17.Jul.2001
Christian Effenberger (ANF)
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mSQL database administration program
Who ever dealt with SQL database systems soon realized that in fact
only mSQL comes into question for working offline.
mSQL is the most compact and resource sparing SQL-DBMS for the Amiga.
One example to point this up:
The mSQL daemon requires less than 10% of the resources the MySQL
daemon needs and even can react 4-times faster on client requests
via mUSD (unix socks daemon).
The biggest disadvantage of all SQL systems for the Amiga is the lack
of any GUI software for administration and database care.
That's why I wrote a program named mSQL-Administrator, which
contains the operation of the following executables of the "mSQL.bin"
directory:
msql, msql2d, msqladmin, msqldump, msqlexport, msqlimport,
relshow, and mUSD.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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17.Jul.2001
Richard Körber (ANF)
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Palmiga is now called amiga-pda
The Palmiga Project is a project for all Amiga users that own a PalmOS-PDA
to use with their Amigas.
Palm Inc. wrote to me that the name is violating their trademark, combined with
the request to change it.
Due to this the mailinglist can from now on be reached via "amiga-pda": http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amiga-pda.
Assigned members should post to amiga-pda@yahoogroups.com.
The Pamiga website will be redesigned in the near future available at the URL
http://amigapda.shredzone.de.
I want to let you know they have send their request in a very polite way against
the trend without announcing any lawyers. :)
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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16.Jul.2001
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packages
By using WHDLoad you can install floppy-based games on your harddisc. Available new packages:
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16.Jul.2001
Sebastian Bauer
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HTML-Offline Browser: SimpleHTML Version 0.17
SimpleHTML (version 0.17) is a HTML offline browser. It lets you quickly display small HTML-files (for example as a MIME-viewer of HTML-files with YAM). But only a small set of HTML-tags is supported. A html.datatype is available, too.
Only OS3.0 is recommended. For dislpaying embeded pictures you need the corresponding datatype.
Download:
simplehtml.lzx (36 KB)
html-dt.lzx (27 KB)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jul.2001
Amiga Inc.
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Edivision LLC working with Amiga Inc.
Edivision Teams Up With Amiga To Develop Exciting New Content
Snoqualmie, WA - July 12, 2001
Edivision LLC announced today that they would create game applications for the Amiga Digital Environment
(AmigaDE). The company plans to create 3 titles in the coming year for the AmigaDE environment. The games
will be distributed through the Sharp Space Town web site for release in Japan and through other Amiga
distribution channels worldwide. Amiga and Edivision also announced a joint relationship where Edivision
would provide key pieces of technology for the AmigaDE.
The principals at Edivision have more than 30 years of
experience in the computer graphics field. Patrick Roberts
created 2D and 3D effects for Walt Disney's feature animation
classic "Dinosaur". He has also created software and animation
for Dreamworks Animation, Disney Classics and the Disney
channel. Jeremy Engelman is one of the finest 3D artists in the
world. His best-known work is the artwork for Cyan's Riven, the
sequel to Myst. Steven Haun is an award-winning computer
graphics producer with more than 10 years of experience in the
computer graphics and entertainment industry. His credits
include effects production for Warner Brothers, Universal
Pictures, ABC, CBS, and Fox Television.
"This relationship with Edivision will offer consumers some
exciting content and an enjoyable experience that they will want
to share with others," said Bill McEwen, President and CEO of
Amiga, Inc. "Patrick, Jeremy and Steven are longtime supporters
of Amiga and we appreciate their contributions to driving
adoption of our software. With their expertise in gaming and the
entertainment industry, we look forward to some revolutionary
games for the PDA market."
"We are very excited to be working with Amiga to generate
compelling content for the AmigaDE," said Patrick Roberts, one
of the founders at Edivision. "When Amiga announced their
relation with Sharp, we saw this as an opportunity to get in
early on a new, exciting gaming platform. Devices like the Sharp
Zaurus and other PDA's offer the ability to reach a new and
different generation of gamers."
Edivision will focus on original titles for its first set of
releases. The company is also negotiating with other content
providers to bring their titles to the AmigaDE platform.
The market for video games in the United States, which includes
arcade, PC, console, and online gaming, is currently estimated
to be worth $11 billion. The AmigaDE platform allows developers
to create game applications that target this market. The binary
portable nature of AmigaDE content allows applications to
migrate seamlessly from cell phones and handheld devices to
set-top boxes and up to desktop machines and servers.
Edivision Press Release
Los Angeles, CA - July ##, 2001
Edivision LLC announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement
with Amiga, Inc. Amiga, Inc. will have world-wide distribution rights on
software titles Edivision will produce using the
AmigaDE operating environment. Also under the agreement Edivision will make
technology it develops for its AmigaDE titles available to Amiga, Inc.
Edivision LLC will create 3 development labels over the next year that run on the AmigaDE platform.
Two labels will be exclusively devoted to entertainment
titles, while the third will provide utilities, drivers, and extended
functionality. Edivision will focus on original titles for its first set
of releases, but the company is also negotiating with other developers to
bring their titles to the AmigaDE platform.
"This relationship with Edivision will offer consumers some exciting content
and an enjoyable experience that they will want to share with others," said
Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amiga, Inc. "With their expertise in
gaming and the entertainment industry, we look forward to some revolutionary
games for the PDA market."
"Titles created for the AmigaDE are capable of running unmodified on a
number of platforms including PocketPC, Zaurus, Windows, and Linux. This
gives us a tremendous advantage in bringing a title to market." remarked
Steven Haun, CFO of Edivision. "It allows us to focus development on the
title itself and not the limitations of cross-platform least common
denominator intrinsics."
About Amiga Inc.
Amiga Inc. provides technology to developers for writing and
porting applications to a new multi-media operating systems
which is hardware agnostic. AmigaDE is a joint development
effort between the Tao Group of Reading England, and Amiga
Incorporated. AmigaDE based applications can run unchanged on
x86, PowerPC, M Core, ARM, StrongARM, MIPS R3000, R4000, R5000,
SH3, SH4, and NEC V850 processors. The AmigaDE can run hosted
on Linux, Embedded Linux, Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, CE and QNX4.
Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, WA, 28 miles east of Seattle and
has offices worldwide. Amiga can be reached at (425) 396-5660 or
visit Amiga on the web at http://www.amiga.com.
About Edivision
Edivision LLC was formed in May 2001 in Los Angeles, CA. Its
founders, Patrick Roberts, Jeremy Engelman, and Steven Haun are
veterans of the computer gaming industry. They have received
numerous awards and accolades for their cutting-edge work in
computer graphics and animation. For more details about
Edivision, visit http://www.e-d-i-v-i-s-i-o-n.com or contact
Steven Haun at Steven.Haun@e-d-i-v-i-s-i-o-n.com or via phone at
(323) 578-1998.
All Trademarks are the Property of their Respective Owners. All Rights Reserved. ##
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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16.Jul.2001
Ben Yoris/Hyperion (ANF)
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Hyperion publishes Voodoo3 vs. Permedia 2 benchmarks
Hyperion Entertainment recently conducted some tests benchmarking the
Permedia 2 based Cybervision PPC against a Voodoo 3 / Prometheus combo.
The test is a timedemo in Heretic II.
Cybervision PPC
640x480: 14.9 FPS
800x600: 9.9 FPS
Configuration:
Cyberstorm PPC 604e/233-060/50, 128 MB of RAM
Voodoo 3 (Prometheus)
640x480: 18.6 FPS
800x600: 18.6 FPS
Configuration: Cyberstorm PPC 604e/200-060/50, 96 MB of RAM
For more detailed informations you may check the Amiga Extreme Web
site.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jul.2001
Milan Pollé (ANF)
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Genetic Species for Gameboy Advance petition
Milan Pollé (author of the site, but not the petition pages) write:
Seeing the FPS games announced for the Gameboy Advance started me thinking
about the awesome Amiga game Genetic Species, by
Marble Eyes.
This game is an FPS with really great atmosphere and elements borrowed
from the classic 'Paradroid', like being able to take over the bodies
and skills of your enemies.
As this game worked well on low-end Amigas, about three years ago, I
thought it might be possible to port it to the Gameboy Advance. The
developers of this game worked for three years on it and only sold
hundreds or at the most a couple of thousands of copies, as the Amiga
market had shrunk when the game was completed, but also because of
piracy. Needless to say the developers were really disappointed.
I coined this idea in the Gameboy Advance forum on www.ign.com
and people were really interested in this game, so they started
contacting the developers, who were suprised by the sudden attention
this game got. At the moment the developers are looking into the
possibilities of doing a port.
We ask anyone interested in a Gameboy Advance version to sign our
petition. Even if in the end a port won't or can't be done, it will
show the developers that their work is appreciated by a lot of
people. (ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jul.2001
Webmaster SAUGe.V. (ANF)
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Attention: virus after EBay-auction?
Attention: virus after EBay-auction?
Attention: sellers and byers:
It seems that shortly after the end of an auction some sellers and byers got an e-mail with the sender of the seller or byer that contains a ".exe"-file.
Do not open this file! If you do your Windows-system will be infected with the "W95/Hybris.worm.B"-virus. Maybe this virus makes it possible to attack your system with a subseven program. EBay is allready informed.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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16.Jul.2001
No Risc No Fun (ANF)
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nrnf: Voodoo3 Speedtest
Fabio Trotta wrote:
The day before yesterday when I wanted to post the Voodoo3-speedtest
I recognized that there was a new version of the display driver.
This was why I trashed all the findings and retested everything with
this new versions of the P96 and W3D drivers.
Now my findings are available at the title link. I compared the speed of
the Voodoo3, the CVPPC, PicassoIV and the AGA-chip. There are some
3D-game-tests and also 2D-graphicfunctions-tests available now. Find
out what a Voodoo3 is able to offer you in your Amiga.
(ps)
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16.Jul.2001
ANN
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Event: Saku 2001 - Website online
Saku 2001 will be held on Saturday September 1st 2001 at the Science
Centre Heureka in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The event will open at 12:00 and
end at 18:00. Admission will be free of charge.
Finnish Amiga Users Group is pleased to announce that the Web site for its
fourth Amiga event, Saku 2001, is now open. The Web site features
highlights, directions and other vital information for interested visitors and
exhibitors from Finland and abroad.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Finnish Amiga Users Group Announces Saku 2001 Web Site
VANTAA, FINLAND - July 15, 2001 - Finnish Amiga Users Group is
pleased to announce that the Web site for its fourth Amiga event, Saku 2001,
is now open. The Web site features highlights, directions and other vital
information for interested visitors and exhibitors from Finland and abroad.
Two webcams will be available from the venue. We are also planning an
IRC channel.
Fleecy Moss, Vice President of Amiga Inc., will attend the show and
demonstrate the latest Amiga products such as the AmigaDE. A
representative of Matay company will present their new PCI bridge, the
Prometheus. The Mediator PCI bridge will also be demonstrated with a
Voodoo3 graphics card. Latest versions of Nova Design's ImageFX and
Aladdin4D are available for testing. Finnish Amiga retailer Gentle Eye Ky
offers a variety of Amiga products to buy at the venue. Other highlights and
competitions are planned.
Saku 2001 will be held on Saturday September 1st 2001 at the Science
Centre Heureka in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The event will open at 12:00 and
end at 18:00. Admission will be free of charge.
Please stay tuned for more details as the planning progresses. For further
information, visit Finnish Amiga Users Group's Web Site at
http://saku.amigafin.org/ or
http://tzimmola.tky.hut.fi/saku/.
E-mail inquiries may be sent to Terho Henriksson (terho.henriksson@kopteri.net).
Please also contact Terho if you or your company have products that you
would like
to demonstrate or advertise in Saku 2001.
About Finnish Amiga Users Group
Finnish Amiga Users Group (Suomen Amiga-käyttäjät ry.) is a non-profit
organization for promoting Amiga computing and helping Amiga users in
Finland. Also known as Saku, after its e-zine, the group is trying to
accomplish its goals by organizing meetings and by publishing an e-zine.
Since 1993 the Finnish Amiga Users Group and its predecessors have
released over thirty issues of the magazine and held several public
gatherings. Other accomplishments include the Web site and Sakunet, a
national Fidonet style network of Amiga related bulletin board systems.
(sd) (Translation: sk)
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15.Jul.2001
Martin Merz (ANF)
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Icons: MasonIcons - New Archives
Some new and reworked archives are available on the MasonIcons homepage
and on Aminet:
- ClassMI - complete icon set for ClassAction
- eNoteMI - reworked toolbar image set for eNote
- MD2MI - new GlowIcons toolbar for MicroDOT II
- PlayMI - image set and new skin for PlayGUI
For further information, please visit the 'projects' site of Mason.Home.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Amiga Future
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History: ExoticA extended
The ExoticA website
deals with the music capabilities and history of the Amiga.
On the website you will find exotic Amiga music, demo information, Amiga games
cover-scans, utilities, disk magazines, and more of nostalgic and historic value
from the Amiga world.
On 14. July 2001 the site was updated and many new things were added:
- The 'BP-SoundMon-section' was extended.
- Missing Newsflash issues were added - this disk magazine contains many exclusive software
and music reviews.
- 'The tracker history' is now online, again, and can be found in the 'Info-section'.
- The 'Demo Scene Reference Manual' and 'The Demo Pack Reference Manual'
were extended very much.
Closer information can be taken from the
news site of
ExoticA.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Marcus Neervoort (E-Mail)
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History: AmigaPage extended with adverts
Marcus Neervoort wrote:
Again an update after longer delay....
I received some Amiga adverts and Amiga show adverts, again.
Those are online from today and can be found under
'AMIGA GESCHICHTE'.
Furthermore from today my special site about the Amiga World 2001 is
online. Unfortunately there is not much content, yet, but this will
change during the following weeks.....
So, have fun till the next update.
Kind regards, Marcus
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Olaf Koebnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena News: 'The Prophet'
Olaf Koebnik wrote:
Amiga Arena Full Version
With permission of Mark Ford the Amiga Arena makes possible the
release of 'The Prophet'.
'The Prophet' is a role game released by 'Alive Media Soft' in
1999. Unfortunately a number of problems occured, hence more
than one year of development were in vane for Mark F. The 'Amiga Format'
rated 'The Prophet' at 81%, those days.
'The Prophet' is available in English, only.
Some features:
- more than 200.000 locations
- non-linear game flow
- HD version
- different enemies
Amiga Arena Status Report
Due to holidays and Amiga's future in the air activities decrease somehow, at
this time.
Several things are in the works, but I don't want to put you off with
announcements (unfortunately that's what others are doing sufficient!). :-(
Also it becomes more and more difficult to achieve special prices for shareware
software, cause almost no market remaining.
Ideas and tips are always welcome!
Also I'm still wanting someone who would like to translate interviews and texts.
Contact: Olaf Koebnik (olaf.koebnik@online-club.de)
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Andreas Wolff (gg-gcc-ML)
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Compiler: gcc V2.95.3-3 Bugfix
On 15. July 2001 Andreas Wolff has released a new version of his gcc-m68k port for
the Amiga on Geek Gadgets.
This one fixes problems with the compiling options:
'-fbaserel' und '-fbaserel32'.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Metalmoon-ML
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Music: Faces of Mars
Patrick Henz released 'Donwloads', which contains the best-of of the
'Faces of Mars' series including music taken from other free CDs like
'Formula 1 Manager enhanced', 'Paranoia' or 'Amiga Toons'.
The following pieces of music are contained:
Lexx, Mulher do meus Sonhos, The Song G'Kar, Herzschlag, Faces of
Mars, Verao, Theme from 3Pyramids, Party Time, Dias Oscuros,
Traveller, Das Experiment, Faces of Mars 2001, Future World,
The Dark Theme, Lights over Mars, Human by Design, Touching
Earth, Elegant Sound of Hal, Samba de Smurfet, History and Future,
Phoenix Machine, Martians! - Part 2, and Dartk Time.
'Downloads' can be ordered as CD or VHS video tape via the title link.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Amiga Future
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Scalos: New Plugin 'Titlebar Clock'
On 14. July 2001 the new plug-in 'Titlebar Clock' was released for the
alternative Workbench 'Scalos'. This plug-in adds a clock and date
display to the titlebar of the Scalos desktop.
Download: Scalos-Plugin_Clock.lha (12K)
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)
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The end of Amiga-Society?
On 17. July 2001 the Amiga-Society would have had their first
anniversary. After the initial problems on start-up, the end of A4EP, etc.,
etc., etc., the new page was taken offline (for the time being).
Hence among other sites also the mirror of the Big Book of Amiga Hardware
and the new Schlachtfeld website were disabled. On 17. July an opinion poll
shall determine whether or not we should continue the pages / projects.
But the previous feedback rather indicates the end of the project.
Best regards,
Horst Diebel
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Bernd Gmeineder / Peter Levan (ANF)
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Game: Emerald Mine Online now part of AMI Sector One
The popular site 'Emerald Mine Online', dedicated to the same named
well known Kingsoft game, now became a part of AMI Sector One by the
name of 'Emerald Web'.
Emerald Web offers downloads of hundreds of Emerald Mine clones for the
Amiga as well as editors, cover-scans, and more. The layout of Emerald Web
was adjusted to AMI Sector One, too.
Who owns Emerald Mine relating games still not listed on Emerald Web,
please contact.
The URL of Emerald Web is http://amiga.emucamp.com/emerald/.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
REBOLforces
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Magazine: REBOL/Zine Issue 3 Vol 1
On 13. July 2001 Jeff Kreis has released the 3rd issue of the REBOL/Zine magazine.
This online magazine deals with the REBOL system. The current issue contains articles
about the following subjects:
- REBOL Puzzles and Idioms
- Compose is your friend
- Compose Idioms
- Block stripper
- Parsing financial statements - sort of.
- Doing the impossible - shell access without shell access
- Iterated Fields?? (an iterator intro and iter-field howto(-fakeit))
- Get-Word!
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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15.Jul.2001
Starmag-Team (ANF)
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PSX-CheatBook V1.7.1 released
Today a PSX cheat book was put online on our site. Unfortunately only
PSX 1 relating at this time, but this would change in the next version.
The cheat book is located under "PSX".
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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