24.Jan.2002
Amigan Software
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Tool: Report+ Version 5.22
For AmigaOS 3.9 user is available version 5.22 from Report+. With Report+
from Amigan Software you can easily create bugreports, Aminet readmes,
Autodocs, and other reports. It is freeware and supports the GUI systems
ReAction and GadTools.
Download: ReportPlus.lha (468 KB)
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24.Jan.2002
gene of kultpower (ANF)
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Heise: Linux games developer Loki appears to give up
According to Heise Scott Draeker, Loki Software President, seemingly has
announced in an email to his business partners, that the games developer
would abandon its business by 31. January.
Three years ago Loki has started to provide the Linux community with
topical games. Moreover it made a name for itself by the open source
project Simple DirectMedia Layr (SDL), some kind of DirectX for Linux.
See title link for the Heise article (German).
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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24.Jan.2002
Dennis Lohr (ANF)
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Music: DigiboosterPro Community organizing a Mod-Compo
Would you like to...
- have fun?
- meet with likeminded?
- be creative?
- let them all see?
- the ultimate challenge?
- be the BEST?
...then the DigiboosterPro Community is your place to be!
From 01. February 2001 the Digiboster Community will organize a Module-Competition.
How that runs? Quite easy: You have to track a so called module (DBM) with DigiboosterPro
while observing the rules given. We will give everybody the chance to participate, to
have a great variety of several kinds of music in this competition. You will find more
detailed information about the rules and how this Mod-Compo runs under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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24.Jan.2002
Markus Nerding (ANF)
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H&P: Euro-Update for AmigaOS 3.9
Haage&Partner: Finally we are able to release the Euro update for AmigaOS
3.9. It took a bit longer because there were some more things to consider.
Many thanks to the all involved people. This update especially contains
keymaps and Amiga bitmap fonts that make it possible to use the Euro
symbol on the Amiga. It also contains a German Euro keymap for AmigaOS XL. (ps)
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24.Jan.2002
JOTD Patch & HD Installer Page
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HD-Installer: JST with new loaders for WHDLoad
With JST by J.F. Fabre you now are able to install floppy disk only games
to your harddisk and run them from there. On 19. January 2001 many new
loaders and updates for WHDLoad were added. (ps) (Translation: mj)
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24.Jan.2002
games-net.de
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games-net.de: Searching machine and web-index for games developers
The maintainer of the German games developer network games-net.de found some
useful searching machines and web-indexes for developers. Some of those have
much extended databases on different subjects. So he created an own section
"Suchmaschinen und Webindexe für Entwickler" for developers.
You will find this under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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24.Jan.2002
SPIEGEL
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SPIEGEL: Wearable computers
Students from Weimar, Germany, present handhelds as wearable trinkets and show
how mini-computers can become wearable vogue.
See title link for the Spiegel article (German).
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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24.Jan.2002
Dirk Stöcker (ANF)
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Game: RekoNet arrives at 1,000 card sets
The RekoNet, a collection of card sets, programs and links all about the
Klondike game by Reko-Productions, today arrived at the magic border of
1,000 different card sets. Who is interested in Solitär and owns an Amiga
or Windows-PC may drop in to if there is something for you in there.
Unfortunately some of the elder card sets are still missing. If you have got
missing cards, please tell us.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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24.Jan.2002
Joachim "Joooch" Nink (ANF)
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Cinemaware: "It came from the desert" and "Antheads" for downlaod
After "Wings" and "Defender of the Crown" now there is also available for free download
"It came from the desert" and "Antheads". This entry at
Cinemaware was done on 17. December 2001.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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24.Jan.2002
Christian S. (ANF)
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Filesystem: SmartFilesystem 1.194
Jörg Strohmayer released SmartFilesystem 1.194 on 23. January 2002. New in this version:
- ACTION_EXAMINE_ALL_END added.
- ACTION_RENAME_DISK didn't check for empty or invalid name.
Download: SFS.lha (41 KB)
This is about a beta version. Bugreports and validation of runability can be sent
to Jörg Strohmayer.
There is a SFS mailing list for questions, problems or comments. To register
for this list send an email with subject "subscribe" to
sfs-request@freelists.org
or register by using the web interface.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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24.Jan.2002
Dino Papararo (ANF)
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Graphic fractale: FlashMandelWOS Version 1.6
Version 1.6 of FlashMandelWOS has been uploaded on Aminet in
gfx/fract directory.
With FlashMandel you can explore fractal space and create your own pictures.
These are the main features:
Full functional program for rendering Mandelbrot & Julia fractals with different
exponents. Support for ECS/AGA/RTG and 68020+/PPC with an FPU Amiga or compatible
systems. Uses new Reaction GUI, Localization, and has an Installer script also to
easy update or uninstall the program. C & Asm 68k/PPC sources included!
It's really fast even on old Amigas and should be also compatible with all new
Amiga clones and it's free.
This has changed in the new version:
- Extended the Z = Z² + C formula to Z = Z^(2^n) + C with 1 <= n <= 11.
- Added the new ToolType POWER default to 1 for the classic Mandelbrot & Julia formulas.
- Fixed some little Reaction default pubscreen mistakes.
- Default coords are now (-2,+1.125i) and (+1,-1.125i).
- Splitted the archive into 2 parts one for pictures pix/fract/FlashMandelPic.lha and
other for program to reduce the size of the archive.
- Some minor internal changes and improvements.
- Recompiled and linked with new AmigaOS 3.9 developer archive includes and libs.
- Updated the docs and installer to reflect new changes.
- and much more...
In next version is planned an AREXX port to control the program in auto mode to
build anim movies and a special benchmark mode to evaluate the CPU/FPU/MEM speed
of 'OLD' real Amigas 68K/PPC VS 'NEW' software clones (UAE & company), stay tuned. (ps)
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24.Jan.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: New tutorial
A new tutorial can be found at GFX-BASE. This tutorial is about Opus Magellan 2 and
Workbench to get a maximum of use and to simplify your daily work with your Amiga.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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23.Jan.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Special price for GeoWorld
For the best geography programm of the Amiga called "GeoWorld" the Amiga Arena in cooperation with "Beer Productions" is proudly to present a special price. It took one long year until the recently published update 13 could be downloaded.
Therefore we are glad to know that this software will be kept developing.
If you want to get more information about "GeoWorld" please visit its homepage.
Soon there will be a "developing toolkit" in order to be able to add still more data. For the graphic section the developer still keep looking for some private Photos of landscapes as well as "cartographers".
We would be glad if there were users who give a contribution also in future to make such useful knowledge software possible for Amiga. This special offer is valid until 28.2.2002.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jan.2002
Dirk Baeyens (E-Mail)
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Amiga Inc.: Executive Update
Bill McEwen discusses the status of a new Set-top Box partner for the
Amiga DE.
Greetings one and all:
I have been receiving many e-mails reminding me of the need to announce the
STB OEM partner. We are well aware that it was scheduled for last week and
we were expecting the legal department of the partner to have released the
press release. Unfortunately, when you are dealing with multi-billion dollar companies, it can more often than not take longer than planned.
We did receive the OK to announce to our developers and this was accomplished last week. So all of the NDA developers do know about the deal and the details of the singed OEM deal, however we are going to have to wait a little while longer for the rest of the Amiga community to see the public release.
I am sorry, but it will be worth the wait. In fact we will probably have a
couple more that we can announce at the same time.
So the NDA developers were notified last week, and we should have the public announcement out by next week.
Bill McEwen
CEO Amiga Inc.
bill@amiga.com (ps)
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23.Jan.2002
Newsgroup de.comp.sys.amiga.unix + de.admin.news.group (ANF)
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Vote about deletion of de.comp.sys.amiga.unix running
The annual vote about the deletion of the newsgroup de.comp.sys.amiga.unix has started. Last year there were enough cons preventing it - what about this year?
If you want to participate please read the original article (see below) in the usenet-news and answer via email.
news:<cfv1-rmgroup-de.comp.sys.amiga.unix-23.01.2002@dana.de>
news:de.comp.sys.amiga.unix
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jan.2002
amiga-topcool.de / Daniel Orth (ANF)
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amiga-topcool: Interview with Hans Jörg Frieden
On amiga-topcool there is a topical interview with Hans Jörg Frieden from Hyperion. Topic: AmigaOS 4. Frieden answered the following questions: What put the idea in your head? Is it really better than MorphOS? What is new since OS 3.9? Which hardware will be required by the new OS?
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jan.2002
Amigaland
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Amigaland: New game and "Fußball Total" fixed
Amigaland offers games (legal, thanks to the software groups for their release) as well as demos, emu-tools and emulators for download. You can also find many information to AmigaOS. From today on you can download the cult game called "Doom". Doom has been the first 3d-shooter for the PC and has been later ported to the Amiga.
The game 'Fußball Total' has been fixed. The first archive was infected by a virus but the current one is clean!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jan.2002
Frederic Boisdron (E-Mail)
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Event: Invitation to SIIA 2002 in France
Hello from France,
The 2002 autumn will be the birth of the great SIIA (International
Alternative Computer Exposition in French) in the little town of Sainte
Marie de Redon (South of Britanny) near Nantes and Rennes. This expo would
like to be THE best expo in the world of alternative computing !
All the formats will be represented : AmigaOS, TOS, RiscOS, Linux, BeOS,
QNX, BSD, CPC and many, many more...
This expo will be implemented on one weekend in November 2002. Some hotels
services will be available near Sainte Marie with good prices. You can go to
the expo by car, train, boat (on the Vilaine river) and by plane (tourism
plane).
The cost to be represented at the expo with a stand will be very cheap
(maybe free).
This mail is done to invite you to join us to the party !
You can have some information with :
Mail:
webmaster@toutou-net.com or
frederic.boisdron@atosorigin.com
Phone:
+33 299 720 663 (after 5:00 PM)
+33 677 358 726 (portable)
Or by snail mail:
BOISDRON Frédéric
La Belle Etoile
F-35600 SAINTE MARIE
(ps)
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23.Jan.2002
SOL-Invictus (ANF)
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Heise: Motorola with deficit of a billion (Update)
In the fourth quarter in 2001 the chip- and handy-producer of Motorola had a deficit of 1.4 billion Euro. Thus the sale lowered from 10.1 billion US-Dollar to 7.32 billion dollar. Despite of this negative numbers the president Edward Breen is confident of the future and hopes to black from the second half year. In order to gain this goal the amount of the staff members will be reduced from 150,000 to 101,600 until the end of the year.
Have a look at the title link for the full Heise article.
Update 24.01.2002:
Heise: Motorola closed four factories of semiconductors
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jan.2002
News-area of the website of Metabox (not press) (ANF)
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Metabox sells Beta-Boxen, Metabox 1000 to developer
22.January 2002
Offering Beta- met@box1000 to developer and interested beta-tester
We want to proof that met@box 1000 is a usable device for private households. You are supposed to make sure of practical use of the several times introduced settop-boxes. You make sure of it, you are supposed to belong to the first people who have the possibility of enjoying this multimedial product in your own four rooms.
We emphasizes that your order is the basic for optmizing the forthcoming mass production. This special production is only possible with your support. For that we guarantee that we will treat this "circle of early orderer" in a very special way.
Because of that we specially address to shareholders, developer and interested beta-tester and we want to submit you the following offer of met@box 1000:
Equipment:
- Satellite box FTA
- Digital receiver
- DVD-drive
- Parallel Port
- Ethernet (for DSL / Lan) or modem (V90)
- Internet Html 4, JPEG, BMP, GIF, Macromedia Flash 3.0
- PiP (Picture in Picture)
- Simple Menu structure
- Ingenious keyboard
- Additional equipment (still in test phase, still not usable)
This offer has the following conditions:
Acceptance of order and start of production after receipt of 100 orders under prepayment.
Delivery of a usable beta-test settop-box.
Time of delivery ca. 12-16 weeks
Because of this offer you have the following chances:
- Beta-test with extensive support
- Possible offers on the part of market research institutes
- Possible first interactive TV-content in Germany
- Possible further participance of introducing projects in Germany (e.g. video on demand)
- Participance to opinion polls and experience reports
The possibilities of the met@box 1000 are various and contain the whole spectrum of digital television. You can receive all open digital channels like ARD digital and ZDF digital. Additionally you can receive more than 200 free digital broadcats. The met@box 1000 offers an outstanding browser-picture quality. Therefore you can optimally surf in the Internet via TV. Besides this the box offers simultaneous watching television and browsing through the Internet (picture in picture).
Additional fetatures:
- DVD's, video CD's, MP3- and music-CDs
- HTML based interactive television
- Webmail
During the 23.01.2002 you will find an ordering formular and the corresponding account number. (ps) (Translation: dr)
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22.Jan.2002
Amiga Future
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Financial software: Bugfix for Bonds V1.85
There is a first bugfix for Bonds v1.85 on the homepage (title link). It replaces
the old exe file with a new one.
Fixed:
- Umlauts now correct.
- Crash in the depot stock window, if stock = 0.
- Changing fonts caused crash.
- Some more little things.
Still not fixed is the problem with the object data list which may occur
if thre are two objects with the same first words (e.g. "SAP VZ" and "SAP ST").
Sven Dröge advices everybody who has MagicMenu installed
to enable NON-BLOCKING in its options. Otherwise it may come that the menu choice
could be overlooked.
Furthermore configuration files from elder versions of Bonds should not be used, since
in part internet regarding settings had to be adjusted. In any case settings should be
compared to the included configuration.
Bonds is a shareware financial software to maintain security papers of any kind.
But the main focus is on shares. This software was especially designed for the German
financial market place and handles best security papers dealt in Germany, since
it uses the numbering system for security papers of the German stock-market. (ps) (Translation: mj)
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