23.Nov.2002
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: Astrologic full version
Astrologic full version
With permission by Peter Schütz may the Amiga Arena offer the full version of ASTROLOGIC the astrology program offer for downloading.
What is ASTROLOGIC? - ASTROLOGIC for everyone
ASTROLOGIC makes it possible for all interested users to cast/create in the easiest way character and partnership horoscopes/analysises.
Expressive texts allow interesting comparisons referring to 'horoscope/reality'.
Together with this manual offers ASTROLGIC a deep view into the fascinating area of modern astrology the interested user.
ASTROLOGIC for astrologers: (excerpt)
ASTROLOGIC calculates exact birth, combin, composit, solar and
lunar horoscopes as well as monthly ephemerids tables, transite
and progressions until the year 4000 (!).
ASTROLOGIC knows next to the 10 stars/heavenly bodies the 5 most important planetoids,
the luck point, the moon knot, the Medium Coeli, the moon phases and of course the ascendent. All in all it masters the 10 most known methods for houses peak calculation. Complete and clear output tables ease the professional astrologer the individual Deutung of the horoscopes.
Hint:
ASTROLOGIC has been written with CanDo and only runs on PAL/ PAL interlace screens.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Nov.2002
M.Lück (ANF)
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Start of a GRex petition
M. Lück wrote:
Hello GRex users,
as you surely read on the homepage of CyberGraphX
there'll be no GRex support in OS 4.0 as Hyperion haven't received any hardware/software documentation.
Because of this we have decided to start this petition to get a chance to run OS4 on the GRex. It would only offer advantages to all, not only to OS4 but also to MorphOS, if the API of the cybpci.library would be open.
This is no flame call against DCE but the expression of the wish of the GRex users who want to have more drivers, programs and OS4 support. We hope that you'll take part.
The petition can be accessed under http://www.trimaweb.de/petition/.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Nov.2002
Aseq (ANF)
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Audio: Aseq site updated, new screenshot and more
The website for Aseq, an audio and midi sequencer, has been updated. You
can find a new screenshot and the feature list has been updated, plus
there is a little bit of new information.
I have been able to buy a cheap PowerMac 7300, which means a port to that
platform can start very soon. Likely when the first classic Amiga version
has been finished and released. This does not mean classic Amiga
development will stop or be delayed.
Expect more news and updates soon. (ps)
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23.Nov.2002
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT: fxPAINT 2.0 preorder special offer
In a preorder campaign until 9th December 2002, we are offering you
fxPAINT 2.0 at a reduced price of 79,00 EUR (89,99 EUR otherwise).
fxPAINT 2.0 already runs natively under MorphOS on Pegasos, under 68K
AmigaOS, x86-native on Amithlon and will also run PPC-native on upcoming
AmigaOS 4.0 systems. So, no matter which system you choose, you'll see
fxPAINT make best use of it! Don't wait any longer, purchase fxPAINT
2.0 NOW and save money!
All previously submitted preorders have been adapted accordingly.
(ps)
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23.Nov.2002
IFA Online News (ANF)
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Intel Pentium 4 with 3 GHz in multitasking
The Intel Corporation introduced last week the new Intel Pentium 4 processor with Hyper-Threading (HT) technology and a clock frequency of 3,06 GHz. With this does the chip producer not only manage to jump over the 3 GHz mark but also to make desktop PCs up to 25% more powerful when using the new HT technology. These systems can execute several programs or requests by the computer at the same time with no delay they say at Intel. According to Intel, leading computer manufacturers worldwide will offer PCs with support for the HT technology and on the basis of the Pentium 4 processor with 3,06 GHz from now on. Computers using this processor technology will be recognisable through the "HT" symbol in the Pentium logo.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Nov.2002
Steffen Häuser (ANF)
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New Quake2 mods online
On the Amiga Quake2 page are two new mods online - Matrix Quake 2 and
Threewave CTF.
Steffen Häuser
Hyperion Entertainment
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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22.Nov.2002
WinUAE
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Emulator: WinUAE version 0.8.22 R3 published
Version 0.8.22 R3 of the Amiga emulator WINUAE written by Toni Wilen has been published today.
Changes and improvements:
- Ports-tab crash fixed
- joystick handling fixes
- hard drive configuration save fixed
(trailing spaces are now removed from HD ID-string)
- fixed stuck keys when switching between WinUAE and Windows
- sprite fix (some games had flashing sprite garbage)
- thread priority tweaks
- setupapi.dll error when running under Windows 95
- emulation slowdown and sound stuttering in 68000 mode (finally?)
- Amithlon partition detection fixed (detection failed if drive's partition table contained more than 6 partitions)
- jumpy mouse fixed
- hardfile not found -bug fixed
- "The selected screen mode can't be displayed in a window, because.." now correctly forces fullscreen mode instead of repeating the message forever..
New feature:
- implemented harddisk and CD-leds that flash during HD/CD access
Download: WinUAE0822R3.zip
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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22.Nov.2002
zErec (ANF)
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Update of Merlancia Industries site
You can look at the new beta layout of the homepage of Merlancia Industries under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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22.Nov.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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bplan and Thendic merge to GENESI (update)
The bplan GmbH, Frankfurt, (Pegasos, MorphOS) and Thendic-France
S.A.R.L., Paris, merge to Genesi S.A.R.L. located in Luxemburg.
Genesi was founded this week and will start its activities on 1.01.2003.
The official start of sale of the Pegasos with MorphOS will be the fair Amiga + Retro Computing
which will take place in Aachen on 7. and 8. December 2002. On this fair the buyer of a Pegasos
will be offered a special game-bundle. No matter where the Pegasos will has been bought every buyer
has the possibility to buy this bundle at the stand of Thendic for 50,- Euro which consists of
Feeble Files, Software Tycoon and Tales of Talmar.
Genesi will also take part on the COMDEX and CeBIT. On the last mentioned one the MAI Logics Inc.
will also take part which has developed together with Genesi the chipset for the handheld Pegasos called
"Eclipsis".
There are also new dealers in USA, Canada and Great Britain. Additionally a well-known Russian IT distributor
will carry out the distribution in Russia.
The new founded company Genesi will create a webportal for developers before 01.01.2003 that registered
developers, user groups, which support and performance the Pegasos can buy the Pegasos or other
devices for a special price.
You can get further information under the title link.
Addendum 23.11.2002:
By inquiring Thendic France we have been told that also buyers of betatester I
and betatester II will have the possibiblity to buy the game-bundle on the
fair.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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22.Nov.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 24.11.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which were
originally made only for use with disks. The following packets have been
added or updated since our last message:
- 24.11.02 improved: Indianapolis 500 (Papyrus Design Group) now uses fastmem, reworked install
- 24.11.02 new: Joe Blade 2 (Players) done by Codetapper
- 23.11.02 improved: Joe Blade (Players Software) supports another version, new icons
- 23.11.02 new: Roller Coaster Rumbler (Tynesoft) done by Psygore
- 21.11.02 new: Risk (Virgin) done by JOTD
- 21.11.02 fixed: Populous (Bullfrog) sound corrected
- 21.11.02 improved: Overdrive (Team 17) new imager, other improvements
- 21.11.02 improved: North Sea Inferno (Parsec Software) audio fixed
- 21.11.02 improved: Loom (Lucasfilm Games) better compatibility
- 21.11.02 new: Classic Board Games (Merit Software) done by JOTD
(ps)
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22.Nov.2002
Amifish
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Translation-tool for Babelfish: Amifish from 20.11.2002
With Amifish you get a small tool which helps you to get translated texts at Babelfish. Because at
Babelfish some routines have been changed there is a new version of Amifish. To get started the
program you will need: amarquee.library V54, MUI 3.8, betterstring.mcc, nlist.mcc and busy.mcc.
Download: amifish.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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22.Nov.2002
Markus Lunk (E-Mail)
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New screenshots of AmigaOS 4 GUI
Under the title link you will find some new screenshots of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of
AmigaOS 4. The design will be freely configurable.
It follows the original message:
Even more preliminary screenshots of the AmigaOS 4 GUI
Nov 21, 2002 - This time around, the preview is focused on the great
configurability of the overall AmigaOS 4.0 GUI look.
None of the new screenshots show the default AmigaOS 4.0 appearance,
although some of them contain certain elements or concepts that will
become part of it. However, it is of little importance what the default
will be as most every aspect of the GUI can be customized.
A few of the examples are deliberately overloaded, just to be able to
show all the possibilities offered by the new GUI. We expect you will
produce much better results once the engine is finally in your hands.
You will find even more configuration capabilities in the consumer
release of AmigaOS 4.0 and in subsequent updates.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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22.Nov.2002
Matthias Henze (ANF)
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Important information to HSMathLibs and to stormamiga.lib
Because of a change of the provider the homepages and the addresses of the emails were temporarly not
accessable. Unfortunately all emails, registrations and similar things which have been sent between
18. and 21.11.2002 I could not get. Therefore I ask all to send the these things again.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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21.Nov.2002
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Alpha-GUI for Autotrace 0.31.1
Carsten Siegner writes: I've prepared an alpha version of my GUI (graphic user inteface) "Vectormaker." This GUI works with the program Autotrace, which was
released today (as reported). Autotrace is a vectorizing program with which one
can trace an almost inexhaustible quantity on graphic formats, or convert existing vector formats into others.
The list of entry formats numbers more than 50! I decided to make a GUI because there are more than a few shell options, and the program
is faster than Xtrace according to early tests.
This GUI acommodates first only the most important input possibilities, such as saving and loading file requestors and the possibility to
specify the input output file types. Because there are so many options, more and more will be added. Whoever would like to test this GUI, just send me an
e-Mail.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Nov.2002
Stefan Robl (ANF)
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The Unmasking of the AmiDock Easter Eggs in OS 3.9... :-)
Yes, maybe you weren't expecting it, but AmiDock contains a little surprise as well... :) For
want of a shady character that might be used to reveal the activation code of the Easter eggs through rumors, I had to do it myself on my
homepage... ;-)
If you are interested, just click on the title link. German speakers click
here. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Nov.2002
Petra Struck
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Testing Report: Radio Keyboard and Mouse on Amiga
When I attended the club meeting of AmCluSt early
this month, I was impressed with the radio keyboard and mouse from Michael Göken. These were made possible through two components:
The MMKeyboard-Adapter from Guido Mersmann and the PS/2 adapter
building instructions (hard/hack/ps2m.lha) from Denis Sotchenko.
Following these instructions Guido built me a PS/2 adapter in more than an hour of detailed work, so thanks again, sincerely! Whoever is
interested in an MMKeyboard-Adapter from Guido Mersmann should send an email to him.
The opportunity to try out Tevion's radio-controlled keyboard and mouse came about because Aldi was offering it inexpensively. Both
adapters worked perfectly on my Amiga 4000 T. It's very pleasant to have a table top free of coiled cables.
In any case the crux of the matter is the program MMKeyboard.lha
by Guido Mersmann. It allows every key of the multimedia keyboard to be individually configured. Here is the official short description of the
program:
MMKeyboard allows the use of Windows keyboards on Amiga. Beyond that, it makes it possible to start programs with the multimedia keys
and much more. There are none of the driver problems as are found on the PC! A little Commodity activates all the "non-standard" keys on
every keyboard! Even future keys will work! MMKeyboard also offers a real hardware password login with an optional, selectable Amiga skin,
full reset handler compatibility, and many other configuration options.
All in all I find that these are very good and useful creations which allow me to write the news more easily :).
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Nov.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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ARC 2002: Fun Time World is guest of Falkemedia
Funtime World will present their products on the booth of Falkemedia.
Only two weeks ago the situation of the powerful videoplayer called
Frogger has been clarified. The adventure games "Aqua" and "Puzzle
Bobs" - a very addictive title - will also be available. Find out
more on funtime-world.de. (ps)
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21.Nov.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: Survey and PHP Orientation at Abakus Design
Current Survey
You'll find a survey on Amiforce, a survey which asks what should be tried for in the future. Whoever is interested may take part. Multiple
choices are possible.
Abakus Design
The webpage of Abakus Design has been completely changed to PHP, so it should be easier to maintain these pages in the future. If you spot
any errors, please let the Webmaster know.
Amiforce will be changed over shortly as well. It might take a little longer, because the website is bit bigger.
News about AMHuhn will soon follow. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Nov.2002
Jens Langner (ANF)
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Developer Tool: CVS Version 1.11.2 AmigaOS/MorphOS Port Bugfix Update (2)
Today Jens Langner prepared an important bugfix of the AmigaOS and MorphOS ports of CVS (Concurrent Versions System), the program he
jointly developed with Olaf Barthel. This may be downloaded by clicking on the title link.
In this version (of 21st November, 2002) the main thing is the bugfix, that corrected one big mistake in the last version. It had to do with
problems with "committen" of new files, but this should be taken care of now.
As always the update may be found at http://amcvs.light-speed.de and also downloaded
from Aminet in the next few days.
22nd November, 2002 addition:
Jens Langner made a comment:
I undertook another bugfix today, and uploaded the current version to the website. It was a bug in the temporary data routines. Everything
should now be stable, so far.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Nov.2002
Ralph Debusmann
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Music Player: EasyPlayer Version 1.2
Version 1.2 of the music player EasyPlayer (EYP) has appeared. Ralph
Debusmann's EasyPlayer offers a user-friendly GUI for shell-based programs such as mpega, GMPlay and SIDPlay.
The program is universally useful for all shell-based music playing programs.
Requirements: AmigaOS 2.04 (V37) or higher, at least v. 38 ofreqtools.library, at least v. 34 of amigaguide.library, and a shell-based music
player program.
Download: EasyPlayer.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Nov.2002
OnyxSoft
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OnyxSoft: Diverse Software Updates (20th November, 2002)
OnyxSoft has released the following programs in updated versions:
- DagensTV
version 1.1 is ready for download. The program processes
information of TV shows that is sent via email from
http://www.dagenstv.com/.
Download: dagenstv.lha
- A new
betaversion( 3.2 Beta 7) of the Tetris clone
Detris has been released. Download: detris.lha
- Mit DRemind lets you remember your important
appointments.
The main program is at version 1.63, and the Prefs (settings) at
version 2.63. Download: dremind.lha
- The MPegEncGUI is a GUI for the MPEG Audio
Encoder. The program is available at version 2.22. Download:
thempegencgui.lha
All of these programs are authored by Daniel Westerburg, and require AmigaOS with
Kickstart 2.04+ and MUI.
OnyxSoft has also started a survey.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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