13.Nov.2003
Steffen Nitz (ANF)
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SN-EuroArchiv Coin Collecting Program Available from Aminet
SN-EuroArchiv V1.0 is now available from Aminet (109 KB).
SN-EuroArchiv is a coin collection management program designed especially for European coins. It manages single coins, coin sets, memorative coins, coin rolls, and starter sets in a simple fashion and allows an overview of one's coin collection through tables and statistics.
For the next few days to two weeks the appearance of the version 1.1 on Aminet is already being announced. Two functions are included, one for the overview of the conditions and strike quality, along with counting of the Euro coins, and one which points out the expenditures involved with your collection in monthly steps, so that you receive an overview of how much you spent each month on Euro coins. Further, there is to then be a possibility to also calculate the expenses of associated materials like coin cases, albums and so on.
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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13.Nov.2003
Heise Newsticker
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Rumor: T-Online Wants to Acquire AOL (Update)
The rumor appeared yesterday that T-Online (the Internet division of Deutsche Telekom) wanted to acquire the majority of AOL (TimeWarner's Internet division). Apparently, discussions are already underway between the two sides. You can read the related article from the Heise Online news-ticker by clicking on the title link.
Update (cs, 13.11.2003, 10:10):
amiga-news.de reader "Eule" let us know about a related article at Spiegel Online about this same situation.
Update (cs, 14.11.2003, 10:30):
In the meantime, Kai-Uwe Ricke, the chairman of the board at Deutsche Telekom, disclaimed the report of an AOL takeover by T-Online, and T-Online themselves rejected such speculation. (cs) (Translation: dm)
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13.Nov.2003
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amithlon: the Amithlon Kernel Project
Because the development of the Amiga emulator Amithlon has ceased for a while, it's become considerably more difficult to get Amithlon to cooperate on modern PC hardware. On account of that Gary Colville decided to start the Amithlon
Kernel Project.
In doing this, Gary has taken advantage of a characteristic of the Amithlon product: Amithlon consists of two components - the actual emulator as well as a tailored Linux kernel, on which the emulator runs. While the former has commercial status and thus may not be modified by outsiders, the latter is under an open source license and may therefore may be expanded by a third party. Through this, support for modern chipsets and graphic cards is made possible.
Because new hardware costs money, and Gary can really only focus on the hardware that he personally owns, he is calling (title link) for financial support from interested users.
Which hardware he can purchase, and thereby support in Amithlon, depends on demand on the part of the users. The most needed support at this time seems to be for the "NForce 2" chipset, used in the products "GeForce FX", "VIA KT600" and "GeForce 4MX."
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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13.Nov.2003
karibu@gmx.net (ANF)
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MorphOS: MLdonkey 2.5-4 released
MLdonkey is a multi-platform multi-networks peer-to-peer client. Originally, it was the first open-source client to access the eDonkey network. The protocol was 'reverse-engineered' using an efficient protocol sniffer, Pandora.
Currently, with eDonkey , it supports several large networks, such as Overnet, Bittorrent, Gnutella (Bearshare, Limewire, etc), Gnutella2 (Shareaza), Fasttrack (Kazaa, Imesh, Grobster), Soulseek (beta), Direct-Connect (alpha), and Opennap (alpha).
The MorphOS release does not only come with the mlnet binary which was done by Sigbjørn Skjæret using his Objective-Caml port for MorphOS, it also features some extra stuff like zuul, an open-source PHP interface for MLdonkey, which was adjusted for use with Amiga browsers. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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12.Nov.2003
CD32-Allianz/Thorty (ANF)
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CD32-Allianz with a new forum
The CD32-Allianz informes:
"Today our new forum (reachable by the title link)
was launched. We would like to invite all users to come around and have a look.
Our forum might be seen as a German pendant to the English
AMIGA CD32 & CDTV Board. Therefore we hope for the user support, especially from the CD32 and CDTV fans." (cg) (Translation: ub)
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12.Nov.2003
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS4: Pictures and a video of the OS4 presentation
Last weekend the British user club ANT presented AmigaOS4 in
the UK. Some photos from that event were published shortly afterwards.
Now there is a video from the OS4 demonstration available also:
Direct
download (windows media file, 19 MB)
An MPEG version of that video will be published soonly. The video was shortend at some points (e.g. booting, crashes). Further details from the author are available by the title link.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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12.Nov.2003
Marc Cloppenburg / AMIGAplus (ICQ)
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Game: Amiga Freespace Singleplayer-Pack 3 released
Last weekend the "Singleplayer-Pack 3"
for the Amiga game "Descent: Freespace" has beeen released. It is including 10 new missions for the single player mode and is at the
Amiga Freespace website at the
MOD area
available for download by the title link.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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12.Nov.2003
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Board game: New version of "Total Chaos" (Update)
A new version of "Total Chaos", a fantasy board game for up to eight human or computer players, has been published.
The changes are listed within the Readme.
System requirements:
- CPU: 68020 (68040 for the intro sequence)
- 16 MB FastRAM
- AGA or gfx board
- 68 MB free space at the hd
Direct download: TotalChaosAGA.lha
(40 MB)
Update (cg, 12.11.03, 14:18)
Just after release the author has dicovered a bug: during the first launch of the game the still packed sound archive will be extracted. For this process the ixemul.library.is necessary. If this library is not installed the program aborts this routine without any comment. Nevertheless the game is useable but sound is missing then.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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12.Nov.2003
Scenia (Website)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #060
The scene group Liquid Skies has released their 60th music pack today. It
contains the Techno-track "Revolt" composed by the musician Maxus. The cover was created by Angeldust.
- Title: Revolt
- Composer: Maxus
- Style: Techno
- Length: 5:26
- Format: mp3 @128kbps
- Filesize: 5 MB
The zipped file is available for download under the titlel link. (nba) (Translation: nba)
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11.Nov.2003
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New poll: Which icon-system do you use?
We currently started a new poll in which we ask our readers which
icon-systems they most commonly use. There are the following
possibilities to answer:
- AmigaOS 3.x-Icons
- classical NewIcons
- GlowIcons
- MorphOS Icons
- PowerIcons
- MagicWB Icons
- another icon-system not being listet here
- several icon-systems in combination
The intermediate and final datas may be watched
here. (nba)
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11.Nov.2003
Apex Designs (E-Mail)
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Game: New and updated extra-maps for Payback
Two new and one updated extra-maps for the
action-game "Payback" have been released by Apex Designs:
Rocket Car Heaven, Destra City (Night) and Alabastra City.
In this game being the first clone of Grand Theft Auto for the Amiga
you have to rise from a nobody to a gangster boss. (nba) (Translation: nba)
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11.Nov.2003
Amiga.org (Website)
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Linux: First Beta-version of Debian-Installer available
A first beta-version of the Debian-Installer have been published for downloading
on the official Debian-website.
This installer deals with a new installation system for Sarge,
which supports the following architectures:
- i386
- PowerPC
- Apple Newworld
- Pegasos PPC
- IBM RS/6000 (PrEP, CHREP)
Further architectures will be supported in one of the upcoming beta-versions.
(snx) (Translation: nba)
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11.Nov.2003
ANN
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Alchimie 3: Photos from the event
At the title link you can find pictures taken at the Alchimie 3, which took place Nov. 8th in Tain l'Hermitage, France - among them are several photos of AmigaOS 4. (snx)
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11.Nov.2003
z5 (ANF)
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Amiga Demoscene Archive: Second anniversary
z5 from the Amiga Demoscene Archive writes: "Exactly 2 years ago, we put the first version of A.D.A. online, starting with 123 productions and about 900 screenshots. I hope you had as much fun visiting the site as it was for us maintaining it. Keep the votes and comments coming, because in the end, this is what makes it interesting and this is what will make it a true archive. Motivation is still as high as it was when we started, so here's to another year. Keep the Amiga spirit alive!" (snx)
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10.Nov.2003
Amigaworld.net
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OS4: Warp3D running natively on the AmigaOne
As Hans-Jörg Frieden informs in the forum of Amigaworld.net, Warp3D is running natively now under AmigaOS 4 on the AmigaOne.
Warp3D is a 3D API which currently supports Virge, Permedia 2 and Voodoo 3 chips. Radeon graphics cards are not yet supported due to lack of time. The first Warp3D game currently running under OS4 is "glSokoban".
Update (snx, 11.11.2003, 12:50):
With permission of Fleecy Moss you can find a screenshot from the CAM magazine #10 at Amigaworld.net which shows Warp3D on the AmigaOne. (snx)
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10.Nov.2003
Thorty! (ANF)
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CD-Burning-Software: Homepage of FryingPan moved
The homepage of the CD-burning software 'FryingPan' has moved and is now to be found at
http://www.tbs-software.com/fp/.
Futhermore the developer is looking for beta testers.
You can encourage the programmer to further develop his program by taking over one of the following tasks:
- Maintenance and extension of the 'FryingPan'-homepage
- Writing and translation of a users guide and documentation
- Creation of icons
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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10.Nov.2003
Tales of Tamar (Website)
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Game: New Amiga- and PC-version of 'Tales of Tamar'
A new version of 'Tales of Tamar' for Amiga and PC has been released. Additional information about new features and changes can be found at the title link.
Tales of Tamar is a PBEM-Strategie-Onlinegame (PBEM
= PlayByEMail) by Eternity in wich you are the leader of a country situtated in a world called 'Tamar'. The aim of the game is to extend the power and wealth of your people with the help of trading, war and diplomacy. (nba) (Translation: sk)
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10.Nov.2003
amiga.org (Webseite)
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PNG-Icons: First Amiga like icon set
Lorraine
Design published the first Amiga-like PNG icon set called 'PowerTower Icons'.
A Preview-Screenshot is available too.
(cg) (Translation: sk)
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10.Nov.2003
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Amiga Inc.: New snail mail address
An updated WHOIS domain entry reveals a new snail mail address of Amiga Inc.
The complete entry:
Registrant:
Amiga, Inc.
P.O. Box 887
Ravensdale, Washington 98051
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: AMIGA.COM
Created on: 25-Jun-94
Expires on: 24-Jun-05
Last Updated on: 16-Oct-03
Administrative Contact:
Stone, Gordon gordon@amiga.com
Amiga Inc.
P.O. Box 887
Ravensdale, Washington 98051
United States
4254320608 Fax --
Technical Contact:
Akey, Ray rakey@amiga.com
Amiga Inc.
P.O. Box 887
Ravensdale, Washington 98051
United States
5194560176 Fax --
Wether this change was caused by a report at ANN about possible legal problems concerning the old wrong address or if there are other reasons remains unknown.
(cg) (Translation: sk)
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09.Nov.2003
MorphOS-News.de
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Genesi evaluates interest in REBOL for a Pegasos SDK
Genesi has begun discussions with REBOL Technologies to integrate portions of REBOL into a free developer package for the MorphOS Developer Connection - or maybe even a full REBOL package for a "Pegasos SDK" covering all supported operating systems on Genesi's hardware.
At MorphOS-News.de Genesi invites everyone to a brainstorming about interest in and advantages of REBOL's integration into MorphOS. (snx)
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09.Nov.2003
Elbox Press Dept. (ANF)
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21st Birthday of Elbox Computer
This month Elbox Computer company celebrates its 21st birthday! For this
special anniversary we have prepared a special offer for Amiga users.
From 08 November to 07 December 2003 most of the items in their Online
Store will be delivered without any shipping costs. This offer is
valid for orders from all countries of the world.
The offer applies to most of the products in the online offer, including
Mediator PCI busboards, FastATA/PowerFlyer controllers, eFlash memories,
Spider USB 2.0 cards, mouse and keyboard interfaces, and many other
accessories. For details, see the Special Of9fer.
Elbox has been developing and producing electronic equipment since 1982.
Since 1989 they have been supporting the Amiga platform. Their Amiga
designs include: SharkPPC G3/G4 PowerPC PCI motherboard design; Mediator
busboard line introducing the PCI standard into Amiga computers; Mirage
and E/BOX tower systems also known as Power Tower in the UK and Winner
Tower in Germany; Zorro busboards; Fast ATA controllers known also under
the name of Power Flyer in the UK and Winner High-Speed Controller in
Germany; Memory expansion cards for all types of Amiga computers;
Mroocheck PC Mouse interfaces also known under the name of
Punchinello and many other minor Amiga accessories. Since 1999 Elbox has
been the owner of Twin Spark Soft, a company producing software for Amiga
computers (in the Polish language only).
Other Elbox activity is development and production of electronic equipment
for industry. It covers process controllers for injection moulding
machines and many high-end devices in the fields of radio- and
telecommunications: paging systems, pagers, speech coding devices, radio
modems and GPS tracking systems. For further information, please send an
email to info@elbox.com. (nba)
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