09.Jan.2000
R. Saake by e-mail
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2IDs online again
2ID's website (Symphonie Pro support and SoundFX Preset support site) is now available online again.
The Symphonie Pro support site has been completely reworked, and some new features implemented. A
forum is now available, the guestbook has been restructured.
Also new is the SoundFX Preset area. Here, you will find presets for SoundFX in the future. If you
have created presets yourself, you can submit them.
The texture CD "OVERLAY" is finished, and can now be ordered in the 2IDs-iNET store. Also available
there is the first Sounds & Sample CD "PROTRACT" by 2IDs.
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09.Jan.2000
Brad Webb by e-mail
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Amiga Update Newsletter
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T A O , B A B Y ! T H E P A R T N E R A N N O U N C E D
A M I G A I N C . T O B E A T A M I G A 2 K
N E W S R O G D E V E L O P M E N T E N D S
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
Below we have the second big announcement in recent days by the
reborn Amiga Inc. This one concerns the "content platform foundation
partner" for future development. Not sure yet what all is covered by
that mouth numbing phrase but I am sure it will be interesting and, I
hope, encouraging to watch this relationship.
There seems to be much more a feeling of relief in the shrunken Amiga
Community at this ownership change than there was when Gateway took
over, and that's as it should be. If we don't make it this time, at
least we finally have some Amigans with vision giving it a try. If
only that had happened back in 1994 ...
We don't have an actual story on it, but if you read the items below
carefully you'll see that Amino is now Amiga. The change took place on
January 6. They'll be at the Amiga 2000 computer show this spring in
St. Louis, USA, and I can hardly wait. I believe this will be the
first chance for the newest Amiga Inc. to address a large body of the
community. If you can get there, it should be well worth your time.
If I have my Amiga history right, this is the third Amiga Inc. to be
set up. The original development company (or were they not an Inc.?),
Gateway's, and now the former Amino. Correct?
Brad Webb,
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E-mail to the E-ditor:
5 Jan 2000
brad,
just a quick note to say "keep up the good work" ! i enjoy receiving
this e-publication. also, let me add that i prefer this "e-mail style
" as opposed to the old "download style "!!!! makes it easier for me
to read.
best,
dave
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Dave,
Thanks very much for the note and the vote of confidence. Not sure
who's old download style you mean as we've always been e-mail based,
but I think I know what you're getting at. It's always been one of our
goals to get the news out to people, rather than wait for someone to
come to a website. We think the Amiga community needs both, and our
method can help get the message to people who would never see the
websites.
Brad
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1 Jan 2000
On 31-Dec-99, Brad Webb wrote:
> The transaction, effective immediately, includes the transfer of
> all Internet domain names related to Amiga which Gateway had held.
> Gateway retains ownership of all patents acquired when it bought
> Amiga in 1997.
In other words, they have the right to develop something and call it
an Amiga, but not to make or sell any of the old hardware, possibly
the OS either. Then again, that might not to be a bad thing. We all
know how far behind the current hardware and OS are.
When Tom Schmidt announced that Amiga wasn't going to be a computer
platform anymore, I started looking at the alternatives. I figured
there were three; Linux, Mac and (GULP!) Windows.
- Linux is a Unix variant at heart. Switching to it meant night
school courses just to learn to use it. (I still haven't entirely
ruled that out.)
- My GF uses a Mac and she's happy with it. I looked at the new iMacs
and they're nice machines, reminiscent in some ways of my good ol'
A1200, and the price wasn't too bad, considering what it was. Then I
took a gander at the software and nearly had a coronary! $800 for a
paint program???
- Then there's Windows. I tried to look it up on the 'net. At first
all I found were jokes pages. I surfed over a few of them. It was
educational; nobody likes Windows! At last I found MS's homepage. The
first thing I saw there was ol' Visa Bill Gate's editorial about
"freedom to innovate," (whinging over the Anti-Trust Court obviously.)
By this time I was wondering what had possessed me to even consider
doing this to myself!
I hope to heck Amino makes a go of Amiga. There are no good
alternatives out there.
Allan
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Allan,
I certainly agree with the sentiment in your last paragraph. It's
very early to have a feel for how Amino - now officially Amiga Inc. -
will do, but they've got the community in mind and that's a real plus.
You do have one misconception in your note. Amiga Inc. has a license
from Gateway to the old patents, so there's really nothing stopping
them from doing just about anything they want to, including building
"classic" type machines if they wish.
With the new Amiga in place, I think there's at least a good
possibility we won't need an alternative.
Brad
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T A O , B A B Y ! T H E P A R T N E R A N N O U N C E D
Las Vegas, January 8, 2000 - Amiga Incorporated, a privately held
company based in Maple Valley, WA, has entered into a strategic
relationship with the Tao Group as the new content platform foundation
partner for the new Amiga. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed. Bill McEwen, Amiga President/CEO, said that the company
selected Tao as the foundation partner for the new Amiga after
reviewing numerous other potential partners. "After extensive research
trawling the markets we found that Tao had the greatest similarities
and strengths with our vision, and the capabilities to get the job
done". McEwen said. "Amiga with Tao together will bring a new level of
capabilities, portability and scalability never available before."
"Tao has its roots in the Amiga so this is particularly satisfying for
us" said Francis Charig, Chairman and CEO of Tao Group. "What makes
this relationship so exciting to Tao is the relationship we can enjoy
with Amiga and the Amiga Community. The world has changed radically in
the last few years and there is a vacuum in terms of content and
software environments that meets the needs of the mass market. The
skill sets of the Amiga community combined with the power and
flexibility of Tao's software infrastructure means that the New Amiga
can create the most compelling content for the emerging digital
services and content markets."
ABOUT AMIGA
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.
ABOUT TAO
Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software company
specializing in technologies for home and mobile networks.
Incorporated in 1992, the Company provides leading edge products for
the emerging markets of intelligent consumer devices. The company's
philosophy is based on providing powerful frameworks for use right
across the range of networked appliances from smart phones to digital
television into which Tao's clients can build in their own branding
and incorporate their own added value. Tao's clients include blue chip
technology corporations in the United States, Japan and Europe.
Motorola and Sony are investors in Tao Group. Tao is headquartered in
Reading, United Kingdom, with representation in Japan and the US, and
its staff includes more than fifty world-class software engineers. Tao
is a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Winner and has won a series of
innovation
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A M I G A I N C . T O B E A T A M I G A 2 K
January 6, 2000
Amino Development Corporation, renamed Amiga Inc. on Jan. 6, will
exhibit at the Amiga 2K show.
In a conversation today with Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amino,
now Amiga Inc.,stated that they will definitely exhibit at the Gateway
Computer Show - Amiga 2K, April 1 & 2, 2000.
Things are happening with Amiga 2K, just as we promised. Stay tuned
for more information on the largest and best Amiga show in the
Americas... Amiga 2K.
Amiga 2K will be held on Saturday April 1st - Sunday April 2, 2000,
in St. Louis Missouri, U.S.A. at the Henry VIII Hotel.
Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis
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N E W S R O G D E V E L O P M E N T E N D S
04-Jan-2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ShadowWorks Software regrets to announce the end of the NewsRog
project for the Amiga. NewsRog is an NNTP News client running on Amiga
personal computers.
Unfortunately, due to a combination of factors which include the lack
of a market for Amiga software, obsolescent hardware, and a recent
increase in piracy and fraudulent credit card orders, it is no longer
financially possible to continue developing NewsRog. The last version
stands at 1.8b, and the update is available to all registered users
via the web page below:
http://www.frii.com/~srk/ShadowWorks/Preview/NR.html
ShadowWorks Software is proud to have pioneered a large number of
news client features that have yet to be duplicated in any other
software that we are aware of. We regret that it was not possible to
continue development of the software, since there was a great deal
more planned for the future.
ShadowWorks Software wishes to thank all of our loyal customers who
have supported our attempt to bring the Amiga a world class NNTP news
client.
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Amiga Update on the net:
All back issues available at:
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Stop by and check out our archive!
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09.Jan.2000
amiga-news.de
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Software News
- TWF: There is a new poll at the News area, and the
pages about "E2260" and "Maim & Mangle" have been updated. Nathan Young now works on the user
interface for M&M.
- There is a project status
for Tales of Tamar at Eternity, where project head Martin Wolf makes some comments on the T.o.T.
demo release on the "Amiga Future Cover CD" issue 22.
Wolf is obviously disappointed that AF thankfully accepted the demo for the CD, but there is no
report about the game inside of the magazine at all. And he is outright upset that the soundtracks
have been cut short without permission.
- Printer Driver News: The drivers 600C
and 400C, and all Olivetti drivers have been updated. Moreover, there are tips for WP (wordprocessor
printing).
- Ulrich Hambuch tells us that the latest OS3.1 (Scalos) version
of WBInfo (current version v2.9b) is immediately available as freeware/giftware from their
homepage and Aminet. Right now V3 of WBInfo for AmigaOS 3.5
is in the works, which will be released as Shareware.
- Stuart Walker of Digital Images speaks to the users in an open
letter. Wipeout 2097 sells well, and he sais thanks for this. The project Space Station 3000 is
larger than expected, but Walker hopes to state a definite release date soon. Moreover, Walker says
that DI is planning to port more PC games to the Amiga, and Wipeout 2097 to the Apple Mac.
Since Stuart Walker is unavailable from January 10th to March 31st, he will not be able to answer
e-mails in this time. At the link above, you will find alternative addresses for the seperate areas.
- Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype version 44.5 - download:
WarpJPEGdt.lha - 39 Kb
WarpPNG.datatype 44.2 - download: WarpPNGdt.lha
- 44 Kb
- Read at Czech Amiga News:
Jim Drew posted to the Microcode Solutions mailinglist that they are working on the PowerPC version
of Fusion, but due to several reasons it will not be finished before end of January / early February.
Macromedia announced
that the source code for the Flash player and the Flash file format is offered for free licensing.
Read the announcement at BeNews.
Trogladite Software has opened a discussion
forum especially for the subject Amino.
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08.Jan.2000
amiga-news.de
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Amiga Inc. announces strategical partnership with Tao Group
Press release: Amiga Incorporated has entered into a strategic relationship with Tao Group
for the New Amiga
Las Vegas, January 8, 2000 - Amiga Incorporated, a privately held company
based in Maple Valley, WA, has entered into a strategic relationship with
the Tao Group as the new content platform foundation partner for the new
Amiga. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Bill McEwen, Amiga President/CEO, said that the company selected Tao as the
foundation partner for the new Amiga after reviewing numerous other
potential partners.
"After extensive research trawling the markets we found that Tao had the
greatest similarities and strengths with our vision, and the capabilities to
get the job done". McEwen said. "Amiga with Tao together will bring a new
level of capabilities, portability and scalability never available before."
"Tao has its roots in the Amiga so this is particularly satisfying for us"
said Francis Charig, Chairman and CEO of Tao Group. "What makes this
relationship so exciting to Tao is the relationship we can enjoy with Amiga
and the Amiga Community. The world has changed radically in the last few
years and there is a vacuum in terms of content and software environments
that meets the needs of the mass market. The skill sets of the Amiga
community combined with the power and flexibility of Tao's software
infrastructure means that the New Amiga can create the most compelling
content for the emerging digital services and content markets."
NOTES TO EDITORS
ABOUT AMIGA
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.
ABOUT TAO
Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software company
specializing in technologies for home and mobile networks. Incorporated in
1992, the Company provides leading edge products for the emerging markets of
intelligent consumer devices. The company's philosophy is based on providing
powerful frameworks for use right across the range of networked appliances
from smart phones to digital television into which Tao's clients can build
in their own branding and incorporate their own added value. Tao's clients
include blue chip technology corporations in the United States, Japan and
Europe. Motorola and Sony are investors in Tao Group. Tao is headquartered
in Reading, United Kingdom, with representation in Japan and the US, and its
staff includes more than fifty world-class software engineers. Tao is a
Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Winner and has won a series of innovation awards
for its operating system and Java-based engine. (Translation: mb)
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08.Jan.2000
amiga-news.de
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Articles about the Amiga sale
Since the attention of national and international press has been growing due to the recent
Amiga purchase, we summarize the links to the seperate articles on our special page known
from the last purchase... We now labeled the site "AmigaNG". You can find the link here at
the title, or permanently in the right hand menu at the top.
Update: (14.01.2013, cg)
Integrated the special page into the news item for database import.
Links To Interesting External Articles
11.09.2001 - IT News: Amiga DE in a meeting of minds
15.08.2001 - IT News: Bernie's lost in time
11.08.2001 - Chip: Ami-West: Neue Produkte von Amiga
10.08.2001 - MSNBC: Tech titans celebrate PC anniversary
09.08.2001 - Transfert: Chérie, il y a un G4 dans mon Amiga!
25.07.2001 - Handelsblatt: Camgaroo: Der zweite Start
19.07.2001 - Kult is coming home - News bei "com!online" 08/2001
13.07.2001 - Filmmusik und Boing-Strandbälle gesucht
06.07.2001 - Golem: Bundesregierung gegen Monokultur bei PC-Betriebssystemen
26.06.2001 - Ausstellung: Control-Alt-Collect. Computer im Ruhestand
22.06.2001 - Chip: Amiga - Neuer Computer und Software
22.06.2001 - Golem: Bald wieder eine Amiga-Niederlassung in Deutschland?
15.06.2001 - RC5-64 Wettbewerb: Hälfte geschafft!
15.06.2001 - Artikel über "Party Pack" in ´Der Standard´
13.06.2001 - Golem: Amiga liefert Vorabversion von AmigaDE aus
11.06.2001 - Phillie MC nutzte Amiga 500
09.06.2001 - John Chandler: Artikel über AmigaSDL
02.06.2001 - c't-Newsteil: "Mac OS 9 auf dem AMIGA"
25.05.2001 - Neue Bilder und Bericht von der ´Japanese Business Show 2001´
23.05.2001 - Amiga Inc.: Sharp zeigt AmigaDE Applikation
22.05.2001 - Artikel über amiga-news.de bei CLICKFISH.com
14.05.2001 - Übersetzung des Entwickler-Interviews von Diff (Update)
12.05.2001 - Diff-Interview: Entwickler äußern sich über die Zukunft von AmigaOS 4
05.05.2001 - c't Ausgabe 10/2001: "Amiga-Comeback?"
30.04.2001 - Golem: Shogo MAD - PC-3D-Shooter nun auch für Amiga erhältlich
28.04.2001 - brand eins: Stan und Ollie lernen kochen
26.04.2001 - Infosync: Amiga gets into LinuxPDAs
24.04.2001 - Yahoo: Interview mit Peter Molyneux in Deutsch
18.04.2001 - 3sat online: Das Mekka-Symposium in Fallingbostel
14.04.2001 - AMIGA telecom? ... Nicht verwechseln :)
11.04.2001 - DIE WELT: "Ich denke, Sie sitzen im Knast"
06.04.2001 - Bill McEwen interviewed
05.04.2001 - Red Zac Hauptversammlung mit Amiga 1200
03.04.2001 - osOpinion: Be and Amiga: Ominous Parallels?
03.04.2001 - Pro-Linux: Amiga entwickelt Software für Linux-PDA
03.04.2001 - Heise: Amiga entwickelt PDA-Software
30.03.2001 - John Chandler Artikel: Amiga Handhelds
28.03.2001 - osOpinion:The Spirit of the Amiga Lives On
17.03.2001 - Spiegel: Fiepen, Quäken, Brausen
01.03.2001 - SPECTRUM online: AMIGA - The Computer That Wouldn't Die
09.02.2001 - AmigaOne auf offizieller türkischer Coca-Cola Website
08.02.2001 - Amigas bei der NASA
30.01.2001 - GameSpy Interview mit Bill McEwen
22.01.2001 - Amiga im "computerVIDEO" Magazin
20.01.2001 - GameSpy Interview mit Ben Hermans
18.01.2001 - Planet IT: Interview mit Bill McEwen
15.01.2001 - Bilder von Oldieparty der HTWK Leipzig
10.01.2001 - Die Welt: Wie die Chips das Lärmen lernten
08.01.2001 - Amigastory im ARIVA-Börsenforum
05.01.2001 - Corinna Cohn befragt Bill McEwen
17.12.2000 - Stern: Als die PIXEL spielen lernten
16.12.2000 - Die Zeiten ändern sich...
09.12.2000 - Amiga in Berliner Scene Club
08.12.2000 - Spiegel Online:"Urlaubsbilder1:Ibiza1989/Anreise.iff"(AMIGA-Nostalgie)
06.12.2000 - Liste mit berühmten Amiga-Einsätzen aktualisiert
29.11.2000 - Wanted: A Modern-Day Amiga (OsOpinion)
27.11.2000 - 17. Chaos Communication Congress - 27.-29.12.2000
19.11.2000 - LinuxPower: Alternative Computing Expo 2000
09.11.2000 - Blick: Amiga - die Rückkehr
09.11.2000 - Temple of Techology: Amiga and the Amiga One editorial
06.11.2000 - CheckOut: The Amiga Strikes Back ... Again!
05.11.2000 - techtv: IBM Cancels Crusoe ThinkPad
05.11.2000 - the new Amiga - VP assembly code demo
03.11.2000 - MacAddict: Amiga Goes Multiplatform With New SDK Release
03.11.2000 - GolemNN: Amiga liefert Windows-Entwicklerpaket aus
03.11.2000 - Eyetech Group Ltd.: Press Release
03.11.2000 - MaximumPC: Amiga Goes Multiplatform With New SDK Release
02.11.2000 - JeuxVideo: L'amiga n'est pas mort !
31.10.2000 - Süddeutsche Zeitung: Comeback auf Papier
31.10.2000 - Elbox: Press Release
31.10.2000 - I.T.: Amiga hangs its second coming on a scalable OS
27.10.2000 - Virtual Vision: Amiga, Amiga
26.10.2000 - Applelinks.com: New Amiga To Use G4 PPC Processor
26.10.2000 - IDG.se: Ny vår för Amigan
26.10.2000 - Info-Easy.fr: Amiga come back
26.10.2000 - Clubic: Le retour d'Amiga
26.10.2000 - GameReactor: Amigaen dør aldrig
25.10.2000 - IT-Avisen: Amiga vender tilbage
25.10.2000 - Tom´s Hardware Guide: Amiga tries again
25.10.2000 - vnunet.fr: Le (re-re-re) retour de l'Amiga
25.10.2000 - ZDNet: Amiga seeks life through partners
25.10.2000 - Wired: Amiga Fans, the Wait Is Over
25.10.2000 - MacCentral: New Amiga mirrors Mac with G4, FireWire
25.10.2000 - CMPTR: The new AmigaOne will be faster, ...
25.10.2000 - LinuxToday: Welcoming back an old Amiga
25.10.2000 - T-Online: AmigaOne kommt nächsten Sommer
25.10.2000 - I.T.: Amiga OS to run in household electronics
25.10.2000 - PCWelt: Amiga kehrt zurück
24.10.2000 - MaximumPC: Amiga Plunges Back into Hardware
24.10.2000 - CNet: Welcoming back an old Amiga
24.10.2000 - CHIP: Amiga Computer: Neue Modelle kommen im Sommer 2001
23.10.2000 - ZDNet: Amiga kündigt neue Hardware an
23.10.2000 - RP: Erste Rechner Mitte 2001 - Amiga meldet sich zurück
23.10.2000 - Heise: Amiga nimmt neuen (Hardware-) Anlauf
23.10.2000 - The Register: Amiga unveils next-gen hardware spec
23.10.2000 - TecChannel: AmigaOne: Schüchternes Comeback der Legende
23.10.2000 - Craig´s Amiga Journal: Amiga - Back with a Future
21.10.2000 - Golem: AmigaOne - Neuer Amiga kommt im Spätsommer 2001
21.10.2000 - Slashdot: Amiga, Inc. Announces AmigaOne Spec... Sort Of
21.10.2000 - Amiga Inc.: Executive Update from Bill McEwen
21.10.2000 - Amiga kündigt an: AmigaOne -
- PR in english
20.10.2000 - Slashdot.org berichtet über steigenden Erfolg von Amiga
17.10.2000 - Elbox Insider Report
13.10.2000 - Elbox Press Release - Shark Attack
12.10.2000 - Temple of Technology: 2. Interview with Fleecy Moss
03.10.2000 - IT: Looking out of Windows
28.09.2000 - Amiga Inc.: Executive Update - in Deutsch
22.09.2000 - DCE Press Release - G-Rex PCI
21.09.2000 - Elbox Press Release - Mediator
18.09.2000 - GamesMania: It cames from the 80s
15.09.2000 - Slashdot: Interviews Come Back -- With Cringely's Answers
04.09.2000 - Elbox dispels rumours on MEDIATOR PCI
24.08.2000 - IBM: The new Amiga SDK
24.08.2000 - Heise: Red Hat und Amiga kündigen Kooperation an
23.08.2000 - GNN: Auch Red Hat verkauft nun das Amiga-SDK
23.08.2000 - BetaNews: Red Hat and Amiga Join to Promote Multimedia for Linux
22.08.2000 - Slashdot: Amiga Aliens With Red Hat
17.08.2000 - Dallas News: Megabytes of memories
17.08.2000 - GA-Hardware: Matrox Q & A with Sebastian MacDougall
16.08.2000 - Australian IT: Death rumours greatly exaggerated
12.08.2000 - Devicetop.com: Amiga SDK First Impression
09.08.2000 - Computer Channel: Amiga startet neue Rechnerlinie mit Matrox-Grafikkarten
08.08.2000 - amiga.org: Dave Haynie speaks on Virtual Processor (VP) code
08.08.2000 - amiga.org: James Russell: Amiga and the decentralization of mankind
08.08.2000 - SDK via redhat.com
07.08.2000 - NYPress: Having a Rave Up with Giorgio Gomelsky
07.08.2000 - GameSpy: 20 Questions with Peter Molyneux
06.08.2000 - Jonathan Clark: Comparing Amiga2k (Tao's Elate) with Microsoft's .net
31.07.2000 - Tech Extreme: Matrox & Amiga in the Shack ...
30.07.2000 - IBM: The new Amiga
29.07.2000 - Zingo.org: Amiga SDK by Stefan Zivkovic
28.07.2000 - KURIER online: Matrox als Partner für kommende Amiga Rechner
28.07.2000 - GNN: Amiga wählt Matrox als Partner für kommende Amiga-Rechner
27.07.2000 - Amiga, Inc.: Nova Design Will Demonstrate d'Amiga Workstation at AmiWest Show
26.07.2000 - Amiga, Inc.: Amiga and Matrox Form Strategic Alliance
21.07.2000 - O´Reilly Network: Mining the Web with REBOL
21.07.2000 - Eurolinux-Petition: Massive Unterstützung für die EuroLinux-Petition
20.07.2000 - Bill McEwen: In Response to Community Concerns Posted on MooBunny - Deutsch
19.07.2000 - MSNBC: e-mail is even more dangerous
19.07.2000 - AMIGA INC. AND KDH DATENTECHNIK
19.07.2000 - Gary Peake on AmiOpen-ML about licence-policy
19.07.2000 - Heise: Sun macht StarOffice offiziell zur Open Source unter GPL
18.07.2000 - ZDTV: The New Amiga
18.07.2000 - AmigaFresh: Interview with Bill McEwen
18.07.2000 - AMIGA, Inc.: d´Amiga
15.07.2000 - Heise: Gegendarstellung zu "c't wehrt 'Lizenzerpressung' ab"
14.07.2000 - AMIGA Inc.: WORKSTATION IN NORTH AMERICA
11.07.2000 - Krawall Gaming Network: Amiga - Eine Legende: Teil 1
11.07.2000 - Krawall Gaming Network: Amiga - Eine Legende: Teil 2
11.07.2000 - Krawall Gaming Network: Amiga - Eine Legende: Teil 3
07.07.2000 - Heise: c't wehrt "Lizenzerpressung" ab
07.07.2000 - Spiegel: M E T @ B O X Kurssprünge am laufenden Band
07.07.2000 - Heise: Comeback eines Klassikers: Neues von Amiga
06.07.2000 - Applefritter: The Luggage
04.07.2000 - Tao Group: MathEngine and Tao Group Announce Strategic Partnership
02.07.2000 - osOpinion: Can you change your mind?
01.07.2000 - csam: John Wiederhirn: VP "Omissions" and problems re SDK...
- Answer from Amiga
30.06.2000 - CNNfn: Amiga President & CEO, CNNfn
29.06.2000 - Gamers Depot: Interview with Bill McEwen
28.06.2000 - Amiga Inc.: Amiga Inc. and Compuquick Media Center
27.06.2000 - OSOpinion: Can you change your mind?
27.06.2000 - First Apps for AMIE available
26.06.2000 - OSOpinion: The Forgotten OS - Part 1
22.06.2000 - New York Times: The Return of a Desktop Cult Classic (No, Not the Mac)
17.06.2000 - Amiga Inc.: Amiga Inc. and Software Hut Inc. - Deutsch
07.06.2000 - Amiga Inc.: Amiga Inc. and Eyetech Form Partnership - Deutsch
06.06.2000 - WIRED: Amiga Looks Like a Duck
06.06.2000 - EETimes: Trio touts multicore parallel processing architecture
05.06.2000 - PC Pro Horizons: Amiga To Be PC Of 2000?
04.06.2000 - GIGA: Amiga ist wieder da
03.06.2000 - Tao Group: Amiga is Back, and will change computing forever, again
03.06.2000 - The Register: Amiga is Back and will change computing forever, again
03.06.2000 - Slashdot: The "New" Amiga Finally Releases Something
03.06.2000 - GNN: Amiga is Back - AmigaOS soll auf jeder Hardware laufen
03.06.2000 - AMIGA: Executive Update - Deutsch
17.04.2000 - Tao: Amiga Announces Plans to Embrace Sun's Java Technology
21.03.2000 - Spiegel: Amiga, lebst Du noch?
21.03.2000 - Heise: Neues Betriebssystem für den Amiga
21.03.2000 - Akademie.de: Amiga stellt am 1. April System für Entwickler vor
20.03.2000 - Wired News: Amiga Back From the Dead Again
20.03.2000 - Yahoo: Rückkehr: Amiga zeigt neues System
13.03.2000 - Executive Update Bill McEwen
Exec. Update Übersetzung von Rüdiger Engel
11.02.2000 - CNet: Wall Street gets glimpse of AOL TV
07.02.2000 - ZDNet: Inside Track
04.02.2000 - AMIGA: Executive Update
AIDA: Übersetzung von Martina Jacobs
19.01.2000 - GNN: Motorola investiert in Amiga-Partner Tao
17.01.2000 - Techweb.com: RTOS house Tao teams up with reborn Amiga
15.01.2000 - EETimes: Moto invests in virtual processor software house
15.01.2000 - Amiga: Setting some things straight/Fleecy Moss
Übersetzung von Martina Jacobs
14.01.2000 - EETimes: Amiga reborn via Tao alliance
11.01.2000 - COSA Progess Update
10.01.2000 - High Tech Journal: Amiga computer's new friends
10.01.2000 - Craig´s Amiga Journal: What light through yonder window shines?
08.01.2000 - Amiga Inc.: Amiga and Tao-Group enter into a strategic relationship
Übersetzung von Martin Baute
08.01.2000 - TAO-Group: Amiga and Tao-Group enter into a strategic relationship
08.01.2000 - Fun Time World: ElateRTM
07.01.2000 - Individual.com: HAVi Organization
07.01.2000 - amiga-news.de: Amiga annouce strategic relationship with Tao Group
07.01.2000 - Amiga Future: Interview mit Petro Tyschtschenko
07.01.2000 - ZDNet: Amiga's new savior: Bill McEwen
06.01.2000 - Wired: Amiga: It´s Alive, Alive!
05.01.2000 - IDG.se: Gateway säljer Amiga till före detta anställd
04.01.2000 - MacAddict: The Little Computer That Could
04.01.2000 - Tomorrow: Gateway verkauft Amiga
04.01.2000 - Gamesmania: Gateway verkauft Amiga / Amino Development schlägt zu
04.01.2000 - ZDF: Gateway verkauft Amiga wieder
04.01.2000 - GNN: Neue Chance? Gateway verkauft Amiga
04.01.2000 - GNN: USB - Erweiterung für Amiga
04.01.2000 - Amiga: Erstes offizielles Statement von Bill McEwen: Executive Update
04.01.2000 - First official statement from Bill McEwen: Executive Update
04.01.2000 - ZDNet: Gateway verkauft Amiga
04.01.2000 - Computerwoche: Gateway verkauft Amiga-Marke
04.01.2000 - ZDNet: Gateway sells Amiga to startup
04.01.2000 - GIGA: Amiga wechselt Besitzer
03.01.2000 - Gateway verkauft Amiga
03.01.2000 - PC-Welt: Amiga wieder verscherbelt
03.01.2000 - COSA Reaction to Amino Purchase of Amiga Rights
02.01.2000 - FutureZone: Amiga wechselt erneut den Besitzer
01.01.2000 - Heise: Gateway verkauft Amiga
31.12.1999 - abcNews.com: Gateway Sells Rights to Amiga Name
31.12.1999 - Brad Webb: AmigaUpdate Newsletter
31.12.1999 - Fleecy Moss in c.s.a.m: Welcome to tomorrow
Übersetzung von AIDA:Fleecy Moss von Amino zum Amiga-Kauf
31.12.1999 - CNN: Gateway sells Amiga line
31.12.1999 - Individual.com: Amino Development Buys Amiga Name, Inventory From Gateway
Übersetzung von AIDA: Amino kauft Amiga-Rechte von Gateway
31.12.1999 - Yahoo: Amino Development Buys Amiga Name, Inventory From Gateway
31.12.1999 - Yahoo: Gateway Sells Rights to Amiga Name
31.12.1999 - CNet: Gateway unloads Amiga name
31.12.1999 - The Register: Gateway sells Amiga to ex-Amiga employee
31.12.1999 - Slashdot: Gateway Sells Rights to Amiga Name (Translation: mb)
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08.Jan.2000
Amiga 2K
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Amiga 2K
Amiga 2K is the next major Amiga event, which will take place early April in St. Louis,
hosted by Bob and Diana Scharp. Bill McEwen, Fleecy Moss and Petro Tyschtschenko will
represent Amiga Inc. on the Gateway Computer Show.
(Translation: mb)
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08.Jan.2000
Carsten Schröder by e-mail
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AMIGA aktuell issue 01/00 now online
AMIGA aktuell issue 01/00 has been released.
(Translation: mb)
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07.Jan.2000
GNN
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GNN: New operating system: 68 percent planning to switch
"About 68 percent of the PC users are planning to change to a new or different operating
system this year. This is the result of a non-representative survey of the computer
magazine PC-Welt among 1,700 online visitors."
Full article (German) at the title link.
(Translation: mb)
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06.Jan.2000
ANN
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ANN planning AWD successor
ANN is planning in creating a successor for the now-closed Amiga Web Directory. Those
willing to help can contact Christian Kemp. Good
English skills are of course required.
(Translation: mb)
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06.Jan.2000
Trogladite Software
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Trogladite Software with job vacancy
Trogladite Software is looking for people with C/C++ and ASM experience. Contact:
trogladite@trogsoft.freeserve.co.uk.
(Translation: mb)
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06.Jan.2000
Amiga.org
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What a year!!
A summary from James Russel of AmigaNation.
(Translation: mb)
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06.Jan.2000
Petra Struck
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aminocom.com
Yesterday I read this URL in several postings, and asked Fleecy Moss by e-mail if he knows
this URL, or is somehow involved in this project otherwise, since the descriptions on the
website sound very familiar to me. Fleecy replied immediately: "Never heard of it 8-)"...
(Translation: mb)
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06.Jan.2000
AMIGA
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Amiga: New Addresses
On the "Corporate" page, this new address has been added:
World Headquarters
Amiga Corporation
23800 SE Kent-Kangley Road
Kent, WA 98032
TEL: (425) 413-2620
FAX: (425) 413-2640
You have to dial a 001 for USA, which should be added by the webmaster ;-). In addition
to the existing e-mail addresses, the following have been added:
fleecy@amiga.de, bill@amiga.de and
randy@amiga.de. "Randy" has not been introduced so far.
(Translation: mb)
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05.Jan.2000
Torsten Dudai
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New cartoon: In the nick of time
(Translation: mb)
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05.Jan.2000
Roger Wyatt in ANF
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Amiga Watch Communiqué 4: Clouds In My Coffee
Tech Head Stories, the electronic journal of narrativity and technology presents Amiga Watch,
an ongoing series of commentary and analysis of the Amiga/Amino Scene. Communiqué 4: Clouds
In My Coffee, presents a 20 point strategic plan for turning around the Amiga that is sure
to be of interest to all supporters of the platform.
(Translation: mb)
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05.Jan.2000
CyberGraphX
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Int2 page updated
Aside from new pictures, there are new informations on the A3000 and A3000T.
(Translation: mb)
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05.Jan.2000
Brad Webb by e-mail
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Amiga Update Newsletter [04.01.2000]
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T H E W O R D F R O M A M I N O A M I G A
C O S A O N T H E B U Y O U T
A M I G A W E B D I R E C T O R Y G O N E . . .
. . . A S I S " A M A Z I N G C O M P U T I N G "
E X H I B I T O R S S I G N U P F O R A M I G A 2 K
M O R E A B O U T S T . L O U I S S H O W
S T I L L M O R E O N A M I G A 2 K
A M I R C 3 . 3 R E L E A S E D
M O R P H O S P R O J E C T A N N O U N C E D
V O Y A G E R V 3 F I N A L R E L E A S E
C S & E A E U R O P E A N D I S T R I B U T O R
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
Wow...
So much has happened recently, it's hard to know where to start.
Allright, the bad news first. The first Amiga monthly magazine,
"Amazing Computing" is dead. It was also the last US Amiga magazine.
This is incredibly sad, especially as it just missed making it into
the new era of "Amiga by Amino", as announced in our recent special
edition. We don't know the details, and I'm not sure I want to. It
would be depressing. However, this is a real loss for North American
Amigans and the hurt will be felt for a very long time.
Also sad, and this for the entire Amiga community, not just us North
Americans, is the death of CUCUG's Amiga Web Directory. The
cornerstone of the Amiga community on the web, it also just missed the
new era. Rumor has it other sites offered to take the Web Directory
over, and were turned down. If true, that's mind numbing. We really
don't know the details here either, but we will miss them.
Now, the good news. There really is some, and it's quite good!
The Amiga Community will survive, for some time to come. The computer
has a new owner, with a plan for the future (that's almost enough to
cause shock in old time Amigans) and a genuine, deep respect and love
for the Amiga and the Community. This is a bit hard to cope with after
recent events, but it's true.
It's also true they have a rough road ahead of them. Success is by no
means guaranteed. But they'll be traveling the road with the best
computer community that ever existed. If that combination can't build
a meaningful future, then there's very little that can.
The plan will be revealed to us in the next few months, and
apparently goes well beyond desktop machines. It's going to be an
interesting new era - we'll keep you posted.
Finally, this new era seems to have room for Petro Tyschtschenko and
his work in Germany. In our opinion, while Jay Miner is the father of
the Amiga, Petro is the godfather or something similar. We're pleased
to see he's still involved. There's no one who's worked harder for the
Amiga's future over the years.
While we're at it - for you gamers, the library of Quake related
games have been released for people to port, and work is well underway
for PPC Amigas. For those who love these games, the fun is just
beginning.
Below, the first Executive Update from the Amiga web site, now under
the control of Amino Development.
We love it!
Brad Webb,
Editor
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T H E W O R D F R O M A M I N O A M I G A
January 3, 2000
YeeHaw and welcome to the year 2000;
I want to make something very clear from the beginning we have been
told, that Amiga was purchased by Gateway because of the Patents, and
that there were not even aware of the Amiga installed base, or the
people.
Gateway purchased Amiga because of Patents, we purchased Amiga
because of the People.
Without the people standing behind, developing, creating, purchasing
and continuing to believe in the Amiga there never would have been
anything for Gateway to purchase. We recognize this, and it is because
of you, and what you have continued to accomplish with Amiga that we
have purchased the company.
I want to make sure that everyone knows and understands what this all
means to you the true Amigans.
Here is what was acquired from Gateway:
1. All trademarks logos etc.
2. All existing inventory of Amiga International
3. All existing licenses.
4. License to All Amiga patents (Gateway still owns the patents, but
we are able to use them).
5. All web sites, and registered domain names.
6. The Amiga OS and all that is associated with the OS.
7. The Amiga operation as it exists today.
Specific details of the developer system, the OS partners and how one
can begin developing will be released in the next couple of weeks.
We will be making an announcement on January 8th, 2000 with one of
our partners at CES in Las Vegas, and more details will follow that
release.
Fleecy, Myself, Petro, and the rest of the team are not going to make
promises and create presentations and demos. We are going to deliver
products, services, and the rest of the world will know what you have
already known.
We will be officially changing the name of Amino Development
Corporation to the Amiga Corporation this week, and we will let
everyone know of this change shortly once it is officially completed.
I want to thank all of you for your continued support we will make
Amiga what it should have been, and more importantly what it will be.
Keeping the faith,
Bill McEwen President/CEO
Amino Development Corporation
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C O S A O N T H E B U Y O U T
COSA Reaction to Amino Purchase of Amiga Rights
January 2, 2000
Within the past few days, ownership of the Amiga rights, trademarks
and technology passed from Gateway to Amino Development. People have
asked for COSA's opinion on the sale, and for comments how this
affects the campaign to open-source the AmigaOS.
We believe the sale of Amiga to Amino is a good, positive step
forward for the Amiga community, and that the new owners of the Amiga
technology rights are the right people to steer the Amiga technology
into the new millennium.
COSA have known Fleecy Moss, co-founder of Amino, for quite some
time, and have been in e-mail discussions on a number of matters of
mutual interest, including Open Source, for quite some considerable
time. We have a good working relationship, and a mutual understanding
of what needs to be done to bring the Amiga into the new millennium.
COSA is confident, based on our discussions with Fleecy, that Amino
has the vision and direction necessary, to take the Amiga into the new
millennium. The major difference to their predecessors being that
Amino truely understands the Amiga technology, and is receptive to the
needs, ideas and inspirations of the Amiga community. (The management
of Amino are, afterall, Amigans themselves.)
We await the announcements from Amino in the weeks and months ahead
with much anticipation, and look forward to a hopefully long and
productive working relationship with them.
Congratulations, Guys!
Steve Crietzman, and the team at COSA
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A M I G A W E B D I R E C T O R Y G O N E . . .
January 1, 2000 - The Champaign- Urbana Computer Users Group (CUCUG)
announced today that it has retired its popular, award-winning Amiga
Web Directory (AWD) web site.
Citing continuing declines in the Amiga marketplace and Gateway's
failure to deliver new Amiga computer systems, CUCUG reluctantly
decided to discontinue its popular web site link directory and news
service on January 1, 2000. It was felt that while CUCUG could
continue with the AWD for several months, it was better to retire now
rather than allow the site to slowly decline with the market. CUCUG is
hopeful that the latest owners of the Amiga can turn this market
around for the developers and users who have held on throughout all
the past ownership changes and other difficulties the Amiga has faced.
For over five years, the Amiga Web Directory served as one of the
most-visited Amiga-oriented web sites on the Internet. Its carefully
cataloged listings of Amiga web sites was the most-respected
collection of its kind. Each site in the AWD's listings was reviewed
by the CUCUG webmaster to ensure quality and Amiga orientation. Site
descriptions were carefully prepared by hand, resulting in accuracy
not possible on other machine- driven sites or those which allow site
owners to write their own descriptions.
The AWD's Amiga news pages became one of the most imitated features
in the Amiga web community. Dozens of Amiga news sites were inspired
by the success of the Amiga Web Directory's hugely popular news pages.
A well-known offshoot of the Amiga Web Directory was "Agnes" the
Amiga web searching service. Agnes was also a cartoon character which
personalized the searching service. In addition to the over-2000 Amiga
sites cataloged in the Amiga Web Directory, Agnes could search the
general Internet for Amiga content, newsgroup messages, CUCUG Status
Register newsletters and other Amiga-oriented materials.
The Amiga Web Directory was one of the first member-supported Amiga
web sites. Amiga enthusiasts joined the CUCUG organization to show
their support for the efforts of the group. These memberships covered
the costs associated with running the popular web service and other
CUCUG activities. CUCUG is very grateful to its members' support which
it has received over the years. The group also acknowledges the many
Amiga-oriented companies which have given assistance.
CUCUG, which has been supporting local computer users in the
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois area since 1983 will now focus its efforts
on local user group activities.
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. . . A S I S " A M A Z I N G C O M P U T I N G "
31 December, 1999
"Amiga Update" has received confirmation from several sources that
PIM Publication's "Amazing Computing" has recently filed for
bankruptcy. "Amazing" was the first - and the last - monthly Amiga
magazine in the US and its presence will be sorely missed.
While it is certainly possible for businesses to survive a bankruptcy
and continue into the future, we have no indications that such will be
the case with "Amazing". It is ironic that as Amiga itself is in the
process of a potential rebirth, we have lost both CUCUG and "Amazing
Computing"
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E X H I B I T O R S S I G N U P F O R A M I G A 2 K
December 26, 1999
Amigan-St. Louis announces it's first group of exhibitors for "Amiga
2K". These companies are listed on the Gateway Computer Show's - Amiga
2K© web site. You can view this site by typing in the following
address on your web browser.
http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html
These companies are just the first in many that are signing up to
exhibit at this exciting event. Please check the show pages every week
to see the latest news.
The Gateway Computer Shows are the largest and the most interesting
Amiga shows in the Americas. More products, updates, plans, ideas and
other exciting events have been released, announced and planned at
these shows than anywhere else.
Amiga 2K will be hosted at the Henry VIII Hotel, on Lindbergh Ave.,
in St. Louis, MO. U.S.A. Show dates are Saturday April 1 through
Sunday April 2, 2000.
Please check the web site for more information about the show and the
hotel. Come join Petro, myself and many other Amigans at Amiga 2K.
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M O R E A B O U T S T . L O U I S S H O W
December 31, 1999
Amigan-St. Louis is happy to announce the addition of Nova Design,
Inc. to it's growing list of exhibitors.
The ever popular Gateway Computer Shows, including the new Amiga 2K
show in St. Louis on April1 & 2, 2000, have always been very popular
with Amiga Computer fans.
This newest addition of Nova Design, Inc. and others is just one more
step in the growing list of companies that will exhibit at the largest
Amiga show in the Americas. Please see the "Show" page in the site
listed below.
In additon, you can find the "Club Table Contest" described on the
"Contest" page of the Amiga 2K site. This is an excellent chance for
an Amiga Club to showcase it's abilities, and show off the Amiga,
while possibly winning a prize for their efforts.
Please check our site at: http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html
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S T I L L M O R E O N A M I G A 2 K
January 3, 2000
Amigan-St. Louis is pleased to announce a discount for clubs
exhibiting at the Gateway Computer Show - Amiga 2K©. The discount is
40% off of the normal price. This is a substantial discount, that is
only available to clubs, and only available when utilizing an eight
foot table. It is a limited time offer.
The pricing can be determined by looking at the price guide for eight
foot tables under the "Exhibitors" button on the show page at:
http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html Then simply multiply 60% times that
price to determine the price a club would pay.
Example: An eight foot table space is 9' x 6' or 54 square feet. The
price per square foot is $6. So 54 x 6 = $324. That's the normal
price. Then multiply $324 x 60% to get $194.40. This is what the club
will pay for their table. Eight foot tables can be shared by two
groups if necessary. This would further reduce the cost to a club. The
cost of the table does not include any admissions to the show. All
persons in the club must purchase an admission.
All in all, this is a substantial discount. It is being given due to
the tremendous support clubs have given to the Amiga. Without the
clubs, there would be no Amiga. So to reward them and their hard
working members, we are giving this discount so they will not deplete
their club treasury to exhibit at Amiga 2K
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A M I R C 3 . 3 R E L E A S E D
991227
AmIRC was the first VaporWare application to be shown to the Amiga
world. Its author, Oliver Wagner, has worked too many late nights on
the program to count, and continues to update it to this day.
AmIRC's main strengths lie in its interface - it's one of the easiest
IRC clients to use on any platform, yet it also keeps the power users
happy with advanced ARexx scripting and its plugin API, allowing
unique new features to be added. It also features a URL grabber to
capture any URLs mentioned in any channels or query windows, a
lag-o-meter to measure your system's lag from the server, and strong
builtin flood protection including a staggered output queue to stop
you flooding yourself off the server.
For IRCing on the Amiga, AmIRC should be your number one choice.
Please remember, AmIRC is shareware. If you use it, please register
the software and help support Amiga software development.
Download AmIRC 3.3 and see why it's the best IRC client for the
Amiga. If you registered AmIRC 1.x or AmIRC 2.x, you can update to
version 3.3.
There is an AmIRC Mailing List run by VaporWare for users to discuss
the software. Please feel free to sign up for it, your question may be
answered there.
Features
o Advanced Low Level Plugin API.
o Single Window Iconification.
o Lag-o-meter shows lag from the server
o Individual window logging.
o Intuitive channel window with userlist and mode display.
o Builtin high speed DCC drivers, incl. Secure Chat.
o ARexx port includes event trapping.
o IRCNet and UnderNet extensions.
o Oper and clone announcement.
o Builtin IdentD, disables itself if needed.
o Bind sound effects, auto deiconify or ARexx to events.
o Last nick history, TAB key cycles through.
o URL grabber saves any URLs to send to your web browser.
o Supports colored text for both input (WYSIWIG) and output.
o CTCP/DCC flood protection.
o Timestamping of lines and inline clickable URLs.
http://www.vapor.com/
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M O R P H O S P R O J E C T A N N O U N C E D
Thursday, 23rd December 1999
Today we announce the availability of a new Amiga next generation
PowerPC OS project, called MorphOS, to the public.
In its current state it provides a modern memory protection
microkernel which runs a virtual amiga emulation. This microkernel
will be the base for a new OS layer.
Research for this project started in early 1998, while at the end of
1998 an early implementation was ready. In 1999, we started on the
virtual amiga emulation to make the current AmigaOS available without
requiring 68K hardware. The basic design goals behind MorphOS are
- memory protection
- resource tracking
- asynchronous message system
- low interrupt latency
- virtual memory (optional)
- distributed computing
- symmetrical multi processing (SMP)
- recursive memory management
- task/thread and clan/chief model
- clean design with an elegant API
- micro/pico kernel mixture
The developer release is planned for end of January. Minimum system
requirements are
- A4000 with CyberStorm PPC/604e and Symbios 770 SCSI
- CyberVisionPPC
- at least 32MB memory installed
- Kickstart 3.1 (Version 40.68) and Workbench 3.1 or up
Hardware requirements might change as soon as more hardware setups are
tested and implemented.
As the success of this project will also depend on your
feedback/support, we suggest that interested developers visit our
project webpage for a general MorphOS overview and information on how
to join us to help.
Feel free to enter the project webpage at
http://www.morphos.de or
http://www.morphos.ch
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V O Y A G E R V 3 F I N A L R E L E A S E
28 Dec 99
V³ 3.0 final released
Here it is: the final version of V³
Core changes since pre5:
o now remembers FORM contents on back and, erm, window resize
o HTTP/1.1 Accept-Language: support
o Support for URL-embedded password support in HTTP URLs
o Image information summary added
o New Search Central plugin
o The usual load of bugfixes and minor enhancements.
This release does not include a new VFlash plugin. It is currently
undergoing final testing, and will be released individually within the
next few days.
http://v3.vapor.com
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C S & E A E U R O P E A N D I S T R I B U T O R
CS&E to concentrate on Amiga Distribution 2000
04/01/00
I am writing to you for the good of the Amiga in the UK and beyond.
We have many great publishers and retailers and now two dedicated
magazines, but no independent distributor. I can announce to you that
CS&E will step in to independently distribute. We will reach both mail
order and high street retail from our warehouse in Birmingham which is
shared with the likes of Eidos.
All products are delivered next day across Europe with many
guarantees for both the publisher and retailer. We hope that this step
will prove to be a great benefit for the whole Amiga community and
urge everyone to come together on this issue. Retailers please let us
know your full contact details for regular updates with your fax
number and e-mail and postal address. Publishers please also get in
contact to maximise your sales. A starter pack outlining our aims is
being prepared which will be sent out to all known contacts worldwide.
UK Amiga users can already feel proud by supporting some of the most
innovative companies around, we hope that this link will prove
valuable to all and our aim is to assist this good work.
David Connolly
Kind Regards,
CS&E sales:
7 Glyme Close, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1LB, Great Britain
+44 (0) 1993 812685
visit our website at http://www.csande.co.uk
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05.Jan.2000
amiga-news.de
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Software News
- Peters Amiga Homepage:
A serious bug has been fixed in the HP and Olivetti printer drivers. The HP drivers for the 670C
and the 870C are already available for download,
the Olivetti drivers will be uploaded by the author at a later time.
- Airsoft Softwair: A new TUP version has just been released. TUP v1.5 now finally works
flawlessly with Visual Prefs. Moreover, there are new catalogs for Spanish and French users, and some
other improvements. Download: TUP1_5.lha
- Aminet uploads 05.01.2000
- Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype 44.5 - download:
WarpJPEGdt.lha - 38 Kb
- Ralph Torchia: Spitfire (Palm Desktop) version 0.32
- download: Spitfire.lha
- Haage & Partner offer a patch for PageStream 4.0
revision 2 (4.0r2). - download: pgs40patch1.lha
- 597 Kb
- Shadow Works today released a
statement, which explains why
NewsRog (a NNTP newsreader) is discontinued. In the end, several things like decreasing Amiga market, no
hardware developments, software piracy and credit card fraud resulted in this descission. The last version
1.8b, from October 1999, is still available for registered users in the download area.
- Cyberdyne Systems: New alpha versions (v45.00 alpha 6)
of the stormamiga.lib for AmigaOS/68k. Some functions have been added, some expanded and optimized, and all
known bugs removed. This version is for registered users only.
- Photogenics: Paul Nolan has created three new
tutorials. He is now completely reworking
the manual, and would wellcome feedback.
- Read at the Czech Amiga News:
Those who want to see
Duke Nukem 3D and
Strife ported to Amiga, an contact
David Bereault by e-mail.
szip for Amiga, compiled by Allan Odgaard -
download: szip_112_amiga.lzx
- Javosoft: New FastATA4000 driver version 1.6 for
Elbox FastATA 4000 - download: FastATA4000v16a27.lha
- At Amigart Amster v0.3 is available, the freeware
port of Napster MP3. The long filename and "Chat mode" bug has been fixed. Download:
amster.lha
- Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail - aside from major
optimizations of the PNG and TIFF datatypes, there are small improvements in the JFIF
datatype, and PPC603-optimized versions especially for A1200/PPC users. Download:
akJFIF-dt.lha
akJFIF-PPC.lha
akJFIF-WOS.lha
akPNG-dt.lha
akPNG-PPC.lha
akPNG-WOS.lha
akTIFF-dt.lha
akTIFF-PPC.lha
akTIFF-WOS.lha
akMPEG4.lha - new URL!
- SecondSpin, the new MPEG
Audio Player, has been released as version 1.87B.
Download:
SecondSpin_Install.lha - V.87B and
SecondSpin_Encoder.lha - Lame v3.57
- Aminet uploads 07.01.2000
- Trogladite Software: Kalbos version 1.31 released, fixing
the CGX bug. Download: ts-kalbos.lha
Major UnInstaller update planned. The new UnInstaller will not only support scripts made for
version 1.0, but also those made for 1.1+. Additionally, Commodore Installer logfiles, the new
UnInstaller standard and a reworked UI will be implemented.
- Hyperion Software: A page for the game
Freespace: The Great War has been
added to the projects. The game is a space simulation by Volition/Interplay. System requirements:
PPC-processor (maybe 68060), gfx card (maybe AGA), 3D-support by Warp3D, sound by AHI, 64 MB RAM
and a 8-speed CD-ROM. Working on the Amiga port are Hans-Jörg Frieden and Chrisian Sauer.
There is a new status report
for Heretic II, where Hans-Jörg Frieden says that the four basic elements are finished.
- VWP: Update WaveTracer DS Mark V 5.1
After the BETA version was already available some time, the final version 5.1 of WaveTracer DS Mark V
is now available. Download is possible from the VWP homepage. The update is only possible for owners
of the full version, the serial number is required (can be found in the WaveTracer menu "Special",
item "User-Info").
- A technical preview of the Opera browser
for Linux version 4.0a (Qt edition) has been released. Download of the alpha version:
opera-19991224.tar.gz
- The Mushroom Software homepage (F1 Software
and 5th Dimension licensee) now offers a "Real-Time Voice Chat", which requires Java, however.
- Innovative writes:
Since our server is moving right now, there are no new informations e.g. for VLRec NG 4.0 available
there. You can however order VLRec NG 4.0 already from our online shop. As soon as our presence has
completed its move, we will wellcome you on a further improved and reworked website with many news.
So far, please be patient.
- Atéo: The download area has
been reworked, "cleaned up" and some files updated.
- Frank Wille: New ppc.library emulation for WarpOS
version 0.7b - download: ppclibemu.lzx
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04.Jan.2000
Patrick Beerhorst in ANF
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New links for amiga-software.com
Patrick Beerhorst writes:
I want to point to the offer from amiga-software.com. With this page, I made it my goal to
offer a link collection of good Amiga software products which often "suffer" from a long
or complicated URL and are therefore unknown to many users, or quickly forgotten if you
forget to bookmark it.
So if you have good submissions for the page, please send them in, so I can keep the page
continuously updated. For submissions, please use the offered form, or send me a mail in
the format title / URL / description and address of the author. Please don't forget to
mention if special hardware is required (like PPC etc.).
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04.Jan.2000
Trojaner-info.de
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Info for PC users: Trojan/Feliz destroys important system files
"The trojan wishes a 'happy new year' [FELIZ ANO NOVO], and a face appears. However, eight
important system files are deleted in the background. A new system boot is no longer possible
then. Like before, beware of new year e-mails with attached files. Of course there are harmless
(exe) files around. My advice: NEVER open this file, no matter from which address it comes."
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04.Jan.2000
Steve Crietzman on COSA ML
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Steve Crietzman: News from Petro
From: "Steve Crietzman" president@amigakernel.org
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:41:10 -0000
Organization: Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS
Subject: [cosa] Some news from Petro
Hi all,
I've just got off the phone with Petro. Thought I'd share
a little info with y'all.
First, he's alive and well and still functioning as Amiga
International, Inc. and will continue to operate under Amino.
Tom Schmidt is also alive, well and employed by Gateway,
and still around in some capacity - although I'm not sure
what his new title or position is yet. He is to come over
to Germany and meet with Petro soon to finalise everything.
Petro sounded very optimistic about the future, and said
he looks forward to continue to do his job and to the future
with Amino.
He said to expect some announcements from Amino in the
days and weeks ahead. Keep a close eye on the Amiga
website. According to Petro, there's going to be a small
update later today.
He also in this phonecall repeated his continuing support
for COSA and Open Source and asked me to convey his
best wishes to Amigans everywhere, and to let everyone
know that for him, it's "business as usual."
It's reassuring (to me at least) to know that whatever
happens with the Amiga, the one thing we can always
count on is that Petro will always be around. Whoever
said we don't have stability in the Amiga world? ;-)
Best regards,
Steve Crietzman (president@amigakernel.org)
Amiga 4000/040, 18MB RAM, 1.2GB Hard Disk, Picasso IV
President, Open Amiga Group (http://www.amigakernel.org
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04.Jan.2000
Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail
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PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX - Software Engineering Website moving
From January 7th to 9th, my WWW provider is changing it's server infrastructure, so www.ar-kleinert.de
might be temporarily unavailable. E-mails should be delivered normally, however.
Progress reports are available at www.puretec.de/umzug_main.htm :-)
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04.Jan.2000
GNN
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GNN: USB-expansion for Amiga
The title link is yesterday's top news at GNN.
GNN writes:
"After the easy-to-expand Universal Serial Bus was quickly spread first by Apples iMac,
and shortly afterwards by Windows 98 systems, interest is now growing among users of
other platforms - at least that of Amiga users might be satisfied soon.
The TigerTronics team is developing a USB expansion board for all Amiga models with
Zorro expansion card, like the 3000 and 4000 series. It is labeled "Eriol", and will
offer two USB ports. Low and high speed USB devices will be supported. If more than
two devices are to be connected, standard USB hubs have to be used. To transmit data
quickly and keep system usage low, Eriol will access Amiga memory directly by DMA
transfer."
Full article (German) at the title link.
Another (German) article at GNN: New chance? Gateway sells Amiga
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04.Jan.2000
AMIGA
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First official statement from Bill McEwen: Executive Update
January 3, 2000
YeeHaw and welcome to the year 2000;
I want to make something very clear from the beginning we have been
told, that Amiga was purchased by Gateway because of the Patents, and
that there were not even aware of the Amiga installed base, or the
people.
Gateway purchased Amiga because of Patents, we purchased Amiga
because of the People.
Without the people standing behind, developing, creating, purchasing
and continuing to believe in the Amiga there never would have been
anything for Gateway to purchase. We recognize this, and it is because
of you, and what you have continued to accomplish with Amiga that we
have purchased the company.
I want to make sure that everyone knows and understands what this all
means to you the true Amigans.
Here is what was acquired from Gateway:
- All trademarks logos etc.
- All existing inventory of Amiga International
- All existing licenses.
- License to All Amiga patents (Gateway still owns the patents, but
we are able to use them).
- All web sites, and registered domain names.
- The Amiga OS and all that is associated with the OS.
- The Amiga operation as it exists today.
Specific details of the developer system, the OS partners and how one
can begin developing will be released in the next couple of weeks.
We will be making an announcement on January 8th, 2000 with one of
our partners at CES in Las Vegas, and more details will follow that
release.
Fleecy, Myself, Petro, and the rest of the team are not going to make
promises and create presentations and demos. We are going to deliver
products, services, and the rest of the world will know what you have
already known.
We will be officially changing the name of Amino Development
Corporation to the Amiga Corporation this week, and we will let
everyone know of this change shortly once it is officially completed.
I want to thank all of you for your continued support we will make
Amiga what it should have been, and more importantly what it will be.
Keeping the faith,
Bill McEwen President/CEO
Amino Development Corporation
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04.Jan.2000
Steffen Häuser be e-mail
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Legal Quake version for WarpUP (beta version) released
Yesterday, the first beta version of Quake 1.09 and QuakeWorld has been released by
Frank Wille and Steffen Häuser. The beta version is available at the title link,
and contains binaries for WarpUP (vbcc-WarpUP compiled) and PowerUP (vbcc-PowerUP compiled)
of QuakePPC.
Feature list:
- GFX board and AGA support
- support for PIP (Picasso 96) and WB Window
- double and triple buffering
- sound
- CD audio support
- mouse, joypad and joystick support
- in-game video options
- network support
- QuakeWorld support (client and server)
It is a beta version. Stability, Warp3D support and a comfortable user interface will follow.
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03.Jan.2000
Joachim Nink in ANF
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Diamond Caves II and Maniacball now freeware
After releasing Diamond Caves I as freeware, the author Peter Elzner has decided to release
the legendary Amiga games Diamond Caves II and Maniacball as freeware. The numerous levels
are available for free download, too.
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03.Jan.2000
ANN
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Amiga ranked 2nd
Amiga is ranking an ungraceful 2nd place in the Wired.com "Vaporware" Award.
I am sure Bill and Fleecy have more to offer than that :-). (ps)
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03.Jan.2000
ANN
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#Ami3D competition
The competition is for all renderers, the selected subject is "The Garden". If you want
to participate, you can find all necessary details here.
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03.Jan.2000
.AmiUpdate
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.AmiUpdate Interview
.AmiUpdate did an interview with Georges Halvadjian, author of
Perfect Paint, which you can read at the
title link. There is also a detailed review of Perfect Paint.
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03.Jan.2000
AROS
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AROS update
The AROS (Amiga Research OS) website has been reworked, and all subpages updated.
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03.Jan.2000
Ivo Janacek by e-mail
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Javosoft: New drivers
New drivers for FastATA/Powerflyer and Allegro / 4xEIDE and Allegro.
Download: FastATA'99v51a27.lha
Download: EIDE'99v27a27.lha
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03.Jan.2000
Dennis Pauler in ANF
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Update of the AmigaFever homepage
The AmigaFever homepage has been updated again: some new areas, and new articles in the
article archive.
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03.Jan.2000
Neo in ANF
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Römer Computer also closing
Neo writes in the News forum:
I just found this posting in the Heise Newsticker Forum (title link) (partial):
"You have to face reality! Horst-Dieter Römer on
January 2nd, 2000 Hello friends! Until December 31rd, 1999, I was Amiga service partner and
did quit, because it was no longer justifiable from an economic point of view."
However, there is no mention of this on the Römer homepage yet.
One less, again :-((
Mario Eng writes on the subject in ANF:
The shop Römer COmputer in Berlin is closed, repairs and sales of Amiga hardware and supplies
does however continue on the Römer homepage. E-Mail to
Eng@Roemer.de.
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03.Jan.2000
GIGA
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GIGA: New Amiga Ownership
"...after Jim Collas and his hardware plans failed at Gateway and quit, it was already forseeable
that Amiga wouldn't see a bright future. 'Now we can finish the job started 15 years ago', says
Amino CEO Bill McEwen, without further commenting this..."
Full article (German) at the title link.
ZDNet: Gateway sells Amiga to startup
For the first time, the amount of 5 million dollar was mentioned in combination with the purchase.
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03.Jan.2000
Falk Lüke by e-mail
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Eternity: Tales of Tamar News
Since these are the first EternityNews this year, a happy new year first!
The work on Tales of Tamar is making steady progress, the demo version will be released soon.
Those who already own it will enjoy a yet improved version even closer to the final game:
Go to the camp, and you will find a nice update for the demo version (v0.25) in one of the
displayed tons! As a small gimmick, we included a small MasterMind clone named "RuneStone"
which you will enjoy for sure.
Additionally, we are looking for language-skilled people (for localising the demo version,
subsequently the full version). People interested should contact me at
pr-manager@eternity.amiga-software.com.
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03.Jan.2000
COSA
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COSA on the Amiga / Amino sellout
Steve Crietzman congratulates Amino on the purchase of Amiga, and is faithful that the
right people did buy Amiga.
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03.Jan.2000
Amiga Future
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Questions to Bill
So Amiga is sold, and of course there are many, many open questions. Please send us your
questions as fast as possible, so we can incooperate them in our interviews. Send questions
to Andreas Magerl, editor-in-chief Amiga Future, e-mail Andreas@chiemgau.org.
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