15.Feb.2004
GoldEd Support (ANF)
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Text editing: "microgolded" released
microgolded is a simple yet powerful editor for AmigaOS, MorphOS and UAE.
It is a low cost variant of GoldED AIX, designed for basic editing tasks. The editor is released in form of a single executable, for placement in the system's c folder. microgolded is the ideal editor for the boot CD of your OS because it does not need to be installed: it does not need an assign, catalogs, custom libraries etc. It will run even if the AmigaOS startup-sequence is not functional.
microgolded is only available online for instant download (pay securely via paypal). The retail price is 10 EUR. On the launch day, the special retail price is only 5 EUR if you go to this page.
You can download a 30-day trial version here.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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15.Feb.2004
ANN (website)
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New download site for MUI classes
Under the title link has a new download site for MUI classes been set up. It is meant to replace the offer that had formerly been accessible under http://gilfanon.homeip.net/mui/.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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14.Feb.2004
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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Public test of the GAUHPIL database
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a list
created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll containing websites of Amiga users
sorted by continents and countries. Right now, the GAUHPIL is migrating to
a MySQL based database solution.
Under the title link, you can find a description of the current state of
things and of course a link to the current draft. Meanwhile, the database
functions are in a state that the database could be used. The latest
additions are the New Links List and the Lost Links List.
The moderator invites you to thoroughly test all functions, especially the
registration of new entries, and send him your feedback about all
malfunctions and any strange behaviour.
Currently, the GAUHPIL contains 867 users in 38 countries.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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14.Feb.2004
Olaf K. (ANF)
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AmigaOS4: news about the beta version
Hans-Jörg Frieden of Hyperion gives in a forum contribution on amigaworld.net a short overview about the current stand of developing regarding the AmigaOS4 beta version. We have summarized the essentials for you.
After the beta version had been given to the testers there had of course some minor problems to be solved. More difficulties came only from to things: for one had CD-ROM drives not reliably been recognized by the appropriate device - this problem is said to be solved in the meantime.
The other problem that is still being worked on is occurs just on a little number of configurations and is described by the OS4 team as "hot air effect" - there's a slight display distortion when using a Radeon graphics card in certain display resolutions similar to movements of heated air above hot asphalt. Nevertheless does the Radeon driver work, there are hints to the reasons of this effect and they hope to solve this problem soon.
Right now there's support for a bunch of ATI cards respectively for cards with ATI chips, so does the Radeon 9800 now work with the drivers developed by Forefront Technologies.
In another contribution gives Hans-Jörg particular emphasis on the fact that the 3D support for Radeon cards is by now restricted to the 7xxx series. It wouldn't make sense to get a Radeon 8xxx or 9xxx because of the 3D performance, there's still a long way to go until the according drivers will be available.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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14.Feb.2004
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Eyetech: updates and announcements
The AmigaOne distributor Eyetech has started the rework of his web appearance and put some announcements and updates online:
"EarlyBird" offer discontinued
The "EarlyBird" offer, where the buyers of an AmigaOne don't have to pay for AmigaOS4 and get it delivered by the time of its release, ends on March, 31st 2004. The last amount of AmigaOne-XE computers that will be delivered as "EarlyBird" has already been manufactured. Delivery as long as stock lasts.
Preproduction-MicroA1 in small numbers available, pictures of the new revision
A first number of MicroA1 motherboards (AmigaOne in Mini-ITX format) has been produced. These are identical with the planned specifications for the sales version besides the missing slot for "enhanced I/O interfaces" and the not existing onboard memory. The until now produced devices are exclusively for retailers and developers who want to demonstrate the computer to potential (bulk) buyers or who want already begin with the porting of specific software. The specifications of the now available MicroA1 computers are as follows:
- Size: 17cm x 17cm x 3.5cm high (excluding PCI riser card)
- CPU Module: 8cm x 8cm standard AmigaOne module - 750Fx @ 800MHz
- Memory: Single socket SODIMM. 256MB PC133 CL3 supplied
- Graphics: Radeon 7000 series, 32MB non-shared memory on board
- BIOS: Uboot 1.0.0 socketed, with OS4 enabling code
- Southbridge: VIA 82 2C686B
- Ethernet: 10/100 with 3COM 920-ST06 controller
- Sound: Cmedia CMI8738 6 ch controller
- IDE: 44 way (2.5") and 40 way (3.5") connectors UDMA100
- Legacy I/O: Parallel, 2 x PS/2, game/MIDI sockets
- Video I/O: 15 pin SVGA, SVHS (miniDIN), composite video (RCA)
- Sound: 3.5mm mike, aux and speaker jacks
- Fast I/O: RJ45 10/100 ethernet, 2x USB1.0 ; 2 x USB1.0 headers
- PCI: PCI-32 slot expandable to 3 x slots via a suitable riser
Pictures of the new motherboard revision are also available. A special case for the MicroA1 has been built in a small series, too, pictures of it can be found here and here.
Eyetech's website gets an overhaul
To do the change from an Amiga retailer to a PPC motherboard distributor justice, Eyetech's website will be reworked step by step. The webshop will continue to exist for now but Eyetech will only clear existing stocks and charge a fee on small orders. The delivery times for "Classic Amiga" products will become up to two weeks as the articles are now stocked external in a warehouse.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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14.Feb.2004
ANN (website)
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Back to the Roots: Emulators History Project
We want to announce a new service which we started at BTTR, the "Emulators History Project" located at emulators.back2roots.org.
At this location we start to collect source code and binaries of all Amiga emulators ever released. We start with the WinUAE emulator history, other emulators to come later.
All emulator versions online can both be downloaded or browsed, which may be helpful for coders working on any Amiga emulator or emulator supporting/addon projects.
It's a difficult task to find all versions ever released, especially when it comes to the source code (which never had a version in its filename - urghh), that is why we want to ask you for your help to get the collection complete! Please have a look at the current collection of WinUAE files and help us find all missing files (which are marked as red cells): http://emulators.back2roots.org/winuae.
Thanks in advance for your time and contribution. (snx)
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14.Feb.2004
morphzone.org (website)
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Interview with the developer of "Mattathias BASIC"
Michael Ness developes a new BASIC dialect that seems to be heavily inspired by
AMOS. The compiler will be available (among others) for AmigaOS3,
AmigaOS4, MorphOS and Windows. The first version will produce easily portable code and is therefore restricted to the creation of programs without a graphical users interface. Graphics, sound etc. will be supported later via extensions similar to the AMOS "Extensions". Under the title link you can find an interview with Michael Ness.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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14.Feb.2004
Dirk Stoecker (ANF)
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RekoNet offline
The "RekoNet" server that had offered a comprehensive collection of card sets for the Solitaire card game "Klondike" had to be taken from the net. Because of the high demand for storage and bandwidth and the partly erotic offering it's hard for the providers to find a replacement.
To make the card set collection further online available and also to continue the already started expansion of the offer on other card formats and Solitaire programs are the providers have to rely on small donations. An amount of almost 300 EUR would cover the costs for the next two years.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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14.Feb.2004
Ron van Herk (IRC)
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Computer City: open letter to the Amiga community
The Dutch Amiga retailer Comuter City (http://www.compcity.nl) announces in an open letter to the amiga community that the source code for the multimedia software MediaPoint will be made public to accelerate the developing process. For this, a community portal will be set up to coordinate the work on the project.
Furthermore, Computer City will open their new webshop on March, 1st with support in several languages. Additionally, there'll be some special actions in March.
And just in time for Valentine's Day they announce a USB2.0 PCI card as a present for all their Pegasos-II customers (who have paid their bill). (cr) (Translation: wk)
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13.Feb.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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C64: User interface "GEOS" for free download
The graphic C64 user interface GEOS
which originally belonged to Berkely Softworks has been now released for free download
of the current owner of the rights cmdrkey.
But currently the server is not available because of the "slashdot-effect".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Feb.2004
Coyote Flux (ANF)
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New KickFlash-OS4 Update
As Coyote Flux announce, there are new versions available of the KickFlash OS4 Firmware and the CoyoteFlash tool.
CoyoteFlash is a program that has been developed for the Individual Computers KickFlash OS4 Card. It allows full management of the flash card and can install AmigaOS ROM Updates and other modules on machine startup. This allows booting of an OS 3.5 or higher system without any resets involved. More information about this project is available on the Individual Computers website.
Changes of the new version:
- Now works with any resident modules
- Supports multiple modules in one file
- Supports the OpenOXYPPort command for OxyPatcher 3.13, just add the file and it will be installed on bootup
- Supports the last BoingBag 2 AmigaOS ROM Updates. Since our main developer machine broke down, it was hard to test the compatibility with other systems. Please give us some feedback!
- New advantages are that you can install AmigaOS ROM updates with different modules. For example, you can install all the updates except scsi.device and use a different scsi.device as a seperate module.
- Should work with some of the PrepareEmul like programs, but has not been tested intensively yet. Please let us know if it works...
- The NOROMUPDATE command is no longer needed for Setpatch, it should detect the install automatically now.
Download (14 KB) (snx)
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13.Feb.2004
ANN (Website)
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New superbundle registrations for Pegasos-I-Boards without serial number end
On 14 March 2004 the new superbundle registrations for Pegasos-I-Boards without serial number
will end. If you should have a Pegasos-I-Board without serial number und if you should not
have ordered your superbundle then please do it as soon as possible.
Owners of a Pegasos II or of a Pegasos I with serial number are not concerned.
After expiration of the mentioned time as a owner of a Pegasos I without serial number
you will still only have the possibility to get the superbundle by registering
your Pegasos at an authorized Genesi agent.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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13.Feb.2004
Heise Newsticker / Markus Bonet (ANF)
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Source codes of Windows on Internet
Today Microsoft confirmed the rumours: Source codes of Microsoft operating systems
Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 are available on Internet.
(cs) (Translation: dr)
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12.Feb.2004
morphos-news.de (Website)
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MorphOS: Adventure "Aqua" Now Part of the SuperBundle
The point-and-click adventure Aqua by Emerald Imaging appeared over the weekend as the latest component of the SuperBundle assortment of software free to all registered Pegasos owners. (cg) (Translation: dm)
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12.Feb.2004
Aminet (Website)
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Aminet Uploads Through 12th Feb. 2004
Here are the new Aminet uploads since our last bulletin:
DOpusRxTrash.lha biz/dopus 29K+Global trashcan for DOpus Magellan II
SMRMag2Theme.lha biz/dopus 686K+Collection of data for Magellan II
Envoy3_1Update.lha biz/patch 87K+Public Patch for Envoy 3.0
AmiDiction.lha comm/tcp 31K+Online Dictionary
Telser_Keyfile.lha comm/tcp 2K+Free Telser.device keyfile for everyone
MakeHTMLMap.lha comm/www 600K+Powerful (Web,HTML) Gallery-, Catalog-,
Kinderegg.lha demo/euro 41K+Kinderegg - 64K intro from Kindergarden
Strange-Wierd.lha demo/euro 421K+"Wierd" - A demo by Strange in 1997
TheLostPuppy4.lha demo/euro 158K+Demo by Specter - Lost Puppy 4
asl.lha dev/cross 1.6M+Cross-assembler for a wide range of proc
objectbrowser.lha dev/e 11K+Object Browser / System Debugger 0.9
obligement41.lha docs/mags 1.9M+Obligement #41 - Magazine AmigaOS and Mo
obligement42.lha docs/mags 2.0M+Obligement #42 - Magazine AmigaOS and Mo
Mattonite.lha game/demo 862K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
WormWars.lha game/misc 539K+Worm Wars 7.72a: Advanced snake game
BH.lha game/shoot 283K+Beach Head C64 style game
StefADV.lha game/text 29K+Little italian text adventure
StefADV2.lha game/text 71K+2nd little italian text adventure
Marryampic2.lha game/think 526K+CardSet game with sound-pairs (MorphOS)
MazezaM.lha game/think 294K+Puzzle game, Sokoban alike (DeLuxe versi
MiniAwari.lha game/think 50K+Ancient board game (v2.0)
A2Zee.lha game/wb 32K+Put the letters in the right order!
Kaleido.lha game/wb 35K+Try to match the kaleidoscopic patterns!
ffmpeg.lha gfx/conv 1.5M+Fast video and audio encoder
GIFsplit.lha gfx/conv 24K+Splits GIF animations into individual GI
GS8gui.lha gfx/conv 32K+GUI for Ghostscript8 done with rxMUI
QLView.lha gfx/show 221K+Sinclair QL Screen viewer and iff saver.
DD2AG_0.3.lha hard/drivr 23K+Makes Amiga Guide out of DriverDescripto
SetClockI2C.lha hard/hack 50K+SetClock clone using I2C real time clock
softPSUoff.lha hard/hack 7K+Turn off an ATX-PSU from the shell + ATX
imdbDiff040123.lha misc/imdb 4.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff040130.lha misc/imdb 3.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
aquarobe.lha mus/play 29K+A skin for Prayer2 [UPDATED]
Pixload-4.3.jpg pix/misc 132K+Pixload 4.3 preview
PgsChinese.lha text/dtp 437K+Rudimentary IME script for PageStream
guideml.lha text/hyper 68K+V3.3 AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with G
selector91.lha util/batch 564K+Unique script language / launching tool
selectorUPDATE.lha util/batch 105K+Update from Selector 9.0 to 9.1
IFF2rexx.lha util/conv 1K+Convert IFF data to rexx source
ExtraLib.lha util/libs 358K+Complex dynamic buffer system, and other
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 88K+Italian version of StartBar
AmiMSN.lha util/rexx 7K+(0.2) MSN Messenger client
ADFMaker.lha util/sys 12K+GUI f r Device.handler (DEV:)
PosTitmui.lha util/wb 19K+Reminder note for your WB
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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12.Feb.2004
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New Packets Through 12th Feb. 2004
With WHDLoad you are able to play from your hard-drive games that were formerly thought of as being floppy-only. The following packets have been released or updated since our last announcement:
- 12.02.04 updated: Strip Poker (Artworx)
- 12.02.04 new: Skærmtrolden Hugo (SilverRock)
- 10.02.04 new: Strip Poker (Artworx)
- 10.02.04 new: Robinson's Requiem (Silmarils)
- 10.02.04 improved: Ishar 3 (Silmarils)
- 07.02.04 fixed: Cosmic Pirate (Palace)
- 07.02.04 improved: Alien Storm (Sega/U.S.Gold)
- 07.02.04 new: Strip Poker 3 (Artworx)
- 07.02.04 new: Dizzy Dice (Smash 16)
- 05.02.04 improved: Streetfighter 2 (Capcom/U.S.Gold)
- 05.02.04 new: Lancelot (Level 9)
- 04.02.04 new: Strip Poker 2 / Deluxe Strip Poker (Artworx)
- 01.02.04 new: Gazza 2 (Empire)
- 01.02.04 fixed: Sleepwalker (Ocean)
- 29.01.04 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17)
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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12.Feb.2004
Raquel Velasco & Bill Buck (E-Mail)
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MorphOS: First Music to Be Added to SuperBundle
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck of Genesi said in an email that the first music album will be added to the SuperBundle. The music being considered is "TripperTunes" by Ville "Tripper" Sarell. Two of those songs were co-produced by Juho "i-oxo" Järvinen. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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12.Feb.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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Microsoft: Windows Services for Unix 3.5 available for free
As Cloanto announces, the Windows Services for Unix 3.5 (SFU) from Microsoft are now available for free.
The SFU include an NFS server which can be used to give one or more Amiga clients access to files stored on a Windows PC in case SFU is running on it. Amiga NFS clients are part of packages such as AmiTCP/IP. (snx)
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12.Feb.2004
CHIP Xonio Online (E-Mail)
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Internet is the Central Medium for Purchasing Decisions
It's undisputable that the Internet is the main source of information for consumers. That's the conclusion of the online purchase advisor CHIP Online and Xonio. According to a current Nielsen//NetRatings study 94 percent of German households check the Internet before making an important buying decision.
[The long article continues with details, not translated -dm] (nba) (Translation: dm)
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12.Feb.2004
David 'Daff' Brunet (E-Mail)
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Amiga Games Hit Parade: Results for January/February 2004
The results of the Amiga Games Hit Parade Vote for best game for the months of January and February 2004 have been released. The list is newly topped by Quake2, followed by Tales of Tamar and Payback. The next vote (Amiga Games Hit Parade of March/April 2004) begins in mid-March 2004. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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12.Feb.2004
Christoph Kimna (ANF)
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Event: Hobbytronic Show at Dortmund-Westfalen Hall
The Hobbytronic Computer Show began yesterday in the Dortmund-Westfalen Hall. The show runs until the 15th of February, 2002.
The HobbyTronic show is good for PC fans, electronic enthusiast, amateur radio buffs, DX-ers, frequency and TV novices, video buffs, and electro-acoustic technicians. It is great for hobby computer users, work computer users, or computer users seeking training.
[Remainder of article not translated. It went on to state that the Hobbytronic show was more of a sales show than CeBIT, and that visitors were unlikely to find Amigas there. -dm] (nba) (Translation: dm)
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