18.Oct.2001
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Digital Almanac III - update announcement
A new update for the Amiga astronomy program "Digital Almanac III" version 4.2
can be expected bevore long. A certain release date was not determined, yet.
New features:
- Enhanced formula for the moon's brightness.
- The DA screen now is puclic (public screen).
- The Bayer/Flamsteed database has been enhanced.
- Online information of several hundreds of stars!
- Selection of different Internet sites for constellation descriptions via context menu in the star window.
Bugfixes:
- Small bug in the accuracy matrix fixed (but did not affect due to low values).
- URLs in the planet window called wrong Internet sites.
- When opening a project file on program start (CLI or WB) accidently a screen mode request
was done.
If Harald Frank will agree and there will be time enough DA III perhaps will be presented
running on the new Amithlon/AmigaXL on the Amiga meeting of the Amiga-Freunde-Pfalz
in Mutterstadt, Germany, on 19. Oktober to show the new emulator's performance by an
scientific program. But this cannot be guaranteed at this time and cannot be checked before
the meeting.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Oct.2001
T-Online Computer
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Virus warning for Windows users: New virus "Anthrax-Info" (update)
»According to the US software company Kaspersky Labs a new e-mail worm
"Anthrax-Info" appeared on Tuesday abusing the fact that Amerikan's are afraid of
anthrax infection these a days, but did not do any damage up to now. «
Complete article see title link (German).
(ps)
(Translation: mj)
Update 18. October 2001:
This link for our English speaking readers to find information about this new worm: www.kaspersky.com
(mj)
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18.Oct.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Rafal Kaczmarczyk (developer of XBaze)
Recently XBaze version 7 was released being a very flexible database with
an easy field and display editor. The Amiga Arena talked to the developer
Rafal Kaczmarczyk.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Oct.2001
Tao Group
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Tao Group establish subsidary in Japan
»Tokyo, Japan, 17th October 2001: UK-based Tao Group today announces
the establishment of its new subsidiary, Tao Japan K.K, headquartered in
Tokyo. It will be responsible for continuing the growth that Tao's Japanese
business has already enjoyed. It will also work closely with both Tao's
partners and the Open Contents Platform Association (OCPA) - the open
standards body using Tao's 'intent®' software platform as a core component
for home and mobile connected appliances.«
Complete article see title link. (ps)
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17.Oct.2001
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Homepage is being updated again
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
XBaze
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Database: XBaze V7.01
On 14th of October 2001 Rafal Kaczmarczyk has published version 7.01 of the database called 'XBaze'. In this version a bug of the popup-menu in the view-editor has been fixed.
Download:
2b_XBaze-7.lha (539 KB) - Full archive
2b_XBaze-7.01-upd.lha (113 KB) - Update of V7
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
WHDLoad
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Installer: New packets for WHDLoad (until 16.10.2001)
Games which have been previously made for disks can be now installed to harddrive with the help of WHDLoad. The following packets have been added or updated:
- 16.10.01 new: Synthesis (Underground) done by Psygore
- 16.10.01 new: Torvak the Warrior (Core Design) done by CFOU!
- 16.10.01 new: Thunder Jaws (Tengen/Domark) done by CFOU!
- 16.10.01 new: Side Winder (Arcadia Software) done by CFOU!
- 16.10.01 new: Scramble Spirits (Grandslam/Teque) done by Bored Seal
- 16.10.01 improved: Project X (Team 17) automatic load/save highscores
- 16.10.01 new: Joyride (Phenomena) done by Psygore
- 16.10.01 new: Peter Beardsley's International Football (Teque/Grandslam) done by Codetapper
- 16.10.01 fixed: Navy Seals (Ocean) graphics problem fixed
- 16.10.01 fixed: Jumping Jack Son (Infrogrames) highscores and some gfx fixed
- 16.10.01 new: Barbarian 2 (Psygnosis/Pandemonium) done by CFOU!
- 16.10.01 new: Banshee (Core Design) done by JOTD
- 16.10.01 new: The Last Sun Demo (Ackerlight) done by Psygore
- 10.10.01 new: Vindicators (Tengen/Domark) done by CFOU!
- 10.10.01 new: Vigilante (US Gold/Emerald Software) done by CFOU!
- 09.10.01 improved: Zool (Gremlin) all disk versions supported too
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
SonicPulse
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Music: SoundFX News
Stefan Kost writes: "There have not been information for a long time so I want to make up for it. Currently I rewrite a lot of code and I fix bugs. Without it a version 5 would be impossible. There will also be some nice new features."
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
Golem
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Golem: IBM introduces 1 GHz PowerPC-processor
»Power consumption lowered at 50 percent, efficiency incresed at 30 percent
At the microprocessor forum in California IBM has introduced its previously fastest PowerPC-processor called PowerPC 750FX. It is supossed to have a clock rate up to 1 GHz and for the first time is supoosed to unify copper cable, Silicon-on-Insulator-(SoI-) and low-k-dialectric-technologies in one chip.«
Have a look at the title link for the full article.
Another link to this topic:
Heise: PowerPC G3 with 1 GHz
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17.Oct.2001
Jörg Brenner (ANF)
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Lexsite: New update of hardware-website
Today Lexsite hase been updated.
The following things have been added:
Description, photos and gallery-pictures of
- Commodore A1060 Sidecar (XT-emulator for A1000)
- Kupke Golem HD 3000 (ST-506-controller for Zorro II)
- Datel Action Replay III A2000 (Freezer)
Photos and gallery-pictures of
- GVP EGS 28/24 Spectrum (RTG-graphic adapter)
- Village Tronic Picasso II (RTG-graphic adapter)
- X-Pert Merlin (RTG-graphic adapter)
- HK-Computer Vector Connection (interface adapter)
- RBM IOBlix (interface adapter)
Description of
- ArMax oMniBus (RTG-graphic adapter)
In addition all extensions which are supported by Linux and/or NetBSD have got a corresponding comment. By the way we are still looking for Amiga magazines from 1987 to 1993 especially from England and USA - we would be pleased if some poeple could give support to us. Generally scans of the according magazines are sufficient. Please contact us before sending it.
Last but not least: Thanks a lot to all which have sent us pictures of extensions!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Dave Haynie's Garage Sale
According to Czech Amiga NewsDave Haynie,
Chief Technology Officer, Merlancia Industries (formerly working at Commodore), offers several Amiga hardware for sale under the title link. Different prototypes also belong to it:
PIOS One-Board, A3000+-Board and Amiga-Gemini (Multiprozessor-Amiga based on A3000).
(sd)
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17.Oct.2001
Amiga Inc.
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AmigaDE Shop: New products
In the AmigaDE shop two new products can be found called 'BoXiKoN' and 'Solitaire Pulsar'. 'BoXiKoN' is a Tetris-clone and 'Solitaire Pulsar' is a packet of ten different Solitaire-variants.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
H. Ogino (ANF)
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Japan Amiga User Group's (JAUG) homepage finished
JAPAN AMIGA USER GROUP'S (JAUG) homepage has been finished today. Here you can
find everything about Amiga in Japan. "Amiga history in Japan", "Amiga softwares
in Japan", "Amiga games in Japan", "Amiga power users now in Japan" as well as
"Say it in Japanese", "Japanese culture", etc. On "Event" page JAUG is planning to
have event titled "simultanous interpret chat" between Japanese Amiga users and
non-Japanese Amiga users. This is the first time project worldwidely. Please visit
the homepage and enjoy Japan!
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
Richard H. Poser II (E-Mail)
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Messenger: AmigAIM BETA Version 0.9433
Richard H. Poser has published beta version 0.9433 of the AIM-messenger AmigAIM. AmigAIM is a client for connecting with the America Online Instant-Messenger (AIM-service). It follows an extract of the history from where you can get the changes which have been made:
- Fixed bug, I hope, having to do with some URLs containing the '&'
replacement for '&'
- Still working on new stuff in internal Alpha...
Download: AmigAIM_BETA.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
Jörn-Erik Burkert (E-Mail)
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Amiga magazine: Article of issues 9 and 10 online
On the website some readings of the issues 9/2001 and 10/2001 are online. Among other things you can read the full MySQL-course and a workshop for programming sound.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
Fun Time World
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AMIGA 2001: Ticket advance-booking
From 17th to 18th of November 2001 the AMIGA 2001 will take place in MediaPark 6 in Cologne. From now on until 5th of November 2001 you can order your ticket in advance for this event under http://www.amiga-messe.de/kartenverkauf-d.html.
(sd) (Translation: dr)
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17.Oct.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (ANF)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD V1.06
The MM CD 1.06 update for registered users of the Mediator
Multimedia CD has been made available by ELBOX Computer.
The update includes the new TV card driver version:
- tv.library ver.1.3
- TV ver.1.2
Additionally, the driver supports TV backdrop functionality.
See more: http://www.elbox.com/news_01_10_16.html.
Other driver updates in the MM CD UP1.06:
- FastEthernet.device ver.1.1
- MediatorNET.device ver.2.2
Important:
As the interest of programmers is really high, who would like
to prepare graphic interfaces working with our TV drivers,
we have decided to make available the appropriate tv.library
developer's documentation.
The tv.library documentation is enclosed in the Mediator Multimedia
CD UP1.06 in the DEV_TV drawer.
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
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17.Oct.2001
Cyborg (ANF)
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Instant Messenger: CIM V1.05 now with MultiUserChat
With the Instant Messenger it is now possible to have an encoded MultiUserChat together with PGP-support of CIM. Since the last version the expected rework of the GUI has been made.
As usual the updates can be found on the Amiga Security page which you can access over the title link.
(sd) (Translation: dr)
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16.Oct.2001
ANN
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Programming: ARexx- and AWNPipe tutorials
Bruce Steers has released tutorials for ARexx and AWNPipe on his homepage.
The ARexx tutorial introduces you to the basics of ARexx. The AWNPipe tutorial
describes how to use 'AWNPipe', with which GUIs and other stuff can be created.
What makes AWNPipe special is the possibility to use it with any programming
language offering read/write operations.
JavaScript is required to dispaly the page.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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16.Oct.2001
Jürgen Lange (ANF)
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Amithlon/AmigaXL: Compatibility list and release date
On 15. October 2001 Haage & Partner Computer GmbH have released
a compatibility list
for Amithlon and Amiga XL for QNX on thier website.
Furthermore it is being announced that the emulator package will start shipping within this week.
There will be an official presentation this weekend on the
Pianeta 2001
in Italy.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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16.Oct.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (ANF)
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Elbox: TV as background
Elbox Computer is pleased to inform that
Amiga with the Mediator busboard is from now on
the first hardware, in which displaying
the actual and moving at full speed
real TV broadcasting picture in the backdrop
has become possible.
Mediator PCI is now the only PCI busboard for Amiga, whose
users may use TV cards. Apart from this fact, Mediator PCI
is also a pathfinder for new quality standards in the way
PCI TV cards are used in computers.
Displaying the full-quality TV picture with absolutely 100%
system performance maintained (irrespective whether you use
a turbo card with PPC/68060 or with 68030) is now possible
with the special method of storing code for the video
capturing processor.
The fast SDRAM/SGRAM memory of graphic cards, to which the
TV card sends the digitalised television picture is used in
Mediator PCI also to store program for the TV-card video
and audio capture processor.
This means that none of the operations related to generating
the picture requires any operation outside the PCI bus.
Therefore, performance of TV cards is significantly enhanced
when compared against other computers with PCI TV cards,
in which the video capture processors must take their code
from the computer's main memory.
Inventing this method of co-operation between TV cards and
graphic cards has become possible due to the effort of our
in-house team of programmers, who have written drivers for
both graphic and TV cards.
Software for TV cards for Mediator, which now supports as
many as 50 of the most popular PCI TV cards, enables a series
of different methods of displaying television image.
The basic method is to display the image in the window of the
pre-set size from the range of 96x72 to 768x576. Any size
of window may be freely scalable at any time. Scaling the TV
picture is executed in real time with the PCI graphic card's
hardware.
When the TV image is displayed as a backdrop, the user may
freely define the colour, which will be automatically replaced
by the graphic card with the moving television image.
The
enclosed screenshots
show television picture samples in Amiga with Mediator PCI.
Software for TV cards in Mediator enables a number of other
additional functions, which the TV card may perform.
For example: managing the radio tuner integrated with the
card or using the TV card as a scandoubler / flickerfixer
for displaying the AGA-generated image in the PCI graphic
card screen.
The software to enable operation of any supported TV card
in the backdrop mode will be made available today to all
the registered users of the Mediator Multimedia CD package
as an update, free of any charge.
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
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