• After changes to the user prefs handling in memory, the resulting enforcer hits are worked upon.
• Bugfix: The GETCONTACT command no longer produces enforcer hits.

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         A M I G A   A N D   T A O   R E L A T I O N S H I P

                A M I G A   R U M O R   C O N T R O L

                F L E E C Y   E X P L A I N S   T A O

       T A O   A N D   E S P I A L   C O L L A B O R A T I O N

    T A O ' S   E L A T E   C H O S E N   B Y   I N F O M E D I A

              O P E N   L E T T E R   F R O M   C O S A

        N E W   E X H I B I T O R S   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

      S U P E R V I E W   S I T E   C L O S E D   F O R   N O W

        F R O G G E R   P P C   V   1 . 5   A V A I L A B L E

            H & P   H A S   G R A P H I R E   D R I V E R

                    N O   M O R E   N E W S R O G

           F U S I O N   P P C   S T A T U S   U P D A T E

         D I G I T A L   I M A G E S   O P E N   L E T T E R

           S E A S I D E ,   E N G L I S H   V E R S I O N

        Q U A K E   N E W S   T O   P L E A S E   G A M E R S

         T W O   N E W   G A M E S   F R O M   D A R K A G E

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Things really are happening in the Amiga community, some of it fast
paced indeed. The first story in this issue came out on the day we
sent out the last "Amiga Update". It came out after the issue was
mailed, however, so it had to wait for this one.
 It's grouped with a couple of other stories that we hope will help
people begin to get a feeling for the work of Tao, Amiga's new
"content partner".
 We also find it interesting that Motorola, makers of the 68XXX family
of CPUs that have powered Amigas for so long, has taken a stake in
Tao. A story published recently in England carried the following
information:

 "Motorola Inc. has taken a small minority stake in Tao Group Ltd.
here and will use the company's virtual processor and Java-like OS
technology in portable communications and computing gear, Internet
appliances and digital-imaging products.

 Neither the size of Motorola's stake in the 35-person company nor the
monetary terms have been disclosed."

 The new Amiga has been in place for less than a month, and we're just
beginning to get a feeling of what their long term plans are. They
sound good so far. The only negative - a strong tendency to try so
hard not to be corporate types, they may end up scaring off potential
worthwhile business associates. We certainly hope that doesn't happen.
On balance, we're very pleased with events to date and feel all
Amigans have reason to feel much relief.
 Lots to read below - we hope you enjoy this issue.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

09 Jan 2000

Hello Brad,

 I hope this is the right addy to send stuff to?

 First let me say, excellent work with Amiga Update. I really look
forward to getting the news and info you send out. Please stay with us
and keep up the excellent work.

 Now that CUCUG's "Amiga Web Directory" is gone, sadly, what are our
best WWW sites to go to for Amiga News? Has anyone talked to CUCUG and
asked/begged them to continue? The community can use all the support
it can get and the AWD was a great presence on the WWW.

 Good luck to the *new* Amiga Inc. Go get 'em guys and dont give in no
matter what the "big" guys do, say or offer! The world needs a
realistic alternative and Amiga is it.


Regards

Simon
~~~~~~
Simon,
 Well, I hope you'll let "Amiga Update" help you keep up with the
news. As for alternative sites to the old Amige Web Directory, I'd
recommend two:

http://www.amiga.org/
http://www.realdreams.cz/AMIGA/

 Neither site has all the features the old CUCUG site, but both will
help you stay on top of Amiga news.
 Brad
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5 Jan 2000

brad,

 just a quick note to say "keep up the good work" ! i enjoy recieving
this e-publication. also, let me add that i prefer this "e-mail style
" as opposed to the old "download style "!!!! makes it easier for me
to read.
best,
dave
~~~~~~

Dave,
 Thanks very much. As we're happy to state, we plan on being around
for a while to come.
 We've always been e-mail based, never download style, so I'm a bit
confused by your statement, but if you (or any reader) know of someone
who's bumped into our archive site and figured that's all there is,
please let them know we're a subscription based publication. And that
we'd be happy to welcome them aboard!
 Thanks again,
 Brad
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       A M I G A   A N D   T A O   R E L A T I O N S H I P

8 January 2000

 Amiga and Tao-Group enter into a strategic relationship


 Las Vegas, NV January 8, 2000 - Amiga begins expressing plans for the
new Amiga with a strategic alliance with Tao-Group.

 "Things started going wrong the moment the PC rode into town and the
home computer revolution of the 1980s ground to a halt. We are here to
right that wrong." said Bill McEwen, Amiga's El Presidente. 'We kind
of feel guilty about not having been around to show the world the
evils of the PC, but inept management sent the Amiga off to a bad
place. Luckily, its users and developers have kept it alive, and now
we are back."

 "Existing products are very rude.' He continued. "Shoving PCI slots,
interrupts, file systems, registries, megahertz, and megabytes right
into your face. My grandmother just wants to play a game, or send an
email, or draw a picture. She doesn't want to have to mortgage the
house and get a masters degree."

 "Digital Technology has become stalled because of the predominance of
Windows." quiped in Fleecy Moss. "Putting a thousand monkeys on
typewriters may eventually produce the works of Shakespeare but it's
not something you're going to want to wait around for, and you don't
want to be responsible for cleaning up the mess in the meantime."

 "Our approach is outrageous. WE look at what actual people want, and
then give them the most simple, elegant solution. Even calling it
computing is falling into the PC trap. It is participation in the
digital content universe, whether it be developing an application,
playing a game, making your own video, watching TV or buying S&M gear
online. Computing companies are trying to paint digital convergence as
computers and TVs coming together, so they can stick "TV" in front of
PC and continue to sell the same old garbage. Digital Convergence is
something much bigger though. It is about content, information,
services, and activity transforming into a digital format and coming
together in a single place that has no boundaries. If someone tells
you you need a PC to get into this new content universe, smile nicely
and hit them with a big stick."

 "Elegance, simplicity, invisible and universal technology." sings
Bill McEwen, trying to get a word in edgeways. "That is why we are
just giddy to be working with the Tao Group. Others rant on about how
their products are next generation, warp capable, but the truth is
that most of them are based upon old concepts and architectures -
that's why you need the latest monster machine just to type letters.
Chris Hinsley (CTO/Tao Group) was one of those smartass child
prodigies you wanted to beat up at school. By age 20, he had already
been a commercial games developer for 5 years, and wrote some great
Amiga games. Being a smartass though, he saw the future, realised
nothing out there was ready for it, and dedicated the last ten years
of his life to making sure the human race was ready when the future
arrived."

 "The Amiga was special because it refused to settle for second best.
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right, and the proof of
that is in the global following that it still has today. With the
nightmare of the past five years behind us, the Amiga is ready to push
out ahead again, and save the future from a muddled, poorly fitting,
frustrating PC enema. With the foundation that the Tao Group gives us,
we are ready to re-introduce the world to a novel computer concept -
fun."

 "We aren't stupid enough to think it's going to be easy," interrupts
Fleecy Moss, shoving McEwen to the ground and gagging him. "A lot of
people have been brainwashed by the advertisements and the slick
salespeople. However, the digital information revolution is all around
us, waiting to happen. Everyone can feel it, everyone wants to be a
part of it. Amiga is going to stick a pretty big bomb under that PC
logjam and blow it clean back to Redmond. Elegance, simplicity,
invisible and universal technology. Time to start smiling again."

 "We are happier than a crocodile at a waterpark to be working with
Amiga." said Francis Charig, CEO and international stud. "We are very
proud of what we have created in our garden shed. We could have sold
out long ago, but the market was crowded with companies doing that so
we decided to actual create a product and make it a good one. Now we
are finding that OEMs are seeing our product and getting even more
excited about it than we are ourselves; it almost makes the whipping
and torture we have had to inflict on our employees worthwhile. An
Amiga solution powered by Tao technology is a match made in heaven for
everyone."
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            A M I G A   R U M O R   C O N T R O L

14 Jan 2000

{A posting to the Net from Fleecy Moss, with some helpful
clarifications. Brad}

In my trawling around the community hangouts,
I have come across several misconceptions, rumours,
and a lot of confusion. Whilst I can't hope to answer
everything, here are some things I want to set straight.


 0. Amiga will build a digital content universe. Digital
 content means anything composed of 0 and1 -
 applications, video, audio, games, emails, whatever.
 We will focus on 2 markets, the pathfinder market,
 for digital adventurers, power users, gamers,
 content creators, DTPers, artists, video ppl
 and those who refuse to define a computer as
 a digital appliance. Our second market will
 cocentrate on the Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH).

 1. If you are a personal computer person, there will
 be a personal computer second wave Amiga.

 2. We will support classic development in so much
 as we want to help users and developers transition
 to a new machine. That will be the total extent of our
 support for the classic machine. If this involves further
 AmigaOS releases, then so be it.

 3. We are targetting x86 and PPC for the first consumer
 release of Pathfinder products (if you are a personal
 computer person, this means you).

 4. We will do everything in our power (that doesnt bankrupt
 us or interfere with our primary goals) to ensure classic
 Amiga software runs on the new machine in some form or
 another.. The new Amiga product family (formerly called
 AQUA) will run natively and hosted. This is to create a large
 market fast for Amiga developers to profit from. For the first
 pathfinder release it will run hosted to see this market grow
 fast. We see one of our core duties as serving the developers.

 6. We are talking to the Phoenix Consortium about common
 interests.

 7. We have been contacted by QNX but currently have no plans
 to work with them.

 8. We will develop Amiga products for another market, the
 Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH) market. This markets will
 be kept separate but products will work together if the installer
 so desires it.

 9. There will be a new website and it will be public shortly. It has
 been tested on all browsers, Amiga and non Amiga, and given
 the compatibility problems between the implementations of open
 standards, our best effort has been made. The site will grow
 quickly and more information will be added. We want it to become a
 village where all Amigans can come to voice their opinions, chat,
 and travel off to different parts of the Amiga universe.

 a. A developer support manager has been selected and they are
 working on implementing the developer support program. This will
 be in place before the developer boxes are released.

 b. The developer boxes are specced out, we have contacted several
 whitebox manufacturers and we are building the distribution.

 c. Amiga will not provide dates until we have a product. We will
share
 timelines, but will not attach dates to them. Enough damage has
 already been done.

 d. We have had acceptances from 75% of our development team and
 their names and roles will be announced once we get back from
 training (before the end of the month).

 This mail can be redistributed without modification within the
community. As further questions and issues come up, we will attempt to
answer them.
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               F L E E C Y   E X P L A I N S   T A O

10 Jan 2000

 {The following exchange from a the Net may help ansewr questions
about Tao for many people. Our thanks to Fleecy Moss for posting the
answer to these questions. Brad.}

 >Hi fleecy, I was wondering if you could clear up a question that's
appeared >in various forums. Specifically, is Amiga going to use the
Elate RTOS as >the new AmigaOS kernel? It seems there's some confusion
over that. Your >comments that it will run on top of other OSes tend
to point towards the >J-Engine being more important. I guess I'm just
a little confused, or maybe >I don't understand the Elate RTOS very
well. :)

----

 Tao has a virtual processor system and a set of services that run
above it. You can call it an "OS" if you want, but the term is
increasingly irrelevant, as it is in KOSH. It can run natively, in
which case it is its own complete solution, or it can run on top of
other OSs, in which case the services are either provided by Tao, as
in the native version, directly to the VP, or they are "passed
through" to the host OS, and they provide the services.

 AQUA {Note: it's unlikely Amiga will use the AQUA name as Apple seems
to have grabbed it. Brad.} will offer a set of services accessed
through interfaces/APIs and developers will write to them no matter
what the situation. The situation itself can be AQUA running native,
which means only Amiga and Tao code, or it can be hosted, for instance
on Linux, or Windows even, in which case it can look a lot like an
application.

 No matter the situation, AQUA is still AQUA and developers and users
will see the same product. The only issue will be in speed, with the
native version running the fastest. For market reasons though we will
support it running hosted. In fact the first one or two releases will
most likely be hosted.

 The J-Engine is merely an example of how efficient the Tao products
are. Coding, initially will be in C, C++ (if you enjoy pain) and Java.
However, the tao ppl code in VP code directly, and it is so easy to do
and you get such screaming results with the tools that it may become
the preferred method for developers.

 It is far more than a Java support engine though.

 So to answer your question, we will concentrate on a full AQUA (tao
and amiga only) solution but we also have the ability to offer it
working on other OSs as well.

 Amiga will define and develop AQUA which defines how developers and
users access AQUA. What happens deep down can be different though.
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     T A O   A N D   E S P I A L   C O L L A B O R A T I O N

Leaders in embedded Java(TM) technology announce collaboration for
interactive multimedia for wireless, digital TV, and network gaming
Internet appliances.

Ottawa, Canada, January 11th, 2000

 Espial, the leading provider of embedded Java(TM) technology for
Internet appliances, and Tao Group, a provider of leading-edge Java
virtual machine technologies in the fields of compact, fast, and
portable operating environments, today announced that they will
collaborate to offer a complete Java-based solution for the multimedia
and interactive entertainment content delivery targeted at the
wireless and consumer markets. This collaboration will offer the
world's first Java based solution for delivery of multimedia and
interactive content to Internet appliances, which promises to
revolutionize the wireless, digital TV and network gaming industries.

 The Espial and Tao collaboration brings together Tao's intent(TM)
Java Technology Edition (JTE) virtual machine with Espial's market
leading full-featured Espial Escape(TM) web browser and Espial(TM)
Espresso application framework. The combined solution brings together
an optimized, high performance embedded JVM with the most advanced
Java based Internet and graphics technologies for embedded Internet
appliances. Espial's other products include Espial DeviceTop(TM), the
only service-ready Internet appliance platform for Java-based Internet
appliances; Espial Ebox(TM), a highly customizable Java based email
client; Espial Assistant, a full-featured Java based personal
information manager (PIM); and Espial Architect; a RAD tool for
embedded Java applications that gives developers the most
comprehensive development environment available today for developing
multimedia content, games and software applications for Internet
appliances.

 According to a recent report from International Data Corporation
(IDC), the market for Internet appliances is positioned to explode
over the next several years. The future is much brighter than most
have anticipated and will grow to become an annual 55 million unit
market and $15 billion market by the year 2001, the report says.

 "This partnership with Espial brings together two complementary
technologies," comments Francis Charig, Chairman and Chief Executive,
Tao Group. "By putting them together we are not only providing a
completely integrated software solution for the interactive
entertainment industry but also working together in bringing fast,
compact Java performance solutions to market. Developers for the world
of Java based interactive entertainment, network gaming, digital TV,
wireless and multimedia information appliances are now free to focus
on the benefits of their accelerated time-to-market."

 "In the Internet appliance and wireless markets, application and
content services will drive the adoption of smart devices." said Mal
Raddalgoda, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing, Espial Group.
"Through our partnership with Tao Group, we will be enabling a new
generation of service-driven, smart devices that will deliver a
compelling multimedia and interactive user experience. This will take
Java technology to a whole new level in the consumer electronics
market"

Pricing and Availability

 The combined Tao and Espial solution is available today for smart
devices running embedded operating systems such as Linux(R),
WindowsCE(R), OS-9, QNX(R)4. Future operating systems include VxWorks,
pSOS, QNX/Neutrino, TRON and EPOC32. Pricing information is available
from Espial and Tao for their respective products.
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    T A O ' S   E L A T E   C H O S E N   B Y   I N F O M E D I A

Reading, England, January 10th 2000

 Infomedia Network, manufacturer of advanced consumer hardware
computing and entertainment devices announced today that it has
selected the Elate(RTM) Real Time Operating System and the intent(TM)
multimedia content platform by Tao Group for use in INFOMAX, the
company's next generation of advanced set-top boxes. Due to the high
performance and small footprint of Elate(RTM) and intent(TM) these
technologies are well suited for use throughout Infomedia's entire
product line of advanced set-top boxes, portable computers and
point-of-sale devices.

 "Infomedia is represents a new generation of hardware manufacturer,"
said Patrice Haftman, Executive Vice-President of Infomedia Network,
Inc. "Our approach is to address solutions and to design hardware in
accordance with the needs of maximizing the value of the software.
Consumers do not buy hardware for it's own sake; they buy it for what
it can do for them. Tao's Elate(RTM) combined with intent(TM) gives us
the greatest potential to enable even the most demanding Java(TM) and
multi-media applications in the embedded market."

 intent(TM) was launched at CES on 6th January 2000. Its portable
multimedia content platform includes its Java(TM) technology edition
(Tao is a Sun Java(TM) technology licensee) and its 2D graphics
libraries, world-class audio and 3D technologies are also shortly to
be made available as intent(TM) becomes one of the standard content
platforms for consumer products.

 Infomedia Network will be introducing the INFOMAX line of advanced
set-top boxes and portable computers in 2000. All will be enabled for
Java(TM) applications and secure electronic commerce via Elate(RTM)
and intent(TM).

 "Infomedia's clear focus and commitment has been to provide high
performance systems designed for the Consumer. This explains our
support at Tao for INFOMAX and why we are excited about the
partnership between the two companies", commented Francis Charig,
Chairman of Tao. "Infomedia's approach has been to integrate world
class components while working consistently within industry standards.
By taking Tao's technologies, Infomedia has armed itself with products
to make its appliances easier to use, lower cost and faster to market
than its competition."

 "Since we are focused on delivering applications, the operating
system is of key importance to us," said Haftman. "Tao has
consistently demonstrated that Elate and its Java(TM) Virtual Machine
are the fastest, most compact and robust, and Tao has been there to
support us during our product development phase. We look forward to
our continuing relationship with Tao as new ideas are turned into new
products."

For more information about Tao please visit Tao's website at
http://www.tao-group.com/
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            O P E N   L E T T E R   F R O M   C O S A

                        COSA PROGRESS UPDATE
                          JANUARY 11, 2000

                  An Open Letter - January 11, 1999
                 By COSA President, Steve Crietzman

Introduction

 Our last open letter to the community talked about the status of our
negotiations with Tom Schmidt, and where we would be taking them after
the new year. Well, talk about bad timing! Just a week later, Amiga is
snapped up by Fleecy Moss and Bill McEwen in the form of Amino. Out
with the old, in with the new. And along with the new, comes new ideas
and plans for the future, and a fresh start.

 This begs the obvious question: How does this affect COSA and our
plans for the future of the AmigaOS?

 Well, in truth, the change in ownership of Amiga is entirely a good
thing for COSA. Our plans remain unaffected, and we continue to plan
and organise for the day when the classic Amiga operating system is
released as open-source, as we hope it will be. Fleecy, afterall, is
on record in numerous places supporting open source, including on
COSA's very own website, so it's hardly as if the new owner has
scupperred our original plans.

 If anything, the change is a positive one. Fleecy Moss has always
been very open and accessible, and we have found it an entirely
positive experience discussing the future of the AmigaOS with him. He
has been very receptive to the idea, and willing to discuss many
different possibilities.

COSA's Plans for the Future

 COSA is working on a number of different, but related and
inter-connected ideas to support the future of the classic AmigaOS.
While many are still in their infancy, they are already being to take
shape.

 Some of the major ones are discussed in the rest of this open letter,
but many more exciting plans and projects are being worked on behind
the scenes. These will be discussed in due course in future open
letters to the community.

 What sort of plans, you ask? Well, here's a clue.

 Imagine COSA providing Amiga-related products and services for the
Amiga community. Some of the revenue generated from sales of these
products and services could then be reinvested, and spent in any way
the community feels appropriate to aid the classic AmigaOS in it's
revival.

 COSA is already in negotiation and discussions with one large company
for access to their product's source code. That's a hint of the sort
of things you can expect to see in the future if COSA's plans are
successful, as we expect they will be.

 Think big name apps for AmigaOS and revived Amiga software, all being
made freely available on the AmigaOS, and you're on the right track.

 Beyond that, I'm afraid we're going to have to be a tease and give a
"no comment," but as we've always promised in the past - and always
kept - when the time is right, these plans will be discussed openly so
they can be debated. In the meantime, our negotiations are still
preliminary and we must remain quiet about them for the timebeing. I
hope you understand our reasons.

 In the meantime, think what we could do if we had a few dollars to
spend. Any suggestions are welcome. Details of our mailing list can be
found below, where suggestions are particularly welcome, but otherwise
feel free to e-mail any ideas, comments and suggestions of things you
would like to see, to president@amigakernel.org.

Developer Registrations Now Being Accepted

 As a result of the optimistic outlook, COSA are now focusing on the
hard work that lies ahead assuming, of course, the AmigaOS does indeed
go open-source. While it can't be entirely certain at this point, it
can never hurt to make plans. We are cautiously very optimistic about
our chances now, and are eager to get going - as are COSA's minature
army of users and developers.

To that end, COSA is now accepting registrations for developer status within
our open-source AmigaOS development team, led by Ian Parker, formerly of
Free Amiga/AMozillaX.

 If you are an Amiga developer, we would welcome your support and
contributions to the project. There is a need for a wide variety of
skills and experience in a project such as this. Those with kernel
experience, porting experience, a variety of languages including 68k
assembler and C/C++, GUI enhancements (ReqTools, MUI, ClassAct, etc),
writing "stability" or "improvement" patches for AmigaOS - improved
filing systems, etc. etc. are kindly requested to join our list, as
all help offered to this project will go a long way.

 Joining the Open Source AmigaOS Developer Base is simple. Just send a
blank e-mail to the following e-mail address:
amigaos-dev-subscribe@egroups.com, and you will be added to the
AmigaOS developer's discussion list, where developers can discuss and
debate future enhancements and additions to the AmigaOS and the
AmigaOS Kernel.

 For more information, you can visit the official Open AmigaOS
Development Website at http://www.amigakernel.org.

Your Feedback Is Welcome and Encouraged

 Feedback from the community on what you would like to see come from
future versions of the AmigaOS are also welcome. Indeed, they're
essential if developers are to know what features the community would
like to see integrated into future versions of the Amiga operating
system.

 Those members of the Amiga community who welcome the opportunity to
play a part in forging the future shape of AmigaOS are welcome and
encouraged to join COSA's Members' Mailing List, by sending a blank
e-mail to savetheamiga-subscribe@egroups.com.

 This mailing list has been created as a way for the community to
discuss and debate different ideas about the future of the AmigaOS as
Open Source, so that the community have a way to communicate their
feelings to those who will be managing the AmigaOS development
project. These ideas and comments can then be passed onto the
developers, who will integrate those suggestions into future versions
of the AmigaOS and kernel.

Conclusion

 COSA is very excited about the future of the Amiga, both of the
classic and the next-generation Amiga range. Our focus will of course
be entirely on the classic AmigaOS, while Amino and Phoenix, etc. will
be handling the next-generation Amiga systems and OS.

 It is COSA's goal, as it has always been, to have the AmigaOS (most
likely v3.1) released as open-source, radically improved and updated,
and ported to a wide variety of hardware platforms and CPUs. This
would dramatically expand the AmigaOS's existing userbase, and bring
fresh new ideas and talent into our community.

 COSA remain committed to our goal of overhauling and reviving the
classic Amiga, as an open-source OS environment, and bringing it into
the new millennium with new energy and life, with new ideas and
perspectives, and a fresh new start to give it a fighting chance in
the future.

 Our members and developers believe that the classic AmigaOS has
plenty of life left in it yet, and with a little work, stands a good
chance of making a comeback.

 We would welcome comments and feedback from the Amiga community,
especially those who would like to play a part in this process. Our
contact information is below. We want to thank the Amiga community for
their continuing support of COSA and for helping us come this far. The
Amiga community united can achieve so much, and we look forward to a
future where that talent can be unleashed, and the community can work
together as a team to take our OS into the new millennium - the next
generation.

Kindest Regards,

Steve Crietzman
President, COSA/Open Amiga.

E-Mail Feedback: president@amigakernel.org
Member/Users/Community List: savetheamiga-subscribe@egroups.com
AmigaOS Developer's List: amigaos-dev-subscribe@egroups.com
http://www.savetheamiga.org.uk
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        N E W   E X H I B I T O R S   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

January 19, 2000

More exhibitors have signed up in the last ten days.

individual computers of Germany is our first German
exhibitor, but not our first European exhibitor. That
title goes to Paul Nolan Ltd. of England.

Other exhibitors signing up include NASAU, amiga.org,
Digital Arts, AmiTech Dayton Amiga Users Group,
E.S. Productions and Northwest Amiga Group.

The pace is quickening, as more developers, dealers and
distributors sign up. Stay tuned for more information
on the largest and best Amiga show in the Americas...
Amiga 2K.


Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis
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     S U P E R V I E W   S I T E   C L O S E D   F O R   N O W

{The following message has recently been posted on the PerSuaSiVe
SoftWorX site. There's a message to the wise here. Brad}

CLOSED. Today.

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 Thanks for being able to gain your attention.

 Due to massive piracy and other efforts to destabilize the Amiga
software market (not counting the subtile attempts to bash
competetitors with unfair methods) I've decided to put this site on
hold for a few days.

 This is just to show that it's in your own hands (customer is king)
to decide what should happen next. I personally will have to think
about that as well.

 In case I'll have to take different job oppurtunities, this will mean
ceasing or at least slow-down of the Amiga development. There of
course are people who would not mind about this, but I'm more
interested to hear what the rest is thinking (and how many they are).

 Let's call this a thinking pause

http://www.ar-kleinert.de/
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       F R O G G E R   P P C   V   1 . 5   A V A I L A B L E

21 Jan, 2000

Short
------

 Frogger is the ultimate MPEG video player, with MPEG-2 layer support.
Frogger was oryginally relased by Miloslaw Smyk (thorgal@wfmh.org.pl),
recently, the development has been taken over by Sebasian
Jedruszkiewicz (bjsebo@jota.wi.tuniv.szczecin.pl) Additional
programming was made by Przemyslaw Gruchala.

Changes in this release
------------------------

v1.5

 - Added direct VideoCD support!!! (only in PPC version).

 - There is new mailing list, dedicated to all our programs
 (including Frogger,VisionFX and SoftCinema). To subscribe
 send blank message to: tvision-subscribe@egroups.com and
 then follow the instructions.

 - Fixed an ugly bug in P96 dislay code.

 - Removed BUFSIZE,FORCEAUDIO and AUTOEXIT parametters.

 - New parametter: FASTDIRECTCGFX. It will speed direct video memory
 access routines, but may be dangerous. I have not got single crash
 when using this option, but who knows? If there will be no problems
 with it repoted by users, this option will be enabled by default.

 - Fixed (at least I hope so) bug which caused Frogger to lock at
 end of some movies.

 - Reworked main loop, simplified messages received code. Also I have
 added some new keyboard commands.

 - Fixed slider code. It now 'almost' works, with sound disabled. Also
 Pause/Play now works.

 - +/- keys can now be used also in windowed mode to scale display.

 - switched to faster IDCT code in 68k version. Applied the same
 changes in PPC version. IDCT code is about 10% faster now, But it
 gives only 2-5% overall speedup.

 - Replaced calls to WritePixelArray with my own fast direct routines.
 Also scaling is now done by CPU; ScalePixelArray calls has been
 removed. Windowed mode is now really fast.

 - Added support for every possible pixel format supported by
cybergfx. However, I have tested only some of them. in case of
problems, please use VERBOSE option, send me output and (if it is
possible) make me a screenshot. Almost forgot - there is no conversion
for 8bpp cgfx screens. But who needs it? However, 8bpp mode works in
grey. Of course 8bpp mode works on AGA machines.

 - Updated Speed section of the guide.

 - Switched back to old pll calculation code. Frogger now needs latest
 ppc.library emulation (v0.7c) if you working under WOS.

 - version string is now y2k compatible ;)

 - It was impossible to exit (in some movies), when LOOP was used.
 Fixed.

 - Again I had to fix main loop, to be able to read multiple video
sequences movies. It now works ok. Thanks must go to Miroslaw
Bagrowski, for sending me CD with such a movie.

 - Changed filename format for saving iff images. it now looks like
this: basename.x, where x is frame number (6 digits:
000001,000002,etc.).

http://jota.wi.tuniv.szczecin.pl/~bjsebo/Frogger/

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           H & P   H A S   G R A P H I R E   D R I V E R

22 Jan., 2000

Amiga drivers for new Wacom graphics tablet "Graphire"

 We all know there's no such thing as an input device that lends
itself equally well to every application. Which is why H&P created
Graphire. Its mouse and pen combination means you always have the
right tool at hand. Graphire is the all-round solution, from
Web-browsing to retouching, from illustration to Office. Switch on to
the benefits of the unique Graphire set - for precise pointing and
clicking, for intuitive drawing, for sketching and writing.

 Finally Amiga fans can use the new graphics tablet. The driver
supports the pressure sensitive pen as well as the enclosed wireless
mouse and the finger-wheel.

 The "Graphire" can be used with any Amiga computer with external
keyboard (PS/2 connectors). Unfortunately all Amiga models besides
A4000 Desktop were delivered with normal DIN connectors you might need
an additional adapter set.

Prices

Graphire: 249 DM
PS/2 Adapter Set: 12 DM
Graphire Driver: 89 DM

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 O   M O R E   N E W S R O G

04-Jan-2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 ShadowWorks Software regrets to announce the end of the NewsRog
project for the Amiga. NewsRog is an NNTP News client running on Amiga
personal computers.

 Unfortunately, due to a combination of factors which include the lack
of a market for Amiga software, obsolescent hardware, and a recent
increase in piracy and fraudulent credit card orders, it is no longer
financially possible to continue developing NewsRog. The last version
stands at 1.8b, and the update is available to all registered users
via the web page below:

     http://www.frii.com/~srk/ShadowWorks/Preview/NR.html

 ShadowWorks Software is proud to have pioneered a large number of
news client features that have yet to be duplicated in any other
software that we are aware of. We regret that it was not possible to
continue development of the software, since there was a great deal
more planned for the future.

 ShadowWorks Software wishes to thank all of our loyal customers who
have supported our attempt to bring the Amiga a world class NNTP news
client.
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         F U S I O N   P P C   S T A T U S   U P D A T E

1 Jan., 2000

{The following was posted by Jim Drew to the Microcode Solutions
mailing list. Brad:}

 "Microcode Solutions is still working the PowerPC upgrade module for
FUSION (Amiga version). We have run into difficulties with compilers,
poor response from the customers (nearly 1,000 people pledged their
support, yet a little more than 200 people have actually ordered the
product), and many other unexpected problems along the way! These
factors have caused a significant delay in the release of FUSION-PPC.
We originally planned on hiring a few extra people to help develope
the emulation, however, due to the actual response we were not able to
do that and so far we have been doing everything ourselves! We are
extremely happy with the progress we have made thus far, and we know
that those people who did pledge their support will be happy too! We
ask that you please be patient and let us do our magic! :-)"

... "We are hoping to see it end January/beginning February".
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        D I G I T A L   I M A G E S   O P E N   L E T T E R

11 Jan., 2000

Hello,

 This is the first time I have written an open letter to the
community, but this should breifly outline our plans for the future.

 First of all, we are pleased with how Wipeout 2097 is selling and I
would like to thank everybody who has bought a copy of the game! For
those of you who have been waiting for the new graphics cards to be
released to play it, your wait is almost over! So, as soon as you plug
it in, download the Wipeout 2097 demo and then go and buy the full
game!

 A lot of people have been asking about Space Station 3000. We
apologise to the long wait that people are having for this, but it is
a much bigger project than we have ever anticipated. But we hope to
bring an accurate release date soon as well as a brilliant game that
will keep you hooked!

 We intent to port more games from the PC. We will keep you posted on
this.

 We will also be porting Wipeout 2097 to the Apple Mac which should
provide a brilliant 3D racing experience for them! Just go and take a
look at it running on your friends Amiga's and you'll get a good idea
of what to expect!

 We will keep you posted with our current and future games
developments.

 I will be away between January 10th and March 31st and so I will not
be able to answer any e-mail sent directly to me. If you have any
queries, then use these e-mail addresses:

info@di-games.co.uk - Customer Service
technical@di-games.co.uk - Technical Support
wipeout2097@di-games.co.uk - Wipeout 2097 (non-technical) queries
webmaster@di-games.co.uk - Webmaster

 Have a very happy new year!

Kind Regards,

Stuart Walker
Managing Director, Digital Images

http://www.di-games.co.uk
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         S E A S I D E ,   E N G L I S H   V E R S I O N

13 Jan 2000

 Today we release the english version from SeaSide. You can order the
game in some days at all dealers worldwide or direct by APC & TCP. You
found some Screenshots and infos on our homepage:
www.chiemgau.com/apc&tcp

Please dont forget:

 Due to a stay at a hospital we are not available from mid January to
early March. During this period we can not be reached via phone, fax
or e-mail and we also can not deliver orders. This will be done from
early march when we resume our bussiness as usual. During this time
our homepage will not be updated. Thank you.

Andreas Magerl
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        Q U A K E   N E W S   T O   P L E A S E   G A M E R S

23 Dec., 1999

 The creator of Quake, John Carmack of id software's, has released
Quake sources and placed them on the Internet.

 According to John, "All of the Quake data files remain copyrighted
and licensed under the original terms, so you cannot redistribute data
from the original game..."

 This means you can create new Quake PPC, QuakeWorld and other
executables and spread the code without restriction, but not copy
Quake levels, textures, or other files found on the Quake CD.

 Further, if you wish to use any new Quake PPC executables tha become
available, you are required to own a copy of Quake. These restrictions
are minor and we expect a lot of Quake PPC activity in the Amiga
world.
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         T W O   N E W   G A M E S   F R O M   D A R K A G E

23 Jan., 2000

                          Amiga Classix 2

 The official sequel to one of the most succesfull Amiga compilation
ever!
 Over 230 freeware, shareware and commercial FULL games, no demo
versions!
 Produced exclusively for Epic Marketing ltd.

 Featuring commercial games by:

 o Andreas Seebeck Software Development (Tiebreak, Hannibal, Space
Max, Aunt Artic Adventure, Charon V)
 o Darren Ithell (Dithell In Space)
 o Dark Unicorn Productions (Scorched Tanks)
 o Diamond Production (Diamond Caves, Diamond Caves 2, Maniac Ball,
Master Blaster)
 o Digital Concepts (Island of lost hope, Lords of War, Torch2081)
 o Eclipse Software (Lethal Xcess, Monster Business)
 o Frank Otto (Lost on Parrot Island)
 o Hitek Softworks (Barravento)
 o MegArts (Bomb Mania)
 o Mental Image (Bandit Mania, Technology 2, Winning Post)
 o Scorpius Software (Antz, Blade, Hilt, Hilt 2, Hideous)
 o Team Hoi (Hoi Aga Remix)
 o and the very famous game Ports of Call!

 Suitable for both Amiga and PC (you can play all games directly from
the cd, no installation required!)

Format: Cd-Rom
Publisher: Epic Marketing ltd./Islona
Requirements: AGA Amiga or PC
Release Date: February 2000

                            Powerball


 Powerball is a simple puzzle game where the player must clean each
screen from all the coloured bricks. Doing this is possible by using a
ball that bounces up and down in the screen and that can be controlled
by the player who can move it left or right.

The game features:

80 levels in 8 worlds
Runs also on an A500!
Level editor to add your own levels
Only one floppy disk, but it's also hard disk installable!
A password system to save your position
Loads of fun included in the package! :)



Format: Floppy Disk
Publisher: To Be Announced
Requirements: Any Amiga with 1Mb Ram
Release Date: March 2000
http://www.idealia.net/darkage/
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To:         "amiganewsfeed"@phoebe.hosting4u.net
Subject:    [ANF] (fwd) Amiga 2K Press Release 8
Date:       Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:17:16 -0600

PRESS RELEASE:
Amiga 2K - Banner Year Rewards

January 19, 2000

Let's make this a banner year for Amiga and Amigans.
Place the Amiga 2K show banner on your web sites, and
or distribute flyers for the Amiga 2K show. All Amiga
clubs, companies and individual Amigans can enter this
promotion. The more folks that see the banners and elect
to come to Amiga 2K, the better it will be for the Amiga.

To encourage the distribution of the Amiga 2K brochures
that we have printed, and the placement of our show banner,
located at:  http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html
we are offering the following incentive.

WIN A "MAGICAL AMIGA MUG"
(You can view this mug at: http://www.amiga-stl.com)
(click on the "Products" page)

First way to win: Banner Placement

Place the Amiga 2K show banner on your website and keep
it there until after the show. Fill in the information
below and email it to me.

Second way to win: Brochure distribution

If you have an Amiga club, or an Amiga company, and you
distribute Amiga 2K flyers prior to the show, I will
enter you in the drawing. Fill in the information below.

Each week, at random, I will draw a name for a cup.
Winners will be notified by email or U.S. mail if
no email address is available.

Drawings will continue until the week of the show.

It is possible to win more than once. It's possible to
win every week, as all names will be put back in the hat.

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Banner Year - Banner Placement

I have placed the Amiga 2K banner on the following
site and wish you to enter my name in a drawing for
a "Magical Amiga Mug"

Individuals Name:

Site Name:

Site address: http://

Banner placed where on the site:

Full mailing address:


Phone number:

email address:

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Banner Year - Flyers

I wish to distribute flyers for the Amiga 2K show.
Please send them to me at the address provided, and
I will distribute them. You must distribute a
minimum of five flyers.


Individuals Name:

Full mailing address:


Phone number:

email address:

Please send me _____ flyers.

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To obtain the banner, go to the following website. At the
bottom of the page is the banner. Save it to your Amiga
and place it on your site.

Thanks for your help, and your interest. I wish I had
more mugs to give out, but we are running out of them.
If you are interested in viewing what the mugs look like,
check out: http://www.amiga-stl.com  Click on the
"Products" page. A picture of the mug is displayed.

These are five color high quality porcelain mugs with
gold rims and four finger handles. They have two unique
designs, one on each side of the mug. The designs are
heat sensitive, so when hot liquids are added to the
mug, the design changes. The mugs are microwave safe.
They should not be washed in the dishwasher however.
It affects the magic ink, fading it, and eventually
affecting the gold rim.

See you at Amiga 2K, April 1 & 2, in St. Louis, MO. The
largest Amiga show in the Americas. Check out the show
site at http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html

Good luck, and thanks.

Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis

bscharp@icon-stl.net
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Bob Scharp,              WOW! Amiga 2K is going to be HUGE!
bscharp@icon-stl.net     Almost 1,200 people attended Amiga 99.
Amigan-St. Louis
P.O. Box 672             You've just got to check it out at:
Bridgeton, MO 63044          http://www.amiga-stl.com
U.S.A.                   Amiga 2K, the next Gateway Computer
                         Show - April 1 & 2, 2000.

• XAD-System version4
  Dirk Stoecker writes us by e-mail:
  Version 4 of the archive extractor "xadmaster.library" is ready. This system allows to extract archives of different formats (LhA, LZX, RAR, Zip, ...). Additionally, disk archives (DMS, Zoom) can also be extracted, even enabling to extract files from such archives without needing a disk (or ram drive). The original archiver programs are no longer needed, but are replaced by internal subroutines.
  
  Right now, only the included shell tools fully support the system, but a Reaction GUI is in the works, modules for DirOpus and other programs are already existing or currently under development.
  
  The system can be downloaded from Aminet at util/arc/xadmaster.lha, and some additional informations are available at the title link. The antivirus tool CheckX is a good suplement (Aminet util/arc/CheckX.lha), checking whole hard drives and CDs including the file and disk archives with the help of XAD.
• Douglas F. McLaughlin: StrICQ Version 0.1702
  Download: STRICQ.lha
• AmiDog: TrueReality Version 990629.2
  Download: TrueReality.lha
• Peter John Hutchison: New HP Deskjet 870C driver v40.11
  Drivers for HP 810C, 850C, 870C, 880C, 890C and compatible (not 820C)
  Download: HP_Deskjet870C.lha
• Frank Fenn: WBStartup++ version 1.0
  Download: wbstartup++.lha - 6 Kb
• Imagine Amiga Constant Upgrade Program (ACUP) version 5.17
  The update can be downloaded by registered ACUP users from the usual download area. New: 24bit datatype system supported for Brushmapping, OS3.5 compatible, new GUI and fuctionality of the zoom function, improved MPEG generator, new GUI and functionality of the Bevel- and the Frame-goto-function.
  More details at the title link.

• people interested contact the coordinated
• ideally, the coordinator should be able to offer a WWW site where results can be posted
• ideally generated with a sample list of JPEG and PNG files from Aminet (different sizes, from pix/misc), PNG perhaps from the Cloanto package (AFAIK PPaint comes with several of them).
  
  
• several configs should be used:
• A1200 with 020/030 and 040, 060
• A1200 with PPC
• A4000 with 030 and 040, 060
• A4000 with PPC
  
• the results should be updated regulary (with new releases)
  
• together with the results it should be listed:
  
• system configuration (CPU, RAM, graphic board)
• operating system (3.0, 3.1 - picDT V40, 43, 44)
• datatypes config

• Danny Hamon wrote us by e-mail:
  I got myself the tool "MCControl". With this tool, the Amiga can read the memory card of the Playstation, and can seperately save settings. So old settings are not lost when overwritten with new ones.
  
  The tool supports DexDrive, and you don't have to be great in fixing things to build a memory card reader for your own. A manual for the build-it-yourself kit is included in the archive. Download: mccontrol.lha.
• Oliver Roberts:
  WarpPNG.datatype version 44.3 - download WarpPNGdt.lha
  WarpJPEG.datatype version 44.7 - download WarpJPEGdt.lha
• Douglas F. McLaughlin: StrICQ version 0.1698
  Download: STRICQ.lha
• Haage & Partner has new drivers for the graphics tablet Wacom-Graphire. H&P writes: Finally, Amiga fans can enjoy the new graphics tablet, too. The drivers support the pressure sensitive pen as well as the included cordless mouse including its scroll wheel.
  More details.
• The number of preorders for the Amiga version of "Simon The Sorcerer 2" from Epic Marketing is currently 346. Just to remember, 500 preorders are needed to realise "Simon The Sorcerer 2" for Amiga. Preorders can be placed here.
• Christian Sharnbeck wrote us by e-mail that since beginning of this year, the latest version of the (to him) best known shareware program for maintaining your household money, UltraAccount v5.0, can be downloaded from Richard Smedley. You can also register online there.
  
  All possible transactions, and later corrections, are easily done. Maintaining seperate accounts is possible. Totals are always available for all accounts. Several languages. With a little trick, UA5.0 now also works with the Amiga emulator UAE for PC: Ask the author or Chr.Scharnbeck@t-online.de.
  Download: ultraacc.lha
• Dundar Unsal tells us in ANF that at Amigart, the Amster Web Page is the ultimate source for music online. New released is Amster version 0.4.
  Download: amster.lha.

• VMC will not produce any more hardware
  Since beginning of the new Year 2000 we decided not to produce or to develop hardware any more. The company VMC will focus on software developement and license the software products to third party companies.
• HyperCOM 1 not produced any more, rights sold
  The - nearly legendary - HyperCOM 1 interface for the Amiga 1200 will not be sold any more by VMC. All rights for further production as well as an adapted software license have been sold to "Individual Computers", who will continue to offer this product with an excellent service under the name "Silversurfer".
• HyperCOM Plus product line sold completely
  On January, 20th, the products of the HyperCOM plus product line have been sold. The complete stock and a license for further production has been transferred to "Individual Computers". However, VMC will continue the software care and ensure proper function in the future. We kindly ask you to direct any orders to Individual Computers or a distributor that carries their products.
• New ISDN-Blaster-3 and VMCISDN on the way?
  We're currently continuing our work on the ISDN-software. The harddisk-crash last year has destroyed large parts of the sources that have still not been restored. We're currently checking the necessity of a new generation of ISDN cards that will blast everything you know from ISDN-adapters or modems.
  
  Please tell us what you think about a new ISDN product that perfectly fits the need of your Amiga, as we need your feedback to decide whether this can be profitable or not.
• The most important software-news
  
  HyperCOM 1 and 3+ clockport-cards
  All HyperCOM drivers have been adapted to the new clock-ports that have been introduced by various vendors lately.
  
  1.) ACT's Amiga 1200 Zorro-IV Bus board
  This Zorro expansion for the A1200 offers you four independant clock-ports. Each of them can be used with any HyperCOM card now.
  
  2.) Individual Computers' X-Surf network card
  The X-Surf network card offers two independant clock-ports and a special 26-pin expansion port for HyperCOM 3+ modules. All ports of this card are supported in the new software, even if there is more than one network card present in the system.
  
  3.) Individual Computers' Amiga 600 adapter
  This special clockport adapter gives you the possibility to use A1200 expansions on the "pocket size" Amiga veteran. The connector is fully supported for all HyperCOM cards with clock-port interface. However, it will be a bigger problem to find space for anything else than a Silversurfer.
  
  4.) Iomega parallel ZIP-100 drive
  The long-ago announced drivers for IOMega's parallel port ZIP-100 drive has entered the last stage of the intense beta tests and shows unexpectedly high transfer rates with the HyperCOM parallel ports. In our tests, Diskspeed has measured up to 450KBytes per second repeatedly.
  We're calling all HyperCOM customers who own a ZIP-100 or the later ZIP-100Plus/250 to contact us for a public betatest during the next few days.
  
  5.) ScanQuix parallel scanner support for HyperCOM
  For the Scanquix software, a compatible API has been implemented into the HyperCOM drivers. However, it's not known when the first version of Scanquix will be published that makes use of this API. With every single customer who will contact the Scanquix author Andreas Günther and tell him that he's willing to pay for such a software, Andreas' motivation will be increased a lot.

Return-Path:  majordomo-owner@owlnet.net
From:         Gary Peake gpeake@texas.net
To:           "amiganewsfeed"@phoebe.hosting4u.net
Subject:      [ANF] Tao's Tumbler(TM) Cryptographic Toolkit
                    Operates 100 Times Faster Than Rivals
Date:         Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:04:12 -0600
Organization: http://www.owlnet.net
Reply-To:     amiganewsfeed@owlnet.net

Boston, MA, January 20th, 2000

NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. has announced the availability of the
Tumbler(TM) software toolkit implementing NTRU, the world's fastest
secure public key cryptography system. The Tumbler(TM) toolkit was
developed by Tao Group. Tumbler(TM) delivers encryption, decryption,
authentication and digital signature features at speeds over 100 times
faster than alternative systems, including those from RSA (Nasdaq:RSAS)
and Certicom (Toronto:CIC), at equivalent security levels.

"The need for public key security is moving from traditional Information
Technology (IT) applications to mass market consumer electronics
devices, such as wireless telephones, portable music players and digital
televisions." said Scott Crenshaw, NTRU Vice President of Business
Development. "These applications have vastly different requirements than
IT applications. Solutions for consumer devices must be fast,
inexpensive to implement in hardware, and consume minimal power. All of
the existing technologies, including Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems (ECC),
are just too large and slow. NTRU delivers the ideal solution for the
emerging consumer electronics market."

Key benefits of Tumbler(TM) over the competition include:

  Fast performance, even on low speed processors
  Small memory footprint
  Low cost to implement in hardware (fewer gates required)
  Increased server performance (supports more users with fewer servers)
  Reduced battery consumption

Francis Charig, Chairman & Chief Executive of Tao Group said "Tumbler
incorporates unique technologies from both NTRU and Tao. Our development
team has worked with NTRU to develop successfully a toolkit which can
resolve many of the security issues faced by digital appliances on
mobile, home and professional networks."

The technology in the Tumbler(TM) toolkit is ideally suited for
applications where high performance, high security and low power
consumption are required, such as wireless data communications, Internet
music and video distribution, micro payments, e-commerce and embedded
devices.

Developed by a team of world renowned mathematicians and cryptographers,
NTRU provides the fastest and most efficient public key cryptography
solution - at all security levels. Unlike other technologies, NTRU
resists parallel processing attacks. Likewise, its disposable key
technology allows frequent public key changes. Those properties
dramatically reduce the risk of power analysis, timing attacks, and the
danger of security breaches due to misplaced, lost, or intercepted keys.
Perhaps most important of all, NTRU offers high levels of security
without the performance sacrifices inherent in systems such as RSA and
ECC. The NTRU technology has been extensively studied by both the
academic and commercial cryptographic community. Complete technical
details, including a tutorial, are available on NTRU's web site at
www.ntru.com/tech.learning.htm.

NTRU's unprecedented performance advantages open up new options for
security. Its super fast key generation allows the encryption of every
transaction with a different public key. Disposable key use enables
completely new paradigms in encryption - for example, encrypting every
second of a music clip with a different key. That means, on a
three-minute clip, the time and cost of breaking the encryption increase
by a factor of 180. Disposable keys also allow every wireless data
transaction to be encrypted with a different independent key. Unlike
other systems that claim to generate multiple encryption keys to protect
media, NTRU disposable keys are completely independent of one another,
dramatically enhancing security. Disposable keys will become
increasingly necessary as insecure channels carry valuable data.

At the heart of NTRU is a collection of mathematical algorithms based on
manipulating lists of very small integers. This allows NTRU to achieve
high speeds with the use of minimal computing power. NTRU is the first
practical and secure public key cryptosystem not based on factorization
or discrete logarithm problems, which require the use of extremely large
integers or complex structures. The computations performed in NTRU
involve simpler processes that can be performed very quickly even on
inexpensive 8-bit processors at security levels equivalent to other
public key cryptosystems.

Notes to Editors

About Tao

Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software company
specializing in technologies for home and mobile networks. Incorporated
in 1992, the Company provides leading edge products for the emerging
markets of intelligent consumer devices. The company's philosophy is
based on providing powerful frameworks for use right across the range of
networked appliances from smart phones to digital television into which
Tao's clients can build in their own branding and incorporate their own
added value. Tao's clients include blue chip technology corporations in
the United States, Japan and Europe. Motorola and Sony are investors in
Tao Group. Tao is headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom, with
representation in Japan and the US, and its staff includes more than
fifty world-class software engineers. Tao is a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50
Winner and has won a series of innovation awards for its operating
system and Java(TM) based engine.

About NTRU Cryptosystems

NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. makes the world's fastest secure public key
cryptography solutions operating over 100 times faster than competitive
systems at equivalent security levels. NTRU is the fastest secure public
key cryptography solution for wireless data communications, digital
music and video distribution, e-commerce and embedded applications.
Strategic investors include Sony Corporation. For more information, see
www.ntru.com or call NTRU at 888.346.NTRU or 617.948.9138.

NTRU, F@stWTLS, the NTRU logo and the F@stWTLS logo are trademarks of
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. Portions of NTRU's system are the subject of
pending patent applications in the US and internationally. Tumbler(TM)
is a trademark of the Tao Group, Ltd.

Contact:

Scott Crenshaw
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
Tel: (617) 948-9138
Fax: (708) 575-3426
Email: screnshaw@ntru.com
Web: http://www.ntru.com/

Graham Nice
Tao
Tel: +44 (0)118 901 2999
Fax: +44 (0)118 901 2963
Email: Nice@tao-group.com
Web: http://www.tao-group.com/

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Gary Peake
http://www.owlnet.net
Team AMIGA

• Update for Digital Almanac II available
  For all registered users (shareware and CD-ROM) of the reknown astronomy program, a free update (version 1.8.2) is available for download. This update removes some bugs in the previous 040 version, and offers some useful expansions.
  Download: DAlmanac_Exe.lha
  
  The author announces: "This will be the last version of Digital Almanac II for 68k CPUs. Perhaps there will be some bugfixes, but no new developments. In exchange for this, the development of a PPC version (DA III PPC) with new abilities is pushed ahead."
• Darkage Software announces two new products
  For one, there is Powerball, a simple puzzle game where the player has to remove colored bricks one by one. The game is scheduled for release in March 2000, with 80 levels in eight worlds and a level editor.
  
  The second product is a CD named Amiga Classix 2. The CD-ROM will contain many classic Amiga games, all of which can be started directly from CD. Included are games like Diamond Caves, Bomb Mania, Lost on Parrot Island, Hoi AGA REmix and many others more. The CD-ROM is scheduled for release February 2000, distributed by Epic Marketing.

• In the Support Area of PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX there are new versions of the ak-datatypes (version 44.76) and a new version of the akMPEG4-player (version 4.06).
• VWP: JavaRunner 1.0 for PPC-Linux and Windows®
  The JavaRunner is a programm acessing an already present JRE® (Java Runtime Environment®) and enables starting Java® programs without complicated parameter calls. The CLASSPATH variable is checked and corrected as needed, to avoid complications and error-caused aborts. All in all, this small tool makes starting Java® applications much easier.
  
  The JavaRunner is FREEWARE and will soon be also available for 680x0 Linux.
• Epic Marketing reports that the jump and run game "Tales From Heaven" is in CD production, and will be shipped to those who placed pre-orders by the end of next week if everything goes right.
• The MPEG player Frogger version 1.5 has been released. In the PPC versions there is now also support for VideoCDs. Download: frogger_ppc_15.lha
• On the Patch & HD-Installerpage of Jean-Francois Fabre, you can find an update for his Rampage Loader. Download: rampagehd.lzx - readme
• Ragonsoft is slowly giving away so far unreleased games for download. Currently the game "Handelsspiel" can be downloaded for free.
  Download: handel1.lha
• Javosoft told us by e-mail that new drivers for FastATA/PowerFlyer and Allegro as well as 4xEIDE with Allegro are available on their download page.

• Aminet Uploads
• Jan Andersen from Virus Help Denmark told us by e-mail that an update for VirusExecutor of Jan Erik Olausson is available. It is version 1.83c with 115,156 bytes. Download: virusexecutor.lha - 115 Kb
• Patrick Beerhorst told us in the ANF that Eternity offers an archive with 220 GlowIcons especially for start menus (e.g. DirOpus) for download. Download: synotec_glowicons.lha - 230 Kb
• AmigAIM v0.9301 - beta, an Amiga client for the AOL InstantMessenger by Richard H. Poser. Download: AmigAIM_BETA.lha
• At amiEmulators you can find a new AmiMSX version 3.0 Beta (a preview). Download: AmiMSX_v3.lha
• Schatztruhe will have three new CDs available shortly. Aside from the classics SteuerProfi 99 (a German tax program) and Aminet 35, there will be a large GlowIcon Collection available, which will be especially interesting for OS 3.5 users. The CD-ROM contains over 3500 professionally made icons for all kinds of programs (apps, games, ...), drawers, DefIcons etc. Additionally, many DockIcons and some toolbars for several applications will be included.
• Ulrich Hambuch told us in the ANF that WBInfo 2.9c was released, and the development of WBInfo v3 is going full steam ahead.
• Detlef Wojtaszkiewicz told us in the ANF that Richard Fhager released version 2.0 of his freeware video poker game.
  Download: dawnvideopoker200.lha - 334 Kb

• Alive Mediasoft announces "Frontier First Encounters" and "Elite 3 First Encounters" for Amiga.
• Marko Seppänen told us by e-mail that he was unable to fix the dead link to the offer page due to technical problems of the provider. Here is the correct link: offer.
  
  The Image Engineer PlugIn "Visual Border" now has an option (in the registered version) to create / save the border effect with single or all pictures in a directory. Orders can be placed here.
• Virus Help Denmark announces the new VirusExecutor version 1.83 of author Jan Erik Olausen being available. Download: virusexecutor.lha - 118,140 bytes
• Epic Marketing released two new game compilation CDs. The CD "Adventures Lair" is a CD with ten complete graphics adventures. The CD requires an Amiga with hard drive and 2 MByte RAM. Among the games are "Mad House", "Legends of Lothian", "Federation", "Blood Fest", "Seven Realms" and others.
  
  Ten complete games can also be found on the compilation CD "Mutantology", including the commercial Mutation games "Castle Kingdoms" (action adventure), "Tommy Gun" (shoot-em-up) and "Tin Toy Adventure" (jump&run).
• Stefan Werner told us in the ANF that Be offers BeOS R5 for free download. Download: BeOS download page.
• dEViL told us in the ANF that SecondSpin is now available in version 1.97beta. Download: SecondSpin_Install.lha
• AmiDog released DarcNES (multi-console-emulator) version 9a0115a. Download: dn9a0115a.lha.
• Hans-Werner Schober offers a new beta version 4419.03 of FastIPrefs, adjusted to OS 3.5. Download: FastIPrefs4419_03b.lha - 118 Kb
• You can find new screenshots of "The Last Seal" at Ancor as well as new informations on the game; e.g. a new sound program is being used, which sounds great, and new sounds have also been sampled already. Additionally, new rooms have been created, and the drawing of a new character has been begun.

Reply-To:      "John Porter" johnp@cadlink.co.uk
From:          "John Porter" johnp@cadlink.co.uk
To:            team@amiga-news.de
Subject:       News
Date: Mon,     17 Jan 2000 17:05:13 -0000
Organization:  CADlink UK

Hi Everyone,

Just to let you know we have got a live chat with Tao Group and
hopefully fleecy to discuss the Amiga and what we feel should be done.

Tao dont have that much a roll in the development but they do have
some say and are very intrested to hear the views of the Amiga public
to help them take the correct road.

Francis Charig, Chairman and Chief Exec of Tao Group has confirmed
this with me and seems like a really down to earth guy and very sincere
in what he wants to do with the Amiga, he said he will ask Fleecy to
attend as well.

So got some ideas? questions? or just want to sit and watch? then
come to #AmigaGames on IRC Dalnet.  I will be confirming the live chat
with Francis a hour before we go ahead to make sure things are ok, if we
have to postpone it, there will be a new date given in the topic.

If you have a JAVA client you can come directly to

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9376/irc/chat.html

If you are on a Amiga you will need to download Amirc from Aminet and
log onto a dalnet server.

amiirc.lha

The best server to use is irc.dal.net on port: 7000 group: 01

If you are on a PC you can get Mirc from http://www.mirc.com

The Live Chat will be on 19/01/00 at 16.00 GMT

The Chat will be moderated you need to msg a active op to be able to
ask a question No more than 2 questions per go

Usuall IRC rules apply, swearing, name calling, flooding will end in
a ban.

Hope to see you all there

Best Regards

John Porter
Amiga Oasis Online
http://bounce.to/amigaoasis
#AmigaGames IRC Dalnet

• AHXRipper v4.41
  Christian Rosentreter told us by e-mail:
  Kåre Johansen recently released version 4.21 of his popular AHXRipper (formerly THXRipper). v4.21, v4.41, I really don't know - probably you do... (mb)
  Moreover, other tools of him (several ABBS v2 tools, LazyFiles 1.01, CheckDrive 1.01, ...) are available for download from his homepage.
• Tumult releases the source code of the MUI class Xenbar. The archive can be very useful if you want to create alternative #?.image files. It is the original source code by Stefan Stuntz. Download: Xenbar.LHA
• At Duffs Homepage you can find a new version of his HTMLview version 12.6. Download: MCC_HTMLview_Update.LZX - 64 Kb
• For registered users of Photogenics there is a new update to version 4.4 beta 75. This update contains new modi like RubEmboss and BumpMap as well as an improved Emboss modus. Download: Update75.lha - 950 Kb

• Incremental site buildup. The parsing is done by a seperate process, so the MUI program can still react to user input while a HTML document is parsed.
• Progressive drawing of graphics. Currently GIF, GIFAnim, JPEG, and PNG are supported by modules.
• Text can be marked and copied to Clipboard.
• Full text search.
• Comprehensive HTML support. Tables with background graphics, frames, forms etc.
• Very fast.
• and more...

• Text outside of ... is not displayed.
• Entities (e.g. &) without trailing ; are not recognized.
• The Floyd-Steinberg algorithm for dithering pictures tends to handle pictures differently towards the borders. This can lead to patterned backgrounds looking like there are lines between patterns.
• The datatype wrapper for decoding pictures seems to work only with the P96 picture.datatype.

• 1982 (classic games)
• Babylon 5
• Esotherik
• Fantasy
• FOM (Faces of Mars)
• Games
• History
• Jokes
• Mathematics
• Misc
• Science
• Science Fiction
• Space
• Star Trek
• Star Wars

• They have to be adapted, so they really look like started from a game machine - so no advertising!
• If it requires AGA, it has to run on CyberGfx, too!
• They should be running on AGA, so no graphic errors!

* Forwarded from "Team Amiga" Mailinglist
* Originally from: fleecy moss (fleecy@earthlink.net)
* Original date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:19:45 -0500


In my trawling around the community hangouts,
I have come across several misconceptions, rumours,
and a lot of confusion. Whilst I can't hope to answer
everything, here are some things I want to set straight.


0. Amiga will build a digital content universe. Digital
   content means anything composed of 0 and1 -
   applications, video, audio, games, emails, whatever.
   We will focus on 2 markets, the pathfinder market,
   for digital adventurers, power users, gamers,
   content creators, DTPers, artists, video  ppl
   and those who refuse to define a computer as
   a digital appliance. Our second market will
   cocentrate on the Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH).

1. If you are a personal computer person, there will
   be a personal computer second wave Amiga.

2. We will support classic development in so much
   as we want to help users and developers transition
   to a new machine. That will be the total extent of our
   support for the classic machine. If this involves further
   AmigaOS releases, then so be it.

3. We are targetting x86 and PPC for the first consumer
   release of Pathfinder products (if you are a personal
   computer person, this means you).

4. We will do everything in our power (that doesnt bankrupt
   us or interfere with our primary goals) to ensure classic
   Amiga software runs on the new machine in some form or
   another.. The new Amiga product family (formerly called
   AQUA) will run natively and hosted. This is to create a large
   market fast  for Amiga developers to profit from. For the first
   pathfinder release it will run hosted to see this market grow
   fast. We see one of our core duties as serving the developers.

6. We are talking to the Phoenix Consortium about common
   interests.

7. We have been contacted by QNX but currently have no plans
   to work with them.

8. We will develop Amiga products for another market, the
   Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH) market. This markets will
   be kept separate but products will work together if the installer
   so desires it.

9. There will be a new website and it will be public shortly. It has
   been tested on all browsers, Amiga and non Amiga, and given
   the compatibility problems between the implementations of open
   standards, our best effort has been made. The site   will grow
   quickly and more information will be added. We want it to become a
   village where all Amigans can come to voice their opinions, chat,
   and travel off  to different parts of the Amiga universe.

a. A developer support manager has been selected and they are
   working  on implementing   the developer support program. This will
   be in  place before the developer boxes are released.

b. The developer boxes are specced out, we have contacted several
   whitebox manufacturers and we are building the distribution.

c. Amiga will not provide dates until we have a product. We will share
   timelines, but will not attach dates to them. Enough damage has
   already been done.

d. We have had acceptances from 75% of our development team and
   their names and roles will be announced once we get back from
   training (before the end of the month).

This mail can be redistributed without modification within the community.
As further questions and issues come up, we will attempt to answer them.

• At the Surround Page you can find Back Orifice in the new version 1.21.10. Download AddOns: MuiBOv.1.0.LHA and BoAmiga1.21.10.LHA.
• Paul Nolan's Photogenics 4.4 Beta is released for registered users. Aside from improved loader and saver modules, the new version offers an updated JPEG module and basic support for Adobe Photoshop(R). New effects, e.g. FireBlur, and seven new drawing modules make the update complete. Download: Update74.lha.
• Frank Wille offers a Quake version for AmigaOS/68k on his website.
• Christian "SuRgEoN" Michael reports about his Surgeon's Quake1 Goodies at the Czech Amiga News. This is a website offering links and help for Quake.
• ANN reports about a new Dreamcast VMU emulator. Available is a developer tool, the emulator and Tetris as shoot-em-up. The emulator runs on Amiga and needs AmigaOS 2.x or better.
• Trogladite Software plans an update to AmigaGuide in cooperation with OmegaResearch UK. New will be picture support, different font sizes and more.
  
  Moreover, Trogladite Software took over development of "The Legends of Triten". It is a high-quality role playing game by MantaSoft. The game will be distributed either commercially, or as shareware with option for online registering.
• The HiSOFT Systems website has been reworked. The pages for iBrowse2 are now available again, where you can register iBrowse2 online.
• Epic Marketing released the game Tales From Heaven from Darkage Software. The incredible 3D jump&run engine offers four different worlds with four levels each, great audio tracks and stereo sound effects. Seven programmers have worked on the game for two years. An older demo (April 99) is available for download: tfhdemo.lha - 890 Kb

• MUIbase, the database program, is now available in version 1.3. MUIbase is shareware, please don't forget to register yourself. Download: MUIbase-1.3.lha
• Frank Wille is offering the new version 0.7c of his ppc.library emulation for WarpOS for download: ppclibemu.lzx
• New Aminet uploads
• Registered users can download the Alpha2 version of ArtecScan 2.0 from Stefan Robl. Download: ArtecScan2alpha2.lha
• A new beta version 4.4 of Photogenics has been send out to the betatesters. Registered uses can get the new version from the website soon. The first public beta for Linux will also be available soon.
• Andreas Kleinert offers the new version 4.05 of the MPEG-player akMPEG4 (68k+PPC). Download: akMPEG4.lha - 137 Kb
• A new LAME beta version 3.60 of the MP3 encoder is available at the Audio Page. Download: LAMEbeta.lzx - 410 Kb

• Ron Goertz has updated his ARexx scripts for FinalWriter and PageStream. Included in the archive are FWCalendar version 3.78 and FWCAddEvent version 3.74. Additional required software like e.g. BGUI and other libraries are available in the download area. Download: FWCalendar.lha
• TotalVision: SoftCinema, QT/AVI Movie Player (PPC) version 0.8a - Download: SoftCinema
• PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX: akMPEG4 v4.04 - Download: akMPEG4.lha
• At Cyberdyne Systems, there is a new version of the HSMathLibs (v44.41 beta 1) for MC68060 available.
• Lambda: Aside from the latest status report, there are also new screenshots.
• Epic Marketing has recieved 309 of the 500 preorders needed for "Simon The Sorcerer II" for Amiga, and have gotten that much closer to their goal. You can order the adventure game "Simon The Sorcerer II", which will run on all AGA and graphic card systems with 030 and 8 MByte FastRAM, by e-mail to order@epic-marketing.de, by phone at +49-(0)7071/400492, by fax at +49-(0)7071/400493 or by snail mail to epic marketing, Hirschauer Strasse 9, 72070 Tübingen.
• Tales of Tamar - trouble with the demo installation
  Eternity writes:
  We probably hit a bug in OS 3.5. If you tried to install the demo from the Amiga Future CD-ROM with OS 3.5 (by draging&dropping the drawer), the protection flags of certain files have been changed. Those files are partially no longer readable, writeable or visible. What helps?
  
  Copy the drawer files to the hard disk by hand. No matter how. Only the complete drawer must stay intact. DOpus or any other filemanager can help you with it, you can of course also use the shell command copy.
  
  Another possibility is to copy all files, and subsequently set the protection flags of the whole directory to RWED. (DOpus)
  
  For the shell fans, try protect #? rwed all quiet. (mb)
• Read at the Czech Amiga News:
  Protracker Y2K updates for versions 3.15, 3.61, 3.62 and 4b2.
  
  DarcNES/Amiga update version 9a0109a (000110), download: dn9a0109a.lha
• Ragonsoft informs us that so far unreleased Amiga programs, including source codes, are available from their download area.
• Note editor wanted
  Martin Endres is looking for a C/C++ programmer wanting to code a CamX Project. Contact: endres@work.de. He will be trying to develop the Camouflage successor CamX (Linux) for AmigaOS 3.1/3.5 (68k+PPC) as well.
• Diavolo Backup
  Miky Wenngatz writes:
  Diavolo Backup will be updated in first quarter 2000. We are in final testing stage, and will hopefully be able to ship in February. Diavolo Backup will only be available in the Pro version. Price 71 Euro. Hard drives >4GB will be supported as well as WB 3.5.
  
  Interested people should register at Diavolo Department if you haven't already (website not yet available, but we work on it). We will contact you. The update will be 10-15 Euro for Pro versions and 25 Euro for the former Standard version. The update will only be distributed by e-mail until further notice.

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   T A O ,   B A B Y !   T H E   P A R T N E R   A N N O U N C E D

       A M I G A   I N C .   T O   B E   A T   A M I G A   2 K

           N E W S R O G   D E V E L O P M E N T   E N D S

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Below we have the second big announcement in recent days by the
reborn Amiga Inc. This one concerns the "content platform foundation
partner" for future development. Not sure yet what all is covered by
that mouth numbing phrase but I am sure it will be interesting and, I
hope, encouraging to watch this relationship.
 There seems to be much more a feeling of relief in the shrunken Amiga
Community at this ownership change than there was when Gateway took
over, and that's as it should be. If we don't make it this time, at
least we finally have some Amigans with vision giving it a try. If
only that had happened back in 1994 ...

 We don't have an actual story on it, but if you read the items below
carefully you'll see that Amino is now Amiga. The change took place on
January 6. They'll be at the Amiga 2000 computer show this spring in
St. Louis, USA, and I can hardly wait. I believe this will be the
first chance for the newest Amiga Inc. to address a large body of the
community. If you can get there, it should be well worth your time.
 If I have my Amiga history right, this is the third Amiga Inc. to be
set up. The original development company (or were they not an Inc.?),
Gateway's, and now the former Amino. Correct?
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

5 Jan 2000

brad,

 just a quick note to say "keep up the good work" ! i enjoy receiving
this e-publication. also, let me add that i prefer this "e-mail style
" as opposed to the old "download style "!!!! makes it easier for me
to read.

best,
dave
~~~~~~
Dave,
 Thanks very much for the note and the vote of confidence. Not sure
who's old download style you mean as we've always been e-mail based,
but I think I know what you're getting at. It's always been one of our
goals to get the news out to people, rather than wait for someone to
come to a website. We think the Amiga community needs both, and our
method can help get the message to people who would never see the
websites.
 Brad

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1 Jan 2000

On 31-Dec-99, Brad Webb wrote:

> The transaction, effective immediately, includes the transfer of
> all Internet domain names related to Amiga which Gateway had held.
> Gateway retains ownership of all patents acquired when it bought
> Amiga in 1997.

 In other words, they have the right to develop something and call it
an Amiga, but not to make or sell any of the old hardware, possibly
the OS either. Then again, that might not to be a bad thing. We all
know how far behind the current hardware and OS are.

 When Tom Schmidt announced that Amiga wasn't going to be a computer
platform anymore, I started looking at the alternatives. I figured
there were three; Linux, Mac and (GULP!) Windows.
 - Linux is a Unix variant at heart. Switching to it meant night
school courses just to learn to use it. (I still haven't entirely
ruled that out.)
 - My GF uses a Mac and she's happy with it. I looked at the new iMacs
and they're nice machines, reminiscent in some ways of my good ol'
A1200, and the price wasn't too bad, considering what it was. Then I
took a gander at the software and nearly had a coronary! $800 for a
paint program???
 - Then there's Windows. I tried to look it up on the 'net. At first
all I found were jokes pages. I surfed over a few of them. It was
educational; nobody likes Windows! At last I found MS's homepage. The
first thing I saw there was ol' Visa Bill Gate's editorial about
"freedom to innovate," (whinging over the Anti-Trust Court obviously.)
By this time I was wondering what had possessed me to even consider
doing this to myself!

 I hope to heck Amino makes a go of Amiga. There are no good
alternatives out there.

        Allan
~~~~~~
Allan,
 I certainly agree with the sentiment in your last paragraph. It's
very early to have a feel for how Amino - now officially Amiga Inc. -
will do, but they've got the community in mind and that's a real plus.
 You do have one misconception in your note. Amiga Inc. has a license
from Gateway to the old patents, so there's really nothing stopping
them from doing just about anything they want to, including building
"classic" type machines if they wish.
 With the new Amiga in place, I think there's at least a good
possibility we won't need an alternative.
 Brad
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   T A O ,   B A B Y !   T H E   P A R T N E R   A N N O U N C E D

 Las Vegas, January 8, 2000 - Amiga Incorporated, a privately held
company based in Maple Valley, WA, has entered into a strategic
relationship with the Tao Group as the new content platform foundation
partner for the new Amiga. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed. Bill McEwen, Amiga President/CEO, said that the company
selected Tao as the foundation partner for the new Amiga after
reviewing numerous other potential partners. "After extensive research
trawling the markets we found that Tao had the greatest similarities
and strengths with our vision, and the capabilities to get the job
done". McEwen said. "Amiga with Tao together will bring a new level of
capabilities, portability and scalability never available before."
"Tao has its roots in the Amiga so this is particularly satisfying for
us" said Francis Charig, Chairman and CEO of Tao Group. "What makes
this relationship so exciting to Tao is the relationship we can enjoy
with Amiga and the Amiga Community. The world has changed radically in
the last few years and there is a vacuum in terms of content and
software environments that meets the needs of the mass market. The
skill sets of the Amiga community combined with the power and
flexibility of Tao's software infrastructure means that the New Amiga
can create the most compelling content for the emerging digital
services and content markets."


ABOUT AMIGA

 Amiga Incorporated is dedicated to the development, design, and
implementation of components, services, and models that support the
digital experience of tomorrow. Amiga lead the world into the
multi-media experience in the early 80's, and will lead it into the
Digital content universe of the future.

ABOUT TAO

 Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software company
specializing in technologies for home and mobile networks.
Incorporated in 1992, the Company provides leading edge products for
the emerging markets of intelligent consumer devices. The company's
philosophy is based on providing powerful frameworks for use right
across the range of networked appliances from smart phones to digital
television into which Tao's clients can build in their own branding
and incorporate their own added value. Tao's clients include blue chip
technology corporations in the United States, Japan and Europe.
Motorola and Sony are investors in Tao Group. Tao is headquartered in
Reading, United Kingdom, with representation in Japan and the US, and
its staff includes more than fifty world-class software engineers. Tao
is a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Winner and has won a series of
innovation
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       A M I G A   I N C .   T O   B E   A T   A M I G A   2 K

January 6, 2000

 Amino Development Corporation, renamed Amiga Inc. on Jan. 6, will
exhibit at the Amiga 2K show.

 In a conversation today with Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amino,
now Amiga Inc.,stated that they will definitely exhibit at the Gateway
Computer Show - Amiga 2K, April 1 & 2, 2000.

 Things are happening with Amiga 2K, just as we promised. Stay tuned
for more information on the largest and best Amiga show in the
Americas... Amiga 2K.

 Amiga 2K will be held on Saturday April 1st - Sunday April 2, 2000,
in St. Louis Missouri, U.S.A. at the Henry VIII Hotel.

Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis
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          N E W S R O G   D E V E L O P M E N T   E N D S

04-Jan-2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 ShadowWorks Software regrets to announce the end of the NewsRog
project for the Amiga. NewsRog is an NNTP News client running on Amiga
personal computers.

 Unfortunately, due to a combination of factors which include the lack
of a market for Amiga software, obsolescent hardware, and a recent
increase in piracy and fraudulent credit card orders, it is no longer
financially possible to continue developing NewsRog. The last version
stands at 1.8b, and the update is available to all registered users
via the web page below:

     http://www.frii.com/~srk/ShadowWorks/Preview/NR.html

 ShadowWorks Software is proud to have pioneered a large number of
news client features that have yet to be duplicated in any other
software that we are aware of. We regret that it was not possible to
continue development of the software, since there was a great deal
more planned for the future.

 ShadowWorks Software wishes to thank all of our loyal customers who
have supported our attempt to bring the Amiga a world class NNTP news
client.
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• TWF: There is a new poll at the News area, and the pages about "E2260" and "Maim & Mangle" have been updated. Nathan Young now works on the user interface for M&M.
• There is a project status for Tales of Tamar at Eternity, where project head Martin Wolf makes some comments on the T.o.T. demo release on the "Amiga Future Cover CD" issue 22.
  
  Wolf is obviously disappointed that AF thankfully accepted the demo for the CD, but there is no report about the game inside of the magazine at all. And he is outright upset that the soundtracks have been cut short without permission.
• Printer Driver News: The drivers 600C and 400C, and all Olivetti drivers have been updated. Moreover, there are tips for WP (wordprocessor printing).
• Ulrich Hambuch tells us that the latest OS3.1 (Scalos) version of WBInfo (current version v2.9b) is immediately available as freeware/giftware from their homepage and Aminet. Right now V3 of WBInfo for AmigaOS 3.5 is in the works, which will be released as Shareware.
• Stuart Walker of Digital Images speaks to the users in an open letter. Wipeout 2097 sells well, and he sais thanks for this. The project Space Station 3000 is larger than expected, but Walker hopes to state a definite release date soon. Moreover, Walker says that DI is planning to port more PC games to the Amiga, and Wipeout 2097 to the Apple Mac.
  
  Since Stuart Walker is unavailable from January 10th to March 31st, he will not be able to answer e-mails in this time. At the link above, you will find alternative addresses for the seperate areas.
• Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype version 44.5 - download: WarpJPEGdt.lha - 39 Kb
  WarpPNG.datatype 44.2 - download: WarpPNGdt.lha - 44 Kb
• Read at Czech Amiga News:
  Jim Drew posted to the Microcode Solutions mailinglist that they are working on the PowerPC version of Fusion, but due to several reasons it will not be finished before end of January / early February.
  
  Macromedia announced that the source code for the Flash player and the Flash file format is offered for free licensing. Read the announcement at BeNews.
  
  Trogladite Software has opened a discussion forum especially for the subject Amino.

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000104

           T H E   W O R D   F R O M   A M I N O   A M I G A

                  C O S A   O N   T H E   B U Y O U T

        A M I G A   W E B   D I R E C T O R Y   G O N E   . . .

       . . .   A S   I S   " A M A Z I N G   C O M P U T I N G "

     E X H I B I T O R S   S I G N   U P   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

           M O R E   A B O U T   S T .   L O U I S   S H O W

              S T I L L   M O R E   O N   A M I G A   2 K

                  A M I R C   3 . 3   R E L E A S E D

           M O R P H O S   P R O J E C T   A N N O U N C E D

            V O Y A G E R   V 3   F I N A L   R E L E A S E

         C S & E   A   E U R O P E A N   D I S T R I B U T O R

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Wow...
 So much has happened recently, it's hard to know where to start.
 Allright, the bad news first. The first Amiga monthly magazine,
"Amazing Computing" is dead. It was also the last US Amiga magazine.
This is incredibly sad, especially as it just missed making it into
the new era of "Amiga by Amino", as announced in our recent special
edition. We don't know the details, and I'm not sure I want to. It
would be depressing. However, this is a real loss for North American
Amigans and the hurt will be felt for a very long time.
 Also sad, and this for the entire Amiga community, not just us North
Americans, is the death of CUCUG's Amiga Web Directory. The
cornerstone of the Amiga community on the web, it also just missed the
new era. Rumor has it other sites offered to take the Web Directory
over, and were turned down. If true, that's mind numbing. We really
don't know the details here either, but we will miss them.
 Now, the good news. There really is some, and it's quite good!
 The Amiga Community will survive, for some time to come. The computer
has a new owner, with a plan for the future (that's almost enough to
cause shock in old time Amigans) and a genuine, deep respect and love
for the Amiga and the Community. This is a bit hard to cope with after
recent events, but it's true.
 It's also true they have a rough road ahead of them. Success is by no
means guaranteed. But they'll be traveling the road with the best
computer community that ever existed. If that combination can't build
a meaningful future, then there's very little that can.
 The plan will be revealed to us in the next few months, and
apparently goes well beyond desktop machines. It's going to be an
interesting new era - we'll keep you posted.
 Finally, this new era seems to have room for Petro Tyschtschenko and
his work in Germany. In our opinion, while Jay Miner is the father of
the Amiga, Petro is the godfather or something similar. We're pleased
to see he's still involved. There's no one who's worked harder for the
Amiga's future over the years.
 While we're at it - for you gamers, the library of Quake related
games have been released for people to port, and work is well underway
for PPC Amigas. For those who love these games, the fun is just
beginning.
 Below, the first Executive Update from the Amiga web site, now under
the control of Amino Development.
 We love it!

 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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           T H E   W O R D   F R O M   A M I N O   A M I G A

January 3, 2000

YeeHaw and welcome to the year 2000;

 I want to make something very clear from the beginning we have been
told, that Amiga was purchased by Gateway because of the Patents, and
that there were not even aware of the Amiga installed base, or the
people.

 Gateway purchased Amiga because of Patents, we purchased Amiga
because of the People.

 Without the people standing behind, developing, creating, purchasing
and continuing to believe in the Amiga there never would have been
anything for Gateway to purchase. We recognize this, and it is because
of you, and what you have continued to accomplish with Amiga that we
have purchased the company.

 I want to make sure that everyone knows and understands what this all
means to you the true Amigans.

 Here is what was acquired from Gateway:

 1. All trademarks logos etc.

 2. All existing inventory of Amiga International

 3. All existing licenses.

 4. License to All Amiga patents (Gateway still owns the patents, but
we are able to use them).

 5. All web sites, and registered domain names.

 6. The Amiga OS and all that is associated with the OS.

 7. The Amiga operation as it exists today.

 Specific details of the developer system, the OS partners and how one
can begin developing will be released in the next couple of weeks.

 We will be making an announcement on January 8th, 2000 with one of
our partners at CES in Las Vegas, and more details will follow that
release.

 Fleecy, Myself, Petro, and the rest of the team are not going to make
promises and create presentations and demos. We are going to deliver
products, services, and the rest of the world will know what you have
already known.

 We will be officially changing the name of Amino Development
Corporation to the Amiga Corporation this week, and we will let
everyone know of this change shortly once it is officially completed.

 I want to thank all of you for your continued support we will make
Amiga what it should have been, and more importantly what it will be.

 Keeping the faith,

Bill McEwen President/CEO
Amino Development Corporation
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                 C O S A   O N   T H E   B U Y O U T

COSA Reaction to Amino Purchase of Amiga Rights

January 2, 2000

 Within the past few days, ownership of the Amiga rights, trademarks
and technology passed from Gateway to Amino Development. People have
asked for COSA's opinion on the sale, and for comments how this
affects the campaign to open-source the AmigaOS.

 We believe the sale of Amiga to Amino is a good, positive step
forward for the Amiga community, and that the new owners of the Amiga
technology rights are the right people to steer the Amiga technology
into the new millennium.

 COSA have known Fleecy Moss, co-founder of Amino, for quite some
time, and have been in e-mail discussions on a number of matters of
mutual interest, including Open Source, for quite some considerable
time. We have a good working relationship, and a mutual understanding
of what needs to be done to bring the Amiga into the new millennium.

 COSA is confident, based on our discussions with Fleecy, that Amino
has the vision and direction necessary, to take the Amiga into the new
millennium. The major difference to their predecessors being that
Amino truely understands the Amiga technology, and is receptive to the
needs, ideas and inspirations of the Amiga community. (The management
of Amino are, afterall, Amigans themselves.)

 We await the announcements from Amino in the weeks and months ahead
with much anticipation, and look forward to a hopefully long and
productive working relationship with them.

Congratulations, Guys!
Steve Crietzman, and the team at COSA
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       A M I G A   W E B   D I R E C T O R Y   G O N E   . . .

 January 1, 2000 - The Champaign- Urbana Computer Users Group (CUCUG)
announced today that it has retired its popular, award-winning Amiga
Web Directory (AWD) web site.

 Citing continuing declines in the Amiga marketplace and Gateway's
failure to deliver new Amiga computer systems, CUCUG reluctantly
decided to discontinue its popular web site link directory and news
service on January 1, 2000. It was felt that while CUCUG could
continue with the AWD for several months, it was better to retire now
rather than allow the site to slowly decline with the market. CUCUG is
hopeful that the latest owners of the Amiga can turn this market
around for the developers and users who have held on throughout all
the past ownership changes and other difficulties the Amiga has faced.

 For over five years, the Amiga Web Directory served as one of the
most-visited Amiga-oriented web sites on the Internet. Its carefully
cataloged listings of Amiga web sites was the most-respected
collection of its kind. Each site in the AWD's listings was reviewed
by the CUCUG webmaster to ensure quality and Amiga orientation. Site
descriptions were carefully prepared by hand, resulting in accuracy
not possible on other machine- driven sites or those which allow site
owners to write their own descriptions.

 The AWD's Amiga news pages became one of the most imitated features
in the Amiga web community. Dozens of Amiga news sites were inspired
by the success of the Amiga Web Directory's hugely popular news pages.

 A well-known offshoot of the Amiga Web Directory was "Agnes" the
Amiga web searching service. Agnes was also a cartoon character which
personalized the searching service. In addition to the over-2000 Amiga
sites cataloged in the Amiga Web Directory, Agnes could search the
general Internet for Amiga content, newsgroup messages, CUCUG Status
Register newsletters and other Amiga-oriented materials.

 The Amiga Web Directory was one of the first member-supported Amiga
web sites. Amiga enthusiasts joined the CUCUG organization to show
their support for the efforts of the group. These memberships covered
the costs associated with running the popular web service and other
CUCUG activities. CUCUG is very grateful to its members' support which
it has received over the years. The group also acknowledges the many
Amiga-oriented companies which have given assistance.

 CUCUG, which has been supporting local computer users in the
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois area since 1983 will now focus its efforts
on local user group activities.
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      . . .   A S   I S   " A M A Z I N G   C O M P U T I N G "

31 December, 1999
 "Amiga Update" has received confirmation from several sources that
PIM Publication's "Amazing Computing" has recently filed for
bankruptcy. "Amazing" was the first - and the last - monthly Amiga
magazine in the US and its presence will be sorely missed.
 While it is certainly possible for businesses to survive a bankruptcy
and continue into the future, we have no indications that such will be
the case with "Amazing". It is ironic that as Amiga itself is in the
process of a potential rebirth, we have lost both CUCUG and "Amazing
Computing"
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     E X H I B I T O R S   S I G N   U P   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

December 26, 1999


 Amigan-St. Louis announces it's first group of exhibitors for "Amiga
2K". These companies are listed on the Gateway Computer Show's - Amiga
2K© web site. You can view this site by typing in the following
address on your web browser.

 http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html

 These companies are just the first in many that are signing up to
exhibit at this exciting event. Please check the show pages every week
to see the latest news.

 The Gateway Computer Shows are the largest and the most interesting
Amiga shows in the Americas. More products, updates, plans, ideas and
other exciting events have been released, announced and planned at
these shows than anywhere else.

 Amiga 2K will be hosted at the Henry VIII Hotel, on Lindbergh Ave.,
in St. Louis, MO. U.S.A. Show dates are Saturday April 1 through
Sunday April 2, 2000.

 Please check the web site for more information about the show and the
hotel. Come join Petro, myself and many other Amigans at Amiga 2K.
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          M O R E   A B O U T   S T .   L O U I S   S H O W

December 31, 1999


 Amigan-St. Louis is happy to announce the addition of Nova Design,
Inc. to it's growing list of exhibitors.

 The ever popular Gateway Computer Shows, including the new Amiga 2K
show in St. Louis on April1 & 2, 2000, have always been very popular
with Amiga Computer fans.

 This newest addition of Nova Design, Inc. and others is just one more
step in the growing list of companies that will exhibit at the largest
Amiga show in the Americas. Please see the "Show" page in the site
listed below.

 In additon, you can find the "Club Table Contest" described on the
"Contest" page of the Amiga 2K site. This is an excellent chance for
an Amiga Club to showcase it's abilities, and show off the Amiga,
while possibly winning a prize for their efforts.

Please check our site at: http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html
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        S T I L L   M O R E   O N   A M I G A   2 K

January 3, 2000

 Amigan-St. Louis is pleased to announce a discount for clubs
exhibiting at the Gateway Computer Show - Amiga 2K©. The discount is
40% off of the normal price. This is a substantial discount, that is
only available to clubs, and only available when utilizing an eight
foot table. It is a limited time offer.

 The pricing can be determined by looking at the price guide for eight
foot tables under the "Exhibitors" button on the show page at:
http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html Then simply multiply 60% times that
price to determine the price a club would pay.

 Example: An eight foot table space is 9' x 6' or 54 square feet. The
price per square foot is $6. So 54 x 6 = $324. That's the normal
price. Then multiply $324 x 60% to get $194.40. This is what the club
will pay for their table. Eight foot tables can be shared by two
groups if necessary. This would further reduce the cost to a club. The
cost of the table does not include any admissions to the show. All
persons in the club must purchase an admission.

 All in all, this is a substantial discount. It is being given due to
the tremendous support clubs have given to the Amiga. Without the
clubs, there would be no Amiga. So to reward them and their hard
working members, we are giving this discount so they will not deplete
their club treasury to exhibit at Amiga 2K

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                   A M I R C   3 . 3   R E L E A S E D

991227

 AmIRC was the first VaporWare application to be shown to the Amiga
world. Its author, Oliver Wagner, has worked too many late nights on
the program to count, and continues to update it to this day.

 AmIRC's main strengths lie in its interface - it's one of the easiest
IRC clients to use on any platform, yet it also keeps the power users
happy with advanced ARexx scripting and its plugin API, allowing
unique new features to be added. It also features a URL grabber to
capture any URLs mentioned in any channels or query windows, a
lag-o-meter to measure your system's lag from the server, and strong
builtin flood protection including a staggered output queue to stop
you flooding yourself off the server.

 For IRCing on the Amiga, AmIRC should be your number one choice.

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

 Download AmIRC 3.3 and see why it's the best IRC client for the
Amiga. If you registered AmIRC 1.x or AmIRC 2.x, you can update to
version 3.3.

 There is an AmIRC 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 Advanced Low Level Plugin API.
 o Single Window Iconification.
 o Lag-o-meter shows lag from the server
 o Individual window logging.
 o Intuitive channel window with userlist and mode display.
 o Builtin high speed DCC drivers, incl. Secure Chat.
 o ARexx port includes event trapping.
 o IRCNet and UnderNet extensions.
 o Oper and clone announcement.

 o Builtin IdentD, disables itself if needed.
 o Bind sound effects, auto deiconify or ARexx to events.
 o Last nick history, TAB key cycles through.
 o URL grabber saves any URLs to send to your web browser.
 o Supports colored text for both input (WYSIWIG) and output.
 o CTCP/DCC flood protection.
 o Timestamping of lines and inline clickable URLs.

http://www.vapor.com/
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         M O R P H O S   P R O J E C T   A N N O U N C E D

Thursday, 23rd December 1999

 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
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         V O Y A G E R   V 3   F I N A L   R E L E A S E

28 Dec 99

V³ 3.0 final released

 Here it is: the final version of V³

 Core changes since pre5:

 o now remembers FORM contents on back and, erm, window resize

 o HTTP/1.1 Accept-Language: support

 o Support for URL-embedded password support in HTTP URLs

 o Image information summary added

 o New Search Central plugin

 o The usual load of bugfixes and minor enhancements.

 This release does not include a new VFlash plugin. It is currently
undergoing final testing, and will be released individually within the
next few days.

http://v3.vapor.com
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        C S & E   A   E U R O P E A N   D I S T R I B U T O R

CS&E to concentrate on Amiga Distribution 2000

04/01/00

 I am writing to you for the good of the Amiga in the UK and beyond.
We have many great publishers and retailers and now two dedicated
magazines, but no independent distributor. I can announce to you that
CS&E will step in to independently distribute. We will reach both mail
order and high street retail from our warehouse in Birmingham which is
shared with the likes of Eidos.
 All products are delivered next day across Europe with many
guarantees for both the publisher and retailer. We hope that this step
will prove to be a great benefit for the whole Amiga community and
urge everyone to come together on this issue. Retailers please let us
know your full contact details for regular updates with your fax
number and e-mail and postal address. Publishers please also get in
contact to maximise your sales. A starter pack outlining our aims is
being prepared which will be sent out to all known contacts worldwide.
UK Amiga users can already feel proud by supporting some of the most
innovative companies around, we hope that this link will prove
valuable to all and our aim is to assist this good work.

David Connolly
Kind Regards,

CS&E sales:
7 Glyme Close, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1LB, Great Britain
+44 (0) 1993 812685
visit our website at http://www.csande.co.uk
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• Peters Amiga Homepage: A serious bug has been fixed in the HP and Olivetti printer drivers. The HP drivers for the 670C and the 870C are already available for download, the Olivetti drivers will be uploaded by the author at a later time.
• Airsoft Softwair: A new TUP version has just been released. TUP v1.5 now finally works flawlessly with Visual Prefs. Moreover, there are new catalogs for Spanish and French users, and some other improvements. Download: TUP1_5.lha
• Aminet uploads 05.01.2000
• Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype 44.5 - download: WarpJPEGdt.lha - 38 Kb
• Ralph Torchia: Spitfire (Palm Desktop) version 0.32 - download: Spitfire.lha
• Haage & Partner offer a patch for PageStream 4.0 revision 2 (4.0r2). - download: pgs40patch1.lha - 597 Kb
• Shadow Works today released a statement, which explains why NewsRog (a NNTP newsreader) is discontinued. In the end, several things like decreasing Amiga market, no hardware developments, software piracy and credit card fraud resulted in this descission. The last version 1.8b, from October 1999, is still available for registered users in the download area.
• Cyberdyne Systems: New alpha versions (v45.00 alpha 6) of the stormamiga.lib for AmigaOS/68k. Some functions have been added, some expanded and optimized, and all known bugs removed. This version is for registered users only.
• Photogenics: Paul Nolan has created three new tutorials. He is now completely reworking the manual, and would wellcome feedback.
• Read at the Czech Amiga News:
  Those who want to see Duke Nukem 3D and Strife ported to Amiga, an contact David Bereault by e-mail.
  
  szip for Amiga, compiled by Allan Odgaard - download: szip_112_amiga.lzx
• Javosoft: New FastATA4000 driver version 1.6 for Elbox FastATA 4000 - download: FastATA4000v16a27.lha
• At Amigart Amster v0.3 is available, the freeware port of Napster MP3. The long filename and "Chat mode" bug has been fixed. Download: amster.lha
• Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail - aside from major optimizations of the PNG and TIFF datatypes, there are small improvements in the JFIF datatype, and PPC603-optimized versions especially for A1200/PPC users. Download:
  
  akJFIF-dt.lha
  akJFIF-PPC.lha
  akJFIF-WOS.lha
  akPNG-dt.lha
  akPNG-PPC.lha
  akPNG-WOS.lha
  akTIFF-dt.lha
  akTIFF-PPC.lha
  akTIFF-WOS.lha
  akMPEG4.lha - new URL!
• SecondSpin, the new MPEG Audio Player, has been released as version 1.87B.
  Download: SecondSpin_Install.lha - V.87B
  and SecondSpin_Encoder.lha - Lame v3.57
• Aminet uploads 07.01.2000
• Trogladite Software: Kalbos version 1.31 released, fixing the CGX bug. Download: ts-kalbos.lha
  
  Major UnInstaller update planned. The new UnInstaller will not only support scripts made for version 1.0, but also those made for 1.1+. Additionally, Commodore Installer logfiles, the new UnInstaller standard and a reworked UI will be implemented.
• Hyperion Software: A page for the game Freespace: The Great War has been added to the projects. The game is a space simulation by Volition/Interplay. System requirements: PPC-processor (maybe 68060), gfx card (maybe AGA), 3D-support by Warp3D, sound by AHI, 64 MB RAM and a 8-speed CD-ROM. Working on the Amiga port are Hans-Jörg Frieden and Chrisian Sauer.
  
  There is a new status report for Heretic II, where Hans-Jörg Frieden says that the four basic elements are finished.
• VWP: Update WaveTracer DS Mark V 5.1
  After the BETA version was already available some time, the final version 5.1 of WaveTracer DS Mark V is now available. Download is possible from the VWP homepage. The update is only possible for owners of the full version, the serial number is required (can be found in the WaveTracer menu "Special", item "User-Info").
• A technical preview of the Opera browser for Linux version 4.0a (Qt edition) has been released. Download of the alpha version: opera-19991224.tar.gz
• The Mushroom Software homepage (F1 Software and 5th Dimension licensee) now offers a "Real-Time Voice Chat", which requires Java, however.
• Innovative writes:
  Since our server is moving right now, there are no new informations e.g. for VLRec NG 4.0 available there. You can however order VLRec NG 4.0 already from our online shop. As soon as our presence has completed its move, we will wellcome you on a further improved and reworked website with many news. So far, please be patient.
• Atéo: The download area has been reworked, "cleaned up" and some files updated.
• Frank Wille: New ppc.library emulation for WarpOS version 0.7b - download: ppclibemu.lzx

From:         "Steve Crietzman" president@amigakernel.org
Date:         Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:41:10 -0000
Organization: Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS
Subject:      [cosa] Some news from Petro

Hi all,

I've just got off the phone with Petro.  Thought I'd share
a little info with y'all.

First, he's alive and well and still functioning as Amiga
International, Inc. and will continue to operate under Amino.

Tom Schmidt is also alive, well and employed by Gateway,
and still around in some capacity - although I'm not sure
what his new title or position is yet.  He is to come over
to Germany and meet with Petro soon to finalise everything.

Petro sounded very optimistic about the future, and said
he looks forward to continue to do his job and to the future
with Amino.

He said to expect some announcements from Amino in the
days and weeks ahead.  Keep a close eye on the Amiga
website.  According to Petro, there's going to be a small
update later today.

He also in this phonecall repeated his continuing support
for COSA and Open Source and asked me to convey his
best wishes to Amigans everywhere, and to let everyone
know that for him, it's "business as usual."

It's reassuring (to me at least) to know that whatever
happens with the Amiga, the one thing we can always
count on is that Petro will always be around.  Whoever
said we don't have stability in the Amiga world? ;-)

Best regards,

Steve Crietzman (president@amigakernel.org)
Amiga 4000/040, 18MB RAM, 1.2GB Hard Disk, Picasso IV
President, Open Amiga Group (http://www.amigakernel.org

1. All trademarks logos etc.
2. All existing inventory of Amiga International
3. All existing licenses.
4. License to All Amiga patents (Gateway still owns the patents, but we are able to use them).
5. All web sites, and registered domain names.
6. The Amiga OS and all that is associated with the OS.
7. The Amiga operation as it exists today.

• GFX board and AGA support
• support for PIP (Picasso 96) and WB Window
• double and triple buffering
• sound
• CD audio support
• mouse, joypad and joystick support
• in-game video options
• network support
• QuakeWorld support (client and server)

• Soundprobe - due to too few requests, an Amiga version is still in doubt.
• Olivetti printer driver updated
  1. Olivetti JP Inkjet driver v40.2 - download: OlivettiJP.lha
  2. Olivetti JP790 driver v40.4 - download: OlivettiJP790.lha
• GoldED Service Pack 15, download only for registered users.
  Download demo: golded6.lha.
• AmiMasterGear v0.81 - download: AmiMasterGear.lha
• AmiComSys 1.30a - download: AmiComSysMUI1.30a.lzx - 260 Kb and AmiComSysMUI1.30a.readme.
• ASM-One update to version 1.42 RTG - download: asmonev1.42rtg.lha
• Barfly version 2.1 - download: Barfly2_1.lha - 624 Kb, readme.
• DarcNES/Amiga version 9a0101a - download: dn9a0101a.lha
• LAME beta version 3.58 3/4, asyncio.library now runs with PPC. Download: LAMEbeta.lzx - 460 Kb
• MetalWEB update, reworked version adjusted to OS 3.5, and with Vapor Auto Update System being integrated.
  Download: MetalWEB4_pre3.lzx - 824 Kb
• Darkage - Bippy version 1.01 and a review of ExtraLife
• Oliver Roberts
  WarpPNG.datatype version 44.1 - WarpPNGdt.lha
  WarpJPEG.datatype version 44.3 - WarpJPEGdt.lha
• CyberGraphX - note for AmigaOS 3.1 and 3.0 users:
  With the upcomming release CGX v4.2, there could be problems with the date in the version string if you still have the old version 40.1 of "Version" installed. To eliminate the problem, you should install Version_v40.3.lha. More notes on the Y2K-problem.
• AmigaOS 3.5 review, from Amiga.org
• Xteam-Software Solution - the game "Virtual Ball Fighters" is finished. Download the demo: vbfdemortg.lha.zip - 3.5 MB, source: Czech Amiga News
• Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail - On my WWW page (see news_e.html), the latest version of the akDatatypes (v44.65 of the three most popular, and v44.8 of akNAIL) and the latest version of akMPEG2 (v4.01) are available. Download:
  
  akJFIF-dt.lha
  akJFIF-PPC.lha
  akJFIF-WOS.lha
  akPNG-dt.lha
  akPNG-PPC.lha
  akPNG-WOS.lha
  akTIFF-dt.lha
  akTIFF-PPC.lha
  akTIFF-WOS.lha
  akMPEG4.lha
  
  If you want to run comparing benchmarks with other datatypes, please make the correct adjustments for correct results - there are a minimum of three possibilities to run my PPC datatypes with "PPC" kernels, and additionally if you disable / enable 24bit output, this affects results, too.
  
  PicBench from Aminet, or PicBench.lha is a good choice for speed benchmarks.

• Sid4Amiga: Update version 3.28 - Download: Sid4AmigaV3_28.lha
• Aminet: Awin-Quake by Peter McGavin for PPC and 68k - Download: awinquake.lha
• Frank Mayer-Pfauder Software Support: YAM2AmIRC v2.2 - Download: YAM2AmIRC.lha - 23 kB
  The freshly styled Software Support Site, with NetStat2AmIRC, Online-O-Meter and the latest version of YAM2AmIRC is online since December 30th. Of course in OS3.5-look :)
• PPT: bugfix for picture manipulation program PPT (text.effect) - Download: text.lha
• V3-Portal: V³ 3.0a bugfix released - Download: v3_30a_update.lzx - 315 kB
• OsaMatic: The radio clock with Amiga software DCF77, update for version 3.x - Download: dcf77update.lha

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991231

            A M I G A   S O L D   T O   A M I N O ! !

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
 Happy New Year everyone! Some of you will see this on the last day of
1999, some on the first of 2000 - either way, you have another reason
to celebrate today! We've been waiting and practically twitching to
get this information to you.
 We still don't have a press release directly from Amino, but as the
following information is now available generally on the wire, we owe
it to our readers to get it to you as quickly as possible. If we do
get a press release from Amino/Amiga we'll also get that to you right
away.
 Looks to us like both Gateway and the Amiga Community win with this
deal.
 Big smiles around here today!

 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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            A M I G A   S O L D   T O   A M I N O ! !

Amino Development Buys Amiga Name, Inventory From Gateway

 SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31 -- Amino Development Corp., a privately held
company based in Maple Valley, Washington, has purchased from Gateway
its Amiga trademarks and Amiga computer systems. Terms of the
transaction have not been disclosed.

 According to Peter Ashkin, Gateway senior vice president, Gateway
chose to sell the name after deciding to fold Amiga's software
engineering function into Gateway's product development. This merger
of development activities is part of Gateway's overall strategy to
develop and market the coming generation of "Internet appliances".

 "Amiga, as a personal computer brand, has a loyal following of fans
around the world," Ashkin said. "Under Gateway's wing, Amiga morphed
into a software development company working on a new Internet
appliance operating environment software. Now that we're bringing that
development work into Gateway product development, it made sense to
find a buyer for Amiga."

 "Yee-haw " said Bill McEwen, president and CEO of Amino. "This is a
very exciting day, and now an even more exciting tomorrow. Now we can
finish the job that was started 15 years ago."

 The transaction, effective immediately, includes the transfer of all
Internet domain names related to Amiga which Gateway had held. Gateway
retains ownership of all patents acquired when it bought Amiga in
1997.
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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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/    \\_ |  \/  ||_  _||_  \__// /    \\_||   (An Occasional e-mail
        S P E C I A L   I S S U E        ||       Newsmagazine)
======================================================================
        AMIGA and the Amiga logo are trademarks of Amiga, Inc.
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991231

            A M I G A   S O L D   T O   A M I N O ! !

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
 Happy New Year everyone! Some of you will see this on the last day of
1999, some on the first of 2000 - either way, you have another reason
to celebrate today! We've been waiting and practically twitching to
get this information to you.
 We still don't have a press release directly from Amino, but as the
following information is now available generally on the wire, we owe
it to our readers to get it to you as quickly as possible. If we do
get a press release from Amino/Amiga we'll also get that to you right
away.
 Looks to us like both Gateway and the Amiga Community win with this
deal.
 Big smiles around here today!

 Brad Webb,
 Editor
----------------------------------------------------------------------

            A M I G A   S O L D   T O   A M I N O ! !

Amino Development Buys Amiga Name, Inventory From Gateway

 SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31 -- Amino Development Corp., a privately held
company based in Maple Valley, Washington, has purchased from Gateway
its Amiga trademarks and Amiga computer systems. Terms of the
transaction have not been disclosed.

 According to Peter Ashkin, Gateway senior vice president, Gateway
chose to sell the name after deciding to fold Amiga's software
engineering function into Gateway's product development. This merger
of development activities is part of Gateway's overall strategy to
develop and market the coming generation of "Internet appliances".

 "Amiga, as a personal computer brand, has a loyal following of fans
around the world," Ashkin said. "Under Gateway's wing, Amiga morphed
into a software development company working on a new Internet
appliance operating environment software. Now that we're bringing that
development work into Gateway product development, it made sense to
find a buyer for Amiga."

 "Yee-haw " said Bill McEwen, president and CEO of Amino. "This is a
very exciting day, and now an even more exciting tomorrow. Now we can
finish the job that was started 15 years ago."

 The transaction, effective immediately, includes the transfer of all
Internet domain names related to Amiga which Gateway had held. Gateway
retains ownership of all patents acquired when it bought Amiga in
1997.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Amiga Update on the net:
 All back issues available at:
    http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html
Stop by and check out our archive!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright 1999 by Brad Webb.    Freely distributable, if not modified.
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• Aurora Set Prerelease 4 - SJI-Aurora-Pre4.lzx
• Aurora Set Variant 'B' Prerelease 4 - SJI-AuroraB-Pre4.lzx (available starting January 5th)
• Aurora Set Variant 'C' Prerelease 4 - SJI-AuroraC-Pre4.lzx (available starting January 5th)
• Paola Set Prerelease 4 - SJI-Paola-Pre4.lzx (available starting January 6th)
• Ingrid Set Prerelease 1 - SJI-Ingrid-Pre1.lzx

• StrICQ version 0.1669 - download: STRICQ.lha - and beta version of the preferences window - download: ZodiacImages.lha
• Arcadia announces two new archives available in the download area. For one, there is a patch for all people who did not get a Bubble Hero demo from the Amiga Format CD to run. Then there is the third public demo of Bubble Heroes. The fourth and last (AGA) demo will be finished January 2000. Arcadia wishes a happy new year to everybody. Download: AFBHDemo-patch.lzx and BHDemo3.lzx

mpprosp.lha          comm/bbs    35K+V1.7 - File_ID.DIZ creator for Mods - ph
p_hc183.lha          comm/bbs    31K+V1.8.3 - Uploadchecker for PMBS - Update
GoFetch.lha          comm/net   331K+V1.0 Specialised FTP/HTTP Client designe
samba_2.0.6.lha      comm/tcp   3.1M+Port of the free SMB client and server
js_umsrfc.lha        comm/ums    21K+Umsrfc update (1.2)
MCD_DirList.lha      disk/cdrom  15K+Generates file lists for MakeCD
Pranger.lha          game/misc  106K+Cheap 1ply game- get 2 ships to collide
Zubspace-Psyco.mpg   mods/mpg   581K+Rno-label release no.19 by zubspace (psy
gothbench3.lha       pix/back   1.2M+Darker than ever.
mr_WBench.lha        pix/wb     862K+Workbench For Every Day
picsize.lha          util/dtype  15K+Shows picture dimensions using datatypes
calculator.lha       util/misc   14K+Fully functional calculator
TweakWB14.lha        util/wb     97K+Great WB 3.5 commodity, icon converter, 
yStart.lha           util/wb     17K+Start menu for standard WB icons

• Duff: ImageManager.library v1.1 - Download: ImageManager.LZX
  Mailinglist on the subject:
  Subscribe at IM_Lib-subscribe@onelist.com and
  unsubscribe at IM_Lib-unsubscribe@onelist.com.
• StrICQ version 0.1667 - Download: STRICQ.lha
• Atéo: AteoNet.device - Download: installateonet.lha - readme

2b_XBaseSP.lha       biz/dbase    9K+Spanish catalog for XBase 6.0 v1.0
addidevV1.19.lha     biz/dbase  131K+Sourecode for Addipro in MaxonPascal
addiproV1.22.lha     biz/dbase  116K+German Adress database OS2.X written in 
OnyxBase.lha         biz/dbase   73K+Great address book manager with lots of 
TCom202DEMO.lha      biz/demo    63K+An Amiga order program, (COMMESSE ITALIA
TFat280DEMO.lha      biz/demo   105K+An Amiga Invoice program, (FATTURE ITALI
dvbcontrol.lha       comm/misc  286K+V1.25 D-Box/Mediamaster Settings Editor
nc_update.lha        comm/news  133K+Newsreader Version 1.23 (MUI)
newscoaster.lha      comm/news  280K+Newsreader Version 1.23 (MUI)
slrn.lha             comm/news  1.4M+Slrn 0.9.6.0 (slang 1.3.10)
vlink.lha            comm/tcp    27K+AmiTCP<->MacTCP via virtual ethernet
thor26upd.lha        comm/thor  320K+Upgrade of Thor 2.6
HTTPResume_Fre.lha   comm/www     3K+French localization for HTTPResume v1.8
nah-speed49.lha      demo/mag   1.2M+Speed #49 packmagazine by Nah-Kolor
obligement18.lha     demo/mag   826K+Obligement #18 - Famous FRENCH fanzine !
powerd.lha           dev/e      235K+New programming language based on E
PPC_in_E.lha         dev/e       48K+PowerUp PPC includes converted to E
MCC_TipOfDay.lha     dev/mui     52K+V15.6 - 'Tip of the day' class (MUI)
MCC_TipOfDay_S.lha   dev/mui     51K+V15.6 - 'Tip of the day' class (SRC)
SortCopyGUI.lha      disk/bakup   6K+ReAction GUI for SortCopy
LS_Mac.lha           disk/misc    2K+LS-120 MAC4: Mountlist
LS_Mount.lha         disk/misc    3K+LS-120 DF4: & PC4: Mountlists
stccg.lha            docs/hyper 1.4M+AmigaGuide to Star Trek CCG from Deciphe
Zorro.lha            docs/hyper  15K+HTML & Guide of ZorroII/III & Power_Conn
Greetings.lha        game/gag    55K+Virtual Christmas Card
Colmaped.lha         game/hint   60K+YEAH! >>> map editor for 'Colonization'
WDreamsSolv.lha      game/hint   36K+WastedDreams Solution
ParrotIsland.lha     game/role  1.4M+Full release of the Adventure
cybershow94.lha      gfx/board  138K+SlideShow&Viewer(incl.PCD)for CybGfx&AGA
SmartScale.lha       gfx/conv    11K+A CLI program used for graphics conversi
REDFiX.lha           gfx/ifx    135K+Powerful ImageFX v1.5...v4.1 enhancer. v
photoalbum65.lha     gfx/misc   229K+Picture management (incl.PCD) for AGA&Cy
Frogger.lha          gfx/show   340K+Ultimate MPEG video player (68k & PPC v1
SoftCinema.lha       gfx/show   325K+Ultimate Movie Player (PPC) V0.8
IOBlixUsr.lha        hard/drivr 287K+V37.13, IOBlixZ2 and IOBlix1200 software
Spitfire.lha         hard/drivr 426K+A Palm Desktop for the Amiga!
BSNESMagyar.lha      misc/emu     3K+Hungarian Catalogs for BlackSNESGui
FusLoadPatch.lha     misc/emu    10K+Workaround for FUSION DMA loding problem
SavagePPC.lha        misc/emu    10K+The PPC VideoDriver for ShapeShifter (4/
imdbDiff991217.lha   misc/imdb  2.2M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
Xmas99.lha           misc/misc  148K+Decorate your own x-mas-tree!
DAlmanac_Exe.lha     misc/sci   1.0M+Next Generation Planetarium (1.7.7)
FireIce_Xmas.lha     mods/demo   22K+The great Fire&Ice Christmas music
VK-WSDM.lha          mods/house  17K+Housy 8bit
VK-Herbst.lha        mods/jungl 141K+Jungle/D&B 6+2bit
VK-NMP2.lha          mods/jungl 172K+Jungle/D&B 16bit
rNO-L017.lha         mods/misc  557K+Rno-label release no.17 by roz (techno/t
rNO-L018.lha         mods/misc  260K+Rno-label release no.18 by tang (funkyho
lnsM10_selo.mpg      mods/mpg   5.0M+Selofan clouds - ambient record (part 4/
lnsM11_read.mpg      mods/mpg   5.6M+Thought reader - ambient record (part 5/
lnsM12_time.mpg      mods/mpg   5.5M+Timelords - ambient record (part 6/7) 
lnsM13_misp.mpg      mods/mpg   1.9M+Misplaced - ambient record (part 7/7) 
lnsM7_lostm.mpg      mods/mpg   5.0M+The lost machine - ambient record (part 
lnsM8_sleep.mpg      mods/mpg   5.8M+Sleeping on a mule - ambient record (par
lnsM9_narco.mpg      mods/mpg   4.8M+Narcosis - ambient record (part 3/7) 
LoveMeTender.lha     mods/pop   361K+Superficial but nice Love-Song by R.KAPP
DJH_OFRM.lha         mods/sidew 257K+Merry Christmas '99!  (OctaMED SoundStud
crs_50th.lha         mods/techn 2.1M+CRS00050: megamix anniversary release
crs_awak.lha         mods/techn 1.6M+CRS00051: 'awaken' ep by phase
lns64_blaa.lha       mods/techn  18K+Blaa opt - hard minimal acid by Maytz
EP_RobHubbardO.lha   mus/play     3K+EaglePlayer "Rob Hubbard Old" external r
XMasRachel99.jpg     pix/art    294K+Rachel Raccoon Lights up her tree
gdnsnail.jpg         pix/fauna  192K+A garden snail facing some serious troub
LS_Glow.lha          pix/icon     4K+LS-120 GlowIcon for OS3.5
LaptopTr.jpg         pix/trace   81K+Ray Traced LapTop (Lightwave Quickie)
swglacier.jpg        pix/views  181K+Glacier in Switzerland
db-socwb.lha         pix/wb     274K+Screenshots of sOCIETY/rSE wB3.5
BlizKick.lha         util/boot  162K+MapROM tool for Blizzard turbos. V1.19.
fixfile.lha          util/cli     6K+FixFile: Fixes downloaded files
FixNI.lha            util/cli    12K+Fix NewIcons for OS3.5
RCD10.lha            util/cli     7K+Smallest CD Player
VersCheckV2.lha      util/cli   830K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
MIDI2asm.lha         util/conv    2K+Convert MIDI data to assembler source + 
AmyTree24.lha        util/dir   126K+Tree FS Explorer
calculator.lha       util/misc   14K+Fully functional calculator
xfdmaster.lha        util/pack  216K+Rel1.29 Decrunch packed files (exe/data)
rxmui.lha            util/rexx  142K+RxMUI 2.3 - MUI gui in ARexx
splitter.lha         util/sys    26K+Multiplatform secure JOINER and SPLITTER
WBCtrl.lha           util/sys     3K+Controls undocumentated wb3.5 features (
backclock.lha        util/time  126K+Transparent clock. You must try this !!!
Safe.lha             util/virus  30K+Best new linkviruses detector v12.2
IconHandler.lha      util/wb     20K+V1.9 Drop file on AppIcon to change icon
NewInstaller15.lha   util/wb    460K+THE Ultimate Addon Tool for C= Installer

• Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) by J.L. Bentley

• Beginning Linux Programming (2nd Edition) by R. Stones & N. Matthew

• Amiga (German page updated)
• AROS (Amiga Research Operating System)
• Linux for Alpha, PowerPC and 680X0
• MINIX
• PalmOS (main page plus developer area)
• QNX (Amiga Neutrino Support Site updated)

• Tcl and Tk Toolkit by J.K. Ousterhout

• Webmaster in a Nutshell (2nd Edition) by S. Spainhour & R. Eckstein

• Now Freeware (no keyfile needed)!
• removal of (hopefully) all Y2K bugs.
• completely new Fido part, fully node-/hub enabled
• files are now stored in the filebase carrying their original names.
• mailinglist server for all networks.
• PPP-Login.
• Netcalls over preconfigured providers, depending on time.
• switching some parts of the program to the NList MUI custom class.

• multi-net support: ZConnect/RFC/Z3.8/Fido incl. gating
• multi-port support. Nine ports. Up to eight ports freely configurable. ISDN, modem, network, local, etc. + one sysop port
• interactive control of the box, by WWW (with PD WEB Server), by AmigaGuide or by ANSI choice
• clever Cron system. Events can happen, programs be started on any time, by month, weekday, day, hours and minutes
• uses MUI, therefore fontsensitive and freely configurable outfit
• interface to internet (remote telnet login, (C)SLIP/PPP user login)
• configurable routing, by sender and/or reciever. Domain server configurable for multiple domains.
• Developer Pack for C and ARexx available
• very low memory usage with many ports due to clever server-/client-management
• fully optimized for Amiga multitasking, therefore very low ressource usage
• own locale system for language adjustments by domain, and if wanted online for system texts, error message, and commands
• output of all commands and system messages freely configurable
• online interface is a standard 100% shell, and all online commandos are AmigaOS commands
• whole drives can be mirrored as boards, like including CD-Roms
• user passwords are stored encrypted. Access rights are granted by groups and levels
• big ARexx port with unlimited possibilities for own expansions, with much more than 200 commands
• virtual memory, automatically enabled on memory shortage
• chat system (also available as standalone version) connecting multiple CL systems and points by internet or Hydra Netcall
• detailed, pictured manual
• and many more

• System: Amiga or compatible, MC68030 or better
• Memory: for box usage minimum 4 MB (recommended: 16 MB)
• Programs:
  
  • MUI 3.8 or better
  • NList MUI Custom Class
  • (MiamiDX or compatible TCP/IP-stack for internet connection)

• Airsoft Softwair: AHelp version 1.5 - Download: AHelp1_5.lha
• Trogladite Software: New versions of MakeDir, KalbOS, HandleMyClip
• Picasso96: New rtg.library version 40.3992 (25.12.99) as fix for the last version - Download: rtg.lha
• ZeusBBS: ZMailer update version 1.3.1 - Download: zmailer1_3_1.lzx
• Jens Schönfeld: The first ethernet cards reached customers, and a small bug has been found: With 68030 CPUs, the x-surf.device could not be opened on occassion. The error has been fixed in x-surf.device v1.1. Many thanks to the company Eternity, which helped in locating the bug!
• Mark Sheeky: Mark Sheeky from Scorpius Software made a great christmas present by releasing "Blade" as Freeware. Many thanks to Manfred Müller for this info.
• clickBOOM: News on TNT, PPC-support and Nightlong specification
• Ralph Debusmann: EasyPlayer version 1.0 - on time for christmas, version 1.0 of the alternative music playback package EasyPlayer was finished. - Download: EasyPlayer.lha.bin
• VWP: TCounter 1.0 for Java®, additionally to the unchanged latest version of TCounter in native code for AmigaOS® is now available as platform independant Java® variant. This can be downloaded from the VWP homepage as JRE® (Java® basic installation) and Swing® version, or for JRE® only. A comprehensive (German) manual for installing Java® including links to the free Java® packages is also available from the VWP homepage. TCounter is a counter for online fees, which has been prepared for T-Online® fees, but can be used for other providers as well, since fees can be edited freely.
  Friendly Links: To get an overview over comparable or similar pages, there are now the Friendly Links. This is a special link list with the Top 20 pages submitted to the VWP homepage by users. This list is generated autmatically by a CGI script. The more users are send to http://www.VirtualWorlds.de by other pages, the higher the corresponding link is rated in this list.
  FTP-server partially down: Due to maintenance work, the FTP server (link on the VWP homepage= might be unavailable in the next few days. Downloads are however possible by HTTP from our homepage or the Aminet.
• Vapor: Microdot-II version 1.4.4 (Y2K fix) - Download: md2_14.lzx
• EmuClassics: A/NES CGFX version 1.17 - Download: anescgfx.lha
• SecondSpin - Download Page - (old URL non-functional)
• Nils Görs or AWNPipe: T.H.E. version 1.2 - Download: THE.lha
• Frank Fenn: Beta trial version of AmiMDC800, a software for controlling of and downloading images from the Mustek MDC 800 digital camera - Download: amimdc800.lha
• Thomas Wenzel: AHIRecord version 1.7, this version now also supports 24bit AIFF recordings, if the selected AHI driver supports the resolution. This will be the case for the soon-to-come Arpeggiator-2496 module for the Prelude. Download: AHIRecord17.lha
• Thomas Wenzel: PreludeAHI v2.32, a first version of the Prelude AHI driver with built-in support for the Arpeggiator module. 24bit and 96 kHz are fully supported. Since the Arpeggiator is not yet available, this driver does not make a difference yet. However, I also optimized the general 16bit HIFI transmission subroutines. So, if you want to test the driver, go ahead and install it. If there are problems, please send a short e-mail to me. Since Aminet is currently down for maintenance, the two new versions are only available from my homepage for now.

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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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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

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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
DANISH: Glædelig jul og godt nytår
DUTCH: Zalig Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
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
ICELANDIC: Gledlig jol og Nyar
INDONESIAN: Selamah Tahun Baru
IRISH: Nollaig shona diobh
IROQUOIS: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut
          Ojenyunyat osrasay
ITALIAN: Buon Natale e felice Capo d'anno
JAPANESE: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
KOREAN: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
LATVIAN: Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
LITHUANIAN: linksmu sventu Kaledu ir Laimingu Nauju Metu
LUXEMBURGHISH: Schéin Chrëschtdeeg an dudden
               Rutsch an d'néit Joer
MANX: Ollick Ghennal Erriu as Blein Feer Die
      Seihil as Slaynt Da'n Slane Loght Thie
NORSE-DANISH: Gledlig jul og godt Nytt Aar
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
SERB-CROATIAN:Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
SINGHALESE (Ceylon/Sri Lanka): Subha nath thalak Vewa
                               Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
SLOVENE: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
SPANISH: Feliz Navidad y prospero Ano Nuevo
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

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.

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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.