18.Nov.2001
Cloanto (ANF)
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Live Amiga 2001 webcam at amigaforever.info
Pictures from Cloanto's live webcam at the Amiga 2001 show are online at amigaforever.info.
(ps)
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18.Nov.2001
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AMIGA 2001: The first day's pictures
Here you will find a selection of pictures from the first day of the AMIGA 2001 in Cologne, taken for amiga-news.de by Meike Hilke:
Maciek Binek (Elbox) |
Elbox Computer |
Projekt Crashsite - Denis Comtesse / Markus Pohlmann |
Vesalia Computer |
DCE |
Guido Does (Vesalia) |
Titan Computer / DCE |
bPlan / Titan Computer |
Gerald Carda (Development bPlan) |
Fabio Trotta (No Risc No Fun) |
Titan Computer |
Dennis Lohr (Psyria Music) |
DCE (Michael Göken present G-REX ) |
Virtual Dimension (Messe-Video) |
Amiga Club Deutschland |
COOLbits / APC&TCP |
Jens Schönfeld (Individual Computers) / Thomas Dellert (DCE) |
Thomas Dellert (DCE) / ? / Toni Ianiri (Power Computing) / Petra Struck |
Benno Markert / Martin Strobl (COOLbits) |
APC&TCP Team |
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Richard Small (GTI) |
"Orgasmatron" (GTI) |
Markus Nerding (H&P) |
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Bill Buck / Raquel Velasco / Petro Tyschtschenko |
Jürgen Haage (H&P) |
Sebastian Brylka (Fun Time World) / Olaf Köbnik (Amiga Arena) |
PEGASOS |
Michael Battilana (Cloanto) presents Amiga Forever 5.0 |
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Nov.2001
Marius Schwarz (ANF)
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OOP4A: Update of the ODK released
Beside of little useful tools, e.g. to display formatted source code, there are
new classes and features for the pre-processor, again.
OOP4A is a system to bring the world of objects to not object oriented programming
languages. OOP4A is able to unite different programming languaes and offers
certain run-time protection machineries.
A continuously extended online documentation is all time available on the homepage.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Nov.2001
Markus Neervoort (E-Mail)
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AMIGA 2001: Pictures by Marcus Neervoort (AmigaPage)
You will find pictures from the Amiga 2001 taken by Markus Neervoort, AmigaPage,
under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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17.Nov.2001
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AMIGA 2001: first report
To give you first impressions of the fair here's a beforehand report in which
we concentrate on current hardware products.
Highly interesting is the first official presentation of the Pegasos computer on
which the operating system MorphOS is running. Gerald Carda demonstrated us a
test program that displays plasma effects. Not accelerated (68060 speed) the
program displays 4 frames per second (FPS). The same program compiled for
MorphOS shows 192 FPS.
In conversation with Thomas Knäbel and Gerald Carda we have got still more
interesting information which we'll present comprehensive in our final
report. This beforehand:
Developer systems will be available in the beginning of January 2002, computers
for end users will follow appr. 8 -12 weeks later.
The highlight of Haage&Partner is a x86 computer built into a luxury tower
with stylish design and installed Amithlon. The corpus of the computer is of
aluminium, the front side is made of azure blue plastic.
Of course, the developers of the PCI busboards didn't miss the show, either.
Elbox presented their Mediator system and DCE the G-REX board.
Thorsten Hansen of Kato Development presented us the prototype of the Melody
successor. In addition to the functions of the Melody has this card the
following particularities:
- MP3 audios can not only be decoded in real time but alos encoded.
- Analogue mixer function
- Digital input/output (optical/coaxial)
Jens Schönfeld of Individual Computers presented us a preseries model of the
interface card VarioIO that will be available before Christmas. The Delfina
could unfortunately not be shown.
Based on a Logitech 2 buttons mouse Schönfeld has developed a real Amiga resp.
Atari mouse. Here will the production begin in the next days, too.
Michael Böhmer presented his USB controller Subway with which you can connect
common USB devices to the clock port of the A1200. Up to four external devices
can be used without any additional hub. VMC has already started with the driver development. For now there are drivers for mouse and keyboard available. Planned
are drivers for printers, digital cameras and scanners. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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17.Nov.2001
Mario Cattaneo (ANF)
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MagicMenu 2.33 released
Mario Cattaneo wrote:
Version 2.33 of MagicMenu fixes (hopefully) the problems with the PPC support
that was introduced in v2.32.
(mj) (Translation: wk)
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17.Nov.2001
Nowee (E-Mail)
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Amiga-Workbench: OverShaker - Themes Website Updated
The makers of the 'OverShaker' website dedicate their efforts to prettify the Amiga-Workbench.
There are themes for GUI tools like VisualPrefs and icon samples available for download. At the
'Work' area there are tips on how to deal with colours (palette) on the Workbench.
Somewhat few content on this site? Send your self-made themes and icons to
Nowee, the webmaster, to get the site filled with
content!
(mj) (Translation: mj)
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17.Nov.2001
Amiga-Info.net (ANF)
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Amiga-Info.net: pictures directly from the fair
On Saturday between 10.00 and 12.00 o'clock there'll be the first pictures from the
Amiga 2001 at Amiga-Info.net. As we are at the fair the next update of our site
will be at around 18.00 o'clock.
P.S.: Hopefully the equipment won't fail.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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17.Nov.2001
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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V3.61 of ISAcatweasel.device
Just before the finishing of the fair preparations we have managed to
release a new version of the ISAcatweasel.device.
The driver is downloadable from the support area (title link).
Note by Jens Schönfeld:
The driver is "blindly" programmed, I therefore ask the users with a working
Amithlon system to try the device. For the time being it is only possible to
read from disks, the writing is locked yet (floppy disks appear as being write
protected).
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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17.Nov.2001
Daniel Orth (ANF)
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amiga-topcool: interview with ACBB
Amiga-topcool has interviewed the PR director of the Amiga-Club-Berlin-Brandburg
(see title link). He's talking about the club life and his expectation of the
Amiga fair. Read also his sum up regarding the AmigaOS XL (he'd been one of the
first being able to test it). Additionally he's talking about the club's future
plans and what Thomas Nosutta is doing when he's not busy on his Amiga.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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17.Nov.2001
Michael Heider (ANF)
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SuSE Linux 7.3 for PowerPC available
After a long waiting it is time again. SuSE Linux 7.3 for PowerPC
is now available at SuSE GmbH and at the retailers.
8 CDs contain more than 2000 software packages. To mention only a small
selection of new software here are some examples:
KOffice, OpenOffice, Ogg/Vorbis (DivX), KDE 2.2.1, Gnome 1.4.1
But the distribution's highlight should be the availability of the filesystems
Ext3, JFS and ReiserFS (all journaling filesystems).
As in the past I'll create an installation guide for Amiga systems. In any case
I'll let you know when these are available on the net.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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17.Nov.2001
Amiga-Club Deutschland
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Webcam and Shoutcast stream from the Amiga 2001
The Amiga-Club Germany offers some fair atmosphere to all interested people
staying at home:
Under 195.185.110.189:8000 is a Shoutcast audio stream available, under
http://www.a500.de/webcam/ a webcam recording at least the happenings on the
lower floor.
And there's an "official" Amiga2001 IRC channel (linux.us.amiganet.org #amiga
2001) where you can always reach us during the fair.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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16.Nov.2001
Apex Designs
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Payback: One New And Three Update Maps Available
One new map has been added to the
Extra Maps Page,
along with three updated ones. Don't forget that you can buy your own
copy of the game anywhere in the world using our
secure on-line shop.
Also, Amigalien has announced that he has added French and German
discussion lists (as well as a textures page) to
his Payback site.
(ps)
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16.Nov.2001
Cloanto
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Cloanto: Amiga Forever 5.0 / Cloanto at AMIGA 2001
Amiga Forever 5.0 is now shipping. It is available in a CD-ROM, CD-ROM
Upgrade, Online Edition, Online Upgrade and Cross-Platform Online Edition.
Amiga Forever contains state of the art software to satisfy two major
needs of many Amiga users: to use their existing Amiga software and data
on non-Amiga hardware, and to share data between Amiga and other systems.
Additionally, software, tutorial and reference files which are likely to
be of interest to any Amiga enthusiast are included.
Features include:
- Just-in-time (JIT) version of emulation software, carefully
configured and publicly
benchmarked by Cloanto to be 30 times faster than in previous
versions of Amiga Forever
- Software Manager, an advanced content delivery system developed by
Cloanto, for easy and privacy-conscious management of all
emulation-related components (updates, downloads, news, etc.)
- New and fully licensed Picasso96 software (not a shareware version)
- All software tested on Windows XP
- All Amiga ROMs up to version 3.1 (the last ROM that will ever be
available for the "Classic Amiga"!)
- CDTV and CD³² boot ROMs and extended ROMs (can be used to
play CDTV and CD³² games, even booting directly from CD-ROM)*
- MPEG-1 videos: The Deathbed Vigil (one hour and 58 minutes, i.e. the full version of this "must have" video) and Jay Miner Speech (49
minutes)*
- GlowIcons look (as used in Amiga OS "3.5", "3.9" and "XL", but also compatible with NewIcons and MagicWB)
- Option to switch entire environment from "new look" (GlowIcons) to "old look" (Classic) and vice versa
- Amiga Explorer 4.0 (includes revolutionary self-install over serial
cable, plus new Cut, Copy, Paste functions)
- Directory Opus 5.5 (courtesy of GPSoftware)
- TurboText (exclusive latest version with stack problem fix)
- Personal Paint 7.1b
- Built-in support for ADZ and DMS disk image files
- Print spooler (easily print all Amiga documents under Windows,
bypassing parallel port emulation)
- New MenuBox launcher
- New emulation and Workbench configuration results in even faster
emulation of the Amiga CPU
- Latest version of WinUAE and WinFellow tested by Cloanto
- Dozens of other enhancements and add-ons (drag-and-drop LhA,
ToolManager, etc.)
Cloanto at Amiga 2001 (Köln)
Seminars will be held at 12:45 on both Saturday, November 17 and Sunday,
November 18. You are most welcome to join the presentation of Amiga Forever
5.0, the demos, and the debates. (ps)
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16.Nov.2001
Dino Papararo (E-Mail)
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Fractal Graphic: FlashMandelWOS 1.5
Version 1.5 of FlashMandelWOS
has been uploaded on Aminet in gfx/fract
directory. With FlashMandel you can create fractal graphics.
This has changed in the new version:
- FlashMandel has a new Reaction-GUI. You need OS3.5 (or higher) for this feature. Now it's possible to use all features only by mouse.
- Added support for Localization for Italian and German languages, others are welcome ;-).
- A new installer-script makes it easy to install, update or delete FlashMandel.
- The ppc-routines are reworked, so the speed increases about 12%.
- Better print-routines for better output, now should be printed the whole A4 paper.
- Some minor internal changes and optimizations increasing compatibility with all future Amiga clones ;-).
- and much more...
(ps)
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16.Nov.2001
David McMinn (ANF)
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Blitz2000 site updated
The Blitz-2000 site has finally had its design updated. It is an unofficial support site for all you Blitz Basic 2 coders :)
Feedback on the site would be welcome, especially how easy it is to read and understand the Programming section. Note: the mailing list archives and search engine are currently broken.
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16.Nov.2001
Matthias Münch (ANF)
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DigiBoosterPro update
An English version of the unofficial homepage for DigiBoosterPro, the
popular tracker, is now online. It was created with the help of
translation software.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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15.Nov.2001
Batman (ANF)
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Game: "Dynamite" needs more active beta testers
Help: Development of DYNAMITE currently is about to stop due to a lack of participants.
Who wants to drop in for at least one houre twice a week at #amigazeux (example server: irc.amigazeux.de), run Enforcer, Muforce or Muforce&Muguardian, and would like to
discuss possible changes, as well, can announce his interest on the same IRC channel.
Or can contact the programmers via e-mail:
dynamite@amisource.de.
Thank you very much in advance.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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15.Nov.2001
AMIGAplus
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Event: Seminar-events at AMIGA 2001
At AMIGA 2001 the visitors may take part in several seminars and
conferences to be held on both days between 11 and 17 o'clock, for
example:
- Amiga Forever (Cloanto)
- Amiga OS 4.0 (Hyperion Entertainment)
- Amiga OS XL (Haage & Partner)
- DigiBoosterPro (DBP Community)
- Freespace (Hyperion Entertainment)
- Mediator PCI (ELBOX Computer)
- FunMedia (Atari, Patrick Eickhoff)
- MINT/N.AES (Atari, woller systeme)
Furthermore of course there will be additional presentations, e.g. of
Pegasos and G-REX. (ps)
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15.Nov.2001
AMIGAplus
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Event: More exhibitors at AMIGA 2001
Three new exhibitors will attend the AMIGA 2001: "16/32-Bit Systems"
from Great Britain will offer new and well-known Amiga-products.
"Newsell" will concentrate on the sale and presentation of the Mac-
Clones by Umax. Visitors may buy equipment for their printers,
especially refill-sets, from "Refill 24".
(ps)
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15.Nov.2001
Eternity Computer
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Eternity: The 51,111th visitor wins a bonus
Eternity: "Unfortunately we have forgotten to organize a prize project for
customer # 50,000 and would like to make this up now :-). The user with a screenshot
for the 51,111th hit will gain a bonus of 50DM for the next product purchased from
Eternity. Please, send your screenshot to our
webmaster."
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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