08.Jun.2000
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Fair: Rolf Tingler brushes for you :-)
Maybe you already noticed by studying the hallmap
that airbrush booth besides the*AC#/amiga-news.de booth. We have convinced Rolf Tingler of the
Airbrush Paradise to show his airbrushing skills at a fair again after a long
time.
Rolf is known to many Amiga-users by his former appearences at fairs and he was the one who brought the
Amiga-design to the mobile phone housings.
At the fiar in Neuss he will, if you like, decorate your mouse with a nice airbrushed picture. The best you take your
Amiga mouse with you to the show for that. Also body tattoos, which will
disappear by itself after a while, are planned. The prices for that will be about DM 10,-.
At the fair you can take a close look at airbrushing and inform yourself about airbrushing, what airbrushing is,
and what you will need to do it yourself, how it is done, about what you have to take care for and what you better don't do.
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08.Jun.2000
AmiTrade Center
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New beta from ATC
Download: ATC_beta_07062000.lha
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08.Jun.2000
AAAudio Page
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Lame version 3.70 available
Download:
LAMEbin.lzx
LAMEdoc.lzx
LAMEsrc.lzx
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08.Jun.2000
Haage & Partner
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AmigaWriter 2.10 Patch online
The first patch for AmigaWriter can be loaded from the H&P FTP-Server. The printer works much better with TurboPrint.
The 68K-Version sometimes put the cursor at the wrong place or even ended up in an endless loop.
Download: AmigaWriter - Patch2.10.lha - 551 kb
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08.Jun.2000
Kai Mache per eMail
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LinuxPPC CD
The new Linux-PPC CD from Amiga Zentrum Thüringen e.V. is finished right
in time for the fair and will be presented at the booth of Titan
Computer.
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08.Jun.2000
Amiga Fair
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Fair news in short
The fair is soon to come and the news about the events spread. Enclose
the consised version. Follow the link of the headline to the "news" to
find more information.
- Events and list of activities loaded
- Youth hotels in Neuss and Düsseldorf are full
- Double rooms on privat available
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07.Jun.2000
Ali Goukassian via eMail
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Convention Neuess: New Exhibition Map available
Because of recent changes, a new exhibition map is available.
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07.Jun.2000
Andreas Falkenhahn via eMail
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CD32 Games Install Kit Bonus Programs published
At the AirSoft Website an archive is now available with Bonus Programs for
the CD32 Games Install Kit. These however are older versions and are
therefore quite useless.
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07.Jun.2000
Peter Glauser via eMail
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Anti-Trust Case: Judgement in Plaintext
Additional links on the Topic...
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07.Jun.2000
Michael Burkhardt in ANF
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Big Club event on Saturday
This is an open invitation to all Amigans that are unable to go to Neuss, to
come to our Open House on Saturday, June 10th. The Phoenix Computer Club
Hof e.V. is running an Open House from 10am to 10PM. There are many
highlights waiting to be discovered. Hof is in northern Bavaria and is easily
reached via the A9 Autobahn. A detailed route desription can be found at
thier website.
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07.Jun.2000
Hans-Joerg Frieden via eMail
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The 10th of June is H2-Day!
The wait has come to an End. Hyperions first game, Heretic II will be
released at the convention in Neuss. Heretic II is a next generation
fantasy 3D game and is based on the popular games from ID software. Those
that are interested in Heretic II should definatly stop by the Titan stand.
That is where most of the developers will be.
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07.Jun.2000
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Exhibition Flyer now in - Inexpensive travel arrangements
The Flyer for the Neuss exhibition is now in. The article concerning the
inexpensive travel arrangements especially caught our eye.
For 7 Marks to the Exhibition and back
As a train rider you have the least expensive option to come to the World of
Alternatives in Neuss. The Deutsche Bahn has a Weekend ticket for 35DM. With
this ticket you can travel all throughout Germany on regional trains without
a mileage limit. This ticket has the following restrictions:
It is valid from 12:00 AM to 3:00AM the following day on either Saturday or
Sunday. Up to 5 people can ride on on single ticket. This makes this the
cheapest way to get to the convention. More infos concerning this ticket at
Deutsche Bahn
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07.Jun.2000
Stefan Ossowski via eMail
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Schatztruhe GmbH at the World of Alternatives in Neuss
For the first time Schatztruhe will be at the new "World of Alternative" in
Neuss. Just like previous conventions we will have many products at
special convention prices. We will also have the freshly pressed CD Aminet
37. It is definatly worth a visit. According to information of the
management, there will be demonstations and presentaions of the new
developer system. For more information go to www.amiga-messe.de.
The trip to Neuss is from all over Germany very easy to accomplish. The
vast autobahn network wll bring you irectly to Neuss. Just follow the signs
to the Congress-Hotel DORINT.
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07.Jun.2000
Jens Schoenfeld via eMail
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X-Surf Samba Install CD is done
Just in time for the convention the Samba-Install CD for the X-Surf
ethernet card is finished. On the Amiga side everything is automatic, so
there is no need to deal with complicated configuration files. A few clicks
and you can access harddrives and printers in the network. For Amiga-Freaks
that don`t care for Samba, NetFS will also be automatically installed. No
editing of configuration files. The access performance of amiga-amiga is a bit
higher. For the PC there isn`t a simple method of automation, but a HTML
installation guide includes screenshots of all the important settings.
The CD will be given to all X-Surf customers for free that are able to show
the original bill of sale. Those that aren`t able to be in Neuss will have
to order it from thier retailer. There are not any plans to distribute the
CD without a customer order. Since the CD only contains 5.5 MB data, it will
most probably be available on the internet after the convention. However it
will be a while, since everything is in German and many of the users would
not be able to benefit from it.
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07.Jun.2000
Ingo Kleefeld per eMail
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Software Piracy
In recent times we have become aware that there are an ever increasing
number of companies that are distributing our products on CD-R or CD-RW.
The proucts ArtStudioPro, ElasticDreams, FantasticDreams and
CandyFactoryPro are only sold on pressed CD`s. Any version on CD-R or CD-RW
are pirate copies. We are aware of companies in England and Germany. Anyone
with such a pirated copy should contact us at Motionstudios
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07.Jun.2000
Innovative per eMail
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Innovative AMIGA Newsletter
Updates at the World of Alternatives
As stated in the previous newsitem, Felix Schwarz will present Innovative's
whole productline at the booth of Coolbits at the "World of Alternatives" on
10th and 11th June. The following updates could be finished in time and will
be available at the show:
fxPAINT 1.5
An overview over the new features:
- includes all changes of EK 1 and EK 2 (alone more than 60 new features)
- Tutorials (Video & HTML) on the CD
- heavily improved fxALBUM with new presentation-functions and a new, professional HTML-overviewfunction
- improved palette with HTML-colorcode-export and colorchooser
- ARexx-Launcher
- new effect to reduce or remove JPEG-fractures
- DigiCam-support
- many small improvements
VHI Studio 5.2
The new version features faster MPEG-Export and the ability to create either
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2-files.
fxSCAN 2.0
New effects (incl. Sharpen and a high-quality scaling-routine as known from
fxPAINT), a direct link to fxPAINT and bugfixes are significant for this update.
If you want to buy an update at the show, please bring the original disk or CD of
the old version with you. The prices can be found in our online-shop.
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07.Jun.2000
Andreas L. im ANF
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Update for Dropout-Killer for Movieshop
Starting today the version 1.02 of Dropout-Killer for Movieshop is
available for download. This program repairs video scenes in which
individual frames where not correctly digitized. This tool can remove the
annoying "flashes" A new frame is inserted that is calculated from the
adjacent frames, without changing the scene length without it showing up in
the finished scene.
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06.Jun.2000
Amiga Inc.
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Amiga Inc. names Eyetech as manufacturer of the first Amiga Developer machines.
Eyetech will manufacture "Next Generation Amiga Developer machines", and and will distribute those for England and Ireland.
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06.Jun.2000
Frank Zickmantel by e-mail
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Titan Computer Updates
Joyride:final demo version for CGFX and AGA available.
BurnIT:new drivers v2.71 and french translations by Stephane Payet available
ArtStudioPro:update v3.2 released
Download page
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06.Jun.2000
Pär Boberg by e-mail
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Famous Amiga Uses
Pär Boberg from Sweden has collected a list where you can see which
famous occassions, people, companies and movies employed or still employ
the Amiga. Most of them are people and companies from the TV and movie
industry, or the video editing business. The list is available as AmigaGuide
or plain text file.
Download: FamAmigaUses.lha
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06.Jun.2000
Tao Group
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Amiga is Back, and will change computing forever, again
Amiga, the creators of multimedia computing, have announced the release of their
developer kit for Amiga, Linux, and Java developers." Full article at the title
link.
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06.Jun.2000
amiga-news.de
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Did you send your postcard for the lottery?
If you want to participate in the big lottery and cannot bring your postcard
to our booth in person, you should hurry to the post office and send it to us :-).
Have a look at the fantastic prices following the title link! It's really worth
your while!
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06.Jun.2000
V³ Portal
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V³ 3.2.12beta
This new Voyager3 version is a "beta snapshot" showing the
progress made in bug fixes and improvements, but should be handled carefully due to
the beta status. THis version is only functional with a valid keyfile.
Download: v3_3212_beta.lzx
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06.Jun.2000
GoldED
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GoldED Studio 6 News
On the occassion of the World of Alternatives, Dietmar Eilert will be offering
GoldED Studio 6 for a special price. Make a note and order on these two days!
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06.Jun.2000
Thomas Steiding by e-mail
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Show news from Epic
Epic Marketing will participate in the World of Alternatives taking place next weekend
in Neuss. Attending at their booth will be Paul Burkey, presenting his new titles
"Foundation: The undiscovered Land" and "Foundation Gold Edition", explaining and,
upon request, signing it. All owners bringing their "Foundation Directors Cut" to
the booth will recieve the Gold Edition for a special price.
Aside from these two ready-to-sell new items we hope to be able to present beta
versions of "Dafel: Bloodline" and "Simon the Sorcerer 2". Of course we will have
all titles available from our house at the booth for attractive show pricing.
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06.Jun.2000
Michael Pfeiffer by e-mail
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VWP News: AudioCutter Cinema Preview v0.6 for Linux
At the title link, under "ACutter", the audio and sound processing software
"AudioCutter Cinema" is now avail- and downloadable not only in the Windows
version, but also in versions for 80x86 and PPC Linux. I am sorry that the
PPC version is in a somewhat more experimental state, since there are driver
problems with the testing system. The BeOS version is delayed until further
notice, since the BeKaffe Page
still has not gone online again, and BeKaffe is therefore unavailable for
the time being.
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06.Jun.2000
Andreas Magerl by e-mail
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APC&TCP News
On the Neuss show, APC&TCP presents another Amiga CD-ROM: "Amiga Game Guide".
Are you fed up waiting for cheats, walkthroughs and hints for your favourite game to show
up in game magazines? Are you interested in a game but are not sure if the graphics is
good or making you fall asleep during the game? You don't know which game supports your
4-player adapter, can be played with nullmodem or by Internet, and for which games
DataDisks were released? You need the universal Amiga game database, the "Amiga Game Guide".
The following features wait for you to explore them:
- HTML and AmigaGuide version (with extra part for CD32 games)
- Cheats, tipps and tricks for over 1600 Amiga games
- Over 500 reviews on about 250 games
- About 2500 screenshots from almost 500 games
- Further details on about all 1700 games listed (manufacturer, publisher, genre, year
of development)
- Saved games, HD Installer, game demos, PD games, additional levels, icons etc. - PC compatibility
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05.Jun.2000
AMIGA Inc.
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Espial opens Java Developers Portal for internet smart devices
Espial Joins with Technology and Media Innovators to Launch one of the First
Java(TM) Technology Developer Portals for Internet Smart Devices. Devicetop.com,
supported by Sun, Intel, Motorola, Amiga, Tao Group, IAN, Pointbase, Dr. Dobb's,
Java Report, and JavaWorld.com(tm), Marks Portal Launch. Further details under
the titlelink.
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05.Jun.2000
Kai Mache via email
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FUN OF COMPUTING NG news
On the internetpages of the fair -FUN OF COMPUTING NG- are many new exhibitors
added. Besides Petro Tyschtschenko and Titan Computer, Jürgen Haage of the company
Haage & Partner will be there. Informations about the topics of the discourses
are also available now.
The pages for the -FUN OF COMPUTING NG- will be updated regularly and will be
a good source for the planning of arrival and overnight reservations via internet.
The FUN OF COMPUTING NG will take place in Illmenau/Thüringen, germany from
June, 24th to 25th 2000. The admission is free and there will be a lottery with
interesting prices. Other exhibitors are contacted, so the visitor can be sure,
that this fair is a special one.
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05.Jun.2000
Thomas Steiding via email
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Epic Marketing news
Paul Berkey and Epic Marketing are announcing the "Foundation Gold Edition".
This game is a further development of the original with many new features,
easier gameplay, reworked graphical design and reworked userinterface. The
game will be available from June, 12th 2000, and needs AGA or a gfx-board
Amiga with 68030 and 8 MByte RAM. Further informations you will find in the
following days under projects.
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05.Jun.2000
Alexandros Pourikas via email
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AMIGA.gr internet-magazin online
After some hard work the free Amiga internet magazin «Amiga.gr» is now for
all Amiga-users online. There are many intersting topics like news, reviews,
old games, views, and announcements.
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05.Jun.2000
Jan Andersen via email
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VirusHelp Denmark: TCP trojan on the run
The coder of "SAFE" Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski has informed VirusHelp
Denmark that some new TCP-trojans are on the run:
Organization: Virus Help Denmark
From: "Jan Andersen" vht-dk@post4.tele.dk
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 08:29:40 +0200
Subject: [vht-dk] TCP Trojan's on the wild
Hi All....
Today we recived information from Zbigniew `Zeeball` Trzcionkowski the
programmer of "SAFE", that there is some new TCP trojan on the loose.
Please read the text that Zbigniew wrote:
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TCP:4097 remote shell
and
LIBS:rexxfifo.library size: 1136
If You have such then please:
- delete this fake library
- repalce fake LoadWB with the original one
- reboot
The fake LoadWB don`t have $VER string, but to confuse user it have
size and parts of file from the original LoadWB v38.9.
The trojan is fake LoadWB that decrypts and executes rexxfifo.library
which hides original LoadWB also remote shell is opened - TCP:4097.
Installer: (faked YAM?)
Please wait to xvs.library will be updated to remove this in easy way.
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
TCP:2421 remote shell
...and maybe several infected files.
Yes. There is another link-virus. The memory patch is detected as
STD Vaginitis #1 and removed correctly by xvs.library.
The infected files aren`t.
The virus is changed only little bit and is almost same as Fungus
or Vaginitis. Even static crypt key ($DEAD) is same.
Installer: jizzer size: 15368
attacks C:mount as first (adds 700 bytes with virus)
Wait for xvs.library to be updated. To see infected files
look into Safe/VaginitisClone dir of this Safe release!
I wasn`t able to spread this virus to testfiles,
so maybe this is only used to infect c:mount,
so after analyzes of disassembly i`ll be able to say why.
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
TCP: 2001 remote shell
and
fake process called `SetPatch`
and
LIBSi:rexxfunc.library size: 1136
and
L:wb.handler size: 4716
If You have such then please:
- delete those fake library and fake handler,
- replace LoadWB with the original one
- reboot
The fake LoadWB looks like original one, but it is fake.
Installer: `miamispoof` size: 8468
(The file is StoneCracked and then modified to
prevent decrunching)
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
So to be sure please check Your system for:
LIBS:rexxfunc.library size: 1136
LIBS:rexxfifo.library size: 1136
L:wb.handler size: 4716
C:mount (is bigger)
...and wait for new xvs.library from Alex van Niel.
This text is public domain :-)
;---------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanx to Paul for sending the files and to Zbigniew for the text.
The warning from VHT-DK is atthaced to this email, please spread
the warning as much as you can...... ( Thanx).....
Kind Regards.....
Jan Andersen
Virus Help Denmark
vht-dk@post4.tele.dk
http://www.vht-dk.dk
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05.Jun.2000
Euro Electronic Trade GmbH via email
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Amiga Fair in Neuss, Germany, June, 10th and 11th, 2000
At the Amiga fair in Neuss, Germany, the Euro Electronic Trade GmbH will sell
many many Amigagames and joysticks for low prices. A look will be worth it.
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04.Jun.2000
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail
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CD32 Games Cheat & Info Kits released
The CD32 Games Cheat Kit and the CD32 Games Info Kit
have been released on the Airsoft Softwair homepage. Both programs are add-ons to the
CD32 Games Install Kit, which has been available for download in an updated
version for a week now. The CD32 Games Info Kit offers informations and
pictures to many CD32 and CDTV games, while the CD32
Games Cheat Kit offers many cheats for CD32 games.
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04.Jun.2000
Frank Seidel by e-mail
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Homebanking2.2 finished
On my homepage and Aminet the latest version of Homebanking.lha is available. These are
ARexx scripts allowing to do homebanking by using AddressMaster and MultiTermKit. The
scripts are usable for Sparkasse and Deutsche Bank 24, but can be adapted to other banks
as well.
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04.Jun.2000
Ali Goukassian by e-mail
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Amiga Show News and room plan
Last evening, the up-to-date room plan for the "World of Alternatives" was finished. Some
exhibitors will probably join on short notice - updates as usual by means of the homepage.
The room plan is available as A4 graphic (about 270
kB).
Visitors of the World of Alternatives that don't know yet how to get there find
detailed route informations (German) here. There are routes for people traveling
by car, train and plane. Even detailed bus connections are available.
On the Milan side, there are the good news that the TV and the DSP card can be presented,
the 100Mbit network is working, and the new case designs have arrived in time for the show.
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04.Jun.2000
Ali Goukassian by e-mail
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World Launch of the NG AMIGA SDK on the show in Neuss
Bill McEwen confirmed it in his latest e-mail: AMIGA will present the new SDK (Software
Development Kit) for the NG AMIGAs for the first time worldwide on the show in Neuss
coming up next weekend. Bill himself intends to bring the SDK packs for the local
exhibitors. The expected price will be about 250,- DM.
As scheduled, Bill will present the new system in a conference room, report about
AMIGA's plans for the future, and answer user questions.
Bill only briefly attending on Sunday:
Since Bill has a very important interview with the New York Times on Sunday, he had
to cut back his attending to the show to Saturday. If he will be present at all on
Sunday, it will be only briefly. People focussing on the presentations should change
plans to arrive on Saturday. The SDK will of course be available on Sundays, too.
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04.Jun.2000
Frank Mariak by e-mail
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CyberGraphX 4.2 pre7 update available
On the CyberGraphX homepage, there is the latest CyberGraphX 4.2 pre7 update available.
Aside from several fixes, there are now A2410 and RainbowIII drivers included. Also there
is now an option to activate 56 kHz audio directly on CyberGraphX screens. For people
who want to overclock their BCPPV/CVPPC to get some more performance from their card, there
are now the according options too (requiring to actively cool your Permedia2 however). More
about that on the CyberGraphX homepage. As usual, the CyberGraphX v4 CD is required for the
update.
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04.Jun.2000
Ed Collins
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TWF News
Read news on the games Explorer 2260 and Maim & Mangle:
Date: 04-jun-00 00:23:10
From: Ed Collins collins-e@dnet.co.uk
Subject: [twf] June 2000 update
TWF News.
1. General Update
2. Explorer 2260 Update.
3. Maim & Mangle Update.
4. Next News Update
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1. General Update
May could have been better. There was numerous problems with compiler bugs
driving both chris and massi mad. The problems were traced to bugs in the
StormC V3 compiler which wasted a lot of their time chasing code bugs that
didn't exist. On top of that Rob had a harddrive failure which didn't lose
much work but the replacement drive refused to format and took over a week
to get his A4000 working again with the new drive.
2. Explorer 2260 Update.
News this month:
- Continuted working on MiniGL engine and object editor. Started
modifying MiniGL texture code to support more formats and
automatic card-friendly format conversion.
- Fixed some problems with parts of the interface code, began
an abstraction layer to make interface component handling
code easier to port to Linux.
- Extended object editor loading system to support plugin-style
load libraries.
3. Maim & Mangle Update.
News this month:
- There has been far too many problems with bugs in StormC V3. A lot of
development time has been lost due to these compiler problems. We are
switching development over to the GCC compiler (we may use StormC V4
when it is released if the bugs we've experienced have been fixed).
- The game engine is now running under miniGL, on both 060 and PPC.
- Work has started on conversion of our editor tools to use miniGL.
These should be ready within 2-3 weeks.
4. Next News Update
1st July 2000
All the best,
Ed.
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The World Foundry LLC - Amiga PPC - Explorer 2260 - Maim & Mangle
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03.Jun.2000
Mario Nitschke by e-mail
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Amiga Times 02/00 online
The new issue of the Amiga Times (02/00) can now be downloaded at the title link!
Have fun, and be entertained. Your Amiga Times editors.
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03.Jun.2000
Martina Kramer by e-mail
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Winner(s) Graphical Artists competition revealed
1ST JUNE 2000--OOSTERHOUT(NB)-NL--C&C·Logo and Design today announced the winner(s) of the Graphical Artist competition.
It took more time than we eventually had in mind, but we have picked a winner from out of more
than 60+ contestors all over the World. The winner has already received word from us by email
and will receive his work printed and framed by the end of next week, together with a contract
for future partnership.
Originally one person would be all we needed, but as seen from all the artwork we have received,
it seems that most people are very good at a specific part of art, but we needed someone more
versatile. That is why we will contact a few more people in the next week, to ask if they would
like to work for us whenever there's need for their specific artwork (paid of course).
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03.Jun.2000
Christoph Meier on ANF
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GNN: Amiga is Back - AmigaOS to run on any hardware
"AmigaOS Developer Kit for Amiga-, Linux- and Java-developers finished"
"In the book of Amiga Inc., the operating system AmigaOS will bring a revolution of
computer usage - like the Amiga computer did over 15 years ago. Since today, at least
the Amiga Software Developer Kit is finished, allowing interested developers to code
software that would run on almost every platform without needing to be recompiled, thanks to AmigaOS."
Full article (German) at the title link.
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03.Jun.2000
Carsten Schröder by e-mail
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New issue of Amiga World released, new executive update from McEwen
Yesterday a new issue of AMIGAs online magazine Amiga World has been released, containing especially numerous informations for AmigaNG developers. It is available in HTML format, a PDF version will follow soon.
A new Executive Update by AMIGA CEO Bill McEwen:
Amiga is Back, and will change computing forever, again.
Amiga, the creators of Multi-Media computing, have announced the release of their developer kit for Amiga, Linux, and Java developers.
June 3, 2000, Snoqualmie, WA - Amiga announces the release of the Amiga Software Developers Kit, the first new product to introduce the next generation Amiga platform.
The Amiga Software Developers Kit provides the initial tools and examples for developers to create exciting multi-media content for multiple devices and computing environments. The unique strength of the New Amiga comes from the partnership with the Tao Group in Reading England providing a foundation where developers are able to take advantage of a ubiquitous computing environment.
In 1984 Amiga established what is know today as multi-media. As a result of this, Amiga systems are used around the world by leading film studios, animators, and in mission critical applications. Using this as the foundation, the Amiga is moving forward by creating multi-media for numerous devices and computing environments in the home, in the office and beyond.
The Amiga OS is capable of being self-hosted, and sitting on top of other operating systems. A single application is capable of running on X86, Power PC, M.core, ARM, StrongArm, MIPs, SH3/4, and others. In a hosted environment the new Amiga runs on versions of Linux, Windows 95,98/NT, Windows CE, OS/9, QNX4, and others to be announced.
The new OS also embraces the Java language in a new, powerful and compliant way. The intent Java Technology Edition from Tao is world renowned for its speed and compact execution of Java applications. With the new environment, developers will be able to take advantage of both Java, and portable assembler coding.
"Today we take the first step towards the future," said Bill McEwen, President/CEO of Amiga, Inc. "The new Amiga SDK provides an environment where the best developers in the world can build exciting applications, that can transcend hardware limitations. Today Amiga developers can be joined by Linux and Java developers in an environment that provides the foundation for the delivery of future content."
"Tao has been talking for some time now about our developments to create Digital Heaven(TM) and we see Amiga and its community as a fundamental part of the new order that can make it happen and take an industry lead. With the sheer tenacity and the many qualities of McEwen and his Amiga team, the world is going to see Amiga as a Premier Brand for connected digital appliances," said Francis Charig Chairman of the Tao-Group.
For the developer, the new SDK creates a single environment that is scalable from handheld devices, such as cell phones upwards New versions of the kit later in the year will introduce many new media features. Both the current and future versions will enable compact, high performance and robust media solutions to be used across a broad range of devices using identical binaries..
The New Amiga SDK is available through local retailers for $99.00, and from the Amiga web site, Amazon.com and other sources available soon. A version via a Japanese distributor will be announced shortly.
About Amiga:
Amiga Incorporated is dedicated to creating a multi-media operating environment, enabling developers and users to experience a new level of enjoyment.
As it was in the early 80’s, Amiga is ready to introduce the next level of computing.
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03.Jun.2000
Martin Strobl by e-mail
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Newsticker COOL bits
After all details concerning the Amiga show have been clarified, the
special page of COOL bits went online.
On this page, you can find informations where to find the booth, what is being
offered and what other highlights you can expect from the Amiga show in Neuss on June
10th/11th. (German)
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03.Jun.2000
Michael Heider on ANF
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Linux-APUS kernel for "Mac on Linux" PPC Emulator available
At the title link, the kernel (vmlinux_mol.lha) is available for download.
The kernel is required for executing the runtime patches for the PPC emulator
MOL "Mac on Linux". In this kernel version 2.2.10 there is currently only
support for the IDE interface compiled in. More informations about the kernel
modules are available in the ".config" file in the packet vmlinux_mol.lha.
Kernel with SCSI drivers and IDE+SCSI drivers will follow within the next few days. Since
I lacked the tile to recompile and reconfigure the PPC emulator, I would very much
welcome if somebody would send me a binary package and a configuration file, if
possible with a short manual in German. Moreover I would offer my cooperation
with other developers. Questions, hints or criticism can be send to my mail address
101.109037@germanynet.de.
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03.Jun.2000
AMIGA
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AMIGA announces release of the Developer Kit
At the title link, you can read the official announcement of the Amiga Developer Kit.
Moreover, AMIGA has created a new game area
where you can find reports about games planned for the next Amiga generation. Soon
there will be a support area for developers under Support Net.
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03.Jun.2000
APC&TCP
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APC&TCP releases Digital Make Up
On the Amiga show in Neuss, APC&TCP will release another CD-ROM. More information can
be gathered from our homepage or directly from us. After the show, this CD-ROM will be
distributed like all our products:
Welcome to your workbench's wardrobe. The new "Digital Make-Up" CD is an
add-on CD with a collection of tools and utilities for customizing and making up your
Amiga operating system, sorted by subject. This does not only encompass powerful tools
really bringing AmigaOS up to speed and making everyday work easier - we also thought of
graphics material for the grey-in-grey workbench. Additionally, there is software for
implementing speech output. Of course accompaining speech and sound samples in several
formats aren't missing either. Many datatypes, updated libraries, modern fonts, new
commands for the C directory and numerous other system extensions will bring any Amiga
system on the right course. New great screensavers and many icon sets for the NewIcon
system, or real new GlowIcons will make your Workbench look up-to-date. Some software
never released before can be found on this CD-ROM. The new AmigaOS version 3.5 got it's
own drawer, where tools for the latest version can be found. A double-click on "Quickstart"
and you are right in the middle of it - the "Digital Make-Up CD"!
The "Digital Make-Up CD" is optimized for AmigaOS version 3.0 to 3.5. The major part
of the software on this CD-ROM can be started directly. Requirements: Amiga with 68020
CPU, 2 MByte ChipRAM, hard drive, CD-ROM drive, AmigaOS 2.05+.
Recommended: Amiga with 68040 CPU + PPC, 2 MByte ChipRAM, 4 MByte FastRAM, hard drive,
CD-ROM drive, AGA or graphics card, sound card, AmigaOS version 3.5.
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03.Jun.2000
Olaf Köbnik by e-mail
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Amiga Arena News
The Amiga Arena continues to offer special prices for Shareware!
PureBasic for special price!
The new programming language "PureBasic" is now available for a one-time special offer
exclusively at Amiga Arena.
BoulderDäsh campaign extended!
The game classic BoulderDäsh is available at the Amiga Arena until July 1st!
10 one-time offers!
10 special prices for Shareware are on the "Amiga Arena - CD ROM Edition"! (Available at APC&TCP)
The following programs are available for a special price on the CD:
CDCat - Database
Fiasco - Database
GeoWorld - Geography software
HomeBanking - HomeBanking for Multiterm Kit Special Pack!
MUIbase - Database
MusicManIII - Database
NewsCoaster - Newsreader
PhotoAlbum/Cybershow - Picture Catalog / Viewer
WHDLoad - Game Installer
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03.Jun.2000
Frank Wille
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New ppclibemu version 0.7f released
Download: ppclibemu.lzx - (libraries only)
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03.Jun.2000
IrseeSoft
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Turboprint 7.11beta released
Turboprint 7.11beta with HP Deskjet 9xx and improved Epson drivers (English only) is available.
This beta version can only be used in combination with Turboprint 7.10, which is available
with many new drivers starting immediately.
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02.Jun.2000
CyberGraphX
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CyberGraphX News
The final update of CGX V3 (CGX_r71) is available from the download area of the
CyberGraphX website. This version of CyberGraphX contains some bugfixes regarding
OS3.5 and the cgxsystem.lib 41.22. For CVPPC & BVPPC new drivers version 2.8
are available as well.
The download area was reworked and old single update files were removed.
If you are owner of VillageTronic hardware, the Service-Petition of
Paul Qureshi could be of interest
for you. With this petition, Paul wants to convince VillageTronic to release
the support documents to noted repair shops in different countries so that it
can be guaranteed that VT products will still be repaired in future.
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02.Jun.2000
Digital Dreams Entertainment
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Digital Dreams Entertainment: Code name Hell Squad is finished!
As can be read on the start page of DDE,
the action game «Code name Hell Squad» has been finished.
Demo download: HSdemo.lha - 2,15 MB
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02.Jun.2000
Oliver Gantert
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The Cheating Utility
"Dwarf" is now available on my homepage for free download. It is a program in the
style of TrainerMaker and Cheater and allows the manipulation of memory addresses
(with search/compare/change as on the Action Replay). It is written entirely in C
and utilises a nice GadTools GUI.
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02.Jun.2000
CS&E via eMail
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CS&E has moved to new offices
CS&E has moved to new offices in England and can now be reached at the following address:
Crystal Software and Electronics Ltd
7200 The Quorum, Oxford Business Park, Oxford, OX4 2JZ, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 481 421, Fax: +44 (0) 1865 481 482.
Soon the company will also be represented in Germany. Read further details under the
title link.
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02.Jun.2000
CD³² Allianz via eMail
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CD³²-Allianz News
_*CD³² Developer-Kit available again*_
A few weeks ago, we had to remove the CD³² Developer-Kit from our homepage,
as we were lacking the webspace and Gary Peake forced us to.
Now it's available again as we have webspace again and explained to Gary that we had
the permission from Petro Tyschtschenko.
_*CD³²-Allianz visits the Amiga fair in Neuss*_
We will visit the fair event in Neuss so that you can get in touch with us. There you can
discuss with us the future of the CD³², the current game situation of the CD³²,
CD³²-Allianz and the cooperation with amiga.topcool and so on. This is what we're
looking forward the most.
Of course we will also try to get in touch with companies, distributors and software
programmers and hope to present you positive news after the fair.
_*New distribution channels for CD³² Outside found*_
After the CD³² Outside can be found soon on the AmigaPlus- and AmigaFuture CD-ROM,
as well as in the CD³²-Corner, we are pleased that our magazine will soon be also
available on Aminet and the Aminet CD-ROMs. This will raise its acquaintance which should lead
to a higher interest in the CD³². From which the CD³² Outside will benefit
as well.
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02.Jun.2000
ANN
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News from Alive Mediasoft
We too have received the eMails mentioned on ANN. Find above a direct link to the Alive
Mediasoft's answer at ANN so that we don't repeat them here and you can direcly participate
in the discussion on the theme.
03 June 2000, supplement:
Bothered Steven Flowers from Alive Mediasoft started his eMail with the
words, "first of all I'm pretty pissed off", and wordy he explained why
Goal 2000 wouldn't be just a cracked version of Goal. There were many
new features and possiblities comming with Goal 2000 not implemented in
Goal,
and that cracked version was taken with the developer's consent, cause
there wasn't any other version available at that time.
Might be that such procedures are being used with a release, but in
my opinion this should be avoided as far as is possible, even though.
That's debatable. But I actually recieved eMails from ppl complaining
about AM again and again during the last few month, e.g. developers who
either didn't get payed or even nobody asked them, if their software may
be distributed. In the past I allways replyed on those ppl, they should
set their problems clear direct with AM, cause I presumed them to be
unsuccessful particular cases. Goal just overflowed the barrel, and put
patience at an end. (ps)
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02.Jun.2000
Bladerunner in ANF
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The Clue becomes open source
As it looks, the ingenious burglar simulation will become Open Source. The guys from Neo
are apparently preparing a sourcecode packet. Meanwhile, there are also many discussions
going on about it in the Neo Forum. Sadly I can't find any participation from Amiga
programmers. It would be nice if there'd be another Amiga release. For more information
follow the title link.
NEW JOBS AT NEO - Good chances for programmers to enter the Online Generation
Two new positions for C++ programmers are available from June on at neo Software in Vienna.
If you always dreamed of becoming a game developer you should take a look at the job
descriptions.
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02.Jun.2000
Günter Horbach in ANF
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Amiga Trademark
Everybody who wants to use the registered trademark «Amiga» must apply for a license
at Amiga Inc. This application can be made via email to gary@amiga.com
and must have the word Trademark in the subject line. This helps to speed up the permission process.
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02.Jun.2000
Davy Wentzler via eMail
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Audio Evolution News
In the «Download PPC plug-ins» area you can download a new high-quality plugin "Reverb".
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