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21.Feb.2000
John Porter by eMail


Amiga Oasis Online has moved
The website of Amiga Oasis Online has moved and can now be reached under http://web.ukonline.co.uk/amigaoasis/ (title link). The layout of the site has been reworked and improved. The news-area with news from games like Nightlong, Simon2, Foundation DC, Pokemon and Sin has been updated. The cheats area has also been largely improved. (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Michaela Prüß per eMail


AmigaTools.Net News
Michaela Prüß writes:
My homepage is available again and has also been updated. News: The stringlib.lib has been improved and is available from the download area. Some icons for OS3.5 that had been developped because they where needed for personal use, are available as a small archive. (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX


akMPEG MPEG-Player Version 4.31 released
Version 4.31 of the MPEG-Player for 68k and PPC Amiga by Andreas Kleinert has been released .
Download: akMPEG4.lha (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Satanic Dreams Software


Scalos V1.2b available for free download
As announced Satanic Dreams Software makes Scalos Version 1.2b available for free download.
Download: Scalos- V1.2b.lha (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Atéo Concepts


New AteoBusPrefs and AteoBus Software
In the download area of Atéo you can get new AteoBus Software. (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Airsoft Softwair Homepage


TUP V1.7 released
"The Ultimate Protector" (TUP) Version 1.7 fixes some bugs and has some minor improvements.
Download: TUP1_7.lha (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
H&P


Amiga.org und H&P are working together on the web
Amiga.org and H&P announce their cooperation today, so they can make Amiga.org's Mitchy Resource Retriever the best directory and search engine. Mitchy is a powerful Yahoo-like link directory with searchfunctions, number of hits per entry, rating system, Top 10-lists and much more. (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Alex Kazik in ANF


Scene-Handler V 1.0.0 released
Scene-Handler V1.0.0 has been released! It allows direct access to MovieShop 4.x/5.2 scenes and partitions.
Download: Scene-Handler.lha (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Aaron Digulla by eMail


AROS for PPC Amiga
On February 18th the new support page for AROS on Amiga PPC went online. If anyone is interested to support AROS for PPC Amiga or to work on software can register by using this page. (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
DCE


DCE Website reworked
The Website of DCE has been completely reworked as announced, and describtions of the products taken over from Phase5 added. DCE have decided not to used large graphics and frames in order to imrove loading speed. DCE will add still more items on the website and provide a page dedicated to news and repairing. A german page is also planned. (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Ramboy in ANF


Warp9 News
In a press release you can read some sad facts about the warpTrans project. There is a complete explanation why the warpTrans-Project (Translation Software) can't be developped any further. (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Andre Beer in ANF


GeoWorld-Update to V1.11 released
Today the 11th update for GeoWorld - DEM geography software has been released. Main subject where the international organisations. Complete infos are available on our homepage. A new demoversion is also available. (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


StrICQ Version 0.1727 released
Download: STRICQ.lha (Translation: mb)

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21.Feb.2000
Ulrich Hambuch in ANF


Format & Eye dee three source codes released!
We have decided to release the complete source codes of our (MUI-)Format and of eye dee three (MP3 Manager) since we won't develop those softwares any further. The source codes are free for download on our website. (Translation: mb)

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20.Feb.2000
Ragonsoft by e-mail


Ragonsoft Directory Lister (RDL) for Amiga?
There is right now only a Windows version of the software available, but if RDL becomes a success, RDL will also be made available for Amiga. The same is generally true for all our projects, e.g. BusinessHome. However BusinessHome is currently troubled by a hard drive problem and probably has to be rewritten.

Back to RDL... :-), I will try to explain what RDL is capable of. RDL creates a list from a directory including all subdirectories. This list is written to a text file (DIR-LIST.TXT).

Since RDL does not overwrite DIR-LIST.TXT files, but expands them, the list can be continuously extended. So you can create an overview over 5 PCs or 100 CDs in one RDL file, e.g. for sending it to somebody.

Thanks to a filter you can create a list of .wav files or .mp3 files only. RDL was intended for personal use only, now everyone can get it. If you are interested in a port, contact Imperator. (Translation: mb)

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20.Feb.2000
Michael Pfeiffer by e-mail


VWP-News
New: JavaRunner 1.0 for 86x86-Linux

JavaRunner is a small program wich makes execution of Java®-applications much easier. It tries to suppress configuration errors and corrects existing errors in all environment variables the Java Virtual Machine® uses. JavaRunner is available in versions for PPC-Linux and Windows® for some time and now also for PC 86x86-Linux.

New: Linux Developer Forum

Under the link above we opened a special forum / webboard for developers wich work with Linux. Here you can post all questions related to software-development under Linux. (Translation: mb)

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19.Feb.2000
Amiga.org


Squirrel rights sold
HiSOFT has sold the rights for the Squirrel product line to Analogic Computers. The name rights remain with HiSOFT. This means that marketing, sales and support are now handled by Analogic Computers. HiSOFT will continue to offer the FTP server for Squirrel files, but will no longer offer support. Contact:

Analogic Computers (U.K.) Ltd
Units 6 & 8, Ashway Centre,
Elm Crescent,
Kingston-upon-Thames,
Surrey KT2 6HH.
U.K.
Telephone: +44(0)181 546 9575
Fax: +44(0)181 541 4671
Email: sales@analogic.co.uk (Translation: mb)

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19.Feb.2000
V3 Portal


AmChat turns freeware
Jerome Fisher, author of AmChat, will have more time to code in the future since he returns to Australia. He is planning for a freeware release of AmChat next month. (Translation: mb)

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19.Feb.2000
2IDs in ANF


2IDs (Graphix Design Musix) website layout reworked
Starting immediately, we are able to welcome all users to the NEW design and much improved usability of our pages. We also added new features and removed some dead links and bugs from our HTML-code.

The SymphoniePRO pages have also been updated and now offer more comfort. The first preset pack for our SoundFX preset support pages is now available for download. (Translation: mb)

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19.Feb.2000
Ulrich Hambuch in ANF


Plague website updated
There have been some problems with our website due to the server compatibility with our pages. Now, finally, "ed3-beta" and the catalogs for WBInfo V3 can be downloaded. (Translation: mb)

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19.Feb.2000
Stefan Funke by e-mail


PPC Software List
The PPC Software List at PPC-World by H&P is now (thanks to Carsten Schröder, Amiga Plus / amigaOS) back up-to-date and online starting immediately. (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
Thomas Steiding via eMail


First infos and screenshots of Simon The Sorcerer
On the homepage of Epic Marketing you can now find first infos and screenshots of Simon The Sorcerer 2. (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
Aminet Recent


New Aminet Uploads
TFat2DEMO.lha        biz/demo    86K+V2.11.0 Amiga Invoice program,(FATTURE I
OpusGIbar3.lha       biz/dopus  167K+250 "GlowIcons" for your DOpus Toolbar
TCPhoneBill.lha      biz/misc    11K+Tables For German Phone Bill! (V1.3)
A-Fix_150200.lha     comm/ambos  12K+AmBoS-Fix Release 150200 (Tuesday 15-Feb
AmBoS-Demo.lha       comm/ambos 1.4M+AmBoS 2.98 - Board Bulletin System (comp
cim_v3.lha           comm/misc  1.1M+CIM - Caller Id Manager V3 r37 incl HTML
MatavPrefs2k.lha     comm/misc    4K+Hungarian mat v prices for MPhone 1.53
AmyDynDNS.lha        comm/tcp     3K+ARexx script to update the dyndns.org Dy
MassDL.lha           comm/www    27K+Less work on WWW Leching. (AWeb) v1.1
wla_020_2.8.lha      dev/cross   49K+WLA - Game Boy Macro Assembler v2.8 (020
SysTracker_src.lha   dev/src     70K+Full source code to SysTracker v0.1
fda-upd.lha          disk/cache  36K+IDEfix, PatchControl fixes 1.8,2.0->2.2 
fda.lha              disk/cache 345K+Faster than PFS also installed V2.2
DC60_config.lha      disk/misc   17K+DosControl6.0 better fileID+menu V0.4
RDBArc_fr.lha        disk/misc   11K+French Catalog for RDBArc 1.75
UnADF.lha            disk/misc   13K+V1.2, Extract files out of DOS ADF files
CNCT0200.lha         docs/lists  86K+CoNnEcTiOnS: January/February 2000 - UK 
Amiga4ever14.lha     docs/mags  1.5M+Freewaremag(GERMAN) Ausg.14(Feb-Mar 00)
Muscarine.lha        game/role  1.7M+...pretty weird graphic adventure. *FREE
MadMatrix.lha        game/think  14K+Hard MUI game with very simple rules.
HBMonopoly.lha       game/wb    514K+V2.1 Monopoly now as network game!
IE-shutdown.lha      gfx/edit     4K+Image Eng. - Shutdown v1.03
Show040.lha          gfx/show   479K+Cybergfx only picture viewer (040) V2.11
ShowPPC.lha          gfx/show   462K+Cybergfx only picture viewer (PPC) V2.11
AmiGenerator.lha     misc/emu   277K+Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator for Warp
lotolib.lha          misc/misc   22K+Lotolib for LOTO v2.3+ (1976 au 12-fevri
adriatic.mpg         mods/mpg   3.2M+Adriatic. Hard/Classictrance (MP3) tune 
amphetamine.mpg      mods/mpg   3.1M+Made on Amphetamine. Hard/Classic Trance
beer.mpg             mods/mpg   3.3M+Beer bottles. Hard/Classictrance (MP3) t
dream.mpg            mods/mpg   2.8M+Dream of penguins. Hard/Classictrance (M
eagle.mpg            mods/mpg   3.4M+Eagle Trip. Hardtrance (MP3) tune from E
erase.mpg            mods/mpg   2.9M+Erase not possible. Hard/Classic Trance 
freedom.mpg          mods/mpg   3.4M+Freedom. Hardtrance (MP3) tune from Emul
morkeleb.mpg         mods/mpg   3.2M+Morkeleb. Hardtrance (MP3) tune from Emu
ravegirl.mpg         mods/mpg   3.1M+Happy rave girls. Hard/ClassicTrance (MP
EP_SoundImages.lha   mus/play     4K+EaglePlayer "Sound Images" external repl
PollyCat1.jpg        pix/art    127K+"PollyCat-1" created by Antonio De Cicco
PollyCat2.jpg        pix/art    114K+"PollyCat-1" created by Antonio De Cicco
PollyCat3.jpg        pix/art    117K+"PollyCat-1" created by Antonio De Cicco
RudisCartoon03.lha   pix/art    694K+New Hand drawn Pictures with Color Penci
RudisCartoon04.lha   pix/art    498K+Special Hand drawn Pictures with Pencils
AP8Recto.jpg         pix/misc   263K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 8 Cover Recto
AP8Verso.jpg         pix/misc   173K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 8 Cover Verso
collage.jpg          pix/misc   608K+JPeg Pic to bring old memorys.
GlowFlags.lha        pix/misc    20K+GlowFlags for OS3.5 Locale and Input
fomb502.jpg          pix/trace  245K+Vorlon Ship
EvenMore.lha         text/show  259K+V0.55 - A lovely textviewer (www.evenmor
Voodoo-X.lha         util/arc    58K+V1.1, Brand new unarchiving solution (XA
AntiBlanker.lha      util/blank   8K+A tool that disables your screen blanker
MTX.lha              util/blank  68K+Matrix Screen Blanker
ALeXcompare.lha      util/cli    40K+Compare files/dirs/trees & display diffe
JustComm.lha         util/cli     8K+A small utility to justify filenotes
PassCode.lha         util/misc   26K+Password Protection for Workbench!
T2S.lha              util/misc   94K+Umm, er, see for yourself!?
SysTracker.lha       util/moni   23K+V0.1 Experimental Lib/Dev/File/Font trac
Convert35Icon.lha    util/sys    26K+Convert35Icon: Convert OS35 icons into N
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18.Feb.2000
Scalos


Scalos: ExecuteCommand.module Update V1.1
Download: Scalos_ECM.lha (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
Thomas Frieden in 3DWorld-ML


Warp3D 3.0 available
The changes are mostly internal, new functions in the API, and support for a new feature of the Permedia 2 (Chroma keying). For the user, the archive offers the possibility to use MiniGL compiled programs, like the upcoming GLQuake. There's also a small MiniGL-compiled demo in the archive, to give you an idea of what's to come :)

Please note that this is only the user archive, I'm currently putting finishing touches to the developer stuff, and hopefully this will be available this weekend (But don't kick me if it isn't :)

If you find any bugs, please let me know. It's been tested mainly with the CGX 4 driver, and it will probably not work with Picasso96 V2 (there where some changes in P96 V2 that prevent Warp3D from working), but it should work with the 1.4x release.
Download: Warp3D-3.0.lha (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
AmigaAMP


AmigaAMP 2.8 BETA-3 released
This version of the Real MPEG audio player has several bugs fixed and a changed configuration file. The preferences are now saved as plain text and not any longer in binary form, thus older versions of AmigaAMP can't read the new config file anymore.
Download: AmigaAMP28b3.lha - 448 Kb (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
Heise [Newsticker]


Heise: Microsoft in court: Will the Windows sourcecode be made public?
«Bill Gates apparently agrees to make the Windows sourcecode public if this can make an agreement in the anti-trust-proceedings against Microsoft possible. At least the American business TV Bloomberg-TV made this claim after an interview with the ex-Microsoft boss and current Chief Software Architect of the software company from Redmond. The denial by Microsoft came immediately: Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan rejected the information as "not true". Gates only said that the company would do its best to achieve an agreement with the US government.

Bloomberg, though, sticks to its report despite the denial. Bill Gates would indeed have stated Microsoft would not make the Windows sourcecode public to compete with other open-source-systems. According to Bloomberg, he emphasized that the "closed" sourcecode would make Windows more reliable. But he would have stated in reply to the question what would make a "reasonable" solution for reaching a settlement out of court: "If we can have an agreement, we will do our best to achieve it". After the end of the TV recording of the interview, Gates would have replied to the direct question whether this would include the disclosure of the Windows sourcecodes explicitely with "yes". "If that is all that's necessary", Gates added according to Bloomberg with a smile.»
Full article (in German) see titlelink.

Further links on the topic:
CNet: Could Microsoft open source code to settle?
ZDNet.com: Microsoft on 'Open Windows': Baloney! (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
Tao Group


Tao Group Relationships
In the section "About/Customers" (Titlelink), Amiga International is mentioned explicitely as partner for Intent. Intent is the multimedia layer for 'Elate', Tao's real-time operating system.

See also the press release by Tao about their intent Font System For Tao's Digital Content Heaven, in which Tao announces that Intent was once again considerably improved and now contains a fontsystem. (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
StrICQ


StrICQ becomes Open Source
Douglas F. McLaughlin has decided to release the sourcecode of the current StrICQ version under the GNU conditions. Douglas won't stop the development of StrICQ, but will make a new version. Currently, he's planning for version 2.0 which will be called StrICQ+ and which will contain many new features.

Those interested in adding their own improvements or extensions to the current sourcecode may do this as long as they accept the GNU Public License conditions. Also, they should put their extensions at the author's disposal.

Douglas will program version 2.0 in C++ and not any longer in C. He cannot start with it, though, before he finished moving into his new house. Douglas further declares that at the beginning he intended only to write a small ICQ client and that he has learned so much in the last two years that he's now confidential to make with version 2.0, which will be rewritten from the scrap up, a really good ICQ client.
Download sourcecode: STRICQ_1727_SRC_GPL.lha (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
Stefan Ossowski per eMail


Aminet CD 35 available
The Aminet CD 35 - February 2000 - contains almost a gigabyte (unpacked) of software in thousands of archives. Since the Aminet 34 CD, more than 500 MB of new software has been added. As a special highlight, the Aminet 35 CD contains a special version of Digital Almanac II. (Translation: mb)

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18.Feb.2000
Patrick Beerhorst in ANF


First public update of the Tales of Tamar Demo
With v0.26, the first update for all owners of the AF demo version of Tales of Tamar is available. The update is about 300 Kb large and, as future versions, can only be downloaded from within the game, by entering the storeroom and looking for updates represented by barrels.

A really inventive and funny copy protection for a change :-) (ps) (Translation: mb)

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17.Feb.2000
amiga-news.de


Register Daywatch online now
Daywatch from Allan Odgaard is a program that unites a calendar and a reminder in one. Since 17.02.200 an online-registration through RegNet is possible. (Translation: mb)

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17.Feb.2000
AmigArt


Matric Screenblanker for AGA and CyberGraphX
Download: MTX.lha (Translation: mb)

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17.Feb.2000
Marko Seppänen by e-mail


Image Engineer News
Again already registered users of plugins for Image Engineer benefit from free updates. This time there's new effects in Visual Alpha. Think about it. You can jump on board anytime you want to, but probably timing matters. Special offer days once in a month are good days for registering. Shortly, register once and get free updates for lifetime. (Translation: mb)

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17.Feb.2000
Czech Amiga News


New drivers for FastATA and Allegro CDFS
Javosoft presents new drivers from 16.02.2000 for:
FastATA1200-5.2 - Download: FastATA'99v52a30.lha
EIDE-3.0 - Download: EIDE'99v30a30.lha
FastATA4000-2.0 - Download: FastATA4000v20a30.lha (Translation: mb)

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17.Feb.2000
CzechAmigaNews


WarpPPCStation
This new Website shows news around the PPC, soft- and hardware guidance, issue oriented linklist and wants to support PPC-users in every way. (Translation: mb)

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17.Feb.2000
VillageTronic


ParaGlide status report
According to Village Tronic, two external layouters are now working on ParaGlide PCB and they hope the new layout would be finished in the midst of March. The manufacturing of the prototype will then take three more weeks. If everything is okay and with a little bit of luck this prototype will be completely operational and in the best case they can begin with the first deliveries at the end of April 2000; in case of errors being found, this will be delayed for three to four weeks. (Translation: mb)

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17.Feb.2000
Achim Klopsch by e-mail


News from FusionPPC
As to hear from Microcode Solutions, some problems occur in WarpOS. But they are working hard to overcome them so this should be the last hurdle before release. There is still hope for FusionPPC! (Translation: mb)

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17.Feb.2000
young monkey studios by e-mail


Articles of Dhomas Trenn online
Dhomas Trenn wrote many good articles for magazines like NewTekniques, CU Amiga and Amiga Informer. To avoid these informative articles vanishing, youngmonkey studios placed them online (see title link). (Translation: mb)

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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)

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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)

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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.

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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15.Feb.2000
John Chandler


John Chandler: Greenboy Interview (Part III)
John Chandler: Greenboy Interview (Part III) (Translation: mb)

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15.Feb.2000
STRICQ


STRICQ Version 0.1726 (Beta) released
Download: STRICQ.lha (Translation: mb)

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15.Feb.2000
AA Awards


AAA Awards News
Starting immediatly candidates for the 1999 Awards can be submitted. (Translation: mb)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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15.Feb.2000
Carsten Schroeder via email


Amiga aktuell 02/2000 online
Amiga aktuell 02/2000 has been released. (Translation: mb)

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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)

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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

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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
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15.Feb.2000
Amigazone


Livechat with Fleecy Moss
Download the Logfile of the last chat: fleecy1.lha (Translation: mb)

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15.Feb.2000
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


SecondSpin 1.99 Beta released
Download: SecondSpin_Install.lzx (Translation: mb)

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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)

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