13.Apr.2002
Richard de Rivaz (ANF)
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INET DIAL v3.850 released - supports PDAs and PCs on LAN
INET DIAL, the Home Server for the Amiga, which provides Internet Access
and Control System, now supports PDAs and connection from any computer
(PC, MAC, AMIGA) on local area network (LAN) to the Internet using a
single IP address. Remote computers and PDAs can also access the Home
Server for mail retrieval and control functions (X10, Arexx etc).
Connections can also be made by direct 'dial-in' or 'dial-out' to remote
computers.
INET DIAL requires APACHE and GEEKGADGETS, also available from the
MDR site. Alternatively all software
is available from KICKSOFT on CD.
(ps)
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13.Apr.2002
Cyborg (ANF)
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New IRC client: BenderIRC version 1.4
The new IRC client BenderIRC is here. Full of functions and
possibilities and totally different to all IRC clients so far for the Amiga.
From CTCP to XDCC is everything here. Even the DCC SEND problem from the
locale network with IP-NAT has been solved.
What makes BenderIRC now so special? Well, the complete GUI can be set up as the
user wants it. Whether gadgets are there or not, it doesn't matter! Their size?
That doesn't matter, too! Build your own IRC client!
And what completes this all? The client has a built in BOT function.
Remote access to your computer, of course password secured ;-). Integrated
translation engine for German <-> English that can be used within
the channel!
And all those who need even more will love the plugin system of BenderIRC!
Example: if the sentence "News on www.amiga-news.de - people, read it
immediately" appears the website pops up in no matter of time :-).
As the client was earlier finished than the Denic creating the domain here's the
direct link to the download site or you wait until the program is on Aminet.
Download: ftp://212.162.56.70
Cyborg
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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13.Apr.2002
Designburo.nl (ANF)
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Printed Pagestream Manual Survey
A call to all Pagestream users, either Amiga, PC or Mac.
If you are interested in a printed version of the new 4.1 manual,
please let us hear from you at the title link.
We have offered Grasshopper LLC to create a printed Pagestream manual,
due to a lot of demand by users of this great DTP-package, and they
have agreed.
If we get more than 50 votes for a manual, we will start printing it!
Thanks!
Designburo.nl
(ps)
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13.Apr.2002
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New poll: What are you using the Internet mainly for?
In our current poll we're asking for what you are using the Internet. You
can choose your answer from these options:
- Information research
- Online gaming
- Chat
- Education
- Download of software and music
- Entertainment
- Online banking
- For one's job
As more than one answer isn't possible we didn't list the killer application
"mailing" deliberately. Enjoy in voting.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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13.Apr.2002
(ANF)
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Scene: new Polish Amiga Scene group - G.F.A.
Under the title link the Polish Amiga Scene group G.F.A. is introducing
themselves and is reporting about their projects and members. The website is for
now only available in Polish.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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13.Apr.2002
CD³²-Allianz (ANF)
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New area: applications for CDTV/CD³²
CD³²-Allianz announces the expansion of the CD³²/CDTV Corner
with one area. In the rubric "Applications" you will find several CD-ROMs that
had been released for CDTV and CD³². (ps) (Translation: wk)
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13.Apr.2002
Paul J. Beel (ANF)
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GetBoinged: Interview with Kaliko
Kaliko was kind enough to be interviewed by GetBoinged and also supplied
never before seen screen shots of their soon to be released Amiga-Anywhere
games! Check it out at GetBoinged.org (title link). (ps)
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13.Apr.2002
Amiga Inc.
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Amiga Inc.: Executive Update - Amiga Status Announcement
Greetings to the Amiga community,
A week ago we shared with you our joy as we move towards the rebirth
of the Amiga desktop platform. The AmigaOne and AmigaOS4 are projects
that have occupied almost every day of our lives for the last two years.
For the community, the wait and the false dawns have been unbearable.
Contrary to the rumours spread in some circles, we have spent considerable
time and resources in creating a strategy that will see the Amiga desktop
platform move back into the mainstream and take its proper place in the
market. The AmigaOne and AmigaOS4 are just the first and most visible
signs of this strategy. It is very important to us that we provide a total
and compelling Amiga experience to future customers.
The first measure we are announcing is that we have pledged ourselves
to the production and development of a platform where both users and developers
are guaranteed not just a quality product but a total quality experience
as well. This will be achieved through a combination of a strict set of
Quality Assurance certifications and the AmigaOS only being available
to licensed solution providers for the shipping of combined hardware and
software solutions.
From the top of the company to the bottom, we are committed to championing
the cause of quality for the consumer and will ensure that substandard
products do not make it into the Amiga market where they can do irreparable
damage to the reputation of the platform. Licencees will have to develop
and resource a full customer solution, with guarantees on product quality,
delivery, and most important of all post sales support, with firm commitments
to repair, replacement and turnaround, elements that have blighted the
platform over the last five years.
In addition, the close co-operation between Amiga Inc and solution licencees
will ensure the tightest binding of the software to the hardware, providing
the highest possible performance and providing the basis for rapid development
as we move forwards together.
As a result, AmigaOS4 and all future versions will ship only on those
hardware products to which Amiga Inc has specifically granted a license
after reviewing the capabilities of both the solution provider and their
product. The only exclusion to this policy is a temporary measure to support
the community members who have invested heavily in existing PPC accelerators
and will cover products where an Amiga manufactured or licenced Kickstart
ROM is present (for instance A1200/A3000/A4000).
Currently this hardware comprises:
- Eyetech's AmigaOne series of PPC motherboards
- Cyberstorm-PPC accelerators by phase 5/DCE
- Blizzard-PPC accelerators by phase5/DCE
We have also been approached by and are currently in negotiation with
the following companies for the licencing of the AmigaOS to allow for
a combined hardware and software solution:
- The Shark card by Elbox
- PPC accelerator cards for the Prometheus by Matay
- Merlancia Industries MMC Toro Series
In the case of newly available hardware, including the Eyetech, Elbox
and Matay products above, the licence requires that OS4-specific extensions
are included in the hardware's boot ROM as an anti-piracy measure. For
hardware which is not capable of being used in conjunction with Amiga
WB 3.1 (such as the AmigaOne) we will require, as part of the licence
conditions, that a copy of Amiga OS is purchased with all boards sold
that are capable of running it.
The measures identified above have been put into place after consultation
with our partners, developers, dealers and users, and represents a recognition
that if the Amiga platform is to become successful again, it needs to
exude professionalism and responsibility where the needs of the customer
are paramount. With these measures, AmigaOS4 and the new hardware solutions,
the Amiga desktop platform is primed to move forwards.
Bill McEwen
CEO
Amiga Inc
Snoqualmie, WA
(ps)
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12.Apr.2002
Different
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Some software updates
Tales of Tamar Amiga-version 0.42 R6
In the current version the graphics of the middle cavalry have been added. Besides this some bugs have been fixed.
Alfie - Some software updates
On the Amiga homepage of Alfie some of his tools have been updated and some other ones have been added.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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11.Apr.2002
Martin Merz (ANF)
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MI News - New Icon Sets
The following new archives are available on the MasonIcons homepage:
- ApacheMI - over 150 filetype images for Apache Servers
- CutNPasteMI - small brush anims for CutNPaste (DOpus Magellan)
- muiMI - an image set for MUI 3.8 (based on VisualMI)
Visit Mason.Home for further informations and previews.
(ps)
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11.Apr.2002
Rakesh & Sharwin (ANF)
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Coyote Flux explanation concerning GFX-Base interview
Dear People,
As promised there would be some details announced considering the
"Supercomputer" system that we have said we are working on. In this
case there has to be said that the system that has been referred to is
the Pegasos from bplan. Our company Thendic-France has retained bplan
to miniaturize the Pegasos to make a handheld "Supercomputer".
Rakesh & Sharwin
PS: Only the English link works at the moment, the French will be
online soon. (ps)
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11.Apr.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Catweasel ISA: Image-write utility
The following news cannot be disseminated without a sense of irony:
66 months since the initial release of the Catweasel ISA, we're
publishing a free tool for writing disks with the controller.
The aplha-version currently supports Amiga disks only, and it runs on
DOS or in a DOS box of Win95/98. For easy porting to other operating
systems, and for educational purposes, the source is included.
Download: cw_write.zip (25 KB)
(ps)
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11.Apr.2002
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)
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Development System for Graphic Adventures: Inga-Engine Version 1.02ß/7 u.m.
A new update is available for "Inga," the development system for graphic adventures. It has to do with the number five, which has been around for a few days already. Indeed, two small mistakes in the application have been overcome today.
Inga-Engine Version 1.02ß/7 (Beta)
- Disappearing pointer error: fixed.
- Absence of cdplay library caused an error message, even when the audio-CD support was deactivated: fixed.
Inga-Engine Version 1.01ß/7 (Beta)
- Command "SpielEnde" (GameEnd) to exit the system.
- Messages (for example "Abbruch" (Quitting)) on the top window edge disappear, when entering a new area.
ScriptShell Version 1.11
- The game logging data is saved quicker.
InutilisGraphics Version 1.05
- The entry of the name data is saved in a more sensible way. For example when you load an ilbm-data then save it, the original name appears automatically.
- All the animation data is loaded with the corresponding picture.
OrtEditor (AreaEditor) Version 1.11
- The small buffer caused a crash: fixed.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Apr.2002
Richard Kapp (E-Mail)
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GFX-Base: Interview with Günter Horbach (KDH-Datentechnik)
As was happily reported
yesterday, E.p.i.c. Interactive is, surprisingly, porting a game to
AmigaOS. To be clear, the porting of Software Tycoon is in the planning stages. The credit for this must go to the persuasive powers of merchant Guenter Horbach (KDH-Datentechnik).
GFX-Base talked about this with Günter Horbach and has made the interview
available in German and English. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Apr.2002
Czech Amiga News
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Tool: BACK-IT-ALL-UP Version 6.8
Collin Wenzel has made Version 6.8 of his Backup-Tools ´BACK-IT-ALL-UP´
available. You can back up your entire hard-drive. The program supports up to eight partitions. AmigaOS 3.1 is required.
The new version supports hard-drives with capacities over 4 gigabytes. It has new features, and can be opened in its own window, if desired.
Download: backitallup68.lha (15 KB) (ps) (Translation: dm)
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11.Apr.2002
ANN
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AMIGAONE report photographs
AFLE.ORG wrote:
"The reporters of the AmigaPower
review met the AMIGAONE. Exclusive: new photographs of AmigaOne! French
version go to http://membres.lycos.fr/afle/amigaone.html,
automated English translation.
It is by a week end at agitated time that the team of AmigaPower had
appointment with AmigaOne. Alan, Gina and Elsa Redhouse have us thus
nicely accueuilli with Quillan (Aude)FRANCE, within a superb framework
with the sun......"
(ps)
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11.Apr.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Filesharing: Audiogalaxy Satellite for AmigaOS
AudioGalaxy behaves in accordance with an established peer-to-peer file-sharing standard. For Linux there is an open source code named "OpenAG",
and it's from this that the Amiga version is created.
The program may be downloaded from the homepage of its author. It should be noted that ixemul.library (at least v48) is required. You can find this on the homepage as well.
For those who are not yet acquainted with AudioGalaxy: the client does not make use of a GUI. It runs strictly as a background task. It's easy to start the program, just create an account at audiogalaxy.com and log in with your web-browser.
The file-searching and the downloading is then handled through your web-browser. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Apr.2002
Bill McEwen (E-Mail)
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Amiga Inc. announces the Amiga® AnywhereTM Entertainment Pack #1
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 10, 2002
Amiga Inc. announces the Amiga® Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 for Pocket
PC, Pocket PC 2002, Windows CE 3.0, and Windows CE .NET-based devices.
Rich multi-media applications designed for handheld systems to be released
on April 15th, 2002
April 10, 2002 Snoqualmie, WA Amiga, Inc. announced the release schedule
of the Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 for Windows Powered Devices.
The Entertainment Pack will run on devices using Windows CE 3.0, Windows CE
.NET, Pocket PC, and Pocket PC 2002 including handhelds, smart phones, web
pads, and set-top boxes.
The Entertainment Pack #1 will contain four applications and the Amiga
Anywhere Content Engine. These include the award winning Planet Zed and
Convex games from ZeoNeo as well as Gobbler and Solitaire from Pulsar
Interactive. The Amiga Anywhere Content Engine allows access to more Amiga
Anywhere applications available now and in the future.
Since announcing a change from hardware to software Amiga has strived to
create and distribute content that can run on numerous digital devices.
"Amiga is now focused on the vision that all digital content should be
available on all digital devices", said Bill McEwen, President and CEO of
Amiga Inc. To that end Amiga has announced distribution of dozens of
applications that can run on a wide range of different types of devices with
hundreds more currently in development.
The Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 will provide an exciting experience
for owners of Windows Powered handheld devices without using the amount of
resources consumed by other applications. Amiga developers are creating rich
content using few resources. The average size of an Amiga Anywhere
application is under 300KB and yet delivers a more robust experience than
titles that are over 2 MB in size.
The Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 will provide an exciting experience
for owners of Windows Powered handheld devices without using the amount of
resources consumed by other applications. Amiga developers are creating rich
content using few resources. The average size of an Amiga Anywhere
application is under 300KB and yet delivers a more robust experience than
titles that are over 2 MB in size.
"As mobile devices become smarter and more powerful, users are asking for
rich entertainment and gaming experiences", said Scott Horn, director,
Embedded and Appliance Platforms Group, Microsoft Corp. The combination of
the Windows CE operating system's multimedia functionality and Amiga's
software solution allows developers to deliver rich applications for a broad
range of Windows Powered devices.
Amiga Anywhere Entertainment Pack #1 will ship on April 15, 2002. More
information can be found on the Amiga web site at
http://www.amiga-anywhere.com/microsoft/.
About Amiga
Amiga Inc. established itself in 1985 as the premier provider of multi-media
technologies to the world. Today Amiga continues leading the way in
multi-media by providing language independent technologies to developers for
writing and porting applications to a new multi-media platform that is
hardware agnostic. Amiga Anywhere, powered with intent(TM) from the Tao
Group, enables applications to run unchanged on a broad range of processors
including ARM, StrongARM, Intel X-Scale, OMAP, MIPS, Intel x86, Motorola 68K
and Hitachi SH. It can run hosted on a wide variety of operating systems
including Windows CE .NET, Windows 9x, 2000, Windows XP, Linux, and Embedded
Linux. AmigaDE Player and applications can be purchased at
www.amiga-anywhere.com. Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, WA, and has offices
worldwide. Amiga can be reached at (425) 396-5660 or visit Amiga on the web
at www.amiga.com.
Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their
respective owners.
For More Information, Contact: Bill McEwen, Amiga Inc.
425-396-5660 (x226 ) (voice) - 425-396-5671 (fax)
bill@amiga.com
(ps)
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10.Apr.2002
KDH-Datentechnik (ANF)
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Game: Port of 'Software Tycoon' on it's marks
New managing game (business simulation) for Amiga
At the Amigashop of KDH Datentechnik
a new business simulation for Amiga is promoted. This one is a port of Software Tycoon,
which is at E.p.i.c. Interactive
in work. The website of Software Tycoon is reachable via the title link.
Description:
The year is 1982: Small computer-game companies are mushrooming - the new
economy opens up undreamed possibilities for creative minds. At least you
try that risky step to that unknown branche and found your own game company.
It is all in your hands: Starting with the layout of a much promising concept
for the perfect game you are led to production, sales and marketing. Take on
the right employees and will you manage it to establish your company worldwide?
Will you be able to use the coming up new technologies and to handle the growing
efforts of the market? Software Tycoon is the ideal simulation for all
game-enthusiasts, who are dreaming of making their hobby to profession. With
the multiple possibilities for interaction, many given scenarios, always new
challenges and a extortionate dash satire according to the software-branche
Software Tycoon is exactly the game for which all gamblers always were waiting for!
But be warned: Your opponents are crafty and don't hesitate to use nasty sabotage
to put anyhow stones - better say viruses - on your path...
Shipping is planned for end of May 2002.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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10.Apr.2002
Tao Group
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Tao Group Announces Strategic Partnership with Yospace
Partnership Signals Expansion of intent® Platform into Enterprise Space
Reading, England, April 9th 2002. Tao Group has announced a strategic partnership with Yospace to deliver device portable, enterprise mobility solutions to a variety of connected terminals.
Tao's intent® media platform delivers market-leading performance and reliability for the execution of compelling multimedia content, including Java(TM) applications, to the broadest range of handheld operating systems. Yospace has developed a suite of Java(TM) 2 Micro Edition technologies that dramatically compresses the development time of intelligent client mobility solutions.
YoCOA(TM) (Yospace Connection Oriented Architecture) enables rapid Enterprise Application Integration for mobile applications, quickly taking core data from systems such as SAP and Siebel and making this available to `intelligent clients.'
By deploying these technologies on the intent platform, Yospace has quickly been able to make available to enterprises the benefits of its `Connected Intelligent Client' solutions across a range of device operating systems, including Embedded Linux®, iTRON, Symbian OS®, PocketPC® and PocketPC Smartphone Edition 2002.
Complete press release see title link.
(ps)
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10.Apr.2002
XBaze
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Database: XBaze 7.2 Beta 5.3
Rafal Kaczmarczyk has released version 7.2 Beta 5.3 of his database
'XBaze'. The program offers an easily useable editor for the fields of
the data records and for the layout (Drag&Drop). It's working
with AmigaOS V3.0 or higher.
Bugreports and suggestions might be sent to following address:
rav@nowydwor.wroc.pl.
Download:
Update XB-7.2B5.3-apd.lzx
complete archive XB-7.2B5.3.lzx
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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