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29.May.2001
Tom Parker


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


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.


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


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


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



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
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29.May.2001
Richard Kapp via E-Mail


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)


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.

  1. FIXED: GUI DLL loader is no longer fixated on Deutsch.
  2. FIXED: Selecting 68000 CPU from a JIT config doesn't result in error message.
  3. ADDED: Sprite-collisions can be enabled/disabled during emulation, not just at startup.
  4. 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.
  5. ADDED: German keymap (UAE_German)
  6. ADDED: UAE disk change utility
  7. ADDED: French and German DLLs updated, Italian DLL added. (Thanks Georg V, FagEmul, and Daniele G)
  8. CHANGED: Tweaked the sound code again, memory-leak should be gone, performance should be better - expect a speed decrease when using JIT and sound.
  9. CHANGED: Graphics glitches caused by NOVSYNC flipping should be gone in full- screen mode.
  10. 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


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


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


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


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:
  1. Hyperion Entertainment has reached an agreement with Amiga Inc. to incorporate Warp3D V4 into Amiga OS 4.x on a per unit royalty basis. Producers of zico compliant hardware (Amiga One etc.) will be required to license Amiga OS 4.x and will as such be paying indirectly for Warp 3D V4 drivers. It 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.

  2. Warp 3D started out as a freeware product developed by non-commercial developers to support the Virge and Permedia 2 chipsets. Compared to current chipsets, the Virge and Permedia 2 are extremely primitive and feature-poor. The effort and time needed to adequately support modern chipsets such as the Voodoo 3 and Matrox G450 with their rich and advanced feature-set is far greater than the effort required to support the Virge and Permedia 2 chipsets. 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


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)


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


Paint program: New modules for PerfectPaint V2.6
There are new modules for saving and opening of jpeg-files. Download: modules.lha (ps)

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28.May.2001
Brad Webb via E-Mail


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)


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)


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


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 (ps)

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28.May.2001
Andreas Magerl via E-Mail


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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27.May.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)


Survey on the Airsoft Softwair Homepage
Andreas Falkenhahn wrote:
The Airsoft Softwair Homepage was completely reworked on this weekend and also a poll was added which will contain a recent vote from time to time. The first poll has just been added: Many users told me that they would prefer paying by credit card for my programs (especially users from overseas). So I'm asking now if there are really people out there who want this method of payment. If you do not order any of my programs or the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM just because you cannot pay with credit card please vote now on the Airsoft Softwair homepage. But please vote honestly! Thank you! (sd)

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27.May.2001
Richard Kapp (E-Mail)


GFX-BASE: Test of 'WordHunt', Search, Links
Kevin Hansen has released an English test of the think-game 'WordHunt' by Robert/Bob Dickow on GFX-BASE.

'WordHunt' is about finding words hidden in a box full of characters.

Moreover the website was extended at other areas:
the search function has been strongly enhanced, so among other things searching inside of the scene demo database is now possible, too.

New links as well as game and scene demo entries were added and some days ago the GFX-Base introduced the last week's Aminet highlights. (sd)

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27.May.2001
Czech Amiga News


File manager: DirOpus V4.15k Beta
Jacek Rzeuski has released beta version 4.15k of the file manager 'DirOpus' on 25 May 2001. This update contains some small enhancements listed in the history.

This version outputs debug information to the serial interface which can be redirected to a Workbench window using Sushi/Sashimi.

This beta version only contains changes since 'Directory Opus v4.15'. That version and the source code are to find on the download page.

DirOpus is a file manager, coded by Jonathan Potter and Greg Perry of GP Software. The source code was released under the terms of GNU public license in 1999. Jacek Rzeuski then started to rework and enhance the program.

Download: DOpus415kbeta.lzx, History (sd)

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27.May.2001
Grzegorz Juraszek (ANF)


PCI: Matay and Elbox (Update)
Matay published an official statement about the letter Elbox Computer sent to Fabio Trotta. The letter by Elbox bears on Fabio Trotta's test of the Prometheus board on NoRiscNoFun and is part of the statement.

Supplement 27 May 2001
Elbox accused Matay to use graphics board drivers by Elbox without permission, whereas Matay refers to an existing contract with the Picasso96 team. (Desiatox) (sd)

Supplement 28 May 2001
Today also the Picasso96 team piped up to definitively invalidate the accusation, "we, the Picasso96 team, just want to straighten out that the Voodoo boards driver utilized for the test was written by ourself. After all we have experiences with this chip-set since the MacPicasso850. Furthermore Matay are respectable business partners of ours. From our point of view all of the accusations launched by Elbox are completely weak and of unbelievable bad style". Entire message here. (ps)

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27.May.2001
Czech Amiga News


Amiga Flame: Problems with British Server
Philip Cosby at the time being has no possibility to access the British Amiga Flame website, due to the carrier of the web-server is closing business. That's why this site cannot be updated. He does not think this problem to be solved in short term.

But the US mirror still is available under http://www.geocities.com/~amigaflame/. The Amiga Flame website contains current news messages and tests regarding Amiga games. (sd)

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27.May.2001
REBOL


REBOL/Command V2.0
On 25 May 2001 version 2.0 of REBOL/Command was released. This version supports HTTPS, SSL, FastCGI, external libraries, as well as several encryption systems like Blowfish, RSA, and DSA. REBOL/Command/View is an additional part of the packet.

In the case of databases Oracle 8 (Windows, Solaris Sparc, and Linux libc6), and MySQL 3 are supported. The ODBC interface was tested with Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL.

REBOL/Command V2.0 is runnable on 30 platforms including:
  • Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, ME
  • BSD Unix: BSDi, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD for several CPU's.
  • Linux libc5 and libc6 for several CPU's.
  • Other: Sun Solaris, BeOS R5, HP-UX, Amiga, IRIX, QNX RTP, Mac OS/X.
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27.May.2001
László Török


AVI/MOV-Player: MooVId and PIV-MooVId version 1.5
László Török announced on his website that versions v1.5 of the AVI/MOV players 'MooVId' and 'PIV-MooVId' have been finished. Registered users should mail him to get the updates. (ps)

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27.May.2001
Apex Designs


Game: New Extra-Maps for Payback
In the ´Extra-Maps´ area there are new towns for the action game »Payback« by Apex Designs. In one or two month there also will be a PPC version (WOS) for the game in which you can rise from a nobody to a gangster's boss. (ps)

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27.May.2001
Hĺkan Parting


Amiga-Buddy and Chat Program: AmiComSys 1.34
Hĺkan Parting has released version 1.34 of his Amiga-Buddy and chat program ´AmiComSys´. This program functions similar to the popular ICQ, but only exists for Amiga computers, at this time. Currently about 200 users are using this program. The central server moved to Sweden and now is available under amicompsys.dhs.org, port 2957. (ps)

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26.May.2001



Aminet Uploads until 26.05.2001
DOpusRxTrash.lha     biz/dopus    3K+Global trashcan for DOpus Magellan
AmigaDynsCX.lha      comm/tcp     2K+Update Dynamic IP at dyns.cx/dyns.net
rxsocket.lha         comm/tcp   162K+Rxsocket.library TCP/IP ARexx library
clockita.lha         dev/basic   68K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
Rkm_asm.lha          dev/src    272K+My own translations and codes of the R.K
ReCatItPro_PL.lha    docs/help   11K+Polish Locale for ReCatItPro1.0
SGrab1.14PL.lha      docs/help    9K+Polish Locale for SGrab1.14
JumpingAround.lha    game/demo  188K+JumpNRun demo game, working in progress
Mattonite.lha        game/demo  259K+BreakOut demo game, working in progress
Mattonite_Src.lha    game/demo  323K+Source codes of Mattonite and MattoniteE
ArTKanoid.lha        game/wb    104K+ArTKanoid V1.1 - a tiny break out game f
da3v21.lha           misc/sci   1.6M+Update Digital Almanac III V1.x to V2.1
da3v31.lha           misc/sci   2.0M+Update Digital Almanac III V2.x to V3.1
da3v35.lha           misc/sci   1.9M+Update Digital Almanac III V3.x to V3.5
rno-r061.lha         mods/misc  252K+Rno-records release no.61 by spektra/boh
Juman_en.jpg         pix/art     42K+Japanese portrait (10.000 Yen banknote)
HTMLstrip.lha        text/misc   24K+HTML stripper which can also replace HTM
MiraWizARC_HU.lha    util/arc     2K+Hungarian catalog for MiraWizARC11b
unpacker.lha         util/arc    26K+GUI for CLI based unpackers (LHA...)
Stm.lha              util/misc   41K+A replacement SAY/GUI that uses most, if
MemTest.lha          util/moni   53K+Test CHIP/FAST memory. V1.0 (MAY/20/2001
rmh.lha              util/rexx   70K+Rmh.library - Rexx Must Have library
rxasl.lha            util/rexx   22K+Rxasl.library 9.0 asl functions for ARex
rxcd.lha             util/rexx   34K+RxCD 8.1 - Audio CD ARexx Library
envhandler.lha       util/sys    13K+A happyenv replacement (1.7)
Image2Icon.lha       util/wb     59K+Creates thumbnail icons 68k+WOS (1.17)
sgrab.lha            util/wb     53K+Screen grabber with GUI (1.15)
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26.May.2001
Olaf Köbnik via email


Amiga Arena News: interviews and updates
Amiga Arena Interview campaign
The Amiga Arena talked to Markus Pohlmann about the present state of the development of his game "Projekt Crashsite" which is a science fiction role playing game (RPG). The interview can be found in the section "Aktionen". Markus Pohlmann is urgently looking for users supporting him in rendering. If you're interested please send an email to: Markus-Pohlmann@t-online.de.

Amiga Arena preview and updates
For FBase were German short instructions added. In the area ´PD links´ you can find the German translation of the preview of the Snake clone Krsnaked Preview. In the area ´Aktionen´ is the English translation of the interview with Dirk Stöcker online. Special thanks go to Kilian Server and Kai Stegemann for the translations. (ps)

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26.May.2001
Olaf Köbnik via email


Amiga Arena: full version of "Pferderennen"
With permission from Markus Pohlmann the Amiga Arena makes the use of the full version of "Pferderennen" available. ´Pferderennen´ is, as the name already suggests, a bet game in which you can place a bet on one out of six race horses. The game is available for download in the section "Vollversionen".

"Pferderennen" offers:
  • entertainment for up to 8 players
  • detailed "horse powers" ;)
  • 30 stables with a maximum of 50 horses each
  • a horse editor
  • saveable scores
(ps)

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26.May.2001
amiga.org


Event: 28./29. July: Ottawa Amiga Show, Canada
Amiga.info organizes after three years the first Amiga Show in Canada. The 'Ottawa Amiga Show' will be held on the 28. and 29. July 2001. The place of the event hasn't been fixed yet. Information regarding this will be made known as soon as possible on the website (title link). (ps)

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26.May.2001
Matay


Developers: free SDK for Prometheus PCI card
Company Matay offers to all developers who want to write drivers for Matay's Prometheus PCI card a free Software Developer Kit (SDK). In case you need some help or have questions, please contact the Prometheus designer and programmer Grzegorz Kraszewski. For general questions and comments Grzegorz Juraszek is at your disposal. (ps)

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26.May.2001
Fun Time World


MPEG player: Frogger 1.65rc5 for PowerPC released
A new version of the Amiga MPEG animation player ´Frogger´ for PowerPC computers has been released. With this it is now possible to select several animations at once that are then played one after another.

The graphical user interface (GUI) has been revised and causes less often a system crash. The speed was also part of the revision and much has been improved.

In case that the original Frogger website (title link) is too slow, you can use this mirror site for downloading, too. The program is shareware and can be registered either directly at the author Sebastian Jëdruszkiewicz in Poland or for German readers at Fun Time World. (ps)

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25.May.2001
Ralph Ewers


New pictures and report from the 'Japanese Business Show 2001'
As already reported, Sharp Corporation presented the Sharp Zaurus pocket computer with AmigaDE as application for the first time at their booth at the 'Japanese Business Show 2001' in Tokyo. Ralph Ewers, an amiga-news.de reader currently living in Tokyo, has visited the show for us and sent us more pictures and a small report.

Ralph Ewers had the chance to talk to Sharp's planning manager and obtain the following information:

The Zaurus is supposed to be available in America this autumn running Linux (in English) instead of the Japanese ZaurusOS. The American version will most likely contain some improvements: in the same case, a faster CPU may be built into (the current CPU was at times indeed slow running the DE), a battery with longer life and a keyboard with larger keys is planned as well. Whether AmigaDE will be included depends on the licence fees which are currently not decided yet. A first prototype of the English Zaurus may be seen at the Java-One taking place in early June in America.

At least, Bill McEwen (here only called "Mister Bill" since it's easier to pronounce for the Japanese) has had some successful meetings with a Sharp manager (these personal meetings are very important!). He's at least in e-mail contact with the "planning manager" I spoke to.

Amiga is definitely seen "only" as "content provider". A native DE hasn't been thought about so far. (At least that's the official reply!)

Other "highlights":

The color display of the Palm m505 is at least in the default configuration rather ugly and strongly reminds of the PalmIIIc. It also reflects awfully (it has that - sadly - in common with the Zaurus). Regarding this, the Cassiopeia s700 (or was it i700) impressed me very much. Subjectively not any heavier than a Palm V (slightly deeper) and a great display with higher resolution.

Logitec plans to release a DVD-R/RW (yes, "R") drive with FireWire in June, the price is interesting: 120,000 Yen (plus 5% tax here in Japan).

Bluetooth was a big topic. Panasonic for example has presented miscellaneous hardware; some kind of Gameboy, headphones, expansion cards for the memory card slot and so on, and there's also a lot of choice for the Zaurus.


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25.May.2001
Alfred Faust (ANF)


Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5c source code available
Alfred Faust wrote:
»Today, Todor Fay gave me the permission to make the source code of Bars&Pipes Professional 2.5c available to the public.

He asked me to spread this information as far as possible. Thus I ask you to pass on this information to all those who are interested.

A group of programmers looked at the source, completed it and cleaned as many errors as possible; made it compliant to the new ANSI-C standard (as far as possible and necessary), adapted it to several compilers (CompilerSpecific.h was built in), tested it with SAS/C 6.50 and DICE 3.16.

Any commercial distribution is prohibited. A release on Amiga CDs is no problem. Distributors of Amiga CDs who want to release the source code on a CD are asked to contact me.« (ps)

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25.May.2001
Heise [Newsticker]


Heise: what you always wanted to know about the GPL
»The GNU project has put an extensive FAQ online. Here Richard M. Stallman, initiator of the GNU project, president of the Free Software Foundation and prominent advocate of free software, answers many questions about the GNU general public license.«
Full article (in German) at the title link. (ps)

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25.May.2001
ANN


New pictures of the AmigaOne motherboard
At the title link, you'll find new pictures of the AmigaOne motherboard. The pictures were shot in France at a meeting to which Alan Redhouse of Eyetech had invited Adam Carrano of APS, Ben Yoris of Hyperion and Christophe Decanini of ANN. (ps)

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25.May.2001
Amigan Software


Software: Amigan Software's Worm Wars and Report+ updated
Version 6.7 of the game 'Worm Wars' and version 4.63a of Report+ have been released. Report+ allows you to easily create bug reports, Aminet readme files, documentation and similar reports. The ReAction- and GadTools-based program and is freeware.

Donwload:
wormwars.lha - 730 kB
report.lha - 380 kB (ps)

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25.May.2001
Stephan Rupprecht


Software: SGrab and EnvHandler updated
The screen grabber SGrab has been compiled entirely with StormC4 and is now available in version 1.15. Stephan's EnvHandler has been released in version 1.6.

Download:
sgrab.lha - 55 kB
envhandler.lha - 12 kB (ps)

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24.May.2001
jami0003 (ANF)


New PowerPC Roadmap from IBM
IBM announced their updated PowerPC roadmap. Future IBM PPC CPU's among other things would have a multimedia unit and direct SMP support. If that multimedia unit is about to be the Altivec engine developed by Motorola neither was repudiated nor confirmed. The next generation will be produced in 0,13µm - 0,10µm technic. (ps)

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24.May.2001
Amiga Future


Interview: Amiga Future talked to Thomas Knaebel (bplan GmbH)
Amiga Future (Anton Preinsack) did an interesting interview (title link) with the CEO of the bplan GmbH about the PPC platform 'Pegasos' being developed. (ps)

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23.May.2001



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23.May.2001
amiga.org


amiga.org: Interview with Ruben Monteiro (SoundsCool)
Wayne Hunt from amiga.org interviewed Ruben Monteiro from CyberOxygen. Monteiro is the programmer of Sounds Cool which is a sound-editor tool for AmigaDE. Read the interview under the title link. (ps)

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23.May.2001
Christian Effenberger (ANF)


WebTool: New SiteWay-Modul 'SiteCatcher'
SiteCatcher is a simple tool for easy downloading of full websites. It only offers the absolutely most necessary possibilities of preference. Therefore it is easy to use. (ps)

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23.May.2001
NewOS (ANF)


New OS for AMIGA: NewOS
As it seems soon we can be pleased about another OS for the Amiga. NewOS is already available for Intel-platforms and for the Sega Dreamcast-console. Porting this operating system which was written by a former BeOS-kernel developer to Amiga 3000 - M68040 is standing on the fourth place of a so called ToDo-list. We may be curious to know what will be come there. (ps)

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23.May.2001
Dirk Baeyens via E-Mail


Amiga Inc.: Sharp shows AmigaDE application
Today in Tokio, Japan Sharp Corporation shows Sharp Zaurus handheld computer with AmigaDE as application publicly for the first time. You can look at the first pictures under the title link. The fare continues going until 25th of May. Over 400.000 visitors are be expected.

Read also the message at the ´Amiga Support´ area, and the press release of Sharp.

(ps)

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23.May.2001
Torsten Dudai


New cartoon: Metatrash




"Metabox AG, Hildesheim" applies for a insolvency proceedings after a turbulent year (suspicion of deception and manipulation of market value, invented profits, decline of the share). (td)

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