14.Jun.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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USB: HIGHWAY + DraCo
The HIGHWAY USB-controller has been successfully tested with a DraCo. Unfortunately it took much more time to find a test device in the area of Munich. The list of the supported USB-devices has been also updated because of the many reports of our users.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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14.Jun.2002
Maik Schultheis (ANF)
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AmiGate with new design
Amigate now with improved design. Because of that the use is much more simple and flexible.
Now there is the opportunity to become member of the "Club Amigate" and thus to profit of diverse actions. Send a mail to: Club@amigate.de which contain your name and with the topic: "Member Club Amigate" if you want to be booked as a member.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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14.Jun.2002
Chaos Update (CCC-ML)
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CCC: Establishment of the European Digital Rights (EDRI)
Chaos Computer Club Press release 13th June 2002
European Digital Rights:
An international civil organisation for the Internet
European Digital Rights (EDRi) which is an international
civil organisation for the Internet has been etablished on 8th June 2002 in Berlin.
Ten organisations from seven countries from the European Union have bundled their forces to defend the human rights in Europe in the digital era of the information and communication technology. The residence of EDRi will be Brussels.
These are the foundation members: Bits of Freedom
(Netherlands), Chaos Computer Club (CCC, Germany), Digital Rights
(Denmark), Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFi, Finnland), Foundation for
Information Policy Research (FIPR, United Kingdom), Förderverein
Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft (FITUG, Germany), Imaginons un
réseau Internet solidaire (IRIS, France), Privacy International
(United Kingdom), Quintessenz (Austria) und Verein für Internet-
Benutzer (VIBE!AT, Austria).
European Digital Rights (EDRi) : http://www.edri.org
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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13.Jun.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Bill Buck und Raquel Velasco Comment on Pegasos, MorphOS, AmigaOS4
A few days ago Thendic-France (the distributor of Pegasos) issued a
press release
on ANN. A wideranging discussion on the theme of Pegasos
followed, in which Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco (of Thendic) regularly took part. See also
News message and comments
on amiga-news.de from 6th June, 2002.
Martin Heine brought together the majority of the relevant comments from Bill und
Raquel on morphos-news.de
and we present them here in a minorly edited version.
Pegasos Production (Dates, Distribution), MorphOS
1) PRODUCTION RUN: "The next scheduled production run is for 50 boards. In July we will produce up to 500. This is what we have ordered/budgeted for components. The final amount will depend on demand and if all our component orders can be fulfilled. To date complete machines have been configured for the bplan/MorphOS/Thendic development team. We have also configured a small number of machines for a special shipment to an *outside* development group in the US. These computers were shipped prior to 1 June."
"You can probably buy a Pegasos in August and maybe in July if you are lucky. In this case, you would have to contact TerraSoft Solutions (www.yellowdoglinux.com)."
"What we are selling *commercially* is the mainboard with the IBM G3 PPC indicated on our websites. This mainboard will be configured by resellers and packaged by them to meet the demands of their customers. At this point, neither Thendic nor bplan will configure complete machines for commercial release. For customers, the latest version of MorphOS will be available online as it is today and it will work on the machine. Of course, the MorphOS team will continue to enhance the features and flexibility of the OS and there will be new releases. We hope this will process will continue in the normal course of business for some time. Yellow Dog Linux can also be installed on the Pegasos, as well as other Linux PPC based operating systems -- they work too."
"for the record we want to repeat that MorphOS is and will be updated online. Ralph and the MorphOS team will release new versions and upgrades as they have. This will continue. There will be something there *on the net* when it is time for customers who purchase a desktop machine with "Pegasos inside"."
"The bplan team will use the production facilities of DCE and will produce the boards and operate the fabrication machines themselves."
"We are working with DCE because we can do that there as if it was our own shop. Forget all the other BS. There is no conspiracy against anything...has anyone noticed that the official bplan/MorphOS team has been absent from all these discussions for months? That is because they are hard at work and they know what they have to do. They are working with a great deal of confidence and they should be! The Pegasos and MorphOS are both great products. Is DCE involved in those activities...no. When we are ready to make a board we go to DCE and bring everything we need with us. That is it..."
"All the Pegasos machines we have shipped and the mainboards we will ship this week have Northbridges. I ask you how anyone would know this [that there were no northbridges available]? Did Mai tell him? I think not as we speak to them nearly three or four times a week."
2) PROCESSOR BOARDS:
"We have the Motorola XPC7455RX1000SC and the XPC7445RX867LC now and are in the process of achieving PCB verification. Motorola is also assisting us in getting samples of the XPC7455RX867P. We have others and have tested them. We are working on it. Gerald and Thomas are very good, but there are many other things to do now too. Power consumption is our primary focus. All the machines are FAST."
"Yes, those Motorola processors we referenced were G4s."
3) AmigaOS 4:
"What we think of OS4 is irrelevant and has nothing to do with our business. We sell the Pegasos mainboard."
"We do not need anything from Amiga Inc. The version of MorphOS that runs natively on a PPC does not need Amiga OS anything..."
"It is true we have moved away from Amiga Inc. and we do not have the same level of interest in cooperating with them today as we did before. Time marches on and we simply don't want to waste any more effort."
"We sell the Pegasos mainboard. Please speak to your preferred reseller about how you want this to be configured and then buy one from him. You want to load OS4 you are now free to figure out how to do this. That is up to you -- not us!"
"The most important thing is this: we are not interested in doing anything to get OS4 running on the Pegasos. Someone else is welcome to and we will support them. The main reason is because we will not devote the resources or time to become "amiga" approved."
"The Pegasos mainboard can be configured by resllers and if they are able to get Amiga "approval" then great!"
"No resellers have approached us with regard to the Amiga Inc. licensing issue, but all of the well know resellers have contacted us about getting product. The requirements are a ten board minimum purchase. For pricing you have to send us an email...:) "
4) PEGASOS MARKET / ECLIPSIS:
"Again, the Pegasos is a DEVELOPMENT MACHINE for the eclipsis."
"In the meanwhile, what is the market for the Pegasos (while the eclipsis is in development)? Probably: a) Linux users, b) embedded system developers, c) application developers that want to do rendering on stacked boards with dual processors or build something very special that has a huge amount of processing power... "
"Will "Amiga" be a big market for us? We do not think so. First, because we are not an official Amiga piece of hardware, and secondly because we are using MorphOS. The two just don't go together."
"I did not mean to give you the impression we were not interested in the "Amiga market." I think you know our history with the (platform). We will be very happy -- all of us -- if you can buy the Pegasos as a "ready fitted desktop machine." [...] But, we all have to admit that the "Amiga market" has atrophied a bit. This will not be the *big* market for the Pegasos -- just realistically speaking. The Pegasos will create its own demand."
"We never said the trademark [Amiga] was worthless! In Germany it is quite good. UK too. France, Italy, Spain, it is not quite as good, but it is still OK. But, it is not for us...maybe something else. The problem *for us* is what is it now? Is it something from before? Is it something for the future? What is it today? It is all to confusing. The biggest challenge the eclipsis will face is a marketing one. What is it? Its everything! That sounds way too positive. The marketing approach needs to be built around simple concepts. "It has to do what people do already just more easily and anywhere." This is a huge challenge. There is too much baggage in the "Amiga" name for this -- FOR US. The Pegasos is a piece of hardware and this we are convinced will stand on its own. It does not need the association. We build toward the eclipsis with the success of the Pegasos. That is phase one. MorphOS will ride the wave...:) These are our ambitions."
The key is to be unique as a package. Linux is what has created the big opportunity for the Pegasos. Hopefully, "amiga" can contribute to this success too. But, the next step is a combination of hardware and an OS that is dedicated and ready to do something new."
"The Pegasos is a great desktop machine. We are going to sell plenty of them. But again, ultimately the idea is that you have something small and modular. This is the "mini-pegasos" or what we call today the eclipsis. The eclipsis is mobile and described on www.thendic-france.com. There is a docking station and here what is too cumbersome or power-demanding remains plugged into the wall (and connected by wire to the internet). Remember the duo dock from Apple? That is the basic idea. Of course, when the main board can be that small you could make a laptop, etc. All the features you referenced are planned."
"Well, we really do not feel like rebels, more like veterans. There are other similar products coming about the same time. The Oqo and Tiqit 83 are also mini-computers and have compatible interfaces for standard computer peripherals. Both are Windows platforms. Then, you have the Nokia 9290 and the Treo 270 which are more phones than computers, but clearly things are moving in that direction. The Nokia uses SymbianOS and supports JAVA. The Treo is kind of neat, but not as capable as the high end Nokia (PalmOS). The prices are high. The Oqo is targeted at $1000, the Tiqit at "laptop prices" and the Nokia and Treo at $599 and $699 *without* concessions from the mobile operator. There in the UK you can get one at Dixon's with a year long service agreement for significantly less. In any case, we think we can beat these prices without too much effort. The issue will be performance vs. power requirements and feature set.
We think with the efficiencies of MorphOS (with the JVM Allan Havemose is developing) and all the money and research being poured into low-power PPC processors (by two very large companies who are interested in the Pegasos) that we will be in the right place at the right time. Our "development platform" is ready and it will be stable well before the first "mini-pegasos" is released. This creates some big advantages for us and will we need them. We do not have any illusions about what a challenge this will be. We will seek strategic partnerships. The wireless operators in Europe are the ultimate target."
"We are managing the distribution process. bplan has more important things to do now!"
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
GFX-BASE
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GFX-BASE: Interview with Emanuele Cesaroni in German
GFX-BASE has translated their April 2002 interview with Emanuele Cesaroni (originally in English)
into German. You'll find this under the title link.
Emanuele Cesaroni of Nexus Development, the programmer of the game PuzzleBOBs, is now working on a new game called PDAng that should come out for AmigaOS and AmigaDE.
The game looks to be quite promising and a lot of fun. GFX-BASE was nosey, and asked Emanuele about PDAng and its features, hardware requirements, and future plans. They got an exclusive and new screenshots of the game. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
Peter Hutchison
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Printer: New Driver for HP Deskjet 600C/400C
Peter Hutchison has produced an updated version of his HP Deskjet 600C/400C printer driver. Changes: speed and compression.
Print systems like TurboPrint or Print Studio should not be combined with this driver. There are binaries for 68000, 68020 and 68040 in the archives. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
Oliver Roberts
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Modem: SoloControl Version 1.1
Oliver Roberts, who is know for his Warp-datatypes, has come up with a modem control program called ´SoloControl.´ It's for the Pace 56 Solo modem. The current version (1.1) requires an Amiga with a 68020 processor or better, and at least Kickstart 2.04.
Download: SoloControl.lha (21 KB)
Here are a few of the features:
- Modify the Solo's clock
- Turn call monitoring on/off
- Switch answerphone on/off
- Set number of rings before answerphone answers
- Set number of rings before the Solo automatically switches the answerphone on (should it be switched off)
- Toggle power saving mode on/off
- Display detailed statistics on your last modem connection
- Display all the calls in the CallerID log
- Erase the calls in the CallerID log
Amongst other things, this makes it easily possible to keep logs of your
connection statistics, and to keep your Solo's clock in synchronisation
with your Amiga's system clock. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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AmigaOS XL: Experiences with the H&P Big Tower 1800+ (Version 1.23)
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the
Big-Tower. Version 1.23 of the report contains several
additions in the chapters "Introduction", "Harddisk",
"Amithlon", "AmigaXL" and "QNX". Also, the chapters have been
sorted again, so that the "Software" chapter is again at the end.
Note: Amiga-Voyager shows only ads instead of the pictures.
Therefore, I still recommend to use AWeb or disable background
images in Amiga-Voyager. A move to a better server is also
planned.
(ps)
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13.Jun.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)
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AMIGA Aktuell 06/2002 has Appeared
The June edition of Amiga Aktuell is out and may also be read on our website in HTML or even downloaded in AmigaGuide format.
Attention: To ensure the future existence of the magazine, we *urgently* need more honorary contributors in every subject, but especially interviewers, authors of background articles with respect to current reports, and a "Newsmaster." Without this help we can't guarantee we'll be able to produce Amiga Aktuell for much longer. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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13.Jun.2002
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: MIRAGE for A3000D Available after 21st June, 2002
If your current Amiga 3000D is left in the desktop case, Mirage 3000 is
the must-have solution for you. Mirage 3000 is a modern, functional and
spacious tower case. It is designed for those Amiga 3000D users who have
upgraded or want to upgrade their computers with the Mediator PCI 3000D
busboard.
Mirage 3000 equipped with a powerful 300W PSU is prepared for massive
expandability of the A3000 hardware.
Be ready for the future!
Along with the new operational system, AmigaOS4, and SharkPPC G3/G4-series
cards for the Mediator PCI 3000D busboard, your Amiga 3000D Mirage will be
one of the most efficient Amiga computers of the new generation.
Mirage 3000 Tower SRP - Availability: from 21 June 2002
For more information and price see: Mirage 3000 webpage. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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12.Jun.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)
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AmigaOS 3.9 Update
The ATO coordinator Söenke Tesch has just dilivered some new data.
New are a Greek locale, the Finish locale (Suomi) has been reworked.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)
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Haage & Partner: Summerfresh Offers
Summer is near and so is the time of our super summer offers. Not only the newest version of the DTP classic Pagestream 4.1 is available for a summer price (Amiga, Windows, Mac) but also we offer the professional graphics processor ImageFX 4.5 including a German handbook and the AmigaOS 3.9 book (2nd edition) for special prices (also available bundled with OS 3.9).
(tranlators note: English versions of the books aren't mentioned in the original message)
At least the bang - who does'nt catch one now will have it already:
Arteffect 4 together with the AE collection for a super discount price.
The prices of these offers you will find with the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Sanjay Menon auf AMIOPEN-ML
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Gary Peake after heart attack on the way of recovery
Sanjay Menon sanjay@amiga.com via email:
Subject: AMIOPEN: Gary hospitalized
Gary suffered a heart attack over the weekend but is now back at home
and on the way to a full recovery. He is following doctors orders to get
plenty of rest and stay away from email.
He has asked me to thank you for keeping him in your thoughts and for
your best wishes. He hopes to be back on email towards the end of the
week.
Sanjay (ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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morphos-news.de under new direction
Thorsten Schölzel retracts his work from morphos-news.de. He handed the direction over to David Scheibler and Jürgen Lukas who both will continue to provide you news about the alternative PPC OS "MorphOS" and the PowerPC computer "Pegasos".
Thorsten Schölzel: "With my recession my email address "ts@morphos-news.de" will not be valid any longer, please direct personal emails to
Thorty@Thorty-online.de. I want to take this opportunity to thank all those people who gave help and support, especially the editoral staff!" (ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Linux/APUS bei Souceforge
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Linux/APUS: New FAQ added
A short-term FAQ has been added. This will
give info to people until the fancier autoFAQ
can be restored. All entries will be archived
for future usage (unlike before when they all got
lost). (ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
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CDTV- und CD32 Websites with a new layout
Two English homepages about the CDTV and CD32 have changed their layout:
The Amiga CDTV has been released as a multimedia device (CD-Player
and Video Disc Player) in 1990.
In autumn 1993 it has been replaced by the Amiga CD32, which is a video game console.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Martin Kuchinka
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Programming language: New MMU module for PowerD
As reported version 0.19 alpha 6 of the programming language PowerD by Martin
Kuchinka has been releaed in middle April.
On the 10th of June 2002 a MMU module has been added. Further information are available via the title link.
Download: mmu.lzx -
mmu_list.txt
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
Amiga Community (SixK)
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SDL game: Crimson Fields 0.2.4
SixK has released the next port based on SDL at his new website `Amiga Community'.
This is the game Crimson Fields which is available in version 0.2.4.
The game is a Battle Isle clone, which runs, exept a problem with some colours, with Amithlon.
The SDL library allows platform independent programing and ports of games and other multimedia products.
(ps)
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12.Jun.2002
EvenMore
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Textviewer: EvenMore version 0.60 from June the 11th 2002
The freeware textviewer 'EvenMore' from Chris Perver is ready for download in version 0.60.
Changes since version 0.60 from June the 5th 2002 (Chris Perver changes the version number only with major updates):
- Created a very basic work in progress IXML plugin (See Ix-Guide, www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/hudson/187.
- Amended EvenMore's escape code interpreter. Not sure if these codes are in use already, if they are, someone let me know. I have 2 new codes, *e[50;0;0;0m and *e[51;0;0;0m. Both take 3 arguments after them to allocate a pen for text (R,G,B). 50 changes the Pen colour, and 51 will change the background colour, thus giving you multicoloured text.
- Rewrote RTF plugin from the ground up with full colour support.
Download: EvenMore.lha (800 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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12.Jun.2002
osOpinion
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osOpinion: Amiga, Inc: Close That Open Hardware!
»Nowadays, Amiga is a software-only company developing the "Amiga Digital
Environment," which is supposed to run applications written in "VP code"
on everything from toasters to PDAs. The AmigaOS is being updated, though,
and the first new version (4.0) will be a PowerPC OS, based on OS 3.x for
the old 68k Amigas.«
Complete article see title link. (ps)
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12.Jun.2002
DCR8520 Amigaports
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DCR8520: bibcursed v2.0.0 - Anubis v3.0.2 - barkix v1.0.2
Spaniard Diego CR 'dcr8520' has updated his Web site at SourceForge
with many of his Amiga ports. You will find there lots of small tools
which alleviate the daily handling of many applications.
Updates:
- bibcursed v2.0.0 - Editor for BibTeX
- Anubis v3.0.2 - Mailprogram
- barkix v1.0.2 - Barcode generator for PCL without the need for font cartridges
(ps)
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