01.Apr.2000
Amiga Forever
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Cross-Plattform Online Edition
The new Cross-Plattform Edition of the Amiga Forever Online Edition is identical to
the Windows version, but contains additional options to use Amiga ROM and OS files on
Linux, Mac, DOS, and other platforms.
(Translation: mb)
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31.Mar.2000
Heise
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Heise: Trackerlabels: The pioneers of online music
«In the beginning there was the Amiga, Commodore's flagship in the
battle for young home users. For musicians, the box did not have much
to offer, everybody with some little equipment in those times went rather
for the Atari ST. For the ST, there was professional software like Cubase,
and it had a MIDI interface. But the Amiga had many, many colors. 4096, to
be exact. That was a lot for the times when expensive PCs had either 4 or
16 colors. Compared to that, the Amiga was something like the first multimedia
computer. The fitting multimedia software, though, everybody had to make on
his own. And the kids programmed like mad. They cracked commercial game
software, replaced their intros with own ones and spreaded their dared
animations as so-called demos - some kind of electronic graffiti culture
came into existance.
The cult got in motion when 1987 a certain Karsten Obarski published a
program named "Soundtracker" for the Amiga. Obarski worked for the game
company Eidos and probably wouldn't have dreamed back then that he would
have been celebrated more than 10 years later as a hero for this step
The Karsten Obarski Tribute Project.
But he set with this simple program the foundation for a whole scene.»
Full article under titlelike (site and article in German).
(Translation: mb)
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31.Mar.2000
Norman in ANF
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AmigaAMP 2.8 BETA-6 released
Download: AmigaAMP28b6.lha
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31.Mar.2000
Amiga Advis via eMail
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Swedish and danish Amiga magazines
Return-Path: amigaadvis@vestnet.dk
From: Amiga Advis amigaadvis@vestnet.dk
To: team@amiga-news.de
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 06:22:59 +0100
Subject: Swedish and danish Amiga magazines
Swedish and danish Amiga magazines
It is not only bad things going on in the market for Amiga
magazines. About three months ago the Amiga community in Sweden
again got access to a magazine about Amiga in their own language.
This magazine is produced by the danish magazine Amiga Advis in
cooperation with Rolf Eric. He has this good point and advantage
that he is born and bred in Sweden.
Temporarily he stays in Denmark but have learned himself danish
so therefore he is not only a pawn in the translation and
publishing in Sweden. We hope that som swedish writers will join
the list of suppliers of articles to the magazines. When the
magazines springs from the same source they could exploit the
united efforts. Both the swedish and the danish editions are
medleys of reviews, courses, notices, correspondence columns etc.
In short, throughout a real magazine with what beongs to that.
But in short of costs, the magazines are not published in
colours. If you are interested in supporting these magazines you
can obtain them in the
following ways:
With swedish and danish regards
Amiga Advis
Svensk och dansk Amigamagasin
Det händer inte bara dåliga saker på Amigamagasin området idag.
För cirka tre månader sedan fick AmigaSverige återigen ett
Amigamagasin. Detta magasin startades av Amiga Advis i sammarbeta
med Rolf Eric som har den fördel att ha varit född och uppvuxen i
Stockholmstrakterna, men bor tillfälligt i Köpenhamn.
Rolf har blivit en viktig bricka i att få de danska texterna
översatta till svenska. Dock hoppas vi på att det också kommer
svenska skribenter för att tidningarna ska kunna växa samman.
Detta vill vi uppnå för att undvika känslan av att den ena
tidningen kommer ur den andra, så att vi får en känsla av att
tidningen skapas från samma källa.
Båda utgåvorna av tidningen är en blandning av anmälningar,
kurser, aktuella artiklar, läsarbrev med mera. Kort sagt helt
igenom ett riktigt Amigamagasin med allt som där tillhör, dock
utkommer Amiga Advis i svart|vitt tryck.
Är du intresserad i att ansluta dig till detta Amigablad, kan du
anskaffa dig något av dem på följande sätt
Svenskspråkiga Amiga Advis
Den svenska utgåvan har kommit ut med två nummer och den tredje
är snart kommen från tryck och ska vara klar till utgivning i
loppet av en vecka. 1999 (sv) är på 24 sidor i A4format och
kostar SEK 25,-
2000/01 (sv) är på 36 sidor i A4format och kostar SEK 35,-
2000/02 (sv) och framåt kommer att vara på cirka 36 sidor i A4 och
kosta SEK 35,-
Du kan köpa bladen hos dessa två Amigaförhandlare
GGS-Data, Korsklevegatan 30, GÖTEBORG, SVERIGE, 0046 31 64 43 50
Tricom Data AB, Torsgatan 46, STOCKHOLM, SVERIGE 0046 8 736 02 92
Tricom Data AB, Svartbäcksgatan 41, UPPSALA, SVERIGE 0046 18 12 34 00
Du kan bli prenumerant genom att göra följande
Ta ett inbetalningskort för postgirot och fyll i det med namn,
adress och gärna epost, skriv din beställning, beloppet samt vårt
namn och gironummer. Kom ihåg att skriv tydligt.
1 nummer kostar SEK 35,-
3 nummer kostar SEK 99,-
6 nummer kostar SEK 190,-
Alla priser ovan inräknar bara tidningar med styckpriset SEK
35,-. Önskas det köpas in det första numret tillför ni bara
beloppet SEK 25,- på räkningen och nämner att ni önskar nummer
ett.
Vår adress
Amiga Advis
Jernbanevej 47
4450 Jyderup
DANMARK
sv telefon: 0045 20 43 38 58
sv epost: rifferoffe@mail.tele.dk
Giro SEK: 16 33 94-0
Danskspråkiga Amiga Advis
Den danskspråkiga Amiga Advis har kommit ut sedan augusti 1996
och har genom sina många år givit ut iallt 44 nummer. Det danska
bladet kan man fortfarande köpas i olika kiosker runt omkring i
Danmark och i ett par enstaka kiosker på Färöarna och på
Grönland.
Du kan också välja att bli abonnent genom att göra följande
Ta ett inbetalningskort för postgirot och fyll i det med namn,
adress och gärna epost, skriv din beställning, beloppet samt vårt
namn, adress och gironummer. Kom ihåg att skriv tydligt.
3 nummer kostar DKK 84,-
6 nummer kostar DKK 162,-
12 nummer kostar DKK 324,-
Svenskt og danskt Amiga-magasin
Der foregår ikke kun dårlige ting på Amiga-magasinområdet. For
ca. tre måneder siden fik Amiga i Sverige igen et Amiga magasin.
Dette magasin blev startet af det danske Amiga-magasin Amiga
Advis i samarbejde med Rolf Eric som har den fordel at være født
og opvokset i Sverige, men som nu midlertidigt bor i Danmark.
Under sit ophold i Danmark har Rolf lært sig dansk og med disse
engenskaber er
han en specielt vigtig brik i at få det danske blad oversat til
svensk. Dog håber vi på at der også kommer svenske skribenter
til, sådan at disse blade der udspringer af samme kilde, frem for
at det ene kun er afskrift af det andet, kan have bidrag fra
begge læserkredse. Både det svenske blad og det danske blad er en
blanding af anmeldelser, kurser, aktuelle artikler, læserbreve
m.m., kort sagt, helt igennem et rigtigt magasin med hvad dertil
hører. Dog udkommer Amiga Advis ikke i farver. Er du interesseret
i at bakke op omkring disse bladet kan du anskaffe dem på
følgende måde:
Danmark, Amiga Advis
Det danske Amiga-magasin er udkommet siden august 1996 og har
gennem sine fire år udgivet i alt 44 numre. Det danske blad kan
du fortsat købe i forskellige kiosker rundt omkring i Danmark og
i et par enkelte kiosker på Færøerne og i Grønland.
Du kan også vælge at blive abonnent ved at gøre følgende: Tag et
indbetalingskort til Postgiro og udfyld det med dit navn og
adresse, anfør det du bestiller, beløbet samt vores navn, adresse
og gironummer. Husk at skrive dit navn tydeligt.
3 numre koster: 84,- Dkr.
6 numre koster: 162,- Dkr.
12 numre koster: 324,- Dkr.
Vores adresse:
Amiga Advis
Jernbanevej 47
4450 Jyderup
Danmark
dk telefon 59 27 89 91
dk e-post: AmigaAdvis@vestnet.dk
dk Giro nr.: 298-1599
Med svenske og danske hilsner
Amiga Advis (Translation: mb)
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30.Mar.2000
Achim Stegemann via email
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Digital Almanac II bugfix update
Now there is a minor bugfix-update for Digital Almanac II available. The update can be
downloaded from the homepage of the author.
Also beta-testers for DA III are wanted!
Send an application with a description of your Amiga and your knowledge via email to
the author.
(Translation: mb)
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30.Mar.2000
Frank Wille
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BPPCFix v1.4
BPPCFix v1.4 (27.03.2000) can now remove 68040/060.library, too.
Download: BPPCFix.lha
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30.Mar.2000
Scalos
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68k assembler programer for Scalos wanted
Scalos developer archive to be re-released very soon (hopefully). We are looking for
one more full time 68k assembler coder to help comment the huge main Scalos program
and also fix bugs; send your offer to scalos@satanicdreams.com
(Translation: mb)
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30.Mar.2000
Be
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BeOS 5 Personal Edition
As announced earlier BeOS 5 is now in a "Personal Edition" available for a free download.
(Translation: mb)
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30.Mar.2000
DS
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VNC-Server for Amiga released
Avnc is a brandnew VNC-server for the Amiga. Now, for example, it is possible to control
WindowsNT-PCs with the Amiga via internet. More of this issue VNC you will find under
http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/.
Download:avnc-beta6.lha
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
Henk Jonas
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MetaView 2.9 released
The solution for clip art users converts from WMF, CGM, GEM, DSDR, DR2D, DXF, XFIG, EPS, WPG, HPGL
and CMX to EPS, CGM, GEM, DR2D, HPGL, WMF, JMF, AI, XFIG or ILBM. Also im- and exports AMF
(see AmigaMetaFileFormat). Download:
MetaView.lha -
MetaView.readme
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
Robert Kühn in ANF
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AmigaPeople on the Net
This is a list of Amiga users, where any Amiga user can add himself, to provide
help and support to Amiga users nearby. This list is international, and not limited
to the German language countries.
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
Andreas Kleinert by e-mail
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akMPEG v4.401 released
Audio support has been improved. Download:
akMPEG4.lha
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
Stefan Funke by e-mail
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PowerPC-World News
The PPC software list of the PowerPC World at Haage & Partner recieved an update.
44 new entries are listed.
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
Martin Baute
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Don't expect too much...
Some thoughts on the upcoming Amiga 2K. Not as negative as it might sound,
but some facts to consider:
Don't expect too much - Thoughts by Martin Baute
In three days it will happen. On the "Amiga 2K" in St. Louis, USA, the new
developer boxes are presented to the public.
It really seems like, for the first time since the AGA
chipset, announcements of a new Amiga technology will be indeed followed
up by a real product.
With interest I followed the enthusiastic expectation
expressed on mailing lists, chat rooms etc. I hate to pull the brake on this
enthusiasm, but I have to call out to many Amigians: Don't expect too much!
To prevent the big outcry after this weekend, "we have
been fooled", "Bill and Fleecy aren't better than the people before", I
want to have a critic eye on what we are up to.
The hardware that will be displayed in St. Louis will
not be different from an off-the-shelf PC. Yes, that means x86. This won't
change in the foreseeable future, since Amiga doesn't have a choice.
Yes, I hear the cry: PPC! But where to get one? The only
manufacturer of high-power PPC systems in significant numbers is Apple -
and their systems are not only more expensive than their x86 counterparts,
but also much less documented. Apple simply doesn't tell every anybody all
the details of their motherboards, as Be came to realize painfully.
The POP PPC boards by IBM? Except for the one I saw at
the Amiga booth in Cologne, I haven't seen one so far. They are real, for
sure. But where to get one, for which price?
So swallow the pill and take a x86 board. Let's face it:
why not? The CPUs are no beautys, but they offer x times more performance
than any (existing!) Amiga PPC boards, they are cheap, and available from
the retailer around the corner.
(Well, I see, certain people from the Amiga community
will likely hang myself after this article...)
Graphics? Be real, no company in the world can hope to
outperform the big players in the business, ATi, Matrox, nVidia, 3DFx etc.
just like that. And they, in turn, will most likely not offer some kind of
miracle chip exclusively to Amiga.
So we have to settle with "standard hardware" in this
area, too.
So what's special about the developer boxes at all?
Software, of course. But what kind of software will that
be? If you think about it, you should realize that these systems won't show
the new Amiga Desktop.
For one, it would be a miracle if, after a few (three?
four?) months of cooperation with the TAO Group, it would be already finished.
And if it would, they would ship user devices instead of developer boxes.
What will be running on the developer boxes will be Elate,
the real-time core from TAO. Perhaps natively, perhaps "hosted" on e.g. Linux.
(And in case McEwen pre-installed Windows on the Amiga developer boxes, I
will travel to the USA myself to send him to the asylum.)
This will be supplemented by a documentation of the Elate
and intent architectures (intent is the "multimedia layer" from TAO), probably
a special version of GCC and a bunch of Includes.
Or, to put it an Amigian way: It will not be the successor
of the OS3.5 CD, but the successor of the Amiga Developer CD.
Developers will be happy to get a glance on "the insides".
For users, the developer boxes will most likely be as (un-)interesting as
the last Cheapo-PC.
The fact that hardware is shipped together with the
software at all is to avoid developers having to write drivers for their
XY card with ZZ chip at first; at the same time, you don't have to specify
your hardware configuration at length when sending in a bug report...
"But when the first end-user products are released,
everything will be fine, wouldn't it?"
Sorry I have to pull the brakes on this one, too -
no it won't. At least not automatically.
Even if all programmers from the Amiga community get
themselves a developer box (and many will not, if not simply for cost
considerations); even if ALL existing Amiga software would be available
for the new machines in a new version, starting from day 0...
...that would be great for us, and a real miracle. But
would it lead to the PC user next door getting himself an Elate-Amiga-whatever
instead of upgrading his system?
Your friend wants to buy the PC with monitor, Windows,
Word, and Works for 999 USD. Can you (without guilty conscience) recommend
buying an Elate-Amiga with Monitor, Elate, AmigaWriter and TurboCalc, PPaint
and MUIbase for 999 USD instead?
Yes, I hear ye: It will be much cheaper, because being
much more efficient with the ressources.
Sure, and again the Amigians tell the world that AmigaOS
is happy with a half-as-fast CPU because being efficient. Don't you remember
the sorry glances?
It will take time. It will take the support of software
manufacturers porting PROFESSIONAL applications to the Elate-Amiga. It will
take applications that, in their elegance, efficiency, and their usefullnes
aren't POSSIBLE on any other platform. It will take an unparalleled marketing
campaign, and I don't know who will pay for it. It will take strong partners,
supporting Amiga financially - because the startup money brought together
by Bill and Fleecy won't take forever.
It will take a lack of attention from the competition,
with their large amounts of "operative cash" and their monopolistic
stranglehold, which could crush the small startup in no time.
You could read from between the lines of the Executive
Update that Bill and Fleecy already have big-player companies at hand -
just for getting confirmation on this (and to hear names) makes looking
at this weekend's happenings at St. Louis worthwhile.
And, after the many years of hoping, waiting, holding
out: It will take programmers porting their tools and applications to the
new machines with full enthusiasm, with no regard for the collapsing "Classic"
market.
Some will say: "I have done my part for the Amiga, now
others should take the lead." God knows, I could spend my time with more
pleasant things than hours of translations.
But right NOW is the moment when it will be decided:
Have the years of holding out been worth it? Right NOW the developers have
to take the chance to provide the plattform "new Amiga" with desperately
needed software right from the start.
Even if it becomes a success, probably only a few will
make the big money with it. But to say now that it won't be a success
anyway means saying the recent years went to waste.
And in the last, it will need users more than anything
else, spending their money on buying these tools and applications together
with the new hardware; creating the foundation for the new users that
might follow.
Don't expect too much. But do what you can!
Martin Baute
mb@amiga-news.de
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
amiga-news.de
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Interview with Thomas Dellert (DCE)
Read this interview with Thomas Dellert (DCE), done by Petra Struck on
March 29th, 2000, clarifying the availability of PowerUP products:
Interview with Thomas Dellert, DCE
Author: Petra Struck
Interview partner: Thomas Dellert, DCE Computer Service GmbH,
Oberhausen, Germany
Translator: Martin Baute
amiga-news.de: What is the scheduled date for shipping the following products with P5 licence?
Thomas Dellert:- BVision: Over 100 already shipped to Vesalia. We ship finished cards daily.
- Cybervision PPC: Production started last Friday.
- Cybervision64 3D (bugfixed Version): The first 100 were shipped to Vesalia on March 28th.
- Cyberstorm MKIII Boards: The first boards were shipped Friday.
- Cyberstorm PPC604e Boards: We just recieved 400 604-233. I hope we will be able to ship the first boards in the next 10 - 14 days.
- Blizzard PPC603e Boards: The circuits boards are already in storage. Sadly the delivery of CPUs and CPLDs is being delayed.
amiga-news.de: Why those big delays? What problems did DCE had to fight?
Thomas Dellert: The worldwide shortage of parts is a big problem right now. Here only some exsamples:- SMD Kondensator 1 NF. Delivery time 20 weeks.
- CPLD Logik Chips. Delivery time about 24 weeks.
- SGRAM for BVision. Delivery time about 15 weeks.
- Tantal Elkos. Delivery time !!!!! Not this year.....
amiga-news.de: Is there a plan to continue the G4 plans from P5, or has DCE put these to a rest once and for all?
Thomas Dellert: G4 isn't on the list for now. The CPUs probably won't be available this year.
amiga-news.de: Is there a plan of developing new graphic cards?
Thomas Dellert: If we hadn't recieved the Permedia II chipsets, this certainly would have been an issue.
amiga-news.de: Is there contact between DCE and Bill McEwen? If so, can you tell us something about it?
Thomas Dellert: We are in contact. It's about technical details of the PPC boards. I cannot say more about it at this time.
amiga-news.de: The DCE website is partially availalable in German already, will the rest be translated too, and what is particulary interesting, will there be a "news" site, where everybody can see what's new at DCE?
Thomas Dellert: We are working on it. I hope to complete the site in the next 14 days.
amiga-news.de: Will DCE attend the Amiga & Atari show in Neuss, June 2000?
Thomas Dellert: All products will be offered there by Vesalia Computer. We hope that this time we have plenty of stock.
amiga-news.de: Will other retailers recieve products too, or will the hardware only be available from Vesalia in the future?
Thomas Dellert: Vesalia will for sure also ship to other retailers. (Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
AAA
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AAA USA Award
The AAA Award for USA will be given to the winner on the Amiga 2K
show in St. Louis.
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
Ami Sector One
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New rare demos at Ami Sector One
At Ami Sector One, some very rare demos can be found which are not available on Aminet
or Funet. Among others, you can download e.g. "Gate Megademo 1" and "Gate Megademo 2"
form the group "Gate" from there.
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
amiga-news.de
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Amiga News now in French, too :-)
The team from AmigaImpact, under the leadership
of Stéphane "SteaG" Campan volunteered
to translate our news to French :-).
AmigaImpact already offers Amiga news in French since October 1999. This way, a wonderful
cooperation begins, since we can provide each other with news about Amiga, making up a
perfect match :-).
(Translation: mb)
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29.Mar.2000
Markus Fellhauer in ANF
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A/NES CGX version 1.18 released
Download: anescgfx.lha - 90 Kb
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29.Mar.2000
Volker Mohr in ANF
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Amiga & Atari show, Neuss - website now online
As already previously announced, the show has been relocated to the weekend from June 10th
to 11th, 2000. More info about the "World of Alternatives" is now available at the title link.
Everything with a name will attend the show: Amiga Germany, Vesalia, KDH, Epic Marketing,
Haage & Partner, Schatztruhe, Titan Computer, RBM, Individual Computer, Dreieinhalb-Computer,
ACP & TCP, and of course the host, Falke Verlag.
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29.Mar.2000
Thorsten Schölzel in ANF
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Help forum for CD32 users opened!
At the title link, a new forum for CD32 users has been opened.
If you have problems with the CD32, want to buy / sell
CD32 games or hardware, you are at the right place there.
(Translation: mb)
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