14.Mar.2001
IT-Business News No. 11
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Plextor Stops SCSI
Plextor Europe will stop production and distribution
of SCSI CDRom drives this very year. As reason for this
the company named regressive sales figures as well as
problems in providing components. In the long term this
would also affect the American and Japanese market. One
would want to address the DVD market segement with
devices with USB and Firewire interfaces in the future.
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14.Mar.2001
Timo Kloss via E-Mail
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Inutilis News
Good news: It has been just uploaded the third demo-version of
Ermentrud!
It is a new graphic adventure which plays in the Middle Ages.
There has not been many changes to the content but you can finally check out the inventory and dialog
system! Do not miss it!
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14.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF
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The Register: IBM serves up PowerPCs for Hitachi
»IBM and Hitachi are to jointly design and make a range of selected
server and semiconductor components. The plan is to speed up product
development.
The agreement covers future versions of IBM's PowerPC processors,
selected chips to support Hitachi's VOS operating system, and
technologies such as multi-chip ceramic modules and memory cache
components for use in IBM and Hitachi servers.
Hitachi will also sell rebadged PowerPC-based servers and embrace
AIX 5L as a strategic platform.«
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14.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF
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A Ground-shaking Event
Amiga, Inc. announce the Gateway Computer Show 'Amiga 2001' which will take place from March 30th to April 1st, 2001
in St. Louis with the following curious making and hope for something great raising words:
On February 28th, 2001 an announcement was made to a group of employees, and other well
known technical people within the Puget Sound region.
Moments later a 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook the northwest.
What was said? What was the possible reason for the sudden shift in the earth?
Come to St. Louis and learn the answers.
You can find the link to Amiga 2001 here.
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13.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail
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Amiga Arena News
Preface
Since I cannot affect as much as I would like to on my own I decided to
take a chance for a partnership with the Fun Time World!
The Amiga Arena homepage will remain what it is, now, and I hope to be able
to act even more effective in this partnership than before !
Olaf Koebnik - Amiga Arena
Amiga Arena - Fun Time World Partnership
The shareware market suffered from evaluations of the past years. The amount of
new releases decreased very much every year. To stop this evaluation the pages
Fun Time World and Amiga Arena agree to a partnership to patronize the
shareware market. This partnership's objective is to call user's attention
to developments at the shareware market.
This is to serve the purpose of higher sales and to motivate developers to continue to develop
new and better programs, at the same time. In the future by a closer cooperation
with the developers user's wishes shall be taken into account more than this has been
done before. In further steps registration of programs from foreign countries shall
be facilitated.
It will be determined from surveys which kind of software is in demand most.
Special wishes from now on can be sent to the Fun Time World and to the Amiga Arena.
Programmers who would agree to offer their programs at a more cost-effective price for a certain
period of time, can contact the Amiga Arena at any time.
Amiga Arena
The Amiga Arena is a shareware / freeware support site with special prices for
shareware software, links, interviews, and full versions of shareware software
which will not be further developed.
Fun Time World
The Fun Time World page provides the Amiga users with topical news, test of
software and hardware, as well as important information since several years.
Meantime the service has been extended by adding an online shop as well as
auction and forum sections.
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13.Mar.2001
clickBOOM
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clickBOOM S-File # 10
In the latest S-File clickBOOM say that all the defective Nightlong-CDs are
pressed again. Registered Nightlong-users can fill in a formular at the password
protected portal of clickBOOM to receive the new CDs.
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13.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm
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New Aminet Uploads
Football.lha biz/dbase 583K+*NEW* Version 2.6 - Setup your own leagu
HTMLread.lha comm/mail 484K+YAM-Plugin to read HTML-Emails
OrangeFTPd.lha comm/tcp 16K+OrangeFTPd V1.0, freeware FTP daemon.
Tango.lha comm/tcp 114K+Samba/smb-handler gui.
NGC-Animatunes.lha demo/file 1.7M+Animatunes / N.G.C (WHD version)
NGC-ArtParadis.lha demo/file 1.4M+Artificial Paradise / N.G.C (WHD version
wpz-impact.mpg demo/file 12M+VHS demo by Whelpz+Potion released at Sa
SceneArchives.lha demo/mag 1.3M+SASU v1.09: Ultimate Demo CDs-11 CD's (8
clockita.lha dev/basic 67K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
Dorkalize.lha dev/c 172K+Very powerful localization tool, v0.9
AmiSlateSource.lha dev/misc 188K+Partial source code for AmiSlate1.4
Amygate1.1PL.lha docs/help 5K+Polish Locale for Amygate1.1
Virus_ChkII_PL.lha docs/help 7K+Polish Locale for Virus_CheckerII
starmag26_ht.lha docs/mags 1.6M+German Amiga-Online-Magazine HTML-Versio
TheCrypt16.lha docs/mags 2.1M+Issue 16 of "The Crypt" magazine
Toadies_Interv.lha docs/misc 3K+Amiga Arena Interview mit Thilo Khler
FA_Talkie.lha game/2play 6K+Better talkie files for Frontal Assault
Toadies.lha game/2play 1.0M+Version 8.0 - a real Worms clone !
ChaosLite.lha game/board 5.7M+World's Best Board Game! 1-8 players! Fa
Inju2CARDS.lha game/data 253K+Anime Cardset for Soliton
Mattonite_Src.lha game/demo 37K+Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteE
Diamchal.lha game/misc 248K+Platform: collect diamonds V1.0 !FINAL!
NapalmPL.lha game/patch 11K+Polish Locale for Napalm
angband.lha game/role 726K+Angband 2.9.2 - Roguelike solo RPG
World.lha game/role 199K+"WORLD" text adventure, includes source
colourlines.lha game/think 107K+Logical ball game
Now_Pop_Quiz_2.lha game/think 351K+Quiz for all music fans around the world
Now_Pop_Quiz_3.lha game/think 486K+Quiz for all music fans around the world
Now_Pop_Quiz_4.lha game/think 542K+Quiz for all music fans around the world
SmartScale.lha gfx/conv 17K+A CLI/WB program used for gfx conversion
FlashMandelPPC.lha gfx/fract 3.9M+The best fractal rendering program for A
FormAldiHyd.lha hard/drivr 120K+V2.2, Driver for Aldi/Tevion/Aiptek/Waco
cpcd2dsk.lha misc/emu 15K+EmuCPC .CPCD to .DSK format converter
imdbDiff010302.lha misc/imdb 5.9M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
Da_13b.lha misc/misc 126K+Calorie counter and more, italian versio
atom.lha misc/sci 78K+Propability densities of electrons in p
id3taglibgui.lha mus/edit 77K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
Amoralplay1.5.lha mus/play 121K+A no fuss multiformat audio player.
Panos3D.lha pix/trace 203K+Some 3D pictures by Panos
recoilwb02.jpg pix/wb 206K+*recoilBENCH 2001* 1024x768x16bit Picass
recoilwb03.jpg pix/wb 280K+*recoilBENCH 2001* 1024x768x16bit Picass
recoilwb04.jpg pix/wb 179K+*recoilBENCH 2001* 1024x768x16bit Picass
CloudedViews.lha pix/wfm 2.2M+7 graphix on knowing the heart
QuickNote.lha text/edit 63K+Notepad for scrap-notes (very handy)
HP_Deskjet870C.lha text/print 41K+Deskjet 8x0C/9x0C Driver for WB V40.13
BackDrop12.lha util/boot 26K+Force Workbench 1.3 to run in a normal w
Kill2090.lha util/boot 14K+Reboot, toggle NTSC/PAL, disable autocon
mathlibspatch.lha util/boot 9K+Mathffp, ieeesingtrans libs SpeedUp Patc
Wibby.lha util/boot 19K+Small, quick, and useful taskbar util
HardwareInfo2.lha util/libs 31K+Library for hardware check and control
Pony3D.lha util/libs 43K+Library with 3D graphic functions
ReqAttack.lha util/misc 628K+Best, configurable requesters for Amiga
ReqAttackUpd.lha util/misc 85K+RAPrefsMUI1.71 - ANOTHER BUGFIX
Lightpen.lha util/sys 9K+Lightpen-Handler, use lightpen instead o
MegaRamfix.lha util/sys 4K+Elsat.device fix
SaveROM.lha util/sys 6K+Save`s ROM to file
QuickLens.lha util/wb 7K+A quick lens, any OS, source included
SystemReset.lha util/wb 22K+Simply reset tool
VBRControler.lha util/wb 18K+Tool to control your VBR location.
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13.Mar.2001
Amiga Support Network
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Dave Haynie Describes PIOS One System
Dave Haynie has released on the developer-supportpage of Amiga, Inc. some technical
documents which deal with the PIOS One System. The original message:
Open Documets
These are Technical and Informational documents that are either supplied by Amiga
or Third Parties, as noted.
- The PIOS One System Specification - Graciously supplied by Dave Haynie
[PDF (33.8 MB)]
- The PIOS One Open CPU Module - Graciously supplied by Dave Haynie
[PDF (729 kB)]
- Zip file containing both PIOS One documents [zip (2.73 MB)]
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12.Mar.2001
Stefan Blixth via E-Mail
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OnyxSoft News
New version : DECH (Version 1.38)
Information : - Removed "Stack of executed programs" and
replaced it with "Stack of the compiler".
------------------------------------------------------------
New version : Detris (Version 3.1)
Information : - A lot of changes and added features,
mouse/joystick can be used to control the
game.
- Two new draw methods for the background etc.
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New version : DRemind (Version 1.57)
Information : - Removed a longstanding Enforcer hit.
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New version : MultiRen (Version 1.44)
Information : - Fixed the MP3-Info plugin (returned wrong
layer).
- Enable what entry the program will sort
(secondly) by.
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New version : QuickNote (Version 1.4a)
Information : - Fixed the enforcer hits that was
introduced in 1.4,
Thanks to Luca "Hexaae" Longone and
Stefan Ruppert...
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New version : TheMPegEncGUI (Version 2.07)
Information : - Added some options for BladeEnc.
- Moved the encoder paths to make the GUI
smaller.
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12.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources
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Software News
CygnusEd Professional 4.21 for MorphOS
There are a minor update for CygnusED available at the
MorphOS-Website. The official CygnusED4 CD-ROM is recommended for this update.
Download: ced_mos_ppc-upd421a.lha
WBStartEmu Version 45.1d
Stephan Rupprecht released version
45.1d of his wbstart.library for OS3.9.
Download: WBStartEmu.lha
Randomizer for the Workbench-background
Stephan Rupprecht released version 39.9 of
'random wbpattern picture selector'.
Download: rndwbpix.lha
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12.Mar.2001
amiga.org
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New Products for ImageFX by LegacyMaker Inc.
Legacy Maker, Inc. released a tutorial-video named
Catalyzer Vol. 3 for ImageFX version 4.0.
The video deals with layers, scaning, printing, animation and FXForge.
Version 2 of the Motion Control Plugin PanCanvas,
for ImageFX were released.
"PanCanvas 2 lets you take a large image in ImageFX and move a virtual
camera over it. You end up with an astonishingly smooth documentary-style
animation.
You can output frames, anims, FlyerClips, and even Jstreams for the
Broadcaster Elite. The virtual camera can zoom in and out, accelerate
and decelerate, and move along a spline curve. You can add motion blur,
render fields for video, and run macros on each frame before saving in
a variety of formats."
Legacy Maker, Inc. will exhibit at the Gateway Computer Show in St. Louis.
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12.Mar.2001
Jens Schönfeld at ANF
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isdnsurfer.device V1.942 Released
Few weeks ago a new programmer took over the work at the ISDN-software and ported the source to a new compiler.
Because we could not find any bug in this new version we decided to release it as a public test version but
there are no new features or bugfixes.
Download: isdndev.lha
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11.Mar.2001
AmiSource on ANF
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Finally Fresh Explosives: dynAMIte is Ready
At the Cologne 'World of Amiga' the AmiSource-Crew had already spread a
free preview version of the new network Bomberman clone 'dynAMIte'. Now, three
months later, the game is ready and is downloadable as freeware exclusively
from the AmiSource website.
French and English documentations are included while the
single player mode desired by Petra didn't make it.
Download, log-in and take pleasure in the game. And all for free.
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11.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources
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Software News
ppclibemu
Frank Wille has made version 0.8f of his PPC library emulation
ppclibemu
available for download.
Download: ppclibemu.lzx
HP Deskjet 870C driver
On Peter's Amiga Page you can find
a new printer driver version 40.13 for the printer HP Deskjet 870C.
Download: HP_Deskjet870C.lha
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11.Mar.2001
Gunter Hinrichsen on ANF
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New Version of HTMLread
A new version of HTMLread (v1.1) can be downloaded from the support page.
HTMLread is an extension for YAM. YAM is a wonderful mailer, but not
capable of displaying e-mails written in HTML code as like as sent by
Netscape, Eudora or Outlook. HTMLread discovers, converts and sends these e-mails
to a HTML viewer.
Some changes were made in the new version:
- HTML parser rewritten (faster, more compatible, , full «base» tag support),
- Problems with blank characters in the name fixed.
- New GIF for condition.
- Better error handling.
- HTMLreadPrefs rewritten (now with MUI GUI)
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11.Mar.2001
Gary Peake via E-Mail
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AMIGA Inc.: New PDA Projects
As already reported on
amiga-news.de, Amiga Inc. is organizing a project for programming software for PDAs.
People who want to take part in this project as programmers may announce
himself/herself via this
page.
Amiga already has contact with companies who like to use the AmigaDE software on
their appliances. In this context Gary Peake, director for development
and support at Amiga Inc., wrote the following on AMIOPEN mailing list:
We have spent considerable time talking with a company who likes what they
see of the Amiga content thus far. They will not be announced until St
Louis, but we all know that development needs lead time.
This company has some PDA models coming out real soon now and we have sold
them on letting Amiga developers produce their content.
This content will be sold via a web portal and all certification and
runnability testing will happen here at Amiga Inc for logistic reasons.
Specs are as follows for two separate units:
Screen Size: 240x320, 65k color3.5" reflective-TFT
Screen Size: 176x220, 65kcolor, 3" reflective-TFT
Both units will be able to handle up to 500k games and applications. Due to
CPU speed limitations, code must be tight and efficient as always. This
customer prefers VP coding, but won't pass on C, C++, or Java apps.
Examples of content needed:
Hoyle type card games
Chess
Checkers
Armageddon
PokeYman derivatives
No X rated content!
I am sure they would welcome any freeware content, but they are mainly
looking for commercial quality content. Details on how the system will work
will be released shortly to those who respond to this email.
If you are seriously interested in producing PDA content please send me an
email to gary@amiga.com.
You MUST be under NDA AND be a registered Amiga developer before I can
release any further information to you so make sure you have a valid NDA on
file.
If you have not yet registered and you have a copy of our SDK, please go to
www.amigadev.net and register as a
developer.
If you do not have a valid NDA with us, simply look at
www.amigadev.net under the "legal"
menu, grab a copy of the NDA and get it mailed back or faxed back ASAP.
Address and fax number is on the NDA.
Only serious need respond as we will be on a tight schedule to meet the
first delivery date.
This may be cross posted to Amiga news web sites and other lists.
Gary Peake
Director - Developer Relations and Support
Amiga Inc.
www.amigadev.net
www.amiga.com
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11.Mar.2001
amiga.org
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New Development System for PDA Games for the AmigaDE
Ast, by the makers of
KDP,
is a new PDA game for AmigaDE. The game uses the gm-Engine to give
developers easy access to the basic functions necessary for games
developement for PDAs.
The release of Ast and gm is still long in coming. But for the meantime there's a
picture of an Ast beta
version. This imgae was taken before the final graphics set was added.
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11.Mar.2001
Thorsten Schoelzel on ANF
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Wordworth Developments
Unfortunately development of Wordworth for the AMIGA has ceased several
time ago. The last version 7 indeed contains many features, but also lacks of things
like for example a JPEG filter. So you have to convert the wanted JPEG graphic
for now into IFF or another format Wordworth supports using a separate program.
Another thing completely missing is PPC (WOS) support.
I'd like to call programmers among other things working with Wordworth to
program the missing things (I'm mainly about the JPEG filter). Provided that I'd
have the needed development tools, compilers etc., and a supporting (teaching!)
programmer, I'd do it myself.
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11.Mar.2001
Greg Donner
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OS 3.9 FAQ Update Version 1.4
Greg Donner has updated the following parts of his official OS3.9 FAQ
(Version 1.4):
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11.Mar.2001
Andreas Kuerzinger via E-Mail
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AKIconzGold Update
5 days after the latest update there's again one due.:
On my homepage can be found the third (and probably the last) "homepage only"
preview of the AKIconzGold.
There are almost 40 new icons. Additionally the ReadMe was extended by an
important part regarding the installation in which the setting of the correct
color palette is described that is necessary to display the icons as wanted.
The setting of this color palette gives some more advantages: All
icons, no matter whether MagicWB (8 colors), RomIcons (16 colors, often to be
found with the installers of WHDLoad and jst) or just the AKIconzGold (and also
the similar BNSMWBicons) have always the right colors with this setting. And
NewIcons, too, manage with this palette, and even GlowIcons do look relatively
appealing on a 32 colors screen!
People who don't want to restrict themselves to one "kind" of icons but want to
have the correct color settings for almost all icons should set this palette!
Besides, all sites of the homepage were recreated. Although less the design but
especially the colors were chosen completely new. This looks, in my opinion,
much better (and is much better matching the homepage title ;-)).
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11.Mar.2001
Ignatios Souvatzis via E-Mail
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NetBSD/Amiga IOblix - Driver Change
The NetBSD/Amiga - IOBlix-Zbus driver was changed in a way that the quartz
frequency is changeable via the kernel variable _iobzclock (with binpatch
and reboot) or via the kernel option IOBZCLOCK.
Newer IOBlix cards use a 22.1184MHz quartz that allows more standard baud rates,
older ones on the other hand use a 24MHz quartz. Owners of a 24MHz quartz need to
set _iobzclock or IOBZCLOCK to 24000000.
Besides this, iobl* at zbus? is now included in the GENERIC configuration.
NetBSD-current testers are asked for review reports, also about the parallel
interface. Details about the availability of source code etc. can be found at:
NetBSD in general
NetBSD on Amiga hardware
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10.Mar.2001
Diverse Sources
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Software News
QuickNote
At OnyxSoft version 1.4 of
QuickNote has been released.
As it's name already suggests this program is a virtual notepad.
Download:
quicknote.lha
Tales of Tamar
For registered users of the online strategy game Tales of Tamar
the new version 0.10 for Atari and v0.33_R6 for Amiga with bugfixed trading and further bugs fixed
are available for download.
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10.Mar.2001
Elbox via E-Mail
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FastATA Version 2.4 Released
FastATA v.2.4 is a common version of software designed for:
- FastATA 4000 Controller (A4000 Power Flyer) for
A4000, A3000 or A1200 with ZORRO III busboard,
- FastATA ZIV Controller (A1200 ZIV Power Flyer) for
A1200 with ZIV busboard.
New in this release:
FastATA software version 2.4 improves HDD reading procedures
and the bug in nosplit disk identification process,
which could make difficult the change of the way of HDD
installation (SPLIT/NOSPLIT), was fixed.
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10.Mar.2001
Mennosto via E-Mail
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PC MP3-Player 'Sonique' Planned for AmigaDE
Sonique is an audio player often used on PCs.
According to the current Sonique newsletter
it is planned to port version 2 - which is under development at the time being - to as much
platforms as possible. The interesting thing in this is the AmigaDE being mentioned, too. Further
details can be taken form the Sonique 2 FAQ.
This is from the Sonique newsletter, (sonique as you may
know is a rather good MP3-player on the PC)
SONIQUE NEWSLETTER - VOL 2. ISSUE 4. - MARCH, 2001
INTRODUCTION
As promised, this issue is a special update on the
current state of Sonique 2. Things are progressing
very well and we're wetting ourselves several times
a day from sheer excitement. We have to keep the
entire office covered in plastic. We've got webvan
delivering rubber pants and huggies directly to our
workstations. Yup, Sonique 2 is really that cool.
(stuff about sonique 2 deleted)
SONIQUE 2 PRIMER
You are probably wondering just what this Sonique 2
thing is really all about. How is it different than
Sonique 1? Why should you even care? Well, first
off, let's talk about the number 2. The "2" in
Sonique 2 is really less about Sonique VERSION 2.0
and more about Sonique 2, THE SEQUEL. Sonique 2 is
not just another upgrade of the same old tired software.
No No NO! Sonique 2 is completely different. Sonique 2
has been in development for over 2 years and shares almost
no code with Sonique 1. It is based on entirely new
ultra-swoobtastic(tm) technology. Audio system,
GUI engine, Skinning system, plugin architecture,
visual system, all sparkling new! Even has that great
"new software" smell.
SONIQUE 2 & MANTIS
Sonique 2 is based on some very nifty technology that
Andrew, Nicholas, and the rest of the Sonique coders
have been developing for the last year called MANTIS.
MANTIS serves two important functions: First, it separates
GUI design from application development, allowing designers
and programmers to work separately on the same app, freeing
designers from the need to program and programmers from the
the need to do GUI design (they hate that). Second, it
provides an extremely powerful environment for creating and
operating real-time GUI interfaces. Animation, effects,
layering, font rendering, menu systems, and just about
everything else are handled by MANTIS, giving the GUI
designer supreme control over the look and feel of their
app. Want to make a fully animated semi-transparent free
floating dockable custom menu with flames shooting out of it?
Want it in 200 languages? MANTIS can do that for you...
OTHER TECHNOLOGY
MANTIS is not the only booty-slappin' body rockin' trick up
our sleeve. There's also the new audio system. It features
24 bit audio (just like professional studio gear), support
for DSP effects chains, can easily handle just about any file
format, and is faster than fast.
The plugin system is flexible and powerful. There are
really no limitations to what you can do. Plugins can take
advantage of MANTIS and integrate seamlessly. We expect a lot
of really interesting plugins to be developed for Sonique 2.
This is going to be amazing...
(stuff about skins removed)
PLATFORM SUPPORT
Sonique 2 is very portable. We designed it to be from the
beginning.
Expect Sonique 2 for Windows 9x, ME, NT4, 2K, XP as well as
Mac OSX,
Linux, BeOS, and AmigaDE
LEGACY SUPPORT
Yes, Sonique 1.x Skins and Visuals will work with Sonique 2..
QUESTIONS
If you have questions about Sonique 2, ask them in the forum
(0000,8000,0000 http://forum.sonique.com).
We will go through the threads in the forum every so often
and move common questions onto the FAQ.
The answers that you seek are often available from other users
or Team Sonique members themselves. We prefer communicating
in the forum to receiving tons of email. We get enough email
as it is.
CONCLUSION
Sonique 2 is something everyone at Team Sonique cares about
deeply. We're sure that you are going to love it. We
certainly do...
BIZ DEV
If you have business related questions about Mantis or Sonique2,
please contact our business development staff at 0000,8000,0000
info@sonique.com or call 415-276-3940.
I hope this is of intrest to you,
Bye M Stormink.
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09.Mar.2001
MorphOS
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Morphtris 1.2 Released
Emmanuel Lesueur has released
Morphtris Version 1.2 for PPC/MorphOS. It is a simple Tetris clone which is
system friendly and runs on a Workbench screen. A 68k AmigaOS and a PPC MorphOS
version are available, the correct version is chosen automatically.
Download: Morphris12.lha - 42 kB
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09.Mar.2001
Virtual Dimension
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Video of the World of Amiga 2000 Finished
The video on the World of Amiga 2000 by Virtual Dimension is finished!
The file is available as MPEG (two versions) or as DivX video (for all
those who can play it, it has better picture and sound quality and is
only slightly larger). Have fun with it!
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09.Mar.2001
Alfred Sturm
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New Aminet Uploads
Dohodnina00.lha biz/dbase 8K+Calculates income tax in Slovenia
LocalePL_OS39.lha biz/dbase 56K+Polish locale for OS3.9 ver 1.4
LCR-I.lha comm/misc 93K+LeastCostRouter for german Internet Prov
Cookie_Killer.lha comm/www 25K+AWeb cookie management (v1.21)
AsmPro.lha dev/asm 165K+Asm-Pro V1.16i mc680x0 macro assembler
Toadies.lha game/2play 1.0M+Version 8.0 - a real Worms clone !
Mattonite_Src.lha game/demo 37K+Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteE
SmartScale.lha gfx/conv 14K+A CLI program used for graphics conversi
FormAldiHyd.lha hard/drivr 120K+V2.2, Driver for Aldi/Tevion/Aiptek/Waco
ECat03.lha misc/misc 40K+Spanish Catalogs Pack 03
zab-hybrid.lha mods/hardc 2.7M+DBM 8ch -> Zabba <- acid gabba 224bpm
zab-ves_buduc.lha mods/hardc 2.2M+DBM 8ch -> Zabba <- psy acidgabba 286bpm
mp32html.lha mus/misc 47K+V2.9a - Converts MP3 directory to HTML.
Minimalist.lha pix/misc 242K+Graphics set for Visual prefs & birdie
vd-hew99.mpg pix/mpg 19M+VD: Videoreport of "Home Electronics Wor
vd-hew99s.mpg pix/mpg 5.8M+VD: Videoreport of "Home Electronics Wor
vd-neuss2000.mpg pix/mpg 29M+VD: Videoreport of "World of Alternative
vd-neuss2000s.mpg pix/mpg 8.9M+VD: Videoreport of "World of Alternative
PetterssonsWB.jpg pix/wb 164K+Pettersson's CGX workbench in 800x600
CLI_Progs.lha util/cli 64K+Misc small utilities for CLI use. V1.00
ReqAttack.lha util/misc 628K+Best, configurable requesters for Amiga
Fix.backdrop.lha util/wb 46K+A handy GUI to clean up .backdrop files
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09.Mar.2001
Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz on ANF
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Frogger 1.64 Released
Frogger 1.64 was released today. Most important improvement is speed
increase, 1.64 is up to 25% faster than 1.63. Of course it also includes
lot of bugfixes (as usual ;), and some new features. There are binaries
for 68k (030, 040, 060) and PPC (PUP, WOS, MOS) available.
Download:
http://frogger.rules.pl or
http://highantdev.de/frogger/
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08.Mar.2001
X-CELLENCE on ANF
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X-CELLENCE goes AmigaDE
We will not develop our games (SCR2K, FirePower and New York Nights) for the
Classic-Amiga. For us this was not easy to decide, but the limited possibilities
of the PPC/3D system the AMIGA can offer for the time being don't meet our
requirements.
Since we all are AMIGA users from the very beginning, we didn't want to put down our
ambitions regarding the AMIGA, thus we came to the conclusion to develop for the
AmigaOne. We hope for your understanding.
Your X-CELLENCE Team
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08.Mar.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail
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Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena - Full Version!
In cooperation with Guido Mersmann the keyfile for the best BoulderDäsh
conversion of the C64 original BoulderDäsh is available for download exclusively
for the Amiga Arena! Some claims to fame:
- 1:1 Clone of the original game.
- Runs in multitasking.
- Online help.
- Locale support.
- Commodore Styleguide conformable programmed.
- Fully graphics board compatible.
The program BoulderDäsh is located at the Aminet. Note:
The keyfile comes exclusively from Guido M. registered to the Amiga Arena and
may not be offered to others as download or copy!
Amiga Arena - Toadies Project!
Toadies, the Worms-Clone by Thilo Koehler is available for download in version 8.0!
The Toadies survey for development of a computer rival will still be online until
25 March 2001! The English version of this survey is to find on the
Toadies homepage.
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08.Mar.2001
AROS
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AROS News
Sebastian Heutlin has done some floppy images for AROS (a boot image with the kernel,
and a boot floppy with the FFS filesystem enabling you to run 'gtdemo').
The images are ready for donwload at two locations:
ftp://ftp.aros.org/pub/aros/DiskImages/
http://wh2-315.st.uni-magdeburg.de/~sheutlin/aros/
Details on bugfixing and the project's progress are to find under the title link.
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08.Mar.2001
Michael Jurisch on ANF
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New Survey - Joystick Adapter
Is there anybody interested in an adapter to connect an Amiga joystick, e.g. for
use with UAE, or does anybody know a manufacturer already producing such? An old
Amiga freak has developed such adapter and would start a small batch production
if enough people will contact. If you are interested, please participate in the survey
(click on title link, then on "Umfragen").
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08.Mar.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF
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Microsoft Gives Windows 2000 Source Codes to US Major Customers.
»Microsoft has started to ship the Windows 2000 source code to up to 1,000 of their
major customers as like to the PC manufacturer Dell. The company announced this on Tuesday.
Microsoft's major customers for the first time would be able to see how Windows 2000 looks
like "below the bonnet". But it is not allowed to change the source code.
«
Complete article under the title link (German).
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