Euer Olaf Köbnik

Amiga Arena - Interview-Aktion
Nicolas Ramz haben wir es mit seinem "ScummVM" Amiga68k Port zu verdanken, dass es möglich ist, alte Spiele von LucasArts wie z.B. "Day of the Tentacle" auf dem Amiga zu spielen. Die Amiga Arena sprach mit Nicolas Ramz über seine Arbeit an "ScummVM" und wie er die Zukunft von Amiga sieht. Besonderen Dank an Christian Busse für seine unermüdlichen Übersetzungen für die Amiga Arena!

Interview in Deutsch
Interview in English

Shareware News
Nach langer Zeit konnte die Amiga Arena den Entwickler der Shareware Software "ScanTek" ausfindig machen und hat folgende Informationen:

Der Brenner verfügt über einen 4 MB großen Puffer und ist mit der bewährten BURN-Proof Technologie ausgestattet, die ein "Verschießen" von Rohlingen nahezu ausschließt.

Gegenüber der Version 1.2 hat sich nichts Wesentliches verändert. Der Code wurde nur etwas überarbeitet, und Bernhard Wörner hat bei den Requestern den einen und anderen kleinen Fehler beseitigt.

In der nächsten Version (wahrscheinlich nächsten Samstag) wird dann der MP3-Import fertig sein. Bei der jetzigen 1.4Beta (unveröffentlicht) funktioniert dieser schon sehr gut. Diese Version muss nur noch getestet werden.

• Added a special mode in the prefs under "Connect" for AmigaXL users to use a timer based signal instead of the socket signal. (not fully tested yet)

• Fixed graphic bug introduced in 1.7: character erasure was one pixel too big horizontally and vertically.
• Changed default screen selection (when no modeid is given): now opens a 4 (under AGA) or 8 (under CGX) bits depth screen, of the same size as the WB, or of the size given by the Width and Height tooltypes. If that fails, clone the WB screen (that was the default behaviour previously). Using a lower depth screen should improve the speed (and it is necessary for the ColourCycle option to work).
• Added Colour option to change the Matrix colour. [Rafo]
• Added ColourCycle option to cycle through all colours of the palette, like the WB blanker does...
• Changed ThreadsLength to be a percentage of the screen height (threadslength=100 means 1 thread per column in average, 50 means 2 threads, etc.). Default value 75.
• Changed commodity name from "Matrix Blanker" to "MatrixBlanker" for MagicExchange usage. [DET Nicolas]
• Minor fixes and improvements...

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        B I L L ' S   S H O R T   U P D A T E   F O R   J A N 

      A M I G A   O S   4 . 0   D E V E L O P M E N T   N E W S

          A N D   A   S H O R T   U P D A T E   O N   3 . 9 

                  U P D A T E   O N   A L T - W O A

             A M I G A   E X P O   U P D A T E   N E W S 

                   A M I G B G   S H O W   N E W S  

       S I I A   S H O W   U P C O M I N G   I N   F R A N C E 

    I S S U E   O N E   O F   I T A L I A N   " B I T P L A N E " 

        E L B O X   S T A T E M E N T   O N   M E D I A T O R 

             O P E N   L E T T E R   F R O M   M A T A Y 
 
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Welcome to another Amiga year! Each new year we see as a community
gives me hope for the future. And that despite having only a few
stories for you this month. We've received suggestions that we become
a bi-monthly publication because of the shrinking amount of real news
in the Amiga community. However, we will resist that for now as it
would make what stories we do have older than we'd like when you
receive them. We'd rather send smaller issues, at least once a month.
 One thing you'll notice about this issue - there are many update
stories about upcoming Amiga shows. Looks like fun. Hey, a year where
Amiga Inc. continues to survive in a "down" economy, and make progress
against their business plan, plus we have several shows to enjoy
throughout the world, could be very interesting and positive. At
least, we'll start the year hoping so.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

31 Dec 2001 

Hello Brad

 I just read your latest Update. In it you corrected the information
about AmiWest from 2001 to read 2002.
 
 Ah-ha! I think you still have the date wrong. You list AmiWest 2002
as being on 28 and 29 July 2002. July 28 is Sunday and July 29 is
Monday. Normally AmiWest is held on the last weekend in July, Saturday
and Sunday, not Sunday and Monday.
 
 According to my calendar the AmiWest Show should be on Saturday, 27
July and Sunday, 28 July 2002.
 
 At least the 27th and 28th are the dates I plan on attending.

Regards,

Harry 
~~~~~~
Harry,
 Sigh. I just print 'em as I get 'em sometimes. I suspect your
calendar reading skills got the right information. Maybe it's a clever
trick on AmiWest's part to keep getting a bit of information in the
E-mail to the E-ditor section. :-)
 Thnks for the correction,
 Brad
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5-Jan-02

Mr. Webb,
     Yes, I remember your "Dos Lab" Articles in "JUMPDISK".
I would be extremely surprised if Microsoft did not engineer 
Amiga's demise.  
Walt

 You've certainly been a part of the community for some time. Thanks
for staying with us! "Jumpdisk" was quite the publication. (And I
appreciate being remembered.)
 When I look at recent Microsoft product announcements and plans, it
does look to me as if they are after the market Amiga has staked out.
Yes, it makes me nervous.

Regards,
 Brad
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Brad,

 How do I change my email address? I can't find a way to do that in
the newsletter... someting you might want to add.

Myron
~~~~~~
 Myron,
 Sending us a note is the best way. amigaupdate@globaldialog.com is
the address to use, if there's anyone else out there wondering.
 Brd
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        B I L L ' S   S H O R T   U P D A T E   F O R   J A N 

Greetings one and all:

 I have received many e-mails reminding me of the need to announce the
STB OEM partner. We at Amiga are well aware that it was scheduled for
last week and, we were expecting the legal department of the partner
to have approved the press release. Unfortunately when one is dealing
with multi-billion dollar companies it can, more often than not, take
longer than planned.
 
 We did receive the OK to announce to our developers and this was done
last week. All NDA developers know the details of the signed OEM deal.
However, we are going to have to wait a little while longer for the
rest of the Amiga community to see the public release.
 
 I am sorry for the delay, but it will be worth the wait. In fact, we
will probably have a couple more that we can announce at the same
time.
 
 We should have the public announcement out by next week.

Stay tuned !

Bill McEwen
CEO Amiga Inc.
bill@amiga.com

{Note from Brad: STB=Set Top Box; NDA=Non Disclosure Agreement;
OEM=Original Equipment Manufacturer.}
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      A M I G A   O S   4 . 0   D E V E L O P M E N T   N E W S 

Leuven, Belgium, January 21, 2002.

 Let me start off by wishing everybody in the Amiga community all the
best in 2002!
 
 As you know, on November 1, 2001 Hyperion Entertainment entered into
a license agreement with Amiga Inc. to produce Amiga OS 4.0 for PPC
based systems.
 
 Since my presentation in Cologne at the Amiga 2001 show on November
17-18, very substantial progress was made which I am now ready to
share with you.
 
 Some of you have expressed some misgivings about the lack of progress
reports on OS 4.0 development but I hope I can count on your
understanding as all of us have been extremely busy, even through the
holiday season, to bring you what is unquestionably the most ambitious
OS upgrade since Amiga OS 3.0.
 
 Now I know that many of you are sceptical because of the scope of the
project and because similar promises were made in the past.
 
 To those people I would like to point out that Hyperion Entertainment
does not enter into contracts lightly and that we have a track-record
carrying out commercial development and contract-work for Windows,
Mac, Linux, Amiga and Amiga DE/Elate.
 
 We have brought together a truly impressive development team of some
25 people building on the OS 3.5 and 3.9 development team whilst
adding several well-known and respected Amiga developers to the mix.
 
 Im very pleased to say that Dave Haynie has agreed to serve as a
technical consultant.
 
 Youll be hard-pressed to find a more experienced team for the job!
 
 The feature-set of OS 4.0 has now been finalised to a large extent.
 
 We cant guarantee that every single feature listed here will make it
in the initial release of OS 4.0 but this the feature-set that we have
contractually committed to delivering.
 
 You will also note that for the first time in many, many years very
substantial work is being done on Intuition, one of the core elements
of the Amiga OS. Having a PPC native version of Intuition available
will make a very noticeable difference speed-wise.
 
 We intend for OS 4.0 to be disk-based or at least partly disk-based
and partly flashrom based even for current Amigas. More about that in
a later update.
 
 We also intend for OS 4.0 to be installed effortlessly from CD and
from scratch without the need for an existing OS install.
 
 As we have taken on more work (Intuition etc.) and folded some of the
functionality originally planned for OS 4.2 into OS 4.0, this
inevitably means the original February release-date might slip
somewhat but all in all we believe that the end-result will be
technologically more satisfying.
 
 Come end of January, I hope to have the biggest chunk of the legal
work for OS 4.0 behind me which will allow me to provide you with more
regular updates.
 
 I know full well that your patience has been sorely tested over the
last years so I understand your impatience and even your scepticism
but I can assure you that the Amiga OS is in good hands and that we
will deliver.
 
 In closing, I would like to invite everybody out there who (out of an
understandable frustration with the neglect of the Amiga OS by its
respective past owners) decided to take matters in his own hands, to
work with us, rather than against us.
 
 Ben Hermans, LL.M Managing partner Hyperion Entertainment VOF

Amiga OS 4.0 provisional feature list

 Exec Second Generation (Exec SG)
 
 Exec is the kernel of the AmigaOS and is currently written in 68K
assembly.
 
 Exec is being re-written in C and new functionality will be
introduced to
 
 allow the deployment of OS 4.x on any suitable PPC hardware.

The following features are planned:

   o Hardware abstraction layer
   o Virtual memory
   o New library interface
   o Resource tracking and management
   o Optional memory protection
   o WarpOS backwards compatibility

68K Just in Time emulation

PPC native TCP/IP stack

   o - implemented as a single shared library
   o - compatible with the Amiga standard "bsdsocket" API, as defined 
       by the  AmiTCP product
   o - enhanced API for more control over the inner workings and
     configuration
   o - built-in DHCP client (e.g. for cable modems)
   o - Internet Superserver (inetd)
   o - IP filtering and networking address translation
   o - drivers for asynchronous PPP (dial-up networking) and PPP over
     Ethernet (for ADSL and cable modems)
   o - AmiSSL V2.0

PPC native filesystem (FFS2)

 FFS2 is a fully backwards compatible re-implementation in C of the
Fast File System. It supports media > 4 GByte, and a new variant of
the file/directory name storage format which allows for long file
names (up to 108 characters).

Recovery and Salvage tools

 Comprehensive suite of salvage and recovery tools including Salvage,
Undelete, Unformat, Repair, RDBSalv, ReOrg/Defrag, Check Integrity
etc.

PPC native RTG system

 The PPC native RTG system (based on Picasso 96 V3) allows for the use
of modern graphics cards on the Amiga. Drivers for all current Zorro
II/III cards as well as drivers for the Permedia 2/3, Voodoo 3, Matrox
G450/G550 and ATI Radeon are planned. An arithmetically optimised PPC
native version of layers.library is also planned.

Warp3D

 New version of Warp3D, the powerful yet low-level 3D API which is
both available on the classic Amiga and intent/Amiga DE and which
allows developers to rapidly migrate 3D content between both
platforms. Drivers for Permedia 2/3, Voodoo 3, Matrox G450/G550 and
ATI Radeon are planned.

OpenGL 1.3 support (Mesa 4.0)

 OpenGL is a cross-platform (Mac, Linux, Windows, AmigaDE etc.)
high-level 3D API originally developed by Silicon Graphics. Support
for OpenGL 1.3 will be provided by porting the open source project
Mesa (which now passes all SGI compliance tests) which will sit on top
of Warp3D so that graphics-card functionality not currently offered by
the OpenGL API may be supported nonetheless.

PPC native RTA system (AHI)

 A Retargetable Audio System allows the use of plug-in soundcards (PCI
or Zorro II). AHI by Martin Blom is currently the de facto standard on
the Amiga and a PPC native version will be offered with support for a
wide variety of soundcards including but not limited to all current
Amiga soundcards and the Soundblaster 128 and Live (EMU10K1) cards.

PPC native Intuition and Reaction

 Reaction is the BOOPSI based GUI system for the Amiga, introduced in
OS 3.5 and extended in OS 3.9. Existing ROM classes will be enhanced
or even rewritten for a betterand more consistent look. The requester
handling will be improvedas well as the Intuition menus. Moreover a
new preferences system will allow the user to change more aspects of
the GUI.

Other features:

   o Drag and Drop support
   o New ghosted look

Intuition will sport the following new features (more planned):

   o New DrawInfo pens
   o Enhanced window borders
   o Resolution-adaptive system gadgets
   o User-selectable styles for system glyphs and 3D frames with 
     support for
     external plug-ins
   o Configurable look for proportional gadgets
   o New-style (3D recessed) disabled look for gadgets where 
     applicable
   o Gad-Tools enhancements (pop-up capability for cycle gadgets 
     etc.)
   o Full-user control of Workbench palette

SCSI drivers for SCRIPTS based SCSI controllers

WarpInput API (working title)

 WarpInput is an API for multimedia controller devices (akin to
DirectInput on Windows) which allows a programmer to provide support
through one API for a wide variety of input-devices such as keyboard,
mouse, joysticks (analog and digital), track-ball, Playstation
controller etc.

Minimal USB stack

PPC native datatypes

New HDToolbox replacement

Support for TrueType/OpenType fonts
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         A N D   A   S H O R T   U P D A T E   O N   3 . 9 

24 Jan 2002

Euro update for AmigaOS 3.9 from Haage&partner
 
 Finally we are able to release the Euro update for AmigaOS 3.9. It
took a bit longer because there were some more things to consider.
Many thanks to the all involved people. This update especially
contains keymaps and Amiga bitmap fonts that make it possible to use
the Euro symbol on the Amiga. It also contains a German Euro keymap
for AmigaOS XL. Download

{Taken from the Czech Amiga News website, http://amiga.realdreams.cz/
 Brad}

 Haage&partner website http://www.haage-partner.com/e.htm
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                 U P D A T E   O N   A L T - W O A

9 Jan 2002 14:40:17 +0100

Huddersfield Amiga User Group


 The North of England's Second Great Amiga Show coming up on the 23rd
February 2002
 
 3 floors of attractions including a much larger games area and a
series of Workshops throughout the day.

More details available now at:-

http://www.alt-woa.org

 HAUG officially announces the Amiga Arena, a new attraction for 2002,
Amiga Inc and partners will be demonstrating their hardware and
software at a special location at the show.
 
 Fleecy Moss of Amiga® reports that a few people have been asked to
arrange a demo on the Amiga stand - Matthew Kille of Zeoneo, and Ron
van Herk from Computer City are two that have agreed.
 
 Fleecy has also asked SSEYO who are unable to answer yet, and said
"we should have a Zaurus or two there to represent Sharp".



 Zeoneo aims to build a reputation for high standards in Amiga
software production. Their exclusive commitment to the AmigaOS and
AmigaDE systems will result in a number of products being released
over time, beginning with our first two PDA titles Convex and Planet
Zed. Zeoneo will demonstrate their products at the show running on a
desktop PC, and a couple of PDAs -- including the new Sharp SL5000D.
 
 Zeoneo might very well have something new to demonstrate, but details
of that won`t be given out until the actual release date.
 
 The Zeoneo Web Site details the two products currently on sale for
AmigaDE.



 Computer City also operate under the Sultan (systems & software)
brand and have published the EuroCD series, and more recently Audio
Evolution and MediaPoint, now developed by Sultan.
 
 Computer City plan to bring MediaPoint RTG, the first version of the
next-generation MediaPoint, which will support graphics cards,
soundcards and new filetypes. They also plan to demonstrate Audio
Evolution 4, the successor to Audio Evolution targeted directly at the
AmigaOne and other powerful PPC Amiga computers.

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           A M I G A   E X P O   U P D A T E   N E W S 

Amiga Expo Announces New Exhibitors and More


 It's an exciting new year for Amiga Expo as we've begun 2002 by
signing up a brand new bunch of exhibitors and speakers for the show
happening on March 29th-31st at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.
 
Exhibitors

 MAME (Multi Arcade Machine Emulator) developer Arcade-in-a-Box will
be exhibiting their all-in-one solution for creating a home arcade
experience.
 
 Video Hardware will be exhibiting and demoing Newtek's Video
Toaster[2] and the latest Lightwave.
 
 Extreme Corporation will be showing Amiga Extreme - their new AmigaOS
XL Amiga solution.
 
 Ideas2Reality will be showing the Reality Station and their line of
Amiga, PPC and x86 solutions.
 
 FWD Computing will have their line of CDROMS for Amiga, Linux and
Windows or sale at the show.

Speakers

 We'll have speakers showing MAME products, video editing solutions,
Amiga advancements, classic computer and game celebrities and much
more.
 
Banquet

 We plan to host a celebrity panel at our banquet discussing the
future of computing across many platforms. Be served wonderful food in
a festive atmosphere amongst your fellow enthusiasts and hear about
what's to come!

Free Exhibit Space

 There is also a limited amount of space available, at no charge, to
anyone interested in exhibiting their MAME or arcade game cabinets at
the show. People interested in exhibiting classic computers and
console game machines are also invited to take advantage of this free
display space. You must contact us immediately if you'd like to
participate.
 
 Visit our web site (www.amigaexpo.com) and order your tickets online
or by phone or mail. You best hurry as advance purchase discounts will
be ending soon, the discount rooms at the hotel are filling up and the
banquet has LIMITED seating that is selling out fast!

Kermit Woodall
www.amigaexpo.com 
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                 A M I G B G   S H O W   N E W S  

30 Jan 2002


 AmiGBG 2002 is the name of an Amiga fair that will be held in
Gothenburg, the pearl of the westcoast, in 2002, more precisely on the
2nd of march which is a saturday.
 
 Last time an Amiga fair was organized in Sweden was back in 1998 when
the now discontinued AmiTech was organized in Wasahallarna in
Stockholm.
 
 Now we think that it´s about time for a new fresh start for the Amiga
here in Sweden. To help the amigausers that are still active to get
together and establish new connections this is an attempt to gather
the forces. If you happen to be curious or even a beginner on the
Amiga and want to know what will happen for the time ahead this is a
golden opportunity to get an answer to all your questions. We are all
facing an exciting future and the best way to take a joint step into
the new era is to get together on AmiGBG 2002 in Gothenburg!


Tickets to AmiGBG 2002 released 2002-01-17
The Ticket shop is now finished.


New exhibitor: EB 2002-01-17
Explosives, Brother! will attend the fair.


Pictures of the venue now online 2002-01-15
On the "Where" page you can now find pictures of the venue where 
AmiGBG 2002 will take place.


New exhibitor: S.U.A - Swedish Usergroup of Amiga 2002-01-11
A new exhibitor is ready for AmiGBG 2002, S.U.A - Swedish Usergroup 
of Amiga.

http://www.weemeet.net/wwwamigbgcom/omamigbg/omamigbg.asp
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      S I I A   S H O W   U P C O M I N G   I N   F R A N C E 
 
Biggest Alternative Computer Show in the world for November in France

23 Jan 2002
 
 Hello from France, The 2002 autumn will be the birth of the great
SIIA (International Alternative Computer Exposition in French) in the
little town of Sainte Marie de Redon (South of Britanny) near Nantes
and Rennes. This expo would like to be THE best expo in the world of
alternative computing ! All the formats will be represented : AmigaOS,
TOS, RiscOS, Linux, BeOS, QNX, BSD, CPC and many, many more... This
expo will be implemented on one week end in november 2002. Some hotels
services will be available near Sainte Marie with good prices. You can
go to the expo by car, train, boat (on the Vilaine river) and by plane
(tourism plane). The cost to be represented at the expo with a stand
will be very cheap (maybe free). This mail is done to invite you to
join us to the party ! You can have some information with : Mail :
webmaster@toutou-net.com frederic.boisdron@atosorigin.com Phone : +33
299 720 663 (after 5:00 PM) +33 677 358 726 (portable) Or by Paper
mail : BOISDRON Frédéric La Belle Etoile 35600 SAINTE MARIE
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     I S S U E   O N E   O F   I T A L I A N   " B I T P L A N E " 

30 Jan 2002

 Finally available is issue #1 of "Bitplane" - the only Amiga printed
magazine in italy with a bi-monthly CD-Rom. This issue also has
another free CD, Amiga.it issue 1. Bitplane is the only Amiga printed
magazine in Italy. It's bi-monthly, subscription only, 64 pages with
cover CD magazine. Issue 1 has a special report from Pianeta Amiga
2001 and the Amiga 2001 show. The review of Amiga OS XL, the italian
Amiga 3.9 book, Prostation Audio, Physics Laboratory Junior, Aminet
44, Amiga.it 8, Light Rom 8 and Brave new World. There are also
tutorials of PHP, Candy Factory and Workbench. A complete guide to
Linux, QNX and MorphOS. A preview of Freespace and the review of Shogo
and Payback. Last but not least comes the Emulazione with emulator
news and reviews. The magazine is available at 7.75 euros + postage.
For subscription please consult our website www.bitplane.it or e-mail
us at info@bitplane.it.
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29 Jan 2002

MEDIATOR AND SHARK FULLY COMPATIBLE

 Some news services have quoted untrue statements made by Mr. Harald
Frank, VMC, in the Mediator Mailing List about products made by Elbox
Computer.

Here we would like to explain:

 Since 16 January 2002, Mr. Harald Frank has been systematically
breaching the netiquette binding in the Mediator Mailing List by way
of sending messages offensive and abusive against our company,
employees of our company, our products and -- most of all -- even our
product users.
 
 Mr. Harald Frank presented himself in these messages as a person
completely devoid of elementary principles of personal humane culture.
It is evident now that his technical knowledge on hardware comes from
gossips from third persons -- and his ideas do not reflect actual and
valid technical knowledge.

To make it clear beyond any doubt on our products:

 ALL the Mediator versions (Mediator PCI 1200, Mediator PCI ZIV and
Mediator PCI 4000), starting with the very first piece sold may work
completely problem-free with SharkPPC (+) G3/G4 cards. (There is NO
need for any hardware update).
 
 Due to Mr. Harald Frank statements, which were far from cultural and
used offensive language, grossly breaching Yahoo Terms of Service, we
have applied to the Yahoo administrators to remove him from this list.

Best regards,

Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
http://www.elbox.com
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            O P E N   L E T T E R   F R O M   M A T A Y 

                                             Warsaw, Poland 2002-01-08

 Some time has passed since I wrote a similar letter. As the beginning
of a new year is a good time for changes I would like to share with
you some information which will surely get your interest.
 
 Half a year has passed since we introduced in the market our main
product, the first PCI bridge for Amiga 3000/4000 computers which
could be connected to the Zorro 3 slots - "Prometheus". It was an
interesting period for us, which allowed us to gain a lot of valuable
experience. First of all I would like to thank very much all the
Prometheus users for buying our product and for the faith you have in
us. Also I would like to thank all those who appreciated our efforts
and objectively judged the company and the product. We always try to
keep our promises. I would consider it my personal failure if I had
disappointed you.
 
 For several months we have been working really hard trying to keep up
the development of our company in such difficult times for the IT
market. We entered a fruitful co-operation with many firms and people,
for example the unwavering Amiga Inc. (our first game for Amiga DE -
Boing'em is already on the market, and next are being prepared); with
a little help from us Amiga is creating AmigaOS 4.0. Irreplaceable
Hyperion provides us with its wonderful 3D drivers and the great team:
Alexander Kneer and Tobias Abt continue to give us newer and newer 2d
drivers. I would like to thank all the above mentioned as well as a
whole lot of other companies and people whose names I cannot specify
for lack of space [I'm awfully sorry!] for a possibility of
co-operation, their patience and trust they have in us; I do hope that
our acquaintance/co-operation will prove even more fruitful in future
than it has proved so far.
 
 Now I would like to present to you the results of our hard work.
First of all, "Prometheus". We have finished the work on the firmware
upgrade. What does it mean? From now on, "Prometheus" can operate more
PCI cards, and especially Fast Ethernet cards, TV tuners and
soundcards. The drivers for these cards will appear very quickly after
we do the upgrade. The first one will probably be available in this
month. I would like to remind you here that our drivers are completely
free and the firmware upgrade will be free as well. To make things
easier for you, we prepared two options for providing you with the
upgrade. Option one is for people who do not want (or are not keen on
doing so) to do anything on their own. Those of you can send your
Prometheus cards to us (or your local dealer) and the upgrade will be
done and the card returned to you. Of course, you will have to pay the
shipment costs and wait. Therefore, there is a second option: you can
order a programming device which allows to flash the Prometheus chips
just like any flashROM. The device is connected to the serial port,
flashing lasts some seconds and that is all. For people who already
own Prometheus boards, the programming device is FREE. You just have
to order it from your local dealer or directly from us.
 
 This does not, of course, apply to people who will buy our board from
now on. The chips there are upgraded with the latest firmware flash,
so you do not have to worry. The next change is connected with the
Euro coming to the EU. From now on, the suggested price of the
Prometheus board is 219 EURO. To convince you even stronger to buy our
product, we now add to each Prometheus sold some bonus software - a
great program for learning English language - English Teacher 5.
 
 And last, but not least: our webpage has changed. Many things have
been rebuilt, the files section should now be more clear, as well as
the whole page. We hope you will like it. We are launching the foreign
side of our Shop very soon, therefore people from countries without
local dealers will be able to buy our products. I hope that is good
news for you. We will inform you as things progress, according to our
slogan "No promises, just solutions". We have not forgotten about the
PPC cards. We are working together with independent developers and it
seems like we will be able to give you the solutions for the time
Amiga OS 4.0 is shipped.

Please support us!

Yours,
Filip Dab-Mirowski
CEO

http://www.matay.pl/
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• Mediator PCI 3000D
  Mediator PCI 3000D ist für Amiga 3000D Computer bestimmt. Das Board erlaubt die gleichzeitige Nutzung von 5 PCI-Karten und 6 Zorro III/II Karten.

• Mediator PCI 3/4000T
  Mediator PCI 3/4000T ist für Amiga 3000T und Amiga 4000T Computer bestimmt. Das Board erlaubt die gleichzeitige Nutzung von 5 PCI-Karten und 4 Zorro III/II Karten.

• Mediator PCI 3000D
  Mediator PCI 3000D is dedicated for Amiga 3000D computers. It allows for simultaneous use of 5 PCI cards and 6 Zorro III/II cards.
  
  
• Mediator PCI 3/4000T
  Mediator PCI 3/4000T is dedicated for Amiga 3000T and Amiga 4000T computers. It allows for simultaneous use of 5 PCI cards and 4 Zorro III/II cards.

The Mediator PCI busboard line is designed to enable expanding Amiga computers with a wide range of standard PCI cards like graphic cards, Ethernet and Fast Ethernet network cards, modem cards, ISDN cards, USB and SCSI cards, sound cards and multimedia cards: TV tuner and MPEG-2 hardware decoders.

Expanding the Amiga with the Mediator PCI busboard opens the way to employing the power of the latest PowerPC G3/G4 processors in Amiga, around which SharkPPC and SharkPPC+ cards are based.

die Amiga Arena stellt zum 31.01.2002 ihre Online-Aktivitäten ein. Private und persönliche Gründe haben mich letztendlich zu diesem Schritt bewegt.

Ich möchte mich an dieser Stelle ganz besonders bei allen Entwicklern und Online-Magazinen, Print-Magazinen sowie den Usern für ihre Mithilfe, der Unterstützung und der langjährigen Zusammenarbeit bedanken! Ohne euch wäre die Amiga Arena nie möglich gewesen! Ich würde keinem gerecht werden, wenn ich hier alle namentlich erwähnen würde.

Zum Abschied liegen die Spiele "Cygnus 8" und "Mobile Warfare" von Applaud Software zum Download bereit! Die Amiga Arena wird auch nach Ablauf der letzten Sonderpreis-Aktionen online bleiben.

• 29.01.02 new: Merv the Merciless (Probe Software) done by Galahad
• 29.01.02 new: World Class Rugby '95 (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 29.01.02 new: World Class Rugby - 5 Nations Edition (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 29.01.02 new: World Class Rugby (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 29.01.02 new: E.T.'s Rugby League (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 29.01.02 improved: Rampage (Activision) minor update
• 29.01.02 new: FIFA Soccer (Electronic Arts) done by JOTD
• 29.01.02 improved: D/Generation (Mindscape) support for AGA version added, misc changes to OCS version

Download: STRICQv2.lha

Wichtige Installationshinweise:

1. Unarchive to its own directory. STRICQ and STRICQ v2 are incompatible.
2. Only run STRICQ v2 from a shell prompt (I have not tested it with an icon, are you brave?)
3. There is a lot of debug output to the shell window, you may need to send me a copy of it.
4. Run the program, it will not be able to get online right away.
5. Enter your Nick (whatever), your UIN, and your Password. Click 'Save'.
6. Close the program by using the close window button on the contact list window.
7. Your prefs are now saved.
8. Restart the program and if all went well, you should now be online.

• You can not add contacts manually yet. If you have never used ICQ2001b, don't bother using STRICQ v2 at this time.
• If you have used ICQ2001b before, STRICQ v2 will import your contact list from the server.
• You can't close the prefs window, so don't try. :-)
• If you get an enforcer hit, please forward it/them to me on the mailing list.
• You will need the latest versions of NList, NListtree, and TextInput.

You'll find audio-previews of the commercials too, for you to listen to before you download the big files.

• Cinema4D: Cinema4D für Anfänger
• Cinema4D: Das Fünfte Element
• Workshop: Digitale Musik (Audio-CDs und der Amiga)

• Loggen Sie sich nie von fremden Computern oder gar Internet-Cafés aus in Ihr Konto ein. Sie hinterlassen Spuren, die die Rekonstruktion Ihrer Daten ermöglichen.
• Minimum an Sicherheit für Ihren Computer ist die Installation eines Virenscanners, der wöchentlich aktualisiert werden sollte.
• Installieren Sie niemals Software aus unklaren Quellen. Jeder Programmierer, dessen Software sie installieren, muss Ihr volles Vertrauen haben. Er kann Ihren Computer manipulieren und sich Zugriff auf Ihre Daten verschaffen.
• Klicken Sie bei E-Mails, deren Absender Sie nicht kennen, niemals auf Dateianhänge. Selbst hinter scheinbar harmlosen Bild- oder Textdateien können sich Schad- und Spionageprogramme verbergen.
• Wenn der Computer, von dem aus Sie Ihr Konto führen, von mehreren Personen genutzt wird, sollten Sie stets nach Beendigung einer Online-Banking-Sitzung den Cache auf der Festplatte löschen.
  Beim Microsoft Internet-Explorer: Extras --> Internetoptionen --> Allgemein --> Temporäre Internetdateien --> Dateien löschen und --> Verlauf leeren
  Beim Netscape Navigator: Bearbeiten --> Einstellungen --> Erweitert --> Cache --> Speicher-Cache löschen --> Festplatten-Cache löschen
• Ändern Sie regelmäßig Ihr Passwort. Bewahren Sie es getrennt von Transaktionsnummern oder Signaturdiskette auf. Wählen Sie eine Zeichenfolge aus, die leicht zu merken, aber schwer zu erraten ist.
  Achtung: Die Vornamen Ihres Partners und Ihrer Kinder und Kurzformen davon sind vorwärts, rückwärts und in Kurzform das erste, was ein Hacker ausprobieren würde, wenn er es auf Ihr Konto abgesehen hat.
• Sobald Ihr Computer die Seite zum Einloggen in die Kontoführung anzeigt, sollte am unteren Rand des Browser-Fensters ein Schloss angezeigt werden. Klicken Sie darauf, um zu überprüfen, ob und welches Sicherheitszertifikat Ihre Bank verwendet. Die Qualität der Verschlüsselung von https://-Seiten können Sie auch per SSL-Check selbst prüfen.
• Ihre persönliche Indentifikationsnummer, die Transaktionsnummern sowie sämtliche Passworte sollten Sie strikt geheim halten.
• Kontrollieren Sie in regelmäßigen Abständen die Auszüge. So kommen Sie Unregelmäßigkeiten schnell auf die Spur.

• 28.01.02 new: Time Soldiers (Smart Egg Software) done by Abaddon
• 28.01.02 new: Rise Of The Robots (Mirage/Time Warner) done by JOTD
• 28.01.02 new: Netherworld (Hewson) done by Abaddon
• 28.01.02 new: Kid Gloves (Logotron) done by Abaddon
• 27.01.02 new: Wembley Rugby League (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
• 27.01.02 new: Nam 1965-1975 () done by JOTD
• 27.01.02 new: Frontier (GameTEK/Konami) done by JOTD
• 27.01.02 updated: Alien III (20th Century Fox) install script fixed
• 24.01.02 improved: Cosmic Relief/Terramex (Grandslam) supports another version

Instant Messages durch Firewalls, Serverunabhängig, Multiuser Chats, und das Ganze dann noch mit PGP verschlüsselt. Dazu gibt es eine übersichtliche Userverwaltung und nützliche Zusatzfunktionen.

CIM ist nicht kompatibel zu ICQ , AIM oder YIM.

Neu in VirusZ III v0.96:

• Once again written by Georg Hörmann, as Dirk Stöcker doesn't have any time. No longer beta version, because all features are working well, missing ones are no reason for a beta release.
• Fixed bug in vector check that appeared with xvs.library 33.37. No longer uses private stuff from inside the library.
• Fixed bug in vector check startup code invented by Dirk's updates. No longer uses uninitialized gadget pointers.
• Added 'Show...' function for 'Data Viruses' from xvs.library.
• Rearranged 'File Check Preferences' back to just one window after Dirk replaced the old archive stuff with XAD.
• Added missing 'ROM Update' memlist entries to the brain. But: There still exists one entry that cannot be added because of missing static data.
• Added recognition for MuForce and MuGuardianAngel patches.

Download: STRICQv2.lha

Wichtige Installationshinweise:

1. Unarchive to its own directory. STRICQ and STRICQ v2 are incompatible.
2. Only run STRICQ v2 from a shell prompt (I have not tested it with an icon, are you brave?)
3. There is a lot of debug output to the shell window, you may need to send me a copy of it.
4. Run the program, it will not be able to get online right away.
5. Enter your Nick (whatever), your UIN, and your Password. Click 'Save'.
6. Close the program by using the close window button on the contact list window.
7. Your prefs are now saved.
8. Restart the program and if all went well, you should now be online.

• You can not add contacts manually yet. If you have never used ICQ2001b, don't bother using STRICQ v2 at this time.
• If you have used ICQ2001b before, STRICQ v2 will import your contact list from the server.
• You can't close the prefs window, so don't try. :-)
• If you get an enforcer hit, please forward it/them to me on the mailing list.
• You will need the latest versions of NList, NListtree, and TextInput.

• Fixed the Bottom-Line bug: should prevent crashes on some machines
• Fixed a bug in scummvm: Monkey1 now works with the non-ixemul version
• At least the color cycles are as fast as they should be (even FASTER !)
• Removed Ixemul version from the archive

• Gut zeichnen können, im Stil des Beispielbildes.
• Die Möglichkeit zum Scannen haben (mit guter Qualität).
• Nicht erforderlich, aber vorteilhaft: Kolorieren können, im Stil des zweiten Beispielbildes.

• added ToolType 'IgnoreSnoopDos' - currently this is the only patcher I have decided to include since in future I want to use heuristics to analyse ANY patches...
• added 'WatchDog' position in WB/Tools menu. After watching this requester memory test is performed too...
• added new memory installation and new timing routines... a. read: memory deprotection of WatchDog together with xvs should be more difficult for virus now... b. time between memory checks is adjusted using AI features and varies somewhere between 5 and 10 seconds (depending on system and user activity)... c. fixed little bit my unfreezing toy...
• added few more vital Exec vectors to memcheck...
• added checker for some important dos vectors (with $4ef9 opcode generic restorer)
• added some debug tooltypes - no need to mention them here...
• added S:startup-sequence and S:user-startup notification so that any change (or deletion) of these important files is reported to the user. If You don't know what that notification is You'd better believe me that it slows no machine and causes no accesses to the watched files...
• added ToolType 'NoNotify' to switch off ability mentioned above :)

• AROS-20020126-source.tar.gz
  The main AROS sources.
• AROS-20020126-contrib-source.tar.gz
  contrib sources.
• AROS-20020126-i386-linux.tar.gz
  The hosted version for Linux/i386. This is the most complete and mature port, which means that you can run almost all included programs and demos with it. This archive contains all AROS and contrib binaries compiled from the CVS tree.
• AROS-20020126-i386-freebsd.tar.gz
  The hosted version for FreeBSD/i386. This is a fairly new port for which binary snapshots haven't been available until now, so it might not be as mature as the Linux/i386 port. For example, this archive does not contain contrib binaries.
• AROS-20020126-i386-pc.tar.gz
  The native version for i386-based PC AT computers and compatibles. It works quite well, but the driver suppor is very limited at the moment. This archive contains all AROS and contrib binaries compiled from the CVS tree, but not boot floppy or cdrom images which are available separately.
• AROS-20020126-i386-pc-floppies.tar.gz
  The native version for i386-based PC AT computers and compatibles. This archive contains the boot and contrib disk floppies which you can quickly write to a disk and boot AROS with.
• AROS-20020126-i386-pc-cdrom.iso.gz
  The native version for i386-based PC AT computers and compatibles. This is the bootable CDROM ISO image, which contains all programs in AROS-20020126-i386-pc.tar.gz.
  
  The image is a bit experimental, which means that eg. the Startup-Sequence hasn't been adapted properly yet (although you can boot into AROS). Also, this version WILL NOT work with computer that have more than one CDROM drive.

• Changed Delay routines: the game is *A LOT* faster ! (Try the FASTMODE at least one time: press RightShift+f !!!)
• Sound support (AHI required)
• F1 will now grab the scummaga screen (requires iff.library)
• Adjustable Talk Delay (use '+' and '-' on keypad)
• Screenmode is now saved to disk
• Put back color cycles (SLOW under AGA...)
• Changed keys: 'ESC' will now skip cutscenes and 'F10' will exit

• Repaired a problem with the line graphics in the Setup portion of the Buddy List that occurred when I removed the memory leak in the previous release.

• Added new tooltypes:
  - NOSIZEABLE - main window can't be resized.
  - NONAVBUTTS - window without navigation buttons.
  - 3DLOOK - navigation buttons will have 3D-look.
• Added possibility to assign ARexx programs to TEXT fields. Programs will be called during every record refresh.
• Added new option: "Project|Define..." used to define fields.
• Menu "Edit|Markers|" was divided to : "Edit|Mark|" and "Edit|Unmark|".
• Added following menu items: - "?|Help..." - calls on-line help
  - "?|Shortcuts..." - calls on-line help
  - "?|e-mail..." - opens mail program
  - "Navigation|Next|Marked" - goes to next marked record
  - "Navigation|Next|Unmarked" - goes to next unmarked record
  - "Navigation|Prev|Marked" - goes to previous marked record
  - "Navigation|Prev|Unmarked" - goes to previous unmarked record
  - "Navigation|First|Marked" - goes to the first marked record
  - "Navigation|First|Unmarked" - goes to the first unmarked record
  - "Navigation|Last|Marked" - goes to the last marked record
  - "Navigation|Last|Unmarked" - goes to the last unmarked record
• Added on-line help available under [Help] key.
  
• New popupmenu for navigation gadgets in window border.
• Gadgets "Reset to default" and "Last saved" in program settings window was moved to popup menu.
• Added posibility to change placement of toolbar, you can change it using settings or tooltypes.
• New options in program settings window, suitable to tooltypes: NOSIZEABLE, NONAVBUTTS.

• Aussteuern auf 0dB
• Leerstellen am Anfang und Ende abschneiden
• Bestimmte Zeit am Anfang und Ende wegschneiden
• Linken und rechten Kanal zusammenmischen
• Ein- und Ausblenden
• Einfügen von Pausen am Anfang und Ende
• Knacken am Anfang und Ende entfernen

http://www.totalamiga.org

Total Amiga is the new name for our established quarterly printed Amiga magazine, "Clubbed".

On our new site you can find full details about the magazine, contents lists for past issues and our plans for the future. There is information on ordering trial copies of the magazine and subscriptions with links to ForeMatt Home Computing and Kicksoft who offer an online ordering service for us.

We also have a behind the scenes section where you can find out how the magazine is produced (on the Amiga of course) and see a preview of the new design.

• Der EZP@gerNG unterstützt jetzt MultiMessages, bei denen mehrere Nachrichten nacheinander über eine Verbindung verschickt werden können.
• Nachrichten können jetzt auch über das Internet versendet werden, sofern ein entsprechendes externes Plugin für das zu verwendende SMS-Web-Gateway vorhanden ist.
• Beim Einzel-, Gruppen- und Schnellruf können Nachrichten nicht mehr nur unmittelbar nach der Nachrichteneingabe gesendet werden, sondern sie können auch für eine spätere Bearbeitung oder späteren Nachrichtenversand gespeichert werden.
• Nachrichten im Logbuch können jetzt kopiert, verschoben und direkt versendet werden.
• Bei der Nachrichteneingabe stehen unter OS 3.5/3.9 jetzt neue Features wie Clipboard-Support, UnDo-Funktion und weitere verbesserte Editier-Funktionen zur Verfügung.
• Empfänger können jetzt auch ohne Angabe eines Rufdienstes definiert und beim Einzelruf benutzt werden.
• Zusätzliche ARexx-Befehle wurden eingebaut.
• Weitere Änderungen siehe ReadMe

Download: MPEGV.lha

Mit ´AMP´ können Sie derzeit folgende Multimedia-Typen abspielen:

• MPEG1/2 Video mit Sound (optional)
• MP2/MP3 Audiostreams
• AC3 Streams
• (S)VCD, CD-i and DVD

• 23.01.02 new: Pirates! (Gold) CD³² (Microprose) done by JOTD
• 23.01.02 new: The Teller (UBI-Soft) done by CFOU!
• 23.01.02 improved: Dragonflight (Thalion) supports another version
• 22.01.02 improved: Ghost Busters 2 (Activision) supports another version
• 21.01.02 fixed: Aufschwung Ost (Sunflowers) new imager and install script

• Spaß?
• Gleichgesinnte treffen?
• Kreativ sein?
• Es allen zeigen?
• Die ultimative Herausforderung?
• DER BESTE sein?

• ACTION_EXAMINE_ALL_END added.
• ACTION_RENAME_DISK didn't check for empty or invalid name.

• Extended the Z = Z² + C formula to Z = Z^(2^n) + C with 1 <= n <= 11.
• Added the new ToolType POWER default to 1 for the classic Mandelbrot & Julia formulas.
• Fixed some little Reaction default pubscreen mistakes.
• Default coords are now (-2,+1.125i) and (+1,-1.125i).
• Splitted the archive into 2 parts one for pictures pix/fract/FlashMandelPic.lha and other for program to reduce the size of the archive.
• Some minor internal changes and improvements.
• Recompiled and linked with new AmigaOS 3.9 developer archive includes and libs.
• Updated the docs and installer to reflect new changes.
• and much more...

The 2002 autumn will be the birth of the great SIIA (International Alternative Computer Exposition in French) in the little town of Sainte Marie de Redon (South of Britanny) near Nantes and Rennes. This expo would like to be THE best expo in the world of alternative computing!

All the formats will be represented : AmigaOS, TOS, RiscOS, Linux, BeOS, QNX, BSD, CPC and many, many more...

This expo will be implemented on one weekend in November 2002. Some hotels services will be available near Sainte Marie with good prices. You can go to the expo by car, train, boat (on the Vilaine river) and by plane (tourism plane).

The cost to be represented at the expo with a stand will be very cheap (maybe free).

This mail is done to invite you to join us to the party !

You can have some information with :

Mail:
webmaster@toutou-net.com or frederic.boisdron@atosorigin.com

Phone:
+33 299 720 663 (after 5:00 PM)
+33 677 358 726 (portable)

Allen Unkenrufen zum Trotz wollen wir den Nachweis der Einsatzfähigkeit der met@box 1000 in privaten Haushalten antreten. Sie selbst sollen sich davon überzeugen, dass die bereits mehrfach vorgestellte Settop-Box den Anforderungen der Realität standhält. Sie selbst sollen sich davon überzeugen, Sie selbst sollen zu den ersten gehören, die die Möglichkeit haben, dieses multimediale Produkt in den "eigenen vier Wänden" zu genießen. Wir betonen, dass Ihre Order die Grundlage für eine Optimierung der bevorstehenden Massenproduktion bildet. Diese Sonderproduktion ist nur mit Ihrer Unterstützung möglich. Dafür garantieren wir Ihnen, dass wir diesen "Kreis der Frühbucher" besonders betreuen werden. Aus diesem Grund wenden wir uns besonders an unsere Aktionäre, Entwickler und interessierte Beta-Tester und unterbreiten Ihnen folgendes Angebot der met@box 1000:

Ausstattung:

• Satellitenbox FTA
• Digitalempfänger
• DVD-Laufwerk
• Parallel Port
• Ethernet (für DSL / Lan) oder Modem (V90)
• Internet Html 4, JPEG, BMP, GIF, Macromedia Flash 3.0
• PiP (Picture in Picture)
• Einfache Menüführung
• Geniale Tastatur
  
  
• Zusatzausstattung (noch in der Testphase, noch nicht funktionstüchtig)
  • Harddisk
  • SP/DIF
  • USB

Darüber hinaus ergeben sich aus diesem Angebot folgende Chancen:

• Beta-Test mit umfangreichem Support
• Möglicherweise Angebote seitens Marktforschungsinstituten
• Möglicherweise erster interaktiver TV-Content Deutschlands
• Möglicherweise weitere Teilnahmemöglichkeiten bei
• Erstprojekten in Deutschland (z.B. Video on
• Demand - VOD / NVOD)
• Teilnahme an Umfragen und Erfahrungsberichten

• DVD's, Video CD's, MP3- und Musik-CDs
• HTML basiertes interaktives Fernsehen
• Webmail

Es wurden folgende Fehler bereinigt:

• Umlaute jetzt richtig
• Absturz im Depotbestandsfenster, wenn Bestand = 0
• Änderungen der Fonts führten zum Absturz
• Ein paar Kleinigkeiten

• User müssen sich nicht mehr registrieren
• User können Umfragen starten
• Übersichtlichere Forengestaltung
• Benutzer können eigene Bilder als Avatar angeben
• Viele weitere Verbesserungen

• Space-Opera im Amiga-Hangar: Conflict: Freespace
• Neue Amiga-Heimat im Test: Amiga Forever 5
• Report vor Ort: AMIGAplus bei DCE Computer
• PCI total im Test: G-REX 1200 PCI-Bundle
• Wissensworkshops für Macher: HTTP und MorphOS
• Tastaturadapter im Test: Lyra vs. MMKeyboard
• Spielespaß zum Kugeln: PuzzleBOBS
• Kostenlos: Kleinanzeigen
• Scenish: An der Wurzel digitaler Infektionen
• u.v.m.

• Aussteuern auf 0dB
• Ein- und Ausfaden
• Leerstellen am Anfang und Ende wegschneiden
• Echtzeit-Effekte wie Compressor / Softclipper / Stereospreader/ Equalizer/ Enhancer/ Autotune
• Sampleraten / Bitauflösung / Dateiformate konvertieren
• Komplette Undo-History

In der Ausgabe 01/2002 der AMIGAplus ist ein Vergleichstest zwischen den Tastaturadaptern Lyra und MMKeyboard abgedruckt. Leider haben die Redakteure weder die Informationen im Begleitbrief, noch die Dokumentation meines Produkts (MMKeyboard) oder mich als Autor zu Rate gezogen. Daher möchte ich hier dazu Stellung nehmen.

1. Man gewinnt beim Lesen des Artikels den Eindruck, sowohl Lyra als auch MMKeyboard seien kommerzielle Produkte. Das ist falsch. Lyra ist kommerziell, MMKeyboard jedoch kostenlos über das Aminet (hard/hack/mmkeyboard.lha) als Giftware zu beziehen. Die Hardware kann mittels Bauanleitung für wenig Geld selbst erstellt werden. Ich biete lediglich zum Selbstkostenpreis eine fertige Hardware an, die ich aus Kostengründen für PS/2-Tastaturen und PS/2-Rechneranschlüsse ausgelegt habe. Da jeder Adapter Handarbeit ist, wären Sonderwünsche für mich als Privatmann nicht tragbar.

2. Es wird behauptet, MMKeyboard sei nur an A4000-Modellen funktionstüchtig. Das ist falsch! Die von mir gelieferte Version ist zwar aus besagten Gründen nur mit PS/2-Anschlüssen ausgestattet, bietet aber die Möglichkeit, mittels sogenanntem PS/2 -> DIN Adapter, den es im PC-Fachhandel zu kaufen gibt, auch DIN-Tastaturen zu benutzen. Ebenso ist es möglich, MMKeyboard mit einem solchen Adapter an A2000, A3000 und A4000T Systemen zu betreiben. Selbst in A1200 Systemen lässt sich die MMKeyboard-Lösung integrieren, was aber bastlerisches Geschick erfordert.

3. Der Artikel lässt den Leser im Glauben, MMKeyboard benötige einen Treiber, um zu funktionieren. Das ist falsch! Sowohl die bei mir zu erstehende Version, als auch die im Eigenbau konstruierte Version ist voll Plug&Play-fähig. Nach dem Anschluss verhält sich die Tastatur exakt wie eine Amiga-Tastatur. Da der Aufdruck der Tasten von denen einer Amigatastatur abweicht, ist, wie im Artikel richtig beschrieben, eine Keymap nötig, um dies auszugleichen. Da hierzulande sowieso eine Keymap verwendet wird, ist das kein Nachteil, zumal man so auch ausländische Tastaturen verwenden kann.

   Alleine durch das Anschließen von MMKeyboard an ein bestehendes System wird die komplette Tastatur, inklusive Resethandler, und einigen vordefinierten Tasten (ScreenFlip, Druck) aktiviert. Der Treiber dient lediglich dazu, die Sondertasten (Play, Pause, Standby, Sleep, www, ...) einzubinden, die sich mittlerweile auf vielen Tastaturen befinden. Außerdem werden die Passwortoption und andere Funktionen, die bei Lyra nicht vorhanden sind, mit dem Commodity eingebunden.

4. Die Einstellungen der Oberfläche werden als kompliziert dargestellt. Das kommt daher, dass vor einem Gadget nur begrenzt Platz herrscht. Hätten die Redakteure mittels der Hilfe-Taste die Anleitung hervorgezaubert, wären sie auf eine ausführliche Erklärung jedes einzelnen Gadgets gestoßen. Ebenso wären alle obigen "Ungereimtheiten" geklärt worden. In der zweisprachigen Anleitung finden sich neben Bildern, Schaltplänen und Dokumentationen auch ein großer FAQ-Teil, der alleine schon alle angeblichen Schwächen von MMKeyboard ausgeräumt hätte. Außerdem bin ich immer gerne bereit, per E-Mail Fragen zu beantworten.

Zu guter Letzt möchte ich noch ein Wort an die Leute richten, die den Artikel und diese Stellungnahme gelesen haben. Ich empfehle jedem, der nicht in der Lage ist, einen Adapter zu bauen, sich frei zwischen den beiden System zu entscheiden. Wer die Multimedia-Tasten, einen Resethandler, ein Hardwarepasswort oder den Rechner per Tastatur ein- und ausschalten will, dem bleibt nichts anderes übrig als MMKeyboard zu benutzen. Das ist jetzt kein Eigenlob, sondern die Tatsache, dass es meines Wissens derzeit keine andere Amiga-Hardware gibt, die diese Zusatzfunktionen auch nur ansatzweise bietet. A1200 Besitzern ohne technische Kenntnisse oder Möglichkeiten empfehle ich Lyra, was ich auch bisher immer getan habe. Persönlich hatte ich noch keinen Kontakt zur Lyra-Hardware, höre aber von interessierten Amiganutzern nur Gutes über dessen Funktion und Qualität.

• Hardware-Abstraktion
• Virtueller Speicher
• Neue Bibliotheken-Schnittstelle (shared libraries)
• Resource tracking
• Optional: Speicherschutz
• Rückwärtskompatibilität zu WarpUp

• Implementiert als Systembibliothek.
• Kompatibel mit der auf dem Amiga standardisierten "bsdsocket"-Schnittstelle, wie sie ursprünglich von AmiTCP definiert wurde.
• Erweiterte Schnittstelle, um größere Kontrolle über die interne Arbeitsweise und Konfiguration zu erhalten.
• Eingebauter DHCP-Client (z.B. für Kabelmodems).
• Eingebauter Superserver (inetd).
• IP filtering und Networking Address Translation.
• Treiber für asynchrones PPP (für Modemnetze) und PPP über Ethernet ("PPPoE", für ADSL/T-DSL und Kabelmodems)
• AmiSSL V2.0

• Drag and Drop"-Unterstützung
• Neues Ghosted"-Aussehen

• Neue "DrawInfo" Farben
• Erweiterte Fensterrahmen
• Sich an die Auflösung anpassende Systemgadgets
• Benutzerdefinierter Stil für Systemsymbole und 3D-Rahmen mit Unterstützung externer PlugIns
• Konfigurierbares Aussehen für proportionale Gadgets
• Neues "Disabled"-Aussehen für Gadgets (wo zutreffend)
• GadTools-Erweiterungen (pop-up-Möglichkeiten für Cycle-Gadgets etc.)
• Volle Benutzerkontrolle über die Workbench-Palette

• 20.01.02 new: Magicland Dizzy (Codemasters) done by Abaddon
• 20.01.02 new: Harlequin (Gremlin) done by Abaddon
• 20.01.02 improved: D/Generation (Mindscape) supports CD³² version too
• 20.01.02 fixed: Car Vup (Core Design) misc changes

• IRC Server (so eingeben, OHNE "irc."): rollingrock.altnet.org
• IRC Port: 6667
• IRC Kanal: #amigafun

• http://www.aug99.de/quake2
• http://www.amigaextreme.com
• http://www.8ung.at/falke34 (in der Games/Quake2 Sektion des Sites)

• Enlightenment.lha (112K)
• dyna19_pl.lha (8K)

1. What is a Kickstart Rom?
2. What Kickstarts are there?
3. What is in the Kickstart Rom?
4. Installing a new Kickstart?
5. The Early Startup Screen.
6. Questions about Kickstart Roms.
7. Tools and Utilities for Kickstart

• Aussteuern auf 0dB
• Ein- und Ausfaden
• Leerstellen am Anfang und Ende wegschneiden

• MPEG1/2 Video mit Sound (optional)
• MP2/MP3 Audiostreams
• AC3 Streams
• (S)VCD, CD-i and DVD

• 17.01.02 improved: Midnight Resistance (Ocean) supports another version, new imager
• 17.01.02 improved: Double Dragon 2 - The Revenge (Virgin) supports another version
• 17.01.02 improved: Car Vup (Core Design) misc changes
• 17.01.02 new: Aufschwung Ost (Sunflowers) done by Bored Seal

• Großalarm: Pipes auf dem Amiga
• OOP4A: Objektorientiertes Programmieren (Folge 1)
• Sicherheit: Internet und LAN (Folge 2)
• Kein Trouble mit dem Euro

• Die Kosten für 2D und 3D Treiber.
• Support, der ebenfalls durch die Entwickler geleistet werden muss.
• Eine kommerzielle Picasso96 Lizenz.
• Wahrscheinlich eine kommerzielle Warp3D Lizenz.

• MPEG1/2 Video mit Sound (optional)
• MP2/MP3 Audiostreams
• AC3 Streams
• (S)VCD, CD-i and DVD

Am Montag, den 21. Januar 2002, wird ab 19 Uhr Salvador Fernandez Gomez von bplan in dem IRC-Amiga-Kanal #AmigaFun Rede und Antwort stehen. Er ist als einer der Ideengeber von bplan bekannt, die durch Pegasos in aller Munde sind. Pegasos soll ja bereits in Kürze erscheinen. Ihm können Fragen rund um bplan, Pegasos und teilweise auch zu MorphOS gestellt werden. Der Chat mit bplan wird in Zusammenarbeit mit der Amiga Future organisiert.

So können Sie den IRC-Kanal #AmigaFun erreichen:

IRC Server (so eingeben, OHNE "irc."): rollingrock.altnet.org
IRC Port: 6667
IRC Kanal: #amigafun

Falls der Server ausfallen sollte, können Sie auch Zugriff über folgenden Server erlangen: amigafun.ma.cx (Bitte ebenfalls ohne "irc." eingeben).

Weitere Informationen, besonders für IRC-Anfänger finden Sie auf der #AmigaFun Homepage.

Hinweis:

Von der #AmigaFun Homepage, Amiga Future Homepage und vom Amiga-News.de Forum ist der Chat auch mittels HTML Chat erreichbar.

Aber da wir keine fehlerfreie Funktion des HTML Chats garantieren können und Programme wie AMIRC oder BlackIRC sowieso angenehmer zu bedienen sind, empfehlen wir, auf jeden Fall einen IRC Client zu benutzen.

• 14.01.02 improved: Ruff'n'Tumble (Renegade) misc changes
• 14.01.02 new: Kick Off (ANCO) done by Psygore
• 14.01.02 new: Base Jumpers CD³² (Rasputin) done by JOTD
• 13.01.02 improved: Transartica (Silmarils) supports another version
• 13.01.02 new: Death Mask (Alternative) done by Abaddon
• 13.01.02 new: D/Generation (Mindscape) done by JOTD

• Umfangreiche Daten und Grafiken zu den 192 Ländern und den wichtigsten abhängigen Gebieten der Erde (allgemeine, Wirtschafts-, politische, soziologische, Geschichts- und Umweltdaten, Landkarten, Flaggen u.v.a.).
• NEU: Allein der Datenbestand zur Geschichte enthält in der Vollversion von GeoWorld V1.13 knapp 440 KB an reinen Textinformationen.
• Weltkarte, Kontinente und über 200 Landkarten bildschirmfüllend darstellbar (ca. 5 MB Grafiken).
• Anzeige eines Landes auf der Weltkarte und dem Kontinent möglich.
• Daten zu allen größeren Städten der Erde (insgesamt 6119 Städte), darunter 1850 deutsche und 1100 US-amerikanische Städte; 99% der Städte lassen sich auf den Landkarten anzeigen.
• Informationen über internationale Vereinigungen und deren Mitgliedsländer.
• Benutzerfreundlich verknüpfte Datenbestände.
• Möglichkeit zum Export selbst zusammengestellter Landkarten (mit beliebigen eingezeichneten Städten).
• Umfangreiche Such- und Sortierfunktionen.
• Druckausgabe (Ausgabe der Daten auf den Drucker, in eine Datei oder ins Clipboard).
• Online-Hilfe (Erklärung zu Fenstern, Schaltern usw. nach Druck auf die HELP-Taste).
• Wissensquiz (über 20 verschiedene Fragearten zu den allgemeinen Städte- und Länderdaten sowie weitere themenspezifische Fragen) mit speicherbarem Highscore.
• Eingebauter Währungskonvertierer für rund 170 Währungen einschließlich EURO-Unterstützung und Informationen zur Währung.
• Umfangreiche Voreinstellungen (Bildschirmmodus, Zeichensatz, Suchmöglichkeiten u.v.a. einstellbar).
• In der Diskversion 21-seitige gedruckte Anleitung.
• Umsetzung in andere Sprachen vorbereitet (Englisch bereits in Arbeit).

• exiflibrary11.lha (57K), Readme
• pfDirectoryView131.lha (10K), Readme

• Scalos-Plugin_DefIcons.lha (12KK)
• Scalos-Plugin_Persist.lha (20K)
• Scalos-Plugin_WB39.lha (24K)

• Aussteuern auf 0dB.
• Leerstellen am Anfang und Ende abschneiden.
• Bestimmte Zeit am Anfang und Ende wegschneiden.
• Linken und rechten Kanal zusammenmischen.
• Ein- und Ausblenden.
• Einfügen von Pausen am Anfang und Ende.
• Knacken am Anfang und Ende entfernen.

• 'news.freenet.de' Port 119
• 'infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de' Port 119

• alpha.lzx (178K), Readme
• powerd.lzx (767K), Readme

• Man kann sich nun auch mit Personen unterhalten, zu denen man nicht ganz hinlaufen kann (wegen der Laufkarte). Geben kann man ihnen dann natürlich trotzdem nichts (d.h.: "WennBenutzt" funktioniert, "WennBenutzt- Mit" aber nicht!)
• Der Laufzielpunkt zu Personen wird nun besser berechnet. Bisher wurde nur entweder links oder rechts daneben gelaufen (war nur provisorisch).
• Kleiner Fehler behoben: Wenn eine Personenanimation z.B. nur von links existierte, die Person aber nach vorne gerichtet war, so wurde keine passende Darstellung gefunden.
• Inga-Piktogramminformationen ermöglichen jetzt die Eigenschaften "NOSOUND" und "NOPLAYER" als Ersatz für das "DISABLE" bei den Plug-Ins. Näheres steht in der Spielanleitung.
• Die Laufgeschwindigkeit von Personen lässt sich nun ändern. (siehe Kompendium unter "Laufschnelligkeit")

• Auch bei kleinen Bildern wird nun ein großer Bildschirm geöffnet, so dass man bei Personen einen Greifpunkt außerhalb der Grafik wählen kann.
• 24-Bit-Bilder werden nun erkannt und verursachen eine Fehlermeldung. Vorher ist das Programm hängen geblieben.

News in this release:

• updated VLF plugin
• updated ICQ plugin
• updated GoldenTelecom plugin
• added Vizzavi plugin
• added MTNSMS plugin
• added folder filters (only for registered users)

Spiegel: »Nun ist er weg. Auf und davon. Wie Graf Zahl aus der Sesamstraße mit Paukenschlag, Feuerwerk und viel künstlichem Nebel. Die schillerndste Persönlichkeit der New Economy hat die Bundesrepublik verlassen. «
Kompletter Artikel siehe Titellink.

• Amiga
• Atari ST
• Commodore C64 (oder VC20, C128 usw.)
• Macintosh (oder andere Apple-Computer)
• PC
• Keiner der genannten

• Update zu 8SVXtoXXX (Version 1.3)
• Update zu BackUp (Version 1.3)
• Update zu Cathedral (Version 1.3)
• Update zu CDDAtoAIFF (Version 1.2)
• Update zu DRemind (Version 1.59)
• Update zu MultiRen (Version 1.47)
• Update zu TheMPegEncGUI (Version 2.09)
• Neues Programm: LPFilter (Version 1.0)

• tv.vhi ver. 1.1

• Voodoo.card ver. 4.13