23.May.2003
AmigaWorld (Website)
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Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 11
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 11 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):
1) Temal: Are there any plans on trying to get companies back to the platform, such as Newtek? Is there any chance that Avid (video-editing) could be a reality on Amiga? (AmigaOS 4.x and forward) =)
Fleecy: As I have said previously, big companies want to see commercial viability OR a wheelbarrow full of cash before they are going to go to the effort of porting to a new platform. A few non Amiga companies have contacted us to find out about progress and plans and we have an internal list of companies we will contact. However, you often only get one chance with these companies so we want to make sure we have something compelling to show them when we do get through the door.
With regards to video applications, we intend to make a big play in the video market but this requires the implementation of the AG2 foundation for this to be a success. We already have one company that has contacted us with an interest in video editing and we will hopefully have more following them. In the end, we have to make the platform attractive for video editing development in order to attract those developers.
2) Ramon: Since there seems to be hardly or no audio people left at Amiga's main staff, can you convince us that audio development is being done and that the Amiga's audio system/engine will (perhaps after 4.0?) be at a high standard and be used for professional audio computing? High quality, flexible, plug-in capable, etc.
Fleecy: The Amiga AG2 audio solution is being designed by people who have a long history in professional audio application development. Its design has been evolving over the past year and will form the foundation for a big assault on the audio market over the next 12-24 months. We have been keeping an eye on the new MacOS 10.2 audio system and we are more than happy that we have a solution which will give it a run for its money. It is unlikely to be in AmigaOS4.0 but elements of it will start to appear from AmigaOS4.1 onwards.
3) DaveP: Can you tell us if the Auction sale at your old offices of Amiga equipment is on behalf of Amiga Inc? Also, related, does this imply that Amiga Inc is in severe financial difficulties?
Fleecy: No it is not on behalf of Amiga Inc. We have had a situation with our landlord for quite some time now. We have been trying to resolve it but the landlord, within his rights under the lease agreement has opted for this course of action. We haven't been in the office for quite some time and all of our work machines were moved out months ago. To counter the rumours being spread, even if there was valuable data and/or IP there, we have the right to remove/delete it before any auction can take place. All that can be sold are office furniture, fixtures and hardware. This amounts to some three year old wall dividers, desks, chairs, lamps, one or two old printers, some filing cabinets etc. People who think there will be reams of records, prototypes, CDs full of source code and other such goodies will be sorely disappointed. There is still some personal and private stuff in there as well and that has to be returned to the owners; for example I have a car full worth of CDs, clothes and kids toys.
I am not in contact with the landlord so I do not know why he decided to take this course of action. It has no effect on our operations however.
As for our financial situation, we are a private company and such information is not for public distribution. Amiga Anywhere products are in the shops, AmigaOnes are in the hands of Amigans and AmigaOS4 is getting closer and closer to release, with a Roadshow in Europe starting next month. As with anyone else, you'll have to draw your own conclusions. Given the current interest in some quarters to all matters legal, if we were bankrupt (as has been claimed by several people with a vested interest in our demise over the past 12 months) then that data would be available in the public domain as a bankruptcy filing. It isn't and we aren't. Things have been difficult, no one will deny that but we are starting to put that behind us now.
4) hnl_dk: How much control does Amiga Inc. have over the Amiga Anywhere Content Engine? Do you have total control - may you change the code, or may you 'only' add extra features?
Fleecy: AACE is our product so we have total control over it. Yes, as with any AmigaDE derivative, it uses the Tao-Group's Intent product as a foundation but if there are features missing then we add them. We are not tied to using all of Intent. We just use the bits we want and if we require a different solution for something that already exists within Intent then we would replace what it provides with our own solution.
5) IonMane: Is Amiga Inc. willing to return to the negotiation table with Genesi in an attempt to help them provide their own AmigaOne solution that is equitable for all parties, and to try to heal the divide that has caused so much strife within the Amiga community?
Fleecy: There is nothing to negotiate. Amiga Inc currently has two product lines, the AmigaOS and the AmigaDE. If a third party wishes to use or licence these then they should contact us and they will be given the same deal as anyone else. That third party will then have to meet the same criteria as every other third party in terms of sales, marketing and support in order to guarantee a quality Amiga certified product reaches the consumer.
AmigaOne is a brand name that is exclusively licenced to Eyetech Ltd so Genesi or any other third party cannot use it without either agreement from Eyetech or via building a system using the AmigaOne boards. If Genesi wishes to build systems using AmigaOne boards then they should email sales@eyetech.co.uk. I'm sure Eyetech would be delighted to add them to the AmigaOne IHV family.
From my limited understanding of the issue, and from an article on OSNews a few weeks ago, it appears that Genesi is trying to create its own platform and Mr Buck has stated that he has no interest in Amiga product, trademarks, or IP. If that is the case then your question makes no sense. The strife within the Amiga community has come about because of rumours being spread that there will be no new AmigaOS and the suggestions that people should move to another product. With AmigaOS4.0 nearing completion, AmigaOne computers on sale, and an AmigaOS4.0 roadshow, we are advancing the platform, which is what the community wants and demands. We are obviously distressed if people believed those rumours, purchased alternative product and now feel cheated but they should be contacting those who spread those rumours, asking them to explain themselves and investigating possible reparative actions. We announced AmigaOS4.0 a long time ago and whilst it has taken a lot longer than we expected or indeed wanted, we have never given any indication other than AmigaOS4.0 would be released.
6) IonMane: Follow up questions: BBRV has expressed that the licensing fee's are too high among other things.What compromises in this, or any other area would you be willing to make? What concessions would you expect in return for these compromises?
Fleecy: If Mr Buck wishes to make a business case for co-operation then he should do what any other professional business person would do; create a proposal and contact us to discuss it. If it makes financial and business sense then there is no reason why it should not proceed.
7) Treke: When the SDK 2.0 will be released. What hinders the release ?
Fleecy: We have been waiting for Intent 1.4 before releasing a new SDK. Obviously we can't release an SDK until the AmigaDE (and by implication the Intent foundation) is stable, which requires access to and testing of it. Once we get it, we have to move all of our code to it, test it, roll it out to the SDAs to get feedback and then we can build the SDK for public release.
8) Bob.C : Is there any updated news about applications that will be ready for A1/OS4? For example a word processor, paint or video application?
Fleecy: As I have said before, if the Amiga is to become the first use computer, it has to address 90% of the needs of the digital family. This includes a word processor amongst other things and we will taking internal action in regards to this. As for other applications, such as Paint and Video applications, we are in contact with both those who have such products already for the Amiga and those who have them on other platforms and who are considering a port. However I would draw your attention again to point 1 in this regard.
As for announcements, that is of course upto the third parties themselves and most are waiting until they have had a good play with AmigaOS4 on PPC since they want to get a good idea of what it will take to move over to the new platform. All I can really say is that we are of course working hard to get revised and new applications for the platform.
9) Gregs: My question: is whether there will be initial OS4 support for one or a number of Digital TV/Satellite etc., DVB (the US version is different) cards?
Fleecy: Not from Amiga itself, no. There is a lot to do and only so many resources with which to do it.
10) alx: Who will design the default theme(s) that OS4 comes with?
Fleecy: A well known and respected AmigaOS and AmigaDE developer. I am not giving his/her name out because they will then have to spend so many hours reading the emails of people who want to ask for this, that and the other that they will never get any work done.
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=12
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (nba)
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23.May.2003
falkemedia (ANF)
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Special offer: 6 AMIGAplus, 3 A+ CDs and fxPAINT 1 full version
For a short period and in a limited amount falkemedia and IOSPIRIT are offering
a special subscription of the German paper magazine AMIGAplus for
just 39,- Euro which includes:
- 6 issues of AMIGAplus
- 3 A+ cover-CD-ROMs
- and the full, upgradable version 1 of the professional graphics
editor fxPAINT 1
Taking this offer you may for example receive the complete Draco
video workshop being published in six issues beginning in A+ 03/2003.
That is 36 pages of high-professional video knowledge. And beside that
you may create astonishing graphical artwork for your video production
with fxPAINT.
Orders may be sent in on the website of AMIGAplus. (nba)
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23.May.2003
amiga.org
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Descent Freespace got a new update
A new version of Descent Freespace is available from the Hyperion
website for 68k and PPC Amigas. It is still beta but it fixes
some annoying bugs. The size is about 1.3Mb and it is available
in the download area only for registered users on the website under
the title link. (nba)
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23.May.2003
amiga.org
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Woof3D: New Crossplatform-3D-API
Woof3D is a shared library for Amiga, Windows95 and Linux x86.
It offers a very SIMPLE way to create 3D program in C.
So Woof 3D is a graphic engine mainly a 3D engine for texturing
3D polygons much more like 3D cards. It evolved a lot from its
starting in May 2000 and now offers high level and low level
functions for 3D and 2D graphics.
Why an other 3D engine ?
- Cause Woof3D is very SIMPLE to program. You don't need to know
anything about the supported OS
- Cause Woof3D offer true cross platforming with Linux X86,
Windows95, AmigaOS 68K versions (one C source for all).
- Cause Woof3D offer high level functions like direct Vscape
or Caligari files handling.
- Cause Woof3D also offer basic 2D and 3D primitives that allow
to program lots of simple graphics softwares like OS-friendly games.
- Cause beginners in C language don't have to know about pointers
or dereferencing to use Woof3D
Supported platforms
- PC x86 with Windows95 and DirectDraw (2D hardware acceleration)
- Amiga 68k with AmigaOS 3.0-3.9 and Cybergraphics/Picasso96
(2D hardware acceleration ) or any computer emulating an
Amiga the same way (with WinUAE, DosUAE, etc.)
- Amiga 68k with AmigaOS 3.0-3.9 and a Warp3D 3D card (3D hardware
acceleration )
- PC x86 with Linux and Xwindow (2D hardware acceleration)
(nba) (Translation: nba)
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23.May.2003
DiscreetFX (Website)
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FAQ to Mozilla-support-action
After DiscreetFX announced last Tuesday that there is an amount of money for a port of
the web browser Mozilla for the Amiga the chairman Bill Panagouleas has created an
information site to the support action which you can access via the title link.
There you can read questions and answers concerning this topic.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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23.May.2003
Joar Berntsen (ANF)
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2Decide: A 2D strategy game using themes
In case you are missing all the great recent uploads to Aminet;
Joar Berntsen would like to inform you of the freeware
game "2Decide" that has the ability to dress itself up with
various theme packages.
All units, all structures, and most gfx can be changed. In
addition, new campaigns can easily be created, with the
inline map editor, on any of the current 5 themes that
are available.
It is a game somewhat similar to Empire-'Wargame of the
century' but uses 256 colors and AGA effects, and all
ingame units are affected by cheerfull morale features.
Have a look at the readme file from the Aminet for slightly more info.
Don't be afraid to fool around with the theme features of
this game. It won't crash or anything from doing that.
I am not some distant being on another planet,
so please mail me if there is anything!
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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23.May.2003
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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Port of Kray for MorphOS and Linux PPC
The raytracer software Kray is available for new platforms: MorphOS and PowerPC-Linux.
We owe this to the developer Stefkos. Kray is also available for AmigaOS 68k, Linux x86,
SunOS/SPARC, AmigaOS PPC, Windows and Mac OS X. You can read more about this topic under
the title link. There are also download links.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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22.May.2003
Kultpower.de (ANF)
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Kultpower: Exclusive Space-Rat-Special
Kultpower presents an exclusive preview of the soon available book about Space Rat made by Mathias Neumann.
A voting, in which users can tell about the extent of the book, is
currently runnin on the official Space-Rat-Website
"Space Rat" is a comic series which was made popular by the
publication in the 80ies and 90ies computer games magazine
"Aktueller Software Markt". The announced book will give you the
chance to wallow in nostalgy. (ps) (Translation: nba)
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22.May.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 22.05.2003
Here the Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message:
xa.lha dev/cross 114K+A 6502 cross compiler for Amiga computer
Saga.lha game/board 306K+Saga 1.26a: Conversion of TSR boardgame
Mattonite.lha game/demo 1.2M+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
DIYrekoIII.lha gfx/ifx 32K+Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
PegaThlon.lha gfx/show 92K+Mpeg Video player suitable for Amithlon
cheapestksw.lha hard/hack 6K+Cheapest and easy-to-build kickstart swi
Flamingo.lha misc/emu 171K+C= Plus/4 emulator v1.53, 68k & PPC
mofucker.lha mods/hardc 294K Motherfucker - 2003 - war
slaughta.lha mods/hardc 235K Sheep 2 slaughter - 2003 - war
titearse.lha mods/hardc 64K Tight arse the fux - 2003 - war
Rambo_3.mpg mods/mpg 1.2M+Rambo III - Music Remake of ZX Spectrum
Webbit2003_01.lha pix/misc 7.9M+Webb.it 2003 archive 01
Webbit2003_02.lha pix/misc 2.4M+Webb.it 2003 archive 02
Webbit2003_03.lha pix/misc 1.6M+Webb.it 2003 archive 03
DirSize_IL.lha util/cli 7K+Calculate directory sizes (68k + MorphOS
ArgueGUIColl.lha util/misc 67K+Argue GUI for Frogger(NG), Moovid, Visag
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 170K+Italian version of StartBar
AmiMemos0.80.lha util/wb 44K+A memo utility for OS 3.x. V0.80
(ps) (Translation: nba)
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22.May.2003
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Survey: How old are the readers of amiga-news.de?
Searching for interesting surveys all the time, today it came to my
mind to find out the average age of the readers of amiga-news.de.
For this reason I opened a new according survey. These are the
possible answers:
How old are you?
- younger than 18
- 18 to 25
- 26 to 35
- 36 to 45
- 46 to 55
- 56 to 65
- older than 66
You can find the survey under the title link, and
here
you can find out about the present results. (ps) (Translation: nba)
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22.May.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Magazine: Amiga Future is searching for authors
The Amiga-magazine 'Amiga Future' searches for users who are
street-smart with a program and might write a workshop for one
of the upcoming issues.
If you're interested please write an email to redaktion@amigafuture.de. (ps) (Translation: nba)
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22.May.2003
Sebastian Brylka (ANF)
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Fun Time World - New Online Shop reopen and lottery
We are a German distributer and we released games like "PuzzleBOBS"
from Nexus Development and "Aqua" from Emerald Imaging.
We distribute the movie player "FroggerNG" and new, the Amiga magazine "Total Amiga" in Germany!
Our current release is the "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002", a collection of classic commercially Amiga games.
So what's new?
Our shop supports all Amiga browsers and four
languages. (German, English, Italian, Polish)
Lottery
Yes,you can win some cool Amiga software!
All you must do is, write us a mail (mail@funtime-world.de)
till 20.06.2003 and then write us, how you like our new shop!
You can win:
1 * Amiga Forever version 4.0
1 * Aminet 40 with TurboCalc 4.0
2 * Easys
1 * Simon the Sorcerer II
2 * Aqua
3 * PuzzleBOBS
1 * AmigaWriter 2.0
2 * Amiga Arena - Games Edition (nba)
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22.May.2003
Jürgen Schober (ANF)
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AmigaOne: Linux 2.4.21 Kernel available
As of now a new Linux-kernel in its version 2.4.21
is available for the AmigaOne. One of the most important changes
is the direct support of Radeon 8500/9000 in the kernel fbdev.
More information about this update and a download link is available
on the website under the title link. (nba) (Translation: nba)
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21.May.2003
Dany Thinnes (ANF)
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TH-Verbindung v1.2 released
TH-Verbindung controls the costs during connections with the Internet.
Thus unexpected bills shoud be avoided. Miami, MUI and ARexx are required. The update to version 1.2
has some news:
- reworked design
- program icon
- reset function
- menus
Some functions for the traffic control were improved and some prepared for a flatrate support which will be added later.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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21.May.2003
Steffen Nitz (ANF)
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SN-KontoArchiv version 1.11
SN-KontoArchiv has been released in version 1.11. This program is an e-mailware
which enables you to manage your accounts in Euro. The program offers many statistical and input functions.
The following has been changed:
- Statistics got a new colour scheme to be discriminated better (green, red).
- Subject of the statistics is changed a bit and an according button has been integrated within the main window.
- Other changes.
Download: SN-KontoArc.lha
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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21.May.2003
Mac Life (Website)
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PowerPC 970 shipped already?
The rumors page LoopRumors claims to know that IBM shipped
20,000 1.4 GHz and 40,000 1.6 GHz processors of the type PowerPC970 to Apple already.
It is said that they were delivered directly to Foxconn in Taiwan, the manufacturer of the
Apple mainboards. The 1.8 GHz prozessors were on their way also.
Even these rumors can't be confirmed, the introduction of the first PowerPC Macs is expected for summer.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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20.May.2003
sylvio.k@gmx.de (ANF)
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New Soms3D screenshots online
On the website 'Anime Development for Amiga' are new screenshots of the Alpha 5
Engine of the horror game 'Secret Of My Soul' released. Also some HTML errors are
removed.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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20.May.2003
DXE (ANF)
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amiga.org: Interview with Ben Hermans
At amiga.org you will find an interview from nOMAAM with Ben Hermans of Hyperion
Entertainment.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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20.May.2003
several
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PowerPC solutions from Total Impact
The Californian company Total Impact has announced three PowerPC based computers,
that are like the AmigaOne and Pegasos.
The briQ is a network computer with a PowerPC 750FX or 7400 (G4) with up 800 MHz and
is updatable in speed and processor. The briQ ist compatible with all
PowerPC-compatible Linux-distributions and will be delivered with Yellow Dog Linux.
The briQ RenderEngine is a 4- or 8-Node-System-variant of the briQ and is focussed on
users wanting high performance rendering.
Total mPower is a PCI-based multiprocessor solution for Intel-compatible PCs and
Apple Power Macintoshs. Solutions using Total mPower have a range from a single
board up to a nearly unlimited number of parallel boards. Four PowerPC G3 (750) or
G4 (7400) CPUs operating with 366 to 500 MHz in every board.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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20.May.2003
Vinnny^AiC (ANF)
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Karate 68k v0.97 released
The French coder Krabob of m4nkind has now released the new version 0.97 of Karate,
now als working with MorphOS and runs on 68030-Amigas faster than the previous
version. Karate is a Demo-Script-Language for Amiga and Pegasos.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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19.May.2003
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Hollywood v1.5 Announcement
Airsoft Softwair will soon release the major update Hollywood 1.5 which
features so many great new things that are totally unique on the Amiga and
which will make Hollywood once more the absolute number one in Amiga
multimedia. The beta testers are already totally excited about the power
of Hollywood 1.5. Here is a quick overview of what is new in Hollywood
1.5:
- Support for multiple graphics layers
- Layer transparency and layer light correction
- Over 50 new impressing transition effects (totalling in over 100 now!)
- Support for object rotation, mirroring, inverting, color replacing
- Support for Intellifonts
- All audio output is retargetable through AHI including full
channel mixing and 16-bit stereo audio
- Full control over master volume
- Possibility to limit maximum number of frames per second
- Windows can have a dynamic transparency
- Joystick support!
- Powerful object animation functions
- Off-screen rendering
- New GUI
- Over 80 other useful new functions!
Hollywood 1.5 will be released soon. The Malibu plugin which enables
Hollywood to show also Scala scripts will be released shortly after
Hollywood 1.5. There is also work going on to make a plugin for Hollywood
that displays Power Point presentations (code name: Pasadena).
The Airsoft Softwair homepage (titlel link) features some
impressing screenshots in the news section. (nba)
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