From:      Stefan Ossowski stefano@schatztruhe.de
To:        announce@schatztruhe.de
Date:      Wed, 10 Nov 1999 09:43:08 CET-2
Subject:   Amiga Developer CD V2.1 soon to be released!

AMIGA Developer CD V2.1 is available soon!
Suggested Retail Price DM 49.00
US$1.00 = DM 1.88 given current exchange rates.

AMIGA Developer CD V2.1 ist in Kürze verfügbar!
Empfohlener Verkaufspreis DM 49,00

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Ordering information:

The most convenient method of placing an order is to use our electronic order
form located at http://www.schatztruhe.de/order.html. You can also send an
E-Mail to stefano@schatztruhe.de including your address and the products you
wish to order.

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AMIGA Developer CD V2.1

This CD contains all the material you need to start developing software for
Amiga computers.

This includes:

The new 3.5 Native Developer Kit:

  o Updated and revised `C' and assembly language header files and linker
    libraries
  o Updated and revised system documentation and tutorial texts
  o Example code covering the AmigaOS 3.0, 3.1 and 3.5 features
  o The NewIFF v39 package
  o The AmigaGuide adn DataType documentation and example code
  o WarpUP (PowerPC) developer documentation and examples

Additional developer material:

  o BOOPSI gadget and image classes

ReActor BOOPSI toolkit and example code

  o The AmigaOS 2.04 example code, as part of the original 2.04 Native
    Developer Kit
  o The RKM 2.04 code examples
  o Tables listing which operating system modules were added, removed or
    updated in subsequent AmigaOS releases
  o The complete set of registered IFF forms
  o IFF example and stress test files
  o All IFF packages released by Commodore-Amiga, Inc., covering 1986 through
    1992
  o The camd v37.1 MIDI developer kit
  o The SANA-II standard package and developer kit
  o The Installer v43.3 package
  o The CDTV developer disks

International support material:

  o Sample text using the full ISO-8859-1 character set
  o Translation guidelines

Reference material:

  o The collection of Amiga Mail Volume 1 articles, covering Spring 1987
    through January/February 1989
  o The complete Amiga Mail Volume 2 articles in AmigaGuide format, covering
    January/February 1990 through March/April 1993; also included are the
    printable issues in PostScript and PageStream format
  o The Includes & Autodocs in AmigaGuide format.
  o Revised Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals in AmigaGuide format

HTML versions of all AmigaGuide format manuals

Historical developer material:

  o DevCon Disks (1988-1993)
  o The CD32 developer package
  o 1.3, 2.0, 3.1 Native Developer Kits

Packages contributed by 3rd parties:

The StormC 68K C/C++ developer package

  o The WBPath and ActionFSSM packages, courtesy of Ralph Babel
  o The Personal Paint, CopyIcon, MailBX and DirDiff packages, courtesy of
    Cloanto
  o The INet 225 developer kit, version 2, courtesy of Interworks, Inc.
  o The Picasso96 developer kit, courtesy of Alexander Kneer and Tobias Abt
  o The Miami SDK, version 2.1, courtesy of Nordic Global, Inc.
  o The CyberGraphX V4 developer kit, courtesy of Frank Mariak
  o The MMUlib package, courtesy of Thomas Richter; this package includes the
    MuForce tool which is derived from the Enforcer package developed by Mike Sinz
    (see below)
  o The Kiskometer and MakeCD packages, courtesy of Angela Schmidt and Patrick
    Ohly
  o The Enforcer v37.64, courtesy of Mike Sinz
  o The Envoy v3.0 developer kit, courtesy of Heinz Wrobel
  o The Wipeout, Blowup and Sashimi debugging tools and the "CheckGuide"
    AmigaGuide file syntax checker written by Olaf Barthel

Available on November, 15th 1999. This CD will also be sold on the Home
Electronics World in Cologne next weekend.

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Bestellinformationen

Ein elektronisches Bestellformular können Sie unter
http://www.schatztruhe.de/bestell.html abrufen. Außerdem besteht die
Möglichkeit eine formlose Bestellung per E-Mail an stefano@schatztruhe.de zu
senden. Geben Sie bitte unbedingt Ihre Adresse sowie die gewünschte
Zahlungsart an.

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AMIGA Developer CD V2.1

Diese CD enthält sämliches Material, das Sie benötigen, um Software für
Amiga-Computer zu entwickeln.

Dies beinhaltet:

Das neue 3.5 Native Developer Kit:

  o Updated and revised `C' and assembly language header files and linker
    libraries
  o Updated and revised system documentation and tutorial texts
  o Example code covering the AmigaOS 3.0, 3.1 and 3.5 features
  o The NewIFF v39 package
  o The AmigaGuide adn DataType documentation and example code
  o WarpUP (PowerPC) developer documentation and examples

Zusätzliches Entwicklermaterial:

  o BOOPSI gadget and image classes

ReActor BOOPSI Toolkit und Beispielcode

  o The AmigaOS 2.04 example code, as part of the original 2.04 Native
    Developer Kit
  o The RKM 2.04 code examples
  o Tables listing which operating system modules were added, removed or
    updated in subsequent AmigaOS releases
  o The complete set of registered IFF forms
  o IFF example and stress test files
  o All IFF packages released by Commodore-Amiga, Inc., covering 1986 through
    1992
  o The camd v37.1 MIDI developer kit
  o The SANA-II standard package and developer kit
  o The Installer v43.3 package
  o The CDTV developer disks

Internationales Supportmaterial:

  o Sample text using the full ISO-8859-1 character set
  o Translation guidelines

Referenzmaterial:

  o The collection of Amiga Mail Volume 1 articles, covering Spring 1987
    through January/February 1989
  o The complete Amiga Mail Volume 2 articles in AmigaGuide format, covering
    January/February 1990 through March/April 1993; also included are the
    printable issues in PostScript and PageStream format
  o The Includes & Autodocs in AmigaGuide format.
  o Revised Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals in AmigaGuide format

HTML-Versionen aller Dokus im AmigaGuide-Format

Historisches Entwicklermaterial:

  o DevCon Disks (1988-1993)
  o The CD32 developer package
  o 1.3, 2.0, 3.1 Native Developer Kits

Pakete, die von Dritten stammen:

The StormC 68K C/C++ developer package

  o The WBPath and ActionFSSM packages, courtesy of Ralph Babel
  o The Personal Paint, CopyIcon, MailBX and DirDiff packages, courtesy of
    Cloanto
  o The INet 225 developer kit, version 2, courtesy of Interworks, Inc.
  o The Picasso96 developer kit, courtesy of Alexander Kneer and Tobias Abt
  o The Miami SDK, version 2.1, courtesy of Nordic Global, Inc.
  o The CyberGraphX V4 developer kit, courtesy of Frank Mariak
  o The MMUlib package, courtesy of Thomas Richter; this package includes the
    MuForce tool which is derived from the Enforcer package developed by Mike Sinz
    (see below)
  o The Kiskometer and MakeCD packages, courtesy of Angela Schmidt and Patrick
    Ohly
  o The Enforcer v37.64, courtesy of Mike Sinz
  o The Envoy v3.0 developer kit, courtesy of Heinz Wrobel
  o The Wipeout, Blowup and Sashimi debugging tools and the "CheckGuide"
AmigaGuide file syntax checker written by Olaf Barthel

Verfügbar ab 15. November 1999. Sie erhalten diese CD auch schon auf der Home
Electronics World in Köln am kommenden Wochenende.

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Stefan Ossowski

--
Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe Gesellschaft für Software mbH
Veronikastr. 33 - 45131 Essen - Germany
Phone: ++49-201-788778  Fax ++49-201-798447
mailto:stefano@schatztruhe.de http://www.schatztruhe.de/
Visit our Web site and join our mailing-list.

• High-speed FastATA-3/EIDE Controller for Amiga 3000/4000.
• Fully autoconfig ZORRO III card.
• The first Amiga 3000/4000 EIDE controller supporting fast PIO-3 and PIO-4 modes (for up to 16.6MB/s).
• Data transfer is several times faster than in any ZORRO II or Fast ZORRO II EIDE controllers.
• Compatible with PIO-0 to PIO-4, UDMA-33, UDMA-66 devices.
• Two 3.5" IDE ports allow to connect 4 EIDE devices (HDD, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, ZIP, LS-120, DVD) working at full speed.
• Autobooting from ZIP and LS-120 drives enabled.
• Supports HDDs > 4GB (SPLIT to 4 GB, NSD, TD64, DirectSCSI).
• The set includes very advanced FastATA4000 software for controlling EIDE devices and the fastest CD file system: AllegroCDFS.
• More than one ELBOX FastATA 4000 controller can be installed simultaneously.

• 11:00 CET COSA
• 12:00 CET Blittersoft
• 12:30 CET Mick Tinker (BoXer)
• 13:00 CET Titan
• 14:00 CET Petro Tyschtschenko *
• 15:00 CET KOSH
• 16:00 CET Phoenix
• 17:00 CET Haage&Partner *

From:       "Paul Lesurf" paul@blittersoft.com
To:         petra.struck@online-club.de
Subject:    WipeOut 2097 Released
Date:       Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:50:02 -0000

Blittersoft Announces the release of WipeOut 2097


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: sales@blittersoft.com

November 8th, 1999 - Blittersoft have announced today the release of the
classic game WipeOut 2097.

Wipeout caused jaws to drop the world over and became an instant classic.
Now WipeOut 2097 is poised to take anti-gravity racing completely over the
edge. Lightning-fast reflexes rule in this race 'n' chase thriller where
your goal is to stay in the lead and defend your craft against other pilots.
Negotiate hairpin turns, make gut-wrenching drops and initiate jumps all
while blasting  your opponents with intimidating weaponry.

With faster, smoother graphics, more tracks, more vehicles, and more
weapons, WipeOut 2097 sets a new standard in 32-bit gaming!

The first game to really show what your PPC equipped Amiga can do!

For Amiga PPC + 3D graphics card

Blittersoft can be contacted on +44 (0)1908 610170, or faxed on +44 (0)1908
610269.

Order securely online using
http://www.blittersoft.com/cgi-bin/2/webc.cgi/~bsoft/WipeOut_2097.html?sid=9
XNHV6OCcJbo9EM

Date:       Tue, 09 Nov 1999 00:13:52 +0100
To:         announce@schatztruhe.de
From:       Stefan Ossowski stefano@schatztruhe.de
Subject:    Amiga Unix Compendium V1.2 has been released!

Amiga Unix Compenium V1.2 is available!
Suggested Retail Price DM 69.00           Update from Linux 5.1 DM 49.00
US$1.00 = DM 1.88 given current exchange rates.

Amiga Unix Compenium V1.2 ist verfügbar!
Empfohlener Verkaufspreis DM 69,00        Update von Linux 5.1  DM 49,00

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Ordering information:

The most convenient method of placing an order is to use our electronic order
form located at http://www.schatztruhe.de/order.html. You can also send an
E-Mail to stefano@schatztruhe.de including your address and the products you
wish to order.

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The Amiga Unix Compendium V1.2

For the first time, Linux 68k, Linux APUS and NetBSD are available together
in a comprehensive collection of UNIX software expecially targeted to the
Amiga.

With the Amiga UNIX Compendium you get all you need to setup a full-featured
UNIX environment in one product.

This 3 CD-ROM set includes an amazing quantity of powerful and up-to-date
software, selected and tested for use on the Amiga.

You do no longer need to download hundreds of megabytes from dozens of sites
to get started. Special care has been taken to make the installation process
as easy as possible for the beginner as well as being flexible and complete
for the UNIX veteran.

Full source code is available as well as the latest alpha releases to let
you experience the new features of forecoming software.

As a special bonus, this edition includes a complete snapshot of the latest
GeekGadgets developer tools for the Amiga and the first binary and source
distribution of AROS, the Amiga Research OS.

CD 1 - Linux PPC

Contains:
  o RedHat PowerPC R4 plus Amiga specific packages (250MB)
    (includes XFree86 3.3.3, KDE 1.0)
  o Source code RPMs (240MB)
  o Extra RPMs (19MB)
  o Extra source RPMs (39MB)
  o APUS kernel source 2.3.16 (16MB)
  o Gnome 1.0 (9MB)
  o JDK 1.16 (14MB)

Requires/Supports:
  o Processor: CyberStorm/PPC, Blizzard/PPC
  o Graphics: AGA, CyberVision 64 & 3D ,Picasso II (Clgen.),PerMedia2
  o IO: GVP IO extender, A2065, Ariadne, Ariadne II, Hydra, SurfSquirrel
  o IDE/SCSI: A1200/4000 IDE, A4091/4000T SCSI, A3000/T SCSI,
    GVP Series II SCSI, Oktagon SCSI, Blizzard/PPC SCSI
  o No support for CyberStorm/PPC SCSI yet!

CD 2 - Linux 68k

Contains:
  o Rough Cuts Linux 68k distribution (250MB)
  o Source code RPMs (360MB)
  o 68k kernel source 2.3.16 (16MB)
  o XFree86 3.3.2 frame buffer server (1MB)

Requires/Supports:
  o Processor: 68020+68851/68030+6888[12]68040/68060 (FPU&MMU required)
  o Graphics: ECS/AGA, CyberVision 64 & 3D,Picasso II (Clgen.)
  o IO: A2065, Ariadne, Hydra, A1200 PCMCIA NE2000 compatibles (APNE)
  o IDE/SCSI: A1200/4000 IDE, A2091, A3000/T SCSI, A4091/4000T SCSI,
    GVP Series-II, Cyberstorm I, Cyberstorm II, Blizzard
1230IV/1260/2040/2060, WarpEngine

CD 3 - NetBSD & GeekGadgets

Contains:

  o NetBSD 1.4.1 binary distribution (69MB)
  o NetBSD 1.4.1 software packages (160MB)
  o NetBSD 1.4.1 source distribution (88MB)
  o NetBSD 19990912 source snapshot (52MB)
  o GeekGadgets packages (51MB)
  o GeekGadgets source distribution (190MB)
  o GeekGadgets source code diffs (12MB)
  o GeekGadgets alpha packages (15MB)
  o AROS binaries and source snapshot (13MB)

Requires/Supports:

  o Prozessor: 68020+68851/68030+6888[12] 68040/68060 (FPU&MMU required!)
  o Graphics: ECS/AGA, A 2024, CyberVision 64 & 3D, Retina Z2/Z3, Altais,
    Cirrus CL GL boards, TSENG ET4000 boards
  o IO: HyperCOM, MultiFace, A2232, A2065, A2060, Hydra ,ASDG, A4066,
    Ariadne, Ariadne II, Quicknet
  o IDE/SCSI: A1200/4000 IDE, A2091, A3000/T SCSI, A4091/4000T SCSI, DraCo,
    GVP Series-II, Cyberstorm I/II/III/PPC, Blizzard I/II/IV/2040/2060,

WarpEngine

  o Melody MPEG Audio Layer-II
  o No support for 4-way IDE adaptors

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Bestellinformationen

Ein elektronisches Bestellformular können Sie unter
http://www.schatztruhe.de/bestell.html abrufen. Außerdem besteht die
Möglichkeit eine formlose Bestellung per E-Mail an stefano@schatztruhe.de zu
senden. Geben Sie bitte unbedingt Ihre Adresse sowie die gewünschte
Zahlungsart an.

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The Amiga Unix Compendium V1.2

Zum ersten Mal gibt es eine umfassende Unix-Sammlung, die das Linux 68k,
Linux APUS und NetBSD speziell für den Amiga beeinhaltet.

Mit dem Amiga UNIX Compendium erhalten Sie alles in einem Produkt, was Sie
brauchen, um eine voll lauffähige und gut ausgestattete Unix-Umgebung laufen
zu lassen.

Dieses 3fach CD-ROM-Set beeinhaltet eine enorme Menge leistungsfähiger und
aktueller Software, die speziell für den Amiga selektiert und getestet wurde.

Sie brauchen nicht länger Hunderte von Megabytes von Dutzenden von Sites
herunterzuladen, bis Sie alles haben, was Sie zur Installation brauchen.
Besonderer Wert wurde darauf gelegt, daß der Installationsprozess so einfach
wie möglich sowohl für den Anfänger als auch so flexibel und vollständig wie
möglich für den Unix-Veteranen ist.

Der volle Sourcecode ist ebenso verfügbar wie die letzte Alpha-Release,
die Sie schon jetzt die neuen Features der kommenden Software erfahren lässt.

Als besonderen Bonus enthält diese CD-Edition einen kompletten Snapshot der
letzten GeekGadgets-Entwicklertools für den Amiga und die erste Binär- und
Source-Distribution von AROS, dem Amiga Research OS.

Zur Benutzung sind Englisch-Kenntnisse erforderlich!

CD 1 - Linux PPC

Enthält:

  o RedHat PowerPC R4 plus Amiga specific packages (250MB)
    (includes XFree86 3.3.3, KDE 1.0)
  o Source code RPMs (240MB)
  o Extra RPMs (19MB)
  o Extra source RPMs (39MB)
  o APUS kernel source 2.3.16 (16MB)
  o Gnome 1.0 (9MB)
  o JDK 1.16 (14MB)

Benötigt/Unterstützt:

  o Prozessor: CyberStorm/PPC, Blizzard/PPC
  o Grafik: AGA, CyberVision 64 & 3D ,Picasso II (Clgen.),PerMedia2
  o IO: GVP IO extender, A2065, Ariadne, Ariadne II, Hydra, SurfSquirrel
  o IDE/SCSI: A1200/4000 IDE, A4091/4000T SCSI, A3000/T SCSI,
    GVP Series II SCSI, Oktagon SCSI, Blizzard/PPC SCSI
  o Zu Zeit noch keine Unterstützung für CyberStorm/PPC SCSI-Adapter!

CD 2 - Linux 68k

Enthält:

  o Rough Cuts Linux 68k distribution (250MB)
  o Source code RPMs (360MB)
  o 68k kernel source 2.3.16 (16MB)
  o XFree86 3.3.2 frame buffer server (1MB)

Benötigt/Unterstützt:

  o Prozessor: 68020+68851/68030+6888[12] 68040/68060 (FPU&MMU required)
  o Grafik: ECS/AGA, CyberVision 64 & 3D,Picasso II (Clgen.)
  o IO: A2065, Ariadne, Hydra, A1200 PCMCIA NE2000 compatibles (APNE)
  o IDE/SCSI: A1200/4000 IDE, A2091, A3000/T SCSI, A4091/4000T SCSI,
    GVP Series-II, Cyberstorm I, Cyberstorm II, Blizzard
    1230IV/1260/2040/2060, WarpEngine

CD 3 - NetBSD & GeekGadgets

Enthält:

  o NetBSD 1.4.1 binary distribution (69MB)
  o NetBSD 1.4.1 software packages (160MB)
  o NetBSD 1.4.1 source distribution (88MB)
  o NetBSD 19990912 source snapshot (52MB)
  o GeekGadgets packages (51MB)
  o GeekGadgets source distribution (190MB)
  o GeekGadgets source code diffs (12MB)
  o GeekGadgets alpha packages (15MB)
  o AROS binaries and source snapshot (13MB)

Benötigt/Unterstützt:

  o Prozessor: 68020+68851/68030+6888[12] 68040/68060 (FPU&MMU required!)
  o Grafik: ECS/AGA, A 2024, CyberVision 64 & 3D, Retina Z2/Z3, Altais,
    Cirrus CL GL boards, TSENG ET4000 boards
  o IO: HyperCOM, MultiFace, A2232, A2065, A2060, Hydra ,ASDG, A4066,
    Ariadne, Ariadne II, Quicknet
  o IDE/SCSI: A1200/4000 IDE, A2091, A3000/T SCSI, A4091/4000T SCSI, DraCo,
    GVP Series-II, Cyberstorm I/II/III/PPC, Blizzard I/II/IV/2040/2060,

WarpEngine

  o Melody MPEG Audio Layer-II
  o Keine Unterstützung für IDE 4fach-Adapter

********************************************************************************

Stefan Ossowski

--
Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe Gesellschaft für Software mbH
Veronikastr. 33 - 45131 Essen - Germany
Phone: ++49-201-788778  Fax ++49-201-798447
mailto:stefano@schatztruhe.de http://www.schatztruhe.de/
Visit our Web site and join our mailing-list.

From:     Stefan Ossowski stefano@schatztruhe.de
To:       announce@schatztruhe.de
Date:     Tue, 09 Nov 1999 12:07:51 CET-2
Subject:  WipeOut 2097 (PPC) has been released!

WipeOut 2097 (PPC) is available!
Suggested Retail Price DM 99.90
US$1.00 = DM 1.88 given current exchange rates.

WipeOut 2097 (PPC) ist verfügbar!
Empfohlener Verkaufspreis DM 99,90

********************************************************************************
Ordering information:

The most convenient method of placing an order is to use our electronic order
form located at http://www.schatztruhe.de/order.html. You can also send an
E-Mail to stefano@schatztruhe.de including your address and the products you
wish to order.

********************************************************************************
WipeOut 2097

The famous 3D anti-gravity racing game!

You'll need lightning fast reflexes in this high speed race-n-chase thriller.
Your goal is to stay in first place and defend your glider against the other
pilots. Extreme hairpin turns, gut-wrenching drops and jumps are boosting the
gameplay, while you blast your opponents with incredible weapons.

Specifications

  o Highly detailed 3D graphics
  o 8 tracks with up to 15 ships racing
  o 3 race modes (timetrial/arcade/challenge)
  o 4 racing classes
  o 5 ship models with different characteristics
  o 8 weapons/extras
  o 9 CD audio tracks + 16 bit sound fx
  o MPEG animations
  o Configurable control via Keyboard/Mouse/Joypad

Amiga specific features

  o Runs in a resizable workbench window
  o Supports triple buffering for maximum speed
  o Increased view distance during a race
  o Fogging effect
  o Mip mapping/trilinear filtering (with suitable hardware)
  o Gamma correction
  o Optional frame rate limitation
  o Brings optimum PPC and 3D gaming to the Amiga for the first time!

System Requirements

  o PowerPC 603e or better
  o 3D graphics card such as CyberVision64/3D, CyberVisionPPC or BVisionPPC
  o 1Mb hard drive space (minimum)
  o 24Mb Fast RAM (minimum)
  o CD-ROM drive
  o OS 3.0 or better
  o CybergraphX/Picasso 96 software
  o WarpUP V4 software (included)
  o Warp3D V2 software (included)

********************************************************************************
Bestellinformationen

Ein elektronisches Bestellformular können Sie unter
http://www.schatztruhe.de/bestell.html abrufen. Außerdem besteht die
Möglichkeit eine formlose Bestellung per E-Mail an stefano@schatztruhe.de zu
senden. Geben Sie bitte unbedingt Ihre Adresse sowie die gewünschte
Zahlungsart an.

********************************************************************************
WipeOut 2097

Das berühmte schwerelose 3D-Rennspiel!

Der High-Speed Renn- und Jagd-Thriller, der Ihre Reflexe aufs Äußerste
fordert. Führen Sie das Feld an und verteidigen Sie Ihren Gleiter gegen die
anderen Piloten. Extreme Haarnadelkurven sowie magenverdrehende Sprünge und
Schluchten verlangen Ihre Aufmerksamkeit, während Sie sich mit Ihrer enormen
Bewaffnung auch noch gegen Ihre Gegner verteidigen müssen.

Spezifikationen

  o Hochdetaillierte 3D-Grafik
  o 8 Renntracks mit bis zu 15 Gleitern gleichzeitig
  o 3 Rennmodi (Zeitrennen/Arcade/Challenge)
  o 4 Rennklassen
  o 5 Gleitermodelle mit verschiedenen Charakteristika
  o 8 Waffen/Extras
  o 9 CD-Audiotracks + 16Bit-Soundeffekte
  o MPEG-Animationen
  o Steuerung konfigurierbar über Tastatur/Maus/Joypad

Amigaspezifische Möglichkeiten

  o Läuft in einem größenveränderbaren Fenster auf der Workbench
  o Unterstützt dreifache Pufferung für maximale Geschwindigkeit
  o Erhöhte Sichtweite während des Rennens
  o Nebeleffekte
  o MipMapping/trilineare Filterung (mit entsprechender Hardware)
  o Gammakorrektur
  o Optionale Bildwiederholratenbegrenzung
  o Bringt optimalen PowerPC- und 3D-Spielspaß erstmals auf den Amiga!

Systemanforderungen

  o PowerPC 603e oder besser
  o 3D-Grafikkarte wie z.B. CyberVision64/3D, CyberVisionPPC oder BVisionPPC
  o min. 1MB frei auf der Festplatte
  o min. 24MB Fast RAM
  o CD-ROM-Laufwerk
  o OS 3.0 oder höher
  o CybergraphX/Picasso96 Software
  o WarpUP V4 Software (beiliegend)
  o Warp3D V2 Software (beiliegend)

********************************************************************************

Stefan Ossowski

--
Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe Gesellschaft für Software mbH
Veronikastr. 33 - 45131 Essen - Germany
Phone: ++49-201-788778  Fax ++49-201-798447
mailto:stefano@schatztruhe.de http://www.schatztruhe.de/
Visit our Web site and join our mailing-list.

From:     ThomasSteiding epic@swol.de
To:       Petra Struck petra.struck@online-club.de
Date:     Tue, 09 Nov 1999 15:19:36 +0100
Subject:  Epic & Messe

Presseerklärung

Epic Marketing finden Sie dieses Jahr am Stand D43
auf der Home Electroncs World in Köln Deutz. An
unserem Stand werden Sie alle unsere Produkte zu
Messepreisen erstehen können. An neuen Produkten
präsentieren wir diesmal:

Foundation: The Directors Cut

Xtra Life: The Best of Games

Adventures Lair (10 Adventure Spiele)

Islona Collection (10 Spiele)

A-Z of Amiga Games (Amiga Spiele Datenbank in HTML)


Ferner werden wir die Vorabversionen von "Tales From Heaven"
"Land of Genesis", "Mikro Mortal Tennis" und "Dafel: Bloodline"
präsentieren. Einige Programmierer werden sich an unserem
Stand aufhalten, die Ihnen Rede und Antwort stehen werden.
Vermutlich werden Paolo Cattani (Virtual GP), Lukas Hartmann
(The Plague), Jace Hayman (Dafel:Bloodline) und eventuell
Paul Burkey (Foundation) anwesend sein.

Alle Käufer des Original "Foundation" Spieles können den
Directors Cut an unserem Stand für DM 25.- kaufen, wenn sie
das Original vorweisen können.

Erste Bilder zu einer PC Konvertierung werden wir wahrscheinlich
auch bereits präsentieren können.

Ebenfalls zu Messepreisen werden wir Ihnen Produkte aus dem
Sortiment von KDH Datentechnik präsentieren können, dazu zählen:

Image FX

Make CD TAO (neueste Version)

Make CD DAO (neueste Version)

Man sieht sich hoffentlich in Köln!

-----------------------------------------------------------
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HIRSCHAUER STRASSE 9
72070 TÜBINGEN

Tel: +49 (0) 7071 40 04 92
Fax: +49 (0) 7071 40 04 93
Mail:epic@swol.de

Date:     Mon, 08 Nov 1999 23:27:13 +0100
From:     Darek Dulian support@elbox.com.pl
Reply-To: support@elbox.com
To:       "Amiga-News.de" petra.struck@online-club.de
Subject:  New version of FastATA'99 & AllegroCDFS

NEWS:

We are very pleased to provide you with the latest version
of software for ELBOX FastATA(PowerFlyer/Winner) High Speed EIDE
Controller for A1200.
FastATA'99 ver. 4.7 is 100% OS3.5 compatible.

In FastATA'99 you will find the automatic update for the newest
version of the fastest Amiga CD file system - AllegroCDFS.
AllegroCDFS is over twice as fast as other Amiga CD filesystems.
Automatic updates will work only if you own a registered
AllegroCDFS.

ELBOX COMPUTER

Read more:

We are very pleased to provide you with the latest version
of software for ELBOX FastATA/PowerFlyer/Winner High Speed EIDE
Controller for A1200.
We hope you will be happy and you will find it handy
for all your needs.

FastATA'99 ver. 4.7 is 100% OS3.5 compatible.

FastATA'99 offers you the following support for HDD > 4GB:

1. SPLIT: dividing a HDD into logical units > 4 GB,
2. NO SPLIT:  FastATA'99 supports the following:
                 NSD (New Style Device  - OS3.5),
                 TD64 (TrackDisk 64)
                 DirectSCSI commands.

We recommend using the SPLIT option. This will give you full
compatibility of your HDD > 4GB with all (old and new) Amiga software.

Note: When you install OS3.5 please remember to place the following as
the first line in  the s:startup-sequence
      SetPatch SKIPROMUPDATES scsi.device

In FastATA'99 you will find the automatic update for the newest
version of the fastest Amiga CD file system - AllegroCDFS.
AllegroCDFS is over twice as fast as other Amiga CD filesystems.

(Inside the FastATA'99 you will find AllegroCDFS.test1 file.
This is a text file with speed benchmark between
the newest version of CacheCDFS and AllegroCDFS.)

Automatic updates will work only if you own a registered
AllegroCDFS. The registration number of AllegroCDFS is in
one of MACH210 chip in the controller.
(Every GOLD version of controller are always purchased with this
registration number inside.)
For all older controllers you could upgrade to the package with the
registered version of AllegroCDFS.
In order to purchase AllegroCDFS, call your local distributor for
FastATA controllers or approach PowerComputig Ltd:
sales@powerc.demon.co.uk
All later upgrades for the AllegroCDFS registered users will be
available free of charge on the Web, as usually.

We recommend using  UNIX-like process scheduler - Executive
(from Aminet) for full multitasking during EIDE devices operation.

Best regards,
Darek Dulian
ELBOX COMPUTER

• ZIP 250 on the Amiga
• PFS2 V4.2
• NcodeR 1.5
• SFS SmartFileSystem V1.61ß
• Voyager 3.0 Preview
• SimpleFTP No more greasy keyboards
• GetType Filetype-recognition in the shell
• mECH (2) Tornado3D Workshop (part2)
• The Prophet
• Olympus Camedia 830L
• Amiga Downunder 99

Date:      Mon, 08 Nov 1999 21:00:40 +0100
To:        announce@schatztruhe.de
From:      Stefan Ossowski stefano@schatztruhe.de
Subject:   SuperView Productivity Suite II has been released!

SuperView Productivity Suite II is available!
Suggested Retail Price DM 69.00         Update from Prod. Suite I  DM 49.00
US$1.00 = DM 1.88 given current exchange rates.

SuperView Productivity Suite II ist verfügbar!
Empfohlener Verkaufspreis DM 69,00      Update von Prod. Suite I   DM 49,00

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Ordering information:

The most convenient method of placing an order is to use our electronic order
form located at http://www.schatztruhe.de/order.html. You can also send an
E-Mail to stefano@schatztruhe.de including your address and the products you
wish to order.

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SuperView Productivity Suite II

SuperView IV (SViewIV) reads, writes and/or converts more than 50 graphic
file formats and seamlessy integrates external program packages like Xpk,
Ghostscript or MetaView. Thus besides displaying of graphics on over 20
supported graphic cards (via CyberGraphX, Picasso96 or special driver
systems) the program is designed for working with almost any kind of image
file format, including basic image processing capabilities (more than 30
operators).

An unbeatable price/performance ratio for the SView Productivity Suite II
results out of the already included PPC-Modules for SViewIV delivering
enormous speed increases, as well as through the also included 680x0 and
PPC-optimized AmigaOS 3 Datatypes for JPEG (JFIF), PNG and TIFF, that
additionally allow other applications to profit from the unexpected new
speed dimensions. Additionally there's a MPEG-Player (PPC support,
akMPEG) plus the NAIL datatype.

Overview of Features:

  o runable starting with 68000, many modules especially optimized for 68020
    and higher as well as PPC CPUs (for PowerUP(TM) and PPC-Library or WarpOS 4
    and PPC-Library emulation V0.6b+)
  o taking advantage of the special features of OS 2.04, 2.1, 3.0 and 3.1
  o image display either on own screen (ECS, AGA, graphics card) or in own
    window (AGA, cgfx-compatible graphics card)
  o fast, high quality dithering algorithms for 256 color and HAM6/8 screens
    as well as for image conversion
  o fast and reliable support for 16/24 bit RTG truecolor screen displays
  o possibility to perform complex tasks via ARexx port and interface
  o drag'n'drop (AppWindow) and Commodity support
  o screen-grabbing upto 24 bit (RTG)
  o reads and/or writes more than 50 graphic file fornats (some requiring
    external programs, like e.g. Ghostscript), including JPEG, PNG, TIFF, RGB8,
    PCX, WPG, BMP, PICT, YUVN and many more.
  o supports over 20 graphic cards directly or via RTG
  o more than 30 image processing operators included, some of which especially
    for dithering and format conversion
  o direct scanner support when ScanQuix 3/4 is installed
  o support of the TurboPrint and Studio printer driver systems
  o comes with external display programs
  o ak-datatypes for JPEG (JFIF), PNG, TIFF and NAIL are included in
    registered and special 68000, 020/030, 040, 060 and PPC versions
  o via akMPEG (registered version included) also plays MPEG-1 animations
  o 3rd party tools and demos already included (MetaView, GhostScript
    installer, SVConvert, SVProPics)

System requirements:

  o AmigaOS 2.04 or higher
  o 2-4 MB FastRAM
  o Harddisk
  o OS3.1/3.5, additional memory and graphics card are recommended.

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Bestellinformationen

Ein elektronisches Bestellformular können Sie unter
http://www.schatztruhe.de/bestell.html abrufen. Außerdem besteht die
Möglichkeit eine formlose Bestellung per E-Mail an stefano@schatztruhe.de zu
senden. Geben Sie bitte unbedingt Ihre Adresse sowie die gewünschte
Zahlungsart an.

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SuperView Productivity Suite II

SuperView IV (SViewIV) liest, schreibt und/oder konvertiert über 50
Grafikformate und bindet auch externe Programmpakete wie Xpk, Ghostscript
oder MetaView nahtlos ein. Neben dem Anzeigen von Grafiken auf den insgesamt
über 20 unterstützten Grafikkarten (via CyberGraphX, Picasso96 oder
spezielle Treibersysteme) ist das Programm also prädestiniert zur
Verarbeitung der unterschiedlichsten Grafikformate, grundlegende
Bildbearbeitungsfunktionen (über 30 Operatoren) eingeschlossen.

Ein unschlagbares Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis ergibt sich durch die in der
SView Productivity Suite II bereits enthaltenen PPC-Module für SViewIV
mit ernormen Beschleunigungseffekt, sowie die gleichfalls 680x0 und
PPC-optimierten AmigaOS 3 Datatypes für JPEG (JFIF), PNG und TIFF, die
zusätzlich auch anderen Applikationen Zugang zu ungeahnten
Geschwindigkeitsdimensionen verschaffen. Dazu kommen ein MPEG-Player
(PPC-Support, akMPEG) sowie der NAIL-Datatype.

Überblick der Leistungsmerkmale:

  o lauffähig ab 68000, viele speziell optimierte Module für 68020 und höher
    sowie PPC-Prozessoren (für PowerUP(TM) und PPC-Library bzw. WarpOS 4 und
    PPC-Library Emulation V0.6b+)
  o Nutzung der jeweiligen Besonderheiten von OS 2.04, 2.1, 3.0 und 3.1
  o Grafikanzeige entweder auf eigenem Screen (ECS, AGA, Grafikkarte) oder in
    Fenster (AGA, CGfx-kompatible Grafikkarte)
  o schnelle, qualitativ hochwertige Ditheringalgorithmen für 256-Farb- und
    HAM6/8-Bildschirme ebenso wie für die Bildkonvertierung
  o schnelle und zuverlässige Unterstützung für 16/24 Bit RTG
    Truecolor-Bildschirme
  o komplexe eigene Anwendungen via ARexx-Port und -Interface möglich
  o Drag'n'drop (AppWindow) und Commodity-Unterstützung
  o Screengrabbing bis 24 Bit (RTG)
  o liest und/oder schreibt über 50 Grafikformate (teilweise externe Programme
    notwendig, z.B. Ghostscript), darunter JPEG, PNG, TIFF, RGB8, PCX, WPG, BMP,
    PICT, YUVN und viele mehr.
  o unterstützt über 20 Grafikkarten direkt oder über RTG
  o über 30 Bildbearbeitungsoperatoren enthalten, auch speziell für Dithering
    und Formatumwandlung
  o direkte Scannerunterstützung bei Vorhandensein von ScanQuix 3/4
  o beinhaltet externe Anzeigeprogramme
  o Unterstützung der TurboPrint- und Studio-Druckertreibersysteme
  o ak-Datatypes für JPEG (JFIF), PNG, TIFF und NAIL sind in registrierten und
    speziellen 68000, 020/030, 040, 060 und PPC Versionen enthalten
  o spielt via akMPEG (registrierte Version enthalten) auch MPEG-1 Animationen
    ab
  o Tools und Demos von Drittherstellern bereits enthalten (MetaView,
    GhostScript- Installer, SVConvert, SVProPics)

Systemanforderungen:

  o AmigaOS 2.04 oder höher
  o 2-4 MB FastRAM
  o Festplatte
  o OS3.1/3.5, zusätzlicher Speicher und Grafikkarte werden empfohlen.

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Stefan Ossowski

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Veronikastr. 33 - 45131 Essen - Germany
Phone: ++49-201-788778  Fax ++49-201-798447
mailto:stefano@schatztruhe.de http://www.schatztruhe.de/
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• CD Scene Archives Volume #9
• CD Best of Softwair Airsoft
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• Ausführliche Informationen hierzu findet ihr auf unserer Homepage.

From:       info@innovative-web.de
Date:       Sun, 7 Nov 1999 22:08:05 +0100
Subject:    fxPAINT available
To:         petra.struck@online-club.de

****** PRESSRELEASE ******

PRESSRELEASE,  7.11.1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Innovative, die Entwickler von erfolgreichen AMIGA-Produkten wie fxSCAN oder VLRec NG
gaben heute die Verfügbarkeit von fxPAINT bekannt. fxPAINT ist ein neues Bildbearbeitungs-
und Zeichenprogramm und zeichnet sich vor allem durch einen gigantischen Funktionsumfang,
eine intuitive Oberfläche sowie Unterstützung der aktuellsten Standards und Hardware aus.
Weiterhin ist fxPAINT die erste Anwendung, die die neuen Fähigkeiten ovn OS 3.5 voll nutzt.

Die Fähigkeiten im Überblick

         · Unterstützung vorhandener Hardware
              · Scanner (via ScanQuix)
              · VHI-Grabber (für VLab (Motion nicht unterstützt) und andere Videokarten)
              · Grafik-Tabletts (Drucksensitivität wird berücksichtigt)

         · Erzeugung neuer Bilder und Texturen als Grundfunktion
              · Fraktale
              · Feuer
              · Screengrabber

         · VOLLE PPC-Unterstützung
              · PPC-Unterstützung wurde von Anfang an berücksichtigt
              · Unterstützung von WarpUP und PowerUP (ppc.lib)
              · Zukunftssicher durch offene Schnittstelle

         · Optimierte Druckfunktionen
              · Unterstützung für TurboPrint, dem alten printer.device und
                  AmigaOS 3.5

         · 24 Bit-Alpha-Kanal
              · Einfache Zuschaltung und Auswahl
              · Volle Kontrolle über Transparenzeffekte
              · getrennte Manipulation der Rot-, Grün- und Blau-Anteile

         · Plugin-API (öffentlich dokumentiert) für
              · Lade-Module
              · Speicher-Module
              · Effekt-Module
              · Darstellungs-Treiber
              · Module für zusätzliche Funktionalität

         · Über 70 (Spezial-)Effekte
              · Effekte werden in Echtzeit berechnet und angezeigt
              · Effekte sind in Kategorien geordnet

              · Anti "Rote Augen"
              · Antik
              · Bewegen
              · Bewegungsunschärfe
              · Bluebox
              · Bumpmapper (3D-Logos mit Schatten, Glühen, etc.)
              · Button-Rand
              · Durchrubbeln
              · Deinterlace
              · Erdbeben
              · Eingravieren
              · Einfärben
              · Fischauge
              · Farbe ersetzen
              · Gradationskurve
              · Glätten
              · Glühen
              · Gauss-Weichzeichner
              · ICS Color Correction
              · Isolierte Pixel entfernen
              · Invertieren/Negativ
              · Kacheln
              · Klonen
              · Konvolution
              · Korrektur (Brightness, Gamma, R, G, B)
              · Lichtquelle
              · Lichtgeschwindigkeit
              · Logik
              · Maximum
              · Median
              · Minimum
              · MinMax
              · Mirage
              · Mosaik (ein Bild durch kleinere ersetzen)
              · Öl-Gemälde
              · Pinsel einfügen
              · Pixelisieren
              · Posterisieren
              · Pyro Funktionen
              · Rastern/Dithern (14 Methoden)
              · Rauschen
              · Rahmen erstellen
              · Rechteck-Explosion
              · RGB-Verschiebung
              · RGB limitieren
              · RLE Kompressionsoptimierung
              · Rotieren
              · Seite knicken
              · Streuen
              · Supernova
              · Schwarzweiß
              · Skalieren
              · Selektiver Gauss-Weichzeichner
              · Scheren
              · Silhouette
              · Spiegeln
              · TV Lace
              · Textur
              · Verzerrung (Radial und quadratisch)
              · Wasserzeichen Plugin (PHILTH)
              · Wellen
              · Welle erstellen
              · Zeichnen
              · Zersprühen
              · Zusammensetzen
              · Zoom-Weichzeichner
              · etc.

         · Erweiterte Zeichentools
              · Zauberstab (Pantograph)-Funktion
              · Verläufe als Grundwerkzeug
              · Schmieren- und Weichzeichner-Tool
              · gewöhnliche Malwerkzeuge
              · mit Feuer zeichnen

         · integrierte Bildverwaltung fxALBUM
              · Schnelle Katalogisierung der Bilder auf Ihrer HD
              · direkt mit fxPAINT verbunden und daher optimal für die Bildbearbeitung
              · Drucken von Übersichten
              · Organisation als Kataloge
              · Exportieren von HTML-Übersichten

         · integrierter Miniconverter fxCONV
              · Konvertierung mehrerer Verzeichnisse möglich
              · Konvertierung von und nach jedem Format, dass von fxPAINT
                  unterstützt wird

         · Komplett neue Lade- und Speichermodulbibliothek
              · optimiert
              · lesen/schreiben von ILBM, PCX, BMP, TARGA, JPEG, YUVN, LJPG, PNM, RGB8, TIFF, IFF24, ..
              · Vorschau von JPEG-Frakturen

         · eigenes Oberflächen-System
              · Realisierung als BOOPSI-Objekte
              · 24Bit GUI-Elemente mit Verläufen
              · mit vielen Grafiken im Glowicons-Stil ausgestattet
              · Sprechblasenhilfe zum schnellen Eingewöhnen
              · drei benutzerdefinierbare Erfahrungsgrade
              · automatische Fixierung der Fensterpositionen
              · keine Hacks, Patches o.ä.

         · ARexx-Support
              · verbinden Sie fxPAINT mit Ihren anderen Lieblingsprogrammen!

         · AmigaOS 3.5 Systemerweiterung
              · systemkonform
              · erlaubt schnelle Übersicht über alle Grafiken
              · direkte Verbindung zwischen Worbench, fxALBUM, fxCONV und fxPAINT

         · Volle AmigaOS 3.5 Unterstützung
              · OS 3.5 Icons laden/speichern
              · OS 3.5 Druckerunterstützung
              · OS 3.5 Workbenchunterstützung
              · OS 3.5 Datatypeunterstützung

         · Interne Module
              · fxALBUM
              · fxCONV
              · fxIMAGEMAP
              · fxPLUGINs

Der Preis für fxPAINT liegt bei 139 DM/71 EURO. fxPAINT ist ab sofort verfügbar.

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c/o Felix Schwarz
Am Gründla 3
D-91074 Herzogenaurach
Germany

EMail: info@innovative-web.de
WWW:   http://www.innovative-web.de/
Phone: +(0)049 (0)9132/3400

• Urban D. Mueller / Aminet
• Dr. Greg Perry / GPSoftware
• Achim Stegemann präsentiert Digital Almanac II V1.7 Freitags und Samstags.
• Michiel Pelt and Hugo Hoekstra von Great Effects Development demonstrieren PFS3 am Samstag.

• Aminet Set 8
• Aminet 33
• AmigaOS 3.5
• Amiga Unix Compendium V1.2
• Amiga Forever 3.0
• Digital Almanac II V1.7
• PFS 3
• Photogenics 4.X
• SuperView Productivity Suite II
• WipeOut 2097 PPC

• Viele Loader wurden komplett neugeschrieben und sind jetzt viel stabiler
• Install2001 wurde neuprogrammiert und unterstützt mehr Emulationen
• Im CD32 Games Install Kit ist jetzt ein CD32 Emulator integriert, der direkt CD32 Spiele booten kann
• Das Hauptprogramm wurde fast komplett neugeschrieben und auch das Aussehen hat sich geändert
• Es kann jetzt jedes CD-ROM Laufwerk mit dem Install Kit benutzt werden
• Die Bonus Programme wurden optimiert und überarbeitet
• Und viele andere neue Funktionen
• Im CD32 Games Install Kit hat sich wirklich viel getan, die meisten Programmteile wurden komplett neugeschrieben. Das Install Kit ist jetzt viel stabiler und optimierter.

• Es kann nun eine Steurung in Rainboot Konfigurationen eingebaut werden, d.h. das man nun richtige Multimedia Programme mit Rainboot schreiben kann. In den Rainboot Konfigurationen können so z.B. Mausbewegungen und -klicks in verschiedenen Regionen abgefangen werden und dann können entsprechende Aktionen ausgeführt werden
• Rainboot kann nun mehr als einen Animpinsel verwalten. Es können nun so viele Animpinsel verwenden werden, wie der Speicher es erlaubt
• Mehrere Protracker Module können verwendet werden
• Mehrere Farbcycles können definiert werden
• Und viele andere kleinere Neuerungen
• Rainboot Pro ist übrigens voll kompatibel zu älteren Rainboot Versionen; es können also alle Rainboot Konfigurationen auch mit Rainboot Pro angezeigt werden.

• Equalizer
• Skins nun auch für die Playlist
• Verbesserte Plug-In Architektur
• Es sind nun sowohl Eingangs- als auch Ausgabemodule möglich
• Neue Plug-Ins wie z.B. WAV Ausgabe
• Dockin' Mode
• AMPlifiers Fenster verbünden sich zu jeweils einem neuen Fenster, wenn sie genähert werden. Sie docken an...

 Here is some info about the archive:

Name.............. : MUI v4.0
Trojan name.....   : MUI 4.0 FAKE
Archive name...    : mui40usr.lha
Archive size.....  : 832.990 bytes
Trojan name.....   : MUI (7536 bytes)
Install-MUI          (27034 bytes)
ClickForColors       (1340 bytes)

Mr. Heiner Schneegold (programmer of VT) has
made this test of the fake MUI v4.0:

--------- CUT Start from VT 3.16 Doc --------

   - MUI40-Fake  (war kurz im Aminet)
       Keine Vermehrung
       Eine Nachricht soll verschickt werden.
       Mindestens drei Files verändert.
       Empfehlung: Löschen und sauberes Archiv
       neu aufspielen.
   Install  Fake-L: 27034
       Es wurde eine Zeile eingefügt und Zahlen
       geändert:
       ; $VER: Install-MUI 4.0 (01.04.99)
       (set current_version "4.0")
       (set current_libver  19)
       (set lng @language)
       (set #tmpdir "t:mui.inst")
       (complete 0)
       (run (cat "goodies/clickforcolors")) <- diese Zeile
   MUI Fake-L: 7536
       Datum geändert und Text-Hunk angehängt

• NEW: Removes non-printables from the misc-field.
• NEW: New-button added to the requester. Press it to do a new version search.
• BUGFIX: It didn't recognized packed files that cannot be loaded with LoadSeg(). Now it shall recognize all crunch algorithms that xfdmaster.library can handle, including XPK.
• BUGFIX: There was a space too much between the version number and the date.
• BUGFIX: Only the name and the version number without any letters shall be printed if LIKECVER is set. Should be compatible with standard C:version now.
• BUGFIX: If FULL was set together with LIKECVER the output was not fully compatible with original C:version.
• BUGFIX: If LIKECVER was set in the VERSIONWB_PARAM but the argument TEXT was given then only one line was printed.

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From        Marko Seppänen marko.seppanen@wwnet.fi
To          petra.struck@online-club.de
Date        Fri, 29 Oct 1999 21:26:29 +0200
Subject     News

Here's something to think about for customers, who are planning to buy an
image manipulation program..

Image Engineer
Visual Engineering

Once upon time..


On the shelf of the computer store were 3 image manipulation programs.
Customer was wondering, which one should he buy. One of the programs told
him to by it, because it's best image processing software for Amiga. Another
proclaim itself best program in the whole world. Customer ask from third one
the same question. Third one answered with a grin on his face; "I'm not as
well known as those others. I'm only best on this shelf.."

"And what's is your name", customer asked smiling.

"Image Engineer", program answered.

"And why would I buy you", customer wondered.

"Please, take a seat. This might take a minute."


"Like everyone seems used to say, me either aren't like the others. I'd say
I'm something brand-new, if this was the case, but I'm the same program than
2 years ago. Even then I was unusual program. I could do hundreds of things
that couldn't be possible with others. Someone might say they aren't needed
or they could be better, but that's just lies. Other programs have Big
Effects, you are forced to use, but I'm build of small effects. By combining
them together, you can build these big effects (if you wish) or create your
own ones. As I always open new window after an effect, you always see all
the material on my screen at once. With tutorials included with me and
tutorials at my website, you'll get the idea. Sometimes you ofcourse just
want to load an image and press "Go". A good friend of mine has combined
these small effects together, so (for example) all you need to do for
creating a puzzle from image, you just press a mouse button.. well, twice.."

"Did this thing have a name", customer asks.

"Under name, Visual Engineering, there's many add-ons to be used with me.
They are separate products, but their power can also be combined together.
My friend is a nice guy, he gives most of them for free. Some of them are
very complex (but still user friendly) and have been so time consuming, that
it is just fair to ask a small registration fee from them.."

"There's one thing, that bothers me..", customer starts and continues then:
"If there's many small effects for you to calculate, then can you really
handle it all in reasonable time?"

"Sure. I've always been fast, whatever I do. Question you should ask is, can
these other programs calculate big resolution images with all the multiple
layers, alphachannels and their heavy effects, in reasonable time. I hope
they aren't telling you they could do it in realtime with reasonable
headache."

"Well, I've mostly been reading their feature lists..", customer confess.

"How about, if you try demoversion of Image Engineer and it's add-ons for
some time and then we'll get back to this?"

"That might be a good idea", customer says.

"Remember that I'm always there giving you personal help, if you need it."

"Great. I'll keep this in my mind. See you later."


DEMO version of Image Engineer is available at it's website:
http://www.amigaworld.com/support/imageengineer/

Visual Engineering (add-ons for Image Engineer) are available at:
http://wwnet.fi/users/smarko/visual/

Marko Seppänen
marko.seppanen@wwnet.fi

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Date:     Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:48:38 +0200
From:     Sven Drieling Sven_Drieling@welcome.north.de
Subject:  [TA] AmigaOS Open Source (was Re: savetheamiga petetion)
To:       redaktion@amiga-news.de (Redaktion)

* Forwarded from newsgroup "a Mail"
* Originally from: Olaf Barthel (olsen-ta@sourcery.han.de)
* Original date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:38:30 +0100


On Oct 25 Nomad (Nomad of Norad (David C. Hall)) wrote:

> In a forwarded message, by "Steve Crietzman" president@savetheamiga.org.uk,
> which was written on 23 Oct 1999, was said:
>
> > I am considering creating a survey to collect some useful
> > numbers and statistics.  This should prove interesting either way,
> > but I am also considering making this into a petition, so that
> > those who would like to see AmigaOS open-sourced can give
> > their backing and support to the idea, and then have all
> > this information forwarding to Amiga President Tom Schmidt
> > - to help him in making his decision ;)
>
> Well, if we can get a huge enough group of people to go to the site and
> participate, then regardless of the answers we get, it might get GatesWay's
> attention simply from the numbers that show up.

   Before you start working on a petition, I'd like you to consider a few
things first. An open source AmigaOS is not going to cure all the problems we
are facing today. If you are going to ask for support, also ask why exactly you
want AmigaOS to go Open Source. What may come out of the equation might not be
what you are expecting. For example, AmigaOS is protected by a number of
patents of which the first may run out in the year 2003. Making the operating
system open source does not necessarily include the option that Gateway will
also hand over the patents. One such patent covers the way pull-down menus are
drawn on the Amiga. To avoid patent infringement, one would have to make major
changes to Intuition. Next thing, the name "Amiga" is a trademark, so is
"Kickstart", so is "Workbench", so is "AmigaGuide", so is "AmigaDOS" and a
number of other names. One would need to get permission to use these
trademarks, even for such innocent things as "amigaguide.library",
"workbench.library", etc. which concern the API. If you can't use those names,
you get into real trouble since the names are associated with the AmigaOS
programming interface. And don't forget that the material that ships on a
Workbench disk and the code and data you find in ROM is not exclusively owned
by Gateway. There is 3rd party material included which Commodore used to
license either in binary form or as a special kind of source code license
which did not allow for redistribution. This means for example, an open source
AmigaOS would not include ARexx, the Fountain/bullet.library font rasterizer,
CrossDOS, 68040.library, mathffp.library, the mathieee libraries, none of the
Adobe bitmap fonts, none of the AGFA CompuGraphic fonts, etc. Next comes the
question of build tools: a source code is dead material unless you can build a
working product from it. And AmigaOS is built using a variety of 3rd party
tools for which Commodore used to obtain licenses which did not allow for
redistribution either: part of the operating system is built using a `C'
compiler developed by Green Hills, Inc. You won't be able to use that compiler
without a license, and their products aren't cheap.

Ok, so far I have only touched some of the issues involved, but there are
plenty more (such as involving quality: most open source projects suffer from
ineffective to inexistant quality control; once this happens to AmigaOS, you
can expect most of the commercial developers left in the market to abandon
ship). The general impression I got so far is that the people who ask for
making AmigaOS open source do not realize what it is they would be getting.
Worse, they don't even know exactly why they are asking for it. All by itself,
the source code won't help us. There's plenty more to take into consideration.

Take great care, as it may be possible that Gateway, unaware of the details,
may make the decision to turn the AmigaOS source code loose, but fail to
provide for the means to allow it to survive. Then AmigaOS will be really
dead, killed by legal restrictions.

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Home: Olaf Barthel, Brabeckstrasse 35, D-30559 Hannover
 Net: olsen@sourcery.han.de (Home), olsen@logicalline.com (Work)

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Date:     Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:51:37 +0200
From:     Sven Drieling Sven_Drieling@welcome.north.de
Subject:  Re: [TA] AmigaOS Open Source (was Re: savetheamiga petetion
To:       redaktion@amiga-news.de (Redaktion)

* Forwarded from newsgroup "a Mail"
* Originally from: Olaf Barthel (olsen-ta@sourcery.han.de)
* Original date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:35:54 +0100


On Oct 27 wurzel (wurzel) wrote:

> Hiya, on Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:38:30 +0100,
> Olaf Barthel wrote about *"[TA] AmigaOS Open Source (was Re: savetheamiga
petetion)".*
>
> >    Before you start working on a petition, I'd like you to consider a few
> > things first. An open source AmigaOS is not going to cure all the problems we
> > are facing today. If you are going to ask for support, also ask why exactly you
> > want AmigaOS to go Open Source. What may come out of the equation might not be
> > what you are expecting. For example, AmigaOS is protected by a number of
> > patents of which the first may run out in the year 2003. Making the operating
> > system open source does not necessarily include the option that Gateway will
> > also hand over the patents. One such patent covers the way pull-down menus are
> > drawn on the Amiga. To avoid patent infringement, one would have to make major
> > changes to Intuition. Next thing, the name "Amiga" is a trademark, so is
> > "Kickstart", so is "Workbench", so is "AmigaGuide", so is "AmigaDOS" and a
> > number of other names. One would need to get permission to use these
> > trademarks, even for such innocent things as "amigaguide.library",
> > "workbench.library", etc. which concern the API. If you can't use those names,
> > you get into real trouble since the names are associated with the AmigaOS
> > programming interface. And don't forget that the material that ships on a
>
> [Snip a whole load of well informed reasoning]
>
> Thanks, Olaf, for putting things straight!

   Credit where credit is due, the issue was originally raised by
Holger Kruse on a private mailing list. I have both abridged and
tried to add to his original argumentation (for example, the
term "open source" is very loosely defined today; one would have
to agree on a common definition).

> I am not a developer and do not jump onto the bandwagon "Make AmigaOS Open
> Source", because I did not know exactly what that meant. Now you have
> clearly shown what it entails and I agree with you that it is a bad idea.
> FWIW, IMHO etc.

   I tried to keep the message neutral. Making AmigaOS Open Source may
work out, but there are risks attached to such an attempt which may make
it impractical. Whether this makes it a good or a bad idea is a decision
that's up to the reader. I used to advocate making AmigaOS Open Source,
but Holger made me reconsider.

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Home: Olaf Barthel, Brabeckstrasse 35, D-30559 Hannover
 Net: olsen@sourcery.han.de (Home), olsen@logicalline.com (Work)