07.Apr.2002
Amiga Future
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Election: The 2002 Computer Hall of Fame
This year computer-museum.org
will again be running an
election in order
to admit people to the
Computer Hall of Fame.
You can vote for example for Jay Miner, the founder of Amiga. In addition,
further people can be suggested on the voting form.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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07.Apr.2002
ANN
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Amiga Expo: Nowhere Man: 13 ways of looking for Amiga's future
An English review of the Amiga Expo in Baltimore has been published
under the title link, focusing on 'Amiga's future'. At the end the author
talks about Emulation, AmigaOS 4.x and REBOL from his point of view.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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07.Apr.2002
ANN
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Payback: 3 new maps, preview of MacGamer.com
3 new maps for the game 'Payback' were already published on 2 April 2002.
The following was added: 'Tankwarfare' by Samuel Regandell, 'goclaw'
by Tm_DaG and 'Azuria City' by Sylvio Kurze. The map 'The Big Track'
by Samuel Regandell was updated.
The maps are available for download via the title link.
You can also find a Thumbnail for a particular map there and a short description.
At MacGamer.com you'll find a short
preview
by Lulio Vargas, published with regard to the next Mac version of Payback.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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07.Apr.2002
Sascha Koebner (ANF)
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AmigaOne: Gamestar reports about AmigaOne
In the latest issue of the games magazine 'Gamestar' (05/2002) you can find
the following (Cebit?) news on page 18:
Amiga returns-
Under the title AmigaOneG3-SE the venerable home computer Amiga returns.
Incorporated in this computer is a firmly welded Power-PC-G3 processor with
600 Mhz. The mainboard, called A1.5, corresponds to the ATX standard
and therefore fits in any common PC case.
The set of chips supports AGP2x, 4 PCI boards and 2GByte PC133 access memory
at the most. Drives and input devices are connected via IDE, PS/2 and
USB interfaces. To increase competition, dealers are allowed to fix prices
for boards as well as complete systems. The manufacturer Eyetech is
leading the way: The A1.5 mainboard with processor is only supposed to be
600 EURO, including VAT and delivery charges. The operating system AmigaOS4
is available at 70 EURO, not including VAT.
www.eyetech.co.uk.
The magazine shows a picture with an open PC case and the caption:
'Incorporated in AmigaOneG3-SE is a G3 processor with 600 Mhz from Motorola.'
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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07.Apr.2002
Czech Amiga News
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AROS: Survey about requested features
Matt Parsons has included a new page in AROS, a feature request page. It
allows users and potential users of AROS to vote for the feature they want
to see most.
At the moment it's possible to vote for one of the two options:
Should the AROS team focus either on Workbench or on drivers and other
low-level systems (OOP)?
Since the vote on the above mentioned page can only be called up via
JavaScript, Matt Parsons has sent amiga-news.de the formula to publish
it direct.
«Is it better for the AROS team to work on a Workbench now (and have one ready in a couple of weeks) or spend more time on drivers and low-level (OOP) system and worry about the workbench later (in about three to four months)?
If we make a desktop now, it will only be a stop gap (with only the features of the original Workbench) and will be much improved later once the OOP system is finished to provide a more modern desktop environment.»
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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06.Apr.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: forum moved to new server, too
Today has the forum of the Amiga Future moved to the new server, too.
The new URL for the forum is http://amigafuture.de/forum/.
Please change your links and bookmarks accordingly.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Apr.2002
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Amiga Speed update
On the Amiga Speed there's a new poll with the subject AmigaOS 4.0.
Next to this have all 3D games reviews been updated and the clarity has
been improved. New is also a Voodoo3 (Mediator) 2D GFX review in 32 bit colour
depth. This test shows quite good on which operations the 32 bit mode brings
advantages compared to the 24 bit mode while using the same number of colours.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Apr.2002
Mikey C (ANF)
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News Alert: Total Amiga Magazine
Total Amiga Magazine's issue
11 will hit the streets on May 11.
But please note, we are expecting this issue to sell out
quicker than issue 10. To find out why, here is a taster of what's
coming up in issue 11..
Total Amiga Issue 11
News:
- Latest on the AmigaOne G3-SE
- Round-up on AmigaOS4.0
- The Total Amiga, ALT.WOA Show report.
- News on WOASE 2002
- All the latest developments in the Amiga world.
Contributors:
- Fleecy Moss - Amiga's CTO Writes exclusively for Total Amiga Magazine.
- Alan Redhouse of Eyetech. The Man behind the company, behind the
AmigaOneG3-SE, writes exclusively for us.
- Special Report: Amiga - Who's the Moron? - Is the tie up with
Microsoft good or bad?
Reviews:
- Amiga Emulation on X86. Amithlon, Amiga XL, Amiga Forever 5 are they
any good?
- PageStream 4.1 - The latest update gets the Total Amiga Treatment.
- Amiga Writer 2.20 - Is it all it's cracked up to be?
- Battle of the Start Menus - We round them up, review them and then pass judgement.
- Charon
- NewsCoaster
- EZKey IL
Support Features:
- MIDI Tutorial
- SCALA Tutorial
- Directory Opus Tutorial (pt2)
- Perfect Paint Tutorial
New!
- Letters Page - See what Amiga users are saying in print.
- Usergroups Listings - Is your usergroup listed? Is there one near you?
All this and more, including all your favourite Amiga vendor
advertisements for £4.00(ukp).
Order a subscription now to ensure you receive your copy of issue
11 as soon as it is published.
Visit our website for full ordering
details including world wide subscription rates:
http://www.totalamiga.org.
(ps)
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06.Apr.2002
Kilian Servais (ANF)
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NoCover issue 97 released
Today has issue 97 of the freeware magazine NoCover been released.
It is available on Aminet, at the APC&TCP homepage or directly via email
at Kilian Servais.
As usual is the AmigaAktuell included and next to it there are many more interesting things
to be found. People who want a free email subscription should contact Kilian. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Apr.2002
Olivier Fabre (ANF)
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Matrix screen blanker v1.9
Matrix is a screen blanker for AmigaOS 68k and MorphOS.
It works (or should work) on OCS, ECS, AGA, CGX and P96.
This update fixes the problems under OCS/ECS/AGA and Picasso96 introduced
in v1.8.
Detailed changes:
- The version string is back. [Hexaae]
- Fixed AGA screen depth and improved performance with FBlit. [Hexaae]
- Fixed P96 screen depth. [kakace]
- Should work without NoJoyCheck on systems where it was necessary before
(A4000 with nothing plugged in joy port 1, for example).
- AntiBlanker feature: you can create a ENV:AntiBlanker.cfg file which
contains a list of tasks that prevent blanking. [ChaoZer]
Direct links: readme,
Matrix.lha,
Matrix.lzx.
(ps)
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05.Apr.2002
Ruediger Hanke (ANF)
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Game: ScummVM MorphOS with new interface
The new CVS-snapshot of ScummVM finally contains a completely new MorphOS-interface. Two of the most important news are the scaling engine which can scale the pictures with antialiasing to a double size (for that please have a look at the pictures on my homepage - they can tell more than thousands of words) as well as the support of CD-ROM-audio.
The new archive can be downloaded under the title link.
Now the details to the news
- New scaling engine with antialiasing. When playing the game you can switch between the scaling engines at any time.
- The program contains code for the MIDI-music. The MIDI-music starts playing as soon as AMidi will have been published for MorphOS.
- Support of the CD-ROM-audiotracks of Loom and Monkey Island. The MorphOS-version is the first one after the SDL-version which supports audiotracks. Because of that I have created a new CD-audio-library which is enclosed in the archive as a beta version and which can automaticly recognize CD-ROM-drives connected to the computer and if there is more than one CD-drive which can automaticly find the one with the "right" game-CD.
- Standard MorphOS command line (instead of the usual Unix like one).
- Start possible over pictprogram from the workbench or from the toolbar without having to write a script for this.
- Support for the video sequences of The Dig and Full Throttle.
- Manual with 26 pages in PDF-format and with detailed FAQ (requires Apdf).
- Archive contains colourful pictprograms for all supported games.
- Before publishing as usual all supported games have been tested that they are work like the Windows/Linux-versions.
- ... Many more minor improvements and bugfixes.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Apr.2002
GoldED Website (ANF)
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Postscriptum to finish of GoldED
GoldED with all licences can be bought. A release of the rights without service in return or under GPL has not planned. It follows the complete text of the website:
Intellectual property rights related to GoldED Studio, including source
codes, documentation, distribution rights, the web site etc., are
available for sale.
There are no plans to release the source code under the GPL or in a
similar form or to make the software or its source code available free
of charge.
For more information, please contact the developer directly.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Apr.2002
Michael Mann (ANF)
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t-dsl from May 2002 via satellite
From May 2002 t-online will also offer t-dsl via satellite. The basic
charge for t-dsl is 19,95 Euro/month. Additionally you have to have
either a dsl modem or an Ethernet-card or only an USB-dsl modem.
Another precondition for using t-dsl via satellite is a
t-net/ISDN-telephone connection and a satellite bowl for Astra. With a
TV-card you can also simultaneously watching TV as well as listening to
the radio.
If you want to get more information (in German) the have a look at the title link
under the section "t-dsl via satellite". (ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Apr.2002
ANN
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Development of GoldED Studio for AmigaOS stopped
Developer's Notice - Discontinued
I regret to inform AmigaOS users that all software on this web site is now discontinued (due to lack of time on my side to continue with AmigaOS software development).
What will happen to the BASIC interpreter?
Expect the source code to be made available under the GPL in the near future (in a nutshell, a GPL is a public domain license).
What will happen to the GoldED Studio software?
GoldED will remain available as a commercial product while stock lasts. Personal technical support will end this year. No future updates for AmigaOS will be released from the original developer.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Apr.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Winner of the lottery and comments
Today the lottery #35 of the Amiga Future has been finished. The winner
as well as several comments to suggestions and criticisms you can find on
the interactive section of the Amiga Future homepage.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Apr.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Jakub Brzezniak
Not only the commercial Amiga game market has been almost vanished but also the PD game market! You cannot find new interesting games on Aminet except some few ones. Because of that it is more than pleasing that from time to time some little "WB mind"-games like "Swapper" or "Magic Numbers" are published.
Jakub Brzezniak of "Magic Software" who is the developer of the above mentioned games answers in an English spoken interview the standard questions of the Amiga Arena.
But it is less pleasing that future versions of the games will be probably published only for the PC!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Apr.2002
BTTR-Team
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Back to the Roots Amiga-News 237
Easter is over but the rabbits are still busy. The
lovely rabbits from "Back to the Roots" brought you
some nice surprises with their latest update.
If you have a look at their Easter nest you'll find
games like Rings of Medusa, Super Cars 1+2, Genetic
Species Heimdall 2, Larry 1 Remake, Sherman M4,
Pinball Magic and many others. Besides that many
scene demos from the fantastic Mekka+Symposium 2002
demo party have been added, more music from the
demoscene came online and the picture galleries are
now containing some extremely colorful little eggs.
Happy (late) egg shaking!
(ps)
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05.Apr.2002
Manfred Rauer (ANF)
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New kernel image with ATI-drivers for Amithlon
From today on the update site of Amithlon.net there is an experimental kernel image for owners of ATI and other not supported graphic boards.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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04.Apr.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Full Version of "AmigaBase V.2.6"
In cooperation with Steffen Gutmann, Amiga Arena is making possible the opportunity to download the full version of AmigaBase V.2.6.
About AmigaBase:
AmigaBase is NOT a relational databank with SQL-crosspoints or the like. AmigaBase IS a hierarchical, programmable databank. In spite of that, or straightaway because of it, AmigaBase is prominently suited for the management of music and video cassettes, addresses and so on.
But also complicated applications, for example bookkeeping with automatic referral and the writing of calculations, are no problem for AmigaBase.
A complete documentation of AmigaBase including all the programmable possibilities is provided in German and English in PostScript and PDF formats.
Amiga Arena offers our thanks to Steffen Gutmann for allowing us to offer this, and we would like to call attention to the development of the successor to AmigaBase, at MuiBase. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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04.Apr.2002
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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HIGHWAY: News about USB Controller
Michael Böhmer writes: It took a while, but now a powerful advance is made.
- HIGHWAY Production is on a roll
- Software Developer Kit is available
- VHI Studio is a solution for DigiCams
- TurboPrint printer driver
- Network module NORWAY (10MBit) is an option
As always, the specifics of these products may be found on our website. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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04.Apr.2002
Cj-Stroker (ANF)
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Amiforce: Blitz2 Instructions in Wordsworth 7 Format
Cj-Stroker writes: On Amiforce you'll now find a Wordsworth 7 version of the recently appeared Blitz2 instructions. It's possible to get a better print quality with this version.
I would like to take this time to sincerely thank Rainbow for the port.
More material is currently being worked on, and will appear shortly. All interested parties are warmly invited. For questions there is a forum and a mailing list available. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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