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1 Million AOL CDs are supposed to be collected (19. Dec. 2001)
One million AOL-CDs are supposed to be collected to empty then them before the AOL central office. The action is meant against the aggressive advertising campaign of AOL and the waste of valuable resources. Up to now 7,808 CDs have been already collected....

PPClib.emu V0.9 available on Aminet (19. Dec. 2001)
The PPClibemu is an emulation of the ppc.library and of the PowerUp kernel under WarpOS. The author of this emulation is called Frank Wille. Changes since the last Aminet-release (v0.8d): Three environment variables from ENV:ppclibemu will be recognized...

Payback: Update 6 now available (Update) (19. Dec. 2001)
Under the title link you can find update 6 of the game ´Payback´. Payback is a game in the style of GTA and supports 68k- and PPC-processors (WarpUP) as well as hardware-3d-rendering (Warp3D). The following things are new in update 6: Vehicles ...

Blick Online: Defender of the Crown - Comeback after 18 years (19. Dec. 2001)
Peter Glauser has found this article on the most important Swiss newspaper 'Blick': »There is a reason for hope: The classic «Defender of the Crown» will be published as a reworked version already next spring. For all those who do not know this game: In «...

Video of fair 'Amiga 2001' ready (19. Dec. 2001)
Virtual Dimension has completed its fair report about the Amiga 2001. The crucial points of the video are AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Ben Hermans of Hyperion and Gerald Carda of bplan report about the status and visitors of the fair are also asked. Besides th...

Graphics Adventure Engine: Update of 'Inga' (18. Dec. 2001)
A new udpate of the graphics adventure engine "Inga" is available on the Inga homepage (title link), from now on. The following has changed: The sound plugin now enables voice and sound output via AHI. RAM cache system reworked. CLI programs can be ...

Image Editing: PNG-Box V 2.51 and SViewIV V 9.25 (18. Dec. 2001)
Andreas Kleinert has placed PNG-Box version 2.51 and SViewIV version 9.25 in the Aminet. With PNG-Box you can convert graphic files via the SuperView-Library to PNG. ...

Amiga Future: Interview with Andrzej Bugajny (Exodus) (18. Dec. 2001)
Amiga Future has made an interview with Andrzej Bugajny, the coder of Exodus. ...

PC-WELT: Beware of Exploding CDs (17. Dec. 2001)
The article of "PC-Welt" (German computer magazine) reports that CD-ROMs starting from 48x speed under certain circumstances get in that much strain that these explode inside the drive. This also happened to the St. Andrews University in Edinburgh, Engl...

XAD Unpacks ZIP Archives For VirusChecker To Test (17. Dec. 2001)
For quite some time, VirusChecker has been unable to unpack and virustest any ZIP archives. I have now managed to unpack .zip archives quite nicely with Dirks XAD shareware package. Please remember to support all our excellent Amiga programmers, even i...

XAD Unpacks ZIP Archives For VirusZ To Test (17. Dec. 2001)
For quite some time, VirusZ has been unable to unpack and virustest any ZIP archives. I have now managed to unpack .zip archives quite nicely with Dirks XAD shareware package. Please remember to support all our excellent Amiga programmers, even if thei...

NetInfo Version 2.10 released (17. Dec. 2001)
Today, the new version of the network information tool NetInfo was released. Popular helping programs are integrated into NetInfo such as "Tracerout", "Ping", "WhoIs", and "Finger". Features: "quick traceroute": Sends a series of packet in quick ...

AmigaDE: VP Starter code (16. Dec. 2001)
On 14 December, 2001 John Harris released the current version of his VP-Starter-Codes for AmigaDE. This update contains bug fixes and improvements. The archive contains examples and helpful routines in VP. They are supposed to help you get started w...

Fair: ADUG-Stand planned at the IT COMDEX in Sydney (16. Dec. 2001)
Following the great success of the Amiga Downunder (ADUG) Stand at the IT/Expo + COMDEX mainstream IT exhibition in Melbourne last September the Sydney Amiga User Group (SAUG) is now planning an ADUG Stand at the IT COMDEX & NetWorld+Interop Exhibiti...

Aminet: New Interface (16. Dec. 2001)
There is a new WWW-Interface available on the Aminet site US-Site. The Interface has a white background. On the left-hand side there's a narrow blue command panel and on the right-hand side the chosen information is presented. On the homepage these are...

CCC: 18. Chaos Communication Congress (16. Dec. 2001)
The CCC writes: Hi, The 18th Chaos Communication Congress is about to take place: as usual at 'Haus Am Köllnischen Park' in Berlin from 27 until 29 December 2001 The 18th Chaos Communication Congress "18C3: Hacking Is Not A Crime" Haus Am Köllnischen Par...

Audio: AudioCutter Cinema V1.1, 3D-Chat (16. Dec. 2001)
The "AudioCutter Cinema" of Virtual Worlds Productions is now available in all the variations of version 1.1. The AudioCutter Cinema HOME for non-commercial use can be downloaded free of charge. For commercial use the AudioCutter Cinema PRO is now also a...

MP3: mp3Play V2.01 (16. Dec. 2001)
On 15 December 2001 Carl Svensson published version 2.01 of his minimalistic GUI "mp3Play" for the MP3-Player "MPEGA". The GUI has been made with ARexx and the rexxreqtools.library. It calls up "MPEGA" in such a way that the player needs only 25 per cent...

CDTV: "C= CDTV Information Center" 1 year old (16. Dec. 2001)
On 15 December 2000, exactly a year ago, the website "The Commodore CDTV Information Center" went online. This site gives detailed information about the history, the possiblities, new developments and the software of the CDTV. Just in time for its annive...

amiga-news.de poll: Which hardware broke last? (15. Dec. 2001)
On proposal by Deepsilence (Silvio Kurze) we have started a new poll in which we ask for your hardware that broke last. We'd be very pleased about big participation. Update: (30.04.2011, cg) For archiving reasons, the results of the survey are adde...