03.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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DTP: AmigaWriter Filter V1.1 for PageStream
AmigaWriter-Filter is a new import filter for Soft-Logik's DTP program
PageStream. Click on the thumbnail to the right to see a screenshot of
what it can do!
It consists of two parts:
The text filter inserts the main flow-text of your AmigaWriter
documents into the current PageStream article with most of its text
formattings.
The document filter loads your AmigaWriter documents as if they were native PageStream
documents, retaining as much of your original document as possible.
Applications
AmigaWriter-Filter was designed to
- print AmigaWriter documents to PostScript
- export AmigaWriter documents to PDF
- use AmigaWriter as a WYSIWYG replacement for PageLiner
- ... and anything else you can think of :-))
The filter comes with the usual options you would expect from a
PageStream import filter: it performs typographical
conversions for quotes, dashes and ellipses. In addition, it allows
you to choose the quote format (available are US, French,
German and German-French). The text filter has another
option called Apply Styles Only which can be a great help to achieve consistent layout, especially when
several authors are working on one text.
Download: AW-Filter11.lha (55K)
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03.Jun.2001
Amiga Future
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Installation: JST V4.8, WHDLoad - new packages
On 1. June 2001
JST
version 4.8 was released.
For the installation tool 'WHDLoad' six new install packages for
games were released on 1. and 2. June 2001. Those also work with
JST and are available for download under the title link.
- Fly Harder (Starbyte) by Codetapper.
- Curse Of Ra (Rainbow Arts) by Jeff.
- Citadel (Arakkis/VD) by Bored Seal & Psygore & Jeff.
- Simpsons - Bart Space Mutants (Acclaim/Ocean) by Codetapper.
- Cyberzerk (Boeder) by Bored Seal.
- 688 Attack Sub (Electronic Arts) by Jeff.
JST and WHDLoad enable floppy-disk only games and programs to
be installed on harddisk.
Download: jst.lha
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03.Jun.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: full version of the system manager (update)
With permission of Frederic Laboureur the Amiga Arena makes
possible the full version of 'The Boss'.
'The Boss' is a system manager enabling programs and
application to be started by simply pressing a button. No annoying
and memory consuming icons, menus or docks are used for launching.
A simple button is enough to start a program.
'The Boss' is very easy to operate, flexible, compact, system friendly,
and recource considering, and moreover runs on any screen possible
(Workbench, public or even it's own one). This tool addresses anybody
who finds tools like Toolmanager or ToolsDeamon to be too inflated.
Features:
- Completely configurable. No additional tools needed.
- Font sensitive GUI. Chooseable font for both, screen and buttons.
- Full OCS / ECS / AGA support. Chooseable screen mode.
- All functions on one single screen. No menus, icons or docks.
- No seperate interface like MUI or ClassAct needed.
- asynchronous multitasking and extreme system friendly.
- 16 colour WB-palette to determine the tool's colours.
- Efficient use of memory - only a few memory is required.
- Chooseable types for buttons, drawers, scripts, and executable files.
- Unlimited number of buttons possible, whichever how much you need.
- Small, optimized and fast code makes it all system friendly.
- Very easy to use and configure.
- Drag & Drop support.
As always the Amiga Arena is looking for users wanting to translate or write
reviews or manuals. sd
Supplement 06 June 2001:
Amiga Arena - The Boss Update!
Since some users have had problems with the keyfile Frederic Laboureu reworked
the program file. All users having problems regarding the keyfile, please
reload the archive. Special thank to Harald N. for reporting and to Frederic L.
for the quick update.
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03.Jun.2001
ANN
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Instant-Messenger: GUI development for STRICQ V2
On ANN
Douglas F. McLaughlin wrote, that he started development of STRICQ v2. In this
version the GUI will be completely independent from the rest of the program.
This allows STRICQ v2 to be equipped with different GUI's. People interested
in developing a GUI (MUI or other) for STRICQ v2 can mail to
Douglas F. McLaughlin for closer
discussions about the implementation.
There will be a SDK for GUI developers.
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03.Jun.2001
amiga.org
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BBC: Sharp Zaurus-PDA in Click Online
On BBC World the broadcast 'Click Online' reported about
the Zaurus-PDA by Sharp and showed several applications running
on it. According to the
message
on amiga.org the name of Amiga was not mentioned, however.
The report is available as ASF file (Windows Media Player) on the
BBC World-Server and
also will be to see in replays of the broadcast of which the dates are listed under the title
link.
Supplement 03 June 2001:
On ann.lu it
reported,
that the CEO of Sharp talked about the AmigaDE in a broadcast on CNBC, but also that
he talked about to be favoring Microsoft's .net (dot net) for future product lines.
(David Scheibler)
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03.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Unix: OpenBSD V2.9
On 1. June 2001 version 2.9 of the open source Unix 'OpenBSD' was
released. This release among other things includes the following
components:
- XFree86 4.0.3
- gcc 2.95.3 (+ Patches)
- perl 5.6.0 (+ Patches)
- Apache 1.3.19, mod_ssl 2.8.2, OpenSSL 0.9.6 (+ patches), DSO support
- ipf 3.4.16 (+ Patches)
- sendmail 8.11.3
- lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support
- ncurses 5.2
- Latest KAME IPv6
- KTH Kerberos 1.0.4
- OpenSSH 2.9
OpenBSD supports several systems including
i386, Amiga, and Mac68k.
More information are available via the title link.
Information about the Amiga port in particular are available
http://www.openbsd.org/amiga.html.
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03.Jun.2001
Amiga Future
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C=: The Commodore Billboard Newsletter #10
The The Commodore Billboard website
is an archive of advertising, brochures, and TV spots by Commodore.
In issue #10 of the newsletter from 31. May 2001 new entries to the archive
are listed. Among those are PET and Japanese advertising, an 8-pages Dutch Amiga brochure,
and two English brochures, as well as a photograph of Eddie Newton wearing a C= tricot from
the times when C= was sponsoring the English soccer club Chelsea.
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02.Jun.2001
Stephan Rupprecht
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Tool: ENVHandler V 1.8
Stephan Rupprecht has released version 1.8 of his HappyEnv replacement
'ENVHandler'. Download: envhandler.lha - 13 kB
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02.Jun.2001
Fun Time World
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Inofficial Mediator support homepage
Users of the Mediator board may find information around this PCI board on
the new website of Sam Thomas from Elbox.
Next to many installation tips you can find up-to-date Mediator news
and programs that have been written specifically for this board. The beginning
is made by the program ´Medication´ by Richard Brookly that makes
setting up the board much easier.
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02.Jun.2001
Nogfx homepage
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Game: FlashNG V 1.15 (Arkanoid clone)
The version 1.15 of the Arkanoid clone 'FlashNG' has been released. The archive
contains 'IFF2RAW', a tool to create own GFX sets for the game.
Download: flashNG.lha - 119 kB
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02.Jun.2001
Richard Kapp via email
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Interview: GFX-Base talked with Onyxsoft
The GFX-Base has made an (english) interview with Stefan Blixth,
Daniel Westerberg and Anders Ericsson from OnyxSoft
(the creators of freeware like Onyxbase, Quicknote, Detris,
DRemind and others). In this very comprehensive interview they have spoken about
their freeware projects, new plans, the origin of OnyxSoft and their views of
different subjects.
(ps)
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02.Jun.2001
c't issue 12/2001 (ANF)
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c't newspart: 'Mac OS 9 on the AMIGA'
The AMIGA is making headlines once again in the current print issue of the c't
(German computer magazine), page 39:
»Already for years is the AMIGA for some fans the better Macintosh. Now the
MacOS versions 8.5 to 9.1 and therefore PowerPC native programs, too, can be
used on the computer - with iFusion.
The British distributor Blittersoft sells the emulator for 430 Mark via the
internet (www.blittersoft.com). The software is said to support up to 2
GByte RAM, disk drives, harddisks and CD-ROMs. Requirements for the use is
according to Blittersoft an AMIGA computer with a PPC board, 32 MByte RAM and
Cybergraphics version 4. (adb)«
This headline shows very exactly that the interest in the AMIGA is also
depending on the really existing (and not only announced) products. (ps)
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02.Jun.2001
DocDatatypes
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Datatype: DocDatatypes v40.10
Amarpreet Singh Munde has released version 40.10 of his DocDatatypes.
The datatypes archive contains different datatypes, that can read and reproduce
most different non-Amiga document types like for example Word or RTF documents.
Newly added is the support of Mac Teach text files. The software package is shareware.
(ps)
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02.Jun.2001
amiga.org
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Event: Saku 2001
The Finnish Amiga User Group announces their fourth annual Amiga event. The Saku
2001 will be held on 1. September in the Science Centre Heureka in Vantaa
near Helsinki. Further details can be found under the title link.
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01.Jun.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 01.06.2001
PeekMail_GR.lha comm/mail 3K+Greek locale for PeekMail
popcheck-mos.lha comm/mail 58K+Choose what mail to delete from POP serv
LCR-I.lha comm/misc 53K+LeastCostRouter for german Internet Prov
LCR-P.lha comm/misc 44K+LeastCostRouter Print-Tool
LCR.lha comm/misc 75K+LeastCostRouter for german Telephone Pro
BabelDoc.lha comm/tcp 34K+Translate docs or strings from one langu
FTPMount_GR.lha comm/tcp 4K+Greek locale for FTPMount
Lynx-mos.lha comm/www 1.2M+Great WWW Browser,v284dev20 with SSL -Mo
ncftp-mos.lha comm/www 604K+FTP client/tools v3.0.3 - MorphOS -
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TestHandler.lha dev/debug 10K+Mount a task as a device for debugging
jikes-diffs.lha dev/lang 25K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v1.14 (diffs)
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jikes020-060.lha dev/lang 603K+Fast Java compiler,v1.14 (68020-060,FPU)
adfblitzer.lha disk/misc 27K+Program to handle ADF-files! With Source
Collector3.5PL.lha docs/help 12K+Polish Locale for Collector3.5
AmigaPoWeR.lha docs/hyper 31K+AMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine
starmag27_ag.lha docs/mags 142K+German Amiga-Online-Magazine AmigaGuide-
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WHD_FrostByte.lha game/patch 25K+HD Installer for Frost Byte
WHD_HardDrivin.lha game/patch 36K+HD Installer for Hard Drivin'
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id3taglibgui.lha mus/edit 127K+MPEG Audio ID3Tag (V1.x and V2.x) Editor
amigabomb.lha pix/art 46K+Amiga Bomb, done with Perfect Paint 1.3
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FloppyHalt.lha util/cdity 14K+Halt a file being written to floppy disk
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01.Jun.2001
Christian Effenberger (ANF)
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Web tool: GetImageInfo
GetImageInfo is a helpful program for determining image information. Mostly
thought for the integration of image dimensions in HTML documents. Shell and
Workbench usage. GetImageInfo requires no datatypes and only reads out the file header.
Supported formats: BMP, GIF, IFF, JPEG, PBM, PCX, PNG, PSF, SUN, TARGA, TIFF.
Download: GetImageInfo.lha
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01.Jun.2001
Christian Bauer
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Mac emulator: Basilisk II version 0.9-1
The 68k Macintosh emulator 'Basilisk II' is available for AmigaOS, BeOS, Unix &
Linux and Windows. Yesterday, Christian Bauer released version 0.9-1.
Download: BasiliskII-0.9-1.amiga.lha - 124 kB
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01.Jun.2001
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GoldED support website has moved
The support website of Dietmar Eilert's GoldEd has moved to a Free2Surf server and
can now be found at the following URL:
http://golded.dietmar-eilert.de.
Please change your bookmarks.
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01.Jun.2001
amiga.org
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Event: Ottawa Amiga Show, Canada
As reported,
Amiga.info plans to organize the first Amiga show in Canada for three years. The
original date was end of July but since the AmiWest is held the same weekend
in Sacramento the organizers decided to postpone the show until presumably early
September 2001.
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01.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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The Register: Sharp uses Intel for Linux PDA
According to ´The Register´ Sharp abandons Hitachi in favor of Intel and
breaks with the tradition to equip the Zaurus PDA with StrongARM. Sharp admitted
this yesterday.
Certainly the price was a factor in the decision as to use the Intel CPU means to
save costs. The reason? "StrongARM offers lowest energy consumption and best functions,"
says Hiroshi Uno, leader for mobile systems at Sharp in an interview with Bloomberg.
Full article at the titlelink.
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01.Jun.2001
clixnet.de
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Technologies: AMD and Transmeta announce cooperation
AMD and
Transmeta announced to have signed a licence
agreement on industrial standards for future microprocessor technologies. The licence
includes AMD's x86-64(TM) technology as well as AMD's HyperTransport(TM) technology.
HyperTransport allows a faster transport of information so that single chips in
computers/networks can communicate with each other up to 48 times faster.
(mj)
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01.Jun.2001
Jan Andersen by e-mail
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Virus Help Denmark: Safe V15.7
The virus scanner ´Safe´ can detect but not eliminate viruses.
Here the details of version 15.7 which has been released today:
Name: Safe v15.7
Archive name : Safe.lha
Archive size: 26.921 Bytes
Release date: 31. Mai 2001
Programmer: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski
Requires: Amiga with OS 2.04+ (xvs.library strongly recommended)
New in v15.4 - 7000:
Fixed stupid bug with QUICKTEST which caused that some machines
crashed. Thanks to MikeHendren and Dieter B. for reports.
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01.Jun.2001
Bernd Lachner (ANF)
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Sharp Zaurus developer page and prototype announced
In an article at Linux-Devices
a Zaurus prototype was announced for the JavaOne conference next week in San
Francisco. From Monday on, a developer page
will be available at Sharp for the Zaurus. Also announced in the article is that
Sharp will present three more partners in addition to Amiga for developing software
for the Zaurus.
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01.Jun.2001
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Tool: update of asyncio.library for WarpOS
Thanks to helpful support, there's a new update of the asyncio.library with WarpOS support
which will appear on Aminet in the next days.
On a couple of Amigas, the PPC task could freeze. This bug is now fixed. Also the
library should run in PPC mode faster than before.
The update was tested with WarpOS v5.1 and worked without problems. Nevertheless
interested users should first test the update as problems with older WarpOS versions
cannot be ruled out.
Download until appearance on Aminet:
asyncioppc.lha - (22 kB) (ps)
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31.May.2001
Olaf Köbnik via E-Mail
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Amiga Arena: Special price for SoundFX
In cooperation with Stefan Kost the Amiga Arena makes possible a special price
for SoundFX valid from 01 June to 01 August 2001 for orders placed via the
Amiga Arena.
SoundFX is an editor for digitized audio data (samples), built modular with
a comfortable GUI.
With SoundFX you can add digital effects (which are unique on the Amiga) to
samples and edit them. Following a list of some features:
- More than 50 effects with many parameters and various possibilities to
modulate them.
- SoundSynthesis (AM, FM, ...)
- 3D Cube Parameter Modulation (mix, equalize)
- Effects: e.g. reverberation, echo, delay, chorus/phaser, morph, pitchshift
- Operators: e.g. Resample, ZeroPass (FadeIn/FadeOut),
Middle, Plify, Mix, DeCrackle, ConvertChannels
- 2D/3D Spectrum analyzis
- Very good Sehr gute resonance capable filters and boosters
- Mono, stereo, quadro
- Sample data are held in RAM and on harddisk at 16bit quality.
- AHI player (for sound card owners)
- System conform coded (tested with Cyberguard, Wipeout, and Blowup)
More information are to find at SonicPulse.
(ps)
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31.May.2001
SoftCinema
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Movie-/Animplayer: SoftCinema with Open DivX Decoder V 1.5
There is an OpenDivX decoder v1.5 available for the movie and animation player
'SoftCinema', now too. The plug-in can play OpenDivX files 0.48 and 0.50.
Download:
opendivx_1.5.lha
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31.May.2001
amiga.org
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Nova Design Newsletters: New Reviews
Nova Design, known by
software products like ImageFX and Aladdin 4D, have extended the
often used tutorial area with a 'Reviews' sector. Currently there
are to find some reviews of ImageFX video tutorials.
(ps)
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31.May.2001
Blittersoft
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Blittersoft and Merlancia announce iFusion cooperation
As reported in April this year the English vendor
Blittersoft took over the
iFusion (iMac emulator) rights from
Microcode Solutions.
Blittersoft now announce cooperation with the American company
Merlancia Industries.
Merlancia Industries obtains exclusive distribution rights for the USA,
Canada, India, Poland, and Italy. Additionally Merlancia Industries together
with Blittersoft will work on several new features for iFusion. Details
will be announced, soon.
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31.May.2001
Vapor (ANF)
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IRC-Client: AmIRC 3.5.14 Beta
The new beta version of the IRC client 'AmIRC' is available for
registered users. Version 3.4.14 contains numerous bugfixes of
the GUI, Arexx commands, etc.
(ps)
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31.May.2001
ExoticA
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Icons: Exoticons V 1.0
ExoticA have made NewIcons and OS3.5/3.9 icons from 1,500 pictures of
game boxes and probably created one of the biggest Amiga icon collections
for games. The original scans are to find in the gallery under the title link.
Download: Exoticons35.lha - 17 MB
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30.May.2001
Olaf Köbnik via E-Mail
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Amiga Arena: Full version of arcade-game "Action Cat"
With permission of Horst Spierling Amiga Arena makes possible the free download of the arcade game called "Action Cat"! Action Cat is a game like "Ruf'n'Tumble" and convinces by nice levels, choice of weapons, teleporter and puzzles. Olaf Köbnik: "Seldom I was so delighted by an arcade game of the shareware sector". Playable on HD (runs on 060) or of discs from A1200 on.
(ps)
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30.May.2001
Dirk Baeyens via E-Mail
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Event: JavaOne in San Fransisco, Kalifornien
On the 'JavaOne' conference, which will take place from 4 June to 8 June
in San Francisco, California, the Tao Group will present it's intent®.
More details are to find in Tao's press release. (ps)
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30.May.2001
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Cooperation between Petsoff and individual Computers
After a long time the efficient Delfine soundcard continues being
produced with a DSP (digital Signal processor) at individual Computers.
The card was reworked on the Zorro-site to increase the performance to
a level which has never been there with unchanged Z-II buses: "Delfina
Flipper edition" gains more than 5MB7sec! This speed can be used to play
more channels than it has ever been possible on a different Z-II soundcard or to reduce the cpu-using while playing single channels. All known DSP functions and programs for the Delfina also work with the new cards inclusively the most interesting application which is playing MP3 files with minimal cpu-use. Thus an Amiga without a turbo board is able to play MP3 in best quality!
With the help of the Toccata emulation and of the AHI software interface the Delfina can be used by each software which needs a soundcard. A midi expansion connects the Delfina to midi-expanders, synthesizers and keyboards.
By reworking the Delfina s
oundcard by individual Computers the costs could be enormously reduced.
The new cards will be probably available in summer 2001.
Petsoff website
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30.May.2001
Stefan Martens (ANF)
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Online game: Official HBMonopoly game led by #AmigaFun
After a long time IRC-channel #AmigaFun on ie.altnet.org organizes an official
HBMonopoly game again. The programmer of HBMonopoly will be present, too. You need
HBMonopoly 2.5.
On #AmigaFun channel the servers are called which have to be preferenced in HBMonopoly.
Important: You must know how HBMonopoly works. We only explain what you have to do to
log in.
We guess that you have played at least one or two times against the computer. In future
we will more often lead a HBMonopoly game. There will be an intern #AmigaFun highscore
list which you can admire on #AmigaFun homepage. It will contain the top-5 of all
HBMonopoly games which we will organize in future.
It might be possible that there will be a surprising for the best player after some games.
The first HBMonopoly game will start on Saturday 2nd of June 2001 at 6 p.m. Please note that
Monopoly may last a few hours. Therefore a full version of TCP-client (Miami, Genesis)
would be advisable.
You can find our #AmigaFun channel in the following way:
You need am IRC-client; for Amiga there are AmIRC (shareware), BlackIRC
(freeware) und EpicIRC (freeware). On our homepage you can find links for download.
You have to type the following lines:
Server: ie.altnet.org
Port: 6667
Channel: #amigafun
In case of breaking down of the server you can access over the following server:
12.30.169.83 (Please type without "irc.").
You can find more information on the homepage of #AmigaFun. You can choose between
German and English.
(ps)
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30.May.2001
Scenet (ANF)
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Magazine: Scenet 36 published
Yesterday issue 36 of the demoscene-magazine Scenet has been published.
The ascii-Version contains all eMails, links and ICQs of the online-version which
additionally offers an article-, interview- and news-section.
(ps)
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30.May.2001
Richard de Rivaz (ANF)
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Update to INET DIAL v3.842 and release of CD version
INET DIAL v3.842 has been released. The upgrade now includes support for
both online (TaskiSMS) and offline (EZP@gerNG) SMS messaging.
INET DIAL
is a Home Server for the Amiga computer with X-10 control and is now also
available on CD from Kicksoft.
The CD version includes APACHE, GEEKGADGETS and YAM for easy install.
Download upgrade: inet_dial.lha
(ps)
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29.May.2001
Tom Parker
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Browser: AWeb PowerPC JPEG Plugin V0.4
Tom Parker has written a PowerPC JPEG plugin for the internet browser AWeb.
Actually this software is beta. If you want to test the plugin you will find
more information and latest version 0.4 following the title link.
(ps)
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29.May.2001
Elbox via E-Mail
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Hyperion and Elbox: Negotiations about Warp3D V4
Elbox Computer and
Hyperion Entertainment have started
negotiations about Warp3D V4 support for the Mediator PCI board
(ps)
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29.May.2001
T.o.T.
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Game: Tales of Tamar V0.35 R4
Tales Of Tamar is an internet based game for Amiga, Atari,
Linux, and PC from Eternity Entertainment Software. For registered beta testers
are now updates for Amiga, Atari, Linux, and Mac from the download page available.
The latest version is V035 R4.
Atari alpha testers need from now on the main archive and the update and will need
then only to download the latest updates.
(ps)
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29.May.2001
Amigan Software
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Tool: Report+ Version 4.63b
With Report+ from Amigan Software you can create in an easy way bug reports,
Aminet readmes, autodocs, and similar reports. The program is freeware and
supports the GUI systems ReAction and GadTools.Download: report.lha - 380 kB
(ps)
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29.May.2001
SixK
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Webserver: Amiga Apache 1.3.20 + PHP 4.0.5
On the 'SixK Port Page' is the version V1.3.20 (incl. PHP V4.0.5 )of this webserver
for AmigaOS (version for 68040) to use with the official Amiga Apache Archive
available. Download: apache1320_php405-040.lzx
(ps)
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29.May.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 29.05.2001
tummy_020.lha biz/dbase 911K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.10
tummy_040.lha biz/dbase 911K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.10
tummy_060.lha biz/dbase 911K+The Ultimate Magic Yard V1.10
AmiComSys.lha comm/net 353K+V1.34 Personal Communicator like ICQ (MU
BabelDoc.lha comm/tcp 33K+Translate docs or strings from one langu
DHCP20_68k.lha comm/tcp 528K+DHCP 2.0, Dynamic Host Configuration Pro
tsgui.lha disk/misc 21K+Create or write back image files (ADF) o
AnnuaireAmiga9.txt docs/anno 3K+Presentation ANNUAIRE AMIGA FRANCOPHONE
eNote1.4PL.lha docs/help 10K+Polish Locale for eNote1.4
stccg.lha docs/hyper 1.8M+AmigaGuide to Star Trek CCG from Deciphe
AIOV47.lha docs/mags 435K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 47 (May
AmigaArenaNews.lha docs/misc 82K+Amiga Arena Interviews/Previews in Germa
F1GP_2001.lha game/data 10K+2001 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (27 May)
Gallery_upd.lha game/patch 9K+Gallery update - screenmode requester ad
Shuf2_upd2.lha game/patch 6K+Shuffle 2 Mysted final update - screenmo
Shuf3_upd.lha game/patch 7K+Shuffle 3 ART OF NATURE update - screenm
angband.lha game/role 726K+Angband 2.9.2 - Roguelike solo RPG
D-Flip.lha game/think 83K+Tile-flipping puzzle by DawnBringer
Go_Ahead.lha game/think 86K+Very early Public-Beta of a new Quizgame
Emerald.lha game/wb 866K+Graphical effects and games
YAG_Genesis.lha misc/emu 33K+Yet Another Gui for Amigenerator
imdbDiff010518.lha misc/imdb 1.9M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
YACAS.lha misc/math 450K+Math Program like MatLab, v1.0.47
rno-r058.mpg mods/mpg 11M+Rno-records release #58 by FarFar(Chillo
rno-r060.mpg mods/mpg 5.2M+Rno-records release #60 by Habit(DNB)
CutiSabi.lha pix/wb 232K+Cute Workbench Look by Nowee for Visualp
MUIFontCatalog.lha text/dtp 41K+PageStream arexx script - font overview
MUIFuzzyShadow.lha text/dtp 29K+PageStream arexx script - make fuzzy sha
MUIPicCatalog.lha text/dtp 42K+PageStream arexx script - picture overvi
BootManager.lha util/boot 24K+Multiple startup-sequence manager
smd2bin.lha util/conv 13K+Convert genesis rom in smd to bin
WarpDTPrefs.lha util/dtype 122K+WarpDT preferences program V44.4a
Lgui.lha util/misc 372K+A Language GUI for `speaking' languages.
NewHomerITA_DA.lha util/misc 4.7M+Data files for NewHomer.lha (ITALIAN SAM
Stm.lha util/misc 41K+Speak To Me (S.T.M) - A replacement SAY
rxmui.lha util/rexx 603K+RxMUI - MUI GUIs in ARexx macros
NewHomer.lha util/wb 34K+Another talking Homer for your WB! (upda (as)
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29.May.2001
Richard Kapp via E-Mail
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Interview: GFX-BASE talks to Gareth Murfin of Alpha-Software
The GFX-Base has interviewed Garteh Murfin. He talks about his games (like Gloom 3),
the state of his Resident Evil clones The Dead Walk, and about new software projects
that will be released for the new Amiga DE.
(ps)
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29.May.2001
WinUAE Homepage (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE Version 0.8.16R3 released
WinUAE, the Amiga-Emulator for Win95, Win98, WinME, Win2K and WinXP,
is released in Version 0.8.16 Release 3 with new rtg.library.
- FIXED: GUI DLL loader is no longer fixated on Deutsch.
- FIXED: Selecting 68000 CPU from a JIT config doesn't result in error message.
- ADDED: Sprite-collisions can be enabled/disabled during emulation, not just
at startup.
- ADDED: Patched rtg.library added to package, which should fix the mouse trails.
(Thanks to Tobias Abt and Alexander Kneer of P96, and Bernd Roesch).
This file (rtg.library) will end up in the "Amiga Programs/" directory
under the "WinUAE/" directory where you install to.
- ADDED: German keymap (UAE_German)
- ADDED: UAE disk change utility
- ADDED: French and German DLLs updated, Italian DLL added. (Thanks Georg V,
FagEmul, and Daniele G)
- CHANGED: Tweaked the sound code again, memory-leak should be gone, performance
should be better - expect a speed decrease when using JIT and sound.
- CHANGED: Graphics glitches caused by NOVSYNC flipping should be gone in full-
screen mode.
- REMOVED: Turkish DLL, as it was out-of-date
Download: WinUAE0816R3.exe
(ps)
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29.May.2001
BTTR Team via E-Mail
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New games on 'Back to the Roots'
With the latest update of "Back to the Roots" are now many new games for free
download available: Pinball Illusions, Benefactor, Skidmarks 2,
Football Glory, Mad News - just this few mentioned - are making addicted.
Music lovers can enjoy many new mods. In the games music section you will find many
pieces of work from Barry Leitch, who has composed for Lotus 2 and Humans. If you like the
music of the demo scene you can download about 80 mods that were used in demos like Odyssey
or Jesus on E's.
And do not forget: You will find new impressive material in the pictures and demo section
(ps)
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28.May.2001
Kickstart Show 2001
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Event: Pictures of the Kickstart Show 2001
There is a collection of pictures of the Kickstart 4 at the title link.
(ps)
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28.May.2001
Thomas Steiding (e.p.i.c. interactive) via E-Mail
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New Multiplatform-CD: Amiga ClassiX 3
The Multiplatform-CD ´Amiga ClassiX 3´ will be available on
the 6th June 2001. This CD will contain more then 100 classic games.
For example:
Der Seelenturm, Lure of the Temptress, Wheelspin, Crystal Dragon, Ziriax, Der
Trainer, Tactical Manager, Pinball Obsession, Fatman, Embryo, Sixth Sense
Investigation, Kid Pool, Xtreme Racing, Blade, Virtual Karting II and many more.
´Amiga ClassiX 3´ will be available for Amiga, Macintosh and Windows.
Additional information is available on the webpages of
Darkage Software.
(ps)
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28.May.2001
Hans-Jörg Frieden via E-Mail
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Hyperion Entertainment changes status of Warp3D V4
Hyperion Entertainment changes status of Warp3D V4
We would like to inform you that after extensive deliberation, Hyperion
Entertainment has decided to upgrade the status of Warp 3D V4 from a
freeware product to a commercial OEM product which will offered to Amiga
hardware developers for a moderate license fee.
This decision was prompted by two major reasons:
- Hyperion Entertainment has reached an agreement with Amiga Inc. to
incorporate Warp3D V4 into Amiga OS 4.x on a per unit royalty
basis. Producers of zico compliant hardware (Amiga One etc.) will be
required to license Amiga OS 4.x and will as such be paying
indirectly for Warp 3D V4 drivers. It would be unacceptable to both
Amiga Inc. and these hardware producers that they would be required
to pay royalties for a product which other hardware producers would
receive free of charge.
- Warp 3D started out as a freeware product developed by non-commercial
developers to support the Virge and Permedia 2 chipsets. Compared to
current chipsets, the Virge and Permedia 2 are extremely primitive
and feature-poor. The effort and time needed to adequately support
modern chipsets such as the Voodoo 3 and Matrox G450 with their rich
and advanced feature-set is far greater than the effort required to
support the Virge and Permedia 2 chipsets. Combined with the fact
that there are currently no less than 7 different PCI product from
three different manufacturers, it's clear that the effort required to
support modern chipsets on all the different PCI hardware available
goes far beyond the scope of a freeware project.
As the original Warp 3D developers have now moved on to commercial
development, maintaining Warp 3D as a freeware product would entail that
development of new Warp 3D drivers and extension of the Warp 3D API
would be very slow as development could only take place "after hours".
This is not only not in the interest of Amiga users but it is also not
in the interest of hardware producers and resellers who rely on the
availability of Warp 3D drivers to successfully market their Amiga
hardware.
Hyperion Entertainment fully understands that the company has a
responsibility towards the Amiga community including the hardware
producers because of its control over the Warp 3D API and no attempt has
ever been made or will be made to exploit this position unfairly.
We have already successfully negotiated agreements with Matay and DCE
regarding Warp3D V4 support for the Voodoo 3 on their respective PCI
hardware. We are therefore happy to report that Voodoo 3 drivers for
these PCI solutions will be available shortly.
A similar proposal was made to Elbox but so far we have not received any
reaction.
Users considering purchase of a PCI solution for Amiga and who are
interested in high-performance 3D graphics should investigate the
availability of Warp3D drivers prior to making their decision to opt for
one or the other PCI solution.
It should also be noted that Warp3D will remain free for end users.
(ps)
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28.May.2001
Oliver Roberts
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Datatypes: WarpDTPrefs V44.4a
Version 44.4a of the preferences-program for the datatypes by Oliver Roberts is
now available. This program lets you change the
preferences of the following datatypes: WarpJPEG, WarpPNG, WarpBMP and WarpPSD.
This version now contains a Portuguese catalog and documentation.
Download: WarpDTPrefs.lha - 122 kB
(ps)
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28.May.2001
Thrill (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE-Kaillera Release 1 released
The newest version of
WinUAE-Kaillera was released today.
This modification of the well known emulator offers the possibility to play over the net.
Further information is available at the title link
Download: WinUAE-Kaillera_r1.zip
(ps)
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28.May.2001
PerfectPaint
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Paint program: New modules for PerfectPaint V2.6
There are new modules for saving and opening of jpeg-files.
Download: modules.lha
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28.May.2001
Brad Webb via E-Mail
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Newsletter: Amiga Update by Brad Webb
Brad Webb is publishing a monthly newsletter, 'Amiga Update', that deals with news
concerning the Amiga. Read the newsletter at the title link.
(ps)
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28.May.2001
Bernd Lachner (ANF)
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Press conference by Lineo about co-operation with Sharp on Friday
Lineo announced that they will hold a press conference on the 1st June 2001. This
press conference will deal with the co-operation
of Lineo with Sharp for the Zaurus-device by Sharp.
(ps)
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28.May.2001
Marius Schwarz (ANF)
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Icon-Designer for DirectDos wanted
Marius Schwarz is searching a graphician who could 'just' paint about 1,200 icons.
Those Icons shall be used to identify datatypes in DirectDos, so it isn't really about
1,200 icons, but might be only 300 to 400 - so it's an absolutely practicable task :-).
At this time 166 (more or less good) icons exist. If you are interested, please mail
to Marius Schwarz.
(ps)
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28.May.2001
AIO
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Magazin: AIO issue #47 published
AIO is still looking for authors of articles and reviews. They are especially looking for some one
who is able to write 2-3 game-reviews per month.
Download: AIOV47.LHA
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28.May.2001
Andreas Magerl via E-Mail
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APC&TCP: LOM 2.0 - Science Fiction CD
Version 2.0 of the CD-ROM 'Lights over Mars' was released. An update will be available,
if you own the original CD, for 5 DM.
The CD-ROM contains a big archive of the most well-known science fiction visions. Additional
information is available at the title link
in the 'support'-area. (ps)
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