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23.Jul.2001
Metalmoon-ML


Game-CD: neo's voyages
Patrick Henz wrote: neo's voyages includes the German versions of Whale's Voyage I+II, Fightin' Spirit, Spherical Worlds, Der Clou and Black Viper. Because of the licences this cd-rom can only be distributed for one year and only outside the UK. Price 2,50 Euro. If you have more questions, I will be glad to answer them.
Orders can be placed on the webpage you will find by following the title link. If you have any questions feel free to send a mail to Patrick Henz (fom@3pyramids.zzn.com). (sd) (Translation: sk)

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23.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)


Game: New screenshots of "Schlachtfeld"
There are some new screenshots of some units taken from the game. You will find them by following the link "Informationen zum Spiel". (ps) (Translation: sk)

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23.Jul.2001
Joachim Schmid (ANF)


Matay: New Warp3D driver for graphic accelerators version 4.2
You can find a new version of the Warp3D graphic accelerator driver by Hyperion for the Voodoo3 2000/3000. This version (4.2) is the final version and fixes all bugs of the predecessor. The archive contains versions for PPC and 68k.

Download: Warp3D-42.lha (1,25 MB) (ps) (Translation: sk)

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23.Jul.2001
Scalos


Workbench replacement: Scalos 1.3 Beta (Version 40.6)
Beta version 40.6 of the extended Workbench replacement Scalos 1.3 was released. The changes made can be taken from the history. If you will happen to find bugs, please enter those to the bug report.

Download: ScalosBeta.lha (140 KB) (ps) (Translation: mj)

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23.Jul.2001
Massimo Tantingone


Massimo Tantingone: project page revised
Massimo Tantingone, well known due to a lot of Amiga-programs by him for example VisualPrefs, updated his project page. He made new versions of VisualPrefs (1.5j), WindowToFront (1.9), titlebar.image (40.15), and IconColors (44.1) avaialable for download.

An added section of his homepage now deals with his ideas of the graphical appearance of the upcoming AmigaOS 4/5. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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23.Jul.2001
Markus Nerding (E-Mail)


H&P: New Wacom pages
During the last days we completely re-designed the Wacom section and now we are able to deliver almost all of the product line on short call. The professional graphic tablets by Wacom can be used with almost any kind of computer and operating system, like Windows, Macintosh, Amiga, Be, Linux, SGI, Solaris. We deliver any tablet in the Amiga version along with the PC drivers, special Amiga drivers, and Arteffect SE. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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23.Jul.2001
CUCUG


CUCUG: Status Register Juli 2001
The "Status Register" is the monthly newsletter by the Champaign-Urbana Computer User Group. It deals with topical and important information concerning the Amiga, Macintosh, and the PC as well as news from the computer business. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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23.Jul.2001
Tom Parker


Browser: AWeb WarpOS Jpeg- and Gif-Plugin
Tom Parker already released some plugins for AWeb. Currently there are alpha-versions of the WarpOS Jpeg- and Gif-plugin available for download. Please be carefull when using this versions.

If you want to try them out, Tom Parker would be very pleased about any feedback. Further details and the download link can be found at the title link. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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23.Jul.2001
Morphos Homepage (ANF)


MorphOS: New version of the PC-Emulator "Bochs"
Nicholai Benalal released a new version of "Bochs", a PC-emulator for MorphOS. Some of the changes made:

  • Built-in preference editor
  • Improved control over error handling
  • New, and more interactive, disk image creator
  • Dual hard drive support
  • multiple processor emulation (SMP)
  • VNC remote viewer mode
  • Bugfixes
  • Since some people seem to have problems with BIOS-bochs-latest, I've included the old one as well. Use the one that works best for you!
Additional information and the download link are available here. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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23.Jul.2001
T.o.T.


Game: Tales of Tamar V0.36 R5
Tales of Tamar is an Internet based rounds strategy game by Eternity Entertainment Software for the Amiga, Atari, Java, Linux, and PC. The Amiga version v0.36 R5 now for the first time makes it possible to offer private (trade) agreements to other players. Agreement period, number of goods, and the price can be determined. In not bringing your goods to the official market you can establish an embargo against other players and make sure that own deliveries of amours and weapons are sent to certain players, only. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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23.Jul.2001
Marius Schwarz (ANF)


New feature of TCPScanner V0.40
Portscanning on the Amiga enters the next level, beside of UDP/TCP scanning the TCP-Scanner now is capable of identscan, also, hence can learn which user has started the service scanned. Additionally a rudimentary stealth technic was implemented to the scan operation, making it difficult for portscan detectors to find portscans.

If the upload will work the program will be for download on Aminet under /comm/tcp/, from tomorrow. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
UMTS-Report


Start-up: Siemens Mobile Acceleration GmbH (smac)
The Siemens Mobile Acceleration GmbH (smac) is a company newly founded by Siemens to promote mobile business companies. The company now settled in an office building in Oberhaching near Munich, Germany, offering 30 jobs for future start-up staffers.

The Siemens Mobile Acceleration GmbH wants to promote the worldwide most attractive business ideas of mobile business to fast and successful enter the market, and they want to be one of the top-players of acceleration business, soon.

To achieve this smac makes a wide range of services and infrastructure facilities available to the companies promoted, from professional management coaching, consulting in questions of strategy and law, help in employees recruitment, PR, marketing, and advertisement up to resourcing of office rooms and seed capital. Most of all important for the start-ups are the access to the latest technical innovations in the globals research compound of Siemens, which also enables extended test simulations. Additionally millions of customers can be reached via Siemens' worldwide distribution network.

In the first business year the company has 20 millions Euro available for promoting.

After the location in Munich another location in Europe is planned for Stockholm. Offices in Asia and the U.S.A. are to follow as a next step. It is planned to admit up to ten start-ups per region every year, all in all 30 per year. At the time being five start-ups are part of the last shortlist.

Interested start-ups will receive more information from the Siemens Mobile Acceleration GmbH by phone: +49 (0)89 636-29141. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
slashdot.org (ANF)


PPC Machine: The Yellow briQ Node
'The Yellow briQ Node' is a compact PPC machine of size of a CD-ROM drive (5,74 x 1,625 x 8,9 Inches) with G3 or G4 CPU and Linux. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
Czech Amiga News


AGDB: overview of Amiga-Adventures by Sierra
Seppo Typpö and Joachim Froholt have published a detailed article about the Amiga adventure games by Sierra (Kings Quest, Police Quest, Larry, etc.) on 'The Amiga Games Database' site. This article contains information about the formation of Sierra, the adventure interpret used, as well as an analysis of the single games.

Moreover tests of the following games are new on the site: Testament, Skidmarks, Colonial Conquest V1.0, Mig-29M Superfulcrum, and Earth 2140. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
Amiga Future


Security: AmiSSL V1.1
Version 1.1 of the 'amissl.library' is available for download. This version fixes a bug. The archive contains the installation script.

AmiSSL is an Amiga port of OpenSSL. This library allows secure data transfer in the WWW.

Note: Version 1.x of the library does not work with IBrowse v2.2. AmiSSL v2.0 would have come along with IBrowse v2.3.

Beside of the main archive a variety of encryption modules are required, like Blowfish, DES, IDEA, RC5, etc. Those are available for download on the homepage.

Download: AmiSSLInstall.lha (sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
Czech Amiga News


Matay: Special offer for computer clubs
Matay has a special offer for Amiga user groups located in countries without a Prometheus distributor. Members of such groups can centralized order the PCI board at a reduced price directly from Matay. Closer information can be received via e-mail from Filip Dab-Mirowski (filipdm@matay.pl), or via phone at: +48 603 78 51 00 or +48 812 94 32. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
Rudolph Riedel (E-Mail)


File Manager: DiskMaster2 V2.5b11
On 20. July 2001 Rudolph Riedel released version 2.5b11 of the file manager 'DiskMaster', as well as 'DM2.guide' v1.96, and 'DM2_deutsch.guide', v1.96 on his homepage.

The most important innovations:
  • Bugfix: 'Swap' runs again
  • Bugfix: the Startup.DM buffer wasn't always initialized correctly.
  • Changed: 'AddCmd' now also accepts hex-numbers for the colour pen number.
  • Bugfix: the colours set by 'Color' are now marked as used under OS3.9+, too.
  • New: 'SetX' has got a new parameter: 'UserColors'.
  • Changed: only screens with at least 4 colours are opened.
  • Changed: the command button colours are swapped now, instead of inverting the colour pen number, as done before.
  • Bugfix: up to 200 GB should be viewed correctly, now.

Download:
(sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
Czech Amiga News


AmigaDE: AmigaDE test
An AmigaDE test was published on amigarticles.tripod.com.

This test discribes the history of the AmigaDE and in short addresses 'RealTime Test', 'Interaction', 'Font Analysis', 'Windows Sizing', 'New Amiga Shell', and 'Java Speed'.

This test is available as HTML and PDF document. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
ANN


Audio: 'REPULSE' sound card test
On 20. July 2001 Brent Santin published a detailed test of the 'REPULSE' sound card by Alien Design on Aminet.

The 'REPULSE' is a 24/16 bit sound card for Amigas with Zorro-II slots. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001



Aminet Uploads until 22.07.2001
mSQL-Admin.lha       biz/dbase   73K+MSQL-Database Administration Tool (with 
PrintMail.lha        comm/mail   12K+YAM ARexx script prints header & page
TruncateMail.lha     comm/mail   11K+Removes unnecessary parts from e-mail fi
YAM_GR.lha           comm/mail    7K+Greek locale catalog for YAM
YAT.lha              comm/mail  574K+Yet Another heap of Taglines for YAM
nc_update_beta.lha   comm/news  154K+NewsCoaster FULL VERSION, but beta (v1.4
newscoaster_b.lha    comm/news  376K+NewsCoaster FULL VERSION, but beta (v1.4
smbfs.lha            comm/tcp   121K+SMB file system client; complements Samb
Aweb_GR.lha          comm/www     8K+Greek locale catalogs for Aweb and Awebc
ABF.lha              dev/basic   35K+[HACK] Modify on-the-fly the version
AntyDresiarz0s.lha   dev/basic  694K+AntyDresiarz Issue #0, Blitz2 source cod
AntyDresiarz1s.lha   dev/basic  1.4M+AntyDresiarz Issue #1, Blitz2 source cod
AntyDresiarz2s.lha   dev/basic  3.5M+AntyDresiarz Issue #2, Blitz2 source cod
AntyDresiarz3s.lha   dev/basic  5.4M+AntyDresiarz Issue #3, Blitz2 source cod
AntyDresiarz4s.lha   dev/basic  5.4M+AntyDresiarz Issue #4, Blitz2 source cod
clockita.lha         dev/basic   89K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
yaec.lha             dev/e      404K+Yaec - Yet Another E Compiler [1.8a]. Th
FoxEd.lha            dev/gui    152K+Screen Editor.  Creates code for FoxGUI
FoxGuiLibs.lha       dev/gui    186K+Free Gui Library V5.1
FoxGuiSource.lha     dev/gui    169K+FoxGUI Library V5.1 Source Code
titlebar_ic.lha      dev/gui     24K+BOOPSI class of titlebar gadget images
RDBrecov.lha         disk/salv   24K+Search lost PFS/SFS partitions on a hard
IBrowse2.2PL.lha     docs/help   14K+Polish Locale for IBrowse2.2 v.1.4
SCSI-help.txt        docs/help    1K+Help for SCSI and ultra SCSI
Visor-Amiga.txt      docs/help    1K+How to connect a Visor (Palm) PDA  with 
MyRepulse.txt        docs/rview  18K+Review of the REPULSE audio card
F1GP_2001.lha        game/data   10K+2001 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (15 July
WHD_UridiumII.lha    game/patch  18K+HD Installer for Uridium II
Emerald.lha          game/wb    872K+Graphical effects and games
vcdimager_077.lha    gfx/conv   472K+VCDImager 0.7.7 Beta (WarpUP and 68k Sup
SvIV-1.lha           gfx/misc   355K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 1/8
SvIV-2.lha           gfx/misc   220K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 2/8
SvIV-3a.lha          gfx/misc   142K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 3a/8
SvIV-3b.lha          gfx/misc   226K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 3b/8
SvIV-4.lha           gfx/misc    43K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 4/8
SvIV-5.lha           gfx/misc    60K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 5/8
SvIV-6.lha           gfx/misc   120K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 6/8 (op
SvIV-7.lha           gfx/misc   127K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 7/8 (op
SvIV-8.lha           gfx/misc   222K+SViewIV V9.20 (16.7.2001) - Part 8/8 (op
PicShow.lha          gfx/show    10K+Datatype picture viewer for directory to
ScanQuixSP.lha       hard/drivr  14K+ScanQuix 5.x spanish catalogs v1.1.0
imdbDiff010713.lha   misc/imdb  2.1M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
bird.lha             misc/sci    31K+Small program of flocking birds
fuzzcontr2.lha       misc/sci    42K+PID/Fuzzy Control Simulator
LiFun.lha            misc/sci   332K+Ant/flee simulation, with a warlike plot
boorang.mpg          mods/mpg   6.6M+Dubmusic for the dancefloor 7`12``
False.mpg            mods/mpg   4.3M+False - I didn`t knew Aphex Twin at the 
Sow.mpg              mods/mpg   6.6M+Symphonie of wetness - talkdrum trance b
SpaceDock.jpg        pix/trace   52K+Space Dock Star Trek
SpaceDockW.jpg       pix/trace   95K+Space Dock Wireframe Star Trek
NoweeBnB.lha         pix/wb     507K+Brown Workbench Look by Nowee for Visual
Screen_Pa.jpg        pix/wb     247K+Snapshot of Amiga (Voodoo3) Workbench Sc
StemFont.lha         text/font    9K+V2 Nice 12-point bitmap font for high-re
alba.lha             util/boot   64K+Lock your Amiga with a password ITA-ENG
WinToFront19.lha     util/cdity  43K+Replaces ClickToFront, with more options
tail.lha             util/cli     3K+Tail - shows x lines from end of ascii f
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype 134K+JFIF-JPEG datatype V44.21 (68k,WarpOS,Mo
PdaLink.lha          util/libs  131K+Connect Amiga with Palm PDA (V2.0)
AslToRT.lha          util/misc   23K+Asl/Arp/Req/Intuition/RT requester to RT
Anno1.21.lha         util/time   23K+Reminder and calendar utility
666PntrEyes.lha      util/wb      8K+BNSMWB-palette image file for PointerEye
HitMenu.lha          util/wb     83K+Small "software manager" + screeshot
LaunchV3.53.lha      util/wb     82K+Nice Scrolling Program Launcher
VisualPrefs.lha      util/wb    464K+Configure the look of the Amiga GUI!
(as) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
NSM-Page


Midi: camd.library V40, CamdBnp-Tools
The camd library v40 as well as the CamdBnp tools for BarsnPipes were released on the NSM page.

'camd' is a shared library for midi, which is part of the AmigaOS. Due to several problems with the original one and because there was no camd.library for AROS, this library was completely new programmed. This one should work like the original one and was successfully tested with 'BarsnPipes' 'Radium', and the 'CAMD' toolkit.

An additional driver 'mmp' and a special camd midi driver for WinUAE are available for download for this library.

The 'camdbnp.lha.zip' archive contains 64 tools for BarsnPipes, which should simplify the communication with other programs. The 'camd library' is used for this communication.

'camd40.lha' and 'mmp.lha' contains both binary and source code (APL, AROS Public License). The includes are part of the AROS source code and also available via e-mail.

Download:
(sd) (Translation: mj)

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22.Jul.2001
Vapor


Messenger: AmIRC 3.5.17beta
On 20. July 2001 Oliver Wagner released beta version 3.5.17 of the IRC client 'AmIRC'.

This version contains several smaller extensions, bugfixes, and DCC support for IP-NAT gateways without internal DCC support.

Download: amirc_3517beta.lzx (300K), Readme (sd) (Translation: mj)

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21.Jul.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena: full version and comment
Amiga Arena Full Version
In co-operation with Denis Unger the Amiga Arena makes the release of "Foreign Language Master V2.3" possible! FLM is a program for foreign languages that can be used as a dictionary for text translation and to learning of vocabularies.

FLM contains some English-German dictionaries (all in all about 8 MB with about 175,000 entries). Denis Unger continues developing "FLM". For a new version of "FLM" Denis Unger would be pleased to receive concrete suggestions for improving the software and to receive feedback! Further information and data bases for use with "FLM" can be found here, contact: flmdic@gmx.de.

Amiga Arena - comment
I use "FLM" almost daily myself and don't want to miss it anymore! My call to you - with a short mail to Denis U. everybody would contribute to further supporting and improving this tool. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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21.Jul.2001
Andreas Günther (ANF)


Spanish catalog files for ScanQuix 5
From now on there are Spanish program texts for ScanQuix 5 available. The texts were translated by Dámaso D. Estévez and made available on Aminet under "hard/drivr/ScanQuixSP.lha". Alternatively the archive can be downloaded using the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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21.Jul.2001
Richard Kapp (E-Mail)


GFX-BASE: poll results and font tutorial
On the GFX-BASE you can now find the results of our latest poll. We had 331 votes regarding our question which graphics board you use/own. Have a look yourself to see which one got the most votes.

Additionally we have a new (English) tutorial. It's all about fonts. We explain the use of different fonts and font tools as well as the conversion of different font types that you can use on the Amiga. We also deal with webfonts and the use of fonts in word processors.

And then we have received again some more entries of games and scene demos that support graphics cards. More to follow soon. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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21.Jul.2001
Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla


AROS News
As announced, the aros.org domain is temporarily down. I'll announce it when the routine problems have been solved. Until then, the mailing lists can be reached on lists.hepe.com and the CVS server is at sbb.hepe.com (use updatecvspath in AROS/scripts/ to change it). Party on :-) (ps)

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21.Jul.2001
FORE-MATT Home Computing (E-Mail)


Genetic Species on 100%AMIGA
100%AMIGA and Marble Eyes are proud to announce that the Amiga's best ever first person shooter, Genetic Species, will be on the August edition of the premier Amiga CD magazine. Subscribers getting issue 15 of 100%AMIGA will get a special 2CD set including the full commercial release of Genetic Species FREE. 100%AMIGA - 100%BIGGER and 100%BETTER than any other Amiga magazine. Issue 15 will be available from 5th August. Subscribe Now!

http://www.100PercentAmiga.org
http://www.marble-eyes.dk (ps)

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21.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)


Amiga Society says thank you!
97% of the poll participiants want the Amiga-Society to stay alive! For this we want to thank you very much, as well as we thank all the people who offered us their help and to whom we will surely come back in the next time.

The site is now available in a light version. The two central points 'Schlachtfeld' and the 'BBoAH' are still online. By the way, there's a poll running whether a software page (in German) shall be created on the basis of the Big Book of Amiga hardware. The full functionality will be reached again until September, but till then it will have changed in content in quite some ways! (ps)

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20.Jul.2001
Tommy Tamsen (ANF)


JVC announce OCPA coorperation
At the URL JVC announce the "Open Contents Platform Association to be Established".

There are many interesting companies listed, e.g. Sega and Taito, to create content for the intent (Tao) based computers, cell phones etc., but Amiga Inc. are not mentioned anywhere... (ps) (Translation: rh)

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20.Jul.2001
SOL-Invictus (ANF)


H&P: Toolbars for AmigaWriter and ArtEffect
The team Thomas Peterseim, Heinz Andreolla, Marco Schärfchen and Oliver Tacke has provided Haage&Partner with new toolbars for AmigaWriter and ArtEffect.

Download:
AE-Toolbars.lha - AW220-Toolbars.lha (ps) (Translation: rh)

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20.Jul.2001
Amarpreet Singh Munde (ANF)


Datatype: New version of DocDatatypes (v40.20)
I have just released a new version of DocDatatypes. New for this version (40.20) is the support of writing Compressed Palm Docs and the fixing of the Mac Write descriptor. Also all datatypes have had some speed improvements and memory optimisations.

DocDatatypes is a set of Datatypes classes for documents. The list of supported formats include: MS-Word (Windows, Mac, OS2), RTF, WordPerfect, Write, MS-Works, AmiPro, WordStar, WordStar 2000, Pocket Word, Quill, XyWrite III, Psion Word, Psion TextEd, Palm DB TEXt Doc(pdbdoc), First Word Plus, Mac Write, Mac TeachText and Mac Text.

There is also a new version of FindFile in the archive. A new fast, easy to use file finder application that offers search by name, size, date, and even file type.

Available to download only from http://go.to/docdatatypes.

Also SpitFire, the Palm Desktop by Ralph Torchia becomes the first application to support Native File Format Loading and Saving via DocDatatypes. Now convert any supported format and use it on your Palm. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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20.Jul.2001
MorphOS


MorphOS: Developer Support Page opened
A support area for developers was opened on the MorphOS website. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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20.Jul.2001
AudioLabs


AudioLabs: Special offer for ProStationAudio
The Millennium version of the music editor 'ProStationAudio' is currently being offered by AudioLabs for special conditions.

  • ProStationAudio Millennium V4, 16 track / 32 channel non linear editor for AmigaOS
  • all the realtime ALPS plugins for ProStationAudio included
  • AudioLab16 processing software for AmigaOS
  • unlimited tech support for ProStationAudio
Prices and more details at the title link. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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20.Jul.2001
Frank Fenn


Music: Audiomaster 2000 version 0.77
Version 0.77 of Audiomaster 2000, the sample editor, has been released. The program uses MUI and supports all AHI devices.

The program by Frank 'Fenny' Fenn is shareware, the demo version does not allow saving.

Download: audiomaster2k.lha (354 KB) (ps) (Translation: rh)

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20.Jul.2001
Rüdiger Hanke (ANF)


Role-playing game: Exult 0.93alpha4
Rüdiger Hanke writes:
My Exult port for Amiga is available for download on my homepage. Exult is a role-playing game engine which can interpret Ultima 7 datafiles. Ultima 7 still captivates after many years with an epic storyline, a vast world and many details. You can find some screenshots on my webpage.

The story: 200 years have passed in Britannia since your last visit as the Avatar. Driven by the mockery of a demonic creature calling itself "The Guardian", you travel once more to Britannia and arrive in Trinsic on a scene of gruesome murder. Maybe the new organization "The Fellowship", which is gaining more and more influence in the lands, is involved in it? Or maybe this is just the beginning of a larger plan that might endanger all Britannia?

Required is an Amiga with FPU and graphics card as well as the original PC game by Origin. Please note that the files on the disk version are usually packed and have to be installed on an MS-DOS system to get the required files. Alternately, the uncompressed game is contained on the "Ultima Collection" CD-ROM. As a small goodie for the Amiga I have included a preferences program with which you can change all game options with a graphical interface on OS3.5 and above.

An interesting tidbit: While porting the game, I found a sourcecode to read IFF files. Indeed, some of the Ultima 7 files are in IFF format. Even the chunk lengths are in Motorola and not Intel byteorder ... (ps) (Translation: rh)

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19.Jul.2001
Stephan Rupprecht (E-Mail)


Tool: SGrab with PNG format to save
Stephan Rupprecht wrote:
I just released SGrab v1.16 on my homepage. This now offers the possibility to save screenshots as PNG files.

Download: sgrab.lha - (99 KB) (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)


e.p.i.c. interactive: Feeble Ubdate
Thomas Steiding of e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment GmbH wrote:

Update & FAQs about The Feeble Files

As announced last week we require at least 400 pre-orders to enable an Amiga port of the cartoon adventure The Feeble Files. Including today's entries we received 232 pre-orders and we are hoping, that the following days will bring the rest. The game can be pre-orders from us (order@epic-interactive.com) or from any stockist.

With the enclosed FAQ we hope to be able to answers some frequently asked questions regarding the announcement.

Q: What is The Feeble Files about?

A: The Feeble Files is the official sequel to Simon The Sorcerer II by the British Adventuresoft company. Feeble is a little green alien having the task to make circles in grain fields on earth. He lives in a world restrictively ruled by the Omnibrain and he is an honest citizen never violating the group's big catalog of rules. But one day this kind hearted gawky stumbles into a full-grown conspiracy against the Omnibrain. As one can see from the screenshots on our homepage, the characters of this game are fully rendered. The game comes along with complete German or English spoken samples. The German games magazine PC-Games rated the title at 80%, then. The German vocals came for example from the German movie voices of Brad Pitt, Whoopi Goldberg, and Roseanne. More information and topical Mac screenshot are to find on our homepage.

Q: What Amiga do I need for The Feeble Files?

A: The Feeble Files requires an Amiga equipped with a 4 MB graphics board and 32 MB of memory. Furthermore a 68060 OR a PPC CPU is required. Theoretically the game would run on a 68040/40, but sure would be very very slow on this configuration.

Q: When will the game be out?

A: As soon as we have received 400 pre-orders (no matter if those were directly ordered from us or from a vendor - who forwards the orders to us), we will start to port the game to the Amiga. Due to the porting engine of our leader of development, Paul Burkey, the game then should be shipping for the Amiga within 6 weeks!!

Q: Will there be more Amiga games from e.p.i.c. interactive?

A: Theoretically it would be possible to port to the Amiga more games currently available for the Apple Macintosh. But since license fees for other games, e.g. like in case of the Settlers clone Knights&Merchants or the RPG-mix Gorky 17, are much more expensive (and hence the number of sales to be expected for an Amiga version must be higher), it is clear: If The Feeble Files port will not become reality, we don't need to start thinking about more games. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Andre Geisler (ANF)


GRex4000T available from August
Andre Geisler wrote:
This moring I called DCE on the phone. From this call I learned, that definite there will be a PCI expansion for the Amiga4000T (and A4000D built into a case), which will be connected to the PPC board's bus, as usual. This would be available from the end of August, the latest on the Cologne show. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
infinity (ANF)


Elbox Computer announce mutual consent with Hyperion
After a long time of both official and private discussions Elbox announced on the Mediator mailing list to sign Hyperion's contract for the Warp3D drivers. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Michael Asse (ANF)


Start of the AmigaFFE project
Michael Asse wrote:
Today I would like to announce the official start of the AmigaFFE project in which I would like to tackle the port of the 'Frontier First Encounters' game to the Amiga with help of other interested people.

As a first step I defined preliminary project aims to which you can, may and shall send me suggestions and tips, etc., since this is my first project and I don't have the specialised knowledge to do this perfectly.

Please, don't send me any "What should that gain...?" mails. I would not reply.

The provisional time limit to send suggestions for the project aims was set to 31. August 2001. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Matthias Münch (ANF)


PowerPC ATX Board
Matthias Muench wrote:
I just happend to find an interesting article on the IBM site, which is about a new PowerPC ATX board. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
T.o.T.


Game: Tales of Tamar News
Tales of Tamar is an Internet based rounds game by Eternity Entertainment for the Amiga, Atari, Linux, and PC. Since a few days the first Java version is available, which later will be available for settop boxes, handheld, and all other computers not supported native.

New Atari version v0.21
The option screen was ported to the Atari version v0.21, enabling sound, Internet, and modem settings. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Marco Miljak, c't 14/2001 (ANF)


AltairBASIC source code by Bill Gates
Under the mentioned URL one can find a very interesting analysis of the AltairBASIC once programmed by Bill Gates. The British computer scientist Reuben Harris disassembled and elaborately described it on his website. There also is an AltairBASIC simulation basing on Java applets. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Stephan Rupprecht


Library: WBStartEmu V45.2 / Datatype: Icon-Datatype V44.3
Stephan Rupprecht released version 45.2 of his WBStartEmu (wbstart.library) for OS3.9. The icon datatype for OS3.5+ was updated and now is available as v44.3.

Download:
WBStartEmu.lha (5 KB)
IconDT44.lha (8 KB)
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Sven Zander (ANF)


Kult is coming home - News at "com!online" 08/2001
The current issue 08/2001 of the German print magazine com!online mentions the Amiga in the news on page #20 reading that the Amiga boss Bill McEwen announced the cult-brand soon to come back. The new One PPC 1200 would be under development specially for this purpose. If this computer will attract enough customers the company would found new agencies, yet.

The following interesting wording was used for the Amiga: "In the long run this box cannot be killed", and, "....for the scuffproofed veteran...". (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla (E-Mail)


AROS News
As already reported there were hardware problems with the server hosting the AROS website. Some good and bad news about that: the good news is, that the hardware will be replaced, the bad news is, that the machine will be connected to a new network and thus the page temporary might not be available, again, due to DNS conversion.

Here the original message with more details:
As you might have noticed, we had a lot of hardware failures in the last months. Now there are good and bad news. The good one is that the hardware will be replaced. The bad one is that the machine is moved to a different network and this means that we'll have DNS hell all over again ! The "real" name of the machine on which AROS is hosted is "sebigbos.hepe.com". This name should work when aros.org doesn't. So when CVS doesn't like you anymore, check AROS/scripts/updatecvspath to fix the host name until I have fixed the DNS server (usually takes only several weeks...hrm :-). The mailing list runs on lists.hepe.com. The only thing which will not be reachable for the time being is the web and the ftp site.

Sorry for any inconvenience.
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)


Game: New Schlachtfeld survey
The previously announced Schlachtfeld survey is online.

This survey is about how to differ the units:
  • Units in red/green/blue/yellow.
  • Units with tactical field signs.
  • Units with different textures.
  • Units with different textures and tactical field signs.
  • Different textures with certain primary colours (red/green/blue/yellow)
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
No Risc No Fun (ANF)


nrnf: Interview with Matay
There is an interview (English) with Filip Dab-Mirowski of Matay online on 'no risc no fun'. Learn about the future of the Prometheus. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Gerrit Timmermann (ANF)


Stardate-Mailbox back to the Internet
One week after a flashlight caused damage to the DSL connection the Stardate-Mailbox is available via Internet (http/telnet), again: stardate.2y.net (title link). Also the Dynamite server of same denominator is running, again.

Background:
While a thunderbolt in Muenster (Germany) and the surrounding area a flashlight hit the telephone switch and put off my DSL connection. The (German) Telekom repaired it, now. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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19.Jul.2001
Alexander Kurtz (ANF)


Upload function for the Aminet on www.aminet-gui.de
Soon there will be an upload function available on the AminetGUI. Thus it will be possible to upload files of up to 5 MB of size to the Aminet, without any FTP knowledge. The current script still is beta and is being reworked. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Jul.2001
Thorsten Schoelzel (E-Mail)


RealAudio/Media-Support page updated (Update)
A few days ago Sigbjørn Skjæret released version 2 of his RealAudio/Media player "RAPlay". New is among other things the support of the RealMedia format, which could not be played up to now.

More information e.g. about installation as well as download possibilities are to find under the title link. Of course there also is a PPC version.

Update 19. July 2001:
Thorsten Schoelzel wrote:
As I just was told by Sigbjørn Skjæret, RealMedia is not supported, yet. But there is a better RealAudio 1 & 2 support. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Jul.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)


Tom's Hardware Guide: Corel takes over Micrografx
The Canadian software manufacturer Corel according to Tom's Hardware Guide is about to take over their American graphics software competitor Micrografx. This fusion will be established by exchange of shares. Some 32 Millions USD were mentioned for the price. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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18.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)


Big Book of Amiga Hardware Update
On the 5th of July in 2001 Big Book of Amiga Hardware has been updated. From today the updates are also available at the German mirror. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jul.2001
Diverse


Apple: Quarterly results Q3/2001
After Apple has published its quarterly profits- and loss results there are some articles in various media. At Macworld Expo which currently takes place in New York some new models are supposed to be showed.

Apple: Apple Reports Third Quarter Profit of $61 Million
Golem: Apple looks optimisticly in the future
Heise: Apple gains hope
Macnews.de: Detailed quarterly results q3/2001 of Apple
Spiegel: Apple: Anxious in the autumn
Stern: Apple finally is profitable again
ZDNet: Apple got profits
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jul.2001
Scalos


Workbench replacement: New autodocs for Scalos
In the section 'Developers' of the website you can find new autodocs for Scalos. Autodocs are developer-documentations which were made in a standardized way. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jul.2001
Oliver Roberts


Datatypes: WarpJPEG.datatype version 44.21
With the help of so called datatypes various datatypes can be showed with different programs. Oliver Roberts has published version 44.21 of his 24-bit JPEG-datatype which is available for 68k, WarpOS and MorphOS.

Some bugs has been fixed and the support for some webcam-pictures has been added. Besides this the memory management has been optimized and the PowerPC-version was newly compiled with VBCC 0.8.

Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha (134 KB) (ps) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jul.2001
Haage&Partner


H&P: StormC student version (Update)
Because of the immense request Haage&Partner offers a student version of the developer system 'StormC'. It is a cheap full version without any restrictions. It is available for schoolboys and schoolgirls as well as students who send H&P an officially recognized evidence of their school or their university with the order.

Postscript:
If you can prove a valid training contract trainee can order the student version, too. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jul.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Denmark: Safe version 16.2
With the virus scanner 'Safe' you can detect virus but you can not eleminate them. It follows the details to version 16.2 which has been published today:

Name: Safe v16.2
Archive name: Safe.lha
Archive size: 37.500 bytes
Release date: 17. Juli 2001
Programmer: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski
Required: Amiga with OS 2.04+ (xvs.library strongly recommended)

NOTE THAT SAFE IS VIRUS DETECTOR - NOT FILE CHECKER OR CLEANER! IT ONLY INFORMS ABOUT ATTACK AND REMOVES VIRUS FROM MEMORY IF POSSIBLE!

New in v16.2
  • Added XFD slave to detect and remove PENETRATOR and two SMEG2 clones from files. Please use xfdDecrunch to perform cleaning or VirusZ to see the infected files.
  • Added to Safe memory removal for SMEG2 viruses. Added generic memory removal for PENETRATOR and other SMEG1 kind infectors.
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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17.Jul.2001
Joerg Rebenstorf, CEO ALiENDESiGN (ANF)


New web-design at ALiENDESIGN
The web-design of the ALiENDESiGN company was completely reworked. We think that our web-designer FoX did a very good job, again, as he previously did with the product pages, and so we would be happy, if you would drop by.

The Repulse sound card still is available from our online shop and the online shop now is fully integrated to the web-offer. Suggestions are welcome, contact sales@aliendesign-gbr.de.
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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17.Jul.2001



Aminet Uploads until 17.07.2001
IBrowseMI.lha        comm/www    26K+GlowIcons Toolbar for IBrowse
IBrowseSP.lha        comm/www    19K+IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v2.2.0
MD2MI.lha            comm/www    25K+GlowIcons Toolbar for MicroDOT 2
simplehtml.lha       comm/www    38K+V0.17 of the simple HTML Offline Browser
lns-hst.lha          demo/aga   2.6M+Hotstyle Takeover by Loonies (MS2001 2nd
PhxAss.lha           dev/asm    151K+PhxAss V4.40 68xxx Macro Assembler
uncat.lha            dev/misc     8K+Create .cd file from running program
PFS3ud.lha           disk/misc  124K+PFS3 undelete 
qformat.lha          disk/misc    6K+Quick format for FFS disks
SyQuest270-ML.lha    disk/misc   17K+Mountlist for SyQuest 270MB Drives
f1me.lha             docs/anno    1K+FreeCD: Formula 1 Manager enhanced
paranoia.lha         docs/anno    1K+FreeCD: Paranoia Vol.1
psv.lha              docs/anno    1K+FreeCD: PSV Football manager
revolution.lha       docs/anno    1K+FreeCD: Classic Revolution
scorpius.lha         docs/anno    1K+FreeCD: Scorpius 
toons.lha            docs/anno    1K+FreeCD: Amiga Toons Vol.1
vt2.lha              docs/anno    1K+FreeCD: VideoTracker 2.0
PSX-BlackCheat.lha   docs/mags  177K+PSX-CheatBook HTML-Only
CircusLinux.lha      game/actio 744K+SDL game compiled for Amiga
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  484K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
FoundationMan.lha    game/misc  256K+Foundation Manual (PDF version)
IChing.lha           game/misc  100K+V2.0 of a GUI I-Ching fortune telling pr
PicShow.lha          gfx/show     9K+Datatype picture viewer for directory to
DickTracy.lha        mods/misc   32K+Custom module from "Dick Tracy"
rno-r063.lha         mods/misc  190K+Rno-records release no.63 by tang (triph
NeuralAss.lha        mods/pro   100K+Two Protracker mod's from the demo 'Neur
ClassMI.lha          pix/gicon   33K+A GlowIconsSet for ClassAction
eNoteMI.lha          pix/gicon    9K+A GlowIconsSet for eNote
PlayMI.lha           pix/gicon   38K+A GlowIconsSet for PlayGUI
FF9_icons.lha        pix/nicon   29K+Great set of FF9 Newicons
HP_Deskjet400C.lha   text/print  24K+Deskjet 400C/L Driver for WB 40.10
HP_Deskjet600C.lha   text/print  26K+Deskjet 600C Driver for WB V40.12
CheckX.lha           util/arc    28K+V1.85 Check for Archive/Packer/Virus
alba.lha             util/boot   61K+Lock your Amiga with a password ITA-ENG
JPEG-DT.lha          util/dtype 433K+New Datatype for JPEG Images (43.5)
JPEG-DT35.lha        util/dtype 357K+New Datatype for JPEG Images (46.3a)
JoinReplace.lha      util/sys    17K+V1.20 powerful Join replacement
Easyreset.lha        util/wb     18K+EasyReset - system reset utility
Memicon.lha          util/wb     17K+Memory/Screen/OS display for OS3.5/OS3.9
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17.Jul.2001
Da SixK Port Page


Tool: Webalizer 2.01-06 for MorphOS
With this tool HTML statistics can be created from Apache log-files. This version is for MorphOS and is faster than the 68k version (1.8 seconds contrary to 11 seconds, determined using the same Apache log-file).

Download: webalizer-2.01-06_mos.lzx (ps) (Translation: mj)

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17.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)


Game: New Schlachtfeld pictures
In spite of the turbulences around the Amiga-Society of course development of the Game Schlachtfeld is being continued.

Edgar Leiding rendered some units for the game's board, again. Thus now there are nine unit previews available - there will be some changes, of course. There will be a survey regarding the camouflage: the question is, if the enemies should use different colours (red, blue, ...) or should differ by different textures and/or tactical field signs. You can also post your opinion about that in the forum of the Schlachtfeld website. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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17.Jul.2001
I. Souvatzis (ANF)


NetBSD-1.5.1 released
NetBSD-1.5.1 is a patch release for the Unix like open source operating system from now available via FTP.

Since NetBSD-1.5 mainly some enhancements regarding system security were added. VLAN's (viruel LAN's) support is one of the new features.

Closer information can be found under the title link. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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17.Jul.2001
Christian Effenberger (ANF)


mSQL database administration program
Who ever dealt with SQL database systems soon realized that in fact only mSQL comes into question for working offline.

mSQL is the most compact and resource sparing SQL-DBMS for the Amiga. One example to point this up:

The mSQL daemon requires less than 10% of the resources the MySQL daemon needs and even can react 4-times faster on client requests via mUSD (unix socks daemon).

The biggest disadvantage of all SQL systems for the Amiga is the lack of any GUI software for administration and database care.

That's why I wrote a program named mSQL-Administrator, which contains the operation of the following executables of the "mSQL.bin" directory:

msql, msql2d, msqladmin, msqldump, msqlexport, msqlimport, relshow, and mUSD. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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17.Jul.2001
Richard Körber (ANF)


Palmiga is now called amiga-pda
The Palmiga Project is a project for all Amiga users that own a PalmOS-PDA to use with their Amigas.

Palm Inc. wrote to me that the name is violating their trademark, combined with the request to change it.

Due to this the mailinglist can from now on be reached via "amiga-pda": http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amiga-pda. Assigned members should post to amiga-pda@yahoogroups.com.

The Pamiga website will be redesigned in the near future available at the URL http://amigapda.shredzone.de.

I want to let you know they have send their request in a very polite way against the trend without announcing any lawyers. :) (ps) (Translation: gf)

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16.Jul.2001
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - New packages
By using WHDLoad you can install floppy-based games on your harddisc. Available new packages:

(ps) (Translation: sk)

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16.Jul.2001
Sebastian Bauer


HTML-Offline Browser: SimpleHTML Version 0.17
SimpleHTML (version 0.17) is a HTML offline browser. It lets you quickly display small HTML-files (for example as a MIME-viewer of HTML-files with YAM). But only a small set of HTML-tags is supported. A html.datatype is available, too.

Only OS3.0 is recommended. For dislpaying embeded pictures you need the corresponding datatype.

Download:
simplehtml.lzx (36 KB)
html-dt.lzx (27 KB) (ps) (Translation: sk)

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16.Jul.2001
Amiga Inc.


Edivision LLC working with Amiga Inc.
Edivision Teams Up With Amiga To Develop Exciting New Content

Snoqualmie, WA - July 12, 2001

Edivision LLC announced today that they would create game applications for the Amiga Digital Environment (AmigaDE). The company plans to create 3 titles in the coming year for the AmigaDE environment. The games will be distributed through the Sharp Space Town web site for release in Japan and through other Amiga distribution channels worldwide. Amiga and Edivision also announced a joint relationship where Edivision would provide key pieces of technology for the AmigaDE.

The principals at Edivision have more than 30 years of experience in the computer graphics field. Patrick Roberts created 2D and 3D effects for Walt Disney's feature animation classic "Dinosaur". He has also created software and animation for Dreamworks Animation, Disney Classics and the Disney channel. Jeremy Engelman is one of the finest 3D artists in the world. His best-known work is the artwork for Cyan's Riven, the sequel to Myst. Steven Haun is an award-winning computer graphics producer with more than 10 years of experience in the computer graphics and entertainment industry. His credits include effects production for Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, ABC, CBS, and Fox Television.

"This relationship with Edivision will offer consumers some exciting content and an enjoyable experience that they will want to share with others," said Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amiga, Inc. "Patrick, Jeremy and Steven are longtime supporters of Amiga and we appreciate their contributions to driving adoption of our software. With their expertise in gaming and the entertainment industry, we look forward to some revolutionary games for the PDA market."

"We are very excited to be working with Amiga to generate compelling content for the AmigaDE," said Patrick Roberts, one of the founders at Edivision. "When Amiga announced their relation with Sharp, we saw this as an opportunity to get in early on a new, exciting gaming platform. Devices like the Sharp Zaurus and other PDA's offer the ability to reach a new and different generation of gamers."

Edivision will focus on original titles for its first set of releases. The company is also negotiating with other content providers to bring their titles to the AmigaDE platform.

The market for video games in the United States, which includes arcade, PC, console, and online gaming, is currently estimated to be worth $11 billion. The AmigaDE platform allows developers to create game applications that target this market. The binary portable nature of AmigaDE content allows applications to migrate seamlessly from cell phones and handheld devices to set-top boxes and up to desktop machines and servers.

Edivision Press Release

Los Angeles, CA - July ##, 2001

Edivision LLC announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Amiga, Inc. Amiga, Inc. will have world-wide distribution rights on software titles Edivision will produce using the AmigaDE operating environment. Also under the agreement Edivision will make technology it develops for its AmigaDE titles available to Amiga, Inc.

Edivision LLC will create 3 development labels over the next year that run on the AmigaDE platform. Two labels will be exclusively devoted to entertainment titles, while the third will provide utilities, drivers, and extended functionality. Edivision will focus on original titles for its first set of releases, but the company is also negotiating with other developers to bring their titles to the AmigaDE platform.

"This relationship with Edivision will offer consumers some exciting content and an enjoyable experience that they will want to share with others," said Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amiga, Inc. "With their expertise in gaming and the entertainment industry, we look forward to some revolutionary games for the PDA market."

"Titles created for the AmigaDE are capable of running unmodified on a number of platforms including PocketPC, Zaurus, Windows, and Linux. This gives us a tremendous advantage in bringing a title to market." remarked Steven Haun, CFO of Edivision. "It allows us to focus development on the title itself and not the limitations of cross-platform least common denominator intrinsics."

About Amiga Inc.

Amiga Inc. provides technology to developers for writing and porting applications to a new multi-media operating systems which is hardware agnostic. AmigaDE is a joint development effort between the Tao Group of Reading England, and Amiga Incorporated. AmigaDE based applications can run unchanged on x86, PowerPC, M Core, ARM, StrongARM, MIPS R3000, R4000, R5000, SH3, SH4, and NEC V850 processors. The AmigaDE can run hosted on Linux, Embedded Linux, Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, CE and QNX4. Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, WA, 28 miles east of Seattle and has offices worldwide. Amiga can be reached at (425) 396-5660 or visit Amiga on the web at http://www.amiga.com.

About Edivision

Edivision LLC was formed in May 2001 in Los Angeles, CA. Its founders, Patrick Roberts, Jeremy Engelman, and Steven Haun are veterans of the computer gaming industry. They have received numerous awards and accolades for their cutting-edge work in computer graphics and animation. For more details about Edivision, visit http://www.e-d-i-v-i-s-i-o-n.com or contact Steven Haun at Steven.Haun@e-d-i-v-i-s-i-o-n.com or via phone at (323) 578-1998.

All Trademarks are the Property of their Respective Owners. All Rights Reserved. ##

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16.Jul.2001
Ben Yoris/Hyperion (ANF)


Hyperion publishes Voodoo3 vs. Permedia 2 benchmarks
Hyperion Entertainment recently conducted some tests benchmarking the Permedia 2 based Cybervision PPC against a Voodoo 3 / Prometheus combo. The test is a timedemo in Heretic II.

Cybervision PPC
640x480: 14.9 FPS
800x600: 9.9 FPS

Configuration:
Cyberstorm PPC 604e/233-060/50, 128 MB of RAM

Voodoo 3 (Prometheus)
640x480: 18.6 FPS
800x600: 18.6 FPS

Configuration: Cyberstorm PPC 604e/200-060/50, 96 MB of RAM For more detailed informations you may check the Amiga Extreme Web site. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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16.Jul.2001
Milan Pollé (ANF)


Genetic Species for Gameboy Advance petition
Milan Pollé (author of the site, but not the petition pages) write:
Seeing the FPS games announced for the Gameboy Advance started me thinking about the awesome Amiga game Genetic Species, by Marble Eyes. This game is an FPS with really great atmosphere and elements borrowed from the classic 'Paradroid', like being able to take over the bodies and skills of your enemies.

As this game worked well on low-end Amigas, about three years ago, I thought it might be possible to port it to the Gameboy Advance. The developers of this game worked for three years on it and only sold hundreds or at the most a couple of thousands of copies, as the Amiga market had shrunk when the game was completed, but also because of piracy. Needless to say the developers were really disappointed.

I coined this idea in the Gameboy Advance forum on www.ign.com and people were really interested in this game, so they started contacting the developers, who were suprised by the sudden attention this game got. At the moment the developers are looking into the possibilities of doing a port.

We ask anyone interested in a Gameboy Advance version to sign our petition. Even if in the end a port won't or can't be done, it will show the developers that their work is appreciated by a lot of people. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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16.Jul.2001
Webmaster SAUGe.V. (ANF)


Attention: virus after EBay-auction?
Attention: virus after EBay-auction?
Attention: sellers and byers:
It seems that shortly after the end of an auction some sellers and byers got an e-mail with the sender of the seller or byer that contains a ".exe"-file.

Do not open this file! If you do your Windows-system will be infected with the "W95/Hybris.worm.B"-virus. Maybe this virus makes it possible to attack your system with a subseven program. EBay is allready informed. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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16.Jul.2001
No Risc No Fun (ANF)


nrnf: Voodoo3 Speedtest
Fabio Trotta wrote:
The day before yesterday when I wanted to post the Voodoo3-speedtest I recognized that there was a new version of the display driver. This was why I trashed all the findings and retested everything with this new versions of the P96 and W3D drivers.

Now my findings are available at the title link. I compared the speed of the Voodoo3, the CVPPC, PicassoIV and the AGA-chip. There are some 3D-game-tests and also 2D-graphicfunctions-tests available now. Find out what a Voodoo3 is able to offer you in your Amiga. (ps)

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16.Jul.2001
ANN


Event: Saku 2001 - Website online
Saku 2001 will be held on Saturday September 1st 2001 at the Science Centre Heureka in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The event will open at 12:00 and end at 18:00. Admission will be free of charge.

Finnish Amiga Users Group is pleased to announce that the Web site for its fourth Amiga event, Saku 2001, is now open. The Web site features highlights, directions and other vital information for interested visitors and exhibitors from Finland and abroad.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Finnish Amiga Users Group Announces Saku 2001 Web Site

VANTAA, FINLAND - July 15, 2001 - Finnish Amiga Users Group is pleased to announce that the Web site for its fourth Amiga event, Saku 2001, is now open. The Web site features highlights, directions and other vital information for interested visitors and exhibitors from Finland and abroad. Two webcams will be available from the venue. We are also planning an IRC channel.

Fleecy Moss, Vice President of Amiga Inc., will attend the show and demonstrate the latest Amiga products such as the AmigaDE. A representative of Matay company will present their new PCI bridge, the Prometheus. The Mediator PCI bridge will also be demonstrated with a Voodoo3 graphics card. Latest versions of Nova Design's ImageFX and Aladdin4D are available for testing. Finnish Amiga retailer Gentle Eye Ky offers a variety of Amiga products to buy at the venue. Other highlights and competitions are planned.

Saku 2001 will be held on Saturday September 1st 2001 at the Science Centre Heureka in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The event will open at 12:00 and end at 18:00. Admission will be free of charge.

Please stay tuned for more details as the planning progresses. For further information, visit Finnish Amiga Users Group's Web Site at http://saku.amigafin.org/ or http://tzimmola.tky.hut.fi/saku/. E-mail inquiries may be sent to Terho Henriksson (terho.henriksson@kopteri.net). Please also contact Terho if you or your company have products that you would like to demonstrate or advertise in Saku 2001.

About Finnish Amiga Users Group

Finnish Amiga Users Group (Suomen Amiga-käyttäjät ry.) is a non-profit organization for promoting Amiga computing and helping Amiga users in Finland. Also known as Saku, after its e-zine, the group is trying to accomplish its goals by organizing meetings and by publishing an e-zine. Since 1993 the Finnish Amiga Users Group and its predecessors have released over thirty issues of the magazine and held several public gatherings. Other accomplishments include the Web site and Sakunet, a national Fidonet style network of Amiga related bulletin board systems. (sd) (Translation: sk)

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15.Jul.2001
Martin Merz (ANF)


Icons: MasonIcons - New Archives
Some new and reworked archives are available on the MasonIcons homepage and on Aminet:
  • ClassMI - complete icon set for ClassAction
  • eNoteMI - reworked toolbar image set for eNote
  • MD2MI - new GlowIcons toolbar for MicroDOT II
  • PlayMI - image set and new skin for PlayGUI
For further information, please visit the 'projects' site of Mason.Home. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Amiga Future


History: ExoticA extended
The ExoticA website deals with the music capabilities and history of the Amiga.

On the website you will find exotic Amiga music, demo information, Amiga games cover-scans, utilities, disk magazines, and more of nostalgic and historic value from the Amiga world.

On 14. July 2001 the site was updated and many new things were added:
  • The 'BP-SoundMon-section' was extended.
  • Missing Newsflash issues were added - this disk magazine contains many exclusive software and music reviews.
  • 'The tracker history' is now online, again, and can be found in the 'Info-section'.
  • The 'Demo Scene Reference Manual' and 'The Demo Pack Reference Manual' were extended very much.
Closer information can be taken from the news site of ExoticA. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Marcus Neervoort (E-Mail)


History: AmigaPage extended with adverts
Marcus Neervoort wrote:
Again an update after longer delay....

I received some Amiga adverts and Amiga show adverts, again. Those are online from today and can be found under 'AMIGA GESCHICHTE'.

Furthermore from today my special site about the Amiga World 2001 is online. Unfortunately there is not much content, yet, but this will change during the following weeks.....

So, have fun till the next update.

Kind regards, Marcus (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Olaf Koebnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena News: 'The Prophet'
Olaf Koebnik wrote:

Amiga Arena Full Version
With permission of Mark Ford the Amiga Arena makes possible the release of 'The Prophet'.

'The Prophet' is a role game released by 'Alive Media Soft' in 1999. Unfortunately a number of problems occured, hence more than one year of development were in vane for Mark F. The 'Amiga Format' rated 'The Prophet' at 81%, those days.

'The Prophet' is available in English, only.

Some features:
  • more than 200.000 locations
  • non-linear game flow
  • HD version
  • different enemies


Amiga Arena Status Report
Due to holidays and Amiga's future in the air activities decrease somehow, at this time.

Several things are in the works, but I don't want to put you off with announcements (unfortunately that's what others are doing sufficient!). :-(

Also it becomes more and more difficult to achieve special prices for shareware software, cause almost no market remaining.

Ideas and tips are always welcome!

Also I'm still wanting someone who would like to translate interviews and texts.

Contact: Olaf Koebnik (olaf.koebnik@online-club.de) (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Andreas Wolff (gg-gcc-ML)


Compiler: gcc V2.95.3-3 Bugfix
On 15. July 2001 Andreas Wolff has released a new version of his gcc-m68k port for the Amiga on Geek Gadgets. This one fixes problems with the compiling options: '-fbaserel' und '-fbaserel32'.

Download: (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Metalmoon-ML


Music: Faces of Mars
Patrick Henz released 'Donwloads', which contains the best-of of the 'Faces of Mars' series including music taken from other free CDs like 'Formula 1 Manager enhanced', 'Paranoia' or 'Amiga Toons'.

The following pieces of music are contained: Lexx, Mulher do meus Sonhos, The Song G'Kar, Herzschlag, Faces of Mars, Verao, Theme from 3Pyramids, Party Time, Dias Oscuros, Traveller, Das Experiment, Faces of Mars 2001, Future World, The Dark Theme, Lights over Mars, Human by Design, Touching Earth, Elegant Sound of Hal, Samba de Smurfet, History and Future, Phoenix Machine, Martians! - Part 2, and Dartk Time.

'Downloads' can be ordered as CD or VHS video tape via the title link. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Amiga Future


Scalos: New Plugin 'Titlebar Clock'
On 14. July 2001 the new plug-in 'Titlebar Clock' was released for the alternative Workbench 'Scalos'. This plug-in adds a clock and date display to the titlebar of the Scalos desktop.

Download: Scalos-Plugin_Clock.lha (12K) (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)


The end of Amiga-Society?
On 17. July 2001 the Amiga-Society would have had their first anniversary. After the initial problems on start-up, the end of A4EP, etc., etc., etc., the new page was taken offline (for the time being).

Hence among other sites also the mirror of the Big Book of Amiga Hardware and the new Schlachtfeld website were disabled. On 17. July an opinion poll shall determine whether or not we should continue the pages / projects. But the previous feedback rather indicates the end of the project.

Best regards,

Horst Diebel (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Bernd Gmeineder / Peter Levan (ANF)


Game: Emerald Mine Online now part of AMI Sector One
The popular site 'Emerald Mine Online', dedicated to the same named well known Kingsoft game, now became a part of AMI Sector One by the name of 'Emerald Web'.

Emerald Web offers downloads of hundreds of Emerald Mine clones for the Amiga as well as editors, cover-scans, and more. The layout of Emerald Web was adjusted to AMI Sector One, too.

Who owns Emerald Mine relating games still not listed on Emerald Web, please contact.

The URL of Emerald Web is http://amiga.emucamp.com/emerald/. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
REBOLforces


Magazine: REBOL/Zine Issue 3 Vol 1
On 13. July 2001 Jeff Kreis has released the 3rd issue of the REBOL/Zine magazine. This online magazine deals with the REBOL system. The current issue contains articles about the following subjects:
  • REBOL Puzzles and Idioms
    • Compose is your friend
    • Compose Idioms
    • Block stripper
  • Parsing financial statements - sort of.
  • Doing the impossible - shell access without shell access
  • Iterated Fields?? (an iterator intro and iter-field howto(-fakeit))
  • Get-Word!
(sd) (Translation: mj)

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15.Jul.2001
Starmag-Team (ANF)


PSX-CheatBook V1.7.1 released
Today a PSX cheat book was put online on our site. Unfortunately only PSX 1 relating at this time, but this would change in the next version. The cheat book is located under "PSX". (ps) (Translation: mj)

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14.Jul.2001
Amiga Inc.


AMIGA Inc. News
press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Amiga joins Tao in its plans to support Open Contents Platform Association
Snoqualmie, WA - July 13, 2001

Amiga today announced its support of the Open Content Platform Association (OCPA), The Tao Group, along with Sharp, JVC and Kyocera, launched the OCPA today to promote the creation of a flexible and open environment that will benefit hardware vendors and content developers.

The Amiga developer community is the largest and most experienced at creating applications targeting the intent platform from Tao. Amiga developers are well known in the industry for creating compelling multimedia applications. Amiga is already working with a number of Tao partners to deliver games and productivity applications for the intent platform.

"The standardization of the intent platform will help Amiga's development community target a broad number of hardware devices", said Bill McEwen, the President and CEO of Amiga, Inc. "Our experience with intent has shown that it is an excellent platform for building multimedia applications. We have more than 18 months of expertise in creating application that run on intent and we look forward to working with the OCPA to share our experience with them."

"Amiga has been an excellent partner with a worldwide development community that can benefit from this initiative", said Francis Charig, Chairman of the Tao Group. "Amiga's inputs will be valuable to the working members of the OCPA and we welcome their participation."

Amiga offers developers a number of programs and products to help build applications. The Amiga SDK (available at http://www.amiga.com) offers a development environment and tools for developers. The Amiga Support Network (http://www.amigadev.net) offers developers a forum for discussion, mailing lists, and other infrastructure for joint collaboration efforts.

Amiga has also signed a distribution agreement with Sharp Corporation that allows content created by Amiga developers to be distributed on Sharp Space Town. Sharp Space Town provides applications and other content that run on the Sharp Zaurus and other Sharp PDA devices. Amiga also offers distribution channels for worldwide markets.

About Amiga Inc.
Amiga Inc. provides technology to developers for writing and porting applications to a new multi-media operating system which is hardware and operating system agnostic. Amiga is based in Snoqualmie, WA, 28 miles east of Seattle and has offices worldwide.

Contacts:

Bill McEwen
Amiga, Inc.
Tel: +1 (425) 396-5660
Fax: +1 (425) 396-5671
Email: bill@amiga.com
http://www.amiga.com (ps)

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14.Jul.2001
Matay


Matay: New Prometheus SDK and new drivers
There's a new software kit for developers in version 1.49 ready for download at Matay's homepage. All Voodoo3 2000/3000 drivers have been revised and are now available in a final version.

Download:
Prometheus149.lha
V3_13JUL.lha
Picasso96InstallPrometheus.lha
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14.Jul.2001
Steffen Haeuser (ANF)


Hyperion and the StormC 4
Steffen Haeuser wrote:
After our reactions on the "StormC 4 news" I was asked by Ben Hermans to explain our position on this topic to clarify some misunderstandings and falsifications.

At Heretic II times we were using a "self development" called gcc-WarpUP, a self standing port of gcc to WarpUP and 68k. This compiler had the substantial disadvantage that no debugger - very important for program testing and fast bug fixing - was available (and wasn't easily made, either). Besides that the compiling speed was quite slow (despite PPC exe), and there was no GUI available. At that time this compiler was the only alternative, though:

  • SAS/C: Even when leaving aside the missing WarpOS support, this compiler isn't really suitable for a "big" PC port. Doing a PC port there's normally a heavy use of C++, and when a compiler isn't 100% compatible with the standard used by compilers like gcc/VisualC++/Metroworks CodeWarrior - inclusive possible "enhancements" of these compilers - doing a port is made much more difficult, if not even impossible. It may well be possible to develop a C project with such a compiler but not a C++ project. The only one of our projects being not C++ was Heretic II. And the most of our projects rely HEAVILY on C++, with STL and all things belonging to it. Because of that we don't feel like doing long ports and then, when linking, having to realize that the compiler isn't compatible enough with gcc/... making a compiler change necessary.
  • vbcc: In my opinion this is a great compiler, too, but as it doesn't support C++ using this compiler is completely out of question for us. Besides that we prefer a commercial product. In case of bugs you may demand a fast bugfix, or you get telephone support or so. But sure, the vbcc is a good compiler - but it simply doesn't suit our needs. By the way: vbcc has no source level debugger, either (wosdebug is not source level but assembler level).
  • StormC 3: For StormC 3 (in contrary to 4) counts the same as for SAS/C - a special compiler not compatible enough for the Amiga market.
Now Haage&Partner have decided to drop their "own" code generator in favour of the gcc code generator - what was welcomed by us - with the version 4 of StormC. That means: StormC 4 has more in common with gcc-WarpUP than with StormC 3.

That means that with StormC 4 you get all what you get with gcc-WarpUP but additionally you get the special features of the StormC that gcc-WarpUP doesn't offer:
  • A superb source level debugger
  • 40% faster compiling than with gcc-WarpUP thanks to optimizations (in the PPC version)
  • A significiantly more efficient I/O linker library
  • A profiler for 68k and PPC
  • A graphical IDE
  • The possibility to compile via network
  • (Partly) Object file compatibility with StormC 3 and vbcc-WarpUP and SAS/C 68k
  • The possibility to create mixedbinaries
  • The possibility to easily create PPC shared libraries
  • Support possibilities from the developer (very important for us, no matter what compiler !!!)
Though this sounds like advertising: For a developer of commercial software there's simply no alternative to StormC 4 on the Amiga. And I don't see any rason why people absolutely want to talk about an alternative.

If I only think of the many weeks (!!!) of work the debugger of StormC 4 has shortened my work on the port of Freespace. These are REAL working hours I have saved through this.

By the way, the BSD compatibility of the includes of StormC (as gcc derivative) is considerably better than the one of the CodeWarrior includes for MacOS.

Steffen Haeuser
Hyperion Entertainment
SteffenH@hyperion-software.de
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14.Jul.2001
Thomas Wolf (ANF)


Failure at amigakult.com repaired
Lift switchboard
Unfortunately my site couldn't be viewed since Friday. Because of a small error was the start of the page cancelled. This error was removed now and therefore the is the lift switchboard for the Cologne exhibition reachable again. Please excuse this disturbance many times.
Thomas Wolf
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14.Jul.2001



Aminet Uploads until 14.07.2001
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ForrestLevel.lzh     mods/xm    989K+And in the forrest we go...
EP_JasonPage.lha     mus/play    17K+EaglePlayer "Jason Page" external replay
EP_SteveTurner.lha   mus/play     9K+EaglePlayer "Steve Turner" external repl
EP_TME.lha           mus/play     6K+EaglePlayer "The Musical Enlightenment" 
MASMPegDevice.lha    mus/play   129K+CBM compat. device for MAS MP3 Player
htmldoc.lha          text/misc  844K+Convert HTML to PDF,PostScript...v1.8.14
alba.lha             util/boot   62K+Lock your Amiga with a password ITA-ENG
TxtToHTML.lha        util/conv   23K+TXT files to HTML Documents Converter
ReqToolsLib.lha      util/libs  195K+V39.1 reqtools.library w/src (AROS back 
Safe.lha             util/virus  33K+Virus detector v16.1
classaction.lha      util/wb    399K+AmigaOS multipurpose filemanager
handmouse.lha        util/wb      1K+Cute mousepointer (hand+sleeping mouse)
suomicountry.lha     util/wb      1K+Suomi.country file (Finnish)
(as) (Translation: wk)

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14.Jul.2001
Michael Merkel (ANF)


Amiga chooses H&P's StormC as official development environment
July 14, 2001
Amiga Inc is pleased to announce that it is partnering with HAAGE&PARTNER GmbH, of Glashuetten, Germany in order to provide Amiga developers with a world class development environment.

Amiga Inc is working closely with HAAGE&PARTNER to provide for the first their flagship StormC developer package will become the official Amiga Development System. This will see StormC  providing transparent, language independent support for both the AmigaOS and the AmigaDE.

"Amiga is committed to moving application development forwards to support our new architecture." said Fleecy Moss, Chief Technical Officer of Amiga Inc. "This means dynamic, persistent components, descriptive, location independent interfaces, brokered services and a complete separation of design from implementation. HAAGE&PARTNER have spent many years creating a simple, easy to use, yet powerful development package for the AmigaOS, and we are delighted to be working with them as we push forwards.

"We are very pleased about the Amiga certification on StormC", said Jürgen Haage, General Manager of HAAGE&PARTNER GmbH. "This certification is a quality assurance for Amiga Inc. and guarantees the Amiga developer community a continuous further development of our StormC development system."

The complete press release can be found following the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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13.Jul.2001
Hans-Jörg Frieden (e-mail)


Hyperion Entertainment: Warp3D for Voodoo 3
We are pleased to announce that our Voodoo 3 Warp 3D V4 drivers for Prometheus (both 68K and PPC) are now fully completed.

We are currently in the process of rewriting the Warp 3D license agreement so you can expect the full driver package in the course of the next week.

As we are still getting e-mails about the Elbox situation, we would like to point out that we have not heard from anybody at Elbox for over two weeks now.

At this point it appears to be highly improbable that we will ever see 3D drivers for the Elbox's range of PCI products.

Again, we would like to ask everybody mailing us about 3D support for Elbox PCI hardware to contact Elbox rather than Hyperion Entertainment.

We cannot be held responsible in any way for the lack of 3D support. If 3D graphics are important to you, we advise you to look into purchasing a competing PCI product."

Ben Hermans
Managing Partner, Hyperion Entertainment
(ps) (Translation: rh)

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13.Jul.2001
Gerrit Timmermann (ANF)


Amiga-Mailbox Stardate access disrupted
The Stardate mailbox (Amiga mailbox since 10 years and since more than one year accessible through web portal http/telnet) can not be reached for some days because of a lightning stroke.

Also affected is the Dynamite server stardate.2y.net.

Polling boxes and users are asked to switch to the Modem/ISDN numbers (can be found here in the Amiga Link Directory).

It'll be announced when access via internet is possible again. (ps)

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13.Jul.2001
Bernhard Kellerer (e-mail)


Soundtrack and Boing beachballs sought
My name is Bernhard Kellerer, I am Creative Director of the London film production company "iMagic Films Limited". I am Amiga fan since 1987, foundation member of the Austrian Amiga Club Tirol and still convinced that we'll be "Back For The Future" one day. What always fascinated me about the Amiga is the community that sticked through thick and thin with our "girlfriend". And just this community it is that gave me this idea.

We will soon film a commercial for an Austrian town. It is a low budget production which is made possible only through the (mostly) free of charge working volunteers. Despite the low budget, the 30 - 40 second spot will certainly have a high cinematic standard. It is about a young woman who is catapulted from a dreary surroundings into a fascinating dreamworld. About 150 extras, some fire-eaters, pyros and confetti bombs will provide a proper spectacle. The spot will be shown in many cinemas.

Now we're looking for a piece of music which accompanies the dream journey of our protagonist. GEMA-free music is out of question, but a real movie composer too expensive. Here the community comes into play: there are many talented musicians in the Amiga MOD- and demo-scene who could easily compose a soundtrack for us. Maybe an already existing piece could be modified. We haven't agreed on any music style so far and are thus open for everything.

Since nevertheless some conditions regarding length and structure of the piece should be obeyed, I suggest that people who are interested in the project contact me directly by e-mail.

As a special insider gag it's supposed to rain boing balls which the local firemen will let fall down upon the extras from a net affixed to a ladder. For this, we need a larger number of boing beachballs. And here again the community is asked: who can do without his beachball before the summer vacation? Which dealers have maybe still boing beachballs in stock and could put them shortly at our disposal? Maybe this commercial could later be adapted as an AMIGA commercial.

My postal address is:

Bernhard Kellerer
Langgasse 8
A-6065 Thaur
- Austria -
(ps) (Translation: rh)

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13.Jul.2001
AMIGAplus newsletter


Event: AMIGA World 2001 website online
The website of the AMIGA World 2001, which is held from 20th to 22nd September 2001 in Cologne together with the maxpo2001, can from now on be reached at www.amiga-messe.de and contains the first, preliminary information. The English version should be available this weekend.

If you want to book a booth at the show, please note that the definitive deadline for booking is the 31st July. Later bookings are not possible.

Please send organizational or technical questions to info@amiga-messe.de. If you are an exhibitor and want to publish news on the show website, please send them to nico@amigaos.de.

Please note also that the phone and fax numbers of the show organizer falkemedia have changed. The new numbers are (+49)-431 200766-0 and (+49)-431 200766-1 respectively and will be available from tomorrow on.

Contact:
falkemedia
An der Holsatiamühle 1, D-24149 Köln
Tel: (+49)-431 - 200766-0
Fax: (+49)-431 - 200766-0
info@amiga-messe.de (ps) (Translation: rh)

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13.Jul.2001
Saku 2001


Event: Matay and Nova Design at Saku 2001
The companies Matay and Nova Design will attend the Finnish Amiga show Saku 2001 held on September 1st in Vantaa (near Helsinki). Read the announcement at the title link. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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13.Jul.2001
Pawel Filipczak (ANF)


SMS-Tool: TaskiSMS version 2.58
The new version 2.58 of TaskiSMS has been released. With this program you can send short messages (SMS) to mobile phones in 160 countries of the world. The program can be downloaded from the TaskiSMS homepage or on Aminet.

News in this release:
  • updated HandyLand plugin
  • updated Lycos plugin
  • added GoldenTelecom plugin
  • fixed sms split routine, it's now more intelligent
(ps) (Translation: rh)

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13.Jul.2001
Thomas Steiding (e-mail)


epic interactive: Amiga version of The Feeble Files?
In the last weeks we received quite a few e-mails and requests for an Amiga version of our upcoming Mac conversion of the cartoon adventure The Feeble Files. Since porting the game to the Macintosh is now completed we have evaluated the possibility of an Amiga version of this great game. An Amiga version would require an 060/PPC equipped Amiga with 32 MByte RAM and a graphics board (4 MB). The game would come with complete English and German speech versions on at least 2 CDs. You can find more information on this great title in the projects section of our homepage.

Because the Amiga market has declined over the past 12 months and porting a game to another platform is always also a financial risk we have decided to start a preorder campaign for The Feeble Files Amiga: If we receive at least 400 preorders for this game we will bring The Feeble Files to the Amiga. Porting the game from the Mac to the Amiga should not take more than 6 weeks, so that the game could theoretically reach Amiga users by early September. Please send orders to order@epic-interactive.com. The game will cost Euro 51,10 (plus shipping). If you wish to pay by credit card please contact KDH Datentechnik. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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13.Jul.2001
Fun Time World


MP3 Encoder: LamePPC 3.89
Jarmo Laakkonen has released version 3.89 of the MP3 encoder LamePPC, which only runs on WarpOS.

Download:
lame.lha (246 KB)
lam_src.lha (933 KB) (ps) (Translation: rh)

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13.Jul.2001
Jan Andersen (e-mail)


Virus Help Denmark: Updates of bootable disks
Virus Help Denmark has updated the bootable antivirus disks, with version 33.26 of xvs.library. And we have also made a new disk with VirusExecutor by Jan Erik Olausen.

Here is some info about the disks:
Kickstart 2.0x or higher:
VirusExecutor v2.19 (xvs.library v33.26) - 563.617 bytes (.dms packed)
VirusCheckerII v2.5 (xvs.library v33.26) - 468.680 bytes (.dms packed)
VirusZ III v0.94b (xvs.library v33.26) - 545.671 bytes (.dms packed)

Kickstart 1.2 or higher:
VT-Schutz v3.17 - 428.401 bytes (.dms packed) ** NOT UPDATED **

Virus Help Denmark still needs some translators who can translate some virus tests from German into English. E-mail Jan Andersen if you want to help. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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12.Jul.2001
Merlancia Industries


Dave Haynie: CTO of Merlancia Industries
Dave Haynie is the new CTO of Merlancia Industries. Dave Haynie might be well known by any Amiga user, cause he's a kind of living legend. The following is a brief summary of his career so far:

Dave Haynie studied electronic engineering at the Carnegie Mellon University. After his studies four month of employment at General Electric he was hired by Commodore in September 1983 to support their "TED" project, which was started by Jack Tramiel. Later the C116 emerged from the "TED" project. While his times at Commodore Haynie decisively worked on many projects, like several 8 bit machines (e.g. C128), the Amigas A500, A2000, A2500, A3000, and A4000, Zorro-III, and he took part in the development of the AA and AAA chipsets, etc..

All in all he spent 11½ years at Commodore. 'Beside' of that he wrote about 50 articles for Amiga magazines of those times; Amiga Sentry, .Info, Amiga Transactor, Amazing Computing, Amiga World, etc.. Furthermore he wrote some developer tools and the FFS tool "DiskSalv".

Some of his 'stations' at Commodore:
  • 1983: Commodore "TED" project, low-cost VIC-20 replacement.
  • 1984: Commodore 128 project, the sequel to the venerable Commodore 64..
  • 1986: Amiga 2000-B - slot-based Amiga. He designed the gate-array (Buster) and a "coprocessor interface" for the CPU slot.
  • 1988: Amiga 2620/2630: 68020/30 CPU cards for the Amiga 2000.
  • 1989: Amiga 3000: First fully 32-bit Amiga architecture. As a co-creator of the system, he designed the basic system architecture, the Zorro III expansion bus standard, and the "Buster" bus control gate array which implemented Zorro III.
  • 1991: Amiga 3000+": initially a product oriented design, this coupled the new Amiga "AA" system/graphics chipset, an AT&T DSP3210 media coprocessor, 16-bit audio and modem CODECs, etc. Management changes canceled the project, though some of its "DNA" lived on the Amiga 4000 and 1200. He also developed basic modular "Acutiator" architecture for next-generation Amiga systems.
  • 1992: Developed 32-bit SCSI controller for Amiga 4000, architecture for stand-alone DSP add-in cards, and prototype of "AAA" motherboard, for Commodore's 4th generation, 64-bit Amiga graphics system. System works, but by 1993, there's no money left to fix the four full-custom ASICs.
  • 1994: Developed plug-in graphics subsystem for the Amiga. Commodore declares bankruptcy, this is never built.

Haynie created a 2-hours video about the last day at Commodore and the goodbye-party, known by the name of "The Deathbed Vigil and Other Tales of Digital Angst". This video for example is as a bonus content of the "Amiga Forever" CD by Cloanto.

After his times at Commodore Dave Haynie worked for the Scala Inc. company for a short time, where about 80% of the former Commodore engineers met, again. In November 1995 Amiga Technologies contracted him to consult for the PowerAmiga project. He developed a concept, but due to Escom's financial problems this project got canceled.

After that, in May 1996, Haynie was contracted by the PIOS Computer AG, where he was in charge of the hardware. Shortly before founded by Stefan Domeyer PIOS engaged also other former Amiga Int. or Commodore employees, among them such clinking names like Dr. Peter Kittel and Andy Finkel. PIOS formed up to become a successful distributor of PowerPC hardware and to make the PowerAmiga dream reality - the term of "PiosONE" was born.

Later from the PIOS Computer AG the Met@box AG emerged, a group of meanwhile six companies with among other things Settop boxes as part of their product line. Me@box made application for insolvency in May 2001.

More stations on Haynie's way:
  • 1999 - Fleecy Moss started the KOSH project to develop a new open source operating system for the Amiga - Dave Haynie is responsible for the hardware. systems and audio.
  • 1999 - The "Phoenix Platform Consortium" to define the Amiga's future was founded - beside of Dave Haynie also Carl Sassenrath, RJ Mical, Wolf Dietrich (Phase 5), and Dan Dodge (QNX) were part of it.
  • 2001 - In July Dave Haynie became CTO of Merlancia Industries.

He contributed information for the "The International Technology And. Computing Historical Association" ITACHA, who collect 'artefacts' from technic and computer industry and make these information available online. Unfortunately at this time there is only one page about the "C65" available.

Also a really rich source for Amiga devotees are the "The Dave Haynie Archives".

Last but not least it might be to mention that he became known and dear to many of the Amiga community as a an unweary, all-time helpful co-worker/partner/friend. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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12.Jul.2001
Thomas Wolf (ANF)


Ride agency at Amigakult
Thomas Wolf wrote:
I created a rubric on the new page of Amigakult (www.amigakult.com) where people wanting to attend the Cologne show can search or offer a ride to the show. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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12.Jul.2001
Andreas R. Kleinert (E-Mail)


Change of address: PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX
The new address of perSuaSiVe SoftWorX since 01. July 2001 is:

Andreas R. Kleinert
Rabenflugstrasse 1
D-57074 Siegen

E-Mail-address, phone and fax number did not change and letters to the old address will not get lost. (ps)

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12.Jul.2001
Deftone (ANF)


Website: graphician wanted!
Who would be interested in creating a logo for the DJ portal for a banner on the site in return? Just send an e-mail to deftone@blitzengineers.de. Thanks. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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12.Jul.2001
amiga.org (ANF)


CNet: Psion leaving handheld business
Psion, who were about to utilize the AmigaDE for future PDAs, will leave the handheld business. The reason might be that Psion do not have enough financial resources to compete with PalmOS or WinCE products.

The share declined in price to it's all-time-low during the last weeks. But Psion is working on the Netbook. It is obscure to what extent these changes will affect the use of the AmigaDE. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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12.Jul.2001
Golem IT-News (ANF)


Golem: Motorola at severe loss
As to read at golem.de Motorola suffers from a crisis in the tele-communication market. The company drew sales of 7.5 millions USD in 1Q/01 which stands for a minus of 19% compared to last year's sales.
Follow the title link for the Golem article (German).

Edtor's note: Since at the moment every chip manufacturer in fact is in the same situation this seems to be more likely a normal evolution of market. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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12.Jul.2001
SixK


Webserver: MorphOS Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.0.6
Version v1.3.20 of the webserver including the script language module PHP v4.0.6 for MorphOS is available from the 'SixK Port Page'. This version is for use with the official Amiga Apache archive.

Download: apache1320_php406_mos.lzx (ps) (Translation: mj)

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12.Jul.2001
Thorsten Schoelzel (E-Mail)


CD32-Allianz website moved
Thorsten Schoelzel wrote:
CD32/CDTV-Corner moving
Unfortunately I'm not able to update the CD32/CDTV-Corner more often, at the time being. The server space decreased more an more, so the site now move to a new server. The new address is: http://home.nexgo.de/cd32-allianz/

Along with this move new possibilities raise for the CD32/CDTV-Corner, cause now other CD32 and CDTV freaks can help working on the website to design it more interesting and topical. Everybody wanting to help now can contribute own content, as long as this content matches the subject of the page. Who is interested and means business will get all access data via e-mail promptly.

If this test of organizing a webpage with several webmasters will succeed, this will sure affect other homepages, too. A very interesting test, I think. (ps)

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11.Jul.2001
Stephan Rupprecht


Tool: ENVHandler V 1.9
Stephan Rupprecht has released version 1.9 of his HappyEnv replacement 'ENVHandler'.

Download: envhandler.lha - (13 KB) (ps) (Translation: mj)

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11.Jul.2001
T.o.T.


Game: Tales of Tamar now also for PC
Tales of Tamar is an Internet-based round game for Amiga, Atari, Linux and PC of Eternity Entertainment Software.

With PC-version 0.20 the game is now playable without any restricts on a PC. Distributing grain, feeding the folk, gathering the corn, controlling the increase of the population, setting the tax, exploring...belong to the tasks of the ruler in the PC version up to now.

Thus Tales of Tamar is the first game in the world which unites the computer platforms of Atari, Amiga and PC in an online-game.

We are still looking for alpha-tester for each platform. Ask your friends and acquaintances and try to prove yourself in this fantasy-world. Who really is the better strategist? Please mail to Martin Wolf if you are interested in. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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11.Jul.2001
Chris Hodges


MP3: MASMPegDevice V1.4
On 9th July 2001 Chris Hodges has published version 1.4 of the MASMPeg-device. This device is a Commodore compatible mpeg.device for the MAS-player (MP3/2-audio-hardwareplayer) of Dirk Conrad. It enables MAS-player being used together with software which support the mpeg.device standard. AMPlifier, Frogger and MPEGMovie belong to this.

Download: MASMPegDevice.lha (129 KB) (ps) (Translation: dr)

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11.Jul.2001
Richard Kapp (E-Mail)


NARR-site: Skin for MUICD-player and MI-set for PlayGUI
Richard Kapp writes:
All those who do not like the OS 3.9 CD-player and miss a graphically appropriate other one should risk a peep at MUI-CD player where you can exchange the graphical buttons. On my homepage you can download a gfx-set with aqua-look for the great CD-player ´MUICD-Player´. The alternative images glow and give away when clicking them. Have a look at a screenshot.

Maybe it encourage some users to create their own sets?

Besides this some areas have been changed. There are now more current screenshots and a MI-icon (thanks to Martin Merz!) image set for PlayGUI which also contains a special MI-skin. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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11.Jul.2001
Rüdiger Engel (ANF)


Homepage of IMAGE now hosted on an Amiga
From today on the homepage of IMAGE works on proper Amiga! For this purpose an Amiga 4000 equipped with AmigaOS 3.9, a 68040/40, a X-Surf and hopefully sufficient RAM as well as Amiga-Apache, Amiga-MySQL, PHP4 and Perl has been set up at a web-hoster.

Thus the IMAGE-pages might be the only sites of a Amiga user group which also run on an Amiga. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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11.Jul.2001
WHDLoad


Installer: WHDLoad - New packets
Games which formerly have been made for disks can be installed with the help of WHDLoad to the harddrive. The following packets have been added or updated: The current version of WHDLoad is version 14.3 from 04.06.2001.
Download: WHDLoad_14.3_usr.lzx (119 KB) (ps) (Translation: dr)

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11.Jul.2001
Paul Nolan, CEO Idruna Software Inc. (ANF)


Image editing: Photogenics for Pocket-PC 1.0A published
The image editing program 'Photogenics' for Pocket-PC 1.0A supports Compaq iPAQ, Casio Cassiopeia, HP Jornada and Palmax Amigo. You can download a demo version and some videos.

The program will be sold for a special introducing price for another week. All those who already own the demo version only have to download the free upgrade-file of 1.0 to 1.0A and the full guide in HTML- or Windows-help-format. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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10.Jul.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Denmark needs your help
We need your help to get our "Amiga Virus Encyclopedia" on our website up to 100%. So we are looking for a few persons that can help us with to translate about 200 German virus documentation into English. If you will help us, we are waiting for your reply. We have about 200 tests that we need translations for, so we do need more that one person. We can't pay you any money for your work, but you will support the a 'Good Case'....
If you are interested, mail to Jan Andersen. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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10.Jul.2001
AWeb ML


Help: ARexx / AWNPipe Tutorials
Bruce Steers has written several tutorials for ARexx and AWNPipe and released them in the net (title link). (ps) (Translation: gf)

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09.Jul.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)


Updater v1.31 / Reactions of the press
Airsoft Softwair released Updater version 1.31 on there homepage. The program lets you - as a owner of ´The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM´ - download new updates from the protected downloadsection. The new version contains a major bugfix so it is highly recommended to use the new version.

Furthermore there are some pressreviews of this CD-ROM. For example an article by AMIGAplus (7/8 2001) and one by the Amiga-Magazin (7/2001). So if you want to find some information about the CD you are now able to find some at the Airsoft homepage. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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09.Jul.2001
Ralf Berg (ANF)


IFFAnzeiger
Ralf Berg wrote:
Today I released the first ALPHA-version of my program called IFFAnzeiger (IFFDisplayer). This program lets you display images that have actually a bigger size than your memory has. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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09.Jul.2001
Alfred Faust (ANF)


Midi-Sequencer: BarsnPipes1
Alfred Faust wrote:
The first official version of the new development fork of the well known and popular MIDI-sequencer BarsnPipes is now available in the download section of my homepage.

New: The screenmode can now be changed via a requester. You can change the resolution, the color depth (up to 256 colors), and the size of the screen. Nearly every requester and menu is now ported to Gadtools.library without losing the feeling of BarsnPipes.

This makes it possible to control big parts of the program via the keyboard. The program now supports different languages. Volunteers who want to translate the program can download a small development package (CatTrans.lha) that contains the catalogue-compiler CComp and a small how-to.

Download: BarsnPipes1.lha (ps) (Translation: sk)

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09.Jul.2001



amiga-news.de headlines on your homepage
Within the scope of a PHP workshop the (German) Amiga-Magazin has recently dealt with the possibility to include our news via a backend within their own PHP website. As the scripts were thoroughly tested since then we don't want to withhold this possibility from our users. Here you can see an example of the result.

Important: The preset time of six hours must not be reduced! Calls with shorter intervals will lead to IP blocking!

Please read in the following translation of the article from Amiga-Magazin how you can include this service in your website:

Fresh news with PHP

Some news sites like amiga-news.de offer a backend service for up-to-date news. To do this the site creators provide a special file on the server that e.g. makes the last ten headlines available. These data can be included in the own start page by using PHP so that you can always offer fresh news on your site.

In listing 3 you see a solution in PHP. You can include this script snip in the own document and with every call are the current headlines of amiga-news.de shown on your page. The PHP script pulls the data file and does a conversion into HTML code. This is written into a temporary file and then included in the page.

Before doing the transfer the script verify the age of the present local data. After reaching an appointed age the head file of amiga-news.de is read and the list is created anew. Then the script overwrites the local data.

In the first part are declared some variables. These are the server address, the port used by the script to transfer the data from amiga-news.de and the file the data are written to. The following variables define some values for time and date. In the example comes a list with names of months next that are later needed for generating the HTML text.

Now the actual program begins. The script gets the headlines every six hours from amiga-news.de. A shorter period of time shouldn't be chosen because of performance reasons. Otherwise data would be pulled too often from the server and unnecessarily increase the data transfer. If the data are too old the script opens a connection via port Port 80 (HTTP) to amiga-news.de, transfers the data and generates the HTML data by using these. If a connection to amiga-news.de can't be established a corresponding error message will appear.

The script now read line by line the data -- the format of the amiga.news.de headlines can be found in listing 4. If the script hits the string %% (beginning of a message) it starts the evaluation of the data. The first line in the headline is the title -- it is read into a corresponding variable ($headline). Then follows the link to the message -- it goes to $headlink. After that follow date and time.

In our case only the date is of interest for us. That's why the back part of the data is simply cut with the strtok command. The space between date and time is the parting sign.

In the example we want always summarize the news of a day and place the date before it. For that reason the program is testing the date -- if it's empty it becomes the current date. With explode the year, month and day are parted into single strings (parting sign is a hyphen -- see listing 4). Then is the string for the output of the current date assembled. A non-breakable space is set at the beginning so that the date is inserted a little bit and the tag for the bold print (<B>) is set.

Now follow the day, the month and the year. In this step are also the predefined month names inserted (see beginning of the listing). At the end there has to be a </B> to deactivate the bold mode (bold print).

With the following if-clause the program tests whether the last read data ($current_date) is greater than the obtained one ($akdate). If this is the case a new date line for HTML has to be generated, as the next message comes from the previous day. Here is the advantage of the automatic type conversion in PHP used. When comparing with »greater« PHP interpretes the string as number. If $current_date is not greater than $akdate there's simply an empty string allocated for $ak_date.

Hint: The variable $akdate has two functions in the script - it is used as memory for the date obtained by amiga-news.de and later on used for the date line in the HTML code.

When the date line is done the HTML code for the headline with link is being generated. At the beginning is the date integrated. Is the headline from the same day as in the line before this string is set to »empty« during the date comparison in the upper part -- no date is inserted. After that the program writes the generated HTML line into th local news file. This is done until all lines of the headline file have been read. The local data file will then be closed and the connection to the server of amiga-news.de will be closed.

In the last part of the script is the integration of the news file (that already contains HTML code) into the website done. The server then sents this part to the client.

The presented solutions can in principe already be integrated in the own website. But it contains almost no text formatting. During the assembling of the string for the date the text is set to bold in the example -- but you can here also change the font size (font tag). You can built a table, too, and feed the other data (time, rubric, editor) into the list.

With kind permission by
© 2001 Amiga Magazin, WEKA Computerzeitschriften GmbH
http://www.amiga-magazin.de/ (ps) (Translation: sk)

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Aminet Uploads until 09.07.2001
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09.Jul.2001
Amiga.org (ANF)


Movie / anim player: SoftCinema with DivX for Amiga
Robert wrote:
Softcinema released version 0.13 of the movie and anim player 'SoftCinema'. 'SoftCinema' offers the possibilty to display DivX on the Amiga (not OpenDivX or 3ivX). (ps) (Translation: sk)

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09.Jul.2001
3ivx


3ivx: New URL
The 3ivx homepage moved to a new URL. http://www.3ivx.nu changed to http://www.3ivx.com.

3ivX is a compression algorithm for video files with integrated audio-stream. It is available for different OS's such as Windows, Linux and Amiga (WarpUP and PowerUP). (mj) (Translation: sk)

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09.Jul.2001
TheLegacy


Nostalgie: The Legacy - new screenshost and cover-scans
There are some new screenshots, cover-scans and genredefinitions of up to 335 games in the 'Nostalgic Game Museum'. 'The Legacy' contains screenshots, cover-scans and information about the developers of old C64, Amiga, Atari, PC and Schneider/Amstrad CPC games. (mj) (Translation: sk)

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09.Jul.2001
PureBasic


Programing language: PureBasic V2.32 for Linux released
The preview version PureBasic v2.32 for Linux contains the following libraries:
  • File
  • FileSystem
  • Gadget
  • Keyboard
  • Misc
  • Network
  • Requester
  • Sound
A MS Word version of the manual of PureBasic is available for free download from the PureBasic support page. An online version of the manual is available, too.

Download:
PureBasicDemo2_32.tgz

Furthermore required:
nasm-0.98-1_lib6.i386.rpm
SDL-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm

purebasicmanual.zip - PureBasic manual (MS-Word) (mj) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
AMI Sector One (ANF)


AMI Sector One: Airbus A320, Airball, Amiga Soccer...
At 'AMI Sector One' the zivil flight simulator 'Airbus A320' by Rainer Bopf is available for free and legal download. Flight physics, navigating and flying skills are focal points of this realistic simulation.

Also another game by the programmer of 'Airbus' never released before is available: the 'JU-52 Flight Simulator', again a very complex flight simulator.

With permission of the former employees of 'Microdeal' the oldies 'Airball' and the seldom 'Amiga Soccer' are now online, too.

Of course there are more games, music disks, applications, as well as cover scans. Closer information are directly available on AMI Sector One. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
ANN


Jobs: Bonehead Development - help wanted
Newly founded Bonehead Development needs help for High-End Amiga game.

Yes, thats right! The newly founded game developer Bonehead Development is seeking help for their new and first project. We need all kind of people working with us and don't think twice about sending in your work to us. Please mail us soon!

Wer are a very small group of people who want to aim high on the gaming market with our first project called "Z-Squad" which is a mix of horror, 3d action, humour, beat 'em up, and strategy. We are early in development, in fact that early that we need help to get it going and we need GFX artists, coders, sketch artists, musicians, sound artists, and maybe some more. We hope that the game will be released both to Amiga and PC, cause we're seeing very serious in the matter and were not doing it out of good will. In other words, if there's no money there's no game. We want your work, but please don't mail us your 20MB demo before letting us know, cause our mail-server is a bit slow.

PS: It's an advantage if you live in Sweden, but no demand. So now, send us your work and we will answer all of those who will mail us.

With Regards Fredrik Robertsson Game Designer and in charge of this project

Contact address: Fredrik Robertsson (sd) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
ANN


Game: Short interview about PaybackPPC
On 7. July 2001 a short interview with James Daniels, Apex Designs, about the PPC version of Payback was published on amipal.

Among other things the current frame-rates accomplished by James Daniels can be taken from this interview. Indeed these lag behind of what Jack Daniels was hoping for. The memory bandwidth appears to slow down.
  • 30 fps on 320x240
  • 17 fps on 480x480
  • 12 fps on 640x480
(sd) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
3ivx


3ivx: Changing server
Due to changes of server locations it might happen that the web- or mail-server of 3ivx is temporary not available. (mj) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
Heise Newsticker


Heise: Linux developers planning .NET as Open-Source
According to reports on TechWeb and Wired the Linux company Ximian is about to announce an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET frameworks.

Read the full article under the title link (German).

There is an article (English) regarding this subject on ZDNet, too. (mj) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
BoingWorld


Game: BabeAnoid Screenshots
Richard Fhager released some links to screenshots of his BreakOut clone 'BabeAnoid' on BoinWorld.com. (mj) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
ANN


Events: AmiWest 2001 Rides
Who is looking for a ride to the AmiWest 2001 in Sacremento, California, U.S.A., (28th to 29th of July at the Holiday Inn) might sign up the guest-book on 'AmiWest 2001 Rides' (title link). (mj)

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08.Jul.2001
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)


Graphic Adventure Engine: Inga Beta
Timo Kloss wrote:
The developer pack for the graphic adventure engine 'Inga' was finished, more or less. Thus I'm now wanting beta testers.

Since the engine itself was not finished, yet, testing will focus the tools and manual. The following shall be checked:
  • Are the developer programs bug-free?
  • Do these run on any machine?
  • Are there suggestions for the tools?
  • Is the manual complete and plain?
  • Of course also the runability of the engine shall be tested.
If you are interested, please contact Timo@inutilis.de and provide close information about your configuration (hardware, software, versions, etc.)

The people elected will then receive the developer pack as digital version, only, (that is to say without the printed manual, but with a text file) and are enabled to purchase it at the half price on release. You will be allowed to go on using the digital version, anyway.

The developer pack runs on: AmigaOS V3.0+, CPU 68020+, graphics board with CyberGraphX. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


AmigaDE: CodeWarrior for AmigaDE
Gary Peak, Amiga Inc., did the following expression in a posting on the AmigaOne mailing list (title link):

«As you may or may not know, Code Warrior has agreed to develop a professional IDE for the DE. We are still talking details so I can't give any at this time.»

CodeWarrior is a very popular developer environment available for different systems (MacOS, PalmOS, and more). It is being developed by Metrowerks.

Update 12.07.2001:
Martina Jacobs has compiled more information on this topic:

About CodeWarrior:
The cross-platform-compiler CodeWarrior supports C, C++, Java, and assembly programming languages and is being used by more than 200,000 developers in over 80 countries all over the world to create platforms and applications for desktops and embedded systems.

The open architecture of this integrated development system allows to add new programming languages and computing platforms to it's IDE with relative ease. From the CodeWarrior White Papers you can learn more about this multi-architecture, how to use GNU tools in CodeWarrior and how to import makefiles.

Extent:

CodeWarrior comprises a multitude of developer tools for different platforms / processors. Here you will find a list and detailed descriptions of these tools.

Currently supported:

Standard platforms:
  • Windows
  • Macintosh
  • Solaris
  • Linux
  • PalmOS
  • Java

Processors by Motorola:
  • PowerPC-CPUs, 5xx, 6xx, 7xx and 8xx PowerPC processors AltiVec (7400), PowerQUICC II (8260), MPC 8240, hosted on Windows and Solaris.
  • 68K/ColdFire-CPUs, incl. CPU32, DragonBall, DragonBallEZ, DragonBallVZ, ColdFire 5206e, and 5307.
  • Motorola MCore-CPUs, incl. CMB1200/EVB1200, CMB2080EVB2080, CMB2107/EVB2107, CMB210, and CMB3401 evaluation boards.
  • 568xx DSP (Digital Signal Processors).

Processors by others:
  • StarCore DSP
  • NEC V8xx
  • MIPS
  • Special version for Java development.

RTOS development:
  • Embedded Linux
  • QNX Neutrino
  • Nucleus PLUS
  • 8, 16 and 32 bit architectures

Game consoles:
  • Nintendo
  • PlayStation®/2

CodeWarrior is being developed, marketed, and supported by Metrowerks.

About Metrowerks:
Metrowerks was founded in 1985 in Montreal, Canada. 10 years later the corporate headquarters were moved to Austin, Texas. Metrowerks has offices in Silicon Valley, Europe, India, and Tokyo. In September 1999 Metrowerks became an independently operating subsidiary of Motorola.

They have strategic partnerships with several important companies including Apple Computer, Microsoft® Corporation, Sun Microsystems®, and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
amiga.org


AmigaDE: AmigaDE Interface FAQ
The 'AmigaDE Interface FAQ' has been released on teotwin.com. This FAQ contains tips on how to customize the AmigaSDK together with the PartyPack. (sd) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
Carl Sassenrath (REBOL-ML)


REBOL: Build Package
Carl Sassenrath has released the utility 'build-pack' for REBOL on 06. July 2001. This utility comes in handy for bigger REBOL programs existing of many files, but are to be distributed as one single file.

A list of files gets assigned to this tool, being merged to one single and compressed script. Beside of the program code binary files - like graphics and sounds - are supported, too.

The script can be downloaded from the Util section of the REBOL script library.

Download: build-pack.r (sd) (Translation: mj)

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08.Jul.2001
Czech Amiga News


Magazine: The Crypt #18
Issue #18 of the English online magazine 'The Crypt' was released, yesterday. This issue contains tests of the jump'n run game 'Furball' and of two Amiga ports for Windows - Warblade ('Deluxe Galaga') by Edgar Vigdal, and DOpus 6.

In the article 'A wooden Amiga tower case' Fisherking introduces his wooden Amiga tower case and shows several pictures.

Moreover there are other articles, news, stories, and graphics.

Download: TheCrypt18.lha (2,8M) (sd) (Translation: mj)

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07.Jul.2001
Richard H. Poser II


Messenger: AmigAIM BETA version 0.9427
The latest version has been uploaded to the normal locations, on the webpage and descriptions on the links section of the mailing list have been changed.

History Extract of AmigAIM...


AmigAIM 0.9427 Beta (7 July 2001)
  • Found a bug in the Instant Message Windows color system, it wasn't being told to turn on the colors, as it didn't have access to the prefs structure.
  • Also made a small cosmetic change in a couple items having to do with returning from away via the Dock Window's contextmenu.
AmigAIM is a client for connecting with America Online's (AOL) AIM service.
(mj) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn


Emulation: CD32 emulation for Windows (update)
The first CD32 emulator for Windows, the CD32 Games Install Kit, was just released on the Airsoft Softwair homepage. This emulator works in connection with the famous WinUAE. Exactly like in the Amiga version, patches are applied to every single game. This gives a very good compatibility. Even digital CD audio is already supported. However you will require a custom version of the WinUAE which can be downloaded from my web page. Currently the CD32 Games Install Kit for Windows is only available for owners of the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM (download it in the protected update area!).

Update 08. July 2001:
Andreas Falkenhahn wrote in the German comments on this message:
I have had implemented some functions for CD audio handling in the custom version of WinUAE. Indeed those only can be utilized by my sub-system Install2001 which runs on the Amiga part, thus I don't know if the WinUAE team would like to have those functions in every official release. I will inquire it, anyway. But like already told, without Install2001, so without the Install Kit, those functions are just useless....
(mj) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
Suite101.com


AmigaOS: AmigaSDL
The cross platform handling of games and multimedia applications is often very difficult. There's a great number of libraries that are supposed to close this gap. Among them SDL (Simple Directmedia Layer) seems to come out as the probably most elegant and best supported project of this kind. Thanks to the latest work of long standing Amiga developer Gabriele Greco there's now an AmigaOS port of SDL available.

In his article (title link) John Chandler wrote on Suite101.com why SDL may probably be the best solution in cross platform programming for the AmigaOS and delivers some links.
(mj) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
SixK


Webserver: Apache 1.3.20 binary for Morphos
The Amiga webserver Apache (v1.3.20) is available as binary for MophOS and can be downloaded at SixK.

This binary was not compiled with the PHP module but there's a version with PHP in the work. This MorphOS version is for use with the official Apache archive that can be found on amiga-apache.org. To be able to use Apache several more packages of the Geekgadgets project are needed. Please look at the hints on the download page of amiga-apache.org. (mj) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
Martin R. Elsner


Tools: ClassAction v4.2 (update)
After a long waiting time it's now time to let the users enjoy: ClassAction V4.2 - The Next Generation!

Many proposals have been implemented, such as configurable icons, more images, better archive handling, easy configuration, many many new options, ...

You will find ClassAction on my homepage and soon in Aminet.

This will not be the last version - I have a list of other features that will be found in V4.3. But for today, accept this version - you can't loose!

Many thanks to all who have contributed to this version - betatesters, translators, and of course all users for their good proposals and encouraging words!

Update 08. July 2001:
ClassAction is a multifunctional file manager for the AmigaOS.
(mj) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
Olaf Köbnik


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena full version!
In co-operation with Christian Steiner the Amiga Arena makes the release of "Sharks Multi Version 1.5 Final" possible!

SHARKS! is a skill game playing underwater. Our brave diver is away to search the sea ground for treasures. The area in which he is is full of sharks, though ..., so: BE CAREFUL !!! Collect as many treasues as possible and be aware of the sharks! Because of too little feedback by the users the further development has ceased!

Amiga Arena "File Cutter" code!
Stefan Berge has made the code of File Cutter available to the Amiga Arena!

File Cutter serves to split files. You can e.g. split a file of 8MB (animation, LHA archive) into several small files so that you can put this file with no problem shared over several disks for further transport. On another computer these files are put together to the original complete file again.

Amiga Arena full version
Beneath a Steel Sky: With permission by Revolution Software Ltd. (thanks to Tony W.) the readers CD of the Amiga Future 31 contains the original sales version of the presumably best action adventure for the Amiga until today. Very special thanks to: Jürgen B. who made the archive available to me. (mj) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
Rene Stelljes


Amiga users list updated
Rene wrote:
"The Amiga users list was again updated and is now available in version 11.00 on my homepage.

The version change from 10.00 to 11.00 was made because I got erroneously an old version of the list when taking over the AUL. All entries that were made in the last Amiga users list by Stefan Martens are now contained in the new version, too.

From the next version on I'll update the AUL, therefore I'll verify the entries and delete all non up-to-date entries without replacement! Everybody already listed should check his/her entry and tell should something have changed meanwhile." (cd) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)


Simulation:new Freeciv beta version
A new Amiga Freeciv beta version has just been released on the freeciv page of my homepage. (cd) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
Rüdiger Hanke (ANF)


Fonts: new Fontutility ports / dictionaries wanted
On my homepage (and soon on aminet, too) can two new ports of font utilities be found that will be of use for the DTP interested and the font freaks. "ttf2pt1" converts TrueType fonts into the Postscript format for use in Pagestream, FinalWriter, Drawstudio, etc. and bases on the latest source codes. "afm2pfm" converts between Postscript fontmetric files. Despite the archive's name it's also possible to convert from PFM files to AFM files. Both programs can be found in the "Font Utilties" area of my website, additionally there's a PowerPC version for WarpOS available of "ttf2pt1".

Furthermore I'm looking for German language dictionary files of all kind (term definitions, thesaurus, foreign word dictionary, ...) for my new project. In contrary to the English there seems to be a real lack in the German speech area, at least regarding free, documented formats. If anybody owns such files or some Duden software out of the PC library series (or something similar) I'd be thankful if he/she would contact me via email. (cd) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jul.2001
(ANF)


Software: The Other Amiga World
Biggest public collection of Amiga demo-scene material. Available via (cd) (Translation: wk)

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06.Jul.2001
Andreas Magerl (e-mail)


Amiga Future: Interview with Matay
An interview with Matay was published today on the Amiga Future homepage. The English translation can be found in the English section of the homepage. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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06.Jul.2001
DirOpus 4


File manager: DirOpus 4.16j
Jacek Rzeuski has released version 4.16j of the file manager 'DirOpus'. DirOpus now contains the following localizations: Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish. The most recent changes and improvements can be found in the history.

DirOpus is a file manager, programmed by Jonathan Potter and Greg Perry of GP Software. The Windows version is now available in version 6.

The sourcecode of version 4 was released 1999 under the GNU Public License. Jacek Rzeuski then started to work on the program and improve it.

Download: DOpus416JRbin.lha (873 KB)

Mirror: http://dopus.free.fr/
Alternative download: DOpus416JRbin.lha (ps) (Translation: rh)

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06.Jul.2001
Czech Amiga News


Action: Interview with Rob Northen
Action has made an extensive and interesting interview with Rob Northen. Rob Northen wrote the copy protection for dozens of Amiga games. Action will make more interviews with VIPs from the Amiga scene. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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06.Jul.2001
Sven Ottemann (e-mail)


Tool: Contextswitch
Sven Ottemann writes:
A new version of Contextswitch is available at the titlelink. This tool is monitoring the number of context switches between PPC/68k on WarpOS. It was originally developed by Haage & Partner and is contained for example on the StormC4-CD.

Download: ContextSwitch.lha (ps) (Translation: rh)

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06.Jul.2001
Richard Kapp (e-mail)


GFX-BASE:Interview with the programmer of DiamondBOX
Richard Kapp writes:
Yesterday, Nikolaj Thygesen has released a new version of his excellent layer-based paint program 'DiamondBOX'. Maybe you have already downloaded the program - but maybe you want to learn more about the author. Just at the right time you can now read a current interview with Nikolaj. He reveals and explains the new features of the current version, talks about new plans, the creation of DiamondBOX and much more. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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06.Jul.2001
Richard H. Poser (e-mail)


Messenger: AmigAIM 0.9426 beta
The new beta version 0.9426 of AmigAIM, the AOL Instant Messenger for Amiga by Richard H. Poser, is available. All AmigAIM text files such as AmigAIM.guide, custom.txt and history.txt were updated and are available for download as well.

Changes:
  • Implemented the apparently forgotten about Notify menu items...
  • Added a Reset Connection menu item.
Download:
AmigAIM_Beta - full archive
AmigAIM.lha - update
AmigAIM.guide (ps) (Translation: rh)

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05.Jul.2001
Nikolaj Thygesen (E-Mail)


Paint program: DiamondBOX Version 1.12
Nikolaj Thygesen has released version 1.12 of his Amiga paint program 'DiamondBOX'. This program is CGFX compatible and requires at least AmigaOS 3.0, 8 MB RAM, 1 MB harddisk space, an Amiga with 68020 CPU and of course a little creativity. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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05.Jul.2001



Aminet Uploads until 05.07.2001
DOpus416JRsrc.lha    biz/dopus  981K+Great filemanager from GP Software
DigiCamGUI.lha       comm/misc    6K+TritonRexx based GUI for DigiCam v1.01
PinkFloyd.lha        demo/intro 1.7M+Vidi_Pink_Demo
vbcc.lha             dev/c      3.6M+Optimizing ISO C compiler (68k/WarpOS/Po
SetFileSize.lha      disk/misc   14K+Truncate or expand a file
AIOV48.lha           docs/mags  560K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 48 (June
eyangband.lha        game/role  808K+EyAngband 0.3.3 - Roguelike solo RPG
gumband.lha          game/role  975K+Gumband 2.1.7a - Roguelike solo RPG
psiangband.lha       game/role  741K+PsiAngband 1.3.0 - Roguelike solo RPG
vcdimager_077.lha    gfx/conv   535K+VCDImager 0.7.7 Beta (WarpUP and 68k Sup
amifig31.lha         gfx/edit   308K+Structured drawing tool v3.1, Xfig compa
amifig31_68k.lha     gfx/edit   338K+Structured drawing tool v3.1, Xfig compa
mouseps2.lha         hard/hack   12K+PS/2 Mouse conv. No drivers needed! v1.0
mamevg37b16.lha      misc/emu   2.5M+MAME Visual Guide 37b16 Addendum - PDF I
sg-strip_13.lha      pix/misc    48K+[ancor] strip 13 of the online-comic
sg-strip_14.lha      pix/misc    41K+[ancor] strip 14 of the online-comic
ReqToolsLib.lha      util/libs  195K+V39 reqtools.library w/src (AROS back po
ACE-Startup.lha      util/wb     15K+WBStartup-Prog for ACE-Progs
MemoryRemV1-18.lha   util/wb     57K+Clock-Replace, shows actual RAM & Larges
(as)

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05.Jul.2001
Scalos


Workbench replacement Scalos: New Plugin 'Device Filter'
A new module named 'DevFilter' for the extended Workbench replacement Scalos was released. With this plugin drive icons can be blinded out from the Workbench.

Unfortunately the download page currently is not available. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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05.Jul.2001
CodePoet


Emulator: WinUAE Version 0.8.16R4 released (Update)
Version 0.8.16 Release 4 of WinUAE, the Amiga emulator for Win95, Win98, WinME, Win2K, and WinXP, was released. The following has changed:

  • FIXED: 50Hz/60Hz switching (B.C. Kid) works again. (Toni Wilen)
  • FIXED: Various Picasso96 issues. (Bernd Roesch)
  • FIXED: F11 should be back-slash again.
  • ADDED: .GZ support in floppy dialog. (Timothy Roughton, aka Inner)
  • CHANGED: Tweaked the sound-code yet again, hopefully will be less choppy.
  • CHANGED: Tweaked the exception-handling code for JIT. (Bernie Meyer)
  • REMOVED: icon1.ico from the source-code archive.
Download: WinUAE0816R4.exe - help.zip (German) - help.zip (English)

Update:
This version was created on 03. June 2001, already.
Sorry for this double message, must be due to the heat ;-). (ps) (Translation: mj)

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05.Jul.2001
Green-Hosting / Ragonsoft (E-Mail)


Web-space: Cheap Hosting for Amiga Sites
From now on Amiga users, devotees, etc. can host their websites at Green-Hosting. There are deductions from regular offers and even free web-space (e.g. for www.yourname.de):

  • Free web-space 50 MB for Amiga relating sites (banners in return).
  • Deduction of 20-30% from existing offers!
  • This offer applies to Amiga users and Amiga sites.
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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05.Jul.2001
Wolf Faust (ANF)


Universal-Filter V2.1 Update for PageStream 3.x/4.x
A new version 2.1 of the PageStream universal filter was released. This free universal filter enables PageStream to load many graphic formats, BME or HHV.

This new version fixes a v2.0 filter problem in loading pictures with colour palettes, which could crash PageStream or HHV. It is strongly suggested to install this update.

Beside of the above fix some more small things were enhanced (e.g. new pnglib, lower stack requirement). Unfortunately there wasn't enough time to finish the support for the PhotoShop format. :-( (ps) (Translation: mj)

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05.Jul.2001
FORE-MATT Home Computing (E-Mail)


Magazine-CD: 100%AMIGA Issue 14
Issue #14 of the Amiga magazine '100%AMIGA' was released - the magazine you don't need to read, but can watch from CD. Read the original message:

»The July edition of 100%AMIGA is now available for sale. This month's magazine features the start of our new monthly "Easy to Understand" Assembly Programming Tutorial. So you think there is not enough Amiga programs? Then write your own or brush up on your skills with this non-technical guide to technical things!

Alternatively, browse a great new collection of icons or just sit back and let us take you through a visual tour of the recent K4 Show, Land of Genesis from Clearwater Interactive as well as our usual news and latest previews.« (ps) (Translation: mj)

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05.Jul.2001
Achim Stegemann (ANF)


Astronomy: Digital Almanac III - Update V3.8
The update to V3.8 of the astronomy program 'Digital Almanac III' was released. Again this time some new features were added and wishes of users were taken into account.

The update can be downloaded from the mailing list by Yahoo members. It already was uploaded to the Aminet and should appear there, soon. (ps)

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04.Jul.2001
Mike Bouma (ANF)


Photo report about the Benelux Amiga Show 2001
Mike Bouma wrote:
I've bundled some of my pictures from the Benelux Amiga Show. You can view them on my website. I also put down some English words. :-) (ps) (Translation: mj)

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04.Jul.2001
CUCUG


CUCUG: Status Register June 2001
The Status Register is the monthly newsletter of the Champaign-Urbana Computer User Group dealing with topical and important information regarding the Amiga, Macintosh, and PC, as well as the computer industry. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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04.Jul.2001
Chaos Computer Club


CCC: Greenpeace seizes the intercepting station
The environment and human rights organisation Greenpeace seizes the US intercepting station Menwith Hill (UK) to protest the utilization of this station for Bush's Star-Wars-plans.

Closer information are to find here, here, and here. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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04.Jul.2001
Fun Time World


Compiler: vbcc V0.8
Volker Barthelmann released version 0.8 of his portable ANSI-C compiler 'vbcc'.

This compiler is open source. There are backends for m68k, PPC, i368, DEC Alpha, c16c, and HC12. Program code for AmigaOS, several Unix variants, and Windows can be generated.

The archive released for Amiga computers contains the compiler, preprocessor, assembler, linker, frontend, message browser, startup codes, C libraries, amiga.lib, replacements, as well as several other tools for generating code for AmigaOS/68k, WarpOS, PowerUp, and MorphOS.

Most of the tools (but not all of them) are available as binaries runnable on 68k Amigas or PPC Amigas with WarpOS or PowerUp.

The following has changed since the prior Amiga version:
  • Bugfix: several bugs fixed in compiler, optimizer, tools, and libraries.
  • Changed: enhanced generating of code.
  • Changed: enhanced optimization, incl. inter-procedural-, cross-module-optimization and alias-analysis.
  • New: some c99 features supported:
    • long long
    • flexible array-members as a structure's last element
    • mixing of statements and declarations
    • declarations inside of the for-loop
    • inline function-specifier
    • restrict-qualifier
    • Vararg-Makros.
    • _Pragma
    • increased translation-limits.
    • stdint.h
  • New: Stack check as well as measurement of the stack size required.
  • New: Documentation in PDF- and HTML format.
  • New: New Attributes like '__amigainterrupt' and '__section'.
  • New: New #pragmas for PPC like 'amiga-align', etc.
  • New: Inline-headers for the WarpOS PPC-native-libraries.
  • New: (Backend-specific) pre-defined makros.
  • Changed: Enhanced libraries and headers.
  • Changed: New versions of Frank Wille's assemblers and linkers.
  • New: Use of a built-in preprocessors.
  • New: MorphOS support.
The developer kit runs on AmigaOS 2.0 and above with at least 1 MB RAM. But to compile bigger programs definite more RAM is required.

To compile Amiga programs the AmigaOS includes are required in addition (Developer-CD by Amiga, Geek Gadgets CD, and similar).

Download: vbcc.lha (3,6M), Readme (sd) (Translation: mj)

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04.Jul.2001
VaporWare


Mail- and Newsreader: Microdot II 1.4.15beta
Yesterday, a new beta version 1.4.15beta of the mail- and newsreader 'Microdot II' was released. Many new features were integrated, for example multiple POP3 folders can be created and display of the head-lines of mails is configurable, now. Moreover handling of mailing list was enhanced and the number of bugs reduced. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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04.Jul.2001
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)


Music: Inutilis News about Moonlight
Timo Kloss wrote:
There are two new listening patterns of Moonlight. These are about extracts from the songs "Fallen Angel 2" and "Night", which do NOT originate from test recordings, but from the original CD versions! This music mainly was created on an Amiga.

Since I don't have enough web-space, I only can offer two patterns at once. To enable an overview regardless, the songs will be changed about every second week.

inutilis.de now has got a new start page containing an advertising banner, too. You might be right, if you think that inutilis will be infested with advertising, now, but there will be Moonlight banners on many other pages in return. So please, forgive me!
(ps) (Translation: mj)

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04.Jul.2001
Apple


Apple puts Power Mac G4 Cube on hold
Apple Press information:
Feldkirchen, Germany, 4. July 2001: Apple will put on hold the production of the Power Mac G4 Cube for an indefinitely time. Even though there is little chance to re-introduce this unique computer by an all around renewed model, there are currently not plans to do so.

"Owners of a Cube love this computer, but most of the customers decided in favour of a Power Mac G4 mini-tower, instead", said Phil Schiller, vice president, worldwide product marketing, of Apple.

The Power Mac G4 Cube, only 25% as big as a common PC, represented a completely new class of computers: the power of a super-computer in a 8-inch-cube hanging inside of a glassy casing. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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04.Jul.2001
Heise [Newsticker] / SOL-Invictus (ANF)


Heise: Cell phone manufacturers for 3G game standard
To put developers of games and manufacturers of cell phones into the position to agree to a mutual and open standard for future 3G cell phones, some cell phone manufacturers have started the "Mobil Games Interoperability Forum". Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, and Siemens will discuss with game developers consolidated.
See Heise's article (German) under the title link. (ps) (Translation: mj)

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03.Jul.2001
Amiga Future


Game: New map for Payback
For the game "Payback" from Apex Designs a new and updated map is available in the "Extra Maps" section for download.

The upgrade fo the PPC version is not ready yet because the author wants to release it as bugfree as possible.

In "Payback" you are a young driver on escape and now tries to become a big gangsterboss. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jul.2001
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


Amiga Future: Interview with Martin Elsner (Update)
A detailed interview with Martin Elsner is published on the interactive section of the Amiga Future homepage. Martin is the author of the program "ClassAction". An english translation of this interview should be available soon.

Update 05.07.2001:
Translation: English (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jul.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)


Airsoft Softwair: Online-Ordering by credit card
It is now possible to order my programs with a credit card via RegNet. More information is available on the Airsoft Softwair homepage in the section "order". Especially for all users from overseas this is a real easy method to order for example the "The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition" CD-ROM. RegNet accepts all major credit cards, checks and money orders. Ordering by phone is also possible. Please see the Airsoft Softwair homepage for more details. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jul.2001
Amiga.org


NEC Corp. uses Boingball
On the website of the NEC Corp. the BoinBall is used as a logo in a shockwave flash (down right) for an announcement of the 'Permeo Technologies'.

If and how this has to do with Amiga, Inc. or if it is a violation of copyright is not known to us, but we will clear up things.

Update: The Boingball is replaced by a logo that is similar to the Windows program "GetRight". (ps) (Translation: gf)

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02.Jul.2001



amiga-news.de via WAP now in english
Starting today, even english speaking users of Amiga News are able to use the wap-service of amiga-news.de. Just point your wap-browser to www.amiga-news.de/en/, you will be redirectet to the wap-version of amiga-news.de. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jul.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena: Fullversion of StopMenu
Amiga Arena fullversion
With the permission of Damir Arh Amiga Arena made "StopMenu" available for download. StopMenu is some kind of a start-bar-program with many features.

  • Start programs.
  • Control system for Commodities.
  • Direct access to Prefs-programs (as an substitue for Exchange)
  • Screen-control with Snapshots in IFF-format.
  • Window-control of Workbench-windows.
  • GlowIcon or NewIcon style.
Amiga Arena supplement
Download of "OffColours" fixed. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jul.2001



Aminet Uploads until 02.07.2001
DOpus416JRbin.lha    biz/dopus  873K+Great filemanager from GP Software
TaskiSMS_GR.lha      comm/tcp    13K+Greek documentation for TaskiSMS v 2.55+
TaskiSMS_TUR.lha     comm/tcp   155K+Turkey translation for TaskiSMS
DFT_BW2-1.lha        demo/slide 824K+Black'n'White 2 / DRIFTERS - 1992 (slide
DFT_BW2-2.lha        demo/slide 806K+Black'n'White 2 / DRIFTERS - 1992 (slide
FD2Pragma.lha        dev/misc   191K+V2.134 create pragma, inline, ... files
uncat.lha            dev/misc     7K+Create .cd file from running program
FlashROM.lha         disk/cdrom  17K+Amiga tool to change the flash ROM of Pl
NotizieAmiga.lha     docs/lists 911K+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 06/2001 (Itali
Bdynamite.lha        game/data  308K+A significantly improved style/graphics 
BdynamiteMplb.lha    game/data    6K+A Bdynamite graphics module for the Dyna
F1GP_2001.lha        game/data   10K+2001 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (1 July)
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  478K+BreakOut demo game, working in progress
zangband.lha         game/role  1.2M+Zangband 2.6.1 - Roguelike solo RPG
vcdimager.lha        gfx/conv   311K+VCDImager (WarpUP and 68k Supported)
x3270_3_2_16.lha     gfx/x11    1.1M+For 3270-access to IBM-Mainframes (requi
Medication.lha       hard/misc  108K+V1.01: A powerfull GUI for Mediator owne
Med_Up.lha           hard/misc   48K+Medication update archive for 1.0 users
imdbDiff010622.lha   misc/imdb  1.7M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
ForbiddenColor.lha   mods/chip    1K+Short chip tune named Forbidden Colours
tek_aosXB.lha        pix/boot   2.9M+AmigaOSX - rainboot2-3 config os2-3.X
tek_aosXB_prv.jpg    pix/boot    87K+AmigaosXboot - rainboot config preview
ltools23_demo.lha    text/misc   47K+Multifunctional dictionary progrM
Voodoo-X.lha         util/arc   121K+V1.5, Supports over 80 archive formats (
vht-vg33.lha         util/virus  99K+VirusWarning.Guide v3.3 (VHT-DK)
(as) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jul.2001
DynAMIte


Game: New styles for DynAMIte
A new version (1.5) of the Dynablaster-clone 'DynAMite' is now available.

Download: Styles (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jul.2001
Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)


BAS 2001: Summary and some reactions
On the 23.06.2001 the ´Benelux Amiga Show 2001´, called ´BAS 2001´, took place in Rotterdam. Marvin Droogsma now published all reports and pictures dealing with this show and the reactions of Fleecy Moss, Petro Tyschtschenko and Jürgen Haage at the titlelink. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jul.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Denmark: VirusWarning.guide V3.3
Virus Help Denmark updatet theire VirusWarning.guide with the topical warnings and information.

Details:
  • Name: VirusWarning.guide v3.3
  • Archive name: vht-vg33.lha
  • Archive size: 101.174 Bytes
  • Release date: 2. Juli 2001
  • Programmer: Virus Help Denmark
(ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jul.2001
Alexander Fritsch (ANF)


New PC Emulator: First Beta-Version available
Alexander Fritsch wrote:
The first official beta version of a new pc-emulator is now available for download at the title link. The program emulates an XT with 8086 CPU and textmode. There are a 68000, 68020 and a PPC-version. Two disc drives and a harddisk are currently support as imagefiles.

The emulator was tested with TurboC 2.0, Borland C++ 2.0, Turbo Pascal 5.0, Norton Commander, LHA, ARJ and PKZIP. Topicaly they are working on the graphic support, at least for CGA-modes. I have to mention that this emulator is a complete new program and not just a port of a program existing on another platform. This means that a further development depends on my own motivation and the interest of the users. Please feel free to report bugs and indications. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jul.2001
no risc no fun (ANF)


nrnf: AmigaClassix3 MEGA Review !
Fabio Trotta wrote:
Due to my stay in a hospital there were not so much news at no risc no fun. Today I published a very huge review of Amiga Classix 3 and I am sure that this is the longest review I have ever wrote.

Furthermore there are two new Workbench-shots and tomorrow we will publish the results of our surveys "New nrnf-layout" and "AmigaDE GUI-Designs". (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jul.2001
amiga-news.de


amiga-news.de on KDE (v2.1.2)
Since the release of KDE 2.1 (a GUI for Linux-X11) there is a new tool called Knewsticker. This program fetches the news of different news-services and display them in the control-bar - have a look at Picture 1.

We thought that this would be a good service for our users - Picture 2. Please use the following links to fetch our news:
  • www.amiga-news.de/de/backends/news/index.rss (German) and

  • www.amiga-news.de/en/backends/news/index.rss (English)


(cd) (Translation: sk)

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01.Jul.2001
Amiga Future


Geography: GeoWorld Status
The following information about the current status of the geography program 'GeoWorld' is to read on the homepage:
As already announced on the GeoWorld mailing list, we wasn't able to continue development before two weeks ago, since job-related and complementary obligations took all of my time for more than a quarter. Sorry!

But now we found a co-worker Kai Stegemann to help with the further development of the database. More help is always welcome - just send an e-mail to GeoWorld@bigfoot.com.

Until 15. August 2001 GeoWorld v1.12 is also available from the Amiga Arena at the special summer price . (sd) (Translation: mj)

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01.Jul.2001
Amiga Future


Unpacker Frontend: Voodoo-X V1.5
Andrew Bell released version 1.5 of his MUI frontend 'Voodoo-X' for Dirk Stoecker's archive unpacking system 'XAD'.

The HTML documentation is not part of the update, but contained in the v1.4 archive.

Download: (sd) (Translation: mj)

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01.Jul.2001
Uwe Hirth-Schmidt (ANF)


Filesystem: Smart Filesystem V1.190a
Already on 24. June 2001 Joerg Strohmayer has released version V1.190a of the filesystem 'SFS' for AmigaOS and MorphOS.

This update seems to cause no problems on my system, any more - contrary to the previous versions 1.187 and 0.193.

Download: SFS.lha (40K) (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
REBOLforces


Magazine: REBOL/Zine Issue 2 Vol 1
On 29. June 2001 Jeff Kreis has published the 2nd issue of the REBOL/Zine-magazine. This online magazine deals with the REBOL system. The current issue contains articles about the following subjects.
  • REBOL puzzLES and idioms
  • Brain Binder - riddle
  • If IF Were Different - overwriting the IF command
  • Dynamic face positioning - moving GUI elements
  • Creating a Log File
  • Dining with Dynamic Interpreters - Interpreter for adventure games
  • Exposing Rebol CGI through SOAP
  • The GENERATE-DATA Dialect - dialect to generate output according to rules
  • Rebbots - REBOL email robots
  • Mental Reduction - reduce a REBOL construct to it's minimum
(sd)

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01.Jul.2001
Czech Amiga News


UMS: PINT V2.10
On 30. June 2001 Joerg Strohmayer has released version 2.10 of the news-reader 'PINT' for UMS. This reader originally was developed by Magnus Heino and David Rydh.

Changes since the prior version:
  • New: Partial support of displaying of messages with the following font coding: iso-8859-2, 3, 4, 9, 14, and 15.
  • Changed: The DEL key function was changed to not to delete messages immediately, but to set the expired+old+junk flags.
  • Removing of "(was: ...)" from the subject line of replies/followups.
UMS is a system to read/write e-mails and postings and supports several networks, like Usenet, Z-Netz, Fido, and Maus via im-/exporters.

Download: PINT.lha (224K) (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
Czech Amiga News


Instant Messenger: Amiga IRC Resource
The 'Amiga IRC Resource' offers an overview of Amiga specific IRC channels, as well as information and downloads to the subject IRC.

The descriptions contain the channel's name, the IRC network, the channel's subject, a comment, as well as a contact address.

The channels list can be extended using the submit page.

The page is being created by the makers of the magazine 'The Ripper'. (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
Amiga Future


CDTV: Pictures of the CDTV CR
On 29. June 2001 the website of the 'The Commodore CDTV Information Center' was updated. An archive of pictures of the CDTV CR was added.

The CDTV CR (cost reduced) was designed in 1992 and bases on the Amiga 600. Contrary to the other cost reduced Amiga models, each basing on it's original machine, the CDTV CR therefore is to be an exception since this version represents a completely new design.

The CDTV CR is equipped with a PCMCIA slot replacing the memory card slot of the CDTV.

More information are to find on the 'The Commodore CDTV CR Prototype' page. (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
Amiga Future


Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets
WHDLoad enables floppy-disk only games to be installed to harddisk. On 29. June 2001 two new packets were released. (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
ANN


Magazine: Amiga Information Online #48 (Update)
Issue #48 of the English online magazine 'Amiga Information Online' (AIO) was published.

This issue among other things contains a short test of WHDLoad 14.3.3 137, AWeb 3.3SE, and Photoalbum 6.5a. The article 'Fixing your Amiga's keyboard' describes how to possibly save the original Amiga keyboard.

Moreover the magazine still is wanting two editors, one for the news section, and one for the games section.

AIO utilizes it's own program for display, which is part of the archive.

Download: AIOV48.LHA (560K)

Update 01.07.2001:
Added information about content and help request. (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
AGDB


Game test: F19 Stealth Fighter (second test report)
At 'The Amiga Games Database' Angus Manwaring released a second test of the flight simulator 'F19 Stealth Fighter' by Micropose.

This game offers different missions, 3D graphics with many objects in a not that high resolution, and as a special feature the Stealth-Indicator. This factor among other things depends on flight attitude and speed, and indicates how invisible you are at the moment. This makes it an important feature for your own tactic. (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
BoingWorld


Game: BabeAnoid Demo V1.1
Richard Fhager released a demo version of his Breakout game 'BabeAnoid', a graphically emotive designed game offering numerous features.

Development of this game started in Summer 1995. Meantime - after many further development and changes - 3,000 to 4,000 hours of work have been spend to develop the game. Only some level designs are missing to finally finish the game. But Richard Fhager wants to release the finished game only after he received enough feedback, e.g. in form of suggestions how to enhance it.

Features:

+30 Different Bonuses (Balls, Bats, Weapons, BonusLetters, Lemmings!..etc) 6 different Balls (Normal, Plasma, Shield, Fly, Rubber & Spike) Bats: 5 Sizes, Help-bat, Gold-bat (That will survive one enemy hit) Blocks: Moveable, Walls, Multi-hit, Lamps, Invisible, Round, Spawn etc... Weapons: Cannon and Laser (To use against enemies) Many Enemies: Tank, Invader, Morpher, Blocker and Enemy bat. 2 Teleporter sets, 2 hit-all-switches-to-open-gate sets. Fruit-bonuses to pickup, X-tra balls that gives more points for each save. Lemmings that can catch a ride with the ball(!) or be saved by the bat. Expandable ScoreBoard and Minimum-Batsize by using MegaBonus-system. Bonus-game by collecting letters B-O-N-U-S. Roofs, One-way zones, Pinball-like slides, Speed-zones, Bumps etc...

The game uses 32 colours (ECS) and was developed to require an Amiga with 68020 and 2MB FastRAM as a minimum equipment. If the settings are lowered it should also run on an Amiga with only 1MB ChipRAM.

Download: babeanoid_demo.lha (1,7M) (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
Thomas Igracki (ANF)


Filesystem: Workaround for SFS V1.84 on nearly filled-up partitions
Thomas Igracki wrote:
Using this little program one can change the size of a file.

This is very handy if one uses the SmartFilesystem and suddenly cannot delete files, any more ('Disk is full' error pops up).

This is a known bug of SFS (V1.84) which occurs on partitions which are nearly filled-up. What else this program is in aid of: I don't know. ;-)

Well, using this program one is able to delete files on such a partition, again. One just shortens any desired file on that partition (e.g. to 10 bytes) and deleting works, again.

This way for example: SetFileSize <file name> 10

I have to say thank you to Neil Williams for the information about that shortening a file 'fixes' this bug.

Thank you!

Download: SetFileSize.lha, and soon on Aminet in '/disc/misc'. (sd)

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01.Jul.2001
Brad Webb (E-Mail)


Amiga Update Newsletter by Brad Webb
Brad Webb monthly publishes his newsletter 'Amiga Update' in which he writes about the most important Amiga events:

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  "SO THE WORLD MAY KNOW"
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        AMIGA and the Amiga logo are trademarks of Amiga, Inc.      
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  B I L L   M C E W E N   O N   M I S - R E P R E S E N T A T I O N 

            T H I R D   A N N U A L   A M I G A   F E S T 

           A M I G A   I N C   A N D   M A T A Y   D E A L

     O T T A W A   S H O W   M O V E S   T O   N E W   D A T E S

        F I N N I S H   S A K U   2 0 0 1   S H O W   N E W S 

                  A M I W E S T   2 0 0 1   N E W S 

      M E R L A N C I A / I N D I V I D U A L   A L L I A N C E 

              M E R L A N C I A   O P E N   L E T T E R 

    A M I G A O N E   T I M E T A B L E   F R O M   E Y E T E C H 

     E Y E T E C K   C L A R I F I E S   O S 4   A N D   W A R P

   A N O T H E R   E L B O X   C O N T R O V E R S Y ,   P A R T 1 

   A N O T H E R   E L B O X   C O N T R O V E R S Y ,   P A R T 2 

      D C E   L I C E N S E S   V O O D O O   3   W A R P   3 D 

             E Y E T E C H   A N D   M A T A Y   D E A L

         P U R E   B A S I C   V   1 . 3 2   R E L E A S E D 

     F R E E   S C A N N E R   C O L O R   C A L I B R A T I O N 

  A M I G A W R I T E R - F I L T E R   F O R   P A G E S T R E A M

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 It's hard to believe it's already the end of June. This has been a
busy year, and there's lots more to come. We have a wide variety of
items in this issue, mostly positive. There is yet another
controversy involving the firm ElBox. We hope we present both sides of
the story below. As Editor, I'd rather not even include items such as
these but feel it necessary in order to present the news as it exists
in the Amiga community.
 ... and that brings up a question I'd like to ask the readers.
Recently, Amiga Inc. announced their "Party Pack" sale. This sale ran
for such a short time, it's now over. The only way we could have
gotten the news to the readers before it was no longer news would have
been to distribute a special issue. We have never done special issues
for sales. Many Amiga dealers have sales from time to time, and to
distribute these as news would really be to turn Amiga Update into
nothing more than a sales brochure. That's not our mission. But ...
should we in the future make exceptions for specials from Amiga Inc.?
I'd be interested in hearing from the readership on this one, as I'm
not really sure what the right approach is. If you have an opinion,
please drop a _short_ note to amigaupdate@globaldialog.com or
amigaupdate@theropod.org and share it with us.
 On a personal note, I'd like to thank the group who took over
development of YAM. This is a great program and its passing would be a
tremendous loss to the Amiga community. Thanks much! You can find YAM
at http://www.yam.ch/, where the following notice gives the latest
good news:

 o 08-Jun-2001: The YAM Open Source Team proudly presents YAM 2.3.
This new release fixes many bugs and adds some frequently requested
features like SMTP-AUTH and PGP multipart support. Source code is
included!

 A suggestion? A feature to strip html out of incoming mail. Recent
changes in the way AOL handles mail has made it almost impossible to
deal with mail from people who use that service! Okay, I'll stop
dreaming now.
 We hope you enjoy this issue.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

Hi amigaupdate,
    Where can I get the "Advanced PPP implementation".


Thanks a  lot.

lan

       N E W   T C P / I P   S T A C H   A N N O U N C E D 
 
12 Feb 1999

 Active Technologies Announce Genesis, A New TCP/IP Stack for the
Amiga
 
 Genesis is a state-of-the-art TCP/IP stack for the Amiga computer.
Combining ease of use with advanced features, Genesis offers built in
dialup Internet connectivity and/or local area networking.

----------------------> 
 o Advanced PPP implementation: (MS)CHAP, PAP, Callback (WinNT
compatible), VJ compression, protocol field compression, MTU
negotiation, magic number negotiation, async map negotiation, MSDNS1/2
IP address negotiation, WINS1/2 IP address negotiation, Compression
Control Protocol (modules include - BSD compress, deflate and MPPC).
Also,PPP events control allows you to create scripts to perform
actions when PPP has been put on or offline.
 
<------------------
~~~~~~
Hello Lan,
 The story you included is quite old (and its headline contained a
typo, I see - shame on me!). A lot has happened to Genesis since
February of 1999. The last I recall hearing, the program had been sold
by the original developers. I thought, but am not certain, that it
stopped being available some time ago. Perhaps some of our readers
have current informaiton about Genesis and its PPP implementation and
can let us know.
 Brad
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  B I L L   M C E W E N   O N   M I S - R E P R E S E N T A T I O N 

21 June, 2001

Greetings To The Amiga Family:

 There have been some recent mis-representations that I have recently
received about Amiga, Inc., and our office locations. Amiga is doing
very well, and we are excited about the future of Amiga. The Amiga
Family continues to grow with new partners, new products, and the very
near release of AmigaDE 1.0.
 
 However with all of this activity there have been some out there who
have recently sent out false information about Amiga, and I need to
clarify this now.
 
 Amiga Incorporated in headquartered in Snoqualmie, Washington USA.
 
 Amiga Deutschland is still in business. We have only closed the
Langen office. There are going to be some new additions, and a new
office location announced in the next couple of weeks, but know now
that Amiga International was a Gateway company, and was not and has
not been associated with Amiga, Inc. since 1999. The dealer in Germany
that is making claims that they are Amiga International is completely
false, and Amiga Incorporated the parent company of Amiga Deutschland
is going to take legal action against those who make these false
claims.
 
 There is another dealer in India who has started claiming that they
are Amiga in India. This again is also false. Amiga does NOT have any
official representation in India outside of the Amiga dealers who are
there. Amiga Incorporated is currently evaluating an office in India,
and other countries where we do business.
 
 To those of you who continue to try and tear Amiga apart, it is time
to stop. Amiga is moving forward, there are great things ahead, and
for the first time in many years, the Amiga family will have new
products, and choices.
 
 I look forward to a great year.

Kindest regards,

Bill McEwen
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           T H I R D   A N N U A L   A M I G A   F E S T 

12 June, 2001

 "Announcing: The Third Annual AmigaFest - The Show Within a Show at
the Dayton Computerfest."
 
 Although summer has just begun, it's already time to plan for the
fall Dayton Computerfest. And once again we have been asked to host
the AmigaFest area of the show. The AmiTech-Dayton Amiga Users Group
want to bring you, the Amiga users and vendors, together for an end of
summer celebration of all things Amiga. Over the past two years, many
present and former Amiga users have stopped by our exibitors tables to
buy, sell, and trade Amiga hardware and software, as well as to swap
stories and experiences like only Amiga people can. We also we wil be
having a dinner get-together after closing on Saturday after the show
closes for the day. This pay-as-you-go gathering has proved to be
popular, and we will have exact arrangements to announce as we get
closer to the show date.
 
 The setting for this festival is the Dayton ComputerFest, one of the
largest shows of it's kind in the world. Everything about his show is
BIG!
 
 over 125,000 square feet of computers and supplies. nearly 900
exhibitors. over 35,000 people will attend during the two days of the
show. one of the most diverse assortments of hardware, software and
accessories to be found under one roof.

 
 Won't you consider joining us? If you'd like to be an exhibitor, the
rates are as follows:
 
 Tables are $55 if reserved by June 24th, each additional table will
be $75. After June 24th, table prices rise to $60 for the first, and
$90 for each additional.
 
Contact: Ron Schwartz - schwartr@gemair.com

or:      Len Carsner  - nard@erinet.com

we'll get the process rolling with the ComputerFest co-ordinators.

 If you would like to conduct a seminar, please contact us to arrange
seminar room reservation at no cost to you.
 
 The Dayton ComputerFest is a great place to introduce computer
products of all nature. Dayton has a rich computer community, with a
large computer user network, an organised IT association, and one of
the most active Linux groups in the nation. It makes sense to exhibit
in a location where you can reach so many for so little expense.
 
 As we get closer to show time, we will update you on who you can
expect to see. Also we will post traveling instuctions and available
lodging for attendees.
  
 Attention Amiga Vendors: while we hope you will choose to join us, we
understand that many are unable to attend due to distance. We hope you
will chose to show your support by making a donation to our prize
drawing. With the retirement of Petro Tyschtschenko earlier this year,
we cannot count on Amiga Inc. for support this year. Anything you
could do for us would be apperciated and acknowledged to the crowd.


 Don't delay! Contact us NOW! The only Amiga get-together in the
Midwest is less than 90 Days away! Make plans now to join in on a
great time at a great show! AmigaFest - The Show Within A Show is THE
place to be in August!
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         A M I G A   I N C   A N D   M A T A Y   D E A L

 Snoqualmie, 16 June, 2001 - Amiga Inc and Matay company are pleased
to announce they are co-operating on a series of initiatives that will
see the AmigaOS4 family of operating systems running on Matay's
existing and future products.
 
 At the St Louis show in April, Amiga announced the continued
development of AmigaOS, with AmigaOS4 moving AmigaOS3 to modern
hardware and preparing the way for AmigaOS5. AmigaOS5 will be targeted
at both the home server and the desktop/workstation markets.
 
 "In developing AmigaOS4.0, we have been making extensive use of the
Prometheus PCI bridge board, to get a head start on developing drivers
for the various sub systems whilst we wait for the Eyetech AmigaOne to
be completed," said Fleecy Moss, CTO of Amiga Inc. "The quality of
both their product and support, and their commitment to the future of
the Amiga has made working with them a pleasure, and we look forward
to this co-operation intensifying over the next few years."
 
 "We are very excited to work with Amiga Inc., the company that leads
our community into the new technological revolution. In the incoming
years, we will witness a breakthrough in digital home appliances, a
trend to abandon a single computer workstation in favour of several
smaller, yet more user-friendly devices. The revolution is coming,
though we need to prepare for it, like the Amiga market needs
transition from our classic computers to new technologies and
standards. Amiga Inc. is the company that foresees these trends and
enters the digital future today. We are proud that our Prometheus
board, the first Zorro III PCI bridge for Amiga, helps them in making
these plans come true," said Filip Dab- Mirowski, CEO of Matay
company. "We will continue co-operation with Amiga Inc., not only
providing them with hardware solutions for today Amiga market but also
working together on products for the future digital market."
 
 About Amiga:
 
 Amiga Inc is a privately held Seattle based digital solutions company
that revolutionised computing in 1984 with the introduction of the
A1000, and has consistently been at the cutting edge of the digital
revolution ever since. Currently it offers a complete solution for
digital living, the AmigaDE (Digital Environment) which provide a
device and OS (host) agnostic, universal, scalable content platform
for OEMs and IHVs, consumers, producers and brokers of digital
content, and the AmigaOS, a 68k and PPC based desktop, workstation and
digital server platform for the most demanding of activities. The
AmigaDE is currently being deployed on a variety of major cell phone,
PDA, Set Top Box, Console, Digital Appliance and existing personal
computer platforms. AmigaOS4 is expected to be launched in 3Q2001,
running on the new AmigaOne computer. For further information, please
email press@amiga.com, support@amiga.com or telephone (US) 425 396
5660.
 
 About Matay:
 
 Matay company is a privately held computer business oriented company.
It was founded in 2000 as an Amiga-only software dealer and in a very
short time earned trust of Polish Amiga users. With the introduction
of Prometheus PCI bridge for Zorro III equipped Amigas, Matay has
extended its offer with hardware solutions for the Amiga platform and
professional electronic design of printed-circuitboards. Now, with the
announcement of close co-operation with Amiga Inc., Matay enters a
domain of digital appliances, which is predicted to be the future of
home and business computing around the world. For more information,
please email info@matay.pl, fei@matay.pl or telephone (+48) 609 394
778 or (+48) 603 785 100.
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     O T T A W A   S H O W   M O V E S   T O   N E W   D A T E S

May 30, 2001

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 After speaking to the friendly organizers of AmiWest and receiving
many e-mails regarding our Ottawa Amiga Show dates of July 28 and 29,
we have decided to move the Amiga show, despite the overwhelming
majority of users who voted in favour of the show on those dates. Once
we have confirmed a date for the Ottawa Amiga Show we will let every
one know (likely September 8 and 9, 2001). We would love to hear from
everyone with suggestions for the show. As information becomes
available, it will be posted on the show's website
(http://www.technomages.net/amigashow/).
 
 Many Amiga users expressed their concerns of forcing people and
vendors to choose which show to attend. This was not our intention. We
initially projected that only people who lived within a few hours
drive to Ottawa would attend our show, with everyone else attending
AmiWest. We apologize for any inconvenience and confusion this may
have caused.
 
 If you would like to be kept up to date on show announcements, send
an email to oas-subscribe@technomages.net and you will be subscribed
to the show's mailing list.
 
 On the weekend of July 28-29 we may have a BBQ for Amiga users who
are interested in doing something. No vendors vending, just users
around the BBQ talking about our favorite computer, and perhaps about
the Ottawa Amiga Show. Keep an eye on the Amiga.info
(http://www.technomages.net/amiga.info/) website for more information
regarding the BBQ.
 
 Please attend the AmiWest 2001 show and have a great time. For more
information regarding AmiWest, point your browser to
http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/.
 
 We wish to thank everyone for their comments regarding the show
dates. We hope to see many of you at the Ottawa Amiga Show.

Sincerely,

The Amiga Ottawa Show Team
(amigashow@technomages.net)
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       F I N N I S H   S A K U   2 0 0 1   S H O W   N E W S 

ESPOO, FINLAND - June 27, 2001 

 The tradition of quality guests at the Finnish Amiga Users Group's
Saku events continues as Mr. Fleecy Moss, Vice President of
Development of Amiga Inc., has agreed to attend Saku 2001. Preliminary
plans include demonstrations of Amiga's new products.
 Saku 2001 will be held on Saturday September 1st 2001 at the Science
Centre Heureka in Vantaa, near Helsinki. The event will open at 12:00
and end at 18:00. Admission will be free of charge. Finnish speaking
audience can join Saku 2001 discussion on our Web discussion forum at
http://saku.amigafin.org/keskustelu. Please stay tuned for more
details as the planning progresses.
 For further information, visit Finnish Amiga Users Group's Web Site
at http://saku.amigafin.org or http://tzimmola.tky.hut.fi/saku/.
E-mail inquiries may be sent to Terho Henriksson
(terho.henriksson@kopteri.net). Please also contact Terho if you or
your company have products that you would like to demonstrate or
advertise in Saku 2001.
 About Finnish Amiga Users Group: Finnish Amiga Users Group (Suomen
Amiga-käyttäjät ry.) is a non-profit organization for promoting Amiga
computing and helping Amiga users in Finland. Also known as Saku,
after its e-zine, the group is trying to accomplish its goals by
organizing meetings and by publishing an e-zine. Since 1993 the
Finnish Amiga Users Group and its predecessors have released over
thirty issues of the magazine and held several public gatherings.
Other accomplishments include the Web site and Sakunet, a national
Fidonet style network of Amiga related bulletin board systems.
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                  A M I W E S T   2 0 0 1   N E W S 

19 Jun 2001 

 Some of you have been asking us who is going to be at AmiWest 2001.
Perhaps the following information will BLAST YOU OUT OF YOUR SEATS and
get you going on travel reservations.

*****************THIS IS AN AMIWEST 2001 EXCLUSIVE:******************

 After 11 minutes and 58 seconds worth of conversation with CEO Bill
McEwen of Amiga Inc., the following NEWS FLASH was created:

FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 27, 2001

 BILL McEWEN WILL BE AT AMIWEST 2001 IN PERSON, doing the keynote
address ON FRIDAY NIGHT so that all who desire can attend the
address!! Hear the latest buzz on what's happening at Amiga Inc.. Come
one, come all and hear it FOR FREE!

 If you're thinking ahead, you'll buy your show and banquet tickets
NOW when the price is low instead of waiting until July 27 and paying
full price. You can see the Amiga One in action on SATURDAY, not
Friday; same with the Sharp handheld. So get those cards and letters
coming in with banquet and show ticket checks! You really don't want
to be on the outside looking in!!

*********************************************************************

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2001

 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1)
THE AMIGA ONE WILL BE AT AMIWEST 2001. At least one example of the
Amiga One 1200 will be there and perhaps two, running the new Amiga OS
4.0!!

 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2) THE SHARP HANDHELD DEVICE running the Amiga DE will also be at
AmiWest 2001!!


 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3) AMIGA ONE 1200 BOARDS will go into production at the END OF JULY,
appearing at the dealers by MID-AUGUST!! ORDER YOURS AT AMIWEST 2001!!


 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4) THE AMIWEST 2001 SATURDAY NIGHT BANQUET will feature A JOINT
PRESENTATION by Dr. Alan Havemose and Bill McEwen speaking on "Amiga
and Gateway - What REALLY Happened"!!

AND REMEMBER . . . 

 The only all-Amiga show on the U.S. West Coast is gearing up for July
28-29, 2001 in Sacramento California. So make your plans to attend
now. THERE ARE NOW THREE LESS ROOMS AVAILABLE, TAKEN BY AMIGA INC.
RESERVE YOUR ROOM NOW!! Favorable room rates are STILL available, as
always, so contact the Holiday Inn Northeast at 1-916-338-5800 or,
toll-free direct to the hotel, 1-800-388-9284 to reserve your rooms.
And keep checking our website for all the latest updates at
www.sacc.org/amiwest. Don't be left out. This should be the biggest
and best AmiWest show yet!

 If you're thinking ahead, you'll buy your show and banquet tickets
NOW when the price is low instead of waiting until July 27, Friday
night, and paying full price. You can see the Amiga One in action on
SATURDAY, not Friday; same with the Sharp handheld. So get those cards
and letters coming in with banquet and show ticket checks! You really
don't want to be on the outside looking in!!
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      M E R L A N C I A / I N D I V I D U A L   A L L I A N C E 

29th June 2001

 Merlancia Industries is pleased to announce a strategic relationship
with 'individual Computers'; to design a controller device that will
be utilised on our Torro series systems.
 
 The device, a custom chip controller, named 'CLeo' will be available
as an add-on kit for the Pilot release systems (to be included with
all systems shipping after it's release, and to be sent to all
developer systems sold before-hand).
 
 The 'CLeo" custom device is based on technology first implemented in
individual Computers' 'CatWeasel' disc controller, and will allow the
reading and writing of Amiga native disc formats (880k and 1760k) on
our Tsunami system as well as future directives. Other formats will be
supported as well including PC-DOS, and Macintosh-HFS.
 
 We expect to have a prototype of this design at AmiWest Conference
(28th to 29th July 2001- Sacramento, CA; USA) as well as our prototype
Pilot system.

http://www.merlancia.com | merlancia@merlancia.com
--
individual Computers -Jens Schönfeld
http://www.jschoenfeld.de | jens@jschoenfeld.de
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            M E R L A N C I A   O P E N   L E T T E R 

29th June 2001

 Merlancia Open letter to the Amiga Community by Ryan E. A.
Czerwinski, CEO of Merlancia Industries
 
 Greetings to all. We are happy that the Amiga community is taking a
deep and serious interest in our products and what we are working on
in the background! We will be releasing some more critical information
to answer your questions soon, however, we are currently gagged until
some other contracts are completed.
 
 I assure you all that welcomed good news is ahead...in fact, look
forward to a feature article about us in an upcoming issue of
AmigaActive magazine, where we hope to answer many of your questions.
We are currently looking for those that are interested in developing
for our system(s). (As the Tsunami will only be the *first* system we
are releasing.)
 
 To answer some common questions that have been asked:

Re bPlan:

 Yes, we are working with bPlan on the Tsunami design. The details of
this partnership are due out soon. Let it be said that we are
designing hardware, not just sitting idle and waiting for others to do
our work for us. We have very talented people on staff, both software
and hardware (not to mention press relations and marketing) and we are
spending our $$$ wisely.

Release dates:

 The Tsunami system is expected to be released in it's final consumer
form in November to December 2001. We are working very hard to meet
this deadline, though we cannot foresee any problems that may arise.
The Pilot release will most likely be after the AmiWest conference,
not at as we had hoped, as we are currently having a slight fault in
the gfx display; We will have a demonstration system at the show. We
plan to have a press conference as well as other 'events' at AmiWest,
and we hope that there is a large amount of Amigans that think it wise
to attend. ;)

We need your talents!:

 We are looking for both software and hardware developers. A platform
like this cannot succeed without a full range of software to run on
it. Sure, the current software will run on our system, but we need a
full library of up-to-date software, both multimedia and business
applications, to be able to achieve our place in the market.
 
 We have already received orders for developer systems from some very
impressive firms and individuals. We hope to grab up as much talent as
possible, as it makes sense to have PowerPC software for new PowerPC
hardware. We are looking for both the absurdly simple (tiny games or
utilities) to the fairly complex (graphics packages, office suites)
software titles. AN option will be available to have your software
included with each unit sold, or special unit packages.

AmigaOS 4/5:

 We are unfortunately unable to release details on this currently,
however, we hope to do so shortly; most likely at the AmiWest
conference.
 
 Let it be said currently that our system both meets and exceeds the
Zico specification,as do all of our 'in development' systems.

Our market:

 We are designing our Torro systems to be a natural complete system
solution upgrade path for current Amiga users (see examples of how/why
below) but we are not limiting our products to the current Amiga
market or community. We anticipate high sales volumes to the consumer
and industrial multimedia markets; Our systems are designed to be as
CHRP resembling as possible. We are pitting them against the big names
like Apple and SGI.
 
 Our partnership with Blittersoft was only the first step in this
process- Working together on the iFusion project will allow us to
migrate iFusion to our systems easily, allowing full Macintosh
compatibility on our products, both under AmigaOS and stand-alone
(later). We are also planning on offering other OS solutions as
separate packages including QNX, Linux, Solaris, BeOS (hopefully), and
others. We cannot provide MacOS ourselves, but the user will have the
option of installing it, and we will also be working on an x86
emulator so that if the user desires he/she can use x86 operating
systems including UNiX, Linux-x86, BeOs-x86, and (gasp!) even MS
Windows (though we won't support it directly).
 
 We are also working on a firmware OS (think what Exec is to Amiga)
that allows not only selection of startup devices via an 'early
startup' screen, but also setting up multiple machine states that can
be launched with ease and switched between instantly. (Thus allowing
multiple OSs to be run at once.) This may not be included with the
first launch, but an updater will be available to patch the firmware,
which is flash updatable. Speaking of which, your machine state
setting will be able to be saved, as well as your other setting,
including screen mode and startup volume (individual to each machine
state), thus allowing you to start up with those options each time you
reboot.
 
Why is it a natural upgrade path?:

 Unlike other machines promised in the past, and other projects in the
works, we are working on something that will be completely natural to
the Amiga user of today. Features like the ability to read and write
to floppy discs and other media in native Amiga formats (880k and
1760k on floppy discs) as well as simple things like the layout of the
keyboard and the look and feel of the design of the system all around
all total up to Amiga-like. We are trying to make a product that is
impressive from the inside and out, not just another `box'. Not to say
that all offerings that are currently being made are bad. in fact, i
look forward to the EyeTech AmigaOne. I know I will buy one
personally, and our retail division will carry them. (We have the
world's largest stock of A1200 NTSC systems; other dealers are now
ordering them from us.)
 
The future and beyond:

 What lies in store for us, the Amiga community? I can't say for sure,
but I feel that the future is brighter than ever due both to the
commitment from Amiga ( a lively bunch of bright and intelligent
individuals) as well as out commitment to you, the Amiga community. As
always, you come first in our thinking and our product design. This
product is designed for you; We wouldn't have bothered if it wasn't.

 As always, best wishes to everyone. Thank you for being a customer,
current, or future.

Cheers,
Ryan E. A. Czerwinski
CEO - Merlancia Industries

http://www.merlancia.com | merlancia@merlancia.com
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    A M I G A O N E   T I M E T A B L E   F R O M   E Y E T E C H 

Updated 27 June 2001

 It's now several months since this timeline was last updated as most
of the day-to-day news items have been posted to the
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/amigaone mailing list. However lots
of things have happened since we launched the AmigaOne project which
have had an influence on the specification of the final product and
therefore the timetable leading up to delivery.
 
 The main change has undoubtedly been the decision by Amiga to use the
current Amiga OS as the basis for a home server solution and as an
alternative (to Windows and Linux) hosting environment for the Amiga
DE.
 
 This has meant that when it is first launched the AmigaOne 1200 will
be a substantially improved product to what was originally envisaged.
The majority of the improvements come from Amiga's commitment to
develop OS4.0 specifically to run on the AmigaOne-1200 at launch. This
is far more than the 'fixed' version of OS3.9 that was originally
envisaged (pending the development of the native PPC Amiga DE
implementation that was originally planned). The new OS4.0 will come
with a high performance file system, virtual memory, high performance
PPC-native TCP/IP stack, 1GB main memory support, UDMA IDE and SCSI
and ethernet drivers and Picasso96 2D retargetable drivers for VooDoo3
PCI/AGP and Matrox G450 PCI/AGP & G550 AGP only graphics cards.
Warp3D/Mesa 3D drivers will also be shipped with the first release of
OS4.0.
 
 Sound card (with Paula emulation), USB (keyboard and mouse) drivers
will follow as downloadable updates - ie you wont have to wait until
OS4.2 (which we don't expect to ship until mid 2002) for these
facilities.
 
 The whole AmigaOne-1200 project is suddenly much bigger and very much
better as a result. The small downside however is that during the
several weeks leading up to the OS4.x announcement (at St Louis at the
beginning of April) and more particularly since then, we and Amiga Inc
have had to redirect much of our efforts to carefully defining,
planning and allocating tasks and responsibilities to OS4.0
development and integration with the A1-1200. The extra work involved
has also, inevitably, meant that timeframes have slipped. Although
this has also meant that the end time for hardware delivery has moved
back actual progress has, so far, been ahead of plan with the
development currently looking like it will come in at less than the
estimate for elapsed engineering time. As reported earlier in the
AmigaOne FAQ's, beta testers will not now be needed for the hardware
which is being independantly tested/validated as development
progresses.
 
 As most people probably know, Continental Europe (where most of the
AmigaOne and OS4.0 development is being carried out) closes in August,
making it a bad time for beta testing and the associated feedback. As
you'll see below, application software/OS4.0 beta test boards are
therefore now scheduled for release at the beginning of September.
Manufacture of production AmigaOne1200 boards will now start in mid
September, and be released for distribution as soon as OS4.0 is signed
off for release in early October.

Timeline summary:

Item & Date

 Mk 2 PCB production and testing Complete
 
 All major custom chip logic building block development and testing
Complete
 
 CPU module design Complete
 
 Custom chip PCI development Complete
 
 Custom chip memory and CPU controller integration June/July
 
 Bootstrap, flashrom maintenance and basic drivers implementation
July/August
 
 OS4.0 build and 68K emulator porting/testing July/August
 
 Application software beta tester systems shipped End August/Start
September
 
 AmigaOne 1200 boards into production Mid September
 
 Application software & OS4.0 beta test sign off End September
 
 AmigaOne-1200 boards and OS4.0 available to dealers 1st week October

http://www.eyetech.co.uk/amigaone/timeframe.php
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    E Y E T E C K   C L A R I F I E S   O S 4   A N D   W A R P

{Found on the net. Brad.}

     From: "Eyetech Group Ltd"
     Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 10:02:49 +0100
     Subject: Re: [amigaone] Re: Upgrade?

     > Show me an official statement (i.e. a posting, web page, IRC log)
     > where an Amiga, H&P or Eyetech employee states that AOS 4.0 won't run
     > existing WarpOS software. You won't find any.
     >
     > Of course AOS 4.0 will be able to run WarpOS software, anything else
     > would be quite stupid.
     >

     OK time to kill some wasted bandwidth here

     Heres an official statement.

     "OS4.0 will run existing WarpOS apps"

     Alan
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   A N O T H E R   E L B O X   C O N T R O V E R S Y ,   P A R T 1 

{Note: we have removed some e-mail addresses from these items. Brad}

Krakow, 30 May 2001


        Warp 3D for ELBOX

 Please note our explanations in reference to comments appearing in
various news lists and concerning the date of sending a Warp3D offer
to Elbox Computer. Someone is spreading false information on behalf of
Hyperion in this reference.
 
 As we have informed, the FIRST Warp 3D V4 offer was sent to Elbox
Computer on Friday 25 May 2001 at 22:29 CET.
 
 On Tuesday 22 May 2001, Elbox Computer was informed ONLY about the
change in the Warp3D status. The following text was included in the
end of this statement:
 
 "In the upcoming weeks we will be approaching all hardware developers
with concrete and fair proposals which allow for very moderate
compensation for Warp 3D V4 support."
 
 After 3 days, on Friday 25 May night, the announced offer was sent to
Elbox Computer. However, there were no contract details in it, only
the suggested price was given.
 
 Since Monday, 28 May 2001, Elbox Computer is in touch with Hyperion
and discussing the offer.
 
 I hope to have dispelled all the fog concerning the date when we
received the offer in question.

Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
http://www.elbox.com

PS. Please find the full text of the first message from Hyperion of 22 May;
as the facts have already been made public, this is no longer a business
secret.
-------- Original Message --------

Hi!

 Hyperion Entertainment has decided to change the Status of Warp3D
slightly because of the current market situation. Please find attached
to this mail an explanation of these changes.
 
 For further questions, please contact Ben Hermans
(mailto:LegendConsulting@netscape.net), Managing partner of Hyperion
Entertainment.

Thanks for your time.


Best regards,

Hans-Joerg Frieden
Senior Software Developer, Hyperion Entertainment
--------------Boundary-00=_9SFQGR0TN2SA0J1DHNKL
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Warp3D.rtf"

--------

 We want to inform you that after extensive deliberation, Hyperion
Entertainment has decided to upgrade the status of Warp 3D V4 from a
freeware product to a commercial OEM product which will offered to
Amiga hardware developers.
 
 This decision was prompted by two major reasons:
 
 1. Hyperion Entertainment has reached an agreement with Amiga Inc. to
incorporate Warp3D V4 into Amiga OS 4.x on a per unit royalty basis.
Producers of zico compliant hardware (Amiga One etc.) will be required
to license Amiga OS 4.x and will as such be paying indirectly for Warp
3D V4 drivers. It is unacceptable to both Amiga Inc. and these
hardware producers that they would be required to pay royalties for a
product which other hardware producers would receive free of charge.
 
 2. Warp 3D started out as a freeware product developed by
non-commercial developers to support the Virge and Permedia 2
chipsets. Compared to current chipsets the Virge and Permedia 2 are
extremely primitive and feature-poor. The effort and time needed to
adequately support modern chipsets such as the Voodoo 3 and Matrox
G450 with their rich and advanced feature-set is far greater than the
effort required to support the Virge and Permedia 2 chipsets.
 
 As the original Warp 3D developers have now moved on to commercial
development, maintaining Warp 3D as a freeware product would entail
that development of new Warp 3D drivers and extension of the Warp 3D
API would be very slow as development could only take place "after
hours".
 
 This is not only not in the interest of Amiga users but it is also
not in the interest of hardware producers and resellers who rely on
the availability of Warp 3D drivers to successfully sell their Amiga
hardware.
 
 Hyperion Entertainment fully understands that the company has a
responsibility towards the Amiga community including the hardware
producers because of its control over the Warp 3D API and no attempt
has ever been made or will be made to exploit this position unfairly.
 
 In the upcoming weeks we will be approaching all hardware developers
with concrete and fair proposals which allow for very moderate
compensation for Warp 3D V4 support.
 
 As we know that market conditions in the Amiga market have been hard
for everyone including hardware producers, Hyperion Entertainment is
even willing to accept payment in kind (hardware).

Best regards,
{Note: the document as we obtained it stopped at this point, without a
name. Brad}
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   A N O T H E R   E L B O X   C O N T R O V E R S Y ,   P A R T 2 

June 27, 2001

 "Elbox and Hyperion did NOT come to an agreement about licensing
Voodoo 3drivers because Elbox insisted that the Mediator 1200 would be
the very first PCI solution to be supported (of all PCI boards on the
market regardless for which machine A1200 or A4000).
 
 There never was discussion about delivery dates.
 
 The fact of the matter was that Elbox wanted us to do something which
was clearly impossible both practically and legally.
 
 Practically: we can't "unsupport" the Matay Prometheus PCI solution.
Drivers are shipping with the Prometheus for some time now and it's
impossible to turn back the hands of time and allow the Mediator 1200
drivers to be shipped first.
 
 Legally: We entered into a legally binding contract with Matay for
driver support. They paid us, Elbox didn't. We cannot legally delay
release of the Prometheus drivers (which are already released anyway)
just because Elbox wants us to. This is a clear breach of contract and
runs contrary to the requirement of good faith which is a general
principle of contract law.
 
 In short, Elbox was trying to impose an impossible condition on us
and as a result we failed to reach agreement about Voodoo 3 drivers.
 
 I have e-mails from several staff members of Elbox to back up these
claims.
 
 Despite numerous attempts we could not convince Elbox that Mediator
1200 users really could care less about the fact that the Voodoo 3
drivers for an A4000 solution were shipping first.
 
 The result is apparently that there won't be any 3D drivers for the
Elbox products unless Elbox drops this ridiculous condition. Or
somebody could invent a time-machine.
 
 As anybody could see at the Benelux show, the Voodoo 3 drivers are
quite ready and could be adapted to the Mediator 1200 in a relatively
short time.
 
 Mediator 1200 users interested in Voodoo 3 drivers should e-mail
Elbox explaining that they don't care if an A4000 PCI busboard is
supported first as long as they can finally get their Mediator 1200
drivers.
 
The ball is clearly in Elbox's court."
--
Ben Hermans
Managing partner Hyperion Entertainment"
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      D C E   L I C E N S E S   V O O D O O   3   W A R P   3 D 

25-June-2001

 Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce that it has entered
into a license agreement with DCE, producers of the G-REX line of PCI
hardware for the Amiga.
 
 Under the agreement Hyperion will support DCE's G-REX 1200 and G-REX
4000 products with fully featured Warp 3D Voodoo 3 drivers for both
68K and PPC.
 
 « We're very pleased that DCE has decided to respond to demand by its
customers for Warp3D drivers for Voodoo 3 », says Ben Hermans,
managing partner of Hyperion Entertainment . « Amiga users currently
have quite a number of PCI solutions to chose from and the
manufacturers offering the widest range of drivers for their PCI
solutions will clearly have a competitive advantage. From the large
number of e-mails we have received, we can only conclude that the
availability of 3D drivers is a key consideration for users when they
make their decision to purchase a specific PCI solution. To avoid
disappointment, we once again urge users interested in 3D graphics to
investigate the availability of Warp3D drivers before purchasing a
specific PCI solution. »
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            E Y E T E C H   A N D   M A T A Y   D E A L

19 June, 2001

 Prometheus PCI expansion for Zorro3 Amigas will be in stock by 25th
June - orders now being taken

For immediate release

 We're particularly pleased to have struck a deal with Matay, the
Polish makers of the Prometheus board as it enables A3000/A4000 (both
desktop and tower systems) to gain 4 PCI slots for trading in just one
Zorro slot. The board is shipped with 2D & 3D drivers for VooDoo
graphics cards (also in stock), together with drivers for ethernet and
sound cards, and an complete royalty-free SDK.
 
 It is an incredibly well designed and manufactured board, (guaranteed
for 5 years) and is the first PCI expansion board on any Amiga to get
Hyperion's seal of approval for its 3-D support. A PPC add-in card is
in the pipeline giving a PPC-based forward path for those users who
want to retain Zorro 3 compatibility in their big-box Amigas.
 
 The UK price inc VAT is £199.95 (or 269 euros/239USD, both excluding
VAT).

Specifications are as follows:

General

 o Works with any Zorro III equipped Amiga, regardless of the
 accelerator/CPU board installed in the system.
 
 o Four 32-bit PCI slots clocked at 33 MHz.
 
 o Fits any tower case and also works with desktop A3000/4000s when
open.
 
 o Works with other Zorro III cards, supports AutoConfig (TM).
 
 o Real transfer rates between Amiga and PCI cards - up to 12 MB/s (a
 limitation of the 'Buster' chip)
 
 o Real transfer rates between PCI cards - up to 120 MB/s.
 
 o Additional on-board connector for the power supply.
 
 o Professionally designed four-layer printed circuit board with
 gold-plated contacts - complies with the PCI standard specifications.
 
Drivers

The Prometheus card comes with a CDROM containing:

 o Drivers for the Voodoo3 graphics card, developed in close
co-operation with Hyperion and the authors of Picasso96. 2D drivers
work under the P96 system, 3D functions are available through Warp3D.
 
 o Drivers for the the network card. (Sound card drivers will be
available for free download shortly)
 
 o A royalty-free, NDA-free software development kit for programmers.
This is designed to make the Prometheus card the most open PCI bridge
solution as far as the driver development goes.
 
 o Demo versions of games using the 3D functions of the Voodoo3
graphics card: Heretic 2, Shogo, Wipeout 2097.
 
 The package also contains a reference manual (in English, German &
Polish), brackets for the Prometheus and PCI cards and an extension
cable for a graphics card.

Mechanical issues

 Due to the wide variety of tower solutions available for Amiga
computers, it was not possible to design the Prometheus to be
mechanically compatible with the card slots of all of them. The
solution was therefore to design the Prometheus as the smallest
possible Zorro 3 card and to provide brackets which hold the PCI cards
to the Prometheus itself. Short cables (supplied) connect the PCI
cards' I/O connectors to the rear panel of the computer case. This
makes the card compatible with all Z3 tower cases that we are aware
of.

 It also means that the Prometheus can be used in desktop A3000's an
A4000's, although for these however the case lid cannot be closed with
PCI cards installed.

Other benefits of the Prometheus design approach

 o Suitable for 'riser' and 'motherboard' Zorro 3 slots
 
 o Works in conjuction with all CPU daughterboard/accelerator cards
 
 o Where mechanical layout allows, two Prometheus boards (8 PCI slots
in total) can be used simultaneously
 
 o Future use with an be used with an G3/G4 card including 'off-the
shelf' Macintosh types for running OS4.2 and higher.
 
 
 Prometheus driver CD list

Graphics cards drivers

 o Voodoo3 2000
 
 o Voodoo3 3000
 
 o 2D drivers for Picasso96 graphics system
 
 o 3D drivers for Warp3D (full OpenGL support)

Network cards drivers

 The prometheus NE2000 device driver should work with all NE2000
compatible PCI network cards, including the following:

Producer Chipset Manufacturer ID Product ID
Realtek RTL8029 $10EC $8029
Compex RL2000 $11F6 $1401
Winbond 89C940F $1050 $0940
Holtek HT80232 $12C3 $0058
Surecom NE34 $10BD $0E34
Holtek HT80229 $12C3 $5598

Tested network cards
Genius GE2500-III SE, RTL8029 chipset

TV card drivers
Work in progress

Sound card drivers

 Work in progress. It will be available for free download as soon as
it is finished.
 
 Some independent developers have also started work on writing
soundcard drivers for the Prometheus.
 
 
 No obligation pre-orders are being taken now to secure a card. Place
your order by calling +44 1642 713185, emailing us at
sales@eyetech.co.uk or through our website.
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         P U R E   B A S I C   V   1 . 3 2   R E L E A S E D 

11 June 2001

PureBasic V2.32 Released (AmigaOS) :

 - Added: ReadMemory(), WriteMemory(), SetWindowTagList()
 
 - Added: Async palette fade
 
 - Added: New commands for Chunky library
 
 - Added: Procedures can now returns strings
 
 - Added: WaitWindowEvent()
 
 - Added: CompilerIf, CompilerElse, CompilerEndIf, CompilerSelect...
 
 - Added: FileSystem library
 
 - Added: Picasso96 library
 
 - Added: Path change when running a program from the editor (no need
to put absolute path anymore)
 
 - Added: Editor: Auto-casing and contextual online help.
 
 - Added: Data support (new commands: Data, DataSection,
EndDataSection, Read, Restore)
 
 
 - Changed: PokeS(), now returns the number of characters 'poked'
(handy)
 
 - Changed: OpenWindow() (to be compatiable with other OSes)
 
 - Changed: The whole gadget library (to be compatiable with other
OSes)
 
 
 - Fixed: A compiler bug (Structure can't be redeclared a second
time..)
 
 - Fixed: A member in a structure used but not initialized
 
 - Fixed: Sprite lib (debugger and priority to the end)
 
 - Fixed: a Picture bug
 
 - Fixed: Screen/FontRequester(): now returns 0 when cancelled.
 
 - Fixed: ReadString(), Str()
 
 - Fixed: A lot of editor bugs

http://www.purebasic.com/news10.html
support@purebasic.com
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     F R E E   S C A N N E R   C O L O R   C A L I B R A T I O N 

9 June, 2001

                               ICS
         The Free AmigaOS Scanner Color Calibration Software

 ICS allows color calibrating basicly any scanner using scanner
calibration photos (targets). Standard IT 8.7 (ISO 12641), various
Corel and Epson targets are supported. The software can work
independent of any Amiga scanner drivers, but works best with scanner
software directly calling ICS for you (ScanQuix V4 or V5, ScanTrax,
ImageFX, FXScan).
 
 Using the ICS software is fairly easy. Install using the provided
standard Installer program. Scan the calibration photo with your
scanner and generate a scanner profile. The profile can than be
selected in the ICS preferences program and defines the color
correction performed. Also, you can adjust the type of display the
color correction is made for. Once done, further scans with the ICS
enabled scanner driver will automaticly result in perfect scans.

 The system requirements of ICS are: Amiga with OS 2.04 or higher.
Next you need a calibration target. For best results, use a
calibration target according to the ANSI IT 8.7/2 (ISO 12641)
standard. These are available from Kodak, Agfa, Fuji or for a very low
price from www.targets.coloraid.de. In case you don't have a target,
you can find generic profiles for various scanners in the
ICSProfiles.lha file listed below. Use them only as last resort until
you do have a real target photo for scanning. Despite the same
brand/model, these generic profiles might not work with your scanner
as each scanner is different!

Following new features have been added to V2 of ICS:

 o Now all ICS image reading and writing is done using the new IRW
library
 
 o ICSConvert can now write JPEG, IFF, and TIFF
 
 o ICSConvert and ScanTarget now support 16 bit/channel image data.
 
 o ICSConvert can now read/write embeded ICC color and IPTC/NAA
editorial information
 
 o Now includes tools to extract ICC and IPTC information from images
(IFF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG)
 
 o Spanish localization added
 
 o ICSConvert can now be used as tool for image format conversion.
 
 o IRW does offer improved and localized error handling. Error
requesters now offer detailed information, hints and often also a
Retry function.
 
 o Major speed improvement for loading certain file formats. Also,
memory requirement was reduced.
 
 For further questions contact the author Wolf Faust.

http://www.ics.coloraid.de/
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  A M I G A W R I T E R - F I L T E R   F O R   P A G E S T R E A M

3 June, 2001

               AmigaWriter-Filter for PageStream 1.1

         Written and Copyright ©2000-2001 by Rüdiger Hanke

 AmigaWriter-Filter is a new import filter for Soft-Logik's DTP
program PageStream. Click on the thumbnail to the right to see a
screenshot of what it can do!

It consists of two parts:

 o The text filter inserts the main flowtext of your AmigaWriter
documents into the current PageStream article with most of its text
formattings.
 
 o The document filter loads your AmigaWriter documents as if they
were native PageStream documents, retaining as much of your original
document as possible.

Applications

AmigaWriter-Filter was designed to

   o print AmigaWriter documents to PostScript
   o export AmigaWriter documents to PDF
   o use AmigaWriter as a WYSIWYG replacement for PageLiner
   o ... and anything else you can think of :-))

 The filter comes with the usual options you would expect from a
PageStream import filter: it performs typographical conversions for
quotes, dashes and ellipses. In addition, it allows you to choose the
quote format (available are US, French, German and German-French). The
text filter has another option called Apply Styles Only which can be a
great help to achieve consistent layout, especially when several
authors are working on one text.

Download

 The AmigaWriter-Filter archive is now available in version 1.1. Minor
and major updates will be available from the website from time to
time, major updates will be uploaded to Aminet.

Download: AW-Filter11.lha (55.3 kByte)

http://www.muenster.de/~tomjoad/awfilter.html
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VHT - Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus warning: Bobek2 & Ebola Link Virus found
Another archive that is infected with the 'Bobek2' link virus has been found. It was on Aminet for a short time, but is has been removed now. But there just might be a few more archives out there, so take care..

Here is some info about the archive:

Archive name : Hjb-DVN2.ha
Archive size : 1.334.619 bytes
Archive info : HJB - Devotion, issue two.
Infected file : Devoprefs
Infected size : 30.492 bytes
Infected with : Bobek2 & Ebola link virus

Note:
The archive is safe to use after removing the viruses from the Devoprefs file. Use VirusExecutor, VirusZ & VirusChecker, with (and this is very important) the xvs.library v33.26. The correct size after removing the virus is: 28.340 bytes

The programmer of this archive, was not aware that his system was infected with virus, but I'm sure that his system is clean now, we have told him..

So if you have installed or executed this archive, please check your system for virus.......

In this context also have a look at the Aminet Message of the day:

  • VIRUS ALERT. We've run a complete virus check of Aminet and found the following infected and otherwise dubious files: demo/mag/Hjb-DVN2.lha demo/euro/Itchy_3_Germs.lha game/gag/gzus001.lzh, game/gag/VirusHunter.lzh (the last 3 are pretty harmless). All of those are recognized by VirusExecutor.lha
  • VIRUS ALERT. Some old files (2 years) turned out to be DKG-Blum infected (not known to us at the time). The files were in demo/aga and had the names PSY-Hal.lha Psy-tt2.lha PSY-xmas.lha and PSY-CV.lha . VirusExecutor.lha will detect that virus.
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30.Jun.2001
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


New tool to create VideoCDs
Because of my suggestion here in the forum several programmers have ported a GNU project named VCDImager to the Amiga. This program can create a VideoCD image file in the bin/cue format from a MPEG system file.

Supported are VCD1.1, VCD2.0, SuperVCD and even CDI. This image file can subsequently be burned with BurnIT or MakeCD from version 3.2d6+, provided you're owning a DAO capable version. The program exists in two different versions (68k and WarpOS). For the time being it is on the Aminet among the new uploads and can later be found in gfx/conv.

Download: vcdimager.lha (311 K)
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Richard Kapp (email)


GFX-BASE: New tutorial
On the GFX-BASE you can read a new (English) tutorial: this time it's a FAQ explaining how to make games, scene demos and other software running on your graphics card. For this we cover the effective use of mode promotion and problem handling. Among these you'll find tips and tricks regarding some games that have shown to be problematic. Have fun reading! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Horst Diebel (ANF)


Game development: in-game graphics for Schlachtfeld
Finally there are first graphics shown that will be used for the units on the playfield of the future version of Schlachtfeld. The units "Chap", "David" and "Zyklop" can be found among these.

First we restrict ourselves to a simple topdown view as the representation of the objects is done much easier this way. Later versions will make use of 3d views.

Please enter your criticism in the forum under "Einheitendesign" - so we know what we should improve. Thank you! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Heise [Newsticker]


Heise: Usenet pionier Jim Ellis died
»Jim Ellis, who invented the todays Usenet in 1979 together with Tom Truscott and thereby an important part of the Internet, died yesterday in the age of 45 years because of cancer. Hundreds of fans released obituaries - of course in the Usenet - and thanked Ellis for his achievements that by the way were honored with no Cent.«
For the complete article (German only) follow the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Amiga Support Network


Amiga Inc.: Amiga Support Network to be extended
Amiga Inc. will revise the Amiga Support Network site. It is planned not only to support the AmigaDE/SDK developments there but also to cover the support for the AmigaOS.

Developers will get extensive developer information, tutorials, program code and general help. What you can expect to get in the whole when subscribing as a developer is comprehensively explained in this FAQ. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


Website: Amiga USB Central
This website collects all known information about Amiga USB projects and is linking to other information sources. There are images of first running prototypes, too. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Sébastien Jeudy (email)


Event: more photos of the Benelux show
The French magazine PLANETamiga has released great photos of the Benelux Amiga Show 2001 that took recently place in Rotterdam.

There are images of the AmigaOne, of the Prometheus PCI board, of the AmigaDE SDK and of many participiants, e.g. Fleecy Moss (Amiga Inc.), Alan Redhouse (Eyetech), Martin Schüler (Escena), Jürgen Haage (Haage&Partner), Ben Hermans, Hans-Jörg and Thomas Frieden (Hyperion), Petro Tyschtschenko and special guest Björn Lynne, the famous musician.

Many more pictures can be found at the Amig@club Holland. These photos were done by Ted van Geest. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Amiga Future


Amiga Future: Interview with Factor 5
Andreas Stürmer has interviewed Factor 5 for the print magazine Amiga Future.

Who doesn't know them? With games like Turrican or Katakis they have gained big reputation. The talk is about Factor 5, the Old-Cologne Team of Amiga-Freaks. Julian Eggebrecht from Factor 5 gave an account and talked about the team and current projects. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Jürgen Theiner (ANF)


Important change at playamiga.de
From the 01.07.2001 on the new email address of playamiga is: juergen.theiner@t-online.de.

You may also encounter some problems with the URL playamiga.de, so it is adviced to set the bookmark to http://www.eternity-computer.de/playamiga/. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Prometheus Support Net (ANF)


Mailbox program: Prometheus update
There's an update of the popular mailbox system Prometheus (Amiga) to version 2.14 available on the support net and the homepage of the developer. Besides that the uucp-rfc module has been updatet to v3.27.

Download:
Pmbs2.14.LZX
UUW3_27.LZX
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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30.Jun.2001
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)


Mail program: SimpleMail Alpha 0.7
Version 0.7 of SimpleMail, the new email client for the Amiga, has been released. Changes since the previous version:

  • The attachment icons weren't displayed on OSses with version below 3.5.
  • Support of signatures.
  • Configurable greetings for a new created email.
  • Fonts and colors can be set for the read window.
  • Hierarchical folders and folder images.
(ps) (Translation: wk)

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29.Jun.2001
Eternity Hard and Software


Eternity: PC with preinstalled UAE with JIT
For some time, Eternity has offered the EternityOne, which is a PC with AMD Athlon processor which has the Amiga emulator UAE preinstalled.

From now on, the PC is shipped with only 1.2 GHz and a DVD-ROM. Further, WinUAE with JIT is installed automatically which results in two to four times faster speed than an Amiga with 060 processor. With the DVD-ROM and the very fast processor, you can for example watch DVD movies fullscreen on this computer. (ps) (Translation: rh)

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29.Jun.2001



Aminet Uploads until 29.06.2001
DigiCamGUI.lha       comm/misc    4K+TritonRexx based GUI for DigiCam v1.0
UrlBase.lha          comm/www    70K+Universal file based Favorit Link List S
vzy-murderer.lha     demo/aga   2.5M+Monochrome Demo by Veezya
obligement27.lha     demo/mag   651K+Obligement #27 - The Famous FRENCH fanzi
vzy-emb02.lha        demo/sound 619K+Embrion #02 Chippack by Veezya
vzy-emb03.lha        demo/sound 594K+Embrion #03 Chippack by Veezya
vzy-emb04.lha        demo/sound 784K+Embrion #04 Chippack by Veezya
vzy-emb05.lha        demo/sound 806K+Embrion #05 Chippack by Veezya
xit-itf.lha          demo/sound 324K+Into The Flow by X-It
clockita.lha         dev/basic   74K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
Sashimi.lha          dev/debug   17K+Enhanced drop-in replacement for Sushi, 
Wipeout.lha          dev/debug   65K+Traces and munges memory and detects mem
gtlayout.lha         dev/gui    408K+GadToools layout toolkit
tsgui.lha            disk/misc   44K+Create or write back image files (ADF) f
BRAlltimeleagu.lha   game/data    6K+All time greatest teams from Brasil for 
JumpingAround.lha    game/demo  189K+JumpNRun demo game, working in progress
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  475K+BreakOut demo game, working in progress
Diamchal.lha         game/misc  367K+Platform: collect diamonds V1.2 !UPDATE!
stefadv.lha          game/text   23K+Little italian text adventure
stefadv2.lha         game/text   68K+2nd little italian text adventure
Aye_Q.lha            game/wb     36K+My version of a peg game...
Hexa_Q.lha           game/wb     37K+Surprise!! A new peg game...
Knight.lha           game/wb     36K+Move a Knight on a chess board
YambMUI.lha          game/wb     49K+Game with dices. (V1.29) *BUGFIX*
DblPal_ME.lha        hard/drivr  83K+DBLPAL:825x564 monitor driver for AGA
Euro72_ME.lha        hard/drivr   4K+Euro72(79Hz):825x625 monitor driver for 
dzy-a_spell_on.lha   mods/med   288K+A Spell on you, Trance mod by Dazzy
DZY-Lick.lha         mods/med   945K+Lickit - Trance mod by Dazzy of Soundfor
DZY-The_sound.lha    mods/med   288K+The Sound, Nu-NRG mod by Dazzy
GameIcons3.lha       pix/gicon  3.5M+Great GlowIcons for 232 Amiga games.
fom3p23.jpg          pix/henz   452K+Lonely beach on the planet Venus
fom3p24.jpg          pix/henz   389K+Lonely beach on the planet Venus
Textloader.lha       text/edit  630K+TextEd (V 8.2b) german/english SuperED!!
KillCD0.lha          util/boot    6K+Kill CD0 on CDTV, A570 & CD32 & use othe
ToolManager_GR.lha   util/boot    1K+Greek locale catalog for ToolManager 
ToolsDaemon_GR.lha   util/boot    2K+Greek locale catalogs for ToolsDaemon
GhostBusterV2.lha    util/cdity  35K+Automatically hides invalid disk icons
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29.Jun.2001
Elbox (e-mail)


Elbox drivers: MediatorUP2.3
Elbox has updated the drivers for the PCI boards Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV. All Mediator system files and PCI drivers are now available in a new version.

The update archive MediatorUP2.3.lha contains the following drivers: pci.library 2.2 (NO_MMU) - pci.library 3.2 (MMU). Both variants are developed and supported. Here more details:

MMU drivers:
  • pci.library ver.3.2 NEW
  • Voodoo.card ver.2.3 NEW
  • Virge.card ver.1.2 NEW
  • MediatorNET.device ver.2.0

NO_MMU drivers:
  • pci.library ver.2.2 NEW
  • Voodoo.card ver.1.4 NEW
  • MediatorNET.device ver.1.2
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29.Jun.2001
Merlancia Industries (ANF)


Merlancia: Open letter to the Amiga Community
Merlancia Press Release #MPR29062K1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

29th June 2001

Merlancia Industries
3516A West Cactus Road
Phoenix, AZ 85029 USA

1-877-53-AMIGA | ++1 602-789-0956
http://www.merlancia.com | merlancia@merlancia.com

Merlancia Open letter to the Amiga Community by Ryan E. A. Czerwinski, CEO of Merlancia Industries

Greetings to all. We are happy that the Amiga community is taking a deep and serious interest in our products and what we are working on in the background! We will be releasing some more critical information to answer your questions soon, however, we are currently gagged until some other contracts are completed.

I assure you all that welcomed good news is ahead...in fact, look forward to a feature article about us in an upcoming issue of Amiga Active Magazine, where we hope to answer many of your questions. We are currently looking for those that are interested in developing for our system(s). (As the Tsunami will only be the *first* system we are releasing.)

To answer some common questions that have been asked:

Re bPlan:
Yes, we are working with bPlan on the Tsunami design. The details of this partnership are due out soon. Let it be said that we are designing hardware, not just sitting idle and waiting for others to do our work for us. We have very talented people on staff, both software and hardware (not to mention press relations and marketing) and we are spending our $$$ wisely.

Release dates:
The Tsunami system is expected to be released in it's final consumer form in November to December 2001. We are working very hard to meet this deadline, though we cannot foresee any problems that may arise. The Pilot release will most likely be after the AmiWest conference, not at as we had hoped, as we are currently having a slight fault in the gfx display; We will have a demonstration system at the show. We plan to have a press conference as well as other 'events' at AmiWest, and we hope that there is a large amount of Amigans that think it wise to attend. ;)

We need your talents!:
We are looking for both software and hardware developers. A platform like this cannot succeed without a full range of software to run on it. Sure, the current software will run on our system, but we need a full library of up-to-date software, both multimedia and business applications, to be able to achieve our place in the market.

We have already received orders for developer systems from some very impressive firms and individuals. We hope to grab up as much talent as possible, as it makes sense to have PowerPC software for new PowerPC hardware. We are looking for both the absurdly simple (tiny games or utilities) to the fairly complex (graphics packages, office suites) software titles. An option will be available to have your software included with each unit sold, or special unit packages.

AmigaOS 4/5:
We are unfortunately unable to release details on this currently, however, we hope to do so shortly; most likely at the AmiWest conference.

Let it be said currently that our system both meets and exceeds the Zico specification, as do all of our 'in development' systems.

Our market:
We are designing our Torro systems to be a natural complete system solution upgrade path for current Amiga users (see examples of how/why below) but we are not limiting our products to the current Amiga market or community. We anticipate high sales volumes to the consumer and industrial multimedia markets; Our systems are designed to be as CHRP resembling as possible. We are pitting them against the big names like Apple and SGI.

Our partnership with Blittersoft was only the first step in this process - Working together on the iFusion project will allow us to migrate iFusion to our systems easily, allowing full Macintosh compatibility on our products, both under AmigaOS and stand-alone (later). We are also planning on offering other OS solutions as separate packages including QNX, Linux, Solaris, BeOS (hopefully), and others. We cannot provide MacOS ourselves, but the user will have the option of installing it, and we will also be working on an x86 emulator so that if the user desires he/she can use x86 operating systems including UNiX, Linux-x86, BeOs-x86, and (gasp!) even MS Windows (though we won't support it directly).

We are also working on a firmware OS (think what Exec is to Amiga) that allows not only selection of startup devices via an 'early startup' screen, but also setting up multiple machine states that can be launched with ease and switched between instantly. (Thus allowing multiple OSs to be run at once.) This may not be included with the first launch, but an updater will be available to patch the firmware, which is flash updateable. Speaking of which, your machine state setting will be able to be saved, as well as your other setting, including screen mode and startup volume (individual to each machine state), thus allowing you to start up with those options each time you reboot.

Why is it a natural upgrade path?:
Unlike other machines promised in the past, and other projects in the works, we are working on something that will be completely natural to the Amiga user of today. Features like the ability to read and write to floppy discs and other media in native Amiga formats (880k and 1760k on floppy discs) as well as simple things like the layout of the keyboard and the look and feel of the design of the system all around all total up to Amiga-like. We are trying to make a product that is impressive from the inside and out, not just another ëboxí. Not to say that all offerings that are currently being made are bad. in fact, I look forward to the EyeTech AmigaOne. I know I will buy one personally, and our retail division will carry them. (We have the worldís largest stock of A1200 NTSC systems; other dealers are now ordering them from us.)

The future and beyond:
What lies in store for us, the Amiga community? I canít say for sure, but I feel that the future is brighter than ever; due both to the commitment from Amiga ( a lively bunch of bright and intelligent individuals) as well as out commitment to you, the Amiga community. As always, you come first in our thinking and our product design. This product is designed for you; We wouldnít have bothered if it wasnít.

As always, best wishes to everyone. Thank you for being a customer, current, or future.

Cheers,
Ryan E. A. Czerwinski
CEO - Merlancia Industries (ps)

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29.Jun.2001
Merlancia Industries (ANF)


Merlancia announces strategic alliance with 'individual Computers'
Here the original press release by Merlancia on the strategic alliance with Individual Computers:

Merlancia - Press Release #MMC29062K1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

29th June 2001

Merlancia Industries
3516A West Cactus Road
Phoenix, AZ 85029 USA

1-877-53-AMIGA | ++1 602-789-0956
http://www.merlancia.com | merlancia@merlancia.com
--
individual Computers -Jens Schönfeld
http://www.jschoenfeld.de | jens@jschoenfeld.de

Merlancia Industries' Announces Startegic Alliance with 'individual Computers

Merlancia Industries is pleased to announce a strategic relationship with 'individual Computers'; to design a controller device that will be utilised on our Torro series systems.

The device, a custom chip controller, named 'CLeo' will be available as an add-on kit for the Pilot release systems (to be included with all systems shipping after it's release, and to be sent to all developer systems sold before-hand).

The 'CLeo' custom device is based on technology first implemented in individual Computers' 'CatWeasel' disc controller, and will allow the reading and writing of Amiga native disc formats (880k and 1760k) on our Tsunami system as well as future directives. Other formats will be supported as well including PC-DOS, and Macintosh-HFS.

We expect to have a prototype of this design at AmiWest Conference (28th to 29th July 2001- Sacramento, CA; USA) as well as our prototype Pilot system.
(ps)

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29.Jun.2001
Amigan Software


Tool: Report+ version 4.7
Report+ by Amigan Software allows the easy creation of bug reports, Aminet readme files, autodocs and similar reports. The program is freeware and supports the GUI systems ReAction and GadTools.

Download: report.lha - 395 kB (ps)

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29.Jun.2001
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


Individual Computers: strategic alliance with Merlancia Industries
Merlancia Industries (Phoenix, AZ), the creators of the Tsunami System, have licensed a controller from Individual Computers that was derived from the technology in the Catweasel and is able to read and write Amiga disks as well as a huge number of other disk formats.

The device called "CLeo" is an add-on for Tsunami and other Pegasos-based computers. A prototype of CLeo is expected to be shown at the Amiwest show on 28th and 29th July 2001 in Sacramento, CA. Individual Computers will not attend the show in Sacramento, though. (ps)

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28.Jun.2001
Frank Fenn


Music: Audiomaster 2000 Version 0.76
Version 0.76 of the sample editor Audiomaster 2000 was released. This program utilized MUI and supports any AHI device.

This program by Frank 'Fenny' Fenn is shareware; there is no saving possible in the demo version.

Download: audiomaster.lha - 352 kB (ps)

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28.Jun.2001
Olaf Koebnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena Full Version
With permission of Michael Taupitz and Andreas Magerl the Amiga Arena enables the release of "Tautrix", which is a Tetris like puzzle game.

Short description:
Building blocks have to be put down sorted by colour and without gaps. If a cuboid was created (4x4), this one will vanish and make way. But since only the cuboid will vanish, it will not be that easy to handle overhanging parts. (ps)

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28.Jun.2001
Amiga.org / Jorge Pino (ANF)


Apple to buy PowerPC from Motorola?
It's sill just a rumour; according to The Register Apple will buy Motorola's PPC branch, next year. Following an extract from the article:

»Apple is set to wrest control of the PowerPC platform away from long-time partner Motorola through a clause in its agreement with the chip maker that allows it to buy Motorola's PowerPC assets for $500 million next year.«
Complete article under the title link. (ps)

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28.Jun.2001



amiga-news.de: of own concern
Now our English pages have the same extended features as the German part, even commenting/annotating of news messages is possible. On this account we would like to ask every webmaster of non-German websites, which contain amiga-news.de in their link lists, to change their link to amiga-news.de to the following:

amiga-news.de/en/

This will bring your readers to the proper version.

Please, change your bookmarks.
(ps)

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28.Jun.2001
Michael Asse (ANF)


Game: Frontier Elite II Sources? (Update)
Michael Asse wrote:
Again I sent an e-mail to Andrew Gillett of the Eliteclub and got a clear YES as answer to my question about the release of the sources of the Frontier Elite II Amiga version on Eliteclub. This would give interested people the opportunity to patch or extend the game or to learn from the "grown-up".

Editor's note: Michael, please tell us your e-mail address, too. We don't like to publish anonymous messages and moreover we have no chance to further inquire without an address given. (E-mail-address updated). (ps)

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28.Jun.2001
Da SixK Port Page


Webserver: Apache V1.3.20 + PHP V4.0.6
As already reported an update of the Amiga webserver 'Apache' was released on the ´SixK Port Page´. This Apache version still is 1.3.20. The script language module 'PHP' is available in version 4.0.6 as released on 23. June 2001. Now the entire debug code was removed and a test.php added for testing purposes.

This version should require less memory and run more stable.

The binary was compiled for the 68040 and for use with the official Amiga Apache archive on http://amiga-apache.home.pages.de/.

Download: apache1320_php406_040a.lzx (ps)

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28.Jun.2001
Heise [Newsticker]


Heise: Another two Top-Level-Domains activated
»The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) addresses a "historic milestone for the Internet community" in their statement about the activation of another two top level domains. This is about the domains .biz for companies and .info for offerers of information sites, which both are available technically from today, that is. The Department of Commerce, which still reserves to itself the superintendence of root servers of DNS, agreed with the adoption and root server entry of these two new domains, according to ICANN.«
Complete article (German) under the title link. (ps)

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27.Jun.2001
Dirk Baeyens (E-Mail)


Amiga.org online again
Because of some troubles with PHP-Nuke the English speaking news service Amiga.org had canceled the website to completely rework it. Because it takes much time to establish a new editing system Amiga.org is now online again with PHP-Nuke. (ps)

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27.Jun.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


New timeline for AmigaOne
Under the title link you can find the new timeline for the AmigaOne. According to it the selling start is at the beginning of October.

Probably at the "secret" meeting at the Benelux Amiga Show they reached an agreement on it explained Alan Redhouse (Eyetech) at the AmigaOne mailinglist.

With this delay AmigaOS 4.0 becomes more important. Still in this version there will be the PPC native TCP/IP stack which according to Fleecy Moss (Amiga) was developed by Olaf "Olsen" Barthel and which is being tested with a 68k version.

There will be the new filesystem "AmFS2" and the support of virtuel memory already in 4.0 as well as drivers for SCSI and Ethernet.

Besides this Picasso96 and Warp3D drivers will be delivered for Voodoo3 (PCI/AGP), Matrox G450 (PCI/AGP) and Matrox G550 (AGP).

Contrary to the original plans USB- and soundcard-support (with "Soundblaster Live") will be there already in the BoingBags of OS 4.0 and not on OS 4.2. (ps)

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27.Jun.2001
Frogger


MPEG-Player: Frogger 1.65rc7 for PowerPC
There is a new version 1.65rc7 of MPEG-animation-player 'Frogger' for Amiga PowerPC computers.

If the oiriginal Frogger-website (titlelink) is too slow then you can use the following mirrorsite for downloading. The program is shareware and you can directly register at the author Sebastian Jëdruszkiewicz in Poland. (ps)

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27.Jun.2001
Matay


Matay: New Voodoo3 graphicboard-driver available
In section 'Archives' (titlelink) you can find the new versions of the Voodoo3 2000/3000 graphicboard-driver for the PCI-board Prometheus.

The increase of the speed is the most important difference to the older versions. This is not a final version. This one is announced for Voodoo4 4500 graphicboards including the drivers and for networkcard-drivers for the NE2000 to the next week. (ps)

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27.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News


Webserver: Apache V1.3.20 + PHP V4.0.6
On 25th of June in 2001 on the 'SixK Port Page' another update of the webserver 'Apache' has been published for the Amiga. The Apache-version is still 1.3.20. On 23th of June in 2001 the script-language-modul 'PHP' has been published in version 4.0.6.

This version should run more stable and should need less memory.

The binary has been compiled on http://amiga-apache.home.pages.de/ for the 68040 and for the use with the official Amiga-Apache-archive.

Download: apache1320_php406_040.lzx (sd)

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27.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News


AmigaOS: French mirror of AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ
The official AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ which is led by Greg Donner is also accessible in French under http://os39.amedia-software.com/os39faq.html.

The translation has been done by Thillot Lionel. During this week the update v1.5 will be published. Thus the mirror will be up-to-date. (sd)

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27.Jun.2001
Darek Dulian (E-Mail)


Elbox: Answers to questions of users
Elbox has issued a statement which answers many questions of the users concerning SharkPPC, sound- and tv-card-drivers as well as Warp3D support.

Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:22:13 +0200
From: ELBOX support@elbox.com

X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [pl] (WinNT; I)
Subject: ELBOX about SharkPPC, Sound and TV card drivers and Warp3D support

Below are the answers from Elbox to questions asked by Kay Are Ulvestad. 
The questions (asked in a message to Elbox) refer to SharkPPC cards, 
drivers to Mediator PCI for Sound, TV and other cards, Warp 3D support, etc.

--------
Kay Are Ulvestad wrote: 

> Hi! 
> I'm sorry to hassle, but you know how the Amiga market is. . . keep 
> public relations quiet for a while, and wild rumours start circulating. 
> Anyway, I was hoping you could provide this impatient user with some 
> info by answering some questions. With your permission, I will post 
> the info on the Amiga Mediator ML as well, hopefully calming some 
> people down. The questions may look kind of long, but I think 
> they're mostly easy to answer.  Ok, here I go: 

> 1. There recently was a claim (outside of Elbox), that the Shark 
> products were cancelled. Although I myself don't really believe 
> this on such a weak basis, the recent lack of information about 
> the products as well as the successful marketing of the AmigaONE 
> might lead to some users feeling they've invested in a "dead end" 
> expansion-wise. Perhaps you could tell me how the development 
> is going? Any estimated release date? 

As we have explained many times, we will start producing 
SharkPPC G3/G4 and ShakPPC+ cards when AmigaOS 4.0 is ready 
for releasing. 


> 2. When is the next driver release from you? What kind of drivers 
> can be expected, and how soon? 

Tomorrow we will make available the MediatorUP2.3 update, which 
is a simultaneous update for the users of Mediator PCI 1200 and 
Mediator PCI ZIV.  All the system files and the enclosed drivers 
have been optimized and adjusted to operation with Mediator PCI 1200 
and ZIV. In the pci.library, workaround has been made to avoid the 
incorrect recognition of 68LC060 processors by the LC060.library. 

The next drivers to be made available within the coming two weeks 
will be drivers for SoundBlaster 128 music cards. 

Drivers to TV cards, which were presented in WOA 2000 in Koln 
are ready and will be released in one package with drivers 
for SounBlaster 128 music cards.  

Further drivers, on which we are now working, are drivers for 
SoundBlaster Live! cards.  The work is advanced in ca. 80% on these 
drivers. 

Writing drivers is a very time-consuming work. Unlike drivers to 
the previous Amiga cards, like those in Zorro slots, writing drivers 
for PCI cards requires much more time. The reason is that drivers 
for Amiga cards were prepared usually for one specific series (mask) 
of chipsets around which they were produced.  For example, CyberVision 
64 3D cards were produced around the S3 ViRGE 86C325, chipset  but 
always only and solely for one series (mask) of these chipsets. 
Our drivers for S3 cards support various chipsets of the S3 ViRGE, 
but also have to run with all the series (masks) of these chipsets.  
This applies to other drivers written by us, as well.

In the recent several months , production of other PCI busboards 
for Amiga was announced. Probably many people believed that this 
would result in co-operation of companies for writing drivers 
for PCI cards.  We guess such co-operation would be beneficial for 
users of Amiga with PCI slots.

Elbox has written drivers for Voodoo3, Voodoo4, Voodoo5 and S3 
Virge graphic cards and Ethernet cards. 

We hoped that if a new busboard is to be introduced to the market, 
its authors will prepare drivers for these PCI cards, for which 
no Amiga support is available as yet. Then, by licensing, they 
would make available their drivers for working with Mediator, 
receiving in return licences for drivers  prepared by Elbox. 

Well, as we see , the trend is completely different: 

The only drivers which are made for other PCI busboards are drivers 
to these PCI cards, to which Elbox has already written drivers. 
Writing drivers to these PCI cards, to which drivers have been 
written and made available by Elbox, is like solving a difficult 
problem in physics, when you already have seen its solution...

Therefore, soon we will make available drivers for Mediator to 
such PCI cards, which due to technical reasons cannot work in PCI 
busboards other than Mediator. 

We also hope that external developers will write drivers for 
PCI cards.  SDK for Mediator is available free of charge after 
signing NDA.
However, prospective developers have to remember that: 
- They should approach appropriate companies about documentation 
  to PCI card chipsets, to which they want to write drivers. 
  Usually, such companies require signing an individual NDA. 
  Also, questions about operation of the PCI cards of interest 
  to them must be asked with these companies. 
- PCI specifications are property of PCI SIG and may be acquired 
  at http://www.pcisig.org.

> 3. Is there a solution within reach to the 4mb memory window problem 
> on early mediators with BlizzPPC cards? Or will AND have to wait 
> for the Shark? 

For users of BlizzPPC cards with Mediator PCI produced last year 
we are preparing a special offer for upgrading to the appropriate 
MACH chip.


> 4. It seems Hyperion has mostly completed the Warp3d drivers for 
> Voodoo3. How long until we can see the true power of Voodoo3 on the 
> Mediator? 

This question should be asked to Hyperion.

Elbox accepted financial conditions of the Hyperion company. 
However, the Hyperion company so far was not able to give any 
specific date when their Warp3D drivers to Voodoo3 for Mediator 1200 
could be released, despite numerous earlier assurances (since December 
2000) on the part of the Warp3D team that preparing such drivers is 
only a matter of a few weeks. 
As soon as Hyperion are able to give a definite date, there will 
be nothing to be an obstacle for signing the contract. 


> Well, that's all I can think of for now. Thanks in advance, 
> and keep up the good work for the Amiga market! 

June is a month of very intense work for us, as , apart from 
all the things I have already written above, we now begin 
production of three more Mediator busboards: 
 - Mediator PCI ZIV for the Z-IV busboards, 
 - Mediator PCI ZIII for any Amiga with Zorro III slots, 
 - Mediator PCI 4000 for controlling Elbox Zorro III/PCI (7xZIII, 
   5xPCI, 1xVideo) busboard of the E/BOX 4000 tower system (known 
   also as Power Tower 4000 or  Winner Tower 4000) for Amiga 4000D.
   
The two last models of Mediator are technologically the most 
advanced busboards in the Amiga market for Amiga 3000/4000 computers.
 
Mediator ZIII and Mediator 4000 busboards for Amiga 3/4000 computers,  
unlike other simplified bridges offered for Amiga with Zorro III slots, 
support the most advanced Zorro III  mechanisms like e.g. DMA between 
PCI cards and memory in the turbo card and other features omitted in 
these bridges, which are necessary for cards like SoundBlaster 128 
or SoundBlaster Live! to work properly. 

We are glad to be able to answer your questions. If you still have 
any doubts, please drop us a line.

Best regards,

Darek Dulian
ELBOX COMPUTER, Support Department
support@elbox.com
http://www.elbox.com
(ps)

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27.Jun.2001
Ben Yoris (E-Mail)


NO Voodoo3-drivers of Hyperion for Mediator?
With permission of Ben Yoris (pr-manager of Hyperion) we post an e-mail of the Amiga-Mediator mailing list. It says that Hyperion Entertainment could not agree about licencing of Voodoo 3 drivers with Elbox. That means that at least Hyperion will not produce drivers for the PCI-board Mediator.

Read now the full comment of Ben Hermans of Hyperion:

Response from Ben Hermans, managing partner of Hyperion Entertainment:

"Elbox and Hyperion did NOT come to an agreement about licensing Voodoo 3 drivers because Elbox insisted that the Mediator 1200 would be the very first PCI solution to be supported (of all PCI boards on the market regardless for which machine A1200 or A4000).

There never was discussion about delivery dates.

The fact of the matter was that Elbox wanted us to do something which was clearly impossible both practically and legally.

Practically: we can't "unsupport" the Matay Prometheus PCI solution. Drivers are shipping with the Prometheus for some time now and it's impossible to turn back the hands of time and allow the Mediator 1200 drivers to be shipped first.

Legally: We entered into a legally binding contract with Matay for driver support. They paid us, Elbox didn't. We cannot legally delay release of the Prometheus drivers (which are already released anyway) just because Elbox wants us to. This is a clear breach of contract and runs contrary to the requirement of good faith which is a general principle of contract law.

In short, Elbox was trying to impose an impossible condition on us and as a result we failed to reach agreement about Voodoo 3 drivers.

I have e-mails from several staff members of Elbox to back up these claims.

Despite numerous attempts we could not convince Elbox that Mediator 1200 users really could care less about the fact that the Voodoo 3 drivers for an A4000 solution were shipping first.

The result is apparently that there won't be any 3D drivers for the Elbox products unless Elbox drops this ridiculous condition. Or somebody could invent a time-machine.

As anybody could see at the Benelux show, the Voodoo 3 drivers are quite ready and could be adapted to the Mediator 1200 in a relatively short time.

Mediator 1200 users interested in Voodoo 3 drivers should e-mail Elbox explaining that they don't care if an A4000 PCI busboard is supported first as long as they can finally get their Mediator 1200 drivers.

The ball is clearly in Elbox's court."
--
Ben Hermans
Managing partner Hyperion Entertainment
(ps)

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26.Jun.2001



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26.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)


Chip online: Rumour: Radeon 2 available from end of July
A programmable vertex- and pixelshader will be integrated in the Radeon 2 chip.
As the french hardware magazine "Puces3D" reports will gfx-boards with the 3D-chip Radeon 2 from ATI be available from end of July. Also it reports about some new features of the Radeon 2 chip. So there will be six instead of four rendering pipelines to do the job.
The pixel accelerator produced in 0.15 micrometer technology will have a clocktime of 350 MHz. Even the Dual-Monitor-functions as used by the Radeon VE gfx-boards will be integrated on the first boards with the Radeon 2 and offered together with the software HydraVision. For complete article follow the title link (german only). (ps)

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26.Jun.2001
eBund - Der Bund online


Exhibition: Control - Alt - Collect. Computer im Ruhestand
The exhibition "Contro-Alt-Collect. Computer im Ruhestand" (Computers in Retirement) has opened at June, 22nd 2001 in Bern, Switzerland at the Museum of Communication. Besides some computer rarities developed in Switzerland you can see computers from Commodore, Amiga, and Atari. You will find more details under the title link (german).

It is nice that you can see Amiga computers, too, but Amiga will not be in retirement so soon. :-) (jm)

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26.Jun.2001
DCE (ANF)


DCE News: WIN-TV runs under DMA at GREX Board
We are proud to announce to you that after an intensive developingtime we have finished the first beta version of the WIN-TV driver based upon the chipset BT878/BT879.

This driver supports the G-REX PCI DMA mode. You as G-REX users are able to display an overlay window in any size or depth with a minimum of CPU time. To get a first impression you can look at this: voodootv_grab.jpg - 391 kB

The release of the end-product is to be expected within in the next four weeks. (ps)

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26.Jun.2001
Amigan Software


Software: Worm Wars und Report+ updated
Version 6.7a of the game Worm Wars and version 4.7 beta of the tool Report+ released.

With Report+ you can easily create bugreports, Aminet readmes, documentations, and other reports. It is Freeware and based upon ReAction and GadTools.

Download:
wormwars.lha - 730 kB
4_7beta.lha - 403 kB
(ps)

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26.Jun.2001
T.o.T.


Game: Tales of Tamar Amiga-Version V0.36R3
Changes of the latest Amiga version 036R3 of "Tales Of Tamar", the round based online game:

  • Paula DMA sounds were not played correctly if the samples were too long. Fixed
  • FigurMenu could be drawn outside the screen. Fixed
  • A building that was build but not finished could not be build again, only if you reset the town. Fixed
  • All screens check now ChipRAM and if there is not enough availble leave out DMA samples.
  • Map has not freed all elements, the memory was fragmented. Fixed.
  • The Corn Store has not freed all memory. Fixed.
  • If you want to increase your army incl. armor the number of weapons and armor was not checked correctly. Fixed.
  • In armies like heavy and medium Infantry other / wrong units moved. Fixed.
Registered beta testers will find the update at the usual location. (ps)

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26.Jun.2001
AmigActive


Magazine: AmigActive preview of issue #22
In the latest version of the english magazine AmigActive you will find a review of Shogo:MAD, an article about the sound package SoundFX, an appraisal of the emulator WinUAE JIT, and basic knowledge information about Photogenics. (ps)

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26.Jun.2001
Hyperion Entertainment


Hyperion/DCE: Licence for Voodoo3-driver
DCE and Hyperion have made an agreement about the usage of the Warp 3D drivers for the G-REX PCI line Voodoo 3. Read the press release:

DCE licenses Voodoo 3 Warp 3D drivers for its G-REX line of PCI products

Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce that it has entered into a license agreement with DCE, producers of the G-REX line of PCI hardware for the Amiga.

Under the agreement Hyperion will support DCE's G-REX 1200 and G-REX 4000 products with fully featured Warp 3D Voodoo 3 drivers for both 68K and PPC.

« We're very pleased that DCE has decided to respond to demand by its customers for Warp3D drivers for Voodoo 3 », says Ben Hermans, managing partner of Hyperion Entertainment . « Amiga users currently have quite a number of PCI solutions to chose from and the manufacturers offering the widest range of drivers for their PCI solutions will clearly have a competitive advantage. From the large number of e-mails we have received, we can only conclude that the availability of 3D drivers is a key consideration for users when they make their decision to purchase a specific PCI solution. To avoid disappointment, we once again urge users interested in 3D graphics to investigate the availability of Warp3D drivers before purchasing a specific PCI solution. » (ps)

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26.Jun.2001
Thomas Unger (E-Mail)


CD: THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES v1.1.1
The Kickstart Archives is a collection of actual and dead AMIGA related websites and more on CD. A list of the contained material you will find here.

Updates since the last issue:
  • Updated: LexSite from Alex Luptak (updated May, 3rd 2001), peripherie section
  • Added: The Art of James D. Sachs by himself and Jeff Palmer in the specials section Jim Sachs had drawn for example as Art Director for the game "Defender Of The Crown" and was responsible for the GUI of the Commodore CDTV.
  • Added: AS WE MAY THINK from Vannavar Bush in the hstory - Amiga patents section In this 1945 published article V. Bush mentiones may things that are realized decades later (Internet, GUI, ...) and that takes influence on the design of the workbench.
  • Added: reedBench - A Workbench emulation by Jaakko "Reed" Kaitaniemi in the specials section. A reproduction of booting with Kickstart/OS 1.3 and 3.1 (needs JavaScript)
  • Reworked: Index page for better Overview and navigation.
The changes since last update are marked. No Amiga browser is able to interprete the JavaScript file to generate the linklist.

You can get THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES for a special price of DM 18,- or US-$ 10,- (incl. p&p) till July, 31st 2001. (ps)

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25.Jun.2001
H&P


H&P: Pictures of the meeting at the Benelux Amiga Show
There was an internal talk about the AmigaONE at the Benelux Amiga Show. Participants in the talk were Alan Redhouse, Martin Schüler, Michael Rock, Fleecy Moss, Ben Hermans, Hans-Jörg & Thomas Frieden and Jürgen Haage. Unfortunately it is not allowed to unvail any details. But there are some pictures of the meeting at the titlelink. (ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Sinan Gurkan (E-Mail)


AmigArt: Return to the old URL
The newsservice 'AmigArt' can now be accessed again by using the old URL www.amigart.com (ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Gregor Galwas (E-Mail)


Game: dynAMIte Version 1.5
Version 1.5 of the networkgame 'dynAMIte', a Bomberman-clone, released. All the changes made can be found in changes.txt.

Download:
dynAMIte_update.lha (only the update) - 182 kB
dynAMIte.lha (complete) - 1,9 MB (ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Martin Schueler (E-Mail)


AmigaOne Board: Status Report by Martin Schueler
As promised on the BAS2001 (see First report) Martin Schueler has sent us a summary of the lecture about the AmigaOne board and technical details.

Status

The lecture mainly was similar to the one already lectured on the WoA, but of course contained updated information regarding the time schedule. Important about this is that the beta test will close middle of September, which at the same time will mark the starting shot for the first line.

Moreover the new revision of the AmigaONE boards - plugged into an Eyetech tower - was shown. One was able to tangible ("forcibly") convince oneself of how sophisticated and solid even the mechanical solution was done, and that it is by no means some unstable kind of tinkering solution. But we deliberately used a board only quipped with PCI/AGP sockets, to prevent our electrostatic sensible testing boards from any possible damage.

Following the status report from which I took the answers on respective questions, on the show:

During production the first revision formed short cuts on several points of which some were irreparable. It was not possible to obviate the latter during production without knowing the problem in advance.

For the new revision we had changed the respective points, but also several other points, in a way that reduced production requirements. Furthermore we corrected mechanical reference measurements, which prevented the first revision from being precisely assembled inside the casing.

Also the non-technical problems were fixed and the testings efficiently proceed on schedule since June 8th. It is especially joyful that all of the testings (contrary to common expectations due to complexity) succeeded on the first go, which was finally a result of their carful preparation, too.

All significant testings on board level are already finished. The following testing work is limited to verification of the logic within WestBridge and NorthBridge and it's interaction with the standard components.

This is to talk about ca. 10% of those testings are done. But virtually this means that already 50% of the problematic and time critical points are covered. Nevertheless those succeeded on the first go. So schedule risks are more and more decreasing. Furthermore 100% of the problematic points are functional of which malfunction would mean total outage, in worst case.

I also added three pictures:


picture_1.jpg
(640 x 480)

picture_2.jpg
(640 x 480)

picture_3.jpg
(640 x 480)


The first one shows the rev2 board (equipped with PCI/AGP only) as it was presented on the show in Rotterdam. But the other one shows one of the equipped rev2 boards as these were used for the testings. All of the testings succeeded on the first go using the board in the picture. Third picture: The slots in this picture are simply put on, cause I think it looks much nicer if it is fully equipped :-).

For the rest the board will be tested as stand-alone for a very long time. The connection to the A1200 will be done at the very end.

Martin Schueler
(ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)


Events: More Pictures from the BAS 2001
Marvin Droogsma has sent us some more exclusive pictures of the BAS 2001. The photos were taken by Lejon Hamstra.


bruno&marvin.jpg
(533 x 400)

croud.jpg
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alan.jpg
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lan.jpg
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(ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help Denmark: VirusExecutor V 2.19 and virus-warning (Update)
Minor update of VirusExecutor (2.19) released. Details:

Name: VirusExecutor v2.19
Archive name: VirusExecutor.lha
Archive size: 265.021 Bytes
Release date: 25. June 2001
Programmer: Jan Erik Olausen
Required: xvs.library (contained), xfdmaster.library, reqtools.library, xadmaster.library

New in v2.19
  • Added MuMove4K right!
  • Removed library version check for xadmaster.library.
  • Added Amiga OS Update IDE_scsidisk right...
  • Removed all internal virus checking as they are added in xvs.library v33.26
  • Fixed bug when running on kickstart lower than 3.0 Thanks to Jan Andersen for telling me...


Virus-Warning
Yesterday, there was a warning at the VTH-mailinglist concerning a very dangerous virus. (ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)


Chip online: Graphic Chips: New Details about Kyro III
»David Harold, Press-Relation Manager of Imagination Technologies, gave a sight on the upcoming Kyro III - developed by the code name of STG 5000 - to the German game magazines PC Action. ST Microelectronic will integrate a freely programmable vertex- and pixle-hader along with the also integrated T&L unit into this pixle accelerator. This chip, which is manufactured in 0.13 µ technology, thus addresses Microsoft's DirextX-8-API (application programming interface), as like Nvidia's GeForce3. «
Complete article (German) under the title link. (ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Thomas Eichler (ANF)


E.T. Productions: Looking for graphics-designer
E.T. Productions is looking for graphic-designer for some time. If you are interested please have a look at our 'Free Amiga Jobs'-section. (ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)


Events: BAS 2001 - Report form the organizers
The Benelux Amiga Show 2001 has ended..., we tasted a lot of welding while organization, but it was worth it cause more than 400 visitor mean a brilliant result to us. Only as number 400 visitors are not much, but in case of an Amiga only show in the Netherlands this is an encouraging number. Amiga still exists!

A short report from our point of view:

Very early in the morning, at 8:00 am, we started to set up the show. With three overloaded cars full of hardware and software, posters, beamers, audio equipment, and somewhere in between all that even the drivers, we took the first stuff to the show. Bjorn Lynne was already there and had put up at table on the first floor.

At about 10:00 am a quite normal dancing school was converted to an Amiga building....

The first visitors contacted already at 9:00 am (with well dressed hair and gem chewing). One or the other way it was announced that the show would start already at 10:00 am. We would like to apologize for this misinformation and we hope that waiting was less hard, cause of the good weather.

This was our first time to organize such a show; hopefully this was not too clear to see.... Anyway, we learned some things to do it better next time (?). Nevertheless most of what we organized succeeded very well, as we think.

10:00 am: Petro Tyschtschenko arrives, as usual in a good temper, also after little sleep (he has sat with Juergen Haage until 4:00 am and has had a few beers too much).

10:30 am: The participants of the LAN party are let in and guided to the first floor. Very much people are waiting outside, now. Might it be that we unnecessarily were in doubt about enough visitors?

11:00 am: The show begins! There are plenty, plenty, PLENTY OF PEOPLE! A heavy burden is taken from us....

I won't talk about everything in detail, now. That was already done by other people (for which we say thank you). Just a few things which attracted us in especially.....

In our opinion the presentation of by Eyetech and Escena were a bit too technical and might have been done more attractive, some how. The slides could have been done more interesting than it was actually done. However the presentation gave a good sight of what is being done and why. After the presentation people had the opportunity to consult Alan Redhouse and Martin Schueler for more information.

Fleecy Moss impressed us. His jokes and his enthusiasm are really great. A good exponent of the Amiga Spirit. Unfortunately he could attend the show for a short time, only.

Bjorn Lynne presented his music and sold his CD's on the first floor. According to what he told us, he sold more CD's than he expected. He was very satisfied and did a lot autographs. But the Dutch beers were a little to small to him...., the British are used to something different.....

Did anybody notice that there was a not announced ´special guest´? Bill Buck of VIScorp. He talked to many of the Amiga VIP's. Could that be of any meaning? Who knows..... (http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/amiga/ar/ar407/feature6.HTML)

Mr. Does of Vesalia and his wife were on the show, too.

Matay showed a first class product; who missed it ..., what a pity, what a pity.

There was another premiere, too (more about this later on); the first game (Asteroids look-a-like) for the AmigaDE by an unknown SDK user (I could not find the name).

Some of the VIP's whispered some nice news to the print magazine 'AmigaScene', which we will publish in the next issue (in cooperation with amiga-news.de). For example there are good news regarding Amiga OS4.

One small anecdote: On his train journey to Rotterdam Fleecy really was in dire need of a toilet, but nobody informed him that he was floundering waiting in front of a strictly and all-the-time closed toilet for staffers only, for minutes.... Poor Fleecy.

There were visitors from Norway, Germany, Poland, Belgium, France, England, and Spain (20 hours by car....!).

An editor of a Dutch TV station talked to Petro, Juergen, Alan, Fleecy, and many of the visitors about the Amiga and it's cult status. She was very impressed and will - like already announced - do a broadcast about Amiga only, after summer. She will talk to even more Amiga personalities. It is planned to take more shots in Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S.A..

People from a Dutch radio station were also on the show and on the following Saturday a special broadcast about the show and anything to see there will be put to air.

Petro acted as a fairy of fortune at 4:00 pm and drew the winners of the lottery in which any visitor could take part. He twice drew visitors from Germany but which unfortunately already had left the show. Those missed among other things an Amiga poster with Bill McEwen's autograph on it, a number of Amiga CD's, a music CD by Bjorn Lynne, and a VIP diner.

Between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm we closed the show. The show was followed by the VIP diner with 27 guests. These guests had the opportunity to talk to each other about the show and Amiga subjects, without ruffle or excitement in an easeful atmosphere. The VIP's were very excited about the multitude of visitors. This encourages them to go on developing.

About 11:00 pm it all was over. Petro and Juergen were picked with a long Mercedes and taken to the hotel, like super-stars. Then the rest of the people went home, too.

Still many pictures will follow by us - from the set-up to the after-party - and Juergen Haage promised to send us pictures from the secret VIP meeting at 11:00 am.

We would like to use this opportunity to heartily thank all of the visitors of the show. You really showed that the Amiga is alive and has good chances to return strong. We thank amiga-news.de for reporting; the way Petra Struck supported us really rules!

More information, pictures, and links to other reports can be found at amiga-news.de and of course on the BAS 2001 website.

A lot of greetings to the Amiga community
The organizers of the Benelux Amiga Show 2001
(ps)

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25.Jun.2001
Amiga Future


AmiSectorOne: New members, games, demos, and covers
Probably you remember my news posting of 12 June which was called "New staff members are required". Finally I have made my choice and here are the new team members (sorted by the time they joined):
  • Marcos Alves from Portugal
  • Keith Michaels from the USA
  • Tony Whent from Australia
  • Holger Herrmann from Germany
The new team members will be responsible for different parts here on AMI Sector One. Also I am just working with a kind contributor called Gustavo to improve our scripts. Some other projects are in preparation too... More about this in the next weeks. You can read some notes about the new members in the staff section.

Now the games update:
Patricia Curtis (formerly project manager and assistant programmer at Apache Software) as well as Mark Page (formerly programmer at Apache Software) allowed us to upload the Amiga game Super Methane Bros. (a game similar to Bubble Bobble, but with better graphics and sounds). You can download different versions of this game: There is a CD32-HD version (does not run on emulators) and an ADF version. Like so often I would like to stress that this game is NOT freeware. P. Curtis and M. Page are still the copyright owners and they granted a permission which is ONLY valid for this site.

Btw: I am looking for the game "Murder makes strange Deadfollows CDTV" by Tiger Media. Is there somebody of you who has it? Please get in contact with me (Bernd)...

And here are the high quality Public Domain games of this update:
  • Jouster 3 (the arcade classic Joust for the Amiga)
  • Kamakazi Killers (good Galaga game)
  • Rattlesnake (street fighting game)


New AGA demos are:
  • Repugnance
  • Roswell
  • Response
  • Tear down the Wall
  • Some Justice
Also a disk with the results of the Amega Party - Gfx Competiton was uploaded.

Here are some new cover- and box scans:
  • A320 Airbus (the game itself will soon be available here)
  • Big 6- Dizzy Collection CD32
  • Case of the Cautious Condor CDTV
  • Chinese Karate
  • Euro Soccer '88
  • Fallen Angel
  • Hard Drivin'
And here is a last minute update:

You can now download ALL 18 LSD Sprint Docs Disks (Sprint Docs provide cheats, solutions, freezer addresses etc). Of course every Sprint Disk has got its own HTML and screenshots. Thanks to the new member Marcos who made it possible. I hope you enjoyed this update. In the future the updates will be bigger since the staff has grown. Also you can expect more updates during the week. (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Amiga Future


Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets
WHDLoad makes it possible to install floppy-disk-only games to harddisk. The following packets have been added or updated since 18. June 2001:
  • 24. June 01 new: Dick Tracy (Titus) done by Mr.Larmer
  • 24. June 01 new: Pucman (F1 Licenceware) done by Jeff
  • 23. June 01 new: Linus (Palace) done by Codetapper
  • 23. June 01 new: The Blues Brothers (Titus) done by Mr.Larmer
  • 22. June 01 new: Mortal Kombat (Acclaim) done by Codetapper
  • 22. June 01 new: Black Tiger (Capcom/U.S.Gold) done by Jeff
  • 21. June 01 improved: Puzznic (Ocean) several enhancements
  • 21. June 01 improved: Alien Bash 2 (Glen Cumming/Myles Jeffery) speedup
  • 19. June 01 new: Fernandez Must Die (Mirrorsoft/Imageworks) done by Jeff
  • 18. June 01 fixed: Hard Drivin' (Domark) file loading corrected
  • 18. June 01 new: Star Wars (Lucasfilm/Domark) done by John Girvin
To download follow the title link. (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
René Stelljes (E-Mail)


AmigaHelpGuide + Amiga-User-Liste (Update)
René Stelljes wrote:
After Stefan Martens decided not to continue the Amiga-User-List (AUL) due to lack of time, I took over this task.

From today the AmigaHelpGuid and AUL are pooled together. The list is available at http://www.8ung.at/ahg/ only, at this time.

Since I want to keep the Amiga-User-List up-to-date, I ask all of the users already registered to get in contact with me to update their data, if needed. More information are to take from the guide.

Supplement 24 June 2001: Due to great demand a Commodore demo is available for download on René Stelljes' homepage under the 'Sonstiges' link. (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena Full Version
With permission of Carsten Magerkurth and Andreas Magerl the Amiga Arena enables the release of 'Colours Professional'.

This is another version of the puzzle game 'Offensive Colours'. 'Colours Pro' is an exciting composition of Tetris and Breakout. (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Timo Kloss


Inutilis: Moonlight-CD
Timo Kloss wrote:
A short announcement first: the short filmlets video was finished now, too.

The Moonlight-CD is available from now on. Since there is no official distribution path, it only is available directly from Inutilis. Order from the online shop, per post or phone.

If somebody knows about some possibilities for distribution or sale (or even can offer such), please tell me about. On the Moonlight website among other things the original CD cover is online, now.

Great parts of this CD were created using an Amiga and Camouflage. The printed matters also were designed using ArtEffect.

Price: 18 DM (directly from Inutilis)
Time: ca. 73 minutes
10 songs + 5 spacers or intros
Description: Mostly silent, experimental, electronic music in "moonlight" mood, so to speak.
(sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)


Virus Help: xvs.library V33.26
The xvs.library (External Virus Support Library) has been updated today.

Here is some info about the release:

Name : xvs.library v33.26
Archive name : xvslibrary.lha
Archive size : 55.988 bytes
Release date : 24 June 2001
Programmer : Jan Erik Olausen
Email : virusexecutor@c2i.net

News for 33.26:
  • Added Bobek2 Link virus
    Thanks to Jan Andersen for the files.
    Thanks to Zeeball for the memory removal routines.
  • Added Expl0de Trojan Link virus
  • Added Expl0de Trigger File virus
    Thanks to Jan Andersen for the files.
  • Renamed 8x8 Link to Motaba-3
Still to do:
  • Add a new link virus...
    This virus is brand new, so if you got this requester:
    "POWYÚSZA INFORMACJA MA NA CELU ZAZNAJOMIENE
    I OSTRZEÚEME CIË PRZED NIEZWYKLE
    NIEBEZPIECZNYM WIRUSEM!"
    "OSTRZEÚME"

    in english:
    "This information is just for telling you
    and warn you about extremely
    dangerous virus!"

    "WARNING!"

    you have been infected...
  • Add Neurotic Death 1 - 5. These five link viruses are polymorphic, but crash on my system if I try to infect some test files. It seems that they haven't been spread to the public, I received them anonymously from the author. So it's not that BIG danger at the moment.
  • Try to get and add GlobVec link virus. The only one who has it is Heiner Schneegold (author of VT-Schutz) and VTC Hamburg, but Heiner doesn't give his permission to the VTC to send me the virus :(
Download: xvslibrary.lha (55K), Readme (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
MorphOS


MorphOS: gcc 2.95.3 68k-Crosscompiler updated
Sigbjørn 'CISC-o-rama' Skjæret released a new version of his gcc 68k cross-compiler. This means you can compile 68k programs using the speed of the PPC processor. Also the fsin/fsos -ffast-math inline won't be applied for 040 and 060 processors anymore.

Download: m68k-amigaos-gcc2.95.3.tar.bz2 (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Designburo.nl (ANF)


Benelux Amiga Show: More Pictures
Under the title link more pictures of the Benelux Amiga Show were published. (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Celso (ANF)


Events: AmiWest 2001 - News
From 27th to 29th July, 2001 the AmiWest 2001 show will take place in Sacramento, U.S.A.. According to the latest announcements there will be the following highlights:
  1. Presentation of the working AmigaOne with AmigaOS V4.0.
  2. Presentation of the current version of the AmigaDE, running on the Sharp Zaurus. Sharp Zaurus.
  3. Dr. Alan Havemose (formerly employee of Commodore, and Gateway) and Bill McEwen speak about: "Gateway and Amiga - what really happened".
Furthermore the press release reads, that the AmigaOne 1200 would be in progress from the end of July and available from the middle of August. But this remains subjunctive, since it will be official news only when Amiga Inc. or Eyetech do an announcement about. (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News


Games: Shogo Test
Seppo Typpö has published a Shogo test on the 'The Amiga Games Database' website. This test among other things is about the game-play and level design.

Tests of 'King's Quest I - III' and 'Kick Off' were added, too. (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News


Amiga Flame with new URL
The commercial Amiga Flame web server account will be closing down as a result of problems with the new company who have taken over. Since the original company went out of the business there has been some serious problems, which have made it difficult to make Amiga Flame up and running under the new company. With it unlikely that their service will improve, the decision was made to move Amiga Flame.

Amiga Flame has moved to Demon, a long established company who tend to provide an efficient and effective service. It is vital that readers update their bookmarks and make themselves aware of the new web address of Amiga Flame: http://www.amigaflame.demon.co.uk (title link). (sd)

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24.Jun.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)


Elbox: Poster "Mediator - Now PCI in all Amigas" (Update)
Elbox have published a new poster for the PCI board Mediator. Title: "MEDIATOR - Now PCI In All Amigas". This is also available as .pdf file (3.7 MB) and can be downloaded at the 'News' section from the press stuff.

Title link corrected. (ps)

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24.Jun.2001
Virus Help Denmark


Virus Help: Team Netherlands back
The Virus Help Team Netherlands is back online with updated homepage. The website was not accessible for six months. Now the team is fully active again. Visit their website under the title link. (ps)

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24.Jun.2001
Richard Kapp (E-Mail)


NARR-Site: New Voyager Theme and Update
Again I did a new fresh and sunny theme named 'SummerTheme' for the Amiga web-browser Voyager. The archive contains the usual buttons represented by exotic fruits and with matching background pic, this time. The images a are quite big, so higher screen resolutions are advised.

Screenshot Link - 328 kB
Download: summertheme.lha - 174 kB

Additionally I have completely reworked the NARR website. Most of all the Amiga section now is more clear sorted by categories, to make you more easily finding what you are looking for. There are new downloads, too, e.g. a small icons set, and catalogs. The admin section was enhanced, too: there are new screenshots of my cartoon anims, which are currently available for free, and the biggest animation (Hr. Apfel) now is available as MPEG version, also. Also new is the 'Personal Amiga' section. Have fun while rummaging. :)
(ps)

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24.Jun.2001
Otto Dette (E-Mail)


Benelux Amiga Show: Report and Pictures by the AUC-HB
The Amiga User Club Bremen, AUC-HB, has send us an extended report and these nice pictures from the BAS 2001.

Report about the Benelux Amiga Show 2001 in Rotterdam, Netherlands

In the morning at 3:00 h four members from Nordenham, Leer, Langwedel, Bremen of the Amiga User Club Bremen met to travel to the show. After four hours of traveling by car we arrived in the Hammerstraat in northern Rotterdam.

We were hungry and wanted something to eat in a moment (Mc´D or some bakery). But unfortunately we had to realize, that hairdressers open their shops before the bread shops; not to talk about Mc´D, cause they open not before 9:00 am. After we finally found a baker, who pleased us with a marvelous breakfast, we went to the show which was supposed to begin on 10:00 am.

On 9:30 am Juergen Haage and Petry Tyschtschenko arrived by taxi. Since we know Mr. Haage and Petro in person we had a short talk. Mr. Haage and Petro then disappeared to join a meeting with Fleecy Moss, Alan Redhouse, and Ben Hermans.

On 11:00 am, one hour later than announced, the inlet started. The admission charge for visitors from outside was at the promised DM5. Our impression was that the organizers really took pain to build up the show. The show was arranged on two floors. There were enough seats and room for discussions.

At one booth we could have a look at an Amiga 4000D with the Prometheus PCI board by Matay, equipped with a Voodoo 3000 and running the game Heretic II. We were glowing by the display by this graphics board.

At the booth beside of this booth a PC with the AmigaSDK installed was running. We were impressed by this presentation, too. Moreover several Amigas from club-members were networked and a LAN party took place.

Petro opened the Amiga museum with a speech and then was helpful and councillor and his assistance was heavily enlisted; he handed out stickers and pins.

The show was attended very well and from 2:00 pm it was really filled, since the Scala presentation of the AmigaONE took place, done via screen by Alan Redhouse and Martin Schueler. They had a good projector and sound was well, so everyone could get it.

The strategy for AmigaONE and AmigaOS 4 to 5 was put across, but which was already known by us. During the break we had the opportunity to have a look at the AmigaONE board plugged into a V-Tower. We don't want to address the information we got from Martin Schueler, now. The board was shown working, but we can imagine it to able to be presented working, soon.

During the discussion with Fleecy Moss, Juergen Haage, Alan Redhouse, Ben Hermans, and Martin Schueler queries regarding the AmigaONE AND AmigaOS 4 - 5 could be done. This was richly done, and as we learned the organizer of the show is about to put those questions and answers online.

We took a lot of pictures on the show, but to edit all of them will take some time. We handed out to amiga-news.de a first selection. Our video specialist Ralf has done a video of the show for our members.


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We met Mrs. and Mr. Does (Vesalia, German Amiga vendor) and Jens Schoenfeld (Individual Computer) and intensively talked. The show was a clear success to us not comparable with the last years' shows in Cologne and Neuss, since that was an Amiga only show. We felt to be part of a big community. From Mr. Haage we got the latest BoingBag for OS3.9 on a bank card sized CD. At 4:00 pm we went on our journey back home to Bremen.

Thanks to the organizers of the Benelux Amiga Show 2001 !!!

Amiga User Club Bremen (ps)

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23.Jun.2001
Carl Sassenrath (REBOL-ML)


REBOL: REBOL/View V1.2.1
REBOL/View 1.2.1 has been released on June 22, 2001. It is recommended that you upgrade your copy of REBOL/View and View/Pro to this new version. Among other things has a security bug been fixed in this version. This release also introduces REBOL/View for the Macintosh. This is a significant accomplishment. The following has been changed compared with the previous version:
  • Bugfix: Icon DRAW evaluation bug that allowed foreign code to be executed at the desktop level. That problem has been eliminated. (Note that this bug did NOT compromise REBOL's built-in sandbox file protection, as that protection still remained in effect at the REBOL/View root directory level. Files outside of REBOL's directory tree were safe.) DRAW is no longer allowed within desktop icons.
  • Bugfix: The HTTP POST operation has been fixed to properly ignore line termination in the transfer. You no longer need to pad out your HTTP uploads. (This is for read/custom http://... [post "data"]).
  • Bugfix: Bugs that caused load/markup and debase to crash in rare cases have also been fixed.
The current version for different systems can be found in the download area of rebol.com. (sd)

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23.Jun.2001
ANN


Magazine: .mag Boing issue #2 released
Issue #2 of the Swedish online magazine .mag Boing has been released today. (ps)

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23.Jun.2001
Paul Nolan


Image processing: Photogenics for PocketPC
Paul Nolan, known for his image processing software Photogenics for several operating systems, has renamed his company to Idruna Software. Besides that Nolan introduces today his new product Photogenics for PocketPC.

With this image processing becomes possible even on pocket computers. On the product page you can find the technical details and further information. (ps)

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23.Jun.2001
Dirk "Docki" Dockbreyder (ANF)


Game: 'Genetic Species' full version on Aminet
The Aminet recent-upload-list of today contains the action game Genetic Species as full version, splitted into 19 archives with around 180 MB in size altogether.

This game is a development by Marble-Eyes Development. It was distributed by Vulcan Software Limited.

Download: Uploads of the 23.06.2001, and there is GS-FullGame01.lha - GS-FullGame19.lha for download. (ps)

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23.Jun.2001



Aminet Uploads until 23.06.2001
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ML_Support_Tur.lha   comm/mail    5K+ML-Support Turkish Catalog
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23.Jun.2001



Benelux Amiga Show: first report (update 3)
Otis from the Amiga User Club Bremen has just given us first details about the show by phone. First of all it has to be said that the dance school where the event is taking place is overcrowded as many, many visitors have come. For the promoters of the show in any case a big success.

The event is taking place on two floors with the exhibitors being downstairs and the LAN party happening upstairs.

During the call I had the opportunity to talk to Martin Schüler from ESCENA who's working on the design of the AmigaOne board by Eyetech. The AmigaOne board is presented as prototype in second revision. The board isn't working yet. For now they continue step by step and every step done until now has worked without any problems. He'll try to give us more technical information during the day via email.

Supplement:
I just had again the chance to talk to Thomas from the AUC-HB, who gave us more impressions via telephone about the show. Those will be posted here as short notes as there'll be a full report done by the AUCB following tomorrow:

Petro Tyschtschenko hold the opening speech.

Interesting was the presentation of the PCI board Prometheus by Matay on which a Voodoo3000 graphics board was running. A version of the game ´Heretic II´ running on this board was shown so everyone could convince himself of the board's quality.

Fleecy Moss of Amiga Inc. presented the SDK (Software Developer Kit) and was at disposal to answer questions. On this occasion the AmigaOS 5.0 planned for the year 2003 was mentioned.

On a Q&A round Fleecy Moss, Alan Redhouse, Martin Schüler and Jürgen Haage answered to the questions of the visitors.

Supplement 2:
At Fun Time World you find some photos of the show, and a comprehensive report will follow.

Supplement 3:
Here's the full report of Fun Time World. (ps)

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23.Jun.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena special discount campaign
In co-operation with Andre Beer the Amiga Arena makes a special price for GeoWorld possible. GeoWorld is the only geography program for the Amiga that is still in development. Please visit for further information the GeoWorld homepage.

Amiga Arena - GeoWorld call
GeoWorld is one of the very few programs that stand out against the usual Amiga software. The developers have collected a huge amount of information and data to make GeoWorld as comprehensive as possible. Despite this such a program "lives" of its up-to-date data.

To make faster updates possible and offer furtheron an allround program the developers need your help. The following tasks are available:

  • Continuing the recollection of the nature data of the countries.
  • A co-operation on the information data of GeoWorld would therefore need an intellectual reception of the source texts made available (scanned encyclopedia pages, html/text files taken from the internet, partly in English) and put them into corresponding texts (e.g. description of a country's nature).
A free full version will of course be made available. Further fees - participation in sales returns - for appropriate extensive co-operation are possible but don't expect any wonders. People with interest may please mail to: Andre Beer.

Amiga Arena remark by Olaf Köbnik
Surely many of you wonder why this all? Sources for information are offered by the internet, and many programs for the PC do so, too. But I belong to the little number of Amiga users who are "Amiga only", and I personally think it is very valuable that such programs will be developed on the Amiga in the future. Additionally it is much more fun for me to use information sources on the Amiga. I can only ask you to support programs like AmiAtlas and Geoworld with feedback etc.! (ps)

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23.Jun.2001
Merlancia Industries (ANF)


Merlancia announces Tsunami Designs
Merlancia Industries has released some concept images of the Tsunami setup, showing a complete "Merlancia MMC Tsunami Setup", the "Merlancia Touchsmart Keyboard" and the "Merlancia Tsunami Tower":


Please see also http://www.gotboing.com and MISEL Engineering-TORRO/MCC for further information.

Update: (14.01.2017, 21:00, cg)

Pictures added to the news item. (ps)

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