04.Aug.1999
phase 5
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Phase 5: G3 development update
G3 development update.
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04.Aug.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn
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Rainboot 2.65 released / Original Windows98 Bootup for Amiga?
Andreas Falkenhahn writes:
1) Rainboot 2.65 released:
On the Airsoft Softwair website, a new version of the famous multimedia
bootup Rainboot has just been released. For the first time, the new version
offers support for multiple background pics and other new features / improvements.
2) An original Windows98 Bootup for Amiga?
That's possible now, of course simulated only :-) At the Airsoft Softwair website,
the WindowsSimulator Bootconfig for Rainboot has been released. This looks almost 100%
like the Windows98 original (start screen, cycle, desktop, icons, taskbar, sounds).
A Windows98 startup is faked, leading to a rare Exception suggesting to rather use
AmigaOS. The bootup is great for impressing PC friends, at least it worked for me.
Rainboot 2.65 is required, since new features of this version are used.
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04.Aug.1999
Chip
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Dangerous tips for solar eclipse
There are hints going around on internet that you could use a floppy disk
instead of a special eclipse glass for filtering sunlight - which is not
without risk! If you thought about doing so, read the above article by
Chip magazine (German, sorry).
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04.Aug.1999
Amiga Universe
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New columns at Amiga Universe
At Amiga Universe, you can read the monthly columns of
Chris,
James,
Tecno,
Fleecy and
Lennart.
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04.Aug.1999
Amithyst
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New issue of Amithyst Online Mag
New issue of Amithyst Online Mag.
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04.Aug.1999
linux.de
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LinuxPPC and Microsoft invite hackers
He who succeeds breaking in at crack.linuxppc.org
wins a system as reward. Microsoft offers www.windows2000test.com
for cracking, but as opposed to Linux demands adherence to certain
rules ;-).
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04.Aug.1999
H&P
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H&P: 3DWorld Logos online
H&P: 3DWorld Logos online.
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04.Aug.1999
CyberGFX
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New feedback form for gfx cards
CybergraphX has reworked the feedback form (link above) for gfx cards. Here you
can report which gfx card you are using. These informations are important for
programmers wanting to optimize their software. You can get the results
here.
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04.Aug.1999
CCC
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CCC: Chaos Camp Shuttle
The big weekend is drawing near, the big Chaos Camp is taking place.
Departure times for the Camp Shuttle Bus are available from the
Camp Update.
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04.Aug.1999
Amiga Extreme
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Lambda: News
There are new screenshots and a status report of Lambda on the
developer page.
The PC development has been put on hold, the game is still being developed "only"
for Amiga.
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03.Aug.1999
Foundation
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Foundation News
Two Foundation products have been announced for this year. First there'll be "Foundation: Directors Cut"
which is a re-release of the original Foundation, containing version 1.25, supporting graphics cards,
gouraud shading and more special effects. Regarding the very low price (£14.99) of the re-release this
is the chance for everyone who "forgot" to buy this game 'til now.
The second one will be "Foundation Edge", which is Foundation, completely rewritten in portable
C++ (which could mean a PPC version of Foundation) and a totally different interface. The
Foundation's Edge Homepage is already
online. More information will be available there by the end of the week.
Update News:
In the next days a new update will be released. Paul Burkey is working on version 1.25, which will
be included on the CD "Foundation: Directors Cut". The support for Foundation and FoundationDC will
be continued.
Paul Burkey answered to an eMail:
>I read with much pleasure, that the development of
> Foundation will go ahead :-). And I am just curios
> for the new Foundation's Edge and I will certainly
> buy it.
Great! You will certainly not have to wait quite so long for this new game to arive! You'll be playing
it for christmas!
> One thing is not clear for me: Have I to buy the
> promised updated or is it free for owners of the
> Foundation-CD? Please answer asap, because I want
> to explain it in the german Amiga News.
The re-release CD, "Foundation: Directors Cut" will be released as soon as possible. I'm currently
compiling the CD myself. It will contain the original game but with the next update (V1.25) already
installed. If you already have the original Foundation CD then you can download the update from the
Foundation Homepage or possibly find it on a PD disk or cover of a Magazine. However the price of
"Foundation: Directors Cut" will be much cheaper than the original Foundation (Probably 50 DM) so for
anyone who doesn`t yet have Foundation, this is an ideal chance to get it.
Foundation's Edge will be a whole new game. More details of both products will be made available in the
next week. Also, you might like to know that Foundation is now published by Epic Marketing (Islona).
This will be announced in the next few days but you are free to publish that information if you wish.
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03.Aug.1999
Jan Andersen by eMail
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Update Virus Executor Version 1.82a
Name: Virus Executor v1.82a
Archive: ve_182a.lha or VirusExecutor.lha
Archive size: 45.255 bytes
Date: August 3rd, 1999
Author: Jan Erik Olausen
Download: ve_182a.lha
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03.Aug.1999
AmiDog
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AmiDog arranged Emulation Corner
AmiDog summed up all its emulation in "Amidogs Emulation Corner" with a news section on the main pages.
New versions of DarcNES/Amiga und AmiGenerator can be downloaded.
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03.Aug.1999
RC5
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Myzar 2.0 available
Download: Myzar_v2.0.lha
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03.Aug.1999
Czech Amiga News
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AmiWest '99 Report by Floyd Diebel
AmiWest '99 Report by Floyd Diebel.
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03.Aug.1999
Marc Albrecht by eMail
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Heise: Sun Plans Multimedia Processor
Sun Microsystems announces a processor supporting JAVA directly. SUN is partner
to AMIGA Inc.
Some related links:
The Register: Sun preps Net box-oriented CPU
The Register: Sun MAGC CPU set for Java-style public licencing
ZDNet: Sun brings Java-Multimedia-Chip (German)
CMPnet: Sun conjures Java CPU for media apps
FutureZone: Sun Develops Multimedia-Processor (German)
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03.Aug.1999
Robert Wahnsiedler by eMail
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Flightsimulator "Flight Gear" Is Open Source
Amiga game writers should have look at the titlelink, where source code of the
flight sim "Flight Gear" can be found. A hardware accelerated MESA or Open GL
is required, so this should be an ideal project for a Warp3D powered MESA PPC
Amiga.
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03.Aug.1999
Robert Wahnsiedler by eMail
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Amiga in K1 Reportage (German TV)
Robert Wahnsiedler writes:
Yesterday, about 1:00 AM, I stumbled across a repeat of "K1 - Die Reportage", and
what did my tired eyes see in a report - an Amiga 4000. :) -.
It was about payment on internet by credit card, and how easy it is being cheated.
They showed an interview with Evrim Serim (sp?), a long-standing Amiga user and
co-author of the book Hackerland. It was briefly shown how easy it is for a "pro"
to hack into a simple site, and read out the credit card data. The interview was
made in his room, where he sat in front of an Amiga 4000, which was easily recognized
by keyboard and desktop. :) The screen was not that much visible, but the great Boing
ball sticking to the monitor :). Great advertising for insiders... :).
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03.Aug.1999
Torsten Dudai
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New Cartoon: Santa Amiga 1492
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03.Aug.1999
Dirk Baeyens
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amiga-news.de now in Vlaams, too :-)
Starting August 3rd, Dirk Baeyens from Belgium started translating the Amiga News
to Vlaams. With this, our news are already available in four languages. We are
very happy about it, and warmly wellcome Dirk in our team :-).
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02.Aug.1999
Linux Ticker
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Unreal engine ported to Linux
According to Epic, the porting of
the 3D game engine Unreal to Linux is almost completed. More information at the link above.
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02.Aug.1999
Titan Computer
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Titan Computer: New Website
Titan Computer has improved their website with a new layout. Highlight: A news
page, where all news can be found at a glance from now on, without having to
search all subpages :-).
And here two news:
Titan announces cooperation with Hyperion Software.
BurnIT Version 2.50 available.
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02.Aug.1999
Uwe Prieth (User EMail)
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Heise: New Amiga with Transmeta-CPU and Linux?
Heise (producers of the reknown computer magazine c't) writes:
Another veil of secrecy around the company Transmeta was lifted by the
ClieNT Server NEWS in their issue
310, dated August 2nd, 1999. There, it sais that the Californian high-tech
company has won its first OEM customer in Amiga. Officially, both companies
remain quiet, Amiga just hints at the hardware used in a Product / Technology
Brief.
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02.Aug.1999
Pagan Games
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WoA 99: Report by Pagan Games
WoA 99: Report by Pagan Games.
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02.Aug.1999
AmiSITE
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WoA 99: Report with pictures by Rosande
WoA 99: Report with pictures by Rosande.
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02.Aug.1999
Maxon Infoservice
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Cinema4D: New tutorials on MAXON websites
On the MAXON website, there is a collection of handy tips & hints for Cinema4D available.
With many pics and exsample animations, the BASIC tutorials are equally interesting for
beginners and pros. The tutorial area is continuously updated.
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02.Aug.1999
Martin Endres (User EMail)
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Latest info about Camouflage project
Martin Endres writes:
Camouflage will appear in a substantially improved version for LINUX. A first
concept study "Camouflage NG/CamX" will be available shortly at www.work.de/camouflage/.
There will be a "normal" Linux- and a "special" AmigaNG-version. 68k-Camouflage users
can upgrade to CamX upon availability. Suggestions, ideas stc. are always wellcome at
endres@work.de.
68k-Camouflage AB development will continue - don't panic. Scheduled release date for
the first CamX version: 1st quarter 2000.
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02.Aug.1999
c.s.a.m.
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Jim Collas in c.s.a.m.: Re: Let's have a little more FAITH!
In this posting, Jim Collas does speak earnestly about the reactions of
the Amiga community to his way of managing Amiga. Required reading, IMHO.
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02.Aug.1999
Martin Sahlén (User EMail)
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AAA Award International 1998: Marcel Beck among the winners :-)
Among other things, Martin Sahlén writes in this press release:
Marcel Beck, author of the reknown Amiga EMailer "YAM", has been decorated on July 24th,
1999, at the WoA in London with the AAA Award International 1998.
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01.Aug.1999
Visual Eng.
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5 new tutorials
5 new tutorials.
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01.Aug.1999
Amiga Central
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More delays for aMozillaX
Ben Rothwell writes in this press release that several circumstances lead to the
initial release of aMozillaX being delayed yet again. He stresses that the project
is not being dropped, just that it could not be finished as fast as planned.
Coders willing to participate are wellcome. Write to ian@freeamiga.org.
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01.Aug.1999
Amigart
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LinuxPPC 5.0 Install-Guide
When, with help of the installation guide mentioned above, you succeeded in installing
LinuxPPC 5.0, you can go on trying the MythII:
SoulBlighter Demo for LinuxPPC 5.0.
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01.Aug.1999
APC & TCP
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Titan Computer recieves license for Phoenix on Mac.
Titan Computer has been licensed by APC & TCP
to port the Amiga game Phoenix, which is scheduled for release this year, to the Mac. The
Amiga version is done by Future Tales.
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01.Aug.1999
Michael Pfeiffer (User EMail)
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VWP: Virtual News
Michael Pfeiffer writes:
Temporary result: AmigaNG survey
The survey on the subject AmigaNG has a temporary result. The new Amiga might -
at least among the users already possessing an Amiga - become a full success.
Over 64% of all users want to buy the new powerhorse directly when available or
within 3 months. Those who have probably been set back by the Linux announcement
and do no longer want to own an Amiga are a minority of under 5%. The survey,
which gives important information to VWP for their future software development,
is continuing (link above).
New: Browser hit list
The VWP homepage now collects statistical data on the browsers used. This statistic
is different from others in that it recognizes browsers spoofing as Mozilla (like
AWeb, Voyager and MSIE). So, there is a hitlist available offering a real insight
in market shares and usage of browsers in the Amiga szene. This hitlist can be
found at the link above, under "statistics".
New: WaveTracer DS & AudioForum
The VWP homepage now offers a special forum
for the WaveTracer DS and related Audio questions. Here, you can state questions,
post hints, give tips and state your POV. This forum should prove being a quick
help with problems related to WaveTracer.
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01.Aug.1999
Andreas R. Kleinert (User EMail)
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New akDatatype: akNAIL
Andreas R. Kleinert writes:
I have uploaded a new datatype to Aminet, called akNAIL. Since it is a "special
manufactured" datatype for IFX thumbnail files with .info extension, it was released
as Shareware. Registering by RegNet is only possible bundled with the other three
datatypes - other than this, there are the usual bundle offers.
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01.Aug.1999
Czech Amiga News
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The World Foundry: News
E2260: Sadly not making progress as planned, but programming should continue at the
end of the month.
Maim & Mangle: This is looking much better. Development is
making good progress. Details about the work already done can be found at
M&M, beside this there are four
new Screenshots to
marvel at.
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31.Jul.1999
Torsten Dudai
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New Cartoon: Amiga users couching
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31.Jul.1999
Oliver Wagner (User EMail)
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AmTALK II - 2.0 available
Download: amtalk_20.lzx
(542065 Bytes) or amtalk_20.lha
(587241 Bytes). You can also get AmTALK by EMail. To do this, send an EMail to:
fileserv@vapor.com, and write "SEND AMITALK"
in the message body.
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31.Jul.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn (User EMail)
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AirSoft Softwair News
Andreas Falkenhahn writes:
on the Airsoft Softwair homepage (link above), two new boot configurations for
Rainboot2 have just been released. For one an update to my boot configuration
"Light my Fire", which now offers better sounds and effects, and another bootup
by Pixel Art, which is called AmigaNG
Boot and is really cool.
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31.Jul.1999
Amiga Flame
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Amiga Flame: WoA 99 Report
Amiga Flame: WoA 99 Report.
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27.Jul.1999
Torsten Dudai
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New Cartoon: Christmas eve in the shopping mall
New at amiga-news.de: weekly cartoons from Torsten Dudai! Torsten Dudai will supply one cartoon per week, that will deal with current (Amiga) topics - funny, serious, sarcastic or sardonic - depending on the current siutation. Here's a first teaser:
(td) (Translation: td)
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15.Nov.1998
AC
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Amiga Announces Alliance with QNX for Next Generation Amiga Architecture
Press release: Amiga Inc. has announced an alliance with QNX Software Systems Ltd. to utilize the QNX realtime operating system (RTOS) as the foundation for the Next Generation Amiga architecture.
"The Amiga shook the industry in the 80's with world leading multimedia architecture." said Jeff Schindler General Manager of Amiga Inc. "QNX's RTOS resembles many of Amiga's unique qualities. It provides the foundation in reaching our vision for the rebirth of Amiga in the new millenium."
"We see this alliance as a powerful combination of superior OS technologies, common corporate cultures and shared business vision." said Dan Dodge, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of QNX Software Systems Ltd.
Building upon the QNX OS foundation, Amiga, Inc. will work with QNX to add features and functions needed to create the Next Generation in Computing, as Amiga did in 1985.
Next Generation Targeted Features
Operating System Core Features
- Scalable and modular design
- Fully Protected Preemptive Multitasking; with processes and threads
- Efficient and compact OS (under 4MBs)
- Full 32 bit
- True RTOS
- Virtual Memory support
- ROM-able
- Multi Processor support
- Distributed processing support
- Open standards architecture
- Support for industry standard API's
Multimedia
- High performance 3D (Open GL)
- Full 24-bit true color
- Support standard TV, SVGA and resolutions up to HDTV
- Multi-Media Gaming centric
- Real-time animation (audio/video/graphics)
Internet/Networking
- Network centric architecture
- High performance Internet solutions
- Full Java support
- Consumer networking
Convergence
- Support new digital interface standards
- Amiga convergence API's where no standards exist
- Support leading convergence processing hardware
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Should Amiga developers start programming for QNX now?
A: No. While QNX is the foundation OS, Amiga in partnership with QNX will add user interface enhancements, more multimedia support and a host of other convergence features. This will be released through Amiga Inc's developers program.
Q: Will I have to re-write my application to run on Next Generation Amiga's?
A: Yes. The new OS has a programming model that is similar to the Classic Amiga's, but also sufficiently different. In particular, the new OS features processes and threads (a "thread" is like an Amiga Process/Task), virtual memory and a very clean microkernel architecture. All access to hardware is through drivers, so if your application "hits the hardware" it will not work. Most well written applications should be able to be ported, but to take full advantage of the new architecture you will want to take advantage of the new APIs. We also intend to offer significantly better development tools than are currently available for the classic, which should ease the transition.
Q: How about my Classic applications? Will they run?
A: For the Development System, we are investigating either an "Amiga Classic PCI card" or an "Amiga Classic Emulator". Therefore well behaved 3.1/3.5 Amiga Classic applications should work.
For more information about QNX Software Systems, visit www.qnx.com.
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