01.Feb.2000
AmigaGames.com
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GameIcons.info
GameIcons.info brings us a dedicated resource for OS 3.5 gameicons.
On this site a growing archive of cool OS 3.5 gameicons is waiting
to glitter and glamour on your Workbench!
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01.Feb.2000
Markus Fellhauer by e-mail
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AmigAIM version 0.9321 Beta
It is a beta archive (not the full release archive). Download:
AmigAIM.lha
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01.Feb.2000
Markus Fellhauer by e-mail
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StrICQ Version 0.1718
DOwnload: STRICQ.lha
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01.Feb.2000
Marco Frischkorn in ANF
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BattleIsle DataDisk 3
Marco Frischkorn writes:
I am missing some maps for a new DataDisk. Mainly one-player maps. If somebody has some of those
on his hard drive, just send them. As basic map set I am using the graphics from BattleIsle 1.
If someone has maps for the DataDisk 1 (desert / winter), I would be happy about them, too,
even while there are only one third of the needed maps are present right now.
Please send maps to marco_frischkorn@amigadev.de.
When possible write some lines in addition to the map, like sollutions, backgrounds, about the
person, and that you aggree in distribution on an extra DataDisk. The maps are throughoutly tested
by myself and two friends. As soon as the DataDisk 3 is ready, everyone will recieve it automatically.
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01.Feb.2000
Marco Frischkorn in ANF
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Loss of E-Mail Addresses
A small request to all who wrote me concerning BATTLE or A4EP in the last eight weeks:
Due to "human failure", the e-mail catalog has been lost completely. Please send another
short e-mail to marco_frischkorn@amigadev.de.
If possible, please describe in brief what it was about.
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01.Feb.2000
Markus Fellhauer in ANF
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ANapster version 0.1 released
Download: anapster01.lzx
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01.Feb.2000
Frédéric Laboureur by e-mail
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New Version PureBasic
At the title link you will find a new version of PureBasic.
Download Demo:
PureBasic.lha
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01.Feb.2000
Eric Gillé by e-mail
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BootSelector
I wrote a BootSelector enabling to choose between AmigaOS and Linux APUS upon boot time.
I just uploaded the archive to Aminet, it is called SelectOS.lha.
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01.Feb.2000
Future Visions by e-mail
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DiskCopy v44.5 - fix
Andi from Future Visions writes:
On January 30th, 2000, the Amiga community was informed about the problems with the diskcopy v44.5
by amiga-news.de. At the title link, a link to our "Amiga Support Area" can be found, offering the
utility "TrackCopy64" for download. This program enables access to tracks beyond the 4GB barrier.
The support site alos lists an explanation of the diskcopy v44.5 problems. I ask for feedback by
voluntary beta testers about problems occuring with TrackCopy64. Suggestions, questions and beta
test reports please to support-computer@future-visions.de.
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01.Feb.2000
Andreas Hippauf by e-mail
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LightForce
Bad news on LightForce by StrangeWorlds:
On this weekend, the A4000 of
Andreas Hippauf suffered a complete failure of the development partition.
The development environments for LightForce, and the e-mail client YAM had
to be reinstalled completely. Thanks to frequent backups, the sources were
undamaged.
But the emails of (the) last month(s?) have been lost. If
somebody has ordered the latest demo version and did not yet recieve it,
please contact Andreas Hippauf
again. Reminder: Due to the very low response to the e-mail feedback it has
been decided to send out new demo versions only to interested users on
request. The latest demo, by the way, already shows the usage of textures
and extras, so it is well worth a look.
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01.Feb.2000
amiga-news.de
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Forum online again
It has been done, our forum is online again after moving to the new server.
Happy discussing! :-)
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31.Jan.2000
Andreas Kleinert by e-mail
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akMPEG v4.23 released
New:
- faster by pre-coding for audio and video
- audio bugfix
- support for fast, script-based playback (e.g. on CD-32)
Download:
akMPEG4.lha
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31.Jan.2000
Thomas Wenzel in ANF
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New AmigaAMP 2.8 beta version
A new, early beta version is available from the AmigaAMP homepage, offering new features:
- Unlimited number of plug-ins running parallel
- Support for Streaming
Audio with CISC's StreamMP3 AREXX script (experimental)
If you don't fear unknown bugs, and want the absolutely latest version on your system, is
wellcome to have a look at this one :)
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31.Jan.2000
Marius Schwarz in ANF
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NNTPSend - A YAM2NN add-on
If you like reading newsgroups, and did not manage to get Yam2NN 0.85 (26.03.99) to send, might
find help from this small tool. Version 0.4a has been uploaded to Aminet today, so it will take
about 2 days.
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31.Jan.2000
Alexander Kurtz in ANF
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AminetGUI Update
After some time, I did some work on the Aminet-GUI again. This is mostly small bugfixes. Frames
should now be displayed without disturbing borders on non-Amiga browsers, too. You can now switch
directly from the tree structure to forum and guestbook. The link area has also been updated, adding
some new links. In the future it will be possible to add your own links. The implementation of this
functionality is still being worked upon, however. I added some auction and exchange websites to the
interactive area. I am planning to add my own exchange area, but I am right now still looking for
a suitable provider for such services. If someone knows a good provider, or has experience in CGI
prgramming, please contact me.
Due to a hard drive crash with PFS-2, it will take some time until the next large update, since I
have to completely rebuild my system. This can take some time since I have the majority of my programs
from the Internet. On this occassion I can only advice you not to use PFS-2. It was the second crash
I experienced. On the first crash I almost lost my complete web partition. The second crash took my
dh0: drive down. So I will switch my system to SFS. The introduction of the new directory design will
be delayed for said reasons, I am sorry. But I hope it won't be too long.
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31.Jan.2000
Jan Andersen by e-mail
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VirusHelp Denmark: New update for VirusExecutor version 1.84
Name: VirusExecutor v1.84
Archive name: virusexecutor.lha
Archive size: 116,418 Bytes
Release date: January 30th, 2000
Programmer: Jan Erik Olausen
System: OS 2.0x or better
Download: virusexecutor.lha
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31.Jan.2000
Andreas Schaumlöffel by e-mail
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New versions of Quake and Quake World released
New versions of Quake and Quake World have been released on the homepage of Frank Wille (title link).
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31.Jan.2000
Czech Amiga News
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Basilisk II v0.8-1 released
On January 30th, Christian Bauer has released version v0.8-1 of his portable 68k Macintosh
emulator Basilisk II. The emulator
can be downloaded at the title link, including source codes.
Changes from the previous version include small changes of the ext file system handling. The
size of the finf help files is now 32 Byte, to enable saving complete FInfo/FXInfo in them.
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31.Jan.2000
Czech Amiga News
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A4000D Tower conversion
Anthony Long describes in his
Yet another A4000 DIY tower guide
how to convert the A4000D in a way that it fits into a larger standard PC case, with more room
for additional hard drives, CD-ROMs etc.
The pictured manual explains the conversion step by step.
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31.Jan.2000
Czech Amiga News
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OS 3.5 FAQ v1.0
Alex has released the first version of his
OS 3.5 FAQ. This
is not meant to replace the official
FAQ by Amiga, but to supplement it, e.g. to
answer questions frequently asked in the AmigaOS
3.5 mailing list at Onelist.
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31.Jan.2000
Thomas Frieden by e-mail
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Screenshots of The Heretic Fortress
The Hyperion Software has now become yet
more Amiga-friendly by removing all JavaScript.
Hyperion Software has released first screenshots (title link) of "The Heretic Fortress".
This is a multiplayer mode for Heretic II by Wankaroo, with the Amiga version nearing
completion fast, and which will be available on release of the Heretic 2-CD.
The Heretic II FAQ and the
Features page have
been updated. There won't be a 68k version, since the reached performance is insufficient.
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31.Jan.2000
VMC
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New HyperCOM driver v2.95 BETA-2 release
VMC offers bugfix versions, removing all bugs known so far in the v2.95 update.
v2.95 HyperCOM 3z crash fixed...
v2.95 HyperCOM 3+ switched units fixed...
v2.95 Transmit BREAK crash fixed...
Download: hypercom295b2.lha
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30.Jan.2000
Future Visions by e-mail
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Problem with diskcopy v44.5
Andi of Future Visions writes:
The diskcopy included in OS3.5 (System drawer) is unable to correctly read and copy partitions
over the 4GB barrier. If this is true for writing I have not yet tested, but I don't think it
will work.
If now there is an error on a partition over the 4GB barrier, like the root directory defective
due to a crash during writing, and the partition cannot be accessed by the normal file system,
a normal user is unable to rescue his data. Tools like Disksalv are unable to access these
partitions, and there is no FFS64-compatible "diskcopy" program on Aminet to copy the defective
partition to the lower 4GB and use Disksalv on it there. So I urgently recommend
not to hold important data on such partitions, since a recovery will be impossible. OS3.5 support
has been notified.
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30.Jan.2000
Markus Lück in ANF
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New StrICQ version 0.1712
(Version 0.1710): An Enforcer hit was removed that opened the chat window again, making chatting
impossible. The userlist still has a bug, which the author knows about. The bug looks like this:
If a user goes online in ICQ, it is not noted in the user list. Tip: Select all entries, you can
then see who has gone online.
The version available on the server is 0.1712 already.
Download: STRICQ.lha
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30.Jan.2000
Jo in ANF
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Amiga in Macwelt 3/2000
In the "aktuell" area, the Amiga is mentioned in the Macwelt:
"Amiga moving again - Amino new owner
The Amiga trademark and accompaining technology has
again changed owners. While, after the Commodore bancruptcy, first Escom and then Gateway held
the rights, they were now sold to a company named Amino Development, according to a GNN report
led by two former Amiga executives. Also according to GNN, Amiga users judge this as a chance
for an Amiga comeback, possibly as Open Source."
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30.Jan.2000
Olli in ANF
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News from the APUS frontline
The Sunsite server has already seen several new things this year!
For one, there is a new Bootstrap released, and additionally an archive for the Bootstrap
with autodetect for WarpOS/PowerUp. Download:
ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/projects/apus/boothack.
There is a brand-new, very good Installer for LinuxPPC5. Download:
ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/prrojects/apus/install/redhat.
On Olliweb (title link), at CDSUPPORT, there is an archive with Installer and ready-made scripts
for updating older LinuxPPC5-CDs from olliweb, which should run with all other linuxPPC5 versions.
At Linux.de there is a link to a PowerMac emulator for LinuxPPC5.
In the manual it says that, with the right kernel patches (included), the PowerMac emulator should
also run on Amigas with LinuxPPC5! Needed, among others: MacOS8.6 + romfile.
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30.Jan.2000
Jorge Pino in ANF
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Heise: PC Manufacturers: New Concepts Wanted
"A basic rule of the technological society seems to win again: Innovative ideas and
products recieve high acceptance and earn big profits. Holding tight to traditional
concepts, on the other hand, leads directly to economical desaster. Not only the manufacturers
of the C64, which was leading the way in it's time, had to learn this, when Commodore had
to give up all hope for rescue in 1994. In the 90ies of the last millenium, when the Intel x86
based PC-architecture had made it's way for quite some time, users no longer wanted Commodore's
products without hard drive - attempts to gain a foothold again with the Amiga came too late."
Full article (German) at the title link.
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30.Jan.2000
Matthias Henze by e-mail
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First beta version (v45.00 beta 1) of the stormamiga.lib v45.00 for AmigaOS/68k
Some functions have been rewritten, some optimized, and all known bugs removed. The stormamiga.lib
v45.00 beta 1 is the first version for over a year with special versions for the MC68EC020,
MC68881/82, MC68040 and MC68060.
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30.Jan.2000
Thorsten Schölzel by e-mail
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CD32 Cheats Guide v20 available
The new version 20 of the CD32 Cheats Guide is ready and available for download on the Games
site in the CD32 corner as well as on Aminet. This guide will not be continued in its current
form; a better interface and the integration of pictures and screenshots are planned for the
next version of the CD32 Cheats Guide.
Download:
cd32-tips.lha - 12 Kb
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29.Jan.2000
Fun Time World
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Sin for Amiga
According to an e-mail from Ben Hermans (Hyperion Software) to Claus Luethje, which has been
posted at Fun Time World, Hyperion Software
will port Sin to the Amiga.
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28.Jan.2000
Sender known to editors
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What's all the fuzz about pirate copies?
This text shall and must be widely known. However, the author
doesn't want to start petty wars with all hacker groups at once.
For this reason the author asked to have the text published
ANONYMOUS! As the author is known to us, we accept this
exceptionally, if only for the reason that we want to help
sensitizing all parties involved for this subject, and give food
for thought.
Copies have been sent to: AMIGA.de, Haage &
Partner, Vapor, Holger Kruse, and Andreas Kleinert.
«Maybe some people have wondered what the article of Andreas
Kleinert was all about. There have been pirate copies all the time, so
why so much fuzz about them? Because it's a matter of survival!
Not every maker of software has the financial resources of a
company with windows :-) Furthermore, in the recent couple of
days, it wasn't about some small web site with 2 - 5 pirate copies.
Last friday Andreas was informed about an FTP server whose
directory structure contains round about 1500 lines, each line
representing one pirate copy.
Whenever he puts an update
into AmiNet, it takes only 2 days for the cracked version to
emerge. In addition there are cracking programs for personal use,
and key generators. If I just estimate 10 copies with a value of
10 Marks for each entry of this server, we would be at 150,000.-
DM. But the damage caused may be estimated much higher. And this
is no computer for Win95/98, with a little Amiga on the side.
This is AMIGA with a little MAC on the side! What do you need
that isn't available for free in AmiNet? What more is needed than
FULLY USABLE trial versions? All in vain? It does look that way.
But in vain is not bargain priced or free. In vain are the
efforts of a maker who doesn't make a turnover anymore. Pirate copies
of OS 3.5 (who copies CD ROMs via modem)???
There are
various roads to the future: the cheap one, that one C= has shown
us already, haven't they? The unified, new windows every two
years? Or one that stays affordable, and where together you can
feel as a community. Where you show STRENGTH in doing without
some things, and buying the product with support. I won't
denounce anyone because he uses a pirated copy from time to time.
Everyone has to make that out with himself. And I won't reproach
a HACKER who overcomes a complicated security system. But taking
away the small earnings for in part excellent programs from every
little shareware author, and intimidating the last companies that
have enabled us to hold out until today, that's unfair and has
nothing to do with a sporting hack. That's just ciminal! And who
thinks there aren't any clever heads on the side of those
concerned may anticipate getting a fitting answer some day.
In the appendix [may be ordered if needed] of this mail
I publish the contents of the FTP server. The people who run it
should know that we already know now who they are and not only
since today. They had their fun and should quit, because too much
fun often isn't good for you.
Just a quick word to the
aggrieved companies and programmers: Don't take this as a reason
for negative thinking and mourning of losses, but as a sign that
the support of the usership still lives and will keep on living.
Because the users need you as makers like you need them as
customers. If concerned software makers answer in need of data,
they will get them. Furthermore it would surely be helpful to
place the text on Anti Piracy after translation and leave it
there.»
Translation by Christian Busse.
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28.Jan.2000
WHDLoad.org
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WHDLoad version 10.5 released
The URL of the WHDLoad support site has been changed. This site can now be reached at
http://www.whdload.org/ (title link).
Download: WHDLoad_10.5_usr.lzx - 102 Kb
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28.Jan.2000
Duffs Homepage
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MUIExchange Version 1.1 / ImageManager Version 1.2 available
Allan Odgaard releases new versions of MUIExchange and ImageManager on his website.
Download: MUIExchange.LZX
and ImageManager.LZX
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28.Jan.2000
AMIGA-Magazin
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Apache: Version 1.3.11 of the webserver available for Amiga
The download area of the Amiga-Apache website offers the necessary archives of the new version 1.3.11.
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28.Jan.2000
GPSoftware
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Directory Opus 4.12 source code under GPL
The source code of Directory Opus is available under GPL (General Public Licence). This means
you can use the source code if you adhere to the GNU General Public Licence. Read the details
at the title link. GP-Software makes it clear that this does not change the status of the
commercial version Directory Opus 5!
Download: dopus412b-gpl.lha.
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28.Jan.2000
Marco Miljak by e-mail
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Stargate Software News
Update: FormTrans v1.10
The Form Trans tool, translating encoded HTML forms to plain text, has recieved a small update.
Significant changes to its predecessor: Attaching informative text to the translated form can
be supressed with a keyword. Giving a target file is no longer required.
Download: formtrans.lha
sgARexx.library v3.0
The sgARexx.library is a library specially developed to support programmers in implementing an
ARexx port in their own applications. Its functions make it possible to recieve and process ARexx messages,
send own messages and execute external ARexx scrips. Another special: the sgARexx.library is free
for non-commercial and (!) commercial uses. The archive includes all necessary developer files like
includes, autodocs and examples in English.
Download:
sgarexx.lha
New e-mail address: Stargate-Software@gmx.de
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27.Jan.2000
Steve Flowers by e-mail
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Phantasmagoria is comming!
Alive Mediasoft will port Phantasmagoria to the Amiga! The game is an adventure playing in a scary
atmosphere. Citing the PC version game manual:
"PRAY THAT THIS IS ONLY A NIGHTMARE!
The story began so harmlessly for Adrienne. A loving husband,
a nice new home - what else to wish for. That a demon is released by her fault, well, such things happen.
That it is her husband is posessed by this demon, that her new home was once owned by a mad show magician
who brutally murdered all his wives here turns into a real problem for Adrienne..."
Again, this text is re-translated.
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27.Jan.2000
Schatztruhe by e-mail
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Schatztruhe: GlowIcon Collection CD available
Especially Amiga OS3.5 users but also users of the NewIcon system, receive an extensive and professional icon
collection (altogether more than 3500 icons) with this CD-ROM which you can use to create a uniform look on
your Workbench. It contains GlowIcons for a wide range of programs (applications, games, ...), drawers,
DefIcons, ... In addition there are many DockIcons and some toolbars for certain programs.
You can order the CD online or send a simple e-mail
order to stefano@schatztruhe.de including address and way
of payment.
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27.Jan.2000
Olaf Köbnick by e-mail
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Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena - Official German language "Back To The Roots" News Site!
The Amiga Arena announces the free commercial games of the "Back To The Roots" homepage.
New games online!
Starbyte - Hannibal
Serra - Conquest of Camelon
GeoWorld offer extended!
GeoWorld is available for a special price from the Arena until February 29th!
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27.Jan.2000
Erik Zühlke by e-mail
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IT-SalesWeek article: Amiga (!), QNX, Transmeta
Erik Zühlke writes:
The IT-SalesWeek reports about the Amiga again, even a full page this time
(p.10) "Comeback to a unsure future between MS and Apple". The article begins with "seldom has a
platform won so stubborn :) users. For sure Apple users are already special, but the Amiga community
is... just that bit more extravagant" :)). It continues with a rough overview (including picture) of
the Amiga's live until sold to Amino. It closes with "...things look better than 8 weeks before for the
Amiga, and the OS is ranked 2nd at the VaporAwards directly behind Windows 2000".
Among others, "misterWEB" by Charisma was pictured, an Internet device in form of a 25% tipped,
touch-flatscreen including QNX Photon MCkernel. There are ports for adding printer, keyboard, USB,
and it comes with fixed ISP. Just by the way...
I don't have an issue of the IT-SalesWeek handy. The cited text has been re-translated and will
differ from the original, but I think the meaning of the words was untouched. If somebody has the
IT-SalesWeek article and a scanner handy, I would like you getting into
contact with me and mail me a scan... (mb)
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27.Jan.2000
Czech Amiga News
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Paul Nolan: E-Mail problems
Paul Nolan found that his alternative e-mail address pnolan@dircon.co.uk has been bouncing incoming
mail in the last 11 days. He asks everybody who did send an e-mail to this address to send it again
to pnolan@cix.co.uk.
His voice mail and the fax machine are working again. But everything send during the downtime has
been lost.
He begs your pardon for possible problems arising due to the downtime.
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27.Jan.2000
AROS
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AROS Status January 26th
The AROS team currently works on the following: Intuition (fixing bugs, better integrating the parts,
functional menus), hardware drivers for the Native/x86 port (vga.hidd, scsi.device.hidd), Commodities,
Datatypes and the Native/PPC port.
Especially for the latter AROS is looking for developers with experience in WarpUp and PowerUp.
Additionally, people with experience in writing hardware drivers for IBM-compatible PCs are wanted.
More precisely, a exec-like sollution using the PC's IRQs and drivers for the IDE chips.
Contact: Aaron Digulla, digulla@aros.org.
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27.Jan.2000
Czech Amiga News
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Clubbed issue 4 released
Issue 4 of the Amiga print magazine Clubbed
has been released on January 22nd.
It offers a first report about the Amiga buyout by Amino, and a detailed interview with Fleecy Moss that
took place before the buyout carrying some interesting information. Reviews: Olympus C1000L Digital,
Photogenics 4.2, ImageFX 4.1, IBrowse 2.1, T-Zer0, Wasted Dreams and more; a tutorial on using layers
in Photogenics 4.2 and ImageFX.
A complete list of articles is available at the title link. The Clubbed homepgae additionally carries
parts of older issues online, and the necessary informations how to order the magazine.
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26.Jan.2000
amiga-news.de
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Amiga News Web Directory expanded by several functions
To satisfy the wishes of many readers, the script has been expanded by several functions. So
it is now possible to configure yourself where / if your personal data should be available.
Users that already joined can modify these settings by the "modify entry" function. Please
have your password ready.
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26.Jan.2000
Amigart
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Frogger PPC v1.52 released
Sebastian Jedruszkiewicz has released
version 1.52 of the MPEG1/2 player Frogger on January 25th, 2000.
The following changes have been made since version 1.5:
- v1.52
- Ok, I made the 1.51 release too fast. There was a serious bug, which caused frogger to
crash at start. I am very sorry. Please forgive me...
- Frogger now shows mpeg resolution in asl requester ("Select Screen Mode (352x288)" for
example), as suggested by Miroslaw Bagrowski.
- v1.51
- Frogger failed to recognize the RIFF streams (a vcd ripped streams) Fixed.
- Seeking with audio is now possible. May cause deadlocks, so be carefull.
- Frogger crashed when new mpeg was opened. Fixed.
- 'DISPLAY FILE' caused crash. Fixed.
- 68k version available again. 030 version will not be supported anymore. Do not ask for
that. Buy better CPU.
- 68k version does not need ixemul.library anymore.
- Audio in 68k version is now decoded using the same decoder as in PPC version. This is
slower, but at least it works.
- Scaling routines in grey mode were broken. Fixed.
- The same bug was in color dithering routines (when image was scaled). Fixed.
- On some VideoCDs Frogger failed to decode correct stream resolution (it was always 0x0). Fixed.
- From now on, NOSKIP turns off audio decoding.
The player is available for PPC- and 68k-Amigas (68040+) in different archives from
the download page.
68030 was supported until version 1.48.
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26.Jan.2000
Fun Time World
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Tao provides Java engine to QNX
Tao Group provided their J-Engine to QNX. It will be used in the QNX 4 real-time OS. The
engine allows using PersonalJava and EmbeddedJava applications at high speed. Moreover the
J-Engine is low on ressource usage. The complete J-Engine, including all class libraries
and AWT for supporting pJava 1.1.6, takes less than two megabyte native code.
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26.Jan.2000
Jerry Smith in c.s.a.m.
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Fleecy Moss on Amiga hardware
On January 24th, Jerry Smith posted parts of
an e-mail exchange with Fleecy Moss to csam (title link).
The new Amiga/Tao system uses Tao's virtual processor. This makes support of different
hardware platforms relatively easy. The first new Amiga systems will run on x86 and PPC
platforms, as long as they are not too special. For supporting different platforms,
Amiga counts on hardware partners.
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26.Jan.2000
Fun Time World
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Millenium for Video Toaster/Flyer
Nova Design has released the Millenium Package for
NewTek's Video Toaster/Flyer. This is a collection of
programs, scripts, effects, fonts, backgrounds and other components bringing the Video
Toaster and Flyer up to date. The Package will be shipped on three CD-ROMs. The recommended
retail price is 349,95 USD.
More details of the package can be taken from this
announcement
from Digital Producer Magazine.
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26.Jan.2000
Fun Time World
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Amiga Oasis Website reworked
The Amiga Oasis website
has been reworked. The design looks better, and the site now contains more informations - e.g.
current news, reviews and several useful overviews like the
Amiga Cheat Pages.
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26.Jan.2000
Fun Time World
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The Amiga Alternative Audio Page on new server
The Amiga Alternative Audio Page is now available
on the web at http://www.honeypot.net/audio/.
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26.Jan.2000
Fun Time World
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Amiga Arena: GeoWorld, Subwar 2050
The special price offer of the geography software GeoWorld
(12 Euro) is still valid until January 31st, 2000.
Amiga Sector One offers
Subwar 2050 (AGA) by Microprose/Particle
for legal download. This submarine simulation was released 1993, and according to Amiga Sector One
recieved very good ratings. The reason for this was the new, fast 3D engine.
Download: subwar2050.zip (1.18 MB)
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26.Jan.2000
Fun Time World
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Photogenics website restructured
Paul Nolan's Photogenics website is now subdivided into an Amiga and a Linux
area. The latter has first screenshots
of the Linux version of the image manipulation program.
Additionaly, Paul Nolan has job vacancies. If you are interested in developing modules for
Photogenics, contact Paul Nolan.
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26.Jan.2000
Amiga.org
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Young Scientist get awarded for a Amiga/Linux project
Three Irish students used a Linux box together with Blitz Basic running on
Un*x Amiga Emulator (UAE) to graphically display the output of their C++
Linux program. They were awarded at the Ireland's Young Scientist Exhibition
'Best Use of Information Technology'. Full article at the title link.
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26.Jan.2000
Amiga Times
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Amiga Future: Interview with Fleecy Moss
The translation of the article is now available (see below).
Original article:
Amiga Future posted a small part of an
interview with
Fleecy Moss on their website (German only). The whole interview will be released
in issue 23rd of Amiga Future, which will be released on February 23rd, 2000.
According to the part of the interview posted, shipping of the development environment
is planned for end of February, and the new system will come with an emulation enabling
old software to run (and it's not UAE: "The team writing this emulator have full access
to all chipset and OS sources".)
A translation of the text:
Interview with Fleecy Moss
This is of course only a small part of a large interview going to be released
in issue 23 of Amiga Future (released February 23rd, 2000).
Hello Fleecy, you are surely a no-name yet to some of our readers, so please introduce yourself in short.
Fleecy: Hi folks, I am Fleecy Moss, age 33 and passionate Amigian. I am happily wedded to my wife Elspeth.
We have three kids already, our boys Seth (9) and Yerran (8) and our 15 month old daughter Evie. Aside from
Amiga, we greatly enjoy stuff like football, skiing, and gardening. Additionally, I am a fan of beer and wine.
LetÂ's talk about the future. After all the time standing still, there is a new owner again, going into a new
direction again. What are your plans for the first 6-9 months of the year 2000?
Fleecy: Our development program has top priority right now, meaning a development einvironment for the New Amiga
shipping at the end of February, minimum. We also work feverishly on deals guaranteeing developers a profitable
market. And we also work on a plan making the transition from the old Amigas to the new ones as smooth as possible.
Are there already specific plans what to do with the so-called Amiga Classic line?
There will probably be a continued development of Amiga OS by third parties, since we know that the step towards
a completely new system will take some effort for some. There will be an emulation on the New Amiga, enabling old
software on the new systems. The team writing this emulation has full access to all chipset and OS sources.
Now about the new Amiga. Will the development of the new platform and operating system be done completely in-house?
The new Amiga operating system will be developed by the Tao Group, an English company with Amiga background.
We will do the Usuability Layer for the new OS. The operating system is a RTOS and will be the perfect multimedia
OS. It will additionally be hardware independant.
Will there be downward compatibility to the old Amiga?
Yes, as I said, there will be a software emulator, which is being worked upon.
When, and where, will the new system be presented to the public for the first time?
As said before, be can say for sure when we have it on our desk. Of course we will then be present on the larger
shows like Comdex and E3 (world largest entertainment software show), too. And of course we will be participating
in the traditional Amiga events, like the St. Louis show in April or the British WOA in May.
Write us your opinion! By mail, Fax or online in our forum!
(c) by APC&TCP, Andreas Magerl
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26.Jan.2000
amiga-news.de
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Amiga News Web Directory online again
The move of the static pages has been completed. The AN Web Directory is also functional
again :-). The other interactive elements of the website will be reactivated ASAP.
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