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24.Dec.1999
AmigaOS 3.5


AmigaOS 3.5 Boing-Bag 1 available
On-time for the quiet days we were able to complete the first update of AmigaOS 3.5, which contains bug fixes and expansions. And there is a christmas surprise... :-)

boingbag1.lzx - 3,6 MB or
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24.Dec.1999
Brad Webb by e-mail


Amiga Update Newsletter by Brad Webb #991223
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                  K R U S E   N O W   A   R E B O L

     C O S A   L A U N C H E S   O P E N   A M I G A   G R O U P

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

    C O S A   R E P S   F O R   G E R M A N Y ,   P O R T U G A L

     C H R I S T M A S   G R E E T I N G S   F R O M   A M I N O

       A M I G A   F O R E V E R   H O L I D A Y   B U N D L E

        A M I G A   A C T I V E   D E C E M B E R   I S S U E

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

          W I N   W I P E O U T   2 0 9 7   F R O M   A Y P

      T U R B O P R I N T   V .   7   N O W   A V A I L A B L E

   " I M M O R T A L "   -   A M I G A   G A M E   M U S I C   C D

                    A U D I O L A B S   O F F E R

        " F R E E S P A C E "   C O M I N G   T O   A M I G A

      " I N F R A B O X "   -   I N F R A R E D   C O N T R O L

              M K / 2   K E Y B O A R D   A D A P T E R

       A E M A I L   V .   2 . 2 0   N O W   A V A I L A B L E

            M I C R O D O T   I I   1 . 3   V E R S I O N

          M E T A L W E B   4 . 0   P R E R E L E A S E   2

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

               N O T   M U C H   T I M E   L E F T ! !

               S E C O N D S P I N   F O R   M P E G S

               S I M O N   T H E   S O R C E R E R   2

              N E T I N F O   2 . 5   A V A I L A B L E

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 The old saying "the only constant is change" is certainly true in the
Amiga community. It sometimes seems that you can't count on anything
staying the same from one day to the next.
 Unfortunately, much of the change we've seen in this year now ending
has been anything but good. The most recent change seems to be the
sudden vanishing of the "Amiga's" only remaining North American print
publication.
 We can tell you this, however. There are a lot of people working very
hard to make changes that will ensure a future for the Amiga. There's
just not much to say about these activities right at the moment. We'll
keep you informed as we are able.

Take a look at Amiga Realm
--------------------------
 Received a note a while back from our friend Paul Andrews in the UK
suggesting we take a look at his site "Amiga Realm". He reports he's
been working long and hard on it in the last few months. The effort
shows. It's well worth your stopping by if you haven't, with a wealth
of Amiga information. Find it at:

http://www.amigarealm.com

 We have a wide variety of stories to bring your way this time, and
it's all pretty much positive for once! Hope this brightens up your
day. For those of you celebrating one holiday or another at this time
of the year, we wish you all the joy such holidays can bring! To all
our readers, we say thanks for being with us throughout 1999, and we
hope to have a prosperous, pleasant and re-invigorating last year of
the century with you and Amiga in 2000!
 Best regards,
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

15 Dec 1999

Hello Brad,

 Any idea as to what has happened to Amazing? I haven't received any
mag. for three months I have made 5 or 6 calls to their phone # and
all I get is a taped message to fax or E-Mail. I've e-mailed Don Hicks
several times and have gotten no response.

 PS thanks for keeping Amiga Update going I feel like it is the only
Amiga resource I can depend on.

Kind regards
--
Don S.
~~~~~~
Don,
 I have no idea - and I did try to find out. We've received several
letters similar to yours. It's very disappointing - and disconcerting
- to have the venerable "Amazing" just pull an amazing vanishing act.
 Don Hicks, are you still there?
 Brad
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                K R U S E   N O W   A   R E B O L

The following announcement was posted recently on the web site of
Holger Kruse, developer of many of the Amiga's best pieces of
software:

Changes for the year 2000

 I am happy to announce that starting January, 2000 I will work for
REBOL Technologies in the capacity of Director of Network
Technologies.

 For those of you who have not heard about that company before: REBOL
Technologies (www.rebol.com) is a privately held company that was
founded by Carl Sassenrath, one of the premier developers of AmigaOS.
REBOL Technologies develops and distributes the scripting language
REBOL, a very intuitive programming language and run-time environment
with built-in Internet support and messaging capabilities. REBOL is
available for over 50 computer platforms, AmigaOS being one of them.
The basic version of REBOL is available for free, extensions are
available for license fees.

 Declining revenues from Amiga software sales and increased software
piracy in 1999 finally forced me to look for a full-time job outside
of my own company. Between several job offers I decided to accept the
offer by REBOL for several reasons. The most important one is that in
my opinion REBOL is currently one of the few truly innovative products
in the software market, and with Carl Sassenrath's history with
AmigaOS his company and its product in many ways reflect and represent
the Amiga spirit.

 With my background in AmigaOS and TCP/IP I am excited about the
opportunity to participate in the development of REBOL, in particular
in the improvement of its networking capabilities, the AmigaOS port
and ports for possible Amiga successors.

 I am afraid this new job means that I will no longer be able to work
full-time on my own Amiga software (Miami, Daytona etc.). This does
not mean that the software becomes unsupported or that I am leaving
the Amiga platform though. I intend to still provide updates and
support for existing software, as my time permits. Here are some
details about current plans for my Amiga software:

 - AmiWin: still supported. An update with 24-bit support and a newer
X11R6 kernel is still planned, but unlikely to be ready soon.

 - Daytona and related products: I am afraid Daytona and its planned
extensions have to be cancelled. There are two reasons for this: one
is lack of time: with my new full-time job I have to cut back
somewhere, and doing it on a project that is still in development
seems to be the most reasonable solution. The other reason is a
possible conflict of interests, because Java and REBOL are competitors
in the market of languages for distributed computing, which may make
it unethical for me to remain involved in Java-related software. I
have not yet determined what will happen to the Daytona sources. There
are several options, somewhat restricted by Sun's licensing
conditions, and I will try to find a solution that will somehow still
allow the existing Java VM of Daytona to be released to the Amiga
community, without future involvement or support from me though.

 - Miami: still fully supported. Version 3.3 is planned for release in
the year 2000.

 - Miami Deluxe: fully supported. After several delays and many
improvements the first full release including documentation will
probably be ready before Christmas, and after that development will
continue. Subject to demand the planned improvements for future
versions may include IPv6, IPsec, named, extensions to IP-NAT and
possibly dial-in support.

 - MiamiSSL: fully supported. A new version that incorporates the
latest OpenSSL changes and protocols is planned.

 - MiamiTelnet: fully supported, as part of the Miami Deluxe package.
Telnet encryption and support for running in a shell window are
planned for future versions.

 - ppp.device: still supported, but no new versions are planned. Miami
and Miami Deluxe should be considered successors of ppp.device.

 - ReOrg: not supported at this time. A version with support for NSD
and disks > 4 GB is something I am considering though, time
permitting.

 I will also have to move my residence from Winter Park, Florida to
Ukiah, California, where REBOL headquarters are located. This means my
LAN will have to move as well, including the server that handles Miami
registrations and orders. Because of that there will be some service
outages affecting my Internet presence during the months of December
'99 and possibly January 2000. Please see my separate announcements
about that. On the up side, chances are my LAN will get a DSL
connection in Ukiah, which should provide better reliability and much
faster responses, in particular for mailing lists, than the current
56k connection.

 Wishing everyone a happy holiday season and a successful year 2000.


Holger Kruse
Nordic Global Inc.
kruse@nordicglobal.com
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     C O S A   L A U N C H E S   O P E N   A M I G A   G R O U P

 COSA HEADQUARTERS -- December 22, 1999 -- COSA (the Campaign to
Open-Source AmigaOS) today officially launched it's new sister
project, the Open Amiga Group, at Amigakernel.org.

 The Open Amiga Group has been created, in the spirit of the Christmas
season, to encourage and help developers, by providing a system where
Amiga projects and applications can be openned up to the contributions
of a team of Amiga developers, using the open-source model as a guide.
It is hoped this will lead to the creation of new high-quality Amiga
applications, and to the revival of stalled or abandoned projects,
which could be continued by a team of open-source Amiga programmers.

 Amiga developers will be able to use the Amigakernel.org website to
join existing projects (currently aMozillaX and AROS, with AmigaOS "in
reserve"), or to easily create projects of their own using the forms
available on the Amigakernel.org website.

 Through a variety of mailing lists, the Open Amiga Group will keep
developers who have registered with us informed of the latest projects
that are being set up, and in contact with other developers working on
the same projects. (It is our intention there be a mailing list for
users and a mailing list for developers for each project hosted by the
Open Amiga group.)

 Open-source projects can then either be hosted by Open Amiga using
our own resources - website, mailing list and tools (and the resources
of sourceforge.net), or we can simply provide links and references to
your own websites, mailing lists and tools.

 The Open Amiga project is a natural extention of COSA's charter,
which is to promote open-source within the Amiga community, and to
campaign for the release of the Amiga operating system as open source.
(It should be noted that negotiations with Amiga Inc's Tom Schmidt on
this matter are ongoing.) We also felt it would be wasteful not to
offer the 130 developers who have already registered with COSA as
"probable developers for an open-source AmigaOS" a chance to work on
other projects.

 For more information, or to register as a developer, or register an
existing open-source Amiga project on our pages, please visit
http://www.amigakernel.org to visit the Open Amiga Group's website, or
http://cosa.amigakernel.org for more information on COSA, the Campaign
to Open-Source AmigaOS, and for the latest news on the status of our
negotiations with Amiga Inc.

 In the spirit of this season of co-operation and friendship, we wish
the Amiga community a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May
the millennium mark a turning point in the Amiga's history, where we
finally reap the mainstream attention and respect that our platform
and it's powerful, speedy OS deserve.
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       F R E E   A U C T I O N S   A T   C L I C K B O O M

FREE AUCTIONS FOR EVERYONE
============================

 Starting 16 Dec. 99, and for the next 60 days after, holding an
Auction at clickBOOM's Amiga Auctions is absolutely FREE for everyone!

 There are no limits to what you want to sell, how many Auctions you
want to hold or how long you want them running. Use all three types of
Auctions, use photographs, layouts, all FREE !


GAME AUCTIONS
===============

 But, that's FAR from everything.

 We want you to come every day and check the latest Auctions.

 Every day, for the next 15 days, we will auction one copy of each of
our games!

 The highest bidder takes it, so you can walk away with a brand new
clickBOOM game of your choice for as low as a few dollars !!!


COMPARING CLICKBOOM AMIGA AUCTIONS TO EBAY
==============================================

 Sure, eBay is the name in online auctioning, however, when it comes
to selling Amiga goods, clickBOOM's Amiga Auctions are simply a better
choice:

 1. Amiga Auctions are free !

 2. Auctions held at Amiga Auctions actually have a better selling
rate than eBay !

 3. Amiga Auctions support English and German !

 4. Amiga Auctions have several layout designs to choose from !

 5. At Amiga Auctions you can choose from a list of Amiga hardware
photographs, and having a photo Auction is free !

 6. Amiga Auctions show approximate price in 3 other currencies !

 7. Amiga Auctions are ran by the Amiga community, for the Amiga
community !

 Bidding, of course, as always is free, so come to
http://clickboom.com/auctions and get in on the Auction action.
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   C O S A   R E P S   F O R   G E R M A N Y ,   P O R T U G A L

New COSA Country Contacts for Germany and Portugal

December 7, 1999

 COSA are pleased to announce the creation of two new "country
contacts". Country Contacts are COSA members who have volunteered to
act as representatives for COSA in their home country and provide
translation services.

 There are current two Country Contacts. They are Volker Mohr from
Germany, who runs the Project IMP website, and Rui Manuel, from
Portugal.

 If you speak German (Deutsch) or Portugese (Portuguese), you should
feel free to contact either Volker or Rui and discuss any comments,
questions or suggestions you have about COSA or Open Source with them.
They'll be happy to help you.

 COSA wants to take this time to thank Volker and Rui for their help,
and for providing this valuable service. With their help, COSA is also
to reach out to people in other countries.

 Volker and Rui are also helping to translate the COSA webpages into
German and Portugese, and these translations will be put online when
they are ready. But this is hard work, so why not drop them an e-mail
and thank them? Or offer to help? They'd like to hear from you!

 English-speakers should still feel free to write to me, Steve
Crietzman. I will try my best to respond as quickly as I am able.

 Once again, our thanks to Volker and Rui! Welcome aboard the COSA
Team! :-)

-- Steve, Volker, Rui, and the ever-growing COSA Team

 {NOTE: the story didn't give information on how to contact these
folks. You might start at http://www.savetheamiga.org.uk and work from
there. Brad}
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    C H R I S T M A S   G R E E T I N G S   F R O M   A M I N O

{The following little note was posted to the Team Amiga list by
Amino's Fleecy Moss. We thought it would brighten everyone's week,
whether you have holidays to celebrate or not, so we're including it
here. Brad}

23 Dec 1999

 Fleecy Moss

 ...to everyone here.

Just to let you know that Amino is still working away
at trying to provide a real future for the amiganauts,
and that this list is one of our inspirations, showing that
there is still talent, passion, nutjobs, and fun, and that the
flame of the Amiga is still burning despite the best efforts
of some to put it out.

Happy holidays to all, and here's looking forwards
to a better tomorrow.

Cheers

the three Aminos...
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       A M I G A   F O R E V E R   H O L I D A Y   B U N D L E

 For all Amiga emulation enthusiasts who ever wondered what Workbench
1.0 looked like, or what the late Jay Miner, "Father of the Amiga",
has to say in his own voice about the Amiga and other interesting
issues, Cloanto just released the Amiga Forever Plus Pack, which
contains new Amiga ROM, Workbench and MP3 audio files! The Plus Pack
joins the Amiga Forever family of emulation and support products,
which are officially licensed by Gateway's Amiga companies.

 Only for the next few days, the Online Edition of Amiga Forever 3.0
($29.99 stand-alone) and the Amiga Forever Plus Pack ($14.99) are
available in a special holiday bundle for only $34.99!

 The Amiga Forever Holiday Bundle includes the Amiga Forever Online
Edition package, with its preinstalled Amiga emulation environment
(1.3 and 3.1 Amiga ROM and OS) and the Amiga Explorer networking
software, plus the following new items, which are part of the Plus
Pack:

- Amiga Workbench ADF files v. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.04 and 2.1
- Amiga ROM files v. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 2.04 (WB 2.1 uses 2.04 ROM)
- Jay Miner MP3 Track 1: Birth of the Amiga
- Jay Miner MP3 Track 2: Computers and Society
- Jay Miner MP3 Track 3: A New Job
- New HTML pages, including instructions to play MP3 audio files

 For download convenience, the items are archived in two files which
can be downloaded separately, also with the help of an optional
download wizard. It is always possible to resume an interrupted
download, or to download the same file again at no additional cost.
The Plus Pack is cross-platform, while Amiga Forever Online Edition is
for Windows systems only.

 The Amiga Forever Holiday Bundle is available now from the Amiga
Forever Home Page at http://cloanto.com/amiga/forever/

 The Cloanto Team wishes all Amiga fans great holidays and a very
happy New Year!
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        A M I G A   A C T I V E   D E C E M B E R   I S S U E

26 Nov., 99

 The December 1999 issue of Amiga Active magazine is out now in
newsagents around the UK. Visit our web site (and click the "issues"
button) for more information about what's in this jam-packed issue -
it's definitely one you shouldn't miss, and we're not just saying that
- take a look for yourselves!

 http://www.amigactive.com

 If you can't get hold of Amiga Active locally, you can now order
individual issues to anywhere in the world, direct from the
publisher... read on...

 *** Credit Card Subscriptions and Backissues

 Pinprint Publishing are pleased to announce that credit card
subscriptions to Amiga Active magazine can now be taken out online,
simply by filling in a form. You can also phone us, or send us your
credit card order by post.

 For more information about how you can order individual issues as
well as subscriptions to anywhere in the world via credit card, visit
the web site!

    http://www.amigactive.com
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      A M I G A   C D   M A G A Z I N E   I N   I T A L Y

November 5, 1999

        Softwave Announces a new CD based Amiga Magazine


Dear Amigans,

 My name is Giorgio Signori, and I am the director of Softwave, a new
company born in Italy this summer. I have been writing on the only
Italian Amiga magazine, Enigma Amiga Run, in the past years, and I am
in Amiga environment since years. After years writing for Amiga, I
decided to build up a new company to publish an Amiga-only, CD-based
magazine. After a lot of work, at the Amiga show Softwave was there
with the first issue of Amiga.it, showed during the conference with
Petro Tyschtschenko. After this, we decided to publish Amiga.it, under
the name Amiga.news, also outside Italy. We put much effort in this,
translating, for now, the whole magazine in English. We will show and
sell the first issue of Amiga.news at the next Home Electronics World
of Cologne, on 12-14 November.

 We hope that the public response will be enough to convince us to
keep doing a multi-language magazine also for the next issues. If so,
since the 3rd issue, we will translate it also in German, as many of
you already requested. In the next days in this site will be published
the summary of the first issue.

 But now, some of the highlights of Amiga.news:

 The magazine part count many important writers here in Italy. Editors
like ing. Massimo Gais, system administrator of the Italian Aminet
node and of the Astronomic Observatory of Naples, like ing. Alessio
Cappelli, expert in Amiga and NetBSD environments. People like Massimo
Marino, writer for the biggest selling videogames magazine in Italy,
The Games Machine, and Nick Mordock, experienced Amiga writer since
years. Not to mention Andrea Favini, the 3000+ staff and Laura
Falzone, writers of proved experience.

 The CD part of Amiga.news differs from what we are used to see on the
market. it will not be a simple shareware collection. Of course it
will contain the recent shareware software from month to month, with
index and search function, but it will be thematic. The first issue of
Amiga.it, published only in Italian, had Linux as theme of the month,
with a RedHatPPC distribution and a serie of articles dedicated to
installation of Linux, but not only. Every month a different theme
will fill the CD. I can anticipate that on the issue that will be
presented at Cologne, there will be a much requested Linux68k/RedHat68
distribution, and a special on Star Wars on Amiga.

 I am available for every question, I will be happy to give all the
answers you may need, if you are a user or an Amiga
distributor/reseller. You can find me at the mailbox yurex@tin.it.
Website: http://www.skylink.it/ear

 Giorgio Signori Director of Softwave
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         W I N   W I P E O U T   2 0 9 7   F R O M   A Y P

22 Dec 1999

 Finally our 26,000 hit is almost upon us! (It would have been 25,000
but the Amiga used to update Amiga Yellow Pages broke - OK?)

 To celebrate this great occasion, Amiga Yellow Pages have teamed up
with Amiga retailer FORE-MATT Home Computing to give away a copy of
WipeOut 2097.

 Don't despair if you already own it or don't have the required specs,
because those nice people at FORE-MATT will let you take your pick
from their £30.00 range which includes hits such as Wasted Dreams,
T-Zero and many more. Or even better! you can opt to choose two games
from their £15 pound range, with a choice of Foundation DC, Moonbases,
Pheonix Fighters and many more.

 Take a peep at the FORE-MATT Home Computing advert, on Amiga Yellow
Pages http://ayp.amiga.tm and take your pick. Alternatively why not
download their December catalogue which contains more goodies than the
advert.

 To Win.. Just save the 26000 counter as a gif file and email to A.Y.P

 FORE-MATT Home Computing can also be reached by telephone on: +44
(0)1793 853802. Mon-Fri. or by email to: sales@forematt.idps.co.uk

 Best wishes for the festive season and all the best in the New Year,
from every one at FORE-MATT Home Computing and Amiga Yellow Pages!
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    T U R B O P R I N T   V .   7   N O W   A V A I L A B L E

9 Dec., '99


 NEW: Turboprint 7.09beta2 with new drivers for BJC1000, BJC2000,
BJC6000 and BJC7100 for download is now available! From IrseeSoft

Features in the brand new version 7 are:

 o Interface to Postscript interpreter "GNU Ghostscript" makes every
printer Postscript compatible.

 o Print Postscript and PDF files from the Internet or a CD, improved
quality and speed with many programs like Final Writer, PageStream (24
bit / 16 mio. colours!), TurboCalc or Wordworth.

 o GNU Ghostscript and 35 fonts are included in the package.

 o New GfxText mode: Print scalable Intellifonts with any printer,
print text on printers that support only graphics (e.g. Canon BJC7000,
Epson StylusColor300)!

 o Zoom function in GraphicsPublisher: Magnify the page view as
required, make precise alignment of pictures or work with smaller font
sizes more comfortable.

 o TurboSpool printer spooler can now produce multiple copies in one
go. As a result, output speed in copy mode is drastically improved.

 o New printer drivers

 o Lots of other improvements.

http://www.irseesoft.com/
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   " I M M O R T A L "   -   A M I G A   G A M E   M U S I C   C D

17 Dec 1999

Hello!

 I'm pleased to announce that "Immortal" - The Amiga game music album
has been released and is now available to order from
http://www.monteiro-music.com


 'Immortal' is a music CD featuring some of the best soundtracks ever
composed for Amiga games. Includes the full soundtrack from "Shadow of
the Beast", as well as the best music from "Superfrog", "Turrican",
"Space Station 3000", "Utopia", "Harlequin" and other all-time great
Amiga games.

 The CD also includes a 3D rendered video clip, allusive to the theme
of the album.

 For more information, please visit our website at
http://www.monteiro-music.com


All the best,

Ruben Monteiro
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                 A U D I O L A B S   O F F E R

December 1999:

 To celebrate the last ProStationAudio release of this millennium,
AudioLabs is offering, until December 27th 1999, the fresh new
ProStationAudio v2.50 with a special discount.

 When ordering before the deadline, you can get v2.50 for US$299
instead of US$395.

 Starting January, AudioLabs will expand the ProStationAudio family of
products for AmigaOS with the hi-end ProStationAudio Millennium. The
new version, among other features, includes 32 channel support on the
timeline, by handling 16 stereo tracks.

http://www.audiolabs.it
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 " F R E E S P A C E "   C O M I N G   T O   A M I G A

15 Dec., '99

 Hyperion is pleased to announce it has acquired a license from
Interplay to port Volition's best-selling space-combat simulator
"(Descent) Freespace: The Great War" to the Amiga.

 System-requirements include PPC processor (WarpOS), graphics-card
(AGA under review) and 32 MB RAM with full support of 3D accelerators
through Warp3D. A 68060 version is not ruled out but would most likely
require 3D acceleration. The game is tentatively slated for release
early Q2 2000 and will be published by Titan Computers.
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     " I N F R A B O X "   -   I N F R A R E D   C O N T R O L

7 Dec., '99

 HILVERSUM, The Netherlands - Amiga developer
 Leon Woestenberg is pleased to announce that
 the infrared tranceiver hardware called
 InfraBox for Amiga computers is now
 available.

 Together with the freely available InfraRexx
 and InfraFace software, it allows Amiga
 users to use their Amiga's for infrared
 remote control. Users can control their
 consumer electronics such as Compact Disc
 players, video cassette recorders, tuners,
 television sets etc. from the Amiga
 Workbench. Or, from any other application
 that supports ARexx or the
 infraremote.library that comes with
 InfraFace.

 Also, in the other direction, Amiga
 applications can be controlled using a
 consumer electronics remote commander.

 The InfraBox, InfraRexx and InfraFace
 products further enhances the Amiga's
 strength in the field of multimedia and
 system interconnectivity.

 The author has been developing infrared
 remote control applications for the Amiga
 since 1994, and is dedicated to support
 Amiga, AmigaOS and Amiga users well beyond
 the current millenium into a next exciting
 era of computing.

 Leon Woestenberg,
 InfraRexx and InfraFace author, InfraBox
 hardware designer

 InfraBox support website:
 http://www.esrac.ele.tue.nl/~leon/infrabox/
 InfraFace support website:
 http://www.esrac.ele.tue.nl/~leon/infraface/
 InfraRexx support website:
 http://www.esrac.ele.tue.nl/~leon/infrarexx/
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            M K / 2   K E Y B O A R D   A D A P T E R

10 Dec., '99

 This model is specifically for the Amiga 2000 and 3000.

 Need a new keyboard for your Amiga? Find out its next to impossible
to get them anymore? How about a mouse? Same deal, and you cannot just
plug in one of those common PS/2 devices that you would find at your
common PC shop.. until now..

 The InsertMK/2 adapter will adapt a PS/2 mouse AND a PS/2 keyboard to
your Amiga 1200, 2000, 3000 4000 (* adapters needed for 1200/4000 *)

 Plug a PS/2 mouse and keyboar dinto this small 6x6x3cm box, then plug
the cables from the box into your keyboard adn you are set.

 The Amiga keys are now mapped to the Winodws keys on your standard
104-key Windows keyboard. The extra keys can be specifically
programmed with software at a later date

 The mouse adapter is unique. You can use a standard PS/2 mouse
(Logitech, Genius, Microsoft, etc..) and even one with a scroller
wheel. The whell is mapped to the up/down cursor keys. Its quite cool
to scroll through a webpage in your browser this way. :)

 They are also flash upgradable. Meaning any changes and upgrades
needed in the future can be performed with a simple flash upgrade
(just like a flash BIOS on a PC)

 This product is now in testing and is scheduled for release in late
December 1999. In the mean time, we need to know how many parts to
order to start assembly with!

 Dealer and distributor enquiries for quantity pricing is welcomed.
60.84 USD $89.95 CAD

Other Related Items:
· MK/2 Keyboard Adapter for Amiga 1200 (2000/3000)
· MK/2 Keyboard Adapter for Amiga 4000 (2000/3000)

Contact Us:

URL  : http://www.nationalamiga.com/
Sales Questions
Technical Support
Phone: +1-519-858-8760
Fax: +1-519-858-8762
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       A E M A I L   V .   2 . 2 0   N O W   A V A I L A B L E

16 Dec., '99

 AEMail Version 2.20 is now available. It can be obtained from AmiNet
or my web page:

 http://www.calweb.com/~jzachar/

 My web page is probably the best source for the AEMail archive since
it is "up to the minute". With AmiNet, it can take some time for the
archive to be replicated to the various mirror sites.

 AEMail Version 1.51 is a minor upgrade that corrects some last minute
bugs found after Version 1.50 was released. It also adds an additional
ARexx script "Addtogrp.aem" to the ARexx directory.

 AEMail Version 2.20 is a major revision of AEMail. This version has
restructured the Menus in AEMail providing a separate menu for
ARexx/DOS commands. It also allows you to call ARexx or DOS commands
from a menu list in addition to the function keys. The ARexx/DOS menu
has also been added to the "Edit and save message line to clipboard;
set ARexx variable" requester.

 AEMail Version 2.20 now also allows you to re-arrange your folder
lists and has added the "Move..." menu item to the Folders menu.
Additional edits have also been added when creating new folders to
prevent assigning illegal names to the folders. Any folder containing
the special characters :, \, or / are illegal as well as the name
"folder".

 The folder strip when, it extends beyond the visable window, is now
correctly displayed on systems using display boards and CyberGraphX
software. Previous versions displayed garbage in that part of the
folder strip when it was moved into the visable portion of the window.
Also, instead of specifying a display mode in the Configuration
Edit/General Page, you can select a clone of the workbench display
mode. Whatever you have selected as the display mode for the workbench
(from the Preferences/Display Mode setting) will be used for the
display mode for AEMail.

 Mime attachments that use the "multipart/alternative" mime
type/subtype are now correctly handled. This mime type/subtype is
widely used in the Macintosh and PC world. Also, headers using
Quoted-Printable notation are correctly handled.

 AEMail Version 2.20 also corrects some bugs found in Version 2.01.

 A complete list of new features, changes and the bugs corrected with
version 2.20 is given at the end of the AEMail.readme file. The readme
file is given in the AEMail archive and can also be found on my web
site which can be displayed with a browser.

 With the release of Version 2.00 at the Amiga '99 show in March of
this year, AEMail now utilizes ClassAct which has become part of the
new Amiga OS 3.5. The ClassAct Classes required are included with the
archive for OS Versions before 3.5. Amiga OS 3.5 includes the required
classes as part of the OS.

 For those of you with a version of AEMail prior to 2.00, AEMail no
longer automatically sends the special "Notification" message when you
send your first message. Instead, when you first load the new version
of AEMail a special requester will appear asking if you want to send
the notification message for updates and giving you the ability to
select what information you want to send. You can cancel this message,
but if you do, the requester will appear each time you load AEMail. Tf
you are a registered user and you cancel, you will be given the
opportunity to suppress the message the next time you load AEMail. For
unregistered users the requester will appear each time you load AEMail
whether or not you send the notification or cancel.

 The installation script also had been completely re-written starting
with AEMail 2.00 to allow you to create multiple icons for multiple
users of AEMail. Please read the INSTALL.TXT document before
attempting to install this version of AEMail.

Thanks,

John
====

From: John Zacharias
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           M I C R O D O T   I I   1 . 3   V E R S I O N

 Microdot-II is an integrated email and news program, using the same
familiar interface to to integrate news, mail and mailing lists 'as
one', performing real threading of email or news correspondence to
make it easier to follow conversations between multiple people.

 Under development for some time by Oliver Wagner, Microdot-II 1.0 was
released in the NetConnect v2 package from Active Technologies.
Updated beta versions have been available to the public in beta form
for some time, and version 1.3 has just been released.

 Microdot-II is easy to use for the novice user, with the most common
functions assigned to toolbar buttons at the bottom of each window.
These toolbars are fully configurable for the power user, and may be
set up to perform any function they like, including the use of ARexx
functions from Microdot-II's large function base.

 Please remember, Microdot-II is shareware. If you use it, please
register the software and help support Amiga software development.

 Download Microdot-II now, and try out the Amiga's professional email
and news client.

 There is a Microdot-II Mailing List run by VaporWare for users to
discuss the software. Please feel free to sign up for it, your
question may be answered there.

Features

   o Easy to use!
   o Powerful filtering system
   o Multiple POP Accounts
   o Full PGP support
   o High speed message database
   o User-configurable buttons
   o User-configurable shortcuts

   o Interaction with other Vaporware programs
      o Voyager - email
      o AmIRC - notification
   o ARexx Port
   o Flexible sorting of messages
   o Fully supports Contact Manager

http://www.vapor.com/
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          M E T A L W E B   4 . 0   P R E R E L E A S E   2

17 Dec., '99

MetalWEB 4.0 Prerelease 2
=========================

 MetalWeb is the first WYSIWYG HTML editor for AmigaOS. The philsophy
behind the software is that you should not need to understand HTML in
order to create pages within MetalWEB. You can create web pages via a
DTP style editor or the 'old way' via a tabbed, coloured text based
source window. Indeed, like the award-winning Dreamweaver you can
open both the edit and source window, work within one of the windows,
whilst the other window updates, automagically!


 Programmer: Pedro Luis 'MultitasK' Mieza
 <multitaskers@retemail.es>

 <multitask@vapor.com>

 Co-Programmer: Josep 'MetalGear' Rubiralta
 <pep-multitask@retemail.es>

 Even better, highlight an area (ie. some text) within the editor
window, and the specific HTML source is updated concurrently.

 MetalWeb also ships with a MetalMap module, allowing you to create
advanced imagemaps, via an easy to use interface.

 Please don't use a pirated copy :(.

New Features:
=============

    - Memory Use Reduced a lot (Requires 2 megs aprox)
    - Drag'n'drop keep out
    - Cursor to edit text as a DTP editor
    - Mark option enable to cut, copy and paste
    - New Imagemap Editor
            now it's an external program linked by arexx commands
    - Speedbar.mcc
    - TearOff.mcc
    - TextInput.mcc
    - Nlist.mcc
    - New Source Editor.
            With coloured html tags.
    - Cut, Copy, Paste to clipboard.
    - New WYSIWYG <-> Source
    - Single edit window
    - New Colourtext Class
    - Visual Size image edition
    - Visual Size table edition
    - Wordwrap


Features:
=========

    - Support most important HTML tags
    - WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
    - Easy Graphic Interface
    - Use datatypes to see pictures
    - No HTML knowledge
    - FRAMES support!
    - HTML 3.2 parser
    - Direct edition on final window
    - Metatools editor
    - Complete Documentation (comming separately "metalweb_docs.lha")
    - Embed object soported
    - Source edition
    - Recent files option
    - Print Source
    - Easy WYSIWYG Imagemap edition!
    - Arexx Commands
    - Resize Images supported
    - Font Colors
    - Font Size
    - Horizontal Bars support
    - Bold, Italic, and Underline on direct edition!
    - Basic TABLE Support
    - MetalWEB could be linked with Amiga best browsers using Arexx



Metalmap 1.0 features:
======================

    - Imagemap can be loaded/saved in HTML format ready to be added
        on your HTML documents.
    - Supports Rectangles, Polygons and Circles.
    - WYSIWYG
    - Arexx
    - Speedbar.mcc



System Requirements:
====================

    Minimum:
        - 2MB of free memory
        - 68000 processor
        - ECS
        - MUI 3.8

    Recommended:
        - 4MB of free memory
        - Hard drive
        - 68060 processor
        - Workbench 3.0
        - Gfx card
        - MUI 3.8
        - PPC Card with PPC datatypes



 To get more information about MetalWEB and another Multitaskers
projects please visit:

    http://www.earthcorp.com/multitask
    http://personal3.iddeo.es/multitaskers
	http://www.vapor.com/metalweb

There is also a mailing list devoted to discussing MetalWEB specific
issues; please see

    http://www.vapor.com/lists/


Or ask me by email:

    multitask@earthcorp.com
    	or
    multitask@vapor.com


Enjoy it!
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        M I L L E N N I U M   F O R   T H E   T O A S T E R

11 Dec., '99


Nova Design and Newtek Announce Availability of Millennium

The Millennium is Here!

 Millennium for the Amiga Video Toaster/Flyer is here now. It's
extremely cool, it's wildly powerful, and it will give your Toaster
and Toaster/Flyer amazing new powers to help you make your work look
better than ever before!

 The Millennium package is presented by Newtek and has been produced
by Nova Design, Inc. in cooperation with all prominent Toaster/Flyer
developers. It is not to be missed.

What's Inside

 Millennium is not merely a single package. It is a collection of
software, scripts, effects, fonts, backgrounds, and other content
designed to update your Video Toaster and Flyer dramatically.
Millennium was designed to be the largest, most comprehensive, upgrade
you could put on your system. Millennium is for the Toaster owner as
well as the Flyer owner.

 You'll find some old favorites are now part of the Millennium
package. Some packages you will be familiar with and some will be
brand new to you. Some existing packages have been upgraded
significantly for the Millennium release and some have been made
Toaster-friendly and Flyer-friendly as well. Here is a list of what
you will find in Millennium.

 o Wipe Studio - You may be familiar with the 'lite' version-but this
is the complete package! Use it to create your own wipes and effects
for the Toaster and Flyer.

 o RenderFX - Upgraded for Millennium, this package allows you to
render your FlyerClip sequences down to a new FlyerClip. You can then
layer more video, CG, and effects for a far more impressive
production.

 o Flyer Utilities - Includes utilities for converting Toaster wipes
between 3.x and 4.x formats, Undeleting FlyerClips, Timecoding and
much more.

 o ProMix - Also upgraded for Millennium, this package provides audio
tools to let you add audio to video, import/export audio formats, add
audio to FlyerClips and animations, and more.

 o Fast Frames - Allows you to 'Toasterize' your Video Flyer by
pre-recording CG sequences, Framestore montages, and create flying CG
effects and more.

 o Fast Fuel - Adds video deck control to the Toaster/Flyer interface
for automatic clip recording.

 o Electric Scene Knife - This can save you literally hours of work.
The Knife can take a FlyerClip and automatically find the different
scenes within it, mark them, and even offer to cut them into separate
FlyerClips for you.

 o Flyer Backup - A script based system that can backup your actual
FlyerClips to a hard drive or to removable media.

 o CGPilot - The famous CG ARexx scripts that automate many time
consuming CG tasks.

 o Toaster Wipes and Effects - There are hundreds of these and most
are available for both Toaster 3.x and 4.x so both Toaster and Flyer
owners can use them. These include wedding wipes, fire wipes, basic
animated wipes, cool soft gradient wipes, and fully rotoscoped motion
matte wipes.

 o MegFX - 41 Flyer-project croutons, which produce real-time
dual-stream split-screen effects and real-time layer-mixed dual-stream
effects directly in Flyer projects.

 o Backgrounds - Hundreds of full color, professionally drawn,
backgrounds for you to use in your CG pages or in ToasterPaint.

 o Control Tower - Adds tons of new effects and macros to your Flyer
 system.

 o Full motion backgrounds - FlyerClips of animated scenes, fire, and
more. You can use these with your Flyer for CG backgrounds or as
royalty-free stock footage.

 There are many other features of Millennium. We've really just
touched the surface of all the tools and content that are included in
Millennium to make your Toaster and Flyer more productive for you.
Millennium also includes hundreds of new ARexx commands for scripting,
programmer's manuals for the ProMix and RenderFX tools and more.

The package will include three CDROMs filled with wipes, effects, fonts,
backgrounds, software and more; full printed documentation, a video tape
containing demos of the package, tutorials, and promotions for other
Toaster/Flyer products.

Check this out!

 Millennium is available from your favorite Amiga Video Toaster/Flyer
reseller. The suggested resale price is only $349.95 and you can order
now!

 This upgrade is the largest-ever for the Toaster and the
Toaster/Flyer. Order today!

 For more information or to order Millennium for the Amiga
Toaster/Flyer directly, you can call 1-800-462-4369 Monday-Friday or
fax at (804) 282-3768.

 You can also find information, and screenshots, on Newtek's web site
and Nova Design, Inc.'s web sites at http://www.newtek.com/ and
http://www.novadesign.com/ on the Internet.

Welcome...the new Millennium!
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               N O T   M U C H   T I M E   L E F T ! !

17th December 1999
For Immediate Release

 Due to the huge success of the 5th anniversary special offer, it has
now been extended until December 25th. Paul Nolan would like to thank
those who have purchased Photogenics for their support, and wishes
everyone a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

 For those who missed the sale details, they are as follows. Paul
Nolan is offering the full version of Photogenics 4.x at a 25%
discount. This brings the price down from $99.99 - to $75, or just $65
if upgrading from a previous version of Photogenics. The special is
only available direct from Paul Nolan Ltd, either online at
http://www.PaulNolan.com, or the StarByte order hotline on 1 800 243
1515, extension 400. Callers outside of North America should prefix
this with their international dialling code for the US (for example
dial 00 1 800 243 1515 from the UK).
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             S E C O N D S P I N   F O R   M P E G S

11 Dec., '99

 SecondSpin is a fully working freeware project to give the complete
conversion sollution to mpeg audio. It's mainly meant to help you to
make perfect mp3 files easily with your amiga, but it's also able to
decode mpeg audio back to aiff files to be burnt back to a cd.

 The program is already almost 100% to completed and is currently in
heavy betatesting stage in order to make it commercial quality. It's
really absolutely free and will always be so. The current release can
be downloaded at many unofficial places, like the one here plus the
docs are online here to give you some impression of what to come. I'v
decided to put online some kind of online forum to help us all to
discuss about SecondSpin. If you've got good ideas, what approach
should we use, please contact me

 o will easily convert audiocds (CDDA) to mpeg audio files or
additionally only leech the tracks as aiff files.

 o will also easily convert your existing AIFF or WAV files to mpeg
audio

 o also converts mpeg files back to AIFF for general use.

 o outputs mpeg audio layers 1, 2 (mono/stereo/j-stereo and 3
(mono/stereo/j-stereo) with bitrates of 320, 256, 192, 160, 128, 112,
96, 64, 32, 24, 16, 8 kbps

 o a full fontsensitive and easy GUI

 o supports all amigas (with or without fpu) as well as amigas
equipped with a ppc.

 o supports www.cddb.com, so it's able to fetch track information from
the site.

 o fully localized

Contact:  second.spin@pp.inet.fi / lauri.ahonen@pp.inet.fi
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               S I M O N   T H E   S O R C E R E R   2

20 Dec., '99

 Yeah!!! that`s right Simon the Sorcerer 2 is finally being released
on the Amiga, and about time too.

 Reserve your copy now. There will be a limited number manufactured -
So chances are if you don`t reserve your copy, you won`t get one.

 Simon the Sorcerer 2 - This isn't just any old 'Child in fantasyland'
story. For starters, no other kids have to put up with useless old
wizards, unattractive heroines, baddies that simply don't know when to
stay dead and being the last one in school to discover puberty.

 Armed with a pointy hat (stupid looking), a pony tail (even more
stupid looking) and a tendency to irritate people twice his size,
Simon returns in this action packed sequel which promises to be more
entertaining, amusing and fun than any other adventure of it's type
(allegedly). It's amazing the sort of rubbish you can read on these
sales leaflets. `s right Simon the Sorcerer 2 is finally being
released on the Amiga, and about time too.

 Reserve your copy now. There will be a limited number manufactured -
So chances are if you don`t reserve your copy, you won`t get one.

 Simon the Sorcerer 2 - This isn't just any old 'Child in fantasyland'
story. For starters, no other kids have to put up with useless old
wizards, unattractive heroines, baddies that simply don't know when to
stay dead and being the last one in school to discover puberty.

 Armed with a pointy hat (stupid looking), a pony tail (even more
stupid looking) and a tendency to irritate people twice his size,
Simon returns in this action packed sequel which promises to be more
entertaining, amusing and fun than any other adventure of it's type
(allegedly).


 So stop hanging around looking blankly at your monitor, like a total
anorak. Order the game! Who knows, you might even enjoy it.

 Technical Specs:

 * Fall a long way and go 'splat!

 * Meet pirates and take the mickey out of them!

 * Puke until your shoes are full!

 * Admire the pseudo-gothic architecture!



              Epic Club CARD Holders, Reserve your copy for £25

              Not a Club CARD Holder? Reserve your copy for £30

            Specs: 030 or better AGA or GFX Card  8 meg of memory

 Reserve your copy with Credit/Debit card - No money will be taken
until day of release.

                      Estimated release date: Feb 2000*

//www.epicmarketing.ltd.net/amiga/newpage/cd960.html
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            N E T I N F O   2 . 5   A V A I L A B L E

20 Dec., '99

From VaporWare

 NetInfo-II is a network information viewer utility. It integrates the
functionality of the well known standalone Traceroute, Ping, Whois and
Finger programs into one seamless GUI application.

 Instead of gathering the information about a host and the Internet
route to it manually, you just enter a hostname and click Start.
NetInfo-II does the rest for you!

Features

 o "quick traceroute": Sends a series of packet in quick succession to
get a route overview very fast, then does accurate timings for the
individual hops

 o graphical display of hop min/last/max timings

 o integrated smart WHOIS function: double-click on a IP, Host or
Network column to automatically receive WHOIS information for the
given object. NetInfo determines the WHOIS host to query.

 o automatically retrieves WHOIS network information for hosts

 o automatically scans destination host for Web (HTTP) and FTP server
versions

 o history for all queried hosts

 o integrated FINGER client

 o integrated "classical" WHOIS client with on-disk cache

http://www.vapor.com/products/
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Amiga Update on the net:
 All back issues available at:
    http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html
Stop by and check out our archive!
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Haage & Partner


H&P News
The best wishes for 2000...
We want to very much thank all Amigians which stayed faithful with Amiga and us in 1999. We wish everyone a calm christmas, and a cheerfull new year 2000...

Between December 24th and January 3rd we are unavailable officially. We won't be idle really, but we don't want to be distracted ;-)

PenPartner Tabletts available again
We purchased a small leftover of the well-liked Wacom PenPartner graphics tablet, which is out of production. (ps)

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24.Dec.1999
Ralph Schmidt by e-mail


MorphOS PowerPC OS announcement
Today we announce the availability of a new Amiga next generation PowerPC
OS project, called MorphOS, to the public.

In its current state it provides a modern memory protection microkernel
which runs a virtual amiga emulation.  This microkernel will be the base
for a new OS layer.

Research for this project started in early 1998, while at the end of 1998
an early implementation was ready.  In 1999, we started on the virtual
amiga emulation to make the current AmigaOS available without requiring 68K
hardware. The basic design goals behind MorphOS are

- memory protection
- resource tracking
- asynchronous message system
- low interrupt latency
- virtual memory (optional)
- distributed computing
- symmetrical multi processing (SMP)
- recursive memory management
- task/thread and clan/chief model
- clean design with an elegant API
- micro/pico kernel mixture

The developer release is planned for end of January.  Minimum system
requirements are
- A4000 with CyberStorm PPC/604e and Symbios 770 SCSI
- CyberVisionPPC
- at least 32MB memory installed
- Kickstart 3.1 (Version 40.68) and Workbench 3.1 or up
Hardware requirements might change as soon as more hardware setups are
tested and implemented.


As the success of this project will also depend on your feedback/support,
we suggest that interested developers visit our project webpage for a
general MorphOS overview and information on how to join us to help.

Feel free to enter the project webpage at

http://www.morphos.de or
http://www.morphos.ch
(ps)

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24.Dec.1999
amiga-news.de


The amiga-news.de team wishes all readers a merry christmas!
Frohe_Weihnachten
© Airbrush Paradise Tingler

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ARMENIAN: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
AZERI-AZERBAIJAN: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
BASQUE: Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Berri Urte
BULGARIAN: Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo. Tchestita Nova Godina
CHINESE-CANTONESE: Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
CHINESE-MANDARIN: Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan
CZECH: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
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ESTONIAN: Roomsaid Joulu Phui ja Uut Aastat
FINNISH: Hyvää Joulua. Onnellista Uutta Voutta
FRENCH: Joyeux Noel et heureuse Anne
GAELIC-IRISH: Nollaig mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fé Mhaise
GAELIC-SCOT: Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
GERMAN: Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr
GREEK: Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos
HAWAIIAN: Mele Kalikimake me ka Hauloi Makahiki hou
HEBREW: Mo'adim Lesimkha
HUNGARIAN: Boldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket
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          Ojenyunyat osrasay
ITALIAN: Buon Natale e felice Capo d'anno
JAPANESE: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
KOREAN: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
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LUXEMBURGHISH: Schéin Chrëschtdeeg an dudden
               Rutsch an d'néit Joer
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      Seihil as Slaynt Da'n Slane Loght Thie
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POLISH: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i szczesliwego
        Nowego Roku
PORTUGUESE: Feliz Natal e prospero Ano Novo
RAPA-NUI (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi
                          Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
ROMANIAN: Sarbatori Fericite. La Multi Ani
RUSSIAN: Pozdrevly ayu sprazdnikom Rozhdestva Khristova
         is Novim Godom
UKRANIAN: Veselykh Svyat i scaslivoho Novoho Roku
SAMOAN: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
SLOVAK: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
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                               Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
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SWEDISH: God Jul och ett Gott Nytt År
TAGALOG (Filipino): Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
TURKISH: Yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
WELSH: Nadolic Llawen. Blwyddn Newdd Dda
(ps)

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24.Dec.1999
Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail


SatTrack
Andreas R. Kleinert writes:
I recieved a request from an english Amiga user:
Colin Knight is looking for a year2000-compliant update for the satelite tracking program SatTrack (Aminet:misc/sci/SatTrack_v42.lha) or a comparable replacement.

There has to be a German author involved in the program, but there is no e-mail address contained in the archive, and the contact information seems to be outdated.

If someone is also interested in this area, or can provide further information, should please contact Colin Knight by e-mail (disabled right now, but it shouldn't be bounced), or with a quick phone call at +44-703-613855. (ps)

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24.Dec.1999
Steve Crietzmann in STA-ML


Official open-source AmigaOS development page
There is now a developer's list for people who want to work as a developer to help build the future of AmigaOS! The list is for all those people who said "Yes, I will help you work on AmigaOS. I want to be part of the team that writes AmigaOS in the future." The list is for YOU. Please send a blank e-mail to:

amigaos-dev-subscribe@egroups.com And you will be added to the NEW "AmigaOS Developers List".

I would like to see as MANY of you there as possible. If, when AmigaOS goes Open Source, you want your name to to go up in lights as being on the first team of programmers, you can do that by joining the list above. This list is meant to discuss the "how" issues of developing AmigaOS, so that we are ready to go once we've got the source code.
See also Press Release:

From:         "Steve Crietzman" president@amigakernel.org
To:           savetheamiga@egroups.com
Date:         Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:44:18 -0000
Organization: Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS
Subject:      [cosa] Open Amiga Group Formed (Press Release)

URL: http://www.amigakernel.org/AmigaOS/

Press Release
For Immediate Release
22 December 1999

Tel: +44 (0)1778 393472 (Steve Crietzman)
E-Mail: president@amigakernel.org

ANNOUNCING THE OPEN AMIGA GROUP AND AMIGAKERNEL.ORG,
A NEW ORGANISATION AND WEBSITE FOR AMIGA DEVELOPERS

WILL ENCOURAGE OPENNESS, CO-OPERATION AND TEAMWORK IN AMIGA SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT, AND PROVIDE A
COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR OPEN-SOURCE
AMIGA PROJECTS

COSA HEADQUARTERS -- December 22, 1999 -- COSA
(the Campaign to Open-Source AmigaOS) today officially launched it's new
sister project, the Open Amiga Group, at Amigakernel.org.

The Open Amiga Group has been created, in the spirit of the Christmas
season, to encourage and help developers, by providing a system where Amiga
projects and applications can be openned up to the contributions of a team
of Amiga developers, using the open-source model as a guide. It is hoped
this will lead to the creation of new high-quality Amiga applications, and
to the revival of stalled or abandoned projects, which could be continued by
a team of open-source Amiga programmers.

Amiga developers will be able to use the Amigakernel.org website to join
existing projects (currently aMozillaX and AROS, with AmigaOS "in reserve"),
or to easily create projects of their own using the forms available on the
Amigakernel.org website.

Through a variety of mailing lists, the Open Amiga Group will keep
developers who have registered with us informed of the latest projects that
are being set up, and in contact with other developers working on the same
projects. (It is our intention there be a mailing list for users and a
mailing list for developers for each project hosted by the Open Amiga
group.)

Open-source projects can then either be hosted by Open Amiga using our own
resources - website, mailing list and tools (and the resources of
sourceforge.net), or we can simply provide links and references to your own
websites, mailing lists and tools.

The Open Amiga project is a natural extention of COSA's charter, which is to
promote open-source within the Amiga community, and to campaign for the
release of the Amiga operating system as open source. (It should be noted
that negotiations with Amiga Inc's Tom Schmidt on this matter are ongoing.)
We also felt it would be wasteful not to offer the 130 developers who have
already registered with COSA as "probable developers for an open-source
AmigaOS" a chance to work on other projects.

For more information, or to register as a developer, or register an existing
open-source Amiga project on our pages, please visit
http://www.amigakernel.org to visit the Open Amiga Group's website, or
http://cosa.amigakernel.org for more information on COSA, the Campaign to
Open-Source AmigaOS, and for the latest news on the status of our
negotiations with Amiga Inc.

In the spirit of this season of co-operation and friendship, we wish the
Amiga community a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the
millennium mark a turning point in the Amiga's history, where we finally
reap the mainstream attention and respect that our platform and it's
powerful, speedy OS deserve.

## END

Note: Anyone with questions about this release should contact Steve
Crietzman, President of COSA/Open Amiga on the number at the
top of this release.
(ps)

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24.Dec.1999
Stefan Ossowski by e-mail


Schatztruhe
The team of Schatztruhe GmbH wishes you a merry christmas, and a quiet and happy time. Enjoy the quiet christmas day, and celebrate a great new year 2000. (ps)

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24.Dec.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


NewInstaller v1.5 released
The NewInstaller v1.5 has been released on the Airsoft Softwair homepage. Numerous bugs have been fixed in this version, and some things improved.

Merry Christmas to you! (ps)

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24.Dec.1999
Andreas Magerl by e-mail


APC & TCP
Since Andreas is facing a prolonged visit to the hospital, the APC & TCP computer club will be unavailable from mid January to early March. During this time, neither e-mails, fax nor phone calls can be answered. The homepage will not be updated, either. (ps)

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24.Dec.1999
Martin Strobl by e-mail


COOL bits
We wish all our customers (and all others too, of course) a merry christmas and a happy new year. I have one request: Drink as much as you want during these days, but please don't drink and drive!! THANKS.

Please note:
Between December 24th and January 3rd, our shop is closed. We are available again on Tuesday, January 4th. The special offers on our homepage will be updated. A list of new releases etc. will be posted shortly. Please note our changed shop times starting January 1st. (ps)

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23.Dec.1999
Andreas Magerl in ANF


APC&&TCP
Starting immediately, the publisher and computer club APC&TCP can be contacted at the new e-mail address Andreas@chiemgau.org. The old address will be deactivated shortly. (ps)

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23.Dec.1999
Halil Ibrahim Tasova in ANF


JST version 2.9d
Download: jst.lha (ps)

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23.Dec.1999
Kai Höltel in ANF


Amiga User Club Bautzen e.V.
Amiga User Club Bautzen e.V. wishes a merry christmas for everyone. Read more on our homepage. (ps)

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23.Dec.1999
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


Frogger version 1.48 (beta) for PPC released
Download: frogger_ppc_148.lha (ps)

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23.Dec.1999
Alexander Lohrmann in ANF


clickBOOM offers Quake sources for download
clickBOOM has also released the Quake1 sources by ID Software. clickBOOM offers help for programmers wanting to do a PPC implementation. The best PPC versions will be offered for download at clickBOOM, with a note that owning the original game is required for the PPC version.

Can someone clarify this: When ID Software officially releases the source code, and a programmer develops a PPC version from it, why is one required to own the original CD from clickBOOM? Or is there a difference between the sources from ID Software and clickBOOM? It would be nice if you would share your knowledge with us in the forum. (ps)

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23.Dec.1999
Jörn Plewka in ANF


Merry Christmas
DCE, Gruner Bürotechnik and of course Katodev, too (Andreas, Stefan, Markus, Thorsten, Torsten, Rüdiger and Jörn) wish all Amiga users and visitors of this server a merry christmas.

We, Katodev, will offer limited support for the next days. But please don't call us on the phone, but use e-mail. A word to go: Rather shut down once too often... (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Ralph Torchia


Spitfire version 0.31 released
Spitfire is a Palm desktop for Amiga (makes connection between Amiga and PalmPilot or similar small computers). With the latest version you can insert, edit, delete, create backups and more. Download: Spitfire.lha. (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
AmigaAMP


New AmigaAMP PlugIns
New: Waves Of The Future v2.3 and Trance Tunnel v1.5. (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


Descent II source code released
"Matra Datavision, a subsidiary of the French technology company Aerospatiale Matra, has released its CASCADE Object Libraries under the label Open CASCADE as open source." (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Society in ANF


Fake around
A fake named "RSE-PRY2.LHA" is going around. It says it is a crack patcher, and destroys the floppies! The fake has been uploaded to all mailboxes! Beware! (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Olaf Gröning in ANF


Multiterm Kit V5
The software Multiterm Kit V5 has been released for free download by TKR. Moreover, MultiFax V4 is also available for download.
Download: multiterm_kit_5.lha
Download: multifax_v4.lzh (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Stefan Funke in ANF


Programmer for Realsoft 4D (Amiga) wanted!
Realsoft announced the successor of Real3D on their homepage. The new version is called Realsoft 4D, and is currently only planned for Windows, sadly, since Realsoft has so far not found a programmer willing to implement such a demanding program for the Amiga. Should someone be interested, please contact barkholt@post3.tele.dk. (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Ralf Vetter in ANF


VOICES Vol. 1 Drums available!
Some time ago, Nightshift announced the production of a high-quality SoundCD series in the Amiga Special. The first CD of the "VOICES" series, containing first class drum sounds, is available from Nightshift starting immediately. Further details on the Nightshift homepage (Produkts/CD-Roms/). Some example drum loops are available for download. (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
D. Sessler in ANF


QUAKE 1 sourcecode released
At planetquake.com (title link), under the news from December 21st it reads: "This is the complete source code for winquake, glquake, quakeworld, and glquakeworld." (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
AC-Forum [Ulf]


This is where IWin is stealing...
We thought from the very beginning that IWin is a fake/hoax. Now, we read in the Amiga Club Forum a posting from Ulf, with a URL (title link) which confirms this anew. You find the plagiarism on the IWin coorporation website (see DatapakTM).

Dear IWin crew, don't you think it's about time to come out ;-). The title "biggest hoax/fake of Amiga history" has been yours for quite some time already :-). (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Epic Marketing


Simon The Sorcerer
The number of pre-orders for Simon The Sorcerer II Amiga is currently at 156. So we have almost one third of the necessary pre-orders. The final game will run on AGA and gfx boards, and require a 68030 and 8 MByte RAM. You can place your pre-order online: order@epic-marketing.de (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
clickBOOM


S-Files
Starting immediately, clickBOOM will tell what's new every month with their "S-Files". In the current S-File there are christmas and new-year greetings. Then, a new game for girls is announced: "Sarah goes shopping" - which turns out to be a joke from Sofia (author of the newsletter.
In my opinion it wouldn't be bad to target people who don't like the shoot-em-up genre that much. (ps)

Then, the newsletter announced what can be expected from the next ten days:
Further details about the new game "Nightlong".
A new project named TNT will be announced.
A statement about PPC and future Amiga developments.
A "crazy" offer: all clickBOOM games - if you do something for it (what will be told next time). (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Atéo


Atéo News
There is a new update for ateoser.device, new driver versions (serial and ethernet only with keyfile), new preferences versions (serial and parallel) and a new program telling you which installation status your system has, and generates keyfiles; all available from the download area.

Atéo still works on the second scandoubler prototype. Work is making progress. (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Titan Computer


NCodeR now cheaper
NCodeR now cheaper. (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Total Vision


Frogger for PPC version 1.47 released
Note from the author: Please beware that this is a version not yet finished, and probably unstable. In this case fall back to version 1.45. Download: frogger_ppc_147.lha (ps)

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22.Dec.1999
Peter Fischer by e-mail


AmiMasterGear version 0.8 released
A new version of the AmiMasterGear (SEGA-Emulator) has been released, version 0.8, author: Joan Antonio Gomez Galves. Download: AmiMasterGear.lha (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Heise [News]


Compaq licenses BeOS
"Operating system company Be has given a 'Stinger' license to Compaq. This special version of BeOS is especially prepared for so-called Internet Appliances aside from the PC. If and when such a surf device will be presented to the market by Compaq was not announced by the computer manufacturer."

CNet: Be, Compaq in software licensing agreement (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
AmigART


Amster v0.1 release 2 available
Amster v0.1 release 2 is a freeware port of Napster MP3 search/download client, done by Gürer "Palpa" Özen. Download: amster.lha (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
V3


Search Central PlugIn for V³ version 3.02 released
Download: vsearch_plugin_302.lzx (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
AMIGA


AMIGA International, Inc. on BCS India '99
From December 8 - 10, this year's TV- and Cable exhibition in New Delhi was held at 'Pragati Maidan' exhibition grounds. AMIGA, in cooperation with Rajan Electronics, demonstrated at their own booth how powerful the A1200 can be used in the TV- and Cable industry. In three days we sold more than a hundred machines, so the show was a full success. (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Lázló Török


First demo of SavagePPC version 1.0 released
Savage, the video driver for ShapeShifter (MAC emulator) is now available as PPC version. The driver supports 4, 8 and 15 bit, and is coded in 100% assembler. The shareware fee is USD 10 or 15 DM. Download: SavagePPC.lha (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Steve Crietzman in SaveTheAmiga ML


Amigakernel.org
A first draft of the Amigakernel homepage has gone online today. Praise, suggestions, comments and ideas for improvement please mail to Steve. (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Arcadia


New demo of "Bubble Heroes" released
The development status of the game is already at 91%, so we can look forward to another adventure game. Download (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet Uploads 21.12.1999
Zeitplan.lha         comm/bbs    18K+Schedule-Info (Manager) for Prometheus (
netinfo.lha          comm/tcp   219K+GUI Traceroute/Network Info Viewer
Napoli85-99.lha      docs/misc   18K+Napoli FC statistics since 1985-86
sharks.lha           game/actio 273K+Great Action-diving V1.3 !
PSPrintAE.lha        gfx/misc    60K+PostScript-Print, PlugIn for ArtEffect2+
BSNESGui.lha         misc/emu    68K+A great gui for WarpSNes
01_body.mpg          mods/mpg   5.4M+Prodigy-inspired metal...
Mindprobe.lha        mods/mpg   6.6M+Trance/Acid/Metal mixtured song...
NewMillennium.lha    mods/mpg   2.6M+Meshuggah-inspired metal...
pie_hurts.mpg        mods/mpg   1.2M+Hardcore from Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
Resurrection.lha     mods/mpg   5.4M+Trance/Acid//Goa/Metal mixtured song...
Lch-AmySuns.lha      pix/art    399K+A couple of Amiga inspired pics
Epson_400.lha        text/print  15K+Epson Stylus 400/440 Driver for WB V1.10
Epson_600.lha        text/print  16K+Epson Stylus 600/700 Driver for WB V40.1
HP_Deskjet400C.lha   text/print  15K+Deskjet 400C/L Driver for WB 40.8
HP_Deskjet600C.lha   text/print  16K+Deskjet 600C Driver for WB V40.10
HP_Deskjet670C.lha   text/print  17K+Deskjet 670C/680C/690C Driver V40.21
HP_Deskjet870C.lha   text/print  16K+Deskjet 870C/890C Driver for WB V40.9
Cybermagic.lha       util/blank 1.1M+Blanker for Cybergraphix (0.5.0)
FixSuffix.lha        util/cli     7K+Gives numbering suffixes a fixed length
UnFixSuffix.lha      util/cli     7K+Removes supernumerous zeros from numberi
dt2ps.lha            util/dtype  65K+Datatype to postscript. Unique features
ttflib68000.lha      util/libs  239K+Ttf.library v0.8.2 truetype font engine
ttflib68020.lha      util/libs  237K+Ttf.library v0.8.2 truetype font engine
ttflib68030.lha      util/libs  237K+Ttf.library v0.8.2 truetype font engine
ttflib68040.lha      util/libs  237K+Ttf.library v0.8.2 truetype font engine
ttflib68060.lha      util/libs  237K+Ttf.library v0.8.2 truetype font engine
VersionWB.lha        util/sys    35K+V2.12 AmigaDos Version replacement.
clipper.lha          util/wb     50K+Handy Listview tool to set the Clipboard
TextloaderNG.lha     util/wb    401K+TextConverter V2.11b - Word,WPerfect,HTM
(ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


SecondSpin v1.85 / JST Version 2.9c

SecondSpin v1.85 released
SecondSpin is a new encoder that doesn't have to be started from Shell, but offers an easy-to-use GUI. For encoding the MPEG files, the packet relies on the LAME encoder. The audio tracks can be loaded directly from the Audio-CD, and converted to MPEG Audio files. AIFF and WAV files can be converted, with the conversion MPEG -> AIFF being possible too, with support for layer 1, 2 and 3. New: Now also supports conversion of Protracker, XM, S3M and Fasttracker modules to AIFF or MP3. Download.

JST Version 2.9c
In the new version of the Degrader and HD-Installer, the WHDload emulation has been fixed. Download: jst.lha

USB for Amiga underway (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
ANN


TV-Logo v1.0
The Amiga Computer Club D.A.D. Kranj has released version 1.0 of TV-Logo. (This is the program for displying and controlling the logotype of TV station in the TV picture. Program is running on any plain Amiga. All you have to do is to get this program and a genlock.) (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
HydraBBS


The END for HydraBBS?
The author of HydraBBS obviously lost his motivation. He took on a full-time job, and his A4000T also doesn't work as intended. He now thinks about leaving Amiga, and possibly learn Linux and Java, to participate in the FreeWorldBBS project. (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Apex Designs


Status report and new screenshots of "Payback"
Apex Designs opened up a mailinglist for Payback. You can subscribe here. (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Michael Garlich by e-mail


Press release on Heretic 2
We have released first Amiga screenshots of Heretic2. You can get them under www.titancomputer.de/ami/heretic/index.html (title link). Screenshots taken from HereticII beta7 runing on A4000 060/PPC233 CVision. (ps)

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21.Dec.1999
Alexander Kurtz by e-mail


Aminet GUI update
Alexander Kurtz writes:
I applied some changes to the layout of the interactive area. You can now easily switch between areas. For technical reasons I cannot offer the chat room anymore! I am looking for a new system hopefully usable for Amiga browsers. If you sill want to chat, I can warmly recommend #miggy.de. It is available on de.arcnet.vapor.com. Try it.

Moreover I want to announce that work on the reworked layout of the seperate directory pages is almost finished. I think I can put the expanded layout online starting next year. Since I am not at home from December 24th to somewhat around January 3rd, there won't be updates during this time. And since this update is the last one for this year, I want to wish all users a merry christmas, and a happy new year 2000. Thank you to all visiting my page regulary, and I hope you come back in 2000 to my Aminet GUI! (ps)

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20.Dec.1999
Markus Killian in ANF


Cybermagic 0.5.0
Starting with this version, the 3D module are available in WarpUp versions. A new 3D module is included as well as an Installer script for AmigaOS3.5. Download: Cybermagic.lha (ps)

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20.Dec.1999
Frank Fenn in ANF


Thor Version 2.6a - Y2K fix
There is a Y2K bugfix for Thor. Download: thor26upd.lha (ps)

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20.Dec.1999
AmigArt


WarpMAME - Arcade Emulator for WarpUp
Download: WarpMAMA_v0.36B11_v0.4.lha and/or WarpNeoMAME_v0.36B11_v0.4.lha (ps)

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20.Dec.1999
Michael Garlich by e-mail


CandyFactoryPro version 1.03b released
In the download area the latest version of CandyFactoryPro is available for download.
Changes since the last version.
Download: CandyPro103b.lha (ps)

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20.Dec.1999
Oliver Wagner by e-mail


NetInfo II version 2.5 and MetalWEB4 pre.2 released
Download NetInfo: netinfo_25.lzx
Download MetalWEB: MetalWEB4_pre2.lha (ps)

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20.Dec.1999
Matthias Henze by e-mail


Followup to the statement concerning development of HSMathLibs
Matthias Henze writes:
In this statement I wrote that many users complained about bad support. It occured to me that many forums and mailing lists carried postings about the stormamiga.lib and the HSMathLibs. Obviously there are many questions on the subject, the answers of other users are however seldom close to the truth. Guesses, rumors, speculations and half-truths are spread, but almost nobody comes up with the idea to contact the author, me.

I cannot know every forum and mailinglist. If you have a question, a comment, criticism etc., has to tell me, and not simply complain about bad support. Questions and comments on the subject please by e-mail to Matthias_Henze@CyberdyneSystems.de. (ps)

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20.Dec.1999
clickBOOM by e-mail


Nightlong is coming
clickBOOM's Millennium Madness continues --

the biggest Amiga game ever will be ready very soon, so it's time to show you more of it.

We have prepared the Nightlong movie trailer to whet your appettite while waiting for the game. It's a cool teaser to show what the game looks like in motion. Mind you, it's in low res, and not too long so it wouldn't take forever to download.
You'll have to try to imagine it at 640x480 16-bit gfx and 16-bit sound. :)

Full specs for Nightlong will be available in a few days. (ps)

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20.Dec.1999
Steven Flowers by e-mail


The nightmare starts in 2000
There will soon be a 10 MB trailer available from the website, and the February issue of "The Pulse" will carry an exclusive preview. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
AWD [News]


CUCUG: The Status Register 12/99
CUCUG: The Status Register 12/99. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
AIDA


Transscripts of the IRC conferences during the HEW '99
During the Home Electronic World in Cologne on Saturday, November 13th, 1999, again IRC conferences were held with personalities from the Amiga szene. As last year on Computer '98, well-known companies and people all around the Amiga joined these conferences organised and moderated by members of the UGN (User Group Network). (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Olaf Köbnik by e-mail


Amiga Arena News
GeoWorld special at Amiga Arena!
Probably the best geographic software GeoWorld is available for a special price from Amiga Arena. More details at the title link.
Amiga Arena wishes all users a merry christmas! (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Thorsten Dudai


New cartoon: Merry Christmas...




(ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet Uploads December 19th, 1999 - 2
Thomas Frieden has offered the source code for ADescent for download on Aminet. Download: ADescentSrc.lha. For matters of copyright please also read ADescentSrc.readme.

Konwerter2.14.lha    biz/misc   130K+Convert files from Metastock and Omega t
AEMail.lha           comm/mail  865K+AEMail 2.20 E-Mail GUI w MIME/UUENCODE
nc_update.lha        comm/news  123K+Newsreader Version 1.22 (MUI)
newscoaster.lha      comm/news  270K+Newsreader Version 1.22 (MUI)
plnk.lha             comm/news   13K+Plonk script for Yam2NN 0.85 (ver. 0.5)
CarcHTML.lha         comm/www    14K+V1.00 Create HTML page for archived file
guardamy.lha         comm/www   229K+V1.1 Watch web pages for changes
Millennium.lha       demo/aga   440K+Funny Millennium-Demo
Bonus.lha            dev/asm     10K+Christamss gift from Zeeball/Apathy
cha_source.lha       dev/e       43K+E source code for OctaMED nsm plugins
LittelComp.lha       dev/lang    25K+LITTEL Compiler R4 (badgerattack)
fda-upd.lha          disk/cache  26K+Floppy and ZIP bugfixes 1.8->2.0 update
fda.lha              disk/cache 354K+Faster than PFS also installed V2.0
IdentCDR.lha         disk/cdrom  17K+Identifies CD-R/W media (brand, capacity
Cheat_Mania.lha      game/actio  13M+Funny Slot-Machine with nice features
ADescentSrc.lha      game/shoot 1.3M+ADescent source code
Gwars1_5.lha         game/shoot 460K+Galagawars V1.5 + Source by Michael Ross
Patience.lha         game/think 106K+19 games of patience V1.0
PVS.lha              gfx/board   33K+Global Prefs editor for Picasso96
ExtractJPEGs.lha     gfx/conv     7K+Extracts JPEGs (e.g. from Quicktime movi
FPScon.lha           gfx/conv     6K+Reduces the framerate of video frame seq
akMPEG2.lha          gfx/show   126K+MPEG player for CyberGfx/AGA V3.06 (68k/
Arc64.lha            misc/emu    15K+C64 archive processor V2.2
pie_no666.lha        mods/hardc 443K+Hardcore by Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
02_world.mpg         mods/mpg   5.8M+Synth with some heavy guitars...
03_manhi.mpg         mods/mpg   7.0M+Psycho Prodigy/Goa-metal...
04_proje.mpg         mods/mpg   7.2M+Meshuggah/Thordendal inspired metal...
05_error.mpg         mods/mpg   6.3M+Psychadelic Trance/Thrash-metal...
06_float.mpg         mods/mpg   6.8M+Prodigy-inspired metal...
07_polyg.mpg         mods/mpg   5.4M+Prodigy-inspired metal...
08_cloud.mpg         mods/mpg   8.9M+Trance/Acid/Goa-metal...
09_eyebe.mpg         mods/mpg   4.3M+Fast rave???.... :)
10_nucle.mpg         mods/mpg   4.9M+Prodigy-inspired thrashmetal...
11_the.mpg           mods/mpg   2.7M+Fast Drum'N Bass-Goa...
pie_core.mpg         mods/mpg   2.1M+Hardcore By Dj's Pie & Slade / Lunatic
cha_autotempo.lha    mus/edit     8K+Adjust sample pitch to fit tempo in Octa
cha_bassdrum.lha     mus/edit    11K+Bassdrum generator for OctaMED
cha_echo.lha         mus/edit    10K+OctaMED nsm plugin - better echo effect
cha_filter.lha       mus/edit    21K+OctaMED nsm plugin - better filter effec
cha_stanley.lha      mus/edit    24K+Cut up samples easily in OctaMED
Amoralplay1.4b.lha   mus/play   113K+-amorel- No fuss multiformat audio playe
A1200R_1.jpg         pix/misc    26K+Selfmade Amiga1200 19inches rack machine
A1200R_2.jpg         pix/misc    19K+Selfmade Amiga1200 19inches rack machine
A1200R_3.jpg         pix/misc    15K+Selfmade Amiga1200 19inches rack machine
A1200R_back.jpg      pix/misc    24K+Selfmade Amiga1200 19inches rack machine
A1200R_inside1.jpg   pix/misc    36K+Selfmade Amiga1200 19inches rack machine
A1200R_inside2.jpg   pix/misc    46K+Selfmade Amiga1200 19inches rack machine
BlurryBoing.jpg      pix/misc    11K+Blurry BoingBall Background Image
chatlogo.jpg         pix/misc    11K+Amiga Chat (website) logo
freplace.lha         util/cli     7K+Replaces substrings in filenames
maildecoder.lha      util/cli     3K+Maildecoder V1.0 Mail attachment decoder
mailencoder.lha      util/cli     2K+Mailencoder V1.0 Mail attachment encoder
SeqNum.lha           util/cli     7K+Renumbers file sequences
VersCheckV2.lha      util/cli   815K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
VersCv2Fix1.lha      util/cli    11K+Bugfix VersCheck V2 FINAL (InstallerScri
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype  35K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.2
Safe.lha             util/virus  27K+Best new linkviruses detector v12.1
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19.Dec.1999
Peters Amiga Homepage


All Epson and Deskjet printer drivers updated
All printer drivers for Epson and Deskjet printers have been expanded by several commands, improving the printing quality. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
John Zacharias


AEMail Update Version 2.21
Download: AEMail221.lha (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX


Update akMPEG version 3.06 (68k + PPC)
Download: akMPEG2.lha (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Ralph Torchia


PVS (Picasso Variable Setter) Update version 3.2
Download: PVS.lha (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Markus Kühnen in ANF


Fake Warning!
The latest Aminet upload of "VersionWB" (3.0) in util/sys is a fake. In the program itself, (probably) only the version number has been changed, the file has the same size as the current v2.12. The archive has been expanded by some "jokes".

Håkan Parting, author of VersionWB, writes:
If you have installed the fake version, please remove it again and replace the VersionWB command with the original. If the fake contains a virus is not yet known. Download the original: VersionWB2_12.lha. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Felix Schwarz


New fxPAINT plugin for connecting with other applications
The new Stargate PlugIn allows to easily connect other graphics applications directly with fxPAINT. A PlugIn for Ultraconv NG and sample source code for developers is included. Download: stargate.lha. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
AWD [News]


Compuquick x-mas offers
Compuquick x-mas offers. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Visual Engineering


Visual Engineering News
The website of Visual Engineering has been reworked. Aside from tutorials you can find new effects for Visual Alpha. Registered users of Visual Border can order Visual Alpha seperately.

Supplement, December 21, 1999
Image manipulation software, Image Engineer's website now includes a 3-page tutorial explaining usage of alpha channel (masks). It's actually very easy when you know how. Image Engineer plugin, Visual Puzzle, has new puzzlepieces. And don't forget offer of the month at website of Visual Engineering. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


Interview with Petro Tyschtschenko by Carl Moppett
Interview with Petro Tyschtschenko by Carl Moppett. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


Reworked REBOL documentation
Download the REBOL documentation (hold down shift): manual.r (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
CyberGraphX


Survey
At the CyberGraphX website there is a survey to judge interest in 3D glasses for Amigas with CyberVisionPPC or BlizzardVisionPPC. Results will be posted in a week or so. (ps)

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19.Dec.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet uploads December 19th 1999
Dkg-Prices.lha       biz/dkg      1K+Pricelist for Amiga products at DarkAge 
865163186pe.lha      demo/aga   1.0M+"865163186pe" by PAS MAS (2nd at VEP'99)
iq2k-ms.lha          demo/aga   1.7M+"mankind sucks" by iq2000 (1st at VEP'99
devpic.lha           dev/cross   67K+PIC16 development package
BibelNT_Guide2.lha   docs/hyper 482K+Interpretations of bible NT2 (german)
atoms.lha            game/2play  44K+Classic Atoms game with ASM source
AmiSGE.lha           game/patch  23K+Decode/Encode Frontier:Elite II saved ga
StarCrusaderPa.lha   game/patch  19K+Speedup patch for Star Crusader
WHDF29.lha           game/patch  25K+HD Installer for F-29 Retaliator V1.1
WHDHeroQuest.lha     game/patch  30K+HD Installer for Hero Quest V1.2
CreateIndex.lha      gfx/conv    16K+Make HTML picture index with ImageStudio
VE-Main.lha          gfx/edit     4K+Visual Eng. - Important information
VE-VAlphaP.lha       gfx/edit   270K+Visual Eng. - Visual Alpha Preview
TP3.1.lha            hard/hack  299K+A SAVE TriplePlay MIDI-Interface for Bar
imdbDiff991210.lha   misc/imdb  2.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
1999StBt.lha         mods/misc  604K+The Best Mods of Stamen in 1999
Phenomen.lha         mods/stame 150K+"Phenomenon", module by Stamen 1999
EP_DaveLowe.lha      mus/play     3K+EaglePlayer "Dave Lowe" external replaye
EP_SConnolly.lha     mus/play     4K+EaglePlayer "Sean Connolly" external rep
UebermRuhrpott.jpg   pix/trace  175K+Ueberm Ruhrpott
CharMap.lha          text/font   71K+Display the whole charset of a given fon
Jumpgate.lha         util/cli     7K+V2.0 - Patch programs for speed - Olly
VersCheck.lha        util/cli   809K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
akJFIF-dt.lha        util/dtype 190K+AkJFIF-dt V44.60 (JPEG, 68000-060, PPC/W
akJFIF-PPC.lha       util/dtype  56K+AkJFIF-dt PPC plugin V44.60 (JPEG)
akJFIF-WOS.lha       util/dtype  76K+AkJFIF-dt WOS plugin V44.60 (JPEG)
akPNG-dt.lha         util/dtype 198K+AkPNG-dt V44.50 (PNG, 68000-060, PPC/WOS
akPNG-PPC.lha        util/dtype  71K+AkPNG-dt PPC plugin V44.60
akPNG-WOS.lha        util/dtype  85K+AkPNG-dt WOS plugin V44.60
akTIFF-dt.lha        util/dtype 202K+AkTIFF-dt V44.50 (TIFF, 68000-060, PPC/W
akTIFF-PPC.lha       util/dtype  95K+AkTIFF-dt PPC plugin V44.60
akTIFF-WOS.lha       util/dtype 105K+AkTIFF-dt WOS plugin V44.60
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype  35K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC only) V44
KPointer.lha         util/mouse   9K+Megaman, Mario, Bub, and DK Pointers.
Scion2html.lha       util/rexx   33K+WWW browser HTML's from Scion Genealogy 
AT.lha               util/time   97K+German database and reminder (freeware)
(ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Oliver Roberts


WarpJPEG.datatype version 44.2
Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Vapor.com


MicroDot I (not II) update version 1.18
Download: microdot1_18.lzx - 440 Kb

(ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Thorsten Gehler by e-mail


Novia INS version 0.74.02 beta released
A new version of the Open Source BBS System NOVIA is available from my homepage. The project is under GNU General Public License, so the source code is included in the archive. The program can be downloaded as lha archive at novia.lha. There now is a (simple) technical documentation for the program. Moreover, I am looking for programmers, documentation writers, translators and beta testers helping me to bring this project to "final" state. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
StrICQ


StrICQ beta version 0.1653 released
Download: STRICQ.lha (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
AmigArt


aNapster released
aNapster is an Amiga client for the Napster "MP3 sharing protocol". Download: anapster-snapshot.lzx. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
AmigaAMP


New PlugIn for AmigaAMP by Stian Strøm
New PlugIn for AmigaAMP by Stian Strøm. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


BoXeR survey results
       BoXeR 6z 58.6%
       BoXeR 4z 24.6%
       BoXeR 4  11.0%
       BoXeR 6   5.8%

       PCI Display Card     63.4%
       PCI SCSI Card        12.6%
       PCI Ethernet Card     8.4%
       PCI Toaster NT Card   7.8%
       PCI Sound Card        6.8%
       PCI Multi-Serial Card 1.0%


You can still get a 50 USD discount by participating in the survey. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
V3 Portal


New Search plugin for Voyager
vsearch_plugin_301.lzx (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Mikko Kallinen


Lambda - 3d space action game
In his Lambda status report Mikko says that most basic functions of the new 3D engine have been defined and implemented in OpenGL. That "Descent: Freespace" will now be ported was a slap in his face, since he begun Lambda development because there were no up-to-date 3D space action games for Amiga. After he recovered from the initial shock, he is wildly determined to make Lambda better than its pendant.

Does anybody know the e-mail address of Mikko Kallinen? If so, please send a short e-mail. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Foundation


Foundation Update 1.27
Beta testing of the latest update took longer than planned. Version 1.27 should work with all previous versions, older updates are not required. Download: FoundationUpd27.lzx (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Yandiy in ANF


Win at Amiga-Online
Starting today, you can win CDs from Amiga-Online. All you have to do is to collect enough links and mail them until January 15th, 2000. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Michaela Prüß in ANF


BUGFIX Installerscript VersCheck V2
Three days ago a bug sneaked into the VersCheckV2 Installer script. For those who didn't already fix the bug on their own:
  1. The fixed archive is on my homepage, and will soon be available from Aminet too. Download: VersCheckV2.lha
  2. Only available from my homepage is a second archive containing only the Installer script. Download: VersCv2Fix1.lha - 11 Kb.
  3. For those daring enough: In line 31 of the script, a ")" is missing at the end of the line - that's it. Somehow it got lost. The Installer message says line 1163 or such, because the effect of the missing bracket is not recognized earlier.
(ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Alex Kazik in ANF


scene-handler
A new version of scene-handler has been put online yesterday. With scene-handler, you can mount and directly access MovieShop 4.2/4.3/4.8 scenes and projects. Download: scene-handler.lha.

Please participate in this small questionaire about scene-handler. I am currently working on a version for MovieShop 5.2. This is also subject of the questionaire. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Han van Gelderen in ANF


Team AMIGA Central now online
Team AMIGA Central now online. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Andreas Schaumlöffel by e-mail


HD-Crash
Andreas Schaumlöffel writes: Due to a very stupid HD crash I lost all e-mail addresses I collected on my system. So all who know me, please send me a short mail with the usual data, so I can add you to my AB again.

Additionally I lost the list of people having an e-mail abo of Amiga Phönix. You, too, please send me a short e-mail so I can set up the list again. APhönix. (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Andreas Mayer-Gürr by e-mail


Amiga RC5 Team Effort News
Andreas Mayer-Gürr writes:
1.) CSC: A new PC client, twice as fast as the old one, is available.
2.) RC5: An older 68k (beta) RC5 client is available, which does not support some details of the latest client (like status bar and statistics with Myzar), but is about 30% faster. I tried it and it works very well, my 68060 does about 148 kkeys/sec instead of the 117 kkeys it did before. If you only use the client for calculating, I did not encounter problems. So:
2a.) get blocks with the latest client
2b.) calculate blocks with the beta client
2c.) submit blocks with the latest client, and continue with 2a.)... (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Jens Schönfeld by e-mail


X-Surf network cards delivered
Jens Schönfeld writes:
This morning, the X-Surf ethernet cards have been delivered to all distributors at the same time, a full week delayed. The delay of the delivery was however not due to technical problems, but due to my car accident: I was busy handling police, insurance and the company that towed away my car (by the way, anyone interested in a Volvo 850 crash car?). Since the cards will reach customers before christmas, however, I think I can be pardoned, can I? (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Cloanto by e-mail


Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever Holiday Bundle: New ROMs & MP3s
For all Amiga emulation enthusiasts who ever wondered what Workbench 1.0 looked like, or what the late Jay Miner, "Father of the Amiga", has to say in his own voice about the Amiga and other interesting issues, Cloanto just released the Amiga Forever Plus Pack, which contains new Amiga ROM, Workbench and MP3 audio files! The Plus Pack joins the Amiga Forever family of emulation and support products, which are officially licensed by Gateway's Amiga companies.

Only for the next few days, the Online Edition of Amiga Forever 3.0 (stand-alone) and the Amiga Forever Plus Pack are available in a special holiday bundle for a special price.

The Amiga Forever Holiday Bundle includes the Amiga Forever Online Edition package, with its preinstalled Amiga emulation environment (1.3 and 3.1 Amiga ROM and OS) and the Amiga Explorer networking software, plus the following new items, which are part of the Plus Pack:


  • Amiga Workbench ADF files v. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.04 and 2.1
  • Amiga ROM files v. 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 2.04 (WB 2.1 uses 2.04 ROM)
  • Jay Miner MP3 Track 1: Birth of the Amiga
  • Jay Miner MP3 Track 2: Computers and Society
  • Jay Miner MP3 Track 3: A New Job
  • New HTML pages, including instructions to play MP3 audio files

For download convenience, the items are archived in two files which can be downloaded separately, also with the help of an optional download wizard. It is always possible to resume an interrupted download, or to download the same file again at no additional cost. The Plus Pack is cross-platform, while Amiga Forever Online Edition is for Windows systems only.

The Amiga Forever Holiday Bundle is available now from the Amiga Forever Home Page at http://cloanto.com/amiga/forever/ (title link)
The Cloanto Team wishes all Amiga fans great holidays and a very happy New Year! (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Paul Nolan by e-mail


Paul Nolan Ltd extends Photogenics 5th anniversary sale
Due to the huge success of the 5th anniversary special offer, it has now been extended until December 25th. Paul Nolan would like to thank those who have purchased Photogenics for their support, and wishes everyone a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
For those who missed the sale details, they are as follows. Paul Nolan is offering the full version of Photogenics 4.x at a 25% discount. This brings the price down from $99.99 - to $75, or just $65 if upgrading from a previous version of Photogenics. The special is only available direct from Paul Nolan Ltd, either online at http://www.PaulNolan.com, or the StarByte order hotline on 1 800 243 1515, extension 400. Callers outside of North America should prefix this with their international dialling code for the US (for example dial 00 1 800 243 1515 from the UK). (ps)

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18.Dec.1999
Martin Baute


Translator wanted!
Since the "restart" of the English pages of Amiga-News, the daily translations are a one-man-job again because Marek didn't respond so far.

I am looking for users willing (long-term) to do German - English translations regulary of all news items appearing on a given day of the week (or two), and send them to me by e-mail.

You don't need to know HTML well. If you can type <A HREF=""> and <OBJECT><UL><LI>, know the pop-up menu of your favourite browser and can handle a text editor, you qualify. :-) Oh, and you should be able to read (and understand) German. ;-)

Those interested in supporting Amiga-News this way should contact me by e-mail. (ps)

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17.Dec.1999
amiga-news.de


amiga-news.de currently reworked
We are switching the website completely to SSI (Server Side Includes). Therefore some links to subpages might not yet work perfectly. In this case, the "Home Button" does however always bring you back to the main page. We hope to finish the change tonight (December 17th). Tomorrow we will be back with the news. (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


WarpJPEG.datatype for PPC
This JFIF/JPEG datatype by Oliver Roberts is especially made for PPC users with WarpUP.
Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha

YAM mailinglist moved
Since the current YAM mailinglist had spam problems, it has been moved. At the title link you can subscribe to the new list. (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
AA Audio Page


LAME beta version 3.58 released
New LAME beta version 3.58! Lots of quality and bugfixes, various new options (filtercut-offs etc) ..new from earlier versions is the linking with mpglib and libsndfile which enables LAME to read mpeg audio files, 16/8SVX and many more... ;)
Download: LAMEbeta.lzx - 440 Kb (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Amiga Central


Amiga Game Music Album
The Amiga music CD "Immortal" by Monteiro Music is now available. (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Epic Marketing


Epic Marketing News
Did you enjoy the charming adventures of little Simon as much as we did? Did you always hope for the successor to be ported to Amiga? Have you been mad because this great game was only available for PC? Now there is the opportunity to change this...

Epic Marketing got the license to port Simon The Sorcerer II to Amiga. On the one hand, we are of course very proud to get the opportunity to port this great adventure to the Amiga. But with the latest ongoings at Amiga (Inc) we have to ask ourselves how many Amiga users at all are interested in a first class game? The license, the porting and the production of SImon The Sorcerer II won't be cheap. So we decided to do a pre-order campaign. We need 500 pre-orders to do Simon The Sorcerer II for Amiga. When we reach the 500 limit, the game should be available in 8 weeks.

We will update the pre-order data on our homepage weekly. Simon The Sorcerer will run on all AGA or gfx board systems with 030 CPU and sufficient memory (about 8 MB fast). The game will only be released on CD.

Please place your pre-orders here:
Online: order@epic-marketing.de
Tel: (+49) (0)8081 400492
Fax: (+49) (0)7071 400493
Snail Mail: Epic Marketing, Hirschauer Str. 9, 72070 Tübingen (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Andreas Magerl in ANF


Amiga games wish list
Andreas Magerl writes:
On our homepage, area "Aktion", you'll find a form for entering your top 5 wish list for games on Amiga. The submissions are evaluated regulary, and published in each issue of Amiga Future and our homepage.

Of course it only makes sense if enough users participate. The idea is to show coders and companies over a long timespan which games are wanted by Amiga users. (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Michaela Prüß in ANF


AmigaOS 3.5 - self-made fix for broken AGA buttons
Michaela Prüß writes:
For all those who still have the problem with AWeb 3 SE (OS 3.5), or probably all other AWeb versions, too, that there are some colored dots instead of the buttons at the top: There is a way to fix it (already reported to amiga.de):

Load images/def_buttons in a graphics program (I did it with PPaint). Expand the palette from 8 to 16 colors, and copy the 8 colors to the 8 new ones. Then adjust the first 8; it doesn't matter to what, but it must not be any of the original 8 colors. With PPaint, all you have to do is commiting a color adjustment, and the buttons look like before (almost, I had to swith RED and GREEN manually). Then cut it out (preferrably more precise than I did), and save it as imags/def_buttons (back up the original, you never know...). With the 16-color version it worked on first try, and I can finally see the buttons. If someone gets it done precisely, please send me a copy - I never got the hang to paint programs...

Oh, yes, the 16 colors. Don't tell me you surf with 8 colors and it wouldn't work that way. If you surf the web with 8 colors, you should be used to looks like that...

Dennis Gronewald followed up:
There is an easy way to get rid of the gfx bugs in AWeb. Simply enter the image drawer of AWeb. Here you find the file "def_Buttons". Simply put braces around the "Transparent" tool type. Worked for me. (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Andreas Etzrodt in ANF


New CD32 game
Andreas Etzrodt writes:
Good news: We recieved permission by Petro Tyschtschenko himself to offer CD32 games. Without license fees. Citing Petro: "Dear Andreas, we don't want to make money by that. As long as it is not commercial, it's free." Since we already distribute it as Shareware, luckily we don't face any additional costs.

By the way, many have misunderstood our first announcement. Of course we don't want to release a commercial game, with pressed CDs including cover. We want to create a runnable CD32 CD with our own CD-R. Of course it will include a cover, but only a self-printed one.

So interested CD32 owners can contact us, and probably place their pre-order. The CD will not cost more than 15 Euro, probably much less (we did not yet calculate what is possible).

Oh, and for those who missed the first announcement: We talk about the Shareware game "SHARKS!", which is available as demo version from Aminet. Most likely it will be adapted to AGA, so the hardware performance of the CD32 is used.
More details from:
Andreas Etzrodt
Hauptstr. 15
49835 Wietmarschen
or by e-mail (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Sascha Koebner in ANF


Source code for DESCENT 2 released!
Sascha Koebner writes:
At the title link, capable Amiga coders can download the source code for 'Descent 2' (by Interplay), and of course port it (!). 'Descent 2' is the successor of the successful 360 degree 3D shooter. The comparatively smart KI, and the heavily improved 3D engine compared to 'Descent 1' should be enough motivations for coders to try their skills at it. It seems to be the source code for the PC version 1.2. (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Andreas Kleinert by e-mail


New ak-Datatypes
You can now download akJFIF v44.60 (16.12.99), akPNG v44.60 (16.12.99) and akTIFF v44.60 (16.12.99) from the download page seperated by system. (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
clickBOOM by e-mail


clickBOOM auction
FREE AUCTIONS FOR EVERYONE
Starting today, and for the next 60 days, holding an Auction at clickBOOM's Amiga Auctions is absolutely FREE for everyone!
There are no limits to what you want to sell, how many Auctions you want to hold or how long you want them running. Use all three types of Auctions, use photographs, layouts, all FREE !

GAME AUCTIONS
But, that's FAR from everything. We want you to come every day and check the latest Auctions. Every day, for the next 15 days, we will auction one copy of each of our games! The highest bidder takes it, so you can walk away with a brand new clickBOOM game of your choice for as low as a few dollars !!!

COMPARING CLICKBOOM AMIGA AUCTIONS TO EBAY
Sure, eBay is the name in online auctioning, however, when it comes to selling Amiga goods, clickBOOM's Amiga Auctions are simply a better choice:
  1. Amiga Auctions are free!
  2. Auctions held at Amiga Auctions actually have a better selling rate than eBay !
  3. Amiga Auctions support English and German !
  4. Amiga Auctions have several layout designs to choose from !
  5. At Amiga Auctions you can choose from a list of Amiga hardware photographs, and having a photo Auction is free !
  6. Amiga Auctions show approximate price in 3 other currencies !
  7. Amiga Auctions are ran by the Amiga community, for the Amiga community !
(ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Ivo Janacek by e-mail


New FastATA / Powerflyer and FastATA4000 drivers
Download:
FastATA'99v50a27.lha
EIDE'99v26a27.lha
FastATA4000v15a27.lha (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
CCC-ML


16th Chaos Communication Congress HOWTO/FAQ 1.2
At the title link, you will find a detailed FAQ about the Chaos Communication Congress, which will take place on December 27th - 29th in the Haus Am Köllnischen Park (HAKP) in Berlin. (ps)

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16.Dec.1999
Haage & Partner


Haage & Partner News
NoPiracy News
Thanks to the help of Amiga.org, a new NoPiracy forum is online. It is open for all discussions on the piracy subject. For several weeks now there is a poll on the subject for the Amiga, as well as some new logos and banner on the NoPiracy site. Have a look at it, and place the logos on as many websites as possible.

New STFax support
Wolfgang Hosemann will do the e-mail support for STFax starting immediately. (ps)

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15.Dec.1999
StrICQ


StrICQ beta version 0.1646 released
Download: STRICQ.lha (ps)

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15.Dec.1999
Internet Intern


Internet Intern: Short Break, Please!
"According to a message by the Reuters news agency, the special commissionaire for the Y2K problem of the US government has asked the hacker scene for a short break."
www.y2k.gov
"'We have really enough to do on that weekend (...) If you want to point to security holes, why not the next weekend?'" (ps)

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15.Dec.1999
Haage & Partner


Haage & Partner News
PageStream 4.0
Since the HEW 4 weeks ago, the new PageStream 4.0 is available for Amiga. The first patch will be released soon.

STFax Pro 4.0 demo version
For quite some time, a demo version is available for the new STFax Pro 4.0. Download: STFax4Demo.lha.

STFax support wanted
Haage & Partner is looking for someone who knows the product well or is willing to learn about it, for offering e-mail support. I am interested. (ps)

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15.Dec.1999
clickBOOM


clickBOOM with new layout
clickBOOM offers T-zero for half the price to all who own any commercial shoot-em-up game. (ps)

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15.Dec.1999
Michaela Prüß in ANF


VersCheck V2 FINAL RELEASE
Michaela Prüß writes:
Starting immediately, VersCheck v2.19 (FINAL RELEASE) is available for download from my homepage. An Aminet upload has been submitted, it should be available there tomorrow.
FINAL RELEASE, since I need the next version of VersCheck for my Install script project, so I finished everything important that was left open or undone, and created a last update release. The next version will therefore be v3 (assuming there are no necessary bugfixes to do). What has changed?
  • Some settings can be done by ENV:
  • The whole version sensing has been reworked, being faster and safer
  • Output can optionally be done in ANSI (so important things can be highlighted)
  • A small statistic has been added
  • Some small and large fixes have been done, internal help -? updated
  • Two bad memory faults, which seldomly occured, but were there in the old version, have been detected and removed
  • Special News-Doc in the doc drawer "NewInThisVersion"
  • New .catalogs (update only German / English so far. So do the update with Installer only)
  • Internal ReqTools requesters replaced by ASL requesters. I had problems getting the old requesters to work with WarpOS and PowerUP, with numerous memory faults. The ASL requesters do work, and are 100% identical with WarpOS and PowerUP.

To all who still have my Webjump homepage in their bookmarks: Due to the bad bandwidth and continuous server downtimes, I moved the pages to http://24.132.37.25/~Gateway/, a different, very fast "free web service" (for all still looking for such, have a look at http://24.132.37.25/index.html). The old address does however link to the current page. Since I wanted it to be easier, there are direct adresses to the pages (please only use these, web layout will change shortly).
  • http://Gateway.To/Gateway5 (login with language choice)
  • http://Gateway.To/Gateway5/D (German contents)
  • http://Gateway.To/Gateway5/E (English contents)
  • NW:LGateway5 (NETWORD call) does currently NOT work with the three Amiga browsers, only with Netscape and IE. Should be implemented some time, however.
(ps)

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15.Dec.1999
Volker Grabbe in ANF


Metalweb 4 pre 2
Pre2 of Metalweb, a WYSIWYG HTML editor for Amiga, has just been released at vapor.com. A must-have for determined homepage maintainers who don't know HTML that much, or people like me who don't have so much time to code these things.
Download:
Vapor: MetalWEB4_pre2.lha or
Aminet: MetalWEB4_pre2.lha (ps)

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15.Dec.1999
Jörn Plewka in ANF


Bad availability of KatoDev
We, too, have been affected by the moving of one of the biggest providers (Xlink). The server responsible for our web pages (http), their maintenance (ftp) and e-mails (pop3) are either unavailable or offer only very low bandwidth. We ask for your patience, since we cannot switch providers fast enough.

AMPlifier Version 2 has been released. Download: amplifier2.lha (ps)

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15.Dec.1999
Ralf Vetter by e-mail


mp3 input...
You are always looking for mp3 input, e.g. for AmigaAMP. Who still remembers the rock legend "Birth Control" and their hit "Gammaray"??? A great remake of this song has been released for free download by the original artists at www.birth-control.de/CD-gammaray90.htm (title link).
For rock fans a must-have, for techno fans a gateway to new dimensions... :-). (ps)

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15.Dec.1999
Thomas Frieden by e-mail


Hyperion ports Freespace to Amiga
Hyperion is happy to announce that they have recieved the license to port the game "Descent: FREESPACE The Great War" by Interplay to Amiga. The game is a space combat simulator. The game will be ported by Hand-Jörg Frieden and Christian Sauer, and distributed by Titan Computers. The game is planned to be finished in second quarter 2000. Further details and screenshot. (ps)

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14.Dec.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet uploads until December 14th, 1999
2b_XBase.lha         biz/dbase  198K+Very easy2use flexible and fast database
BAB5_Txt.lha         biz/dbase   45K+Babylon 5 Episode Text / StarBase (115b)
HomeCINEMA.lha       biz/dbase  146K+The coolest German Video Database
OnyxBase.lha         biz/dbase   73K+Great address book manager with lots of 
Zeitplan.lha         comm/bbs    16K+Schedule-Info (Manager) for Prometheus (
CTCPMaster.lha       comm/irc    22K+CTCP-Master, AmIRC Bot-alike script. V1.
DalHelper.lha        comm/irc    35K+Interface to Dalnet Services: (Chan/Memo
NetInfo.lha          comm/irc    29K+(2.3) NetInfo plugin for AmIRC 2+
UnrealIRCD-bin.lha   comm/irc   331K+Advanced IRC Daemon Based On Elite-IRCD
yamexpansion.lha     comm/mail  197K+V2.6 handles recent emails with YAM 2.0 
DragonTools.lha      comm/misc  252K+Setup for SpeedDragon and PowerDragon
dring.lha            comm/misc   89K+Distinctive ring for TrapDoor
ViperTools.lha       comm/misc  219K+Setup for Hagenuk's "Speed Viper"
xemviewdata.lha      comm/misc   14K+External Viewdata emulation library
ICQPager0.1.lha      comm/net    60K+Send ICQ Pagers to ICQ users
nc_update.lha        comm/news  120K+Newsreader Version 1.21 (MUI)
newscoaster.lha      comm/news  267K+Newsreader Version 1.21 (MUI)
aweblastpages.lha    comm/www    48K+Loads Last Visited html pages in AWeb3.3
CheckHTML.lha        comm/www   184K+Checks HTML files
HTTPResume.lha       comm/www   116K+Resume interrupted HTTP downloads
HTTPResume_Cat.lha   comm/www     3K+Catalan localization for HTTPResume v1.8
HTTPResume_Ser.lha   comm/www    23K+Serbian localization for HTTPResume v1.8
MetalWEB4_pre2.lha   comm/www   911K+V4.0pre2 WYSIWYG Html Editor!
OpenBrowser.lha      comm/www     1K+Script for open URLs and starting WebBro
Tidy.lha             comm/www   107K+Tidy your HTML - fixes common HTML error
2000vt.lha           demo/aga   167K+Videotracker Animation for Christmas at 
cg_fates.lha         demo/aga   330K+Cg_Fates (AGA Demo presented at slash pa
crs-p42.lha          demo/aga   278K+Project42 demo by corrosion
PSB-Maja.lha         demo/aga   1.5M+"maja the pszczolka" - wild from satelli
PSB-TvsBritney.lha   demo/aga   3.5M+"mr.t vs britney spears" - wild winner f
wpz-frozen24.lha     demo/aga   602K+Frozen#24 - Fuck Ya Party Edition
wpz-inferno.lha      demo/aga    84K+Intro by Whelpz+Destiny - 1st at Fuck Ya
MWI-Zosia01.lha      demo/mag   389K+"Zosia #01" pack by Madwizards edited by
LNS-SuperDrug.lha    demo/sound  66K+Musicdisk by Loonies (generated samples)
AMCAFExt140Exa.lha   dev/amos   726K+Examples for the AMCAF extension *REUL*
ascii2xxx.lha        dev/c       19K+Shows equivalents for number systems.
nrdargs.lha          dev/c       16K+Shell-/workbench transparent ReadArgs in
PatchWork.lha        dev/debug   35K+Check OS functions to be called correctl
LittelComp.lha       dev/lang    23K+LITTEL Compiler v0.15b
MUI_Includes.lha     dev/mui     34K+Assembler includes for MUI
SmartInfoSrc.lha     dev/mui     30K+Assembler sources of SmartInfo
stefanb_src.lha      dev/src    1.3M+Complete sources from Stefan Becker's Am
fbackng.lha          disk/bakup  87K+FBackNG - Daily backup/mirror/cleanup pr
CDCat-AmiNet34.lha   disk/cdrom 1.9M+CDCat Index Of AmiNet 01-34
PFS3ud.lha           disk/misc  114K+PFS3 undelete 
SFSGui.lha           disk/misc   48K+A GUI For ALL SFS Cli Functions
SmartInfo.lha        disk/misc   23K+SFSQuery and SFSdefragmentGUI replacemen
BAB5_Gde.lha         docs/hyper  47K+Babylon 5 Episode AGuide (115b)
AmZ10-AG.lha         docs/mags  173K+German Online-Magazine for AMIGA. AGuide
cg_hexagone.lha      game/board  11K+Cg_Hexagone (a small Game)
cg_risk.lha          game/board 614K+Cg_Risk (Risk Game)
cg_solit.lha         game/board   5K+Cg_Solit (Solitaire Game)
Bloodnet_Solve.lha   game/hint    3K+Bloodnet walkthrough
SushiCombat.lha      game/patch 1.9M+Quake competition servermod v1.0 beta2
yagac07.lha          game/role  240K+Graphic adventure creator 0.7(Balrog Sof
acd_e.lha            game/think  71K+Crossword Deluxe V1.0 English
acd_nl.lha           game/think  71K+Crossword Deluxe V1.0 Dutch
Robossy.lha          game/think 7.9M+Puzzle game with 30 levels
SameGame.lha         game/think  10K+Addictive puzzle game with colored balls
Anim2gif-gui.lha     gfx/conv   149K+GUI , Converts anims to gifs Various Opt
MetaView.lha         gfx/conv   495K+The best vector(AMF,CGM,CLP,DR2D,DSDR,DX
MPEG2Dec.lha         gfx/conv    66K+MPEG-1/2 Video Decoder For 68000/010 Ami
PfPaint.lha          gfx/edit   923K+Powerful painter (V1.2) for Gfx cards.
PfPaint_ENG.lha      gfx/edit    23K+English documentation for PerfectPaint V
PfPaint_FRA.lha      gfx/edit    26K+French documentation for PerfectPaint V1
PicScale.lha         gfx/edit    67K+Scale Pics in a window
VE-batchpro.lha      gfx/edit     1K+Visual Eng. - Batch Process v1.01
VE-Main.lha          gfx/edit     4K+Visual Eng. - Important information
VE-Tutorial1.lha     gfx/edit    71K+Visual Eng. - Tutorial 1
VE-Tutorial2.lha     gfx/edit   107K+Visual Eng. - Tutorial 2
VE-Tutorial3.lha     gfx/edit    64K+Visual Eng. - Tutorial 3
VE-Tutorial4.lha     gfx/edit    33K+Visual Eng. - Tutorial 4
VE-Tutorial5.lha     gfx/edit    68K+Visual Eng. - Tutorial 5
VE-Tutorial6.lha     gfx/edit    47K+Visual Eng. - Tutorial 6
VE-Tutorial7.lha     gfx/edit   106K+Visual Eng. - Tutorial 7
VE-Tutorial8.lha     gfx/edit    98K+Visual Eng. - Tutorial 8
VE-unkregion.lha     gfx/edit     2K+Visual Eng. - Unknown Region v1.02
VE-VAnim.lha         gfx/edit     4K+Visual Eng. - Visual Anim v2.35
VE-VBorderD.lha      gfx/edit   251K+Visual Eng. - Visual Border Demo v1.22
VE-VCard.lha         gfx/edit     4K+Visual Eng. - Visual Card v1.81
VE-VGradient.lha     gfx/edit     3K+Visual Eng. - Visual Gradient v1.29
VE-VLogoD.lha        gfx/edit   146K+Visual Eng. - Visual Logo Demo v1.21
VE-VPuzzleP.lha      gfx/edit    59K+Visual Eng. - Visual Puzzle Preview
VE-VSurface.lha      gfx/edit     3K+Visual Eng. - Visual Surface v1.28
VE-VTexture2.lha     gfx/edit    16K+Visual Eng. - Visual Texture 2 v1.00
IFX-Patcher.lha      gfx/ifx      4K+ImageFX 4.0/4.1-patcher for OS3.5 !!
FileInfo.lha         gfx/misc    15K+An AppWindow who givs you Information ab
MakeSuffix.lha       gfx/misc    17K+Script who makes the Suffixs for Graphic
SvIV-3a.lha          gfx/misc   136K+SViewIV V9.05 (7.12.99) - Part 3a/8
MPEGPlay.lha         gfx/show   186K+MPEG Video Player For 68000/010 Amigas.
mccontrol.lha        hard/hack  220K+V1.35b PSX MemoryCard Reader
TechnoIO.lha         hard/hack  306K+Universal digital I/O-System
AmiGenerator.lha     misc/emu   269K+Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator for Warp
anescgfx.lha         misc/emu    84K+A/NES CGFX v1.16 - Nintendo emulator
Basic35Manual.lha    misc/emu    40K+Commodore Basic 3.5 manual
DarcNES.lha          misc/emu   224K+NES/SMS/GG/PCE/SG1000 emulator v991127c 
imdbDiff991203.lha   misc/imdb  2.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
SpaTra06.lha         misc/misc   67K+Spanish Translations Pack 06 v0.4
zdrajca.lha          misc/misc   15K+Zdrajca - nice program to simulate crash
TO_Hard_Jingle.lha   mods/hardc 490K+X-Mas Hardcore Track (DBM)
nigdoubt.lha         mods/med   563K+Niggling Doubt - 2 songs from DJTwiglet
rNO-L016.lha         mods/misc  399K+Rno-label release no.16 by Tarmslyng/loo
pie_nightmre.mpg     mods/mpg   4.5M+Hardcore from Dj Pie / Lunatic 99
brm_mod6.lha         mods/pro   642K+Modules by Broom.
DiamondGUI13.lha     mus/play    72K+V1.3 of the most usable GUI for MPEGA
PlayGUI.lha          mus/play   204K+Finally!Modplayer with AmigaAmpSkins!
gressklipperma.lha   pix/anim    83K+Funny animation with sound
the_shower.lha       pix/anim   1.2M+Funny animation with sound
arcadian.jpg         pix/art    278K+Painting by Alvar Andersson
dreamside.jpg        pix/art    162K+Painting by Alvar Andersson
nolife.jpg           pix/art    363K+Painting by Alvar Andersson
Starfield1.jpg       pix/art     24K+Hand drawn starfield
stillife.jpg         pix/art    211K+Painting by Alvar Andersson
MurphyBG-1.jpg       pix/back   223K+Murphy-1 cool BG pic 800x600 (Mitsubishi
MurphyBG-2.jpg       pix/back   164K+Murphy-1 cool BG pic 800x600 (2 Galaxy)
MurphyBG-3.jpg       pix/back   255K+Murphy-1 cool BG pic 800x600 (Red Dust)
MurphyBG-4.jpg       pix/back   115K+Murphy-1 cool BG pic 800x600 (Supernova)
MurphyBG-5.jpg       pix/back   118K+Murphy-1 cool BG pic 800x600 (Comet)
MurphyBG-6.jpg       pix/back   118K+Murphy-1 cool BG pic 800x600 (Comet)
MurphyBG-7.jpg       pix/back   265K+Murphy-1 cool BG pic 800x600 (Galaxy)
MurphyBG-8.jpg       pix/back    52K+Murphy-1 cool BG pic 800x600 (Stardust)
ChristmasBoot.lha    pix/boot   389K+Christmas `99 bootup for Rainboot2
AirbrushMouse1.jpg   pix/misc   339K+AMIGA - airbrush - Mouse
AmigaTheme.lha       pix/misc   252K+Amiga theme for NewInstaller
cora-xmas99.lha      pix/misc   130K+[ancor] a xmas pic with Cora
OutaSpaceTheme.lha   pix/misc   277K+OutaSpace theme for NewInstaller
Windows98Theme.lha   pix/misc   100K+Windows98 theme for NewInstaller
gBa_HEW99.mpg        pix/mpg     19M HomeElectronicWorld99-MPG-by VD-UPLOAD b
AlienNI2.lha         pix/nicon  163K+Cool and Useful Misc NewIcons vol.2!
CamoBG.lha           pix/wb      49K+Camoflage Backgrounds for you WB.
GED_Hexedit.lha      text/edit  119K+Hexedit Environment for GOLDED V1.30
janoeditor.lha       text/edit   22K+TextEditor beta 9 11-nov-99
wordpadv1.4.lha      text/edit  138K+MUI Based TextEditor v1.4
Ital299.lha          text/misc  469K+English to Italian Translator v. 2.99
dz95.exe             util/arc   1.1M .lha unpacker for Windows
xadmaster.lha        util/arc   253K+V3.3 Powerful unarchiving system
cg_menu.lha          util/boot    7K+Cg_Menu (to run softs)
GetMouseInput.lha    util/boot    8K+V1.4 - read mouse button state
JustComm.lha         util/cli     8K+A small utility to justify filenotes
quickcd.lha          util/cli    38K+CLI based audio CD player
VersCheck.lha        util/cli   762K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
sdiREKO-DT.lha       util/dtype   9K+40.8 datatype for .REKO/.RKP cardsets
IdentifyDev.lha      util/libs   76K+Identify hardware and more, OS3.5 (V11.2
IdentifyUsr.lha      util/libs  122K+Identify hardware and more, OS3.5 (V11.2
mpega-WarpUP.lha     util/libs  101K+MPEG Audio decoder library V2.4 (WarpUP,
ppclibemu.lha        util/libs  199K+Ppc.library emulation under WarpOS
AminetStats.lha      util/misc   31K+Gives Detailed Stats on Aminet files
calculator.lha       util/misc   16K+Fully functional calculator
EuraTools.lha        util/misc  233K+FreeWare: Tools for EuraCom V1.11b , Rel
ReportPlus.lha       util/misc   44K+Bug report and Aminet readme generator
SIATP.lha            util/moni  145K+System Information And Test Program (SIA
FakeClose.lha        util/shell  14K+Fake pressing the close-gadget
68040Lib.lha         util/sys   203K+A MuLib aware 68040.library, 68030.libra
FastIEEE.lha         util/sys    91K+Speed up your mathieee libraries!
RAWBInfo.lha         util/sys    20K+ReAction based icon information (1.6)
CClock_Digits.lha    util/time   32K+CyberClock extra digit images
Safe.lha             util/virus  27K+Best new linkviruses detector v12.0
clipper.lha          util/wb     49K+Handy Listview tool to set the Clipboard
DefIcons44.lha       util/wb     31K+DefIcons clone for os3.5 (44.2a)
Dynamite.lha         util/wb     34K+Start button, dynamic icon/thumbnail loa
dynamite.lha         util/wb     33K+Start button, dynamic icon/thumbnail loa
MUISearch11.lha      util/wb     19K+Mutli File Finder with MUI interface
NamnsDag.lha         util/wb     29K+Swedish tool for "Namnsdagar". Annoying 
openwb.lha           util/wb      0K+Arexx script to open WB drawer with file
sgrab.lha            util/wb     47K+Screen grabber with GUI (1.12)
THE.lha              util/wb     94K+Prefseditor for Tools-Menu and Hotkeys
VisualPrefs.lha      util/wb    438K+Configure the look of the Amiga GUI!
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14.Dec.1999
Stefan Ossowski by e-mail


Aminet 34 CD-ROM released
This time, a full version of AmiAtlas V4 is shipping with the 850 MB new since Aminet 33. (ps)

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14.Dec.1999
Alexander Kurtz by e-mail


AminetGUI
Alexander Kurtz writes:
Following a wish by Ingo Bowe, greetings to you, I expanded the upload list by a new function. This function allows changing the list sorting, which can now be done by date or directory. Also new is the server choice. By clicking on the country flag you can switch to the uploads of the according mirror server. This function is also available for the search function. For the other directories this is in the works.

In the update of December 10th, I made an embarrasing mistake, which has already been fixed. However, I realized that some 4.x versions of Netscape Navigator do have problems with my target tags. I try to fix the problem as soon as possible.

On this point, I want to mention my forum and my guestbook. Both can be found in the top bar at "Interactive". Tell me what you think of my page, or whatever you have to say about Amiga. I am looking forward to your posts. (ps)

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14.Dec.1999
Andreas Schaumlöffel by e-mail


Amiga Phoenix homepage
We from Amiga Phoenix are still looking for people wanting to participate. We are a new online Mag, which, without your help, will possibly not "survive". If you want more info, come visit our homepage, or write me an e-mail to: Andreas@aphoenix.de. (ps)

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14.Dec.1999
John Haubrich by e-mail


TreeList source code released
John Haubrich, too, has released the source code for almost all his programs. Download: www.kc.net/~johnhkc/amigasrc/

He writes:
Nearly all of my Amiga source code has been released on my web page including source for the lovely TreeList MUI custom class. If you are planning to update TreeList, I have a few suggestions:
  1. Implement a getter that returns the order of the tree.
  2. Use this value to dynamically allocate stack space for the iterator methods instead of requiring the class user to allocate the buffer manually. (What do you think of THAT, Allan?? Trust me -- he likes it!)
  3. Send a unique code into the iterators so that multiple iterators may still be used. ** The only problem is: who frees the stack buffers? I guess you'll need a FinishUsingIterator method.

Finally, I'm selling my A4000T on EBay (soon) which has all the source and more...
P.S. If 100 people will send me $100,000 each, I'll continue developing for Amiga. ;-) (ps)

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14.Dec.1999
Dr. Maurizio Ciccione by e-mail


AudioLabs News
ProStationAudio Version 2.50 will be available for a millenium special price. Further details in the official press release:

From:        AudioLabs info@audiolabs.it
To:          team@amiga-news.de
Date:        Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:07:46 +0100
Subject:     News

Press Release

DATE:     14-Dec-99
TOPIC:    NL-editing system for Amiga, Flyer and Draco
CONTACT:  info@audiolabs.it


AmigaOS goes back to Hollywood!

EMRL (http://www.emrl.com) is handling the production of the first
AudioLabs (http://www.audiolabs.it) commercial shot on film, focusing
on the ProStationAudio software for AmigaOS.

Stills from the set are online at:
                 http://www.audiolabs.it/news.html
                 http://usa.audiolabs.it/news.html

The location was Chapman University audio studio, in Los Angeles.
The 30 second commercial was shot in color using an Arriflex SR16
camera, with Kodak Vision film. The script deals with a studio
recording session, involving a cellist playing in the recording
room, while a sound engineer works on ProStationAudio for AmigaOS
in the control room.

The film footage will be digitally captured for post-prodution
on an Amiga-based NewTek Flyer system. Audio post-production
will be performed with ProStationAudio itself.

EMRL is pioneering hi-quality film-based productions for Internet
distribution. Their film-based commercials are shot with care for
classic aspects of production such as lighting and exposure, and
also take into account Internet related details like video
compression and motion artifacts reduction.



To celebrate the last ProStationAudio release of this millennium,
AudioLabs is offering, until December 27th, 1999, the fresh new
ProStationAudio 2.50 at a special discount price.

When ordering before the deadline, you can get ProStationAudio 2.50
for US$299 instead of US$395.

ProStationAudio 2.50 is the ultimate solution for digital audio on
AmigaOS. It integrates with existing technologies and pushes them
forward: from native Studio16 files support to NewTek Flyer audio
clips import/export, from Draco binary compatibility to AHI-compatible
support for almost every card on the market, from Elite/SoundStage
EDL import to dual-CPU/dual-monitor operating modes.


Starting January, AudioLabs will expand the ProStationAudio family
of products with the hi-end ProStationAudio Millennium. The new
application, among other features, doubles editing power by
supporting 32 audio channels in the timeline.


ProStationAudio 2.50: Technical Specifications

- sampling system:         16bit linear
- sampling rates:          48/44.1/32 KHz
- processing resolution:   from 24bit to 64bit
- audio tracks (disk):     16
- audio tracks (console):  16
- automation tracks:       80: 5 automated controllers x 16 tracks
- DSP channel inserts:     48 stereo: 96 channels processed
- DSP master inserts:      3 stereo (post-fader)
- automated faders:        16
- automated pans:          16
- automated inserts:       48
- faders groups:           8
- time metrics:            24, 25, 29.97, 30, 75, 100 FPS
- time resolution (audio): 1/100th frame
- time resolution (automation):  1/10th second
- objects per track:       unlimited
- audio regions:           unlimited
- audio sub-region levels: unlimited
- maximum editing size:    120 minutes
- locator markers:         10
- range store/recall slots:10
- display snapshot slots:  10
- display resolution:      up to 1600 x 1280 per monitor
- video monitors:          1 or 2 (4.000.000 pixel GUI)
- CPUs supported:          1 (680x0) or 2 (680x0 + PowerPC60x)
- CPU models:              68040, 68060, PowerPC 603, PowerPC 604
- Realime effects:         ALPS, software plugins system
                           http://www.audiolabs.it/plugins
- EQ (parametric, 1 band):  [2.5Hz : 20000Hz] [-+12dB]
                          [0.05 : 1.00 Q] [1/12th octave steps]
- EQ (parametric, 2 bands): [2.5Hz : 20000Hz] [-+12dB]
                          [0.05 : 1.00 Q]  [1/12th octave steps]
- EQ (shelf, 2 bands):      [2.5Hz : 20000Hz] [-+12dB]
                          [0.05 : 1.00 Slope] [1/12th octave steps]
- EQ (band / notch):        [2.5Hz : 20000Hz]
                          [1/12th octave steps]
- EQ (lowpass / hipass):    [2.5Hz : 20000Hz]
                          [1/12th octave steps]
- Audio import:           MPEG Layer1/2/3, AIFF, WAVE, CDDA Intel and
                          Motorola, FlyerClips, Studio16, MAUD, Maestro,
                          SoundDesignerI, IFF, Sun/Next, Voc
- Audio export:           AIFF, WAVE, CDDA Intel and Motorola,
                          FlyerClips, Studio16,MAUD,
                          Maestro,IFF,Sun/Next, Voc


ProStationAudio 2.50: New Features.

- PSA-AHI transdriver.
                    2.50 supports two families of audio drivers for
                    maximizing compatibility and flexibility. Beside
                    the orginal AudioLabs drivers you can now use any
                    AHI driver for realtime operations.

- Batch Import.
                    Select a directory and let ProStationAudio import
                    all the audio files, unattended. Great for handling
                    large MP3 collections or building effects libraries
                    on removable media for audio/video production.

- Tone generation.
                    Generate pure tones in the 5Hz:24000Hz range. 64bit
                    accuracy. Applications: test signals, striping of
                    masters with sync tones.

- Sweep generation.
                    Generate tones that sweep continuously from/to any
                    frequency in the 5Hz:24000Hz range. 64bit accuracy.
                    Applications: testing of listening rooms and devices'
                    frequency response, special effects.

- DTFM generation.
                    Generate DTFM (phone dialing) tones. Phone number
                    requester with full control on pause, tone and break
                    durations.

- EDL import.
                    ProStationAudio now can import Edit Lists. Create a
                    script with a text editor and let ProStationAudio
                    build the whole project for you, automatically. New
                    ProStationAudio edit list format.

- EDL plugins.
                    EDL plugins allow to import EDLs from other systems.
                    ProStationAudio comes standard with plugins for the
                    Producer EDLs (Elite/SoundStage) and the Studio16
                    EDLs (AD516/AD1012).

- EDL overlay.
                    Import multiple EDLs to merge different multitrack
                    projects.

- Nudging.
                    Nudging with variable step (numerical entry, range
                    size or object size). Move audio objects accuratly
                    using keyboard shortcuts.

- Extended MP3 support.
                    Extended MP3 support including now Wave mpegs and
                    a gain requester for the decoder.



ProStationAudio (tm), ALPS (tm) and AutoMotion (tm) are trademarks of
AudioLabs (http://www.audiolabs.it   http://usa.audiolabs.it).
(ps)

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14.Dec.1999
IrseeSoft


Turboprint 7.09beta3 released
New in Beta3: 1440dpi printing bug with BJC6000 fixed. Download: tp709beta3.lha (ps)

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14.Dec.1999
Kai Weber in ANF


Stefan Becker releases his Amiga program's sources
Stefan Becker, author of ToolManager, UMSRfc etc., released all his Amiga source codes in Aminet. Download: dev/src/stefanb_src.lha (ps)

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13.Dec.1999
Marcus Klemm in ANF


New PPCLibEmu in Aminet
In Aminet, there is a new version of the ppc.library for WarpOS at /util/libs/ppclibemu.lha. (ps)

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13.Dec.1999
AHI


Third beta version AHI-PPC
In this version, Martin Blom has rewritten the PPC handling and added a 16bit DSP echo. Moreover, HIFI mixing subroutines have been implemented in m68k Assembler. Download: ahipre3.lha. (ps)

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13.Dec.1999
Thorsten Willert by e-mail


Problems with ImageFX 4.0
There is a problem with the latest versions of ImageFX 4.0 and 4.1 under AmigaOS 3.5. Cycle gadgets are not displayed! Obviously ImageFX cannot handle the chooser.gadget version of 3.5. Haage & Partner and Nova Design have already been notified by me.

I have created a little patch in the meantime, patching ImageFX to make use of the chooser.gadget from the Aminet ClassAct demo, so the program is at least usable.

The patch should appear in Aminet soon: gfx/ifx/IFX-patcher.lha.
The patch and more information about it is available from my homepage (title link) under ARexx-Scripts.

And one hint for ImageFX 4.0 CD: The installation cannot be started from CD, since the Installer icon and the script have different names. So copy everything to hard drive (about 8 MB), and then start installation. (ps)

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13.Dec.1999
Olaf Köbnik by e-mail


Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena CD-ROM survey to all PD/Shareware programmers!
Since over a year now, the Amiga Arena homepage makes limited special prices and freely downloadable full versions available for Amiga users!

Due to ever changing specials and a collection of continuously updated links to Amiga programs / products, Amiga Arena offers a big choice of informations from the active Amiga world to the user.

The Amiga Arena CD-ROM is scheduled for release in spring 2000!

The CD-ROM will contain the Amiga Arena homepage with it's links, demo versions, shareware and PD software! It will give an overview about the still active developments to the (German) user.

I want this CD-ROM to be different from the usual shareware CD-ROMs, offering a comprehensive, informative and up-to-date overview about Amiga programs / products. To achieve this, I need your help! Please request further information from olaf.koebnik@online-club.de. Thank you for your attention! (ps)

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13.Dec.1999
Benjamin Dauhrer in ANF


PowerOS homepage now also available in English
Starting today, the English version of the PowerOS homepage is online. For more information about PowerOS follow the title link. (ps)

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13.Dec.1999
Sven Kahlbrock in ANF


Free web design for Amiga users
Sven Kahlbrock writes:
Free :-) You have a private homepage somehow concerning Amiga? I will create a design for you for free, according to your wishes. You'll only have to write your pages and bring them online. If you'd encounter troubles or just have questions, I will happily help you - all for free. Only a link telling that the design was made by me, that would be nice, but is not required. For more informations or questions please write me an e-mail. (ps)

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13.Dec.1999
Felix Schwarz in ANF


New ANet 1200 homepage
For the successful PCMCIA ethernet card ANet 1200, pictures and technical specifications are available starting today. (ps)

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13.Dec.1999
Alex Kazik in ANF


Wipeout2097 HighScore
At the title link there is a HighScore list for Wipeout2097. Everyone can enter his best times.

Oh, and the Wipeout2097 Demo (3.8 MB) is now available for download from AmigaExtreme: Wipeout2097_Demo.lha. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Andreas Etzrodt in ANF


New Amiga CD32 game
Andreas Etzrodt writes:
Hello CD32 owners! Aren't you upset that there aren't even "simple" new games for your system? There you are owning an "Amiga compatible" console and cannot access all games... Solution: home made!

We (Christian Steiner and myself) succeeded in burning the Shareware game "Sharks!" (coded by Christian, demo on Aminet) to CD and make it run on an Amiga CD32.

This is owed to Michael Ulbrich, who gave me many hints. Due to his help, it worked on first try. Many thanks to Michael!

Why I am writing this? I would like to know if there is interest in expanding this game as CD32 version. I mean if noone would want the game, it isn't worth the time to "pep it up". And there are license issues to clarify. You need a "Trademark File", which had to be licensed from Amiga (at least in Commodore times). I will write to Amiga Int. if this is still necessary, and how much it would cost.

So write me if you are interested in a CD32 version of Sharks!. Besides, Sharks! does not have to be our last game for CD32. We can of course release other (self written) games in CD versions. But as I said before, clarify the license issues and judge interest in this. (You can already contact me anyhow.) E-mail: the_shark@gmx.de. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Markus Schmidt in ANF


ICQ user list
Markus Schmidt writes:
I am planning to post an ICQ user list, including online status and system used, to my homepage.

Therefore my call to all ICQ users:
If you are interested in being listed there, please write me a mail with "Your Name, Nick, ICQ-UIN, City, System (Amiga, PC, Mac, ...)" and a short note if you want the status to be shown or not.
Regarding the online status, please remember this can be disabled in your ICQ program. So it's up to you if and when the status is shown. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Nils Görs in ANF


ToolsMenu and Hotkey Editor
Nils Görs writes:
Version 1.1 is finished now and should be available for download from the following URLs within the next days: Title link, and web.ukonline.co.uk/awnpipe/.

I also uploaded T.H.E. to the Paderborn Aminet server, it should be available there at util/wb/THE.lha. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
StrICQ


StrICQ beta version 0.1637 released
Download: STRICQ.lha (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Fun Time World


Perfect Paint version 1.2 released
With version 1.2, a beta version supporting 24bit pictures is shipped. Version 1.2 can only load 256 color pictures. Download: PfPaint.lha (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
AWD [News]


National Amiga announces MK/2 keyboard adapter for A2000 / A3000
With the new adapter you can connect standard keyboards and mice to your Amiga 2000 and 3000. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
AntiGravity


AntiGravity.com BoXeR Survey and Discount Offer
AntiGravity.com announces it's BoXeR survey. Planning for the first production runs of the new Amiga is underway and Anti Gravity Products needs to know which models will be needed the most as the production begins.

Anti Gravity Products offers each household involved in the survey $50 off one BoXeR system purchased between now and 90 days after shipping commences.

For those that have not already done so, check out the BoXeR Specs for the latest specifications. These specs are the latest we have in writing and come directly from the designer himself.

Remember, you can still build your own BoXeR with a few clicks of the mouse at our Build-A-BoXeR page featuring instant update techonolgy. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
AmiDog


AmiGenerator update version 1.10 (PPC only)
Download: AmiGenerator110.lha (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
AmigaAMP


New PlugIns by Stian Strøm
"Waves Of The Future" has been improved, "Dude Rock" and "Trance Tunel" are new. Download from the PlugIn page. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Haage & Partner


AmigaOS Developer Network and support for ImageFX
AmigaOS Developer Network has been created as a service to supply a group of developers with the latest informations about AmigaOS. To our regret, the number of members is limited. You can apply here.

E-mail support for ImageFX is now the responsibility of Gunnar Gertzen, long-standing ImageFX user. He is already working on a German localization and manual, too. More details on this to follow shortly. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


New NewInstaller v1.4 themes
Three new themes for NewInstaller have just been published on the Airsoft Software homepage: Amiga Theme, Outa Space Theme and Windows98 Theme. Amiga Theme is a theme in Amiga look, with Boing ball etc.. Outa Space theme is meant for all space freaks since it contains some "spacy" graphics and sounds. And the Windows98 theme gives installations with NewInstaller look like Windows installations. All themes are available for download from the Airsoft Software homepage. (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Paul Nolan Ltd.


Paul Nolan Ltd celebrates 5th anniversary of Photogenics
Photogenics 1.0 was launched five years ago today at the World of Amiga show in London. To celebrate, Paul Nolan is offering the full version of Photogenics 4.x at a 25% discount. This brings the price down from $99.99 to $75, or just $65 if upgrading from a previous version of Photogenics. The special offer will run from the 10th through to the 17th of December, and is only available direct from Paul Nolan Ltd, either online at http://www.PaulNolan.com, or the StarByte order hotline on 1 800 243 1515, extension 400. Callers outside of North America should prefix this with their international dialling code for the US (for example dial 00 1 800 243 1515 from the UK). (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Marko Seppänen by e-mail


New Image Engineer PlugIn
Visual Border grows and splits as 2 separate plug-ins.
Visual Alpha is that new plug-in. It allows you to create grey alpha masks, which you, after once calculated, can keep and composite with other images later. For people, who are not familiar with alpha masks; Think about a stamp or actually it's edges. This plug-in can create you a stamp shaped image and mask with smooth edges. You can then composite it to a bigger image. Ofcourse there are other more complex effects, than simple edge effects. This could be great tool for one, who is creating graphics for video.
Visual Card-plug-in also will soon benefit from Visual Alpha.

OFFER OF THE MONTH
Register Visual Border for Image Engineer and get Visual Alpha for free. This could be very good christmas present for somebody. However last day to order is 9. January 2000. So, if you next morning after change of millennium, find couple of wrinkled bucks from you pocket...
Remember that all minor and major updates of registered plug-ins will always be free for you. Already registered users of Visual Border will get version of Visual Alpha with few effects for free. Just for being good customers.
Visual Engineering is a powerful collection of plug-ins, scripts and graphical material for shareware image manipulation program, Image Engineer.
Plug-ins bring new features to Image Engineer, what even by itself can do lots of image manipulation tricks. All the plug-ins are controlled by user friendly GUI. With couple of mouse clicks, you can do heavy image manipulation. Logos? Click. Frames around image? Click. Most of the plug-ins are free. Some of them aren't. I'm sure the few graphical examples at new website of Visual Engineering should convince you. You can however try demoversions of non-free plug-ins. Online shopping is possible by a credit card.

INTERNET
Visual Engineering website wwnet.fi/users/smarko/visual/
Image Engineer website www.amigaworld.com/support/imageengineer/
EMAIL
Marko Seppänen marko.seppanen@wwnet.fi (ps)

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11.Dec.1999
Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail


"Elite" source code released
The authors of the classic space trading and combat simulation "Elite" have released the source code for the game on it's 15th anniversary. Full press release at the title link. (ps)

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10.Dec.1999
Ulrike Hambuch in ANF


WBInfo 3.0 - not enough interested so far
Some weeks ago, we issued a request for people interested in a v3 version of WBInfo to contact us and answer the following questions:
  • Who is using WBInfo in which configuration?
  • What are the things you don't like in WBInfo?
  • What is your personal wish list for WBInfo?
  • If WBInfo would be Shareware, what would you be willing to pay for it?

So far, we recieved only 9 mails. That's a little frustrating. If you are interested, please contact us. If a minimum of 20 announces interest in a Shareware version, we start development. (ps)

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10.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


Gateway unveils Linux-based server 'appliance'
Gateway Micro Server 100 (ps)

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10.Dec.1999
A/NES


A/NES CGFX v1.16 emulator for Amiga released
Download: anescgfx.lha - 84 Kb (ps)

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10.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


Software News
SoundFX version 3.82 released
Turboprint 7.09beta2 with new drivers for BJC1000, BJC2000, BJC6000 and BJC7100
Nova Design and Newtek announce millenium pack for Toaster / Flyer
Support Open Source AmigaOS Survey with your entry
Amiga Survivor Magazine issue 8 released
ICQ Pager v0.1 - first public release
(ps)

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10.Dec.1999
CCC-ML


16th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, December 27th-29th 1999
Hello friends of chaos, you always try your best, but that's how things are going: You had to wait until the last second for the website and the FAQ. That's over now. With the next mail, the complete FAQ will be going down the Chaos Update. Click the title link for info.

But now for the Congress: just as last year, the Congress is taking place in Berlin, house Am Köllnschen Park. Those who attended last year will easily find their way, since we are planning only minimal changes.

The rooms are changed only slightly, the important parts (lecture rooms and hack center) will be as usual. The press rule has been simplified, and one achievement from the camp or another can be found on the congress. Have a look at the projects.

Perhaps there is something in there for you. If you are planning to join the congress with an interesting project of your own, contact orga. Otherwise we wish you and ourselves a relaxed congress, and most important much fun at the systems.
The chaos at the end of the so-called millenium (ps)

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10.Dec.1999
Ivo Janacek by e-mail


New drivers for FastATA/PowerFlyer and 4xEIDE
The new drivers now also support AmigaOS 3.5. Download:
FastATA'99v50a26.lha EIDE'99v24a26.lha FastATA4000v14a25E.lha (ps)

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10.Dec.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


New christmas Rainboot configuration
Two new special christmas configurations have just been released on the Airsoft Softwair website. For one ChristmasBoot with a lighted xmas tree and nice christmas music, and CocaCola Christmas Boot with original music from the ad. A must-have for those wanting to bring christmas feelings to their Amigas! (ps)

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10.Dec.1999
Norman Thiel in ANF


Realtime MPEG1 encoding with Paloma
Norman Thiel writes:
Paloma users watch out: The programmer of the super-fast PaloAVI and Moovid has marked another milestone. It is now possible to create MPEG1 videos with Paloma. More at the title link. (ps)

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09.Dec.1999
AmigaAMP


Flutter PlugIn update v1.1
Download: FlutterPlugin11.lha (ps)

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09.Dec.1999
Rainer Benda in ANF


Amiga Int. NOT retailer of OS 3.5
The Amiga Plus issue 1/2000 wrote about Amiga Int. selling OS 3.5 for 50,87 Euro. This is not correct. Amiga Int. is selling OS 3.5 only to distributors and retailers. (ps)

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09.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


Delfina Plus in production again
Since a hardware problem has been solved, production of the DelfinaPlus cards has been restarted. The soundcard should be available again before christmas. (ps)

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09.Dec.1999
NewsRog


New multipart script for NewsRog from Stephen Bridges
Download: NewsRog_Scripts.lha (ps)

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09.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


SecondSpin: New MPEG audio solution
SecondSpin is a new encoder which does not need being started from the shell, but offers a simple to use GUI. To encode MPEG files, the package relies on the LAME encoder. The audio tracks can be loaded and converted to MPEG audio files directly from the audio CD. AIFF and WAV files can be converted, with MPEG -> AIFF conversion being possible, and support for layer 1, 2 and 3. The necessary track informations can be requested from www.cddb.com. Download from the title link. (ps)

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09.Dec.1999
CNet [News]


CNet: Gateway founder Waitt expected to drop CEO role
CNet: Gateway founder Waitt will step down as CEO
"The founder of the PC distributor Gateway, Ted Waitt, has stepped back from his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and withdrawn to member of the board. He explained, however, that he will continue to influence the company strategy. Successor, starting January 1st, will be Jeff Weitzen, who is also holding the position of President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Before joining Gateway in January 1998, Weitzen was working 18 years for AT&T, last being responsible for 24 million dollars turnover as Executive Vice President. Weitzens goal is to make money with software and services all around comuters in addition to selling PCs; e.g. by seling systems bundled with internet access. (ps)

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09.Dec.1999
Steven Alive by e-mail


Whales Voyage II released on CD
Alive Mediasoft has released the game Whales Voyage II on CD. Screenshots and further details in the offical press release:



Return-Path:     stevenalive@innotts.co.uk
To:              Amiga News team@amiga-news.de
Date:            Thu, 09 Dec 1999 01:02:22 +0000
Subject:         Whales Voyage II

Hello,

Whales Voyage 2  Out Now £19.99
Amiga CD

Finally it's here - the finest space trading adventure in the galaxy.

Features:

Indepth gameplay
256 colour graphics
In-game speech
25 FPS texture mapped graphics (Doom Style)
Wide Screen 3D Intro
Whales Voyage AGA and ECS FREE on the same CD
and much more.
--------------------------------------------
Whales Voyage Part One Out Now £9.99 
Amiga Disk or CD AGA or ECS

You can now purchase the original Whales Voyage for just £10.

5 down 2 to go

Regards
ALIVE mediasoft

             We will never stop NEVER
                         100% Amiga

TEL:    +44 (0)1623 467 579
Email: stevenalive@innotts.co.uk
http://www.innotts.co.uk/alive-mediasoft

Address:
PO BOX 940
NOTTINGHAM
NG17 7FA
ENGLAND


(ps)

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08.Dec.1999
Futurezone


Futurezone: search engine AllTheWeb faster and more prudish
AllTheWeb is a new, super-fast search engine. "Fast Search & Transfer, provider of internet search products and services, has released a new version of FAST Search, which is also powering the AllTheWeb search engine. The new FAST Search is designed to give especially relevant results to the user based on newly developed algorithms. Based on a database of over 400 million visited documents, the search is conducted in a new catalog of 210 million websites." (ps)

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08.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


AmigaFanatic! website online again :-)
The AmigaFanatic! website is online again. (ps)

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08.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


Top 50 of Amiga games
Help finding out which have been the 50 greatest Amiga games ever, by entering your favourite 10 in the form. (ps)

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08.Dec.1999
Andreas Falkenrath by e-mail


Britney Spears theme for NewInstaller
Andreas Falkenhahn wrote:
The first theme for NewInstaller v1.4 has just been released on the Airsoft Softwair homepage. It is a Britney Spears theme (due to the big success of the Britney Spears Rainboot theme...). I suggest everyone who wants to have a look at the new features of NewInstaller v1.4 to download and install the theme. It's worth it! (ps)

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08.Dec.1999
GNN


GNN: Met@box enters digital satelite TV market
"The Met@box AG has took over the Amstrad Distribution GmbH completely, which has offered a broad spectrum in the satelite reciever area in the German language countries for years. Moreover, Amstrad offers a comprehensive product line of TV supplements under the label Technowelt." (ps)

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08.Dec.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet uploads until December 8th, 1999
VowaData.lha         biz/dbase   93K+V1.39 Datafile for VorwahlenGUI
Dkg-Prices.lha       biz/dkg      1K+Pricelist for Amiga products at DarkAge 
fwml9910.lha         biz/swood   23K+Messages about FW during October 1999
fwml9911.lha         biz/swood   17K+Messages about FW during November 1999
novia.lha            comm/bbs   532K+BBS/POP3/NNTP/IRC in one system incl. So
CTCPMaster.lha       comm/irc    20K+CTCP-Master, AmIRC Bot-alike script. V1.
Drunk.lha            comm/irc     9K+(2.2) Drunk plugin for AmIRC 3+
NetInfo.lha          comm/irc    29K+(2.2) NetInfo plugin for AmIRC 2+
CCN_Office.lha       comm/mail   71K+Web tools suite for Miami(dx)/Yam/IBrows
POP3Stat.lha         comm/mail    8K+Prints POP3-Mailbox-Statistics V 0.5
PSMail11.lha         comm/mail   23K+Prints YAM mails using GhostScript.
cim_v3.lha           comm/misc  1.1M+CIM - Caller Id Manager V3 r33 incl HTML
gettarif.lha         comm/misc   11K+Automatic Download of german Phone Price
KnowledgeSvr.lha     comm/tcp   663K+Knowledge Based System Inference Net Bui
nfsd_bin991130.lha   comm/tcp    25K+Executables for an NFS v2 server.
nfsd_source.lha      comm/tcp    70K+C source code for an NFS v2 server.
SimpleFTP.lha        comm/tcp   128K+SimpleFTP v1.83 - Easy to use FTP client
vlink.lha            comm/tcp    27K+AmiTCP<->MacTCP via virtual ethernet
CompressHTML.lha     comm/www   103K+HTML (De)Compressor/Preprozessor (German
webplug_ger.lha      comm/www     9K+German catalog for webPlug V1.45
BeRet_4.lha          demo/mag   1.6M+Beret #4 by [bert.squad]
Dansktoppen8.lha     demo/mag   1.2M+Dansktoppen issue 8 - Danish chartmag
lottoamiga_02.lha    dev/amos    77K+New LOTTO analizer for amiga 500, 1200 B
PureBasic.lha        dev/basic  695K+V1.20 - Brand new powerful programming l
2b_TKAlgebra.lha     dev/c      108K+Some of linear algebra algoritms impleme
ADOSLib.lha          dev/c       29K+Additional DOS Lib for vbcc
amiga-c-Nov99.lha    dev/c       97K+Postings to Amiga-C mailing list in Nove
MMULib.lha           dev/c       35K+Vbcc stubs linklib for mmu.library
STRINGLib.lha        dev/c       83K+Many stringfunctions (linklib vbcc)
MuGuardianAnge.lha   dev/debug  262K+MungWall superset, detect accesses to no
powerd.lha           dev/e      246K+New programming language based on E
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BernieHeaders.lha    dev/src     10K+Boopsi, cross compiling and debug suppor
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FSCP_Gde.lha         docs/hyper  14K+Farscape Episode AGuide (18)
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ACNews_16.lha        docs/mags   73K+E-zine focused on Amiga News: #16-Novemb
Amiga4e11Upd.lha     docs/mags  1.6M+Freewaremag(GERMAN),Update f r Ausg.11
zoommodem.lha        docs/misc    1K+Zoom's modem connect strings
XmasLightsII.lha     game/gag     9K+Christmas lights on your Workbench
Buzzy_Neerv2.lha     game/jump  214K+New Level for the Game Buzzy !
KotakObj.lha         gfx/3dobj  716K+Klingon Kotak Scout Fighter
PalomaPEG.lha        gfx/board   11K+Ultimate Real-time MPEG1 video encoder f
PIV-MooVId.lha       gfx/board   87K+The Ultimate AVI/MOV player for PicassoI
JPEG-Box.lha         gfx/conv   213K+JPEG generator for WWW graphics V4.30 (6
pic2icon.lha         gfx/conv     7K+Convert pictures to icons (OS 3.5)
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meshw02_bin.lha      gfx/misc   257K+3d mesh writer library, supports a lot o
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SvIV-3b.lha          gfx/misc   219K+SViewIV V9.05 (7.12.99) - Part 3b/8
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amybw216.lha         gfx/show   253K+Blue Wave and QWK reader
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TP3Addenum.lha       hard/hack    9K+"switch" the TP3 to a "normal" MIDI-Inte
talker.lzh           misc        69K+Take advantage of Amiga's Speech Synthes
Handy.lha            misc/emu   115K+Atari Lynx emulator for WarpUP, v1.04 (9
pcx_emu.lha          misc/emu     2K+A guide to how PC software performs unde
imdbDiff991126.lha   misc/imdb  2.4M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
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SpacTra06.lha        misc/misc  181K+Spanish Translations Pack 04 v0.65
DAlmanac_Exe.lha     misc/sci   998K+Next Generation Planetarium (1.7.6)
entrance.lha         mods/med   292K+EnTrance - Trancey-type tune by DJTwigle
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B5MIDI.lha           mus/midi    73K+Play .mid from Shell/DeliPlayer + Src
PSA_Tutorial2.lha    mus/misc   5.1M+A tutorial for 'ProStationAudio', a high
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Deli14BitGenie.lha   mus/play   342K+HQ-DeliGenie: AHI, DSP, Filters, Panning
taffyspl.lha         mus/play    12K+Library based Module player written in A
neues-HEW.lha        pix/anim   8.8M+Home Electronics World '99: german Quick
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Murphy3.jpg          pix/wb     144K+OS3.5 WB 800x600x15bit+Mitsubishi3000GT
wbgrab06.jpg         pix/wb     111K+JPG Grab of my 16Bit CV64/3D DOpus WB
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HP_Deskjet670C.lha   text/print  17K+Deskjet 670C/680C/690C Driver V40.20
HP_Deskjet870C.lha   text/print  16K+Deskjet 870C/890C Driver for WB V40.8
TextView123.lha      text/show   59K+Textviewer for PP,XPK,AGuide,HTML,Pipes.
CheckX.lha           util/arc    31K+V1.68 Check for Archives/Packers/Viruses
MuFastZero.lha       util/boot  109K+MuLib Zero Page remapper, FastExec/Prepa
Startup35.lha        util/boot    3K+OS3.5 Emergency-Disk; better Sequence-St
fsearch.lha          util/cli    30K+Very fast search & list command - w/src
JustComm.lha         util/cli     8K+A small utility to justify filenotes
VersCheck.lha        util/cli   762K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
picsize.lha          util/dtype  15K+Shows picture dimensions using datatypes
PlayMidi.lha         util/dtype   4K+V1.0a Plays MIDI Files via GMPlay & cli.
MMULib.lha           util/libs  604K+Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
MMU_Update.lha       util/libs  209K+Update the MuLib 40.5x -> 41.2
calculator.lha       util/misc   13K+Fully functional calculator
FlipSide_v2.lha      util/misc    7K+Middle Mouse Button Screen Flipper
MultiRen.lha         util/misc   52K+Powerful multi-file renaming tool
Quinielista.lha      util/misc   30K+Design, development and analysis of quin
VisualGuide_HU.lha   util/misc    1K+Hungarian (magyar) catalog for VGuide
xfdmaster.lha        util/pack  258K+Rel1.28 Decrunch packed files (exe/data)
XPKPatch16.lha       util/pack   19K+Unpacks XPK and PP files "on the fly"
68040Lib.lha         util/sys   177K+A MuLib aware 68040.library, 68030.libra
AllocFrags.lha       util/sys    12K+Get rid of tiny frags from your memory l
VersionWB.lha        util/sys    35K+V2.12 AmigaDos Version replacement.
xvslibrary.lha       util/virus  49K+V33.19 External Virus Support Library
ClockCal.lha         util/wb     52K+WB Calender/World Clock with 4 clock fac
NewInstaller14.lha   util/wb    458K+THE Ultimate Addon Tool for C= Installer
ProcessIcon.lha      util/wb     18K+V1.19 CLI tool to manipulate icon data
Selector.lha         util/wb     43K+Startup menu + src BlitzBasic
VisualPrefs.lha      util/wb    436K+Configure the look of the Amiga GUI!
(ps)

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08.Dec.1999
Achim Stegemann in ANF


Digital Almanac II Update Version 1,7,7
The ultimate update for the reknown astronomy program "Digital Almanac II" has been released. This update removes all previous bugs in the programm, which appeared after version 1.7.2. This update is for users of the Aminet version as well as for the CD-ROM version. Aside from the bugfixes, the update offers many cosmetic improvements and some new usefull features for programm control. (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
KATO


Melody Driver Update v2.12 and Amplifier Update v2.01
Download: melody.lha
Download: amplifier2.lha (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Heise [Newsticker]


Sun announces Java 2 for Linux
"Sun has just announced they will offer an own Linux version of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE). So far, official statements said that Sun supports the Blackdown Porting Team in its efforts in a port to the free operating system. The driving force behind this change of mind is probably the company Inprise, which plans to add the J2SE to their JBuilder announced for the beginning of the next year, and added manpower to the port. Starting immediately, a preview version (Release Candidate 1) can be downloaded from Suns developer site (free registration required)." (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Amigart


3dfx Open Sources Glide API And Releases Hardware Specifications
"3dfx Takes Leadership Position in 3D graphics for Linux
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Dec. 6, 1999 - 3dfx Interactive® Inc. (NASDAQ: TDFX) today announced that the company is Open Sourcing its Glide® application programming interface (API) and releasing hardware specifications for all its currently shipping 3D hardware accelerators. By Open Sourcing Glide and releasing the specifications, 3dfx is enabling software developers and the Open Source community to better develop, support, and maintain drivers for 3dfx products across a variety of delivery platforms. Moving forward, 3dfx will focus its internal efforts on developing the industry's best Direct3D and OpenGL hardware platforms."
Full article at the title link. (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Amigart


New RamDisk Image for LinuxPPC99 installation for PPC Amiga released
Download: apus-lp-ramdisk.image991206.gz (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Haage & Partner


New maintainers for 3DWorld and PPCWorld at H&P
H&P is happy that new maintainers could be found for the important web areas PPCWorld and 3DWorld could be found. Stefan Funke will look after the PPCWorld and Robert Konrad after the 3DWorld starting immediately. H&P would wellcome you supplying the two with data to bring the software lists up to date. PPCWorld and 3DWorld.

Winners of the H&P action were Carole Jadoulle from Belgium and Michael Malyshew from Russia. The action continues, visitor number 535,353 and 555,555 are the next to win. (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
ttf.library - Truetype for Amiga


ttf.library v0.8.2 released
ttf.library v0.8.2 released. (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Peters Amiga Homepage


New driver for HP Deskjet 670/870
The UAE FAQ has also been updated. (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Stuart Walker by e-mail


Wipeout 2097 demo available
Download: Wipeout2097_Demo.lha - 3.8 MB (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Michael Burkhadt by e-mail


Press info: New address IOM
Since Monday, IOM Film- und Videoproduktion Hof has a new address. You can contact us at the Pensum group, a marketing and communications agency in Hof. Please note the following in your papers:

IOM Film- und Videoproduktion
Ossecker Strasse 174
D-95030 Hof/Saale
Phone: 09281-7676-990
Fax: 09281-7676-950
Mobile: 0171-3296371 (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Javosoft by e-mail


New FastATA/PowerFlyer driver version 1.4
Download: FastATA4000v14a25E.lha (ps)

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07.Dec.1999
Kristian Katzenstein in ANF


Great Nations Demo 1.5.0 released
At the title link, Great Nations 1.5.0 can be downloaded as Amiga- and PC-version. The PPC version is worked upon. New screenshots of the game are also available. (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Remco Weg in ANF


ASM-One v1.42 released
A new RTG beta is also available. (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


NewInstaller v1.4 released
The long awaited update for NewInstaller has finally been released. In version 1.4 there are many new features, and some bugs have been removed. NewInstaller v1.4 now supports over 15 different languages. The first themes will also be released soon.
Download: NewInstaller1_4.lha (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Carsten Schröder by e-mail


AMIGA aktuell 12/99 online
AMIGA aktuell 12/99 online. (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Hâle;kan Parting by e-mail


VersionWB 2.12 released
BUGFIX: The change in v2.11 with the TEXT argument broke a few scripts, e.g. VersionCopy.dopus distributed with VersionWB. Those scripts should now work again.
NEW: VersionComp.dopus5 script for Dopus 5.5+ was added to the distribution. It was made by Wolfgang Breisch.
BUGFIX: Fixed problem with XPK-packed files that could not be unpacked, due to missing resources.
Download: VersionWB2_12.lha (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
John Chandler [Suite.101]


We're In This Together Now (Part II)
John Chandler: We're In This Together Now (Part II) (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Jan Andersen by e-mail


xvs.library v33.19 released
Here is some great news the xvs.library has just been updated. But the programmer has changed, Here is a little cut from the doc:
The entire XVS software package is written and copyright © 1997-99 by Georg Hörmann. Additional changes and updates during December 1999 and onwards are copyright © 1999 Alex van Niel. Alex van Niel has the permission from Georg Hörmann to update the XVS package and make any adjustments Alex van Niel thinks are necessary. Georg Hörmann can NOT be held responsible for any changes Alex van Niel made.
Well, good news. Now lets get back to the library, here are some info:
Name.. : Xvs.Library v33.19
Archive name.. : xvslibrary.lha
Archive size.. : 50.404 bytes
Release date.. : 4 December 1999
Programmer.. : Alex van Niel (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Stefan Funke by e-mail


ScanQuix 5 with WarpUp
As being informed by rbm, the latest version of the scanner driver offers PPC support with WarpUp. The ScanQuix package is distributed on CD-ROM. The hardware present is detected during installation, and the corresponding drivers are installed. (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Robert Wahnsiedler by e-mail


Vote: Which future Amiga hardware sollution do you favor?
This vote is for judging which hardware Amigians want for the future! (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Felix Schwarz in ANF


New 10MBit Ethernet card for A600 / A1200
Felix Schwarz writes:
The ANet 1200 is a 10MBit Ethernet card for the Amiga, which can be used in the PCMCIA-port without opening the case. The necessary SANA-II driver for the Amiga and a workshop for establishing a connection between Amiga and PC are included. The ANet 1200 is available immediately. (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


StrICQ beta version 0.1631 released
Download: STRICQ.lha (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Chris Hodges in ANF


New Deli14BitGenie version 4.20 online
Chris Hodges writes:
Here just a short notice that yesterday I finished a new version of the well-known Deli14BitGenie for DeliTracker, and uploaded it to my homepage. The main improvements in the update are the finally font sensitive GUI (surely many will be happy about this), seperate Base & Trebble filters for the DSP, and many bugfixes.
Have fun and a merry christmas, and if everything goes well, we will see again next year :) (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
rAMBOY in ANF


wARPgATe open again
Starting January 1st, wARPgATe will again report about all activities in the WOS/W3D area. So please be a little patient. (ps)

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06.Dec.1999
Sebastian Hübner in ANF


Phase5: G4 boards in first quarter 2000, with AGP-slot
Sebastian Hübner writes:
Today I got mail from Phase5: The G4 boards will be coming in first quarter 2000, and with an AGP slot on-board. The CyberVisionNG will therefore be based on NVidia, 3Dfx or ATI chips. Due to the standard slot, it will be possible to offer LinuxPPC as an alternative to QNX Neutrino OS.
The delay is due to the unavailability of the Motorola MPC107 controller chip and delivery schedules for G4/400 MHz not being met (see also news of October 26th, 1999).
Sadly there are no news on this subject on the Phase5 website. (ps) (ps)

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04.Dec.1999
Thorsten Hansen in ANF


AMPlifier 2.0 released
Enhancements:
  • new plugin module architecture supporting input and output plugins input modules: MPEG audio player, AIFF/MAUD player, WAV player output modules: X-Audio output, AHI output
  • supports skins for playlist
  • graphical equalizer
  • realtime window move
  • automatic window docking
  • enhanced configuration
  • much more internal changes...
  • Download: amplifier2.lha

Please, use only hansen@katodev.de aside from support@katodev.de. The old address is dead. (ps)

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04.Dec.1999
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


StrICQ beta version 0.1603 released
Download: STRICQ.lha (ps)

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03.Dec.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet uploads until December 3rd, 1999
Bippy.lha            biz/dkg     10K+Plugin for Extreme
CTCPMaster.lha       comm/irc    20K+CTCP-Master, AmIRC Bot-alike script.
Drunk.lha            comm/irc     9K+(2.0) Drunk plugin for AmIRC 3+
NetInfo.lha          comm/irc    28K+(2.0) NetInfo plugin for AmIRC 2+
RexxFake.lha         comm/irc     3K+(1.0) RexxFake plugin for AmIRC 3+
Wallchop.lha         comm/irc     6K+(3.2) Wallchop plugin for AmIRC 2+
cim_v3.lha           comm/misc  1.1M+CIM - Caller Id Manager V3 r32, incl HTM
BlitzLstNOV99.lha    dev/basic  323K+Messages Posted To The Blitz List NOV 99
OnlineTimer.lha      dev/basic   19K+Timer for serial port Carrier Detection
devpic.lha           dev/cross  133K+PIC16 development package
FlexCat.lha          dev/misc    99K+2.4 - Flexible catalogs (C, Asm, Oberon,
FlexCat_0x0.lha      dev/misc    18K+2.4 - patch files for 020,040,060 binari
FlexCat_CatSrc.lha   dev/misc   119K+2.4 - #?.c(d|t) and #?.texinfo files
FlexCat_Demos.lha    dev/misc    35K+2.4 - Source examples (C/HSPascal/ARexx/
FlexCat_ExDocs.lha   dev/misc    52K+2.4 - Svenska, Spanish, Deutsch guides
FlexCat_Src.lha      dev/misc    31K+2.4 - portable FlexCat source files
Istar.lha            dev/misc   663K+Knowledge Based System Inference Net Bui
MCCLib.lha           dev/mui     25K+Library initialisation code for MCCs
Compact.lha          disk/cdrom 855K+Very professional Amiga CDDA player
IdentCDR.lha         disk/cdrom  15K+Identifies CD-R media (brand, capacity)
PFS3ud.lha           disk/misc  113K+PFS3 undelete 
Aakt1299GFX.lha      docs/mags  152K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
Aakt1299GUIDE.lha    docs/mags   97K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
VGP1999.lha          game/demo  1.3M+1999 season demo of VirtualGP (F1 car ra
dopefish.lha         game/hint  184K+A demo of me finding an undocumented sec
Muscarine.lha        game/role  1.7M+Pretty weird graphic adventure  *FREE!*
belinea107030.lha    gfx/board    0K+Monitor File CGX4 Belinea107030
set2anim.lha         gfx/conv    43K+MovieSetter -> ANIM+audio converter
cp4_update.lha       misc/emu   179K+C= Plus4 Emulator - V0.73 > V0.75
DarcNES.lha          misc/emu   224K+NES, SMS/GG, PCE emulator v991127b (9912
Miggy2ENG001.lha     misc/misc   12K+Better artificial intelligence - V2.0
rNO-L015.lha         mods/misc  1.2M+Rno-label release no.15 by hannu karpo (
MjK-IFeelFine.lha    mods/techn 243K+I Feel Fine by Mijk 
irazu.lha            mods/xm    231K+The latest Malvagius's delirium!!!
GMP-G.lha            mus/midi   121K+GUI for GMPlay V1.3(a)
Med2Xm-GUI.lha       mus/misc   116K+GUI for Fileformatconverter Med2Xm
2b_bsp_src.lha       mus/play    43K+Sample Player using datatypes +source
tchoicem.lha         pix/3dani   26M+3D Animation (MPEG) with sound, produced
RachelOS3.5.jpg      pix/art     58K+Rachel Raccoon preparing to launch OS3.5
NBC-Giga-Icons.lha   pix/icon    53K+NBC-Giga-Icons for OS 3.5
Jumpgate.lha         util/cli     7K+V1.1 - Patch programs for speed + SRC
easyconvert.lha      util/conv   14K+Easy Convert - converts miles - km, etc.
InstallerTools.lha   util/misc   31K+Shell tools to improve the installers fu
SIATP.lha            util/moni  115K+System Information And Test Program (SIA
Safe.lha             util/virus  25K+Best new linkviruses detector v11.9
(ps)

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03.Dec.1999
AmigaRealm


AmigaRealm.com
On our daily web surfing session, this nice Amiga portal site has caught our eye. Easy-to-navigate, Amiga users can find links about every subject around Amiga. Aside from the very well sorted links, extraordinary websites are presented seperately. The site, aside from many own information pages, also offers help and support.
An all-around well made website :-) (ps) (ps)

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03.Dec.1999
Alive Mediasoft


Goal2000
As reported before, the soccer game has been already released. At the title link, there are now also screenshots and a downloadable demo available. Download Demo: goal-demo.dms - 234 Kb. (ps)

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03.Dec.1999
NewTekniques


NewTekniques: Online issue December 1999
This issue has a special about Startrek. (ps)

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03.Dec.1999
AmiDog


DarcNES/Amiga update 991202
Download: dn991127b.lha (ps)

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03.Dec.1999
Torsten Dudai


New cartoon: The grave-digger is working again.




1994 Commodore, 1996 Escom. 1999 Gateway? ;-) (mb) (ps) (Translation: mb)

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03.Dec.1999
Robert Nyberg by e-mail


Candy Factory Central website updated
Version 1.03 is finished, but due to holiday at MotionStudios cannot be offered for download yet. The Casablanca version of Candy Factory as also making good progress. More informations about the development can be found at the titlelink, "News" section. (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


Payback News
The Apex Designs website has a new, clear layout, and a new status report is online. (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
Czech Amiga News


FastATA / Power Flyer driver
At Javosoft, new versions of the driver software for the ELBOX FastATA (PowerFlyer/Winner) High Speed EIDE Controller for A1200 and A4000 have been released.
Download:
FastATA'99v49a25.lha - for A1200
FastATA4000v13a25.lha - for A4000 (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail


PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX: Online registrations cheaper
Andreas R. Kleinert writes:
Since RegNet has lowered the fees for online registrations, we are able to do the same. Please have a look at www.ar-kleinert.de/regnet_e.html and find out about all the things that became cheaper! (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
Ulrich Hambuch in ANF


WBInfo 3.0?!
Ulrich Hambuch writes:
To all WBInfo users, and users of the MUI Scalos Information Module.
Before we undergo writing a new version of WBInfo, which is really meant to be a major update, we want to know:
  • Who is using WBInfo and in which configuration?
  • What are the things you don't like in WBInfo?
  • What is your personal whish list for WBInfo?
  • If WBInfo would be Shareware, what would it be worth to you?

WBInfo is the best Info replacement for AmigaOS so far, and if you want development to continue, contact pixar@gmx.net or eric@tro.net. (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
NordicGlobal


Holger Kruse goes REBOL
Holger Kruse writes:
There will be some changes at Nordic Global for the year 2000. In a nutshell:
  • Starting January 1st, 2000, I will work full time for REBOL Technologies, and will therefore not be able to spend as much time on Amiga software development as I used to.
  • I will move from Florida to California, which may cause some service outages of my Internet presence and delays during the months of December '99 and January 2000.
  • All of my Amiga software is still supported, except for Daytona, which unfortunately has to be cancelled, because of lack of time and a conflict of interest regarding Java and REBOL. I will try to find a way to release the current snapshot or have development continue by others in some way though.

For the full announcements please see
www.nordicglobal.com/ng2000.txt
and www.nordicglobal.com/ngoutages.txt.
Holger Kruse
kruse@nordicglobal.com (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


More informations about Sonnet QuadDoubler
More informations about Sonnet QuadDoubler. (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


Immortal CD can be preordered
The Amiga game music collection contains the full soundtrack of "Shadow of the Beast", and music from many other great Amiga games. The CD will be released on December 9th, 1999. Preorders are accepted. (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


InfraBox Infrared hardware module available for Amiga
Since this module is also capable of recieving infrared signals, so you can remote control your Amiga as well as the usual devices like stereo and television. (ps)

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02.Dec.1999
Jens Schönfeld by e-mail


The Winner is...
As promised, the winner of the network card X-Surf is announced by individual computers today. The goal was to find out the release week of the X-Surf by calling your favourite retailer. Since there were many correct submissions, chance decided.

The Winner is... Ralph Moser

Ralph Moser has already been notified, and will recieve a X-Surf next week together with all retailers. Congratulations! (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
R. Saake by e-mail


2IDs-iNETstore
At the title link a new site is available for Amiga users. It is constantly expanded. At the 2IDs-iNET store, you can order our first two CDs "WATERWAVE" and "AURICULAR CONFESSION". The CDs are of course 100% Amiga produced, with SYMPHONIE PRO and DIGIBOOSTER PROF. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Andreas Frank in ANF


Modify Logitech mouse for Amiga mouseport
Andreas Frank writes:
I have written a short tutorial how to modify the great Logitech Pilot mouse to fit directly into the Amiga mouseport, without additional hardware or drivers.
You can download the tutorial from the title link (not very nice so far, but it's a beginning). (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Michael Jaccoud in ANF


AmigaNation server breakdown
Michael Jaccoud writes:
Today, December 1st, at about 4:00 PM, our server suffered from technical breakdown (Y2K bug?). All major protocols are affected (FTP, Mail, HTTP), so the site is unavailable for now. We hope that AmigaNation will be online again by noon, December 2nd.
Mails being send to us on December 1st are lost, so please try again... (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Haage&Partner


H&P awaits visitor 500.000
To celebrate this, there is a price to win. H&P will give away a software package from their portfolio. Visitor number 535,353 and 555,555 will get this price. Have a look at their homepage. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Oliver Hajduk in ANF


LinuxPPC5 Installer available
At ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/projects/apus/install/redhat, the ramdisk image apus-lp-ramdisk.image991127.gz is available. It is a beta version however! Of course, the LinuxPPC-CDs from olliweb.de are automatically updated after extensive testing. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Kai Hofmann by e-mail


CheckHTML 1.6
CheckHTML 1.6, the freeware HTML checker for the Amiga, has been expanded by Hofmann Software Engineering International, so it can now also process Server Side Includes. More information at the title link, which also offers the archive for Aminet download. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
StrICQ [History]


StrICQ beta version 0.1578 available
Download: STRICQ.lha (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
NordicGlobal


Update: ClassAct GUI module for Miami
Download: Miami32b-CA.lha. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


Ottawa Citizen: Tech pioneer is Business Person of the Year
Adam Chowaniec, formerly Commodore Vice President of Technology, has been voted Business Person of the Year. He commented his job at Commodore: "We had a brilliant piece of technology, but we did a lousy job in marketing." (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


3rd SecOS report by Trogladite Software
3rd SecOS report by Trogladite Software. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Amiga.org


Voyager #1, IBrowse #2, AWeb #3 at Deja.com
Our Amiga browsers are rated first class in the browser judgement at Deja.com, taking place 1, 2 and 3... :-). (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Fun Time World [news]


The Last Patriot website reworked
Some very well rendered graphics can be seen there now. In the future the game is intended to use the Warp3D system. Sadly the group has no PowerPC card right now, so work on the game is put on hold for now.
Work is continuing on the game Pimpin' Ain't Easy. Parts of the new engine are already finished. It works with system friendly routines. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Total Vision Homepage


Frogger version 1.45 released
At the title link, you can download MPEG video player for different Amiga systems. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
IrseeSoft


Turboprint 7.09beta with new drivers for BJC6000 and BJC7100
Download: tp709beta.lha
Starting mid December, a driver complementary disk is available for Turboprint. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Soundprobe


Soundprobe for Amiga
The authors of Soundprobe are disappointed about the response recieved so far concerning the Amiga version. So far, only a handful users has expressed their interest, and made suggestions. If you are interested in Soundprobe, you should send an e-mail to the authors. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Haage&Partner


WarpUP mailinglist
To better support the needs of WarpUP users and developers, H&P has created a WarpUP mailinglist. It is open to everyone, and maintained by Sam Jordan. Mailinglist. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Stefan Funke by e-mail


PPC World pages reworked
Stefan Funke writes:
Because I want to create the PPC Worlds pages (after talks with Markus Nerding, Haage&Partner), I urgently need informations from other Amiga users if there are other sites about PowerPC in the net. The best pages will be linked from the PPC World pages. All responses please by e-mail to St-Fu@t-online.de. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail


PNG and Amiga
The book "PNG - The Definite Guide", by Greg Roelofs, O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-542-4, mentions the Amiga positively for a change:
Especially considering PNG, it is very easy to support new file formats in Amiga browsers by using Datatypes... to briefly cite the book (p.36):
"On the Amiga, it is ubiquitous, thanks to a technological marvel, known as datatypes, (a kind of super-DLL that, among other things, provides generic image support); but under operating systems like BeOS or Atari TOS, it is virtually nonexistent."
Of course this leads to Amiga WWW browsers and a collection of Amiga tools and applications get very good comments (some from myself, too ;) The book is also very open towards other alternative platforms (Acorn, BeOS, Macintosh, NextStep, OS/2).
Bottom line: worth reading. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Jörn Plewka by e-mail


Many requests for Melody-Z2
We thank the users for the big interest in Melody-Z2, and the companies Rüdiger Gruner Bürotechnik and DCE for the quick, uncomplicated revival:
There was only a minimum number of Melody-Z2 sitting on the shelves half assembled. These cards were gone some hours after the announcement. This was unsatisfactory for Katodev. The cooperation of Katodev, Gruner and DCE now makes it possible to initiate a small production run. Special thanks goes to DCE. Save the expansion port, the card is identical to the one offered until one year ago.
If your order was declined, ignore it for the time being. sales@katodev.de should contact you explaining the additional availability. After this, however, Melody-Z2 is done for sure. The MPEG1-DSP used (layer 1+2) is no longer available. Melody1200Plus (only this option, because of the same DSP being used) is also running out of production.
We want to warn, however, not to see Melody-Z2 as a replacement for the Melody1200-series. Melody-Z2 was intended as Paula replacement (plus MP2 hardware interesting back then). Melody1200 is much better from both a functional and quality point of view. We recommend preferring the Unity+Melody1200xxx solution, in the very least compare them. Colored technical readouts (PDF) can be found in the Docs area on our homepage.
More information can be ordered from sales@katodev.de. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Thomas Frieden by e-mail


New Shogo report
At the title link you can get information about the development status of Shogo. (ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet Uploads until December 1st, 1999
RCDPlay.lha          biz/dopus    6K+Remote CD-player for DOpus5
FondsCalc.lha        biz/misc    84K+Calculation for money makers
TelekomBill.lha      comm/misc   14K+Telekom Bill calculator for WG V1.7
CheckHTML.lha        comm/www   184K+Checks HTML files
HTTPResume_Sw2.lha   comm/www     2K+Swedish localization for HTTPResume v1.6
HTTPResume_Swe.lha   comm/www     2K+Swedish localization for HTTPResume v1.7
fetish.lha           demo/aga    65K+Fetish by Ozone. 2nd place at Satellite'
FLP-TuneIn.lha       demo/aga   3.7M+"TuneIn - second trip" by Floppy - 3rd a
HLA-Smoked.lha       demo/aga   132K+040/060 patched version of "smoked" (128
Sat99-4kb.lha        demo/aga     9K+Satelitte'99 4kb intros package.
ImageDTInfo.lha      dev/basic   20K+Image Datatype Info 1.1
MMULib.lha           dev/c       35K+Vbcc stubs linklib for mmu.library
COP.lha              dev/debug  157K+Low Level Debugger
MuForce.lha          dev/debug  210K+The V40 Enforcer, detects illegal RAM ac
MuGuardianAnge.lha   dev/debug  257K+MungWall superset, detect accesses to no
APL4Amiga.lha        dev/lang   149K+A Programming Language interpreter, prer
MuScan.lha           dev/misc    93K+Print the MMU tree layout.
fda.lha              disk/cache 353K+Faster than PFS also installed V1.8
fda_DviPS.lha        disk/cache 207K+English documentation in DVI, PS & texin
fda_d_DviPS.lha      disk/cache 227K+German documentation in DVI, PS & texinf
fda_d_GuidHTML.lha   disk/cache 102K+German documentation in Guide & HTML
SCSIQuery.lha        disk/misc   19K+Prints internal infos of SCSI devices
elementarz2_0.lha    docs/hyper 289K+Guide about Amiga for new user`s (Polish
KC0.9.lha            game/role   88K+Create your hero for RPG Krysztaly Czasu
Turtleminator.lha    game/shoot 995K+V1.1  Cannon Fodder style game
wbperplexity13.lha   game/wb    247K+Version 1.3 really kewl update :)
Mpeg2ani14c.lha      gfx/conv   612K+Converts MPEG animations into ANIM files
Frogger.lha          gfx/show   334K+Ultimate MPEG video player (68k & PPC v1
MjK-dahappy.lha      mods/techn 220K+Big Beat Cheeze by Mijk 
MjK-fonKyy.lha       mods/techn 336K+Fonky Beat tune by Mijk 
Mjk-Knock.lha        mods/techn 2.0M+Swingin' BigBeat by Mijk 
Try_It.lha           mods/techn  90K+Techno Tune made by MadMan of FunDesign
Zop.jpg              pix/irc     89K+Rare pic of Zop (UDM) offline&outdoors
amigaadvert.lha      pix/misc    54K+Possible New Amiga Advert
amigaadvert1.lha     pix/misc    72K+(another) Possible New Amiga Advert
AP7Recto.jpg         pix/misc   448K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 7 Cover Recto
Dominos.lha          pix/mpg    2.2M+Animation (MPG) by MadMan
UsefulGlowIcon.lha   pix/nicon   34K+10 GlowIcons you REALLY need (OS 3.5)
sunset1.jpg          pix/views  213K Sunset at sea
sunset2.jpg          pix/views  148K Sunset at sea
sunset3.jpg          pix/views  147K+Sunset at sea (winter)
ElectraWBOpus.lha    pix/wb      59K+Snapshot of my Workbench + DirOpus 5.56 
CharMap.lha          text/font   62K+Display the whole charset of a given fon
2b_UGW.lha           text/misc    4K+AmigaGuide file unwrapper
Tab2Spc.lha          text/misc    7K+Converts tabulators into spaces.
MuFastChip.lha       util/boot   91K+Chip memory cache mode fine tuning tool
MuFastZero.lha       util/boot  105K+MuLib Zero Page remapper, FastExec/Prepa
MuLockLib.lha        util/boot   86K+Lock the mmu.library in memory on startu
MuOmniSCSIPatc.lha   util/boot   90K+Make the omniscsi.device MMULib aware
MuSetCacheMode.lha   util/boot   95K+MMU tree adjustment tool for experts
VersCheck.lha        util/cli   708K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
MMULib.lha           util/libs  588K+Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
FlipSide.lha         util/misc    6K+Middle mouse button screen flipper
InstallerTools.lha   util/misc   31K+37.2
nodelete.lha         util/misc   33K+Saves *ALL* deleted files, not only from
68040Lib.lha         util/sys   163K+A MuLib aware 68040.library
PoolMem.lha          util/sys    70K+Memory defragmentizer/AllocP superset
BenchTrash.lha       util/wb    190K+Global trashcan for WB, with ejection & 
DefIcons44.lha       util/wb     31K+DefIcons clone for os3.5 (44.2)
quotes.lha           util/wb      9K+Quotes - displays weird messages
(ps)

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01.Dec.1999
Ed Collins by e-mail


TWF News
_#TWF News.#_

#1. TWF Opinion Polls#
#2. Explorer 2260 Update.#
#3. Maim & Mangle Update.#
#4. Next News Update#

~~~~~~

#1. TWF Opinion Polls#

There has only been only poll held this month which asked the question:
"What is your favourite type of game ?".

This was split into 10 different game types with the top 2 choices being
RPGs and Space Sims with the votes of 37 and 33 respectively. Well no
surprise you're all wanting a good space sim. :)

A new poll will appear soon.


#2. Explorer 2260 Update.#

Here are a few of the things that have been done for Explorer 2260 in
November:

    - RedHat 6 (LinuxPPC 3Q99) has been installed and, while lots of setup
work
      still needs to be finished, work on the Linux server core routines is
      continuing.

    - More background documents for the CEG are being created.


#3. Maim & Mangle Update.#

Work is continuing on M&M and here is what has happened in November on
development.

    - (temporary) removed the obj's shadow due a few bugs.

    - Optimized the 3D math routines.

    - The collision routine now working perfectly (in the sense that it
      recognize a collision situation.)

    - Removed a lot of bugs.

    - The loading routines are now a little bit faster.

    - New Warp3D supporting Object Editor for 68k (PPC version coming soon).

    - Further M&M game design thrashed out.


#4. Next News Update#

31st December 1999 / 1st January 2000 (Wahey!!) Or maybe /slightly/ later in
the new year. :)

~~~~~

All the best,
Ed.
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 |  \ \\_/\_// __//   TWF Home : http://www.worldfoundry.com/
 |_ /__\____/_//      CEG Home : http://www.worldfoundry.com/ceg/
=================================================================
The World Foundry LLC - Amiga PPC - Explorer 2260 - Maim & Mangle
(ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet Uploads until November 29th, 1999
pio_icon.lha         biz/cloan   15K+Use PPaint as Icon-Editor with OS3.5 Sup
db3.6-beta-src.lha   biz/dbase  262K+V3.6 BETA - Multi purpose database. 15 l
db3.6-beta.lha       biz/dbase   50K+V3.6 BETA - Multi purpose database. 15 l
TBol080bDEMO.lha     biz/demo    61K+Material receipt program, (BOLLE MATERIA
TBol082bDEMO.lha     biz/demo    61K+Material receipt program, (BOLLE MATERIA
TCom200DEMO.lha      biz/demo    63K+An Amiga order program, (COMMESSE ITALIA
xtm-coloreggs.lha    biz/dkg     36K+Additional texture for Extreme
TAmillenium.lha      comm/bbs    52K+Millenium fixes for Transamiga BBS
FTransAPIv1.3.lha    comm/net   128K+Internet's Translator Client API v1.3
nc_update.lha        comm/news  115K+Newsreader Version 1.19 (MUI)
newscoaster.lha      comm/news  262K+Newsreader Version 1.19 (MUI)
SimpleFTP.lha        comm/tcp   125K+SimpleFTP v1.8 - Easy to use FTP client!
AWeb_UK_TV.lha       comm/www     3K+Loads the 4 main UK tv listings in Aweb
IBrowseSP.lha        comm/www    15K+IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v1.00
nah-worms.lha        demo/aga    65K+Satellite'99: Worms by Nah-Kolor (64kb)
PPC680x0V1.10.lha    dev/asm    122K+Use your PPC as the ultimate 68k!
SGMLS.lha            dev/lang   645K+SGMLS is THE SGML Parser!
advlite20b117.lha    dev/misc    81K+Powerfull AutodocViewer v2.0 beta v1.17!
FD2Pragma.lha        dev/misc   119K+V2.99 creates pragma, inline, ... files
FlexCat.lha          dev/misc   105K+2.4 - Flexible catalogs (C, Asm, Oberon,
FlexCat_0x0.lha      dev/misc    18K+2.4 - patch files for 020,040,060 binari
FlexCat_CatSrc.lha   dev/misc   120K+2.4 - #?.c(d|t) and #?.texinfo files
FlexCat_Demos.lha    dev/misc    36K+2.4 - Source examples (C/HSPascal/ARexx/
FlexCat_ExDocs.lha   dev/misc    52K+2.4 - Svenska, Spanish, Deutsch guides
FlexCat_Src.lha      dev/misc    31K+2.4 - portable FlexCat source files
MCC_Popph.lha        dev/mui     84K+V15.2 - Popup placeholder class (MUI)
MCC_Popph_Src.lha    dev/mui     33K+V15.2 - Popup placeholder class (MUI)
MCC_TipOfDay.lha     dev/mui     51K+V15.5 - 'Tip of the day' class (MUI)
MCC_TipOfDay_S.lha   dev/mui     47K+V15.5 - 'Tip of the day' class (SRC)
fbackng.lha          disk/bakup  85K+FBackNG - Daily backup/mirror/cleanup pr
formatsfs.lha        disk/misc   67K+A GUI For SFSFormat + extra Functions
PFS3ud.lha           disk/misc  112K+PFS3 undelete 
BD.lha               docs/hyper  51K+Bruce Dickinson Guide V1.2
BruceDickinson.lha   docs/hyper  51K+Bruce Dickinson Guide V1.2
Led_Zeppelin.lha     docs/hyper  67K+Led Zeppelin Guide V1.0
LZ.lha               docs/hyper  67K+Led Zeppelin Guide V1.0
ShopMailb01_12.lha   docs/lists  26K+German Shops & Mailbox guide 01.12.1999
AIOV30.lha           docs/mags  416K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 30 (Nove
Amiga4ever11.lha     docs/mags  1.6M+Freewaremag(GERMAN),November/Dezember`99
fc_aug99.txt         docs/misc   17K+FreeCell ML messages - August 1999
GlowMopoly.lha       game/data   48K+Gfx (Glowstyle) for HBMonopoly (german)
Muscarine.lha        game/role  1.7M+Pretty weird graphic adventure (V 2.0)
Boum.lha             game/wb     24K+Nice system & user-friendly minesweeper
PVS.lha              gfx/board   26K+Global Prefs editor for Picasso96
JPEG-Box.lha         gfx/conv   212K+JPEG generator for WWW graphics V4.21 (6
jpeg2ps.lha          gfx/conv    66K+JPEG to Postscript converter V1.8 (68k+P
PNG-Box.lha          gfx/conv   226K+PNG generator for WWW graphics V4.21 (68
AmiCAD_2.04.lha      gfx/edit   647K+Schematics vectorial electronics program
SvIVFix905.lha       gfx/misc    10K+*Fix* for SViewIV V9.05 (28.11.99)
akMPEG2.lha          gfx/show   186K+MPEG player for CyberGfx/AGA V3.05 (68k/
pcmser.lha           hard/drivr  13K+Freeware PCMCIA modem driver. V0.7
mccontrol.lha        hard/hack  212K+V1.34 PSX MemoryCard Reader
ASpV067.lha          misc/emu    35K+V067. ZX Spectrum 48K emulator.
ASpV067Upd.lha       misc/emu    15K+Spectrum 48K emu. Update V0.64->0.67
cp4.lha              misc/emu   597K+C= Plus4 Emulator - V0.73
cp4_update.lha       misc/emu   181K+C= Plus4 Emulator - V0.72 > V0.73
DarcNES.lha          misc/emu   224K+NES, SMS/GG, PCE emulator v991127a (9911
GBE.lha              misc/emu    84K+GameBoy/GameBoy Color emulator for WarpU
imdbDiff991119.lha   misc/imdb  2.2M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
SpaTra04.lha         misc/misc  112K+Spanish Translations Pack 04 v0.65
sbf_pili.lha         mods/misc   92K+Pianostyle - xm mod - sbf/phx (slarti)
Fear.mpg             mods/mpg   6.8M+Slow electro/trance track by Planet G 
FollowMe99.mpg       mods/mpg   4.5M+Hardtrance track by Planet G. Reedition 
NMS-Scrambled.lha    mods/pro   240K+Scrambled Eggs - By Nemesis/Zenon^Dynami
MjK-BlackAngel.lha   mods/techn 228K+Deep Beat tume by DJ Mijk 
MjK-ChemikazeR.lha   mods/techn 591K+DJ Mijk Remix of phia's Chemikaze 
MjK-Disengage.lha    mods/techn 163K+Kikkass trancetune from Dj Mijk 
MjK-fettolaine.lha   mods/techn 2.3M+Jumpy housetune by DJ Mijk 
MjK-Nazina.lha       mods/techn 945K+DJ Mijk presents A kikkin new tune. 
vdo_alte.lha         mods/techn 459K+The 38th voodoo release
vdo_olet.lha         mods/techn 575K+The 40th voodoo release
vdo_pend.lha         mods/techn 315K+The 39th voodoo release
vdo_shin.lha         mods/techn 160K+The 37th voodoo release
vdo_wave.lha         mods/techn 107K+The 41st voodoo release
psademo.lha          mus/edit   726K+The reference NLE/DSP system (demo)
Amoralplay1.4b.lha   mus/play   110K+-amorel- No fuss multiformat audio playe
BlurPlugin.lha       mus/play     5K+Graphical effect plugin for AmigaAMP
CoverPlugin.lha      mus/play     7K+Album cover display plugin for AmigaAMP
FlutterPlugin.lha    mus/play     6K+Graphical effect plugin for AmigaAMP
RainbowPlugin.lha    mus/play     6K+Graphical effect plugin for AmigaAMP
Bottlebrush.jpg      pix/misc   131K+Australian flower taken by Digital Camer
Neerv_MWB.lha        pix/mwb     14K+Neervoort s MWB Game - Icons !!!
BerlinM1999.jpg      pix/sport   58K+A picture from Berlin Marathon 1999
vocaboe.lha          text/edit   93K+English data set for Vocabo
csv2html.lha         text/misc   35K+Converts CSV files to HTML.
Man2RTFppc.lha       text/misc   23K+Converts from MAN to RTF (PPC)
pdflib.lha           text/misc  1.8M+Pdflib (libpdf) and tools V2.01 (68k+PPC
Spc2Tab.lha          text/misc   11K+Converts spaces into tabulators.
CheckX.lha           util/arc    30K+V1.65 Check for Archives/Packers/Viruses
csv2html.lha         util/cli    35K+Converts CSV files to HTML.
DayMove.lha          util/cli    10K+DayMove 1.25 - Move files (+/-)x days ol
iconcopy.lha         util/cli     5K+V1.5 of the shell command to copy icons
dirdiver.lha         util/dir    15K+Search for files (WarpUP).
muitoolkit.lha       util/libs   41K+V1.1 - The MUI Toolkit library (FREE)
AIBB_Mods.lha        util/moni    8K+AIBB modules for 68000 and 68010 CPUs
SIATP.lha            util/moni  109K+System Information And Test Program (SIA
FWCalendar.lha       util/rexx  145K+THE calendar creator for FW & Pagestream
SplitOSDocs.lha      util/rexx    3K+Splits OS3.5 HTML manuals into chapters
VersionWB.lha        util/sys    34K+V2.11 AmigaDos Version replacement.
CyberClock.lha       util/time   25K+Digital clock w/ changeable digits
mvtime.lha           util/time   79K+Simple timer with Arexx port
Safe.lha             util/virus  25K+Best new linkviruses detector v11.8
TUP1_4.lha           util/virus  66K+The Ultimate Protector 9x v1.4
vht-vg29.lha         util/virus  82K+VirusWarning.Guide v2.9 (VHT-DK)
dimixgadget.lha      util/wb     48K+New Gadget for use with VisualPrefs an O
ProcessIcon.lha      util/wb     18K+V1.18 CLI tool to manipulate icon data
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Olliweb


Olliweb News
Update Linux-m68k: Installation manual for Debian 2.1 and the Schatztruhe 5.1 CD with files for direct CD installation without disks! Updates at Download: lxdoom for LinuxPPC5. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
CyberGraphX


CGX V4 page updated
CGX V4 page updated. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
AudioLabs


ProStatioAudio version 2.50 released
Download page (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS


New information area at Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS
New information area at Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
AmigArt


Storm MP3 player for Amiga
The StormMP3 Player is an MP3 player for Amiga computers. It uses an advanced DSP and PIC microprocessor to decode MP3 audio files without loading the Amiga with the heavy mathematical calculations needed to listen to any of the many MP3 files available. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
AmigaCentral


Wipeout 2097 Troubleshooting
In this document, Sam Jordan summarizes possible problems with the installation, and gives the solutions. At AmigaExtreme you can read a review of the game. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
AmiDog


Emulation: new versions of DarcNES/Amiga and GBE released
Download DarcNEWS: dn991127a.lha
Download GBE Amiga-PPC (Gameboy emulator): GBE.lha (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
AmigaAMP


AmigaAMP News
The VisFS PlugIn version 1.3 can now also display waves. Download: VisFS13.lha. Besides, a hardware page has been created, where you can find information about audio hardware, and a description of the hopefully-to-come-soon parallel port MPEG player.
The FAQ-page has been updated, and there's the new AmigaBall skin on the skins page. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Fun Time World


FlexCat 2.4 released
The catalog software FlexCat has been released as version 2.4. The program is now fully portable. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
M. Schwarz in ANF


DirectDos homepage has moved
The DirectDos homepage has moved to Nightshift. If you have asked one of the following questions before, have a look at the downloadable demo:
  • I want to change the look of my Workbench?
  • however I don't want to redraw all my icons?
  • I want the functionality of a directory tool on my Workbench?
  • I don't want to endure months of configuring?
  • I want to know which file is of which type without being a fortuneteller?

We have just the thing for you!
DirectDos opens an unlimited number of windows on your Workbench which can be used as standard Workbench windows, but having numerous advantages:
  • improved intuitivity
  • improved file access
  • more comfortable
  • picture preview
  • animated icons
  • 24bit transfer animations
  • multitasking! on Workbench
  • transparent windows
  • user-defined types and actions
  • can be used on public screens
  • easy configuration preferencer
  • AGA & CGX
  • full user control
  • PowerUP support
  • 100% system compatibility

Aside from these features, there are many hidden ones like opaque resize, opaque move (AGA and CGX), themes, user icons, user buttons, program appicons, drag&drop, compatible to Workbench windows and Workbench functions, 30 predefined types, about 1200 in the XL version, 30 user types, information scrolling and some more. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Kai Hofmann by e-mail


SGMLS 1.1.92 parser on Aminet
A new version of the SGML parser SGMLS by James Clark, known from its Unix freeware origins, is available for Amiga on Aminet: dev/lang/SGMLS.lha. The porting has been done by Dipl.-Inform. Kai Hofmann, as usual. The current release has a reworked Installer script and a new support webpage at the title link. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Marko Seppänen by e-mail


New modules for Image Engineer
From under the piles of Image Engineer's source code material, originally based on works of Simon Edwards, we found some new modules. Here's one, a Text-module. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


TUP version 1.4 available
Today, The Ultimate Protector 9x v1.4 has been released. It is a virus protection program, which is running in the background and senses / notes all files being changed. In this version some bugs have been fixed, and new catalogs for Italian and Spanish users been added. Version 1.4 of TUP can be downloaded from the Airsoft Softwair homepage.
Download: TUP1_4.lha. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Falk Lüke per e-mail


Eternity News
Now available from Eternity:
Developer CD v2.1, a great collection of programs, tools and documents for OS3.5 has been released with the Developer CD v2.1. Besides the RKMs in HTML format it also contains a full version of StormC v3.0!
Digital Almanac II v1.7, who knows his way in space? This program knows 55,000 small planets, 40,000 galaxies, 1,000,000 stars and is able to excite the user with animations in IFF-Anim, Quicktime and MPEG format. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Håkan Parting by e-mail


VersionWB 2.11 available
The update contains some bugfixes, and now is AmigaOS 3.5 compatible.
Download: VersionWB2_11.lha (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Jan Andersen by e-mail


VirusWarning.guide version 2.9 available
Download: vht-vg29.lha - 84 Kb. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Steven Flowers by e-mail


Goal 2000 available
Alive has released the long-awaited soccer game "Goal 2000" on disks and CD. Next week, a new demo version and new screenshots will be available on the website. More information can be gathered from issue 8 of "The Pulse". Even before christmas, the following games are planned for release: Whales Voyage 2, Putty Squad, Fightin Spirit, Spherical Worlds, Black Viper and Whales Voyage. Moreover, 5000 copies of "The Pulse" are given away for free. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Michaela Prüß in ANF


Installer v3.1, v3.5, ...NG, New... (get a script first!)
Currently more and more news are read about different Installer programs. Not only OS3.5 has finally brought an update to the old C= Installer, "the others" are active, too.
But to be honest, it's not about looking better and having more features, but who is most compatible and handles script errors best.
It's because the scripts are the weak spot, not the Installer. Installer is much more capable than most people are aware of. Well, I am right now facing the task of writing such a script myself, and so I came up with the idea to create a library with functions. After some talks with several people, it changed into something completely different, an Installer Script Maker. Right now in beta demo v0.1 (0.2 in the pipe), it should quickly turn into an Installer make system. The whole thing is an Installer script itself. This means that someone wanting to write a script will simply have to start the Installer, edit the basic rules and wait. Of course some little C programs are running in the background to simplify things.

The complete system will be expandable on a modular layer, create scripts as uniform as possible (created from ready modules) which will be protected against errors as good as possible with growing usage and experience.

I hope this will finally bring us error tolerant installations handled in a uniform manner. Extras like backing up system files before overwrite, or ready translations of standard functions in as many languages as possible will be only a small step from there.

If you want to see how the first attempts looked like (no longer up-to-date), I posted the beta 0.1 on my homepage. The documentation is English for now, so a maximum number of people understand it.

I'd like to see this as basis for discussions of all interested. And now I have enough work putting the file lists in the interactive script... (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Hynek Schlawack in ANF


GoldED Service Pack 14 available
Dietmar Eilert now offers another update for his editor GoldED. This service pack cannot be downloaded from internet, but must be ordered from the author. More details (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Dennis "Hurrican" Pauler in ANF


Video from HEW '99
here is a little show walkabout as MPEG video, with music and comments. (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Thorsten Gehler in ANF


NOViA INS - new BBS system, v0.74 alpha
Novia is a new Open Source BBS program, integrating internet services like mail, NNTP, IRC, Instant Messaging into a BBS system. The basic system consists of BBS, file & board services, and the mailer daemon is already finished. To speed up project development I am looking for volunteers helping in finishing the system. Moreover I am planning to create a multiuser network file system with quotas.
Download: novia.lha (520 byte)
novia.readme (ps)

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29.Nov.1999
Halil Ibrahim Tasova in ANF


StrICQ version 0.1573 available
Download: STRICQ.lha (ps)

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26.Nov.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


NewInstaller v1.4 news
A big update for NewInstaller will be released soon. There are many new features and improvements. Many visual modifikations have been made, and NewInstaller now also supports themes, which should be interesting for many. NewInstaller v1.4 will possibly be released next week. (ps)

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26.Nov.1999
PC-Welt


PC-Welt: EU: Internet much too expensive
In the opinion of the EU commission, prices for Internet connections are much too expensive in Europe. Compared to the USA, national connections cost four, international connections sixteen times as much."
Full article (German) at the title link. (ps)

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26.Nov.1999
IT-Nachrichten


IT-Nachrichten: Cookies illegal?
"Cookies are a nuisance for many: Some regard them as "service", others think of them as 'espionage'. In the USA talks arise: Should Cookies be banned?"
Full article (German) at the title link. (ps)

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26.Nov.1999
CyberGraphX


Int2 Patch site for A3000T updated
The Int2 Patch site for A3000T has been updated. (ps)

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26.Nov.1999
Steffen Häuser by e-mail


Heretic II (beta) - test by Steffen Häuser
Steffen Häuser has tested Heretic II by Hyperion Software. Tested was a beta version of Heretic II, which e.g. revealed that the AMiga version is as fast as the PC version (even somewhat faster).

From:       Steffen Häuser SHaeuser@quark.de
To:         amiga-news.de  team@amiga-news.de
Subject:    H2 News
Date: Wed,  24 Nov 1999 14:02:10 +0100

Hi!

(Any replies please to MagicSN@Birdland.es.bawue.de)

I recently tested the latest Beta Version of Heretic II (i am Betatester)
concerning speed, and did a speedtest, where i compared the speed with the
speed on the PC of my
little brother of the PC Version of Heretic II. In both cases the SOFTWARE
RENDERER was used.

Hardware Data:

Amiga:

Cyberstorm PPC 604e 150 MHz (yes, only 150, i have a lowend 604e Board...)
Cybervision/PPC
OS: AmigaOS 3.0 (3.5 is ordered, but not yet arrived)+ WarpOS V4

PC:

Pentium II 300 MHz
Riva TNT (TNT 1) Based AGP-Bus Graphics Board
OS: Windows 95

Remember: All speed is done with SOFTWARE RENDERER, for both systems, for
fairness :)

The values (i tested at different places, but of course PC and Amiga version
were always tested at the same place):

Level                Amiga Speed (150 MHz)        PC Speed
(300 MHz)

dmandoria                 31 fps                 60 fps
oglemine1                 35 fps                 72 fps
oglemine1 different location with         24 fps
45 fps
lots of monsters visible
hive1 (lot of transparency FX)          9 fps                 27 fps
no typical situation for the game

And now some values in a higher resolution:

Startlevel in 400x300             24 fps                 41 fps
Startlevel in 640x480             10 fps                 19 fps

On an average i was usually (in 320x240) at:

                    25-30 fps                 around
50-70 fps

I estimate on a 233 MHz the average should be around 40-50 fps in typical
situations...

What do we learn of this ?

1. On an average the Amiga Version has the same speed like the PC version
   (at least if we had a PC with the same MHz-number, 31*2 = 62 fps
   for example, where the PC version had 60 fps, the Amiga Version 31 fps
   (first example)

2. Massive Transparency Effects are the death for every software-renderer,
   no matter if Amiga or PC. Luckily these effects are not displayed
   all the time. Situations like at the start of hive1 only happen in very
   few situations (hive1 is actually the slowest level in the whole game, it
   seems, at least at a certain position in the level)

3. The speed value of Heretic II is actually quite nice, even on a lowend
   PPC like mine, on a 233 MHz you will have values around 233/150 times
   as fast.

4. We can expect much more from 3D Hardware (Warp3D Support) (On PC there
   was a REALLY HUGE speedup for 3D Hardware, especially
   when Transparency was involved)

5. PCI/AGP did not give that much more speed than PowerUP-Bus/Zorro 3 (i did
   not do actual speedtests of Z3, but it is not
   that much slower than on Zorro 3. Also WB Window Mode is also not that
   much slower - though of course slower)

I was also told by Hyperion that they are currently making much progress for
the 68k version, and that it looks good that probably 060+software
renderer will be fast enough to get the game playable.

Steffen Haeuser
(ps)

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26.Nov.1999
Jörn Plewka by e-mail


Comeback of Melody-Z2
Jörn Plewka writes:
Since some users have contacted us on the HEW, wanting a real cheap soundcard, we contacted Gruner Bürotechnik with the following result:

A few remaining Melody-Z2 will be available before christmas. Since nobody will distribute these cards, I think I should tell the price we agreed upon on this occassion (74,50 Euro plus p&p).

Compared with Melody1200, the card is outdated and out of development. As should be known, however, it is not bad, and still supported by the latest Melody driver system. (ps)

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26.Nov.1999
David Stroud by e-mail


AmigActive . Mailinglist
The english print magazine has opened a mailinglist, you can subscribe at http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/amigactive-announce/.

The December issue AmigActive Nr. 3 is ready. At the menu point "issues" at the title link you can find what's in the issue, Have a look for yourself, you will want the issue :-). All issues can now be ordered individually, online and worldwide by credit card. (ps)

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25.Nov.1999
AWD [News]


Alive Mediasoft - new products and updates
Alive Mediasoft promises to finish the following games until christmas: Goal 2000, Whales Voyage 2, Whales Voyage and Putty Squad. (ps)

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25.Nov.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet Uploads until November 25th, 1999
PalmSyncGC.lha       comm/misc    8K+Gui4Cli interface to PalmTransfer
guardamy.lha         comm/www   217K+V1.01 Watch web pages for changes (BUGFI
MST-Megademo.lha     demo/aga   1.8M+Assembly '99: Megademo by Mystic
ABM13.lha            dev/asm      5K+Converts binaries into binary asm source
LittelComp.lha       dev/lang    18K+LITTEL language v0.13b MAJOR update!!
MCC_TipOfDay.lha     dev/mui     49K+V15.4 - 'Tip of the day' class (MUI)
MCC_TipOfDay_S.lha   dev/mui     47K+V15.4 - 'Tip of the day' class (SRC)
iron_maiden.lha      docs/hyper 136K+Iron Maiden Guide V2.7
GamesLists.lha       docs/rview  30K+37 (!!!) lists of Amiga games
GladDuel.lha         game/actio 103K+The ultimate killing game
SetupIOBlixUpd.lha   hard/drivr  45K+IOBlixZ2 and IOBlix1200 setup program bu
CSPPC233Fix.lha      hard/misc   13K+Workaround for CSPPC/233 hardware bug
rNO-L014.lha         mods/misc  482K+Rno-label release no.14 by xhale (tripho
RedRose.jpg          pix/misc    89K+A Red Rose      
JMG_Icons.lha        pix/nicon   83K+Icons package (GlowIcon format)
JPEG-DT.lha          util/dtype 279K+New Datatype for JPEG Images (43.1)
JPEG-DT35.lha        util/dtype 207K+New Datatype for JPEG Images (46.0)
PCD-DT.lha           util/dtype 132K+Datatype for Photo-CD Images (43.12)
PCD-DT35.lha         util/dtype  61K+Datatype for Photo-CD Images (44.0)
RGFX-DT.lha          util/dtype 116K+Datatype for IFF-RGFX-Format (43.12)
RGFX-DT35.lha        util/dtype  43K+Datatype for IFF-RGFX-Format (44.0)
zee_inilib.lha       util/libs  163K+V31.02 Library for ASCII-Prefs maintenan
XPKPatch16.lha       util/pack   19K+Upacks XPK and PP files "on the fly".
quotes.lha           util/wb      9K+Quotes - displays weird messages
(ps)

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24.Nov.1999
Soundprobe


Soundprobe: Good news, bad news
Bad news first: There won't be an update for version 2.2. :(
Good news: There will be a version V3. :)
After the PC version of Soundprobe was finished, there were talks with HiSOFT about the Amiga version. Result is that the author is allowed to work on the Amiga version of Soundprobe in December and January. The new version will therefore be available in February 2000, and like the PC version require a keyfile. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
NordicGlobal


New FAQ about AmigaOS and DSL/cable service
New FAQ about AmigaOS and DSL/cable service. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
CyberGraphX


CGX V4 driver for Atéo Pixel 64
The CGX V4 driver for the Atéo gfx card Pixel64 is available. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
AmigActive


AmigActive accepts credit card payment
The English print magazine AmigActive now also accepts credit card payment. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
Epic Marketing


New CD "eXtra Life: The Best of Games"
Epic Marketing now released the CD "eXtra Life: The Best of Games". The CD contains the 200 best PD and Shareware games released for Amiga. Special about "eXtra Life" is that all games have been brought up-to-date so they run on 040 or 060 Amigas. Some games can even be played with B- or CVision gfx cards. Games are sorted in categories:
  • Adventure: e.g. Black Dawn, MadHouse, Legend of Elves, Sheperd
  • Arcade: e.g. Blitz Bombers, Sneech, Deconstruction, Blob Kombat
  • Classic: e.g. Deluxe Galaga, Deluxe Pacman, Zaxxon, Popeye, Donky Kong
  • Platform: e.g. Diamond Caves, FaYoh, Santa&Rudolph, Wizzys Quest
  • Puzzle: e.g. UChess, Powerball, Tetriz, Dr.Mario, HiltTiles2SE
  • Racing: e.g. Aerial Racers, Screech AGA, Monaco, DreamCars
  • Shoot em ups: e.g. Alien Bash2, Zombie Apocalypse, MegaTyphoon, Scorched Tanks
  • Workbench: u.a. ASobokan, WBomber, InvaderZ, 4inaRow

All games can be started directly from CD, and are also included as archive. The CD can be ordered directly from Epic Marketing, or the usual retailers. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
Jörn Plewka by e-mail


24bit sound in a few weeks
Finally, dynamics of up to 144 db reach the Amiga! Due to lack of interest, the MEDIO card existed only in the drawer so far. Now, since the HEW '99, there are enough pre-orders to bring the card to production. The planned price range can drop significantly if more pre-orders are collected. sales@katodev.de The hardware support is already implemented transparently in the Melody driver system.

MEDIO is an expansion for Melody1200 offering digital, lossless line-in and line-out. To make clear how it works, the concept of Melody1200 has to be made clear first, since such an high-end design is unknown otherwise on the Amiga. Melody1200 consists of two cards called the analogous and digital part. Between these cards, a digital bus system is implemented by a flat cable (AD/DA conversion is done on the analogous part). To this bus system, e.g. Medio can be added with an optional plug (optionally more than one). Melody1200xxx works with 8, 16 and 20 bit, digitally with 8, 16 and 24 bit. For faster operation, we recommend using Unity in Zorro systems.

A complete description of the hardware functios (routing without CPU, affecting Copybit, A-LAN etc.) would be too big here. Please visit our website. Even those can only cover parts. The colored PDF flyer etc. for retailers can, as always, be found at Docs. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
Danny Ramsey in REBOL ml


REBOL - new user guide
REBOL has released the beta version of the new user guide.

This is a preliminary version intended to collect comments, suggestions and corrections. Feedback can be send to REBOL Documentation Team at docs@rebol.com. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
REBOL by e-mail


REBOL module for Apache
REBOL announced the pre-beta release of a REBOL module for the Unix version of the Apache web-server.

REBOL is looking for people interested in testing the module and giving feedback about reliability, stability and features of the module to the REBOL Apache Development Team.

The pre-beta will only be available for some Unix Apache versions ranging from 1.3.4 up to the latest 1.3.9. Additionally, httpd must be compiled as Dynamic Shared Object (mod_so). If this is not the case, Apache can be compiled individually this way with little effort.

Those interested in testing the pre-beta can contact apachedev@rebol.com. Please make sure to state the Unix system used. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
Amiga.org


Satanic Dreams Software continues ScalOS development
Satanic Dreams Software (SDS) has taken over further development of the Workbench replacement ScalOS from Alien Design. (ps)

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24.Nov.1999
Jens Schönfeld by e-mail


Individual Computers giving away a X-Surf network card on amiga-news.de
The price question is rather simple:
On which day will the card be available? Call your favourite retailer and ask for the release date. Giving the week is sufficient, exact date won't improve your chances. Send the date by e-mail to:

X-Surf@nostlgic.oche.de

...and include the name of your favourite retailer. Don't choose a retailer at random, but your favourite one. One who won your sympathy with his nice shop, or impressed you with good service in the past.

Among all submissions, Individual Computers will choose the winner at random. The price is a X-Surf networking card for Amigas with Zorro slots. At first there's only a Sana-II driver available, the NetBSD and Miami-MNI drivers will follow by end of the year. Delivery of the automatic Samba installation is scheduled for January.

This special is continuing until end of November. On December 1st, the winner will be determined by Individual Computers, and announced on this board on December 2nd. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
AWD [News]


Centsible Software bought out Paxtron Inc.
The company Centsible Software has bought out Paxtron Inc. Paxtron still had over 300 mainboards for A600, A500, A3K, A2K and some A4K in stock, among others. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
Jens Schönfeld by e-mail


Catwasel: new multidisk.device
The new multidisk.device v3.46 for Catweasel released. Download: mdisk346.lha. Changes from v3.42:
  • Errors while formatting Amiga DD/HD disks - fixed
  • Crashed with Buddha Flash - fixed
  • detection of Catweasel Z-II S-class

Included in the archive: A tool for reading and writing disk images. With it, you can create #?.adf images for Amiga emulators, or #?.d64 images from C64 disks, without having to mount CDM0:. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
Aminet [recent]


Aminet Uploads until November 23rd, 1999 - Part 2
AndSoOn.lha          mods/funk  331K+Groovy Funk by R.KAPP
CoolStuff.lha        mods/funk  353K+Jazz-Funk by R.KAPP
SoftClouds.lha       mods/funk  428K+Groove-Jazz by R.KAPP
Tech5.lha            mods/funk  154K+Interpretation of Take5
ForFUN.lha           mods/hardc  86K+Hardcore Tune made by MadMan
Werkstatt.lha        mods/hardc  68K+Hardcore Tune made by MadMan of FunDesig
blackice.lha         mods/med   268K+"Black Ice" - OSS module by Riley
Millenniummix.lha    mods/med   2.6M+Med by danny hermans from dance-experien
Lippen.lha           mods/misc  1.5M+The first natural techno!!!
lostrespect.lha      mods/misc  367K+DBM Tribal Trance by Mr.Lou / Dewfall Pr
rNO-L013.lha         mods/misc  928K+Rno-label release no.13 by zubspace (eas
re-breathless.mpg    mods/mpg   935K+The_factory: breathless (acid-trance)
re-difromabove.mpg   mods/mpg   941K+The_factory: down in from above (trance)
re-farewell.mpg      mods/mpg   929K+The_factory: farewell (electro-instr.)
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re-itheominous.mpg   mods/mpg   918K+The_factory: into the ominous (ambient)
re-mhsaturday.mpg    mods/mpg   953K+The_factory: met her on a saturday (amb.
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Activity.lha         mods/techn 330K+Techno Tune made by MadMan of FunDesign
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af-petroit.lha       mods/techn 263K+DBM 8ch ->Acid Frog<- detroit-min 146bpm
af-warrior.lha       mods/techn 1.1M+DBM 6ch ->Acid Frog<- acid 148bpm
GetTheAss.lha        mods/techn  37K+Techno Tune made by MadMan of FunDesign
ItsMagic.lha         mods/techn  74K+Techno Tune made by MadMan of FunDesign
Mental.lha           mods/techn 150K+Techno Tune made by MadMan of FunDesign
MS-DASY.lha          mods/techn 177K+Das System
ph-phma.lha          mods/techn 310K+Phoenix Machine, by Faces of Mars
ph-toea.lha          mods/techn  95K+Touching Earth, by Faces of Mars
Werner.lha           mods/techn 604K+Techno Tune made by MadMan of FunDesign
AmbientTrance.lha    mods/tranc 241K+Trance Tune made by MadMan of FunDesign
DerTraum.lha         mods/tranc 118K+Trance Tune made by MadMan of FunDesign
Figaro.lha           mods/voice 239K+Wiener Lied by R.KAPP
MelodyRecGUI.lha     mus/edit    70K+GUI for MelodyRecord by Medi & Ramboy
mpdecode.lha         mus/edit    16K+MP3 to AIFF decoder (multiple files)
mtrs_v2_demo.lha     mus/edit    88K+8-TRACK (and more) HardDiskRecorder MTRS
GMP-G.lha            mus/midi   121K+GUI for GMPlay V1.3(a)
Med2Xm-GUI.lha       mus/misc   116K+GUI for Fileformatconverter Med2Xm
samplecruncher.lha   mus/misc    21K+Samplescruncher - Sample distortion usin
TheMPegEncGui.lha    mus/misc    74K+GUI 4 Ncode,Lame,Pegase,BladeEnc,MusicIn
AmigaAMP.lha         mus/play   421K+MPEG audio player with GUI (68k/PPC)
Amoralplay1.4b.lha   mus/play   107K+-amorel- No fuss multiformat audio playe
PlayGUI.lha          mus/play   196K+Finally!Modplayer with AmigaAmpSkins!
Prayer2.lha          mus/play   347K+MPEG audio player with fancy GUI and mor
9erPool.lha          pix/3dani  1.2M+Animation (FLC) of a Poolshot by MadMan
TopFun.lha           pix/anim   914K+1200 FPS Anims on 030??  AGA/ECS by Olly
lch-wannabe.lha      pix/art     95K+"wannabe a fish" pixelled picture
Lnk-RisikoPls2.lha   pix/art     11K+Another Risiko plus pixelled logo
shakrspics.lha       pix/art     97K+Titelpics of the game "SHARKS!" 
sharkspics.lha       pix/art     97K+Titelpicture of the game SHARKS!
Napoli_Wb.lha        pix/back    70K+Napoli Soccer Team WB Background
AF-OS35-Icons1.lha   pix/icon    27K+6 Nice GlowIcons for OS3.5
DracoPointer.lha     pix/icon     0K+Nice looking mouse pointer
JaZip.lha            pix/icon     7K+OS 3.5 disk icons for iomega jaz and zip
MiYAMiIcons3.5.lha   pix/icon     7K+Miami and Yam icons for OS 3.5
3D_Pics_III.lha      pix/misc   500K+3D pictures for red/green-glasses
YAMmsg-w4p2.jpg      pix/misc    89K+A Red Rose      
Balls.mpg            pix/mpg    360K+Animation (MPG) of our logo by MadMan
glowcd_bugfix.lha    pix/nicon  556K+Bugfix for the Cologne'99 GlowIcons CD-R
JUE-Icons.lha        pix/nicon  284K+My first GlowIcon-Archiv (not complete!)
Achterbahn.jpg       pix/trace  193K+Picture of an Animation made with Cinema
balloon.lha          pix/trace  116K+This is the Amiga Future?!
BillardAnim          pix/trace  457K+Picture of an Animation made by MadMan o
castle.jpg           pix/trace  323K+Castlevania, castle created with Maxon
DominosAnim.jpg      pix/trace  425K+Picture of an Animation made by MadMan o
Iceland3.jpg         pix/views  171K+Almost devoured by lava
Iceland4.jpg         pix/views  152K+A glacier (Thorsmork, Iceland)
Iceland5.jpg         pix/views  130K+Thingvellir, Icelandic National Park
Iceland6.jpg         pix/views  128K+Thingvellir, Icelandic National Park
Iceland7.jpg         pix/views  102K+Gullfoss, Iceland
Iceland8.jpg         pix/views  224K+Part of the Esja mountain complex, Icela
XenoMorph_WB01.jpg   pix/wb     134K+XenoMorph' s WB 1280 x 1024 16 Bit
XenoMorph_WB02.jpg   pix/wb     264K+XenoMorph' s WB 1280 x 1024 16 Bit
envSOF20.lha         text/edit  139K+Eiffel/Sofa Add-On for GoldEd Studio 6
GedEiffel.lha        text/edit   36K+SmallEiffel mode for GoldEd 4
greeklish2gree.lha   text/misc   50K+Converts a greeklish (greek with latin c
Man2RTF.lha          text/misc   13K+Converts from MAN to RTF
WoWrGUI.lha          text/misc   54K+GUI for WordWrap_2.3
A-Printers1_1.lha    text/print  45K+List of printers working with Amigas
Cassette_HU.lha      text/print   3K+Hungarian (magyar) catalog for Cassette 
Printout.lha         text/print  56K+Print Zweckform Labels NO. 4738/4739
TapeCover_HU.lha     text/print   2K+Hungarian (magyar) catalog for TapeCover
Burngui_HU.lha       util/arc     3K+Hungarian (magyar) catalog for BurnGUI
LzxRepacker.lha      util/arc     9K+Repack LHA/ARJ/ZIP/RAR/... to LZX.
UnRAR250-060.lha     util/arc    31K+UnRAR 2.50 (68060 executable only)
UnRAR250.lha         util/arc   120K+UnRAR 2.50
CGXBlanker.lha       util/blank 181K+CyberGfx-ScreenBlanker with DPMS-support
MuFastChip.lha       util/boot   89K+Chip memory cache mode fine tuning tool
MuFastROM.lha        util/boot   90K+MuLib conformal ROM to RAM remapper
MuFastZero.lha       util/boot  103K+MuLib Zero Page remapper, FastExec/Prepa
MuLockLib.lha        util/boot   84K+Lock the mmu.library in memory on startu
MuOmniSCSIPatc.lha   util/boot   88K+Make the omniscsi.device MMULib aware
MuSetCacheMode.lha   util/boot   93K+MMU tree adjustment tool for experts
ASCIITable.lha       util/cdity  18K+Gives codes of all Amiga character set
ASCIITable2_00.lha   util/cdity  18K+Gives codes of all Amiga character set
GetSize_dt.lha       util/cdity  13K+German catalog for GetSize v1.0
ScreenTab_Ext.lha    util/cdity  50K+Free PlugIns for ScreenTab
ST_ExtItal.lha       util/cdity   2K+Italian Catalog for ScreenTab_Ext   
Jumpgate.lha         util/cli     4K+V1.0 - Patch programs for speed - Olly
MirrorCopy.lha       util/cli    21K+Create/maintain exact copy of dir (V1.5)
OpenDrawer.lha       util/cli     4K+CLI-Command to open a Drawer
r.lha                util/cli    43K+V1.50 Just in time GUIs for every DOS co
VersCheck.lha        util/cli   646K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
VersCheckGUI.lha     util/cli   167K+A simple GUI for VersCheck (incl. source
easyconvert.lha      util/conv   14K+Easy Convert - converts miles - km, etc.
AmyTree23b.lha       util/dir   281K+Graphics Tree Browser Free!
FM30B23_HU.lha       util/dir     6K+Hungarian locale for FileMaster 3.0 2.3
ilbmdt44.lha         util/dtype   8K+Improved ilbmdt (44.20)
sdiREKO-DT.lha       util/dtype   9K+40.7 datatype for .REKO/.RKP cardsets
DisLib.lha           util/libs   24K+A library based MC68K disassembler
f1gplib_usr.lha      util/libs   12K+F1gp.library 36.10 - support lib for F1G
MMULib.lha           util/libs  582K+Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
MMU_Update.lha       util/libs  179K+Update the MuLib 40.5x -> 40.60
WBStartEmu.lha       util/libs    5K+Os3.5 version of wbstart.library
cycledbase.lha       util/misc   19K+Cycle trip database inc. search function
Miggy1ENG001.lha     util/misc   10K+Better artificial intelligence - Olly
Passy.lha            util/misc   88K+Nice and simple Password Protection 
PW_RecentHU.lha      util/misc    3K+Hungarian catalog for Power Recent 4.00
VisualGuide.lha      util/misc   21K+Make filelist in AmigaGuide format.
ShowMem.lha          util/moni   13K+Shows memory fragmentation via gfx
XPKatana.lha         util/pack  104K+XPK (un)packer with complete GUI, ARexx 
cliped112a.lha       util/rexx    5K+Edit Arexx internal cliplist from GUI
RexxMathLib.lha      util/rexx   21K+Faster & shorter math support for ARexx.
ShellScr.lha         util/shell 120K+Devote a whole screen to your shell
68040Lib.lha         util/sys   118K+A MuLib aware 68040.library
PoolMem.lha          util/sys    71K+Memory defragmentizer/AllocP superset
RAWBInfo.lha         util/sys    18K+ReAction based icon information (1.5)
bitime.lha           util/time   13K+V1.76;Swatch Beat,auto DST,alarms,clock,
DRemind.lha          util/time   94K+Reminds you whenever you want.. v1.51!
DRemind_HU.lha       util/time    7K+Hungarian (magyar) catalog for DRemind 1
Safe.lha             util/virus  25K+Best new linkviruses detector v11.7
VirusZ.lha           util/virus 191K+VirusZ II 1.45 & VirusZ III 0.93a 
DefIcons44.lha       util/wb     12K+DefIcons clone for os3.5 (44.1)
OpenDrawers.lha      util/wb      3K+Opens drawers on wbstartup for you (1.0)
outlinefont12.lha    util/wb      5K+Draws outline/shadow on WB icon text
ProcessIcon.lha      util/wb     18K+V1.16 CLI tool to manipulate icon data
Scalos-ECM.lha       util/wb     15K+Scalos 'Execute Command' Replacement
TweakWB12.lha        util/wb     71K+Great WB 3.5 commodity, deficons, MWB ic
wbthemes.lha         util/wb    370K+Theme for Workbench, like Dopus
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Aminet [recent]


Aminet Uploads until November 23rd, 1999 - Part 1
With 77 kB it's a rather long list today, since I haven't been asking for new uploads for some time. I will post new uploads on a more regular basis from now on. (ps)

Football.lha         biz/dbase  370K+*NEW* Version 2.5.1 - Setup your own lea
QuickFile_3.23.lha   biz/dbase  307K+Powerful, fast and easy database.
StarBase_xxx.lha     biz/dbase  180K+Star Trek Episodes Database 3.1b/1.3b
TCom156bDEMO.lha     biz/demo    63K+An Amiga order program, (COMMESSE ITALIA
Dkg-Prices.lha       biz/dkg      1K+Pricelist for Amiga products at DarkAge 
WinOnWB.lha          biz/dopus    3K+Open WB windows from Dopus
MajorBank_Key.lha    biz/misc     1K+Free Keyfile for MajorBank 
PFS3_5153.lha        biz/patch  187K+Upgrade patches for PFS3 V5.1 to PFS3 V5
DC-X107i.lha         comm/bbs   866K+System-X 1.07 (eSSeXX) Bulletin Board Sy
DC-X107u.lha         comm/bbs   165K+System-X 1.07 (eSSeXX) Bulletin Board Sy
hardchecker.lha      comm/bbs    20K+V1.8.2beta update - Uploadchecker for PM
AminetFileReq.lha    comm/mail   52K+Download/Request Aminet recent files (MU
AHP22-deutsch.lha    comm/misc    1K+AHP v2.2 (HP48) - German catalog file
AHP22_deutsch.lha    comm/misc    1K+AHP v2.2 (HP48) - German catalog file
AmiComESP.lha        comm/misc   25K+Spanish Manual for Amicom (Packet Radio 
amigancp.lha         comm/misc  279K+Link Amiga to Psion S3/S5 palmtops
GMPBillITA.lha       comm/misc    2K+*NEW* Telecom Italia rates for PhoneBill
Kpc3TNC_Utils.lha    comm/misc    8K+Exit from HOST & KISS mode form KPC3 Tnc
MCallSign.lha        comm/misc   92K+HAM CallSign description searcher (v1.10
SMSSuite.lha         comm/misc   99K+GSM SMS Messaging Suite
VB_Updater.lha       comm/misc   52K+Software for Lemon's DVB Volksbox. V0.9
xemviewdata.lha      comm/misc   12K+External Viewdata emulation library
amtelnet.lha         comm/tcp   299K+GUI telnet client
netinfo.lha          comm/tcp   219K+GUI Traceroute/Network Info Viewer
GMsuite.lha          comm/thor   33K+Some really usefull scripts for Thor, v5
guardamy.lha         comm/www   213K+V1.0 Watch web pages (files) for changes
ImageMap.lha         comm/www    91K+Easy HTML ImageMap creation v1.1 FREE
Lynx283dev15.lha     comm/www   935K+Powerful WWW Navigator
Upd8.lha             comm/www    16K+Reports updated webpages. v.1.2
FLP-Datablade.lha    demo/aga   3.6M+"datablade" by madwizards & floppy at xe
hla-salvation.lha    demo/aga   168K+Salvation (PPC dentro) by Horizontal Lam
ind-kind.lha         demo/aga   250K+Contribution dentro for Spoletium2
iq2k-str8.lha        demo/aga   123K+The latest demo from iq2000
MWI-Mute12.lha       demo/aga   6.1M+"Mute12" by Madwizards - 1st at Satellit
SCX.IfN.101.lha      demo/aga   851K+Infestation 0101/SCOOPEX - SPOLETIUM'99 
wpz-frozen23.lha     demo/aga   737K+Frozen#23 - Satellite Party Edition
MWI-SDV22.lha        demo/mag   1.3M+SAVE DA VINYL #22 - packmag by Madwizard
SceneArchives.lha    demo/mag   1.2M+SASU v1.06: Ultimate Demo CDs. - 9 CD's 
MWI-Photocell.lha    demo/slide 3.7M+"Photocell 1x1" slideshow by Anadune & M
7-Pin.lha            dev/amos    18K+10 Pin Bowling Spinoff
measureconwos.lha    dev/c       10K+Example for measuring WOS context-switch
PMM.lha              dev/c      1.3M+Project-Make-Manager (PMM) for vbcc
MuForce.lha          dev/debug  247K+The V40 Enforcer, detects illegal RAM ac
MuGuardianAnge.lha   dev/debug  319K+MungWall superset, detect accesses to no
2b_CreativE.lha      dev/e       78K+AmigaE compiler
powerd.lha           dev/e      238K+New programming language based on E
LittelComp.lha       dev/lang    13K+Compiler and docs 4 LITTEL language v1.1
advlite20b115.lha    dev/misc    74K+Powerfull AutodocViewer v2.0 beta v1.15!
ClipChars.lha        dev/misc     8K+Programmer's character insertion tool Cl
f1gplib_dev.lha      dev/misc    38K+F1gp.library 36.10 - support lib for F1G
MuLink.lha           dev/misc    94K+Memory protect selected hunks of binarie
MuScan.lha           dev/misc    91K+Print the MMU tree layout.
HunkFunc.lha         dev/moni    15K+V1.10 display executable file structure
MCC-Install.lha      dev/mui     92K+Universal MUI custom class installer scr
MCC_TipOfDay.lha     dev/mui     45K+V15.2 - "Tip of the day" class (MUI)
EuchreSRC.lha        dev/src    191K+Euchre! source code for the card game
SortCopy.lha         disk/bakup  19K+Tiny directory/link/backup/copy program
CDCAminet_1-33.lha   disk/cdrom 1.8M+CDCat Index Of AmiNet 01-33
ReadRDB.lha          disk/misc   39K+Backup and restore RDBs. V0.7
a3-announce.lha      docs/anno   13K+Astrosyn`2000 c-party announce file v1,0
Atari-Glossary.lha   docs/etext  41K+Glossary of Atari computers(ITALIAN)
AmigaInfo.lha        docs/hyper 189K+ITALIAN ONLY Amiga Mags Novembre 1999
aMiGaPoWeR.lha       docs/hyper  68K+AMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine
BUFF_Gde.lha         docs/hyper 118K+Buffy Vampire Slayer Episode AGuide (63)
SolarHTML.lha        docs/hyper 156K+V2.12 of my Solar HTML Cosmic Database
XFLS_Gde.lha         docs/hyper 231K+The X-Files Episode AGuide (139)
AminetNoCD.txt       docs/lists  18K+Files omitted from Aminet CDs
amiuserlist.lha      docs/lists  45K+AmigaUserList V7.41 of Germany, Switzerl
Amiga4ever10.lha     docs/mags  1.5M+Freeware mag (GERMAN)
Amiga4ever7.lha      docs/mags  782K+Freewaremag (GERMAN)
Amiga4ever9.lha      docs/mags  862K+Freewaremag (GERMAN)
Amiga4everX2.lha     docs/mags  771K+Freewaremag (GERMAN)
astorm10.lha         docs/mags  472K+Croatian AMIGA Magazine
astorm10_pics.lha    docs/mags  391K+Pictures for Amiga STORM 10
3DWorldArc1099.lha   docs/misc   99K+Archive of the 3D World ML for 10/99
F1Champ.lha          docs/misc   54K+Statistics of Formula One '50-'99
Sorry.lha            game/board  30K+PD Clone of the board game "Sorry!"
Buzzy-data.lha       game/data  174K+Arcade Game writed in AmosPro
SSamples.lha         game/data  310K+Sample set for ScorchedTanks
batbasesdemo1.lha    game/demo  834K+A Quake1 Team Fortress demo
DDE_CnHSdemo.lha     game/demo  2.1M+DDE's - Code name Hell Squad - DEMO
Calippo.lha          game/jump  435K+CalippoFresser by Langnese !
Sony.lha             game/jump  493K+The Sony Game !
playpac.lha          game/misc  403K+Pacman with random maze
WormWars.lha         game/misc  626K+WormWars 5.1: Advanced snake game
VGP-AF1upgrII.lha    game/patch 641K+1999 car objects and setups for VirtualG
WHDABurner88.lha     game/patch  28K+HD Installer for After Burner '88
WHDABurner89.lha     game/patch  26K+HD Installer for After Burner '89 V1.2
WHDWizNLiz.lha       game/patch  22K+HD Installer for WizNLiz
Marryampic.lha       game/think 107K+A CardSet game to find sound-pairs
Puzzo_Mania.lha      game/think 5.8M+Puzzles
vbfrtg_demo.lha      game/think 3.4M+Virtual Ball Fighters RTG Demo Version
VChess4.1_Fr.lha     game/think  17K+VChess french catalog (Stefan Salewski)
F5-MS_Monzoom.lha    gfx/3dobj   82K+F5 fighter object for Monzoom
CleanRun.lha         gfx/board    8K+Cleans up bvppc screen when AGA screen o
cybershow93b.lha     gfx/board  137K+SlideShow&Viewer(incl.PCD)for CybGfx&AGA
Picasso96.lha        gfx/board  582K+Picasso96 system for Amiga graphics boar
MetaView.lha         gfx/conv   485K+The best vector(AMF,CGM,CLP,DR2D,DSDR,DX
set2anim.lha         gfx/conv    39K+MovieSetter -> ANIM+audio converter
PicScale.lha         gfx/edit    66K+Scale Pics in a window
NewFraktal.lha       gfx/fract   16K+V1.0 of a fraktal-generator
photoalbum64.lha     gfx/misc   228K+Picture management (incl.PCD) for AGA&Cy
SvIV-1.lha           gfx/misc   312K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 1/8
SvIV-2.lha           gfx/misc   214K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 2/8
SvIV-3a.lha          gfx/misc   136K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 3a/8
SvIV-3b.lha          gfx/misc   219K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 3b/8
SvIV-4.lha           gfx/misc    41K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 4/8
SvIV-5.lha           gfx/misc    60K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 5/8
SvIV-6.lha           gfx/misc    62K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 6/8 (opt
SvIV-7.lha           gfx/misc   116K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 7/8 (opt
SvIV-8.lha           gfx/misc   223K+SViewIV V9.03 (19.11.99) - Part 8/8 (opt
akMPEG2.lha          gfx/show   183K+MPEG player for CyberGfx/AGA V3.03 (68k/
AMP.lha              gfx/show   225K+MPEG1/2, FLI/FLC, AVI, QT player for War
Frogger.lha          gfx/show   341K+Ultimate MPEG video player (68k & PPC v1
sJFIF172.lha         gfx/show    13K+JFIF viewer for AGA AmigOS
SoftCinema.lha       gfx/show   280K+Ultimate Movie Player (PPC) V0.7
yav170.lha           gfx/show   396K+NEW PowerPC support. Shows bitmap pictur
IOBlixUsr37_11.lha   hard/drivr 282K+V37.11, IOBlixZ2 and IOBlix1200 software
Spitfire.lha         hard/drivr 417K+A Palm Desktop for the Amiga!
mccontrol.lha        hard/hack  206K+V1.33 PSX MemoryCard Reader
TestCard.lha         hard/hack  168K+Testcard generator for PAL/NTSC systems.
Mac_nullmod.lha      hard/misc    8K+Null-modem cable for Amiga and Macintosh
GeoWorld-Upd10.lha   misc/edu    69K+GeoWorld-Update10 (11/17/99) - new flags
anescgfx.lha         misc/emu    84K+A/NES CGFX v1.15 - Nintendo emulator
cp4_update.lha       misc/emu   201K+C= Plus4 Emulator - V0.68 -> V0.72
DarcNES.lha          misc/emu   223K+NES, SMS/GG, PCE emulator v991120a (9911
GBE.lha              misc/emu    76K+GameBoy/GameBoy Color emulator for WarpU
mameppc36b8.lha      misc/emu   4.2M+Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 0.36.8 
imdbDiff991105.lha   misc/imdb  1.7M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
ELFCv1.lha           misc/misc   82K+English League Football Compiler v1.02b
lotolib.lha          misc/misc   21K+Lotolib for LOTO v2.3+ (1976 au 20-nov.-
Miggy1ENG001.lha     misc/misc   10K+Better artificial intelligence - Olly
DAlmanac_Exe.lha     misc/sci   1.0M+Next Generation Planetarium (1.7.2)
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Andreas R. Kleinert


New ak-Datatype versions
akJFIF-dt.lha - V44.50 (22.11.99) - (68k+PPC/WOS)
akNAIL-dt.lha - V44.7 (22.11.99) - (68k)
akPNG-dt.lha - V44.50 (22.11.99) - (68k+PPC/WOS)
akTIFF-dt.lha - V44.50 (22.11.99) - (68k+PPC/WOS)
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23.Nov.1999
AWD [News]


CUCUG Status Register
CUCUG Status Register for November 1999. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
Epic Marketing


Simon the Sorcerer 2 ported to Amiga
Epic Marketing was collecting signatures on the Cologne show to judge interest in a port of Simon the Sorcerer. Since sufficient numbers of signatures have been collected, it was announced yesterday that the port will be done.
I am looking forward forward for this game, finally a new, really nice, comfortable adventure for the Amiga. (ps) (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
Amiga.org


Doubling speed with A3640 processor?
With a question on a mailinglist, Amiga.org reader Daryl Holley brough attention to the website available from the title link, which offers the "QuadDoubler". Originally, this doubler was developed for the Macintosh Quadra series, but is said to work with Motorola 100/50 MHz 68040 CPUs, too. Several users have confirmed this to work with the Amiga. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
GREED


PFS 3.3 Upgrade Version 3.5153 available
Download: PFS3_5153.lha - 187 kB and PFS3_5153.readme for upgrade patches PFS3 to PFS3.3. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
Foundation


Foundation Update 1.26 available
As reported before, Foundation is now available in two different versions. "Foundation" and "Foundation Director's Cut", short FoundationDC, which is distributed by Epic Marketing. FoundationDC is for all purposes a re-edited issue of Foundation, which you only have to buy if you don't already own Foundation.

Since FoundationDC has a different file layout, it has been hard for the Author Paul Burkey to create an update which is compatible to both versions. A first beta version of the update 1.26 is now available from the website. By end of the week, another update will be available. Download:
Foundation26Beta.lzx. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
GoldED


GoldED X-Mas Special
Twice a year, visitors of the GoldED website can order GoldED Studio 6 for half the price. This special starts Friday, November 26th, 1999 and lasts three days. To participate, you have to order a ticket. The number of tickets is limited, they are given out first-ordered, first-served. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
CyberGraphX News


Rave3D pages updated
Aside from many links for developers, you can find an overview over Rave3D here. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
AmigaAMP


Waves Of The Future PlugIn updated
At the PlugIn page you'll find further details. Download: WavesOfTheFuture11.lha (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
AmigaUpdate


Amiga Update Newsletter by Brad Webb #991120
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            N E W   P I C A S S O   9 6   V E R S I O N

     A   N E W   A M I G A   S T O R E   I S   L A U N C H E D

                       U N I T Y   B O A R D

           W I P T E O U T   2 0 9 7   O N   M A R K E T

               M I K R O   M O R T A L   T E N N I S

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 The big Home Electronics World show has come and gone (November 12 -
14, in Cologne, Germany), and there were interesting items for Amiga
users. Amiga International had their large booth set up, and seemed to
generate a fair amount of interest. We weren't there, but are told
Petro Tyschtschenko was (almost) as upbeat as ever. However,
reflecting reality, there were fewer vendors than last year. The mood
was reportedly less positive, but that seemed to be based mainly on
there being no clear direction to the future, not fears of an imminent
death of the Amiga market.
 The folks at Haage & Partner demonstrated a 400 Mhz G3 Power PC
board, based on the IBM CHRP spec. It also featured PCI and AGP slots.
There are rumors a native PPC based AmigaOS port is being considered
for this board. If so, that's the most realistic possibility for a
future Amiga system we've seen yet. We understand the board was
presented as a development system though, not as a future Amiga.
However, and perhaps very significantly, Petro T. is quoted in an
article about HEW on the amiga.org website as stating "My first
priority now is to convert the OS to the PowerPC." Indications are
that Haage & Partner are willing to do the conversion. Is Amiga
willing to license it, providing the formal approval to call it Amiga?
We don't know, but feel this would be important to keep developers
focused, instead of trying to cover many different future
possibilities and spreading themselves too thinly.
 If CHRP can be abandoned in order to bring down the price of a PPC
board, then the future looks even better for a PPC system. There are
indications that this could become possible, with IBM leading the way
to a less expensive PPC standard. As we hear more about possible Amiga
PPC futures, we'll let you know.
 The Met@Box (AmiJoeG3) G3 Board for the A1200 was also demonstrated
at the Cologne Show. This is a PowerPC based accelerator, which does
not sport a 68K co-processor.
 Also of interest was the Unity Net Ethernet card. We've a story on
that product below.
 Finally, once again there was no BoXeR Computer to be seen, or so
we've been told.

 Over at Deja.com, a poll is being held on the most popular operating
system. Looks like the voting may be in several stages on different
features. Regardless, when we checked in Amiga OS was actually leading
the voting! It was way ahead of MonopolySoft's Windoze, and even ahead
of Linux. Most interesting and yes, it left me with a very smug
feeling.
 And, despite the current situation in the Amiga market, there's a lot
for you to read in this issue. We hope you enjoy it.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:


19 Oct 1999

Brad ,

 Just wanted to say thanks for all the hard work you do to publish
this newsletter to all of us die hard Amiga Fans, I am truly sorry to
hear what Gateway has done to this fine machine. I just wonder what
the cutoff point for that company was, all that money, time and effort
just to throw it away when they were close to releasing the next OS ,
and all the other interesting B.S info they leaked to the press.

 But as Any Modern Day Technical Guru , I own Amigas , Mac's and PC's
, I use all the Operating Systems, Linux 6x , BeOS ,Amiga OS ,
winblows 95/98/nt/2k whatever, I try not to bash each OS for what it
Cant do, just appreciate all that they can do... But I will never Ever
Buy anything gateway again for what they have done...

Iceman.
~~~~~~
Iceman,
 A lot of us have tried to figure out what Gateway was trying to
accomplish and how things ended up as they did. I personally believe
it was a combination of loss of nerve in the face of Microsoft, and
internal Gateway corporate politics. Sad to say but many far reaching
decisions have been made with even less reasoning. The bottom line is
simply - will the company stay profitable?
 As you, I will not buy anything Gateway made at this point. Thanks
for the kind words!
 Regards,
 Brad
======

5 Nov 1999

Hi Brad
    I have appreciated this resource of amiga news, please keep up the
excellent work. But, I have a question about one of the statements you made
a couple of months ago. It was in response to another readers letter and
concerned other attempts to revive the amiga other than the official Amiga
company. You stated that you didn't think that it was appropriate for this
news-letter to cover the other attempts to revive the Amiga such as the
A.R.P. or the work at QNX. Why not? Doesn't this put all your eggs into one
basket? And also is this the only feasible way that the best solution to
reviving the Amiga will be attained?

Thanks - Jim
~~~~~~
Jim,
 First, my apologies for shortening your letter, but space
considerations made that necessary.
 You ask a very good question. What I had to do to your letter points
to the answer - we just don't have the space to cover all the
permutations out there. We also don't have the staff or the time. I
wish we did. What we will do is cover the Amiga itself, whatever that
might be going forward, until such time as it seems appropriate to
drop the Amiga entirely in favor of something else - if that ever
happens. (If we do get to that point, we'll share the decision with
you, the readers.)
 We will also cover whatever looks to us to be the leading efforts in
the "alternative Amigas" field. And finally, we will also cover to
some extent significant events in all Amiga related areas, where these
events seem to have some real promise for the Amiga community. This is
a pretty complicated mission statement, but we've actually been doing
this for some time and it seems to be working. I have no doubt we
could miss something significant along the way but we'll try to avoid
that. If we do, I'm pretty sure some readers will call our attention
to the event, and we'll then try to get the word to the rest.
 Regards,
 Brad
======

19 Oct 1999

 While in St Louis last March conversing with Petro, it was stated by
him that, "the shipment of containers from Quikpak of the remaining
parts had been received and inspected. It contained less than 2 dozen
usable 4000 motherboards." Now this was casual conversation between 4
of us, but I have no reason to doubt it's truthfullness. Petro did
make it possible for me to launch the CDTV 3.1 upgrade project, and
that was all verbal between him and me in March of 98.

Ben Deemer "thedoctor" not MD.
~~~~~~
Ben,
 Thanks for answering Mike's question from a previous issue.
 It's very disappointing there weren't more resources available for
making A4000s - I suspect Amiga could still sell quite a few.
 Regards,
 Brad
======

19 Oct 1999

    There used to be a document on the Amiga Inc. web page
concerning Y2K issues with the Amiga.  I haven't been there in quite a
while, so I don't know if it's still there.  If it's not still there,
I'm sure there are plenty who know all the gritty details.  But...
    As far as I can remember, Workbench will have no trouble, but
AmigaDOS itself doesn't handle four digit dates.  You might get
invalid date stamps on files.  Hopefully the guys at H&P have
addressed this in OS 3.5 or working on it for 3.6(?).
 As for the RTC {Real Time Clock, we presume. Brad}, that's another
issue. As I recall, the document stated that the RTC found in the
A2000 is not Y2K compliant. The only possible fix is a software patch
to the OS.

Carlos
~~~~~~
Carlos,
 The Y2k page is still available at amiga.com, and has a link right
off the first page after the home page. Anyone with Y2K questions
should refer to that document for information. We didn't notice
anything in particular about the A2000, but the different versions of
the operating system, the clocks, etc., have different considerations.
 Thanks for your help in answering a reader's question.
 Regards,
 Brad
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        P A X T R O N   B O U G H T   B Y   C E N T S I B L E

28 Oct 1999

{Posted to the net by Bill Griffin. Thanks, Bill}

 Centsible Software has just recently bought out Paxtron. Right now,
they are in the midst of moving all the inventory from New Jersey to
Berrien Springs, Michigan. It should take about 2-3 weeks to get it
all sorted, catalogued counted, etc. After that, things should be back
in full swing from the new location.

 In the meantime, if you have any queries or parts needs, you can
Email Scott (the owner of Centsible Software) at support@centsible.com
{Note: since obtaining this information, we have been informed
"Paxtron" has dropped all Amiga support. We have not yet confirmed
this. Brad}
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               G A T E W A Y   A N D   A O L   D E A L

 On October 20, CNET News ran a story by Jim Davis and Michael
Kanellos detailing an agreement reached by Gateway and America On
Line.
 The deal will bring an $800 investment in Gateway from AOL. AOL
becomes the Internet service for Gateway customers, and the backbone
of Gateway.net.
 The following quote from the story should be of interest to Amigans:

 " Many observers have speculated that hardware companies will have to
hook up with service providers to make money on appliances. Under the
new alliance, Gateway will begin to market devices for the "AOL
Anywhere" strategy.

 'There's clearly a possibility that Amiga will play a part in this
marketplace,'" according to Jeff Weitzen, chief operating officer of
Gateway.
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           O S   3 . 5   A V A I L A B L E   N O W

18. October 1999:

     AmigaOS 3.5 is available !!!

 The delivery of AmigaOS 3.5 started punctual. The first packages were
sold at an Amiga show in The Netherlands last weekend. Delivery of all
orders might last about 1-2 weeks. The areas for registrations and
support will be opened in a few days.
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            A M I G A   V O L U N T E E R   P R O J E C T

16 Nov., '99

The long version

 Today is there pretty much Amiga software and there is new software
coming but it takes long time and it might result in lots of bugs. We
started to discus whatever there was a way that we could do something
about that problem and after some long hours we found the answer in
TAVP. Now we are in a early stage and we need your support because
that is what this project feeds on. Right now we are contacting all
kinds of Amiga developers about if and what area they need help. We
need people that are prepared to work for no pay but only for the good
will and you dont have to be an expert in whatever you do. We want
everything, coders, musicians and so on because there is always
someone that needs that. We are also contacting different PC
developers about ports to the Amiga that we can sell so the project
might get some money(no of the founders will get any money)that might
be used to different things.

 We as mentioned before that this project depends your support and we
hope that as many of you skilled persons out there will join us.

 The short version

 What is TAVP(The Amiga Volunteer Project)?

 The TAVP is an non profit project that will support the development
of new software to Amiga. What you have think of before you join is
that you will not be paid because as mentioned before is this an NON
PROFIT organisation.

 Why do we do it?

 We are all long time Amiga users and decided that now was the time
for us to active support the Amiga. At the moment there is pretty much
software but the development takes long time but if this project works
it will maybe speed up the development a bit.

 How will we do it?

 to make this project come true we need you. We need skilled amigians
in any directions and you dont have too be the best coder in the world
you only have to be pretty good. If you are interested go to the join
section and fill out the form and we will contact you or send a mail
to denebis@algonet.se.

 What will we do?

 As mentioned before we will support the Amiga market by helping
different developers with skilled people but that is not the only
thing that we will do. We will also try to convert PC software to the
Amiga.
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                    A M I G A   2 K   N E W S

6 Nov 1999

Hello Amiga fans,

 Just to let you know two items about Amiga 2K, the latest Gateway
Computer Show hosted in St. Louis by Amigan-St. Louis. {Note to
non-Americans: NOT Gateway the company. Gateway in this case comes
originally from St. Louis as "the gateway to the American West" and
later the Gateway Computer Club of St. Louis. Brad}

 1. The show dates are Saturday April 1 & Sunday April 2, 2000.
 (If you didn't hear, we changed them due to a conflict with NAB.
 That's the National Association of Broadcasters show, also in
 April.)

 2. Petro Tyschtschenko has agreed to attend our show. Petro said
 he wouldn't miss a show that we put on.

 Please visit our web site at: http://www.amiga-stl.com for more
information as it becomes available.

 If you wish to exhibit, please fill out the exhibitor form. We are
accepting exhibitors now. If you cannot do this, or you have a
question, then please email me at bscharp@icon-stl.net.

Best Regards,
Bob Scharp

Owner
Amigan-St. Louis
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      R E P O R T   -   I W I N   R E S U R F A C E S

5 Nov. '99

 Robert Jant, chief of a group of former Iwin employees, has announced
today that he together with other former Iwin employees and with the
help of a large German bank has bought back the rights for the
Internet domains www.iwin-corp.com and www.iwin-corp.ge, furthermore
the rights for the name Iwin Corporation and for the projects of the
C-Series and Server computers.
 "It was a logical decision" said Robert Jant. "Focke Systems didn't
want to continue development of the C-Series and Servers and didn't
want to sell them either.
 "This is the reason why we have decided to try to buy back the rights
on them. We were working very hard for a long time on these projects
and didn't want to see them frozen. We know that it will be a very
hard way to finish the projects and bring them into the stores.
 We won't bring these computers into the stores as it was initially
planned, but we are sure they will be successful."
 Iwin Corporation will open again on the 15 of November 1999 and will
also ship the first computers on this date to dealers. On the 15 of
November, Iwin Corporation will also again be reachable by phone, fax
and email.
 {Since this press release was issued, Iwin sites are indeed back in
operation. The computers now include something called the G-MCC, I-MCC
 and iPhantom computers all of which reference Amiga compatibility. It
is unclear what the Amiga compatibility actually is - it appears to be
some sort of software emulation, perhaps UAE. Brad}
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                    L A T E S T   O N   I W I N

6 Nov. 1999

 Iwin Corporation has been split into three independent firms.

 1. The Software business was sold to ``Focke Systems'' and will now
    be fully integrated into this firm.

 2. The Consulting business was also sold to ``Focke Systems'' and
     will be ``Focke Consulting'' in the future.

 3. The Hardware business was first also sold to ``Focke Systems'' but
    then bought back by some former Iwin employees. This firm will now be
    called ``Iwin Corporation''. This website will be the future site of
    this firm. The new firm will start business on the 15th of November
    1999 and will sell various graphic workstations based on x86 and PPC
    technology as well as server computers.

 For all people asking about the announced ``Amiga compatible''
 computers, please use these contact possibilities in the meanwhile:

 Either by FAX in the US: (208)-279-6497. Your question will be
 answerred within two work days. Please understand that currently we
 cannot answer any questions by email or phone. On the 15th of November
 this site will have changed to the new Iwin site and will contain a
 toll-free (US and Germany only!) number for your questions regarding
 the Amiga compatible workstations and all other hardware products.

 If you need help or sales support for former Iwin software products,
 please refer to Focke Systems.
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          O P E N   S O U R C E   G R O U P   A C T I V E

19th October 1999

About Us

 The Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS is a coalition of individuals,
organisations and user groups from the Amiga, Open Source and Linux
communities. The Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS was formed on the 4th
October to bring together these usually unrelated groups for a common
cause: to present our case to Amiga, Inc. for open sourcing the Amiga
operating system.
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           O P E N   L E T T E R   T O   T H E   P R E S .

Open Letter to Amiga, Inc. President Thomas Schmidt

October 18, 1999

Dear Mr. Schmidt:

 First of all, we want to congratulate you on your new position as
president of Amiga. We are sure that you have many exciting plans for
the future of Amiga, Inc. and that we can expect many new innovations
from your company in the months and years ahead. This is indeed an
exciting time for the computer industry, a time of great upheaval and
change, and holds much promise for the success and growth of ambitious
upstart companies like Amiga, Inc.

 We have been following the recent events at Amiga, Inc. with great
interest. We feel, like many, that the recent resignation of Jim
Collas was unfortunate. Many people in the community trusted Collas to
successfully lead the company into the future. Wherever he is now, and
whatever he is doing, we in the community wish him well.

 But this is not a time to be looking back on events of the past. It
is a time to be focusing on what lies directly ahead in the future of
the computing industry. We feel our organisation is unique in the
Amiga community. We have tried to understand both the needs of the
Amiga community, balanced against the needs of Amiga, Inc.

 We do not believe, like some in the community, that the wishes of the
Amiga community and the needs of Amiga, Inc. are mutually exclusive.

 Likewise, we do not believe that success of Amiga, Inc. as a company
is mutually exclusive with satisfying the needs and expectations of
the Amiga community.

 Our group was formed with a simple goal: to find a
mutually-satisfactory solution to current tensions that exist between
many in the community and Amiga, Inc. - a solution that would be
satisfactory, indeed beneficial, to both groups.

 We believe, after several weeks of discussion and exchanging of
ideas, that we have found such a solution. We believe that this
solution is to open-source the Amiga operating system.

 We present our reasons for believing this in our report, "AmigaOS:
The Case for Open Source," a copy of which should have been sent to
you alongside this letter, by Amiga Vice President Mr. Petro
Tyschtschenko.

 Our report is the result of several weeks of work and consultation
with many individuals in the Amiga, Open Source and Linux communities,
including famous open-source advocate Eric Raymond, who acted as a
consultant for Netscape on their open-source strategy.

 We believe our report presents a powerful case that open-sourcing the
Amiga operating system would bring many advantages, and future
business opportunities, to Amiga, Inc. and would at the same time
satisfy the needs of the Amiga community for continuity and continuous
improvement of the Amiga operating system.

 We therefore respectfully submit our report, "AmigaOS: The Case for
Open Source," for your review and consideration.

 We, of course, do not expect the report to fully and complete answer
each and every question you may have on the subject of open-source, or
why we believe it is the ideal solution to the current volatile Amiga
situation - but we do, however, believe it is a good start, and we
hope that you will be made curious enough by the contents of the
report, to establish a dialogue with us on the matter, and to consider
working with us in an attempt to find a mutually satisfactory solution
to the current Amiga situation. Your nomination to president of a
young, ambitious, innovative upstart company like Amiga, Inc. could
not have come at a better time. The next several months and years will
be an exciting time to be a player in the ever-changing fast-paced
computing industry.

 Whatever direction Amiga takes, we wish you and Amiga, Inc. every
success in the future.

 We look forward to your response.

 Respectfully,

Steve Crietzman (president@savetheamiga.org.uk)
President, Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS
http://www.savetheamiga.org.uk/
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                       P R O J E C T   I M P

23 Oct. 1999

 "News from Project IMP - the Independent Multimedia Platform

 We have now our own webserver: www.project-imp.org, or for german
visitors www.project-imp.de. The website had been completely
redesigned and you will find there lots of new information about the
project. Most important news are our support for the Campaign To Open
Source The AmigaOS (www.savetheamiga.org.uk) and AROS (www.aros.org).

 About Project IMP: Project IMP had been founded just after Jim Collas
left Amiga and the AmigaMCC had been canceled. It is our intention to
keep the Amiga platform alive and give it a future. This goal can only
be reached by making the operating system and the hardware open
source. Without getting the rights at Amiga to do so, we have to write
our own, free OS which will be as much as possible compatible to the
existing AmigaOS as a basing for further developments.

 We will support any group or project that is working in that
direction in order to organize and bundle all developments. If you
have further quistions, just mail to me: postmaster@project-imp.org

Sincerely,
Volker Mohr
Initiator of Project IMP
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    U P D A T E   O N   " A M I N O   -   T H E   C O M P A N Y "

21 Oct 1999

{Post to the Team Amiga site from Fleecy Moss. Brad}

 We are legal now -Bill {McEwen} gave me the wa.gov website which I
have now lost where you can find out all about us is splendid
Interneticolour.

 Everything is ready to go from a partner, technology, and employee
perspective. We are tying up the financial side.

 Unfortunately ppl don't just give you millions because you have a
good idea.
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    A M I G A   P R O D U C T   P L A C E M E N T   S E R V I C E


Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany 19. October 1999 :

 OPEN OFFER FROM GTI GRENVILLE TRADING INTERNATIONAL GMBH, SPECIALISED
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR OF AMIGA PRODUCTS

 GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH, the German-based
international distributor of Amiga products today made an open offer
to those manufacturers of Amiga products looking for increased sales
worldwide.

 OFFER TO MANUFACTURERS OF AMIGA PRODUCTS LOOKING FOR INCREASED
INTERNATIONAL SALES

 GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH distributes Amiga products
(main emphasis - software) to Amiga re-sellers on an international
basis. Our customers are based throughout Europe, and in North America
and Australasia. With 12 years of experience in the Amiga market, and
having built up a ongoing network of clients on a wholesale-only basis
(we do not sell to end-users) over the last five years, GTI Grenville
Trading International GmbH is in a unique position to ensure
availability of Amiga products to Amiga businesses in many countries.
Currently well over 250 Amiga products are listed and distributed by
GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH.

 As the market decline of the Amiga has continued, dealers have found
it increasingly difficult to source and stock Amiga products.
Manufacturers have found it well nigh impossible to supply the
thinly-spread network of Amiga dealers with product.

 GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH now makes the following
offer to manufacturers of Amiga products worldwide.

 We will stock your Amiga products on a turnkey basis ! This basically
means that we are prepared to list and sell Amiga products on your
behalf to our network of Amiga dealers on an international basis.
Under this scheme, we are willing to price products according to
manufacturers preferences, and remit proceeds of sales minus an agreed
commission fee back to manufacturers on a regular basis.

 We offer producers the possibility of reaching a large number of
Amiga dealers with the minimum of paperwork and fuss. We are happy to
list Amiga products and sell on your behalf without ANY minimum
quantity - thus enabling even specialised products to obtain an
international listing and succeed by their own quality. This scheme is
particularly suited to North American manufacturers looking for
increased sales of their products to the European Amiga trade and
thereby to European Amiga users.

 Additionally we are able to offer support to those manufacturers
offering their products directly to end-users through the internet.
Our logistics facility offers a centralised European warehousing for
your products, and delivery to end-users on your behalf throughout
Europe. We are also able to supply invoicing, cash-collection,
marketing, and translation services as and when required. This scheme
is particularly suited to North American manufacturers looking for
increased sales of their products through E-Commerce to end-users
throughout Europe.

 We would like to invite producers of Amiga products looking for
increased product sales to take advantage of one or both of the above
schemes and contact us with a view to expanding their market presence
on an international basis.

 CONTACT INFORMATION : Richard Small, Managing Director, E-Mail :
amiga@grentrade.com

GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH
Carl-Zeiss-Str. 9
D-79761 Waldshut-Tiengen

Tel : +49 7741 83040
Fax : +49 69 25577025
UK Tel/Fax : +44 207 6813472
US Tel/Fax : +1 212 504 2719
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                  N E W S   F R O M   G A U H P I L

30 Oct 99

Göttingen, Germany

Dietmar Knoll

Hi Amiga-Fans!

 Here are some news about recent changes on the GAUHPIL, the
"Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List", which holds
currently more than 850 homepages of Amiga users!

 The GAUHPIL has moved again. Now it is free of any commercial banners
- at the 7th URL!!!

 The redirector-URL is still valid. You should never have problems to
find the GAUHPIL at:

 http://GAUHPIL.home.pages.de/

 During the last months, I did some checking and changing. I found the
first ever Amiga user in Antarctica! And now I added the 35th country:
Philippines! Some names are new on the list, some others disappeared.
You find some of the latter on the Lost Links List.

 There is also one totally new page: the New Links List, which shows
recently added/changed names on the GAUHPIL.

 If you didn't visit the GAUHPIL in the recent time, you might be
interested in the References List and the Related Sites page.

 Please note, that my e-mail address has also slightly changed. Please
update your addressbooks now, to the following address:

 dknoll@myokay.net

 Thanks a lot for all your suggestions, comments and hints in all
those years!

 Special thanks to those of you that linked the GAUHPIL on your site.
You are listed on the "Hall of Fame" (see: References & Banners page)
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         O P U S   M A G E L L A N   A T   C O L O G N E

8 Nov. 1999

Opus Magellan 5.82 with OS 3.5 Support to be Shown at Cologne

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 GPSoftware is proud to demonstrate its continuing support for the
Amiga with the release of a new version of Directory Opus Magellan
which supports the new palette mapped icon system of OS 3.5.

 The product will be demonstrated on the Schatztruhe stand at the
Cologne show, November 12-14th November 1999 by Dr Greg Perry.

 Opus Magellan is available world-wide from good Amiga dealers and
GPSoftware distributors. Or you may support the developers by
purchasing direct.

 Free Update Patch available.

 OS 3.5 causes some superficial problems with earlier versions of Opus
because of the new palette mapped icon system which is not
transparently compatibility with earlier programs. With the help of
Olaf Barthel, we have now added support for the new V44 icon library
in OS 3.5.

 A free update patch from Opus 5.81 is available from our web site at

http://www.gpsoft.com.au
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 N O V A   D E S I G N   D I S T R I B U T O R   F O R   O Z ,   N Z

8 Nov. 1999

 Effective immediately, Amiga Innovations has begun handling sales and
distribution of Nova Design, Inc. products in Australia & New Zealand
and areas of Asia Pacific within their distribution network.

 Nova Design are the creators and publishers of ImageFX, the Amiga's
top selling and top rated image editing and special effects package,
and Aladdin 4D, the Amiga's coolest and best entry-level 3D modeling,
rendering and animation package.

 If you've been thinking about buying ImageFX 4.0 with the new
animation features, now is the perfect time to do so! Nova Design,
Inc., in cooperation with Amiga Innovations and all participating
dealers, is offering an Instant $40 Rebate when you buy ImageFX v4.0.
However, this special offer is for a limited time only!

 Amiga Innovations can be found at:

Amiga Innovations
P.O. Box 114
Osborne Park,
Western Australia
Ph./ Fax +61 (08) 9349 0889
Mobile: 0408 929 827

Contact: Dwayne Osborne
Email: dwark@vianet.net.au
Internet: http://surf.to/amigainnovations

Nova Design can be found at:

Nova Design, Inc.
1910 Byrd Avenue, Suite 204
Richmond, VA 23230

Ph.(804) 282-1157
Fax.(804) 282-3768
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               D I G I T A L   A L M A N A C   I I

Digital Almanac II is available!
Suggested Retail Price DM 69.00
US$1.00 = DM 1.82 given current exchange rates.

******
Ordering information:

 The most convenient method of placing an order is to use our
electronic order form located at http://www.schatztruhe.de/order.html.
You can also send an E-Mail to stefano@schatztruhe.de including your
address and the products you wish to order.

******
Digital Almanac II

 Digital Almanac is an astronomy program which offers lots of
possibilities. The program is permanantly improved, so that new
versions are at your disposal.

Digital Almanac offers:

 o Star database with ca. 500,000 stars up to 16m.
 o Cross-index for SAO, PPM, HD, YBS und GC catalogs.
 o About 40000 deep-sky objects (Messier, NGC, IC, UGC, Abell, Zwicky
and other misc objects).
 o More than 55000 minor planets and asteroids as well as the comets
Halley, Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp.
 o Highly accurate calculation of Moon and planets with JPL's
integration tables (DE404). Accuracy partly «0.1'' over a period of
some thousand years !!

 o Jovian, Saturnian and Uranian moons.
 o Textures for all planets and moons.
 o Milky way structure.
 o View the sky from any solar system object.
 o Save animations in IFF-ANIM, QuickTime or MPEG format.
 o Loading and saving of configuration files.
 o Highly optimized algorithms for maximum speed, mostly written in
   assembler. Recognizes CPU for maximum speed.
 o Lots of configuration possibilities.
 o Online and menu help with HELP-key and MUI's bubblehelp.
 o Full Drag&Drop support.
 o Creation and export of ephemeris tables.
 o Picture galery creation.
 o User editable database of orbital elements.
 o Implemetation of the Hubble GSC starc catalog.
 o Control program with ARexx scripts.

Supported software:

 o CyberGraphX for true/hicolor screens.
 o Xpk system to store images in IFF-RGFX format.
 o Turboprint V3 or higher.

Minimum system configuration:

 o OS 3.0 + AGA
 o MC68020/68881 (FPU required!)
 o 4 MB free FastRAM
 o Harddrive
 o MUI 3.8 (included)

Recommended system configuration:

 o OS 3.1
 o MC68040 or MC68060
 o 16 MB FastRAM
 o Graphic card with CyberGraphX 3.x/4.x

******

Stefan Ossowski
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      A W E B   3 . 2   T O   3 . 3   U P D A T E   P A T C H

17 Oct., '99
3.2 to 3.3 Update Patch

Some of the new features:

   o Menus are fully configurable.
   o Navigation buttons are fully configurable, and can be hidden.
   o Displayed pages can be saved as IFF.
   o Improved JavaScript handling.
   o Option to suppress advertising pop-up windows.
   o Handles more JPEG formats.
   o Passive FTP option for better operation through firewalls.
   o Better cookie compatability.
   o Additional ARexx commands.
   o ... and more.

 This is an incremental upgrade from AWeb-II 3.2 to 3.3, you should
only use this patch over an existing AWeb-II 3.2 install. You will
also need the original AWeb-II 3.x disks during the installation.

 Here's all the other 3.3 updates in one place:

Name Version Size (bytes) Description:
======================================

 AutoSearch 3.0 10380 Enhances the AWeb 3.x autosearch function.

 AWebNews 1.98 57697 AWeb News client.

 CacheControl 1.4 37180 (3.3 only) A new GUI with advanced controls
for AWeb's caching.

 DropZone 1.2 35437 (3.3 only) Drag and Drop on WorkBench even if AWeb
is on its own private screen.

 HTTX 2.0 88965 HTML to TEXT converter

 Netsearch 11085 Query multiple search engines.

 Modes 1.2 34310 (3.3 only) Change various AWeb modes from a brand new
GUI window.

 ToolBar 1.3 39408 (3.3 only) Add a floating Tool Bar to control all
your AWeb windows.

 Translate 1.4 37308 Language translation plugin.

 GIF plugin 1.8 16123

 JFIF plugin 1.8 39674

 PNG plugin 1.8 41284

http://www.amitrix.com/aweb.html
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               E L B O X   P R O D U C T   N E W S

9 Nov., '99

ELBOX FastATA4000 Controller is finally available! Features:

 * High-speed FastATA-3/EIDE Controller for Amiga 3000/4000.

 * Fully autoconfig ZORRO III card.

 * The first Amiga 3000/4000 EIDE controller supporting fast PIO-3 and
   PIO-4 modes (for up to 16.6MB/s).

 * Data transfer is several times faster than in any ZORRO II or Fast
   ZORRO II EIDE controllers.

 * Compatible with PIO-0 to PIO-4, UDMA-33, UDMA-66 devices.

 * Two 3.5" IDE ports allow to connect 4 EIDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM,
   CD-R, CD-RW, ZIP, LS-120, DVD) working at full speed.

 * Autobooting from ZIP and LS-120 drives enabled.

 * Supports HDDs > 4GB (SPLIT to 4 GB, NSD, TD64, DirectSCSI).

 * The set includes very advanced FastATA4000 software for controlling
   EIDE devices and the fastest CD file system: AllegroCDFS.

 * More than one ELBOX FastATA 4000 controller can be installed
   simultaneously.

FastATA'99 & AllegroCDFS

 ELBOX Computer are very pleased to provide you with the latest
version of software for ELBOX FastATA(PowerFlyer/Winner) High Speed
EIDE ontroller for A1200. FastATA'99 v4.7 is 100% OS3.5 compatible.

 In FastATA'99 you will find the automatic update for the newest
version of the fastest Amiga CD file system - AllegroCDFS. AllegroCDFS
is over twice as fast as other Amiga CD filesystems. Automatic updates
will work only if you own a registered AllegroCDFS.
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                        B O X E R   N E W S

October 12th, 1999

AntiGravity.com Announces 4 new BoXeR Models

 Anti Gravity Products announces 4 new BoXeR models. The Base model
will be similar to those sold in Europe with a wide variety of upgrade
options available. The Neila Phase-498 will be available only to those
who preordered them. Visit our new Build-A-BoXeR page under the BoXeR
button at AntiGravity.com for more details.

 Everyone who preordered an Alien BoXeR system will be given the
option to receive a BoXeR configured closely as possible to the
original Neila Phase-498, or switch to one of the current models. More
information will be forthcoming in the next few weeks.

 Access and Blittersoft indicate the the BoXeR is on schedule to ship
at the end of November. Prototypes will be in the hands of the Beta
Testers by the end of October, with the Home Electronics Show in
Cologne, the third week in Novmber, as the likely launch date. Stay
tuned...
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                        Q N X   U P D A T E

 November 1, 1999

 Here's an update on what has been happening since we made the
announcement to release the QNX development system to Amigans:

 How is the Phase 5/QNX alliance proceeding?

 We are currently waiting for boards from Phase 5. Due to the delay we
don't expect to have a Phase 5 solution this year. We will continue to
provide status updates as we know more.

 How will the beta program be handled?

 Historically, we have always had small beta programs because it
allows us to spend more time with each beta developer to better
address their issues and suggestions. We plan to do the same with this
upcoming beta. We will expand the group quickly as we progress.

 The first beta release for the initial smaller group is planned for
early November. This beta will be a full-featured self-hosted
development environment. Over the ensuing months, we will be updating
the betas with more tools, drivers, and applications.

 What will the beta development package include?

 Our first beta is targeted at x86-based computers.

 The beta will contain:

 o QNX Neutrino operating system, including tools and drivers.
 o Photon microGUI windowing system, including a suite of
applications, drivers, and development tools
 o x86-hosted development environment for x86 targets (compiler will
be GCC with GBD for debugging)
 o Online documentation
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                    I M A G E F X   R E B A T E


 If you've been thinking about buying ImageFX 4.0 with the new
animation features, now is the perfect time to do so! Nova Design,
Inc., in cooperation with your favorite Amiga dealers, is offering an
Instant $40 Rebate when you buy ImageFX from any participating dealer.
However, this special offer is for a limited time only!

 ImageFX 4.0

 This new release of ImageFX adds built-in features for editing
animations that are easy to use and powerful. They can be used for
editing Amiga ANIMs, video animations, or web animations. Keyboard
controls, visual controls, and VCR-style controls let you access your
animations easily. ImageFX animation features are built on the amazing
ImageFX layering system which can also allow you to build up complex
images from layers of composited imagery that can be individually
altered anytime you need. Of course ImageFX has all the other features
that have made it the Amiga's Top Rated image editing and special
effects package. Paint tools, image file format conversion, batch
processing, and amazing special effects that are in use by
professionals worldwide.

 Upgrading Old ImageFXs

 If you own a version of ImageFX prior to version 2.0 your upgrade
price is only $149.95. ImageFX 2.x owners can upgrade for only $99.95.
ImageFX 3.x owners can upgrade to ImageFX 4 for only $79.95. Shipping
adds $10 in the continental US, $15 everywhere else in the world.

 Remember though, the rebate does not apply to the upgrades - only to
new purchases! You can order via 1-800-IMAGE-69 in the US and Canada
or call (804) 282-1157 elsewhere. Orders can also be faxed to (804)
282-3768 or mailed to our address.

 Offer Details

 To qualify for the Instant $40 Rebate offer you must buy ImageFX from
a participating reseller, in the U.S. or Canada, between September
20th and December 31st at their regular pricing. The rebate will be
applied immediately at the time of purchase - you will not have to
send anything in and you will not receive anything in the mail, and
you'll get a $40 rebate instantly.

 You can buy ImageFX with this instant rebate at Software Hut, Safe
Harbor and many other Amiga resellers.
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                 H & P   A N D   I M A G E F X

Nova Design, Inc. teams up with Haage&Partner

 November 5th: Nova Design, Inc. and Haage&Partner announced today
that they have teamed up for the distribution of ImageFX in Germany.
Nova Design, Inc. and Haage&Partner are the two largest Amiga
developers worldwide and collectively make and distribute most of the
Amigas top imaging applications software.

 This partnership will enable ImageFX to reach new markets and new
users in Europe. ImageFX has been the Amiga's leading image editing
and special effects application for over six years since it's
introduction and is the flagship product of Nova Design, Inc.

 ImageFX will be immediately available for purchase from Haage&Partner
at their booth at the Home Electronics Show in Cologne, Germany this
November. Haage&Partner will also be selling upgrades from previous
versions of ImageFX and will also be carrying PowerStation - the
PowerPC module package for ImageFX.

 Other exciting announcements regarding ImageFX and the German market
will be made at the Cologne show and the news will be released
afterwards on the Internet as well.

 Haage&Partner is the leading manufacturer of Development Systems and
Applications for the Amiga family is also the developer and/or
distributor of several cutting edge applications including: StormC,
WarpUP, AmigaWriter, and many others. Our mission is to provide the
Amiga market with the most effective tools and applications possible.

 Nova Design, Inc. is the developer and producer of the Amiga's
leading graphics applications: ImageFX, PowerStation, and Aladdin 4D.
Our longtime presence in the Amiga developer community have put us in
the forefront of many Amiga developments, and our involvement and
background in the Amiga community itself keep us traveling worldwide
supporting Amiga events and promoting our products.

Nova Design, Inc.
1910 Byrd Avenue, Suite 204
Richmond, VA 23230 USA
Customer Support: (804) 282-6528
Business: (804) 282-5868
Fax: (804) 282-3768
www.novadesign.com Haage&Partner Computer GmbH
Schlossborner Weg 7
61479 Glashuetten, Germany
Phone: +49 (6174) 966 100
Fax: +49 (6174) 966 101
www.haage-partner.com
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          H & P   R E L E A S E   D E V E L O P E R   C D

4 Nov., '99

AMIGA Developer CD 2.1

 This CD contains all the material you need to start developing
software for Amiga computers. This includes:


 The new 3.5 Native Developer Kit:

 o Updated and revised `C' and assembly language header files and
   linker libraries
 o Updated and revised system documentation and tutorial texts
 o Example code covering the AmigaOS 3.0, 3.1 and 3.5 features
 o The NewIFF v39 package
 o The AmigaGuide adn DataType documentation and example code
 o WarpUP (PowerPC) developer documentation and examples


 Additional developer material:

 o BOOPSI gadget and image classes

 ReActor BOOPSI toolkit and example code

 o The AmigaOS 2.04 example code, as part of the original 2.04 Native
   Developer Kit
 o The RKM 2.04 code examples
 o Tables listing which operating system modules were added, removed
   or updated in subsequent AmigaOS releases
 o The complete set of registered IFF forms
 o IFF example and stress test files
 o All IFF packages released by Commodore-Amiga, Inc., covering 1986
 through 1992
 o The camd v37.1 MIDI developer kit
 o The SANA-II standard package and developer kit
 o The Installer v43.3 package
 o The CDTV developer disks



 International support material:

 o Sample text using the full ISO-8859-1 character set
 o Translation guidelines



 Reference material:

 o The collection of Amiga Mail Volume 1 articles, covering Spring
   1987 through January/February 1989
 o The complete Amiga Mail Volume 2 articles in AmigaGuide format,
   covering January/February 1990 through March/April 1993; also included
   are the printable issues in PostScript and PageStream format
 o The Includes & Autodocs in AmigaGuide format.
 o Revised Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals in AmigaGuide format

 HTML versions of all AmigaGuide format manuals



 Historical developer material:

 o DevCon Disks (1988-1993)
 o The CD32 developer package
 o 1.3, 2.0, 3.1 Native Developer Kits

 Packages contributed by 3rd parties:

 The StormC 68K C/C++ developer package

 o The WBPath and ActionFSSM packages, courtesy of Ralph Babel
 o The Personal Paint, CopyIcon, MailBX and DirDiff packages, courtesy
   of Cloanto
 o The INet 225 developer kit, version 2, courtesy of Interworks, Inc.
 o The Picasso96 developer kit, courtesy of Alexander Kneer and Tobias
   Abt
 o The Miami SDK, version 2.1, courtesy of Nordic Global, Inc.
 o The CyberGraphX V4 developer kit, courtesy of Frank Mariak
 o The MMUlib package, courtesy of Thomas Richter; this package
   includes the MuForce tool which is derived from the Enforcer package
   developed by Mike Sinz
 o The Kiskometer and MakeCD packages,courtesy of Angela Schmidt
   and Patrick Ohly
 o The Enforcer v37.64, courtesy of Mike Sinz
 o The Envoy v3.0 developer kit, courtesy of Heinz Wrobel
 o The Wipeout, Blowup and Sashimi debugging tools and the
   "CheckGuide" AmigaGuide file syntax checker written by Olaf Barthel


 The AMIGA Developer CD 2.1 will be officially available beginning
November 15th. It will first be sold at HOME electronics world in
Cologne.

Price: 49 DM (~27 US$)

Haage&Partner Computer GmbH
Schlossborner Weg 7
61479 Glashuetten, Germany
Phone: +49 (6174) 966 100
Fax: +49 (6174) 966 101
www.haage-partner.com
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             N E W   P I C A S S O   9 6   V E R S I O N

 Version 2.0, November 16th 1999:

* version bump due to large improvements.

* first Draco Altais support.

 o *NEW FEATURE*: added functionality to patch the most common native
 Amiga chipset screen modes to use a Picasso96 board to ease use
 and installation of Picasso96 on systems that don't have a native
 Amiga chipset (like the Macrosystem Draco) or that have no monitor
 attached to the native chip set signal connector or that don't
 have a flicker fixer and no 15 kHz capable monitor. To enable
 this feature add the tool type "FakeNativeModes=Yes" to the
 monitor driver of one of your cards (defaults to "Yes" with the
 Draco Altais and "No" for all other cards) and remove all native
 Amiga monitor drivers (!). Now, when the system uses one of the
 native Amiga screen modes (currently only LowRes, HighRes and
 SuperHighRes and their interlaced counter parts), a 640x480 31kHz
 60Hz screen mode on the graphics card will be used. Note: this
 mode is not configurable and it is not intended to be, because
 you should use real Picasso96 screen mode IDs whenever you can.
 Its only intention is to get the workbench on a VGA compatible
 screen when the current screenmode.prefs contains an invalid mode
 id. May also be useful for some (stupid) programs that default to
 a custom screen with a native Amiga screen mode after
 installation.


 o *NEW FEATURE*: software sprite routines will use on-board blitter
 when available. Therefore boards which have a blitter reserve
 about 12 KB of their memory for sprite and back buffers. This
 might affect the size of the largest screen that can be opened in
 some systems (mostly with 1MB cards).

 o *NEW FEATURE*: alerts (Alert(), DisplayAlert(),
 TimedDisplayAlert()) now are rendered into the front most screen
 if it is a Picasso96 one. After termination of the alert, the
 display is restored.

 o *NEW FEATURE*: board drivers can now prevent the loading and
 attaching of settings files. Useful for the UAEgfx driver that
 creates its own modes and cannot use standard settings
 definitions at all.

 o *NEW FEATURE*: new environment variable "DisableAmigaBlitter"
 which even forces blits on standard planar Amiga bitmaps to be
 performed by the CPU. Set to 'yes' to enable this feature. If you
 don't use native Amiga screens, this could improve some operations
 on fast processors. On the other hand, Amiga screens will be
 slower. Defaults to 'No'.

 o *NEW FEATURE*: new environment variable "PlanesToFast" which when
 set to 'Yes' will allocate planar bitplanes to fast memory except
 when the caller requested a visible or standard bitmap. Defaults
 to 'No'.


 o *NEW FEATURE* user can now allocate private bitmaps that do not
 need to be locked. Especially useful for programs that need
 temporary fast memory bitmaps for rendering.
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     A   N E W   A M I G A   S T O R E   I S   L A U N C H E D

16 Nov 1999

 A new Amiga store is open in Phoenix, Arizona. We have Amiga
computers, software, peripherals, and more! New A4000Ts! O/S 3.5, etc.
Visit www.merlancia.com/store.html for details. Also check out
www.merlancia.com for more info.

-Ryan E. A. Czerwinski
Merlancia@aol.com
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                        U N I T Y   B O A R D

16 Nov., '99
                            Unity Overview

Abstract:

 Unity alias Zorro1200 is an Autoconfig(TM) board for Amiga. It makes
it possible to use Melody1200 and other expansions initially done for
A1200's clock port for ZorroII/III Computers.

 A special property is variable bus speed. It's possible to run
expansions nearly as slow as in A1200 but it's even possible to go up
to twice that speed known from old Zorro boards like Melody-Z2 or
Prelude.

 Why it's a must have:

 Unity together with:

 o Unity-Net 10 results in an efficient, small low-priced 10Base-2 or
10Base-T solution for Amiga different to other solutions Full
Duplex-Mode (20Mbps) is supported.

 o Unity-Net 100 probably is the first and only 10/100BaseTx solution
for Amiga. It's unique!

 o Melody1200 gives the final move for Melody 1200. being the market
leader regarding audio precission + bandwidth inside every Amiga. Load
is much lower compared to the traditional clock-port connection at
A1200. This even means there is room for a Multichannel variant
Melody1200. Do you want ous to do such solution? Tell ous!

 o Twister1200 primary results in higher throughput. The mayor topic
is having a real Serial High-End Interface at Zorro-Amiga by not
wasting a Zorro slot (since there is the possibility of having an
on-board interface that option should be taken first loosing no
connector). If there is anybody out there who likes to have three very
fast serial interfaces this is possible now.

 o combinations of these and future boards gives maximum flexibility
by using only one Zorro slot

 Features:

 o Zorro2 Autoconfig(TM)
 o Up to 3.5 MB/s bus bandwidth to CPU causing low system load, only
 o two connectors for Melody1200, Twister1200 and other boards
 o 16bits connector intended for Networkoption Unity-Net 10 or 100.

Board is prepared (production time) for mounting further devices:

 o Twister1200-style HighSpeed Serial Interface Onboard
 o xxxx Interface Onboard (secret up to the show;-)

 Requirements:

 o Amiga mit Zorro Slot
 o oder Amiga 1200 mit Bus-Erweiterung

 Status:

 o very early prototype was presented at Computer'98, Cologne
 o final design presented at Home Electronics World in Cologne 1999

http://www.katodev.de/english/unity.html
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           W I P T E O U T   2 0 9 7   O N   M A R K E T

9 Nov 1999

WipeOut 2097 (PPC) is available!
Suggested Retail Price DM 99.90
US$1.00 = DM 1.88 given current exchange rates.

*****
Ordering information:

 The most convenient method of placing an order is to use our
electronic order form located at http://www.schatztruhe.de/order.html.
You can also send an E-Mail to stefano@schatztruhe.de including your
address and the products you wish to order. {Available from other
Amiga dealers also. Brad}

*****
WipeOut 2097

The famous 3D anti-gravity racing game!

 You'll need lightning fast reflexes in this high speed race-n-chase
thriller. Your goal is to stay in first place and defend your glider
against the other pilots. Extreme hairpin turns, gut-wrenching drops
and jumps are boosting the gameplay, while you blast your opponents
with incredible weapons.

/Specifications/

 o Highly detailed 3D graphics
 o 8 tracks with up to 15 ships racing
 o 3 race modes (timetrial/arcade/challenge)
 o 4 racing classes
 o 5 ship models with different characteristics
 o 8 weapons/extras
 o 9 CD audio tracks +- 16 bit sound fx
 o MPEG animations
 o Configurable control via Keyboard/Mouse/Joypad

/Amiga specific features/

 o Runs in a resizable workbench window
 o Supports triple buffering for maximum speed
 o Increased view distance during a race
 o Fogging effect
 o Mip mapping/trilinear filtering (with suitable hardware)
 o Gamma correction
 o Optional frame rate limitation
 o Brings optimum PPC and 3D gaming to the Amiga for the first time!

/System Requirements/

 o PowerPC 603e or better
 o 3D graphics card such as CyberVision64/3D, CyberVisionPPC or
BVisionPPC
 o 1Mb hard drive space (minimum)
 o 24Mb Fast RAM (minimum)
 o CD-ROM drive
 o OS 3.0 or better
 o CybergraphX/Picasso 96 software
 o WarpUP V4 software (included)
 o Warp3D V2 software (included)
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              M I K R O   M O R T A L   T E N N I S

28 Oct., '99
You wanted it here it is.

 Mikro Mortal Tennis aims to become the craziest game ever in the
videogame history!! As you can guess from the title, it is basically
founded on tennis game, but its goal is to eliminate your opponents,
not simply to defeat them!!!

 To this purpose, players might make use of loads of Mortal-Kombat and
Street-Fighter-like special moves, in addition to many others,
directly taken from lots of famous videogames or films. Besides, there
are bombs, Fire'n'forget rockets, heat-seeking missiles at their
complete disposal... The game boasts an amusing animated intro which
will explain the reason of such a strange tournamnet - by the way,
your order is to climb a high mountain, just like the second episode
of the Mortal Kombat saga; moreover, it features several victory and
defeat pictures and an even more crazy final sequence than the intro!!

 Players can choose their characters from a range of twelve different
guys, each distinguished with typical characteristics, which can be
edited in the proper menu. Beyond every human conceiving, the game is
spangled with lots of mad things, like referee-slaughtering, animals
which will appear in the field, VIPs which will perform during the
match, and a mysterious tapir named Fart (main character of the game,
as you can be able to guess from the introduction) which will perform
in a number of funny anims.. At the beginning of the match the players
will enter the field and choose the field in which play with an
incredible money trowing!! Of course, the sporting side of the game is
not to be under-stimated.. You'll always have to win your match!! From
this point of view, the game is classicaly structured: pitch type,
number of sets to win, type of game (single, double or training),as
well as the type of tournament to join; you'll be able to select, in
addition to the above-mentioned MK-style tournament, an UNFRIENDLY
tournament in which up to eight human players are allowed to take
part, or a full season, where player will have to win as much as
possible to travel all over the world, and in order to buy weapons and
points which will help him in his short career. It's possible to save
and subsequently restore your season from disc as well as every change
made in the players editing menu, where you're able to change the
name, the characteristics and the shirt colour of all the
characters...

 Well, that's all, there's nothing left but wishing you to enjoy Mikro
Mortal Tennis! Mikro Mortal Tennis supports all Amiga models with at
least 1 Meg of Ram.

 Mikro Mortal Tennis authors are:
 Coding: Davide Mancusi - Marco Pacifico
 Graphics: Marco Pacifico - Sergio Rocco
 Additional graphics: Enrico Zerbo
 Musics & sfx: Alex Ascione
 Storyboard: Valerio Massari - Stefano Gualeni

The game is expeceted to retail around the 15 ukp mark.
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AER


Emulator News
At the title link, you'll find new versions of DarcNES, A/NES CGFX, AmiMSX2, AmiGameBay and AmiMaster. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
Andreas Hippauf by e-mail


Light Force News
Andreas Hippauf writes:
We have founded a programmer team named "strange worlds" (name resulting from our intent to create whole virtual worlds on the Amiga). Our first project "Newtron" became one step more professional by it. With the name, two new members joined the team:
Costel Mincea will be our graphician, responsibler for intro and animations. Oliver Schuler should already be known to many for his Amiga port of glTron. He will support us for exsample with 3D calculating functions for normal vectors (needed for light effects and textures).

Please be informed that the project Newtron now has a new name: As finished game it will be named "Light Force", and probably be released on CD.

Since the namechange, the old internet site is no longer available. Informations about Light Force has been completely integrated into our LA-Workbench, and is available under the title link. There is also a new demo version available! The demo now has 1 or 2 player mode optionally, various perspectives, collision control, improved controlling options (especially mouse control!), sadly still rather stupid opponents, score is already counted etc! Give it a try!

With regret we have to say that so far very little e-mail has been recieved for Newtron! We hope that feedback will improve with the demo version. As long as less than 200 Amiga users are really interested in the game, it is not sure if we will really finish the game. In these insecure times, user feedback is the most important part in such a project! The more people tell us what they liked (or what they didn't like), what they want in it, the more we are motivated to implement all these ideas and continue! (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
Jörn Plewka in d.c.s.a.m.


Support for Twister1200 (DCE)
Jörn Plewka writes in d.c.s.a.m.:
Due to some requests, I want to make clear: For more than a year now, no one from the developer union Katodev has any rights in Twister1200 aside from the right to use the circuitry in other designs. Other "Katodev" designs are currently in the state of changing ownership. This has no negative results for the user, however.
 &nbps;Some people are individually and officially offering support for the Twister1200 cards by DCE, which is why the Twister Mk2 can be found on the KatoDev website. Since users (like ourselves) have generally bad experiences with support, the people involved have decided to offer first-hand support from developers and engineers!

For the user, support@katodev.de is an easy-to-remember contact for questions. Internally, the message is forwarded automatically depending on subject and content. By the way, we have created other collective adresses.

Since developers, for reasons of efficiency, should not constantly interrupt their work, or be available at all, we want to ask again not to call us on the phone, but use e-mail, WWW and fax instead. If a phonecall should be necessary, this is usually only possible after 6:00 PM MET (which is in any case the better choice). There is a risk, however, that the wrong developer will be on the phone. (ps)

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23.Nov.1999
Markus Fellhauer in ANF


Frogger version 1.44 released
At the titlelink, you can download MPEG video player for different Amiga systems. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
AMIGA


AMIGA: Pictures from the HEW '99
AMIGA: Pictures from the HEW '99. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Blue Black Solution


Operation: Counterstrike
After the game was renamed "Siberian Sun" some time ago, Blue Black Solution now took the final descission to name the game "Operation: Counterstrike" as originally planned.

Another descission was to make the game gfx board only, there will be no AGA version. FastRAM under 16MB will also not be supported. Aside from the Windows95 and Apple MAC version there will be only a 060 version for Amiga 68k. PPC version is planned. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
COOLbits


COOLbits News
Martin Strobl writes:
G3 PowerPC board
After we were shown the AmiJoe G3 PowerPC boards for A1200 by Metabox in a small circle, I called Metabox on the phone to learn the following:
The AmiJoe boards for A1200 are finished, and production starts in December. Scheduled release date is end of January. The other boards for A2000 / A3000 / A4000 are to follow about 1-2 months later.

There are currently talks with Haage & Partner about their 68k emulation and the PPC software used. I hope these talks are successful, since another PPC driver system (aside from WarpUp / PowerUp) will be of little help. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
AmigaLand in ANF


HTMLEXT Preview 1
AmigaLand presents: a first preview of HTMLEXT, a HTML editor extension for the well-known GoldED. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Jens Tröger in ANF


New Installer (beta)
At the title link, the new InstallerNG is available for free download. InstallerNG is compatible with AmigaOS Installer (OS 3.5, too), but offers important new features like an improved GUI (MUI optional), better error tolerance, better script testing (which however reveals errors not detected by the "old" Installer), some new and expanded functions and many, many more. At the moment still beta, InstallerNG can even now be used as a full replacement of the original Installer. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Heise Newsticker and R. Benda in ANF


More Transmeta secrets unveiled
Heise writes:
"Not only on their webpage, but also in the processor name Crusoe, California processor company Transmeta is staying true to their image of playing hidden secrets: Crusoe is a very nice anagram of "source".

Transmeta has also hidden some further patents, which can so far not be found as American patents on the USPTO server, but have been granted and released as international PCT patent."
Full article (German) at the title link. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Andreas Falkenhahn by e-mail


Support Area for "Best of Airsoft Softwair" created
At the Airsoft Softwair homepage, a support area for the CD "The Best of Airsoft Softwair" has been created. Here, numerous info about the CD-ROM are available, and updates for owners of the CD-ROM. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Olaf Köbnik by e-mail


Amiga Arena News
There haven't been news from Amiga Arena for a long time, and I want to say sorry for this. Nevertheless I will give it my all and start making my site active again, and make it usefull for Amiga users! The first step has been taken already with a new layout. I'd appreciate feedback. On this occassion, a thank you to all Amiga users who stayed faithful to the Amiga Arena!

TaskForce homepage offline!
Sadly, development of TaskForce has been put on hold! The programmer, Jens G., will probably release a last update, which will however not be available from Amiga Arena! I will nevertheless attempt to support other interesting Amiga Freeware games! (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Felix Schwarz by e-mail


fxPAINT Enhancement Kit #1 available
With the Enhancement Kit #1, fxPAINT is expanded by several features, and generally improved. Like speed improvements in the whole program, internal Picasso96 support and support for different metrics as well as some bugfixes. The update can be downloaded for free from the Innovative homepage. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Colin-Steward Bridge Deady by e-mail


KOSH Summary no. 28
From:     "Colin-Stewart Bridge Deady" csbdeady@mythicz.u-net.com
Date:     21 Nov 99 20:15:46 +0000
Subject:  [KOSH] Summary 28
To:       kosh-general@iconimaging.net
Reply-To: kosh-general@iconimaging.net

Hi all

Enclosed is Summary no. 28 - at last. Apologies for the long wait.

I feel I may not have done justice to a couple of the concepts present
- if so please post a reply with suggested ammendments and I'll
incorporate them.

-Bridge

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nitroglycerine on a pogo stick" http://www.iconimaging.net/kosh/
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KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Summary

Inclusive of Dates: 25th September 1999 to 20th November 1999

Number: 028

Mailing List: kosh-general@iconimaging.net

I'm happy to receive comments on this summary (and corrections if I have made
mistakes). Email me (Bridge) at kosh-scribe@mythicz.u-net.com

In the mailing list these last few weeks, the following items were discussed.


a)

Subject: Formalising past KOSH discussions

Summary of debate: It was discussed at length that there is a need to look over
                   past debates on items relevant to KOSH and to present these
                   in a more formal manner. One of the main reasons for this is
                   in order to prevent information relevant to KOSH from being
                   lost in historical records. Instead we would like to take
                   these ideas and cement them into positive feedback for the
                   KOSH project as a whole as an aid to providing further
                   direction for KOSH.

                   In order to accomplish this, it was suggested that voluntary
                   Working Groups be organised, each of which would present a
                   document on a selected topic - based mainly (but not
                   exclusively) on the summaries and other documents from the
                   various mailing lists.

                   Alternatively a more fluid approach could be used in which
                   each person who was interested in contributing to a document
                   on a particular subject would hold the document for a week
                   or two at a time, add their own ideas and correct the
                   previous holder's mistakes (changes being discussed and
                   agreed to by both parties), then pass it on to the next
                   person. When passed around a turn without getting any more
                   changes, the document would be trimmed, signed and posted on
                   the ML where a few additional changes could take place
                   before it is put on the website.

                   It was suggested that working groups can on occasion be
                   inefficient due to large numbers of people being involved.
                   Therefore perhaps 3-6 people should be the limit per topic.

                   A small group of KOSHans is looking into this.


b)

Subject: KOSH Introductory Website

Summary of debate: Marcus Petersson has written some material for an
                   introductory website to KoshOS (thanks Marcus) - if anyone
                   has any information which would be useful for this worthy
                   project please contact Marcus via the ML.


c)

Subject: Connection troubles resolved

Summary of debate: Between the last summary and this one there have been a
                   couple of instances when access to
                   kosh-general@iconimaging.net vanished. Thanks to Jason
                   Radford for putting the bits back in place. Certainly for
                   the last few weeks there have been no connection problems
                   (to my knowledge).


d)

Subject: GPL

Summary of debate: The idea of the Gnu Public Licence was discussed in
                   depth. It was suggested that KOSH should be put into GPL,
                   and this received a mixed response. It was stated that
                   distributing GPL items along with private items is OK as
                   long as clear notices are maintained in the appropriate
                   places.

                   It was further stated that any software programs
                   including or derived from GPL source must be covered by the
                   GPL itself. That doesn't mean that whole suites would become
                   GPL, but would mean that the relevant subsystem would.

                   It was felt by some that GPL could be contrary to the aims
                   of KOSH and therefore should be avoided.

                   However there is also the LGPL or Library Gnu Public Licence
                   which applies to libraries. This licence exist to guarantee
                   that the user still has the ability to modify the library
                   under LGPL but not the product using the library (although
                   the product can be GPL).

                   You can charge for distributing LGPL and GPL software
                   as long as this is limited to things like covering media and
                   postage costs for example.

                   See http://www.gnu.org for more information on Gnu.

                   This debate (as with many) is set to continue.


e)

Subject: KOSH Contacts database

Summary of debate: Suggested was a contacts database for KOSH that would
                   include all "known" KOSHans, others who have a slight
                   interest, developers, newspapers, magazines, etc.

                   This would be useful in two ways. Firstly (and obviously)
                   that it would enable easy dissemination of information
                   relevant to KOSH. Secondly it would be a tool to demonstrate
                   that KOSH is definitely alive and well.

                   Part of this information is available at
                   http://www.iconimaging.net/kosh/kommunity/developers.html


f)

Subject: K and C

Summary of debate: For those that may be wondering, "Kommunity" on the KOSH
                   website is now "Community" due to Babelfish translation
                   problems. KOSH is still KOSH and not COSH as a COSH involves
                   to clubbing people.


g)

Subject: "KOSH UK" meet.

Summary of debate: John Chandler and Greg Webb and I (Bridge Deady) seem to
                   have become "KOSH UK" in that we are all ahem in the UK,
                   are thinking of KOSH at World of Amiga 2000 in the UK and
                   we also recently took part in a KOSH Q&A session via IRC
                   hosted at the Cologne Fair in Germany.

                   If anyone else is in the UK (or abroad and is willing to
                   fly over) and is interested in a "get together" sometime
                   please let us know as this is something we are thinking of.


h)

Subject: User Interface Website

Summary of debate: See http://www.iarchitect.com/mshame.htm which covers
                   examples of good and bad user interface design.


i)

Subject: KOSH Virtual Credits and taxation

Summary of debate: A query was raised concerning tax laws in countries such as
                   the UK and the KOSH Virtual Credits scheme. In the UK
                   (amongst other countries presumably) virtual credits would
                   be liable for tax but that tax would have to paid in UK
                   pounds sterling.

                   It was discussed that if sales are made to EC countries
                   above a certain threshold (apr £70,000 p.a. for the UK) then
                   the seller must register for VAT in that country.

                   This is something to bare in mind but won't become an issue
                   for a while yet.


j)

Subject: KOSH web site updated

Summary of debate: The KOSH website at http://kosh.convergence.org and
                   http://www.iconimaging,net/kosh amongst others has been
                   updated a number of times since the last summary. Feel free
                   to have a quick browse.


k)

Subject: EROS goes GPL

Summary of debate: EROS have gone GPL. See:
                   http://www.eros-os.org/ and for a discussion on this,
                   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/28/0151212&mode=nes


l)

Subject: Licencing parts of KOSH

Summary of debate: It was suggested that we could make a simple policy over
                   licensing of our software. Whenever any module is withdrawn
                   from our distribution it could be put on a countdown for a
                   fixed period. We have the duration of that period to reverse
                   the decision and put it back in under our own terms, but
                   once that period has expired, the source and binary are
                   released under a simple freeware licence.

                   A similar idea was previously discussed in that software
                   developed for KOSH could be given a particular licence that
                   stated the software would lapse into the public domain if
                   certain criteria had not been fulfilled.

                   At the very least the sources released would be of
                   educational use and would hopefully spark off further
                   development. This idea of software licencing received a
                   favourable response from those that commented on it.

                   It was further suggested that some sort of "auction" of old
                   code could take place to generate funds for KOSH (and the
                   author of the code) before it was placed into a free-ish
                   -ware state. This could however allow large corporations to
                   take over KOSH and therefore a limit on the size of bids
                   would be needed. Even so this could cause problems.

                   If an "auction" was implemented then to prevent corporations
                   from buying code and then leaving it dormant a clause in the
                   auction could be that if a new version of the code updated
                   from the original is not forthcoming after a specified time
                   then the code reverts to being the property of KOSH.

                   Overall the idea of code becoming freeware under a licence
                   as discussed initially received a more favourable response
                   than that of an "auction" based system. None of this is
                   supposed to remove the rights programmers have over their
                   own code.

                   It was then suggested that a version of the Mozilla Public
                   Licence may be appropriate. This allows retention of
                   copyright but opens up the potential for others to develop
                   the code.


m)

Subject: KAROS (KOSH hosted on AROS)

Summary of debate: A discussion on hosting KOSH on AROS was held. At least
                   two ideas were forthcoming:

                   1) AROS can either run standalone or on another OS such as
                   KOSH (once KOSH itself is running of course),

                   2) AROS could be used as  a basic services provider for
                   KOSH allowing us to implement other things without having to
                   spend a large amount of time getting a filesystem, device
                   drivers, etc written first.

                   This is not to detract from the thoughts on hosting KOSH on
                   Linux, AmigaOS, MacOS, Win32, etc. but merely adds another
                   possibility.

                   AROS is available from: ftp://www.aros.org/pub/aros/


n)

Subject: Distribution format

Summary of debate: It was suggested that KOSH could be distributed on DVD
                   rather than CD which would then enable a program on the DVD
                   to create a hosted-KOSH CD for any given OS. This would
                   enable one DVD to contain versions of KOSH for a large
                   number of systems.

                   However it is hoped that KOSH will be compact enough not to
                   require a DVD for distribution! It was also mentioned that
                   DVD is still not commmonplace everywhere.


o)

Subject: Linux, GPL and KOSH

Summary of debate: It was queried as to whether an OS running hosted through
                   Linux automatically GPL'd? While the LGPL only covers the
                   module concerned, the GPL infects everything it touches.


p)

Subject: KOSH featured at the Cologne Fair.

Summary of debate: KOSH were kindly invited by Hendrik Hoener of Amiga UGN
                   Germany to take a slot in an IRC conference that they are
                   hosting during the Cologne fair. We were represented by Greg
                   Webb, John Chandler and myself (Bridge Deady). We were
                   slotted in directly after Petro Tyschtschenko of Amiga which
                   provided us with a prominent mid-afternoon position.

                   The log of the session, while being a little bit difficult
                   to follow in places (due to three people answering different
                   questions at the same time) can be found at
                   http://ugn.amiga.org/events/hew99.shtml - (Scribe's note: if
                   it becomes unavailable, email me and I'll send you a copy).

                   The main issue that came to light was that a lot of people
                   simply did not know what KOSH is. We fielded a lot of
                   questions to this effect. We gave plenty of references to
                   the website and this ML as well as providing both short and
                   lengthy descriptions.

                   Various other items of great relevance were discussed - and
                   it was mentioned to those online at the time that KOSH will
                   consider these. There will be a threaded summary of the
                   proceedings available from myself in the near future which
                   we can all digest.


q)

Subject: Formalising documentation of past discussions

Summary of debate: Greg Webb, John Chandler and Marcus Petersson have been
                   discussing a proposal for a system to make it easier for
                   more than one person to work on a document. If you would
                   like to be involved in this please contact one of the above
                   via the ML.


r)

Subject: KOSH IRC

Summary of debate: A KOSH IRC session in the nearish future was proposed. This
                   is under consideration.


s)

Subject: KOSH at World of Amiga 2000

Summary of debate: This has been suggested on numerous occasions and hopefully
                   we will have more news on this idea soon.


t)

Subject: Protecting systems with an "undo" feature

Summary of debate: It was suggested that
                   http://www.powerquest.com/en/secondchance/index.html and
                   http://www.go-back.co.uk/start.htm should interest people as
                   they do this. GoBack may be a better model to work from as
                   it uses it's own partition structure to store the data,
                   while SecondChance just uses ordinary files which need
                   clearing out and cannot be so easily overwritten if the user
                   needs the space.
(ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Jens Schönfeld by e-mail


First Fast-Z2 card for Z4-board
Jens Schönfeld writes:
The first card to support the Fast-Z2 mode of the new Z4-board, "Buddha Flash Maxxelerate", is available. The adjustable timing has been removed, so only up-to-date hard disks are supported. The performance is about 80% better than that of a "normal" Buddha Flash. An A1200 with Apollo 68040-25 reaches almost 3,1 MB per second, which should be roughly the speed achieved by a 060 or PPC board. I expect a 68030-40 to reach almost 5 MB per second, detailed benchmarks to be available this week.

If you want your Buddha to be updated, you'll have to send it in. The price for the update is 18,- Euro plus shipping. (ps)

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22.Nov.1999
Oliver Wagner by e-mail


AmTelnet version 2.2 released
Download: amtelnet_22.lzx (ps)

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21.Nov.1999
Steven Flowers by e-mail


The Pulse Issue 9
Alive Mediasoft is shipping the English magazine The Pulse for free on a regular basis, which at the same time is a catalog for ordering the products advertised therein.

While there are usually 2000 copies shipped, this christmas it will be 5000, with 700 not covered by the database of ALive Mediasoft. If you are therefore interested in a copy, you can order it worldwide, free, by e-mail or the link above, from Alive Mediasoft.

If you have already ordered the magazine, please do not order again. Copies are shipped right now, and especially oversea shipments (USA, Australia) can take a while.

Contents: The Pulse Issue 9
REVIEWS...
  • Heretic 2 (exclusive first review)
  • Hell Squad (exclusive first review)
  • Whales Voyage 2 (exclusive first review)
  • Mikro Mortal Tennis (exclusive first review)
  • Bertie's Animal Kingdom (exclusive first review)

CLASSIC REVEIWS...
  • Rise of the Robots
  • Chaos Engine

BUYERS GUIDE...
  • Amiga OS 3.5
  • Power Tower
(ps)

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21.Nov.1999
Thomas Lorenz by e-mail


FusionPPC status
Paul Lesurf (Blittersoft) had a long talk with Jim Drew about FusionPPC. The current status is:
  1. As previously announced, FusionPPC for Amiga was not released on November 20th as scheduled.
  2. FusionPPC development for Amiga is continuing as normal.
  3. Jim Drew explained that the project is in advanced state of completion, and everything is done to have a release version ready by christmas.
  4. Like stated in the prepayment contract, all customers are free to cancel the contract with Microcode Solutions in writing. The money is transferred back within 30 days after recieving the cancelling note. This was stated clearly on the webpage, top of the online ordering form.

Paul Lesurf asks people to have patience until FusionPPC for Amiga is released. Jim and Joe are working hard to present an excellent package for PPC Amiga, and due to Paul Lesurf, it will be worth the waiting. (ps)

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21.Nov.1999
AWD [News]


Ami@reek
At the link above, latest Amiga news are posted in Greek. (ps)

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21.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News


AmiDog's Movie Player v1.30
On November 20th, version 1.30 of the Movie Player has been released. Changes from the previous version:
  • reworked shell user interface
  • completely rewritten AmigaOS code
  • MPEG: VLayer support
  • MPEG: some optimizations in the decoder
  • MPEG: faster YUV->RGB converting
  • MPEG: greyscale window on Workbench with 15/16/24 bit
  • MPEG: 2-width HAM about 40% faster
  • MPEG: greyscale playback about 20% faster
  • QT: index creation many hundred times faster
  • QT/AVI: CVID decoder bugged in v1.26
  • QT/AVI: YUY2 decoder playing movies upside down
  • bugfix: a char array being copied to unallocated memory

The QT parser has some bugs in the playback code, and this version is for now missing a GUI. If you want one, you can get one from version 1.25/1.26.
Download: AMP130.lha. (ps)

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21.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News


MSD95 V1.5
MSD95 is an Amiga filesystem allowing to read IBM-PC partitions and floppy disk (the latter by using the mfm.device). Supported are FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 with or without long filenames. Download: msd95v15.lha. (ps)

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20.Nov.1999
Fred Fish in gg-ML


Coordinator wanted for AmigaOS Geek Gadgets
Since Fred Fish is lacking the time and motivation for some time now to look after the AmigaOS version of Geek Gadgets, a new coordinator is wanted for the Amiga version.

If you are interested in taking this job, you should have good organisational and communicative talents, being an active member of the Amiga community, and have enough time to look after all aspects of AmigaOS GG.

Additionally, someone is wanted who can generate a new snapshot on regular basis. For this, an Amiga 68060 would be nice, since a 68040 takes several days for compiling all sources, so creating a snapshot can take several weeks. Even while there is no need for manual editing most of the time. (ps)

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20.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News


MPEG+Sound module project for CV64/3D
The Cybervision64/3D offers a S3-Scenic-Highway (LPB) bus. This allows for adding useful expansions like a MPEG decoder or such. While the hardware is readily available, the needed Amiga software is missing. Those interested in writing such software, can get further informations about the project from the title link, or write an e-mail to rob@vgr.com. (ps)

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20.Nov.1999
Fun Time World


fxPaint test and MP3 software overview
At Fun Time World, a review of the image processing software fxPaint and an overview over MP3 software have been released. (ps)

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20.Nov.1999
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Cinemaware Webring
Dimitris a Gourlis has created a webring about the games by Cinemaware (It came from the Desert, Defender of the Crown). You can join this webring at the title link. (ps)

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20.Nov.1999
Amiga.org


HEW '99 report by Caghan Demirci
The article is very detailed, and contains one piece of information or another that escaped some people so far. Like, Epic's "Simon the Sorcerer 2" might be released early next year as Amiga version if at least 500 preorders are recieved. (ps)

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20.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News


JST v2.9
The degrader "JST" has been released as version 2.9. It now offers an emulation of the CD32 joypad. Download: jst.lha (ps)

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20.Nov.1999
AWD [News]


Eyelight - Millennium Amiga Poll
From November 19th to December 19th, Eyelight is conducting the Millennium Amiga Poll.
Reason for this poll is to find out how many Amiga users there are, and what they want. To encourage participation, Eyelight offers prices for more than 5000 USD.

Every day, a PowerPack Volume I + bonus cupon, a Tornado3D t-shirt + bonus cupon and a bonus cupon are given away. Every week, a Tornado3D SE package + bonus cupon can be won.

The detailed form can be downloaded from the title link. (ps)

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Atéo Concepts News
The serial driver of the AtéoSer/AtéoIO card now works correctly. Error handling took so much time since it was both a soft- and hardware issue. As a fix for the software there will be an update at the Atéo Concepts website next week. The hardware issue makes a small modification of the Atéo bus necessary, which can be done by yourself - there will be a manual on the website, or you can send in the board after calling in (phone +33 (0)2.40.85.30.85).

Atéo has a limited number of A4000 keyboards in stock, which can i.e. be connected directly to the Atéo tower. Price is 36.90 Euro.

Atéo bus works correctly with OS 3.5. If problems should occur, the usual patches are to blame. Otherwise try an additional "COLD" argument when calling the 'StartAteoBus' command.

Release of the scandoubler has been delayed due to the AtéoSer issues and the prototype being delivered early September instead of end of July, but should be available by the end of the year.
Atéo Concepts warns that Picasso96 V2.0 does not work with the Pixel64 due to a bug in the files. When the bug is fixed, a P96 update will be available in the download area. On the other hand, CyberGfx does also support the Pixel64 now.

Development of an audio board with DSP, MIDI, MPEG compression etc. is planned. Suggestions and ideas can be send to Atéo Concepts. (ps)

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Sid4Amiga version 3.24 released
Download: Sid4AmigaV3_24.lha (ps)

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HEW '99 Special
First short previews 12./14.11.1999
Pictures of the first day Impressions - 12.11.1999
Details and pictures of the Met@box processorcard for A1200 - 13.11.1999
Pictures of the second day Impressions II - 13.11.1999
Pictures of the last day Impressions III - 14.11.1999
HEW '99 Report from Caghan Demirci - 29.11.1999


Links to other reports and pictures:
UGN IRC Logs
Pictures from Virtual Dimension
Livereport and Annex Performance from Amiganation
Pictures from javosoft Computer
Pictures from AmigaImpact
Report in german and pictures from AmigaLand


Detailed report
(Translation by Martina Jacobs - Thank you very much!)

AMIGA International, Inc.

The booth of Amiga International was way the biggest and most beautiful one the fair. It took a compressor eight hours to pump up that tremendous Boing-Ball. The Amiga museum was very interesting, where in addition to all the Amiga models ever made the "Walker" were exhibited, which never came to production. The presentation of the operatingsystem update AmigaOS 3.5 was the highlight and of course it was sold at the show. Also A1200 machines and the popular Amiga merchandising products were sold.

There were no new Amigas to show and the MCC was off topic, as it became clear during the weeks before the fair. However, there was a developer machine by Haage & Partner exhibited inside of a displaycase at the AMIGA booth. This machine was a POP board from IBM (CHRP), which can be licensed by any developer who wants to produce a big number of pieces. During an interview Jürgen Haage said that Haage & Partner is planing a nativ PPC port of AmigaOS after developing AmgaOS 3.5. The cooperation of AMIGA by giving Haage & Parter the necessary licenses to do so, is the most important assumption to make this come true. Haage & Partner already negotiats with AMIGA.

Inside the AMIGA booth guests of Tanja and Taras, Petro's children, were supported with tasty sausages, coffee and other drinks in an outstanding way . Petro Tyschtschenko, president of Amiga International, answerd numerous questions. Many users in a distinct manner showed him their frustration and temper about Gatway's decision to drop the MCC . Various users felt downright cheated by those many not fulfiled promises. All this temper were shaked out on Petro. Surely not an easy job, but in the meantime Petro calles himself a "manager of crisis". Unfortunatly many users don't think of, that Petro was the only one who put something into production, for he cared for the development of the operatingsystem update AmigaOS 3.5 and pushed it.

Certainly not to leave behind the music group ANNEX, who delighted the visitors of the fair with several songs an their dance-perfomances. In any case to mention is the visit by Diana and Bob Scharp, who are organizing the Gateway Computer Shows in St. Louis. Furthermore there were many small sub-boothes with Amiga, e.g. the one of Amiga-Club im BTX & Internet and the internet café, which was organizsed by UGN and where the IRC conferences were held - in the meantime usual for any big show. The IRC conferences were organized by Hendrik Höner and Christoph Dietz. The machines for the conferences were at their disposal by Amiga International. At other sub-boothes Amiga magazines like amigaOS, Amiga-Magazin and AmigActive from England were introduced. AmigaPlus were represented at another booth. More sub-boothes are discribed seperately below.

Haage & Partner

At the booth of Haage & Partner users got the occation to buy a lot of good software. Jürgen Haage, his wife an Markus Nerding as well as many co-workers answered questions of numberless users. For almost every product presentations were shown at the booth. Survey following:

STFax 4.0, the ultimate fax solution with 120 professional announcement texts in both, German and English. Many of the features have been enhanced, e.g. remote access, fax on demand, forwarding of faxes and background printing. Furthermore this version contains an enhanced support for USRobotics with improved quality of sound.

NetConnect 3.0, the all-in-one internet bundle with Voyager 3.0 incl. Java-script, AmIRC 3, NetInfo 2, the new mFTP as well as MetalWeb, the WYSIWYG HTML editor.

Warp3D, the highly optimized 3D driversystem for CyberVison 3D/Virge3D and others.
WaruUP, the hightspeed PowerPC kernel for Amiga.
StromMESA, an OpenGL compatible graphics library.
H&P advertises: The combination of PowerPC, 3D graphics card, WarpOS, Warp3D and StormMESA/OpenGL makes your Amiga a highend machine.

Storm DSK, the developer survival kit, containing everything indispensable for professional development. The bundle includes: StromC 3.0 68K ANSI C/C++ Compiler, StormC 3.0 PowerPC ANSI C/C++ Cross-Compiler, StromPowerASM 68K and PowerPC Cross-Assembler, StormWIZZARD V2.2 as current version of the desktop tools, StormMesa - 100% compatible OpenGL library for 68K and PowerPC, Developer CD V1.3 incl. the Amiga Refernz Manuals as AmigaGuide, PowerPC 68K Emulator Beta-Programm.

amigaWriter, the Word Processor with multilingual word-division, chapter-management, automatic list of contents, WYSIWYG style footnotes, extensive DTP funktions, pattern documents, enhanced printing, spell checking with correction propositions and support for TrueType. Unfortunatly version 2 wasn't finished in time before the show.

Tornado 3D Version 3.0, the incredible 3D rendering and animation programm with complete new GUI and an enormous number of features: clothes and threads, mannequins (human figures), improved particle system/force fields, extended inverse cinematic, sculptor (form editor), support for 3D sounds, animation control assistent, project planer, render engines and much more.

For graphics the classics VideoFX 2, X-DVE, FontMachine and of course ArtEffect 3.0 were sold at the show. The grahics programm for picture and video editing and creation of animations, as well as file convertion, ImageFX Version 4.1 is new on the list of H&P.

Also PageStream 4.0, the all-in-one DTP bundle incl. drawing funktions, index and list of contents, PDF export, HTML import/export, chapter dependent stile patterns and variables, multiple chapter/page number, manual printing, overview printing, visitingcard and lable printing.

The AMIGA Developer CD 2.1 containing all the news for AmigaOS 3.5 and for the previous versions of the operatingsystem was dearly desired. This bundle even includes the StormC 68K C/C++ Compiler Version 3.0 among other software and files . However, the CD doesn't contain the PowerPC-Compiler and Power-Assembler, but if you purchase the CD you obtain the opportunity to get StromC Version 4.0 for a special price.

Even a few hardware were offered. One could buy the graphic tablets and the multi I/O card HyperCOM 3+ from VMC, too.

Schatztruhe

At the booth of Schatztruhe of Stefan Ossowski one could see numerous software and among this a real feast for the eyes: the hand-airbrushed Micronik-Tower of Heinz Andreolla from Rüti in Swizerland. This tower is absolutly unique. Heinz took the tower completely apart, and brushed and painted multiple layers inside and outside of it. The Boing-Balls are sometimes raising, somtimes falling, sometimes smaller, sometimes bigger, sometimes more pale, and sometimes real colourful, telling the history of Amiga, which raised in the begining, then was colourful on top, and - as it looks like by now - slowly disapears into the underground again.

A special gimmick on the tower is a little Boing-Ball, which rotates around it's diagonal axis. This ball is driven by a 3.5 voltage ballbearing-engine. It took Heinz two month to work out the tower. Also Heinz together with Oliver Tacke is painting new GlowIcons. Some of the first icons one could already admire at the show. Unfortunatly a few of the icons are still faulty (too small), but those will be corrected and available soon.

One could find Urban Müller (Mr. Aminet) at the booth of Schatztruhe, too. We were able to ask him a number of questions about Aminet, which he moderates together with Matthias Scheler. We were interested in who is permitted to upload files to Aminet. Urban explained this to us, and we continued to write notes on it which we tell you in a summary below.

First of all everybody is of principle permitted to upload an archiv to Aminet. The archives are collected inside a special directory on the server in Paderborn. Before the archives get on Aminet - and by this on all mirrors - those are beeing checked for viruses and corrupt files. Above all they are verifying if the readme-files are proper. By the way Urban called our attention to the bad habit to include the version number with the filename. A lot of programmers are not able to give up this habit. There are two reasons why this is not good. First the filenames are changing continously and by this programms are hard to link to each other, and second it becomes harder to search for previous versions, cause previous version have to become deleted in order not to let burst the Aminet. So, it would be kind if the version number could be place inside the readme-file.

Further we asked Urban, why he dosn't agree with LZX-archives inside the Aminet, since LZX-archives are smaller than LHA-archives. Urban explained, he will agree with LZX-archives on Aminet as soon as LZX will be 100% portable to any operatingsystem. Unfrotunatly this is not possible, yet. What means that a few operatingsystems would be locked out from using LZX-archives.

Dr. Greg Perry from GP Software answerd questions of DirOpus users. A patch which fixes problems with AmigaOS 3.5 can be downloaded at the mentioned webside.

individual computers - Jens Schönfeld

Jens Schönfeld and Jörg 'Schueschmie' Sendrowski showed us the prototype of the new ethernet card. This is a full-sized Zorro card containing 10MBit ethernet and the "usual" expansionports. The card uses RJ45 ("Twisted Pair") as well as BNC ("thin ethernet" or "Lakritz") connectors. Also interesting is the SilveSurfer, a serial port for A1200 and Buddha. For the SilverSurfen even an adapter for A600 is available. This serial port makes up to 460800 Baud, is MIDI compatible and keeps big Fifos for low CPU charge. Additonal to this hardware there was a SCMS-Copybit-Killer. The Copybit-Killer allows multiple digital copying via TOSLINK optical cables between Minidisc, DAT, DCC, CDR and that is the reason why it is only usable for privat purposes.

Eyetech Group Ltd

Alan Redhouse showed us varaible hardware which is mainly used for industrial applications. Those are several components and modules which are to plug into the floppy port. Those keep an image of a bootdisk. He showed us a karaoke machine which used a small LC display and Scala to display the text of a song, while the music was played from an integrated CDRom drive. The necessary hardware sticks into a 19" shelf, hence is optimal for any insdustrial application. According to Allan Redhouse the Amiga Operatingsystem proved itself as definite stable and reliable, whereas the use of other systems brought up problems and crashes again and again.

Amiga Zentrum Thüringen e.V.

Wie talked to Kai Mache and Rolf Hoffmann. The AZT, surely known by some users from the "Fun of Computing" , mainly calls themself an address for users wanting to meat and get to know other users, in oder to discuss about their favourit subject and to help each other with problems. The subject of AZT's little sub-booth at Amiga definite was Linux. They lend help and the club also created a CD with all the necessary files to install Linux. Of course there are thorough manuals on the CDRom, too. The CD can also be ordered after the show from Thomas Mache, Lindenberg 59, 98693 Ilmenau, at a price of 25,- DM

KATO Development Group

Jörn Plewka, Thorsten Gruner and Thorsten Hansen showed us the new Twister 1200 NG, which is produced by DCE. A multi I/O card with automatic dataflow control and 460800 baud independent from the CPU in use. Twister 1200 NG is compatible to the Melody 1200 soundcard.

Further we could astonish at the new Zorro 2-fast-ethernet card Unity Net. Here some of the specifications: 100 Mbps and 10 Mbps (100Base-TX and 10Base-T), 64kB databuffer, auto-negotiation IEEE 802.3, full autoconfig (no harware settings needed), full duplex in 10Mbps mode, RJ-45 connection (Twisted Pair), automatic speed detection inside the network and SANA 2-driver. This card will be available in late january 2000 at the earliest.

EASys! by Tom Neidhardt

EASys! builds an OS enhancement for the standard Workbench, which is 100% compatible to OS3.5, and holds many additional features. Here some of the features: multithreading on WB, www pages as icon, send WB files as email, internet doc (unfoldable), office doc (unfoldable), system doc including drag 'n drop docs for presentations, editor, printing, and global help, and many many more. Further details are available by the link above. EASys! Version 4.6 coming soon on CDRom together with extended background stuff. Innovativ (Felix Schwarz) will deal with the sales. There is a test report for version 3.5 in amigaOS' issue from mai `99. The provisional product "MARInA" fits well as demo for snooping into the software, and is available on Aminet in the aminet/util/wb directory.

Vendors

We had no extended look at the vendors, but tenor of the conversations was, that there were not enough hardware for sale. Only a few PPC cards, graphics cards and accelaration cards were available at the fair. Nevertheless, the turnovers weren't lower than the year before at all, what after all means that the turnovers might have been much bigger, if there were more hardware for sale at the show.

At the booth of COOLbits people could purchase software updates from products of IrseeSoft. Further there were Bühler Elektronik, TGV-Haupt, ACT electronic and Elbox at the show.

RBM digitaltechnik

First your eyes were catched by the coloured tower cases, which RBM will soon offer painted with any colour wanted. We couldn't disregard the "Swopper", which has nothing to do with Amiga at all but nevertheless is interesting. "Swopper" is a chair like seat, which works like a big round ball, but doesn't roll away. Unfortunatly at a price of 800 to 900 DM this is a quite expensive fun.

Certainly ScanQuix 5 were presented. ScanQuix now supports the ICS colour management and offers further new features. The power failture system AmstroNG and Towerhawk 1200/4000 were shown, too.

Felix Schwarz von Innovative presented his new graphical editing programm fxPAINT at the booth of RBM. fxPAINT offers everything necessary for todays professional designers: painting tools and surfaces, highly comfortable to operate, many special effects, open concept for enhancements, integrated modules for convertion and administration of pictures, webdesign tools. fxPAINT is furthermore the first application fully using the features of OS 3.5 and of course supports PPC. Felix did an extented presentation for us and we realy were filled with enthusiasm.

Amiga-Club im BTX & Internet

The Amiga-Club im BTX und Internet takes the task to help Amiga users with all their problems concerning Amiga. It is important that the members help each other, by that contacts become closer and a good community is builded. To do so on the websides of the club a number of forums are available and thats also why the club were at the show. At their booth at the fair users could ask questions about any subject, many small problems could be fixed at the booth. The booth had a lot visitors, and many peoples who knew each other only by the forums had long conversations. Volker Mohr presented an Amiga laptop, which he put together himself laborious.

Aaron Digulla presented AROS. AROS is an new implementation of AmigaOS, which is open-source. Linux is used as developer system, cause it is available for free and stable, and allows a quite comfortable development of its own source code. AROS is to imagin as a kind of emulator, emulating the features of AmigaOS similar to UAE in which UAE builds a hardware emulation, whereas AROS actualy emulates the operatingsystem.

This project gets ahead only slowly at this time. About 60 % of the work is done, which mainly is due to that of 60 registered developers only a hand full gets active on this regular. Many developers are motivated, but there are problems with time. After all the project progressed far enough that we were able to play a mine-game. We asked Aaron who else he would like to have in the team, and of course he said that Olaf Barthel would be great. :-)

APC&TCP Computerclub

The APC&TCP Computerclub offers many performances. Some of this are directly deald by the central office, others by several members of the club. And quite that is the power and of course the main meaning of a computerclub. A lot of members like to help other members. This is done at the users' home or by the club magazine NoCover, which one could get on disk, via email or from the homepage of the club.

APC&TCP-sale cares for updates and patches for many programms, and supports developer of games. At their booth one could purchase a lot of games. Markus Pöllmann showed a demo of Phoenix, a outerspace game.

Epic Marketing

Epic-Marketing presented the new game "Dafel Bloodline". That is a Zelda like role game which will support AGA and graphics cards, will use a new sourround sound system and will contain many aktion elements.

Lukas Hartmann told us about his realtime strategy game "Soeki - The plague", which he together with Atomatirx (4 ppl) are developing on BeOS and will then be ported to Amiga, if there will be any moving on. The story of the game is very extended. It starts with an over-populated earth and a group of peoples getting teleported to a planet far away. That planet is build out of five islands, of which one is contaminated radioactive. Of course the people have to wear protection suites on that contaminated island what later turns out as a good thing, cause there enrages a virus on each of the islands turning human into monsters. Only the people wearing protection suites don't get affected by that virus. Everybody can imagin how the story continues....

We also met Paul Burkey, the programmer of Foundation (now Foundation - The Directors Cut) at the booth of Epic Marketing. An update for Foundation - The Directors Cut which will fix little bugs will be realeased soon.

Titan Computer

The highlight at the booth of Titan surely was the presentation of the demo of Heretic II. This game is beeing ported to Amiga by Hyperion Software. The programmers Thomas and Hans-Jörg Frieden as well as Christian Sauer told us, that a fast PowerPC and for the best a 3D graphics card is recommended for the game, as for Shogo.

Ingo Kleefisch presented his morphing programm "Fantastic Dreams", which now even can save single sequences as animations. Also the programmers of the well known CDR-software "BurnIt", Michael Siegel and Axel Deising, were at the booth of Titan. Michael Garlich, the chief of Titan-Computer, told us the decision of Gateway not to develope the MCC anymore put him to worse, cause he believed in those promises and invested a lot of money for licenses.

Summary

As you surely could read between the lines of the short previews, the show wasn't a "banger". All in all less visitors, only on saturday there were a quite good visitation. This time appearently only those people have come to the show who realy wanted to buy someting or to talk to the developers and to meet other Amiga users. As one could imagin before there were no single sign of the revolutionary development we heard about long time ago. Nevertheless, there are some good starts, but unfortunatly all this is still not "to hand", nothing we would be able to buy here and today. I talked to many users who came with a lot of money to the show, but left it again with the money. This in mind I'm astonished by the vendors beeing quite satisfyed by their turnovers not less than previous jear. This shows definite that there is a existing marked. It would be nice if something "real" would be brought t ging new starts (PPC) would realy come to development, because for me I'm fed up with those keep-up-slogans any way. OS 3.5 is a begining, but now the developers of hardware must come along.

This show was a great experience for me. I got to know an incredible number of people personaly who I only knew by email or phone before. I had a lot of intense and extended conversations, which gave me a better understanding of a number of interrelations. I want say thank you very much for the kindness I recieved everywhere. This all was great fun for me and motivated me to go on with Amiga News. One word about those many rumours at the show, as usual at any show. Certainly I've heard some, but I rather stick to facts and will wait until I'm able to report facts.

I hope that I didn't forget anybody or anything important, and that I didn't confuse specifications or anything else. If so, please sent me a short email.
(ps) (ps)

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PowerOS mailinglist
Due to the many e-mails every day with questions about PowerOS, a PowerOS mailinglist has been opened. More informations available from posinfo.listbot.com. (ps)

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FusionPPC - remark and request
The article below is taken from the Fusion mailinglist.
Since so far only a quarter of the placed preorders have been backed up with payments (which results in Microcode Solutions having to write the whole code themselves -> delays in Amiga and PC version), Jim Drew sees four options for the Amiga version:

  • paying back the prepaiments, aborting the project!! (NO!!)
  • continuing the project, finishing by christmas. BUT: Only for those who pre-ordered and pre-payed (hardware dongle) (not so great either)
  • bumping the price to 299 USD (probably by christmas, too) (oops, expensive...)
  • hoping that those who stated interest in FusionPPC will finally place their prepayment so the project can be finished quickly by external reinforcements.

Jim Drew is ready to hear other suggestions. Due to the large investments done so far, he is reluctant to drop the project.

Read the original message from Jim Drew:

"Well, as the clock winds down, we realize that we are not going to meet the deadline for the Amiga PPC release of FUSION. There are numerous reasons, with the most significant reason being that we have received only a small portion of the funds from the 500 that were require to pre-order. We were to use this money for hiring outside sources for writing portions of the code, which we have now been doing ourselves. This whole thing upsets us very much, as if we had known that the pre-payments were never going to arrive, we would have spent the time on the PC version and have it available already (we will always re-coup expenses in the PC market). We are disappointed that less than 1/4 of the people who pledged to pre-pay have not. Because of this, we have only a few choices:
  1. Completely abandon the project and refund the money to those individuals who did pre-pay.
  2. Continue the project with our normal staff and have the emulation available by Christmas, only to those who pre-paid (no sales to those who did not pre-pay... and use a hardware based dongle to eliminate piracy).
  3. Continue the project with our normal staff, and raise the price of the emulation now to $299.95.
  4. Please with the public to pay if you pledged to pre-pay and hope that the money comes in so that we can send out some of the work to expidite the process.

We don't know what to do. We have a ton of work done, and we don't really want to toss it away. Any suggestions?

Jim Drew, Microcode Solutions" (ps)

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Total Vision News
An update for the video MPEG player Frogger version 1.43 and an update for SoftCinema (version 0.7) is available for download. (ps)

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