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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,
 Editor
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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
~~~~~~
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

======
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
~~~~~~
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:
    http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html

Stop by and check out our archive!
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Copyright 2000 by Brad Webb.    Freely distributable, if not modified.
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• Cyberdyne Systems: Neue Demoversion (V.45.00 alpha 6) der stormamiga.lib für AmigaOS/68k. Es sind einige neue Funktionen hinzugekommen, einige Funktionen wurden erweitert und optimiert und alle bekannten Fehler wurden beseitigt.
  
  
• TWF: Unter News gibt eine neue Umfrage und die Seiten zu "E2260" und "Maim & Mangle" wurden aktualisiert. Nathan Young arbeitet jetzt an der Benutzeroberfläche für M&M.

• Thor: Update Version 2.6a, welches einige y2k-Probleme und kleinere Bugs beseitigt. - Download: thor26upd.lha - 310 Kb und Current_Classes.lha
  
  
• SecondSpin Version 1.88Beta - Download: SecondSpin_Install.lha
  
  
• VWP: Update WaveTracer DS Mark V 5.1
  Nachdem die BETA-Version schon einige Zeit erhältlich war, ist die endgültige Version 5.1 des WaveTracer DS Mark V jetzt verfügbar. Der Download ist auf der VWP-Homepage möglich. Das Update ist nur für Besitzer der Vollversion möglich, es wird die Seriennummer benötigt (zu finden im WaveTracer-Menü Special", Menüpunkt "User-Info").
  
  
• Trogladite Software: Größeres UnInstaller Update geplant. Der neue UnInstaller soll nicht nur Skripte, die für Version 1.0 gemacht wurden, unterstützen, sondern auch Skripte, die für 1.1+ erstellt wurden. Daneben sollen auch Commodore Installer-Logfiles, der neue UnInstaller-Standard und eine überarbeitete Benutzeroberfläche eingearbeitet werden.
  
  
• Ein technisches Preview des Opera-Browser für Linux Version 4.0a (Qt Edition) ist erschienen. Download der Alphaversion: opera-19991224.tar.gz
  
  
• Die Homepage von Mushroom Software (F1 Software und 5th Dimension Lizenznehmer) ist nun mit einem "Real-Time Voice Chat" ausgestattet, der allerdings Java erfordert.
  
  
• Innovative schreibt:
  Da sich unser Server im Umzug befindet, sind hier noch keine neuen Informationen z.B. bzgl. VLRec NG 4.0 verfügbar. Sie können VLRec NG 4.0 allerdings schon über unseren Online-Shop bestellen. Sobald unser Angebot vollständig umgezogen ist, werden wir Sie auf einer weiter verbesserten und überarbeiteten Website und vielen News begrüssen können. Bis dahin bitten wir noch um ein wenig Geduld.
  
  
• Atéo: Der Downloadbereich wurde überarbeitet und "aufgeräumt" und einige Files aktualisiert.
  
  
• Frank Wille: Neue ppc.library Emulation für WarpOS Version 0.7b - Download: ppclibemu.lzx

Dkg-Prices.lha       biz/dkg      1K+Pricelist for Amiga products at DarkAge 
SRMag2Theme.lha      biz/dopus  222K+Theme for MagellanII
Konwerter2.15.lha    biz/misc   138K+Convert files from Metastock and Omega t
SnipSub.lha          comm/mail    6K+Remove text in [] from subjects (YAM)
Homebank_SK.lha      comm/misc  355K+Homebanking (only german Sparkasse!)
HTTPResume_Swe.lha   comm/www     2K+Swedish localization for HTTPResume v1.8
RSN-HereWeAre.lha    demo/aga   305K+Here We Are (demo) by Reason
BlitzLstDEC99.lha    dev/basic  179K+Messages Posted To The Blitz List DEC 99
Amiga-C-Dec99.lha    dev/c       78K+Postings to Amiga-C mailing list in Dece
n2w.lha              dev/c       43K+Convert numbers to words w/source
powerd.lha           dev/e      244K+New programming language based on E
SimpTrans.lha        dev/misc    12K+A compact english-greek parallel aligned
Uk2GrCorpus.lha      dev/misc    20K+A compact english-greek parallel aligned
SortCopy.lha         disk/bakup  25K+Tiny directory/link/backup/copy program
TurboVal.lha         disk/cache   2K+Tool to burst up the validation
XTrace_News02.txt    docs/anno    4K+XTrace news 2000 January 06 (addresses c
2duhelpguideIT.lha   docs/help   60K+Help in Italiano di The Digital Universe
Aakt0100GFX.lha      docs/mags  163K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
Aakt0100GUIDE.lha    docs/mags   85K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
ACNews_17.lha        docs/mags   47K+E-zine focused on Amiga News: #17-Januar
tanxedit.lha         game/actio  39K+Tanx Squadron Save Editor
Ambassador191B.lha   game/board 158K+Client for IGS, Internet Go Server, V1.8
fu_smht.lha          game/misc  1.9M+German indoor championships (football ma
Frenetic.lha         game/patch  26K+HD-Installer for Frenetic V1.1
sushi68k.lha         game/patch 288K+Surgeon's Ultimate Speedup Hacks for 68K
KC1.0.lha            game/role   88K+Create your hero for RPG Krysztaly Czasu
awinquake.lha        game/shoot 560K+Amiga 68k and PPC ports of winquake
awinquake_src.lha    game/shoot 1.7M+Source code of awinquake 0.3, a68k/ppc
QTFDemos.lha         game/shoot 4.8M+Gibs and Frags in 3 QuakeTF demos.
MUI_FreeCell.lha     game/think 288K+Amiga MUI version of well-known solitair
Wolf.lha             game/wb     71K+Remake of a Soviet electronic game.
chunkyppc.lha        gfx/board   55K+Chunkyppc.library (WarpUP and 68k suppor
picFX.lha            gfx/edit   103K+Great CARDWARE image deformer (MUI) 1.1
DMandel.lha          gfx/fract   95K+Mandel & Julia generator with ARexx, RTG
Fractalis.lha        gfx/fract   30K+Interactive recursive fractal program
VideoEasel.lha       gfx/misc   632K+THE flexible Cellular Automata (LIFE...)
Spitfire.lha         hard/drivr 428K+A Palm Desktop for the Amiga!
Mice.lha             hard/hack   42K+Schematics for converting PC mice to the
TestGear1.lha        hard/hack  324K+Simple test equipment projects.
turd_040.lha         hard/misc  234K+The Ultimate Relay Driver V1.00
turd_060.lha         hard/misc  234K+The Ultimate Relay Driver V1.00
DarcNESGUI.lha       misc/emu    12K+GUI for the DarcNES emulator
convertor.lha        misc/math  170K+Powerful UnitConverter. V2.80
PL_flagi_jpg         misc/misc  135K+View of workbench with polsh flags in lo
UKLP.lha             misc/misc   70K+United Kingdom Lottery Program
djh_glrm.lha         mods/hardc 455K+*=-MILLENIUM MADNESS-=* another Hotcakes
zz_compo1-vox.lha    mods/hardc 209K+1st place on Zz Wild Compo (Vox)
zz_compo2-vox.lha    mods/hardc 183K+2nd place on Zz Wild Compo (Vox)
zz_compo3-mat.lha    mods/hardc 522K+3th place on Zz Wild Compo (Matt Terror)
zz_compo4-pie.lha    mods/hardc 322K+4th place on Zz Wild Compo (DJ Pie)
zz_compo5-kik.lha    mods/hardc 343K+5th place on Zz Wild Compo (Kiko)
zz_compo6-dra.lha    mods/hardc 220K+6th place on Zz Wild Compo (DraCo)
Fuzzy_Logic.lha      mods/misc  4.9M+A 12 track 16Bit Module
ph-deco.lha          mods/techn 163K+Dark industrial sound by the Faces of Ma
nightf.lzh           mods/xm    230K+Nice module made by Goatman
AmigaSquares.lha     mus/misc    48K+AmigaSquares Skin for AmigaAMP
TheMPegEncGui.lha    mus/misc    78K+GUI 4 Ncode,Lame,Pegase,BladeEnc,MusicIn
EP_RJosephPlay.lha   mus/play     5K+EaglePlayer "Richard Joseph Player" exte
hippoplayer.lha      mus/play   688K+V2.45, multiformat module player. 
MindSID.lha          mus/play   227K+A nice SID-player with GUI
TIM_0004.lha         pix/art     67K+TIM's HandDrawnImages(RockClimbing)
3p18.jpg             pix/trace  204K+Orion-Shuttle starting from 3Pyramids
3p19.jpg             pix/trace  114K+Zeppelin over 3Pyramids
pris23.jpg           pix/trace  157K+Pris on Venus
CharMap.lha          text/font   72K+Display the whole charset of a given fon
HP_Deskjet670C.lha   text/print  17K+Deskjet 670C/680C/690C Driver V40.22
HP_Deskjet870C.lha   text/print  16K+Deskjet 870C/890C Driver for WB V40.10
LHA22.lha            util/arc    34K+LHA v2.2 Fixed Update
LZX121r_pch.lha      util/arc    11K+Y2K patches for LZX 1.21r
LZXY2KPatch.lha      util/arc    11K+Y2K-Bugfix patches for LZX1.21r
lzx_y2k_patch.lha    util/arc     0K+LZX Y2K patch
Win2Front.lha        util/cdity  14K+Commodity to bring WB windows to front
DefSys.lha           util/cli    10K+Move SYS: and related assigns
NewWinBox.lha        util/cli    12K+Changes window dimension and position
Sort2000.lha         util/cli     7K+Best `Sort' clone (Case and No-Case sens
IcoDT.lha            util/dtype   3K+Dt for .ICO files (43.0)
IconDT44.lha         util/dtype   5K+Os3.5 dt for .info files (44.1)
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype  38K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.4
JoinSplitter.lha     util/misc   25K+The best join- and split-program! (v1.15
FreeWheel.lha        util/mouse  49K+Tool for WheelMice + functions of FreeMo
dcf2_10.lha          util/time   28K+Radio clock receiver
Safe.lha             util/virus  32K+Safe v12.3 + TurboVal v1.1
TUP1_5.lha           util/virus  71K+The Ultimate Protector 9x v1.5
DefIcons44.lha       util/wb     32K+DefIcons clone for os3.5 (44.3)

• SecondSpin, der neue MPEG Audio Player ist in Version 1.87B erschienen.
  Download: SecondSpin_Install.lha - V.87B
  und SecondSpin_Encoder.lha - Lame V3.57
  
  
• Trogladite Software: Kalbos Version 1.31 erschienen, in welcher der CGX-Bug beseitigt wurde. Download: ts-kalbos.lha
  
  
• Bei Czech Amiga News gelesen:
  szip für Amiga, kompiliert von Allan Odgaard - Download: szip_112_amiga.lzx
  
  
• Hyperion Software: Bei den Projekten wurde eine Seite für das Spiel Freespace: The Great War hinzugefügt. Bei dem Spiel handelt es sich um eine Weltraum-Simulation von Volition/Interplay. Systemvoraussetzungen: PPC-Prozessor (68060 evtl.), Grafikkarte (AGA evtl.), 3D-Unterstützung durch Warp3D, Sound über AHI, 64 MB RAM und mind. ein 8fach-CD-ROM. An der Umsetzung auf Amiga arbeiten Hans-Jörg Frieden und Christian Sauer.
  
  Für Heretic II finden Sie einen neuen Statusreport, in welchem Hans-Jörg Frieden mitteilt, dass vier Grundelemente fertig sind.

• Photogenics: Paul Nolan hat drei neue Tutorials ausgearbeitet. Gerade ist er dabei, das Manual komplett zu überarbeiten und würde sich über Feedback freuen. Da Paul heute offensichtlich seinen 40.ten Geburtstag feiert, von hier aus: Happy Birthday to you, Paul :-).
  Nachtrag 07.01.2000:
  Kein Fettnäpfchen, in das ich nicht trete. Paul ist in den späten 70'ern geboren ;-).
  
  
• Bei Czech Amiga News gelesen:
  Wer Duke Nukem 3D und Strife auf dem Amiga portiert haben möchte, kann sich per eMail an David Bereault wenden.
  Javosoft: Neuer FastATA4000 Treiber Version 1.6 für Elbox FastATA 4000 - Download: FastATA4000v16a27.lha
  
  
• Bei Amigart ist Amster V0.3, dem Freewareport von Napster MP3, verfügbar. Korrigiert wurde der Bug mit den langen Filenamen und "Chat mode" wurde hinzugefügt. Download: amster.lha
  
  
• Andreas R. Kleinert per eMail - Neben größeren Optimierungen der PNG und TIFF Datatypes gibt es kleinere Verbesserungen beim JFIF-Datatype, zusätzlich gibt es nun für PPC603 optimierte Versionen, speziell für A1200/PPC-User. 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 - neue URL!

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000104

           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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 All back issues available at:
    http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html

Stop by and check out our archive!
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drHWBGrab99.lha      pix/wb      56K+MY last WBGRAB for 1999 ;-)
SertyWB.lha          pix/wb     212K+My beautiful Wb 3.5 in 16bit running Wip
VeloxWb.lha          pix/wb     135K+My nice Wb with Blizzard Vision in 16bit
Change.lha           text/misc   38K+V2.36 change text/data in all files
OlivettiJP.lha       text/print  14K+Olivetti JP WB Driver  40.2
OlivettiJP790.lha    text/print  13K+Olivetti JP 790 (HPDJ560C) Driver for WB
prtman39.lha         text/print 159K+Printmanager for AmigaOS3 (39.30)
prtman39_gr.lha      text/print  20K+Greek Translations for Printmanager39
FileInfo.lha         util/app    15K+An AppWindow, for informations about fil
Cybermagic.lha       util/blank 1.3M+Blanker for Cybergraphix (0.5.1)
MatrixBL.lha         util/blank  26K+Matrix Screen Blanker
MTX.lha              util/blank  28K+Matrix Screen Blanker
FText.lha            util/boot    3K+Render text in fastram with FBlit
QuickBC.lha          util/boot    2K+Optimized BltClear() patch
RemAPollo.lha        util/boot   46K+A1200 040\060 MMU Apollo Turboboard Rema
ShowAmiga96.lha      util/boot  496K+Picasso96 bootpic viewer v2.3a
ShowAmiga96_Up.lha   util/boot  334K+Picasso96 bootpic viewer update 2.3a
AHelp15.lha          util/cdity  94K+The Ultimate HELP: Manager v1.5
RC6.lha              util/crypt   3K+RC6 RSA block En/DeCrypter
cli_dtc39_7.lha      util/dtype   6K+Cli.datatype - recompiled for working wi
PlayMidi.lha         util/dtype  11K+V1.0b Plays MIDI Files via GMPlay & cli.
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype  38K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.3
WarpPNGdt.lha        util/dtype  44K+PNG image datatype (WarpOS/PPC only) V44
xpm-dt.lha           util/dtype  15K+A datatype for XPM graphics files
NewIconEmu.lha       util/libs    2K+Newicon.library replacement for os3.5
GH_Browser.lha       util/misc   14K+A simple Browser for the GuruHistory fro
HunkReader.lha       util/misc   14K+V1.6, Executable file examiner (w/src)
EqFiles.lha          util/rexx   26K+Find all duplicates in any set of files
AT.lha               util/time  102K+German database and reminder (freeware)
dcf.lzh              util/time   12K+DCF77 - time signal receiver; Y2k-Bug fi
serdate382.lha       util/time    8K+Display locale formatted date and time
simpleclock.lha      util/time   13K+A analog clock for OS 3.5
WBUhr.lha            util/time   10K+WBUhr V1.0 Clock for the WB-Titelbar
Safe.lha             util/virus  30K+Best new linkviruses detector v12.2
CondenseIcon.lha     util/wb      3K+Os3.5 tool to make .info files smaller
CopyIcon44.lha       util/wb      3K+CopyNewIcon clone for os3.5 (44.0)
Dynamite.lha         util/wb     37K+Start button, browser, fast icon/thumbna
Gurus2000_1701.lha   util/wb    802K+Shows infos about Gurus (German + Engl.)
Ico2Info.lha         util/wb      2K+Converts .ICO files to os3.5 color-icons
MUISearch12.lha      util/wb     25K+Mutli Files Finder with MUI interface
sgrab.lha            util/wb     47K+Screen grabber with GUI (1.13)
THE.lha              util/wb    102K+Prefseditor for Tools-Menu and Hotkeys

• Peters Amiga Homepage: Bei den HP und Olivetti Druckertreibern wurde ein übler Bug entfernt. Die HP-Treiber für den 670C und den 870C stehen schon zum Download bereit, die Olivetti-Treiber wird der Autor später zur Verfügung stellen.
  
  
• Airsoft Softwair: Eine neue TUP Version wurde soeben veröffentlicht. TUP v1.5 läuft jetzt endlich einwandfrei mit Visual Prefs. Außerdem gibt es neue Catalogs für spanische und französische Benutzer und einige andere Verbesserugen. Download: TUP1_5.lha
  
  
• Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype 44.5 - Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha - 38 Kb
  
  
• Ralph Torchia: Spitfire (Palm Desktop) Version 0.32 - Download: Spitfire.lha
  
  
• Haage & Partner stellt einen Patch für PageStream 4.0 Revision 2 zu 4.0r2 bereit. - Download: pgs40patch1.lha - 597 Kb
  
  
• Shadow Works veröffentlichte heute ein Statement, in welchem erläutert wird, warum NewsRog (ein NNTP Newsreader) nicht weiter entwickelt wird. Letztendlich habe verschiedene Faktoren wie sinkender Amiga-Markt, keine Hardware-Neuentwicklungen und auch Raubkopiererei und Betrug mit Kreditkarten zu dieser Entscheidung geführt. Die letzte Version 1.8b aus Oktober 99 steht registrierten Benutzern im Downloadbereich nach wie vor zur Verfügung.
  
  
• Cyberdyne Systems: Neue Alphaversion (V.45.00 alpha 6) der stormamiga.lib für AmigaOS/68k. Es sind einige neue Funktionen hinzugekommen, einige Funktionen wurden erweitert und optimiert und alle bekannten Fehler wurden beseitigt. Diese Version ist nur für registrierte Anwender.

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

Return-Path:       R.Saake@t-online.de
Subject:           2IDs / SPS Newsletter VOL.1####1999-12-29
_________________________________________________________

2IDs GRAFIX DESIGN MUSIX and more.

Symphonie Pro Support Pages
SoundFX Presetsupport
http://www.2IDs.de
eMail: info@2IDs.de

_________________________________________________________


Ausgabe #1 Premiere
=========================================================
INHALT

1. Einleitung
2. Übersicht der neuen Features
3. Die neuen eMaiports
4. Termine & Co
5. Interessante Links & Webpages
6. Was gibt's Neues im 2IDs-iNETstore
7. Symphonie Pro News
8. SoundFX News
9. Dies und Das
10. Wie komm ich an den Newsletter / Wie bestelle ich ihn ab
============================================================


1) EINLEITUNG
---------------------
So nun ist es also geschafft...
Die erste Ausgabe unseres Newsletters trifft bei Euch ein  und mit ihm die
Informationen darüber das wir unsere WWW-Seiten komplett überarbeitet
haben. Wir können Euch im neuen Jahr mit brandheissen neuen Seiten
begrüßen.

Sicherlich ist das eine oder andere Feature noch nicht ganz perfekt oder in
Funktion aber im großen und ganzen läuft alles schon so weit :O)
Dieses ist die erste Ausgabe unseres Newsletters und deshalb auch eine
Combination aus 2IDs-Newsletter und Symphonie Pro-Newsletter.
In Zukunft werden diese getrennt und wohl auch zu unterschiedlich
aber nah an einander liegenden Terminen erscheinen.


2) ÜBERSICHT DER NEUEN FEATURES
-------------------------------------------------------
Hier nun ein Überblick über die wichtigsten Änderungen auf unseren Seiten....

- Ab sofort Neues Layout für 2IDs-Seiten
- Ab sofort Neues Layout für Symphonie Pro Seiten
- Stark erweiterte Funktionen
- Neues Gästebuch - es erlaubt auch die Einträge der anderen User zu lesen

- Ab sofort haben die  2IDs-Seiten sowie auch die Symphonie Pro Seiten
  ein Forum das Ihr mit allen möglichen Themen füllen könnt

- Ab sofort sind neue Emailports eingerichtet
- Ab sofort haben wir einen Neuen Support-Bereich
   SoundFX User finden in Zukunft bei uns Presetfiles für die Operators in
   SoundFX.
- Neue ist auch die Linklist  Hier werden unsere Partner aber auch andere
  interessante Links aufgelistet
- Der 2IDs-iNETstore wurde absolut neu aufgebaut
- Ab sofort sind unsere beiden neuen CDs "OVERLAY" uns "PROTRACT" erhältlich


3) DIE NEUEN EMAILPORTS
----------------------------------------

Hier die eMailports im einzelnen

info@2IDs.de         = hier erreicht Ihr das Team der 2IDs-Seiten

symphoniepro@2IDs.de    =der emailport für Symphonie Pro Fragen

allinone@2IDs.de        =eine allgemeine Adresse falls die anderen mal
                  nicht erreichbar sind

modulcontest@2IDs.de    =Unter dieser Adresse sendet Ihr bitte die Module
                  für den Symphonie Pro Module Contest

soundFX@2IDs.de    =unter dieser Adresse könnt Ihr Fragen
                        zu SoundFX senden

PresetfilesSFX@2IDs.de    =hier könnt Ihr Eure Presetfiles für SoundFX uploaden


4) TERMINE & CO
-------------------------
Unser Symphonie Pro Module Contest starte am 10.01.2000. Falls auch Dein Modul
mit dabei sein sollte sende es uns per eMail.


Ihr habt Tricks Ideen oder Tips zu Symphonie Pro ??
Dann sendet uns diese . Jeder Beitrag wir auf unseren Seiten veröffentlicht.
Desweiteren sind wir an Tools interessiert die Ihr verwendet oder die selber
geschrieben habt.

5) INTERESSANTE LINKS UND WEBPAGES
------------------------------------------------------------

6) WAS GIBT ES NEUES IM 2IDS-INETSTORE
---------------------------------------------------------------
Ab sofort sind unsere beiden Neuen CDs "OVERLAY" und "PROTRACT"
erhältlich. Bei "OVERLAY" handelt es sich um eine Texture und GrafikCD.
Diese ist mit gut 400 MB gefüllt und bestens geeignet um Verwendung für
Raytracer, Internetdesign u.v.m zu finden. Die Grafiken und Apps liegen in
verschiedenen Formaten vor. Mit "PROTRACT" erscheint unsere erste
Sound&SampleCD. Gut gefüllt mit ca. 450MB an Sounds,Samplclips,Instrumenst
und FXs ist sie hervorragend für alle Trackerprogramme geeignet.
Von 8Bit-32 Bit über Mono bis quadro und Surround ist alles dabei.

Achtung vom 24.12.199 bis 20.02.2000 bitten wir ein Xchangepack unserer CDs an.
So kann das Xchangepack #1 für 45DM statt 75DM bestellt werden.
Im Xchangepack #1 sind unsere AudioCD "WATERWAVE" und "AURICULAR CONFESSION"
enthalten.
Xchangepack #2 für 55DM statt 75DM bestellt werden.
Im Xchangepack #2 sind unsere SoundsampleCD und TextureCD "PROTRACT" und
"OVERLAY"
enthalten.


7) SYMPHONIE PRO NEWS
--------------------------------------
Die WWW-Seiten wurden komplett redisigned und bitten nun mehr Features.
Die ersten Module für den am 10.01.2000 startenden Symphonie Pro Module Contest
sind
eingetroffen. Soll auch Dein Modul mit dabei sein sende es uns per EMail.
Weitere Infos auf den Symphonie Pro Support Seiten.


8) SOUNDFX NEWS
---------------------------
In kürze sind die ersten SoundFX Presets für die Operatoren fertig und können
von unserer
Seite downgeloaded werden. Falls Ihr auch Presets für SoundFX erstellt habt
sendet uns diese
Wir werden sie auf unseren Seiten veröffentlichen.
Bitte vermerkt dabei in welche Kategorie die Presets gehören.
Aktuell ist die Version 3.82 des SoundFX Programms.


9) DIES UND DAS
-------------------------
Achtung vom 24.12.199 bis 20.02.2000 bitten wir ein Xchangepack unserer CDs an.
So kann das Xchangepack #1 für 45DM statt 75DM bestellt werden.
Im Xchangepack #1 sind unsere AudioCD "WATERWAVE" und "AURICULAR CONFESSION"
enthalten.
Xchangepack #2 für 55DM statt 75DM bestellt werden.
Im Xchangepack #2 sind unsere SoundsampleCD und TextureCD "PROTRACT" und
"OVERLAY"
enthalten.

10) WIE KOMM ICH AN DEN NEWSLETTER
       WIE BESTELL ICH IHN AB
--------------------------------------------------------------
Wir nutzen ausschließlich E-Mail-Adressen, die uns
auf unserer Web-Site ,unter den eMailports angefordert werden.
bzw. die dort bei Anfragen oder Sendungen erfaßt werden.
Eine Weitergabe an Dritte oder weitere Verarbeitung der Daten findet
NICHT statt. Auch werden diese Daten keiner dritten Person zugänglich
gemacht. Falls Sie zukünftig keine Newsletter mehr
erhalten möchten, antworten Sie einfach auf diese Mail und
ersetzen das Betreff-Feld durch das Wort REMOVE.




===============================================================
verantwortlich für den Inhalt der Newsletter :

2IDs   GRAFIX DESIGN MUSIX and more.
         Symphonie Pro Support Pages
         SoundFX Presetfiles Suppport
        eMail: info@2IDs.de
===============================================================

• Darkage
  Bippy Version 1.01 und ein Review von ExtraLife
  
  
• Oliver Roberts
  WarpPNG.datatype Version 44.1 - WarpPNGdt.lha
  WarpJPEG.datatype Version 44.3 - WarpJPEGdt.lha
  
  
• CyberGraphX - Anmerkung für AmigaOS 3.1 und 3.0 User:
  Mit der kommenden Veröffentlichung von CGX V4.2 könnte es bei der Angabe des Datums im Version-String zu Problemen kommen, wenn Sie noch die alte Version 40.1 von "Version" installiert haben. Um das Problem zu eliminieren, sollten Sie Version_v40.3.lha installieren. Weitere Hinweise zum Y2K-Problem. Eine Übersetzung dieses Artikels ins Deutsche finden Sie bei AIDA.
  
  
• Amiga OS 3.5 Review, Quelle: Amiga.org
  
  
• Xteam-Software Solution - Das Spiel "Virtual Ball Fighters" ist fertig. Download der Demo: vbfdemortg.lha.zip - 3,5 MB, Quelle: Czech Amiga News
  
  
• Andreas R. Kleinert per eMail - Auf meiner WWW-Seite (siehe news_d.html) sind nun die neuesten Version der akDatatypes (V44.65 von den drei populärsten und V44.8 von akNAIL) sowie neue Versionen von akMPEG2 und v (V3.08 und V4.01) zu finden. 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
  
  Falls Sie Geschwindigkeitsvergleiche mit anderen Datatypes machen, berücksichtigen Sie bitte die richtigen Einstellungen für korrekte Ergebnisse vorzunehmen - es gibt mindestens drei Möglichkeiten, meine PPC-Datatypes unter "PPC"-Kerneln laufen zu lassen, und falls Sie nicht desweiteren 24 Bit-Ausgabe ermöglichen/verbieten wird dies die Ergebnisse ebenfalls beeinflussen.
  
  PicBench vom Aminet oder PicBench.lha ist eine gute Wahl für Geschwindigkeitsbenchmarks.

• Featureliste:
• GFX-Board- und AGA-Support
• Support für PIP (Picasso 96) und WB Window
• Double- und Triplebuffering
• Sound
• CD Audio Support
• Mouse, Joypad und Joystick Support
• In-Game Video-Optionen
• Network Support
• QuakeWorld Support (Client und Server)

• ASM-One Update zur Version 1.42 RTG - Download: asmonev142rtg.lha
• Barfly Version 2.1 - Download: Barfly2_1.lha - 624 Kb, readme.
• DarcNES/Amiga Version 9a0101a
  Download: dn9a0101a.lha
• LAME Beta Version 3.58 3/4, asyncio.library läuft nun mit PPC.
  Download: LAMEbeta.lzx - 460 Kb
• MetalWEB Update, überarbeitete Version, die für OS 3.5 fit gemacht wurde und das Vapor Auto Update System integriert hat.
  Download: MetalWEB4_pre3.lzx - 824 Kb