03.Aug.2003
Wolf Zimmer (E-Mail)
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Online magazine: NoCover #113 published
Punctual as usual issue 113 of the online magazine NoCover has been published
and already delivered via eMail to all subscribers.
The current issue can be read online on NoCover
and the homepage of the APC & TCP.
Furthermore the magazine is availbale on the Aminet and on the well known cover
CD-ROMs or may be ordered directly via the eMauil address nc113@nc-mag.de.
At last there are again many articles to be read in this issue. Regrettably the
Amiga themes are growing less and less, and the operators would wish for more
Amiga users writing about their computer system. Thus diligent writers supplying
the team with articles on a regular basis are wanted. Single articles are always
welcome, too. Regular authors are rewarded with a Web online package by
ConnectWeb.de which includes free eMail address, POP3 mailbox with up to 256MB,
SMTP-Auth server usage and sub domain. (nba) (Translation: cb)
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03.Aug.2003
dcr8520 (ANF)
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ImageMagick v5.5.7 released for AmigaOS.
ImageMagick is a robust collection of tools and libraries offered under a usage
license to read, write, and manipulate an image in many image formats (over 87
major formats) including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, and
As ImageMagick is one of the programs with the most downloads from Diego
Casorran's Web site, a special area has been set up for this software under the
title link.
With the new release 5.5.7 the complete distribution was split up into six
archives: Precompiled utilities for 68020 as well as 68040, a basic archive
with the docs and MGKs, a developers archive for GG users, the source code
tree and a contributions archive with some helpful components such as ARexx
scripts, MUI etc.
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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03.Aug.2003
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New survey: Which region do you live in?
We have just started a new survey because we're interested in where most of our
readers come from. You can choose among the following possible answers:
- D - Postal area 0
- D - Postal area 1
- D - Postal area 2
- D - Postal area 3
- D - Postal area 4
- D - Postal area 5
- D - Postal area 6
- D - Postal area 7
- D - Postal area 8
- D - Postal area 9
- BeNeLux
- Other country
Have fun voting, and we are already very anxious for the result.
The results so far can be looked into here.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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02.Aug.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Benelux Amiga/Pegasos Show: temporary list of exhibitors
On the first October weekend, 4th/5th 2003 takes the combined Benelux Amiga Show and Benelux Pegasos Show place in Rotterdam. The event takes place at the Engels near the mainstation. A temporary incomplete list of exhibitors:
- Genesi (with Pegasos II)
- Computer City
- Amiga Plus
- Amiga Scene
- Fun Time World
- Epic Marketing
- Vesalia
- Amiga.org (with webcam and chat sessions)
- Ebay.nl
- Oliver Hanaford-Day (Amiga Coldfire project)
- Point Design
- Attention Software (FotoFoto)
- HCC Commodore Amiga Club (biggest Netherland Amiga/Commodore-Club)
- MorphOS-Club Germany
- HellHound (among other things HellChess, Bruce Lee and robot projects programmed on the Amiga)
- Further companies and persons follow as soon as their participation is confirmed.
The following events had been announced:
- "OS4 on Tour" demonstration by Jürgen Schober
- Amiga museum with all "Classic" Amigas plus Walker, DCE A5000, Access and mnay more things
- draws
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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01.Aug.2003
Yahoo! Groups (E-Mail)
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Yahoo! Groups Service Changes on August 7th, 2003
As part of the efforts to ensure that all Yahoo! Groups users
enjoy the same high-quality service, the Yahoo! Groups providers
will implement the following service changes on Aug. 7, 2003:
Message Attachments: Yahoo! Groups will continue to deliver all
attachments sent via email, however, the attachments will no longer be
archived within the Messages area. You may continue to upload files and
images to the Files and Photos areas of your groups. Please re-upload
any attachments you would like to preserve to the Photos or Files areas
of your group. On Aug. 7, all attachments in the Messages area will
be removed, and Yahoo! will be unable to retrieve such data.
Add Members: The "Add Members" feature will now allow you to add 10
new members per day (e.g., the ability to directly add your friends
and family to your group). You may still use the "Invite Members"
feature to invite others to join your group.
Files and Photos: Groups web membership will be required to access
a group's Files and Photos areas. (nba)
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01.Aug.2003
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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GAUHPIL: Many areas updated
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a list
created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll about websites of Amiga users that
is sorted geographically according to continents and countries. Yesterday
the following areas have been updated:
- Europe
- New Links List
- Lost Links List
- History 2003
(nba)
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01.Aug.2003
Poseidon Website
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Poseidon: Registration process closed
As of 01-Aug-03, further support for Elbox hardware has been dropped for
all times. No keyfile can be obtained anymore that will work with the
Spider.
Users, who have registered before this date are not (yet) affected.
Eventually, the free updates will cease at some point (but not this year).
I've said this before, but I think I have to say this again: Users of USB
solutions, that come with an OEM-Licence (this includes Subway, Highway,
Algor and Pegasos), are not affected at all and will have full support as
long as Poseidon is available as a product. (nba)
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01.Aug.2003
Oliver Roberts (email)
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Warp datatypes v45.4 released
Oliver Roberts has released version 45.4 of his datatype WarpTIFF that comes with the following features:
Added support for files using the old-style JPEG compression
scheme. Implemented preliminary support for Xerox image files (XIF),
which use a proprietary format, but is actually extended from standard
TIFF format PC scanner software, Pagis Pro, uses this file format.
The free download is available on the WarpDT website following the title link.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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01.Aug.2003
McFly (ANF)
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Powerpoint presentations in the Amiga Hollywood format
Following the title link are several presentations in the Microsoft Powerpoint format available for free download that had been converted using Hollywood. The Amiga PPS are sorted by cathegories.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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01.Aug.2003
Cyborg (ANF)
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Update: VCD Save now saves audio tracks
Now VCD Save does also save CDDA tracks and creates a prefs file in which are among other things device and unit and, if wanted, the window position on quitting the program being saved. A support for Intel and Motorola data model CDRs is built in. For the time being not every CDR is reacting on the CDDA mode. But this problem is being worked on.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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01.Aug.2003
Brad Webb (email)
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Amiga Update newsletter by Brad Webb #030731
Following the title link youcan find the complete newsletter of Amiga
Update for this year's July. In his english newsletter Brad Webb summarizes once in a month all news about the subject Amiga.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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31.Jul.2003
AMIGAplus
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AMIGAplus 07-08/2003 - Shopping-Time
Issue 07-08/2003 of the German 68 pages, 4c paper magazine AMIGAplus is
out now including eight hardware-reviews, workshops and much more.
Content of this issue:
- Reviews of X-Surf II and Catweasel MK3/PCI Flipper
- Reviews of ATI Radeon Pro 9000, Plextor Premium CD-RW 52x24x52,
LaCie Data Bank Pocket Drive, Konica Digital Revio C2, Canon BJC i850
and Creative Optical Mouse
- eMail-Special: Review of YAM 2.4 plus "Anti-Spam with YAM" workshop
- A+ in Augsburg: AmigaOS 4 on Tour
- Interview with Micky "Diavolo Backup" Wenngatz
- Listen: Audio-CD "Amiga Immortal 2"
- Workshop: NetBSD auf dem Amiga (part 2)
- Workshop Video & DraCo (part 5)
- Amiga Status Report: 64-Bit-Fever
- Demoscene: Underdogs
- Amiga market overview: prices, distributors a.s.o.
- and much more
AMIGAplus is available via subscription, direct order or through
your local Amiga dealer on demand for 5,- EUR. (nba)
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31.Jul.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New packages up to 31st July 2003
With the help of WHDLoad you can now install games on your hard disk that
had only been meant for floppy use. The following packages have been
added or updated since our last announcement:
- 31.07.03 updated: Xenon (Bitmap Brothers) rewritten for kickemu, no more slowdowns
- 31.07.03 improved: Lemmings (Psygnosis/DMA Design) supports another disk and CDTV version
- 30.07.03 fixed: Cavitas (Nite Time Games) access fault fixed
- 30.07.03 fixed: Cavitas (Nite Time Games) access fault fixed
- 28.07.03 improved: Subwar 2050 (Microprose) added support for CD32 version
- 28.07.03 new: Space Quest Enhanced (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 28.07.03 new: Space Quest 3 (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 27.07.03 new: King's Quest Enhanced (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 27.07.03 new: Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon (Master Designer Software/Cinemaware) done by JOTD
- 27.07.03 new: Police Quest 2 (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 25.07.03 new: Space Quest 2 (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 25.07.03 new: Space Quest (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 25.07.03 new: Police Quest (Sierra) done by JOTD
- 25.07.03 fixed: Cannon Fodder 2 (Sensible Software) keyboard handling corrected
- 23.07.03 improved: Plan 9 From Outer Space (Gremlin Graphics) rawdic imager updated, new icons
- 23.07.03 improved: Jaguar XJ-220 (Ocean) loads and saves games and maps, new icons
- 23.07.03 fixed: Elfmania (Terramarque/Renegade) rawdic imager fixed, new install script
- 23.07.03 improved: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (Tynesoft) disk images optimised, requires reimaging
- 23.07.03 fixed: Black Sect (Lankhor) new install script
- 23.07.03 improved: Black Crypt (Raven Software) spell list added
- 23.07.03 improved: Lemmings 2 (Psygnosis) supports another version, uses kickemu
(nba) (Translation: nba)
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31.Jul.2003
amiga.org (Website)
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OpenAmiga On the Lookout for a Logo
The website for OpenAmiga has been thoroughly rebuilt and now offers forums and a new look. The authors are now looking for a logo for the OpenAmiga project. If you would like to furnish or help work on such a logo, click on the menu button Compliance Logos.
The initiators of OpenAmiga have made it their goal to establish a standard for the Amiga. This standard should then make it easier for a programmer to port between future Amiga platforms such as Amiga OS 4, AROS and MorphOS, at the same time offering the user a higher degree of flexibility in determining which system is for him or her. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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31.Jul.2003
Massimiliano Tretene
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Beta-WarpOS-Version of Duke Nukem 3D Released
Massimiliano Tretene has put a WarpOS port of the action game Duke Nukem 3D on his website. This versions is untested. unoptimized, and offers neither sound nor 3D acceleration.
To test it you must set the stack to 16384 and raise the partition buffer to 2000. For the installation please follow the instructions from the original 68K port from Dante/Oxyron, already
reported by amiga-news.de. Bug notifications with all relevant offerings may be emailed to the developer at
glquake@libero.it.
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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31.Jul.2003
Troels Ersking
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AmigaOS 4.0 on Tour in Dänemark
9th August from 13:00 to 17:00 at Syvstjerneskolen in Værløse, Denmark.
We hereby welcome all Amiga fans to a couple of hours of Amiga OS 4
demonstration. Amiga OS 4 will be shown running on an A4000 fitted with a
CyberstormPPC accelerator, but it will also be possible to have a closer
look at an AmigaOne. Sodas and coffee will be on sale at the venue.
Please send us an e-mail if you intend to show up, so we are able to
estimate the total attendance. Mail: os4tour@amigadk.dk.
(nba)
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31.Jul.2003
Lars Fuhrken-Batista (E-Mail)
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Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown Also for Xbox
"Robin Hood", the sequel to to the Amiga-Classic "Defender of the
Crown", will be offered by Capcom and Cinemaware for Microsoft Xbox along with versions Sony Playstation 2 and Windows PCs in September
In a talk with AMIGAplus Cinemaware did not categorically rule out a version for the upcoming Amiga platforms. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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31.Jul.2003
Russ Norrby (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4.0: Präsentation in New York
Mr. Hardware Computers and A.M.U.S.E (New York City Amiga Users Group)
are happy to announce the showing of Amiga Operating system OS 4.0 next
Tuesday Aug 5th 2003 8:00pm-10:00pm Room 706, Meyers Hall New York
University Washington Place (Between Broadway and Washington Square East.)
The OS will be running on a Power Pc processor in a Amiga 4000. This is
Beta version and the first showing on the East Coast. We will also be
showing the AmigaOne G4XE based systems and we will have many Amiga
hardware and software items for sale, held over from the Sacramento
California show. All are invited. Amiga, Back for the future.
Further info call Russ Norrby 631-821-2364 (nba)
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31.Jul.2003
Kai Stegemann (ANF)
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Neue Hollywood Presentation Appears
Kai Stegemann has released a new Hollywood presentation and made it available for download under the title link. In the archive the executable data for MorphOS and AmigaOS may be found with the script. More presenations will follow in the future.
We're still looking for fellow warriors to help build a Hollywood portal, warriors who could design the website, create presenations, or come up with new ideas. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jul.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Wanted: Programmer or team for Digibooster Professional
APC&TCP together with Dennis "Psyria" Lohr are now the owners of all rights of
Digibooster Professional. "We are very interested to ensure that this program will get a continous further development inthe future. Because DBPro is the last commercial program of it´s kind for the Amiga it´s our aim that the program will be improved in future and to show that the Amiga still can be stand the competition now and in future!"
Planed extentions are in the first instance to ensure a working on MorphOS, AmigaOS 4, Amithlon and WinUAE. Further features and
details will better be discussed later and together.
Therefore a programmer or team is wanted who has:
- Knowledge of assembler (68k) and C(++) (original source is assembler)
- Some knowledge of special music programing ideally
- A lot of motivation
Very much appreciated would be if there would be enough time as well.
Interested programmer or programming teams might please contact:
digiboosterpro@apc-tcp.de.
All further details as e.g. the salary will be discussed then.
What´s Digibooster Professional?
DBPro is a so called tracker program. It´s possible o produce your own music by using samples.
So called pattern are prgrammed by typing in sequences of
programmiert. Put together the paterns lead to a whole music track.
Wht´s the features of the program?
With the current version of DBPro it is posible to manage up to:
- 128 tracks
- 256 samples (sound files with no size limitation)
- 1024 Patterns
- 1024 Pattern positions
within one song.
Track format loading:
- Digibooster 1.x (digi)
- Protracker (mod)
- Oktalyzer (okt)
- Octamed (mmd0-mmd3)
- OctamedSoundStudio (oss)
- FastTracker (xm)
- ScreamTracker (s3m)
There is the possibility to save the tracks not only as the Dbm format but also as Xm or Mod format.
Sample format loading:
- IFF 8SVX (mono - 8 Bit)
- IFF 16SV (mono - 16 Bit)
- RIFF WAV (mono/stereo - 8/16 Bit)
- AIFF (mono/stereo - 8/16 Bit)
- MP3 (CBR) import LayerI-III
With the following extras there are nearly no limits for the creativity:
- (B)eats (P)er (M)inute Pitcher
- DSP echo (Echo Delay, Feedback, Mix und Cross)
- volume envelopes
- balance envelopes
- Roland TB-303 "GrooveBox" emulation (not realtime)
- HD recording of Samples (utilizing HardDiskRecord from AHI)
- optional high quality 32 bit mixing with linear interpolation in realtime
- up to seven Octaves
- CyberGraphX & Picasso96 Gfx card support
- and and and ...
Thanks to AHI support every AHI soundcard can be used. Who likes to know more about Digibooster Professional is invited to visit the following addresses:
Furthermore there is an IRC channel regarding Digibooster Professional:
- Channel: #digiboosterpro
- Server: irc.phat-net.de
- Port: 6667
Every interested one is invited to come around. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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30.Jul.2003
Thomas Schulze (ANF)
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Crossfire II and a evaluation abonement of the Amiga Future as a special offer
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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