07.Nov.2002
Scott Pistorino (ANF)
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AmigaSource: Exclusive interview with Ben Hermans
Scott Pistorino writes:
AmigaSource is proud to announce what hopes to be the first of many
interviews with the big names in the Amiga Community. Drop on by and
read the exclusive interview with Ben Hermans of Hyperion
Entertainment! (ps)
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06.Nov.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Expansion Continues: Mediator PCI 4000Di
Elbox writes:
Elbox Computer, the real & creative manufacturer of hardware for Amiga
computers, the pathfinder for the PCI standard in Amiga computers,
is proud to announce expansion of the MEDIATOR busboard product line
with the new Mediator model for Amiga 4000D computers: the Mediator
PCI 4000Di.
With this product, every Amiga 4000D user gains the chance to use up
to 4 PCI cards in the standard A4000 desktop case, thus significantly
improving his/her computer's performance.
Features:
- 4 PCI slots (PCI 2.1 compatible) and 3 Zorro III/II slots
- 66/33 MHz PCI clock (transfer rate up to 264 MB/s)
- 32-bit PCI datapatch
- 4GB PCI memory space
- Busmastering/DMA in all PCI slots and DMA to A4000 motherboard space
- Compatible with all 68030/040/060 and PPC processor cards
- Ready for SharkPPC(+) G3/G4 cards
- Fits in a standard A4000 desktop case (replace the Commodore daughter board)
Included with the Mediator PCI 4000Di is the Mediator Multimedia CD with
drivers for Sound, TV tuner, Ethernet 10Mbps, Fast Ethernet 100 Mbps and
Graphic PCI cards. For the list of currently supported PCI cards see
Mediator Driver Guide.
For more info, see the Mediator PCI 4000Di website.
Pricing and availability
The Mediator PCI 4000Di will be on sale beginning with 1st December 2002 at
the suggested retail price of EUR 239.95 (VAT excl.). To locate an authorized
distributor in your area or to purchase the product
online visit the Elbox Computer website.
Why Mediator?
Do you need your Amiga to display crystal-clear image up to 2048x1536x32@75?
Do you want your favourite games to run in accelerated graphics?
Take a Voodoo-family PCI graphic card and enjoy its 2D and 3D performance!
Do you want to use a variety of devices connected via the USB port?
Simply install the Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed PCI card into the Mediator slot
and explore the world of the newest USB devices such as mice, keyboards,
tablets, joysticks, printers, scanners, webcams, digicams, flash card
readers, zip drives, floppy disk drives, harddisks, memory sticks, ethernet
adapters and audio adapters, GPS location devices or finger print readers!
Care for superb high-quality music?
Just install the inexpensive, quality Sound Blaster sound PCI card into the
Mediator slot and play your MP3 files at 16 bit resolution!
Want fast network connections to surf the net?
Put a low-cost RTL8139 Fast Ethernet 100Mbps PCI card into the Mediator
slot and connect your computer to the network!
Do you want to watch and capture your favourite TV programmes?
With a TV tuner PCI card you can watch TV, but also connect a TV-SAT tuner,
a camcorder or a digital camera. Although the full TV image resolution runs
at 30 fps in the PIP window on your Workbench screen, it does not use the
Amiga processor's time at all!
MEDIATOR - An Easy and Inexpensive Way to Power-up of Your Amiga.
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
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06.Nov.2002
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Aminet CD #51 - October 2002
Today I got the new Aminet CD #51. Stuffed with more than 500 MB
(unpacked) of new releases within hundreds of archives. As a highlight the well known game Foundation - The Directors Cut is included.
The Aminet is the largest Amiga PD archive worldwide. Up to 40.000 users access it daily and several programmers publish their new software directly at the Aminet. During the eight years of existence the Aminet reached, converted, an extend of more than 40.000 floppy disks
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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06.Nov.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: New driver for Spider USB 2.0 Hi-Speed card
The SpiderUP 1.9 update for the
Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card
has been made available today. Changes in usb.device ver.1.9:
- the bulk out procedure corrected,
- speed improvements.
The usb.device 1.9 requires the Poseidon stack ver.1.31 as a minimum.
Info on the current versions is available in the
DOWNLOADS | Mediator section.
(ps)
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06.Nov.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Event: Betatester II conference held in Aachen
Due to a statement by Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco of Thendic France at MorphOS-News.de
the originally planned for being held in Frankfurt at December the 14th/15th Betatester II conference will now be joined with the "Amiga and Retrocomputing Fair" in Aachen on December 7th/8th.
Among other things they will appear with 50 Pegasos computers to be tested by the visitors. Further information by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Nov.2002
AmigArt
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AmigArt: Boot Log of ExecSG Kernel on AmigaOne G3 and G4
Hyperion Entertainment has allowed us to publish a boot log of ExecSG
Kernel running on AmigaOne G3 and AmigaOne G4. For further information
see title link.
(ps)
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05.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Austria: point.design opens new store
A positive news for all Austrian Amiga fans: point.design has opened a new store on 08.11.02 in Graz.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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05.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Audio: AHI 6 PPC in progress
Martin Blom refers on the website of the sound card driver system AHI that soon a stable version 6 of AHI for the PPC-Amiga will be available.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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05.Nov.2002
AMIGAplus
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Emulator: MAME-MOS with AHI-Support
The from Fabien Couerjoly ported version of the arcade emulator MAME for MorphOS now supports AHI and was optimized in video speed.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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05.Nov.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 04.11.2002)
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:
- 04.11.02 new: The Pawn (Magnetic Scrolls) done by Galahad
- 04.11.02 improved: Pirates! (Microprose) supports another floppy version
- 04.11.02 improved: Out To Lunch (Mindscape) new imager, minor other fixes
- 04.11.02 new: Midwinter 2 (Maelstrom Games) done by JOTD
- 04.11.02 new: Explora (Infomedia) done by Psygore
- 01.11.02 improved: Secret of Monkey Island (Lucasfilm Games) miscellaneous changes
- 01.11.02 new: Armour Geddon 2 (Psygnosis) done by Galahad
(ps)
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05.Nov.2002
Jens Schönfeld (tel.)
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Event: ARC 2002 - Info-space for shareware-authors at reduced prices
Starting today, shareware-authors can book cheap info-space on the
Amiga + Retro Computing 2002 (ARC 2002) with one table and one chair
for 100,- EUR. If you're interested in this offer, please
contact Jens Schönfeld.
A perfect opportunity for shareware-authors to make direct contact
with customers!
(ps)
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05.Nov.2002
Amigan Software
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Game: Saga Version 1.22
The game Saga is released in version 1.22. It is a conversion of the board game Saga: Age of Heroes released 1981 by TSR. It is for up to 6 players,
human or Amiga. The game is about defeating monsters, finding treasures and support great kingdoms to be famous and heroic.
The game is available in Englisch and German, and recommends AmigaOS 3.0+, AGA/RTG. The source code is contained in the archive.
Download: Saga.lha (290 KB)
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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05.Nov.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Multimedia authoring system: Hollywood available
Andreas Falkenhahn wrote:
Finally! After a long time of development, the Multimedia authoring system Hollywood
is available. Hollywood is a powerful and extensive program which is unique on the
Amiga. You could compare Hollywood with a modern version of Scala: But Hollywood works
fully in 24bit mode and uses only system functions to grant compatibility on every
Amiga system. Because of this extreme system friendly programming Hollywood does also
run on Amiga emulators with great speed. Versions of Hollywood for MorphOS and AmigaOS4
and maybe also AROS are planned. On the Hollywood product page
you will find an extensive overview including screenshots from the program. In the
next days some applications done with Hollywood will be presented here. Hollywood
is delivered on CD-ROM and can be ordered now.
Hollywood is the Multimedia Application Layer for Amiga(tm) and compatible operating systems.
This means that it offers you a script language together with advanced functions that allow
you to create your own multimedia applications which range from a simple slideshow to a complex game.
The big advantage of Hollywood is, that it does all the framework for you. You do not have to
care for example, if your application is going to run on a ECS, OCS, AGA or RTG system. You
do not have to care if the Workbench screen your application runs on has 16 or 16.7 million colors.
You can concentrate yourself on the important thing which is your application and not its enviroment.
Hollywood is fully 24 bit enhanced which means that you do not have to mess around with palettes,
remapping and so on. Additionally it is fully integrated into AmigaOS(tm) and does not rely on a
specific custom hardware. Therefore Hollywood does also run on emulations like Amithlon or WinUAE
with amazing speed.
Using the Hollywood script language, the possibilities are almost unlimited. The basic version of
Hollywood comes with over 150 functions that range from disk operating system (DOS) functions to
functions that allow you to smoothly scroll animations and graphics on your display. There are
also many functions that allow you to display objects, pictures and texts with over 50 cool
transition effects or scale graphics and animations. You can also fade objects, texts and
pictures smoothly.
Hollywood uses the datatypes system to load all graphics, animations and sounds which allows
you to use all formats you have datatypes for. Additionally it supports unique things like
transparent windows which enhance the look-and-feel of your Workbench screen amazingly.
You can use true type fonts (with anti-aliasing), standard bitmap fonts and even the cool
Amiga color fonts with Hollywood.
The integrated sound system allows you to play various types of music modules (including
Protracker and OctaMED) but also sound samples. You have full control over this system because
you can specify which channels to use for play back.
Hollywood is a high-end application that needs some memory to work best. It uses a special
preload system so that all data is immediately accessible and the play back is incredibly fast.
Therefore it is advised that you have lots of memory (16 megabytes+) and also run a RTG
system like Picasso96 or CyberGraphX.
Hollywood is the absolutely number one choice in Amiga(tm) Multimedia nowadays and brings
the Amiga back to its roots...Multimedia! It comes with a compiler which can save your
applications as stand alone Amiga executables which may be freely distributed.
Hollywood is delivered on CD-ROM with many examples on it as well as over 250 kilobyte of
documentation in AmigaGuide format. It is only available directly from the author.
Although all this may sound a bit complicated to you, it is very easy. Programming skills
are not necessary. They are only of use if you want to create complex applications but for
the normal Hollywood usage, you do not need them because Hollywood is really easy to handle.
Graphics:
- Fully 24bit enhanced!
- Transparent windows are possible
- Over 50 transition effects for objects, pictures and texts
- Graphics can be scrolled smoothly
- Smooth and fast animation play back
- Support for transparent graphics and animations
- Functions for using textures
- Support for datatypes
- Support for true type, bitmap and color fonts
- Scaling of graphics is possible
- Application can open on Workbench or own screen
- Integrated easy Undo system
- Fully independent from the enviroment e.g. does not matter if user runs Picasso96 or CyberGraphX or AGA or ECS/OCS
Sound:
- Support for audio samples
- Full control over the audio channel playback
- Support for various music module formats
- Volume and pitch of samples can be modified during playback
- Sample size is not limited to 128 kilobyte
- Full Stereo playback
Script language:
- Variables, arrays and different data types (long, float, string)
- Conditions and loops can be used
- Easy handling of variables (no initialization, declaration)
- Functions for manipulating strings and doing math operations
- Compiler and linker to convert your script to an executable
- Inbuilt error handler that does all the error handling work for you
- Functions for debugging your script
- Labels that are fully integrated into the user interaction mode
- Plugins can be used to enhance Hollywood's functionality
User interaction:
- Buttons can be defined
- Hollywood buttons support mouse click and mouse over events
- Keyboard input can be monitored
- System keys can be monitored
- Window events (window is moved, sized, closed etc.) can be monitored with ease
System functions:
- Read from and write to files
- Easily read whole directories into an array
- Various file operations
- Many functions to handle files and work with them
- Query the Amiga system for information (e.g. CPU, Kickstart etc.)
- Retrieve information about hard disks, memory...
- Enhance your program to use different languages by using Hollywood's locale.library support
- Many time and date functions
(ps)
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05.Nov.2002
turricane.org (ANF)
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Pixelartists and Coder for inofficial Turrican 4 needed
The team of the Turrican 4 ever project (title link) is looking for pixelartists and coders for the realisation of an inofficial Turrican 4 game. The finished game can be downloaded for free.
As pixelartist you can decide if you want to create background gfx or anims and splashscreens.
As coder you should have knowledge about SDL and/or FLTK or willingly to work with it.
For more information surf to turricane.org or send an eMail to wizard@turricane.org.
CU
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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03.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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MorphOS-news.de: Betatester II Quickstart Guide
On MorphOS-news.de, Jürgen Lucas has published 'Betatester II Quickstart
Guide', a quickstart guide (sic) to the Pegasos with the MorphOS 1.0 CD, which
gives assitance with problems.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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03.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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Peter Hutchison: New printer and Amiga error guides
Peter Hutchison has published two new guides on his home page.
'A Guide to Amiga Printer Drivers'
contains information about installing printer drivers, a list of the various
Workbench versions' printer drivers and descriptions of the Workbench
preferences.
'Guide to
AmigaOS Fail Codes, Errors and Guru Mediation Numbers' contains the Shell's
error codes, the AmigaDOS error numbers as well as the numbers of the Guru
Meditation messages.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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03.Nov.2002
Amiga Future
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CUCUG Status Register 10/2002
The CUCUG Status Register as of October 2002 has been published.
In the Status Register, the club reports regularly about its own meetings and
the areas of Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and PC.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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03.Nov.2002
Pixel Art (E-Mail)
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Pixel Art: Wallpapers for Pegasos and MorphOS
New wallpapers for Pegasos and MorphOS have been published on Pixel Art. These
are ready for download.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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03.Nov.2002
AmigaArt
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Event: SAUG 20th Oct. 2002 - Photos of AmigaOne
On 20th October 2002, the AmigaOne was presented at the meeting of the
SAUG in Australia. SAUG member Ross
Vumbaca, who develops on the AmigaOne, did the presentation. He gave a
survey about the AmigaOne board and the computer's PPCBoot BIOS. From 4.30pm
it was Q&A time with Alan Redhouse.
Pictures of this
meeting have been published on AnythingAmiga.com. (sd) (Translation: cb)
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03.Nov.2002
amiga.org
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John Chandler: World of Amiga
John Chandler writes a regular column on the Amiga at Suite101.com. In his new
article he reports about the World of Amiga South East which took place on
2nd November 2002 in Essex, England.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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03.Nov.2002
SEAL (ANF)
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Event: WoASE 2002 - Photos and reports (update)
SEAL have published photos
of the World of Amiga South East 2002. A full report is to be published in the
next days. (sd)
Update 04th November 2002:
More pictures and reports:
http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/woase/woase2002.htm
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/peadaburrah/
http://amiga.org/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=35
http://www.theboyz.freeserve.co.uk/woase02.html
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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