• Bugfix: Frogger konnte keine RIFF-Streams erkennen.
• Neu: Spulen mit Audio ist nun möglich. Dies kann aber zu Deadlocks führen, so daß man diese neue Funktion vorsichtig einsetzen sollte.
• Bugfix: Frogger stürzte beim Öffnen einer neuer MPEG-Datei ab.
• Bugfix: 'DISPLAY FILE' verursachte Absturz.
• 68k-Versionen sind wieder verfügbar. Die 030-Version wird jedoch nicht mehr unterstützt werden.
• Neu: Die 68k-Version benötigt nicht mehr die ixemul.library.
• Neu: In der 68k-Version wird der Ton nun mit demgleichen Dekoder wie in der PPC-Version dekodiert. Dadurch ist die Dekodierung auf 68k-Rechnern langsamer, aber sie funktioniert.
• Bugfix: Die Skalierfunktion im Graustufenmodus arbeitete fehlerhaft.
• Bugfix: Der gleiche Fehler trat in den Color-Dithering-Funktionen auf, wenn das Bild skaliert wurde.
• Bugfix: Bei einigen VideoCDs konnte Frogger nicht die korrekte Auflösung ermitteln, sie wurde immer auf 0x0 gesetzt.
• Neu: NOSKIP schaltet die Audio-Dekodierung ab.

• Nach Änderungen an der Verwaltung der User-Prefs im Speicher wird an der Behebung von dadurch verursachten Enforcerhits gearbeitet.
• Bugfix: Der GETCONTACT-Befehl produziert keine Enforcerhits mehr.

• .EMAIL_SECONDARY
• .EMAIL_OLD
• .FAX
• .CELLULAR
• .LAST_ONLINE
• .MESSAGE_TO
• .MESSAGE_FROM

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         A M I G A   A N D   T A O   R E L A T I O N S H I P

                A M I G A   R U M O R   C O N T R O L

                F L E E C Y   E X P L A I N S   T A O

       T A O   A N D   E S P I A L   C O L L A B O R A T I O N

    T A O ' S   E L A T E   C H O S E N   B Y   I N F O M E D I A

              O P E N   L E T T E R   F R O M   C O S A

        N E W   E X H I B I T O R S   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

      S U P E R V I E W   S I T E   C L O S E D   F O R   N O W

        F R O G G E R   P P C   V   1 . 5   A V A I L A B L E

            H & P   H A S   G R A P H I R E   D R I V E R

                    N O   M O R E   N E W S R O G

           F U S I O N   P P C   S T A T U S   U P D A T E

         D I G I T A L   I M A G E S   O P E N   L E T T E R

           S E A S I D E ,   E N G L I S H   V E R S I O N

        Q U A K E   N E W S   T O   P L E A S E   G A M E R S

         T W O   N E W   G A M E S   F R O M   D A R K A G E

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Things really are happening in the Amiga community, some of it fast
paced indeed. The first story in this issue came out on the day we
sent out the last "Amiga Update". It came out after the issue was
mailed, however, so it had to wait for this one.
 It's grouped with a couple of other stories that we hope will help
people begin to get a feeling for the work of Tao, Amiga's new
"content partner".
 We also find it interesting that Motorola, makers of the 68XXX family
of CPUs that have powered Amigas for so long, has taken a stake in
Tao. A story published recently in England carried the following
information:

 "Motorola Inc. has taken a small minority stake in Tao Group Ltd.
here and will use the company's virtual processor and Java-like OS
technology in portable communications and computing gear, Internet
appliances and digital-imaging products.

 Neither the size of Motorola's stake in the 35-person company nor the
monetary terms have been disclosed."

 The new Amiga has been in place for less than a month, and we're just
beginning to get a feeling of what their long term plans are. They
sound good so far. The only negative - a strong tendency to try so
hard not to be corporate types, they may end up scaring off potential
worthwhile business associates. We certainly hope that doesn't happen.
On balance, we're very pleased with events to date and feel all
Amigans have reason to feel much relief.
 Lots to read below - we hope you enjoy this issue.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

09 Jan 2000

Hello Brad,

 I hope this is the right addy to send stuff to?

 First let me say, excellent work with Amiga Update. I really look
forward to getting the news and info you send out. Please stay with us
and keep up the excellent work.

 Now that CUCUG's "Amiga Web Directory" is gone, sadly, what are our
best WWW sites to go to for Amiga News? Has anyone talked to CUCUG and
asked/begged them to continue? The community can use all the support
it can get and the AWD was a great presence on the WWW.

 Good luck to the *new* Amiga Inc. Go get 'em guys and dont give in no
matter what the "big" guys do, say or offer! The world needs a
realistic alternative and Amiga is it.


Regards

Simon
~~~~~~
Simon,
 Well, I hope you'll let "Amiga Update" help you keep up with the
news. As for alternative sites to the old Amige Web Directory, I'd
recommend two:

http://www.amiga.org/
http://www.realdreams.cz/AMIGA/

 Neither site has all the features the old CUCUG site, but both will
help you stay on top of Amiga news.
 Brad
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5 Jan 2000

brad,

 just a quick note to say "keep up the good work" ! i enjoy recieving
this e-publication. also, let me add that i prefer this "e-mail style
" as opposed to the old "download style "!!!! makes it easier for me
to read.
best,
dave
~~~~~~

Dave,
 Thanks very much. As we're happy to state, we plan on being around
for a while to come.
 We've always been e-mail based, never download style, so I'm a bit
confused by your statement, but if you (or any reader) know of someone
who's bumped into our archive site and figured that's all there is,
please let them know we're a subscription based publication. And that
we'd be happy to welcome them aboard!
 Thanks again,
 Brad
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       A M I G A   A N D   T A O   R E L A T I O N S H I P

8 January 2000

 Amiga and Tao-Group enter into a strategic relationship


 Las Vegas, NV January 8, 2000 - Amiga begins expressing plans for the
new Amiga with a strategic alliance with Tao-Group.

 "Things started going wrong the moment the PC rode into town and the
home computer revolution of the 1980s ground to a halt. We are here to
right that wrong." said Bill McEwen, Amiga's El Presidente. 'We kind
of feel guilty about not having been around to show the world the
evils of the PC, but inept management sent the Amiga off to a bad
place. Luckily, its users and developers have kept it alive, and now
we are back."

 "Existing products are very rude.' He continued. "Shoving PCI slots,
interrupts, file systems, registries, megahertz, and megabytes right
into your face. My grandmother just wants to play a game, or send an
email, or draw a picture. She doesn't want to have to mortgage the
house and get a masters degree."

 "Digital Technology has become stalled because of the predominance of
Windows." quiped in Fleecy Moss. "Putting a thousand monkeys on
typewriters may eventually produce the works of Shakespeare but it's
not something you're going to want to wait around for, and you don't
want to be responsible for cleaning up the mess in the meantime."

 "Our approach is outrageous. WE look at what actual people want, and
then give them the most simple, elegant solution. Even calling it
computing is falling into the PC trap. It is participation in the
digital content universe, whether it be developing an application,
playing a game, making your own video, watching TV or buying S&M gear
online. Computing companies are trying to paint digital convergence as
computers and TVs coming together, so they can stick "TV" in front of
PC and continue to sell the same old garbage. Digital Convergence is
something much bigger though. It is about content, information,
services, and activity transforming into a digital format and coming
together in a single place that has no boundaries. If someone tells
you you need a PC to get into this new content universe, smile nicely
and hit them with a big stick."

 "Elegance, simplicity, invisible and universal technology." sings
Bill McEwen, trying to get a word in edgeways. "That is why we are
just giddy to be working with the Tao Group. Others rant on about how
their products are next generation, warp capable, but the truth is
that most of them are based upon old concepts and architectures -
that's why you need the latest monster machine just to type letters.
Chris Hinsley (CTO/Tao Group) was one of those smartass child
prodigies you wanted to beat up at school. By age 20, he had already
been a commercial games developer for 5 years, and wrote some great
Amiga games. Being a smartass though, he saw the future, realised
nothing out there was ready for it, and dedicated the last ten years
of his life to making sure the human race was ready when the future
arrived."

 "The Amiga was special because it refused to settle for second best.
If something is worth doing, it is worth doing right, and the proof of
that is in the global following that it still has today. With the
nightmare of the past five years behind us, the Amiga is ready to push
out ahead again, and save the future from a muddled, poorly fitting,
frustrating PC enema. With the foundation that the Tao Group gives us,
we are ready to re-introduce the world to a novel computer concept -
fun."

 "We aren't stupid enough to think it's going to be easy," interrupts
Fleecy Moss, shoving McEwen to the ground and gagging him. "A lot of
people have been brainwashed by the advertisements and the slick
salespeople. However, the digital information revolution is all around
us, waiting to happen. Everyone can feel it, everyone wants to be a
part of it. Amiga is going to stick a pretty big bomb under that PC
logjam and blow it clean back to Redmond. Elegance, simplicity,
invisible and universal technology. Time to start smiling again."

 "We are happier than a crocodile at a waterpark to be working with
Amiga." said Francis Charig, CEO and international stud. "We are very
proud of what we have created in our garden shed. We could have sold
out long ago, but the market was crowded with companies doing that so
we decided to actual create a product and make it a good one. Now we
are finding that OEMs are seeing our product and getting even more
excited about it than we are ourselves; it almost makes the whipping
and torture we have had to inflict on our employees worthwhile. An
Amiga solution powered by Tao technology is a match made in heaven for
everyone."
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            A M I G A   R U M O R   C O N T R O L

14 Jan 2000

{A posting to the Net from Fleecy Moss, with some helpful
clarifications. Brad}

In my trawling around the community hangouts,
I have come across several misconceptions, rumours,
and a lot of confusion. Whilst I can't hope to answer
everything, here are some things I want to set straight.


 0. Amiga will build a digital content universe. Digital
 content means anything composed of 0 and1 -
 applications, video, audio, games, emails, whatever.
 We will focus on 2 markets, the pathfinder market,
 for digital adventurers, power users, gamers,
 content creators, DTPers, artists, video ppl
 and those who refuse to define a computer as
 a digital appliance. Our second market will
 cocentrate on the Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH).

 1. If you are a personal computer person, there will
 be a personal computer second wave Amiga.

 2. We will support classic development in so much
 as we want to help users and developers transition
 to a new machine. That will be the total extent of our
 support for the classic machine. If this involves further
 AmigaOS releases, then so be it.

 3. We are targetting x86 and PPC for the first consumer
 release of Pathfinder products (if you are a personal
 computer person, this means you).

 4. We will do everything in our power (that doesnt bankrupt
 us or interfere with our primary goals) to ensure classic
 Amiga software runs on the new machine in some form or
 another.. The new Amiga product family (formerly called
 AQUA) will run natively and hosted. This is to create a large
 market fast for Amiga developers to profit from. For the first
 pathfinder release it will run hosted to see this market grow
 fast. We see one of our core duties as serving the developers.

 6. We are talking to the Phoenix Consortium about common
 interests.

 7. We have been contacted by QNX but currently have no plans
 to work with them.

 8. We will develop Amiga products for another market, the
 Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH) market. This markets will
 be kept separate but products will work together if the installer
 so desires it.

 9. There will be a new website and it will be public shortly. It has
 been tested on all browsers, Amiga and non Amiga, and given
 the compatibility problems between the implementations of open
 standards, our best effort has been made. The site will grow
 quickly and more information will be added. We want it to become a
 village where all Amigans can come to voice their opinions, chat,
 and travel off to different parts of the Amiga universe.

 a. A developer support manager has been selected and they are
 working on implementing the developer support program. This will
 be in place before the developer boxes are released.

 b. The developer boxes are specced out, we have contacted several
 whitebox manufacturers and we are building the distribution.

 c. Amiga will not provide dates until we have a product. We will
share
 timelines, but will not attach dates to them. Enough damage has
 already been done.

 d. We have had acceptances from 75% of our development team and
 their names and roles will be announced once we get back from
 training (before the end of the month).

 This mail can be redistributed without modification within the
community. As further questions and issues come up, we will attempt to
answer them.
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               F L E E C Y   E X P L A I N S   T A O

10 Jan 2000

 {The following exchange from a the Net may help ansewr questions
about Tao for many people. Our thanks to Fleecy Moss for posting the
answer to these questions. Brad.}

 >Hi fleecy, I was wondering if you could clear up a question that's
appeared >in various forums. Specifically, is Amiga going to use the
Elate RTOS as >the new AmigaOS kernel? It seems there's some confusion
over that. Your >comments that it will run on top of other OSes tend
to point towards the >J-Engine being more important. I guess I'm just
a little confused, or maybe >I don't understand the Elate RTOS very
well. :)

----

 Tao has a virtual processor system and a set of services that run
above it. You can call it an "OS" if you want, but the term is
increasingly irrelevant, as it is in KOSH. It can run natively, in
which case it is its own complete solution, or it can run on top of
other OSs, in which case the services are either provided by Tao, as
in the native version, directly to the VP, or they are "passed
through" to the host OS, and they provide the services.

 AQUA {Note: it's unlikely Amiga will use the AQUA name as Apple seems
to have grabbed it. Brad.} will offer a set of services accessed
through interfaces/APIs and developers will write to them no matter
what the situation. The situation itself can be AQUA running native,
which means only Amiga and Tao code, or it can be hosted, for instance
on Linux, or Windows even, in which case it can look a lot like an
application.

 No matter the situation, AQUA is still AQUA and developers and users
will see the same product. The only issue will be in speed, with the
native version running the fastest. For market reasons though we will
support it running hosted. In fact the first one or two releases will
most likely be hosted.

 The J-Engine is merely an example of how efficient the Tao products
are. Coding, initially will be in C, C++ (if you enjoy pain) and Java.
However, the tao ppl code in VP code directly, and it is so easy to do
and you get such screaming results with the tools that it may become
the preferred method for developers.

 It is far more than a Java support engine though.

 So to answer your question, we will concentrate on a full AQUA (tao
and amiga only) solution but we also have the ability to offer it
working on other OSs as well.

 Amiga will define and develop AQUA which defines how developers and
users access AQUA. What happens deep down can be different though.
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     T A O   A N D   E S P I A L   C O L L A B O R A T I O N

Leaders in embedded Java(TM) technology announce collaboration for
interactive multimedia for wireless, digital TV, and network gaming
Internet appliances.

Ottawa, Canada, January 11th, 2000

 Espial, the leading provider of embedded Java(TM) technology for
Internet appliances, and Tao Group, a provider of leading-edge Java
virtual machine technologies in the fields of compact, fast, and
portable operating environments, today announced that they will
collaborate to offer a complete Java-based solution for the multimedia
and interactive entertainment content delivery targeted at the
wireless and consumer markets. This collaboration will offer the
world's first Java based solution for delivery of multimedia and
interactive content to Internet appliances, which promises to
revolutionize the wireless, digital TV and network gaming industries.

 The Espial and Tao collaboration brings together Tao's intent(TM)
Java Technology Edition (JTE) virtual machine with Espial's market
leading full-featured Espial Escape(TM) web browser and Espial(TM)
Espresso application framework. The combined solution brings together
an optimized, high performance embedded JVM with the most advanced
Java based Internet and graphics technologies for embedded Internet
appliances. Espial's other products include Espial DeviceTop(TM), the
only service-ready Internet appliance platform for Java-based Internet
appliances; Espial Ebox(TM), a highly customizable Java based email
client; Espial Assistant, a full-featured Java based personal
information manager (PIM); and Espial Architect; a RAD tool for
embedded Java applications that gives developers the most
comprehensive development environment available today for developing
multimedia content, games and software applications for Internet
appliances.

 According to a recent report from International Data Corporation
(IDC), the market for Internet appliances is positioned to explode
over the next several years. The future is much brighter than most
have anticipated and will grow to become an annual 55 million unit
market and $15 billion market by the year 2001, the report says.

 "This partnership with Espial brings together two complementary
technologies," comments Francis Charig, Chairman and Chief Executive,
Tao Group. "By putting them together we are not only providing a
completely integrated software solution for the interactive
entertainment industry but also working together in bringing fast,
compact Java performance solutions to market. Developers for the world
of Java based interactive entertainment, network gaming, digital TV,
wireless and multimedia information appliances are now free to focus
on the benefits of their accelerated time-to-market."

 "In the Internet appliance and wireless markets, application and
content services will drive the adoption of smart devices." said Mal
Raddalgoda, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing, Espial Group.
"Through our partnership with Tao Group, we will be enabling a new
generation of service-driven, smart devices that will deliver a
compelling multimedia and interactive user experience. This will take
Java technology to a whole new level in the consumer electronics
market"

Pricing and Availability

 The combined Tao and Espial solution is available today for smart
devices running embedded operating systems such as Linux(R),
WindowsCE(R), OS-9, QNX(R)4. Future operating systems include VxWorks,
pSOS, QNX/Neutrino, TRON and EPOC32. Pricing information is available
from Espial and Tao for their respective products.
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    T A O ' S   E L A T E   C H O S E N   B Y   I N F O M E D I A

Reading, England, January 10th 2000

 Infomedia Network, manufacturer of advanced consumer hardware
computing and entertainment devices announced today that it has
selected the Elate(RTM) Real Time Operating System and the intent(TM)
multimedia content platform by Tao Group for use in INFOMAX, the
company's next generation of advanced set-top boxes. Due to the high
performance and small footprint of Elate(RTM) and intent(TM) these
technologies are well suited for use throughout Infomedia's entire
product line of advanced set-top boxes, portable computers and
point-of-sale devices.

 "Infomedia is represents a new generation of hardware manufacturer,"
said Patrice Haftman, Executive Vice-President of Infomedia Network,
Inc. "Our approach is to address solutions and to design hardware in
accordance with the needs of maximizing the value of the software.
Consumers do not buy hardware for it's own sake; they buy it for what
it can do for them. Tao's Elate(RTM) combined with intent(TM) gives us
the greatest potential to enable even the most demanding Java(TM) and
multi-media applications in the embedded market."

 intent(TM) was launched at CES on 6th January 2000. Its portable
multimedia content platform includes its Java(TM) technology edition
(Tao is a Sun Java(TM) technology licensee) and its 2D graphics
libraries, world-class audio and 3D technologies are also shortly to
be made available as intent(TM) becomes one of the standard content
platforms for consumer products.

 Infomedia Network will be introducing the INFOMAX line of advanced
set-top boxes and portable computers in 2000. All will be enabled for
Java(TM) applications and secure electronic commerce via Elate(RTM)
and intent(TM).

 "Infomedia's clear focus and commitment has been to provide high
performance systems designed for the Consumer. This explains our
support at Tao for INFOMAX and why we are excited about the
partnership between the two companies", commented Francis Charig,
Chairman of Tao. "Infomedia's approach has been to integrate world
class components while working consistently within industry standards.
By taking Tao's technologies, Infomedia has armed itself with products
to make its appliances easier to use, lower cost and faster to market
than its competition."

 "Since we are focused on delivering applications, the operating
system is of key importance to us," said Haftman. "Tao has
consistently demonstrated that Elate and its Java(TM) Virtual Machine
are the fastest, most compact and robust, and Tao has been there to
support us during our product development phase. We look forward to
our continuing relationship with Tao as new ideas are turned into new
products."

For more information about Tao please visit Tao's website at
http://www.tao-group.com/
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            O P E N   L E T T E R   F R O M   C O S A

                        COSA PROGRESS UPDATE
                          JANUARY 11, 2000

                  An Open Letter - January 11, 1999
                 By COSA President, Steve Crietzman

Introduction

 Our last open letter to the community talked about the status of our
negotiations with Tom Schmidt, and where we would be taking them after
the new year. Well, talk about bad timing! Just a week later, Amiga is
snapped up by Fleecy Moss and Bill McEwen in the form of Amino. Out
with the old, in with the new. And along with the new, comes new ideas
and plans for the future, and a fresh start.

 This begs the obvious question: How does this affect COSA and our
plans for the future of the AmigaOS?

 Well, in truth, the change in ownership of Amiga is entirely a good
thing for COSA. Our plans remain unaffected, and we continue to plan
and organise for the day when the classic Amiga operating system is
released as open-source, as we hope it will be. Fleecy, afterall, is
on record in numerous places supporting open source, including on
COSA's very own website, so it's hardly as if the new owner has
scupperred our original plans.

 If anything, the change is a positive one. Fleecy Moss has always
been very open and accessible, and we have found it an entirely
positive experience discussing the future of the AmigaOS with him. He
has been very receptive to the idea, and willing to discuss many
different possibilities.

COSA's Plans for the Future

 COSA is working on a number of different, but related and
inter-connected ideas to support the future of the classic AmigaOS.
While many are still in their infancy, they are already being to take
shape.

 Some of the major ones are discussed in the rest of this open letter,
but many more exciting plans and projects are being worked on behind
the scenes. These will be discussed in due course in future open
letters to the community.

 What sort of plans, you ask? Well, here's a clue.

 Imagine COSA providing Amiga-related products and services for the
Amiga community. Some of the revenue generated from sales of these
products and services could then be reinvested, and spent in any way
the community feels appropriate to aid the classic AmigaOS in it's
revival.

 COSA is already in negotiation and discussions with one large company
for access to their product's source code. That's a hint of the sort
of things you can expect to see in the future if COSA's plans are
successful, as we expect they will be.

 Think big name apps for AmigaOS and revived Amiga software, all being
made freely available on the AmigaOS, and you're on the right track.

 Beyond that, I'm afraid we're going to have to be a tease and give a
"no comment," but as we've always promised in the past - and always
kept - when the time is right, these plans will be discussed openly so
they can be debated. In the meantime, our negotiations are still
preliminary and we must remain quiet about them for the timebeing. I
hope you understand our reasons.

 In the meantime, think what we could do if we had a few dollars to
spend. Any suggestions are welcome. Details of our mailing list can be
found below, where suggestions are particularly welcome, but otherwise
feel free to e-mail any ideas, comments and suggestions of things you
would like to see, to president@amigakernel.org.

Developer Registrations Now Being Accepted

 As a result of the optimistic outlook, COSA are now focusing on the
hard work that lies ahead assuming, of course, the AmigaOS does indeed
go open-source. While it can't be entirely certain at this point, it
can never hurt to make plans. We are cautiously very optimistic about
our chances now, and are eager to get going - as are COSA's minature
army of users and developers.

To that end, COSA is now accepting registrations for developer status within
our open-source AmigaOS development team, led by Ian Parker, formerly of
Free Amiga/AMozillaX.

 If you are an Amiga developer, we would welcome your support and
contributions to the project. There is a need for a wide variety of
skills and experience in a project such as this. Those with kernel
experience, porting experience, a variety of languages including 68k
assembler and C/C++, GUI enhancements (ReqTools, MUI, ClassAct, etc),
writing "stability" or "improvement" patches for AmigaOS - improved
filing systems, etc. etc. are kindly requested to join our list, as
all help offered to this project will go a long way.

 Joining the Open Source AmigaOS Developer Base is simple. Just send a
blank e-mail to the following e-mail address:
amigaos-dev-subscribe@egroups.com, and you will be added to the
AmigaOS developer's discussion list, where developers can discuss and
debate future enhancements and additions to the AmigaOS and the
AmigaOS Kernel.

 For more information, you can visit the official Open AmigaOS
Development Website at http://www.amigakernel.org.

Your Feedback Is Welcome and Encouraged

 Feedback from the community on what you would like to see come from
future versions of the AmigaOS are also welcome. Indeed, they're
essential if developers are to know what features the community would
like to see integrated into future versions of the Amiga operating
system.

 Those members of the Amiga community who welcome the opportunity to
play a part in forging the future shape of AmigaOS are welcome and
encouraged to join COSA's Members' Mailing List, by sending a blank
e-mail to savetheamiga-subscribe@egroups.com.

 This mailing list has been created as a way for the community to
discuss and debate different ideas about the future of the AmigaOS as
Open Source, so that the community have a way to communicate their
feelings to those who will be managing the AmigaOS development
project. These ideas and comments can then be passed onto the
developers, who will integrate those suggestions into future versions
of the AmigaOS and kernel.

Conclusion

 COSA is very excited about the future of the Amiga, both of the
classic and the next-generation Amiga range. Our focus will of course
be entirely on the classic AmigaOS, while Amino and Phoenix, etc. will
be handling the next-generation Amiga systems and OS.

 It is COSA's goal, as it has always been, to have the AmigaOS (most
likely v3.1) released as open-source, radically improved and updated,
and ported to a wide variety of hardware platforms and CPUs. This
would dramatically expand the AmigaOS's existing userbase, and bring
fresh new ideas and talent into our community.

 COSA remain committed to our goal of overhauling and reviving the
classic Amiga, as an open-source OS environment, and bringing it into
the new millennium with new energy and life, with new ideas and
perspectives, and a fresh new start to give it a fighting chance in
the future.

 Our members and developers believe that the classic AmigaOS has
plenty of life left in it yet, and with a little work, stands a good
chance of making a comeback.

 We would welcome comments and feedback from the Amiga community,
especially those who would like to play a part in this process. Our
contact information is below. We want to thank the Amiga community for
their continuing support of COSA and for helping us come this far. The
Amiga community united can achieve so much, and we look forward to a
future where that talent can be unleashed, and the community can work
together as a team to take our OS into the new millennium - the next
generation.

Kindest Regards,

Steve Crietzman
President, COSA/Open Amiga.

E-Mail Feedback: president@amigakernel.org
Member/Users/Community List: savetheamiga-subscribe@egroups.com
AmigaOS Developer's List: amigaos-dev-subscribe@egroups.com
http://www.savetheamiga.org.uk
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        N E W   E X H I B I T O R S   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

January 19, 2000

More exhibitors have signed up in the last ten days.

individual computers of Germany is our first German
exhibitor, but not our first European exhibitor. That
title goes to Paul Nolan Ltd. of England.

Other exhibitors signing up include NASAU, amiga.org,
Digital Arts, AmiTech Dayton Amiga Users Group,
E.S. Productions and Northwest Amiga Group.

The pace is quickening, as more developers, dealers and
distributors sign up. Stay tuned for more information
on the largest and best Amiga show in the Americas...
Amiga 2K.


Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis
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     S U P E R V I E W   S I T E   C L O S E D   F O R   N O W

{The following message has recently been posted on the PerSuaSiVe
SoftWorX site. There's a message to the wise here. Brad}

CLOSED. Today.

-------

 Thanks for being able to gain your attention.

 Due to massive piracy and other efforts to destabilize the Amiga
software market (not counting the subtile attempts to bash
competetitors with unfair methods) I've decided to put this site on
hold for a few days.

 This is just to show that it's in your own hands (customer is king)
to decide what should happen next. I personally will have to think
about that as well.

 In case I'll have to take different job oppurtunities, this will mean
ceasing or at least slow-down of the Amiga development. There of
course are people who would not mind about this, but I'm more
interested to hear what the rest is thinking (and how many they are).

 Let's call this a thinking pause

http://www.ar-kleinert.de/
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       F R O G G E R   P P C   V   1 . 5   A V A I L A B L E

21 Jan, 2000

Short
------

 Frogger is the ultimate MPEG video player, with MPEG-2 layer support.
Frogger was oryginally relased by Miloslaw Smyk (thorgal@wfmh.org.pl),
recently, the development has been taken over by Sebasian
Jedruszkiewicz (bjsebo@jota.wi.tuniv.szczecin.pl) Additional
programming was made by Przemyslaw Gruchala.

Changes in this release
------------------------

v1.5

 - Added direct VideoCD support!!! (only in PPC version).

 - There is new mailing list, dedicated to all our programs
 (including Frogger,VisionFX and SoftCinema). To subscribe
 send blank message to: tvision-subscribe@egroups.com and
 then follow the instructions.

 - Fixed an ugly bug in P96 dislay code.

 - Removed BUFSIZE,FORCEAUDIO and AUTOEXIT parametters.

 - New parametter: FASTDIRECTCGFX. It will speed direct video memory
 access routines, but may be dangerous. I have not got single crash
 when using this option, but who knows? If there will be no problems
 with it repoted by users, this option will be enabled by default.

 - Fixed (at least I hope so) bug which caused Frogger to lock at
 end of some movies.

 - Reworked main loop, simplified messages received code. Also I have
 added some new keyboard commands.

 - Fixed slider code. It now 'almost' works, with sound disabled. Also
 Pause/Play now works.

 - +/- keys can now be used also in windowed mode to scale display.

 - switched to faster IDCT code in 68k version. Applied the same
 changes in PPC version. IDCT code is about 10% faster now, But it
 gives only 2-5% overall speedup.

 - Replaced calls to WritePixelArray with my own fast direct routines.
 Also scaling is now done by CPU; ScalePixelArray calls has been
 removed. Windowed mode is now really fast.

 - Added support for every possible pixel format supported by
cybergfx. However, I have tested only some of them. in case of
problems, please use VERBOSE option, send me output and (if it is
possible) make me a screenshot. Almost forgot - there is no conversion
for 8bpp cgfx screens. But who needs it? However, 8bpp mode works in
grey. Of course 8bpp mode works on AGA machines.

 - Updated Speed section of the guide.

 - Switched back to old pll calculation code. Frogger now needs latest
 ppc.library emulation (v0.7c) if you working under WOS.

 - version string is now y2k compatible ;)

 - It was impossible to exit (in some movies), when LOOP was used.
 Fixed.

 - Again I had to fix main loop, to be able to read multiple video
sequences movies. It now works ok. Thanks must go to Miroslaw
Bagrowski, for sending me CD with such a movie.

 - Changed filename format for saving iff images. it now looks like
this: basename.x, where x is frame number (6 digits:
000001,000002,etc.).

http://jota.wi.tuniv.szczecin.pl/~bjsebo/Frogger/

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           H & P   H A S   G R A P H I R E   D R I V E R

22 Jan., 2000

Amiga drivers for new Wacom graphics tablet "Graphire"

 We all know there's no such thing as an input device that lends
itself equally well to every application. Which is why H&P created
Graphire. Its mouse and pen combination means you always have the
right tool at hand. Graphire is the all-round solution, from
Web-browsing to retouching, from illustration to Office. Switch on to
the benefits of the unique Graphire set - for precise pointing and
clicking, for intuitive drawing, for sketching and writing.

 Finally Amiga fans can use the new graphics tablet. The driver
supports the pressure sensitive pen as well as the enclosed wireless
mouse and the finger-wheel.

 The "Graphire" can be used with any Amiga computer with external
keyboard (PS/2 connectors). Unfortunately all Amiga models besides
A4000 Desktop were delivered with normal DIN connectors you might need
an additional adapter set.

Prices

Graphire: 249 DM
PS/2 Adapter Set: 12 DM
Graphire Driver: 89 DM

Haage&Partner Computer GmbH
Schlossborner Weg 7
61479 Glashuetten, Germany
Phone: +49 (6174) 966 100
Fax: +49 (6174) 966 101
www.haage-partner.com
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                  N O   M O R E   N E W S R O G

04-Jan-2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 ShadowWorks Software regrets to announce the end of the NewsRog
project for the Amiga. NewsRog is an NNTP News client running on Amiga
personal computers.

 Unfortunately, due to a combination of factors which include the lack
of a market for Amiga software, obsolescent hardware, and a recent
increase in piracy and fraudulent credit card orders, it is no longer
financially possible to continue developing NewsRog. The last version
stands at 1.8b, and the update is available to all registered users
via the web page below:

     http://www.frii.com/~srk/ShadowWorks/Preview/NR.html

 ShadowWorks Software is proud to have pioneered a large number of
news client features that have yet to be duplicated in any other
software that we are aware of. We regret that it was not possible to
continue development of the software, since there was a great deal
more planned for the future.

 ShadowWorks Software wishes to thank all of our loyal customers who
have supported our attempt to bring the Amiga a world class NNTP news
client.
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         F U S I O N   P P C   S T A T U S   U P D A T E

1 Jan., 2000

{The following was posted by Jim Drew to the Microcode Solutions
mailing list. Brad:}

 "Microcode Solutions is still working the PowerPC upgrade module for
FUSION (Amiga version). We have run into difficulties with compilers,
poor response from the customers (nearly 1,000 people pledged their
support, yet a little more than 200 people have actually ordered the
product), and many other unexpected problems along the way! These
factors have caused a significant delay in the release of FUSION-PPC.
We originally planned on hiring a few extra people to help develope
the emulation, however, due to the actual response we were not able to
do that and so far we have been doing everything ourselves! We are
extremely happy with the progress we have made thus far, and we know
that those people who did pledge their support will be happy too! We
ask that you please be patient and let us do our magic! :-)"

... "We are hoping to see it end January/beginning February".
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        D I G I T A L   I M A G E S   O P E N   L E T T E R

11 Jan., 2000

Hello,

 This is the first time I have written an open letter to the
community, but this should breifly outline our plans for the future.

 First of all, we are pleased with how Wipeout 2097 is selling and I
would like to thank everybody who has bought a copy of the game! For
those of you who have been waiting for the new graphics cards to be
released to play it, your wait is almost over! So, as soon as you plug
it in, download the Wipeout 2097 demo and then go and buy the full
game!

 A lot of people have been asking about Space Station 3000. We
apologise to the long wait that people are having for this, but it is
a much bigger project than we have ever anticipated. But we hope to
bring an accurate release date soon as well as a brilliant game that
will keep you hooked!

 We intent to port more games from the PC. We will keep you posted on
this.

 We will also be porting Wipeout 2097 to the Apple Mac which should
provide a brilliant 3D racing experience for them! Just go and take a
look at it running on your friends Amiga's and you'll get a good idea
of what to expect!

 We will keep you posted with our current and future games
developments.

 I will be away between January 10th and March 31st and so I will not
be able to answer any e-mail sent directly to me. If you have any
queries, then use these e-mail addresses:

info@di-games.co.uk - Customer Service
technical@di-games.co.uk - Technical Support
wipeout2097@di-games.co.uk - Wipeout 2097 (non-technical) queries
webmaster@di-games.co.uk - Webmaster

 Have a very happy new year!

Kind Regards,

Stuart Walker
Managing Director, Digital Images

http://www.di-games.co.uk
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         S E A S I D E ,   E N G L I S H   V E R S I O N

13 Jan 2000

 Today we release the english version from SeaSide. You can order the
game in some days at all dealers worldwide or direct by APC & TCP. You
found some Screenshots and infos on our homepage:
www.chiemgau.com/apc&tcp

Please dont forget:

 Due to a stay at a hospital we are not available from mid January to
early March. During this period we can not be reached via phone, fax
or e-mail and we also can not deliver orders. This will be done from
early march when we resume our bussiness as usual. During this time
our homepage will not be updated. Thank you.

Andreas Magerl
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        Q U A K E   N E W S   T O   P L E A S E   G A M E R S

23 Dec., 1999

 The creator of Quake, John Carmack of id software's, has released
Quake sources and placed them on the Internet.

 According to John, "All of the Quake data files remain copyrighted
and licensed under the original terms, so you cannot redistribute data
from the original game..."

 This means you can create new Quake PPC, QuakeWorld and other
executables and spread the code without restriction, but not copy
Quake levels, textures, or other files found on the Quake CD.

 Further, if you wish to use any new Quake PPC executables tha become
available, you are required to own a copy of Quake. These restrictions
are minor and we expect a lot of Quake PPC activity in the Amiga
world.
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         T W O   N E W   G A M E S   F R O M   D A R K A G E

23 Jan., 2000

                          Amiga Classix 2

 The official sequel to one of the most succesfull Amiga compilation
ever!
 Over 230 freeware, shareware and commercial FULL games, no demo
versions!
 Produced exclusively for Epic Marketing ltd.

 Featuring commercial games by:

 o Andreas Seebeck Software Development (Tiebreak, Hannibal, Space
Max, Aunt Artic Adventure, Charon V)
 o Darren Ithell (Dithell In Space)
 o Dark Unicorn Productions (Scorched Tanks)
 o Diamond Production (Diamond Caves, Diamond Caves 2, Maniac Ball,
Master Blaster)
 o Digital Concepts (Island of lost hope, Lords of War, Torch2081)
 o Eclipse Software (Lethal Xcess, Monster Business)
 o Frank Otto (Lost on Parrot Island)
 o Hitek Softworks (Barravento)
 o MegArts (Bomb Mania)
 o Mental Image (Bandit Mania, Technology 2, Winning Post)
 o Scorpius Software (Antz, Blade, Hilt, Hilt 2, Hideous)
 o Team Hoi (Hoi Aga Remix)
 o and the very famous game Ports of Call!

 Suitable for both Amiga and PC (you can play all games directly from
the cd, no installation required!)

Format: Cd-Rom
Publisher: Epic Marketing ltd./Islona
Requirements: AGA Amiga or PC
Release Date: February 2000

                            Powerball


 Powerball is a simple puzzle game where the player must clean each
screen from all the coloured bricks. Doing this is possible by using a
ball that bounces up and down in the screen and that can be controlled
by the player who can move it left or right.

The game features:

80 levels in 8 worlds
Runs also on an A500!
Level editor to add your own levels
Only one floppy disk, but it's also hard disk installable!
A password system to save your position
Loads of fun included in the package! :)



Format: Floppy Disk
Publisher: To Be Announced
Requirements: Any Amiga with 1Mb Ram
Release Date: March 2000
http://www.idealia.net/darkage/
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• Douglas F. McLaughlin: StrICQ Version 0.1702
  Download: STRICQ.lha
  
  
• AmiDog: TrueReality Version 990629.2
  Download: TrueReality.lha
  
  
• Peter John Hutchison: Neuer HP Deskjet 870C Treiber V40.11
  Treiber für HP 810C, 850C, 870C, 880C, 890C und kompatible (außer 820C)
  Download: HP_Deskjet870C.lha
  
  
• Frank Fenn: WBStartup++ Version 1.0
  Download: wbstartup++.lha - 6 Kb
  
  
• Imagine Amiga Constant Upgrade Programm (ACUP) Version 5.17
  Das Update kann von eingetragenen ACUP-Usern in dem gewohnten Downloadbereich geladen werden. Neuerungen: 24Bit-Datatype-System unterstützt nun auch Brushmapping, OS3.5-kompatibel, neue GUI und Funktionalität der Zoomfunktion, verbesserter MPEG-Generator, neue GUI und Funktionalität der Bevel- und der Frame-goto-Funktion.
  Weitere Einzelheiten finden Sie unter dem Titellink.

To:         "amiganewsfeed"@phoebe.hosting4u.net
Subject:    [ANF] (fwd) Amiga 2K Press Release 8
Date:       Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:17:16 -0600

PRESS RELEASE:
Amiga 2K - Banner Year Rewards

January 19, 2000

Let's make this a banner year for Amiga and Amigans.
Place the Amiga 2K show banner on your web sites, and
or distribute flyers for the Amiga 2K show. All Amiga
clubs, companies and individual Amigans can enter this
promotion. The more folks that see the banners and elect
to come to Amiga 2K, the better it will be for the Amiga.

To encourage the distribution of the Amiga 2K brochures
that we have printed, and the placement of our show banner,
located at:  http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html
we are offering the following incentive.

WIN A "MAGICAL AMIGA MUG"
(You can view this mug at: http://www.amiga-stl.com)
(click on the "Products" page)

First way to win: Banner Placement

Place the Amiga 2K show banner on your website and keep
it there until after the show. Fill in the information
below and email it to me.

Second way to win: Brochure distribution

If you have an Amiga club, or an Amiga company, and you
distribute Amiga 2K flyers prior to the show, I will
enter you in the drawing. Fill in the information below.

Each week, at random, I will draw a name for a cup.
Winners will be notified by email or U.S. mail if
no email address is available.

Drawings will continue until the week of the show.

It is possible to win more than once. It's possible to
win every week, as all names will be put back in the hat.

-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
Banner Year - Banner Placement

I have placed the Amiga 2K banner on the following
site and wish you to enter my name in a drawing for
a "Magical Amiga Mug"

Individuals Name:

Site Name:

Site address: http://

Banner placed where on the site:

Full mailing address:


Phone number:

email address:

------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------

Banner Year - Flyers

I wish to distribute flyers for the Amiga 2K show.
Please send them to me at the address provided, and
I will distribute them. You must distribute a
minimum of five flyers.


Individuals Name:

Full mailing address:


Phone number:

email address:

Please send me _____ flyers.

------------------------------------------------------

To obtain the banner, go to the following website. At the
bottom of the page is the banner. Save it to your Amiga
and place it on your site.

Thanks for your help, and your interest. I wish I had
more mugs to give out, but we are running out of them.
If you are interested in viewing what the mugs look like,
check out: http://www.amiga-stl.com  Click on the
"Products" page. A picture of the mug is displayed.

These are five color high quality porcelain mugs with
gold rims and four finger handles. They have two unique
designs, one on each side of the mug. The designs are
heat sensitive, so when hot liquids are added to the
mug, the design changes. The mugs are microwave safe.
They should not be washed in the dishwasher however.
It affects the magic ink, fading it, and eventually
affecting the gold rim.

See you at Amiga 2K, April 1 & 2, in St. Louis, MO. The
largest Amiga show in the Americas. Check out the show
site at http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html

Good luck, and thanks.

Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis

bscharp@icon-stl.net
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-------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Scharp,              WOW! Amiga 2K is going to be HUGE!
bscharp@icon-stl.net     Almost 1,200 people attended Amiga 99.
Amigan-St. Louis
P.O. Box 672             You've just got to check it out at:
Bridgeton, MO 63044          http://www.amiga-stl.com
U.S.A.                   Amiga 2K, the next Gateway Computer
                         Show - April 1 & 2, 2000.

• XAD-System Version4
  Dirk Stoecker schreibt uns per eMail:
  Die Version 4 des Archiv-Extrahiersystems "xadmaster.library" ist fertig. Dieses System erlaubt es, Archive vieler Formate (LhA, LZX, RAR, Zip, ...) zu extrahieren. Außerdem können auch Disketten-Archive (DMS, Zoom, ...) entpackt werden, und es ist sogar möglich, Dateien aus solchen Archiven ohne den Umweg über eine Diskette (oder Ramdrives) zu extrahieren. Die originalen Archiver-Programme werden nicht benötigt, sondern durch interne Routinen ersetzt.
  
  Momentan unterstützen nur die beiliegenden Shell-Tools das System vollständig, allerdings ist eine Reaction-GUI in Arbeit und Module für DirOpus und andere Programme existieren schon oder werden entwickelt.
  
  Das System kann im Aminet unter util/arc/xadmaster.lha geladen werden und ein paar zusätzliche englische Informationen sind unter dem Titellink abrufbar. Als Zusatz ist das Antivirus-Tool CheckX sinnvoll (Aminet uti/arc/CheckX.lha), welches mittels XAD ganze Festplatten und CDs inklusive der enthaltenen Datei- und Diskettenarchive auf Viren prüft.

• Die Leute, die Interesse haben, melden sich beim Koordinator
• Idealerweise sollte dieser eine WWW-Seite zur Verfügung stellen können, wo man die Ergebnisse posten kann
• Am Besten generiert anhand einer Musterliste von JPEG- und PNG-Dateien aus dem Aminet (unterschiedliche Größe, aus pix/misc), PNG vielleicht aus dem Cloanto-Paket (AFAIK sind bei PPaint verschiedene dabei)
  
  
• Es sollten diverse Configs vertreten sein:
• A1200 mit 020/30 und 040, 060
• A1200 mit PPC
• A4000 mit 030 und 040, 060
• A4000 mit PPC
  
  
• Die Ergebnisse sollten regelmäßig (bei neuen Releases) aktualisiert werden
  
  
• Bei den jeweiligen Ergebnissen sollte mit angegeben sein:
  
  
• Rechnerconfig (Prozessor, RAM und Grafikkarte)
• Betriebssystem (3.1, 3.1 - picDT V40, 43, 44)
• Datatypes-Config

• Danny Hamon schreibt uns per eMail:
  Ich habe mir das Tool "MCControl" zugelegt. Mit diesem Tool kann man mit dem Amiga die Memorykarte der Playstation auslesen und die gespeicherten Spielstände separat abspeichern. Somit gehen alte Spielstände nicht durch Löschen (zum Platzmachen für neue) verloren.
  
  Das Tool unterstützt DexDrive und man muss nicht unbedingt ein großer Bastler sein, um sich selbst einen Memorycardreader zu bauen. Eine Anleitung für das Selbstbau-Kit ist in dem Archiv enthalten.
  Download: mccontrol.lha
  
  
• Oliver Roberts: WarpPNG.datatype Version 44.3
  Download: WarpPNGdt.lha - 45 Kb
  
  
• Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype Version 44.7
  Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha - 39 Kb
  
  
• Douglas F. McLaughlin: StrICQ Version 0.1698
  Download: STRICQ.lha
  
  
• Bei Haage & Partner gibt es neue Treiber für das Grafiktablett Wacom-Graphire. H&P schreibt: Endlich können auch die Amiga-Fans in den Genuss des neuen Grafiktabletts kommen. Die Treiber unterstützen dabei sowohl den drucksensitiven Stift, als auch die beiliegende kabellose Maus und deren Scrollrad. Weitere Details.
  
  
• Die Zahl der Vorbestellungen für die Amigaversion von "Simon The Sorcerer 2" bei Epic Marketing liegt derzeit bei 346. Zur Erinnerung, es werden 500 Vorbestellungen benötigt, um "Simon The Sorcerer 2" für den Amiga zu realisieren. Vorbestellen können Sie direkt HIER machen.
  
  
• Christian Scharrnbeck teilt uns per eMail mit, dass man seit Anfang des Jahres die neueste Version des wohl besten ihm bekannten Shareware-Programmes zur Pflege der Haushaltskasse UltraAccount V5.0 bei Richard Smedley herunterladen kann. Onlineregistrierung ist dort ebenfalls möglich.
  
  Alle denkbaren Buchungen und nachträglichen Änderungen sind unkompliziert möglich. Verwaltung aller getrennten Kassen und Konten möglich. Ständig sind für alle Konten die Saldi verfügbar. Mehrere Sprachen. Mit einem kleinen Trick arbeitet UA5.0 jetzt auch unter dem Amiga-Emulator UAE in einem PC: Autor oder Chr.Scharrnbeck@t-online.de fragen.
  Download: ultraacc.lha
  
  
• Dundar Unsal teilt uns im ANF mit, dass bei Amigart nun die Amster Web Page als ultimative Quelle für Musik online ist. Neu erschienen ist Amster Version 0.4.
  Download: amster.lha

• VMC wird keine Hardware mehr selbst produzieren
  Seit Anfang dieses Jahres wurde von uns der Entschluss gefasst, keine Hardware mehr selbst zu produzieren oder zu entwickeln. Die Firma VMC wird sich rein auf die Softwareentwicklung konzentrieren und diese Ergebnisse dann unter Lizenz von Dritten auf den Markt bringen.
• HyperCOM 1 wird nicht mehr produziert und verkauft
• HyperCOM Plus Serie wurde komplett verkauft
  Mit sofortiger Wirkung werden die Produkte der HyperCOM Serie nicht mehr von VMC produziert oder verkauft. Der gesamte Warenbestand sowie eine Lizenz für weitere Produktionen wurden an die Firma Individual Computers verkauft. Die Firma VMC wird für diese Produkte allerdings weiterhin die Softwarepflege übernehmen und dafür Sorge tragen, daß eine reibungslose Funktion gewährleistet wird. Wir möchten Sie daher bitten, weitere Bestellungen direkt an Individual Computers zu richten oder über einen Individual Computers Fachhändler Ihrer Wahl.
• Neue ISDN-Blaster-3 sowie VMCISDN in Sicht?
  Zur Zeit wird nach wie vor fleissig an der ISDN-Software gearbeitet, allerdings hatte der Festplattencrash letztes Jahr doch einen sehr hohen Schaden angerichtet, der nach wie vor noch nicht ganz behoben ist. Zur Zeit wird darüber nachgedacht, eine neue Generation von leistungsfähigeren ISDN-Karten für den Amiga zu produzieren, welche für die jetzigen Amiga Rechner alles an Geschwindigkeit schlagen würden, was man im Modem oder ISDN-Adapter Bereich kennt. Bitte schreiben Sie uns, wie groß Ihr Interesse an solchen für den Amiga zugeschnittenen ISDN-Karten ist.
• Die wichtigsten Software-Neuigkeiten
• HyperCOM 1 und 3+ Uhrenport-Karten
  Sämtliche HyperCOM-Treiber wurden auf die in letzter Zeit neu in den Markt gebrachten zusätzlichen Uhrenport-Anschlüsse der verschiedenen Hersteller-Lösungen angepasst.
• Firma ACT Amiga 1200 Zorro-IV Busplatine
• Firma Individual Computers X-Surf Netzwerkkarte
• Firma Individual Computers Amiga 600 Adapter
• Iomega parallel ZIP-100 Laufwerk
• ScanQuix parallel Scanner-Unterstützung für HyperCOM
  Für die ScanQuix Software wurde eine kompatible API in den HyperCOM- Treibern implementiert. Wann allerdings mit einer ersten Version von ScanQuix gerechnet werden kann, die diesen Modus verwendet, ist noch nicht bekannt.

Return-Path:  majordomo-owner@owlnet.net
From:         Gary Peake gpeake@texas.net
To:           "amiganewsfeed"@phoebe.hosting4u.net
Subject:      [ANF] Tao's Tumbler(TM) Cryptographic Toolkit
                    Operates 100 Times Faster Than Rivals
Date:         Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:04:12 -0600
Organization: http://www.owlnet.net
Reply-To:     amiganewsfeed@owlnet.net

Boston, MA, January 20th, 2000

NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. has announced the availability of the
Tumbler(TM) software toolkit implementing NTRU, the world's fastest
secure public key cryptography system. The Tumbler(TM) toolkit was
developed by Tao Group. Tumbler(TM) delivers encryption, decryption,
authentication and digital signature features at speeds over 100 times
faster than alternative systems, including those from RSA (Nasdaq:RSAS)
and Certicom (Toronto:CIC), at equivalent security levels.

"The need for public key security is moving from traditional Information
Technology (IT) applications to mass market consumer electronics
devices, such as wireless telephones, portable music players and digital
televisions." said Scott Crenshaw, NTRU Vice President of Business
Development. "These applications have vastly different requirements than
IT applications. Solutions for consumer devices must be fast,
inexpensive to implement in hardware, and consume minimal power. All of
the existing technologies, including Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems (ECC),
are just too large and slow. NTRU delivers the ideal solution for the
emerging consumer electronics market."

Key benefits of Tumbler(TM) over the competition include:

  Fast performance, even on low speed processors
  Small memory footprint
  Low cost to implement in hardware (fewer gates required)
  Increased server performance (supports more users with fewer servers)
  Reduced battery consumption

Francis Charig, Chairman & Chief Executive of Tao Group said "Tumbler
incorporates unique technologies from both NTRU and Tao. Our development
team has worked with NTRU to develop successfully a toolkit which can
resolve many of the security issues faced by digital appliances on
mobile, home and professional networks."

The technology in the Tumbler(TM) toolkit is ideally suited for
applications where high performance, high security and low power
consumption are required, such as wireless data communications, Internet
music and video distribution, micro payments, e-commerce and embedded
devices.

Developed by a team of world renowned mathematicians and cryptographers,
NTRU provides the fastest and most efficient public key cryptography
solution - at all security levels. Unlike other technologies, NTRU
resists parallel processing attacks. Likewise, its disposable key
technology allows frequent public key changes. Those properties
dramatically reduce the risk of power analysis, timing attacks, and the
danger of security breaches due to misplaced, lost, or intercepted keys.
Perhaps most important of all, NTRU offers high levels of security
without the performance sacrifices inherent in systems such as RSA and
ECC. The NTRU technology has been extensively studied by both the
academic and commercial cryptographic community. Complete technical
details, including a tutorial, are available on NTRU's web site at
www.ntru.com/tech.learning.htm.

NTRU's unprecedented performance advantages open up new options for
security. Its super fast key generation allows the encryption of every
transaction with a different public key. Disposable key use enables
completely new paradigms in encryption - for example, encrypting every
second of a music clip with a different key. That means, on a
three-minute clip, the time and cost of breaking the encryption increase
by a factor of 180. Disposable keys also allow every wireless data
transaction to be encrypted with a different independent key. Unlike
other systems that claim to generate multiple encryption keys to protect
media, NTRU disposable keys are completely independent of one another,
dramatically enhancing security. Disposable keys will become
increasingly necessary as insecure channels carry valuable data.

At the heart of NTRU is a collection of mathematical algorithms based on
manipulating lists of very small integers. This allows NTRU to achieve
high speeds with the use of minimal computing power. NTRU is the first
practical and secure public key cryptosystem not based on factorization
or discrete logarithm problems, which require the use of extremely large
integers or complex structures. The computations performed in NTRU
involve simpler processes that can be performed very quickly even on
inexpensive 8-bit processors at security levels equivalent to other
public key cryptosystems.

Notes to Editors

About Tao

Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software company
specializing in technologies for home and mobile networks. Incorporated
in 1992, the Company provides leading edge products for the emerging
markets of intelligent consumer devices. The company's philosophy is
based on providing powerful frameworks for use right across the range of
networked appliances from smart phones to digital television into which
Tao's clients can build in their own branding and incorporate their own
added value. Tao's clients include blue chip technology corporations in
the United States, Japan and Europe. Motorola and Sony are investors in
Tao Group. Tao is headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom, with
representation in Japan and the US, and its staff includes more than
fifty world-class software engineers. Tao is a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50
Winner and has won a series of innovation awards for its operating
system and Java(TM) based engine.

About NTRU Cryptosystems

NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. makes the world's fastest secure public key
cryptography solutions operating over 100 times faster than competitive
systems at equivalent security levels. NTRU is the fastest secure public
key cryptography solution for wireless data communications, digital
music and video distribution, e-commerce and embedded applications.
Strategic investors include Sony Corporation. For more information, see
www.ntru.com or call NTRU at 888.346.NTRU or 617.948.9138.

NTRU, F@stWTLS, the NTRU logo and the F@stWTLS logo are trademarks of
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. Portions of NTRU's system are the subject of
pending patent applications in the US and internationally. Tumbler(TM)
is a trademark of the Tao Group, Ltd.

Contact:

Scott Crenshaw
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
Tel: (617) 948-9138
Fax: (708) 575-3426
Email: screnshaw@ntru.com
Web: http://www.ntru.com/

Graham Nice
Tao
Tel: +44 (0)118 901 2999
Fax: +44 (0)118 901 2963
Email: Nice@tao-group.com
Web: http://www.tao-group.com/

-----------------------------------------------------------
Gary Peake
http://www.owlnet.net
Team AMIGA

• Update zu Digital Almanac II erhältlich
  Für alle registrierten Benutzer (Shareware und CD-ROM) des bekannten Astronomieprogrammes steht ein kostenloses Update (Version 1.8.2) zum Download zur Verfügung. Dieses Update bereinigt einige Fehler in der 040-Version des Vorgängers, und bietet dazu noch einige nützliche Verbesserungen.
  Download: DAlmanac_Exe.lha
  
  Der Autor gibt bekannt: "Dies wird die letzte Version von Digital Almanac II für 68k-Prozessoren sein. Es werden nur noch evtl. Bugfixes vorgenommen, aber keine Neuerungen mehr entwickelt. Dafür wird die Entwicklung einer PPC-Version (DA III PPC) mit neuen Möglichkeiten vorangetrieben."
  
  
• Darkage Software kündigt zwei neue Produkte an
  Zum einen handelt es sich um Powerball, einem einfachen Puzzlespiel, bei welchem der Spieler nach und nach farbige Steine entfernen muss. Das Spiel wird mit 80 Leveln in acht Welten und einem Leveleditor voraussichtlich im März 2000 erscheinen und auf Diskette über TBA erhältlich sein.
  
  Das zweite Produkt ist eine CD namens Amiga Classix 2. Die CD-ROM wird viele klassische Amiga-Spiele enthalten und alle Spiele werden direkt von CD aus startbar sein. Enthalten sind Spiele wie z.B. Diamond Caves, Bomb Mania, Lost on Parrot Island, Hoi AGA REmix und viele andere mehr. Die CD-ROM wird über Epic Marketing voraussichtlich ab Februar 2000 erhältlich sein.

• Bei PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX finden Sie im Supportbereich neue Versionen der ak-Datatypes (Version 44.76) und eine neue Version des akMPEG4-Player (Version 4.06).
  
  
• VWP: JavaRunner 1.0 für PPC-Linux und Windows®
  Der JavaRunner ist ein Programm, der auf eine vorhandene JRE® (Java Runtime Environment®) zurückgreift und es ohne lange und umständliche Parameteraufrufe ermöglicht, Java®-Programme zu starten. Dabei wird auch die CLASSPATH-Variable überprüft und gegebenenfalls automatisch korrigiert, um auch hier Kompikationen und fehlerbedingte Abbrüche zu vermeiden. Alles in allem vereinfacht dieses kleine Tool das Starten von Java®-Applikationen wesentlich.
  
  Der JavaRunner ist FREEWARE und wird demnächst auch für 68x68-Linux erhältlich sein.
  
  
• Epic Marketing teilt mit, dass sich das Jump and Run Spiel "Tales From Heaven" im Presswerk befindet und vermutlich ab Ende nächster Woche an die Vorbesteller ausgeliefert werden kann.
  
  
• Der MPEG-Player Frogger Version 1.5 ist erschienen. In der PPC-Version werden nun VideoCDs unterstützt.
  Download: frogger_ppc_15.lha
  
  
• Auf der Patch & HD-Installerseite von Jean-Francois Fabre finden Sie ein Update zu seinem Rapage Loader.
  Download: rampagehd.lzx - readme
  
  
• Ragonsoft gibt nach und nach einige bisher unveröffentlichte Spiele zum Download frei. Aktuell kann das Spiel "Handelsspiel" frei heruntergeladen werden.
  Download: handel1.lha
  
  
• Javosoft teilt uns per eMail mit, dass für FastATA/PowerFlyer und Allegro sowie 4xEIDE mit Allegro neue Treiber auf deren Downloadseite bereit liegen.

• Jan Andersen von Virus Help Denmark teilt uns per eMail mit, dass ein Update zu VirusExecutor von Jan Erik Olausson verfügbar ist. Es handelt sich um Version 1.83c mit exakt 115.156 Bytes.
  Download: virusexecutor.lha - 115 Kb
  
  
• Patrick Beerhorst teilt uns im ANF mit, dass bei Eternity ein Archiv mit 220 GlowIcons speziell für Startmenüs (z.B. DirOpus) zum Download bereit liegt.
  Download: synotec_glowicons.lha - 230 Kb
  
  
• AmigAIM V0.9301 - Beta, ein Amigaclient für den AOL InstantMessenger von Richard H. Poser.
  Download: AmigAIM_BETA.lha
  
  
• Bei amiEmulators finden Sie eine neue AmiMSX Version 3.0 Beta (ein Preview).
  Download: AmiMSX_v3.lha
  
  
• Bei Schatztruhe werden in Kürze drei neue CDs lieferbar sein. Neben den Klassikern Steuer Profi 99 und Aminet 35 kann man bald eine umfangreiche GlowIcon Collection auf CD erwerben, die speziell für AmigaOS 3.5 Anwender interessant ist. Die CD-ROM enthält mehr als 3500 professionell erstellte Icons für die unterschiedlichsten Programme (Anwendungen, Spiele, ...), Schubladen, DefIcons usw. Dazu kommen noch viele DockIcons und einige Werkzeugleisten für diverse Software.
  
  
• Ulrich Hambuch teilt uns im ANF mit, dass WBInfo 2.9c veröffentlicht wurde und die Entwicklung von WBInfo V3 auf vollen Touren läuft.
  Download: wbinfo29c.lzx - 43 Kb
  
  
• Detlef Wojtaszkiewicz teilt uns im ANF mit, dass Richard Fhager die Version 2.0 seines Freeware Video Pokerspiels veröffentlicht hat.
  Download: dawnvideopoker200.lha - 334 Kb

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• Alive Mediasoft kündigt "Frontier First Encounters" und "Elite 3 First Encounters" für Amiga an.
  
  
• Marko Seppänen teilt uns per eMail mit, dass er aufgrund technischer Probleme des Providers den toten Link zur Angebotsseite nicht berichtigen konnte. Hier nun der korrekte Link: Angebot.
  
  Das Image Engineer PlugIn "Visual Border" hat nun eine Option (in der registrierten Version), den Bordereffekt entweder bei allen oder auch bei einzelnen Bildern eines Verzeichnisses anzuwenden und zu speichern. Bestellung hier möglich.
  
  
• Virus Help Denmark gibt bekannt, dass eine neue VirusExecutor Version 1.83 des Autors Jan Erik Olausen verfügbar ist. Download: virusexecutor.lha - 118.140 Bytes
  
  
• Bei Epic Marketing sind zwei neue Spiele Compilation CDs erscheinen. Bei der CD "Adventures Lair" handelt es sich um eine CD mit zehn kompletten Grafikadventures. Die CD benötigt einen Amiga mit Festplatte und mindestens 2 MByte Speicher. Zu den Spielen zählen u.a. "Mad House", "Legends of Lothian", "Federation", "Blood Fest" und "Seven Realms".
  
  Auf der Compilation CD "Mutantology" finden sich ebenfalls zehn komplette Spiele, darunter die kommerziellen Mutation Spiele "Castle Kingdoms" (Action Adventure), "Tommy Gun" (Ballerspiel) und "Tin Toy Adventure" (Jump and Run).
  
  
• Stefan Werner teilt uns im ANF mit, dass es bei BeOS R5 zum freien Download anbietet. Download: BeOS - Downloadseite
  
  
• dEViL teilt uns im ANF mit, dass SecondSpin Beta nun in Version 1.97Beta zur Verfügung steht. Download: SecondSpin_Install.lha
  
  
• AmiDog hat DarcNES (Multikonsolen-Emulator) Version 9a0115a herausgebracht. Download: dn9a0115a.lha
  
  
• Bei Hans-Werner Schober gibt es eine neue Betaversion 4419.03 von FastIprefs, die für OS3.5 angepasst wurde. Download: FastIPrefs4419_03b.lha - 118 Kb
  
  
• Bei Ancor finden Sie neben neuen Screenshots zu "The Last Seal" auch neue Informationen zu dem Spiel. Es wird z.B. ein neues Soundprogramm benutzt, welches sich klasse anhört, und neue Sounds wurden ebenfalls schon gesamplet. Außerdem wurden neue Räume kreiert und damit begonnen, einen neuen Charakter zu zeichnen.

Reply-To:      "John Porter" johnp@cadlink.co.uk
From:          "John Porter" johnp@cadlink.co.uk
To:            team@amiga-news.de
Subject:       News
Date: Mon,     17 Jan 2000 17:05:13 -0000
Organization:  CADlink UK

Hi Everyone,

Just to let you know we have got a live chat with Tao Group and
hopefully fleecy to discuss the Amiga and what we feel should be done.

Tao dont have that much a roll in the development but they do have
some say and are very intrested to hear the views of the Amiga public
to help them take the correct road.

Francis Charig, Chairman and Chief Exec of Tao Group has confirmed
this with me and seems like a really down to earth guy and very sincere
in what he wants to do with the Amiga, he said he will ask Fleecy to
attend as well.

So got some ideas? questions? or just want to sit and watch? then
come to #AmigaGames on IRC Dalnet.  I will be confirming the live chat
with Francis a hour before we go ahead to make sure things are ok, if we
have to postpone it, there will be a new date given in the topic.

If you have a JAVA client you can come directly to

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9376/irc/chat.html

If you are on a Amiga you will need to download Amirc from Aminet and
log onto a dalnet server.

amiirc.lha

The best server to use is irc.dal.net on port: 7000 group: 01

If you are on a PC you can get Mirc from http://www.mirc.com

The Live Chat will be on 19/01/00 at 16.00 GMT

The Chat will be moderated you need to msg a active op to be able to
ask a question No more than 2 questions per go

Usuall IRC rules apply, swearing, name calling, flooding will end in
a ban.

Hope to see you all there

Best Regards

John Porter
Amiga Oasis Online
http://bounce.to/amigaoasis
#AmigaGames IRC Dalnet

• AHX-Ripper V4.41
  Christian Rosentreter teilt uns per eMail mit:
  Kåre Johansen veröffentlichte vor kurzer Zeit die Version 4.21 seines beliebten AHXRipper (früher THXRipper).
  Desweiteren stehen auf seiner Homepage auch Downloads anderer seiner Tools (u.a. diverse ABBS v2 Tools, LazyFiles 1.01, CheckDrive 1.01, etc.) zur Verfügung.
  
  
• Bei Tumult wird der Sourcecode der MUIclass Xenbar veröffentlicht. Das Archiv kann sehr nützlich sein, wenn Sie alternative #?.image-Files erstellen möchten. Es handelt sich um den original Sourcecode von Stefan Stuntz. Download: Xenbar.LHA
  
  
• Auf Duffs Homepage finden Sie eine neue Version seines THMLview Version 12.6. Download: MCC_HTMLview_Update.LZX - 64 Kb
  
  
• Zu Photogenics gibt es für registrierte User ein neues Update auf Version 4.4 Beta 75. Dieses Update enthält neue Modi wie RubEmboss und BumpMap und einen verbesserten Emboss- Modus. Download: Update75.lha - 950 Kb

• Inkrementeller Aufbau der Seiten. Das Parsing erfolgt in einem eigenen Prozeß, so daß das MUI-Programm weiterhin auf Eingaben reagieren kann während ein HTML-Dokument verarbeitet wird.
• Progressive Aufbau von Grafiken. Derzeit werden mittels Modulen GIF, GIFAnim, JPEG und PNG unterstützt.
• Text kann markiert und ins Clipboard übernommen werden.
• Suche im Text.
• Umfassende HTML-Unterstützung. Tabellen mit Hintergrundbildern, Frames, Formulare usw.
• Und sie ist sehr schnell.

• Text außerhalb von <BODY>...<BODY> wird nicht angezeigt.
• Entities(z.B. &amp;) ohne endenden Semikolon werden nicht erkannt.
• Der Floyd-Steinberg-Algorithmus, zum Dithern von Bildern, tendiert dazu am Rand weniger Streuungen einzubauen. Dies kann dazu führen, daß gekachelte Hintergründe so aussehen, als gäbe es Linien zwischen den Kacheln.
• Der Datatype-Wrapper, zur Dekodierung von Bildern, scheint nur mit dem P96 picture.datatype zu arbeiten.

• Fahrzeuge geben nun einen Warnton, wenn man ihnen im Weg steht und einige Fahrer sind agressiver als andere, was sich auf alle Aspekte ihres Fahrstils auswirkt.
• Die Polizeiwagen besitzen nun Sirenen inklusive Blinktlicht, was natürlich mit Lens Flares dargestellt wird.
• Die Map wurde erweitert, so daß es jetzt deutlich mehr zum Erkunden gibt.
• Die Skriptsprache wurde erweitert. Autowerkstätten verrichten nun ihre Arbeit und man erhältlich Nachrichten, wenn man bestimmte Aktionen ausführt.
• Ein weiterer größerer Fehler wurde behoben, der es Fahrzeugen ermöglichte an Wänden hochzufahren.
• Kollisionen mit Objekten wie Bäumen, Kisten, Laternen u.ä. werden inzwischen ausgezeichnet verarbeitet.
• Der Spieler beginnt nun nicht mehr bei jeden Neustart das Spiel am gleichen Ausgangspunkt - was mehr Abwechslung verspricht.
• Unterstützung für Mehrsprachigkeit wurde hinzugefügt.
• Der Ladebildschirm wurde um eine Fortschrittsanzeige erweitert.
• Das Audio-System kann nun gleichzeitig 500 Klänge verwalten, was deutlich über das vorige Limit von 100 hinausgeht. Man mag nun denken, daß dadurch das Spiel langsamer wird aber die Verbesserungen machen es sogar leicht schneller als das alte System.

• 1982 (classic games)
• Babylon 5
• Esotherik
• Fantasy
• FOM (Faces of Mars)
• Games
• History
• Jokes
• Mathematics
• Misc
• Science
• Science Fiction
• Space
• Star Trek
• Star Wars

• Sie müßten noch so umgeschrieben werden, dass es so aussieht als ob sie wirklich von einem Spielautomat gestartet werden - also keine Werbung!
• Wenn es AGA voraussetzt müssen sie auch auf Cybergfx laufen!
• Sie sollten auf AGA lauffähig sein, also ohne Grafikfehler!

* Forwarded from "Team Amiga" Mailinglist
* Originally from: fleecy moss (fleecy@earthlink.net)
* Original date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:19:45 -0500


In my trawling around the community hangouts,
I have come across several misconceptions, rumours,
and a lot of confusion. Whilst I can't hope to answer
everything, here are some things I want to set straight.


0. Amiga will build a digital content universe. Digital
    content means anything composed of 0 and1 -
    applications, video, audio, games, emails, whatever.
    We will focus on 2 markets, the pathfinder market,
    for digital adventurers, power users, gamers,
    content creators, DTPers, artists, video  ppl
    and those who refuse to define a computer as
    a digital appliance. Our second market will
    cocentrate on the Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH).

1. If you are a personal computer person, there will
    be a personal computer second wave Amiga.

2. We will support classic development in so much
    as we want to help users and developers transition
    to a new machine. That will be the total extent of our
   support for the classic machine. If this involves further
   AmigaOS releases, then so be it.

3. We are targetting x86 and PPC for the first consumer
   release of Pathfinder products (if you are a personal
   computer person, this means you).

4. We will do everything in our power (that doesnt bankrupt
   us or interfere with our primary goals) to ensure classic
  Amiga  software runs on the new machine in some form or
  another.. The new Amiga product family (formerly called
   AQUA) will run natively and hosted. This is to create a large
   market fast  for Amiga developers to profit from. For the first
   pathfinder release it will run hosted to see this market grow
   fast. We see one of our core duties as serving the developers.

6. We are talking to the Phoenix Consortium about common
   interests.

7. We have been contacted by QNX but currently have no plans
    to work with them.

8. We will develop Amiga products for another market, the
    Domestic Digital Habitat (DDH) market. This markets will
    be kept separate but products will work together if the installer
    so desires it.

9. There will be a new website and it will be public shortly. It has
     been tested on all browsers, Amiga and non Amiga, and given
     the compatibility problems between the implementations of open
     standards, our best effort has been made. The site   will grow
    quickly and more information will be added. We want it to become a
  village where all Amigans can come to voice their opinions, chat,
   and travel off  to different parts of the Amiga universe.

a. A developer support manager has been selected and they are
    working  on implementing   the developer support program. This will
    be in  place before the developer boxes are released.

b. The developer boxes are specced out, we have contacted several
     whitebox manufacturers and we are building the distribution.

c.Amiga will not provide dates until we have a product. We will share
    timelines, but will not attach dates to them. Enough damage has
   already been done.

d. We have had acceptances from 75% of our development team and
   their names and roles will be announced once we get back from
   training (before the end of the month).

This mail can be redistributed without modification within the community.
 As further questions and issues come up, we will attempt to answer them.

Return-Path: oliver@websale.de
From:        Oliver Esberger
To:          team@amiga-news.de
Date:        Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:04:04 +0100
Subject:     PhotoFolio v2.0 Announcement (fwd)

*** WEITERGELEITETE NACHRICHT ***
  Ursprünglich von: Steve Quartly
  Geschrieben am: 13-Jan-00
*** Start der weitergeleiteten Nachricht ***

Hi All,

Steeple  Software  is  proud  to  announce  the first commercial release of
PhotoFolio v2.0 in conjunction with Schatztruhe.

PhotoFolio  v2.0  is a major step forward from it's predecessor version 1.2
with may new features including:

* ARexx

A  fully  documented  ARex port for those of you who like to automate tasks
using  ARexx  scripts.  These  scripts are made available through pull down
menus and toolbay buttons and can be pre-configured in the settings window.

* Drag 'n' Drop proofs

Dragging  and dropping of proofs is now supported (by popular demand!). You
can drag and drop:

- Between browse windows.
- Onto a path in the main window's listtree.
- Onto a Show window.
- Onto the information window.

* Workbench Icon Support

Workbench icons can be dropped:

- Onto a browse window
- Onto the listtree in the main window.

* Toolbays

Both  the  main  and  browse  windows  now  have  toolbays  (optionally, of
course!)  making navigating around PhotoFolio v2.0 faster and easier. Those
of you who don't like using context menus.... this is for you!

* CLI support

You  can  launch  PhotoFolio v2.0 from a shell, passing in paths. Each path
passed  in  will  automatically  be added to the main window's listtree and
then opened into a browse window.

* Listtree Tree mode

The  listtree  in  the main window can now be operated in the current "flat
mode" or as a proper directory tree structure in "tree mode".

* Native IFF-ILBM loading

Imageio.library  has  been re-written to support IFF-ILBM. This means there
is a dramatic increase in speed when loading IFF-ILBM files.

* Amiga DOS pattern matching

Selecting  proofs  has  never  been  easier.  Using  the in-built Amiga DOS
pattern matching system, proofs can now be selected using wildcards etc.

* Saving of images as JPegs

Images can now be converted to jpegs directly within PhotoFolio v2.0.

* Settings

The  setting window has been totally re-designed and re-written making sure
your   prefs  file  is  completely  compatabile  with  future  versions  of
PhotoFolio.

* Unsaved proof indication

For  those  of  you  who run without any text description below the proofs,
knowing  which  proofs  are saved and which aren't is a problem. Now, a red
box  is  (optionally)  drawn  in  the  bottom right hand corner of un-saved
proofs.

* Constant size proofs

Proofs  can now be displayed at a constant size, making the distribution of
proofs in the browse window even.

There  has also been several minor improvements and additions, and many bug
fixes from version 1.2 making it more stable and flexible.

These new options coupled with the the existing features of PhotoFolio make
it  a  formidable  image  cataloguing  system  for  both  the  amateur  and
professional user alike. With continuing support, PhotoFolio promises to be
one  of  the most powerful image cataloguing systems available on the Amiga
platform.

PhotoFolio  v2.0  is planned to be released in early to mid February. Price
has  yet  to be decided, however users who have paid the shareware fee will
receive a discount on the retail price.

Steve Quartly and Paul Huxham
Steeple Software

*** Ende der weitergeleiteten Nachricht ***

-----------------------------------------------------------
Oliver Esberger - mailto:oliver@websale.de

• ELITE 3 für Amiga
  Steven Flowers von Alive Mediasoft teilt per eMail mit, dass sie die Lizenz zur Entwicklung einer Amiga Version von ELITE 3 erhalten haben und das es im Februar verfügbar sein soll. Alle Features der PC-Version werden enthalten sein.
  
  Descent 2 wird Ende Januar versandfertig sein. Descent 2 wird ebenfalls alle Features der PC-Version beinhalten und sogar noch einige Extras. PPC und Warp 3D wird unterstützt.
  
  
• VHI-Treiber für Masoboshi MVD 819 verfügbar
  Bei Innovative ist ein VHI-Treiber für den MVD 819-Digitizer ist ab sofort zum freien Download von der VHI-Seite verfügbar. Zur Verwendung des Treibers empfehlen wir VLRec NG 4.0 :)
  
  
• Bei IrseeSoft können Sie das Turboprint Update 7.10, welches viele neue Druckertreiber enthält, entweder per eMail oder per Brief/Fax bestellen. Anschrift: IrseeSoft, Meinrad-Spieß-Platz 2, D-87660 Irsee, Germany, Tel. +49 8341 74327 und Fax + 49 8341 12042. Das Update ist kostenpflichtig (DM 29,- bei Vorauszahlung mit Scheck oder DM 34,- bei Bestellung per Nachnahme).
  
  
• Auf der Surround Page finden Sie Back Orifice in neuer Version 1.21.10. Download AddOns: MuiBOv.1.0.LHA und BoAmiga1.21.10.LHA.
  
  
• Für registrierte Benutzer erschien Paul Nolans Photogenics 4.4 Beta. Die neue Version wartet neben verbesserten Lade- und Speicherfunktionen mit einem aktualisierten JPEG-Modul und elementarer Unterstützung für Adobe Photoshop(R) auf. Neue Effekte, wie z.B. FireBlur und sieben neue Malmodule runden das Update ab. Download: Update74.lha.
  
  
• Frank Wille hat auf seiner Website nun auch eine Quake-Version für AmigaOS/68k zur Verfügung gestellt.
  
  
• Bei Czech Amiga News berichtet Christian "SuRgEoN" Michael über seine Surgeon's Quake1 Goodies. Es handelt sich um eine Website, die Links und Hilfe rund um Quake anbietet.
  
  
• Bei ANN wird über einen neuen Dreamcast VMU Emulator berichtet. Zur Verfügung stehen ein Entwicklertool, der Emulator und Tetris als Beispielspiel. Der Emulator läuft auf Amiga und braucht mindestens AmigaOS 2.x.
  
  
• Trogladite Software plant zusammen mit OmegaResearch UK ein Update zum AmigaGuide. Neu enthalten sein wird die Unterstützung von Bildern, verschiedene Fontgrößen und mehr.
  
  Außerdem hat Trogladite Software die Entwicklung von "The Legends of Triten" übernommen. Es handelt sich um ein qualitativ hochwertiges Rollenspiel von MantaSoft. Das Spiel wird entweder als kommerzielles Produkt oder als Shareware mit Onlineregistriermöglichkeit vertrieben werden.
  
  
• Die Website von HiSOFT Systems wurde runderneuert. Nun sind auch wieder die Seiten zu ibrowse2 zu erreichen, auf welchen Sie ibrowse2 online registrieren lassen können.
  
  
• Bei Epic Marketing ist das Spiel TALES FROM HEAVEN von Darkage Software erschienen. In der unglaublichen 3D-Jump&Run-Engine stehen neben vier verschiedenen Welten mit je vier Leveln klasse Audiotracks und Stereo Soundeffekten zur Verfügung. An dem Spiel haben sieben Programmierer zwei Jahre lang gearbeitet. Eine ältere Demo (aus April 99) steht zum Download bereit. Download: tfhdemo.lha - 890 Kb

• MUIbase, das Datenbankprogramm ist jetzt in Version 1.3 erhältlich. MUIbase ist Shareware, bitte vergessen Sie nicht, sich zu registrieren. Download: MUIbase-1.3.lha
  
  
• Frank Wille stellt die neue Version 0.7c seiner ppc.library, der Emulation für WarpOS zum Download bereit. Download: ppclibemu.lzx
  
  
• Bei Stefan Robl können registrierte User die Alpha2-Version von ArtecScan 2.0 downloaden. Download: ArtecScan2alpha2.lha
  
  
• Für Photogenics ist eine neue Betaversion 4.4 an die Betatester verschickt worden. Registrierte User werden die neue Version bald über die Website bekommen können. Auch die erste öffentliche Betaversion für Linux wird bald zur Verfügung stehen.
  
  
• Bei Andreas Kleinert gibt es eine neue Version 4.05 des MPEG-Players (68K+PPC) akMPEG4. Download: akMPEG4.lha - 137 Kb
  
  
• Auf der Audio Page gibt es eine neue LAME Betaversion 3.60 des MP3-Encoders. Download: LAMEbeta.lzx - 410 Kb
  
  
• Noteneditor gesucht
  Martin Endres sucht einen C/C++ Programmmierer, der Interesse hat, einen Noteneditor für das CamX-Projekt zu programmieren. Kontakt: endres@work.de. Er wird versuchen, den Camouflage-Nachfolger CamX neben Linux auch für AmigaOS 3.1/3.5 (68K+PPC) zu entwickeln.
  
  
• Diavolo Backup
  Miky Wenngatz schreibt:
  Diavolo Backup wird noch im 1. Quartal 2000 ein Update erfahren. Wir sind in der Phase der abschließenden Tests und können hoffentlich ab Februar ausliefern. Diavolo Backup wird es nur noch in der Pro Version geben. VK 139,--. Festplatten größer 4 GB werden ebenso unterstützt wie WB 3.5
  
  Interessenten sollen bitte, falls sie dies noch nicht gemacht haben, über die website Abteilung Diavolo eine Registrierung vornehmen. Wir setzen uns dann mit denjenigen in Verbindung. Das Update wird zwischen DM 20,- und DM 30,- für Pro Version und DM 50,-- für die bisherige Standard Version kosten. Vorerst wird das Update nur via email versendet werden.

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FileTypeUtils.lha    biz/dopus  289K+Utilities for DOpus5 filetypes (German o
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GMsuite.lha          comm/thor   34K+Some really usefull scripts for Thor, v5
js_umsrfc.lha        comm/ums    46K+Umsrfc update (1.3)
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Dracodemo.lha        demo/euro   89K+A demo from the early 90's by Draco
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OutTakes.lha         demo/file  105K+Very very very bad demo, but a laugh
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nah-speed50.lha      demo/mag   1.1M+Speed #50 from Nah-Kolor (tp9+bonuses)
SceneArchives.lha    demo/mag   1.2M+SASU v1.07: Ultimate Demo CDs. - 9 CD's 
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CorsoASM-ITA03.lha   dev/asm    465K+Corso ASSEMBLER AMIGA 3/6 (ITALIANO)
CorsoASM-ITA04.lha   dev/asm    505K+Corso ASSEMBLER AMIGA 4/6 (ITALIANO)
CorsoASM-ITA05.lha   dev/asm    283K+Corso ASSEMBLER AMIGA 5/6 (ITALIANO)
CorsoASM-ITA06.lha   dev/asm    583K+Corso ASSEMBLER AMIGA 6/6 (ITALIANO)
GetCDDB_src.lha      dev/basic   20K+Easy download of CD disc id files - sour
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OutTakesSRC.lha      dev/basic   82K+BB2 source of a bad ass demo
ADOSLib.lha          dev/c       29K+Additional DOS Lib for vbcc
MEMLib.lha           dev/c      108K+Port of MEM.Lib for vbcc
MMULib.lha           dev/c       34K+Vbcc stubs linklib for mmu.library
PMM.lha              dev/c      1.3M+Project-Make-Manager (PMM) for vbcc
REQUESTLib.lha       dev/c      164K+Requester Lib for vbcc
stormamiga_lib.lha   dev/c      223K+Small and fast linker lib for StormC (de
STRINGLib.lha        dev/c       83K+Many stringfunctions (linklib vbcc)
SUPRALib.lha         dev/c      107K+Port of SUPRA linklib for vbcc
SX4Amiga.lha         dev/cross   85K+SX-chip programmer V0.93
COP.lha              dev/debug  158K+Low Level Debugger
MuForce.lha          dev/debug  216K+The V40 Enforcer, detects illegal RAM ac
MuGuardianAnge.lha   dev/debug  264K+MungWall superset, detect accesses to no
ProfilePPC.lha       dev/misc    13K+Profiler for PowerUp ppc.library progs
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WarpUp-Dec99.lha     docs/misc  179K+Postings to WarpUp mailing list in Decem
AmigaDeck.lha        game/data  276K+A carddeck for the Soliton cardgame
blah.lha             game/data   12M+Blahbalicious - hilarious quake movie
QTFDemos2.lha        game/data  2.5M+2 more QuakeTF demos.
QTFDemos3.lha        game/data  3.8M+Another 3 QuakeTF demos.
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UFO-Cheater.lha      game/hint  186K+Cheat Tool (UFO ECS) V2.11
Starbase.lha         game/misc  247K+Build up new base like UTOPIA - V1.2
awinquake.lha        game/shoot 563K+68k and PPC ports of winquake, v0.4
awinquake_src.lha    game/shoot 1.7M+Source code of awinquake 0.4, a68k/ppc
HotShots.lha         game/shoot 229K+Free game. Remake of a great classic
space0.4b.lha        game/shoot 1.0M+3D Space Shooter for gfx card and PPC
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SoftCinema.lha       gfx/show   334K+Ultimate Movie Player (PPC) V0.8a
mccontrol.lha        hard/hack  280K+V1.37 PSX MemoryCard Reader
TPPset.lha           hard/hack    7K+Softwareswitch for the TPP-project
ya2t4.lha            hard/hack  256K+Convert CD-R Yamaha 200 in 400 
turd_020.lha         hard/misc  234K+The Ultimate Relay Driver V1.00
DarcNES.lha          misc/emu   136K+NES/SMS/GG/PCE/SG1000/Coleco emulator v9
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Hard_n_Happy.lha     mods/hardc 148K+An 8 track 8Bit Module
The_Tribes.lha       mods/instr 1.1M+Just a piece of good music. NO TEKNO !
ReconaisanceFl.lha   mods/misc  687K+A 6 track 8Bit Module
TO_Scratchgame.lha   mods/misc  2.3M+Hip Hop Module (DBM)
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lnsM15_futEp2.mpg    mods/mpg   6.1M+Progress - ambient Ep (part 2/2) 
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rNO-L021.mpg         mods/mpg   5.3M+Rno-label release no.21 by UranusCancell
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crs_tmix.lha         mods/techn 3.1M+CRS00052: 'the mix' module pack by domin
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lns65_vibe.lha       mods/tranc 679K+Vibe-rate - goatrance by Puryx (Superdru
bear.lzh             mods/xm    125K+Nice module made by Goatman
drang.lzh            mods/xm    233K+Nice module made by Goatman & Spliffy
el_greek.lzh         mods/xm    139K+Nice module made by Goatman
gadget.lzh           mods/xm     99K+Nice module made by Goatman
goatcip4.lzh         mods/xm     12K+Nice module made by Goatman
hangover.lzh         mods/xm    135K+Nice module made by Goatman
machine.lzh          mods/xm     73K+Nice module made by Goatman
smokin.lzh           mods/xm     50K+Nice module made by Goatman
tigery2k.lzh         mods/xm    152K+Nice module made by Goatman & Spliffy
SampleE.lha          mus/edit   267K+16Bit Stereo HD-Edit Sample Editor AHI-s
FilterSound.lha      mus/misc    11K+Standalone configurable FIR/IIR Filter
Playmed.lha          mus/misc    25K+Randomly plays MED-modules of all type
EP_JasonBrooke.lha   mus/play     4K+EaglePlayer "Jason Brooke" external repl
PlayGUI.lha          mus/play   122K+Finally!Modplayer with AmigaAmpSkins!
TIM_0011.lha         pix/3dani  155K+TIM's rendered Animations (Volumm4D)
lch-amystone.lha     pix/art     53K+Amiga stone logos
RDC_MagicWB.lha      pix/back   1.6M+MagicWB backgrounds collection + my desk
aare.jpg             pix/sport   78K+Skiing in Aare, Sweden
2000.jpg             pix/trace  302K+"2000" trace picture 800x600x24
TIM_0001.lha         pix/trace  1.2M+TIM's rendered pictures (Volumm4D)
TIM_0002.lha         pix/trace  750K+TIM's rendered pictures (Volumm4D)
TIM_0005.lha         pix/trace  1.0M+TIM's rendered pictures (Cinema4D)
envSOF21.lha         text/edit  123K+Eiffel/Sofa Add-On for GoldEd Studio 6
Change.lha           text/misc   40K+V2.37 change text/data in all files
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LZX121r_pch.lha      util/arc    13K+Y2K patches for LZX 1.21r
MTX.lha              util/blank  52K+Matrix Screen Blanker
MuFastZero.lha       util/boot  112K+MuLib Zero Page remapper, FastExec/Prepa
Scheduler1_4.lha     util/cdity  21K+Schedule manager and viewer
GatewayTools.lha     util/cli   850K+Various tools for use in CLI
StarDate.lha         util/cli   109K+StarDate-Clock (CLI) for free use
VersCheckGUI.lha     util/cli   166K+A simple GUI for VersCheck (incl. source
VersCheckV2.lha      util/cli   836K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
PalmDocGC.lha        util/conv    5K+Gui4Cli interface to Makedoc
RomanConv.lha        util/conv    3K+Roman<->Decimal numbers converter.
DeleteSmall.lha      util/dir     8K+The Fastest 'Delete'  Enhancer, Recursiv
DeleteSmallMUI.lha   util/dir    22K+The Fastest Searcher using MUI , Recursi
dir2html_trans.lha   util/dir    11K+Translations for Dir2HTML
FindSmall.lha        util/dir     6K+The Fastest Searcher , Recursive, Match 
FindSmallMUI.lha     util/dir    21K+The Fastest Searcher , Recursive, Match 
fm.lha               util/dir   239K+Multitasking directory utility.
fmkey.lha            util/dir     4K+Keyfile for Filemaster
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WarpPNGdt.lha        util/dtype  45K+PNG image datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.2
xpm-dt.lha           util/dtype  15K+Version 43.1 of the xpm.datatype
GatewayLibrary.lha   util/libs   80K+Shared Library with many functions
MMULib.lha           util/libs  621K+Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
calculator.lha       util/misc   15K+Fully functional calculator
nodelete.lha         util/misc   33K+Saves *ALL* deleted files, not only from
VisualGuide.lha      util/misc   18K+Make filelist in AmigaGuide format.
WOSprefs_ger.lha     util/misc   31K+German locale for WOSprefs
LHAY2KPatch.lha      util/pack   10K+Y2K-Bugfix Patches for LHA 1.38e, 1.50r,
XPKatana.lha         util/pack  104K+XPK (un)packer with complete GUI, ARexx 
Scion2html.lha       util/rexx   33K+WWW browser HTML's from Scion Genealogy 
68040Lib.lha         util/sys   210K+A MuLib aware 68040.library, 68030.libra
JStatus1.4.lha       util/sys    13K+Enhanced "Status"-Command of C=
DCF77.lha            util/time  487K+Radio clock receiver, clock, time signal
simpleclock.lha      util/time   15K+Version 1.2 of the analog clock (OS3.5)
CA_Greek.lha         util/wb      8K+Greek Files for ClassAction 3.6
Dynamite.lha         util/wb     37K+Start button, browser, fast icon/thumbna
RAPrefs.lha          util/wb     75K+A prefs program for ReqAttack, v1.17
TweakWB15.lha        util/wb    104K+Great WB 3.5 commodity, icon converter, 
VisualPrefs_SR.lha   util/wb      4K+VisualPrefs: Serbian catalog 
wbinfo29b.lha        util/wb     52K+Replaces info-win (MUI w. Scalos & NewIc

• Ron Goertz hat seine Arexx-Skripte für FinalWriter und PageStream aktualisiert. Im Archiv enthalten sind FWCalendar Version 3.78 und FWCAddEvent Version 3.74. Zusätzlich benötigte Software wie z.B. BGUI und diverse Libraries stehen im Downloadbereich zur Verfügung. Download: FWCalendar.lha
  
  
• Total Vision: SoftCinema, QT/AVI MoviePlayer (PPC) Version 0.8a - Download: SoftCinema
  
  
• PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX: akMPEG4 V4.04 - Download: akMPEG4.lha
  
  
• Bei Cyberdyne Systems gibt es eine neue Version (V.44.41 beta 1) der HSMathLibs für MC68060.
  
  
• Lambda: Neben einem aktuellen Statusbericht finden Sie auch neue Screenshots.
  
  
• Epic Marketing hat 309 der zur Realisierung der Umsetzung auf Amiga benötigten 500 Vorbestellungen für "Simon The Sorcerer II" und ist somit dem Ziel ein wenig näher gerückt. Bestellen können Sie das Adventure-Spiel "Simon The Sorcerer II", welches auf allen AGA und Grafikkartenrechnern mit 030er und 8 MByte Fast-RAM laufen wird, entweder per eMail an order@epic-marketing.de. telefonisch unter Tel. 07071/400492, per FAX unter 07071/400493 oder per Post an: epic marketing, Hirschauer Strasse 9, 72070 Tübingen.
  
  
• Tales of Tamar-Problem bei der Installation der Demo
  Eternity schreibt:
  Uns ist warscheinlich ein Fehler in OS 3.5 zum Verhängnis geworden. Wenn sie versucht haben die Demo unter OS3.5 von der CD-ROM der Amiga-Future zu installieren (durch Herüberziehen des Verzeichnisses) werden von bestimmten Files die Protect-Flags verändert. Teilweise sind somit Files nicht mehr lesbar, beschreibar oder sichtbar. Was schafft Abhilfe?
  
  Die Daten des Verzeichnisses von Hand auf Festplatte kopieren. Wie ist egal. Nur das komplette Verzeichnis muß erhalten bleiben. DOpus oder ein sonstiger Datei-Manager ermöglichen dies. Sie können aber auch einfach den shell befehl copy nehmen.
  
  Eine weitere Möglichkeit besteht darin alle Files einfach wie bisher herüberzuziehen und anschließend einfach das komplette Verzeichnis mit den Protect-Flags RWED zu versehen. (DOpus)
  
  
• Bei Czech Amiga News gelesen:
  Protracker Y2K-Updates für die Versionen 3.15, 3.61, 3.62 und 4b2.
  
  DarcNES/Amiga Update Version 9a0109a (000110), Download: dn9a0109a.lha
  
  
• Ragonsoft informiert uns, dass im Downloadbereich bisher unveröffentlichte Amiga-Programme inklusive Sourcecode zum Download bereit stehen.

• Bei Cyberdyne Systems gibt es neue Version (V.44.41 beta 1) der HSMathLibs für MC68040.
  
  
• Bei Visual Engineering gibt es Image Engineer und PlugIns zurzeit zu Sonderpreisen.
  
  
• Bezüglich Tales of Tamar gibt es bei Eternity einen Projektstatus, in welchem Projektleiter Martin Wolf einige Anmerkungen zur Veröffentlichung der T.o.T.-Demo in Nr. 22 der "Amiga Future Cover CD" macht.
  
  Deutlich spürt man Wolfs Enttäuschung darüber, dass die AF das Demo zwar dankend für die CD angenommen hat, aber in der Zeitschrift selbst überhaupt nicht über das Spiel berichtet wird. Richtig sauer ist Wolf offensichtlich darüber, dass die Soundtracks ohne deren Zustimmung einfach gekürzt wurden.
  
  
• Druckertreiber News: Die Treiber 600C und 400C sowie alle Olivetti-Treiber wurden aktualisiert. Außerdem finden Sie neue Tipps zu WP (Wordprocessor Printing).
  
  
• Ulrich Hambuch teilt uns mit, dass die letzte OS3.1 (Scalos) Version von WBInfo (aktuelle Version v2.9b) ab sofort als Freeware/Giftware auf deren Homepage und im Aminet verfügbar ist. Derzeit wird an einer V3 von WBInfo für AmigaOS 3.5 gearbeitet, welche als Shareware erscheinen wird.
  
  
• Stuart Walker von Digital Images wendet sich in einem offenen Brief an die User. Wipeout 2097 verkauft sich gut, wofür er sich bedankt. Das Projekt Space Station 3000 ist größer als geplant, aber Walker hofft, bald ein definitives Releasedatum nennen zu können. Weiter teilt Walker mit, dass DI vorhat, weitere PC-Spiele auf den Amiga zu portieren und Wipeout 2097 auf den Apple Mac portiert wird.
  
  Da Stuart Walker zwischen dem 10. Januar und dem 31. März abwesend sein wird, bittet er um Verständnis, wenn er in dieser Zeit keine eMail beantworten kann. Unter dem Titellink finden Sie für die einzelnen Bereiche Alternativ-Adressen.
  
  
• Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype Version 44.5 - Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha - 39 Kb
  WarpPNG.datatype 44.2 - Download: WarpPNGdt.lha - 44 Kb
  
  
• Bei Czech Amiga News gelesen:
  Jim Drew hat auf der Microcode Solutions Mailingliste gepostet, dass an der PowerPC-Version von Fusion gearbeitet wird, aber aufgrund verschiedener Faktoren mit der Fertigstellung erst Ende Januar/Anfang Februar gerechnet werden kann.
  
  Macromedia hat angekündigt, dass der Sourcecode für den Flash-Player und das Flash File Format für eine kostenlose Lizenz zur Verfügung gestellt wird. Siehe auch Ankündigung bei BeNews.
  
  Trogladite Software hat ein Diskussionsforum eingerichtet, in welchem es ausschließlich um das Thema Amino geht.

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   T A O ,   B A B Y !   T H E   P A R T N E R   A N N O U N C E D

       A M I G A   I N C .   T O   B E   A T   A M I G A   2 K

           N E W S R O G   D E V E L O P M E N T   E N D S

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Below we have the second big announcement in recent days by the
reborn Amiga Inc. This one concerns the "content platform foundation
partner" for future development. Not sure yet what all is covered by
that mouth numbing phrase but I am sure it will be interesting and, I
hope, encouraging to watch this relationship.
 There seems to be much more a feeling of relief in the shrunken Amiga
Community at this ownership change than there was when Gateway took
over, and that's as it should be. If we don't make it this time, at
least we finally have some Amigans with vision giving it a try. If
only that had happened back in 1994 ...

 We don't have an actual story on it, but if you read the items below
carefully you'll see that Amino is now Amiga. The change took place on
January 6. They'll be at the Amiga 2000 computer show this spring in
St. Louis, USA, and I can hardly wait. I believe this will be the
first chance for the newest Amiga Inc. to address a large body of the
community. If you can get there, it should be well worth your time.
 If I have my Amiga history right, this is the third Amiga Inc. to be
set up. The original development company (or were they not an Inc.?),
Gateway's, and now the former Amino. Correct?
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

5 Jan 2000

brad,

 just a quick note to say "keep up the good work" ! i enjoy receiving
this e-publication. also, let me add that i prefer this "e-mail style
" as opposed to the old "download style "!!!! makes it easier for me
to read.

best,
dave
~~~~~~
Dave,
 Thanks very much for the note and the vote of confidence. Not sure
who's old download style you mean as we've always been e-mail based,
but I think I know what you're getting at. It's always been one of our
goals to get the news out to people, rather than wait for someone to
come to a website. We think the Amiga community needs both, and our
method can help get the message to people who would never see the
websites.
 Brad

======
1 Jan 2000

On 31-Dec-99, Brad Webb wrote:

> The transaction, effective immediately, includes the transfer of
> all Internet domain names related to Amiga which Gateway had held.
> Gateway retains ownership of all patents acquired when it bought
> Amiga in 1997.

 In other words, they have the right to develop something and call it
an Amiga, but not to make or sell any of the old hardware, possibly
the OS either. Then again, that might not to be a bad thing. We all
know how far behind the current hardware and OS are.

 When Tom Schmidt announced that Amiga wasn't going to be a computer
platform anymore, I started looking at the alternatives. I figured
there were three; Linux, Mac and (GULP!) Windows.
 - Linux is a Unix variant at heart. Switching to it meant night
school courses just to learn to use it. (I still haven't entirely
ruled that out.)
 - My GF uses a Mac and she's happy with it. I looked at the new iMacs
and they're nice machines, reminiscent in some ways of my good ol'
A1200, and the price wasn't too bad, considering what it was. Then I
took a gander at the software and nearly had a coronary! $800 for a
paint program???
 - Then there's Windows. I tried to look it up on the 'net. At first
all I found were jokes pages. I surfed over a few of them. It was
educational; nobody likes Windows! At last I found MS's homepage. The
first thing I saw there was ol' Visa Bill Gate's editorial about
"freedom to innovate," (whinging over the Anti-Trust Court obviously.)
By this time I was wondering what had possessed me to even consider
doing this to myself!

 I hope to heck Amino makes a go of Amiga. There are no good
alternatives out there.

        Allan
~~~~~~
Allan,
 I certainly agree with the sentiment in your last paragraph. It's
very early to have a feel for how Amino - now officially Amiga Inc. -
will do, but they've got the community in mind and that's a real plus.
 You do have one misconception in your note. Amiga Inc. has a license
from Gateway to the old patents, so there's really nothing stopping
them from doing just about anything they want to, including building
"classic" type machines if they wish.
 With the new Amiga in place, I think there's at least a good
possibility we won't need an alternative.
 Brad
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   T A O ,   B A B Y !   T H E   P A R T N E R   A N N O U N C E D

 Las Vegas, January 8, 2000 - Amiga Incorporated, a privately held
company based in Maple Valley, WA, has entered into a strategic
relationship with the Tao Group as the new content platform foundation
partner for the new Amiga. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed. Bill McEwen, Amiga President/CEO, said that the company
selected Tao as the foundation partner for the new Amiga after
reviewing numerous other potential partners. "After extensive research
trawling the markets we found that Tao had the greatest similarities
and strengths with our vision, and the capabilities to get the job
done". McEwen said. "Amiga with Tao together will bring a new level of
capabilities, portability and scalability never available before."
"Tao has its roots in the Amiga so this is particularly satisfying for
us" said Francis Charig, Chairman and CEO of Tao Group. "What makes
this relationship so exciting to Tao is the relationship we can enjoy
with Amiga and the Amiga Community. The world has changed radically in
the last few years and there is a vacuum in terms of content and
software environments that meets the needs of the mass market. The
skill sets of the Amiga community combined with the power and
flexibility of Tao's software infrastructure means that the New Amiga
can create the most compelling content for the emerging digital
services and content markets."


ABOUT AMIGA

 Amiga Incorporated is dedicated to the development, design, and
implementation of components, services, and models that support the
digital experience of tomorrow. Amiga lead the world into the
multi-media experience in the early 80's, and will lead it into the
Digital content universe of the future.

ABOUT TAO

 Tao Group is an intellectual property generator and software company
specializing in technologies for home and mobile networks.
Incorporated in 1992, the Company provides leading edge products for
the emerging markets of intelligent consumer devices. The company's
philosophy is based on providing powerful frameworks for use right
across the range of networked appliances from smart phones to digital
television into which Tao's clients can build in their own branding
and incorporate their own added value. Tao's clients include blue chip
technology corporations in the United States, Japan and Europe.
Motorola and Sony are investors in Tao Group. Tao is headquartered in
Reading, United Kingdom, with representation in Japan and the US, and
its staff includes more than fifty world-class software engineers. Tao
is a Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Winner and has won a series of
innovation
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       A M I G A   I N C .   T O   B E   A T   A M I G A   2 K

January 6, 2000

 Amino Development Corporation, renamed Amiga Inc. on Jan. 6, will
exhibit at the Amiga 2K show.

 In a conversation today with Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amino,
now Amiga Inc.,stated that they will definitely exhibit at the Gateway
Computer Show - Amiga 2K, April 1 & 2, 2000.

 Things are happening with Amiga 2K, just as we promised. Stay tuned
for more information on the largest and best Amiga show in the
Americas... Amiga 2K.

 Amiga 2K will be held on Saturday April 1st - Sunday April 2, 2000,
in St. Louis Missouri, U.S.A. at the Henry VIII Hotel.

Bob Scharp
Amigan-St. Louis
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          N E W S R O G   D E V E L O P M E N T   E N D S

04-Jan-2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 ShadowWorks Software regrets to announce the end of the NewsRog
project for the Amiga. NewsRog is an NNTP News client running on Amiga
personal computers.

 Unfortunately, due to a combination of factors which include the lack
of a market for Amiga software, obsolescent hardware, and a recent
increase in piracy and fraudulent credit card orders, it is no longer
financially possible to continue developing NewsRog. The last version
stands at 1.8b, and the update is available to all registered users
via the web page below:

     http://www.frii.com/~srk/ShadowWorks/Preview/NR.html

 ShadowWorks Software is proud to have pioneered a large number of
news client features that have yet to be duplicated in any other
software that we are aware of. We regret that it was not possible to
continue development of the software, since there was a great deal
more planned for the future.

 ShadowWorks Software wishes to thank all of our loyal customers who
have supported our attempt to bring the Amiga a world class NNTP news
client.
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Amiga Update on the net:
 All back issues available at:
    http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html

Stop by and check out our archive!
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• Cyberdyne Systems: Neue Demoversion (V.45.00 alpha 6) der stormamiga.lib für AmigaOS/68k. Es sind einige neue Funktionen hinzugekommen, einige Funktionen wurden erweitert und optimiert und alle bekannten Fehler wurden beseitigt.
  
  
• TWF: Unter News gibt eine neue Umfrage und die Seiten zu "E2260" und "Maim & Mangle" wurden aktualisiert. Nathan Young arbeitet jetzt an der Benutzeroberfläche für M&M.

• Thor: Update Version 2.6a, welches einige y2k-Probleme und kleinere Bugs beseitigt. - Download: thor26upd.lha - 310 Kb und Current_Classes.lha
  
  
• SecondSpin Version 1.88Beta - Download: SecondSpin_Install.lha
  
  
• VWP: Update WaveTracer DS Mark V 5.1
  Nachdem die BETA-Version schon einige Zeit erhältlich war, ist die endgültige Version 5.1 des WaveTracer DS Mark V jetzt verfügbar. Der Download ist auf der VWP-Homepage möglich. Das Update ist nur für Besitzer der Vollversion möglich, es wird die Seriennummer benötigt (zu finden im WaveTracer-Menü Special", Menüpunkt "User-Info").
  
  
• Trogladite Software: Größeres UnInstaller Update geplant. Der neue UnInstaller soll nicht nur Skripte, die für Version 1.0 gemacht wurden, unterstützen, sondern auch Skripte, die für 1.1+ erstellt wurden. Daneben sollen auch Commodore Installer-Logfiles, der neue UnInstaller-Standard und eine überarbeitete Benutzeroberfläche eingearbeitet werden.
  
  
• Ein technisches Preview des Opera-Browser für Linux Version 4.0a (Qt Edition) ist erschienen. Download der Alphaversion: opera-19991224.tar.gz
  
  
• Die Homepage von Mushroom Software (F1 Software und 5th Dimension Lizenznehmer) ist nun mit einem "Real-Time Voice Chat" ausgestattet, der allerdings Java erfordert.
  
  
• Innovative schreibt:
  Da sich unser Server im Umzug befindet, sind hier noch keine neuen Informationen z.B. bzgl. VLRec NG 4.0 verfügbar. Sie können VLRec NG 4.0 allerdings schon über unseren Online-Shop bestellen. Sobald unser Angebot vollständig umgezogen ist, werden wir Sie auf einer weiter verbesserten und überarbeiteten Website und vielen News begrüssen können. Bis dahin bitten wir noch um ein wenig Geduld.
  
  
• Atéo: Der Downloadbereich wurde überarbeitet und "aufgeräumt" und einige Files aktualisiert.
  
  
• Frank Wille: Neue ppc.library Emulation für WarpOS Version 0.7b - Download: ppclibemu.lzx

Dkg-Prices.lha       biz/dkg      1K+Pricelist for Amiga products at DarkAge 
SRMag2Theme.lha      biz/dopus  222K+Theme for MagellanII
Konwerter2.15.lha    biz/misc   138K+Convert files from Metastock and Omega t
SnipSub.lha          comm/mail    6K+Remove text in [] from subjects (YAM)
Homebank_SK.lha      comm/misc  355K+Homebanking (only german Sparkasse!)
HTTPResume_Swe.lha   comm/www     2K+Swedish localization for HTTPResume v1.8
RSN-HereWeAre.lha    demo/aga   305K+Here We Are (demo) by Reason
BlitzLstDEC99.lha    dev/basic  179K+Messages Posted To The Blitz List DEC 99
Amiga-C-Dec99.lha    dev/c       78K+Postings to Amiga-C mailing list in Dece
n2w.lha              dev/c       43K+Convert numbers to words w/source
powerd.lha           dev/e      244K+New programming language based on E
SimpTrans.lha        dev/misc    12K+A compact english-greek parallel aligned
Uk2GrCorpus.lha      dev/misc    20K+A compact english-greek parallel aligned
SortCopy.lha         disk/bakup  25K+Tiny directory/link/backup/copy program
TurboVal.lha         disk/cache   2K+Tool to burst up the validation
XTrace_News02.txt    docs/anno    4K+XTrace news 2000 January 06 (addresses c
2duhelpguideIT.lha   docs/help   60K+Help in Italiano di The Digital Universe
Aakt0100GFX.lha      docs/mags  163K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
Aakt0100GUIDE.lha    docs/mags   85K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
ACNews_17.lha        docs/mags   47K+E-zine focused on Amiga News: #17-Januar
tanxedit.lha         game/actio  39K+Tanx Squadron Save Editor
Ambassador191B.lha   game/board 158K+Client for IGS, Internet Go Server, V1.8
fu_smht.lha          game/misc  1.9M+German indoor championships (football ma
Frenetic.lha         game/patch  26K+HD-Installer for Frenetic V1.1
sushi68k.lha         game/patch 288K+Surgeon's Ultimate Speedup Hacks for 68K
KC1.0.lha            game/role   88K+Create your hero for RPG Krysztaly Czasu
awinquake.lha        game/shoot 560K+Amiga 68k and PPC ports of winquake
awinquake_src.lha    game/shoot 1.7M+Source code of awinquake 0.3, a68k/ppc
QTFDemos.lha         game/shoot 4.8M+Gibs and Frags in 3 QuakeTF demos.
MUI_FreeCell.lha     game/think 288K+Amiga MUI version of well-known solitair
Wolf.lha             game/wb     71K+Remake of a Soviet electronic game.
chunkyppc.lha        gfx/board   55K+Chunkyppc.library (WarpUP and 68k suppor
picFX.lha            gfx/edit   103K+Great CARDWARE image deformer (MUI) 1.1
DMandel.lha          gfx/fract   95K+Mandel & Julia generator with ARexx, RTG
Fractalis.lha        gfx/fract   30K+Interactive recursive fractal program
VideoEasel.lha       gfx/misc   632K+THE flexible Cellular Automata (LIFE...)
Spitfire.lha         hard/drivr 428K+A Palm Desktop for the Amiga!
Mice.lha             hard/hack   42K+Schematics for converting PC mice to the
TestGear1.lha        hard/hack  324K+Simple test equipment projects.
turd_040.lha         hard/misc  234K+The Ultimate Relay Driver V1.00
turd_060.lha         hard/misc  234K+The Ultimate Relay Driver V1.00
DarcNESGUI.lha       misc/emu    12K+GUI for the DarcNES emulator
convertor.lha        misc/math  170K+Powerful UnitConverter. V2.80
PL_flagi_jpg         misc/misc  135K+View of workbench with polsh flags in lo
UKLP.lha             misc/misc   70K+United Kingdom Lottery Program
djh_glrm.lha         mods/hardc 455K+*=-MILLENIUM MADNESS-=* another Hotcakes
zz_compo1-vox.lha    mods/hardc 209K+1st place on Zz Wild Compo (Vox)
zz_compo2-vox.lha    mods/hardc 183K+2nd place on Zz Wild Compo (Vox)
zz_compo3-mat.lha    mods/hardc 522K+3th place on Zz Wild Compo (Matt Terror)
zz_compo4-pie.lha    mods/hardc 322K+4th place on Zz Wild Compo (DJ Pie)
zz_compo5-kik.lha    mods/hardc 343K+5th place on Zz Wild Compo (Kiko)
zz_compo6-dra.lha    mods/hardc 220K+6th place on Zz Wild Compo (DraCo)
Fuzzy_Logic.lha      mods/misc  4.9M+A 12 track 16Bit Module
ph-deco.lha          mods/techn 163K+Dark industrial sound by the Faces of Ma
nightf.lzh           mods/xm    230K+Nice module made by Goatman
AmigaSquares.lha     mus/misc    48K+AmigaSquares Skin for AmigaAMP
TheMPegEncGui.lha    mus/misc    78K+GUI 4 Ncode,Lame,Pegase,BladeEnc,MusicIn
EP_RJosephPlay.lha   mus/play     5K+EaglePlayer "Richard Joseph Player" exte
hippoplayer.lha      mus/play   688K+V2.45, multiformat module player. 
MindSID.lha          mus/play   227K+A nice SID-player with GUI
TIM_0004.lha         pix/art     67K+TIM's HandDrawnImages(RockClimbing)
3p18.jpg             pix/trace  204K+Orion-Shuttle starting from 3Pyramids
3p19.jpg             pix/trace  114K+Zeppelin over 3Pyramids
pris23.jpg           pix/trace  157K+Pris on Venus
CharMap.lha          text/font   72K+Display the whole charset of a given fon
HP_Deskjet670C.lha   text/print  17K+Deskjet 670C/680C/690C Driver V40.22
HP_Deskjet870C.lha   text/print  16K+Deskjet 870C/890C Driver for WB V40.10
LHA22.lha            util/arc    34K+LHA v2.2 Fixed Update
LZX121r_pch.lha      util/arc    11K+Y2K patches for LZX 1.21r
LZXY2KPatch.lha      util/arc    11K+Y2K-Bugfix patches for LZX1.21r
lzx_y2k_patch.lha    util/arc     0K+LZX Y2K patch
Win2Front.lha        util/cdity  14K+Commodity to bring WB windows to front
DefSys.lha           util/cli    10K+Move SYS: and related assigns
NewWinBox.lha        util/cli    12K+Changes window dimension and position
Sort2000.lha         util/cli     7K+Best `Sort' clone (Case and No-Case sens
IcoDT.lha            util/dtype   3K+Dt for .ICO files (43.0)
IconDT44.lha         util/dtype   5K+Os3.5 dt for .info files (44.1)
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype  38K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.4
JoinSplitter.lha     util/misc   25K+The best join- and split-program! (v1.15
FreeWheel.lha        util/mouse  49K+Tool for WheelMice + functions of FreeMo
dcf2_10.lha          util/time   28K+Radio clock receiver
Safe.lha             util/virus  32K+Safe v12.3 + TurboVal v1.1
TUP1_5.lha           util/virus  71K+The Ultimate Protector 9x v1.5
DefIcons44.lha       util/wb     32K+DefIcons clone for os3.5 (44.3)

• SecondSpin, der neue MPEG Audio Player ist in Version 1.87B erschienen.
  Download: SecondSpin_Install.lha - V.87B
  und SecondSpin_Encoder.lha - Lame V3.57
  
  
• Trogladite Software: Kalbos Version 1.31 erschienen, in welcher der CGX-Bug beseitigt wurde. Download: ts-kalbos.lha
  
  
• Bei Czech Amiga News gelesen:
  szip für Amiga, kompiliert von Allan Odgaard - Download: szip_112_amiga.lzx
  
  
• Hyperion Software: Bei den Projekten wurde eine Seite für das Spiel Freespace: The Great War hinzugefügt. Bei dem Spiel handelt es sich um eine Weltraum-Simulation von Volition/Interplay. Systemvoraussetzungen: PPC-Prozessor (68060 evtl.), Grafikkarte (AGA evtl.), 3D-Unterstützung durch Warp3D, Sound über AHI, 64 MB RAM und mind. ein 8fach-CD-ROM. An der Umsetzung auf Amiga arbeiten Hans-Jörg Frieden und Christian Sauer.
  
  Für Heretic II finden Sie einen neuen Statusreport, in welchem Hans-Jörg Frieden mitteilt, dass vier Grundelemente fertig sind.

• Photogenics: Paul Nolan hat drei neue Tutorials ausgearbeitet. Gerade ist er dabei, das Manual komplett zu überarbeiten und würde sich über Feedback freuen. Da Paul heute offensichtlich seinen 40.ten Geburtstag feiert, von hier aus: Happy Birthday to you, Paul :-).
  Nachtrag 07.01.2000:
  Kein Fettnäpfchen, in das ich nicht trete. Paul ist in den späten 70'ern geboren ;-).
  
  
• Bei Czech Amiga News gelesen:
  Wer Duke Nukem 3D und Strife auf dem Amiga portiert haben möchte, kann sich per eMail an David Bereault wenden.
  Javosoft: Neuer FastATA4000 Treiber Version 1.6 für Elbox FastATA 4000 - Download: FastATA4000v16a27.lha
  
  
• Bei Amigart ist Amster V0.3, dem Freewareport von Napster MP3, verfügbar. Korrigiert wurde der Bug mit den langen Filenamen und "Chat mode" wurde hinzugefügt. Download: amster.lha
  
  
• Andreas R. Kleinert per eMail - Neben größeren Optimierungen der PNG und TIFF Datatypes gibt es kleinere Verbesserungen beim JFIF-Datatype, zusätzlich gibt es nun für PPC603 optimierte Versionen, speziell für A1200/PPC-User. Download:
  
  akJFIF-dt.lha
  akJFIF-PPC.lha
  akJFIF-WOS.lha
  akPNG-dt.lha
  akPNG-PPC.lha
  akPNG-WOS.lha
  akTIFF-dt.lha
  akTIFF-PPC.lha
  akTIFF-WOS.lha
  akMPEG4.lha - neue URL!

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000104

           T H E   W O R D   F R O M   A M I N O   A M I G A

                  C O S A   O N   T H E   B U Y O U T

        A M I G A   W E B   D I R E C T O R Y   G O N E   . . .

       . . .   A S   I S   " A M A Z I N G   C O M P U T I N G "

     E X H I B I T O R S   S I G N   U P   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

           M O R E   A B O U T   S T .   L O U I S   S H O W

              S T I L L   M O R E   O N   A M I G A   2 K

                  A M I R C   3 . 3   R E L E A S E D

           M O R P H O S   P R O J E C T   A N N O U N C E D

            V O Y A G E R   V 3   F I N A L   R E L E A S E

         C S & E   A   E U R O P E A N   D I S T R I B U T O R

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Wow...
 So much has happened recently, it's hard to know where to start.
 Allright, the bad news first. The first Amiga monthly magazine,
"Amazing Computing" is dead. It was also the last US Amiga magazine.
This is incredibly sad, especially as it just missed making it into
the new era of "Amiga by Amino", as announced in our recent special
edition. We don't know the details, and I'm not sure I want to. It
would be depressing. However, this is a real loss for North American
Amigans and the hurt will be felt for a very long time.
 Also sad, and this for the entire Amiga community, not just us North
Americans, is the death of CUCUG's Amiga Web Directory. The
cornerstone of the Amiga community on the web, it also just missed the
new era. Rumor has it other sites offered to take the Web Directory
over, and were turned down. If true, that's mind numbing. We really
don't know the details here either, but we will miss them.
 Now, the good news. There really is some, and it's quite good!
 The Amiga Community will survive, for some time to come. The computer
has a new owner, with a plan for the future (that's almost enough to
cause shock in old time Amigans) and a genuine, deep respect and love
for the Amiga and the Community. This is a bit hard to cope with after
recent events, but it's true.
 It's also true they have a rough road ahead of them. Success is by no
means guaranteed. But they'll be traveling the road with the best
computer community that ever existed. If that combination can't build
a meaningful future, then there's very little that can.
 The plan will be revealed to us in the next few months, and
apparently goes well beyond desktop machines. It's going to be an
interesting new era - we'll keep you posted.
 Finally, this new era seems to have room for Petro Tyschtschenko and
his work in Germany. In our opinion, while Jay Miner is the father of
the Amiga, Petro is the godfather or something similar. We're pleased
to see he's still involved. There's no one who's worked harder for the
Amiga's future over the years.
 While we're at it - for you gamers, the library of Quake related
games have been released for people to port, and work is well underway
for PPC Amigas. For those who love these games, the fun is just
beginning.
 Below, the first Executive Update from the Amiga web site, now under
the control of Amino Development.
 We love it!

 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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           T H E   W O R D   F R O M   A M I N O   A M I G A

January 3, 2000

YeeHaw and welcome to the year 2000;

 I want to make something very clear from the beginning we have been
told, that Amiga was purchased by Gateway because of the Patents, and
that there were not even aware of the Amiga installed base, or the
people.

 Gateway purchased Amiga because of Patents, we purchased Amiga
because of the People.

 Without the people standing behind, developing, creating, purchasing
and continuing to believe in the Amiga there never would have been
anything for Gateway to purchase. We recognize this, and it is because
of you, and what you have continued to accomplish with Amiga that we
have purchased the company.

 I want to make sure that everyone knows and understands what this all
means to you the true Amigans.

 Here is what was acquired from Gateway:

 1. All trademarks logos etc.

 2. All existing inventory of Amiga International

 3. All existing licenses.

 4. License to All Amiga patents (Gateway still owns the patents, but
we are able to use them).

 5. All web sites, and registered domain names.

 6. The Amiga OS and all that is associated with the OS.

 7. The Amiga operation as it exists today.

 Specific details of the developer system, the OS partners and how one
can begin developing will be released in the next couple of weeks.

 We will be making an announcement on January 8th, 2000 with one of
our partners at CES in Las Vegas, and more details will follow that
release.

 Fleecy, Myself, Petro, and the rest of the team are not going to make
promises and create presentations and demos. We are going to deliver
products, services, and the rest of the world will know what you have
already known.

 We will be officially changing the name of Amino Development
Corporation to the Amiga Corporation this week, and we will let
everyone know of this change shortly once it is officially completed.

 I want to thank all of you for your continued support we will make
Amiga what it should have been, and more importantly what it will be.

 Keeping the faith,

Bill McEwen President/CEO
Amino Development Corporation
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                 C O S A   O N   T H E   B U Y O U T

COSA Reaction to Amino Purchase of Amiga Rights

January 2, 2000

 Within the past few days, ownership of the Amiga rights, trademarks
and technology passed from Gateway to Amino Development. People have
asked for COSA's opinion on the sale, and for comments how this
affects the campaign to open-source the AmigaOS.

 We believe the sale of Amiga to Amino is a good, positive step
forward for the Amiga community, and that the new owners of the Amiga
technology rights are the right people to steer the Amiga technology
into the new millennium.

 COSA have known Fleecy Moss, co-founder of Amino, for quite some
time, and have been in e-mail discussions on a number of matters of
mutual interest, including Open Source, for quite some considerable
time. We have a good working relationship, and a mutual understanding
of what needs to be done to bring the Amiga into the new millennium.

 COSA is confident, based on our discussions with Fleecy, that Amino
has the vision and direction necessary, to take the Amiga into the new
millennium. The major difference to their predecessors being that
Amino truely understands the Amiga technology, and is receptive to the
needs, ideas and inspirations of the Amiga community. (The management
of Amino are, afterall, Amigans themselves.)

 We await the announcements from Amino in the weeks and months ahead
with much anticipation, and look forward to a hopefully long and
productive working relationship with them.

Congratulations, Guys!
Steve Crietzman, and the team at COSA
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       A M I G A   W E B   D I R E C T O R Y   G O N E   . . .

 January 1, 2000 - The Champaign- Urbana Computer Users Group (CUCUG)
announced today that it has retired its popular, award-winning Amiga
Web Directory (AWD) web site.

 Citing continuing declines in the Amiga marketplace and Gateway's
failure to deliver new Amiga computer systems, CUCUG reluctantly
decided to discontinue its popular web site link directory and news
service on January 1, 2000. It was felt that while CUCUG could
continue with the AWD for several months, it was better to retire now
rather than allow the site to slowly decline with the market. CUCUG is
hopeful that the latest owners of the Amiga can turn this market
around for the developers and users who have held on throughout all
the past ownership changes and other difficulties the Amiga has faced.

 For over five years, the Amiga Web Directory served as one of the
most-visited Amiga-oriented web sites on the Internet. Its carefully
cataloged listings of Amiga web sites was the most-respected
collection of its kind. Each site in the AWD's listings was reviewed
by the CUCUG webmaster to ensure quality and Amiga orientation. Site
descriptions were carefully prepared by hand, resulting in accuracy
not possible on other machine- driven sites or those which allow site
owners to write their own descriptions.

 The AWD's Amiga news pages became one of the most imitated features
in the Amiga web community. Dozens of Amiga news sites were inspired
by the success of the Amiga Web Directory's hugely popular news pages.

 A well-known offshoot of the Amiga Web Directory was "Agnes" the
Amiga web searching service. Agnes was also a cartoon character which
personalized the searching service. In addition to the over-2000 Amiga
sites cataloged in the Amiga Web Directory, Agnes could search the
general Internet for Amiga content, newsgroup messages, CUCUG Status
Register newsletters and other Amiga-oriented materials.

 The Amiga Web Directory was one of the first member-supported Amiga
web sites. Amiga enthusiasts joined the CUCUG organization to show
their support for the efforts of the group. These memberships covered
the costs associated with running the popular web service and other
CUCUG activities. CUCUG is very grateful to its members' support which
it has received over the years. The group also acknowledges the many
Amiga-oriented companies which have given assistance.

 CUCUG, which has been supporting local computer users in the
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois area since 1983 will now focus its efforts
on local user group activities.
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      . . .   A S   I S   " A M A Z I N G   C O M P U T I N G "

31 December, 1999
 "Amiga Update" has received confirmation from several sources that
PIM Publication's "Amazing Computing" has recently filed for
bankruptcy. "Amazing" was the first - and the last - monthly Amiga
magazine in the US and its presence will be sorely missed.
 While it is certainly possible for businesses to survive a bankruptcy
and continue into the future, we have no indications that such will be
the case with "Amazing". It is ironic that as Amiga itself is in the
process of a potential rebirth, we have lost both CUCUG and "Amazing
Computing"
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     E X H I B I T O R S   S I G N   U P   F O R   A M I G A   2 K

December 26, 1999


 Amigan-St. Louis announces it's first group of exhibitors for "Amiga
2K". These companies are listed on the Gateway Computer Show's - Amiga
2K© web site. You can view this site by typing in the following
address on your web browser.

 http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html

 These companies are just the first in many that are signing up to
exhibit at this exciting event. Please check the show pages every week
to see the latest news.

 The Gateway Computer Shows are the largest and the most interesting
Amiga shows in the Americas. More products, updates, plans, ideas and
other exciting events have been released, announced and planned at
these shows than anywhere else.

 Amiga 2K will be hosted at the Henry VIII Hotel, on Lindbergh Ave.,
in St. Louis, MO. U.S.A. Show dates are Saturday April 1 through
Sunday April 2, 2000.

 Please check the web site for more information about the show and the
hotel. Come join Petro, myself and many other Amigans at Amiga 2K.
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          M O R E   A B O U T   S T .   L O U I S   S H O W

December 31, 1999


 Amigan-St. Louis is happy to announce the addition of Nova Design,
Inc. to it's growing list of exhibitors.

 The ever popular Gateway Computer Shows, including the new Amiga 2K
show in St. Louis on April1 & 2, 2000, have always been very popular
with Amiga Computer fans.

 This newest addition of Nova Design, Inc. and others is just one more
step in the growing list of companies that will exhibit at the largest
Amiga show in the Americas. Please see the "Show" page in the site
listed below.

 In additon, you can find the "Club Table Contest" described on the
"Contest" page of the Amiga 2K site. This is an excellent chance for
an Amiga Club to showcase it's abilities, and show off the Amiga,
while possibly winning a prize for their efforts.

Please check our site at: http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html
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        S T I L L   M O R E   O N   A M I G A   2 K

January 3, 2000

 Amigan-St. Louis is pleased to announce a discount for clubs
exhibiting at the Gateway Computer Show - Amiga 2K©. The discount is
40% off of the normal price. This is a substantial discount, that is
only available to clubs, and only available when utilizing an eight
foot table. It is a limited time offer.

 The pricing can be determined by looking at the price guide for eight
foot tables under the "Exhibitors" button on the show page at:
http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html Then simply multiply 60% times that
price to determine the price a club would pay.

 Example: An eight foot table space is 9' x 6' or 54 square feet. The
price per square foot is $6. So 54 x 6 = $324. That's the normal
price. Then multiply $324 x 60% to get $194.40. This is what the club
will pay for their table. Eight foot tables can be shared by two
groups if necessary. This would further reduce the cost to a club. The
cost of the table does not include any admissions to the show. All
persons in the club must purchase an admission.

 All in all, this is a substantial discount. It is being given due to
the tremendous support clubs have given to the Amiga. Without the
clubs, there would be no Amiga. So to reward them and their hard
working members, we are giving this discount so they will not deplete
their club treasury to exhibit at Amiga 2K

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                   A M I R C   3 . 3   R E L E A S E D

991227

 AmIRC was the first VaporWare application to be shown to the Amiga
world. Its author, Oliver Wagner, has worked too many late nights on
the program to count, and continues to update it to this day.

 AmIRC's main strengths lie in its interface - it's one of the easiest
IRC clients to use on any platform, yet it also keeps the power users
happy with advanced ARexx scripting and its plugin API, allowing
unique new features to be added. It also features a URL grabber to
capture any URLs mentioned in any channels or query windows, a
lag-o-meter to measure your system's lag from the server, and strong
builtin flood protection including a staggered output queue to stop
you flooding yourself off the server.

 For IRCing on the Amiga, AmIRC should be your number one choice.

 Please remember, AmIRC is shareware. If you use it, please register
the software and help support Amiga software development.

 Download AmIRC 3.3 and see why it's the best IRC client for the
Amiga. If you registered AmIRC 1.x or AmIRC 2.x, you can update to
version 3.3.

 There is an AmIRC Mailing List run by VaporWare for users to discuss
the software. Please feel free to sign up for it, your question may be
answered there.

Features

 o Advanced Low Level Plugin API.
 o Single Window Iconification.
 o Lag-o-meter shows lag from the server
 o Individual window logging.
 o Intuitive channel window with userlist and mode display.
 o Builtin high speed DCC drivers, incl. Secure Chat.
 o ARexx port includes event trapping.
 o IRCNet and UnderNet extensions.
 o Oper and clone announcement.

 o Builtin IdentD, disables itself if needed.
 o Bind sound effects, auto deiconify or ARexx to events.
 o Last nick history, TAB key cycles through.
 o URL grabber saves any URLs to send to your web browser.
 o Supports colored text for both input (WYSIWIG) and output.
 o CTCP/DCC flood protection.
 o Timestamping of lines and inline clickable URLs.

http://www.vapor.com/
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         M O R P H O S   P R O J E C T   A N N O U N C E D

Thursday, 23rd December 1999

 Today we announce the availability of a new Amiga next generation
PowerPC OS project, called MorphOS, to the public.

 In its current state it provides a modern memory protection
microkernel which runs a virtual amiga emulation. This microkernel
will be the base for a new OS layer.

 Research for this project started in early 1998, while at the end of
1998 an early implementation was ready. In 1999, we started on the
virtual amiga emulation to make the current AmigaOS available without
requiring 68K hardware. The basic design goals behind MorphOS are

- memory protection
- resource tracking
- asynchronous message system
- low interrupt latency
- virtual memory (optional)
- distributed computing
- symmetrical multi processing (SMP)
- recursive memory management
- task/thread and clan/chief model
- clean design with an elegant API
- micro/pico kernel mixture

The developer release is planned for end of January.  Minimum system
requirements are
- A4000 with CyberStorm PPC/604e and Symbios 770 SCSI
- CyberVisionPPC
- at least 32MB memory installed
- Kickstart 3.1 (Version 40.68) and Workbench 3.1 or up
Hardware requirements might change as soon as more hardware setups are
tested and implemented.

 As the success of this project will also depend on your
feedback/support, we suggest that interested developers visit our
project webpage for a general MorphOS overview and information on how
to join us to help.

Feel free to enter the project webpage at

http://www.morphos.de or
http://www.morphos.ch
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         V O Y A G E R   V 3   F I N A L   R E L E A S E

28 Dec 99

V³ 3.0 final released

 Here it is: the final version of V³

 Core changes since pre5:

 o now remembers FORM contents on back and, erm, window resize

 o HTTP/1.1 Accept-Language: support

 o Support for URL-embedded password support in HTTP URLs

 o Image information summary added

 o New Search Central plugin

 o The usual load of bugfixes and minor enhancements.

 This release does not include a new VFlash plugin. It is currently
undergoing final testing, and will be released individually within the
next few days.

http://v3.vapor.com
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        C S & E   A   E U R O P E A N   D I S T R I B U T O R

CS&E to concentrate on Amiga Distribution 2000

04/01/00

 I am writing to you for the good of the Amiga in the UK and beyond.
We have many great publishers and retailers and now two dedicated
magazines, but no independent distributor. I can announce to you that
CS&E will step in to independently distribute. We will reach both mail
order and high street retail from our warehouse in Birmingham which is
shared with the likes of Eidos.
 All products are delivered next day across Europe with many
guarantees for both the publisher and retailer. We hope that this step
will prove to be a great benefit for the whole Amiga community and
urge everyone to come together on this issue. Retailers please let us
know your full contact details for regular updates with your fax
number and e-mail and postal address. Publishers please also get in
contact to maximise your sales. A starter pack outlining our aims is
being prepared which will be sent out to all known contacts worldwide.
UK Amiga users can already feel proud by supporting some of the most
innovative companies around, we hope that this link will prove
valuable to all and our aim is to assist this good work.

David Connolly
Kind Regards,

CS&E sales:
7 Glyme Close, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1LB, Great Britain
+44 (0) 1993 812685
visit our website at http://www.csande.co.uk
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DBF.lha              biz/dbase  154K+Xbase manipulation package
Fiasco_pol_doc.lha   biz/dbase  262K+Polish guide for Fiasco v2.22
OnyxBase.lha         biz/dbase   73K+Great address book manager with lots of 
StarBase_SCR.lha     biz/dbase  108K+Star Trek Episodes Database (v1.4a)
VowaData.lha         biz/dbase   97K+Datafile (V1.41) for VorwahlenGuiV1.52
2b_diskarc.lha       biz/dopus    9K+A small disk unarchiving utility for DOp
amicheck1_86.lha     biz/misc   411K+V1.86 checkbook/account manager OS2.04 a
ultraacc.lha         biz/misc   380K+UltraAccounts 5.0, home accounts made ea
DCF77update.lha      biz/patch  579K+Update for DCF77 3.0-3.8 to 3.9
FWTabTools.lha       biz/swood   53K+Macros for FW-Tables
ConnectLine.lha      comm/bbs   1.7M+CL-Mailbox-System, Y2K-Fixes and more (F
BlackIrc_gr.lha      comm/irc     2K+Greek Catalogs for BlackIRC
Relay.lha            comm/mail   18K+Send mail using POP3 protocol
PhoneInfo_16.lha     comm/maxs   65K+Tells users how much their call costs, 1
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cim_v3.lha           comm/misc  1.1M+CIM - Caller Id Manager V3 r34 incl HTML
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AmiComSys1.30a.lha   comm/net   315K+V1.30a Personal Communicator like ICQ (M
plnk.lha             comm/news   14K+Plonk script for Yam2NN 0.85 (version 0.
SimpleFTP.lha        comm/tcp   130K+SimpleFTP v1.85 - Easy to use FTP client
dcf2_10.lha          comm/ums    28K+Radio clock receiver
CompressHTML.lha     comm/www   128K+HTML (De)Compressor/Preprozessor (German
HTTPResume_Por.lha   comm/www    24K+Portuguese localization for HTTPResume v
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HTTX.lha             comm/www    88K+V2.0b, HTML to formatted text converter
JohnnyTransfer.lha   comm/www   174K+Digitized Johnny Bravo Transferanim for 
MetalWEB4_pre3.lha   comm/www   869K+V4.0pre3 WYSIWYG Html Editor!
XClock13.lha         comm/xeno   11K+XClock V1.3 / Nice Clock-Door
XDoubleCh26.lha      comm/xeno  178K+Sysop split-screen chatter
XInfoNodes27.lha     comm/xeno   12K+Tells when a new user is logging in
XMultiCh38.lha       comm/xeno   83K+Multiline chatter with split-sreen
XOnliner26.lha       comm/xeno   30K+Shows the online user activity
865163186pe.lha      demo/aga   1.0M+"865163186pe" by PAS MAS (2nd at VEP'99)
HVR-Overt.lha        demo/aga   1.1M+Overt Enemy (AGA dentro) by HARVESTER
HVR-Sehnsucht.lha    demo/aga    63K+Sehnsucht (AGA intro) by HARVESTER
iq2k-ms.lha          demo/aga   1.7M+"mankind suckz" FINAL by iq2000 (1st at 
wpz-frozen25.lha     demo/aga   939K+Frozen#25 - The Party 9 Edition
xtm-revision4k.lha   demo/intro   5K+4k intro Revision by Extreme - 4th at TP
ADV-ITA.lha          dev/amos   235K+Italian adventures creator
modifile.lha         dev/amos    67K+File modifier written by AMOSPro
samplesm.lha         dev/amos    92K+Creates IFF and RAW samples (italian)
clockita.lha         dev/basic   24K+Italian digital clock + source code
PacketPointSrc.lha   dev/basic   28K+Source code for Packet-Point (BlitzBasic
crc32.lha            dev/c        2K+Implementation of CRC32
measureconpup.lha    dev/c       16K+Example for measuring PUP context-switch
amiga10.lha          dev/cross   72K+LUnix SDK (binary distribution)
2b_CreativE.lha      dev/e       98K+AmigaE compiler [binaries]
2b_CrtvE_src.lha     dev/e      169K+AmigaE compiler [sources]
powerd.lha           dev/e      243K+New programming language based on E
gdbm.lha             dev/misc   188K+GNU's set of database routines
ST_uk2gr.lha         dev/misc     5K+UK2GR phrasebook for use with SimpTrans
TransCat121.lha      dev/misc   128K+MUI Editor Catalog (.cd .ct)
PFS3ud.lha           disk/misc  115K+PFS3 undelete 
SmartInfo.lha        disk/misc   36K+SFSQuery and SFSdefragmentGUI replacemen
UnADF.lha            disk/misc   12K+Extract files out of DOS ADF files.
AmigaInfo.lha        docs/hyper 233K+ITALIAN ONLY Amiga Mags Gennaio 2000
AIOV31.lha           docs/mags  336K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 31 (Dece
gadget43.lha         docs/mags  405K+German Freeware Magazine
StarMag21.lha        docs/mags  485K+Ultimate German Diskmag, last issue :-(
3DWorldArc1199.lha   docs/misc  179K+Archive of the 3D World ML for 11/99
sharksaga.lha        game/actio 293K+Great Action-diving now AGA !
Dc_slk2.lha          game/data  247K+50 NEW & Old levels for Diamond Caves 1
simpsonvictims.lha   game/data   45K+Simpson victims for Revenge
Xtr_slk.lha          game/data  732K+17 Extra Tracks for Xtreme Racing
fu_smfc.lha          game/misc  774K+Football management game.
jst.lha              game/patch 192K+JOTD Startup for HD Installs & Degrader 
malicemod.lha        game/patch 273K+Malice (Quake TC) bot-mod & fpsbooster  
Reboot-StartV4.lha   game/patch  37K+Degrader & run any game from Workbench
MasterOfTheDee.lha   game/role   98K+Master Of The Deep -  COOL ! new RPG gam
Muscarine.lha        game/role  1.7M+...pretty weird graphic adventure. *FREE
awinquake.lha        game/shoot 559K+Amiga 68k and PPC ports of winquake
awinquake_src.lha    game/shoot 2.2M+Source code of awinquake 0.2, a68k/ppc
battalion.lha        game/shoot 1.3M+A giant monster game in OpenGL
QuakeTFtricks.lha    game/shoot 266K+QuakeTF demos showing some tricks.
stefadv.lha          game/text   23K+Little italian text adventure
stefadv2.lha         game/text   66K+2nd little italian text adventure
Cribbage.lha         game/think  75K+A card game versus the computer V1.0
MUI_FreeCell.lha     game/think 288K+Amiga MUI version of well-known solitair
Patience.lha         game/think 102K+19 games of patience V1.1
startrekprg.lha      game/think 2.0M+-Star Trek-, Fixes all known bugs
psycho.lha           gfx/3dobj  269K+Model of Hitchcock`s Psycho-House in Cin
psymat.lha           gfx/3dobj  399K+Materials and textures for archive "psyc
psytree.lha          gfx/3dobj  461K+Model of a tree for archive "psycho.lha"
R4_Excelsior.lha     gfx/3dobj  808K+U.S.S. Excelsior (Star Trek) for monzoom
LGFlatron795FT.lha   gfx/board    1K+Monitor preset for BVision + LG Flatron 
Mpg-anim.lha         gfx/conv   614K+Converts MPEG movies into ANIM files V1.
pic2icon.lha         gfx/conv     8K+Convert pictures to icons (OS 3.5)
PfPaint_Cnv.lha      gfx/edit     5K+30 Convolutions for PerfectPaint (24bits
GaussianBlurAE.lha   gfx/misc    39K+Gaussian Blur - PlugIn for ArtEffect2+
MakeSuffix.lha       gfx/misc    17K+Script who makes the Suffixs for Graphic
Prograb2ADP.lha      gfx/misc     4K+Prograb24RT Adpro loader
SvIV-1.lha           gfx/misc   318K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 1/8
SvIV-2.lha           gfx/misc   218K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 2/8
SvIV-3a.lha          gfx/misc   136K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 3a/8
SvIV-3b.lha          gfx/misc   222K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 3b/8
SvIV-4.lha           gfx/misc    43K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 4/8
SvIV-5.lha           gfx/misc    60K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 5/8
SvIV-6.lha           gfx/misc    62K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 6/8 (opt
SvIV-7.lha           gfx/misc   116K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 7/8 (opt
SvIV-8.lha           gfx/misc   221K+SViewIV V9.06 (1.1.2000) - Part 8/8 (opt
akMPEG2.lha          gfx/show   127K+MPEG player for CyberGfx/AGA V3.07 (68k/
akMPEG4.lha          gfx/show   133K+MPEG player for CyberGfx/AGA V4.01 (68k/
i2clib40.lha         hard/hack  120K+I2C-bus hard/software interface project.
mccontrol.lha        hard/hack  223K+V1.36 PSX MemoryCard Reader
ASpEmu.lha           misc/emu    38K+V070. ZX Spectrum 48K emulator.
BSNESFrench.lha      misc/emu     3K+French Catalogs for BlackSNESGui
DarcNES.lha          misc/emu   136K+NES/SMS/GG/PCE/SG1000/Coleco emulator v9
DarcNESGUI.lha       misc/emu    13K+GUI for the DarcNES emulator
Spectrum128.lha      misc/emu   100K+Spectrum 128K emulator V0.3 
imdbDiff991224.lha   misc/imdb  563K+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
Prime.lha            misc/math   12K+Calculation of primenumbers, V7.0
AmiSuperLotto.lha    misc/misc   49K+V0.93d-SuperEnalotto for Amiga!
ASuperLottoPPC.lha   misc/misc   57K+V0.93d-SuperEnalotto for Amiga!
Tottogol2.lha        misc/misc   69K+V2.6d-Italian prog for Totogol
Tottogol2PPC.lha     misc/misc   83K+V2.6d-Italian prog for Totogol
ay-colly7.lha        mods/chip   92K+Collection of the best AY musics for DT.
VartiMods.lha        mods/chip    7K+8 THX tunes by Varthall/BoyzOut
VK-GdI.lha           mods/jungl 146K+HipHop/D&B/Jungle...who knows that schon
ataruita.lha         mods/midi   33K+Urusei Yatsura GM italian song
rNO-L020.lha         mods/misc  1.2M+Rno-label release no.20 by roz.kure.tang
AmerikanskiT.mpg     mods/mpg   1.1M+210BPM-Gabber-MPEG audio by "Borschtsch"
rNO-L019.mpg         mods/mpg   7.1M+Rno-label release no.19 by zubspace (psy
NMS-ChMedley.lha     mods/pro    79K+Christmas Medley - By Nemesis/Zenon^Dyna
NMS-Y2K.lha          mods/pro   205K+Millenium Y2K - By Nemesis/Zenon^Dynamic
Med2Xm-GUI.lha       mus/misc   117K+GUI for Fileformatconverter Med2Xm
MP3I.lha             mus/misc    18K+Writes the Title, Author, etc into MP3s
MUImp3.lha           mus/misc    33K+OS 3.5,MUI Encode mp3 from cd or file
resample.lha         mus/misc    65K+Change sampling rate of digital audio
Amoralplay1.4.lha    mus/play   108K+-amorel- No fuss multiformat audio playe
EasyPlayer.lha       mus/play    87K+The alternative music player, v1.01
Equinox.jpg          pix/mark   533K+Happy new millennium!
SJI-AuroraPre4.lha   pix/nicon  753K+SadJesterIcons Aurora Set Prerelease 4.
SJI-IngridPre1.lha   pix/nicon  198K+SadJesterIcons Ingrid Set Prerelease 1.
psypic.jpg           pix/trace   23K+Picture of the Bates` house (Psycho) ren
LastSunset.lha       pix/views   99K+Two pictures of the last sunset of the p
drHWBGrab99.lha      pix/wb      56K+MY last WBGRAB for 1999 ;-)
SertyWB.lha          pix/wb     212K+My beautiful Wb 3.5 in 16bit running Wip
VeloxWb.lha          pix/wb     135K+My nice Wb with Blizzard Vision in 16bit
Change.lha           text/misc   38K+V2.36 change text/data in all files
OlivettiJP.lha       text/print  14K+Olivetti JP WB Driver  40.2
OlivettiJP790.lha    text/print  13K+Olivetti JP 790 (HPDJ560C) Driver for WB
prtman39.lha         text/print 159K+Printmanager for AmigaOS3 (39.30)
prtman39_gr.lha      text/print  20K+Greek Translations for Printmanager39
FileInfo.lha         util/app    15K+An AppWindow, for informations about fil
Cybermagic.lha       util/blank 1.3M+Blanker for Cybergraphix (0.5.1)
MatrixBL.lha         util/blank  26K+Matrix Screen Blanker
MTX.lha              util/blank  28K+Matrix Screen Blanker
FText.lha            util/boot    3K+Render text in fastram with FBlit
QuickBC.lha          util/boot    2K+Optimized BltClear() patch
RemAPollo.lha        util/boot   46K+A1200 040\060 MMU Apollo Turboboard Rema
ShowAmiga96.lha      util/boot  496K+Picasso96 bootpic viewer v2.3a
ShowAmiga96_Up.lha   util/boot  334K+Picasso96 bootpic viewer update 2.3a
AHelp15.lha          util/cdity  94K+The Ultimate HELP: Manager v1.5
RC6.lha              util/crypt   3K+RC6 RSA block En/DeCrypter
cli_dtc39_7.lha      util/dtype   6K+Cli.datatype - recompiled for working wi
PlayMidi.lha         util/dtype  11K+V1.0b Plays MIDI Files via GMPlay & cli.
WarpJPEGdt.lha       util/dtype  38K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.3
WarpPNGdt.lha        util/dtype  44K+PNG image datatype (WarpOS/PPC only) V44
xpm-dt.lha           util/dtype  15K+A datatype for XPM graphics files
NewIconEmu.lha       util/libs    2K+Newicon.library replacement for os3.5
GH_Browser.lha       util/misc   14K+A simple Browser for the GuruHistory fro
HunkReader.lha       util/misc   14K+V1.6, Executable file examiner (w/src)
EqFiles.lha          util/rexx   26K+Find all duplicates in any set of files
AT.lha               util/time  102K+German database and reminder (freeware)
dcf.lzh              util/time   12K+DCF77 - time signal receiver; Y2k-Bug fi
serdate382.lha       util/time    8K+Display locale formatted date and time
simpleclock.lha      util/time   13K+A analog clock for OS 3.5
WBUhr.lha            util/time   10K+WBUhr V1.0 Clock for the WB-Titelbar
Safe.lha             util/virus  30K+Best new linkviruses detector v12.2
CondenseIcon.lha     util/wb      3K+Os3.5 tool to make .info files smaller
CopyIcon44.lha       util/wb      3K+CopyNewIcon clone for os3.5 (44.0)
Dynamite.lha         util/wb     37K+Start button, browser, fast icon/thumbna
Gurus2000_1701.lha   util/wb    802K+Shows infos about Gurus (German + Engl.)
Ico2Info.lha         util/wb      2K+Converts .ICO files to os3.5 color-icons
MUISearch12.lha      util/wb     25K+Mutli Files Finder with MUI interface
sgrab.lha            util/wb     47K+Screen grabber with GUI (1.13)
THE.lha              util/wb    102K+Prefseditor for Tools-Menu and Hotkeys

• Peters Amiga Homepage: Bei den HP und Olivetti Druckertreibern wurde ein übler Bug entfernt. Die HP-Treiber für den 670C und den 870C stehen schon zum Download bereit, die Olivetti-Treiber wird der Autor später zur Verfügung stellen.
  
  
• Airsoft Softwair: Eine neue TUP Version wurde soeben veröffentlicht. TUP v1.5 läuft jetzt endlich einwandfrei mit Visual Prefs. Außerdem gibt es neue Catalogs für spanische und französische Benutzer und einige andere Verbesserugen. Download: TUP1_5.lha
  
  
• Oliver Roberts: WarpJPEG.datatype 44.5 - Download: WarpJPEGdt.lha - 38 Kb
  
  
• Ralph Torchia: Spitfire (Palm Desktop) Version 0.32 - Download: Spitfire.lha
  
  
• Haage & Partner stellt einen Patch für PageStream 4.0 Revision 2 zu 4.0r2 bereit. - Download: pgs40patch1.lha - 597 Kb
  
  
• Shadow Works veröffentlichte heute ein Statement, in welchem erläutert wird, warum NewsRog (ein NNTP Newsreader) nicht weiter entwickelt wird. Letztendlich habe verschiedene Faktoren wie sinkender Amiga-Markt, keine Hardware-Neuentwicklungen und auch Raubkopiererei und Betrug mit Kreditkarten zu dieser Entscheidung geführt. Die letzte Version 1.8b aus Oktober 99 steht registrierten Benutzern im Downloadbereich nach wie vor zur Verfügung.
  
  
• Cyberdyne Systems: Neue Alphaversion (V.45.00 alpha 6) der stormamiga.lib für AmigaOS/68k. Es sind einige neue Funktionen hinzugekommen, einige Funktionen wurden erweitert und optimiert und alle bekannten Fehler wurden beseitigt. Diese Version ist nur für registrierte Anwender.

From:         "Steve Crietzman" president@amigakernel.org
Date:         Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:41:10 -0000
Organization: Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS
Subject:      [cosa] Some news from Petro

Hi all,

I've just got off the phone with Petro.  Thought I'd share
a little info with y'all.

First, he's alive and well and still functioning as Amiga
International, Inc. and will continue to operate under Amino.

Tom Schmidt is also alive, well and employed by Gateway,
and still around in some capacity - although I'm not sure
what his new title or position is yet.  He is to come over
to Germany and meet with Petro soon to finalise everything.

Petro sounded very optimistic about the future, and said
he looks forward to continue to do his job and to the future
with Amino.

He said to expect some announcements from Amino in the
days and weeks ahead.  Keep a close eye on the Amiga
website.  According to Petro, there's going to be a small
update later today.

He also in this phonecall repeated his continuing support
for COSA and Open Source and asked me to convey his
best wishes to Amigans everywhere, and to let everyone
know that for him, it's "business as usual."

It's reassuring (to me at least) to know that whatever
happens with the Amiga, the one thing we can always
count on is that Petro will always be around.  Whoever
said we don't have stability in the Amiga world? ;-)

Best regards,

Steve Crietzman (president@amigakernel.org)
Amiga 4000/040, 18MB RAM, 1.2GB Hard Disk, Picasso IV
President, Open Amiga Group (http://www.amigakernel.org

Return-Path:       R.Saake@t-online.de
Subject:           2IDs / SPS Newsletter VOL.1####1999-12-29
_________________________________________________________

2IDs GRAFIX DESIGN MUSIX and more.

Symphonie Pro Support Pages
SoundFX Presetsupport
http://www.2IDs.de
eMail: info@2IDs.de

_________________________________________________________


Ausgabe #1 Premiere
=========================================================
INHALT

1. Einleitung
2. Übersicht der neuen Features
3. Die neuen eMaiports
4. Termine & Co
5. Interessante Links & Webpages
6. Was gibt's Neues im 2IDs-iNETstore
7. Symphonie Pro News
8. SoundFX News
9. Dies und Das
10. Wie komm ich an den Newsletter / Wie bestelle ich ihn ab
============================================================


1) EINLEITUNG
---------------------
So nun ist es also geschafft...
Die erste Ausgabe unseres Newsletters trifft bei Euch ein  und mit ihm die
Informationen darüber das wir unsere WWW-Seiten komplett überarbeitet
haben. Wir können Euch im neuen Jahr mit brandheissen neuen Seiten
begrüßen.

Sicherlich ist das eine oder andere Feature noch nicht ganz perfekt oder in
Funktion aber im großen und ganzen läuft alles schon so weit :O)
Dieses ist die erste Ausgabe unseres Newsletters und deshalb auch eine
Combination aus 2IDs-Newsletter und Symphonie Pro-Newsletter.
In Zukunft werden diese getrennt und wohl auch zu unterschiedlich
aber nah an einander liegenden Terminen erscheinen.


2) ÜBERSICHT DER NEUEN FEATURES
-------------------------------------------------------
Hier nun ein Überblick über die wichtigsten Änderungen auf unseren Seiten....

- Ab sofort Neues Layout für 2IDs-Seiten
- Ab sofort Neues Layout für Symphonie Pro Seiten
- Stark erweiterte Funktionen
- Neues Gästebuch - es erlaubt auch die Einträge der anderen User zu lesen

- Ab sofort haben die  2IDs-Seiten sowie auch die Symphonie Pro Seiten
  ein Forum das Ihr mit allen möglichen Themen füllen könnt

- Ab sofort sind neue Emailports eingerichtet
- Ab sofort haben wir einen Neuen Support-Bereich
   SoundFX User finden in Zukunft bei uns Presetfiles für die Operators in
   SoundFX.
- Neue ist auch die Linklist  Hier werden unsere Partner aber auch andere
  interessante Links aufgelistet
- Der 2IDs-iNETstore wurde absolut neu aufgebaut
- Ab sofort sind unsere beiden neuen CDs "OVERLAY" uns "PROTRACT" erhältlich


3) DIE NEUEN EMAILPORTS
----------------------------------------

Hier die eMailports im einzelnen

info@2IDs.de         = hier erreicht Ihr das Team der 2IDs-Seiten

symphoniepro@2IDs.de    =der emailport für Symphonie Pro Fragen

allinone@2IDs.de        =eine allgemeine Adresse falls die anderen mal
                  nicht erreichbar sind

modulcontest@2IDs.de    =Unter dieser Adresse sendet Ihr bitte die Module
                  für den Symphonie Pro Module Contest

soundFX@2IDs.de    =unter dieser Adresse könnt Ihr Fragen
                        zu SoundFX senden

PresetfilesSFX@2IDs.de    =hier könnt Ihr Eure Presetfiles für SoundFX uploaden


4) TERMINE & CO
-------------------------
Unser Symphonie Pro Module Contest starte am 10.01.2000. Falls auch Dein Modul
mit dabei sein sollte sende es uns per eMail.


Ihr habt Tricks Ideen oder Tips zu Symphonie Pro ??
Dann sendet uns diese . Jeder Beitrag wir auf unseren Seiten veröffentlicht.
Desweiteren sind wir an Tools interessiert die Ihr verwendet oder die selber
geschrieben habt.

5) INTERESSANTE LINKS UND WEBPAGES
------------------------------------------------------------

6) WAS GIBT ES NEUES IM 2IDS-INETSTORE
---------------------------------------------------------------
Ab sofort sind unsere beiden Neuen CDs "OVERLAY" und "PROTRACT"
erhältlich. Bei "OVERLAY" handelt es sich um eine Texture und GrafikCD.
Diese ist mit gut 400 MB gefüllt und bestens geeignet um Verwendung für
Raytracer, Internetdesign u.v.m zu finden. Die Grafiken und Apps liegen in
verschiedenen Formaten vor. Mit "PROTRACT" erscheint unsere erste
Sound&SampleCD. Gut gefüllt mit ca. 450MB an Sounds,Samplclips,Instrumenst
und FXs ist sie hervorragend für alle Trackerprogramme geeignet.
Von 8Bit-32 Bit über Mono bis quadro und Surround ist alles dabei.

Achtung vom 24.12.199 bis 20.02.2000 bitten wir ein Xchangepack unserer CDs an.
So kann das Xchangepack #1 für 45DM statt 75DM bestellt werden.
Im Xchangepack #1 sind unsere AudioCD "WATERWAVE" und "AURICULAR CONFESSION"
enthalten.
Xchangepack #2 für 55DM statt 75DM bestellt werden.
Im Xchangepack #2 sind unsere SoundsampleCD und TextureCD "PROTRACT" und
"OVERLAY"
enthalten.


7) SYMPHONIE PRO NEWS
--------------------------------------
Die WWW-Seiten wurden komplett redisigned und bitten nun mehr Features.
Die ersten Module für den am 10.01.2000 startenden Symphonie Pro Module Contest
sind
eingetroffen. Soll auch Dein Modul mit dabei sein sende es uns per EMail.
Weitere Infos auf den Symphonie Pro Support Seiten.


8) SOUNDFX NEWS
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In kürze sind die ersten SoundFX Presets für die Operatoren fertig und können
von unserer
Seite downgeloaded werden. Falls Ihr auch Presets für SoundFX erstellt habt
sendet uns diese
Wir werden sie auf unseren Seiten veröffentlichen.
Bitte vermerkt dabei in welche Kategorie die Presets gehören.
Aktuell ist die Version 3.82 des SoundFX Programms.


9) DIES UND DAS
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Achtung vom 24.12.199 bis 20.02.2000 bitten wir ein Xchangepack unserer CDs an.
So kann das Xchangepack #1 für 45DM statt 75DM bestellt werden.
Im Xchangepack #1 sind unsere AudioCD "WATERWAVE" und "AURICULAR CONFESSION"
enthalten.
Xchangepack #2 für 55DM statt 75DM bestellt werden.
Im Xchangepack #2 sind unsere SoundsampleCD und TextureCD "PROTRACT" und
"OVERLAY"
enthalten.

10) WIE KOMM ICH AN DEN NEWSLETTER
       WIE BESTELL ICH IHN AB
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auf unserer Web-Site ,unter den eMailports angefordert werden.
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Eine Weitergabe an Dritte oder weitere Verarbeitung der Daten findet
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erhalten möchten, antworten Sie einfach auf diese Mail und
ersetzen das Betreff-Feld durch das Wort REMOVE.




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verantwortlich für den Inhalt der Newsletter :

2IDs   GRAFIX DESIGN MUSIX and more.
         Symphonie Pro Support Pages
         SoundFX Presetfiles Suppport
        eMail: info@2IDs.de
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• Darkage
  Bippy Version 1.01 und ein Review von ExtraLife
  
  
• Oliver Roberts
  WarpPNG.datatype Version 44.1 - WarpPNGdt.lha
  WarpJPEG.datatype Version 44.3 - WarpJPEGdt.lha
  
  
• CyberGraphX - Anmerkung für AmigaOS 3.1 und 3.0 User:
  Mit der kommenden Veröffentlichung von CGX V4.2 könnte es bei der Angabe des Datums im Version-String zu Problemen kommen, wenn Sie noch die alte Version 40.1 von "Version" installiert haben. Um das Problem zu eliminieren, sollten Sie Version_v40.3.lha installieren. Weitere Hinweise zum Y2K-Problem. Eine Übersetzung dieses Artikels ins Deutsche finden Sie bei AIDA.
  
  
• Amiga OS 3.5 Review, Quelle: Amiga.org
  
  
• Xteam-Software Solution - Das Spiel "Virtual Ball Fighters" ist fertig. Download der Demo: vbfdemortg.lha.zip - 3,5 MB, Quelle: Czech Amiga News
  
  
• Andreas R. Kleinert per eMail - Auf meiner WWW-Seite (siehe news_d.html) sind nun die neuesten Version der akDatatypes (V44.65 von den drei populärsten und V44.8 von akNAIL) sowie neue Versionen von akMPEG2 und v (V3.08 und V4.01) zu finden. Download:
  
  akJFIF-dt.lha
  akJFIF-PPC.lha
  akJFIF-WOS.lha
  akPNG-dt.lha
  akPNG-PPC.lha
  akPNG-WOS.lha
  akTIFF-dt.lha
  akTIFF-PPC.lha
  akTIFF-WOS.lha
  akMPEG4.lha
  
  Falls Sie Geschwindigkeitsvergleiche mit anderen Datatypes machen, berücksichtigen Sie bitte die richtigen Einstellungen für korrekte Ergebnisse vorzunehmen - es gibt mindestens drei Möglichkeiten, meine PPC-Datatypes unter "PPC"-Kerneln laufen zu lassen, und falls Sie nicht desweiteren 24 Bit-Ausgabe ermöglichen/verbieten wird dies die Ergebnisse ebenfalls beeinflussen.
  
  PicBench vom Aminet oder PicBench.lha ist eine gute Wahl für Geschwindigkeitsbenchmarks.