05.Aug.2001
Fun Time World
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Graphics: ImageFX V4.5 Introdution
Nova Design introduced version 4.5 of the image editing and
effects software 'ImageFX' on the AmiWest 2001 show.
New drawing modes and a new animations system were added. This
animations system can load GIF animations, ANIM's, ANIM brushes, as
well as a set of single frames and can operate those using keyframe
animation.
Follow the title link for the full press release.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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05.Aug.2001
Bernd Gmeineder (ANF)
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AMI Sector One: Update with additional games
Bernd Gmeineder wrote:
'Paradox Software' and 'Hartwerk' are two more companies allowing us to
make their software available for free at AMI Sector One. Some of the
games and applications, which now can be legally downloaded, are 'ST-Protector',
'War Zone', and the translation software 'Translate It'. Beside of these there
is also Ed Scio's futuristic flight simulation 'Armour-Geddon'. Various interesting
public domain games and new Emerald Mine clones round out this little update.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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05.Aug.2001
Czech Amiga News
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AmiWest 2001: 9 minuts movie from the show
On http://emrl.com/amiwest/ a 9 minutes movie from the
AmiWest 2001 show was released. This movie shows the responsiveness to AmigaOS x86, views on
the Boxer, AmigaDE programming, Amiga tatoos, and SOCK PUPPETS.
It shows Kermit Woodall, Joe Torre, Dr. Ryan of Merlancia Industries, and many more.
There are two versions of the movie, one of low (8,795k) and one of high (25,567k)
resolution MPEG-1 video format.
A copy of this movie, the MP3 files of the speeches, and the Sheep screenshot are also
available from http://amiga.mc-kenna.org/.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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05.Aug.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Workbench: Scalos Beta V40.8
On 4. August 2001 beta version 40.8 of the alternative Workbench 'Scalos' was
released. This release in particular fixes several bugs and makes it easier to
handle the different preferences formats of Scalos.
Now Scalos tries to load the latest format, at first. If not available it falls back to
prior formats, but always uses the latest format for saving.
All changes can be taken from the
history.
You can report bugs using the
bug report page.
Download: ScalosBeta.lha (210K)
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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05.Aug.2001
Kevin Orme (ANF)
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Website: Amiga University updated
OK. We've done quite a bit of work since the last
update, and while that was too long ago (mid May, blame
too much work travel! :) we've got some cool stuff up
there now for you!
1) New Pages. Not only have we gone back and
re-verified links throughout the site (we are up to ~2,000
links, probably only about 15% of those are 'within site')
we have added new AmigaDE, Draco, and TVPaint
pages as well as a huge slew of REBOL links to the
'rebol on the web' page in our programming section.
There are many other new links throughout the site in its
various sections as well, please let us know if we missed
*your* site. If it has to do with Amigas and especially
learning how to use them, enjoy them, etc., we're all
ears. :)
2) Site Mirrors and Archives. We are pleased to
announce that thanks to Bob Maple, Paul R.
Santa-Maria and Marc Albrecht we have been able to
'preserve' three Amiga sites otherwise having been
taken down, namely 'Zip Drives and the Amiga',
'Motorola 68000 Resources' and the former
Amiga-software.com website. Take a look from the 'site
archives' link off the home page.
Even cooler is the generosity of David McMinn, who is
allowing us to mirror his 'Blitz Basic 2000' site. This is
still an active and growing site, even though at the
moment he's changing servers on the home site in the
UK, thus not all his content is online at the moment but
that will soon change. Check it out!
3) Downloads. As you may or may not already know,
we've had Bars & Pipes available for download for a long
time, probably almost a year now. But we are pleased to
announce that due to the generosity of NewTek, (who
released Amiga TVPaint a while back as freeware),
TVPaint is also now free to be distributed by other sites
as well. We have created a ~4MB zip archive containing
all you'll need to install this premier Amiga paint package
(you'll need UnZip from Aminet as well as a graphics
card, however, to use TVPaint - UAE/Amiga Forever
users can also use it because they employ Picasso96
within the emulation). To help thank NewTek for their
continued support of the Amiga community, if you use a
PC, buy a copy of Aura, their newest and incredibly
powerful paint/graphics package - you won't be
disappointed.
In sum, come on back and check us out, we've got lots to
offer and hopefully will have another large site update
next month to announce. In the meantime, enjoy! (sd)
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05.Aug.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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Game: New units for "Schlachtfeld"
Horst Diebel wrote:
Again, there are new unit pictures as in-game graphics by Eddy for the strategy game
'Schlachtfeld'. This should almost complete the vehicle fleet. Please, use the forum
of the page to post any suggestions about the final design or textures.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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05.Aug.2001
Richard H. Poser II (E-Mail)
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Messenger: AmigAIM with new WWW and download addresses
The WWW and download addresses have changed for the instant messenger 'AmigAIM' by
Richard H. Poser II to use the AOL messenger service.
The new addresses are:
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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05.Aug.2001
Robert Williams, Editor Clubbed Magazine (E-Mail)
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SEAL: Clubbed Issue 8 Now Available
A brand new issue of Clubbed, South Essex Amiga Link's (SEAL) quarterly
subscription Amiga magazine, is available now. All subscriber copies
have been posted and should be received in the next week.
We are also happy to announce that you can now buy your Clubbed
subscription online from at Kicksoft
using a variety of credit and debit cards.
Highlights of issue 8 include:
Networking Explained: Find out how you can connect several Amigas or
integrate your Amiga into a network with other platforms. This feature is
complemented by a tutorial on setting up network printing with Samba.
Photogenics 5: What did we think of the latest release of this well known
art and image processing package?
DrawStudio Tutorial: We guide you through combining bitmap and structured
elements in this recently re-released drawing package.
Plus much more (including our first Reader's Wives section!)
If you'd like to know more visit our website
for a full contents list and sample articles from previous issues.
Clubbed is a not-for-profit publication.
(mj)
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04.Aug.2001
Carsten Schröder (ANF)
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AMIGA aktuell 08/2001 released
The August issue of AMIGA aktuell contains this time even three top reviews:
We take a close look at
- the AmigaDE in the »Party Pack« version,
- the PCI busboard »Prometheus« and
- the soundcard »Repulse«.
Additionally AMIGA aktuell 08/2001 contains
- the second part of the background report about the legendary
»Phoenix« mainboard,
- the second part of the experience report about the emulator package
»AmigaForever«,
- of course extensive information about the latest AMIGA announcements
and much more. AMIGA aktuell 08/2001 can be read online on our website
as well as it can be downloaded in HTML resp. AmigaGuide format.
Attention: As the AMIGA aktuell website is on its way to moving to
another server some services, among others the archived online issues, are
unusable for quite some time. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.Aug.2001
Carsten Scholling (ANF)
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The revolution - a fictitious story
The vague information one gets from Amiga Inc. don't allow a continuation of the
story about Amithlon and the forces
of darkness for the moment. But surely later :)
But as I was asked to write something, now for something completely different.
Though not very Amiga related it fits somehow the present situation.
Ciao, Carsten
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.Aug.2001
Andreas Magerl (email)
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Disk magazine: NoCover 89 released
Today the NoCover issue #89 has been released. It can be read online on the APC&TCP
homepage.
The online subscriptions were sent away today. The disk subscriptions will be
brought to the post on Sunday. As usual, the NoCover contains the latest issue of
the 'Amiga Aktuell' magazine.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.Aug.2001
Thomas Hoppe (ANF)
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Domain amiga-center.de to give away
For some months now the domain amiga-center.de lies fallow. I don't need it
anymore, and I'm now looking for a new non-commercial user. A permission for
such a non-commercial use was given by Amiga Inc. but would have to be renewed
with a change of the owner and the service.
I give the domain away for free. The costs resulting from a change may be taken
over by the new owner. When interested please send an email to Thomas Hoppe.
For now the domain is looked after by DomainFactory. A change is no problem but
needs a little more time at DomainFactory.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.Aug.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 04.08.2001
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04.Aug.2001
AmigArt / Christoph Meier (ANF)
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Alan Redhouse (Eyetech UK) comments AmigaOne, OS4-PPC and Amithlon
»Well apart from unduly cluttering up the AmigaOne mailing list I think
Gary has handled the points raised admirably. Of course a large proportion of
posters appear to have completely ignored his answers and have started
indulging in even greater realms of virtual computing fantasy. I dont
really see it as a particularly good use of my time or the lists bandwith
to comment until the party atmosphere has died down a little.
However, since you ask, this is how I see things, (having first discussed
it with Bill, Fleecy & Gary):
There are currently 4 Amiga-on-PC emulators in existence/under development.:
UAE (Linux/windows); Amiga Forever; Amithlon; and 'x' (as previewed in
AmigaActive but shortly to be released).
All use the same basic 68K emulation process, but have different trade-offs
in terms of speed, chipset emulation (and therefore compatibility), windows
integration and other features. All only run 68K (not PPC) code so cannot
run modern software with PPC code.
All can only run os3.x (for which development has been capped) and will not
be able to run any version of OS4.x , all of which are PPC coded. All will
be irrelevant with OS5.0 (sometime) as this will run native on PPC and x86
(plus possibly some other) hardware.
From Amiga Inc's point of view all these products have a potential benefit
in increasing the overall Amiga user base. The theory is that they will act
as a taster to get old PC-owning Amigans excited again and to give ex Amiga
(who are now PC) dealers a low cost way of re-evaluating the Amiga. The
ultimate goal (in Amiga Inc's eyes) is to get more people to purchase/stock
the new PPC-based Amigas.
I am personally unsure whether this will be successful as:
Virtually all new software will be written to OS4.x and PPC interfaces.
Showing PC users an old unsupported operating system and its associated
68K applications does not - to me - seem the best way to impress them and
get them to change platforms.
(As Ben Hermans from Hyperion says) these emulators will inevitably be
installed on an existing windows machine where more functional - but mainly
more familiar - productivity and games software already exists for these
users.
I personally feel that we have the best chance of winning back old Amigans
with an all new hardware (including case - details available in a couple of
weeks), OS and application software bundle. That is we need a stand-alone
fully functioning solution with sufficient native applications and performance
to impress existing independant PC dealers. Of course this means that we need
some of these new applications ready when os4.2 arrives and that means that
we need sufficient sales of the AmigaOne with OS4.0 to make it financially
attractive for software developers to port their games and
applications. Careful timing is everything - we (Amigans) will only get one
chance to get it right.
Contrary to what many may expect, I actually believe it would be helpful if
OS 4.0 could be made to run on some of the existing PPC platforms (eg on the
Cyberstorm PPC) - albeit at lower performance - to rapidly increase the OS4.0
user base that application developers can write for. As I understand it this
would be possible but would need the cyberstormPPC's flash ROM to be updated
and made available by its author (Ralph Schmidt I believe).
BTW I do think Bills statement at AmiWest that three products (AmigaOne,
OS4.0, and Amithlon) are all to be launched simultaneously in November is
a bit of orator's licence. As far as we are concerned we will be sticking
to the (October) timetable for the AmigaOne and OS4.0 as announced in
Rotterdam in June. Hope this helps.«
(ps)
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04.Aug.2001
UAE Discussion Board (ANF)
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Emulator: UAE 0.8.17 (beta) released
Beta/Development versions of UAE will be available here, as
soon as there are any changes to the code. The current stable
versions are numbered 0.7.x, while the next beta versions of
UAE will be numbered 0.8.x; and finally 0.9.0 once it's stable
again. Previously, the idea was to have a stable version 0.x.0
and beta versions 0.x.y, for y > 0. That didn't work very well:
all versions that appeared in public were rather stable, while the
beta versions mostly remained in a private directory. We'll try a
different model now and see how it works out. You can also check
out the ChangeLog of the latest version here.
Download: uae-0.8.17.tar.gz
(ps)
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04.Aug.2001
Gerrit Timmermann (ANF)
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Stardate-BBS again out of business because of flash of lightning
Again is the Stardate during a strong storm affected by a flash of lightning.
In the exchange my port only works for two hours then the Telekom has to reset
the whole router. Again has expensive equipment to be exchanged. I was told that I shouldn't count on this until next week.
So the Stardate is again not accessible via the Internet. All Telnet
points/ boxes please use the access numbers instead (you can find them e.g. here
in the ALD). The http access of the mailbox isn't possible for now, either.
I should like to emphasize that this is (as was the last time) an act of God
(struck by lightning). On my site of the Telekom all pieces of equipment are
secured and there is backup equipment for the case of emergency.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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03.Aug.2001
Andreas R. Kleinert (e-mail)
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Datatype: akPNG V44.110 released
Andreas R. Kleinert has released version 44.110 of his akPNG datatype.
As usual there are several processor versions available.
With help of datatypes you can view all kind of files in many programs.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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03.Aug.2001
Markus Nerding (e-mail)
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H&P: English PageStream manual released
The English manual for PageStream 4 for Amiga, Windows & Macintosh has
just been released as PDF file. The PageStream customers registered with
us for the online service get the download link by e-mail. If you haven't
signed up yet, you can do this at the title link. (ps) (Translation: rh)
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03.Aug.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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New screenshot of AmigaDE/Sheep
Fleecy Moss has provided a new Screenshot of AmigaDE. An open window shows the sourcecode of a "Sheep" program:
"Sheep" is a scripting language (similar to ARexx) which is part of AmigaDE.
Update (06.12.2012, cg): integrated the screenshot into the news item.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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03.Aug.2001
Markus Nerding (e-mail)
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H&P: ArtEffect-PlugIns-Collection available now
Haage&Partner write:
Update: we have now opened a special area which presents all effects. Also now the
improved ArtEffect 2.5 is shipped with it since there were problems with the border effects.
Here you will find all
details
on the ArtEffect-PlugIns-Collection and
sample pictures for the border effects
(all in all more than 250 borders are contained!). Further an
overview of the effects
with samples was added.
The ArtEffect-Plugins-Collection brings for the first time a comprehensive collection
of sensational effects and postprocessing filters for the bestseller
ArtEffect. The collection is shipped with ArtEffect 2.5 so that you can start
right away.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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03.Aug.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (e-mail)
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Software: RB2Exe v1.5 released
RB2Exe version 1.5 is available now on the Airsoft Softwair homepage. This
program converts Rainboot multimedia shows into executable programs.
Version 1.5 allows you to use all great features of Rainboot3+ in your
executable shows! Additionally the memory routines have been optimized and
the generated executables' memory usage was reduced by almost 60 percent (!).
Also, the GUI's functionality was improved and bugs were fixed. Online help
is available now too. This version is only available for owners of the
'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM'.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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