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30.May.2003
Gunnar 'GunaTM' Bernhardt (ANF)

Emulator: WinUAE version 0.8.22 R7 published
Version 0.8.22 release 7 of the Amiga emulator 'WinUAE' written by Toni Wilen for Windows has been published. This version contains the following bug fixes and new features:

Bugs fixed:

printer didn't work if serial port emulation was enabled
palette wasn't updated properly when entering and exiting the GUI in fullscreen 8-bit Picasso96 mode
button or key mapped to mouse horizontal or vertical axis
random crash when horizontal centering was enabled
bsdsocket emulation, ping, traceroute, AmTelnet SSH connection freeze
config save crash and non working keyboard
ShapeShifter-support improved, all Kickstart 2.x/3.x versions supported
lores-mode support for "sprites outside display window"-feature
and more..

New features:

emulation compatibility improvements Elfmania, Rainbow Island (broke accidentally in R6), Mission Elevator (properly fixed this time...), SWIV, Old Timer, Inferior, Sub Rally, Sargon History, TBL demos, Sound of Silents, Cardamom, Cardamon etc.
analog joystick (paddle) ports emulated
improved hard/ZIP disk RDB detection
Action Replay 2/3 state file support
sound "power led" filter emulation
freely selectable sound sample rate (8000 - 48000)
"direct" serial port support, fixes PC to PC Lotus 2 serial link problems. (two player only, 3 or 4 players require lower serial latency that is not possible under Windows)
zipped CAPS-image support
updated AHI driver included

A German mirror is available under webwood.de. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2003
Amiga Club Augsburg (ANF) OS4.0 on Tour - News
Amiga Club Augsburg and KDH Datentechnik wrote:
"With an opinion poll we would like to get an overview about the amount of people who might will come. If there are any signs that more visitors will come than we expect now there is the possibility open the event on Sunday, too. Therefore we would be very grateful if you could help us.

Especially we are very delighted to present some developers and members of Hyperion. At this event the following persons will be present: Steffen Häuser, Hans-Jörg Frieden and Thomas Frieden.

Christian Krenner will exhibit and present his 'Monster A600' (Motorola 68030/40 MHz, 34 MByte RAM, 10 GByte hard drive, PCMCIA-Net work and USB-ports). (ps) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2003
Debian (Website) Debian Weekly News: Debian for Pegasos
In its issue 21/2003 the Debian Weekly News which is a newsletter of the Debian community reports about how Debian works on a Pegasos computer:

"Debian on the Pegasos platform. Eugenia Loli-Queru has reported that Debian GNU/Linux has been preinstalled on the Pegasos computers which are beased on PowerPC G3 and G4. With the help of Mac-on-Linux you are able to run the Debian system, MacOS or OSX without Apple hardware." (nba) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2003
WHDLoad (Website)

Installer: WHDLoad - New packets until 31.05.2003 (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games which have been formerly meant only for use with disks on your hard drive. The following packets have been added or updated:

31.05.03 new: Psycho Santa (Bullfrog) done by Agressor
31.05.03 fixed: Zool (Gremlin) rawdic imager fixed for disk 2
31.05.03 fixed: King's Quest 2 (Sierra) install problems fixed
31.05.03 fixed: King's Quest (Sierra) install problems fixed
29.05.03 fixed: Simon The Sorcerer (Adventure Soft) access fault fixed
29.05.03 new: Lords of the Rising Sun (Cinemaware) done by JOTD
29.05.03 new: King's Quest 3 (Sierra) done by JOTD
29.05.03 new: King's Quest 2 (Sierra) done by JOTD
24.05.03 improved: Boston Bomb Club (Silmarils) supports another version
24.05.03 new: King's Quest (Sierra) done by JOTD

(nba) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2003
Steffen Nitz (E-Mail)

Game: 'Die Kleine Gilde' - further names wanted
Steffen Nitz wrotes:
I need your ideas again. This time I am looking for positive messages of the workers like:

Yes, Sir!
As you like it!
Finally good work!
Will be done, Sir!
Your wish is my order!

and I am looking for negative messages like:

Not already again!
Is there not somebody else who can do this?
I am fed up with this!
No, I will not do this!

This one who will send me the most good sentences will get a keyfile of the Gilde or of SN-Münzarchiv as well as an entry in the credits.

The game principle
This game is a round based economy simulation which takes place in the Middle Ages (1400 until 1600). Furthermore it is also a realtime strategy game with elements of role games and it is a simulation of the life. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2003
derstandard.at (ANF) Mention of Amizilla on Standard
During the last time good news have been a really rare thing. But the Austrian newspaper "Der Standard" reports sometimes about our system. The online article reports about the project "Amizilla" which tries to make possible the porting of the Mozilla browser to the Amiga. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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29.May.2003
Chris Hodges (ANF) USB Stack: Poseidon Update V2.1
There's a new update of the Poseidon USB Stack. It consists mainly of improvements and bugfixes of the Mass Storage Class, for Highway as well as Subway drivers. Through this a whole lot more pieces of equipment should run, which had formerly balked.

Newly come is a program for USB-Radios from D-Link, respectively GemTek. One can purchase these very cheaply on eBay, because it was put together in a friendly manner it was just a few hours work to create the drivers.

A bit more was invested in the new program for the management of my MP3 Player (Valencia MPX), which was available for purchase at Lidl in December 2002. This (and many similarly built units) are unfortunately not MSD equipment. With the Uproar tool this MP3 player may nonetheless be conveniently used. In case anyone else has such a gadget, I'd be very appreciative to hear some feedback.

This time there are two separate archives, for classic Amiga as well as MorphOS systems -- this allows simple installation.

That's just an intro, further details may be found in the ReadMe. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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29.May.2003
(ANF) Amiga Access Homepage Update
On the homepage of the Amiga-Clone 'Access' (title link) there are now some more benchmarks. The modules may be downloaded and tried on your own computer. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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29.May.2003
Roger Stamm (ANF) ahs-amiga.ch Is Moving
Roger Stamm of AHS-Amiga Handel Stamm writes:
"AHS-Amiga is moving. Because of this it may happen that the pages at www.ahs.amiga.ch are not readily available. If you want to get in touch with us, use email: info@ahs-amiga.ch. We will send a confirmation within two days for the receipt of the email. If you don't get confirmation, you can also reach us at rstamm@gmx.de. Many thanks for your understanding." (ps) (Translation: dm)

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29.May.2003
Telemar Rosenberger (E-Mail) Amiforce: Snapshots of Aquarium and Port Royal
Telemar Rosenberger, known to many for his software "AmHuhn," has authored a screen saver named "Aquarium" and a game named "Port Royal," with the help of the multimedia authoring system Hollywood. Under the title link you'll find the first screenshots for both of these programs. The programs will be published as soon as the announced Hollywood Version 1.5 is out.

The deal with Aquarium is that it's a screen saver with images of swimming fish, already known from other platforms. Now AmigaOS too gets the enjoyment of this pleasing screen saver.

Port Royal is a new combat game, which is about ships firing cannons. With this one may, for example, calculate wind direction in directing a strike, and naturally the enemy ships shoot back. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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29.May.2003
Amiforce (ANF) Amiforce: New Audio Track
As of now there is a new MP3 (Trance) to be downloaded from Amiforce, for all interested. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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28.May.2003
Dennis Pauler (ANF) Star Empire II: Last possibility to join
Tomorrow, Thursday, a new round of the email based space strategy game Star Empire II will start. The aim of the game is to become the leader of the universe but there are 32 human beings trying to do this and several computer controled pirates. Diplomaty, alliances, but also armed space crafts are strongly indicated to fulfill this.

Who wants to join has now the last possibility to do so Btw.: The server program of Star Empire II is powered by AmigaOS... :-) (ps) (Translation: ub)

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28.May.2003
pcgames.de (ANF) PC Games: Munich decides for Linux
»The Munich city council has decided today that in future on all 14,00 PCs and notebooks of the city Linux software will be used instead of Microsoft programs. The council followed with this decission a claim of the 1st municipal Christian Ude. The migration to the open source operating system should be done steadily during the next years. Initially the public offices which use mostly office applications should be changed to the new software. The costs of this change including teaching courses are guessed to nearly 30 million Euros«.
Read the full article (German) by the title link.

Further links regarding this topic:
Golem: München pro Linux: Stadtrat lässt Microsoft abblitzen
heise: IBM: Münchener Entscheidung ein "Ritterschlag für Linux"
heise: CSU kritisiert Münchener Entscheidung als "Software-Abenteuer"
SPIEGEL: MÜNCHEN WÄHLT LINUX SuSE beißt Bill
(ps) (Translation: ub)

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28.May.2003
Lorraine Design (Website) New YAM toolbar icons
At Lorraine-Design there are new icons for the YAM toolbar available for download. Here is a preview.

Download: NewYam.LHA (ps) (Translation: ub)

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28.May.2003
Steffen Nitz (ANF) Game: 'Die Kleine Gilde' - lookong for further names
Steffen Nitz writes: "'Die Kleine Gilde' version 0.25 will be released within the next 4 - 5 days and I ask for the following: Actually I am binding the new profession smith to the game and need 20 to 30 house names regarding the smith profession. I am looking for names like "Heavy Hammer", "Hot Iron" etc. There is a keyfile to win for 'Die Kleine Gilde' or for `SN-Münzarchiv'".

Update:
Steffen Nitz has published this screen shot from the game. Under the title link you will find some others. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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28.May.2003
Marc Albrecht (E-Mail) amiga-news.de: Comuter center maintenance
Tomorrow night (i.e. from Thursday to Friday) there will be some hardware compounds changed at that comuter center which hoste amiga-news.de therefore between 23:00 and 03:00 that night it might be that the pages are unreachable. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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28.May.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail) Amiga Arena: Preview from PairsNG and an own domain
The one or other user might remember the game "Pairs" which was released in 1996 for the first time in version 1.0 by Tobias Lenz. Seven years later Christoph Kimna is working with "PairsNG" on more than a honorable successor. The preview reports about Olaf Köbniks first impressions of "PairsNG" and with the screen shots you can see yourself that there will be a real classic one soon, which won't release you too easy.

Furthermore there is additional information given about the author Christoph Kimna during the interview and one more surprise. The interview, the preview and the screen shots are at the section "Interviews". The interview is currently available in German.

Amiga Arena - Now with an own domain
it took long but with the friendly support of the Fun Time World the Amiga Arena is reachable at http://www.amiga-arena.de from now on. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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28.May.2003
David Rey (E-Mail)

Official release of YAM v2.4p1
The email client YAM (Yet Another Mailer) has been released by the YAM open source team to be publicly downloadable. Read with the following the list of the new features:

Fixed: failed to quote messages containing attachments (damato)
Fixed: the "Abbreviation" string gadget in the Glossary reset itself to "- new -" every time the contents were deleted (damato)
Fixed: it could happen that a temporary letter file was used for several Write windows at once (damato)
Fixed: would try to delete an inexistant ".autosave0" file if the AutoSave option was set to 0 (damato)
Fixed: couldn't exit if ConfirmOnQuit was enabled and YAM was iconified (damato)
Fixed: the HIDE option prevented the application from popping up if MUI's own appicon or the commodity system were used (damato)
Fixed: the FOLDERINFO ARexx command returned the wrong ID number for folders containing "sent and received" mail (damato)
Fixed: changing the folder type failed to refresh the message list (damato)
Fixed: forgot to pack messages when they were imported into compressed folders, causing all sort of calamity (damato)
Fixed: folders that "lost" their directory were automatically recreated as folders of type "outgoing" (damato)
Fixed: cancelling the password requester in the folder settings window would create a folder protected with an empty password (damato)
Fixed: the "Export..." item in the popup menu would export the whole folder contents (damato)
Fixed: the "Check PGP signature" menu item in the Read window was sometimes disabled even if the message had a signature to check (damato)
Fixed: the "Save decrypted message" menu item in the Read window didn't work as it should in compressed/encrypted folders (damato)
Changed: it is now actually compatible with the most common MBOX formats, e.g. MBOXRD (damato)
Changed: added support for the DST variable created by Facts, rendering SummerTimeGuard emulation obsolete (damato)
Changed: no longer disables the pattern field in the ASL file requester opened to attach files (damato)
Changed: no longer complains if it can't save ENVARC:mui/YAM.cfg on exit (damato)
Added: new hidden option "AutoColumnResize" for YAM to resize the NList columns when switching folders if the option is enabled, which it is by default (damato)
Added: confirmation requester before cropping attachments (damato)

(nba) (Translation: ub)

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28.May.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)

Dia-CD (Vacation pictures burned as VideoCD)
Today Carsten Siegner finished his project "Dia-CD" (at his home page at "rexx"). With this program you can watch your pictures from the vacation easily utilizing a TV and a DVD player. The program creates automatically a slide show and compiles a VCD-Image by demand.

Features:

any picture archive convertable
any picture format usable (utilizes the datatypes)
adding a soundtrack
Later navigation with the keys of the DVD rc
Written in ARexx competly; so to use with all Amigas.
Every picture or every picute sequence might have its own presentation time (10 s - 100 s)
If demanded the source pictures are added to the VideoCD as well, so they won't be lost
To every VideoCD a ReadMe file can be added
There is a brief online help optional

Requirements:

RexxTricks_386.lha (from Siegner's home page)
Tritonrexx (at the RexxTricks directory)
triton.library (at the RexxTricks directory)
dttoppm.lha (Aminet)
sox.lzx (from Siegner's home page or Aminet)
Multiviev
execute
AREXX
vcd-ffmpeg.lzx (from Siegner's home page)
min 1 GByte free hard disk space
min 64 MByte free RAM

Installation:

Install RexxTricks with the installer. That will install all data for Tritonrexx and the triton.library also. Unpack dttoppm.lha and copy the program to C:. Unpack vcd-ffmpeg.lzx and move vcdimager and ffmpeg to C:. ARexx needs to be stated at boottime, Sox must be at C:.

(nba) (Translation: ub)

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28.May.2003
James Daniels (E-Mail) Game: Payback for GBA - Status report #7
On May the 27th 2003 James Daniels by Apex Designs released the seventh status report about the port of the game 'Payback' to the Gameboy Advance.

The update focuses to the new features and performance increase which were done during the last month. The report includes four new screen shots and a video clip of the game in action. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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27.May.2003
KDH News (ANF) AmigaOne: German mailing list
A German-speaking mailing list for AmigaOne-customers was built up today. This mailing list should help AmigaOne-customers to communicate with other customers in the German-speaking scope (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), also it should be a authority for tips and tricks because of the AmigaOne.

This mailing list is supported by the Amiga dealer Point Design and KDH Datentechnik and is made as a completion to the official Amiga mailing list.

You could announce at here. Source: Jürgen Schober - Point Design Günter Horbach - KDH Datatechnic (nba) (Translation: gf)

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27.May.2003
David Rey (E-Mail) YAM Newsletter 12 - visits in the YAM future
The YAMOS team, developer of the e-mail client YAM (Yet Another Mailer), have been published the YAM newsletter No. 12 today. There they related to the new features of YAM-Release 2.4p1 which explains hidden options "AutoColumnResize" of this version and visited to the future of YAM. Read the complete English-speaking newsletter under the title link. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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27.May.2003
AROS (Website) AROS: Call to Logo competition
The face of AROS in this way. So a logo competition is organized, that is open for designer and graphic artists. After the delivery date there are public selections, at its end a winner is announced.

All logos had to be delivered until the 30th June, and they are not allowed to contain copyrighted elements. They had to be in a vector or a bitmap format. Following formats are supported: SVG, EPS, EPSF, PS, AI, PNG, GIF, TIFF, IFF-24 oder PSD.

The winner will be fame and honour. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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27.May.2003
AROS (Website)

AROS: Status Report May 2003
Another whole month has gone by, which means that it's definitely time for another status update. Doh, why do have all the status updates to begin like that? :) I'd like to thank all the people who showed interest in AROS in the last months, and there have been a lot! Anyway, let's not wait longer, here are the juicy bits, in this relatively uneventful month...

Hardware
Johan Grip received the Pegasos board at the end of April, installed Debian GNU/Linux on it, and started working on the hosted AROS port. However he was no longer able to continue for personal reasons, so he sent the board to Michal Schulz, another talented hardware hacker.

In the meantime, Michal, who already had a PPC PReP board, worked on the native PPC port. He merged his sources in the AROS CVS tree, creating the new 'arch/ppc' directory. To this day, he went as far as implementing task handling and scheduling. Congratulations Michal! Sources as well as a PReP boot image can be found at http://home.tu-clausthal.de/~misc/AROS.ppc.tar.bz2

Michal is also reworking exec.library to make it hardware/platform-independent, by moving dependent stuff in resources like kernel.resource, OpenFirmware.resource...

Build system
No fundamental changes to this sometimes hated system, but lots and lots of little bug fixes and improvements by almost every active AROS Team member in tools, config files, makefiles... So much activity caused quite a few broken nightly builds, but it seems now stabilized.

Also the newer gcc 3.3 that got installed on the build machine led to some problems, but nothing that couldn't be handled.

We now use bzip2 instead of gzip, and a custom, simpler package format than tar to create the AROS floppy and squeeze every possible byte. In the quest to more space, some less useful programs were removed from floppy. Thanks to Adam Chodorowski for the cleanup and optimizations!

i386-pc Installation
The installer for the i386 native port, install-i386-pc, is currently broken, but a graphical bootsector installer is in work, as well as a bootmenu editor, courtesy of Sebastian Heutling, who also still works on the HDToolBox partition editor.

User Interface
Adam Chodorowski began to work on the Zune custom class PreferencesWindow.mcc which implements the AROS standard prefs window buttons and look.
Paul Smith continued his huge work on the next iteration of Wanderer and the underlying desktop.library. It draws icons, and different views are possible (large icons, small icons, details).
Fabio Alemagna added horizontal and vertical color gradients to Zune images. Take a look at the obligatory screenshot!
By default, the Boot Shell is now closed after Wanderer is started. To open a new shell, use the Wanderer/Shell menu item, or use Amiga-W shortcut (Amiga key is the right Win key on pc105 keyboards)

Localizations
Thanks to Olivier Adam for his French translation of dos.library catalog, and to Paulo Silva for the Portuguese keyboard description (which Georg Steger implemented).

Miscellaneous
Some miscellaneous things that have happened:

Staf Verhaegen continued to work on diskfont.library.
Stefan Berger worked hard on ports of gtlayout.library and term 4.7, which can be found in contrib.
Adam Chodorowski imported AHI 5.8 in AROS CVS, following Martin Blom's release of the AROS port.
Georg Steger worked on the unix hosted kernel to allow nesting supervisor, so that signals occuring during a signal handler execution are not ignored. It should improve the stability of the serial device.
and of course, lots of fixes here and there by many developers: for a rough idea, already more than 350 CVS commits this month (although we won't beat the record of 890 last month, according to the AROS-CVS mailing list archive).

Documentation
AROS documentation, in source and HTML-rendered form, is now available on the download page.

Web
Randy Vice set up an AROS support site, TeamAROS, at http://thenostromo.com/teamaros/.

Be sure to check their bounty program if you want to sponsor AROS development. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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27.May.2003
z5 (ANF) A.D.A.: Changes and votes
Forgot your password or username? Just click Log in on demo list page, enter your email address and the username and password will be send to you. Now there is no excuse anymore not to get active. By the way, about 120 votes were added in the last week. Thanks and keep them coming! (nba)

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26.May.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail) AA: Interview with Bill Panagouleas / 'DNA - The Variety of Life'
Amiga Arena Interview with Bill Panagouleas (DiscreetFX)
Olaf Köbnik talked with Bill Panagoules about the Amiga port of Mozilla and about upcoming products for the Amiga.

The (English) interview.

Amiga Arena Fullversion: DNA - The Variety of Life
"DNA - The Variety OF Life", the first work by "Applaud software" is now available for download. The game is a strategy game. The story is somewhat similar to the one of "UFO - Enemy unknown". The earth is threatend by mutants. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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26.May.2003
Diverse

Software Updates - 26.05.2003 (Update)

New Ports of Amiga.SF: abcm2ps and cURL
abcm2ps Version 3.5.3
abcm2ps is a program which converts music tunes from ABC format to PostScript. It was developed mainly to print barock organ scores which have independant voices played on one or many keyboards and a pedal-board.
abcm2ps-3.5.3.lha

cURL Version 7.10.5
cURL is a client to get documents/files from or send documents to a server, using any of the supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, LDAP or FILE). The command is designed to work without user interaction or any kind of interactivity. cURL offers a busload of useful tricks like proxy support, user authentication, ftp upload, HTTP post, SSL (https:) connections, cookies, file transfer resume and more.
curl-7.10.5.lha

IRC-Client: BenderIRC Version 1.5b14
Download: BenderIRC.lha

Tools: LCD-Test and Changer
Philippe Bourdin released two new programs:

"LCD test" tests LCD screen on defective pixels, as certain colors are faded in, which facilitate a finding.
Download: LCD-Test.lha
"Changer" is a program for looking for and replacing in files (also recursive by sublists). The program uses "Regularexpressions" and Perl-5 must be installed. The program has unfortunately no graphic user interface, but is started from the Shell (see homepage for documentation).
Download: changer.pl

(ps) (Translation: sk)

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26.May.2003
Amiga Society (Website) Amiga Society: Update of Little Book and Schlachtfeld News
There are some updates for the Little Book available - short entries about games like Dune II or Celtic Legends.

For the fans of Schlachtfeld there are the following news: There is meanwhile an Alpha9-Version - this runs among other things also under UAE. Some systems, as for instance the A4000 from Horst Diebel want to get along however not so completely with it. On the computers, on which the play runs, one can select, against an opponent advance its team and supply oneself with the opponent of engagements. At present there are however still problems with aiming accuracy and the shots generally - Christian works however on these problems. It gave already large progress and moves the end of the alpha phase within easy reach. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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26.May.2003

Aminet Uploads until 26.05.2003
Here the Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message:

McA45a.lha           biz/dbase   67K+*McAgenda* is a phonebook very easy to u
mca45CAT.lha         biz/dbase    3K+Catalonian catalog for database McAgenda
mca45ESP.lha         biz/dbase    5K+Spanish catalog for database McAgenda
SN-KontoArc.lha      biz/dbase   94K+V1.11  Accout archives (Germany only)
XBaze-7.2.lha        biz/dbase  533K+Very easy2use flexible and fast database
OpenURLDevBas.lha    dev/basic   45K+Using OpenURL library from HBasic
OrpheusV1_0.lha      dev/basic   40K+AGA copper creator for BlitzBasic2
FusionV1_0.lha       dev/misc   217K+AGA palette manipulation & editing
nA_impulse_src.lha   dev/src    2.2M+Music disk asm source
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26.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)

Music: Liquid Skies records #037
There is another new track by 'Liquid Skies' available. The details of release no. 37:

Title: "Transarktyka"
Musician: Maxus
Duration: 5.10
Style: Trance
Format: MP3

The whole package, including the cover and some additional information (text files), has a size of 4.8MB. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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25.May.2003
Steffen Nitz (ANF)

Die Kleine Gilde v0.2
Die Kleine Gilde (The Little Guild) V0.2 is available as of now on Steffen Nitz' homepage.

Changes in version 0.2

Added 8 computer players
Fixed bugs
Other changes I don't want to go into right now
The game is now shareware (10 Euro), though the price may still change

The future gaming principle

The game is a round based economic simulation set in the Middle Ages from 1400 through 1600. Furthermore it is also a realtime strategy game and a lifecycle simulation. The fascinating thing about "Die Kleine Gilde" is that you can and have to found a whole family dynasty if you don't want to stop playing after the death of your character but rather continue playing with one of your children.

You are a merchant who in the beginning takes on one of the starting trades, as there are: blacksmith, carpenter, stonemason, alchimist, perfumer, innkeeper, thief or preacher. When you have snatched up a little money you can also change trades, e.g. to become a money lender or choose one of the other starting trades. In addition you can run for office on country level, at the town council, the Church, as town civil servant, town myrmidon or informant. (nba) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2003
amiga.org Tao: intent 2 raring to go
In a comment to the article "Amiga DE a Good Idea, Poor Execution" in the forum of the American news service amiga.org, Francis Charig, CEO of Tao, announced intent2 and clarified a couple of points. Please read Charig's full comment below:

"We will be announcing the launch of 'intent 2' in June. I can't say too much about it here as this is a public forum so please forgive me and remain patient through the next few weeks.

A few comments....

intent is a software platform targeted at resolving fundamental commercial issues faced by network operators, OEMs, ODMs, applications developers and content creators. We have been building a series of technologies in areas such as AV, Java and various new components and tools that get announced during June. To be able to provide a solution that meets the market's expectations, we have been working on threading them together so that we have a true platform. You'll find that we've been extremely successful in achieving this. The previous ADK and SDKs weren't good enough to enhance our reputation but that should shortly change.

During the last year-and-a-half we have had strong support from the OCPA which ratified the intent core APIs as its standard last year. Membership includes Sega, Konami, Bandai, Capcom, Taito, Qualcomm, TI, Motorola, Intel, Hitachi, Sony, Fujitsu, Pioneer, Epson, Kyocera, JVC, Sharp and Toyota, and so forth. Products on the market or being developed by Philips, Sony, Kyocera and many others supporting devices (DVCs, remote controls, home servers, PVRs, phones, PDAs....) incorporating MIPS, X86, PowerPC, ARM, SH, Embedded Linux, Smartphone, Pocket PC, iTRON, Symbian, VxWorks, the native intent RTOS show the unique breadth of the product as we had promised. We're getting traction from all of the targeted markets of our business.

Comments in the thread about Java support relates to the desktop where memory constraints and other factors make those solutions inappropriate for the kind of devices we are focussed on. In our area, intent is massively outperforming the capabilities of any alternative. Consequently we have been rapidly gaining network operator support.

However, while the Java language is an important part of the platform (I cannot understand comments in this thread that indicate Java has failed or doesn't have momentum), Java cannot be the entire platform because of its many limitations and the ability to transmit to networked devices fun content written in any language including scripting languages is important if we are to talk about truly open platforms.

I don't remember having had a single cross word with Bill McEwen since we began our Amiga relationship. We still see Amiga as an important potential contributor of content and other areas of value-add and we have made introductions of Amiga to various blue chip partners or customers of ours including some in the last few weeks. However, remember that intent has not been developed to be a replacement o/s for the desktop but nor have we ever claimed that it was. We have been entirely consistent in our aims and Tao, and we're making strong progress.

All the best Francis Charig" (nba) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2003

Milestone 1 of Jazilla released
After the appeal incl. fund-raising campaign initiated by DiscreetFX for porting the Web browser Mozilla for the Amiga, the works on various porting projects are apparently picking up speed.

Thus a first alpha version of Jazilla has been presented, requiring Java however, but which might in the mid-term be compatible with AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS, if these will fully support Java.

Significant features of Jazilla:

chrome:// support
JavaScript implemented for the GUI thanks to the Mozilla.org Rhino engine. HTML Scripting coming.
GUI in part, uses XUL and W3C DOM
Written in 100% Java
Open Source
Uses the NetBrowser renderer, which is actually based on Jazilla-classic work.

(nba) (Translation: cb)

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25.May.2003
Martin Heine (ANF) Pegasos-Chronicle by Martin Heine
Starting from his German translation of Bill Buck's and Raquel Velascos' Articia adventures, Martin Heine has compiled a (German) "Pegasos Chronicle".

Corrections or events to be added are of course welcome (Senex@gmx.de). (ps) (Translation: cb)

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24.May.2003
Steffen Nitz (ANF) SN-KontoArchiv V1.12 and "Die Kleine Gilde" overview
SN-KontoArchiv v1.12 released
SN-KontoArchiv is an account management software with many input and statistics functions. The program is email ware. New in version 1.12 is a bug fixing related to reading the keyfile.

Game: Die Kleine Gilde
Soon will a new version (V0.2) of the economy simulation "Die Kleine Gilde" be released. The game status changed from email ware to shareware. The price will probably be 5,- or 10,- Euro.

The author Steffen Nitz needs your help for the game: people who can give him appr. 30 names in medieval style for a pub and/or 10 names for houses gets the keyfile for free. When forty names will have been found v0.2 will be released.

Besides that beta testers and a graphical artist are looked for. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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24.May.2003
Jürgen Schober (ANF)

OS4.0 on Tour News
We have the pleasure to announce that the 'OS4.0 on Tour' event will expand into two more countries:

21.06.2003 Schweiz / Basel
28.06.2003 Schweden / Goetheborg

On all these events we will have 'OS4.0 on Tour' merchandising products available for sale. These products can also be bought from your participating partners. For more information see title link. (ps)

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24.May.2003
Diverse

Software news (till 24.05.2003)
Here's a short sumary of software updates of the last few days:

Game: Worm Wars version 7.42a by Amigan Software
Download: WormWars.lha - 585 KB

Game: Saga version 1.26a by Amigan Software
Download: Saga.lha - 306 KB

Installer: WHDLoad - new packages till 23.05.2003

23.05.03 new: Battlehawks 1942 (Lucasfilm) done by Galahad
23.05.03 improved: Doman (World Software) fixed display problems
23.05.03 improved: The Settlers / Die Siedler (Blue Byte) supports 2 more versions, memory size fix
22.05.03 new: Powerdrome (Electronic Arts) done by Galahad
18.05.03 improved: Silent Service (Microprose) supports NTSC version
17.05.03 new: Zombi (UBI-Soft) done by Agressor
15.05.03 new: Spot (Virgin/Mastertronic) done by Codetapper
14.05.03 new: The Settlers / Die Siedler (Blue Byte) done by JOTD

CD burning software: MakeCD module - makecdromfs version 45.10
Download: makecdromfs_45_10.lha

(ps) (Translation: wk)

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24.May.2003
The Legacy The Legacy: The games museum with rating possibility
The Legacy is a games museum for C64, Amiga, Atari, PC, Schneider/Amstrad CPC that provides the readers with screenshots, covers scans and information about the developers. Today they integrated the possibility to rate single games. Read now the original (German) announcement:

"Manche Sachen sind ganz einfach und dauern trotzdem ewig lange, bevor sie realisiert sind. Dass es eine Bewertung der Spiele durch die Besucher geben soll, das wird wohl schon fast seit einem Jahr versprochen. Heute war nun der Tag, an dem ich es einfach einmal umgesetzt habe. War auch garnicht schlimm...

Auf jeden Fall habt ihr nun die Möglichkeit, pro Game genau einmal eure Bewertung abzugeben. Achso, die Funktion der Bewertung steht nur registrierten Mitgliedern offen." (ps) (Translation: wk)

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24.May.2003
Stiftung Warentest Online Stiftung Warentest: 0190 numbers - search engine shows netprovider
Stiftung Warentest reports in this article about a search engine in the Internet that is supposed to give information about which 0190 number belongs to which provider. This is an offer of the German "Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post". The search engine is active since Wednesday. Unfortunately it shows only the net provider of the calling number, therefore it's still complicated to search the people in the background behind the numbers. This search engine is a correct but only a first step in the fight against the unscrupulous dialer money makers.
Read the full (German) article following the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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24.May.2003
Martin Heine (ANF) MUI: new gradient feature for MorphOS v1.4
On MorphOS-News.de you can find an unofficial screenshot of the upcoming MorphOS version 1.4 showing a new MUI feature: gradient creation in realtime (these are no bitmaps). (ps) (Translation: wk)

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24.May.2003
(ANF) New webpage for Amiga clone Access
Following the title link you will find a new launched homepage for the Amiga clone Access by Index Information LDT. As there are several Access boards circulating but without an official place to turn to have all available data been collected and a forum has been installed. This can be used to exchange experiences and possibly to remove problems or to answer questions.

As there's only a small number of boards spread throughout the world is the page been held in the international comprehensible English. In the forum itself you may of course write in other languages, too. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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24.May.2003
Pixel Art (email)

StartMenu: Pixload final version 4 for Amiga and MorphOS 1.3
The Amiga Classic version 4 of the start menu Pixload is finished, only the German localization is still in the works. The version for MorphOS 1.3 is 99,99 % finished. Here is the final feature list:

Drag & Drop of image directories loads a thumbnail tool
New graphics formats: TIFF and TARGA via datatypes
New sound formats: AIFF and WAVE (no datatypes needed)
Control bar for MiamiDX integrated
New program loading window
clock with RTC functionality
Help file in the context menu
some bugs fixed
Pixload is scalable
Pixload can open directories instead of programs
Shortkeys added
Icon organization via Drag & Drop
Choice for number of icon columns
Special MorphOS 1.3 / Pegasos version

N.B : All functions linked to drag and drop, not work because of MorphOS 1.3 version (ps) (Translation: wk)

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24.May.2003
Lars Ghandy Sobiraj (ANF) Demo scene: Disk mag Generation now online available
Three issues of the legendary Amiga demo scene disk mag Generation by Artwork, later Endzeit, are now for all interested visitors online available. The former main editor Henning RokDaZone Brau had already months ago a HTML version of his ork prepared but never put it online. This has now been completed and released by the Diskmag.de team.

For all those who had been active in the mid 90s there's much to read. And much you still can and probably also will remember. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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24.May.2003
Thorsten Mampel, 1. Vorsitzender ACH e.V. (ANF)

Amiga meeting North 2003 in Bad Bramstedt
From October, 10th to 12th 2003 takes in Bad Bramstedt (north of Hamburg) the 4th Amiga meeting North place. A full weekend party and fun all around the Amiga. The program:

Demo and film shows via beamer
free hardware and software market (Amigas and equipment)
Workshops
Creating a party CD by the participiants
Network with connection to the Internet via DSL
Webcam
Guest book
a. m. m.

Up to 40 computers can be setup and connected. You can register via a form on our homepage (VISITORS FOR A DAY, TOO) or directly via phone in the hotel Tanneneck (04192/500071, ask for Norbert!). (ps) (Translation: wk)

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23.May.2003
AmigaWorld (Website) Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 11
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 11 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):

1) Temal: Are there any plans on trying to get companies back to the platform, such as Newtek? Is there any chance that Avid (video-editing) could be a reality on Amiga? (AmigaOS 4.x and forward) =)

Fleecy: As I have said previously, big companies want to see commercial viability OR a wheelbarrow full of cash before they are going to go to the effort of porting to a new platform. A few non Amiga companies have contacted us to find out about progress and plans and we have an internal list of companies we will contact. However, you often only get one chance with these companies so we want to make sure we have something compelling to show them when we do get through the door.

With regards to video applications, we intend to make a big play in the video market but this requires the implementation of the AG2 foundation for this to be a success. We already have one company that has contacted us with an interest in video editing and we will hopefully have more following them. In the end, we have to make the platform attractive for video editing development in order to attract those developers.

2) Ramon: Since there seems to be hardly or no audio people left at Amiga's main staff, can you convince us that audio development is being done and that the Amiga's audio system/engine will (perhaps after 4.0?) be at a high standard and be used for professional audio computing? High quality, flexible, plug-in capable, etc.

Fleecy: The Amiga AG2 audio solution is being designed by people who have a long history in professional audio application development. Its design has been evolving over the past year and will form the foundation for a big assault on the audio market over the next 12-24 months. We have been keeping an eye on the new MacOS 10.2 audio system and we are more than happy that we have a solution which will give it a run for its money. It is unlikely to be in AmigaOS4.0 but elements of it will start to appear from AmigaOS4.1 onwards.

3) DaveP: Can you tell us if the Auction sale at your old offices of Amiga equipment is on behalf of Amiga Inc? Also, related, does this imply that Amiga Inc is in severe financial difficulties?

Fleecy: No it is not on behalf of Amiga Inc. We have had a situation with our landlord for quite some time now. We have been trying to resolve it but the landlord, within his rights under the lease agreement has opted for this course of action. We haven't been in the office for quite some time and all of our work machines were moved out months ago. To counter the rumours being spread, even if there was valuable data and/or IP there, we have the right to remove/delete it before any auction can take place. All that can be sold are office furniture, fixtures and hardware. This amounts to some three year old wall dividers, desks, chairs, lamps, one or two old printers, some filing cabinets etc. People who think there will be reams of records, prototypes, CDs full of source code and other such goodies will be sorely disappointed. There is still some personal and private stuff in there as well and that has to be returned to the owners; for example I have a car full worth of CDs, clothes and kids toys.

I am not in contact with the landlord so I do not know why he decided to take this course of action. It has no effect on our operations however.

As for our financial situation, we are a private company and such information is not for public distribution. Amiga Anywhere products are in the shops, AmigaOnes are in the hands of Amigans and AmigaOS4 is getting closer and closer to release, with a Roadshow in Europe starting next month. As with anyone else, you'll have to draw your own conclusions. Given the current interest in some quarters to all matters legal, if we were bankrupt (as has been claimed by several people with a vested interest in our demise over the past 12 months) then that data would be available in the public domain as a bankruptcy filing. It isn't and we aren't. Things have been difficult, no one will deny that but we are starting to put that behind us now.

4) hnl_dk: How much control does Amiga Inc. have over the Amiga Anywhere Content Engine? Do you have total control - may you change the code, or may you 'only' add extra features?

Fleecy: AACE is our product so we have total control over it. Yes, as with any AmigaDE derivative, it uses the Tao-Group's Intent product as a foundation but if there are features missing then we add them. We are not tied to using all of Intent. We just use the bits we want and if we require a different solution for something that already exists within Intent then we would replace what it provides with our own solution.

5) IonMane: Is Amiga Inc. willing to return to the negotiation table with Genesi in an attempt to help them provide their own AmigaOne solution that is equitable for all parties, and to try to heal the divide that has caused so much strife within the Amiga community?

Fleecy: There is nothing to negotiate. Amiga Inc currently has two product lines, the AmigaOS and the AmigaDE. If a third party wishes to use or licence these then they should contact us and they will be given the same deal as anyone else. That third party will then have to meet the same criteria as every other third party in terms of sales, marketing and support in order to guarantee a quality Amiga certified product reaches the consumer.

AmigaOne is a brand name that is exclusively licenced to Eyetech Ltd so Genesi or any other third party cannot use it without either agreement from Eyetech or via building a system using the AmigaOne boards. If Genesi wishes to build systems using AmigaOne boards then they should email sales@eyetech.co.uk. I'm sure Eyetech would be delighted to add them to the AmigaOne IHV family.

From my limited understanding of the issue, and from an article on OSNews a few weeks ago, it appears that Genesi is trying to create its own platform and Mr Buck has stated that he has no interest in Amiga product, trademarks, or IP. If that is the case then your question makes no sense. The strife within the Amiga community has come about because of rumours being spread that there will be no new AmigaOS and the suggestions that people should move to another product. With AmigaOS4.0 nearing completion, AmigaOne computers on sale, and an AmigaOS4.0 roadshow, we are advancing the platform, which is what the community wants and demands. We are obviously distressed if people believed those rumours, purchased alternative product and now feel cheated but they should be contacting those who spread those rumours, asking them to explain themselves and investigating possible reparative actions. We announced AmigaOS4.0 a long time ago and whilst it has taken a lot longer than we expected or indeed wanted, we have never given any indication other than AmigaOS4.0 would be released.

6) IonMane: Follow up questions: BBRV has expressed that the licensing fee's are too high among other things.What compromises in this, or any other area would you be willing to make? What concessions would you expect in return for these compromises?

Fleecy: If Mr Buck wishes to make a business case for co-operation then he should do what any other professional business person would do; create a proposal and contact us to discuss it. If it makes financial and business sense then there is no reason why it should not proceed.

7) Treke: When the SDK 2.0 will be released. What hinders the release ?

Fleecy: We have been waiting for Intent 1.4 before releasing a new SDK. Obviously we can't release an SDK until the AmigaDE (and by implication the Intent foundation) is stable, which requires access to and testing of it. Once we get it, we have to move all of our code to it, test it, roll it out to the SDAs to get feedback and then we can build the SDK for public release.

8) Bob.C : Is there any updated news about applications that will be ready for A1/OS4? For example a word processor, paint or video application?

Fleecy: As I have said before, if the Amiga is to become the first use computer, it has to address 90% of the needs of the digital family. This includes a word processor amongst other things and we will taking internal action in regards to this. As for other applications, such as Paint and Video applications, we are in contact with both those who have such products already for the Amiga and those who have them on other platforms and who are considering a port. However I would draw your attention again to point 1 in this regard.

As for announcements, that is of course upto the third parties themselves and most are waiting until they have had a good play with AmigaOS4 on PPC since they want to get a good idea of what it will take to move over to the new platform. All I can really say is that we are of course working hard to get revised and new applications for the platform.

9) Gregs: My question: is whether there will be initial OS4 support for one or a number of Digital TV/Satellite etc., DVB (the US version is different) cards?

Fleecy: Not from Amiga itself, no. There is a lot to do and only so many resources with which to do it.

10) alx: Who will design the default theme(s) that OS4 comes with?

Fleecy: A well known and respected AmigaOS and AmigaDE developer. I am not giving his/her name out because they will then have to spend so many hours reading the emails of people who want to ask for this, that and the other that they will never get any work done.

(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=12
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (nba)

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23.May.2003
falkemedia (ANF)

Special offer: 6 AMIGAplus, 3 A+ CDs and fxPAINT 1 full version
For a short period and in a limited amount falkemedia and IOSPIRIT are offering a special subscription of the German paper magazine AMIGAplus for just 39,- Euro which includes:

6 issues of AMIGAplus
3 A+ cover-CD-ROMs
and the full, upgradable version 1 of the professional graphics editor fxPAINT 1

Taking this offer you may for example receive the complete Draco video workshop being published in six issues beginning in A+ 03/2003. That is 36 pages of high-professional video knowledge. And beside that you may create astonishing graphical artwork for your video production with fxPAINT.

Orders may be sent in on the website of AMIGAplus. (nba)

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23.May.2003
amiga.org Descent Freespace got a new update
A new version of Descent Freespace is available from the Hyperion website for 68k and PPC Amigas. It is still beta but it fixes some annoying bugs. The size is about 1.3Mb and it is available in the download area only for registered users on the website under the title link. (nba)

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23.May.2003
amiga.org

Woof3D: New Crossplatform-3D-API
Woof3D is a shared library for Amiga, Windows95 and Linux x86. It offers a very SIMPLE way to create 3D program in C.

So Woof 3D is a graphic engine mainly a 3D engine for texturing 3D polygons much more like 3D cards. It evolved a lot from its starting in May 2000 and now offers high level and low level functions for 3D and 2D graphics.

Why an other 3D engine ?

Cause Woof3D is very SIMPLE to program. You don't need to know anything about the supported OS
Cause Woof3D offer true cross platforming with Linux X86, Windows95, AmigaOS 68K versions (one C source for all).
Cause Woof3D offer high level functions like direct Vscape or Caligari files handling.
Cause Woof3D also offer basic 2D and 3D primitives that allow to program lots of simple graphics softwares like OS-friendly games.
Cause beginners in C language don't have to know about pointers or dereferencing to use Woof3D

Supported platforms

PC x86 with Windows95 and DirectDraw (2D hardware acceleration)
Amiga 68k with AmigaOS 3.0-3.9 and Cybergraphics/Picasso96 (2D hardware acceleration ) or any computer emulating an Amiga the same way (with WinUAE, DosUAE, etc.)
Amiga 68k with AmigaOS 3.0-3.9 and a Warp3D 3D card (3D hardware acceleration )
PC x86 with Linux and Xwindow (2D hardware acceleration)

(nba) (Translation: nba)

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23.May.2003
DiscreetFX (Website) FAQ to Mozilla-support-action
After DiscreetFX announced last Tuesday that there is an amount of money for a port of the web browser Mozilla for the Amiga the chairman Bill Panagouleas has created an information site to the support action which you can access via the title link. There you can read questions and answers concerning this topic. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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23.May.2003
Joar Berntsen (ANF) 2Decide: A 2D strategy game using themes
In case you are missing all the great recent uploads to Aminet; Joar Berntsen would like to inform you of the freeware game "2Decide" that has the ability to dress itself up with various theme packages.

All units, all structures, and most gfx can be changed. In addition, new campaigns can easily be created, with the inline map editor, on any of the current 5 themes that are available.

It is a game somewhat similar to Empire-'Wargame of the century' but uses 256 colors and AGA effects, and all ingame units are affected by cheerfull morale features.

Have a look at the readme file from the Aminet for slightly more info.

Don't be afraid to fool around with the theme features of this game. It won't crash or anything from doing that.

I am not some distant being on another planet, so please mail me if there is anything! (nba) (Translation: dr)

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23.May.2003
Christian Rosentreter (ANF) Port of Kray for MorphOS and Linux PPC
The raytracer software Kray is available for new platforms: MorphOS and PowerPC-Linux. We owe this to the developer Stefkos. Kray is also available for AmigaOS 68k, Linux x86, SunOS/SPARC, AmigaOS PPC, Windows and Mac OS X. You can read more about this topic under the title link. There are also download links. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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22.May.2003
Kultpower.de (ANF) Kultpower: Exclusive Space-Rat-Special
Kultpower presents an exclusive preview of the soon available book about Space Rat made by Mathias Neumann.

A voting, in which users can tell about the extent of the book, is currently runnin on the official Space-Rat-Website

"Space Rat" is a comic series which was made popular by the publication in the 80ies and 90ies computer games magazine "Aktueller Software Markt". The announced book will give you the chance to wallow in nostalgy. (ps) (Translation: nba)

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22.May.2003

Aminet Uploads until 22.05.2003
Here the Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message:

xa.lha               dev/cross  114K+A 6502 cross compiler for Amiga computer
Saga.lha             game/board 306K+Saga 1.26a: Conversion of TSR boardgame
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  1.2M+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
DIYrekoIII.lha       gfx/ifx     32K+Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
PegaThlon.lha        gfx/show    92K+Mpeg Video player suitable for Amithlon 
cheapestksw.lha      hard/hack    6K+Cheapest and easy-to-build kickstart swi
Flamingo.lha         misc/emu   171K+C= Plus/4 emulator v1.53, 68k & PPC
mofucker.lha         mods/hardc 294K Motherfucker - 2003 - war
slaughta.lha         mods/hardc 235K Sheep 2 slaughter - 2003 - war
titearse.lha         mods/hardc  64K Tight arse the fux - 2003 - war
Rambo_3.mpg          mods/mpg   1.2M+Rambo III - Music Remake of ZX Spectrum 
Webbit2003_01.lha    pix/misc   7.9M+Webb.it 2003 archive 01
Webbit2003_02.lha    pix/misc   2.4M+Webb.it 2003 archive 02
Webbit2003_03.lha    pix/misc   1.6M+Webb.it 2003 archive 03
DirSize_IL.lha       util/cli     7K+Calculate directory sizes (68k + MorphOS
ArgueGUIColl.lha     util/misc   67K+Argue GUI for Frogger(NG), Moovid, Visag
StartBar-ITA.lha     util/misc  170K+Italian version of StartBar
AmiMemos0.80.lha     util/wb     44K+A memo utility for OS 3.x. V0.80

(ps) (Translation: nba)

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22.May.2003

Survey: How old are the readers of amiga-news.de?
Searching for interesting surveys all the time, today it came to my mind to find out the average age of the readers of amiga-news.de. For this reason I opened a new according survey. These are the possible answers:

How old are you?

younger than 18
18 to 25
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
older than 66

You can find the survey under the title link, and here you can find out about the present results. (ps) (Translation: nba)

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22.May.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail) Magazine: Amiga Future is searching for authors
The Amiga-magazine 'Amiga Future' searches for users who are street-smart with a program and might write a workshop for one of the upcoming issues.

If you're interested please write an email to redaktion@amigafuture.de. (ps) (Translation: nba)

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22.May.2003
Sebastian Brylka (ANF) Fun Time World - New Online Shop reopen and lottery
We are a German distributer and we released games like "PuzzleBOBS" from Nexus Development and "Aqua" from Emerald Imaging. We distribute the movie player "FroggerNG" and new, the Amiga magazine "Total Amiga" in Germany!

Our current release is the "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002", a collection of classic commercially Amiga games.

So what's new?

Our shop supports all Amiga browsers and four languages. (German, English, Italian, Polish)

Lottery

Yes,you can win some cool Amiga software!

All you must do is, write us a mail (mail@funtime-world.de) till 20.06.2003 and then write us, how you like our new shop!

You can win:

1 * Amiga Forever version 4.0
1 * Aminet 40 with TurboCalc 4.0
2 * Easys
1 * Simon the Sorcerer II
2 * Aqua
3 * PuzzleBOBS
1 * AmigaWriter 2.0
2 * Amiga Arena - Games Edition (nba)

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22.May.2003
Jürgen Schober (ANF) AmigaOne: Linux 2.4.21 Kernel available
As of now a new Linux-kernel in its version 2.4.21 is available for the AmigaOne. One of the most important changes is the direct support of Radeon 8500/9000 in the kernel fbdev. More information about this update and a download link is available on the website under the title link. (nba) (Translation: nba)

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21.May.2003
Dany Thinnes (ANF)

TH-Verbindung v1.2 released
TH-Verbindung controls the costs during connections with the Internet. Thus unexpected bills shoud be avoided. Miami, MUI and ARexx are required. The update to version 1.2 has some news:

reworked design
program icon
reset function
menus

Some functions for the traffic control were improved and some prepared for a flatrate support which will be added later. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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21.May.2003
Steffen Nitz (ANF)

SN-KontoArchiv version 1.11
SN-KontoArchiv has been released in version 1.11. This program is an e-mailware which enables you to manage your accounts in Euro. The program offers many statistical and input functions.

The following has been changed:

Statistics got a new colour scheme to be discriminated better (green, red).
Subject of the statistics is changed a bit and an according button has been integrated within the main window.
Other changes.

Download: SN-KontoArc.lha (ps) (Translation: ub)

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21.May.2003
Mac Life (Website) PowerPC 970 shipped already?
The rumors page LoopRumors claims to know that IBM shipped 20,000 1.4 GHz and 40,000 1.6 GHz processors of the type PowerPC970 to Apple already. It is said that they were delivered directly to Foxconn in Taiwan, the manufacturer of the Apple mainboards. The 1.8 GHz prozessors were on their way also. Even these rumors can't be confirmed, the introduction of the first PowerPC Macs is expected for summer. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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20.May.2003
sylvio.k@gmx.de (ANF) New Soms3D screenshots online
On the website 'Anime Development for Amiga' are new screenshots of the Alpha 5 Engine of the horror game 'Secret Of My Soul' released. Also some HTML errors are removed. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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20.May.2003
DXE (ANF) amiga.org: Interview with Ben Hermans
At amiga.org you will find an interview from nOMAAM with Ben Hermans of Hyperion Entertainment. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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20.May.2003
several PowerPC solutions from Total Impact
The Californian company Total Impact has announced three PowerPC based computers, that are like the AmigaOne and Pegasos.

The briQ is a network computer with a PowerPC 750FX or 7400 (G4) with up 800 MHz and is updatable in speed and processor. The briQ ist compatible with all PowerPC-compatible Linux-distributions and will be delivered with Yellow Dog Linux.

The briQ RenderEngine is a 4- or 8-Node-System-variant of the briQ and is focussed on users wanting high performance rendering.

Total mPower is a PCI-based multiprocessor solution for Intel-compatible PCs and Apple Power Macintoshs. Solutions using Total mPower have a range from a single board up to a nearly unlimited number of parallel boards. Four PowerPC G3 (750) or G4 (7400) CPUs operating with 366 to 500 MHz in every board. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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20.May.2003
Vinnny^AiC (ANF) Karate 68k v0.97 released
The French coder Krabob of m4nkind has now released the new version 0.97 of Karate, now als working with MorphOS and runs on 68030-Amigas faster than the previous version. Karate is a Demo-Script-Language for Amiga and Pegasos. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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19.May.2003
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)

Hollywood v1.5 Announcement
Airsoft Softwair will soon release the major update Hollywood 1.5 which features so many great new things that are totally unique on the Amiga and which will make Hollywood once more the absolute number one in Amiga multimedia. The beta testers are already totally excited about the power of Hollywood 1.5. Here is a quick overview of what is new in Hollywood 1.5:

Support for multiple graphics layers
Layer transparency and layer light correction
Over 50 new impressing transition effects (totalling in over 100 now!)
Support for object rotation, mirroring, inverting, color replacing
Support for Intellifonts
All audio output is retargetable through AHI including full channel mixing and 16-bit stereo audio
Full control over master volume
Possibility to limit maximum number of frames per second
Windows can have a dynamic transparency
Joystick support!
Powerful object animation functions
Off-screen rendering
New GUI
Over 80 other useful new functions!

Hollywood 1.5 will be released soon. The Malibu plugin which enables Hollywood to show also Scala scripts will be released shortly after Hollywood 1.5. There is also work going on to make a plugin for Hollywood that displays Power Point presentations (code name: Pasadena).

The Airsoft Softwair homepage (titlel link) features some impressing screenshots in the news section. (nba)

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19.May.2003
z5 (ANF)

Amiga Demoscene Archive: get active!
Get active! Comments, votes and demo chart (top 20) at Amiga Demoscene Archive. Read the news page on A.D.A. for more info and some important changes.

Chart is currently (top 5):

1. Nexus 7 / Andromeda
2. Planet Potion / Potion
3. State of the art / Spaceballs
4. Desert Dream / Kefrens
5. Budbrain Megademo 1 / Budbrain

(ps) (Translation: sk)

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19.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF) Music: Liquid Skies records #036
There is a new song in the "Productions" area of the Liqiud Skies Records homepage available. The song by Angeldust is called "Glowing Red Desert". (ps) (Translation: sk)

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19.May.2003

Aminet Uploads until 19.05.2003
Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message:

e_money_110.lha      biz/misc   177K+A Personal Accounts Manager (V1.10).
trsi-mcheck16.lha    comm/bbs   127K+Multi-Check V1.6 - Multi Archive Tester
miamidxCT.lha        comm/net    37K+Catalonian catalog for Miami Deluxe
newscoaster.lha      comm/news  425K+NewsCoaster Full Version (v1.56) (MUI)
USE_PowerUp.lha      demo/aga   2.7M+PowerUp by Universe: Winner WOS demo at 
GCCGUI.lha           dev/c       15K+GUI for GNU C Compiler (gcc), based on w
WolnyCD.lha          disk/cdrom  14K+Better read-spead, quiet working CD. v0.
Saga.lha             game/board 306K+Saga 1.26: Conversion of TSR boardgame
TVSB2k2team.lha      game/data    6K+2002 Rosters for TVSBasketball
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  1.2M+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
WormWars.lha         game/misc  585K+Worm Wars 7.42: Advanced snake game
supertvSP.lha        gfx/board    1K+Spanish catalog for SuperTV
AmiCAD_2.10.lha      gfx/edit   768K+Schematics vectorial electronics program
DIYrekoIII.lha       gfx/ifx     31K+Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
imdbDiff030509.lha   misc/imdb  2.6M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
Cybernoid_1.mpg      mods/mpg   3.4M+Cybernoid 1 - Music Remake of Sinclair Z
Tetris_2.mpg         mods/mpg   3.7M+Tetris 2 - Music Remake of Sinclair ZX S
DelfMPEG.lha         mus/play   163K+MPEG audio player for Delfina DSP
DelfSF.lha           mus/play    27K+Sndfile player for Delfina DSP
dmdev.lha            mus/play   136K+Mpeg.device for Delfina DSP
ArgueGUIColl.lha     util/misc   68K+Argue GUI for Frogger(NG), Moovid, Visag
NoLed_v1.1.lha       util/misc    4K+Low-Pass Filter Killer v1.1
StartBar-ITA.lha     util/misc  186K+Italian version of StartBar
idlewos.lha          util/moni   13K+A cpu monitor with WarpOS Support
xvslibrary.lha       util/virus  90K+External Virus Scanner Library v33.40

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19.May.2003
Martin Heine (ANF) Pegasos: Independent Review by OSNews.com
Eugenia Loli Queru of OSNews.com made an independent Pegasos-Review. As a not Amiga user her judgement precipitates naturally very critically over the MorphOS which is still in an early development stage. However when talking about the possibility to use the hardware with various Linux distributions and MacOS her judgement is more positively. Among other things she guesses to Genesi, to mark out the Pegasos as the Linux platform, because nevertheless x86 boards belong in last consequence to Microsoft.

In its associated comment Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck of Genesi suggest that one can regard the "M" standing in MorphOS calmly also as for "mobility", this is the next step. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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19.May.2003
Bernd Lachner (ANF)

New Zaurus PDA's by Sharp
As one can read in the article by LinuxDevices (title link) Sharp announced some new Zaurus PDA's for Japan. The new devices C750/C760 will have the following improvements compared with their predecessors.

New XScale processor PXA255 (SL750/SL760)
More RAM (+64MB) (SL750/SL760)
More Flash Memory (128MB) (SL760)
Improved battery performance (SL760)
Improved software (SL750/SL760)

Nothing has been said about if and when this devices will be available in europe. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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19.May.2003
Rupert Hausberger (ANF) Video player: FroggerNG 2.06
It is been a while since last release, wasn't it? Well, problems with working computer on which I could do some developing are gone, so here it is, brand new 2.06 ready for download. What's new? There is now almost 100% acurate A/V sync (also after seeking/pause). There is bunch of new codecs (including a holy graal of video codecs, Sorenson Video 3, thanks to annonymous programmer and ffmpeg team). Also, tons of bugs was removed (which doesn't means it bug free ;). For a complete list of changes please refer to CHANGELOG, included in archives. Remember to get codecs archive as well, most of them were updated, not to mention new ones. Have fun. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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18.May.2003
Jürgen Schober (ANF)

Event: OS4 on Tour 2003 - more dates
point.design presents the AmigaOS 4.0 on Tour roadshow accross Europe.

Several events will take place on:

June, 7th, BOF Multimedia Store, Ljubljana, Slowenia
June, 14th, Amiga Club Augsburg, Germany
June, 28th, BOF, Shopping-Center West, Graz, Austria
July, 5th, Amiga Alpe Adria, Udine, Italy
July, 5th, Amont Informatique, Toulouse, France

The planning so far goes to have AmigaOS4.0 running on a CyberStorm PPC (with a native PPC kernel), as well as having current modules like Roadshow, AmigaInput, Mount-Rainer (CD/RW), etc. with the new AmigaOS4.0 design on display.

Also you will find various AmigaOne G3/G4 machines on the show.

More surprises are on schedule.

Please visit OS4 on Tour 2003 and our partner web sites for more information.

We are looking forward to see you at the show(s)!

Jürgen Schober
point.design
(ps)

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18.May.2003
Philippe Bourdin (E-Mail) Event: OS4 on Tour 2003 - 14th June 2003 in Augsburg
The Amiga Club Augsburg (ACA) and KDH Datentechnik are proud to invite you on June 14th, 2003 into the computer club, the Augsburger Computer Forum. We will present some novelties for your Classic Amiga and we will be able to give you a preview of Amiga OS4.0.

Amiga OS4.0 The presentation of the AmigaOne and a preview of Amiga OS4.0 will be given by Juergen Schober / Point Design from Austria (come, see and be surprised !! ).

Amiga One The Amiga Club Augsburg will present the newest member of our Amiga family, the Amiga One. The Amiga One Systems are currently delivered with Debian Linux PPC installed. The presentaton machines have a G4 PPC processor with 800MHz. (We might have a surprise for you ;)

Algor (world premiere) E3B will present its brandnew Zorro USB Controller Algor, as well as an update possibility to Highway by the name of Romulus. You will be able to talk face to face with Michael Boehmer, he is the hardware developer of the USB boards Algor, Highway, Subway and of the ethernet board Norway. If you need some advise, this is the right place and guy to ask ;). The scope of delivery of all USB boards from E3B contains a full version of Poseidon. Poseidon is developed by Chris Hodges in teamwork with E3B. The newest version of Poseidon will be presented together with Algor and Michael will be pleased to answer all your questions. If you want to test your USB devices together with an E3B USB controller, you are welcome to do so. At the show we will give you the possibility to purchase the E3B USB boards.

C-One (world premiere) The C-One is a multiple faster than the C64 and has standard interfaces (PS/2-Mouseport, PS/2-Keyboard, Parallel-Port) to communicate with the outside world. PCI slots allow the use of todays PCI-cards, but also the periphery of the C64 is supported, as well as the clockport expansions modules of the Amiga 1200 will work in the C-One. But the C-One is more: It is reconfigurable and thereby the first of its kind. The used techniques allows changing the hardware by means of simply exchanging a file. Jens Schönfeld will give an explicit, free of charge seminar on the C-One and will explain all the C-One functions. Jens will also answer all questions related to the other products from individual Computers. The products of individual Computers can be bought at the show.

Further information and details can be found under the title link. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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18.May.2003
Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin (ANF) TaskSettler 1.1 released, change/remove task(s)
TaskSettler 1.1 a Shell/CLI utility written in 68K machine code. Change taskpriority from task(s) and/or remove task(s). One example for use; if you have no PCMCIA card attached to the Amiga1200, set in the Startup-Sequence TaskSettler and remove the tasks card.resource and card.device, speedsup the Amiga a little. But other purposes too.

Download:TaskSettler.lha (ps)

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18.May.2003
Guido Mersmann (ANF) MMKeyboard sale of hardware discontinued
Due to rapidly decreasing hardware orders production of the MMKeyboard adapter is being discontinued. Support for MMKeyboard will of course continue. I just stop production of the hardware because it just isn't feasible to do in such small numbers. As the sale had always been done at cost I'd have to increase the price of the adapter quite drastically in order to get out of it without loss. Furthermore I just don't see myself in a position to produce the hardware within a desirable timeframe.

Everyone still has the choice to build the hardware themselves, which used to be done by quite a number of users. Maybe by way of this announcement someone can be found to produce adapters for technically less versed Amiga users. Instructions for this can be found under the title link.

Guido Mersmann
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18.May.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF) Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 10
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 10 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):

1) trgse: Something the Amiga has lacked since its early days is POSIX compliance or a good full POSIX emulation layer. (ixemul not being very amiga like and lacking fork, how does Amiga see this.... Will it be resolved under OS 4.x, if so how? does/will OS 5.x/DE have any POSIX compliance

Fleecy: There is already a project under way within the AmigaOS4 development team to increase POSIX compliance within the platform. Elements of this. most notably a threading solution will hopefully be in place for AmigaOS4.0.

2) ikir: What do you think of the Coldfire Accelerator Project? Could we have a Coldfire version of OS4.x in the future? With a 200+ MHz coldfire, many people would probably want OS4 for these machines. What is your stance on this?

Fleecy: AmigaOS4 for the desktop is a PPC product and that is what we will be supporting.

3) alx: What is the reasoning behind A inc not releasing the old 1.x ROM images? They would be useful for many people, would provide an indication of goodwill and wouldn't run any recent s/w like the "current" 3.x series.

Fleecy: We are investigating this and are looking at both providing a distinct product with these pieces on it as well as having them all on the AmigaOS4.0 CD.

4) Tigger: Where you unaware of what Bill McEwen was going to say in the Bolten Peck case about not being the CEO, or were you intentionally misleading the Amiga Community with your post that Bill McEwen was still the CEO??

Fleecy: Bill McEwen is still CEO. He was CEO before I posted that statement, he was the CEO when I posted that statement and is the CEO today as I type this answer to you. I have no comments to make about any on going lawsuits.

5) Hondo_DK: Does Amiga have any upcoming plans for their website. I mean if Amiga is to launch OS4 to an unexpecting amazed world, then you're website would probably be facing a run over by zillions of surfers from everywhere in the computer business. When seeing the present Amiga site, many would perhaps turn away because of the lack of a design roadmap. Do you have any plan to prepare yourself before the launch of OS4.

Fleecy: We are very aware that the Amiga web presence needs updating. This is being done one site at a time with the new Amiga Power Platform website under construction as we speak and due to be opened to the public before AmigaOS4.0 goes on sale.

6) KingTutt: If a clear and steady level of growth is reached, and a sizable userbase pushes sales akin to the first year of these next-gen consoles. Would Amiga Inc consider bringing into the fold some past Amiga game developers in an effort to resurrect some past game legends ala the great Turrican series? And if so, how do you see Amiga Inc playing an instrumental role in bringing back past hits.

Fleecy: We do intend to do this but usually you only get one shot at trying to convince people to come back to a platform and so we don't want to do this until the platform supports a market large enough to provide a substantial financial element to the overall decision. If the userbase does get to that size, we'd be very happy. As an aside I should mention that we have had such developers spontaneously contacting us to enquire about coming back to the platform and discussions are ongoing.

7) KingTutt: Do you believe its important for Amiga as a possible future gaming platform, to stand by its own creations & merits, distinguishable from the rest or should it rely on ported titles from other systems?

Fleecy: Porting of product has a definite place, especially for a small market where the cost of developing a new product from scratch is substantial. However we would very much like to see unique content on the Amiga and will be working towards that end. It has to be said that if someone wrote an amazing game on the Amiga, the developer would most likely want to look at porting it to other platforms anyway so perhaps the best we can hope for in the short term is ports, the medium term is content on our platform first and then ported followed by unique content only on our platform as the market size increases.

In the end the only way to guarantee unique content is to have features and capabilities on the platform that do not exist and more, cannot be replicated on another platform but with hardware commoditisation, that is increasingly difficult.

8) Deniil715: I was wondering if the TCP/IP-stack of OS4 will support IPv6?? And if it will not, will it atleast support DHCP IP-timeout and refresh so that it can be used on a network with a DHCP-server which put a timeout on the IP-address and hence withdraw it after the timeout if the TCP/IP-stack doesn't refresh it.

Fleecy: DHCP is in (the whole package, not just the fringe features), IPv6 is not. Given our current resources and feature lists for AmigaOS4, IPv6 is down near the bottom of the list but as the project advances, features above it will be crossed off and we will of course continually review the situation.

9) ssolie: Have you given any thought to utilizing open source development, either as a source baseline or as a development model, to speed delivery of various AmigaOS services?

Fleecy: We have considered it and may dabble in it on the fringes but as a commercial company we have a need to develop IP and to provide a return on it to our investors. If we were developing another UNIX wannabe, same old same old product then it would have more appeal but we are into developing something unique and in making money out of it.

10) catohagen: If i dont remember wrong, there was something called PREXX, what is it and is it still planned ?

Fleecy: I have asked a few people, most of whom returned a blank expression. One person believes it may have been something that Haage and Partner were talking about but there is certainly nothing of that name in AmigaOS4.0

(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=11
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: cb)

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18.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail) StartMenu: Pixload Version 4 Beta 5
In addition to the current version of the start menu Pixload 4 Beta 5, Pixel Art have provided a bilingual guide file for download. If you can help to translate this documentation into German you are invited to mail them in English to pixelart@wanadoo.fr. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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18.May.2003
Matthias Henze (ANF)

Amiga-Hardware to give away
Matthias Henze writes:
I'm giving away the following Amiga hardware resp. accessories:

Oktagon 2008 SCSI 2 controller
Emplant Macintosh Emulator
Original Amiga mice (of A500+ and A4000)
Original A4000 desktop case (Commodore)
Original A4000 PSU for Commodore desktop case
Original A4000 Shuttle Board for Commodore desktop case
A PC desktop case rebuilt for the A500+ with Kickstart switch (incl. ROM 1.3 and ROM 2.04 and mechanical adaption for turbo boards - used to accomodate a Stormbringer H530), small internal amplifier, internal floppy disk drive, complete internal and pluggable cabling, space for external hard disks or Action Replay etc.
External keyboard for A500+
Power PC Board (PC emulator by KCS) for A500+

Back when I dismantled the parts (a couple of years ago), everything was working perfectly. However, I can't guarantee that this is still the case. If you're interested you can contact me and collect the parts personally at my place or get them by mail. If you want to have them sent by mail you have to pay the postage up front however. Sorry, but I have made bad experiences already too often. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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18.May.2003
Martin Heine (ANF) Genesi: Extensive announcement re: Articia bugs (Update)
In the forum of Moobunny Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco describe, more extensive than so far publicly done, the sequence of events surrounding the bugs of the Articia Northbridge by Mai.

Update: (07:56, 24.07.22, snx)
Title link changed, leading to copy of Moobunny website at Archive.org now. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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17.May.2003
Stefan Blixth (email) New and updated software by OnyxSoft
The Swedish shareware developers group OnyxSoft has released two new tools and updated some tools.

FileComp (v1.0) is a small utility that allows a fast comparison of two files regarding their size, their content, their date and other criteria.

Snakee (v0.1) is the first attempt of OnyxSoft to lead two worlds to each other instead of divide them even further into good and evil. Snakee is a simple Snake clone that is thought to serve as a simple tutorial how you can support AmigaOS as well as MorphOS. The executable files for both systems are included as well as the source code.

BackUp is a simple tool to backup data. New in the version 1.4 are automatic backups, timing handling, simulated backups for test modi, new message handling and many more functions.

DRemind is a useful tool to remind one of dates and other information. The new version 1.65 comes among other things with improvements of the reminder function and the date display.

GummiSurf is an expansion for the download manager Charon. In version 1.1 has the tooltype support for own preferences been added and the URL handling has been optimized. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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17.May.2003
Charlene/VHT-Can (email) Anti virus boot disks in updated versions
The anti virus boot disks created by the Virus Help Teams Canada for VirusZ-II, VirusZ-III, VirusExecutor and VirusChecker-II, all needing the new xvs.library, have been updated and are available for free download. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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17.May.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF) Memory card reader for IDE / Standalone media player
At Hama I discovered today a memory card reader/writer for the IDE port. This one needs no additional software to run. It's just treated as a hard disk and it's much cheaper than the reader PCD47 for SCSI-II. The device costs 69,99 Euro.

Furthermore I discovered a standalone media player at Hama that can read without a computer digital photos in the JPG format, Mpeg1 movies and Mp3 sound via the A/V output. For this it can read six different memory card types (CF I + II, SM, SD, MMC). With a remote control you can then display movies or display pictures of your holidays. Besides that you can play your Mp3 data. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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17.May.2003
morphos-news.de CeBIT Australia 2003: Show report and images
Following the title link you'll find an exhibition report about the CeBIT Australia 2003 by Kathryn Hunter and Scott Pringle from Boing! International 2003. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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17.May.2003
Diverse

Software News (17.05.2003)

Network: Samba version 3.0alpha24
The Samba team has released version 3.0alpha24 on May, 14th 2003. The full list of changes can be read here.

Samba is a software to offer the possibility to connect PC and Amiga via a network. Information about Samba for Amiga can be found at amigasamba.org.

LowLevel gameport driver v41.21 is online
Guido Mersmann has created a new version of his lowlevel.library gameport driver that contains the following changes and fixes:

FEATURE: New graphical gamepad buttons in the GUI.
BUGFIX: reworked timeout mechanism (works more stable at high CPU load).
FEATURE: several gamepad controller profiles in the settings added leading to a much easier choosing and setting.
FEATURE: From now on you can calibrate a gamepad in the settings. If you then fix the settings you can save them now so that you do not need to calibrate them later again.
BUGFIX: Warning requester added when especially under Amithlon a gameport address is used that is non-standard. This should help to avoid crashes if one sets completely wrong addresses.
FEATURE: The tool GamePortEnable now only shows the offset as the exact address for IO hardware can't be detected because of an API problem of the OpenPCI library. Please use with non-Amithlon systems the tool GamePortFind, on Amithlon systems you only ghave to add the address $00EE0xxx to the found offset (xxx stands for the returned offset value!).
BUGFIX: Bug in the calibrating routine fixed. The function with 1-axis gamepads has additionally been improved.
Download: download page

Amiga.sf ports - hotwayd v0.5.3
Ever wanted to access your hotmail[tm] emails without having to battle with the web interface? This is now possible using hotwayd in conjunction with your favourite POP-3 implementing mail reader. Hotwayd allows you to do this by using the HTTPMail protocol, the same protocol that Outlook Express[tm] uses, to access the hotmail servers. Hotwayd acts as a proxy between your POP mail reader and the HTTPMail hotmail servers. Simply set it up as an Internet service on your machine or another machine on your network and enjoy using your favourite mail client via the POP-3 protocol to collect your hotmail emails.
Download: hotwayd-0.5.3.lha

Textviewer: EvenMore - several plugin updates

17/5/03 - Updated Troff plugin. Will now skip macro sequences. Fixed bug where if some commands were in different cases, the plugin might not have recognised them, .br and .BR, .IP and .Ip. Now skips comments beginning with '''. Should now detect style changes in strings using \, eg. \fI, \fR, \*(L", \*(R", etc.
16/5/03 - Fixed a bug in the RTF plugin where it could skip two lines instead of one during wordwrap.
15/5/03 - Fixed bug in which RTF plugin could not handle colour tables which didn't end in ";".

LouiSe's MorphOS-Ports
20030515 - New MorphOS ports uploaded:
apache-1.3.24 with php-4.3.1 (WEB server with PHP support)
php-4.3.1 (standalone PHP-CLI)
ncftp-3.1.5 (ftp client)

New MUI classes

16.05.03 · Bugfixed MCC_SpeedBar
MCC_SpeedBar updated, and now SpeedBarCfg.mcc is fixed. Only program I know that it failed on is Voodoo-X, but there might have been others. Fixed, anyway :) Thanks must go to Kev Harrison for mailing Alfie about it so quickly. He also mailed me, but the fix was out before the info made it to the page. BTW, CManager 24.1 on his site also...
Regards,
Jocke 'Zerohero' Sjöblom
15.05.03 · Even more MCC_SpeedBar & MCC_Urltext
MCC_SpeedBar bumped to v19.0, now, before you start to mail me that this archive is broken, I know it is, but it's only some code examples, the real classes are still ok. MCC_Urltext v18.9 archive is ok, though :)
On Alfie's site also MCC_BWin is supposed to be v20.5, but the archive only includes v20.3. If you download Contact Manager 24.0 you'll get MCC_BWin v20.5 included, and also get a great update of CManager :)
Oh, and Alfie, keep keeping me busy :)
Regards,
Jocke 'Zerohero' Sjöblom
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17.May.2003
Olaf Köbnik (email) Amiga Arena: Interview with Elena Novaretti (ZoneXplorer)
A few weeks ago released the 30 years old Italian Elena Novaretti for the first time the tool "ZoneXplorer" for AmigaOS (68k) and MorphOS (PPC). "ZoneXplorer" is a useful tool to create and search fractals that certainly is unique on the Amiga.

The possibilities to create unique fractal pictures in 24 bit speak for themselves. One or the other may know the images by Elena Novaretti as they were shown at the Amiga fair "Pianeta 2002". In the interview with the Amiga Arena Elena Novaretti talks about her career and of course about her program "ZoneXplorer" and about her view regarding the future of AmigaOS and MorphOS respectively where the differences lay. Enjoy the comprehensive and interesting interview that is available in German and English. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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17.May.2003
Alex-Zop (email) AtheneOS by Rocklyte: AthenYX
The alternative operating system Athene by Rocklyte Systems has been released as standalone OS. It's called AthenYX and it is related to AmigaOS among other things as it comes, if desired, with a graphical user interface (GUI) that bases on Amiga Workbench 3.0: the OmegaWorkbench.

Athene is an operating system that allows the user to create an own GUI where it is possible to emulate almost every existing GUI system. Athene supports draggable screens, assigns and there's an approach for a file manager in the way of Diskmaster/DOpus.

Athene itself is easy to port (embedded systems, games consoles, PCs), object oriented and comes among other things with several scripting languages. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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17.May.2003
Treveur BRETAUDIERE (E-Mail) Pegasos España website
Just a short notice to tell you about the Pegasos España website that's out here. It's a website towards Pegasos, Linux and MorphOS aimed at helping Spanish users. It also has some English section. Forums will be online as soon as possible. (ps)

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17.May.2003
Michael Mann (ANF) heise: Microsoft fights against Linux with special fund
To keep the shares of the market of the OS Windows against alternative operating systems upright Microsoft now offers big price reductions for big clients. The loss is compensated via an internal fund.
Further details can be read in the (German) heise article following the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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17.May.2003
(ANF) PegasosPPC.com relaunch
The website on all aspects of the PowerPC 'Pegasos' has been completely redesigned and aquires now new splendour. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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16.May.2003
Cloanto (Website)

Amiga Forever v5.2 is now shipping
Amiga Forever 5.2 is now shipping. It is available in a CD-ROM, CD-ROM Upgrade, Online Edition, Online Upgrade and Cross-Platform Online Edition.

Amiga Forever contains state of the art software to satisfy two major needs of many Amiga users: to use their existing Amiga software and data on non-Amiga hardware, and to share data between Amiga and other systems. Additionally, software, tutorial and reference files which are likely to be of interest to any Amiga enthusiast are included.

Features include:

Just-in-time version of emulation software (Bernd Meyer's JIT code), carefully configured and publicly benchmarked by Cloanto to be 30 times faster than in previous versions of Amiga Forever. The Amiga runs in a window or in full screen mode, makes full use of thousands of Windows (or other OS) drivers, can access PC files (even on NTFS partitions, in the Windows version) and does not require a reboot.
Software Manager, an advanced content delivery system developed by Cloanto, for easy and privacy-conscious management of all emulation-related components (updates, downloads, news, etc.)
Amiga Explorer software, which allows you to connect an Amiga to one or more PCs, and access Amiga files (including virtual ADF and ROM files), directories and volumes directly from the Windows Desktop. Amiga Explorer is easier to install and configure than other networking tools, and includes direct support for serial (null-modem) cable connections, as well as TCP/IP.
MenuBox launcher, to boot different Amiga configurations with one mouse click, either from CD-ROM (no installation or reboot required) or after installation
New and fully licensed Picasso96 software (not a shareware version), maps Amiga graphics requests directly to fast x86 calls and powerful low-level DirectX functions (Windows version of emulation)
Amiga Narrator and Translator speech synthesis components (made available for distribution with the Amiga OS for the first time since 1991)
All Amiga ROMs up to version 3.1 (the last ROM that will ever be available for the "Classic Amiga"!)*
CDTV and CD³² boot ROMs and extended ROMs (can be used to play CDTV and CD³² games, even booting directly from CD-ROM, requires free upgrade to emulation software)*
GlowIcons look (as used in Amiga OS "3.5", "3.9" and "XL", but also compatible with NewIcons and MagicWB)
Option to switch entire environment from "new look" (GlowIcons) to "old look" (Classic) and vice versa
Emulation includes: Amiga custom chips, RTG graphics, up to 512 MB of Zorro III RAM, virtual memory, TCP/IP, MIDI, native x86 code, built-in support for ADF, ADZ, DMS and FDI disk image files
Preinstalled software includes: Personal Paint 7.1b (paint, animation and image processing software, includes GIF/LZW license), DirDiff (file synchronization and replication software), AmiToRTF (to convert texts from Amiga to Windows formats), MailBX (to convert Amiga mail archives to Microsoft Mail, Outlook Express and Exchange Server), drag-and-drop LhA, print spooler (easily print all Amiga documents under Windows, bypassing parallel port emulation), Directory Opus 5.5 (courtesy of GPSoftware), TurboText (exclusive latest version with stack problem fix), KingCON, ToolManager, ReqTools, etc.
Latest version of WinUAE and WinFellow tested and supported by Cloanto Disk2FDI software to read Amiga floppy disks on PC (experimental version, requires two floppy drives)
Tutorials and FAQs on data sharing, emulation, floppy disks, serial links, TCP/IP, UAE, Fellow and much more.
All software tested on Windows XP
MPEG-1 videos: The Deathbed Vigil (one hour and 58 minutes, i.e. the full version of this "must have" video) and Jay Miner Speech (49 minutes)*
Dozens of other enhancements and add-ons

* = CD-ROM version only (both standard and upgrade). The Online Edition includes 1.3 and 3.1 ROMs (sufficient both for classic games and for the most recent software). CDTV and CD³² ROMs are also included in the downloadable Amiga Forever Plus Pack. The MPEG videos are only included on the CD-ROM (both standard and upgrade). The CD-ROM contains version 5.0, with free online upgrade to version 5.2 using Software Manager (included).

The Amiga emulation software on the Amiga Forever CD-ROM comes preinstalled and preconfigured for Windows. The Amiga ROM and OS files can be used by any implementation of the Amiga emulators, including for example Unix/Linux (UAE comes with source code), Be, PowerMac, etc. These emulators are constantly updated, and can be downloaded from the sites listed in the Home Pages section of the navigation bar.

Pricing:
CD-ROM: 59.95 Euro
CD Upgrade: 34.95 Euro (nba)

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16.May.2003
David 'Daff' Brunet (E-Mail) Amiga Games Hit Parade: Voting May/June 2003
The maintainer of the Amiga Games Hit Parade asks you to vote for the Game of May/June 2003. You can take part in this voting by sending maximum 20 titles of your favourite games to David "Daff" Brunet or by visiting the website http://hitparade.amigames.com.

You can write each kind of game in this list (commercial, Freeware, old, new etc.). The final results will be published at the beginning of June. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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16.May.2003
Boing! International (Website) USB: HCD-Update for Thylacine
Thylacine is a Zorro-2 based USB adapter for connecting USB devices to the Amiga. On 14th May 2003 a new version of the HCD class for Thylacine was published. You can inform yourself about the available USB controllers for the Amiga on the next issue of the Amigaplus 05/2003. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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16.May.2003
Diverse Inventory of Amiga, Inc. for public sale - AI denies
On the webiste of the auctioneer James G. Murphy Co. there are besides Amiga logo further information about the public sale of inventory from old offices of Amiga, Inc. in Snoqualmie.

According to rumours these things have been attached by the former letter of Amiga, Inc. because of not payed rentals and should be now sold by auction. Some times ago Amiga, Inc. announced the move but has not given any new address since this time.

Today Gary Peake who works at Amiga, Inc. denied the romours about the liquidation of Amiga, Inc. and told that the things which are supposed to be sold by auction are "old stuff from the offices" which "are no longer needed".

Nevertheless for collectors of Amiga stuff the day of auction which is the 17th June 2003 might be an interesting date where you can buy equipment for the Amiga for few money. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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15.May.2003
Thomas Würgler (E-Mail) Pagan Games Puts New AmigaAnywhere Game in Planning
Thomas Würgler of Pagan Games writes:
As some of you have probably noticed, the Amiga Game Pack #2 has now been released into retail stores - name CompUSA. Obviously this is a big step towards true financial viability of Amiga Anywhere projects, which again helps fund AmigaOS projects.

We are getting closer to finalizing another project for Amiga Anywhere, and look forward to getting it to a state where we can show it to you.

Besides that we are still working hard on our Dreamcast shoot 'em up project, and we can't wait to show you what we've got in the works. Hopefully we'll be able to show some of it off before summer.

This was just a quick update, which will be followed a more thorough one, when we have more to share - hopefully in the near future. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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15.May.2003 RIAA Withdraws Warning to amiga-scene.org
The RIAA had to withdraw their warnings to Internet sites. In numerous instances the US-American music industry corporate group RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) had sent warnings against administrators of Web and FTP servers who offered MP3 data on their systems. Along with that these administrators were notified through targetless RIAA scans of their servers who of their users made free music available. The Demo Scene server amigascene.org was hit by this step, and was excused in a form letter that said they had offered "about 0 Music data for download." After this action became known, the RIAA now has withdrawn the warnings to falsely hit Internet sites. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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15.May.2003
Rage Hard (Website) Rage Hard Website with New Information
The official website of the 3D Ego Shooter Rage Hard, which is also offered for MorphOS, has been moved and expanded. In the download area a few wallpapers are now to be found, in various resolutions. Likewise, new backgrounds as well as related new models have been placed in the Home, Characters, and Concepts areas. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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15.May.2003
CD32-Allianz (Website) CD32 Outside Shelved
After five issues the publication of the digital magazine CD32 Outside has been suspended. This decision was made in order to free up the resources of the team for more important stuff. Unfortunately there just wasn't enough time to create, publish, and do advertising and marketing for further issues.

[In the following long German text, chief editor Thorsten Schölzel offers thanks from the CD32 team to a lot of people. He talks about webdesign, some games, and Commodore politics which no-one understands. He invites readers to www.cd32-allianz.de, and says emails are welcome. -DM]

Das Team von CD32 Outside möchte sich bei allen Personen bedanken, die ihm bei der Erstellung der CD³²Outside geholfen und mit Material und Informationen versorgt haben. Besonders hervorheben muss man sicherlich Werner Bittl und Henning Schlautmann.

Nun können Sie sich das geplante Editorial der 6. Ausgabe durchlesen:

"Endlich haben wir es geschafft, denn mit dieser Ausgabe der CD32Outside erscheinen wir in einem neuen Format und neuem Design. Bei uns ist Fortschritt angesagt, wir machen uns frei von Altlasten, leider auf Kosten der User von den Browsern; Aweb, IBrowse und Voyager, die allesamt nicht das im Internet weit verbreitete und für professionelles Design unabdingbaren "CSS" Cascading Style Sheets unterstützt. Für diese User wird es in Zukunft heissen, bei den Herstellern der Browser um eine Unterstützung von CSS zu beten oder Browser wie; Internet Explorer, Netscape oder Opera über eine Emulation bzw. andere Betriebssysteme zu nutzen.

In dieser Ausgabe widmen wir uns einem Gedankenanstoss von Christian Effenberger zur Weiterentwicklung des damals von Commodore eingeführten CDXL-Format. Dabei erklärt er ausführlich was und wie geändert bzw. neu entwickelt werden muss. Seit 1996 ruft Herr Effenberger dazu auf, ihm bei der Entwicklung zu helfen, seither aber null Resonanz. Explizit wird nach einem Programmierer gesucht, der Erfahrung in C/C++ und ASM vorweisen kann und sich zusätzlich mit IO-Streams auskennt. Bei Interesse kontaktiert uns, wir leiten dann alles an Herrn Effenberger weiter.

Neben Microcosm das DAS Spiel auf dem CD32 ist, gibt es noch weitere Spitzengames auf unserer Daddelkiste, eines davon ist Rise of the Robots. Wer hätte damals geglaubt das es wirklich für unser CD32 erscheinen würde, bei der voll animierten Spitzengrafik. Heuzutage würde man diekt sagen, das sich sowas nicht umsetzen liesse. Rise of the Robots kann man mit dem vor einigen Jahren für AMIGA Computer erschienene Spiel Olofight vergleichen, allerdings würde Rise of the Robots im direkten Vergleich immer noch um längen die Nase vorn haben. Wir stellen Ihnen dieses geniale Spiel in einem MEGA-Review vor.

Für Tuningfreaks gibt es zwei ganz besondere Leckerbissen, wir stellen Ihnen das Commodore FMV-Modul und den Prototyp des Commodore Gamesystem030 vor. Leider liess die finanzielle Situation von Commodore keine grössere Produktion des FMV(FullMotionVideo)-Moduls zu uns so wurden nach den uns vorligenden Informationen nur 1000 Stück produziert, wer also eins besitzt, kann wahrlich stolz darauf sein. DCE Computer wollte vor Jahren das FMV-Modul neu auflegen, allerdings gab es Probleme mit dem FlashROM. Der Ton wurde nach einiger Zeit nicht mehr synchron mit dem Video abgespielt, somit blieb es bei Prototypen. Ich konnte mich damals selber von der Existenz dieser Prototypen überzeugen, ein selbiges sogar als Andenken mit nach Hause nehmen. Ein Bild von der Platine findet Ihr in dem Bericht zu dem FMV-Modul. Desweiteren wurden mir jede Menge unbestückte Spellbound(CD32)- und FMV-Modul Motherboards gezeigt. Zum Gamesystem030 bleibt zu sagen, warum Commodore nicht diekt auf diesen Prozessor oder gar auf den Motorola 68040 gesetzt hat, bleibt bis heute ungeklärt. Was uns bleibt sind mutmassungen, z.B. das Commodore durch den Bau des AMIGA1200 noch eine reichhaltige Anzahl von Motorola 68020 Prozessoren auf Lager hatte. Der 68040 Prozessor deshalb nicht genutzt worden ist, weil er zum einen zu teuer gewsesen wäre und man unbedingt bei dem CD32 auf einen günstigen Preis achten wollte, das könnte auch das fehlen wichtiger Teile wie dem RGB-Ausgang deuten und zum anderen weil Commodore nur wenige Prozessoren dieser Sorte besass, die man ausschliesslich für den AMIGA4000-T nutzen wollte. Unser eins wird die Commodore Politik wohl nie verstehen!

Als letztes möchten wir auf unsere neue Internetpräsenz unter www.cd32-allianz.de aufmerksam machen und danken Matthias Münch der dies erst ermöglicht hat. Ich möchte Ihnen nun viel Spass mit der neuen Ausgabe wünschen und würde mich freuen, hin und wieder mal ein paar Leserbriefe von Ihnen zu bekommen.

In diesem Sinne, Thorsten Schölzel" (nba) (Translation: dm)

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15.May.2003
Arstechnica (ANF) Arstechnica: PPC 970 Part II
Under the title link you'll read a report about the PowerPC 970, which is being assembled by an especially Intel-centric CPU specialist. Despite or because of its length of 11,000 words, this work is a mandatory lecture for PowerPC afficionados. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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15.May.2003
Golem IT-News (Website) Golem: SCO Now Wishes to Proceed Against Linux Users
"Linux is an unauthorized derivative of Unix, or at least SCO charges that; in their view Linux infringes on their Unix copyrights. Accordingly commercial Linux users are going to have to reckon with this, because their use of Linux may be made liable. As a consequence of this legally unclear situation SCO has ceased their own selling of Linux."
Read the complete article at Golem IT-News under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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14.May.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail) Amiga Arena: 'Layouter' full version
In cooperation and with the okay by Marius Schwarz the Amiga Arena offers a free release of the software "Layouter" for the first time. With the program "Layouter" it is possible to layout and print your own books and fanzines.

"Layouter" covers the part to process texts, creating paragraphs for pictures and titles to print a fanzine correctly for example. Layouter does all the work a commo text processoer can't handle sufficient.

To say it in a simple manner: You bring in the text to print and the graphics and "Layouter" creates an impressing book or magazine from that. Another big advantage of "Layouter" is its speed for printing a book. A detailed manual and some example projects are included within the archive. For further assistance or suggestions the developer Marius Schwarz might be contacted. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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14.May.2003
Fabio Trotta (ANF) Apple compatible PPC computers by Core
Name CoreCrib and CoreBox the company Core offers Apple compatible PPC computers. These offer the same technical specs like the current high end Macs but are less expensive. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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14.May.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail) Event: Amiga Show - Maarssen, The Netherlands on June the 28th 2003
As reported earlier the Dutch Commodore Club HCC hosts an Amiga Show in Maarssen on June the 28th 2003.

Computer City will demonstrate the AmigaOne and sell soft- and hardware. Genesi will demonstrate the PPC computer Pegasos with the operating system MorphOS and shows the VideoMicroWave as well as a prototype of a set top box. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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14.May.2003

Aminet Uploads until 14.05.2003
Here the latest Aminet uploads which were added since our last message:

SpanienSS.lha        docs/hyper  98K+SpanienSS guide history of some spanish
DIYrekoIII.lha       gfx/ifx     31K+Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
Islife.jpg           pix/art     19K+Amiga is live

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14.May.2003
VWP Newsletter VWP: New Webboard online
After the old webboard was available in German only, now a new one is online. It supports different languages and can be reached like the old one: simply by using the "Webboard"-link on the left side of the page at VirtualWorlds.de. The only disadvantage of it: formerly registered user have to register again because their data could not be transferred. But writing as guest is possible in the new webboard too. (ps)

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14.May.2003
Wojtek Kozlowski (E-Mail) Elbox: Online Photos of the Mirage 1200-based Amiga
The Elbox Support Website has now photos presenting how the new Mirage 1200 tower may be used to house a really well-expanded Amiga 1200-based system (title link).

The Amiga in view is fitted with the Mediator PCI 1200 SX busboard and Blizzard PPC 240/060/50, a Voodoo 3 graphic card, a PixelView TV Pro card, a Terratec 512i digital sound card, a Spider II USB 2.0 5-port controller, a FastEthernet 100Mb/s network card, a FastATA 1200 EIDE controller, a Samsung 80GB HDD, a 52x CD-ROM, a 40x12x40x CD-RW, an LS-120 drive, an All-in-One USB 2.0 Flash card reader, a Logitech USB mouse and a A3000 keyboard. (ps)

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14.May.2003
GetBoinged (ANF) GetBoinged Review: Amiga Games Pocket Pak #2
Please find the review about the Amiga Games Pocket Pak #2 under the title link. (ps)

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13.May.2003
Newsletter von Cinemaware (ANF) Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown 2 on 3rd quarter 2003
According to the newsletter of Cinemaware DotC2 has nearly finished. Because of this some new screenshots has put up online (a trailer and further information are also available). It should first be published for PC and PS2. Disk images of all older versions (C64, Amiga, Amstrad, PC...) are now available again.

Here is the original newsletter:

Hey Cinemaware fans!

I know things have been quiet for a while from your ol' pal Amber over at Cinemaware, but we've just been preparing to take the lid off some really exciting news!

How exciting, you ask? Well, after months of patient waiting, I can finally reveal to our fans who will be publishing Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown. Cinemaware is proud to be partnering with Capcom Entertainment to bring Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown to living rooms across everywhere!

I can't tell you all how happy we all are to be working with one of the premier publishers in the world to bring Defender of the Crown back to the fans. And I want to give special thanks to you fans out there who have been waiting for this day -- we couldn't have done it without your support!

Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown will be launching in North America in the third quarter of 2003! Head on over to the this news story to get the full scoop! The exciting news is already starting to hit the web, though. Check out this story over at GameSpot!

If any of you happen to make it to E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) this week in Los Angeles, drop by the Capcom booth and say hello! We'll be showing the game at two kiosks, so come on by and give it a whirl. If you can't make it to the show, keep an eye on online news, as there's sure to be a lot of hands-on impressions from the show floor.

But until then, we've put up a big batch of brand new screens from the game. Go take a gander at the Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown Product Page.

Lastly, to celebrate this exciting news, we've once again made disk images of all version of the original Defender of the Crown available for download! This includes all versions of the original classic from Amiga to Amstrad! Head over to the Defender of the Crown vault to get your hands on 'em!

That's it for this newsletter, but I'll be back soon to update you all on the exact date for Robin Hood's release!

All the best,

Amber :D
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2003
Virus Hewlp Denmark (ANF)

Virus Help: New update of xvs.library
A new update of the "xvs.library' (xvs.library - The eXternal Virus Scanner Library) has been updated today, and can be found at the "Virus Help Team's websites". Remember, if you use the antivirus programs like ec. VirusZ, VirusExecuter, VirusChecker, Mill this update of XVS is a MUST for you.

Info about the new update:

Name: xvs.library v33.40
Archive name: xvslibrary.lha
Archive size: 93,637 bytes
Release date: 13 May 2003
Programmer: Georg Hoermann

News is v33.40: (Size: 61,912 bytes)

Added file recognition for some very old installer programs of the following bootblock viruses: Blizzard, CLI-Manager, SystemZ 5.0 and SystemZ 6.4. Thanks to Dirk Stöcker for sending the files.
Added special recognition for "Zeeball AV-Testfile" from Zeeball's antivirus test archive.
Changed several often-used CacheClearU() calls to CacheClearE() for better performance on JIT 68k emulated systems (file analysis and repair code for polymorphic linkviruses have not been changed, as these only get called if some patterns match first). Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the hint.
Fixed bug in xvsCheckFile() that accessed two bytes following the actual file buffer under certain circumstances. Thanks must go to Mikolaj Calusinski for the report and for beta-testing.
Did some compatibility fixes for Pegasos/MorphOS systems. Thanks again to Harry Sintonen for the report and for beta-testing.
Replaced old installer script with an updated version written once again by Dave 'Targhan' Crawford. Thanks!

BTW: Georg Hoerman will change his email in the near future, his new email is ghoermann@gmx.de.

Kind regards...

Virus Help Team DK, NL & CAN
Jan, Denmark
Alex, Holland
Charlene, Canada
(ps)

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13.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF) Music: Liquid Skies records #035
The Amiga music scene group called 'Liquid Skies' has published a new music file again. This time it consists of a mp3 tune by Psycho. It has a length of 6:07 and was created with an Amiga.

The cover to the title "When The Beast Found His Angle" was created by Angeldust. As usually you can download the tune from the Liquid Skies homepage. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2003
Carles "Doraemon" Bernardez (ANF) CatCon 2k3 Photos
Carles Bernardez writes:
Under the title link you can see a small photo album of the CatCon 2k3. The results and the releases of the competitons will be released soon on Aminet.

You can see some Pegasos, AmigaOne, and AmigaOne XE on the photos, and of course a lot of Amigans. Thx to all that makes the dream possible another year, specially to bbrv, Eyetech, Amiga Superbit, Amiga Rulez Magazine, and all the Amigans that all the years come to our event. For more information contact catconparty@yahoo.es. (ps)

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13.May.2003
Various websites

Several Software Updates until 13.05.2003
Diverse ports (incl. Descent2 test version) by Nagy Lajos

New software:

libpng-1.2.5 (png developer lib)
SDL_mixer and SDL_gfx (SDL extensions)
sed-4.0.7 (gg tool)
unace-1.2 (ace file decruncher)
htdump (web page downloader)
flite (text to speech engine)
toppler (Nebulus alike game)
1st Descent2 port to test!
Digger (port of old DOS game)

Amigan Software
Worm Wars version 7.42 and Saga version 1.25 have been published.

WHDLoad - New packets until 13.05.2003

13.05.03 improved: Silkworm (Sales Curve) some fixes
12.05.03 new: Microprose Golf (Microprose) done by JOTDx
12.05.03 fixed: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) install script corrected
10.05.03 new: Mission Elevator (Micropartner) done by Asman

(ps) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2003
Dany Thinnes (ANF) Cost control software for not DSL users: TH-Verbindung V1.1
TH-Verbindung version 1.1 is aimed for surfers who don't have a flatrate or do only a little surfing. It is possible to set up different charges for a main and rest time as well as for a log-in charge. Weekends and bank holidays will not be forgotten too.

From the program itself Miami can be launched, the connection be established and aborted. The costs ammounted so far will be shown in Euro. The sum of the surfed minutes so far is listed as well as the current state of the connection and the connection speed.

The program has been written and tested with a DraCo 060 running AmigaOS 3.9.

Autor: Dany Thinnes - Dany@TH-Home.de
Download: home-thverbindung.lha (ps) (Translation: ub)

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12.May.2003
GFX-BASE (Website) GFX-BASE: Quake 2 - Amiga version review
Alexandre Balaban describes his impressions of the Amiga version of Quake 2 in the English-language Review. Starting with the installation and the hardware requirements he walks through the history of Quake and his first play, and his personal results finishes the article. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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12.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)

StartMenu: Pixload Version 4 beta 1 Preview
In the current beta version 1 of the start menu Pixload 4 were the following new features added.

Drag & Drop of picture dirs opens a thumbnail tool
New formats: TIFF and TARGA via datatypes
Control border for MiamiDX integrated
New program startup splashscreen
Clock with RTC functionality
Help file in the context menu
Some bugfixes
Pixload is now scalable
Pixload is able to open drawers instead of programs
Shortkeys added
Icon organisation per Drag & Drop
Number of rows of icons can be changed

If you have suggestions, ideas or desires, please feel free to send them to Pixel Art by E-Mail (pixelart@wanadoo.fr) in English or French. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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12.May.2003
BBOAH Website The Big Book Of Amiga Hardware - Update of 12.05.2003
The 'Big Book Of Amiga hardware' is probably the largest on-line manual for Amiga hardware. Ian Chapman extended and updated the documentation in many subranges. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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12.May.2003

Aminet Uploads until 12.05.2003
Here the Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message:

HollywoodPromo.lha biz/demo   8.7M   0 High quality Hollywood screenshots
newscoaster.lha    comm/news  425K   0 NewsCoaster Full Version (v1.56) (MUI)
newscoastersrc.lha comm/news  188K   0 NewsCoaster Source Code (v1.56 - 10 May 2003)
YAM-Logo.lha       comm/yam    49K   0 YAM 2.4 Logo by Chris, The Highlander
JulietCaseCCCP.lha demo/aga   539K   0 CCCP, by Juliet and Case - file version
IRS-EC46.lha       demo/mag   2.0M   0 The Official Eurochart #46 by IRIS
ABasiC_patch.lha   dev/basic   17K   0 Patch Metacomco's ABasiC to work on OS 2.0+
ABasiC_progs.lha   dev/basic  382K   0 Collection of ABasiC games and programs
pmDevBas.lha       dev/basic  132K   0 Using PopUpMenu library from HBasic
Window.lha         dev/src      7K   0 Attach CON: to existing window on Kickstart 1.x
diskimage.lha      disk/misc   79K   0 Mount any disk image file as a DOS device
dynAMIte.lha       game/2play 2.0M   0 Internet (only) Bomberman/Dynablaster-Clone
DroidWars4.lha     game/actio 163K   0 Droids fighting in an arena.
AS-Hemp.lha        game/data  567K   0 Cardset for AS-..... compatible games
digger-68k.lha     game/misc  258K   0 Digger - the SDL version of old DOS game!
2Decide.lha        game/think 453K   0 2D strategy game supporting themes.
stv_1-0.lha        gfx/board   50K   0 TV card software for Mediator systems
DIYrekoIII.lha     gfx/ifx     31K   0 Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
imdbDiff030502.lha misc/imdb  2.9M   0 Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
1st16.lha          mods/blkha 2.7M   0 First 16bit DBM by blakkhar
bengbum.lha        mods/blkha  41K   0 Techno PT mod by blakkhar
bengbum2.lha       mods/blkha 160K   0 Techno PT mod by blakkhar
fs.lha             mods/blkha 137K   0 Hardcore DBP mod by blakkhar
GM_Rip_Edition.lha mods/blkha 221K   0 Techno DBM by blakkhar
RutgerH.lha        mods/blkha 389K   0 Rutger H.dedicated DBM by blakkhar
schranzibelrmx.lha mods/blkha 1.1M   0 Remix DBM by blakkhar
transplantanr.lha  mus/play    42K   0 Transplant skin for AmiNetRadio
Haymigga_I.jpg     pix/wb     257K   0 Haymigga`s Red & Blue Mania WB Screenshot 
japanese-wb2.jpg   pix/wb     119K   0 Japanese support on amiga
_Dani_-WB-10.jpg   pix/wb     202K   0 Amiga Workbench Screenshot 1024x768x24
Asciiconverter.lha util/conv   44K   0 Change ASCII code in files.
NewHomer.lha       util/misc  113K   0 Talkin' Homer V1.87b (guide fixed, better iconific
NoLed.lha          util/misc    2K   0 Low-Pass Filter Killer
WRip_26.lha        util/misc   45K   0 Rips various pack-formats from Disk/File
SnoopDos.lha       util/moni  136K   0 SnoopDos 3.8, the well known system monitor
SnoopDos_Src.lha   util/moni  256K   0 SnoopDos 3.8 sources
mouseshell10.lha   util/rexx    1K   0 Opens Shell window under mouse pointer

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12.May.2003
morphos-news.de CeBIT Australia 2003 Photos
At the title link and at Pegasos.com.au you find pictures of the CeBIT Australia 2003, which took place in the second May week in Sydney. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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12.May.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF) Quantum Leap: Report of the 'Webb.it' with OS4-Screenshots
At the title link an Italian language report of the Italian IT fair "Webb.it" is to be found, which took place past weekend in Padova. The Italian AmigaOne Distributor VirtualWorks presented there an AmigaOne XE as well as OS4-Module (still as 68k Binaries).

On the OS4-Screenshots both already well-known OS4 parts (MediaToolbox, new system menus) in newer versions is to be seen as well as modules that have not been shown yet. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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11.May.2003
Ettensberger Martin (ANF) Pictures of new Amiga G4 at AmigaClub Augsburg
Recently the first new AmigaOne G4 computers have arrived at the AmigaClub Augsburg. Photos of yesterday's meeting can be seen under this link on the homepage.

The homepage will be overhauled in the next couple of days and several pictures from unpacking through assembling and running of the computer will be uploaded. You can find new background pictures under this link. AmigaClub Augsburg wishes you a nice Sunday :)

AmigaClubAugsburg.de
augusta.de/~ramses (ps) (Translation: cb)

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11.May.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF) Morph-box Version 1.0
Today the final version 1.0 of Carsten Siegner's program "Morph-box" for MorphOS has been released. This is fully functioning with clickable buttons and also includes a prefs editor. Morph-box is a toolbar for MorphOS which is able to launch MorphOS native and 68k programs.

This program is MorphOS native and thus only runs on the Pegasos computer. Furthermore it requires the PNG datatype.

Installation: Copy guigfx.library.elf (N.B.: this is the MOS version, so don't take the version from the powerlibs.lzx directory!) to the directory "Sys:MorphOS/Libs". Furthermore the powerlibs.lzx archive from Carsten Siegner's homepage is required. This is located in the "Videokonverter" subdirectory (unpack the archive and copy to Sys:Libs directory).

The archive contains a small readme file explaining the few functions. (nba) (Translation: cb)

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11.May.2003
x (ANF) Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 9
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 9 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):

1) ssolie: How does Amiga Inc. plan to limit and control the myriad hardware options. More specifically, if I purchase a "supported" graphics card for AmigaOS 4.0, what will that mean exactly? And what of "unsupported" hardware?

Fleecy: As has already started with the AmigaOne, we will select and certify hardware. This will allow us to drive the AmigaOS in certain directions whilst also ensuring that there are official solutions that dealers, integrators and customers can purchase safe in the knowledge that there will be official drivers for them. The problem with supporting hardware subsystems and peripherals is that the manufacturers only create control software

for the larger markets (Windows, Apple etc) and most are loath to even release their internal datasheets for fear of revealing and losing IP. We thus have to negotiate with these companies and prove to them a market exists (and then usually pay to create the control software).

A good workaround solution can be seen in the SciTech solution that has been licenced. A very broad set of graphics-cards will be usuable with OS 4.0 in 2D thanks to their SNAP technology (over 182 chipsets are now supported and the list keeps growing). 3D support however is quite a different matter. Currently we will support the Voodoo 3/4/5 and the Radeon 8500/9000. We believe this will change when we are able to demonstrate the AG2 3D system however as the OEMs will see that we are deadly serious in being a graphics platform of excellence.

The existing AmigaOne users have created various web resources where they are sharing their experiences of both setting up their machines and the results they are having with various components. I would urge anyone considering the purchase of a board to peruse these sites for the valuable information they contain.

In summary, I would advise customers either to buy from integrators to ensure certified components are used or else wait for the new Amiga Power Platform website to go live and consider the certified hardware list when it is made available. Be made the mistake of trying to support too many different solutions and ended up wasting valuable resources expanding the platform horizontally instead of vertically; we will not make the same mistake.

2) rayt: Will the coupons be delivered before OS4/csppc is finished so that we can get $50 rebate immediately after it is released?

Fleecy: We have had a lot of issues with creating a valid solution for the 'vouchers', mainly in terms of validation and acceptance by dealers. Given that an AmigaOne is a certified piece of hardware that comes with an AmigaOS4.0 OEM CD bundle and that the CSPPC AmigaOS4.0 product is a shrinkwrap, AmigaOS4.0 is the common factor and so we are considering either placing the voucher within the AmigaOS product package itself (perhaps as part of the registration card) or using the unique serial number of each AmigaOS4.0 instance via a web interface. This would also work with those who have purchased multiple rebate products because they have to have an AmiPASS and so we can apply their multiple rebates against a single purchase. The entire scheme will be published before AmigaOS4.0 is released and we will validate the rebate database by emailing everyone to make sure all the details are correct. I urge anyone who believes they have a rebate to check out their AmiPASS account and ensure the details are correct.

3) jono: Do you know if there is any intention to provide/supply any SQL based server or SQL clients that can access existing SQL Servers such as MySQL, Oracle, (dare I say it) M$ SQL Server?

Fleecy: There is at least one third party company already working hard on a full network capable relational database for the AmigaOS4.0. A standard SQL client is a good idea and I will consider that either for AmigaOS4.0 or for a future release.

4) IonMane: From my research, many developers do not seem to understand the potential power of Amiga Anywhere\DE.How do you plan to raise awareness and educate this segment of the industry to DE's REAL potential?

Fleecy: Early on we heavily evangelised the potential of the AmigaDE, got a lot of interest going and had developers signing up in droves. However, the potential failed to turn into reality, largely because the market was not ready for the product. Our mistake was to fail to realise that the OEMs themselves were not ready to take advantage of what we had, either because they had not entered the appropriate markets yet or because the products were too expensive (as in the case of Smartphones) or too underpowered (as in the case of the Palm PDA). The market was still in the first stage of technology, where innovators co-exist with early adopters. It is only in the last six months that the market has become a second stage market, where maturation brings in the big OEMs whose economies of scale can bring the price down and performance up.

Microsoft, as one of the key drivers of these markets realised the potential of the AmigaDE over a year ago but even working with them and their huge marketing muscle, it has taken this long to get AmigaDE derivatives such as Amiga Anywhere to market. Thankfully, the momentum that has built up is now accelerating customer enquiries and we hope to finally be able to deliver to developers on the potental we evangelised. This in itself will raise awareness of both the product and the opportunity but we are also working with these customers to do cross and joint marketing in several arenas, in both trade and consumer channels.

5) ssolie: Since you are not keen on Samba, what kinds of Samba-like solutions (e.g. file & printer sharing) are you proposing?

Fleecy: It's not that I'm not keen on Samba as a concept, just as an implementation, especially as it is difficult to implement well within the Amiga system architecture. There is a SAMBA solution supported by such Amiga notables as Olaf Barthel and Chris Hertel (amongst others) and it will most likely be included in the AmigaOS4.0 contributions drawer.

What AmigaOS4 users obviously want is the ability to network their Amiga to a heterogenous network, most likely one heavily featuring Windows or Linux PCs and then be able to share resources, mostly files, peripherals such as printers and network connections. The more they can use their Amiga, the more it will be used - for example accessing an MP3 collection on their Windows PC; they obviously don't want to copy it to their Amiga and have two copies of it.

Be assured that this is a high priority and that despite our misgivings, we may integrate SAMBA. All I was stating was that it does not currently seem to be a solution that we are happy with.

6) ssolie: AmigaDE and AmigaOS seem completely different yet you say they will slowly be merged together into a hardware agnostic system. What does that mean for the user? Hypothetically, how will I be able to take my copy of PageStream and run it on my cell phone via Bluetooth?

Fleecy: The AmigaDE is a set of technologies for creating content centric derivative products. In particular it is focused on the individual piece of content, specifically in making that piece of content both high performance/low resource and portable across device classes. The AmigaOS is a complete computing platform. In merging them, the AmigaOS will immediately gain from access to that content which can scale to the desktop. However that is at a product level. There will also be a more profound development of the AmigaOS through the AG2 project that will see a conceptual merging of the ideas behind both. I can't say much more at this time.

7) GregS: I have heard mentioned the A2 project but have not seen any details would you be so kind to make a summary of the main differences between A1 and A2.

Fleecy: AG1 refers to all hardware and software upto the AmigaOS3 family (the last revision being AmigaOS3.9). Some of this will continue into AmigaOS4. AG1 is technology that has its roots in the excellent system architecture and implementation that can be traced all the way back to 1984. However that was written in the context of a specific set of requirements and within a wider domain of current technologies.

Twenty years on the world has changed dramatically in many areas whilst remaining the same in others. The AG2 project is about reviewing the AmigaOS in all its domains, both internally and in its external relationships. There are new customers, new roles, new technologies, new requirements, new scopes, new products, new opportunities and new restrictions. AG2 will see the development of a technology set that can be used in derivative products, whether AmigaOS for the desktop, AmigaOS for the server, AmigaOS for the STB or whatever. Don't expect to see AG2 technology in AmigaOS4.0 but from AmigaOS4.1 onwards, you will start to see the AmigaOS transformed into something that we hope will once again set the marker for all others.

8) IonMane: As I understand it OS5 will be 64 bit, Is Amiga Inc considering the IBM 970, with its 32bit and 64 bit support,for this role in current or future AmigaOne systems?

Fleecy: 64 bit is the natural development path and given its necessity for a decent implementation of orthogonal persistence, one of our targets, I would expect to see 64 bit implementations sooner rather than later.

9) DaveP: I have a question ( everyone groans ). How long after the release of AOS4 will we have to wait for a version of Intent that works with it?

Fleecy: We have always targeted it for AmigaOS4.2. Given that we want to have a release gap of between 6-12 months once AmigaOS4.0 has shipped, that should be around about Christmas 2004. However, we may move it forwards to AmigaOS4.1. It depends on quite a few issues that I can't go into right now.

10) IonMane: There has been a lot of questions around from those that have coupons and other Amiga Inc promoted discounts.Could you please tell these people how to claim these discounts and Coupons...and even if they need a coupon to claim the discount.

Fleecy: I have answered this in question 2

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Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=10
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (nba)

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11.May.2003
Gary7 (ANF)

Emulator: New WinUAE Version 0.8.22 R 7 (WIP) announced
Probably end of May 2003 a new version of Toni Wilen's Amiga emulator 'WinUAE' for Windows will be released. Currently WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 7 is in the works. This version will contain the following changes and improvements:

Bugs fixed:

printer didn't work if serial port emulation was enabled
palette wasn't updated properly when entering and exiting the GUI in fullscreen 8-bit Picasso96 mode
button or key mapped to mouse horizontal or vertical axis
right/middle button data register emulation update (Sound of Silents)
random crash when horizontal centering was enabled
bsdsocket emulation, AmTelnet connection freeze
config save crash/non working keyboard when MS SideWinder Virtual Keyboard is installed

New features:

emulation compatibility improvements Elfmania, Rainbow Island (broke accidentally in R6), Mission Elevator (properly fixed this time...), Old Timer, Sargon History, TBL demos etc.
analog joystick (paddle) ports emulated
improved hard/ZIP disk RDB detection
Action Replay 2/3 state file support
sound "power led" filter emulation
freely selectable sound sample rate (8000 - 48000)
"direct" serial port support, fixes PC to PC Lotus 2 serial link problems. (two player only, 3 or 4 players require lower serial latency that is not possible under Windows)

(ps) (Translation: cb)

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11.May.2003
VMC (Website) LowLevel Gameport Driver v41.19 for Amithlon
Guido Mersmann has created a new version of his lowlevel.library for Amithlon, in which some more bugs have been fixed. A small tool enables the activation of the Sound Blaster Game Port. The new software can be downloaded from the "Amithlon Software Updates" page. (nba) (Translation: cb)

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10.May.2003
YAM (ANF) Virus spam mails sent from faked Amiga.com account
According to several messages are for the time mass spam emails being sent from a faked Amiga.com account containing a Windows virus. Should you receive an unexpected email from the sender gary@amiga.com or michael@amiga.com and use Windows as operating system please handle this email carefully.

Supplement (11.05.2003, 1:35, nba): Word "rumors" replaced by "messages". (nba) (Translation: wk)

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10.May.2003
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)

GAUHPIL: Many areas updated
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a list created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll about websites of Amiga users that is sorted geographically according to continents and countries. Today the following areas have been updated:

Europe
New Links List
Lost Links List
History 2003

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10.May.2003
Patrick Henz (email)

Digital album "Argentina" version 1.5
The digital album "Argentina" is a huge collection which shows the most interesting and beautiful places of Brasil. It can be used on all computer platforms and beside that on many DVD players which feature the Kodak PictureCD (JPG) format.

Buenos Aires / Buenos Aires ... 122
Buenos Aires / San Isidro ... 002
Buenos Aires / Tigre ... 006
Cordoba / Cordoba ... 033
Cordoba / Cosquin ... 006
Cordoba / La Falda ... 011
Cordoba / Sierra ... 025
Cordoba / Villa Carlos Paz ... 013

Beside the photo archive the CD-ROM includes the digital postcard system to send postcards over the Internet and a webpage with interesting links to the different places. Price: 8 Euro. (nba)

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10.May.2003
Grasshopper LLC (email) PageStream price action until May, 16th 2003
Grasshopper LLC, developer of the DTP application PageStream, wrote:
We have been inundated with requests to continue to offer our discounted price for PageStream full copies and upgrades. Of course who can blame them! Paying less than 1/3 retail for a powerful desktop publishing program like PageStream, not to mention discounts across the board on upgrades sure does help the pocket book. For those new customers who have joined the PageStream crowd, welcome aboard! However, all good things must come to an end! After May 16th, PageStream's pricing returns to our normal great price!

New Web Site In Development
We have decided to take it upon ourselves to make a radical redesign of the GrasshopperLLC web site. Our basic design goals are to make it easy for new customers to learn about PageStream's features, samples, how it compares to others, and of course how to buy it. We hope to provide near instant download access to new purchases. For existing PageStream users, it should be easy to find answers to common questions, new scripts and templates, and more. We have set up a survey on our web site asking for input on what you would like to see on our website, and to tell us about your favorite sites. The survey can be found at www.grasshopperllc.com. Suggestions and any other help you can offer can also be directed at sales@grasshopperllc.com. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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10.May.2003

Aminet Uploads until 10.05.2003
Here are the new added Aminet uploads since our last message:

ABasiC_progs.lha     dev/basic  382K+Collection of ABasiC games and programs
AS-Hemp.lha          game/data  567K+Cardset for AS-..... compatible games
transplantanr.lha    mus/play    42K+Transplant skin for AmiNetRadio
Haymigga_I.jpg       pix/wb     257K+Haymigga`s Red & Blue Mania WB Screensho
japanese-wb2.jpg     pix/wb     119K+Japanese support on amiga
_Dani_-WB-10.jpg     pix/wb     202K+Amiga Workbench Screenshot 1024x768x24
SnoopDos_Src.lha     util/moni  256K+SnoopDos 3.8 sources
mouseshell10.lha     util/rexx    1K+Opens Shell window under mouse pointer

(ps) (Translation: wk)

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10.May.2003
Mikey C (ANF)

Magazine: Total Amiga Magazine - The Professionals are back!
No we don't mean Bodie and Doyle, we mean Amiga Legends Richard Drummond, John Chandler & Andrew Korn! Total Amiga Magazine is proud to announce that as of issue 15 some of the finest Amiga Journalists to have ever graced the Amiga scene will be donating some of their spare time to write for us!

Richard Drummond: "Began writing for Amiga Format, before moving on to Amiga Active Magazine, eventually moving on to Linux Format."

John Chandler: "Has written for several Amiga magazines, including Amiga Active and has a regular column on Suite101."

Andrew Korn: "Was CU Amiga Magazine's Deputy Editor and went on to become the launch Editor of Amiga Active Magazine."

All this and the regulars:

News
OS4 Update
MorphOS News
Features
Reviews
Tutorials
Plus regular columnists, Fleecy Moss and Alan Redhouse

Congratulations to Louis Vidal of NYC, USA on winning our earlier QUAKEII competition. Don't forget there is yet another chance to win a copy of Quake II, courtesy of Hyperion and Forematt Home Computing in issue 15.

For subscriptions, list of worldwide stockists and free Downloads of previous issues visit Total Amiga Magazine. Total Amiga Magazine, does what it says in the name. (ps)

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09.May.2003
Michael Battilana (E-Mail) Fair: Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 on 5th July 2003
On July 5th 2003 the Amiga fair "Amiga Alpe Adria 2003" (AAA 2003) will be take place in Italian Udine. Today Michael Battilana from Cloanto which is a software developer and fair organizer has announced this.

The topic of the event will be the current hardware and software developments of the Amiga market where Amiga OS 4.0 and AmigaOne which is supposed to be presented by Jürgen Schober will stand in the spotlight. The admission to the fair and to the exhibition location will be free. But you are asked to book for the fair via mail.

The visitors of the fair can use this weekend for a holiday weekend in the area around Udine with the help of Cloanto. Visits of the beach, the hills, of Venedig, Trieste, Cividale and San Daniele are planned for the days after the Saturday. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2003 amiga-news.de Community-Polo-shirts
The amiga-news.de community-shirts are now also available in the following design:

Zip Polo Pique made from 100% cotton (230g/qm), collar, strip with hidden metal zip fastener, double seam, site slashs and neck band. The polo shirts are available from 27 Euro on in different colours.

If you are going to order then please have a look at the picture: small colour field = colour on the band, big colour field = polo basic colour. If the basic colour light then the colour of the letters of the amiga-news.de logos is black.

If you want your user name can be also printed on the shirt. Please write it down when you order. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2003
Kelvin Shirley (ANF)

Webserver Gw3s v2 released
The gW3S Open Source Team is proud to announce the first release in the 2.x branch! gW3S is a small AREXX based webserver that can run simple and complex websites from your Amiga (and also works on Amithlon too).

New in this version:

GZIP Encoding (static and on-the-fly)
Better HTTP compliance.
Cleaner code.
Browser cache handling.
Minor bug fixes.

Website: http://carls.1av10.nu/w3s/ (ps)

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09.May.2003
racesimcentral.com (ANF) Racer Source Code will be published as GPL
As you might know, there seem to be a bunch of people in the Linux community who have a problem with Racer not being GPL'ed.

This might be a good time to take a crossroads. I plan to release the Racer v0.5.0 source code under GPL. I don't think I'll host that version after that, since we don't have that much bandwidth and would take time that I'd rather put in other things.

After the GPL release, I'll close the source for future versions. This does not have any impact on the strategy of Racer, which means a free executable version for the platforms (although I still have the problem of DRI executables for Linux, since I don't have such a set in my possession).

There are plans for commercial implementations using Racer, and you may have noticed things like 'ecol' or 'ecue'. Those are proprietary extensions. Probably RakNet (a quite cool networking library) will enter the game as well. It becomes harder to get clean source code out the door, free of rights. Also, since the multiplayer component might take a bit of a boost with RakNet (at least take out the 2-player limit at once), it would be too easy for hackers to create modified versions of Racer and find their way through the network protocol.

Although I'm sorry for all those interested in the source code, it seems like the right path. There's always the GPL spinoff that could be maintained. I'm not sure how that's going to turn out; I'm getting major support these days in putting realism and knowledge into Racer's physics and that is interesting for anyone.

The 2 Racer version will drift apart, that's for sure, if only because of the networking protocols, I'm afraid. I'm not convinced however that a GPL spinoff (with which I will have little to do) will go to bigger heights than a closed source one. Even though it potentially means more developers, it still takes a lot of devotion to make stable improved versions without hacking little bits in just for the day.

So with the GPL version you'd have OpenSource, but no license to commer cially sell it. It just still seems a bit counterproductive almost to split the project into two.

Comments will be read with interest, although with these things I can imagine you'll have 2 groups; those that are for and those that are against, and nothing much will bring the 2 together.

www.racer.nl. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2003
Golem - IT News Golem: Toshiba saves 36 GByte on DVD-successor-medium
»Media are supposed to be produced with current production units
Now Toshiba has introduced a working prototyp of its rewritable optical medium which is based blue laser. Toshiba can save up to 36 GByte of data in two layers on one side of the medium - regularly 30 GByte are planned. In contrary to the product of Sony which is called Blue-Ray the media of Toshiba are supposed to be produced with existing production units.« (ps) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2003
heise Newsticker heise: Gateway announces loss
The Wallstreet Journal announces that the PC producer Gateway expects loss again for 2003. In this article a third reorganization of the company is announced. PCs should not be the only thing to sell but Gateway chief Ted Waitt will create a product line of 15 different home electronic devices such as devices for digital television.
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail) Start menu: Pixload version 3.5 Beta 3
In the current beta version 3 of the start menu called Pixload 3.5 some new features have been added. If you have proposals, ideas or wishes please write it Pixel Art via email (pixelart@wanadoo.fr) in English or French. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail) Event: Amiga Show - June 28th 2003 - Holland
We organize an Amiga Show at Saturday June 28th from 10:00 till 16:00 at the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, Holland. We wanna organize a few nice activities and demonstrations and we will keep you informed at our website: http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/. Come on Amigans and join us all at this Party! (ps)

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08.May.2003
Sébastien Jeudy (E-Mail) User: Annuaire Amiga Francophone #12
The edition 12 of the "Annuaire Amiga Francophone" has been sent to the subscribers. This is a list of French speaking Amiga users all over the world (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec,...), which is sent out monthly.

Via the title link you can find further information and you can add your name to the list. (ps)

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08.May.2003
Wolf Zimmer und Cord Hagen (E-Mail) Online Magazine "NoCover" Accessible on its Own Homepage
Many Amiga fans already know about it, the time-honored online magazine "NoCover" has finally found its earned place on the Internet. The complete homepage contains clearly over 200 megabytes and was completely newly and currently uploaded on 7th May, 2003. As always, near the current edition of the loved online magazine are the old editions as well, quickly and easily found under the menu option "NoCover Guide," and individual articles may also be quickly found through a comprehensive oversight structure. A visit in the current issue or the back issues is always rewarding.

This mighty big, but long overdue, Internet debut of "NoCover" was made possible through the sponsor www.ConnectWeb.de, who made available server resources and hosting on their servers, and also together with Wolf Zimmer, who is responsible for the complete editorial portion of "NoCover," handled around the updating.

We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you all that we absolutely need active helpers for "NoCover." So we always seek volunteer editors, who have the desire to look after and care for a single area in "NoCover" and to contribute regular articles. We also rejoice over individual articles on any familiar theme. Regular editors have the advantage of getting their own email address with a giant Pop3 email post box (200 megabytes in size), and self-evidently also a secure SMTP server with authentication of the webserver "AS2-Chicago" in order to dispatch their own emails. Besides there is also an individual subdomain that will be established, so that in addition to emails regular editors may also get their own free hom page. We are able to offer this package as a little reward to all volunteer editors who would like to regularly and actively help the magazine.

Of course the online magazine may also be gotten as usual, through an email subscription from Wolf Zimmer, as well as the website APC&TCP and on Aminet.

We ask for your understanding that the new homepage, despite an astounding start, is still not fully complete, and we sincerely invite you to the "NoCover" homepage. Further we would naturally be delighted to be linked from many Internet sites, in order for "NoCover" to become again the biggest Amiga meeting point, as it was in earlier times.

We wish everyone much fun at the homepage of NoCover and rejoice at your visit. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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08.May.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF) Toolbar for Pegasos (Test version)
Carsten Siegner writes:
"Today I've prepared my MOS-native toolbar for Pegasos in a test version. This puts PNG icons of whatever programs are used on the toolbar, where they may then be clicked.

Right now the gadgets are not yet activated, and the program thread is read from a Box.pref data. This toolbar supports only the new MorphOS icons in PNG format. The whole thing has the advantage that I can easily build FX effects into the gadgets, which look fantastic. To get this toolbar demo to run, you must download the usual libs from my homepage. This toolbar was written with "Hollywood for MorphOS." (nba) (Translation: dm)

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08.May.2003
WHDLoad (Website)

Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets through 7th May, 2003
With WHDLoad you are able to play games off your hard-drive, games which were previously thought to be floppy-only. The following packets have been introduced or updated since our last announcement:

07.05.03 fixed: Simon The Sorcerer (Adventure Soft) protection cleanup
07.05.03 new: Silent Service (Mircroprose) done by Galahad
04.05.03 improved: Licence to Kill (Domark) supports another version, new icons

(ps) (Translation: dm)

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08.May.2003 amiga-news.de Survey Script Expanded
Philippe Bourdin has kindly expanded our survey script relating to two functions. For one the entered votes are now also displayed with a percentage near the quantity, and for the other there is now a grand total of the entered votes. Thanks a lot! (ps) (Translation: dm)

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08.May.2003

amiga-news.de Community T-Shirts (Update)
Since February 2003 we've been discussing in our forum the question of if and in what form we could offer t-shirts with the amiga-news.de logo. Rolf Tingler, our home-and-garden graphic artist, has the opportunity to stain some t-shirts. To those whom "staining" doesn't mean anything: the numbers of soccer t-shirts are usually used up per staining (whoever has had this done knows how expensive it can be).

In his shop Rolf Tingler now offers different T-Shirt-Designs in different colors with the amiga-news.de logo from 17 euros and up. The shirts consist of top quality ring-spun cotton (minimum 180g/qm) with double-seams at the arm and collar. The staining is washable up to 60 degree [Celsius, I think -dm] and the colors of the staining don't fade.

The amiga-news.de logo can be printed according to the wishes of the purchaser: large across the back, small at front right breast, or both. Take a look at the pictures in the online shop, and click, to blow them up.

If you like, a nickname may be placed under the amiga-news.de logo, at no charge. This should be no more than 12 letters if possible.

Update: (14.07.2011, 00:00, cg)

While moving old static content to the database, the following gallery with pictures of the community t-shirts has been added to this news item:

(ps) (Translation: dm)

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07.May.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)

New Genesi/Phoenix-Mailing list for demo coders
At MorphOS-News.de Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco announce the opening of a mailing list for demo scene coders:

The DemoScene@phinixi.com mailing list is open for business / Genesi sponsoring Demo Scene Online Party in Fall 2003.

The Peagsos I is out to about 600 avid users now and things are starting to get whipped up for the introduction of the Pegasos II in September 2003. We have always had respect for true Demo Teams because of the way technical and creative skills are intertwined to produce unique results with a computer. We decided that to truly be a success the Pegasos and MorphOS needed to do their best to support the Scene. The Scene can bring things to the Pegasos that no one else can.

To that end we have decided to lend ten fully configured and loaded Pegasos machines to Demo Teams that have demonstrated past success and a desire to produce a demo with the Pegasos for a Demo Scene online Party to be sponsored by Genesi in the Fall of 2003. The Online DemoScene Gathering will be open for voting by all Pegasos owners only -- one Pegasos, one vote. First prize for the best Demo is 1000 Euros (and keep the Pegasos), second prize 750 Euros (and keep the Pegasos) and third prize 500 Euros (and keep the Pegasos!!!). For all teams that successfully present their demo they can keep their Pegasos ( :-D ). If they agree to produce another demo they will be lent a new G4 card with the same terms (and keep the card if they deliver the demo).

To be selected for the DemoScene special offer each Team must be screened and selected by the Phoenix DemoScene Executive Committee that is being lead by Mikko Virtanen aka Hooligan of Dual Crew-Shining. We will ask "Kiero" of the MadWizards, the winner of the Equinoxe DemoScene Competiton and LoRD, of 4Mankind, the first Pegasos contest winner to also be on the committee.

We will develop a special section on the MorphZone to keep track of these special Demo Teams. All necessary documentation and support will be provided to the DemoSceneTeams.

Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Haage & Partner Haage & Partner: New Amiga start page and discussion forum
Haage & Partner have fitted their start page of the Amiga area to the new web design of the company and opend a discussion board also.

Haage & Partner write:
"Because we use HTML 4.1 (transitional) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) now the layout doesn't look good with the Amiga browsers. We tried to add some HTML tags so that the pages will work on the Amiga browsers. The deeper pages are not changed so everything stays the same here. The file size of this page is reduced with this action to 1/3...

After the server move we decided to abandon the mailing lists. But we installed with phpBB one of the best and common discussion boards. For Amiga users there are three exclusive areas and additionally the Pagestream board that is intended for all versions. The main language is German now but English is welcome also, just like it was with the mailing lists. The boards are not moderated, we ask therefore to please accept the usual rules. Abusing entries will be deleted by us without any record. We hope to get interesting discussions. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF) Music: Liquid Skies Records #034
After a real short while there is a new music track from the Amiga music scene group Liquid Skies with the following features:

Artist: Lcr
Title: "Syberian's Destination Point"
Style: Drum'n'Base
Length: 2.49
Format: MP3 (128kbps)

The track is available for free and is to download by the title link. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
st-computer (Website) Infogrames renamed to Atari
Infogrames is dead - long live Atari! The French company Infogrames that bought all rights of the trademark Atari two years ago changed its name today officially and worldwide to that of the former game and computer giant. Until now Infogrames used the label Atari for publishing or licensing of some games only.

65 percent of the business activities of Atari, respective Infogrames, are located to the U.S. in the meanwhile. Due to that 60 percent of the staff in Europe has been reduced during the last year. At the stock exchange the company gained some interest during the last weeks because of a gain of their stock price of 130 percent at the Nasdaq since April the 18th 2003, after Atari announced the completion of the game "Enter The Matrix". That game covers the movie "The Matrix Reloaded". It's expected that it might become one of the most successful computer games ever, which would Atari bring back to be one of the "major players" instantly. At the stock exchange Atari is recorded at the abreviation "ATAR".

Enter The Matrix will be available from May the 15th 2003 for PC, Xbox, Gamecube and Playstation2. By the title link Atari's new website is to reach. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Golem IT-News (Website) Golem: Driver sources by 3dfx found at the net
There has been a complete driver source code for the Voodoo gfx cards by 3dfx found at the Internet.

More details regarding that driver are to find at www.NuAngel.net (curently offline) and at the x-3dfx forum. The 3dfx driver source code is included in an about 40 MByte sized RAR archive (to unpack it use e.g. WinRAR) called "3dfx_source_code.rar". Some direct download links are to found within the x-3dfx forum but should also to find by filesharing already. Read the complete article at Golem IT-News by following the title link. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Eule (ANF) Commodore ITX-64 with 933.000 MHz
Since some time there are some really small motherboards available within the PC world which almost have everything integrated which a usable PC needs. The company Mini-ITX offers some of these tiny all-in-one-boards. That ought to be nothing special but at their website they present some really weird "do it yourself PCs" which use this motherboard. Among these a PC compatible Commodore 64 with 933.000 MHz clock speed or a Commodore ITX-64.

The PC modeller set themselves to nearly no limits so you can see hifi devices with a integrated PC as DVD/DIVX player even a 5 liter keg or a biker helmet serves as a case. That page could be very inspiring for all AmigaOne and Pegasos customers who are still looking for a fitting case.

The Macintosh community also has some talented modellers, so at Applefritter there are similar case improvements for the Mac to find. Who will be looking intensivly enough will find an "Amiga 1200 laptop" as well. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
chip.de (ANF) Chip: Apple: Entry-level Macs faster and cheaper
»Apples educational computers eMac becomes faster and cheaper. The new product palette includes models with up to 1 GHz clocked G4-CPUs.«
Read the full article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail) Amiga Future: Interview with Jens Langner
By the title link there is an interview with Jens Langner which was done by Anton Preinsack for the Amiga Future. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Golem - IT News (ANF) Golem: First details of the new PalmOS game handheld
Golem reports that the company Tapwave works on a game handheld which will be powered by PalmOS. The device works with an ARM 9 processor from Motorola and an ATI gfx chip. It will be intended more for the older gamers and could become a rival to the GameBoy and the Nokia nGage.

»Tapwaves Helix should reach the quality of game consoles
Yesterday the 5th of May 2003 Tapwave announced in the U.S the foundation of the company officially which is existing since May 2001. Tapwave want to bring a game handheld, codenamed Helix, based on PalmOS which shall reach a game consoles quality to the market by the end of this year. The rough technical specs are known already.«
Read the full article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
SpawnPPC (ANF) WarpOS programmer needed for PD project
Dear Amiga users,

I'm Emanuele, from Italy.

I need help from a WarpOS programmer. I have the latest UAE source code version (V. 0.8.22) with all Amiga modifies. I need just to compile it but I'm not a WarpOS programmer. Please, any programmer who would partecipate with me, contact me via e-mail.

Thanx for all and excuse me for my bad english. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
ppcnux.de (ANF) ppcnux.de: A1 sales are good
At ppcnux.de the Pegasos and A1 is covered sometimes. »The A1 sales are well. Especially compared to the PegasosPPC. The A1 might be seen as a success in sales.«
Read the full article by the title link.

Also interesting might be the article "PowerPC: Wird es auch andersrum gehen?". »many AmigaOS users from the old days have left for Apple. Some of them are gone to Linux running on a Mac (PPC). But there is a given interest of these people: Will the AmigaOS4 or MorphOS have a chance at the Apples or IBM PPC?« (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Tom Duin (ANF) CDDA_SwapMostLeast released and CLI2WB 1.1 update
CDDA_SwapMostLeast converts CDDA_MostSignificant (MOTOROLA) to CDDA_LeastSignificant (INTEL) CD audio format and reverse. It can convert more files, has an 'advanched' configurable save routine and can be started from Workbench. It's written in 68K machine code. Another program, CLI2WB, is updated to version 1.1 It launches easily Shell (CLI) commandline from Workbench. Configurable in its icons tooltypes. Give ASL requester own title, button, and filematching pattern and more. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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06.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail) StartMenu: Preview of Pixload Version 3.5
You will find a preview of the start menu Pixload version 3.5 on the Pixel-Art website. If you have any suggestions and/or improvements you can send a mail to pixelart@wanadoo.fr. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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06.May.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF) 'Super Tennis Champs' free for download
The former commercial game "Super Tennis Champs" is now with consent of the author Elton Bird free for download. A HD-Installer for "Super Tennis Champs" is available at the Aminet. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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06.May.2003
GFX-BASE GFX-BASE: Review of the Pegasos by Stefan Blixth
On GFX-BASE you will find a review of the Pegasos by Stephan Blixth published here. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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06.May.2003
ELBOX COMPUTER (E-Mail) Elbox: Free Shipping with Purchase of Mediator
Elbox Computer, manufacturer of hardware and software for Amiga computers, announces free shipping for all Mediator purchases from the Elbox Online Store between 05 - 20 May 2003. For details, see the Special Offer page under the titlelink. (nba)

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06.May.2003
A.D.A.

A.D.A.: Breakpoint- and Gathering-Updates
Four new demos and intros from the Breakpoint Party 2003 and The Gathering 2003 were added to the demo-online-collection "Amiga Demoscene Archive":

Timur Lenk/Spaceballs and Ephidrena. Another corcker from the famous duo Slummy/Spaceballs and Loaderror/Ephidrena. 1st place at Breakpoint 4k intro competition. As always, stunning music, cool effects, good looking. Nothing more to add, just check it out! Highly recommended!
Magia/The Black Lotus. Another TBL demo, another winner at Germany's Easter demo party. Check out the credits behind this demo and you know that it will be good. Notably a return from Desktop/CNCD with fab logos, and Blaizer/The Silents on the music. Recommended.
Light 2/Iris. What a surprise this was. Iris seem to have decided to leave the oldskool style finally behind them and they surprise with this amazing demo. Utmost respect must go to Dr.Doom who not only coded the whole thing, but pixelled all the graphics work and did a very fine job on that. Music by Tricktrax is cool too. Again, higly recommended.
Fake Electronik Lightshow/Ephidrena. 2nd place at The Gathering 2003 in a joined PC demo compo. Nothing much to say here. Download this and see what demomaking is all about. Phat tune, wicked visuals, synchro, energy, ... Extremely highly recommended ;).

(nba)

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05.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF) Music: Liquid Skies records #033
The music label "Liquid Skies record" of the Amiga scene published a new music file. This time the release #033 contains a MP3-Tune in the Trance style with the title "Free" by their newest member Ritzu. Made with the Amiga!

!NEWS!
- Ritzu (in the demo scene member of PicSaintLoup & appendix) joins as a musician -
!NEWS! (ps) (Translation: sk)

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05.May.2003
ScummVM Amiga Ports Seite (ANF)

ScummVM 0.4.0 work in progress & new demo
ScummVM 0.4.0 will be published with in the next weeks. With ScummVM LucasArts Classic Adventures can be played on new systems. So it is now possible to play games like 'Day of the Tentacle' and 'Sam and Max on the road' on the Amiga and other systems, since there ports for many other systems.

The main programmers are currently working on the new version 0.4.0. The following new features are planned:

BENEATH A STEEL SKY - Integration (although it does not belong to the LucasArts games, similarly as Simon The Sorcerer 1 & 2)
Integration of the old EGA versions of Monkey Iceland, Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, Loom and Indy3

As soon as the 0.4.0-Port for the Amiga is available, by Adam Waldenberg (WarpScumm), the following will be possible:

FULL THROTTLE - VOLLGAS (for the first time completely playable on the Amiga!!)
THE DIG (also for the first time completely playable on the Amiga!!)
THE CURSE OF MONKEY ISLAND (..for the first time on the Amiga!!)

The original Windows versions of the games are needed for ScummVM. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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05.May.2003
OpenBSD (Website)

Unix: OpenBSD 3.3
On 1 May 2003 the version 3.3 of the Open Source Unix operating system "OpenBSD" was released. This release contains among other things the following components:

XFree86 4.2.1
Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
Perl 5.8.0 (+ patches)
Apache 1.3.27, mod_ssl 2.8.12, DSO support (+ patches)
OpenSSL 0.9.7beta3 (+ patches)
Groff 1.15
Sendmail 8.12.9
Bind 9.2.2 (+ patches)
Lynx 2.8.2rel.1 with HTTPS support added (+ patches)
Sudo 1.6.7
Ncurses 5.2
Latest KAME IPv6
KTH Kerberos 1.1.1
Heimdal 0.4e (+ patches)
OpenSSH 3.6

OpenBSD supports different systems, among them i386, Mac68k, the Pegasos and 68k-Amigas (in version 3.2).

Further information is available at the title link. Information about the Amiga version (of wich the current release will be the last one) can be found at www.openbsd.org/amiga.html. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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05.May.2003

Aminet Uploads until 05.05.2003
Here the Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message:

AmiDiction.lha       comm/tcp    26K+Online Dictionary
BabelDoc.lha         comm/tcp    34K+Translate docs or strings from one langu
ReCatItPro_SP.lha    dev/misc     7K+ReCatIt Pro 1.0 spanish catalog v1.0.0
cfd.lha              disk/misc   73K+Use CompactFlash cards in your PCMCIA sl
fat95.lha            disk/misc  132K+Win95/98 compatible file system
SFS.lha              disk/misc  210K+Smart Filesystem copyrighted by John Hen
nocover110.lha       docs/mags  2.1M+Great german diskmagazine
PegasosReview.txt    docs/rview  10K+A review of the Pegasos PPC computer sys
ZoneXplorer.lha      gfx/fract  2.9M+Modular,true color fractal explorer (PPC
Reko2As.lha          gfx/ifx      2K+Convert Reko cardsets to AS-.....
imdbDiff030425.lha   misc/imdb  2.2M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
FullMetalPlan.lha    mods/misc  189K+Custom module from "Full Metal Planete"
Lotus2.lha           mods/misc    5K+Custom module from "Full Metal Planete"
PurpleSatDay.lha     mods/misc  122K+Custom module from "Purple Saturn Day"
EP_Protracker.lha    mus/play    16K+EaglePlayer "Protracker" external replay
EP_PSA.lha           mus/play     9K+EaglePlayer "Professional Sound Artists"
fraphix_001.lha      pix/anim   249K+Demo of FraphiX's power (27.01.1997)
fraphix_002.lha      pix/anim   307K+Demo of FraphiX's power (11.10.1995)
fraphix_003.lha      pix/anim   209K+Demo of FraphiX's power (23.01.1997)
HTMLstrip.lha        text/hyper  26K+HTML stripper which can also replace HTM

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04.May.2003
Amig@lien (ANF) Descent: Freespace Server
This Sunday Amig@lien are putting a Freespace server on the Web. The IP address as well as possibly necessary information can be obtained in the Amiga Freespace Forum (see title link). Up to four players may connect to the server at any one time. The reason is that unfortunately only one ISDN line is available for this (should the offer prove successful, it might be possible to offer channel bundling on some Sundays). You can play with the patched PC version and of course also with the Amiga version (all versions except demo). (ps) (Translation: cb)

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04.May.2003
AmigaWorld.net (ANF) Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 8
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 8 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):

1) IonMane: Some software is now available for DE, yet I had difficulty finding out info on it, or even where to buy it. How do you plan on marketing it, do you plan to get in on shelves in supermarkets/department stores?

Fleecy: In discussions with potential partners, we have discovered that they are keen to rebadge and sell it themselves, for example the MS PocketPaks using Amiga Anywhere. They want to do this for several reasons, whether it be to use their existing marketing resources and branding or else to build up their own marketing brand, for example we are working with a company that has a rather unique expansion capability and they want to use Amiga Anyware products to show it off. Due to this, we are having to create a multi thread marketing strategy that promotes Amiga Anyware as a whole without damaging any of the particular marketing threads and opportunities.

The power of the underlying AmigaDE technology is that we can create multiple deployment models - cards, players, standalones etc and each one represents a separate marketing domain.

To answer your question, we already have one chain in the US (CompUSA) shipping the cards, Microsoft are pushing these cards to other chains and are investigating expansion opportunities. Other potential partners are at various stages but most seem to want to control the marketing. To bring it all together, we will be revising the Amiga Anyware website so that the different deployment types and different pieces of content will have their own separate resources so you will be able to search through the available content, find out in which products it ships and locate their availability.

2) Doobrey: Are there any plans( or even pipedreams) to have an AmigaOne or derivative as an "all on board" system (ie video, sound etc. all on the motherboard) for STB or embedded use?

Fleecy: We have several hardware vendors ranging from small to huge who are interested in the AmigaOS on a variety of devices that span the digital device market, all the way upto servers and workstations. Most of these devices already exist as either prototypes or reference designs and the companies involved are looking for an advanced multimedia capable operating system. We are keeping them closely informed as to the progress of AmigaOS4.0 and are already including requirements from them into the specification for AmigaOS4.1 and beyond.

3) ShadesOfGrey: For those of us who've already made that decision, and those of us considering this decision. How does Amiga Inc. plan to entice us back to AmigaOS 4 AND 'AmigaOS 5'? To be a bit more precise, once the die-hard community has been satisfied (or perhaps placated) by the release (or is the proper term is launch) of AmigaOnes and/with AmigaOS 4. Does Amiga Inc. have any formative plans for recapturing the dormant Amiga user and developer community?

Fleecy: Obviously we want to sell the AmigaOS into as many markets as possible and I have hinted at how we intend to do this in previous Q&A sessions. I do not want to go into too much detail since competitors are constantly on the lookout for any details of our plans so that they can adopt or stymie them as suits their agenda.

4) Treke: Don't you think that the success of 'mainstream' platforms (I think windoze) is also based on the ease of development (mass development) for them ? Has Amiga plans to make available some RAD tools for Amiga OS 4.x or AmigaOS 5.x ?

Fleecy: It is a fact that the success of a platform is down to the amount of content available for it. Whilst the AmigaOS does have a huge backlog of quality content, we need to create new content that takes advantage of the new features of AmigaOS4.0 (and beyond that of AG2). Having a friendly and easy to use development environment set which appeals to all levels of developer, from hobby to commercial is crucial to the growth of the content portfolio and we have plans to attend to this whilst also pushing the development envelope in terms of technologies.

5) IonMane: Could you tell us about SHEEP?What is it, and where does it fit into Amiga Incs. plan?

Fleecy: This follows on from Q4. We want a single, simple universal language that can be used to 'talk' to the environment, whether that be an extended shell, scripts, querying or shells. Such a language would sit at the heart of our future environment, making it a more social, more interactive experience that graphical manipulation and projection.

6) IonMane: Just how powerful is the DE player?Is it possible, for example, to write a Office suite with the capabilities of MS office/Open Office?

Fleecy: Firstly, the AmigaDE is a technology set for the creation of products. The DE Player was a prototype product that allowed for content portability. Amiga Anyware was our first proper commercial product, allowing for multiple deployment options against a content portfolio. As to how powerful is it? It is as powerful as its host in terms of performance and in terms of capabilities, we are expanding them all the time - enhanced 2D, 3D support, data storage and organisation options. It is more than capable of providing a productivity environment which in reality is a lot less demanding that many of the games being written or already available. We need to add a few more GUI gadgets to make it more productivity friendly but they are in the pipeline.

7) IonMane: If this is possible, is it possible to take this exact program and use it directly on say a Linux, Mac or AmigaOne? (providing the DE player is available for these platforms?

Fleecy: That is the point of the AmigaDE and we have already demonstrated this, with the same content runnning on both Linux, Embedded Linux, Symbian, Windows, PocketPC and across Arm, MIPS, SHn, and x86 processors. We just have to make sure that the DE environment is available for the particular deployment HW/SW.

8) horizone: The Commodore 64 got you right into a BASIC interpreter 2 seconds after powerup and the original Amiga included AmigaBasic. I think DOS included a basic too... WindowsXP at least have Paintbrush and a bunch of small games to start having fun with out of the box. How will the newbie AmigaOne owner get started with creative and fun stuff without spending more money on full games and apps right away?

Fleecy: What we are intending to do is offer a contributions drawer, where third parties can provide freeware, shareware and either full or limited versions of their commercial products. In this way the user has a good selection of powerful applications with which to experiment right out of the box and the third party developers gain maximum access to the potential customer base for their products. We had talked to developers and users about the very problem you describe and this is the solution that they suggested.

9) ssolie: How does Amiga Inc. influence and control the development path of AmigaOS when you do not have direct control over the source code? For example, Hyperion may add/remove/change features that would be counterproductive to your goals.

Fleecy: Far too much has been made of the fact that ownership of the AmigaOS rests with Hyperion at the moment, mostly by those with an interest in encouraging mischief. It was done as a protective measure to ensure that if anything happened to Amiga Inc then the community wouldn't have to put up with another x years of uncertainty. The actual development process itself is already well documented and agreed at the highest levels. I have also mentioned before that AmigaOS4.0 is unique in that it is mostly about moving from old hardware to a new abstract hardware definition whilst the Amiga Generation 2 (AG2) project is about advancing the capabilities of the product as a whole; as such Hyperion, with its expertise in classic hardware, porting and PPC architectures is far more qualified to make that transition than the staff at Amiga Inc.

10) JubalHarshaw: I was wondering what direction the AmigaDE side of things will move in... as far as what markets besides the current one. (forgive me if that's not clear, English isn't my strong point yet :) What I mean is, where is it moving into, and where do you see AmigaDE making the biggest impact?

Fleecy: AmigaDE will continue to flesh out its capabilities in response to the demands made on it by its derivative products and the customers of those products. For example, the enthusiastic response to the Gamecard technology, one of the Amiga Anyware deployments is causing us to extend the Quickstart, Autostart and PIPO (Pop In/Pop Out) feature sets. At its heart though, AmigaDE will always be a portable content solution whilst for dedicated products such as desktops and workstations which require a full environment, the AmigaOS will be enhanced and pushed.

As far as impact, AmigaDE derivatives will have most impact where a product domain has a heterogeneous profile. So, in a market where content solutions are more important than implementations, such as the embedded market, the ability of the DE to offer the same content across those many different product implementations will be valuable whereas in a product domain where one manufacturer and implementation dominates then it will have less of an impact (although even in this case, the high efficiency of the AmigaDE coupled with the quality of the content makes a compelling case all of its own.

Over time, the idea of a multi product matrix will become a very powerful driver for the AmigaDE. A digital home with a mix of devices that ranges from PDAs, Tablets, TVs, Consoles, Laptops, Smartphones, DVD players and even washing machines, air conditioning and automobiles will benefit immensely from something like the AmigaDE, which attempts to create a single, contiguous solution above the various devices.

(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=9
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: cb)

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03.May.2003
Klaus Arnold (ANF) Tournament: Kick Off 2 WC 2003 in Igersheim on June, 7th 2003
After the great success of the Kick Off 2 World Championship 2002 in Osnabrück, in which 32 contestants participated, it continues on June, 7th 2003. The incumbent world champion organizes the tournament this time in Igersheim, a small town near Würzburg (Germany).

There's only a small number of places free and therefore everybody who wants to participate should hurry and register via an entry into the guestbook.

P.S. Of course it will be played only with the Amiga version! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
Rüdiger Engel (ANF) Photos of 4. VFCe in Munich
The Vintage Computer Festival Europe, taking place this year for the 4th time and also opening tomorrow, is a real pleasure for fans of old computers from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. I'd had a look at the show today and made some photos that can be found following the title link.

There were many computers to be seen and to be used by yourself in all since the early sixties of the last century, from pure calculating machines via the home computers of the eighties to workstations and mainframes by Control Data and Cray Research. The last mentioned ones can only be seen within an excursion about the Projekt Cray-Cyber which is very recommendable. To see a CDC 960 with NOS on it in action is an absoloute highlight!

People living near Munich with at least a little interest for working old computers shouldn't miss the VCFe - tomorrow the festival is opened till 17.00 o'clock. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
Michael Böhmer (ANF) Update of E3B website
The E3B website has been updated. Among other things has the USB list of supported devices been updated and the photos of ROMulus and ALGOR were replaced by those of the produced cards. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
Amiforce (ANF)

Amiforce: new Amiblitz2.32 distribution
Today was a new full distribution of Amiblitz2.32 uploaded. In the last distribution had unfortunately been some errors included. Besides, there had been no up-to-date German versions of Amiblitz2 (compiler) and PED (editor) in the archive. Because of these in conveniences was this archive completely removed.

The new distribution now contains completely updated German versions, the guide has been enhanced und has been translated completely into German. Furtheron were some errors in the install script fixed.

Amiblitz2.32 brings together with bugfixes the following improvements/enhancements:

Fixed Gadtools.lib that i.e. removes the limitation to four colors in shape gadgets.
MUI is now completely supported thanks to MUI2.res.
AHI is now really supported.
OpenGL is now via StormMesa possible.

Regarding the last point it is important to consider the stack size in the Amiblitz2 icon of at least 300 KB. This must not be lowered in no case if OpenGL shall be used. A GL demo is included in the distribution.

Archives Digger95 and Diamantus corrected:
The game Digger95 seemed to be transferred incompletely during the upload. This has now been fixed. In the Diamantus archive had been two different versions. This has possibly irritated some users. The older version was removed and only the most up-to-date version remains in the archive. The archives were compressed with LHA level6 unfortunately causing some problems while decompressing with the XAD.library and older versions of LHA. In the future this shall not happen again.

In the next days we'll place finally something in the music section again. Had been calm in this area a long time. ;-) (ps) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003

Aminet uploads till 03.05.2003
Here the new Aminet uploads since our last message:

FlushHeaders.lha     comm/news   35K+FlushHeaders for Yam2NN_087 V39.20
Labyzarre.lha        game/wb     47K+Find your way to the exit! (Update)
CycloScope1.1.lha    gfx/misc    30K+Useless artistic math-graphic based prog
Alecos-WB-12.jpg     pix/wb     142K+Workbench Screenshot 800x600 16 Bit by A
Alecos-WB-13.jpg     pix/wb     180K+Workbench Screenshot 1024x768 16 Bit by 
Homer_DataFix3.lha   util/misc  2.6M+Latest NewHomer (v1.87) Sample Set

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03.May.2003
WHDLoad (website)

Installer: WHDLoad - new packages till 02.05.2003
With WHDLoad you can now install games thought to be disk only on your hard drive. The following packages have been added/updated since our last message:

02.05.03 new: Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge (Zeppelin) done by Bored Seal
02.05.03 improved: Another World (Delphine Software)

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03.May.2003
APC&TCP (website) Disk-Magazine: NoCover 110 released
The NoCover #110 was released a few days ago. You can read the magazine online on the APC&TCP website and download it. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
morphos-news.de Sequencer: port of Barsnpipes for MorphOS
According to a message on morphos-news.de is the MIDI sequencer Barsnpipes, once commercial software and nowadays developed as freeware by Alfred Faust, being ported to MorphOS. Read here his notes on the port:

"I've just started an attempt to port BarsnPipes to the MorphOS - Pegasos - system. It is near unbelievable how fast this system is. Compiling is done 20 - 30 times faster than on my 68040/40-AMIGA. The loading process of the 500 pics for BarsnPipes at startup is done in 1.5 seconds (!). Because porting to MorphOS is real a hard work, I must terminate the further development on the AMIGA-line for the moment. I don't know if I can port BarsnPipes completely to MorphOS ... but I try it." (nba) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003 Magazine: The Crypt #29
Issue #29 of the English online magazine "The Crypt" with the title "Ghosts and Ghouls" was released. Read online following the title link or in the offline version (see below) among other things Amiga news, jokes and further reports.

Download: online29.zip (nba) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
#amigascene

TV cards driver: SuperTV beta version 1.0 for Mediator
Today has Peter Gordon, former employee of Darkage Software, released the version 1.0 of SuperTV (an alternative to the TV software for the PCI busboard Mediator by Elbox). This version fixes some bugs and offers new features.

Features of SuperTV:

MUI GUI
Channel select gadgets in the TV window border
Keyboard control
ARexx port
Fullscreen borderless mode
Pop up menus
Easily selectable channel presets

Changes since version 0.8:

Localisation. Italian and Suomi catalogs included.
Double clicking in the TV window toggles fullscreen
Optional custom picture settings for each channel
Cancel button now actually reverts to the last saved or used settings

(nba) (Translation: wk)

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02.May.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF) AmigaInput-article by Steffen Häuser at Amiga Inc.
On the page of Amiga Inc. there is an article which was formerly only meant for the club Amiga-section and which can be now read by everybody. This article was written by Steffen Häuser and is about the new AmigaInput which belongs to the new Amiga OS4. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Henk Jonas (ANF) MetaView goes Freeware
MetaView which is a (not only in the Amiga world) unique convert program for converting cliparts/vector graphics/cad-drawings is now Freeware. On the website of Henk Jonas you can download the program.

Additional to the keyfile the archive also contains the source code (in E) of MetaView and the AMFF-libraries. Therefore you may develop the program further.

Henk Jonas explicitly allows you to use the source codes for Freeware programs as long as the program will be mentioned. If you want to use the source code commercially it can be given a licence.

MetaView supports graphics of the following formats: WMF, HPGL, EPS, AI, DR2D, DSDR, WPG, GEM and CGM.

Henk Jonas, Berlin (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Amigalien (ANF) Amigalien News Update
Today on Amig@lien News a new opinion poll has been started. Additionally two programs and a CD-collection were voted as the best programs. A list with current interviews has been also updated. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)

Tool: SRename 3.7.0 final version
Constantinos Nicolakakis has published the final version 3.7.0 of the tool 'SRename'. With this tool which works from OS3.0 on you can comfortably rename files. In the new version the following features have been added and bugs fixed:

New features in this version:

Automatic renaming when new filename already exists. "Noautoren" (nar) option has been added to deactivate it.
"Noautopsep" (nap), "Noautossep" (nas), "Autopsep" (aup), "Autossep" (aus) options added to control the handling of prefix and suffix separators when prefix and suffix is created or deleted.
"Addonly" (ao) secondary argument added to "Prefix", "Main" and "Suffix" selectors. When used it prevents existing components from being modified, and components are added if they don't already exist.

Bugfixes:

Redirection of filename and comment with "Tofilename" and "Tocomment" can now work in Immediate and Reuse (cached) mode as required by the user, instead of the previous fixed partially cached mode.
Several core bugs fixed that prevented proper renaming with certain action and immediate/reuse mode combinations.
Parser bug fixed occasionally broke the parsing process if commands with secondary arguments were used.
Some memory misallocations fixed.

Other changes:

Now the usage text is printed if no arguments are given.

Download: SRename370.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Merregnon (Website) Music: New website for Merregnon
Finally, Merregnon Studio proudly presents the new website to all of our visitors. Many thanks for the great work go to Roma Nesin, our senior web designer, as well as to Joanna Pilarczyk and Alberto Severeso for the drawings and textures.

Merregnon - learn about the background of the development of such an immense product, or take a look at the universe section to read about the characters of our story. There is much to discover, and we hope you will enjoy your stay!

Last but not least: always feel free to tell us what you think about our work by clicking on "keeping in touch". (nba)

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02.May.2003
Dirk Stoecker (E-Mail)

Game: New Klondike-card sets on RekoNet
On RekoNet which is a collection of card sets, programs and links for the Klondike game by Reko-Productions new card sets have been added. Thus currently 1127 card sets which are 700 MB in zip-format are available. The news in detail:

4 Carrot-card sets by Allan Rasmussen
Cardsets by Foxystoat
Dizney- and Buffy-card set by Jennifer Warner
3 card sets by Vegard Krog Petersen
further new card sets

(nba) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Daniela Lenz (ANF) Retro magazine with Amiga-section
For one year the "Retro Magazin" has been published for all fans of consoles of the 80s. Above all the magazine is about 8-bit and 16-bit consoles and about computer games. From issue 06/03 on there is also an Amiga and Atari-ST section. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003

Opinion poll concerning the screen mode
Today we have started a new opinion poll asking you which screen mode you use on your monitor.

There are the following possibilities to answer:

640 x 480
800 x 600
1024 x 768
1152 x 864
1280 x 768
1280 x 1024
1600 x 900
1600 x 1024
1600 x 1200
Other

Because it is not possible to choose several answers please choose this screen mode which you use most times. Have fun! (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003

Aminet Updates until 02.05.2003
There are new Aminet uploads:

BabelDoc.lha         comm/tcp    34K+Translate docs or strings from one langu
NotizieAmiga.lha     docs/lists 1.5M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 04/2003 (Itali

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02.May.2003
Sebastian Eichholz (ANF) Online opinion poll for Amiga Demo-DVD (MindCandy 2)
After the first issue of the DVD "MindCandy" which contained two DVDs with historical PS-demos (the demo scene is meant here, not game demos) as pure videos currently the second issue is planned. This second issue is supposed to contain the best Amiga demos.

In order to guarantee the best choice an online opinion poll was started. Additional to details of the DVD production it also asked for the best Amiga demos. So if you want to have the demos on your big TV hopefully many people will take part in. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2003
Thomas Nosutta (ANF) New Amithlon Libraries: powerpci.library and lowlevel.library
Harald Frank and Guido Mersemann have released new software for Amithlon computers. A new "powerpci.library" version 2.11 (urgently needed for the use of the Spider2 USB) and a new "lowlevel.library" version 41.17 (for the use of PC joypads/joysticks on the sound card gameport). (ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail) Amiga Update Newsletter from Brad Webb #030430
Under the title link you'll find the complete newslette of Amiga Update (Brad Webb) for April 2003. In his English language Newsletter, Brad Webb summarizes each month all the new developments on the theme Amiga. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003
Rafal Kaczmarczyk (E-Mail) Database: XBaze Website Moved
The website of the databank 'XBase' by Rafal Kaczmarczyk has moved and is now reachable at the URL http://www.xbaze.prv.pl.

The current version of 'XBaze' is the 7.3 Beta 8. The program offers an easy-to-use editor for the data-fields and layout (Drag&Drop). It runs on AmigaOS V3.0 and now also on MorphOS.

Bugreports and suggestions may be sent to the following address: xbaze@amiga.pl.

Download: XB-7.3B8.lzx (ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003
Jochen Abitz (ANF)

Mac-TV Offers Retro Weekend

GRAND RETRO WEEKEND

This Saturday and Sunday on Mac-TV.de.
Great program on Sunday at 9 PM!
The boldly cool nerds with their flying cases:
Apple, Commodore, NeXT, Atari, Amiga, PCs!

(ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF) Issue 4 of Club Amiga Magazine from Amiga Inc. Appears
The monthly Club Amiga magazine has appeared in its issue #4 (May). There's an article from Olaf Barthel in there about the Amiga Fast File System, and a new status report of AmigaOS 4, and a few other interesting articles. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003

Aminet Updates through 1st May, 2003
Here are the new Aminet uploads since our last report:

smoother.lha         game/gag     9K+Small joke program to "smoothen" your mo
ahiusr.lha           mus/misc   352K+Retargetable audio v5.5, User's Archive
SteBaseConv.lha      util/conv   36K+Numeric base converter ITA-ENG + source

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30.Apr.2003
Amiga Future (E-Mail) Amiga Future: Interview with Samuel Rydh (Mac-on-Linux)
At the Amiga Future homepage there has been a German interview with Samuel Rydh published at the article area. "Mac-on-Linux" (short "MOL") is discussed hotly within the Amiga community since some months, does it enable the use of MacOS incl. MacOS X at the AmigaOne and the Pegasos. Anton Preinsack has talked to Samuel Rydh, the main developer of MOL. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
Jabberwocky (Website)

Instant messenger: Jabberwocky V1.4
Tom Parker and Matthias Münch have released the version 1.4 of the instant messenger 'JabberWocky' for Amiga computers. Jabber is an open XML protocol for a direct message exchange.

A connect with other instant messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo is possible by using gateways.

Download: Jabberwocky030429.lha

Changes within this version:

http.c - Added Content-Type and Filesize to Transfer Header and eliminated null character in the Header. File transfers using WEB Browser now work. Apr 5, 2003
transfer.c - Eliminated superflous gadgets from File Transfer window to reduce user confusion. Apr 6, 2003
userinfo.c - Added seperate update procedure for Transports to avoid double roster entries. Apr 15, 2003 (Bug ID 584725)
roster.c - Replaced double contact removal with seperate removals for Users and Transports. Eliminated subscribing to Transports to avoid double roster entries. Transports are supposed to be registered and not subscribed anyway. Apr 16, 2003
agents.c - Added line to clear agents list when connecting. Eliminates multiple agents lists when disconnecting and reconnecting. Apr 20, 2003 (Bug ID 550881)
presence.c - Eliminated duplicate subscription requests when disconnecting and reconnecting. Eliminated enforcer hit that occurred if the Subscription Window "Accept" or "Reject" buttons were clicked after the last subscription request was removed. Apr 21, 2003 (Bug ID 554328)
roster.c - Added functions to close any open user windows before removing a contact. Also added error_pix to the roster dispose function. Apr 24, 2003 (Bug ID 549722)
roster.c - Added functions to close all open user windows before disconnecting. Fixes enforcer hits that occur if you disconnect, reconnect and attempt to use windows that remained open. Apr 25, 2003

Note - The changes I made in roster.c and userinfo.c clear up the enforcer hits that are present in the current prerelease of v 1.4. It doesn't fix the source of the problem though. I think the hits are actually originating in the iksemel library when some unexpected or unusual XML is received. Something may have to be changed there eventually. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
Bjorn Lynne (E-Mail) Audio track "Call to Ancestors" by Bjorn Lynne online
Bjorn Lynne writes:
"First of all, many many thanks to those of of you who already bought the new CD "Power Liquids", which I released about two weeks ago. This is an album of trance / electronica that I made toghether with my friends in Aural Planet, and it has been extremely well received so far. Thanks again to those of you who have given your support so far, by ordering the CD.

Due to popular demand (!) I have now made one full-length track from the album available to hear online at http://www.mp3.com/bjornlynne. It's the first mp3 track there. This is in addition to the short mp3 clips from ALL the songs on the CD, which you can still hear at: http://www.lynnemusic.com/powerliquids.html

While you are at my mp3 page, please give all my other tracks a play as well, as it may help them to get higher in the mp3.com charts and make more people "discover" my music through the mp3.com site. Thank you!

And for those of you who have still not discovered the new album: "Power Liquids", you can read all about it (or even order it) here: http://www.lynnemusic.com/powerliquids.html. Your order (should you place one!) will be shipped out within 24 hours by me, personally." (nba) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
Martin Heine (E-Mail) Pegasos: Summary of all the things regarding the Articia
Within a comment at OSNews.com Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck sum up all the mess regarding the Articia chip and confirm the use of the Marvell-Northbridge for the Pegasos II. The support by Marvell and their interest for the Pegasos II is said to be very high.

The Articia-S versions were specified. The northbridges used for the Pegasos I are said to be Articia S #A660BNGP, these were not produced any longer. For testing purpose some of the new Articia S #A660BNGE were purchased.

The specs for the G4 cards (July) and the Pegasos II (September) were confirmed within the comment.

Furthermore links to BeOS pages are listed which cover Genesi's attendance at the BeGeistert show: BeGroovy, BeForever and LeBuzz.

Again the Pegasos II will be offered for a reduced price to the Phoenix members after the demand for the Pegasos I has not been feeded completely.

Finally they tell that Eugenia Loli-Queru, chief editor of OSNews, received a Pegasos so that there will be a report by her soon. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
WHDLoad (Website)

Installer: WHDLoad - New packages until 04-29-2003
With WHDLoad you can install games to the hard disk which were aimed for floppy disk use only. The following packages were added or improved since the last release:

29.04.03 improved: Defender of the Crown (Cinemaware) memory config changed
29.04.03 improved: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) misc changes
29.04.03 improved: Body Blows Galactic (Team 17) complete rework
29.04.03 improved: Strip Poker 2+ (Anco) supports another version and data disk
29.04.03 new: Simon The Sorcerer (Adventure Soft) done by Psygore
25.04.03 new: Combo Racer (Gremlin) done by Psygore
22.04.03 new: Shock Wave (Lightsource Productions/Digital Magic) done by Galahad
21.04.03 New WHDLoad V15.2, minor fixes and changes

(ps) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
AND Software (Website)

Context menu: ContextSAS V1.72 and ContextPrefs V1.34
The programm ContextSAS by Andre Dörffler provides the possibility to create and use context sensitive menus for AmigaOS3.5+. The DefIcons system is supported. With some additional tools it is possible to iconify Workbench windows and to create system links.

Since yesterday the version 1.72 of ContextSAS and version 1.34 of ContextPrefs is provided for download. This time mostly bugs were wiped out and the look was polished. Some new features wee added:

AutoSelect: Selects icons at the WBDesktop automatically.
Title: Shows the object name as title.
Prefeences: The internal menus can be configured now.

Downloadbereich (ps) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003 Bill McEwen, President/CEO of Amiga, Inc., to attend AmiWest 2003
Amiga, Inc. announces that Bill McEwen the CEO of Amiga, Inc. will once again attend AmiWest.

McEwen: "There is a great deal of activity going on at Amiga, and I am looking forward to sharing it all with you. We have kept ourselves focused and stayed the course toward success. I look forward to seeing all of you again in Sacramento." (nba)

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