26.Mar.2003
Jörn-Erik Burkert (E-Mail)
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AMIGA-Magazin: Issue 3 and 4/2003 online
The AMIGA-Magazin has published parts of the issues 3 and 4/2003 (German) online yesterday. Beside the editorial and index there are the following interesting articles provided.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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26.Mar.2003
Sebastian Brylka (E-Mail)
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Interest on the print magazine 'Total Amiga'?
Fun Time World and Amiga Arena are discussing together with Robert
Williams the possibility to sell the English print magazine "Total
Amiga" in Germany. Before they like to know if there is a demand for that magazine. The retail price would be about 4.50 EUR + porto and package (about 1,50 EUR) per issue.
People interested on a subscription might please send an email to us.
For a positive decision there is a demand of 50 interested requested.
Further details are to obtain by email from us. With a subscription people are ment who will buy the magazine regulary i.e. they have to pay not in advance but issue per issue. Only on request there might be subscriptions for a fixed number of issues available.
The current issue is about 52 pages, 44 of these are without adds. An index of that issue is to obtain from here.
To get an impression of the quality you might have a view to a pdf version of the magazine. Following this link you will come to
issue 12.
The magazine is mostly done on Amiga and published every quarter year, a monthly rhythm is planed as soon as the Amiga market improves again.
The magazine is printed in black and white. Further information is to get from our
homepages: Fun Time World
or Amiga Arena during the next days.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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25.Mar.2003
Kicko (ANF)
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Music: Access Virus MIDI commands for tracks&fields 0.4
Kicko writes:
First i appologise for sending this info in the german part of
amiga-news.de. The problem is when using long dir/filenames t&f
wouldnt show the commands in commandslist. To solve this i have
renamed the VirusPageA-C dirs to VirusA-C. Then in t&f in config
window use an assign like V: to tf:commands and it will work.
But remember that you have to reload every commandn in list to use
the V: assign instead. There is other solutions too like renaming
the command names too. Many of them are numbered like
000.bankchange.cmd. You can rename it like bankchange.cmd. And
also you can copy the commands you like from the virus drawers to
the actually tf:commands and use them from there. Its upto you.
Im not good in assembler so i cant fix it. Maybe someone can do
it for me? (ps)
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25.Mar.2003
Dietmar Eilert (Website)
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Editor: SP11 for GoldED AIX
For the editor 'GoldED AIX' from Dietmar Eilert the service pack #11 is available
for dowload for registered user.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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25.Mar.2003
Amiga.SF (Website)
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New dcr85020-Ports on amiga.sf.net: Lame v3.93.1 und SoX v12.17.4
Under the title link you will find some programs ported to the Amiga by Diego
Casorran. Not all programs are tested properly so if you encounter any problems get
in contact with dcr8520_at_amiga.org.
Lame v3.93.1
LAME ain't an Mp3 Encoder. LAME is an educational tool to be used for
learning about MP3 encoding. The goal of the LAME project is to use the
open source model to improve the psycho acoustics, noise shaping and
speed of MP3. Download: lame-3.93.1.lha
SoX v12.17.4
SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of
computer audio files in to other formats. It can also apply various
effects to these sound files during the conversion.
Download: sox-12.17.4.lha
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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25.Mar.2003
RekoNet (Website)
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Game: New Klondike cardsets at RekoNet (23.03.2003)
At the RekoNet, the collection of cardsets, programs and links around the Reko
production are new cardsets added. Now there are 1100 cardsets available.
- added 3 new cardsets by Allan Rasmussen
- added 2 new cardsets by Joe Pineapples
- added 5 MogwaiMen cardsets
- added Imbruglia2 cardset
- added Boop and Charmed cardset Jennifer Warner
- added 5 converted cardsets from Andreas Sauer
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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25.Mar.2003
AmithlonTV (Website)
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TV-Card driver: AmithlonTV beta version 332
Guido Mersmann has released the beta-version 332 of AmithlonTV with updates and
enhancements.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lh
a
- CHANGED: Did some cleanup on the PCI structures and sources.
- CHANGED: Added the missing DPI documentation for the PCI stuff.
- BUGFIX: Somehow I forgot to implement the auto config stuff into the "audio_tda9873h.lib".
- CHANGED: The bt8x8 driver is now setting PCI latency! It also shuts down the card on shut down.
- BUGFIX: Fixed crash bug within the "volume_AmiMixer.lib" which sometimes caused
crashes.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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25.Mar.2003
Chris Hodges (E-Mail)
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USB driver: Poseidon version 2.0 available
Chris Hodges writes:
I've just uploaded the current work in progress version of Poseidon.
Although the version number has been bumped to V2.0, it contains mostly bug
fixes. Please don't be disappointed, if you would have expected more from
this release. I've had a lot of things to do (e.g. writing the driver for
the cool Algor board and the FlashRom tool for the Romulus/Algor) and then
again, I'm only coding on my spare time.
Nevertheless, this is a free update for all registered and licenced users
except for one. This "Rat" has to stick to the old version. Support is
something bilateral.
People who had problems with their digital cameras using the CB or CBI
transport protocol (remember, Class 8, Subclass x, Protocol 0 or 1) could
try again with the new mass storage class. It might work. I've spent some
days with the USB Floppy drive I've borrowed from a friend of mine and
works with it.
Also, AutoMounting has been improved, so the manual mounting process
required by a few devices/media should be worries of the past.
As usually, there are new binaries for MorphOS as well (and if somebody
missed the news, the Pegasos USB driver by VFD has been released into the
public a week ago). Anyway, stay tuned, there is more to come. Enjoy the
update.
(ps)
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25.Mar.2003
ELBOX COMPUTER (E-Mail)
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New list of PCI cards supported in Mediator
The list of PCI cards supported in the MEDIATOR busboards has been
updated.
The current list covers the following PCI cards:
- Graphic cards:
- Voodoo5 5500
- Voodoo4 4500
- Voodoo3 3000
- Voodoo3 2000
- Voodoo Banshee
- S3 ViRGE DX
- S3 ViRGE
- USB cards:
- Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed
- Sound cards:
- Terratec 512i Digital and many other sound cards based on the ForteMedia FM801-AU sound chipset
- Sound Blaster 4.1 Digital cards based on the CT5880-DEQ sound chipset
- Sound Blaster 128 cards based on the CT5880-DDQ, CT5880-DCQ, ES1373-DAQ, ES1373-B, ES1373-A, ES1371, ES1370 and EV1938 sound chipsets
- Fast Ethernet 100Mbps cards:
- Cards based on the Realtek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet chipset
- Ethernet 10Mbps cards:
- Cards based on the Realtek RTL8029 Ethernet chipset
- TV cards:
- TV tuner cards (over 100 models) based on the FUSION 879A, FUSION 878A, Bt878A, Bt849A and Bt848A chipsets
(nba) (Translation: nba)
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24.Mar.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 24.03.2003
New Uploads to Aminet:
Spanish-AmIRC.lha comm/irc 17K+Spanish catalog for AmIRC
SpanishAmIRC.lha comm/irc 17K+Spanish catalog for AmIRC
amiycoders.lha comm/mail 18K+V0.4 yEnc Encoder / Decoder for the Amig
tv-mod-wp.lha comm/misc 22K+(PL) Import module for TV programe [v9.3
MiamiDxCT.lha comm/net 9K+Catalonian catalog for Miami Deluxe
MiamiDxSPA.lha comm/net 10K+Spanish catalog for Miami Deluxe
FTPMount.lha comm/tcp 247K+Handler to use FTP as real directory - w
IBrowseSP.lha comm/www 17K+IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v2.3.1b
OpenURL44.lha comm/www 148K+OpenURL - Get that URL!
OpenURLcat.lha comm/www 2K+Catalonian catalog for OpenURL 4.4 or hi
OpenURL_dt.lha comm/www 3K+German catalog for OpenURL v4.4
EquinoxeInvtro.lha demo/aga 689K+Invitation for the Equinoxe demoparty in
fit_miracle.lha demo/aga 293K+One day miracle by Fit ASM'02 64k intro
znn_theway.lha demo/aga 861K+Zenon The Way 3th at Lobotomia 2002 demo
GetCRC.lha dev/c 30K+V1.19 calculates different checksums
SegTracker_pch.lha dev/debug 15K+Patches SegTracker to V37.76
autoconf-253.lha dev/gg 1.5M+GNU automatic configuration generator. V
automake-163.lha dev/gg 1.3M+GNU automatic makefile generator. V1.6.3
libtool-142.lha dev/gg 1.9M+GNU Libtool V1.4.2
fd2pragma.lha dev/misc 212K+V2.164 create pragma, inline, ... files
reactionexampl.lha dev/src 33K+ReAction examples
EasyACDDA.lha disk/cdrom 335K+Play&Save CD tracks with Gui - EasyACDDA
MyFormat1.28.lha disk/misc 30K+Format replacement. OS2.04+ required
vdisk36.lha disk/misc 46K+Dynamic recoverable RAM disk (V3.6)
ThePolice.lha docs/hyper 48K+The Police: albums, lyrix, singles +more
AIOV67.lha docs/mags 603K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 67 (Janu
saku42.lha docs/mags 2.2M+Saku #42 (1/2003). Finnish e-zine.
InterviewDBase.lha docs/misc 494K+Amiga Arena Interview database (English/
freeciv_mos.lha game/2play 761K+Freeciv for MorphOS. V1.2 (based on Amig
Saga.lha game/board 291K+Saga 1.24: Conversion of TSR boardgame
DC2Lvl-Expert.lha game/data 371K+81 levels for Diamond Caves II
DC2Lvl-Ghost.lha game/data 385K+81 levels for Diamond Caves II
Dragonworks.lha game/data 606K+Cardset for AS-Freecell and AS-Memory
heretic2_ger.lha game/data 23K+Heretic II German Translation (German) (
Mattonite.lha game/demo 672K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
AlexInTown.lha game/jump 78K+Guide Alex through the Town.
WormWars.lha game/misc 624K+Worm Wars 7.31: Advanced snake game
angband.lha game/role 922K+Angband 3.0.3 - Roguelike solo RPG
HDA.lha game/role 450K+German Multiple Choice Text Adventure
AS-Clock.lha game/think 200K+Find cards with the same rank
AS-FindIt.lha game/think 222K+Find cards among the others
AS-Montana.lha game/think 210K+Fill In The Gaps
AS-Remember.lha game/think 198K+Remember and find cards
Miliarderzy.lha game/think 1.2M+Mind game (Polish version) for AOS and M
Colorit.lha game/wb 42K+Try to match the displayed pattern
TriLights.lha game/wb 44K+Light-up this triangular-shaped board!
X_Lights.lha game/wb 43K+Light-up this X-shaped board!
kray.lha gfx/3d 641K+Freeware raytracer v1.3
BetaScan3_PL.lha hard/drivr 17K+Polish catalog for BetaScan_v3
imdbDiff030307.lha misc/imdb 2.1M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff030314.lha misc/imdb 2.3M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
AmiBiorythme.lha misc/misc 69K+MUI Biorythm tool. Now localised. v1.3
001_mpfree.lha mods/moods 4.0M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
002_mpfree.lha mods/moods 5.6M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
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006_mpfree.lha mods/moods 5.0M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
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008_mpfree.lha mods/moods 4.7M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
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014_mpfree.lha mods/moods 2.8M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
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017_mpfree.lha mods/moods 1.9M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
018_mpfree.lha mods/moods 3.5M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
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020_mpfree.lha mods/moods 4.1M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
021_mpfree.lha mods/moods 247K+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
022_mpfree.lha mods/moods 3.0M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
023_mpfree.lha mods/moods 2.8M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
024_mpfree.lha mods/moods 3.3M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
025_mpfree.lha mods/moods 5.0M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
026_mpfree.lha mods/moods 16M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
027_mpfree.lha mods/moods 4.7M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
028_mpfree.lha mods/moods 5.2M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
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031_mpfree.lha mods/moods 3.2M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
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035_mpfree.lha mods/moods 6.9M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
036_mpfree.lha mods/moods 7.0M+Moods - Streaming For Your Instincts
JD-Candy.mpg mods/mpg 3.1M+Candy by JaDe
JD-Mindscapes.mpg mods/mpg 3.7M+Mindscapes by JaDe
NKN_cscoverHI.lha mods/nkn 3.4M+CD covers - 600 DPI - most powerful tech
NKN_cscoverLO.lha mods/nkn 1.3M+CD covers - 150 DPI - most POWERFUL tekn
NKN_cs_cd_2.lha mods/nkn 7.2M+02 cal 6667 - Cooleour SYNTHESIS CD comp
NKN_cs_cd_3.lha mods/nkn 10M+03 Gotcha Cybe Houze - Cooleour SYNTHESI
NKN_cs_cd_5.lha mods/nkn 12M+05 Cyber Tribe [ABORIGINE] - Cooleour SY
NKN_cs_cd_6.lha mods/nkn 7.1M+06 Slaughter House - Cooleour SYNTHESIS
NKN_cs_cd_7.lha mods/nkn 6.9M+07 Psyche Killer - Cooleour SYNTHESIS CD
viruscommands.lha mus/midi 100K+Access Virus commands for tracks&fields
JabberwockyESP.lha mus/misc 8K+Guide for Jabberwocky in spanish languag
SAPphire.lha mus/play 259K+Very nice GUI for SAP Player (player for
nICkONs-3.lha pix/gicon 114K+Game Glowicons
SaloraFellow.lha pix/illu 664K+Salora Fellow (Video Tech Laser 210)
Satire11-Nov02.jpg pix/misc 44K+"La satire du Jet d'Ail" in pictures on
Satire12-Jan03.jpg pix/misc 42K+"La satire du Jet d'Ail" in pictures on
SoundBolt.lha pix/wb 379K+SoundBolt Workbench theme by Nowee for V
guideml2.lha text/hyper 54K+Cool AmigaGuide -> HTML converter (V2.4)
CheckX.lha util/arc 40K+V1.94 Check for Archive/Packer/Virus
Decigel.lha util/boot 3K+68010+ priv. instr. use fix, VBR update
skick345.lha util/boot 91K+Soft-kicker under OS 2.0 - new release
ahisyssound.lha util/cdity 48K+Play sounds for asl/reqtool Requesters o
Cheetah.lha util/conv 34K+Allows you to cheat at your favorite gam
MakeWav.lha util/conv 23K+Converts ROM images for the Atari 2600 V
sapmaker.lha util/conv 102K+Making SAP files from Atari XL/XE's musi
AmIPS.lha util/misc 11K+IPS creating/patching (MUI)
Frogger-GUI.lha util/misc 22K+Reaction GUI for FroggerNG
FroggerNG_GUI.lha util/misc 32K+Control Panel for FroggerNG
NewHomer.lha util/misc 81K+V1.7 (upd./bugf. - Finally eyes behave c
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 312K+Report+ 5.66: Multipurpose utility
AmiGOD2.lha util/moni 82K+AmigaOS benchmark BETA 20.03.2003
Amithlon.lha util/moni 414K+SysSpeedMod
EBGuide.lha util/rexx 3K+(REACTION GUI) Australian TV Guide progr
MagicFlush.lha util/wb 16K+Flush memory every 2 seconds
ScaOPMCatUpFr.lha util/wb 9K+Update Cat.french(Scalos-OPM)
SGrabCAT.lha util/wb 1K+Catalonian catalog for SGrab
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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24.Mar.2003
Kicko (ANF)
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Music: Access Virus MIDI commands for tracks&fields 0.4
This is really no update to the actually commands but a description
how to solve the problem with using these commands in tracks&fields.
The problem is when using long dir/filenames t&f wouldnt show the
commands in commandslist. To solve this i have renamed the VirusPageA-C
dirs to VirusA-C. Then in t&f in config window use an assign like V:
to tf:commands and it will work. But remember that you have to reload
every commandn in list to use the V: assign instead. There is other
solutions too like renaming the command names too. Many of them are
numbered like 000.bankchange.cmd. You can rename it like bankchange.cmd.
And also you can copy the commands you like from the virus drawers to
the actually tf:commands and use them from there. Its upto you.
Im not good in assembler so i cant fix it. Maybe someone can do it for me? (ps) (Translation: sk)
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23.Mar.2003
Amig@lien (ANF)
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Amig@lien news report back
After some time of irregular news items the Amig@lien news page has been
updated and somewhat extended. A.o.t. a list with the ten most recent Amiga
interviews has been added. There is a survey where you can specify how many
Amigas you own. "Fahrschule 99" has been chosen as PD program and "Bahnstrecke"
as PD game of the month. Your news items will be gladly accepted, either via
a form on the Web site or via
e-Mail.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Mar.2003
Amig@lien (ANF)
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MultiPlayer Pack 06 for "Descent: Freespace" released
Again this weekend a MultiplayerPack for the Amiga game "Descent: Freespace"
has been released. As usual it contains five new Multiplayer missions.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Mar.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 2
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 2 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) BrianHoskins: I know it's a little soon to start drudging up time scales for a more commercialised OS, given that AOS4 isn't quite out yet, but when do you think the Amiga Platform is going to be in a position to release a new OS aimed at the wider audience? Im not talking about exact dates here, just approximately. A Year? 2? 3? More?
Fleecy: As I said in an answer to last week's questions, it is very important that we have a good market profile before we release a product into that market. By that I mean having a comprehensive list of the activities, requirements and roles within that market and, as important, a list of what our competitors offer and plan to offer.
This covers not just the operating system itself but also the hardware, the application base and the pre and post sales and support infrastructure.
You only tend to get one chance to launch into a market and so you have to make sure that you have all the bases covered otherwise it may fail, negative association may follow and this could affect not just any potential relaunch into that market but activities in other markets as well, both existing and planned.
By a wider audience, I assume you mean into the general desktop/home computer market. Based upon that, we need to attend to the following areas.
- reliable supply of good quality and competitive hardware
- a stable, localised, well documented and supported operating system
- a supply of good third party applications, both available and in progress
- an effective marketing campaign - reviews, advertisements, presence.
That said, to appeal to a wider audience, we need to provide a solution to their needs. The majority of people use a computer to
- surf the net
- email
- Instant Message
- compose letters
- manage their music collection
- play a few simple games
- manage their digital photograph and video collections
We thus need to make sure that we have a solution that provides for these seven basic activities, to at least an industry standard level. This means applications, either in house or third party and an operating system which supports those applications.
This itself will be influenced by the move from Amiga Generation 1 (AG1) to Amiga Generation 2 (AG2) technology. For example there is little point in expending lots of effort on a brand new HTML rendering engine or a new printer system until the AG2 graphics service is completed, since both of these will make heavy use of it.
As you say, prediction is not an exact science but assuming full access to the necessary resources I would say that 18 months after AmigaOS4.0 ships, we should have all the elements necessary to offer a compelling alternative in the wider market.
2) seldom: Is there some kind of estimation, when there will be a Java VM for AOS ? Obviously this would open up a whole bunch of apps and developers for AOS. Maybe there is some way to do something special (tight integration into OS, boosting GUI implementation) about this implementation, so it gets especially attractive to develop/use java-apps. for/on AOS ?
Fleecy: Personal Java and MIDP will be available once the AmigaDE runs on the AmigaOS. Once that is the case, we will then look at expanding it into a full java implementation. Such a project would be a lot of work though and would most likely not be resourced until deep into the AG2 project, both because AG2 is more important and because Java itself would be a customer of AG2.
3) DaveyD: Have you considered porting an open source browser such as mozilla to AOS and if so, will it be included with AOS?
Fleecy: We have been looking on with interest at the path followed by Apple with Safari, their new browser and will most likely follow a similar path. We need to consider this though against the wider picture of what goes in an OS and what is/should be provided by third parties
4) SlimJim: Will there be an official list of supported hardware for the AOne + AOS4 combo released before the launch of the actual OS? I know this has been asked before, but it would be nice for people with Earlybird systems to be able to start putting together the hardware (with Linux) now, safely knowing that the addons they buy will also be supported by the upcoming AOS4.
Fleecy: This already exists, built and maintained by those who already have AmigaOnes, and supported by Amiga, Eyetech, Hyperion and Mai. You can find it at
http://web.amigarulez.com/ahs/
The new Amiga Power Platform website is currently under development and will be launched in the near future and will provide lists of hardware, software and links to reviews.
5) Rebel: Why has Amiga Inc not involved its community more? There are many talented graphics artists, webmasters, programmers that could be called upon to help. Also surveys on features etc that users want the most. AI's refusal to engage the users has helped to fragment that community further.
Fleecy: The issue with using the community comes down to the essential delineation between a business and its market. If a company takes work from external sources then there are legal questions of ownership and moral questions of remuneration. As an example, many games companies used to welcome idea submissions from the game playing community as a way of generating new product concepts but a few years ago, a few of them were sued by people who had made submissions and who claimed that their ideas had been used without reward. It is thus necessary to ensure that any flow into a company is legally secure.
Having said that, we do work with the community in several ways.
- We often use Amiga artists for graphics work. The new OS4 advert is a good example.
- We are working with several webmasters and artists for the new Amiga Power Platform website.
- The development team of AmigaOS4.0 consists of many of the best community based developers.
- We consult with a group of trusted community figures on issues, ideas and concepts.
- The Club Amiga Monthly eMag and the soon to be released DEv DE developer eMag receive extensive contributions from the community.
Of course there is always room for more and as AmigaOS4.0 moves towards release, we will be extending our efforts in that regard. There is a lot of contact and communication with the community but a lot of it goes on behind the scenes.
6) alx: What tools will be available to develop for OS4?
Fleecy: The OS4 team and in particular Olaf Barthel have put in a lot of work to create a GCC compatible compiler which is free of iexmul and older compiler dependencies. We are looking at developing a proper IDE around this to give Amiga developers a world class development environment, and integrating this with a new documentation toolchain. A developer CD will be forthcoming. This is of course subject to change as we move forwards.
Now that we have an eMag pipeline, proven with CAM, we are soon to introduce the DEv eMag for AmigaDE developers and we want to produce a similar product for AmigaOS developers.
7) alx: Do you know when the new SciTech graphics drivers will be integrated into the OS (ie as a Boing Bag, or in OS4.2 or whatever)?
Fleecy: The plan is to release it as part of AmigaOS4.0. It most likely won't be part of the CSPPC version but then that hardware doesn't have the luxury of many graphics cards.
8) Unclecurio: There was much talk of the Zico spec in the early days. Is Amiga Inc continuing the development of these blueprints and, if so, when can we expect to hear more?
Fleecy: The Zico spec was an indication of the type of functionality that we intended to provide with AmigaOS4.0. Our future plans for the AmigaOS will introduce new types of hardware across a range of device classes but we won't be releasing details until individual projects are much more advanced.
9) Kay: Have you given any thought to communication between Amiga desktops and AmigaDE capable PDAs? If so, what devices can we expect to be using together with our AmigaOne systems in the near future?
Fleecy: This is something that we intend to provide once the AmigaDE is on the AmigaOS. However, there are also opportunities for other device synchronisation as well - PocketPC and Palm PDAs, MS and Symbian powered smartphones and of course the digital music devices.
10) The_Editor: "The Matrox are supposed to be an A.Inc Partner... Have / are negotiations taken place to port/create NLE Editing solutions for A1?"
Fleecy: Our partnership with Matrox is currently limited to providing drivers for their product path. There have been initial contacts about their video application offerings and we have agreed to talk in more detail once we can provide them with AmigaOS4.0 on an AmigaOne for them to assess.
We have been contacted in the last week by a company which has expressed an interest in bringing video capture, editing and presentation software to AmigaOS4.0 but I cannot give any more details at this early stage.
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=2
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Mar.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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APC&TCP: Wanted: Beta testers for "Desert Racing"
APC&TCP are still looking for beta testers for the game "Desert Racing". An
Amiga with 060 processor, AGA, gfx card and CD-ROM drive is required. Moreover
you should have a good Amiga knowledge. Interested users please apply by mail
to info@apc-tcp.de. (ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Mar.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies Records #029
Our musician Tripper has written a new MP3 tune under the title "Mindscope",
which is to be classified something like Trance, Ambient or House style. But
have a listen yourself! ;)
As always freely available on our home page.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Mar.2003
Felix Schwarz (ANF)
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Felix Schwarz: Sale of old AMIGA hardware
In order to create room for new hardware, Felix Schwarz privately sells AMIGA
hardware items which are no longer required. Among those there are AMIGA computers
as well as digitizers, interface cards and non-AMIGA hardware. Especially
interesting for some might be the Amiga 4000 on which the main part of the
development of fxPAINT, fxSCAN and VHI Studio had taken place (in the meantime
moved to an A4000T).
As this is private hardware there is no guarantee - the sale is NOT through
IOSPIRIT but is purely of a private nature.
This has no influence on the further development of the software titles by
IOSPIRIT - even after the sale there are still three AMIGAs and compatible
computers remaining. Have fun bidding!
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Mar.2003
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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USB: HIGHWAY-successor "ALGOR" from E3B goes into production
E3B is glad to be able to present the well known HIGHWAY Zorro USB controller's
successor ALGOR as the consequential result of its further development
over a period of several months. Now, after the successful conclusion of a long test
phase, ALGOR goes into production.
As with the successful predecessor, highest performance and optimal adaption to
the Amiga Classic's circumstances was the development target for ALGOR.
You can find the press announcement in full as well as technical specifications
on the E3B Web site.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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23.Mar.2003
Ventzislav Tzvetkov (ANF)
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Virus warning: Virus in a demo file on JPV (FAG-MD03.LHA)
Subsequently you will find an announcement published in the ANF. Unfortunately I wasn't
able to find an e-mail address on JPV's Web site, so I can't inform the
maintainer.
The archive http://jpv.wmhost.com/releases/FAG-MD03.LHA has a
"Happy new year98" virus in it. There is a
link to this
site from amiga-news.de. Also don't run this even after the
virus is removed (VirusExecutor does the job) - it's an ugly
pictures of gay porn. UGLY. Must be erased from every Amiga
Hard Disk immediately.
Kind Regards
drHirudo
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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22.Mar.2003
Kicko (ANF)
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Music: Access Virus MIDI commands for tracks&fields 0.3
This version includes also polypressure commands so the package
is complete know. If i find bugs or faulty commands i will update
it. Feel free to contact me if something doesnt work.
Future commands in new OS'es i will ofcourse update if they come. (ps)
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22.Mar.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)
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New Mac-on-Linux version 0.9.68 released for PPC incl. AmigaOne
The new Mac-on-Linux version 0.9.68 has been released on March, 10th 2003.
An adapted version for the AmigaOne of Mac on Linux can be found under the URL http://members.optusnet.com.au/amigaone/.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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