25.Feb.2002
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MP3: mp3Play Version 2.02
Carl Svensson has published version 2.02 of his minimalistic GUI
"mp3Play" for the MP3-Player "MPEGA". The GUI has been made with
ARexx and the rexxreqtools.library. It calls up "MPEGA" in such a
way that the player needs only 25 per cent of the CPU time on a
50 Mhz 68060 CPU, according to DashBoard.
Compared to the last version a random play function has been added.
Download: mp3Play.lha (14K),
Readme
(ps)
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25.Feb.2002
Keep It Retro website (ANF)
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Beta testing for Quake2 (WarpOS) needed (Update)
A beta of Quake 2 for WarpOS can be downloaded from the
KeepitRetro.com website. Quake2 is GPL.
Update:
This beta version was cancelled from the website, because it was a non
public and very old beta version. If you just downloaded this version,
please don't install it, or in case you've just installed the version,
remove it. (ps)
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24.Feb.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Game: Results of the "AGC Awards 2001"
Here are the results of the "AGC Awards 2001"
(Amiga Games Classifying). The best released games were:
- Payback
- Earth 2140
- Shogo
- Descent : Freespace The Great War
- Dynamite
- Puzzle Bobs
- Land Of Genesis
- Aqua
- Lego Blast
- Toadies
This and further results for the years since 1986 are also
available via the title link.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
eisblock (ANF)
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Games: AmigaOnlineGames is back again
The AmigaOnlineGames homepage is again online after a week's holiday.
This homepage offers among other things of list of Amiga games which
can be used via a network.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
Andreas Neus (ANF)
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CD³²-Emulator: Project32 V2.0
On 24 February 2002 version 2.0 of the CD³²-emulator 'Project32' was
released. This emulator is based on WinUAE but CD³² and features
typical for CDTV have been added. Compared to version 1.1 the following
modifications have been made.
- Dynamic fullscreen dissolution.
- DATs are now dynamically fed in.
- ISO support.
- Improved NVRAM emulation.
- Joypad emulation can now be completely configured.
- New DATs for:
- Gulp!
- Roadkill (revised, has now "full collision")
- Simon the Sorcerer
- SubWar 2050
- The Big 6
- The Lost Vikings
- Total Carnage
Soon download will be possible on the page via the title link.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
Markus Lunk (E-Mail)
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Video: SoftCinema V0.17
On 24 February 2002 Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz released version 0.17 of the
video player 'SoftCinema'. This version can be downloaded from
http://amiga.pl/softcinema/ and
http://highantdev.de/softcinema/.
Here are the most important modifications:
- A lot of bugfixes. Most of them concern P96 support,
GUI and parsing of AVI data files.
- Optimization of AC3-, divx;)- and OpenDivx decoders.
- Support of the ISO-MPEG-4-Codec.
- Subtitles.
All modifications are listed on the homepage and in the documentation.
Please note: Starting from this release, Jacek doesn't work on SoftCinema any longer, so Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz has taken over the further development of SoftCinema.
Any suggestions, bugreports etc. can be sent to
softcinema@frogger.rules.pl.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
Dennis Lohr (ANF)
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DBPro-Competition: Only 4 days left...
Dennis Lohr writes:
You can still send in your song(s) for the DigiboosterPro competition up to
and including 28 February 2002.
The competition will be carried out in 3 categories:
- up to 4 channels, maximum file size 2 MB unpacked
- between 4 and 16 channels, maximum file size 3 MB unpacked
- between 16 and 32 channels, maximum file size 4 MB unpacked
You can find further information about the competition at
www.digiboosterpro.de.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
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MP3: Registration for mp3Play possible
Carl Svensson, author of mpega-GUI 'mp3Play', would like you to
register for 'mp3Play' free of charge.
«Since mp3Play has had quite a few downloads since I first put it online, I thought it would be nice to know where all you people live.
Please support the further development of mp3Play by registering. Registering is free and your e-mail adress will not be visible on the web, neither will it be used in any kind of bulk mail activities or similar. It's just an identifier to keep the registrations unique.»
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
Czech Amiga News (ANF)
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AmigaOS: PPC native version of Picasso96 for AmigaOS 4.x
Ben Hermans from Hyperion Entertainment confirms in the following quotation
that a PPC native version of Picasso96, the graphic driver system of
AmigaOS 4.0, will be part of AmigaOS 4.x.
«Ben Hermans: "We hereby confirm the inclusion of a PPC native version of P96 in OS 4.x.
The P96 team which consists of Alexander Kneer and Tobias Abt are very valuable members of the OS 4 development team, in fact so valuable that Hyperion already entered into an 8 page OEM license agreement with them on October 10, 2001 (!).
The agreement provides for:
- Permedia 2, Voodoo 3/4/5 and Matrox G450/G550 drivers;
- cooperation in good faith with other OS 4 developers to produce a PPC native version of P96;
- development of the OS 4 version to be kept in line with other versions for other licensees.
(Note that the Permedia 3 and ATI Radeon drivers are being developed by Chris Morris and Bill Toner respectively.)
It would be a welcomed change if anybody with doubts about the veracity of the announced feature-list of OS 4 would contact us rather than rely on untrustworthy individuals for information."
Ben Hermans, Managing partner Hyperion Entertainment»
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24.Feb.2002
Ralf Steines (E-Mail)
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Emulator: WinUAE 0.8.21R1
As from now the Win32 Port of the Amiga Emulator 'UAE' won't be continued
by Brian King any more. Toni Wilen, who has worked on WinUAE for some time,
will be taking over.
Last night Toni Wilen released his first version, WinUAE 0.8.21R1.
The WinUAE homepage is available under http://www.winuae.net/
and it is hosted by back2roots.org.
Ralf Steines: "I think that Toni is full of energy and able to work very fast.
We're lucky that he takes over the work on Win32 Port. Something better
could not have happened (and I'm sure that also UAE will profit from this).
The new version is really excellent!
For the first time WinUAE supports CD32/CDTV emulation with matching,
extended kickstart ROMs, a scsi.device, streaming audio/video recording
and a lot more. I'm sure that there're also some bugs but fixing them
won't take long."
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
Elbox Computer (E-Mail)
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Elbox: MediatorUP 2.9
The MediatorUP 2.9 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D,
Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV
users has been made available today.
The driver includes a new pci.library:
- pci.library ver.5.1
From version 5.1 on, the pci.library enables simultaneous functioning of
the THOR's MMULib package in both modes of pci.library operation (NO_MMU and MMU).
The update includes a new version of the S3 ViRGE driver:
- Virge.card ver.1.5
The new driver accelerates all the main blitter functions.
Overlay support has been added.
The update includes the latest versions of the driver for Voodoo card family:
- Voodoo.card ver. 2.12
An incorrect border colour change has been eliminated in the Voodoo.card driver,
which could occur in ver. 2.11 driver when 8-bit screen was switched to any
other colour depth.
(ps)
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24.Feb.2002
Elbox Computer (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia UP 1.13
The MM CD 1.13 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D,
Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV
who are registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD, has also been
released by ELBOX Computer.
The update includes the a new version of the following drivers:
- tv.library ver. 1.8
Support for S3 ViRGE DX has been added.
The list (http://www.elbox.com/mediator_driver_guide.html#TV_TUNER)
of cards supported by the tv.library has been expanded. Now tv.library
supports 93 TV card models.
MM CD 1.13 includes the updated developer's documentation for tv.library. (ps)
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24.Feb.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)
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Test: Bridge adapter IDE for SCSI + 100 GB harddisc in Amiga
Author: Mirko Naumann
Only some time ago Amiga users complained that it's not worthwhile to install
modern E-IDE harddiscs in Amiga since the existing controllers are not able
to keep up with the capacity. Once I was of the same opinion and therefore
I installed expensive UW-SCSI and U160-SCSI harddiscs in both my Amigas.
Compared to my former IDE harddiscs this was clearly a step ahead but
unfortunately the capacity was really ridiculous considering how much I
had paid for discs.
Some time ago I read an article about IDE for SCSI bridge adapters and
I bought a couple of them instantly. It's the top model of 'ACARD Technology',
the AEC-7720UW (title link) which transforms UDMA 33/66/100 drives in
UW-SCSI models (40 MB/s). To make it worthwhile, I bought a 100 GB discdrive
for each of my Amigas from
Western Digital (Caviar WD1000BB).
The installation wasn't really difficult if you're good at English and if
you know a little about Jumper and IDs. As to the drives you have to be
careful not to overheat them. Therefore harddisc coolers are necessary
in any case.
When everything has been connected properly, you can use the harddiscs
for AmigaOS without any problems. They are recognised as if they were
UW discs. Since Westen Digital calculates 1 KB with 1000 instead of
1024 bytes, it's no surprise that only 93,1 GB are available. This is
to be expected. Formatted with PFS-3 V18.5, only 88,4 GB remain.
As to the speed: SysSpeed V2.6 calculated for CreateFile 25.93, WriteFile 32.74,
ReadFile 20.91 and RawRead 25.40 MB/s. Compared to my Quantum Atlas 10K and
Atlas V this is 2-3 times faster and the discs make hardly any noise.
Conclusion: I can recommend the adapter to anybody who wants capacity and
speed. And it's hardly possible to find a SCSI disc for a better price.
As to the price: The discs are available at 236,-EUR each, the adapters
for 92,- EUR and the disc cooler for 15,-EUR. That comes to 343,- EUR
for a 100 GB disc. In comparison: A 73,4 GB U160-SCSI disc costs 1089,- EUR
and isn't much faster.
Another tip: Don't take UDMA-133. Take UDMA-100. The adapter should be
available from any well-equipped Amiga dealer.
Have fun!
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)
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Hardware: Internal CD-rewriter + DVD-Rom drive PlexCombo 20/10/40/-12A
Although the
PlexWriter 40/12/40A
was only released in Germany a little while ago, Plextor has topped this rewriter
by releasing the CD-ReWriter + DVD-Rom Drive PlexCombo 20/10/40/-12A (title link).
It is the first rewriter of the 10x RW generation which can be installed
as a DVD-Rom drive.
The new drive describes CD-R with 20x zone CLV, CD-RWs with 10x CLV,
it reads CDs with up to 40x CAV and DVD with 12x (16.2 MB/s).
It has a data buffer of 2 MB and is based on BurnProof technology.
The price hasn't been fixed yet.
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)
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Hardware: CD-rewriter Plextor: 40x rewriter for the ATAPI interface
As already reported on
2 February 2002, Plextor is now offering a 40x rewriter for the
ATAPI interface (E-IDE). Here just a brief update by Mirko Naumann:
The PlexWriter 40/12/40A is now also available in Germany. The price of
the bulk version (drive, instruction book, PlexTools, E-IDE (ATAPI) cable
and audio cable) is around 215,-EUR while the retail version with additional
5 CD-R, 1CD-RW, the PC-Sofware Nero + InCD and a few installation screws costs
around 230,-EUR. According to US advertisements you can write a CD-R
in about 3 minutes. In any case this is probably the fastest and best
equipped CD rewriter on the market. Other companies have only stocked
32x and 36x rewriters. In addition, the PlexWriter can easily create
security copies (1:1) of copy-protected CDDAs such as BravoHits 34.
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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24.Feb.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Functional AmigaOne was presented on alt.WOA
According to a brief message from alt.WOA which Don Cox has posted on
the AmigaOne mailing list (English original available via the title
link) a fully functional AmigaOne was presented at the fair.
"I've just returned from Alt WOA in Huddersfield.
It might interest you that Alan Redhouse received a fully functional
AmigaOne motherboard this morning, which he presented at the fair.
It seems that Escena had Linux run on this board (until OS4 is ready).
The motherboard seems to be working fine although Alan only managed to
get the booting process up-and-running up to the BIOS in the short
period of time that was available to him.
The specifications have really been improved compared to earlier versions.
The production of the motherboard begins in six weeks.
The announced (estimated) price was really reasonable. I think that Alan
will let you know the details very soon."
Further news from AmigaOne
Further statements of fair visitors include the following details:
(the statements have not been confirmed officially)
- Ethernet, Parallel, Seriell, USB and Sound all on-board
- Vier PCI-Slots
- AGP2, 133MHz RAM Interface
- The connection to A1200 is now on an optional PCI card
A beginners version of the motherboard, including CPU, will be available
for about £350 (circa 500 EUR). A G3/600 or a G3/750 will be used as a CPU
(the statements are contradictory).
A more expensive CPU version is also available. Prices haven't been
announced yet.
(ps) (Translation: sr)
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23.Feb.2002
Mario Cattaneo (ANF)
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Magic Menu v2.34
Today has Magic Menu version 2.34 been released that now has among other things
direct Amithlon support. Enjoy it.
Magic Menu is a commodity that strongly enhances Intuition menus of the Amiga in
many ways. On the first start one surely recognises immediately the new modern
and three-dimensional look of the menus. But that isn't all. Furthermore offers
Magic Menu the possibility of so called pop-up menus i.e. menus that are
activated at any given point on the screen appear at just this point. In
addition offers Magic Menu a very comfortable menu control via keyboard if
needed.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Feb.2002
Kultpower (ANF)
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Kultpower: Amiga Joker special, new reviews and cover scans
Taken from the PC Joker issue 11/2000 there's now the scanned 6-pages Amiga Joker
special. Here you can read a summary of the Amiga Joker history and the Amiga
history incl. interviews with Petro Tyschtschenko, Julian Eggebrecht (Factor 5)
and Benjamin Yoris (Hyperion).
New added are also 21 new PowerPlay reviews, scanned by Scotty, 3 new covers of
Club Nintendo: issue 2/94 and special issues for N64 and for Mario World 2, 2
new Videogames reviews: Super Turrican (SuperNES) and Super Turrican 2 (Super
NES) and 6 new Videogames covers: issue 9/2000 and 5 specials.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Feb.2002
ScummVM Website (ANF)
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Game: New MorphOS-Version of ScummVM 0.1.0
Rüdiger Hanke:
In the interpreter itself, not much has happened - 'cept first
support for some older games (including the 256 color (sic) Zak
McKracken). It's not even remotely enough, though, to even consider
playing through a few rooms.
But I have changed two issues about the MorphOS part:
- The "original" mouse pointer reappears when mouse is moved
outside the window, so you don't have to click blindly somewhere
to know where your mouse is ;-)
- Timing has been fixed a bit, so CPU load should decrease and the
mouse pointer movements will be less abrupt. It's not perfect,
but next version (see below) will have much improved timing handling.
These things have been taken from the new MorphOS driver and
not been extensively tested to work in the old one (although I don't
see a reason why they shouldn't), so I compiled it into the CVS snap. It's
difficult to put anything more into the old driver because the new
one is so much different.
Which leads me to a much nicer issue, that being the new MorphOS
driver which has been rewritten from the scratch (yet once more ;-))
and is now really really cute :-)) Also, it does contain music support
now (phew! that was quite some work ...). It'll need some horsepower,
though. Best get a G3 Pegasos to fully enjoy it ;-)
(ps)
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23.Feb.2002
Philippe Bourdin (ANF)
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Editor: GoldED syntax parser for HTML, PHP, JavaScript, and more
Phillippe Bourdin:
With this I'd like to release a new version of the alternative GoldED syntax
parser. This syntax parser bases on the orginal one developed by
Dietmar Eilert and replaces it.
Functions are the recognising and colored highlighting of:
program blocks, brackets, special characters, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, JSP,
ASP and HSC. The colors can each be set up in the GoldED preferences.
In addition have many bugs of the orginal version and the last version been
fixed. The Aminet upload can take some days. On my homepage there's of course
always the latest archive available for download.
Download: html-php.lha (version 3.5)
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Feb.2002
USENET (ANF)
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Magazine: Issue 107 (March 2002) of famous Commodore 64 magazine
The new issue of Zzap!64 (aka the world's greatest C64 magazine) that
has been lovingly created over the last 6 months by a band of
dedicated fans is now finally available! Download it from
http://www.zzap64.co.uk. (ps)
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