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`16.Feb.2000` Aminet Recent	New Aminet uploads A-Fix_130200.lha comm/ambos 11K+AmBoS-Fix Release 130200 (Sunday 13-Feb- amirsay.lha comm/irc 13K+Uses 'Say' to speak on AmIRC (extra sett UnrealIRCd-bin.lha comm/irc 211K+Advanced IRC Daemon Based On Elite-IRCD SimpleFTP.lha comm/tcp 162K+SimpleFTP v2.10 - Easy to use FTP client Aakt0200HTML.lha docs/mags 244K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga 3DWorld-BestOf.lha docs/misc 36K+The best of the 3D World ML (selected po 3DWorldArc010.lha docs/misc 91K+Archive of the 3D World ML for 01/00 3DWorldArc1299.lha docs/misc 89K+Archive of the 3D World ML for 12/99 HighOctaneExtr.lha game/data 77K+Extra Tracks for High Octane NicronWormsLev.lha game/data 88K+Extra Levels for Worms FoundCard-II.lha game/hint 53K+Foundation Card-Hints Miss29-33. FoundTip29-33.lha game/hint 50K+Foundation Hints Mission29-33 (German) HBMonopoly.lha game/wb 521K+V2.1 Monopoly now as network game! AtomUhr14.lha hard/hack 42K+AtomUhr V1.4 - DCF77 Receiver SpaTra05.lha misc/misc 127K+Spanish Translations Pack 05 v0.7 bO-005.lha mods/techn 372K+#005 bOhema release by spektra (house) JumpED.lha text/edit 16K+Handy Text editor tool, Jump to Labels v LvWB_11.lha util/boot 60K+From Nicron Productions ReSize.lha util/cli 14K+Shell tool to set file size SIATP.lha util/moni 176K+System Information And Test Program (SIA VersionWB.lha util/sys 38K+V2.13 AmigaDos Version replacement. scalospl.lha util/wb 11K+Polish translation for Scalos 1.2a (Translation: mb) [News message: 16. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Feb.2000` Numen in ANF	Amiga 4ever issue 14 released! What you can find in the latest Amiga 4ever: - News about the Amiga - loads of tests of current software, like Foundation DC, Seaside etc. - short stories and reviews of Audio CDs and books - szene demos and picture galery - AmigaAktuell issue 01/2000 The Amiga 4ever is released monthly (15th) and can be downloaded from our homepage (title link). (Translation: mb) [News message: 16. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Feb.2000` AROS	AROS The Aros website has been changed and improved. The beginning of the page has a News summary concerning new developments and changes. The autodocs have been completely relocated. Also read the press release by Steve Crietzman about the strategic partnership between Open Amiga Foundation and AROS: PRESS RELEASE 16 FEBRUARY 2000 Media Contact: Steve Crietzman President and CEO Open Amiga Foundation Tel: +44 (0)1778 393323 OPEN AMIGA FOUNDATION AND AROS ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP 16 February 2000 -- The Open Amiga Foundation and AROS are to enter into a strategic relationship which they believe will be of great benefit to their organisations, their members and the wider Amiga community. In the words of Open Amiga president Steve Crietzman, "our objectives are compatible, it makes sense for us to work together." Under the terms of the deal, the Open Amiga Foundation (formerly known as Open Amiga/COSA), will become the organisation responsible for public relations, marketing, business and legal affairs of the open-source AmigaOS project. The Open Amiga Foundation, led by Steve Crietzman, will also oversee the creation and development of Standards Bodies, Working Groups and Development Teams to focus on the development of modern standards, and the production of high-quality Amiga software and applications for an open-source Amiga OS. The Open Amiga Foundation will also handle general promotion of open standards, open platforms and open-source software within the Amiga world. It is our intention to fill the vacuum left by the disappearance of Commodore's CATS and Developer Support programme, and the lack of decent high-quality application software. The Amiga Research OS project, led by Aaron Digulla, will handle the actual development of the Amiga Operating System core. As part of this, OAF have agreed to encourage all our developers to register with the AROS project, and to delegate Amiga OS core development to AROS. AROS will continue to operate independently from Open Amiga, but our relationship nonetheless acts, as Aaron Digulla put it, "like a symbiosis." The Amiga Research OS (AKA "AROS") project will, in a sense, become the Amiga Operating System development wing of the Open Amiga Foundation, and will focus it's efforts on development of AmigaOS/ AROS, should the Amiga operating system be released as open source, as we hope it will be (and are working extremely hard to achieve). Open Amiga will complement this by handling the legal and business affairs of the project, which Aaron Digulla said was "a big relief for us here at AROS." We believe an alliance between the leading open-source OS development team on the Amiga platform (AROS), and the far-reaching resources of the Open Amiga Foundation are a match made in heaven, and with our combined resources, we have the resources and the skills to achieve great things together. It is our mutual goal to chart a future for the Amiga operating system that is ambitious, radical and far-reaching, and gives the AmigaOS a chance of real survival and growth, as an independent OS preserving its own unique identity. And by listening to the Amiga community on the Internet and at trade shows, we have seen that this what many in the community WANT. They WANT AmigaOS, not some hybrid, alternative or "inspired by the Amiga concept" OS. They want AmigaOS, and they want it to survive, and perhaps more importantly, to grow. Pure and simple. Our strategy is to give the community what they want, to address all of these concerns, and deliver improved, portable and free versions of the AmigaOS for a variety of next-generation CPUs and platforms. People will be able to choose to run AmigaOS on top of another kernel if that is their wish (in order to benefit from Linux driver support and such like), but they will not be forced to do so. AmigaOS will be able to function independently. We believe this is what a great many people in the community wants. Questions and queries regarding the future of AmigaOS as "open source software" should be directed to Open Amiga, which is acting in the capacity of an overall parent/public relations organisation. Developers wishing to participate, either in the development of the OS core itself, or in working as part of a development team to create software or applications for the Amiga, should apply through Open Amiga Foundation, and you will be put in touch with the appropriate people managing the projects you are interested in. Current Working Groups include AROS, led by Aaron Digulla, and our Streaming Media Working Group, led by Ian Parker. Other Working Groups, Standards Bodies and Development Teams will be created in due course. ### Questions and Answers QUESTION: Is this a merger between AROS and Open Amiga? ANSWER: No. Both groups will continue to operate independently, neither will have operational control over the other. We are merely pooling our resources, and dividing up roles between us. QUESTION: How will this co-operation function in practice? ANSWER: Both groups will work very closely together, and we will have very clearly defined roles. We are working on the same strategy, but we share the various roles, and we are better at different things. (With regards to AmigaOS: AROS is the development project, OAF is the business/ organisation.) QUESTION: What is the likelihood that the AmigaOS will be released as open source? ANSWER: At this time, it is not possible to give a straight answer to this question. We are pursueing all avenues open to us to make it happen. QUESTION: I thought Gateway still owned the Amiga patents? ANSWER: They do, and we are in negotiation with Gateway already on this matter. We are hopeful that a positive arrangement can be reached within the next few weeks. QUESTION: Does Amiga Corporation support what you are doing? ANSWER: We have their unofficial backing. It is not possible for legal reasons for them to commit to open-source, since many legal hurdles prevent them from doing this, most notably the issue of Gateway's patents. However, Fleecy Moss and Petro Tyschtschenko of Amiga have both publicly stated their support for an open-source AmigaOS in public interviews and forums. QUESTION: If the AmigaOS is not released as open source, what happens to AROS and Open Amiga? ANSWER: We will continue. The source code is not a necessity for us, but it would be a help. The main issue for us is access to software patents and various Amiga trademarks. Providing an adequate deal is reached with Gateway for access to patents, and a deal reached with Amiga for access to Amiga trademarks, we can safely and legally develop a portable clone of Amiga OS. The source code is unnecessary, but will help us develop a portable clone of AmigaOS for other CPUs and platforms in a shorter space of time. QUESTION: Are you for or against what Amiga are doing re: Tao? ANSWER: OAF/AROS does not take a position on other Amiga-related projects including Amiga/Tao or Phoenix/QNX. We support the right of Amiga users to make their own reasoned judgements and to choose the solution that is bested suited for them. We believe it is in the interests of the Amiga community to be given maximum choice on the path they take, and in that sense, we support Amiga's creation of a new alternative option. QUESTION: I am a developer. I would like to help. What can I do? ANSWER: Write to president@amigakernel.org and we will let you know what groups are looking for more developers, and you will be invited to join one of our active development teams. Also bookmark http://www.openamiga.org. Our new, improved website will be going online within the next few weeks. (Translation: mb) [News message: 16. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Feb.2000` Jan Andersen via Email	Amiga Virus Gallery Virus Help Denmark has often been asked by users what a virus "lools" like or how it can be identified. Since many Viruses actually do print pictures to the screen, Virus Help Denmark has decided to put up a Gallery of these pictures. You can find "Gallery" in the left hand menu bar. (Translation: mb) [News message: 16. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` Frank Wille	PhxAss V4.40 (Beta) PhxAss V4.xx is a highly optimised Makro Assembler for Motorola CPUs 680x0, 6888x FPUs and 68851 MMU (the 030, 040 and 060 MMU are of course also supported). Download: PhxAss.gz (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` SDS	Scalos V1.x now Freeware It is official, Scalos V1.x will soon be Freeware. Satanic Dreeams Software will soon release a new archive of Scalos V1.2a. (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` John Chandler	John Chandler: Greenboy Interview (Part III) John Chandler: Greenboy Interview (Part III) (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` STRICQ	STRICQ Version 0.1726 (Beta) released Download: STRICQ.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` AA Awards	AAA Awards News Starting immediatly candidates for the 1999 Awards can be submitted. (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` LinuxInfo.de via Email	New Report: MS - SQL access with PHP and Apache A new report is available in our Report section that decribes the usage of Apache and PHP to access MS - SQL Servers. It specifically decribes what software is needed ans which steps need to be taken. With this solution it is possible via a Linuxwebserver to use content, functions and databases of a MS - SQL server. (German only, sorry!) (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` Heise (Newsticker)	Heise: Deutsche Telekom Flatrate not yet done deal Some of the rates that Deutsche Telekom CEO Ron Sommer announced on Friday are not yet a done deal. A spokesman has characterized Sommer`s speach as a programatic vision of the Telekom`s future. These however are subject to appoval by the regulatory agencies. For the entire artikel see the title link (German only). (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` amigarealm via email	amigarealm.com Layout improved The webmaster from amigarealm has changed the layout and improved the "Smart Directory Service". (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` Hakan Parting via email	VersionWB Version 2.13 released Besides may bugfixes this version also contains many new features. Download: VersionWB2_13.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` Carsten Schroeder via email	Amiga aktuell 02/2000 online Amiga aktuell 02/2000 has been released. (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` Stefan Sommerfeld via email	REPULSE Web - update The REPULSE website (sound card for A2/3/4000) has changed. A number of new pages have been added, among them a News page that reports on the development status. Also, new features of the card have been added. (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` amiga-news.de	Answers to Phase5`s insolvancy Several questions were raised by Phase5 digital products' application for insolvency, which we have sent by Fax to the provisional administrator of insolvency procceedings, Mrs. Angelika Amend on February 10, 2000. At first the questions we have submitted: Many users have sent in devices (CPU boards, etc.) to Phase 5 for repair. Some of these under terms of guarantee, but some also liable for costs. What can those users do to get their boards back as soon as possible (repaired or not)? Subject: Prepaiments for preordered G3/G4 boards. If we are informed properly, prepayments were made against the background that those payments will be effected to an account in trust. Such a statement was made by Phase 5 in the media back then to make sure that the customers would get back their money, if those boards would be never released (whatever the reason). Was the money of those customers actualy effected to an account in trust, or are those payments possibly part of the insolvency procedure? We have heard from several sources Phase 5 would consist of two companies. One a Ltd. (associates are not known by me) and the other one an association of common law between Wolf Dietrich and Gerald Carda. This brings up a question, which of these companies has made the application for insolvency. Unfortuantly, one could not find out the form of the association from the letter on which the recieved press release was written. How will a user come to know if the insolvency proceedings have been disclosed, so that potentially aggrieved people are able to log on their rights? The reply, dated 02/15/2000 Today we recieved the following answers, which we mirror here word by word: Angelika Amend, Lawyer Am Aufstieg 10 61476 Kronberg im Taunus Fax-Nr. 06173/940342 amiga-news.de Petra Struck 15. Februar 2000 aa/gh - phase-006 (Please, qoute allways) Insolvency proceedings for Phase 5 digital products Dear Mrs. Petra Struck, in response to your writing from 02/10/2000. At present the users only can wait and see, if insolvency proceedings will be disclosed. Because the suspended business activities there are currently no repairs made etc. The users should solely denounce thier pretensions with the signatory. Up to now the signatory does not know about an account in trust. Insolvency proceedings are pending only for the acquirements of the association of common law, existing of Wolf Dietrich and Gerald Carda. The users are creditors of the association, so they will be informed about the disclosure of insolvency proceedings. Sincerely yours Angelika Amend Lawyer for provisional administrator of insolvency procceedings [signature] (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` Amigazone	Livechat with Fleecy Moss Download the Logfile of the last chat: fleecy1.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` Markus Fellhauer in ANF	SecondSpin 1.99 Beta released Download: SecondSpin_Install.lzx (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2000` Sascha W in ANF	MAS-Player now available for sale The MAS-Player ist a hardware that allows any Amiga to play MP3 files in realtime. It attaches to the parallel port. Even on a 68000 with 7mhz it can play mp3 files up to 128 kbps. No external power supply is required. It is available for 180,- DM (92 Euro). (Translation: mb) [News message: 15. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` amiga-news.de	Amiga Link Directory improved Felix Schwarz respected different wishes from users and has improved the ALD-Script further. There are four new categories: Retailers, Internettools, Directories and Games. If anybody thinks his entry should be in a different category now, he can use "Modify Entry" to change this. Please have the password ready. Furthermore the entries in the different categories will be sorted alphabetically, which makes it easier to find the websites. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Aminet Recent	Recent Aminet Uploads VProDB.lha biz/dbase 833K+Vista Pro landscapes database. English/F fxPAINTDemo.lha biz/demo 1.5M+THE new image-processing and paint-packa ProspEd.lha biz/demo 56K+V1.0.2 Form Editor For TurboFat (ITALIAN QuatuorDemoR1.lha biz/demo 625K+Nice diary/calendar/calendars editor. 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Converter from DBM (DBPro) to XM ( Pegase_SRC.lha mus/misc 145K+Hi-Q mp2 audio encoder source code acid_flash.lha mus/play 35K+Acidflash skin for PlayGUI Gatesskin.lha mus/play 21K+A funny skin for PlayGUI GatesSkin.lha mus/play 21K+A funny skin for PlayGUI pgskins1.lha mus/play 155K+3 New Skins for PlayGui v2.0 (16/256 col pgskins2.lha mus/play 132K+3 New Phantomias Skins for PlayGui v2.0 pgskins3.lha mus/play 162K+3 New Skins for PlayGui v2.x PlayGUI.lha mus/play 483K+Finally!Modplayer with Skins! V.2.3! (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Czech Amiga News	Descent2 by Alive Mediasoft Follow the title link to read the pressrelease by Alive Mediasoft. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Foundation	Foundation: Directors Cut Demo available A demoversion of the long awaited sequel of Foundation, which is called Foundation: The Directors Cut, is finally available. Minimum requirements are a 030/50 or faster processor with a least 8MB FastRAM, AGA or a graphics-board as well as 32 MB free space on the harddrive.Download: FoundationDC_Demo.lha FoundationDC_Demo.lzx (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Harald Fuchs in ANF	Amiga in Internet Magazin In issue 3/2000 of the Internet Magazin the following answer to an readers letter can be found: "It is correct that we are overall very focused on Windows. But in the past most of the internet-surfers went online using this operating system. Since the use of MacOS, Linux and even Amiga and Atari has multiplied this is changing curerntly. Therefore we will pay more attention to these OSes in the future." (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Brad Webb by eMail	Brad Webb Amiga Update Newsletter ====================================================================== _ __ _ <>_ __ _ \|\| /\\ \|\ /\|\| \|\| / ` /\\ \|\| A M I G A U P D A T E /__\\ \| \ / \|\| \|\| \|\| ___ /__\\ \|\| -News and Rumors- / \\_ \| \/ \|\|_ _\|\|_ \__// / \\_\|\| (An Occasional e-mail WELCOME TO TOMORROW \|\| News Source) ====================================================================== AMIGA and the Amiga logo are trademarks of Amiga, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 000213 T H E W O R D F R O M T H E T O P B I L L M C E W E N L I V E ! P R O G R E S S R E P O R T - N E W U S M A G A M I G A Z O N E C H A T S W I T H F L E E C Y A M I G A W E S T C O A S T S H O W ( U S ) A M I G A 2 K B A N Q U E T S P E A K E R - M C E W E N P H A S E 5 I S D E A D . . . . . . B U T S O M E P R O D U C T S C O N T I N U E D A N G E R O U S F A K E P A T C H F O R Y A M A M I G A L I N K D I R E C T O R Y ( A L D ) A M I G A W A T C H N U M B E R 5 A V A I L A B L E A M I G A A T C A B L E T V S H O W I N I N D I A D I R E C T O R Y O P U S 4 N O W F R E E E R I O L U S B S T A T U S R E P O R T S T O R M M P 3 / E M P E G D E C O D E R A M I N E T H U N T E R F R O M A M I G A S O C D E M O V E R S I O N O F F X P A I N T A V A I L A B L E P H O T O F O L I O F R O M S T E E P L E S O F T W A R E Editor's Thoughts and Introduction: The year continues to be interesting, in both good and not so good ways. We have more information from Bill McEwen, President of the new Amiga. What he has to say is positive and well worth reading. On the other side of the coin, another long-time Amiga company dies. Phase 5 has been often controversial and sometimes disliked by many Amigans. Despite that, they will be missed as any lessening of the community hurts. We've already seen too many losses. But even while one company goes away, another may be coming back. There is a new web site for one of my old favorites, Cinemaware. Efforts are being made to revive this maker of most interesting games. Cinemaware was not just an Amiga company, so it will be worth keeping an eye on them to see how the new company develops. You can find them at www.cinemaware.com. Speaking of renewal, we have a report below from Bill Griffin, the person trying to establish a paper Amiga magazine for the US. Bill hopes to fill the void left when "Amazing Computing" died recently. We wish him luck, and will keep an eye on his efforts for our US readers. There's another interesting magazine effort making progress. We understand the "UGN Times" disk magazine has begun to show up at some Amiga dealers' locations. We don't have an official list of who has them and when others may get them. If interested, I guess you'll just have to keep your eyes open. There are many other things for you to read about in this issue. We hope you enjoy it! Brad Webb, Editor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail to the E-ditor: 3 Feb 2000 1 Hello. You don`t have any news of the rumored 8MB Alice chip? Does it even exist? /Tony, Sweden ~~~~~~ Tony, I'm afraid I've not heard of it. Readers, can you answer Tony's question? Thanks, Brad ====== 5 Feb 2000 Dear Brad The Amigaupdate is really the best way I can think of to get new information about our beloved Amiga. A shame that I didn't find you sooner. My questions in all this talk about new platforms is: Which computer should we actually buy. If I f. ex. buy the Amirage from Phase5 will it be possible for me to use the virtual processor made by Amino? And when they suddenly make a new platform too, the Amiga community is in a way split in two? Or how do you see it all? Or is a word like Amiga compatible the same as falling into the PC-trap too? Best regards, Andreas ~~~~~~ Andreas, Wow, what questions! In all honesty, I don't think anyone can answer these questions yet. We need to see what the new Amiga produces, and the new Amiga (correctly, I think) won't say anything unless there's a real product to talk about. If you need something now, buy whatever product looks best to you at this time. The future is unclear enough right now, I have no idea how all these pieces will fit together. I'd like to ensure you that the virtual processor will work on the Amirage, but I can't. My expectation is that it will, but there are no quarantees. I'm hoping we can avoid a split, but the possibility exists. I think it's unlikely, as we're too small for any group that doesn't follow the lead of Amiga to survive for long, and I think most people realize that at some level. For me, I'm planning on sticking with Amiga the company as long as it produces something close to what I as want as an Amigan. That's just my approach, but I think it's the most sensible one for those who can wait. Wish I had some real answers for your questions, Brad ====== 6 Feb 2000 Brad, Thanks for being one of the keepers of the flame, so to speak. I have three things this message is about, two questions and one soapbox sort of thing: 1. Question #1 Can you tell me about, point me to, give me advice on how to set up my Linux machine to deal with Amiga-formatted floppies? I can find info that indicates it can be done, but no instructions. I downloaded a tarred file called amifdformat.tar.gz, but after unzipping and tarring I get four files that I don't know what to do with, and I suspect I need more files than this. 2. Part of the reason question #1 comes up is that even though I got Amiga Forever and successfully hooked up to the Win98 part of my laptop, I never could find out how to get files copied from the Amiga to the laptop, or vice versa. Can you? I can access all the drives without any problem. <... intersting "soapbox thing" not included due to length ...> Greg ~~~~~~ Greg, First, I apologize for cutting so much interesting material from your letter. I had to shorten it to include it. I read your thoughts about Amiga and its need to have a customer orientation. Both Bill McEwen and Fleecy Moss come from Gateway, and have had a good chance to learn how not to treat customers, as well as how to do it right. I'm expecting a much more customer oriented company from the new Amiga than we were ever likely to get from Gateway. While I'm a UNIX user in my other life, I'm not a Linux user so I'll do as I often do and defer to the wisdom of our readers. I'm pretty certain someone will have answers to both questions. As for keeping the flame, we intend to stay at it as long as there's even a flicker. Thanks, Brad ====== 24 Jan 2000 G'Day Brad Brad Webb wrote: > ... snip ... > Well, I hope you'll let "Amiga Update" help you keep up with the > news. As for alternative sites to the old Amige Web Directory, I'd > recommend two: > > http://www.amiga.org/ > http://www.realdreams.cz/AMIGA/ > > ... snip ... I guess you already know about:- http://www.ann.lu/ I find it as good as the above two that you mention. Frank ~~~~~~ Frank, Yes, I'd agree that ANN is a good news site. It's a great place to keep up with newsgroup postings. For general news, the other sites might be more useful to more people. Brad ---------------------------------------------------------------------- T H E W O R D F R O M T H E T O P February 4, 2000 Greetings to one and all: A great deal has occurred over the last couple of weeks, and it is only going to get more interesting as we move forward. It has been some time since I spoke with you, and I wanted to share some of the fun. In the last two weeks we have announced our new foundation partner, started technical training with our new development team, and had many meetings with future technology partners The responses have been overwhelmingly positive and, to quote an old song "they ain't seen nothing yet". On January 8, 2000 at CES in Las Vegas we announced our partnership with the Tao-Group as our foundation OS partner. This is not just a technical but a strategic relationship and brings with it great rewards. I have asked Fleecy to write a short document highlighting the Amiga/Tao relationship from a more technical perspective, to save you from having to put up with my telling everyone how incredibly great and fantastic it is. We want you to make your own minds up. In the next two weeks we will make another strategic partnership announcement with regards to the new path for Amiga. As with all our announcements, look at it against the whole picture and not in isolation. After a week long trip to Germany and the UK I have come back with a much better understanding of what we can and cannot do. As mentioned before we are not going to make promises or product announcements. We will announce to you, the community, only after the deal is signed or the product is sitting before us. This won't put a stop to rumours, but it will make them all the more obvious. Change brings uncertainty, and in an information vacuum, mischief makers like to take the spotlight. If it isn't officially sanctioned by Amiga, don't believe it. Our job as a company is to create exciting market opportunities for Amiga developers to take advantage of, and to give Amiga users a platform they can enjoy. This requires more than just an upgrade to the existing OS. This requires, indeed demands a complete strategy reaching into all areas of the present and the future. The time has come for all of us to move forwards, owner, developer, and user. Many of you have sent us business proposals, and product marketing ideas, and for this we thank you, and ask for your patience as we look over them. Some are providing us with valuable insight into the desires of the Amiga community as a whole, others are providing us with a good chuckle. This is the Amiga advantage that other platforms just do not share. Over the next few months there may be some companies that come out with their own plans, or state that we do not have the community at heart as we move forwards. The reality is, they do not know what we have planned. In order to stay focused and to keep up our incredible pace, we are not sharing our plans outside of our signed partnerships. We have to prioritise and act singlemindedly if we are to reach our first plateau in our given timescales. Once there we will be able to pause for breath. Some are not happy about this, but they do not know the full plan. Our mission is not just about restoring the Amiga, but about pushing it forwards as THE technology for tomorrow. This means that if you hear something annoying, or frustrating, or downright nasty, and the source is not Amiga Inc, then disregard it. Plain and simple. If you did not hear it from us, or read it here on this web site it is not true. We are not asking for your trust or your undying belief. We only ask that you take us on OUR words and deeds, not on the misinterpretations of others. We will soon be starting official meetings in Europe, the UK, and the US for developers and dealers. This will include introductory training seminars for the new OS, and introductions to the retail pricing and schedules. We will also begin the process of introducing the new web site, and putting the Amiga Advisory Council to work. I want to thank each and every one of you for your hospitality during our meetings and for your continued support as we move forwards. We have had the chance to meet with many end users, developers, dealers, and new partners, and look forwards to meeting even more of you as time goes on. There is a great deal of activity, with a lot of first footsteps on some truly amazing paths. New partners excited, old faces returning, familiar faces reminding us of our heritage. Indeed we are already having to move into bigger facilities, such is our rate of growth. I know it can be frustrating but after years wandering lost in a dark place, the sun is finally starting to crack a smile on the horizon. Together, we will march into tomorrow. Keeping the faith, Bill McEwen and the rest of the Amiga Team. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B I L L M C E W E N L I V E ! February 4, 2000 Fellow Amigans, We are happy to assist the Gateway Amiga Club, Inc. in bringing you Mr. Bill McEwen in... "Live" from the Gateway Amgia Club" GAC's meeting will be Wednesday March 1, at the Ladue Horton Watkins High School Videio Lab. It is located at 1201 South Warson Rd, in Ladue, MO. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM, with the conference starting at 8 PM CST. Mr McEwen will discuss the "OS for the 21st Century" and demonstrate some "new stuff". This is a meeting you won't want to miss. The interactive nature of this conference, will allow the speaker to view his audience as they view him. Viewers can even ask questions when their site is selected for viewing. Amiga Clubs interested in viewing this live interactive video conference" should go to GAC's web page at: http://www.icon-stl.net/~amiga and click on the "Amiga News" link. There you will find the details of how to apply for the conferences link. We suggest that clubs attempt to find video conferencing equipment at their local high schools, colleges, or businesses to keep their costs down. It is possible to rent Kinko equipment, but costs can be higher than most clubs can afford. Due to the video sites needing possible on-site approval, we will need to have your request no later than February 14. Please remember to fill out the form on the GAC website. See you on the Big Screen, Bob Scharp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- P R O G R E S S R E P O R T - N E W U S M A G 31 Jan 2000 23:11:56 +0500 Our project is progressing at quite a clip. Less than 24 hours after my initial request for writers, I had 24 Emails of people wanting to submit articles, 2 who wanted to help edit, 5 people who want subscription info and 1 who simply want to know where to "send the check". I have since received Email from 2 more folks wanting to submit articles. received 2 reviews and have heard from multiple potential subscribers. I have had contact with 1 former "Amazing..." advertiser who is helping me in setting up advertising contacts. And I am about to send out advertising info to all the former "Amazing..." advertisers (at least those who advertised in the last issue of Amazing). Now, we are going to be holding a "Name Our Magazine" contest with the sample issue. In this contest, new subscribers will be able to cast their votes for the name of the magazine. We will be including 3 possible names and a space for the subscriber to make their own choice (in case they don't like ours). The planned end date for the contest will be at the start of the second day of the St Louis Amiga Show (April 1-2, 2000). We have received several requests for info on the mag, so here it is. We plan on a 30 - 40 page (plus covers) magazine. If there are any REALLY important items that come up, we are prepared to push the magazine out to about 50 pages (again plus covers). For the time being, the magazine will be all black and white (or greyscale, if you will) and will be printed on plain (non-slick) paper. This will include the cover as well (at least for the first few issues). Future plans include glossy paper and color. We've had a few suggestions about adding cover disks or CDs. We're not really certain if this is the way to go, so you will probably see a survey asking the subscribers about this in the future. The magazine ( again, at least, at the start) will be by subscription only. I will be releasing, on the net (via the newsgroups and amiga update) when the sample issues are ready to send out. At that point, people can Email me with their "snail-,ail" addresses and I will mail out the sample copies (no charge). Each sample issue will include a subscription form, a vote card for the "Name Our Magazine" contest and a shopper's survey (to help us know who to contact for possible future advertising). A "sneek peak" of the sample issue shows that we will have a review of Digital Dreams action adventure game "Wasted Dreams". We will also have the first of a 2-part review on the Albrecht Computer Technik "Prelude" sound card. We are currently working out the details for an interview with Amiga Inc's Fleecy Moss. And an article by A former Amiga who is finding his way back to Amigas. The planned kick-of date to send out samples is about March 15 (possibly sooner with a little luck). SO STAY TUNED. ------ Its gonna be a heck of a century! Bill Griffin, G&G Enterprises ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A Z O N E C H A T S W I T H F L E E C Y 1 February 2000 AMIGAZONE TO HOLD MONTHLY LIVE CHATS WITH VICE PRESIDENT OF AMIGA CORP. AmigaZone, the online service for Amiga owners founded in 1985 by Harv Laser, is pleased to announce that it has scheduled a monthly live chat with Fleecy Moss, Vice President of Product Development for the new Amiga Corp. All AmigaZone members are invited to attend these chats, an toss those burning questions at Fleecy. Find out what's going on long before the news hits the magazines (what magazines are left!). In a surprise to the world, Amiga Corp., spearheaded by Bill McEwen, purchased "All that is Amiga" from Gateway during the final days of 1999. (See their "Executive Update" and news pages at http://www.amiga.com). The first live chat with Fleecy took place in AmigaZone's own chat area on Wednesday, 26 January 2000. AmigaZone will shortly add a new page to its web site (http://www.amigazone.com) which will hold text transcripts of the Fleecy chats after each one is held. The next live chat with Fleecy will be on the evening of February 23, 2000, and thereafter, on the last Wednesday of every month. These chats are a premium for AmigaZone members. If you want to participate in them, and avail yourself of everything else AmigaZone has to offer, visit http://www.amigazone.com and sign up. You can join with your credit card and SSL-enable web browser, or a 1-800 phone call. AmigaZone is connected to the internet and members log into it with a local phone call to your local ISP account. Cost of membership is only US$12.95/month (about 40 cents a day!) for unlimited usage. AmigaZone has no hidden or extra-cost areas.. never has and never will. The monthly membership fee is billed to your credit card, and there is no signup fee or long-term contract. Join now, and upon verification of your signup, you'll receive a FREE AmigaZone logo baseball cap in the mail, as our thank you gift! Remember, only paid AmigaZone members can attend these monthly live chats with Fleecy. AmigaZone is hosted by CalWeb Internet Services. AmigaZone is a Trademark of Harv Laser. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A W E S T C O A S T S H O W ( U S ) 7 Feb 2000 The Amiga West Coast show, AmiWest 2000 is shaping up! That's right! The AmiWest committee is proud to announce we are again hosting this year's show in Sacramento, California, at the popular Holiday Inn, Sacramento NorthEast, 5321 Date Avenue Sacramento, CA 95841, on Saturday, July 29th and Sunday, July 30th, 2000. The Holiday Inn venue proved to be such a hit for last year's show that we are again holding it there. Show times are Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 10am-4pm. AmiWest is in it's third year and is the only all Amiga show produced on the West Coast. The show has proved very popular for Amiga enthusiasts in the Western United States. With the recent purchase of the Amiga by Amino (renamed Amiga Corporation) from Gateway, the Amiga appears to be on an upswing. The new Amiga Corporation is headed by Bill McEwen who can be remembered by participants at both AmiWest'98 and AmiWest'99 as a very enthusiastic supporter of the Amiga. Also part of the Amiga team are long time Amigans Fleecy Moss and Petro Tyschtschenko. You can learn more about AmiWest 2000 by accessing our web page at: http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/ If you are interested in exhibiting at AmiWest 2000, please submit the form that is provided on our web page. We need to know early who will be exhibiting. Booth sizes and pricing is yet to be determined; however, by submitting the form on our web page you will receive an exhibitor packet with all necessary forms and information when the packet becomes available. Special booth pricing will be available for user groups. This weekend event will again showcase the progress that IS the Amiga Community. John Zacharias, charperson AmiWest 2000 jzachar@calweb.com http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A 2 K B A N Q U E T S P E A K E R - M C E W E N December 18, 1999 It is with great pleasure that we announce that Mr. Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amiga Inc., will be our guest speaker at the Amiga 2K banquet Saturday April 1, 2000. Bill is well know to most Amiga fans as the former "Marketing Man" of Gateway's Amiga division. Not to be one to be left out of the best computer in town, he arranged to buy the company from his former bosses. That has to be a feather in his cap. To be able to tell people that you so believe in a product, that after you leave a company, you arrange to buy it, is just admirable. I don't think they saw it coming, or they never would have left Bill leave. So are we in for an interesting tale, undoubtedly. Will we hear about his ideas, I'm sure. Will we enjoy listening to the man who loves and owns our beloved Amiga... You Betcha! Ticketing arrangements are as follows: Tickets to the Amiga 2K banquet are $35. They will only be sold in advance, until March 18, 2000. Admission tickets are $17 for two days - in advance. or $12 for one day - in advance. At the door, Admission tickets are $20 for two days. or $15 for one day. Class tickets are only available at the ticket table, during show hours. A schedule of classes will be posted later. Remember... Orders for tickets must be received no later than March 18, 2000. Please mail your requests to: Amigan-St. Louis PO Box 672 Bridgeton, MO 63044 Banquet tickets are sold on a first come basis. The last two years we sold out, so don't wait too long. Sincerely, Bob Scharp Amigan-St. Louis bscharp@icon-stl.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- P H A S E 5 I S D E A D . . . Oberursel, 02/09/2000: On January 26., 2000 application for insolvency was made about the property of phase 5 digital production, and the application proceedings has been established by a decee made by the competent county court at the same day. During the regular application procedure there are negotiations about assumption, and continuation of the Amiga technology field with among others prospective buyers. By that, continuation of the current development and products shall be attained, espacially as for the new G4 acceleration boards. Every customer who did product preordering from and product prepayment to phase5 digital products will become informed about their objective rights in writing, once the insolvency proceeding will be established. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- . . . B U T S O M E P R O D U C T S C O N T I N U E {The following information was posted to the net in relation to questions about products from the former Phase 5. Brad} 11 Feb 2000 DCE has exclusive rights to following: 1. Blizzard 1240 2. Blizzard 1260 3. Blizzard 2040 4. Blizzard 2060 5. Blizzard SCSI IV Kit 6. CV 64 3D 7. CV PPC 8. B-Vision 9. Cyberstorm MK III 10. Cyberstorm PPC 11. Blizzard PPC 1-6 is available 7-11 will be available in the next 2-7 weeks. : DCE will also take over repair services for Phase 5products. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- D A N G E R O U S F A K E P A T C H F O R Y A M 8 Feb., 2000 From: "Dirk Harlaar" <D.Harlaar@ping.de> All users of YAM, please note: a "patch" for YAM PPC appeared on Aminet today (or maybe yesterday). It should cure a Y2K bug in YAM 2 (even though there isn't a Y2K bug in YAM at all) as well as make YAM use the PPC. Do not download and install this "patch"! The install script contains a macro virus, and YAM doesn't get patched at all! So, to repeat, the YAM patch now on Aminet is in fact a nasty VIRUS. Don't use it! Dirk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A L I N K D I R E C T O R Y ( A L D ) Jan. 3, 2000 amiga-news.de now with Amiga Link Directory (ALD) amiga-news.de opened the new Amiga Link Directory (ALD) for the public on 23.1.2000. The new directory`s aim is to become THE directory for AMIGA-pages. Innovative (http://www.innovative-web.de), a software-company based in Herzogenaurach/Germany developed the required technology for this exciting enterprise. Entries are sorted by categories and letters or can be found easily via the available search-function. In order to guarantee an always up-to-date database, entries can be changed by the "owners" of the entry at any time via a previously defined password. For every entry, if provided by the "owner", further information is available. This can include, but is not limited to the postal adress as well as the phone-number, email-adress and homepage. The ALD will also partially (means: only entries of "owners" who want their entries to be part of a "directory" on the Aminet-CD) be available via the popular Aminet-CDs. For the first time there will be a bridge between the AMIGA-online and -offline-world - and it will be called ALD. This way communication within the AMIGA-community will improve and companies can also reach users, that don`t have an internet-connection yet. Help us building the greatest online-directory for AMIGA-websites worldwide and add your website today. The ALD can be found at: http://www.amiga-news.de/cgi-bin/anwd-db.pl - Your amiga-news.de-Team ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A W A T C H N U M B E R 5 A V A I L A B L E 1 Feb., 2000 The new Amiga Watch, Communique Number 5 is posted at < http://tech-head.com/amiga.htm >. The Tao CES demo is covered along with its implications. Due to a fairly massive computer crash on my Techno-altar the streaming video version of the Tao demo is delayed. Hopefully it will be posted in the next week to ten days. Regards, Roger Wyatt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A A T C A B L E T V S H O W I N I N D I A From 27 - 29 January, Amiga International, Inc. attended one of the biggest Cable TV Shows in Calcutta, India. Just like last year, it was another full success. This time, there were four more AMIGA booths apart from the main one. Monarch Video and Agani PTY from Mumbai as well as Abishek Enterprise from Calcutta and Rajan Electronics from Delhi also had booths at this exhibition. There were lots of visitors from neighbouring Bangladesh, the coming market where the Amiga will gain shares of the cable TV market. In a TV interview, Petro Tyschtschenko explained why AMIGA is so popular in the Indian market and what solution it means for the TV market. Amiga International, Inc. plans to participate in this important event again next year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- D I R E C T O R Y O P U S 4 N O W F R E E 27 January, 2000 GP Software's Greg Perry has announced the release of Directory Opus 4 as free software under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. The notice reads, in part: "The release of Directory Opus 4 under the GPL in NO WAY affects the existing commercial status of Directory Opus 5 or subsequent products. Nor does it affect the GPSoftware trademarks of DirectoryOpus, DOpus, Opus and related terms. These names will always remain the exclusive property of GPSoftware and may not be used without specific and explicit permission, except for distribution of the original and derived versions of Directory Opus 4 as described in the GPL. All users of Directory Opus 4, including those licensed under the GPL, are entitled to upgrade to the latest version of Directory Opus 5 at a discounted price. Please see http://www.gpsoft.com.au for more information." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- E R I O L U S B S T A T U S R E P O R T 5th february 2000 The design of the Eriol control logic has progressed steadily during January. Entering february the first fullscale test simulation of the control logic is about to begin. Following this a shorter period for correcting any logic errors must be expected. After having verified the logical correctness of the control logic it will be time for a fullscale timing simulation of the logic. Hopefully this will prove what I already believe - that the timing of the control logic will hold. However, the Eriol project has also run into some trouble, which may delay the project. The entire Eriol control logic is to be put into an FPGA logic chip. The size of the logic asks for an FPGA of some logical capacity. Unfortunately the development system that I have access to cannot cope with such big FPGA designs, as it is not a full development system, but rather a smaller (and cheaper) version. Three solutions exist and are under evaluation. The first is to get hold of a full development system. This will most likely be very expensive and I don't think I can convince the University that it has to pay up (unfortunately). The second solution is to break the design into two separate and smaller FPGA chips. This will give access to enough logic space to allow an implementation. However, it will give more delay in the hardware as signals has to pass in and out of the FPGAs, and be a lot more expensive due to the extra FPGA. The third solution is to find another logic device for which the University has a development system which can handle the big design. Currently the solution being worked on is the second. I'm now working on logically splitting the logic into two FPGAs. Together with this a redesign of parts of the logic will take place as to minimize the number of signals having to go from one chip to the other. Unfortunately this use of two FPGAs will put just about an extra £20 on the production price :( The final product price is still undefined... The first prototype board, first expected at the end of february, will without doubt be delayed from the afore mentioned problems. When the first prototype board will exist is now an open question, but the delay should be no more than a month. Yours sincerely Thomas Graff Thøger, TigerTronics ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S T O R M M P 3 / E M P E G D E C O D E R High Performance Digital Audio Decoder Introduction The Storm MP3/e is an MPEG audio decoder specifically designed to allow machines that dont have the power to play MPEG files to do so. The unit incoroprates state of the art components and many features not available in a unit of this price. Storm MP3/e allows a standard Amiga 500, PC80286 or Archimedies to play MP3 files with ease. The unit is compatible with any system fitted with a parralell printer port and is supplied with drivers for PC and Amiga use. Archimedies drivers will be available shortly after release if the demand is there. Connections The Storm MP3/e provides three user connections. Two 3.5MM jacks provide Audio output and a pass-thru connector for the host machines existing audio (if fitted). The output of the storm is low level although an optional amplifier unit will be available. Internally the unit has two high speed expantion ports allowing for future modules such as radio tuners and on board storage. A third internal header and a masked lens on the top of the unit make the Storm MP3/e infra-red ready. The unit is powered by either it's internal PP3 9V battery or a mains supply (available seperately) The MP£ powers up and down automatically along with the host system, the internal electronics also support a 'suspend' mode. In this mode one standard Alkaline battery should last for about a month. Drivers are provided that enable Win95 to utilise this feature as if it were part of a laptop's own system. Software Storm MP3/e is supplied with software for both PC and Amiga. The Amiga software includes a low-level library, programming information, an MP3 player and diagnostics program. PC wise both DOS and Windows 95/98 software is supplied, again drivers, diagnostics and driver software. No drivers are available for the Archimedies but development information is available to anyone who wants to write software. Software is supplied on ISO 9660 format CD and two floppies, one for PC and one for Amiga. In Action The prototype units are nearing completion and will be dispatched to various developers and testers shortly. Below are a few shots of the unit, unfortunately the quality of these pictures is rather poor and they'll be replaced as soon as possible. http://www.alogik.co.uk/storm.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I N E T H U N T E R F R O M A M I G A S O C 11 Feb., 2000 AmigaSoc launches "Aminet Hunter" AmigaSoc UK is proud to present Aminet Hunter. Aminet Hunter is probably the most advanced Aminet search engine on the Internet. Designed with the same technology that many commercial websites employ, speed, power, efficiency, and ease of use are guaranteed. Originally scheduled for launch at World Of Amiga '99, the project has been held back due to various other commitments we've had. We firmly believe that you'll agree it's been worth the wait! Try it now! It's fast, it's free, and there's nothing else like it! http://uk.amigasoc.org/news/ahunt.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- D E M O V E R S I O N O F F X P A I N T A V A I L A B L E Feb. 6, 2000 fxPAINT-Demoversion released by Innovative* Due to the great demand, we have decided to develop a demoversion of fxPAINT. The result can now be downloaded. The demoversion has nearly all features of the full version apart from those, that allow you to save and print images. The PPC-support is untouched from these limitations. http://www.innovative-web.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------- P H O T O F O L I O F R O M S T E E P L E S O F T W A R E Steeple Software is proud to announce the first commercial release of PhotoFolio v2.0 in conjunction with Schatztruhe. PhotoFolio v2.0 is a major step forward from it's predecessor version 1.2 with many new features including: * ARexx A fully documented ARexx port for those of you who like to automate tasks using ARexx scripts. These scripts are made available through pull down menus and toolbay buttons and can be pre-configured in the settings window. * Drag 'n' Drop proofs Dragging and dropping of proofs is now supported (by popular demand!). You can drag and drop: - Between browse windows. - Onto a path in the main window's listtree. - Onto a Show window. - Onto the information window. * Workbench Icon Support Workbench icons can be dropped: - Onto a browse window - Onto the listtree in the main window. * Toolbays Both the main and browse windows now have toolbays (optionally, of course!) making navigating around PhotoFolio v2.0 faster and easier. Those of you who don't like using context menus.... this is for you! * CLI support You can launch PhotoFolio v2.0 from a shell, passing in paths. Each path passed in will automatically be added to the main window's listtree and then opened into a browse window. * Listtree Tree mode The listtree in the main window can now be operated in the current "flat mode" or as a proper directory tree structure in "tree mode". * Native IFF-ILBM loading Imageio.library has been re-written to support IFF-ILBM. This means there is a dramatic increase in speed when loading IFF-ILBM files. * Amiga DOS pattern matching Selecting proofs has never been easier. Using the in-built Amiga DOS pattern matching system, proofs can now be selected using wildcards etc. * Saving of images as JPegs Images can now be converted to jpegs directly within PhotoFolio v2.0. * Settings The setting window has been totally re-designed and re-written making sure your prefs file is completely compatabile with future versions of PhotoFolio. * Unsaved proof indication For those of you who run without any text description below the proofs, knowing which proofs are saved and which aren't is a problem. Now, a red box is (optionally) drawn in the bottom right hand corner of un-saved proofs. * Constant size proofs Proofs can now be displayed at a constant size, making the distribution of proofs in the browse window even. There has also been several minor improvements and additions, and many bug fixes from version 1.2 making it more stable and flexible. These new options coupled with the the existing features of PhotoFolio make it a formidable image cataloguing system for both the amateur and professional user alike. With continuing support, PhotoFolio promises to be one of the most powerful image cataloguing systems available on the Amiga platform. PhotoFolio v2.0 is planned to be released in early to mid February. Price has yet to be decided, however users who have paid the shareware fee will receive a discount on the retail price. Steve Quartly and Paul Huxham Steeple Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amiga Update on the net: All back issues available at: http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html Stop by and check out our archive! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2000 by Brad Webb. 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`14.Feb.2000` Andreas Mayer-Guerr by eMail	OGR launched Today the "Optimal Golomb Rulers" (OGR) contest has been launched. However there is still no Amiga-Client, but you can help using other computers. Details concerning Project OGR Read the interview of the AmigaOS magazine with Thomas Tavoly in english. Due to maintenance, the statistics on Distributed Net are currently unavailable, but will be again soon. The Amiga RC5 Effort Website will move to a different server soon. Therefore the website may be unavailable at certain times, depending on how fast the new IP-Number will reach all of the Domain Name Servers. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Pierre Prestel in ANF	YourName@Workben.Ch After some Amigans had registered with us, I decided to develop the whole affair further! For the moment not only domain suffixes AMIGATOOLS.NET and AMIGAWEB.NU but also the real cool suffix Workben.Ch is available for free email-accounts (POP and SMTP) and free subdomain. On unlimited Webspace and email-adresses, following subdomains will be available from tomorrow on: microserv.org - intermail.nu - amigatools.net - amigaweb.nu - microserv.nu - workben.ch - niveau.nu - webcamhost.nu - internetv.nu - piratensender.nu - spacemail.nu - A0L.nu - t-offline.nu If someone has a good idea for using those names in a software, he may immediately use one of theses names as a subdomain. If someone can convince me that he can manage to write a state-of-the-art top-quality software and that he works on it with all his heart, I would be enclined to provide a free Top-Level-Domain for this software. Simply send me those ideas (http://www.intermail.nu) or call our hotline. Ok folks, if there has ever been a chance to start a really big project on the internet, this is it. GRAB IT! With our 2500 to 3000 pageviews a day there are certainly enough posiibilities for everyone. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Petro Tyschtschenko by eMail and Fax	Die Telebörse: What about..? AMIGA On page 154 in the magazine "Die Telebörse" edited by the Handelsblatt there is a complete article about AMIGA. Here a few exerpts: "No other computer has been said dead this often and yet been resurrected as the Amiga. This is not only due to the technology but also to a committed community of fans." "Would there be an award for the "comeback champion computer business" - Amiga would own a whole shelf of those by itself. The trademark has survived two insolvencies, it has switched its owner four times and nevertheless 5 billion computer have been sold until now. Chaos is the second name of this computer which has only survived because there were always people who believed in Amiga." Then follows the history of the Amiga until the insolvency of Commodore. "The fate of Amiga seemed sealed but then a certain Petro Tyschtschenko stepped in. Commodores former logistics-manager talked the german trading company Escom into taking over the dead trademark. Amiga switched its owner in 1995 but still had a problem. The stocks had been dissolved by the official receivers. It was end of may and Escom desperately needed computers for christmas time. Once again it was Petro Tyschtschenko who saved the day. He found a nearly forgotten hangar in the philippines, where parts had been hoarded. Tyschtschenko managed to talk the creditors into handing those stocks over to him. After that, three philipinos sat out in the monsum rain sorting parts for about four months. In september 1995 one could once again buy Amigas in germany." Then follows one more odyssey for the Amiga. "In the late summer of 1999 Collas left. His plans where frozen and Gateway sold the trademark Amiga to a start-up-company, Amino-Development. Its managers want to continue the work on which Gateway gave up and develop new hardware. One thing is clear: As long as the Amiga-community and Petro Tyschtschenko exist, the trademark will survive." (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Tom Neidhardt in ANF	DAUG Homepage is moving The DAUG homepage is moving and is unavailable until we find an appropriated serviceprovider to provide the reworked pages. We will probably be completely available again before end of february. To participate in our public mailinglist concerning the Amiga, send your emails, using "subscribe" as subject and your adress in the "sender" filed to: open-daug-ml-subscribe@eGroups.com (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Michael Burkhardt in ANF	IOM temporarly unavailable I want to announce that the provider of the IOM Film- and Videoproduction company, the Prokscha & Prokscha GmbH from Hof has shut down all of its servers due to a running insolvency case. Since we had not been informed about these proceedings, our new provider could not react fast enough. That's the reason why the http://www.messefilme.de and the e-mail adresses of the IOM company are not working currently. In temporary replacement following e-mail adresses should be used: iom@freenet.de mburkhar@htwm.de I would like to use this occasion to thank the Netminds GbR company from Rehau who proposed us fast and uncomplicated help (http://www.netminds.de)! Netminds are among other plattforms also working with Amigas, I think this should be mentionned ;-). I hope we can get the domain back online as fast as possible. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Markus Fellhauer in ANF	(pre 4) CyberGfx 4.2 Update Download: cgxv42_r2_pre4.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Haage & Partner	Amiga and Haage & Partner announce their collaboration February 11, 2000 - Maple Valley, WA Amiga Inc and Haage & Partner are pleased to announce a full and long term strategic partnership designed to benefit both the classic Amiga, and the Amigas of the future. 'This announcement gives us particular pleasure' said Bill McEwen, CEO and President of Amiga, Inc. 'Haage and Partner are one of the pillars of the Amiga community and have done much to see it survive through the last five years. Now, in partnership we can not only ensure a smooth and hopefully seamless transition for the classic community, but finally move forwards to take advantage of, and define the technology of tomorrow.' 'We have stood by the Amiga for many years because it is a wonderful platform.' said Markus Nerding, a Managing Director of Haage & Partner. 'Having taken a look at the new plans and technologies being worked on by Amiga Inc, we are impressed with how they have managed to capture the spirit of the classic Amiga and move it forwards. We will work with them to ensure compatibility with the classic software and to move the Amiga forwards with exciting new products.' Amiga Incorporated is dedicated to the development, design, and implementation of components, services, and models that support the digital experience of tomorrow. Amiga lead the world into the multi-media experience in the early 80's, and will lead it into the Digital content universe of the future. They can be reached at 425-413-2620, or via the web at www.Amiga.com or www.Amiga.de. Haage&Partner is the leading manufacturer of development systems and applications for the Amiga family of computers. The Storm series for 68K and PowerPC provides a powerful suite of programming tools. Their mission is to provide the Amiga market with the most effective tools and applications possible. They can be contacted at HAAGE & PARTNER Computer GmbH, Schlossborner Weg 7, 61479 Glashuetten, Germany, Phone: +49-6174-966100, Fax: +49-6174-966101, www.haage-partner.com. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Andreas Meyer in ANF	CyberdyneSystems stops its activities. Just now I have found the following text at CyberdyneSystems: CyberdyneSystems is stopping its activities immediately. We want to thank all the users for their support. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Matthias Münch in ANF	Amiga User Group 99 - Update. Our homepage has once again been optically imroved. Furthermore the first part of our virtual Amiga-Museum is ready. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2000` Carsten Sandtner in ANF	Amiga-Games-Developping - new site The game-dev.de.st is meant to help beginners with programming games/graphics! There is support for all common plattforms including the Amiga! Currently the site is still under construction, but the webmaster is always happy about Amiga-Users, since he is an old veteran. (Translation: mb) [News message: 14. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Feb.2000` Torsten Dudai	New cartoon: "Dried up" (Translation: mb) [News message: 13. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Feb.2000` Visual Engineering	More special offers for Visual-Alpha-Border and -Logo bundle The current special offers are valid until February 25th. (Translation: mb) [News message: 13. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Feb.2000` Jan Andersen by e-mail	Virus Help Denmark VirusExecutor version 2 has been released. The author Jan Erik Olausen has done major modifications to the program. Name: VirusExecutor v2.00 Archive name: VirusExecutor.lha Archive size: 144,151 bytes Release date: February 13th, 2000 Author: Jan Erik Olausen System: OS 2.0x or better (Translation: mb) [News message: 13. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Feb.2000` Pierre Prestel in ANF	Amigatools.Net e-mail address FREE! If you want your own e-mail address with REAL POP3 and REAL SMTP access (so no junk mail) ending in @AmigaTools.Net, you can get it from us for free. The application form can be found at the title link. The e-mail address is easily remembered, shows that you are Amigian, and is surely useful for all people coding tools. Moreover, the e-mail space is UNLIMITED! We also offer free webspace (UNLIMITED) and free DNS (name server). We simply host everything... FREE! More info available at http://www.Intermail.Nu. (Translation: mb) [News message: 13. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Feb.2000` Michaela Prüß in ANF	New web address and layout The web address of my program now (finally) is an own domain. The "old" shortcut Gateway.To/Gateway5 should be functional, but, starting immediately, my pages are available with a completely new layout at http://www.AmigaTools.Net (title link). Together with the page update, VersCheck, Gateway.Library and the GatewayTools have also been updated. The new layout is much faster with less graphics and NO FRAMES! (Translation: mb) [News message: 13. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Feb.2000` Nabil Gonem in ANF	Ali Baba Ali Baba is a new Amiga platform game that has been developed by Medici. At the title link, you can find details about the game, screenshots, information about the team and useful Amiga links. A demo of the game is available to dowload from the website. The game will be reviewed soon in AmigaFuture, AmigaOS , AmigaScene and AmigaPower. Download: ALIARCH.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 13. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Pagan Games	Pagan Games looking for programmers (update) Talented and creative minds are wanted for both the Amiga and Mac platform. You can read for which projects programmers are wanted in the specification. (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Tales of Tamar	Tales of Tamar v0.26 for alpha testers released For registered alpha testers of Tales of Tamar, version 0.26 is available for download. (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Markus Fellhauer in ANF	(pre 3) CyberGfx 4.2 Update Download: cgxv42_r2_pre3.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Halil Ibrahim Tasova in ANF	Update of the freeware MP3 encoder SecondSpin v1.98b (pre2.0) Download: SecondSpin_Install.lzx (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Ulrich Hambuch in ANF	WBInfo V3 Update We've just released an update v3.01 on our homepage. Contrary to our expectations, only three people registered WBInfo V3 within this week.... (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Sylvio K. in ANF	DeepSilence Homepage Online! At last! The DeepSilence homepage is online! Here you can find everything about the new Manga Action RPG! The page was tested with iBrowse, AWeb and Voyager. It could happen, though, that some problems might occur, especially with iBrowse 2. Should this happen please send an email to: Mangaclub@freenet.de. (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` amiga-news.de	Application for Insolvency by Phase 5 (Our news from 09.02.2000) Regarding the news above we have received countless emails with many different questions. We have compiled these questions and forwarded them to the insolvency administrator Angelika Amend by Fax. We are still awaiting the reply. As we cannot give informations to these questions we suggest to write to Miss Amend. The address can be found under the titlelink. (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Elbox Computer by e-mail	Elbox Press Release 11 February 2000 AllegroCDFS 3.0 ELBOX COMPUTER is proud to offer AllegroCDFS 3.0. AllegroCDFS is the fastest Amiga CD filesystem. AllegroCDFS is 2 to 4 times faster than any another Amiga CD filesystems. AllegroCDFS 3.0 advantages: Access to: ISO 9660 level 1, 2, 3 Joliet (Windows 95/98 long filename - 64 characters) level 1, 2, 3 RockRidge (with Amiga Extensions) CDDA (tracks available as files in raw format) UDF (Video DVD). Supports Amiga protection bits. Supports Multisession. Supports direct audio grabbing from standard audio CDs. Supports SCSI and ATAPI devices (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD). AllegroCDFS 3.0 suggested retailed price: EUR 40.00 AllegroCDFS is also bundled with the high speed EIDE/ATAPI controllers for Amiga 1200/3000/4000 computers: ELBOX FastATA, PowerFlyer, Winner High Speed IDE controllers. AllegroCDFS is now marked with a new LOGO, which we enclose. Darek Smietana, ELBOX COMPUTER (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Thomas Dellert by e-mail	Interview with Thomas Dellert of DCE As DCE has bought the licences for many products of Phase 5, we have asked Thomas Dellert a couple of questions: Interview in German Translator: Martina Jacobs amiga news: Many users worry about how and if Phase5 products will still be available. As to our knowledge DCE allready obtained a number of licences from Phase5 some time ago. How about this in detail? Thomas Dellert: DCE owns exclusive rights on the following Phase5 products: Blizzard 1240 Blizzard 1260 Blizzard 2040 Blizzard 2060 Blizzard SCSI IV Kit CV 64 3D CV PPC B-Vision Cyberstorm MK III Cyberstorm PPC Blizzard PPC Pos. 1-6 are allready availabel again. Cyberstorm MK III and PPC will be shipping within the 8th week of this year. Blizzard PPC after about 7 weeks. BVison and CV PPC about today fortnight. Distribution will be done by Vesalia Computer. amiga news: These are excellent news! Will DCE take over repaire services for those products, too? Thomas Dellert: DCE will take over repair services for those products. So, owners of elder boards don't have to worry about that. amiga news: Will the licences and the availability of Phase5 products be impaired or even endangered by Phase5's application for insolvency? Thomas Dellert: We've obtained exclusive rights for these products in April 1999 allready. We are not paying any licence fee to P5. Rather than this we obtained the licences by a single payment. There are unobjectionable contracts. The availability of the products is secure. amiga news: Will there be further software updates relating phase5 products? Are you allready in contact about this with Ralph Schmitdt? Thomas Dellert: A good and very important question, Petra. Yes, I had a meeting with Ralph Schmidt and Frank Mariak two days ago. We have come to terms that in the future we will cooperate very close. There will be a FTP server on oure homepage, where device updates will be found for download. amiga-news.de: Are there any plans for new developments based upon Phase5's products? Thomas Dellert: For sure existing hardware will be produced at first. There are a lot of preorders. Since Permedia II chips have been announced by TI, we probable will be able to produce only a number of 1200 BVision or CV-PPC boards. Hence we are thinking about a Permedia III board for Amiga. This might be mounted upon the existing BVision or CV-PPC platform. Frank Mariak will develope the software for us. With the entire amount of technical know-how of Phase5 we now have a powerful package at our disposal. In any case there will be activities relating PPC. For the time being as a dual CPU resolution only. amiga-news.de: In particular: Will there be a Phase5 G4 board from DCE, and will there be pay regard to prepayments Phase5 allready recieved relating those boards? Or will there be hardware at cheaper prices, similar to Stefan Ossowski's Schatztruhe offering to all those Euromail harmed people AminetCDs at a price of DM 5 or bricks? Thomas Dellert: Relating that I allready met with Wolf Dietrich. Indeed at this time I cannot tell, if we will decide for a G4 project. amiga-news.de: Do DCE have access to hardware of Phase5' customers, which lies at Phase5's for repair at this time? Thomas Dellert: No, we haven't. amiga-news.de: Thomas, thank you very much for your informativ answers. We are pacifyed and pleased that production will contiue, and that customers who have Phase5 products will be able to take up a competent service for repair at DCE. DCE thomas.dellert@dcecom.de (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Tom Neidhardt in ANF	EASys! Homepage now also in English EASys! - the Amiga OS 3.x Addon System that makes working with the Amiga even more comfortable was presented as reported on the HEW'99 with huge success. Due to the positive response I have now also made an English version of the homepage "by foot". Thus, the the English page is meanwhile more up-to-date than the German :) .. I will update the latter in the next time. A current info-snap for the product in both languages can be retrieved via link (about 78 kB). Along with the update there will be a complete featurelist in English by the middle of next week. In this way, I wish all "Easyans" further "happy pottering". (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Feb.2000` Halil Ibrahim Tasova in ANF	Patch & HD Installer Page has moved "The Ultimate Patch & HD Installer Page" can from now on be reached under http://jffabre.free.fr/amiga/patches.html. Please change your bookmarks. JST version 3.0 beta has been released and contains many bugfixes. Download: jst.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 11. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Airsoft Softwair Homepage	TUP2 version 1.6 released This version of "The Ultimate Protector" includes some improvements and bug fixes. Download: TUP1_6.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` AMIGA	Cable TV Show 2000 in Calcutta, India From 27 - 29 January, Amiga International, Inc. attended one of the biggest Cable TV Shows in Calcutta, India. Just like last year, it was another full success. This time, there were four more AMIGA booths apart from the main one. Monarch Video and Agani PTY from Mumbai as well as Abishek Enterprise from Calcutta and Rajan Electronics from Delhi also had booths at this exhibition. There were lots of visitors from neighbouring Bangladesh, the coming market where the Amiga will gain shares of the cable TV market. In a TV interview, Petro Tyschtschenko explained why AMIGA is so popular in the Indian market and what solution it means for the TV market. Amiga International, Inc. plans to participate in this important event again next year. (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Alexander Kurtz in ANF	Aminet-GUI now in English The Aminet-GUI is now also available in English. This is possible by using an online translator. Upon calling the Aminet-GUI, the German or English version can be selected on the intro screen. More languages are planned for the future. If you know good online translators from German or English to other languages, please send an e-mail to AmiNET@LXK.FindHere.COM. I would also welcome language suggestions. (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Markus Fellhauer in ANF	NES Emulator ANES CGFX Fix available Download: anesfix.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Markus Fellhauer in ANF	pre-Update for CyberGraphX 4.2 released Download: cgxv42_r2_pre1.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Haage & Partner	Haage & Partner news In the last few days, there have been some new announcements of 3D software titles. More details in the 3DWorld. Who wins ArtEffect or AmigaWriter??? At Haage & Partner, the 555,555th visitor of their website is expected soon. To celebrate, again a software package can be won. Lottery (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Thomas Steiding by e-mail	Tales From Heaven demo available Epic Marketing writes: On our homepage there is now a demo of Tales From Heaven available. Please note that the demo does not support graphic cards, while the finished game will do so. Download: TFH_demo.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Dundar Unsal in ANF	Amigart opened a farewell guestbook for phase 5 Amigart opened a guestbook where you can send a farewell to phase 5. (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Jan Andersen by e-mail	VirusHelp Denmark - Virus warning On Wednesday, for a very short time there was an archive named PatchYamPPC12.lha on Aminet. The program replaces the file "s:cedmacros" with a different file. We don't know (yet) what this new file does. If you have installed this program, it should be sufficient to delete the file s:cedmacros. Name: YAMPatcher Archive name: PatchYamPPC12.lha Archive size: 7,088 bytes (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2000` Jeppe Nielsen in ANF	New demo and homepage for HomeLand online A new homepage for HomeLand has gone online, where you can always find the latest version of HomeLand. HomeLand is a real-time strategy game similar to C&C or Napalm, with many new features. Units can be configured and commanded according to individual wishes. The game is distributed by Alive Mediasoft. Download demo version 1.0: HomeLand.lha - 664 Kb (Translation: mb) [News message: 10. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Feb.2000` TUMULT	New class: Wheel.mcc Wheel.mcc by Henning Thielemann. Download: MCC_Wheel.lha. TUMULT has a new Gallery, presenting new Image sets for MUI. Starting is author Mario 'Padrino' Cattaneo with new gadgets in Xenbar / MWB look. (Translation: mb) [News message: 09. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Feb.2000` Sid4Amiga	Sid4Amiga version 3.32 released Sidplayer for Amiga version 3.32 Download: Sid4AmigaV3_32.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 09. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Feb.2000` John Chandler	Part II of the Greenboy interview Greenboy is member of the Phoenix Consortium, and speaks especially about QNX in part II of this four-part interview. Part III and IV will be released next week and the week after. Part I can be found here. (Translation: mb) [News message: 09. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Feb.2000` clickBOOM	S-File 3 for Nightlong The first alpha version of Nightlong is finished. The full game is working, but there are optimizations to be done. For example, Nightlong is so big that it is hard to put everything on the three CDs planned! As soon as all problems are solved, beta tests will start. Oh, yes, and beta testers to-be have to pre-order Nightlong! (Translation: mb) [News message: 09. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Feb.2000` Fax from Phase5	Phase 5 filed for protection from its creditors On January 26th, 2000, Phase 5 filed for protection from its creditors. Talks are held with third parties interested in taking over (and continue) the AMIGA technology part. This way, running developments and products, especially the new G4 CPU cards, could be continued. In case of liquidation, all customers that placed preorders and prepayments with phase 5 digital products will be contacted and informed of their rights. (Translation: mb) [News message: 09. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Feb.2000` Ingo Musquinier in ANF	AmiTradeCenter Public Beta The latest version of the FTP client "AmiTradeCenter", recently released on Aminet, is now also available from the ATC homepage. A mailinglist has been created at OneList.com. To subscribe, please send an e-mail to: amitradecenter-subscribe@onelist.com. Download: ATC_beta_08022000.lha (Translation: mb) [News message: 09. Feb. 2000, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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