21.Oct.2001
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Event: Short report about the Pianeta 2001
There were some highlights to sight on the
Pianeta Amiga 2001.
Haage&Partner
presented AmigaOS XL running on an 1.4GHz Athlon. The Amiga software
compatibility is said to be very good. For example there were MooVID playing
two movies in two windows at the same time.
VirtualWorks showed both of the new
PCI solutions G-REX4000D and Mediator 4000 PCI in a show-case, but not working.
An absolute innovation was presented at the booth of
Titan Computer where one was able to gaze at
Candy Factory Pro running on the Pegasos system by
bplan GmbH with
MorphOS version 0.8.
Furthermore a new Italian print magazine called
Bitplane and done by Nicola Morcutti was presented.
This magazine is planned to be published bimonthly including a CD and will be available to
subscribers only.
Other exhibitors are Darkage Software, Digital Equipment, AGI, Il Piccolo Emporio, and Mirko Cipolla (CIP060) who presented an A1200 with MediatorPCI, Voodoo, SoundBlaster, and TV card.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Oct.2001
CUCUG
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CUCUG: Status Register October 2001
The Status Register is the monthly newsletter of the Champaign-Urbana
Computer User Group. Dealt are current and important information
regarding Amiga, Macintosh and PC as well as the computer industry.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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Updates at the Amiga-Society
Again there are several new entries in the software area, and in the Big
Book of Amiga Hardware had several articles been translated.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Ralph aka Elvis (ANF)
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Game: new Angband compiles for Amiga
EyAngband 0.3.5
Eytan Zweig released a new version of EyAngband that solves the known problems in the last release and introduces a new
birth-screen taken from ZAngband and the ability to use a dead character as template for a new one. It's available as source code,
Windows version, Amiga version (by Bablos), PPC, and 68k Mac version (by "Gileba").
Amiga ports
Apart from the already mentioned EyAngband 0.3.5 port Bablos also compiled Angband 2.9.3 and Gumband 2.1.8a for the Amiga.
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20.Oct.2001
Timo Kloss (email)
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Inutilis news: OctaMED plug-in for Inga
The first plug-in for Inga is now available and can be downloaded from the
homepage. With this it is possible to start four-channel-songs created with
OctaMED within an Inga adventure. So this is meaningful for all adventures
that aren't supposed to be released on CD. In addition for the plug-in is the
medplayer.library (v6) needed!
Inga is an engine for graphics adventures with a developer package on sales.
Detailed information on the homepage.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Sebastian Beloch (ANF)
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CyberGraphX v4.2 pre11 released
New drivers for the BlizzardVisionPPC and the CyberStormPPC make it possible to
work correctly with the new flash version from 17. October.
A new cgxsystem.lib is included with a new option (NOMOUSERATIO env).
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Jürgen Lange (ANF)
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Software compatibility list for Amiga OS XL revised
On 19.10. got the software compatibility list for Amiga OS XL updated.
Shapeshifter runs on Amithlon, some games under Amiga XL.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Daniel Orth (ANF)
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amiga-topcool is back
After a longer period of "thinking" the Amiga print magazine makes its presence
felt again: colored and round. That means, from the autumn issue on will the
amiga-topcool be released as CD-ROM rather than a print magazine. This can be
expected by the subscribers:
- A colored layout that's orientated along the print layout but readable in
HTML format.
- More pages as we aren't depending on printing costs anymore.
- The possibility to advertise one's Amiga club to the max - 10 MB memory is
space available for free for every Amiga club.
- The latest PD software as well as demo versions.
How many times the amiga-topcool will be issued in the future depends on the
drive of the number of free-lance worker that will hopefully grow in the future.
The CD will be subdivided as follows:
- 10 HTML pages up-to-date (interviews, ticker, press releases)
- 10 HTML pages application (previews, news, reviews, topic)
- 10 HTML pages game and fun (previews, news, reviews, Classic reviews, cheats)
- 10 HTML pages community (Amiga club list - with 10 MB memory space per
club, retailer list - with web appearances on CD, readers reactions, etc.)
- software (PD, demos, maybe commercial full versions, too)
Further information will follow in the next days on our Internet site that will
get a new look, too. The price of the CD is 10,- DM (including packing).
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Chris Hodges (ANF)
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Full text Aminet search engine in alpha test
Some hours ago I've completed a somewhat finished version of my
Aminet full text search engine. For now you find it on my local Amiga 4000 under
the URL http://213.196.87.182/
(title link).
Full text means that the appr. 100 MB of the 70000 readme files will be searched
through, too. Normally these search request need less than 2 seconds to be
answered.
I'd like you to test it and give me suggestions for improvements asap. Happy
alpha testing!
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Mikey C (ANF)
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Event: World of Amiga South East
So are we! On Saturday 3rd of November 2001 the World of Amiga
Southeast show is taking place at Poplars Hall, Shenfield, Essex, UK.
This is the ideal opportunity for you to come along and show all those
who that think the Amiga market is dead where they can shove it!
We have worked tirelessly to bring you some of the biggest names in the
Amiga Industry to World of Amiga Southeast 2001
Amiga, Elbox, Eyetech, Cloanto, & Pagan Games are amongst those who are attending the show ready to see in the new era of Amiga Computing with the eminent launch of the AmigaOne/SharkPPC Zico Spec Machines and beyond.
James Daniels, Paul Burkey and Fleecy Moss are just some of the Amiga Celebes will be in attendance at WoA Southeast.
However, all our hard work will be for nothing if we have a poor turnout.
We need every one to come along and show the world that we want an alternative to the dull and bloated OS that has afflicted the masses in the computing world.
Sick and tired of all the doom and gloom in the Amiga market?
In short we want a new Amiga, and just because an Amiga Magazine shuts down, it doesn't mean that the existing Amiga dealers have suddenly ceased to exist or have gone elsewhere.
So turn up to WOA Southeast and support Amiga, Fore-Matt Home Computing, Weird Science, Stellar Dreams, Elbox, Clubbed Magazine, Cloanto, Eyetech, 100%Amiga, VP, and many more by coming along on the day.
Many retailers need shows like WoA Southeast to keep their commitment and businesses going until the next generation Amiga takes off.
Let's make the doom mongers eat a big shitcake, turn up and do us proud!
For more details on advance ticket ordering, full list of exhibitors, discussion forums and how to get there please visit http://www.worldofamiga.com
Michael Carrillo (aka Mikey C)
World of Amiga Southeast, Exhibitor, Media and Public Relations.
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20.Oct.2001
eisblock (ANF)
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DiCaTool V0.8
All owners of serial digital cams who want to use their cams as webcam with
their Amiga can download the program DiCaTool during the weekend from my Apache
server (title link).
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
CD³²-Allianz (ANF)
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Takeover of the CD³²Outside successful!
I may all those who are waiting for new issues of the "CD³² Outside" tell that
the takeover by Henning Schlautmann had been successful. From 01.11.2001 on will
now Henning Schlautmann continue the "CD³² Outside" resp. maintain. Address questions,
critics and suggestions concerning the "CD³² Outside" please to him. The 4. issue
of the "CD³² Outside" therefore has to be released until 01.02.2002!
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: AmiATLAS special price
Today it's the last time you have the possibility to preorder the route planner AmiATLAS 6
for a unique special price at the Amiga Arena. An "update special price" for
registered users of version 5 is of course available, too.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Falke 34 (ANF)
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CybergraphX V4.3 beta for G-Rex
Version 4.3 beta of the graphics card driver software CyberGraphX for G-Rex
is available for download. This version contains a new cgxsystem.lib and
the Voodoo as well as the Permedia2 drivers were updated.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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20.Oct.2001
Stéphane Campan (email)
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Datatypes: new versions by Oliver Roberts
Oliver Roberts has updated his Warp datatypes. Since yesterday are the following
versions available for download:
- WarpJPEG.datatype 44.25 - JFIF-JPEG picture datatype (68k, PPC/WarpOS, PPC/MorphOS)
- WarpPNG.datatype 44.21 - PNG picture datatype (68k, PPC/WarpOS, PPC/MorphOS)
- WarpTIFF.datatype 44.5 - TIFF picture datatype (68k, PPC/WarpOS, PPC/MorphOS)
- WarpBMP.datatype 44.6 - BMP picture datatype (68k, PPC/WarpOS, PPC/MorphOS)
- WarpPSD.datatype 44.3 - Adobe Photoshop® picture datatype (68k, PPC/WarpOS, PPC/MorphOS)
All datatypes are freeware and serve for displaying different kinds of data in
different viewer programs.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Oct.2001
Stéphane Campan (e-mail)
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Print magazine: Amiga Active Magazine Announces Major Changes
Fri 19 Oct
Amiga Active Magazine Announces Major Changes
Amiga Active, the world's leading Amiga magazine, is undergoing significant
changes to meet the challenges of a changed marketplace. With the first
consumer version of the next generation Amiga environment, the AmigaDE
player, finally available to the public, Amiga have stepped into the
future, and Amiga Active magazine is following suit.
Issue 26 of Amiga Active magazine will be released on the 25th of October.
This issue will contain the normal mix of forward-looking and "Classic Amiga"
content, including the most detailed preview of the Amiga DE to date,
revealing for the first time much of what is actually going into the
next-generation Operating Environment which Amiga are building on top
of the binary-portable intent JTE (Java Technology Edition) multimedia
engine from Tao Group. This will be the last time that Amiga's journey
into the next generation will be a matter of previews and predictions.
The next generation has arrived.
Amiga Active has been preparing for this from the very beginning. Since
the very first issue we have been covering the revolution taking place
in computing, and over recent months our coverage has increased through
our ever-expanding "Next Generation" section. We are now taking the
magazine itself into the next stage with a change in focus, and a
change in name - to digital.
Complete article see title link.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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19.Oct.2001
Matthew Kille (ANF)
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Zeoneo website launched
The Zeoneo website is now online
with details of its two new releases for AmigaDE: Convex and Planet
Zed.
Until now, Zeoneo was a company that relatively few people knew about.
Indeed, it may suprise many people to know that we have been working behind
the scenes for well over a year now. In that time, experience and understanding
of the systems that make up AmigaDE has been gained and used to develop our
first two PDA-targetted titles.
Convex is an addictive puzzle game where the objective of each of the 25
levels is to remove all the marbles.
Planet Zed is a vertical scroll shoot 'em up game that borrows many of its
features from the classic Bitmap Brothers game Xenon2.
Further information and screenshots of these products is available on the website.
www.zeoneo.com
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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19.Oct.2001
Richard Kapp (e-mail)
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New downloads at the NARR site
At the NARR site you can download a colorful imageset in GlowIcon style for MUIVideo
(was released some time ago for the Amiga Arena).
In addition to some other small changes on my site, there's also a new skin
(SolarCalc) for CoolCALC which was made by Klaus Licha.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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19.Oct.2001
Andreas Schmidt (ANF)
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4,000,000th visitor :-)
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! You've just had your 4,000,000th visitor, that's me.
With the help of a printout made with Netscape (PS file) I can prove it. Will
there be a price? :-)
Comment from the team:
We currently have no prices, but maybe a company donates something :-).
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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19.Oct.2001
Scott Pistorino (ANF)
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WWW.AmigaSource.com - Your NEW source for Amiga information
For your viewing pleasure. A new source of Amiga information has been
created. After months of hard work www.AmigaSource.com
has finally been released to the Amiga community. With 500 links and
many more still yet to come this I hope this will be of much use to you
all.
Thanks. Scott Pistorino
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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19.Oct.2001
Bernd Lachner (ANF)
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Sharp announces developer version of their SL5000 PDA for November
Sharp has announced the developer version of their SL5000 PDAs for November
In the article at the title link there is some concrete information about the
operating system of the PDA for the first time. The PDA will use besides the
already known Embedix Linux kernel by Lineo
Qt embedded and the QT Palmtop Environment
by Trolltech as well as the browser
Opera. Further, a Java VM is integrated.
The article does not mention who provides the JVM. Probably TAO's Java VM
won't be used but rather the Jeode Java VM by Insignia,
at least this is mentioned on the Sharp developer page for the PDA.
Then the Sharp PDA would use the system
of the partners Lineo - Trolltech - Insignia - Opera already announced on the Lineo page.
Original article at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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