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08.Sep.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


Mac: Mac-On-Linux supports MacOS X
The newest version of Mac-On-Linux now also boots MacOS X (incl. v10.1 and 10.2). (sd) (Translation: cb)

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08.Sep.2002
amiga.org


Amitopia: Test - MediatorPCI 3000D
Paul Rezendes has published a review of the MediatorPCI 3000D daughterboard for the Amiga 3000 on Amitopia. (sd) (Translation: cb)

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08.Sep.2002
Amiforce (ANF)


Amiforce: PacMan.style for dynAMIte now completed
As of now you can also find a new version of the PacMan.style for dynAMIte in the download section on Amiforce. Thus both dynAMIte.styles are now fit for the newest version.

Note: The old styles don't work with the newest version of dynAMIte anymore. They are now not a single graphics file anymore, but a whole directory. The graphics have been split.

dynAMIte is a networkable Bomberman clone.

Download: PacMan.lha, Screenshots (sd) (Translation: cb)

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07.Sep.2002
Olaf Köbnik (ANF)


Amiga Arena: full version of "FileX"
With the permission by Klaas Hermanns the Amiga Arena makes the download of the full version of the binary editor "FileX" available. FileX offers the following features:
  • Several files can by edited in different edit windows and/or edit views simultanuously.
  • The edit windows can be opened on every public screen.
  • Clipboard converter.
  • Font sensitive.
  • Undo and redo (only limited by available memory).
  • Comprehensive block functions.
  • ARexx interface with 77 commands and asynchronuous command shell.
  • Printing as hex dump.
  • `Grab memory` for showing and editing the memory content.
  • AppWindow.
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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07.Sep.2002
Amiforce (ANF)


Amiforce: SN-Börsenfreak_II and more
Seitenumbau:
Amiforce has been redesigned in many places and is using more and more Glowicons. A new news system has seen the light of day, too. At this place there'll be next to the site updates single software news regarding the Amiga published from time to time.

SN-Börsenfreak_II:
From now on is the real time broker game SN-Börsenfreak_II by Steffen Nitz available for download in the Aktionen area. Besides information is a register form available, too.

Alienoid style:
As the old styles don't work anymore with the introduction of the new Dynamite version there's a new version of the Alienoid style ready for download in the download section. The PacMan style will be available soon in a new version, too. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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07.Sep.2002
Horst-Uwe Kroll (ANF)


Aminetchess club
Horst-Uwe Kroll wrote:
Hello chess friends,
there's now a chess club for Amiga friends. Everybody who likes to play a game of chess on the net may contact my respectively register himself/herself via the title link. The game is Aminetchess via email, tournaments are also planned. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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07.Sep.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)


Magazine: web designer for NoCover wanted
The AMIGA online magazine "NoCover" is looking for a web designer with interest to restructure the old fashioned layout. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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07.Sep.2002
Martin Merz (ANF)


VisualMI available
The VisualMI archive is available on the MasonIcons homepage.

VisualMI is a image collection for VisualPrefs and features three different sets: VisualMI, BubbleMI and GlowMI.

Visit www.MasonIcons.de (title link) for further informations and a preview. (ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Mikey C (ANF)


Magazine: Total Amiga - Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Issue 12 of Total Amiga Magazine is almost sold out, if you are wondering what all the fuss is about, here is what some Amiga notables are saying about us.

"An excellent issue, well produced, full of good stuff. If you don't subscribe yet, now would be a good time."
-Don Cox

"I particularly like the in-depth features, the quality of which I haven't seen since the heyday of Amiga Shopper many years ago. If you haven't got it already, what're you waiting for?"
-Bill Hoggett

"I have to say total Amiga is a brilliant brilliant read. Amazing stuff. Its like a pint on a Friday night - keeps your faith in the world.
- Dave P

"It is a great mag with reviews, tutorials and of course news."
- Technoid

Urgent! We are looking for additional writers/contributors, if you have software or hardware that you wish to review, top tips, tutorials or even a rant or rave that you want to share, send it in to us and we will consider it for publication in the next issue.

Visit http://www.totalamiga.org for more information and while you at it why not join our discussion forum, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/totalamiga/messages.

Total Amiga Magazine; we are, are you? (ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


AmigaOSXL: Experieces Report V1.36
Dietmar Knoll writes:
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the H&P Big-Tower. There have been numerous updates since the latest news message before the summer break of amiga-news.de.

The chapter "AmigaXL" has been extended by the "Commands and Programs" for this emulator and the "Settings" section has been retouched again.

For Amithlon, several changes have been made in the chapter "Installation" and new "Commands and Patches" from the latest Amithlon-Contrib3 archive have been added in the chapter "Amithlon".

Today I have finished version 1.0 of the GoodyBox. Since the first version 5 icons and 3 mountlists for Amithlon and a script for AC97Mixer have been added. Furthermore, I have reworked the "Readme" file nearly completely. If someone else can offer suggestions or files for the GoodyBox, he or she can write them to me. (ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Dirk Baeyens (ANF)


Nieuwe AmigaClub in Vlaanderen
Hallo Amigafans in Vlaanderen en Nederland,
op Woensdag 11 september starten we officieel met een nieuwe AmigaClub in Vlaanderen. Onze Deuren gaan open vanaf 19.00 uur tot 23.30 uur en je kan ons lokaal vinden op het volgende adres:

Bits & Bytes Computer Club
A. van Puymbroeklaan 33
9120 Melsele (nabij Antwerpen)

We hebben in ons lokaal een A3000 en een Amithlon staan. Jullie mogen gerust ook je eigen Amiga meebrengen, er is plaats genoeg. Gelieve wel de nodige verlengkabels mee te brengen als het kan.

De Inkom is gratis en het inschrijvingsgeld voor de AmigaClub bedraagt 30 Euro. In het Lokaal kan je een drankje en een versnapering nuttigen en bij grote honger is er dichtbij ook nog een frietkot open. Er is voldoende parkeerplaats.

We hebben ook een mailinglijst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bbccamiga, waar je alle vragen kunt stellen inverband met de Amiga en de Club.

Zo, hopelijk mogen we enkele nieuwe en 'oude' gezichten ontmoeten om eens een leuk babbeltje mee te slaan of om wat te computeren, tot dan. :)

De groetjes, Dirk (ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Amiga Inc. (ANF)


New screenshots of AmiDock in AmigaOS 4.0
In the executive-update of September of Bill McEwen there is also a link to new screenshots of AmiDock in AmigaOS 4.0 which we now want so seperately emphasize. It is impressing how consequently the developer Stefan Robl has developed further AmiDock for AmigaOS 4.0. You can find the screenshots under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2002
Amigan Software


Tool: Report+ version 5.6
Users which have AmigaOS 3.9 can now download version 5.6 of Report+. You can create bug reports, Aminet readme-files, autodocs and similar reports with Report+ by Amigan Software. The program is Freeware and supports the GUI-systems ReAction and GadTools.

Download: ReportPlus.lha

Changes since 5.53a:
Path size report: optionally shows/hides subdirectories and/or files; you can pass a path as a CLI argument. System files report: you can pass a path as a CLI argument. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2002
The Legacy


Nostalgia: The Legacy - 350 new cover-scans
The Legacy which is the nostalgia museum has been equipped with 350 new cover-scans. This mega update could be only realized by the support of Classic Amiga Preservation Society.

On 'Nostalgic Game Museum' you can find screenshots, cover-scans and definitions of genres of a lot of games. Besides this 'TheLegacy' offers information about the developer of older games of C64, Amiga, Atari, PC and Schneider/Amstrad CPC. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2002
Amiga Inc.


Amiga, Inc.: Bill McEwen's September 2002 Executive Update
Bill's latest update touches on a plethora of topics including the Sacremento show, the Amiga club, the AmigaOne, PDA/Cellphones, Bernie Meyer's product and the possibility of new product(s) from Amiga:

September 5, 2002 - From the desk of Bill McEwen
Greetings to one and all:

I would first like to thank all of those that I had the chance to meet in Sacramento. While a short trip it was indeed great fun and real delight meeting with all of you and hearing not only the encouraging words, but also sharing in your concerns, desires, and dreams. We are looking forward to deliver on what we discussed with you.

When we purchased Amiga from Gateway there were many out there who said that we would fail. There were many out there who have worked against our efforts, and others that have misrepresented fact and manipulated privileged information in order to further their obviously self serving goals. There have been those who have wronged us, and caused us damage.

But, guess what? We are still here! We are still delivering! We are going to stay here! Amiga is about people, technology, excellence, we are a most tenacious people, and we have the community to prove it. Has it always gone according to plan? no. Have we made some adjustments to the plan? yes. Are we delivering on the plan? yes. Will we allow others to dictate our future? Absolutely not. Period..

Because of you, the Amiga dream lives, because of you, Amiga's are still being used throughout the world performing amazing tasks and activities, and because of you, we are still here and moving forward.

Amiga is a giant resting for the day of the fight, and gaining strength quietly, for, as we embark on this mission together, nothing will tear us apart.

Thank you once again for supporting us, and showing to the world that what was begun in 1985 was truly only the beginning.

Bill McEwen, and the Amiga Team

Amiga Club Members:

I would also like to take a minute and say a special howdy to all of the club members. It is really encouraging to see all of the activity and input from you with regards to the shirt design and name for the club. The "I am Amiga" name did not go over as well as I had thought, but in the next couple of weeks (after we get the ok from those who already have the name that was selected) we will all have the name and shirt design with which an be happy and proud to wear. Each member will receive their first newsletter in the next two weeks, and there will be all sorts of great announcements and information e, so look forward to it in your inbox.

As a reminder we will be having a new drawing for an Amiga Enabled Cell Phone in September, and we would encourage those of you who have not joined yet, to get in here and do so. We have many plans and activities coming up for the club, and once again for only $ 50.00 you will receive the newsletter, Shirt and other special promotions. The lifetime membership offer has ended, but we would encourage you to be a part of something really exciting as the members will continue to receive special discounts and exclusive programs directed at the membership. We will honor the "$50.00 off" certificate for the next members who join through the end of September, at which point we will hold the draw for the new cell phone.

September 1st, 2002:

As mentioned in Sacramento at AmiWest, we had offered amnesty to those people/companies/entities who have knowingly stolen our IP and used it for their own gains, or who have shipped product knowing that they are illegal had until the end of August in order for them to comply and to get legal.

Now, I am not going to mention names nor am I going to get into a public discourse on what is happening.. But legal action has begun. In the next two weeks papers will be served. We will target one violator at a time with the hope that we will send a very clear signal that this is very serious, will not be permitted and will be stopped.

This is a private action between Amiga Inc, and those who wish to continue in this practice. While we announced publicly our intentions, the actions will be private. I am sure that everyone can understand this and I hope will support this.

AmigaOne Update:

Well, the amazing team of Eyetech and Hyperion are doing a great job. Many of you already have in your possession the AmigaOne boards, and many more of you have seen the hardware in action. This is indeed another major leap forward as we near the release of the new hardware and OS 4.0. Eyetech and Alan Redhouse have been doing a great job of keeping everyone informed of the progress, and we look forward to the products release.

AmigaOS 4.0:

Hyperion and the team are making amazing strides here. The screen shots that we all see and the updates from Ben and the people working on it shows great progress. I know that they are working hard with regard to the integration into the AmigaOne, and I for one am looking forward to seeing it all working together, and from what I hear we are not too far off from making that happen. With this stated we have received some more shots of the interface from the OS 4.0 team. You can see the new AmiDock screenshots here.

PDA/Cell Phone Update:

As mentioned in Sacramento the Amiga Anywhere Content Engine and associated content will be shipping on the new Sendo™ SmartPhone™ when it ships. Now, to answer the many e-mails that I have received about the Sendo phone…. I do not know when the device will ship commercially; it is out of our hands with regard to when they will have the phone available. I will tell you that before the end of the year we will be making at least two more Cell Phone announcements and at least two more PDA announcements.

We are really starting to move on getting these business deals done and there will be many more opportunities for our developers to create new products for these cutting edge devices.

A Possible New Product Offering - Let me know your thoughts:

In recent dealings with one of our hardware OEM's they offered an opportunity. This opportunity is for excellent laptop hardware at excellent prices. They would be dual boot systems with Linux/UAE, and Bernie Meyers product (formally known as Amithlon) pre-loaded on the device. Here is a sample of some of the pricing that you could expect, all prices quoted are in US$:

Processor RAM Display Hard Drive Optical media Software Price
Intel® 1.2GHz Celeron™ 256MB 15.0" TFT 20GB DVD Linux/UAE Ami* $999
Intel® 1.6GHz Pentium® 4 256MB 15.0" XGA TFT 20GB DVD/CDRW Combo Linux/UAE Ami* $1579
Intel® 1.6GHz Pentium® 4 256MB SXGA TFT 30GB DVD/CDRW Combo Linux/UAE Ami* $1679


These examples are notebook computers. There are other options available, but I am trying to find out how many of you would be interested in purchasing these through your local Amiga dealer. Let us know by sending an e-mail to interested@amiga.com. There are also desktops and other configurations but I think that a notebook Amiga would be compelling. Let us know.

The Product Formally Know as Amithlo*:

As mentioned before Bernie Meyers has a wonderful product, and we expected it to be out by now. However there have been a couple of delays, none of these are engineering driven, that has delayed the release. I can tell you that the new product will be out very soon, and will offer some new requested features, and from what I understand is really going to knock your socks off. We will have an update concerning the timing of this release and the new name very shortly. So contrary to what you may have heard, it will be available soon.

Developers:

This message is an update for you. You have created some of the greatest content that the world has ever known. Your skill sets and your tenacity have overwhelmed many, and everyday you become more and more important to the future.

If you have been sitting on the sidelines I encourage you to jump in. We are getting requests from many of our OEM partners with regard to content that they are looking for on their devices.

While it has been a slow start (as is always the case in developing a market), this next quarter is going to see major movement, and distribution. We have many programs ready to take place for the Holiday season and we want you to be a part of it. So I encourage you to jump in make contact with us. Join us in creating the future.

In closing I wish to thank each and every member of the Amiga family for their support and good wishes in this amazing journey that we have embarked upon together. We are closer today than we were yesterday to the dreams and goals of Amiga. Tomorrow we will be closer again, and soon we can all share in the rewards.

Sincerely,
Bill McEwen and the rest of the Amiga Team
(ps)

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06.Sep.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)


New graphicboards from ATI
With the new Radeon-boards of the 9000 and 9700 series ATI replaces the former models with Radeon 7500 und 8500.

The ATI Radeon 9000 PRO is an eightfold AGP-board with DirectX 8.1 standard with 64 MB DDR RAM and has altogether 4 parallel render-pipelines. The core works with 275 MHz and the memory with 550 MHz. Currently it costs 149,- Euro.

Alternatively with the ATI Radeon 9000 a model is offered which is for 20,- Euro cheaper. The equipment is equal to the PRO but core only works with 200 MHz and the memory with 400 MHz.

The new first class model is the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO which is an eightfold AGP-board with the new DirectX 9.0 standard with 128 MB DDR SDRAM in 256 bit, has 8 parallel render-pipelines and additionally 4 parallel geometry-pipelines. The core works with 325 MHz and the memory with 620 MHz. This board costs 399,- Euro. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2002
AmiLator.de (ANF)


Some new emulators
Some new emulators have been uploaded to http://v2os.v2.nl/~amigaclub/:
  • Nofrendo (WOS/MOS): A NES-emulator
  • SMSPlus (WOS/MOS): A Mastersystem-emulator
  • Atari800 (WOS/MOS): An Atari800-emulator
  • Stella (WOS/MOS): An AtariVCS-emulator
  • 'Little John NG' (WOS/MOS): A NES/SNES-emulator
  • DGen (MOS): A SEGA-Megadrive-emulator


Furthermore GNUBoy has appeared which is a GameboyColor-emulator for MorphOS.
Direct download: gnuboy103.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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05.Sep.2002
Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)


Tool: SRename Version 3.5.0 Beta 5
Constantinos Nicolakakis has released probably the last beta version of SRename 3.5.0. SRename is a program which has some more functions as the common 'rename'. Here are some features:

  • Can use wildcards.
  • Total control over recursion, the user can set the level of recursion, starting level of recursion and can even specify a different pattern for entering directories.
  • Can renumber filename sequences without the user having to care for the renumber order or filename clashes because these are taken care of automatically.
  • Can perform numbering of filename sequences.
  • Can modify the filename's comment and transfer the filename to the comment or the reverse.
  • Allows the user to build his/her own functions by providing a command set of selectors and actions that can be combined in many ways.
  • The number of actions that can be executed in one go is only limited by the command line length.
  • It is interface compatible with the OS Rename command.
  • Efficient memory usage.
Download: SRename3.5b5.lzx (ps)

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05.Sep.2002
Amiga Freunde Pfalz (ANF)


Meeting: AMIGA Friends of Pfalz - 2nd Party in 2002
In a few weeks (4th through 6th October, 2002) we'll have the beloved AMIGA Friends of Pfalz autumn party in Mutterstadt, Germany. As always this means three days with our friends and many chances to talk to Amigans and trade stuff.

Also guests are definitely welcome, with or without a computer, for all three days or just one. Related information may be found on our homepage (click title link). You'll also find some pictures from the last party there. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Sep.2002
Chris Hodges (E-Mail)


Poseidon & Norway Updates Version 1.28 available (Update)
There is a new version V1.28 of the Poseidon USB Stack available from my website (title link), aswell as an updated driver for the Norway Ethernet Addon which sits ontop of the Highway.

There's now a VHI driver for the Pencam and compatible webcams. However, to work 100% correctly, you probably need version VHI Studio 5.7 which is scheduled for release next Monday.

There are also MorphOS PPC native binaries, but I doubt anyone will use them yet ;) (also there still seems to be a problem with the ELF version of the main library).

Finally, I want you to encourage to send in an email, whenever you might need help or just have a good idea of improvement (except nagging for the HID class ;) ).

Update:
PS: Don't be worried about the registration form included starting with this release and the "demo version" restrictions: The Highway and Subway boards come with an OEM licence and you do NOT have to register Poseidon.

This is only for third party hardware drivers which do not have a licence. In this case, the user has to buy a keyfile, if he wants to make use of Poseidon. (ps)

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05.Sep.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (E-Mail)


Thendic: Vesalia named 'Master Distributor' for Germany
Vesalia Computer has been named the Master Distributor and Customer Service Manager for Germany. Pegasos systems will be on sale in October.

Betatester systems will continue to be sold directly from Thendic-France. Betatester systems and the Betatester program will continue to evolve to include peripheral devices. The Betatester will become the development platform for the eclipsis (see products at title link). (ps)

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