24.Jan.2001
Blittersoft
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Blittersoft Website with New Design
The website of Blittersoft was completely re-designed. There is a seperate Amiga sector in the shop.
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24.Jan.2001
Fun Time World
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AmigaOne Website at Eyetech
You can find the new AmigaOne website of Eyetech under the title link which contains information to the
boards developed by Eyetech.
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24.Jan.2001
Amiga Impact
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muFS patch V45.10 beta
You can find a patch (betaversion 45.10) by Etienne Vogt for the multi-user-filesystem 'muFS' under AmigaOS 3.5
and higher under the title link. Please read the readme
for further details.
Download: muFS4510p.lha
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24.Jan.2001
AmigActive
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AmigActive goes Active Media
The English Amiga magazine 'AmigActive' has created a new online area called "Active Media". This area
will inform you about an outstanding selection of DVDs, CD-ROMs, books and other multimedia publications
and it is possible to buy them online. Besides this in "Active Media" there is an area in which you can read
former reviews.
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24.Jan.2001
AmigArt
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Nightlong Review from AmigArt
In the clickBOOM portal you can also find a 68k 1.2 beta version
which is to solve the RTG-Master problem. Registered users can download it there.
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24.Jan.2001
Xandiy on ANF
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Amiga-Community.net News
Amiga-Community.net is looking for at least one sponsor in order to be able to double the bonus for written opinion
and to increase the incentive for the readers. Interested parties may please mail to
xandiy@amiga-vip.de.
Meanwhile the offer of assessments has increased to about 70 products/websites/dealers.
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24.Jan.2001
CGrX
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New Graphics Board Information
You can find new information about current graphics boards on the website of CyberGraphX.
Among others it is reported there that G3/G4 Power PC-cards (Shark), which has been announced by Elbox
for this January, will not be released before late March/early April. Elbox decided to re-designing the
cards in order to make them AmigaDE compatible.
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24.Jan.2001
Andreas Kürzinger via eMail
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Homepage of Andreas Kuerzinger Online
Andreas Kuerzinger wrote:
"Currently only the "About me" and the Amiga-sites work (in German as well as in English) but the rest
will follow soon.
Among other things you can download my projects like AKIconz, AKBackPix, AKTaskiSMS, some German catalogs
for several programs and something more (ScreenTab-images, WB-Screenshots, etc.) from the Amiga-sites."
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24.Jan.2001
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amiga-news.de Now in Japanese, Too
From now on the messages which are relevant for Japan in amiga-news.de will be translated into Japanese by
AmigaNut which is a Japanese Amiga dealer.
Thank you very much AmigaNut.
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24.Jan.2001
Newtek Germany on ANF
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AURA 2 for TVPaint User
Currently there is a special offer for former Amiga user of TVPaint. The original of Aura (PC) formerly was TVPaint.
More than 10.000 pieces has been sold of TVPaint in Europe (Amiga, Windows, SGI). All TVPaint user can
update to "AURA 2 for TVPaint user" to a special price.
Requirement: TVPaint serial number
This offer is valid till 31st of March 2001.
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24.Jan.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF
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Heise: Corel Will Keep Linux Branch as Seperate Company
Following two extracts from the Heise article:
«Except of the new Linux strategy the already for a long time announced company strategy of Corel contains
no big surprises.
...[snip]...
It remains Linux. Corel will not abandon the Linux business as speculated in the last weeks. They still
want to offer a complete Linux solution to the customers. To do so Corel intends to outsource the Linux distribution
into a seperate company, but to continue to work on Linux versions of WordPerfect Office Suite and CorelDRAW themselves.
But there is nothing about .NET for Linux.»
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23.Jan.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn via eMail
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New Details about the CD32 Games Install Kit v4.0 NG
Due to great demand here a more detailed list of what has changed
in Install Kit v4.0:
- Install2001 supports RTG graphic mode for owner of graphics boards.
- There are both, a Gadtools and a MUI interface for the Install Kit.
- Many new games can be installed / emulated.
- Install2001 uses almost a half less memory, which especially enhances compatibility.
- Both interfaces were completely made over and now are much more user-friendly.
- There are more settings possible.
- CD-ROM support was enhanced substantially.
- The build-in emulator now supports more CD32 specific stuff.
Moreover of course there are many other enhancements as well as bugfixes done.
The CD32 Games Install Kit v4.0 is exclusively available on the
'The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition' CD-ROM, which can be ordered from me.
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23.Jan.2001
Olaf Koebnik
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Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena - UAC Design Bonus!
"The Hunting Games" by Frank Abbing ready for download. There are
the following games:
'Plakat schiessen', which works similar to the Moorhuhn game principle,
cause one should shoot as much signboards as possible within one minute, but of course
not the hunters!
In the case of 'Scheiben drehen' you shoot on plates until all of them
face into the same direction. A plate hit will always do one quarter rotation more
than the others. Who will make the best time?
Amiga Arena - UAC Design Updates!
There are several updates online for games Frank Abbing from UAC Design made available
to the Amiga Arena. The quiz game Awaking AGA/ECS is now there as executable version.
The game can be played directly from harddisk, no longer .adf format. Risiko v1.7 is now
there as the freeware version.
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23.Jan.2001
Timo Kloss via eMail
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Inutilis News about Ermentrud
Ermentrud is a new adventure game under development at Inutilis.
More information and screenshots are to find under the title link.
Timo Kloss, programmer of the game, wrote:
'Ermentrud (Amiga)' accidently now has got an interactive 'dialog system' using
the common multiple choice method. Since also the inventory system is finished the next demo version
will almost (almost (almost (...))) show a completed engine, already. Unfortunately this demo doesn't
exist for now, but arguably will do somewhere down the road....
Originally we would have liked to already take the 'tavern scenes of the movie' last weekend,
but we didn't....
This weekend (or even the following Mon/Tue) we are to proceed, really!
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23.Jan.2001
Fun Time World
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SimpleMail Homepage Moved
The website of the new e-mail program SimpleMail by Sebastian Bauer and Hynek Schlawack
was completely made over and is now accessible under
http://simplemail.sourceforge.net/.
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23.Jan.2001
Alfred Sturm
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New Aminet Uploads
TProspEd.lha biz/demo 84K+V1.3.0 Form Editor For TurboFat (ITALIAN
TProspEd2.lha biz/demo 81K+V2.0.1alpha Form Editor For TurboFat2 (I
ddup-3.0.1.lha comm/net 21K+Dynamic DNS service client
ddup-3.0.1_src.lha comm/net 31K+Dynamic DNS service client
hserv.lha comm/tcp 286K+Hserv ARexx HTTP/1.1 c.c. server
rxsocket.lha comm/tcp 139K+Rxsocket.library - TCP/IP ARexx library
Cookie_Killer.lha comm/www 16K+AWeb cookie management (v1.1)
streamer.lha comm/www 43K+Internet radio - Shoutcast player
A_SweeperSrc.lha dev/basic 24K+Source for AGA Workbench MineSweeper V1.
DTView.lha dev/e 3K+Simple MultiView clone (incl.source)
AmigaInfo.lha docs/hyper 334K+ITALIAN ONLY Amiga Mags Gennaio 2000
amigazette_03.lha docs/mags 254K+AMIGAzette 3rd iusse (26.12.1999) (itali
amigazette_04.lha docs/mags 133K+AMIGAzette 4th iusse (23.02.2000) (itali
amigazette_05.lha docs/mags 285K+AMIGAzette 5th iusse (080.05.2000) (ital
ascene12.lha docs/mags 1.0M+AmigaScene 0x12 - 11/99 (amigascene.com)
JumpingAround.lha game/demo 277K+JumpNRun demo game, working in progress
Tintin.lha game/role 356K+Tintin++ MUD Client, v1.84
TinyFugue.lha game/role 350K+TinyFugue MUD Client, v4.0s1
skulpt_060.lha gfx/3d 1.0M+Sculpt3D clone (68060 + Warp3D)
skulpt_doc.lha gfx/3d 604K+Sculpt3D clone Documentation (68k + Warp
skulpt_loc.lha gfx/3d 20K+Sculpt3D clone (68060 + Warp3D)
skulpt_scn.lha gfx/3d 1.5M+Sculpt3D clone (68060 + Warp3D)
skulpt_src.lha gfx/3d 227K+Sculpt3D clone sources (68k / PPC + Warp
imaged.lha gfx/misc 136K+Add your own description to images ! (v2
vPNG.lha gfx/show 10K+Fast 68k PNG pictures viewer
TestGear3.lha hard/hack 262K+Simple test equipment projects, Disk 3.
ASpEmu.lha misc/emu 136K+V0.78 48K/128K/+2 Spectrum emulator.
ASpEmu_NOROM.lha misc/emu 75K+V0.78 48K/128K/+2 Spectrum emulator.
imdbDiff010112.lha misc/imdb 2.4M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
3PMGUI.lha mus/play 161K+Skinnable MPEGA GUI-ideal for low CPUs!
ccalcskins.lha pix/back 184K+6 skins for coolcalc
jonty.jpg pix/irc 277K+JPEG of JoNty (JoNty-) from #AmigaIRC DA
TrooperFighte2.jpg pix/trace 40K+Trooper Fighter at Starship Trooper
WiederUnterwe2.jpg pix/trace 69K+Starship Enterprise-E in Space
BlssdWstlnd.lha pix/wfm 99K+Blessed Wasteland Art & Lit.
OFS041.jpg pix/wfm 461K+What Hubble might see in Fractal Space
ThBoundsfLv.lha pix/wfm 110K+The Bounds of Love Art & Lit.
Zoom.lha util/app 63K+The "do everything" appicon (FREEWARE)
LatinMap.lha util/cdity 20K+Special Character Input (FREEWARE)
Easyconvert.lha util/conv 23K+Easy Convert - converts miles - km, etc.
vPNGdt.lha util/dtype 10K+Fast 68k PNG datatype
Calculator.lha util/misc 28K+Fully functional scientific calculator
WriteKickDisk.lha util/misc 11K+Makes Kickstart disk from ROM image
ral3p7.lha util/rexx 60K+RexxArpLib.library - open up some OS fun
ral3p7all.lha util/rexx 398K+RexxArpLib.library - open up some OS fun
rxmui.lha util/rexx 384K+RxMUI - MUI GUIs in ARexx macros
Easyreset.lha util/wb 12K+EasyReset - system reset utility
mainprefs.lha util/wb 66K+OS 3.5,3.9 Preferences GUI
RxTD.lha util/wb 32K+V1.2, WB 3.9 ToolsDaemon prefs converter
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23.Jan.2001
amiga-hardware.com
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'Big Book Of Hardware' Updated
'Big Book Of Hardware' is a really extended hardware reference website. Here you can find
a whole lot of information about almost any Amiga hardware. Yesterday many sections of the website
were updated.
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23.Jan.2001
DOpus Support Page
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New DirOpus4 Beta Version 4.15f by Jacek Rzeuski
Jacek Rzeuski is working on DOpus4 again and has made available for download a new beta version
4.15f of DirOpus4 on his website.
DirOpus is a file manager programmed by Jonathan Potter and Greg Perry from
GP Software. In 1999 the source code of the program was
released under GNU Public License rules. Jacek Rzeuski then started to revise and enhance the
program.
Due to lack of time Jacek then wasn't able to work on it that intensive anymore, and
Paul Huxham published new beta versions. Now Paul decided not to cooperate with Jacek in
the running project, but has started his own DirOpus4 project. Paul's homepage is to find
here.
DOpus4beta.lzx -
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23.Jan.2001
The Spirit of AMIGA
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Quake Deathmatch by "The Spirit of AMIGA"
On Friday 26th, 2001, 'The Spirit of AMIGA' will organize their first
Quake deathmatch. This match will take place on an official server to see how the
response will be. 'The Spirit of AMIGA' wants to bring together AMIGA online players
and possibly later on to found a clan and/or open an own server. Everybody who would like
to participate is heartily welcome to this match. No special software is needed for this
server. Details on how and when you will find under the title link (German website).
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23.Jan.2001
Christoph Dietz
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Interview with Bill McEwen
Christoph Dietz did an extended interview with Bill McEwen, president and CEO of AMIGA, Inc:
Bill McEwen
Amiga-News: In your latest Executive Update you announce that the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) would be a great fun for the Amiga community. But how would this be a great fun if Amiga Inc. is not a exhibitor there?
Bill McEwen: We were there. We had two companies showing Amiga enabled devices at the show. These meetings were private, but we were there :-)
Amiga-News: Can you tell us details about this devices and the companies behind?
Bill McEwen: No. We are under NDA with each of them. Announcements will follow soon.
Amiga-News: In an interview with Corinna Cohn you told the community that Amiga Inc. is low on money and our readers are now wondering if this means that Amiga Inc. is closing down. So why are you low on money?
Bill McEwen: We are far from closing down. It takes money to run this business, and we planned to raise money in summer of last year. Our timing was off, and the market had a big downturn. As of the time of the discussion we had not secured more funding.
Amiga-News: So I can assume that there is no financial shortness anymore?
Bill McEwen: We will continue to watch every dime very carefully, this is not a market to be crazy with your money.
Amiga-News: Can you tell us the names of Amiga Inc.'s investors?
Bill McEwen: The "Invisible Hand Corporation, LLC", and "Net Ventures, BV".
Amiga-News: What do these investors expect from Amiga?
Bill McEwen: To make money.
Amiga-News: They are not interested in the Amiga products to use in their own products?
Bill McEwen: They are investors not OEM's.
Amiga-News: Is going public an option for Amiga Inc.? Can we expect to buy stock options in the near future?
Bill McEwen: Public offering is not possible at this time. But you can expect to have opportunities to invest in the future with Amiga.
Amiga-News: Francis Charig told me (as published on amiga-news.de) that the AmigaDE will be ready in the first half of this year. Are you agreeing with this?
Bill McEwen: Yes. This is the plan.
Amiga-News: How and then (more exact) will AmigaDE hit the marked?
Bill McEwen: Initially in some OEM hardware platforms, and then it will get more functionality and be out in other hardware with software following.
Amiga-News: According to MeterNet they are only waiting for AmigaDE to release their Set-Top box. When do they get AmigaDE and will this version be the same as planned for release in the OEM hardware?
Bill McEwen: Yes, the initial release is for this type of hardware OEM.
Amiga-News: Also Francis spoke about memory protection and why TAO is not planning to implement MP into the operating system. But you already announced that Amiga Inc. is going to implement MP into AmigaDE. Is this plan up to date?
Bill McEwen: Tao is not, and they never were going to. This is consistent to what we have said since the beginning. Amiga is handling the MP. So the plan is the same that we have said since the beginning.
Amiga-News: Can we expect MP to be in the first versions of AmigaDE?
Bill McEwen: No, not in the first version. It has been planned for later.
Amiga-News: Why do you think MP is needed?
Bill McEwen: I personally think that this is better suited for the desktop and server market.
Amiga-News: What can AmigaDE developers expect to be added into the next SDK update?
Bill McEwen: Sound, 3d, and numerous other new tools and enhancements.
Amiga-News: When can they expect the next update?
Bill McEwen: Targeted for end of February - middle of March.
Amiga-News: More than 15.000 copies of SDK are sold. How many developers are registered? And how many of them are contributing software?
Bill McEwen: A little over 2,000 busy working.
Amiga-News: This means that at least 13.000 people only bought the SDK to support Amiga Inc. with some money or for to add the SDK to their treasury?
Bill McEwen: You asked how many are registered. We have thousands who are working and have not registered.
Amiga-News: Do you know a reason why they didn't register?
Bill McEwen: No. It is really up to them. We have also located two sites that have created SDK's that are pirated. I believe that we have shut them down now, but we know that several copies were downloaded before we stopped them.
Amiga-News: Which is the most amazing software contributed right now?
Bill McEwen: There are so many, I do not know where to begin. I would encourage people to look at the developer section of the web site to see many of the titles that are being worked on.
Amiga-News: While the "World of Amiga 2000" in Cologne Fleecy announced that about 1.5 Mio units of AmigaDE are already sold. What is the market and when will the AmigaDE based products show up?
Bill McEwen: Products will begin showing up in March of this year.
Amiga-News: A press release from Thendic Electronic Components just crossed the wire that tells that "in September 2001 Thendric will release a modified Handheld-PC for the consumer market under the label 'Amiga(TM)'." Are they only licensing the Name "Amiga"? Or will they use AmigaDE?
Bill McEwen: There is only ONE owner of the Amiga name and Trademarks, Amiga Inc. We own the worldwide exclusive rights to all of the Amiga properties, that were once in the hands of Gateway. Thendic has licensed AmigaDE for their devices. We were not supposed to say anything for another month, but since they have announced, then it is true they are one of many new licensors of AmigaDE.
Amiga-News: And are there other products?
Bill McEwen: Several in the works and all over the office.
Amiga-News: How many copies of AmigaOS3.9 are sold? How close are we to an PPC-Version of AmigaOS 4.0?
Bill McEwen: OS 3.9 I do not know right now. We had several thousand out by before Christmas, and I have not seen the reports of the sales since that time. We should have some numbers up on the site soon. As far as meeting the sales requirements for the OS 4.0 PPC version, we are not even close. We are still evaluating the market need for this product, and I hope that we can show that there is a true market and business for 4.0, and even other versions in the future.
Amiga-News: When can we expect that the decision is made?
Bill McEwen: Working on it now.
Amiga-News: What are the improvements in the classic AmigaOS to legitimate the version jump to 4.x?
Bill McEwen: Once the decision has been made, then you will see a targeted feature list and then we will all know.
Amiga-News: Do you know about the status of development at Eyetech and bPlan?
Bill McEwen: I have been focused on other funding issues, and Fleecy has been working more closely with these developments.
Amiga-News: Will the AmigaOne be available in Q3/2001?
Bill McEwen: That is the plan.
Amiga-News: How can the Amiga community support Amiga Inc. at best?
Bill McEwen: The best way to directly help is the purchase of SDK's and other products. And the more people creating product for Amiga the better. We have recently received several new games for AmigaDE and they are great. It is really encouraging to see all of the development efforts underway, and the more people that we have developing the better.
Amiga-News: Are these games only converted from other platforms or are they completely new? Are they cutting edge in graphics, sound and idea?
Bill McEwen: All of the above.
Amiga-News: Bill, thank you for this interview!
Contact Information Amiga Inc.
World Headquarter
AMIGA, Inc.
34935 SE Douglas Street
Suite 210
Snoqualmie, WA 98065 (USA)
Phone +1-425-396-5660
Fax. +1-425-396-5671
email: bill@amiga.com
WWW: Amiga Inc.
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22.Jan.2001
Oliver Roberts
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WarpBMP.datatype Version 44.2 Released
Today Oliver Roberts released WarpBMP.datatype version 44.2. The datatype is
freeware and is available for different processors (68k,PPC/WarpOS,PPC/MorphOS).
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