III
»David Harold, Press-Relation Manager of Imagination Technologies,
gave a sight on the upcoming Kyro III - developed by the code name of STG 5000 -
to the German game magazines PC Action. ST Microelectronic will integrate a
freely programmable vertex- and pixle-hader along with the also integrated
T&L unit into this pixle accelerator. This chip, which is manufactured in
0.13 µ technology, thus addresses Microsoft's DirextX-8-API
(application programming interface), as like Nvidia's GeForce3.
«
Complete article (German) under the title link. (ps)
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25.Jun.2001
Thomas Eichler (ANF)
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E.T. Productions: Looking for graphics-designer
E.T. Productions is looking for graphic-designer for some time. If you are interested please have a look at our 'Free Amiga Jobs'-section.
(ps)
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25.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)
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Events: BAS 2001 - Report form the organizers
The Benelux Amiga Show 2001 has ended..., we tasted a lot of welding while organization,
but it was worth it cause more than 400 visitor mean a brilliant result to us. Only as
number 400 visitors are not much, but in case of an Amiga only show in the Netherlands this is
an encouraging number. Amiga still exists!
A short report from our point of view:
Very early in the morning, at 8:00 am, we started to set up the show. With three overloaded
cars full of hardware and software, posters, beamers, audio equipment, and somewhere in between
all that even the drivers, we took the first stuff to the show. Bjorn Lynne was already there and
had put up at table on the first floor.
At about 10:00 am a quite normal dancing school was converted to an Amiga building....
The first visitors contacted already at 9:00 am (with well dressed hair and gem chewing).
One or the other way it was announced that the show would start already at 10:00 am. We
would like to apologize for this misinformation and we hope that waiting was less hard,
cause of the good weather.
This was our first time to organize such a show; hopefully this was not too clear to see....
Anyway, we learned some things to do it better next time (?). Nevertheless most of what we
organized succeeded very well, as we think.
10:00 am: Petro Tyschtschenko arrives, as usual in a good temper, also after little sleep
(he has sat with Juergen Haage until 4:00 am and has had a few beers too much).
10:30 am: The participants of the LAN party are let in and guided to the first floor.
Very much people are waiting outside, now. Might it be that we unnecessarily were in
doubt about enough visitors?
11:00 am: The show begins! There are plenty, plenty, PLENTY OF PEOPLE! A heavy burden is taken from us....
I won't talk about everything in detail, now. That was already done by other people (for which
we say thank you). Just a few things which attracted us in especially.....
In our opinion the presentation of by Eyetech and Escena were a bit too technical and might have
been done more attractive, some how. The slides could have been done more interesting than it was
actually done. However the presentation gave a good sight of what is being done and why.
After the presentation people had the opportunity to consult Alan Redhouse and Martin Schueler for
more information.
Fleecy Moss impressed us. His jokes and his enthusiasm are really great. A good exponent of the
Amiga Spirit. Unfortunately he could attend the show for a short time, only.
Bjorn Lynne presented his music and sold his CD's on the first floor. According to what he told us,
he sold more CD's than he expected. He was very satisfied and did a lot autographs. But the Dutch
beers were a little to small to him...., the British are used to something different.....
Did anybody notice that there was a not announced ´special guest´? Bill Buck of VIScorp.
He talked to many of the Amiga VIP's. Could that be of any meaning? Who knows.....
(http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/amiga/ar/ar407/feature6.HTML)
Mr. Does of Vesalia and his wife were on the show, too.
Matay showed a first class product; who missed it ..., what a pity, what a pity.
There was another premiere, too (more about this later on); the first game (Asteroids look-a-like) for
the AmigaDE by an unknown SDK user (I could not find the name).
Some of the VIP's whispered some nice news to the print magazine 'AmigaScene', which we will
publish in the next issue (in cooperation with amiga-news.de). For example there are good news
regarding Amiga OS4.
One small anecdote: On his train journey to Rotterdam Fleecy really was in dire need of a
toilet, but nobody informed him that he was floundering waiting in front of a strictly and
all-the-time closed toilet for staffers only, for minutes.... Poor Fleecy.
There were visitors from Norway, Germany, Poland, Belgium, France, England, and Spain
(20 hours by car....!).
An editor of a Dutch TV station talked to Petro, Juergen, Alan, Fleecy, and many of
the visitors about the Amiga and it's cult status. She was very impressed and will - like
already announced - do a broadcast about Amiga only, after summer. She will talk to even more
Amiga personalities. It is planned to take more shots in Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S.A..
People from a Dutch radio station were also on the show and on the following Saturday a special
broadcast about the show and anything to see there will be put to air.
Petro acted as a fairy of fortune at 4:00 pm and drew the winners of the lottery in which
any visitor could take part. He twice drew visitors from Germany but which unfortunately already had left the
show. Those missed among other things an Amiga poster with Bill McEwen's autograph on it, a number of Amiga CD's,
a music CD by Bjorn Lynne, and a VIP diner.
Between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm we closed the show. The show was followed by the VIP diner with 27 guests.
These guests had the opportunity to talk to each other about the show and Amiga subjects, without ruffle or excitement
in an easeful atmosphere. The VIP's were very excited about the multitude of visitors. This encourages them
to go on developing.
About 11:00 pm it all was over. Petro and Juergen were picked with a long Mercedes and taken to the
hotel, like super-stars. Then the rest of the people went home, too.
Still many pictures will follow by us - from the set-up to the after-party - and Juergen Haage
promised to send us pictures from the secret VIP meeting at 11:00 am.
We would like to use this opportunity to heartily thank all of the visitors of the show. You really showed
that the Amiga is alive and has good chances to return strong. We thank amiga-news.de for reporting;
the way Petra Struck supported us really rules!
More information, pictures, and links to other reports can be found at amiga-news.de and of course
on the BAS 2001 website.
A lot of greetings to the Amiga community
The organizers of the Benelux Amiga Show 2001
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25.Jun.2001
Amiga Future
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AmiSectorOne: New members, games, demos, and covers
Probably you remember my news posting of 12 June which was called "New staff members are required".
Finally I have made my choice and here are the new team members (sorted by the time they joined):
- Marcos Alves from Portugal
- Keith Michaels from the USA
- Tony Whent from Australia
- Holger Herrmann from Germany
The new team members will be responsible for different parts here on AMI Sector One. Also I am just working with a
kind contributor called Gustavo to improve our scripts. Some other projects are in preparation too... More about this in
the next weeks. You can read some notes about the new members in the
staff section.
Now the games update:
Patricia Curtis (formerly project manager and assistant programmer at Apache Software) as well as Mark Page (formerly
programmer at Apache Software) allowed us to upload the Amiga game Super Methane Bros. (a game similar to
Bubble Bobble, but with better graphics and sounds). You can download different versions of this game: There is a
CD32-HD version (does not run on emulators) and an ADF version. Like so often I would like to stress that this game
is NOT freeware. P. Curtis and M. Page are still the copyright owners and they granted a permission which is ONLY
valid for this site.
Btw: I am looking for the game "Murder makes strange Deadfollows CDTV" by Tiger Media. Is there
somebody of you who has it? Please get in contact with me (Bernd)...
And here are the high quality Public Domain games of this update:
- Jouster 3 (the arcade classic Joust for the Amiga)
- Kamakazi Killers (good Galaga game)
- Rattlesnake (street fighting game)
New AGA demos are:
- Repugnance
- Roswell
- Response
- Tear down the Wall
- Some Justice
Also a disk with the results of the Amega Party - Gfx Competiton was uploaded.
Here are some new cover- and box scans:
- A320 Airbus (the game itself will soon be available here)
- Big 6- Dizzy Collection CD32
- Case of the Cautious Condor CDTV
- Chinese Karate
- Euro Soccer '88
- Fallen Angel
- Hard Drivin'
And here is a last minute update:
You can now download ALL 18 LSD Sprint Docs Disks (Sprint Docs provide cheats, solutions, freezer
addresses etc). Of course every Sprint Disk has got its own HTML and screenshots. Thanks to the new member
Marcos who made it possible. I hope you enjoyed this update. In the future the updates will be bigger since the staff
has grown. Also you can expect more updates during the week.
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24.Jun.2001
Amiga Future
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Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets
WHDLoad makes it possible to install floppy-disk-only games to harddisk.
The following packets have been added or updated since 18. June 2001:
- 24. June 01 new: Dick Tracy (Titus) done by Mr.Larmer
- 24. June 01 new: Pucman (F1 Licenceware) done by Jeff
- 23. June 01 new: Linus (Palace) done by Codetapper
- 23. June 01 new: The Blues Brothers (Titus) done by Mr.Larmer
- 22. June 01 new: Mortal Kombat (Acclaim) done by Codetapper
- 22. June 01 new: Black Tiger (Capcom/U.S.Gold) done by Jeff
- 21. June 01 improved: Puzznic (Ocean) several enhancements
- 21. June 01 improved: Alien Bash 2 (Glen Cumming/Myles Jeffery) speedup
- 19. June 01 new: Fernandez Must Die (Mirrorsoft/Imageworks) done by Jeff
- 18. June 01 fixed: Hard Drivin' (Domark) file loading corrected
- 18. June 01 new: Star Wars (Lucasfilm/Domark) done by John Girvin
To download follow the title link.
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24.Jun.2001
René Stelljes (E-Mail)
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AmigaHelpGuide + Amiga-User-Liste (Update)
René Stelljes wrote:
After Stefan Martens decided not to continue the Amiga-User-List (AUL) due to
lack of time, I took over this task.
From today the AmigaHelpGuid and AUL are pooled together. The list is available
at http://www.8ung.at/ahg/ only, at this
time.
Since I want to keep the Amiga-User-List up-to-date, I ask all of the users
already registered to get in contact with me to update their data, if needed.
More information are to take from the guide.
Supplement 24 June 2001:
Due to great demand a Commodore demo is available for download on René Stelljes'
homepage under the 'Sonstiges' link. (sd)
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24.Jun.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena Full Version
With permission of Carsten Magerkurth and Andreas Magerl the Amiga Arena
enables the release of 'Colours Professional'.
This is another version of the puzzle game 'Offensive Colours'.
'Colours Pro' is an exciting composition of Tetris and Breakout.
(sd)
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24.Jun.2001
Timo Kloss
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Inutilis: Moonlight-CD
Timo Kloss wrote:
A short announcement first: the short filmlets video was finished now, too.
The Moonlight-CD is available from now on. Since there is no official distribution
path, it only is available directly from Inutilis. Order from the online shop, per
post or phone.
If somebody knows about some possibilities for distribution or sale (or even can offer
such), please tell me about. On the Moonlight
website among other things the original CD cover is online, now.
Great parts of this CD were created using an Amiga and Camouflage. The printed matters
also were designed using ArtEffect.
Price: 18 DM (directly from Inutilis)
Time: ca. 73 minutes
10 songs + 5 spacers or intros
Description: Mostly silent, experimental, electronic music in "moonlight" mood, so to speak.
(sd)
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24.Jun.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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Virus Help: xvs.library V33.26
The xvs.library (External Virus Support Library) has been updated today.
Here is some info about the release:
Name : xvs.library v33.26
Archive name : xvslibrary.lha
Archive size : 55.988 bytes
Release date : 24 June 2001
Programmer : Jan Erik Olausen
Email : virusexecutor@c2i.net
News for 33.26:
- Added Bobek2 Link virus
Thanks to Jan Andersen for the files.
Thanks to Zeeball for the memory removal routines.
- Added Expl0de Trojan Link virus
- Added Expl0de Trigger File virus
Thanks to Jan Andersen for the files.
- Renamed 8x8 Link to Motaba-3
Still to do:
Download: xvslibrary.lha (55K),
Readme
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24.Jun.2001
MorphOS
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MorphOS: gcc 2.95.3 68k-Crosscompiler updated
Sigbjørn 'CISC-o-rama' Skjæret released a new version of his gcc
68k cross-compiler. This means you can compile 68k programs using the speed of
the PPC processor. Also the fsin/fsos -ffast-math inline won't be applied for 040
and 060 processors anymore.
Download: m68k-amigaos-gcc2.95.3.tar.bz2
(sd)
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24.Jun.2001
Designburo.nl (ANF)
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Benelux Amiga Show: More Pictures
Under the title link more pictures of the Benelux Amiga Show
were published.
(sd)
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24.Jun.2001
Celso (ANF)
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Events: AmiWest 2001 - News
From 27th to 29th July, 2001 the AmiWest 2001 show will take place in Sacramento, U.S.A..
According to the latest announcements
there will be the following highlights:
- Presentation of the working AmigaOne with AmigaOS V4.0.
- Presentation of the current version of the AmigaDE, running on the Sharp Zaurus.
Sharp Zaurus.
- Dr. Alan Havemose (formerly employee of Commodore, and Gateway)
and Bill McEwen speak about: "Gateway and Amiga - what really happened".
Furthermore the press release reads, that the AmigaOne 1200 would be in progress from
the end of July and available from the middle of August. But this remains subjunctive, since it
will be official news only when Amiga Inc. or Eyetech do an announcement about.
(sd)
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24.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Games: Shogo Test
Seppo Typpö has published a Shogo test on the
'The Amiga Games Database' website.
This test among other things is about the game-play and level design.
Tests of 'King's Quest I - III' and 'Kick Off' were added, too. (sd)
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24.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Amiga Flame with new URL
The commercial Amiga Flame web server account will be closing down as a result of problems with
the new company who have taken over. Since the original company went out of the business there
has been some serious problems, which have made it difficult to make Amiga Flame up and running
under the new company. With it unlikely that their service will improve, the decision was made to
move Amiga Flame.
Amiga Flame has moved to Demon, a long established company who tend to provide an efficient and
effective service. It is vital that readers update their bookmarks and make themselves aware of the
new web address of Amiga Flame: http://www.amigaflame.demon.co.uk (title link).
(sd)
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24.Jun.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Poster "Mediator - Now PCI in all Amigas" (Update)
Elbox have published a new poster
for the PCI board Mediator. Title: "MEDIATOR - Now PCI In All Amigas".
This is also available as .pdf file (3.7 MB) and can be downloaded at the 'News' section from the
press stuff.
Title link corrected.
(ps)
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24.Jun.2001
Virus Help Denmark
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Virus Help: Team Netherlands back
The Virus Help Team Netherlands is back online with updated homepage. The website
was not accessible for six months. Now the team is fully active again. Visit their
website under the title link.
(ps)
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24.Jun.2001
Richard Kapp (E-Mail)
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NARR-Site: New Voyager Theme and Update
Again I did a new fresh and sunny theme named 'SummerTheme' for the Amiga web-browser Voyager.
The archive contains the usual buttons represented by exotic fruits and with matching background pic,
this time. The images a are quite big, so higher screen resolutions are advised.
Screenshot Link - 328 kB
Download: summertheme.lha - 174 kB
Additionally I have completely reworked the NARR website. Most of all the Amiga section
now is more clear sorted by categories, to make you more easily finding what you are looking for.
There are new downloads, too, e.g. a small icons set, and catalogs. The admin section was enhanced, too:
there are new screenshots of my cartoon anims, which are currently available for free, and the biggest
animation (Hr. Apfel) now is available as MPEG version, also. Also new is the 'Personal Amiga' section.
Have fun while rummaging. :)
(ps)
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24.Jun.2001
Otto Dette (E-Mail)
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Benelux Amiga Show: Report and Pictures by the AUC-HB
The Amiga User Club Bremen, AUC-HB,
has send us an extended report and these nice pictures
from the BAS 2001.
Report about the Benelux Amiga Show 2001 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
In the morning at 3:00 h four members from Nordenham, Leer, Langwedel, Bremen of
the Amiga User Club Bremen met to travel to the show. After four hours of traveling
by car we arrived in the Hammerstraat in northern Rotterdam.
We were hungry and wanted something to eat in a moment (Mc´D or some bakery). But unfortunately
we had to realize, that hairdressers open their shops before the bread shops; not to talk about
Mc´D, cause they open not before 9:00 am. After we finally found a baker, who pleased us with
a marvelous breakfast, we went to the show which was supposed to begin on 10:00 am.
On 9:30 am Juergen Haage and Petry Tyschtschenko arrived by taxi. Since we know Mr. Haage and
Petro in person we had a short talk. Mr. Haage and Petro then disappeared to join a meeting with
Fleecy Moss, Alan Redhouse, and Ben Hermans.
On 11:00 am, one hour later than announced, the inlet started.
The admission charge for visitors from outside was at the promised DM5.
Our impression was that the organizers really took pain to build up the show. The show
was arranged on two floors. There were enough seats and room for discussions.
At one booth we could have a look at an Amiga 4000D with the Prometheus PCI board
by Matay, equipped with a Voodoo 3000 and running the game Heretic II. We were glowing by
the display by this graphics board.
At the booth beside of this booth a PC with the AmigaSDK installed was running.
We were impressed by this presentation, too. Moreover several Amigas from club-members
were networked and a LAN party took place.
Petro opened the Amiga museum with a speech and then was helpful and councillor and his
assistance was heavily enlisted; he handed out stickers and pins.
The show was attended very well and from 2:00 pm it was really filled, since
the Scala presentation of the AmigaONE took place, done via screen by Alan Redhouse and
Martin Schueler. They had a good projector and sound was well, so everyone could get it.
The strategy for AmigaONE and AmigaOS 4 to 5 was put across, but which was already known
by us. During the break we had the opportunity to have a look at the AmigaONE board plugged
into a V-Tower. We don't want to address the information we got from Martin Schueler, now.
The board was shown working, but we can imagine it to able to be presented working, soon.
During the discussion with Fleecy Moss, Juergen Haage, Alan Redhouse, Ben Hermans, and
Martin Schueler queries regarding the AmigaONE AND AmigaOS 4 - 5 could be done.
This was richly done, and as we learned the organizer of the show is about to put those
questions and answers online.
We took a lot of pictures on the show, but to edit all of them will take some time.
We handed out to amiga-news.de a first selection.
Our video specialist Ralf has done a video of the show for our members.
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We met Mrs. and Mr. Does (Vesalia, German Amiga vendor) and Jens Schoenfeld (Individual Computer)
and intensively talked. The show was a clear success to us not comparable with the last years' shows
in Cologne and Neuss, since that was an Amiga only show. We felt to be part of a
big community. From Mr. Haage we got the latest BoingBag for OS3.9 on a bank card sized CD. At 4:00 pm
we went on our journey back home to Bremen.
Thanks to the organizers of the Benelux Amiga Show 2001 !!!
Amiga User Club Bremen
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23.Jun.2001
Carl Sassenrath (REBOL-ML)
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REBOL: REBOL/View V1.2.1
REBOL/View 1.2.1 has been released on June 22, 2001. It is recommended that you
upgrade your copy of REBOL/View and View/Pro to this new version.
Among other things has a security bug been fixed in this version. This
release also introduces REBOL/View for the Macintosh. This is a
significant accomplishment.
The following has been changed compared with the previous version:
- Bugfix: Icon DRAW evaluation bug that allowed foreign code to be executed
at the desktop level. That problem has been eliminated.
(Note that this bug did NOT compromise REBOL's built-in sandbox
file protection, as that protection still remained in effect at the
REBOL/View root directory level. Files outside of REBOL's directory
tree were safe.) DRAW is no longer allowed within desktop icons.
- Bugfix: The HTTP POST operation has been fixed to properly ignore line
termination in the transfer. You no longer need to pad out your
HTTP uploads. (This is for read/custom http://... [post "data"]).
- Bugfix: Bugs that caused load/markup and debase to crash in rare cases
have also been fixed.
The current version for different systems can be found in the download area of rebol.com.
(sd)
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23.Jun.2001
ANN
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Magazine: .mag Boing issue #2 released
Issue #2 of the Swedish online magazine .mag Boing has been released today.
(ps)
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23.Jun.2001
Paul Nolan
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Image processing: Photogenics for PocketPC
Paul Nolan, known for his image processing software Photogenics
for several operating systems, has renamed his company to Idruna
Software. Besides that Nolan introduces today his new product Photogenics
for PocketPC.
With this image processing becomes possible even on pocket computers. On the product page
you can find the technical details and further information.
(ps)
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23.Jun.2001
Dirk "Docki" Dockbreyder (ANF)
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Game: 'Genetic Species' full version on Aminet
The Aminet recent-upload-list of today contains the action game Genetic Species
as full version, splitted into 19 archives with around 180 MB in size altogether.
This game is a development by Marble-Eyes Development.
It was distributed by Vulcan Software Limited.
Download: Uploads of the 23.06.2001,
and there is GS-FullGame01.lha - GS-FullGame19.lha for download. (ps)
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23.Jun.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 23.06.2001
DOpusCFG.lha biz/dopus 85K+DOpus4.x configuration V2.25, biggest co
DalHelper.lha comm/irc 40K+Interface to Dalnet Services: (Chan/Memo
ML_Support_Tur.lha comm/mail 5K+ML-Support Turkish Catalog
YAMMiami.lha comm/mail 32K+YAM-->Miami-->Yam2NN, united. V1.01
SMS2D2.lha comm/misc 14K+Send sms to german D2 via modem or ISDN
adt_ixemul.lha comm/tcp 78K+Aminet Download Tool 2.6, AmigaOS
AmiDiction.lha comm/tcp 26K+Online Dictionary
CManMI.lha comm/www 3K+GlowIcons Toolbar for CManager
IBrowseMI.lha comm/www 7K+GlowIcons Toolbar for IBrowse
mFTPMI.lha comm/www 7K+GlowIcons Toolbar for mFTP-II
NRogMI.lha comm/www 21K+GlowIcons Toolbar for NewsRog
dkg-wtow2.lha demo/aga 638K+Welcome To Our World 2
dkg-boozenow.lha demo/intro 4K+Booze Now - Breeze Now Remix
dkg-trip98inv.lha demo/intro 133K+Trip `98 - The Invitation
BlitzLstMay01.lha dev/basic 133K+Blitz mailing list archives for May 2001
MakeTagBase.lha dev/misc 6K+Make methods and tags bases 1.1 (17.06.0
SettingsWin_Fr.lha dev/mui 9K+French Catalog for Settingswindow_mcc
ChunkyStartup2.lha dev/src 89K+Chunkystartup.asm CGX/AGA/PICASSO useful
RKM2_ASM.lha dev/src 427K+R.K.M codes - Translated into Assembly.
RKM_ASM2.lha dev/src 427K+R.K.M codes - Translated into Assembly.
FindChanges.lha disk/misc 97K+Finds changes made to disk
TSGui_Fr.lha disk/misc 2K+French translation for TSGUI
GS-FullGame01.lha game/actio 7.0M+Genetic Species The Full Game (01/19)
GS-FullGame02.lha game/actio 8.0M+Genetic Species The Full Game (02/19)
GS-FullGame03.lha game/actio 7.7M+Genetic Species The Full Game (03/19)
GS-FullGame04.lha game/actio 7.1M+Genetic Species The Full Game (04/19)
GS-FullGame05.lha game/actio 7.0M+Genetic Species The Full Game (05/19)
GS-FullGame06.lha game/actio 7.2M+Genetic Species The Full Game (06/19)
GS-FullGame07.lha game/actio 7.8M+Genetic Species The Full Game (07/19)
GS-FullGame08.lha game/actio 6.8M+Genetic Species The Full Game (08/19)
GS-FullGame09.lha game/actio 7.6M+Genetic Species The Full Game (09/19)
GS-FullGame10.lha game/actio 15M+Genetic Species The Full Game (10/19)
GS-FullGame11.lha game/actio 13M+Genetic Species The Full Game (11/19)
GS-FullGame12.lha game/actio 11M+Genetic Species The Full Game (12/19)
GS-FullGame13.lha game/actio 11M+Genetic Species The Full Game (13/19)
GS-FullGame14.lha game/actio 11M+Genetic Species The Full Game (14/19)
GS-FullGame15.lha game/actio 11M+Genetic Species The Full Game (15/19)
GS-FullGame16.lha game/actio 12M+Genetic Species The Full Game (16/19)
GS-FullGame17.lha game/actio 13M+Genetic Species The Full Game (17/19)
GS-FullGame18.lha game/actio 13M+Genetic Species The Full Game (18/19)
GS-FullGame19.lha game/actio 4.1M+Genetic Species The Full Game (19/19)
ETWUpdates.lha game/data 181K+Various league updates for eat the whist
JumpingAround.lha game/demo 188K+JumpNRun demo game, working in progress
WHD_HardDrivn2.lha game/patch 38K+HD Installer for Hard Drivin' II
WHD_StarWars.lha game/patch 38K+HD Installer for Star Wars
dungen3ecs.lha game/role 201K+Dungeon floorplan generator/editor
KC.lha game/role 102K+Programme for RPG players
YambMUI.lha game/wb 49K+Game with dices. (V1.28) *BUGFIX*
Warp3DDev-u.lha gfx/board 67K+Warp3D V4, Autodocs
JP-Guide.lha gfx/conv 130K+Jpeg Converter (V1.1), supports datatype
tga_to_iff24.lha gfx/conv 15K+Convert tga to iff24 (CLI)
DiamondBOX.lha gfx/edit 466K+Layer based 24 bit image editing V1.10
SvIVFix917.lha gfx/misc 75K+*Fix* for SViewIV V9.17 (19.6.2001)
Ant.lha misc/sci 76K+Another cellular automata
MiraPLOT_Fr.lha misc/sci 2K+French translation for MiraPLOT
irix-lha misc/unix 89K+SGI Mips Irix version of LHA
Mobyle.lha mods/mpg 2.4M+Famous "Mobyle" as MP3
id3taglibgui.lha mus/edit 146K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
ID3TaglibGUI_F.lha mus/edit 3K+French translation for ID3TaglibGUI
AmiTiMiDiTy.lha mus/midi 14M+Timidity68k/PPC GUS patches - Plays MIDI
SmallPlugin3.lha mus/play 18K+AmigaAMP plugin with fire effect
QuadraMI.lha pix/gicon 302K+Images and Icons for Toolbars and Menues
CoolOS4.jpg pix/wb 43K+Stylish WB-pic made with PerfectPaint
CoolOS5.jpg pix/wb 273K+Stylish WB-pic made with PerfectPaint
Nokiafont.lha text/bfont 2K+The Nokia 51x0/61x0/+++ series font.
scenefonts.lha text/bfont 6K+Three C64/Scene/retro inspired bitmap fo
HTMLstrip.lha text/misc 26K+HTML stripper which can also replace HTM
Bindechex.lha util/conv 21K+Converts Binary<->Decimal<->Hexadecimal
akJFIF-dt.lha util/dtype 216K+AkJFIF-dt V44.99 (JPEG, 68000-060, PPC/M
akPNG-dt.lha util/dtype 237K+AkPNG-dt V44.99 (PNG, 68000-060, PPC/MOS
akTIFF-dt.lha util/dtype 226K+AkTIFF-dt V44.99 (TIFF, 68000-060, PPC/M
asyncioppc.lha util/libs 23K+Asyncio.library with WarpOS functions (V
GlowAttack.lha util/misc 199K+"Glow" anims for ReqAttack v1.80+
Safe.lha util/virus 33K+*Recognizes BOBEK2 linkvirus!* (v15.9)
VEPatchBrain.lha util/virus 22K+PatchBrain v1.35 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
AmigaDE_GUI.lha util/wb 98K+VisualPrefs Bitmap set based on the new
GHelpDeluxe.lha util/wb 77K+Provides access to and searching of all
outlinefont14.lha util/wb 5K+Draws outline/shadow on WB 3.5+ icon tex (as)
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23.Jun.2001
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Benelux Amiga Show: first report (update 3)
Otis from the Amiga User Club Bremen has
just given us first details about the show by phone. First of all it has to be
said that the dance school where the event is taking place is overcrowded as many,
many visitors have come. For the promoters of the show in any case a big success.
The event is taking place on two floors with the exhibitors being downstairs and
the LAN party happening upstairs.
During the call I had the opportunity to talk to Martin Schüler from ESCENA who's working on the design of the AmigaOne board by Eyetech. The
AmigaOne board is presented as prototype in second revision. The board isn't
working yet. For now they continue step by step and every step done until now
has worked without any problems. He'll try to give us more technical information during
the day via email.
Supplement:
I just had again the chance to talk to Thomas from the AUC-HB, who gave us more
impressions via telephone about the show. Those will be posted here as short
notes as there'll be a full report done by the AUCB following tomorrow:
Petro Tyschtschenko hold the opening speech.
Interesting was the presentation of the PCI board Prometheus by Matay on which a Voodoo3000 graphics board was
running. A version of the game ´Heretic II´ running on this board was shown
so everyone could convince himself of the board's quality.
Fleecy Moss of Amiga Inc. presented the SDK (Software Developer Kit) and was at
disposal to answer questions. On this occasion the AmigaOS 5.0 planned for the year 2003 was mentioned.
On a Q&A round Fleecy Moss, Alan Redhouse, Martin Schüler and Jürgen
Haage answered to the questions of the visitors.
Supplement 2:
At Fun Time World you find some photos
of the show, and a comprehensive report will follow.
Supplement 3:
Here's the full report of
Fun Time World. (ps)
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23.Jun.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena special discount campaign
In co-operation with Andre Beer the Amiga Arena makes a special price for GeoWorld possible. GeoWorld is the only geography program for the Amiga that is still
in development. Please visit for further information the GeoWorld homepage.
Amiga Arena - GeoWorld call
GeoWorld is one of the very few programs that stand out against the usual Amiga
software. The developers have collected a huge amount of information and data to
make GeoWorld as comprehensive as possible. Despite this such a program
"lives" of its up-to-date data.
To make faster updates possible and offer furtheron an allround program the
developers need your help. The following tasks are available:
- Continuing the recollection of the nature data of the countries.
- A co-operation on the information data of GeoWorld would therefore need an
intellectual reception of the source texts made available (scanned
encyclopedia pages, html/text files taken from the internet, partly in
English) and put them into corresponding texts (e.g. description of a country's nature).
A free full version will of course be made available. Further fees -
participation in sales returns - for appropriate extensive co-operation are
possible but don't expect any wonders. People with interest may please mail to: Andre Beer.
Amiga Arena remark by Olaf Köbnik
Surely many of you wonder why this all?
Sources for information are offered by the internet, and many programs for the PC
do so, too. But I belong to the little number of Amiga users who are "Amiga
only", and I personally think it is very valuable that such programs will be
developed on the Amiga in the future. Additionally it is much more fun for me to
use information sources on the Amiga. I can only ask you to support programs
like AmiAtlas and Geoworld with feedback etc.! (ps)
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23.Jun.2001
Merlancia Industries (ANF)
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Merlancia announces Tsunami Designs
Merlancia Industries has released some concept images of the Tsunami setup, showing a complete "Merlancia MMC Tsunami Setup", the "Merlancia Touchsmart Keyboard" and the "Merlancia Tsunami Tower":
Please see also http://www.gotboing.com and
MISEL Engineering-TORRO/MCC
for further information.
Update: (14.01.2017, 21:00, cg)
Pictures added to the news item. (ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Matay
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Matay news
Warp3D Treiber for Voodoo3
Matay informs that the promised Warp3D drivers for Voodoo3 graphics cards on the
PCI board Prometheus are in the works and has put some screenshots online.
PPC for Prometheus
As many people ask about CPU boards for the PCI board Prometheus, Matay
gives the following statement:
- Matay is not going to produce the PPC card by itself. We will choose
among the CPU solutions available at the market (not necessarily
"Amiga native" only). It would take too much time and concern to
produce such a card, time we can spend providing you with other
Amiga-specifict products. Why to invent wheel again?
- The only problem to solve is software support to make the hardware
cooperate with our PCI bridge. However, with the help of AmigaOS4
developers from Amiga Inc. it is not a problem at all. We will
cooperate with them to make Prometheus+CPU card combo 100% compatible
with the upcoming AmigaOS.
- We are not limiting our support to one CPU card only. You should view
a CPU card expansion the same as - for example - a graphics card expansion.
More than one solution is possible.
- The details will be announced after we finish talks with the CPU cards
manufacturers. As we always state - no promises, only facts, so please
be patient. In meanwhile, you can use Prometheus boards with the
existing Amiga CPU cards. The software, i.e. AmigaOS4, will arrive later
this year, so will our hardware to run it on.
Vacation time
Because of vacation time, the phone number +48 609394778 and the e-mail address
fei@matay.pl won't be available from June 22nd to July 9th, 2001 and from July 21st
to September 6th, 2001. Contact Matay during these times at +48 603785100
and info@matay.pl instead.
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Olaf Köbnik
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Amiga Arena news
Amiga Arena full version: Offensive COLOURS
With permission of Carsten Magerkurth and Andreas Magerl, Amiga Arena
makes the release of Offensive COLOURS possible! Offensive COLOURS
is the exciting synthesis of Tetris and breakout.
You steer a spaceship in the center of the screen; colored blocks grow out of
the screen borders towards you. To stop them, you are armed with a colored
disc with which you can shoot at the blocks.
Should the color of the disc match that of the shot block, your score increases
and the block vanishes. If not, the disc will be thrown back to you and the
colors of block and disc will be exchanged. The new color of the disc then maybe
allows the elimination of another block.
If your disc hits a row of blocks that have the same color, the entire row vanishes.
The first block scores the usual points, any further two times the usual points.
The game ends when the blocks have reached you.
Amiga Arena download: Renegarde
With permission of Wayne Ashworth, the action game "Renegarde" is available for
download. It is a freeware game. "Renegarde" is an "Alien Breed" clone for two
players, fun and the inspired design speak for themselves. (ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Solar (BAUD) (ANF)
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Java on handheld devices - in vogue
Should somebody still question whether it makes any sense to work in the embedded
market with Java - SaveJe brings Java2SE to the ARM/XScale processor.
Planned release of version 1.0 is in september.
This means that who's interested in programming for handheld devices should take
Java into consideration. It also means that Amiga Inc. has to hurry. (Solar)
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (e-mail)
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Event: Amiga Benelux Show - phone service
Tomorrow the Amiga Benelux Show opens its gates at 10 o'clock. The organizers
have set up a phone service through which you can get information on the way to
the event and the like; for example if you should have become lost.
You can reach the phone service on Saturday at the following numbers:
06-20189215 - (International: +31-6-20189215)
oder
06-15407476 - (International: +31-6-15407476)
Address:
Dansschool Wuyster
Hammerstraat 15
Rotterdam-Nord
City map
Route planner
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Sinan Gürkan (e-mail)
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AmigArt with new URL
Please use http://65.108.77.227 for reaching Amigart pages until
www.amigart.com is directed to our new host. Currently www.amigart.com
redirects to another website that has nothing to do with Amiga...
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (e-mail)
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CD32 Install Kit for Windows
As some emulation sites already posted this news, here's the official announcement
for the Windows version of my CD32 Games Install Kit: It will work in connection with
WinUAE and it will be available quite soon.
The compatibility is very high because every game uses custom patches
(just like in the Amiga version). Additionally you
won't have to install the game, you can run it right from the CD although in some
cases some files have to be copied (which need to be patched). CD audio support is
not supported yet but will be added for sure later. The first version of the CD32
Games Install Kit 4.5 (Win32 1.0) can be expected in one week. But currently it will
be only available for owners of the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM.
There are some screenshots of the Windows version available at the Airsoft Softwair homepage.
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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Chip: Amiga: New computer and software
»With AmigaOS 4.0 and the computer AmigaOne PPC 1200, a myth will be brought
back to life within the next weeks. This was announced by Bill McEwen, CEO of Amiga,
on Thursday. The owner of the Amiga trademark warned in a press release of an
abuse of the name of the once popular home computer. According to information from
McEwen there's besides the American company headquarter only one more office in Braunschweig.«
Full German article at the titlelink. (ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Thomas Steiding (e-mail)
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e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment: status update
Add-on CD Earth2140 Mission Pack with 80+ new single player missions, 6 new
units, 2 new buildings and 1 new terrain will be available for Mac and Amiga
by the end of July. For Amigaplayers the Mission Pack will bring multiplayer
support to this RTS via LAN.
The MAC version of our cartoon adventure THE FEEBLE FILES is in late beta
stages and will propably go into production next week. You can find some
screenshots taken from the Mac version in the news section of our homepage.
The game will come on 3 CDs and comes in english, french, spanish, german
and italian versions. You will find more information on this game and how
pathetic rebellions really can get in the projects section of our homepage.
Empire builder Knights and Merchants is now in early beta testing on the
Mac. We expect a demoversion to become available by mid July.
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Frank Fenn (ANF)
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Instructions: Amiga & Mac printer sharing
As questions about printer sharing between Mac and Amiga arise ever now and then,
I have attempted to write some instructions on the topic. Required are
the software packages TCP stack, Samba, Turboprint and Ghostscript, as
well as DAVE on the Mac side. (ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Amiga.org
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Amiga.org: problems with PHP-Nuke
Eight months ago, Amiga.org has changed the entire site to PHP-Nuke, an
all-in-one portal package. The portal offers all required functions,
including news, forums and comments.
According to Amiga.org, PHP-Nuke got instable under heavy load which
lead to frequent breakdowns. Wayne Hunt will now rebuild the entire
website and asks for comments or suggestions to
wayne@amiga.org. Especially the
news have highest priority.
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Ray A. Akey (e-mail)
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AMIGA Inc.: News from CEO Bill McEwen (Executive Update)
Greetings To The Amiga Family:
There have been some recent mis-representations that I have recently
received about Amiga, Inc., and our office locations. Amiga is doing very
well, and we are excited about the future of Amiga. The Amiga Family
continues to grow with new partners, new products, and the very near release
of AmigaDE 1.0.
However with all of this activity there have been some out there who have
recently sent out false information about Amiga, and I need to clarify this
now.
Amiga Incorporated is headquartered in Snoqualmie, Washington USA.
Amiga Deutschland is still in business. We have only closed the Langen
office. There are going to be some new additions, and a new office location
announced in the next couple of weeks, but know now that Amiga International
was a Gateway company, and was not and has not been associated with Amiga,
Inc. since 1999. The dealer in Germany that is making claims that they are
Amiga International is completely false, and Amiga Incorporated the parent
company of Amiga Deutschland is going to take legal action against those who
make these false claims.
There is another dealer in India who has started claiming that they are
Amiga in India. This again is also false. Amiga does NOT have any official
representation in India outside of the Amiga dealers who are there. Amiga
Incorporated is currently evaluating an office in India, and other countries
where we do business.
To those of you who continue to try and tear Amiga apart, it is time to
stop. Amiga is moving forward, there are great things ahead, and for the
first time in many years, the Amiga family will have new products, and
choices.
I look forward to a great year.
Kindest regards,
Bill McEwen
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Soren Ladegaard (ANF)
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de Volkskrant: "Tulip" reviving the Commodore brand?
It's been reported in a Dutch national newspaper that computer company
Tulip intend to bring the Commodore
brand back to life in some capacity. Tulip spokesman J. van den Berg
claims the company is simply responding to customer calls for Commodore.
Whether this means some real Commodore hardware is on its way or all it
is is simply a line of PCs with the Commodore logo slapped on the outside
is still unclear, but Dutch readers will no doubt find
this article
very interesting...!
(ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Martin Merz (ANF)
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Icons: MI News - QuadraMI 4 and new archive available
QuadraMI 4 is available for download.
A new image archive by the name of QuadraMI 4 is available on Mason.Home and
Aminet. QuadraMI 4 is an extended collection of icons for toolbars and start menus
for applications like Workbench 2000, Toolmanager, Directory Opus Magellan, and many
more. The images are of IFF format and available as ColorIcons. Those were created
in the popular GlowIcons design with a standard colour depth of 32 and a basic size
of 24x24 pixles, but without the glow effect.
Other projects.
Some new and reworked archives are available for download in addition:
- CManMI - new toolbar for CManager by VaporWare
- IBrowseMI - navigation bar for IBrowse with additional images by Kristóph Gruber
- mFTPMI - AppMI basing toolbar set for mFTP-II
- NRogMI - image set for NewsRog with GlowIcons design
Please, visit the "Projects" page of Mason.Home for more information. (ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Andrew Bell
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Unpacking-Frontend: Voodoo-X version 1.5 beta 9
Voodoo-X is a MUI basing interface for the archive unpacking system
XADmaster.library by Dirk Stöcker.
Using Voodoo-X you can handily view the content of archive (single files, too).
This beta version might contain crash causing bugs. More details under the title link.
Download: VX1.5.BETA9.lha - 120 kB (ps)
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21.Jun.2001
ASM-One
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Assembler: ASM-One version 1.47
Today, Boushh released version 1.47 of the assembler packet 'ASM-One'.
This version runs on Amigas with the original chip set and on Amigas equipped with
graphic boards (RTG). New is the PPC assembling which enables you to mix 68k/PPC code.
Download: asmonev147.lha - 294 kB
(ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)
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Event: Benelux Amiga Show News
Only two days left until the Benelux Amiga Show in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but still new and
interesting details are arriving:
Radio-Special
A Dutch radio station announced to create an Amiga special on the Show.
VPRO-TV - Amiga Special
The editor board of the TV station VPRO-TV took the task to create an Amiga
special. To make that reality they even will travel to the U.S.A. and also the European
users shall be reviewed. In cooperation with the Dutch print magazine
AmigaScene it will be discussed what is to
report about AMIGA on the Benelux Amiga Show, and first shots will be taken.
Matay will attend, too.
The Polish hardware developer Matay,
at this time well known by the PCI board ´Prometheus´, shortly decided
to attend the show and they sure will have some boards with them.
(ps)
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21.Jun.2001
GP-Software / Thomas Wölflick (ANF)
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File manager: Directory Opus 6 released
As already reported, yesterday, in the article
File manager: DirOpus V4.15m Beta
the PC version Directory Opus 6 was released at
GP Software.
While rummaging in the Aminet uploads I stumbled upon the following text inside the
DOpus6 readme file (title link):
"ALL REGISTERED USERS OF DIRECTORY OPUS 5 FOR THE AMIGA ARE ENTITLED TO A
25% CROSSGRADE DISCOUNT ON THE PURCHASE PRICE."
This is interesting for Amiga users using a PC, too, and not wanting to miss
their favourite file manager. The 30-days-PC-test-version is available e.g.
here (DOpusInstall.exe).
(ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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Golem: Transmeta sales decreasing drastically
»Orders from Japan decreasing
The still fresh processor developer Transmeta now also warns of intelligibly lower
sales in 2Q01. For a reason they mention the bad economical situation which now
spreads to Japan, too - Japan is Transmeta's biggest market place.
Though additional manufacturers to produce their own chips could have been
gained, orders from Japanese Notebook manufacturers are significant low.
Therefore Transmeta adjust their sales expectancy to 40% - 45% below sales
in 1Q01 (18.6 millions USD).«
Complete article (German) under the title link. (ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Computerwoche (ANF)
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HP brings stereos and TV-sets to the Web
»The IT company Hewlett-Packard (HP) from California, U.S.A.,
is about to present a system to connect stereos and TV-sets to the internet, next week in New York.
The "HP Digital Entertainment Center", to be plugged into stereo or TV-set casings, can download,
save and play music videos and digital sound from the Web. The appliance has enough memory to save
up to 750 audio CD's. It is connected to the Internet by simply pressing a button without to
be forced to boot-up a computer.«
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21.Jun.2001
Thomas Steidung (E-Mail)
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Games: Amiga Classix 3 released
The game compilation CD Amiga Classix 3 was released at e.p.i.c. interactive,
today. On this CD available for Mac, Amiga, and Windows are to find more than
100 complete and many of them formally commercial games.
Among the commercial highlights on this CD are Der Seelenturm,
XTreme Racing, Obsession Pinball, Fatman, Beneath the Steel Sky, Lure of
the Temptress, Vroom, Wheelspin, Trainer, Ziriax, Sixth Sense Investigation,
Blade, Tactical Manager, Risk, Black Sect, Tanglewood, and Ziriax.
This CD is available from e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment.
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