06.Oct.2001
Carsten Schröder (ANF)
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Magazine: AMIGA aktuell 10/2001 released
The October issue of AMIGA aktuell contains among other things
- an up-to-the-minute interview with AMIGA president Bill McEwen,
- many information regarding the Amiga emulators AmigaXL and Amithlon,
including a preview and several comments,
- a final word titled »Is the PowerPC nearing its end?«,
- a review of the IDE-SCSI adapter »HighPerTEC SCSIDE-BR2«,
- the first part of a workshop about shared filesystems,
- a preview of the space game »Descent: Freespace«,
and much more. AMIGA aktuell 10/2001 can be read online on our website or be
downloaded in HTMl or AmigaGuide format. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2001
Dirk Baeyens
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Event: Amiga 2001 - website now online
The website of the Amiga 2001, that will be held on 17. and 18. November 2001 in Cologne in
the Mediapark 6 (KOMED), is now online under amiga-messe.de (title link). The complete exhibitors list will follow soon.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (email)
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Elbox: Warp3D running on Voodoo3, 4 and 5 in Mediator
Elbox Computer is humbly informing all the Amiga fans
that Warp3D Voodoo drivers for Mediator PCI busboards
are on the release now.
Warp3D drivers prepared by Hyperion Entertainment for
Mediator PCI busboards work flawlessly on PPC & 68k
processors with the following graphic cards:
- Voodoo3 2000/3000,
- Voodoo4 4500,
- Voodoo5 5500.
Warp3D Voodoo drivers are now included in the software
package bundled with all the Mediator PCI busboards.
For all the registered users of Mediator PCI busboards
Warp3D Voodoo drivers are available free of charge
directly and exclusively from Elbox Computer.
Update:
Because of the different comments we have contacted Hyperion and asked for an
official statement that was sent to us just now by
Hans-Jörg Frieden
via email.
Here the official comment of the Warp3D team:
First some facts:
- No member of the Warp3D team owns a Voodoo 4/5.
- We don't have any documentation about it.
- There were never talks about support for Voodoo 4/5. The drivers in their
current form, no matter whether for Prometheus, G-REX or Mediator, was
designed for a Voodoo3/Avenger and are functionally identical.
In general it can't be excluded that the Avenger driver works with other chips
of the Voodoo family. This includes the Banshee as well as the Napalm (VSA-100
of the V4/5). But it is out of question to take on support or guarantee for the
operation in any way. Should it really work (that couldn't be tested by now)
then it is pure chance. And it doesn't need to work with all existing boards or
revisions of the chips.
Should it come out that the drivers really work with the Napalm chips it
will probably count the same for the Prometheus as well as the G-REX busboards.
But: neither Hyperion Entertainment nor the Warp3D team can guarantee in any way
the operating of the drivers with any Napalm based graphics board. As far as we
are concerned we do only deliver support for Voodoo 3.
Ciao,
Hans-Joerg Frieden
Senior Software Developer, Hyperion Entertainment
Mail: Hans-JoergF@hyperion-software.de
Web: http://www.hyperion-entertainment.com
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06.Oct.2001
Michael Burkhard (email)
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Michael Burkhardt: Farewell to Hof
Michael Burkhardt, known to many Amiga users by his company IOM Messefilme
and the Amiga controlled video wall on exhibitions, wrote:
»
Dear friends,
now it is official: I change from my lackluster
autonomy to an employment.
Already on Monday I'll move to Berlin 300 km from here,
take a furnished apartment and work for the D.A.V.I.D. GmbH from
Tuesday on.
This decision was a hard step for me and required a great effort.
Especially the last months when a management consultant was helpfully by my
side showed that it would be much better to live and work in a real Media town.
But to move my company would never have been to put through. I never would have
taken this enormous risk. The more happy I was to have found a job now in
the media industry.
At the D.A.V.I.D. GmbH I'll ensure as project engineer planning, technical
support, and network installations for radio stations. This software house is
specialized in applications for radio broadcasting. More details about the company can be
found at www.david-gmbh.de.
I would like to thank all those who have helped me in my period of
autonomy. Of course the company IOM will continue to exist, but I
personally won't have the chance to deal with the management as
my new job requires 100% of my time.
Particularly during the beginning it will become very stressful and it likely will be
hard to contact me. Of course my e-mail address, my mobile phone number
(0171-3296371), and my ICQ will remain the same, but surely I won't be able to answer
immediately in the beginning, however.
In any case thanks to all people who always supported me in continuing
my company. Of course I'm at your disposal for questions during this weekend.
Best regards,
Michael Burkhardt
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Medientechnik
IOM Film- und Videoproduktion, Hof/Germany
D-95030 Hof/Saale * Kornhausacker 56
Phone Contact: +49-9281-767102
Fax Contact: +49-9281-767103
Web Contact: http://www.messefilme.de
Email: info@messefilme.de
ICQ: 40465741« (ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2001
Cyborg (ANF)
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Instant Messenger: CIM Update for IP-NAT Version 1.04ext
CIM now also works when using an IP-NAT router. Besides that many GUI improvements
had been done. Data transfer is now possible.
CIM is a messaging utility developed by Marius 'Cyborg' Schwarz on the basis of
the small ICMP demo on the
ASP
(Amiga Security Page). PGP is already integrated.
MrMarco (www.highantdev.de) has
kindly made 'Traffic' available on his server. With this everything for a
network similar to ICQ is given. Everybody who wants can log in. The program has
been tested on several Amigas and runs stable. The installation is extremly
easy, so no installation script is needed.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2001
Chip
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Chip: Exclusive: Radeon 8500 beats GeForce3 Ti/500
»ATI's Radeon 8500 is the high end competitor to Nvidia's
GeForce3 Titanium 500. With a chip clock of 275 MHz and a memory clock of
effective 550 MHz it offers powerful arguments.«
Full article (German) see title link. (cm) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2001
Andre Geisler (ANF)
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Game: Payback PPC/W3D available
Payback PPC and the Warp3D version for 68k and PPC is available at Apex Designs
since today. In Payback the player is taking over the role of a young fleeing
driver and is trying to become a big gangster boss.
A new 68k version has been released, too. The following new features have been
added:
- PowerPC support
- Warp3D support
- Gouraud shading
- Rotating 3D mode
- You can now add custom textures to user maps
- Map preview added to rampage and multiplayer setup screens
- Fonts and in-game images are automatically scaled up at resolutions of
640x400 and above
- Finnish and Dutch language support
- Lots of minor bug fixes
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2001
Gerrit Timmermann (ANF)
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Mailbox: Stardate-bbs temporarily not accessible via Internet
Because of massive DSL problems is the Stardate bbs (Amiga mailbox for
more than 10 years) for the time being not accessible via Internet.
All Pollboxes/Points may please move over to the modem/ISDN dial in.
The Telekom is working on the problem.
The popular Dynamite server stardate.2y.net is affected by this, too.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2001
Jürgen A. Theiner (ANF)
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playamiga.de: new column
The October is here. As in every new month we have a new column, "Quo Vadis,
Amiga?". In the charts there have been not many changes as the participation
last month was relatively weak. Please participate as you have in the beginning.
THANK YOU.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2001
Kilian Servais (ANF)
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Disk magazine: NoCover issue 91 released
As already announced last month many changes had taken place at APC & TCP. So is
the NC, that of course continues to be issued at the beginning of the month,
from now on available free of charge and the membership at the APC & TCP is
now free of charge, too. People who want to get the NC sent on a regular
basis via email just send an email to kilian@apc-tcp.de. Of course will the NC
from now on be uploaded onto the Aminet (docs/mags), so that the interested
ones can download the latest issue from there, too.
At the moment we're looking for users who want to collaborate on the NC - we're
always pleased about articles that can be submitted not only via email but also
via snailmail (Kilian Servais, Feldkampstr.78, 44625 Herne). The NC #92 will, by
the way, be released on the Aminet within the next 48 hours resp. can be ordered
via email. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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05.Oct.2001
Thomas Steiding (e-mail)
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e.p.i.c. interactive ports the Earth 2150 series to Mac and MorphOS!
e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment has signed a contract with Zuxxez
Entertainment (http://www.zuxxez.com) to bring 3D RTS series Earth 2150 to
the Macintosh. EARTH 2150: ESCAPE FROM THE BLUE PLANET will lead the way
and should be available for Mac gamers this winter. Sequels EARTH 2150: THE
MOON PROJECT and EARTH 2150: LOST SOULS will follow at a later date. More
information on EARTH 2150 can be found in the projects section. A
movie trailer will soon be available. Additional information on EARTH 2150
can also be found on the official Earth 2150 homepage.
A version for Pegasos/MorphOS will follow!
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
László Török
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PalMooVId version 1.2 (demo) - AVI player for PalmOS
If you want to expand your Palm handheld with an AVI player you'll find a demo
version of PalMooVId at the title link. The program was written by László Török,
known to many Amiga users from his AVI player for Amiga. The program will be
shareware.
New in version 1.2:
ADDED OS version check (3.5 req)
FIXED some minor bugs
Download:
PalMooVIdDemo.zip
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
KATO
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AMPlifier V2.32
AMPlifier is mainly a convenient player program for MP3 (MPEG) audio, but
it can also play a variety of 16 bit sound formats (AIFF, MAUD, WAV, RAW).
AMPlifier supports hardware-based MPEG audio decoders as well as software
decoding through mpega.library. The visual appearance can be adapted by the
user through so-called 'Skins' to suit her own preferences. Since the same
system as in WinAMP is used, thousands of complete skins are available.
AMPlifier now has features requested by users:
- ReAction user interface
- works with packed skins (.wsz)
- ID3v2 tag support improved
- two new ARexx commands
- direct input of URLs for MP3 streaming
- saving of MP3 streams to harddisk
Download: amplifier232.lha
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
AROS
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AROS News: Mirror and IRC channel
If you find the main server of aros.org too slow, you can alternately bookmark
http://aros.planetmirror.com.
'4play' created an official AROS IRC channel on EFNet
which you can reach with /join #aros.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
Mikey C. (ANF)
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Event: Exhibitors list of the 'World Of Amiga Southeast' Show
Start planning! There are only four weeks to go! On Saturday, 3rd
November 2001, Amiga Active will be sponsoring the World of Amiga South
East Show, to be held in Brentwood, Essex, UK, From 12:00pm till 5:00pm.
The World of Amiga Southeast show, Exhibitors list is finally here, and Amiga are coming!
Please note, the layout and exhibitors list on the WOAse website is incorrect, please refer to this
list for now. A correct hall layout and list will be posted sometime today at http://www.worldofamiga.com.
List of Exhibitors...
Space..............Company/Organisation
1-2................Kicksoft Ltd
3..................Pagan Games
4..................Huddersfield Amiga User Group
/Blackpool User Group
5..................TBA
6..................Amiga
7..................Cloanto
8-14...............Eyetech
15-16..............Fore-matt Home Computing
17.................100% Amiga Magazine
18.................South Essex Amiga Link
19.................Amiga North Thames
20.................Kickstart
21.................Amiga Support Association
22.................Elbox (SharkPPC Premiere)
23-24..............Mediator Support Team
25-27..............Virtual Programming/Amiga Active
Magazine (Show Sponsors)
28-30..............Weird Science
31-33..............Stellar Dreams
34.................Hyperion Games Arena
35.................Gloucestershire Amiga User Group
Sadly, Analogic are unable to attend due to commitments elsewhere.
On the positive side, Haage and Partner have confirmed their
attendance and may take the last unsold space.
Don't forget tickets can still be purchased in advance via our
website http://www.worldofamiga.com
and via telephone/mail order from Fore-Matt Home Computing on
+44 (0)8700 112234
Other important announcements about the show including information
on where to stay. will follow in due course.
World of Amiga Southeast is sponsored by
Amiga Active Magazine (ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
Amigan Software
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Tool: Report+ Version 5.06
With Report+ by Amigan Software bug reports, Aminet readme files, autodocs and
similar reports can be easily created. The program is Freeware and supports
the GUI systems ReAction and GadTools.
Download: report.lha (426 KB)
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
TheLegacy
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Game museum: TheLegacy news
An improved search engine was built into the website of the game museum for
C64, Amiga, Atari, PC and Schneider/Amstrad CPC which makes it very easy to
find certain game descriptions or screenshots.
An update with about 500 new games was put online on October 3rd, 2001 and
a rotating "Top 5" built into the start page which contains three different
themes. The data is created dynamically from the database.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
WHDLoad
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Installer: New packages for WHDLoad (up to 04.10.2001)
Games which were made for disk use only can be installed to harddisk thanks
to WHDLoad. The following packages have been newly added or improved:
- 04.10.01 new: Golden Eagle (Loriciel) done by CFOU!
- 04.10.01 new: Cadaver Demo Level (Bitmap Brothers) done by JOTD
- 03.10.01 fixed: Operation Stealth (Delphine) needs less memory now
- 03.10.01 fixed: Dream Tripping (Digital) install script corrected (ReadMe,Image)
- 03.10.01 fixed: Shadow of the Beast 3 (Psygnosis) intro in PAL version fixed
- 03.10.01 new: Slightly Magic (Code Masters) done by Bored Seal
- 03.10.01 improved: Fire Force (ICE) support for CDł˛ version added
- 03.10.01 new: Crazy Cars (Titus) done by CFOU!
- 03.10.01 new: Ballistix (Psyclases/Reflexions) done by CFOU!
- 01.10.01 new: Wayne Gretzky Hockey (Betchesda SoftWorks) done by CFOU!
- 01.10.01 improved: Tetrix (Markus Olinger/CT-Verlag) supports another version and a small fix
- 01.10.01 improved: Run the Gauntlet (Ocean) supports another version
- 01.10.01 fixed: Quest of Agravain (Codemasters) small change
- 01.10.01 new: Knight Force (Titus) done by CFOU!
- 30.09.01 improved: Kult/Chamber Of The Sci-Mutant Priestess (Exxos/Infogrames) supports another version
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
Japan Amiga User Group (ANF)
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Japan Amiga User group's homepage soon finished
Japan Amiga User Group's (JAUG's) homepage is soon finished. This website
offers "Japanese Amiga Profile & History", "Japanese Amiga Power User now",
"Japanese Amiga Newspaper", "Japanese Amiga books, videos & softwares",
"Japanese Amiga Business movements", "JAUG'S BBS" & a lot of others.
Here you can come to know all about Amiga status in Japan. (ps) (Translation: rh)
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05.Oct.2001
Tom Duin (ANF)
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Bindassigns 1.2 and RealPlayerInfo 1.0 at Amigaharry corner released
Bindassigns 1.2 and RealPlayerInfo 1.0 released at Amigaharry corner.
Bindassigns replaces "MakeDir"s and "Assign"s in Startup-Sequence. It can
also replace the "Assign"s in the User-Startup.
RealPlayerInfo 1.0 shows information about Real-Audio and Real-Video files.
Tom Duin alias amigaharry
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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04.Oct.2001
Gerd Frank (E-Mail)
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AmiATLAS 6 - Release planned for 15. November 2001 (Update)
Gerd Frank is being thinning an optimizing his 1.5 million of AmiATLAS code lines, and
whiping into shape 50 MB of map data, hotel guides and city guides. In all foresight
AmiATLAS6 would be finished for the Cologne show in November and available from the
booth of KDH and maybe from the booth of APC & TCP.
Changes since AmiATLAS5 (partial statement!).
- All of the previous additional maps included, now.
- Free updates (at least v3) until 30. June 2002, maybe even longer.
- Updated and extended data set.
- Extensive hotel guide, city guide, ....
- Extended rout calculation (brakes, traffic jam menace, ...).
- Functions speeded-up, some more than 30%.
- Menus and dock bar free configurable.
- GUI graphics (e.g. dock) easy to exchange.
- GUI and display optimized and extended.
- Phonetic search, e.g. for towns or street names.
- External data tools for AVON, post code, and car registration numbers (city code).
- External vehicle cost manager.
- OS3.5/3.9 Support
- Delivered on a coloured printed CD-RW in DVD-case with coloured cover.
- Price 109,- DM
Possible to be ordered from:
AmiATLAS Development Team
c/o Gerd Frank
Wölsauerhammer 51
D-95615 Marktredwitz
E-Mail: AmiATLAS@gmx.net
Or from the popular AMIGA stockists.
For more information it is vital to have a look at he website for the
prior version AmiATLAS5 at
http://software.freepage.de/iss,
but which is not topical!
Gerd Frank established a mailing list for bugreports, suggestions, and other
discussions all about AmiATLAS:
amiatlas@freelists.org. To register
to this list, please send an e-mail with subject subscribe to
amiatlas-request@freelists.org.
Update 05.10.2001:
Price statement changed. (ps) (Translation: mj)
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