12.Feb.2003
Virtual Dimension (ANF)
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Video: Trailer about ARC2002 video from Virtual Dimension
The video about the Amiga + Retro-Computing 2002 from Virtual
Dimension is quickly nearing completion and will be available
for download at the week-end. A small glance on what awaits
you is already granted by a short trailer.
(ps)
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11.Feb.2003
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Multimedia-Authoring-System: Hollywood Version 1.5 - Statusreport
Here's a quick status report of the current Hollywood development.
Version 1.5 is now going through beta testing and should be available
by the end of February. Hollywood 1.5 will feature
some major improvements. Here's an overview of the new features in
Hollywood 1.5:
- Full support for AHI (sound samples & music modules)
- Multiple layers can be used now
- Joystick support
- Big improvements to the inbuilt undo system
- FPS can be limited now (useful on Pegasos)
- Introducing support for off-screen rendering
- Even more of those cool 24-bit transition fx!
- New flexible object moving system
- Many other innovative improvements
Hollywood 1.5 will be made freely available for all owners of Hollywood
1.0 and can be bought directly from the developer for 49,- Euro. (nba)
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11.Feb.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)
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TV-cards Software: AmithlonTV Beta 262 with OpenPCI Support
Guido Mersmann has released Beta-Version 262 of the TV cards drivers software
AmithlonTV with minor updates and bugfixes.
What's new:
- BUGFIX:
The auto full screen mode at TVWatch startup caused a system crash.
- CHANGED:
The old tvtest utility is gone! TVCardDump is taking over from now!
- FEATURE:
Activated the OpenPCI support for the public. Don't blame me if the
stuff is slow or just crashing. The OpenPCI support is testet and
working fine. The driver may not work correct due the endian trouble.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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11.Feb.2003
Scalos
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Workbench: Scalos Beta-Archiv Version 40.27
The Beta-Version 40.27 of the Workbench-Alternative Scalos is now available for
Download. Also a new module named WBRexx plugin V39.15 is available.
The new version 40.27 contains the following changes and
fixes:
- Bugfix: In 40.27, WBStartup execution of ARexx type icons was broken - Fixed
- Feature: Added display of estimated remaining time to file copy/move progress
dialog
- Bugfix: Window backfill pattern re-layout didn't occur when "backdrop" was
turned on and off
- Bugfix: Fixed enforcer hits/crashes during window zoom/resize
when "always relayout" was enabled (code tried to use ptn_bitmap after FreeBitMap())
- Bugfix: Added locking mechanism for asynchronous backfill to avoid crashes when
windows are closed while async backfill process hasn't finished
- Bugfix: Fixed enforcer hits when CLI project icon contained no default tool
- Improvement: Program list now contains full path for each program started instead
of only program name
- New feature: Added SCA_ScalosControl() subcommand to get/free list of menu
commands
- Bugfix: Cut & Paste didn't work when AsyncWB was installed - Fixed
- New feature: Added new FONT and VALIGN attributes to TOOLTIP STRING
Download: ScalosBeta.lha
(257 KB) (ps) (Translation: gf)
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11.Feb.2003
ELBOX (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Spider gathers USB 2.0 High-Speed
ELBOX COMPUTER is pleased to announce that from now on, Amiga has
the possibility of using new generation USB 2.0 devices in the
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed mode. This has become possible with the Spider EHCI USB
driver developed by Elbox for the MEDIATOR PCI busboard series.
When Spider USB 2.0 controller was released in September 2002, it
was supplied with the OHCI USB 1.1 driver. EHCI USB 2.0 support was
lacking but promised as soon as possible. Today Elbox made good on
that promise. The Spider EHCI USB Hi-Speed driver is now included
in the Spider CD. All registered Spider users are now receiving
this new driver as a free update.
USB 2.0 is the fastest USB standard released so far, supporting data
speeds up to 480Mbps, that is 40 times faster than USB 1.1. This makes USB
2.0 an ideal technology for external storage devices, digital cameras,
webcams and much more.
Spider USB 2.0 card features:
- Five USB 2.0 Hi-Speed ports: four external ports and one internal port
- Compatible with both USB 2.0 (480Mbps) and USB 1.1 (12Mbps) devices
- Compliant with EHCI, OHCI and PCI 2.2 standards
- All ports can handle Hi-Speed, Full-Speed and Low-Speed transaction
- 5-port EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface) USB 2.0 controller
- Two independent OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface)
USB 1.1 controllers
- Supports up to 127 downstream USB devices
- Supplies 500 mA power to each USB port
- Supports PCI-Bus Power Management Interface
- Hot Plug Capability
(nba)
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11.Feb.2003
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Magazine: Obligement N°37
Issue 37 of the magazine Obligement is now available. This version is
in HTML format. You can read in this issue: news about OS4 and
MorphOS, interview of Matthew Kille (thanks to Amiga Future),
interview of Jacques Vanhove, review of Quake 2 and fxPAINT 2,
hardware reviews with the Pegasos (commercial release), EZ Mouse,
Mediator and lots of others articles. Download it from the title link. (nba)
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11.Feb.2003
VMC Website
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TV-Karten Software: AmithlonTV Beta 259
Guido Mersmann has released Beta-Version 259 of AmithlonTV.
New in this version:
- CHANGED:
Fixed and optimised some card files.
- CHANGED:
The libs drawers content is using a complete different layout. This
should be the final state. I strongly suggest to use the installer to get a proper
installation!
- CHANGED:
The driver_hauppauge.lib is now a little more flexible for future
extension.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lh
a (405 KB)
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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10.Feb.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers: New drivers, higher shipping costs
individual Computers writes:
"Dirk 'Doj' Jagdmann has updated his
Linux-drivers for the Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper. In addition to
SID functions, joysticks and an Amiga keyboard is now supported.
The drivers, as well as the source codes, can be found on the
author's website: http://llg.cubic.org/cw/.
The Amiga One now supports our PCI POST code display. The diagnostic
tool shows valuable information during system startup that can be
debuggin-information for developers, or give hints for technicians
in case of a defect.
The cooperation with the development team of the Amiga One and Amiga
OS4 has also been intensified on another field: Parts of the source
code for the keyboard driver for the Catweasel MK3 have been given
to Hyperion.
We're especially happy to announce that individual Computers has found
a new distribution channel: The wholesaler APi has started selling
the PCI POST code display under article number 11008. Several
tenthousand PC-resellers and workshops now have an easy possibility
to get hold of this useful tool. APi does not sell to end users.
Deathbed vigil DVD in stock: The must-have collector's item, the
DVD-edition of Dave Haynie's movie about Commodore's demise and
lots of bonus material is available and in stock. It's a DVD+R in
NTSC video standard. All players convert automatically from NTSC
to PAL-60 if necessary. Since some stand-alone DVD players have
problems with DVD+R media, please check for compatibility before
you buy. In any case, the DVD can be played back with a PC. The
best thing: Each DVD has Dave Haynie's signature! Price: 39,- EUR.
Bad news at the end: The Deutsche Paketpost has informed us in
an automatic mailing that shipment cost will go up by more than
68% on March 1st, 2003. Therefore, we can only offer the special
domestic rates of 4,- EUR for pre-paid goods and 8,- EUR for
cash-on-delivery until the end of this month. Starting March
2003, we'll only ship with the Deutsche Paketpost in exceptional
cases, we're already negotiating with UPS and DPD/German parcel
service. International shipping rates are not affected." (nba) (Translation: nba)
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10.Feb.2003
David "Daff" Brunet (E-Mail)
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Results of the AGHP Amiga Games Awards 2002
The on-line magazine "Amiga Games hit parade" accomplished a vote in
the last days about the play of the year 2002.
The winner of the "Amiga Games Awards 2002" is, like in the
"Amiga Awards 2002" of the AMIGAplus, the on-line strategy game of
"Tales of Tamar" by Eternity computer. The official ranking:- Tales OF
Tamar
- Quake
2
- Crossfire
2
- Feeble Files
- Software
Tycoon
- FreeCiv
- FreeCraft
- Crimson Fields
- Chaos 4
- Axis
and Allies
The complete list can be found at the title link.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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10.Feb.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)
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OpenPCI-1.0 and rtl8139-network-driver released
Yesterday Benjamin Vernoux released the first public version of his OpenPCI
software package for PCI-systems Amithlon, Pegasos and
Classic 68k/PPC Amiga with GREX 1200/4000 or Prometheus PCI Busboard
This first release
contains new rtl8139-compatible
network driver for the popular 10/100MBit-network-devices. VMC has tested these
drivers for several weeks and they are glad to make them
available to the public.
Additional
information
about this new software can be found on the Website of OpenPCI for the Amiga
at the title link.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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10.Feb.2003
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES-review
The on-line magazine GFX BASE published a review of
the new "THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES" (2-CD-Set-Version).
The KICKSTART ARCHIVES is a collection of
documents, arranged by Thomas Unger on CD-ROM, dealing with the history and the
technology of the Amiga.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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10.Feb.2003
TTEngine
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Font: TTEngine Version 6.2
TTEngine is a text rendering environment for Amiga OS, which is based
on TrueType Font. Yesterday the author of TTEngine Grzegorz Kraszewski
released version 6.2.
Changes:- Style and weight
selection gadgets added to the font requester.
- Added algorithmic italic font
face generation. If a choosen font family does not have italic faces, TTEngine
automatically generates them by shearing regular ones. Works only if requesting
application opens fonts using the database.
- FPU version of TTEngine compiled.
Faster 30 to 50% on the same machine in antialiased modes.
Download: ttengine-6.2.lha (609 kb).
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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10.Feb.2003
VMC Website
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TV-board software: AmithlonTV Beta 254
Guido Mersmann released a new beta version (254) of his tv-board software
package AmithlonTV.
Changes:-
Improved TVCardSetup utility with support for auto setup.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha (393 kb).
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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10.Feb.2003
Patrick Henz
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Amiga freeCD: Racing Weekend
A new issue of the freeCD series of Faces OF Mars published:
"Racing Weekend" contains the full versions of "XTreme Racing"
including many additional tracks and add-ons as well as
"Wheelspin" (AGA Version).
Furthermore, this CD contains several freeware games and demos as well as a
formula 1 data base and many pictures of Ferrari,
Nuerburgring, Zolder and Monaco. The CD-ROM is available for the price of 3,-
euro and can be ordered at the title link.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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10.Feb.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 09.02.2003
Additions to the Aminet:
FFS4514p.lha biz/patch 11K+Unofficial patch for the 45.13 FastFileS
netcat-1.10.lha comm/net 106K+Netcat v1.10 - network data read/write t
umsspamc1_1.lha comm/ums 15K+SpamAssassin client for UMS
IBrowseSP.lha comm/www 21K+IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v2.3.1a
MBPrefs.lha dev/basic 24K+External Preferences Editor for MaxonBas
SegTracker_pch.lha dev/debug 14K+Patches SegTracker V37.73 or V37.74 to V
eviled.lha dev/e 121K+Source Editor written in E
GoPortscan_src.lha dev/e 294K+E Source Code to Go Portscan! V1.0
Flexy.lha dev/misc 119K+FLEXY 1.4 A very user-friendly GUI for
OMon2.7.lha dev/moni 48K+Monitors memory and system structures
agsaku01.lha docs/mags 186K+AmigaGuide-Saku #1 (1/93). Finnish diskm
agsaku02.lha docs/mags 145K+AmigaGuide-Saku #2 (1/94). Finnish diskm
agsaku03.lha docs/mags 324K+AmigaGuide-Saku #3 (2/94). Finnish diskm
agsaku04.lha docs/mags 220K+AmigaGuide-Saku #4 (3/94). Finnish diskm
agsaku05.lha docs/mags 169K+AmigaGuide-Saku #5 (4/94). Finnish diskm
3SubGames.lha game/actio 77K+3 small subgames. (AGA/68k)
qrdq_addon.lha game/data 7.6M+Quake redone Quick Vocale Add-On
qrdq_deluxe.lha game/data 14M+Quake redone Quick Deluxe
Mattonite.lha game/demo 671K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
Anim2qt.lha gfx/conv 176K+Converts and rescales an amiga animation
ldisplay.lha gfx/edit 30K+Make AnimGif with scroll-text x web page
tileripper.lha gfx/pbm 9K+TileRipper (29.01.2003) (TinyPic's compa
tinypic.lha gfx/pbm 116K+TinyPic (29.01.2003) (Photomosaic for Am
BetaScan_v3.lha hard/drivr 124K+BetaScan v.3 with Raction based GUI
imdbDiff030131.lha misc/imdb 3.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
venti-lotto.lha misc/misc 60K+Venti di Lotto (08.02.2003) (Photomosaic
JD-Digication.mpg mods/mpg 2.5M+Digication by JaDe
JD-Dreamscapes.mpg mods/mpg 3.6M+Dreamscapes by JaDe
JD-Evofinal.mpg mods/mpg 1.1M+Evolution Final by JaDe
JD-Evolution.mpg mods/mpg 4.3M+Evolution by JaDe
JD-Independenc.mpg mods/mpg 1.3M+Independence by JaDe
JD-Overloaded.mpg mods/mpg 2.7M+Overloaded by JaDe
JD-Piano.mpg mods/mpg 1.4M+Piano by JaDe
JD-Revolution.mpg mods/mpg 2.4M+Revolution by JaDe
mp3info-0.2.16.lha mus/misc 96K+Mp3info - cool command line mp3 ID tag t
HD_Play103.lha mus/play 53K+Plays long samples direct from HD
VakumTryne.lha pix/anim 812K+Short funny animation by RHz
Mephisto-icons.lha pix/nicon 444K+Yet Another Cool Icon Pack [by cYbo]
WorkbenchXP.lha pix/wb 47K+Windows XP Theme for VisualPrefs
mufs4514p.lha util/misc 27K+MultiUser patch for OS3.5/OS3.9 FastFile
AWeb2IB_HL.lha util/rexx 1K+(0.2) Converts AWeb hotlists to IBrowse
Breaker.lha util/wb 102K+Stops programs running in the background
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10.Feb.2003
Jukka Varsaluoma (ANF)
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New Freeware puzzle game: AlyBox
Jukka Varsaluoma released a new puzzle game "AlyBox".
By using the
MiniGL technology 3D-accelerated diagrams, fast camera moves and
impressive blending effects are possible. The game, which offers
numerous sound effects, can be used in the full screen mode or
in a window on the Workbench and can be controlled by keyboard or
joystick.
System requirements given by the programmer are an Amiga
with 68040 CPU (PPC to become supported by WarpOS),
executable Warp3D-Installation, executable AHI installation and
installed Lucyplay.library on. The game was published as Freeware.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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09.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Divinorum & Aural Planet CDs close to publication
Former Amiga musician Björn Lynne, better known as Dr. Awesome, has recently
joined the musicians of the group Aural Planet
to record a new joint album with them. Furthermore he is currently working on
new material on his Divinorum label. This is progressive trance, or, broadly
speaking, electronic sounding music pieces. All audio CDs are handled through
his own distribution, Lynnemusic.com,
where also numerous albums of other former Amiga demo sceners can be found. (ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Demo scene: Scene.org Awards 2002
This name is none other than an international jury who nominate the best demo
scene productions of the year 2002 and later determine the winner. The
nominations are not restricted to a computer platform, country of origin or a
certain party. Thus also demos created on the Amiga, C64, Gameboy Advanced, PS2
etc. can be nominated and awarded.
The sole requirement is that the demo was published in the course of last year.
The announcement of the winners and the award ceremony itself will be held on
the Breakpoint Party 2003. A
list of all nominations will be announced in the course of February on the
Awards Web site.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Scene: Shakwave Web site completely reworked
The personal home page of musician and trader Shakwave, formerly better known as
Chavez, has been completely renewed. A large number of older music modules and
MP3s which he has composed over the years on the Amiga and later the PC are
awaiting the visitor. This is mainly stuff that might become interesting for
techno fans.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Scene: New music by Moods published
Various new songs by the music group Moods have been published. In one of the
news entries of Diskmag.de one of the mainly responsible people, D!rtie, in a
way apologises for their productivity, resp. for the fact that he has been able to
announce new modules in the news nearly on a daily basis. As always all music
pieces of the Moods Web site are freely available at no cost.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Feb.2003
Amigart / Robin (ANF)
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Soft3 Hardware: Photo of AOne-Dual G4 Module
Under the title link you'll find various photos of the AmigaOne, a.o. also a
photo of the AmigaOne Dual-G4 Module.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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