18.Jun.2001
AmBoS-Team (Lars Maschmann, Uwe Rosenkranz) (ANF)
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AmBoS-Support discontinued
The support and development of AmBoS, a Amiga-Mailboxprogram, will be discontinued on the 01.07.2001. The service ExecBase will be discontinued at this day to.
Reasons for this decision: low user-interest, the success of the WWW and problems with the timeconsuming support and softwaredevelopment.
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17.Jun.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Amiga: SCSI Driver for AmigaOS4
The AmigaOne specification contain an on-board IDE controller, but
much of the Amiga users use SCSI hardware (harddrives, CD drives, scanners).
That's why Amiga Inc.plans to develop a SCSI driver for the "NCR SCSI scripts chip"
for Amiga OS4.x (today, NCR is a subsidiary company of LSI Logic).
An internal document describing the reasons why these chips have been chosen was
published on the AmigaOne mailing list (title link). The same chip was utilized
in diverse Amiga products (e.g. in newer Phase5 acceleration cards).
These chips are to be of first class at Amiga Inc. at this time, but this decision
might change if a better solution would turn out.
Fleecy Moss
wrote:
".... - don't assume a PCI card is supported until we release the driver for it."
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17.Jun.2001
AWeb PPC JPEG Plugin
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Browser: AWeb PowerPC JPEG Plugin V0.7
On 17 June 2001 Tom Parker has released version 0.7 of the PPC-JPEG plug-in
'AWeb PowerPC JPEG Plugin' for the WWW-browser 'AWeb'.
In this version notedly reduction of context switches increase the performance.
To install this version the 68k version of the JPEG plug-in is required, too,
which is to find on the
AWeb homepage.
The PPC version then will be copied to the Plugin directory and related settings
will be done.
Download:
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17.Jun.2001
Ghandy (E-Mail)
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Game: Land of Genesis Fix
A bugfix for the Turrican oriented action game 'Land of Genesis Fix'
was released. The following has changes since the prior version:
- fixed Intro bug on A4000's
- the intro runs more slow now
- skill level was re-adjusted
- 'Easy' mode is even more easy now
- rockets now clash with walls
- 2-buttons joysticks are supported now
- screen memory option.
- sound effects were softened
- the end picture was changed
The game runs on A1200 with 2 MB FastRAM and better; faster Amigas are supported.
Download:
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17.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Magazine: Amiga Power #XIV
Issue #14 of the French magazine 'Amiga Power' has been released.
This issue contains previews of iFusion and the GREX 1200, a test of
Payback, and more.
This magazine is issued by the French Amiga assosiation
'AFLE' whom you can draw it from.
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17.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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MP3: MAS-Player V1.3e
as an update of the MAS CLI commands.
This software works with both version of the MAS-Player and supports the MAS chip versions G10
and G12. The CLI commands archive contains the source codes of the CLI commands in addition.
'MAS-Player' is a hardware based MP3 player to be plugged to the Amiga's parallel port ('printer port').
Download:
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17.Jun.2001
Amiga Extreme
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Warp3D: Voodoo Driver Status
Amiga Extreme has published an e-mail by Thomas Frieden (Hyperion) in which he
reports the current status of the Voodoo driver for Warp3D.
The Warp3D team converted almost everything relating the use of the FIFO command.
As the team was suggested the frame-rate now majorly is independent from the resolution.
The speed at 800x600 is exactly the same as at 320x200.
Heretic 2 is still playable at 1024x768, but the Voodoo card starts to slow down from
this resolution.
Moreover the Voodoo version looks much better than the Permedia version.
(Screenshots (left: Permedia2, right: Voodoo)).
At this time it seems like the Prometheus version of the driver would be finished first.
This might happen next week already. The G-REX and hopefully the Mediator version, too,
will follow soon after.
The Prometheus driver will be the first because of the G-REX prototype had a little
problem preventing FIFO from working. So, development was done on the Prometheus board.
Development of Warp3D now is done using the new gcc basing StormC 4 which creates fine code, already.
Additionally it enables the use of Inline assembler. By some PPC assembler optimizations the Warp3D
team now can almost fill up the bus with data to almost reach the maximum performance.
Supplement 17 June 2001:
Ben Yoris (Hyperion) wrote on
ANN that
Hyperion will do a presentation of their own games on the Prometheus PCI board with
a Voodoo3 plugged in on the Benelux Amiga Show, which will take place on June 23rd, 2001.
(sd)
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17.Jun.2001
Carsten Scholling (ANF)
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MUI: NList.mcc V19.99 and V19.100
Under the title link you will find the long awaited bugfix for NList.mcc
fixing the wordwrap problem.
There are also new betas with noticeable higher speed to find there.
Especially inserting/removing of a lot of entries at once takes much time
in the list-view of NList.
That's why save and management routines were optimized. With some of the
operations NList now is up to 3.5 times faster than the old version.
Even the origin must surrender for some items (factor 1.2 - 1.3). But to
compare directly is not quite fair, since NList offers a lot of features more
and therefore has to calculate more, sometimes.
Furthermore NListtree of course benefits from the new performance.
Download:
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17.Jun.2001
Ray A. Akey (E-Mail)
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Amiga Inc. and Matay announce Cooperation for AmigaOS/4
Amiga and Matay Announce AmigaOS/4 Cooperative
Snoqualmie, 16 June, 2001 - Amiga Inc and Matay company are pleased to
announce they are co-operating on a series of initiatives that will see the
AmigaOS4 family of operating systems running on Matay's existing and future
products.
At the St Louis show in April, Amiga announced the continued development of
AmigaOS, with AmigaOS4 moving AmigaOS3 to modern hardware and preparing the
way for AmigaOS5. AmigaOS5 will be targeted at both the home server and the
desktop/workstation markets.
"In developing AmigaOS4.0, we have been making extensive use of the
Prometheus PCI bridge board, to get a head start on developing drivers for
the various sub systems whilst we wait for the Eyetech AmigaOne to be
completed," said Fleecy Moss, CTO of Amiga Inc. "The quality of both their
product and support, and their commitment to the future of the Amiga has
made working with them a pleasure, and we look forward to this co-operation
intensifying over the next few years."
"We are very excited to work with Amiga Inc., the company that leads our
community into the new technological revolution. In the incoming years, we
will witness a breakthrough in digital home appliances, a trend to abandon a
single computer workstation in favour of several smaller, yet more
user-friendly devices. The revolution is coming, though we need to prepare
for it, like the Amiga market needs transition from our classic computers to
new technologies and standards. Amiga Inc. is the company that foresees
these trends and enters the digital future today. We are proud that our
Prometheus board, the first Zorro III PCI bridge for Amiga, helps them in
making these plans come true," said Filip Dab- Mirowski, CEO of Matay
company. "We will continue co-operation with Amiga Inc., not only providing
them with hardware solutions for today Amiga market but also working
together on products for the future digital market."
About Amiga:
Amiga Inc is a privately held Seattle based digital solutions company that
revolutionised computing in 1984 with the introduction of the A1000, and has
consistently been at the cutting edge of the digital revolution ever since.
Currently it offers a complete solution for digital living, the AmigaDE
(Digital Environment) which provide a device and OS (host) agnostic,
universal, scalable content platform for OEMs and IHVs, consumers, producers
and brokers of digital content, and the AmigaOS, a 68k and PPC based
desktop, workstation and digital server platform for the most demanding of
activities. The AmigaDE is currently being deployed on a variety of major
cell phone, PDA, Set Top Box, Console, Digital Appliance and existing
personal computer platforms. AmigaOS4 is expected to be launched in 3Q2001,
running on the new AmigaOne computer. For further information, please email
press@amiga.com,
support@amiga.com or telephone
(US) 425 396 5660.
About Matay:
Matay company is a privately held computer business oriented company. It was
founded in 2000 as an Amiga-only software dealer and in a very short time
earned trust of Polish Amiga users. With the introduction of Prometheus PCI
bridge for Zorro III equipped Amigas, Matay has extended its offer with
hardware solutions for the Amiga platform and professional electronic design
of printed-circuitboards. Now, with the announcement of close co-operation
with Amiga Inc., Matay enters a domain of digital appliances, which is
predicted to be the future of home and business computing around the world.
For more information, please email info@matay.pl,
fei@matay.pl or telephone
(+48) 609 394 778 or (+48) 603 785 100. (ps)
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17.Jun.2001
Andreas Widdelmann (ANF)
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Game: HBMonopoly V2.6
HBMonopoly by Holger Beer now is available for download as version 2.6 at the
title link.
HBMonopoly is a conversion for the Amiga of the popular board game.
It runs in a Workbench window or on it's own screen and supports many different
languages and specific country versions. Up to eight players, controlled by the
computer or by human players, can take part in one game. From version 2 HBMonopoly
is network capable and can be played via a local network of even via Internet.
Information about the online games are to find on the website of the IRC channel
#AmigaFun.
(ps)
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16.Jun.2001
Jeff Kreis (REBOL-ML)
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Magazine: REBOL/Zine Issue 1 Vol 1
On June 15th, 2001 Jeff Kreis has released the first issue of the REBOL/Zine magazine. This English online magazine is busy with the REBOL system.
The current issue contains contributions to the following subjects:
- REBOL Puzzles and Idioms (Until when?, Loopy House)
- Posting to Web Forms Tip
- HTTP Tips and Tricks
- ALERT ALERT ALERT
- Command Tricks (Mouse)
- POP to mbox Filter
- A Day in the Life of REBOL (Carl Sassenrath)
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16.Jun.2001
SixK
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Database: MySQL for Amiga Version 3.23.39
On the French website ´SixK´ you can find the AmigaOS port of the
MySQL database system in version 3.23.39, compiled for 68020 and
68040 processors. Details regarding the made changes can be found following the
title link.
Download:
MySqld_3.23.39_020.lzx (68020)
MySqld_3.23.39_base.lzx (68040)
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16.Jun.2001
Jens Schoenfeld (ANF)
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Individual Computer: vacation
Individual Computer is on vacation until the end of next week and will therefore
answer to emails again from June 25th.
(ps)
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16.Jun.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 16.06.2001
DKG-LIFX.lha demo/sound 754K+Anarchy's 'Legalise It' 680x0/AGA/HD fix
PureBasic.lha dev/basic 560K+V2.32 - Brand new powerful programming l
PureBasicUpd.lha dev/basic 496K+V2.32b - Update for registered users (fr
DragnDrop14b.lha dev/gui 129K+Update of dragndrop library - got new fu
WHDLoad_dev.lha dev/misc 526K+HD-Installer for OS-Killer
WHDLoad_usr.lha dev/misc 134K+HD-Installer for OS-Killer
fat95.lha disk/misc 84K+Win95/98 compatible file system
GHAS.lha docs/lists 204K+Maintenance Update: database of nearly 1
WHDIGamesE-F.lzh game/patch 1.1M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesG-I.lzh game/patch 1.3M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesJ-M.lzh game/patch 1.9M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesN-R.lzh game/patch 2.0M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesS-T.lzh game/patch 2.8M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesU-Z.lzh game/patch 1.0M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHD_HardDrivn2.lha game/patch 43K+HD Installer for Hard Drivin' II
tiny3dV7.lha game/shoot 98K+3D Tankshooter V0.7 (ONLY GFX-BOARDS)
X_Q.lha game/wb 37K+A peg game on an "X" shaped board
3dgpl.lha gfx/3d 46K+3DGPL V1.0 amiga link library
acidtake.mpg mods/mpg 3.4M+AcidTakeOver. Techno (MP3) tune from Emu
amphetarmx.mpg mods/mpg 3.1M+AmphetamineRMX. Techno/Trance/House (MP3
cosmicspots.mpg mods/mpg 3.4M+Cosmic spots. HardTrance (MP3) tune from
elephant.mpg mods/mpg 3.3M+Elephant trunk. Goa/PsyTrance (MP3) tune
liquidpath.mpg mods/mpg 4.4M+Liquid path. Goa/PsyTrance (MP3) tune fr
lovemem.mpg mods/mpg 3.4M+Love memories. Techno/Trance (MP3) tune
plutey.mpg mods/mpg 3.2M+Plutey. Techno (MP3) tune from Emulate
soniceleph.mpg mods/mpg 3.9M+Sonic elephant. HardTrance (MP3) tune fr
trappedspace.mpg mods/mpg 4.3M+Trapped in space. Goa/PsyTrance (MP3) tu
id3taglibgui.lha mus/edit 143K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
TheMPegEncGUI.lha mus/misc 84K+GUI 4 Ncode, MusicIn, Lame, BladeEnc, Pe
APowerStuff_9.lha pix/misc 644K+Pics from aMiGa=PoWeR magazine
AquaWB.lha pix/wb 314K+OS3.9 Workbench in Aqua Style
HTMLstrip.lha text/misc 31K+HTML stripper which can also replace HTM
ltools21_demo.lha text/misc 46K+Dictionary and Document Translator
JustName.lha util/cli 15K+A small utility to justify filenames
DragnDrop14.lha util/libs 129K+Update of dragndrop library - got new fu
FWCalendar.lha util/rexx 434K+THE calendar creator for FW & Pagestream
rmicon.lha util/rexx 16K+ARexx script which deletes .info files (
envhandler.lha util/sys 13K+A happyenv replacement (1.8)
Image2Icon.lha util/wb 61K+Creates thumbnail icons 68k+WOS (1.19) (as)
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15.Jun.2001
Stefan Martens (ANF)
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#AmigaFun: HBMonopoly online game
The #AmigaFun IRC channel on ie.altnet.org organizes and manages the second
official HBMonopoly game of this month. It will take place on June 16th starting
6:00 pm.
The programmer of HBMonopoly will participate as well. HBMonopoly 2.6 is required.
This version will be available from some people on the #AmigaFun channel should
it not already be on the homepage.
The server which have to be configured in HBMonopoly will be named on the #AmigaFun
channel. Important: you have to know how HBMonopoly works. We'll only explain how
to log in. We'll assume that you have played at least one, two times against the
computer.
In future we'll organize more HBMonopoly games. There's already a #AmigaFun-internal
highscore list which you can have a look at on the #AmigaFun homepage. It will also
contain the top 5 of all HBMonopoly games we'll organize in the future.
It is possible that after some games there'll be a surprise for the best gamer. The
first HBMonopoly game starts Saturday June 16th, 2001 at 6:00 pm. Please note that
Monopoly may take several hours, so you should have a full version of your TCP client
(Miami, Genesis).
You'll find our #AmigaFun channel as follows:
You need an IRC client. For the Amiga there are AmIRC (shareware), BlackIRC (freeware)
and EpicIRC (freeware). On our homepage, you'll find download links. You just have to
enter:
Server: ie.altnet.org
Port: 6667
Channel: #amigafun
Should the server be down you can get access through the following server:
12.30.169.83 (please enter without "irc.").
You can find more information, especially for IRC novices, on the #AmigaFun homepage.
On this occasion I'd like to say that the homepage was entirely redesigned. You
can choose between German and English language.
(ps)
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15.Jun.2001
Lars "Ghandy" Sobiraj (ANF)
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Demoscene disk mag: Devotion#2 released
Last night the second issue of the English Amiga demoscene disk mag "Devotion"
has been released.
Experts of the scene will compare this issue with the 'Creme de la creme'
and find that Devotion has everything which made classics like RAW, ROM
or GENERATION special. For novices and those interested in the demoscene
the magazine is recommended also. SCENET has the magazine available for
download since it's available nowhere else.
Download: hjb-dvn2.lha
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15.Jun.2001
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Music: DARKAGE releases fix for LEGALIZE IT 2
The group Darkage, known in the Amiga demo scene for their intros, demos
and their disk mag Showtime, released yesterday a fix for the music disk
"Legalise it". This music disk was originally released in the early nineties
by the lengendary group Anarchy.
The programmer Reinhold "Stingray" Kloth has reworked the entire sourcecode
and allows owners of modern Amigas to experience the feeling of the demo
scene from 1992. SCENET hosts also the sixteenth issue of the English disk
mag 'Showtime' which is available here.
Download: DKG-LIFX.lha
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15.Jun.2001
Thomas Tavoly (e-mail)
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RC5-64 contest: Half-time! (Update)
The Amiga RC5 team participates now for four years in this worldwide contest
to crack a 64 bit key. That requires calculating up to 18,4 trillion possible
keys. Half of the total key count has now been calculated. The Amiga RC5 team
did not get lucky after 1331 days, but are currently advancing 2,5 times
faster than the average for the first half, and chances of finding the key
before the whole keyspace is searched are progressively getting better and
better.
The Amiga RC5 team is on rank 7 of thousands of teams and has more than 2500
participants with more than 5000 computers. Read the entire
press release
for more details.
(ps)
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15.Jun.2001
Ray A. Akey on Amipress-ML
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Party Pack: new URL for direct order
Ray A. Akey of Amiga Inc. announced on the Amipress mailing list that contrary to
the original message (titlelink) you should from now on use the following URL for
direct order of the Party Pack:
Direct order through Amiga Mall
(ps)
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15.Jun.2001
Heise [Newsticker]
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Heise: 3D game engine for mobile devices
»Finnish developers are working on a 3D engine X-Forge which is supposed to
allow platform-independent games on mobile phones, smartphones, PDAs and other mobile
devices. The company Fathammer founded in October 2000
aims at realizing cheap 3D games for wireless devices.« (ps)
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15.Jun.2001
Bjarke Viksoe (ANF)
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PC: ADF view
The ADF View is a Shell Namespace extension, which opens up the .ADF file
extension. ADF files are Amiga Disk Files, or image dumps of AmigaDOS
formatted disks. These files are used by most Commodore Amiga emulator
software.
Because ADF View is a namespace extension, it is integrated right into
the Windows Explorer. Double-clicking on an ADF file brings up the
familiar folder view, where you can copy, move, delete, recover and
rename files as you would usually do with normal PC files. You can
also drag'n'drop files from any Windows folder to an ADF folder, and
back.
ADF View works with Amiga floppy images and hard disk images. It even
detects Amiga hard drives attached to your computer and adds a new drive
icon to the "My Computer" folder under Windows NT/2000.
New and empty disk images can be created using a Wizard under the Shell
New commands (The File/New sub-menu in the Windows Explorer).
Download: adfview.zip - 96 kB
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