24.Dec.2003
ANN (Website)
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AmiDiction: Version 2.6c of the dictionary available
Lorence Lombardos AmiDiction is now available in version 2.6c (31 KB).
AmiDiction is an English online dictionary which utilizes the services from dictionary.com and can be launched from the Workbench or CLI.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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24.Dec.2003
(ANF)
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Update: DriverDescriptorBox V5 for the HardwareAssistent
The DriverDescriptorBox has been published in version 5 today.
Since the last version several bugs have been removed.
The DriverDescriptorBox offers the user information about drivers being used by the HardwareAssistent.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Amiga fans.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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22.Dec.2003
Sprocki (ANF)
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Mail program: New YAM 2.5 Development version (Update)
A new snapshot of the current development version of YAM can now be downloaded. Changes made are to be found in the ChangeLog.
Amendment 23.12.2003, (ps):
This version is realy a development version and may contain bugs that can cause lost of data. The development team does not offer any support or garanty for this version. Support requests will remain unanswered. Use it at your own risk!
(cg) (Translation: sk)
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22.Dec.2003
dcr8520 (ANF)
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Software News: News by amiga.sf.net
Diego 'DCR8520' Casorran updated some of the many utilities ported from Linux. They are available at amiga.sf.net. Updates of the following programs are available:
- cURL
- NetPBM
- Wget
- OpenSSL
- UnRAR
- bzip2 (now contains a shared library)
All programs are native ports. That is you do not need the ixemul.library.
(cg) (Translation: sk)
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22.Dec.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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GPSInfo: GPS-Navigation system for Amiga
Carsten Siegner developed a basic navigation system for AmigaOS based on common GPS hardware. 'GPSInfo' displays the current position (longitude and latitude), the altitude above the sea, current speed, date and time as well as some GPS details like the quality of connection, currently available GPS satellites and so on. Furthermore it displays the current position by listing nearby villages or geographical points.
Additional information can be found at the title link.
Direct Download (15 KB)
(cg) (Translation: sk)
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22.Dec.2003
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Update: DriverDescriptorBox V4
Version 4 of the DriverDescriptorBox released. It contains driver descriptors for the Hardware Assistant.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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22.Dec.2003
Felix Schwarz (E-Mail)
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IOSPIRIT wishes a Merry Christmas
IOSPIRIT wishes all friends, partners, customers and their families a
Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and successful new year 2004. (nba)
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22.Dec.2003
Kjell Breding (E-Mail)
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AmiGBG 2004 - Swedish Amiga Fair
For the third year in a row, the Swedish Amiga fair AmiGBG is arranged in
Gothenburg, Sweden. The date set for AmiGBG 2004 is the 17th of April next
year. The AmiGBG fair is an event which is focused on the Amiga computer
platform and is once a year gathering companies, user groups, users and
visitors who are all interested in or curious about the platform that
created the essence of multimedia - the Amiga.
This year's fair is held by three Amiga user groups all situated in
Sweden; AmiGBG from Gothenburg, ACGGBG (Amiga Computer Group) from
Gothenburg and Syntax Society from Landskrona in the south of Sweden.
In the year 2002 the first AmiGBG event was held. It was a huge success
with around 450 visitors. The year after, it was yet again time to open
the gates for another great AmiGBG fair at Lindholmen, Gothenburg.
AmiGBG is an event that partly looks back upon the history around the
Amiga personal computer, but the main focus lies on the promising future
that this platform now has - in terms of new hardware (the AmigaOne) which
is based on the PowerPC processor and a new version of AmigaOS (Amiga
Operating System) for this new hardware - AmigaOS 4.
At the fair, you will have a chance to see the new AmigaOne systems based
on the G3 and G4 processors and also have a look on the classic Amiga
computers that many people were brought up together with - these days
gathered under the concept Classic Amiga.
At AmiGBG 2004 we also hope to be able to present a complete version of
the AmigaOS 4 running on the AmigaOne. If so, that will be the highlight
of the fair and a starting shot for the comeback of Amiga!
Furthermore; Linux will be demonstrated on AmigaOne, user groups will have
a chance to present themselves - the fair is a gathering force for
everyone interested in the future of Amiga. The target group is of course
people interested in Amiga, but also people that are interested in
alternative computer platforms.
Among the exhibitors, you will find everything from Swedish and European
companies to Swedish user groups. Not only pure Amiga related companies
have been invited - but also other hardware retailers.
For some more information about the previous events held by AmiGBG, please
check these links:
For further information about AmiGBG 2004:
Web: www.amigbg.com
E-Mail: info@amigbg.com
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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22.Dec.2003
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Magazine: The Crypt #33
Issue #33 of 'The Crypt', an English online magazine, published. The online version is to be found at the title link. If you want to have the download version feel free to use the following link:
Download: ZIP-Version of The Crypt #33
Content:
- The real story of Christmas
- Creation of desktop wallpaper and icons for PC
- New PC game: "Call of Duty"
- New News-Website about Amiga
- Alternative use of CDs and DVDs
- Using two computers with one monitor - Howto
- Reciptes
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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22.Dec.2003
Thilo Köhler (ANF)
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Audio: HD-Rec 09 Beta Demo
A new beta version of 'HD-Rec' is now available at the title link. 'HD-Rec' can be used to arrange audio and MIDI recordings within the same window and play them simultaneously.
Addtional information can be found at the title link.
Download:
http://www.hd-rec.de/Archive/HD-Rec_09Beta.lha
Screenshots:
http://www.hd-rec.de/index.php?site=screenshots
Demo Songs:
http://www.hd-rec.de/index.php?site=download
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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21.Dec.2003
Chris Perver (ANF)
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Textviewer: EvenMore updated
I have updated EvenMore exe and plugins to use the OpenURL library for the clickable links, both in the MSWord and HTML plugins, so now if you click on an email address or a Web address, the appropriate app will open.
I have also updated the MSWord plugin to find the correct start and end file positions from the FileInfoBlock (before I was just estimating, which sometimes didn't work). (snx)
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20.Dec.2003
Davy Wentzler (ANF)
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New Audio Evolution 4 screenshots on OS4 on the AmigaOne released
Now that Audio Evolution 4 is running natively on OS4 for some months, it is time to present you with some screenshots.
Please look at the screenshots section of Audio Evolution 4 at http://www.audio-evolution.com/AE4/Screenshots.html.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!
Davy Wentzler
Audio Evolution (snx)
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20.Dec.2003
ANN (comments)
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A look back at IBM's PowerPC activities in 2003 / Genesi mentioned
In the lead article of the December issue of the IBM PowerPC processor news, PPC Marketing Managers Kalpesh Gala and Jesse Stein look back at IBM's PowerPC activities in 2003. Mentioned in brief, although without further individual details, are also Genesi, Mai and Marvell. (snx)
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20.Dec.2003
AMIGAplus Redaktion
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AMIGAplus 12/2003 (#142): Weihnachtszeit
Am 19. Dezember 2003 erschien die Ausgabe 12/2003 (#142) der AMIGAplus
(Versand am 17.12.2003) mit folgenden Themen:
A1200 im Acryl-Glas-Tower
Fast jeder Amiga-Anwender mit einem Amiga 1200 in einem Towergehäuse kennt
das Problem, ganz besonders aber alle, die ihren Amiga in einem
Towersystem von MicroniK untergebracht haben: Wenn die Anzahl an
eingebauter Hardware zunimmt, geht die Stabilität des Towers verloren. Mit
etwas Geschick und Fleiß können auch Sie Ihrem Classic Amiga 1200 auf
seine alten Tage ein würdiges und vor allem ein stabiles Gehäuse selbst
bauen. Die Materialwahl fiel auf das dem Glas in der Konsistenz ähnliche
Material Acryl.
Tipps für Santa Claus
Nur noch wenige Tage, dann quetscht sich der weißbärtige Dicke mit dem
roten Mantel wieder durch die Schornsteine in allen Nationen. Damit der
gute Santa das Weihnachtsfest nicht durch das falsche Geschenk verdirbt,
sollten Sie noch eilig einen Wunschzettel ausfüllen und an der rechten
Stelle platzieren. Die schönsten Geschenke für Amiganer, Technik- und
Design-Liebhaber finden Sie in der AMIGAplus – auch für den kleinen
Geldbeutel fernab vom Kommerzialismus.
Digitalkameras im Aufschwung
In keinem Jahr zuvor hat sich das digitale Aufnahmemedium so schlagkräftig
durchsetzen können. Die Absatz kurve der Hersteller verläuft steil nach
oben und zeigt, dass Fotografen aller Themengebiete dem neuen Medium
vertrauen und es vermehrt einsetzen, den Schritt in die Fotografie wagen
oder den Wechsel von der Analog- zur Digitalfotografie vollziehen. Wir
präsentieren die Highlights des zurückliegenden, hervorragenden Jahrganges
2003 und geben den einen oder anderen Tipp für den Weihnachtsmann.
AMIGAplus CD #25
Schwerpunkte: PNG-Icons für das AmigaOS (Icons, Tools, Infos); Video und
Fotos von der VideoBörse 2003 in Bremen; Die 40 besten Scene-Demos 2003;
Updates zu aktuellen Spielen; alle Tools- und Games-Neuheiten wie AmigaAMP
2.10, SCouT, NewsCoaster, Virus Executor u.v.m.
Lesen Sie außerdem:
- Belesen: Literatur-Tipps
- Geisterbeschwörung: GhostScript-Workshop (Teil 3)
- Besser drucken: TurboPrint-Workshop (Teil 2)
- 1, 2, 3, Brutzelhexerei: 3CaDo
- TurboCalc-"Nachfolger": StarAm Plan
- Top 10: Die Shareware-Highlights
- Emulatoren: Neues von WinUAE und Amithlon
- Digitale Bolzerei: Eat The Whistle 3
- Lauscher aufgesperrt: Audio-CDs
- News: Aktuelles aus dem Amiga-Markt
- Amiga Status Report: Weihnachtszeit, Wartezeit
- Demoscene: Retrospektive 2003
- und vieles mehr
Sie können die AMIGAplus für
5,- Euro bei falkemedia bestellen
oder im
Abonnement beziehen. (nba)
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19.Dec.2003
ann.lu (Website)
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Turbo-Patch: New version of SystemPatch
A new version of "Systempatch" has been published which is a patch that patches
diverse system routines to get a better performance on classic Amiga computers.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2003
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS port of "Njam" released
"Njam" is a full-featured cross-platform pacman-like game written in C++
using SDL library.
Features:
- Single and multiplayer mode (local or network)
- Duel games (players compete against each other to get more points)
- Cooperative games (players cooperate to finish as many levels as they can)
- Great music and sound effects
- Runs on Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, BeOS, MacOS X, MorphOS
- Customizable level skins
- Many different levels
- Integrated level editor
- Open Source (GPL Licence)
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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19.Dec.2003
Norman Walter (ANF)
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HardwareAssistent: New version 0.32 (Update)
Version 0.32 of "HardwareAssistent" has completed.
In the previous version 0.31 of the archive the directory Installed was unfortunately
not packed. Therefore the program HardwareAssistent could not remember which cards
have been already installed. This bug has been cleared.
The launcher was also updated. It now uses the assign HardwareAssistent: to start the
HardwareAssistent.
Please consider that there can be still bugs in this early version. If you find bugs
then please write a mail to walternn@studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de.
DJBase will take care of the Driver Descriptors. The official support page where you
can download the current Driver Descriptors is http://hwa.amigaworld.de.
Download of HardwareAssistent v0.32 (228 KB).
If you have a card that the list
do not contain please use the program DriverDescriptor Creator
to create a DriverDescriptor for this hardware.
Then please send this file (with .info file) via email to walternn@studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de.
Update: (19.12.03, 13:25, snx)
Norman Walter wrote the following lines:
I got the messages that the install script would not work. But this is only the case
if you unpack the archive with the bugy version of Unarc which AmigaOS 3.9 contains.
Unarc replaces blank characters by underscores.
Therefore please use a different program or unpack the archive via lha x..
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2003
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOne: "EasterEgg" in U-Boot
In a thread on amigaworld.net Thomas and
Hans-Jörg Frieden explained a first "Easteregg" which has been hidden in U-Boot.
Those ones who do not want to know something of PPC, multitasking and graphical user
surfaces can activate the second modus of its AmigaOne by entering the following
command lines in the U-Boot command line:
setenv easteregg 1
saveenv
reset
Deactivate:
setenv x86_mode
setenv vga_fg_color 'n'
setenv vga_bg_color 'n'
'n' stands for standard ANSI colour values where you have to enter e.g. "0" for black
or "7" for white.
The variables "vga_fg_color" and "vga_bg_color" can be used to modify the optical surface
of the BIOS screen.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Dec.2003
amiga.org (Website)
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Emulation: "SheepShaver" Emulates a MacIntosh PPC on x86
"Sheepshaver" is the first Mac emulator for x86 PCs capable of emulating PPC-based Macintoshes. The software currently emulates a 604 CPU, requires a ROM image from a PCI-based "Old World" Macintosh, and works with MacOS up to version 8.6. Sheepshaver is Open Source, and right now only a Linux version is available.
The program's homepage
is currently just a clean building space, with a files section in which you can get the sources for the current version.
On emaculation.com there's a support forum for the emulator. Those interested will find there a few hints for the use of the software, and there are also ready-compiled binaries there for download. (cg) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2003
Heise Newsticker
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Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Officially Released
Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton have released the final version of the new Linux kernel 2.6.0. Under the title link, near sections on characteristics and improvements, may be viewed the article from the Heise news-ticker. (cs) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2003
ANN (Webseite)
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Amizilla Project: Prize Markedly Raised
As Bill Panagouleas shared on ANN, a previous high-ranking executive of Netscape who wishes to remain unnamed has contributed $2000 to the pot for the Amizilla project.
The executive is a longtime Amiga user, who still makes frequent use of WinUAE and the Video-Toaster-Flyer. Altogether there is now the sum of $6200 as a reward to the person or team who ports Mozilla or Firebird and thereby helps the Amiga with a modern browser. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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