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990528

            L E T T E R   F R O M   D R .   L E F A I V R E

     A M I G A   A T   B O T H   A M I W E S T 9 9 ,   W O A   9 9

                    A M I W E S T 9 9   U P D A T E

     A M I G A   L A U N C H E S   A D V I S O R Y   C O U N C I L

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

                   A M I G A C T I V E   O N L I N E

           H A C K E R S   V I O L A T E   A M I G A . O R D

             H T T P R E S U M E   F A K E   V E R S I O N

                   A A A   A W A R D S   V O T I N G

                 D A Y T O N   C O M P U T E R F E S T

       S W E D I S H   E - M A I L   G A M E S   M A G A Z I N E

          I M P R O V E D   C L U B B E D   F R O M   S E A L

             C R Y S T A L   S O F T W A R E   A T   A N T

        M O N O L I T H   P O R T S   T O   A M I G A ,   M A C

                           F I N A L   A C T

           I M A G E F X   4   W I T H   A N I M A T I O N

                           A M I C O M S Y S

                  N E W   A M I G A   F O R E V E R

      P A G E S T R E A M   4 . 0   T O   S O F T W A R E   H U T

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
 May has been an interesting month. There was little news at the
beginning, so little that it wasn't until the 19th that we sent out
our first issue. Then, there was so much all at once that a few things
had to be held till this issue. Ah well, you can't plan when news will
appear.

Amiga Concepts and Japan
 Recently, Amiga has begun releasing concept drawings for the next
generation machine. There will be many available in the press and
probably on the net starting next week. We hope you get a chance to
see some of those not now available. When you look at them, keep in
mind some information recently noted in an article by by Brooke
Crothers, Staff Writer for CNET News.com. In this article Mr. Crothers
discusses some new Gateway computers released recently in Japan.
Here's a quote from the article:
 "Gateway is now selling a computer in Japan which packs all the
computer's electronics, including a DVD-ROM drive and 4GB hard drive,
into the back of a liquid crystal display (LCD)."
 These machines have a very small "footprint", vitally important in
the Japanese business environment where space is at a real premium,
even desk space. However, this would be a very practical and forward
looking design for the American market also. There are other
interesting innovations in these new machines as well. Mr Crothers
goes on to say:
 "Gateway, in its current system, also integrates into the 15-inch LCD
a high-speed graphics chip from ATI Technologies, a 400-MHz Advanced
Micro Devices K6-2 processor, a networking chip, a modem, and a chip
for playing back DVD video. The LCD uses active-matrix technology.
This whole system sells for about 250,000 yen, which is less than
$2,500."
 Can't help but wonder if there aren't a few hints about the new Amiga
here.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

25 May 1999

 Well, I've been looking for Amiga Update for at least a month. I
always used to read Amiga Update at
"http://www.globaldialog.com/AdventureCentral/AU/index.html", and then
suddenly one day that address didn't work anymore. I was instead taken
to "http://www.gdinet.com/missing.html", which gave me an option to
check a "Table of Contents, or "Search GDI", whatever that is. Neither
option turned up Amiga Update. Every page of Amiga links that I
visited, plus Alta Vista and Hotbot, and I think Yahoo, gave me only
the old address.

Finally, today I found the new address listed at
"http://www.cucug.org/amimagazines.html".

 Next time you move, may I suggest that you: (1) post big, giant
notices in Amiga Update for at least a month or two ahead of time (not
a tiny notice in the copyright statement at the bottom of one issue),
(2) Notify all the major Amiga pages that link to you, along with
(when possible) Yahoo and the major search engines, and (3) post a
message at the old address telling what the new address is.

 -Steven
 ~~~~~~
 Good suggestions Steven, and we'll keep them in mind. I want to point
out to all our readers that the web site was started as a location for
archives of past issues and was not really intended as the place for
people to pick up copies. We're very happy that you do, but it just
didn't occur to us that many folks would. In fact, it's common that we
don't get the latest issue to the web site till it's been in
subscribers hands for a few days. That's likely to continue,
especially with hot news in rushed-out issues.
 As we discussed Steven's letter with other Amigans, we discovered
there were quite a few who get AU from the website. Now we wonder how
many there are ...
 Incidentally, the address is at the bottom of each and every issue,
though we did have an error in the first issue carrying the new
address. Some letters were capitalized when they shouldn't have been.
 Brad

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20 May 1999

Brad,

 Thank You for all the hard work you continue to do. I wrote last year
with a IBM compatible looking for an Amiga, well that is still the
case. I was wondering where I can get information about emulation for
the Amiga. Both the Amiga OS on other systems and other systems or
game machines (SNES, Genesis, NeoGeo) on the Amiga. I am looking to
find out possibly the best systems or software to emulate an Amiga on,
if I can't find a machine. If I can I want to know about which
software is best to emulate the other machine/consoles. Thank You!
Patrick Tyner
~~~~~~
Hi Patrick,
 There are real hardware Amigas available from a number of sources.
You might have to do a little searching. If you have a web browser,
start at http://www.cucug.org/amiga.html and work from their companies
page. Also, check out the story about "Amiga Forever", below.
 Brad

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 {Last issue we published a letter from a reader who was upset that,
as he thought, Amiga had no plans to attend AmiWest99. We received the
following letter from Amiga President Jim Collas, setting the matter
straight. Mr. Collas apparently wrote directly to the reader as well.
We reprint the reader's original letter below. Mr. Collas's answer.
Brad}

21 May 1999

Dear John,

 We are planning to support AmiWest99. I mention this in my May letter
to the community which was released yesterday but I forgot to add it
to the community activities section for May. I apologize for my
mistake. I will post a news release in the next few days announcing
our support for AmiWest99. As you know AMiWest and WOA fall on the
same days this year. It's unfortunate but we didn't have control over
this. We are working on plans to split the Amiga executives between
the two shows. We are also working on announcements and activities for
both shows.
Sincerely, Jim

May 12, 1999

Dear. Mr. Webb,
    I found it very disheartening to compare Mr. Collas claims to want
to prove himself to the Amiga community with his list of community
activities.  From the absence of any reference to AmiWest99, it would
appear there is no interest in west coast US market by the new chief
executive.  I haven't seen since his open letter which would indicate
anyone from Aimga will be present or that there is any support for the
only west coast Amiga show this year.  It will be interesting to see if
the European market is big enough to support the operation since it would
appear parts of the US market already have been written off.

Sincerely,
John
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            L E T T E R   F R O M   D R .   L E F A I V R E

May 26, 1999

               Letter from Amiga's new CTO, Dr. Rick LeFaivre

Dear Amigans,

 I thought it would be appropriate for me to "introduce" myself to the
Amiga community, having joined the new Amiga in April as chief
technology officer and senior VP of R&D. Just as Jim Collas is opening
up communications channels as our new CEO, I'll try to communicate as
openly as I can about Amiga's technology vision and directions.

 First, a little about my background, and why I'm at Amiga. I wrote my
first computer program (on an IBM 1620) in 1966, and got my first job
as a (student) programmer in 1967. Over the past 32 years, I've been
privileged to participate in the evolution of computing from the
mainframe to the minicomputer to the personal computer to the
Internet. I started my career as a computer science professor doing
research in artificial intelligence and advanced programming
environments (LISP, SmallTalk, and an AI language I developed in the
early 70's called FUZZY). I moved into industrial R&D in 1978, and
over the years have directed R&D organizations at companies such as
Tektronix, Sun Microsystems, Apple Computer, Silicon Graphics and
Borland International (now Inprise). At Apple, where I oversaw
advanced technology R&D, we pioneered technologies such as QuickTime,
PlainTalk, QuickTime-VR, and a host of other innovations that were
subsequently copied by our friends at a large software company located
in the Northwest corner of the United States (sigh). We also provided
funding for the world's first Internet browser, and set up Apple's
first Internet web site.

 I spent most of my career as a UNIX user and, later, a Macintosh
user. I managed to avoid having to use Microsoft DOS or Windows prior
to Windows 95, but for the past several years have had the, uh,
"pleasure" of being a Windows 95/98 user. I must confess that I have
never been an Amiga user, but I was well aware of what was going on in
the Amiga community as the Amiga and Video Toaster moved multimedia
into the mainstream. People at Apple had a great respect for the
Amiga, and the communities always seemed similar to me. I am rapidly
learning more about the spirit of innovation that has been at the
heart of the Amiga community since the first Amiga was shipped in the
mid-80's.

 Well, it is now 1999, and we find ourselves at the dawn of a new
millennium, and the dawn of the information age. The personal
computer, as represented by Windows PC's and Macintoshes, is now a
mature product category, with little true innovation occurring in the
PC industry. What's next? With the PC industry now in it's third
decade, what will be the next big "S-curve" that will dominate the
next 20 years of computing? Clearly, it will involve the emerging
global information infrastructure, which is creating a fundamental
transformation of business, communications and, indeed, human culture.
In many ways, we are transitioning from the era of computing -
building faster and faster computers that may, incidentally, be
networked - to the era of communications, with powerful ubiquitous
communications networks that connect a wide variety of computing
devices.

 We at Amiga feel that unleashing the full power of this emerging
information infrastructure requires much more than a PC with a browser
plugged into the Internet. What is needed is a complete home computing
environment that ties together powerful multimedia convergence
computers with easy-to-use information appliances, all transparently
accessing content and services on the Internet. As Jim has told you,
our vision and mission is to make computers a natural part of everyday
life by creating an industry-standard systems architecture and
operating environment for this new world. In essence, we want to
redefine the home computing experience for the 21st Century, combining
awesome multimedia, transparent networking and Internet access, and a
user experience that makes a computer or information appliance as easy
to use as... a toaster!

 It's a very exciting time as the spirit of the Amiga starts building
again. Personally, I'm thrilled to be a part of the new Amiga team,
working with Jim, Petro, Jeff Schindler, Allan Havemose, and the other
top people who are being attracted to this opportunity. I look forward
to sharing more about our vision, technologies and products in the
months to come. Stay tuned...

Rick LeFaivre
CTO and SVP, R&D
Amiga, Inc.
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   A M I G A   A T   B O T H   A M I W  E S T 9 9 ,   W O A   9 9

San Diego - May 21, 1999 - AMIGA announces participation at AmiWest99 and
World of AMIGA 99 shows.

AMIGA will be supporting and participating at two major AMIGA shows in July,
AmiWest99 in Sacramento, California and World of AMIGA 99 in London,
England. These shows will occur over the same weekend. "Participating in two
shows at the same time will present some challenges but we are looking
forward to simultaneously discussing our plans for the future with great
audiences on two continents," said Jim Collas. "We are looking at ways to
connect the two events and show that AMIGA users represent a great worldwide
community."

AMIGA executives will be at both of the shows, and look forward to sharing
more details about what we have been doing over the past few months and how
we are moving towards the future.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the shows.
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                 A M I W E S T 9 9   U P D A T E

24 May, 1999

 At this time we do not know which AMIGA executives will be at
AmiWest. We will alert you as soon as we have that information.

 Earlier, AMIGA President Jim Collas had announced that Amiga is
supporting AmiWest99. In his May, 1999, "Update on Major Activities",
Jim Collas announced that Amiga is "planning to support the AmiWest
show in late July." And in his "Open Letter to the Community", Jim
stated

 "Before I end this letter I would like to cover a few more topics
that came up frequently in emails sent to me. First, I would like to
clarify our hardware product plans. Amiga is planning to come out with
a next generation multimedia computer in late Q4 of the year. This
computer will have a unique architecture, a great operating system,
awesome 3D gaming performance, and advanced multimedia features. I am
confident that this computer will meet your expectations for a great
next generation Amiga. Unfortunately, we can't disclose details of the
new computer yet since we are under non-disclosure agreements with our
technology partners. We also need to be careful about alerting our
competition to our plans. One thing I can say is that the technology
partners we are working with are extremely excited about our direction
and technology. There are Amigans in all major technology companies
and they are eager to support us in driving a new computer revolution.
These partners include some major technology and component companies
in the computer industry. We should be ready to disclose more at the
World of Amiga and AmiWest shows in July."

{See our last issue, 990519, for a complete copy of both items. Brad}

 AmiWest is also also working with the World of Amiga in London, which
is being held on the same weekend, to make this a "World Wide Amiga
Weekend". For those of you in Europe and the United Kingdom who can't
make it to the US for the AmiWest show should plan to visit the World
of Amiga (http://www.worldofamiga.com) on July 24th and 25th.

 For a a preliminary list of companies/clubs that are either
participating in or exhibiting at AmiWest99 see our web page at

 http://www.sacc.org/amiwest

 We are adding new exhibitors daily. So watch our web page for
additional names.

 Remember, AmiWest99 is being held on Friday through Sunday, July
23-25, at the Holiday Inn, Sacramento NorthEast, in Sacramento, CA.
Classes and seminars will be held Friday through Sunday with the
exhibit hall being open on Saturday, July 24th from 10 A.M. - 5 P.M
and Sunday, July 25th 10 A.M. - 4 P.M.

 Specially priced tickets for AmiWest99 are available in advance by
mail. Prices are: two day admission tickets, $12 and one day admission
ticket, $8. If you elect to purchase tickets at the door, the prices
are: two day ticket at the door, $15 and One day ticket at the door,
$10.

 There will be a banquet dinner on Saturday evening, July 24th. Price
is $35 per plate. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance. They
will NOT be sold on Friday nor Saturday due to the hotel needing
attendance figures for planning the banquet.

 You can mail your requests for advanced admission and banquet tickets
to:

      AmiWest99
      c/o Sacramento Amiga Computer Club
      P.O. Box 19784
      Sacramento, CA 95819-0784

Make checks payable to "AmiWest".

 Special hotel room rates are available at the Holiday Inn for those
attending AmiWest99. Room rates are $ 79 (Single) and $ 89 (double) if
reservations are made by July 1. You must mention that you are
attending AmiWest to get the special rate. You can phone the Holiday
Inn at 1-916-338-5800 or 1-800-465-8329 (Toll Free) to make hotel
reservations.

 Hope to see you at AmiWest99 on July 23-24, 1999,

John Zacharias, Chairperson, AmiWest99.
jzachar@calweb.com
http://www.sacc.org/amiwest
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    A M I G A   L A U N C H E S   A D V I S O R Y   C O U N C I L

 San Diego, CA - May 19th 1999 - Amiga announces the creation of the
Amiga Advisory Council.

 "In order to make Amiga a great company, delivering the type of
innovative products that users desire, it is imperative that the
Spirit of Amiga flow throughout our products, and that Spirit is the
community." Said Jim Collas - President of Amiga

 As the company moves forward, the advisory council will be
influential in helping to set the future direction of Amiga, with a
special focus on the needs and desires of the existing Amiga
community.

 "The Amiga community is one of the most valuable communities in the
computer industry. They are a great resource that needs to be heard as
we maintain delivery of current product while moving into new areas
and directions for Amiga. There are great people in the community with
great ideas, and a talent pool that is without equal. It is because of
the leaders and members of this community that the Amiga is alive
today," Jim Collas - President of Amiga

 The Amiga Advisory Council will consist of members from the community
and the Amiga leadership team. Candidates will be selected over the
next 30 days from nominees submitted to Amiga. Amiga will be
evaluating and selecting the candidates based on the following
criteria.

 * Experience with the classic Amiga products

 * Experience with the various Amiga user groups or similar Amiga
community organization (such as ICOA, Brainiac, UGN, Team Amiga, Jay
Miner Society, AmigaSOC, D.A.U.G.)

 * Amiga Dealers and Distributors

 * Amiga Developers

 * Communication with the Advisory council will be in English and will
primarily be done via the Internet.

 In the coming weeks nomination forms will be found on the Amiga
WebSite. The Amiga Advisory Council is expected to be in place by the
end on June.

 Please visit the Amiga web sites www.amiga.com, and www.amiga.de to
nominate your Council Member.
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    A U S T R A L A S I A N   A M I G A   G R O U P   F O R M E D

*Date*: 24 May 1999

ARMIDALE, NSW, AUSTRALIA

By Basil Flinter

 As a result of Petro Tyschtschenko's visit to Australia in January
this year, it became clear that, because of their geographic
isolation, low population density, and distances involved, the Amiga
user community in Australia and New Zealand needed an organisation
which would allow them to become part of the global Amiga User Group
movement, thereby enabling them to play an important role in the
Amiga's revival, and be eligible for the special privileges it is
anticipated that AMIGA will be offering to User Group members as part
of its comeback strategy.

 In other words, because of the isolation of many Amiga users and the
dispersion of the Amiga community, there was a need for a central body
which could disseminate information about the Amiga and Amiga-oriented
activities within Australia and New Zealand, and possibly the
surrounding region.

 We are, therefore, pleased to announce the successful implementation
of one of the initiatives decided upon during that visit, namely the
formation of an Australasia-wide (Australasian) User Group.

 This User Group, named Amiga Downunder UG Incorporated (or ADUG for
short) will be officially launched at the Amiga Downunder 1999 (ADU99)
Show which is being organised and hosted by members of the Canberra
Amiga Users Society (CAUSe) in Canberra on 21 and 22 August 1999
(http://www2.dynamite.com.au/krash/amigadu).

 Membership of ADUG is open to all individuals living in Australia or
New Zealand; however, the residential qualification may be
geographically extended, in the future, to include the surrounding
region.

 Although memberships will not be processed before ADUG is officially
launched at ADU99, anyone wishing to be considered for membership, or
requiring any information at all about ADUG, should contact Basil
Flinter, as indicated below, with the word "ADUG" in the subject line.

Steve Kennedy
President, ADUG

Basil Flinter Email: flinter@taen.org
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                  A M I G A C T I V E   O N L I N E

Friday 28 May 1999.

 Pinprint Publishing are delighted to announce the launch of
Amigactive Online, the official website of the forthcoming UK based,
glossy newsstand Amiga magazine, Amigactive.

 Amigactive Online will form an integral part of the Amigactive
experience, and will be updated frequently with the latest news about
the magazine as well as news from the rest of the Amiga world.

 We will make Amigactive the best Amiga magazine money can buy, and
you can help us to do this by filling in our first online survey - and
stand a chance of winning yourself a pair of tickets to this year's
World Of Amiga show in London in the process!

 Lasty, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all those
people who have contacted us with messages of support since we
announced our decision to produce a brand new UK Amiga magazine.
Without you, we would not be here today. Thank you.

 So, for all the latest information about Amigactive Magazine, visit
Amigactive Online:

www.amigactive.com

Best Regards,
The Amigactive Team.
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       H A C K E R S   V I O L A T E   A M I G A . O R D

19 May, 1999

 Amiga.org recently published a report reading: `Holger Kruse has been
successfully sued for including backdoors in his public products by a
disgruntled user. This lawsuit now confirms what many have suspected
for a while now, that Nordicglobal products contain procedures to
ILLEGALLY illicit user informations from unaware users. Amiga.org
advises users to deinstall any products from Mr. Kruse. More details
soon...'


From Amiga.org:

 'I awoke this morning to find about 25 e-mails and a number of
stories posted in our own news database which were not only incorrect
but highly offensive. Rest assured, the crew at Amiga.org did NOT make
those posts and we most certainly would never thrash such a wonderful
Amiga product as Miami. Our sincere apologies go out to our readers,
and most of all to Holger Kruse of Nordic Global. For the record,
There are NO back doors in Nordic Global products, and we officially
and highly endorse the use of Miami...' ------

Nordic Global's reponse

 The amiga.org website recently published a report alleging that
Nordic Global Inc. was successfully sued because of "backdoors" in our
products.

 That report is false. We assume that the amiga.org web site was
"hacked" by Amiga cracker groups, and that these groups are now trying
to, once again, tarnish our good reputation, in order to retaliate
against our active anti-piracy measures. However so far we have no
confirmation yet why and how that bogus report got published on the
amiga.org web site.


In detail:

 Our software does not have any backdoors, it never has and never
will. Alleged "backdoors" in Miami actually turned out to be backdoors
in a fake version of "datatypes.library", released by the members of
the Amiga cracker group Digital Corruption. That group made false
claims about alleged "backdoors" in Miami in order to cover their own
tracks.

 For more information on that incident please look at the November '98
news archives of the Amiga Web Directory or any other reputable Amiga
news source. Nordic Global Inc. was instrumental in uncovering the
plot by Digital Corruption and warning users about the threat. The
incident is now well-documented with sufficient proof against the fake
version of datatypes.library.

 Nordic Global Inc. does not attempt to obtain private information
from customers in any way, except in ways obvious to users, i.e.
during registration (MiamiRegister), when users are required to fill
out a form with their name and address, and during credit card
ordering, for the purpose of AVS address verification, to prevent
credit card fraud, as recommended by international credit card
regulations.

 Nordic Global Inc. values the privacy of users very highly, which is
why our software contains more features to prevent and detect attacks
from the Internet than the software of any of our competitors, e.g.
powerful firewall features in Miami Deluxe.

 Except for the usually anonymous rambling of some disgruntled Amiga
crackers, who see their existance threatened by pending lawsuits
against them, we are not aware that any users in any way disapprove of
our policy regarding user privacy.

 No lawsuits have been filed against Nordic Global Inc., neither
regarding privacy matters nor regarding any other matter.

 All of our software, including Miami and Miami Deluxe, is safe to
use, and "recommendations" to the contrary are libelous and without
factual basis. None of our software contains any mechanisms to
transfer user information to anyone without the knowledge of the user.
This is true both for users of the demo version and registered users.

 We would like to stress, once again, that the ONLY software that has
ever been demonstrated to "steal" private information from users was a
fake "datatypes.library" distributed by Amiga cracker groups. This
shows clearly that the best way to protect your privacy is for you to
NOT use any pirated software, or software released by cracker
organizations.


 Nordic Global Inc. assumes that the false "report" on amiga.org was
the result of the "amiga.org" web site being hacked. In that case
expect an official statement and apology from amiga.org soon.


Holger Kruse
Nordic Global Inc.
05/18/99
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           H T T P R E S U M E   F A K E   V E R S I O N

16 May 99

Posted to the net by Andrija Antonijevic

 Here's the message I wrote to HTTPResume users whose e-mail addresses
I know:

 You received this message because you expressed interest in
HTTPResume. If you don't want to receive these announce messages in
the future, please tell me.

 HTTPResume v1.6a appeared on Aminet. It was *not* released by me and
it's *not* official HTTPResume release. The latest official release is
still v1.6, dated 24-Apr-99 01:22:40 and its size is 107036 bytes.
Official archive is 110318, .readme 2109 bytes long. Checking on
http://www.bigfoot.com/~TheAntony/HTTPResume/ is the only way to be
sure that the new version is out. It will always have information on
latest HTTPResume releases and latest HTTPResume archive on local
server.

 I have no connection to v1.6a and can't say whether it has backdoors
or anything malicious inside it (I doubt it, though). I have uploaded
the official v1.6 archive to Aminet today. If you haven't downloaded
"v1.6a", you have no reason to download any comm/www/HTTPResume.lha
archive from Aminet for a while since next version (v1.7) won't be
released in near future. If you are unsure which version you have,
download the official archive from HTTPResume page mentioned above.

 If you have installed this "new" version, please replace it with the
official one. Thank you.

----

 The story goes like this: Tonight I received an e-mail message:

From: "xxx"  Name and address removed to protect the guilty.
Subject: HTTP Resume
Date: 15 May 1999 10:59:59 GMT

Hello,

 Just to tell you that I find it very childish of you to include
propaganda against the war in an Amiga program.

 If removed the line of text and replaced it with what it should be,
and will release this on Aminet within 36 hours as version v1.6a you
can stop me by releasing your own version with the message string
REMOVED

 It's your choice

That's it, l8er alligator !
[SNIP signature]

----

 [The propaganda mentioned is string "Stop NATO bombs!" in title bar
of HTTPResume's main window. Any discussion about this to e-mail,
please.]

 I looked at Aminet recent list and found out that HTTPResume v1.6a
was there (so much about 36 hours). The guy that uploaded it also
decided that he can speak in my name and wrote version history for
"v1.6a" making it look like I wrote (the word he likes to use,
"childish", comes to mind). The rest can be read in message above. The
scary thought is that anyone can replace anything on Aminet with no
problems, and there's nothing that can be done about that. It seems
that PGP signing is the only solution...
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                  A A A   A W A R D S   V O T I N G

Stockholm, Sweden - Thursday, May 20, 1999.

 It's time to cast your vote for the AAA Awards 1998! Do it now, and
you could be the lucky winner of a brand new, specially designed and
hand-airbrushed Amiga 1200HDD, or one of twenty copies of Cloanto's
"Amiga Forever Online Edition"! The AAA Awards 1998 are proudly
presented in association with AMIGA and Cloanto.

 Voting

 Voting is open for everyone until June 30, around the clock. These
options are available:

 o Online: http://www.aaa-awards.org
 o Phone: +46-90-71 00 20 (24 hours)
 o Fax: +46-90-71 01 46
 o Mail: Amiga Format #125 July 1999 and other magazines will contain
 mail-in forms

 This year's categories are

 AAA Award International
 AAA Award Belgium
 AAA Award Spain
 AAA Award Sweden
 AAA Award United Kingdom

 Prize Raffle

 Once you vote for the AAA Award International 1998, we'll
automatically place you in the raffle to win...

 o A brand new, specially designed, hand-airbrushed Amiga 1200 HDD
 o One of twenty copies of Cloanto's "Amiga Forever Online Edition"

 You could be the lucky winner!

 Award ceremonies

The AAA Awards 1998 Winners will be presented at these locations:

AAA Award International, July 24-25

 World of Amiga 99, The Kensington Town Hall Conference Centre,
London, UK

AAA Award Belgium, July 8

 Waaslandia Merksem meeting, Café Pierre De Deken, Merksem, Belgium

AAA Award Spain, October 29-November 1

 Radykal Amiga Party, Armilla (Granada), Spain

AAA Award Sweden, August 7-15

 Stora Nolia fair, Umeå, Sweden

AAA Award United Kingdom, July 24-25

 World of Amiga 99, The Kensington Town Hall Conference Centre,
London, UK

 See our homepage www.aaa-awards.org for exact dates and times.

Juries

 The AAA Awards Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank
all jury members throughout the world for their effort. A listing of
all juries is available at: http://www.aaa-awards.org/juries/1998/

 Acknowledgements The AAA Awards are organized by Swedish user group
Amiga Computer Group in co-operation with AMIGA, AmigaSOC, Amiga Users
Club of Spain, Cloanto and Waaslandia Amiga-Only Club. The AAA Awards
is copyright © 1997-99 Amiga Computer Group. The AAA Awards logo is
copyright © 1997 Amiga Computer Group and Björn Hagström.

 AMIGA® is a registered trademark of AMIGA International, Inc. /
Gateway, Inc.

Amiga Forever is a trademark of Cloanto.
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                D A Y T O N   C O M P U T E R F E S T

21 May, 1999

Dayton Computerfest -- An Amiga Show Within A Show

 The AmiTech Dayton Amiga User Group has made arrangements with the
Dayton Microcomputer Association, sponsor of the Dayton Computerfest,
the largest computer show in this part of the country, to establish an
Amiga Area within the show. They are recruiting Amiga vendors,
developers, user groups, and individuals that wish to sell,
demonstrate, or display Amiga equipment and capabilities to take part
in the show.

 The show will be August 27-29 at Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The
Amiga Show within the Show, with a concentrated group of Amiga vendors
and displays all in one place will provide are a number of advantages
for the Amiga user:

 1. Access to a concentration of Amiga gear, all in one place.
 2. Availability of a gigantic source of general supplies, such as
drives, printers, storage media, etc. at extremely attractive prices.
 3. Very reasonable table prices.

 Since this show normally has attendance of more than 30,000, it may
also provide the Amiga community an opportunity to make the public, as
a whole, more aware. AmiTech Dayton took this initiative after the
announcement that the Midwest Amiga Show would not be held this fall,
feeling the momentum that show established needed to be continued.
There are lots of accommodations near the show, however, with a show
this big it is best to make arrangements as early as possible.

 If you would like more information about the show or wish to
participate contact:

Ron Schwartz via email
schwartr@gemair.com
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     S W E D I S H   E - M A I L   G A M E S   M A G A Z I N E

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GlädjeStickan

27th May 1999

 We are very exited to present a new forum for all you game hungry
Amigans - The emailmagazine GlädjeStickan! Monthly it shows up in the
inbox of your emailprogram, filled with reviews of all kinds of Amiga
games. And it is all in Swedish. PD, SW, FW, demos or commersial;
Makes no difference. GlädjeStickan gots room for them all!

 Direct you browser to http://www.amigaspel.just.nu and order a
subscription today - Totaly free of charge.

 We welcome you as a subscriber

Editorial staff
/GlädjeStickan

For add. info: gladjestickan@post.utfors.se
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        I M P R O V E D   C L U B B E D   F R O M   S E A L

20 May, 1999

 South Essex Amiga Link (SEAL) is proud to announce three major
improvements to the quality and service of our print Amiga magazine
"Clubbed".

1. Higher Production Quality

 Starting from issue 3 (see below) Clubbed is being printed directly
from EPS files for sharper text and graphics inside the magazine and a
semi-gloss finish on the cover. The cover is now printed on 200gsm
card to give the whole magazine a more substantial feel.

2. More Pages and Increased Content

 With an increasing subscriber base we can now afford to increase the
page count of the magazine, issue 3 will have a total of 40 pages
(including covers) up from 36 in previous issues. Due to the new
higher quality printing we have been able to reduce the size of images
and slightly reduce the type size while maintaining clarity to
increase the amount of text per page. With the extra pages and smaller
print we estimate the total content of issue 3 is about 25% greater
than issue 2.

3. Credit Card Payment Option

 You can now pay for your Clubbed subscription using a VISA or
Mastercard credit card. We hope this payment option will make it much
easier for Amigans outside the UK to subscribe. This service is
provided for Clubbed by FORE-MATT Home Computing.

 Even with these improvements the subscription price remains the same,
starting at just 10UKP for a 4 issue UK subscription.

 Clubbed Issue 3 Imminent

 Clubbed Issue 3 with improved print quality and more content will be
available in June, some highlights of this issue include:

 How to get your Amiga on the 'net feature complemented by reviews of
popular Internet packages such as:

Netconnect 2
Miami
IBrowse
Thor
YAM

Reviews of:
Turbo Print 7
Epson Stylus Photo 700

Candy Factory Pro tutorial

 As well as all the latest news and an exclusive interview with a well
known Amiga personality

About Clubbed

 Clubbed is a non-profit making Amiga magazine from SEAL. It is
published quarterly and sent to SEAL members and subscribers across
the world. The magazine is A4 format with colour printed covers and
mono inside pages. Clubbed is entirely produced on Amiga systems using
several packages including PageStream 3, Draw Studio, ImageFX and
Photogenics. Every piece in the magazine is written by a dedicated
Amiga user.

 Visit the Clubbed website at http://seal.amiga.tm for further
details, including world wide subscription pricing and example
articles from previous issues.

About SEAL

 SEAL (South Essex Amiga Link) is an Amiga user group in the South of
England, based around the Basildon area we have about 30 enthusiastic
members and meet twice a month at a local community centre. In the
year that SEAL has been formed we have made a name for ourselves on
the UK Amiga scene with our magazine, lively website and recently
involvement with the 1999 WoA show.

Contacts

Clubbed

clubbed@williams.demon.co.uk

Clubbed
26 Wincoat Drive
BENFLEET
Essex, SS7 5AH
ENGLAND

http://seal.amiga.tm

SEAL

seal@thunder.u-net.com

http://seal.amiga.tm
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          C R Y S T A L   S O F T W A R E   A T   A N T

18 May 99

Crystal Software Live at ANT!!

 Amiga North Thames are proud to announce that Crystal Software, the
Amiga Games company, will be attending the next Amiga North Thames
usergroup meeting which will be held on:

 Sunday 6th of June 1999. During the Hours of 1:00pm to 5:00pm at: St.
Mary Magdalene Vestry, Windmill Hill, Enfield, Middx. EN2 7AJ.

 Andrew Reed, Managing director of Crystal Software, will be showing
two of his company's forthcoming Amiga games titles, Gilbert Goodmate
and Dark Millenia. Andrew will also be joined by the lead programmer
and chief graphics artist for Dark Millenia. They will be there to
answer your questions and also to get feedback about Dark Millenia and
Amiga gaming in general.

Everyone is welcome!

Exclusive!!

 We are informed that Crystal Software are hoping to have a Demo of
Dark Millenia Available by Sunday 23rd of May!!

Further details can be found on:-

Amiga North Thames. A.N.T. - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ant.london
Crystal Software - http://www.crystal-software.com

See you there!
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      M O N O L I T H   P O R T S   T O   A M I G A ,   M A C

 Kirkland, WA (April 28, 1999) - Monolith Productions today announced
an agreement with Hyperion Press to bring its critically acclaimed 3D
action game, Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, and the LithTech 3D Engine
to the Mac platform. By porting Monolith's popular first-person
shooter, Hyperion is answering the heavy demand by Mac users for
high-quality 3D games. In addition, Hyperion Press has also agreed to
port and maintain Shogo and Monolith's LithTech 3D Engine for the
Amiga platform. Monolith will retain ownership of both ported versions
of the engine and continue to provide Hyperion with its trademark
customer service. Hyperion will retain publishing rights to Shogo on
both platforms.

 "We're very excited about the opportunity to see more games created
with the LithTech 3D Engine on the Mac and Amiga platforms. The
agreement with Hyperion will allow these users to experience what PC
gamers have come to expect from Monolith -- an intense gaming
experience," comments Jason Hall, CEO of Monolith Productions. "With
the help of Hyperion, we are expanding the following for our games and
our powerful 3D engine."

 "We have chosen to license the LithTech 3D Engine because of
Monolith's superior customer service," said Evert Carton, managing
director of Hyperion Press. "As two growth areas, the Mac and Amiga
platforms represent a strong, resilient market with a strong core of
users, who are anxious to play one of last year's most popular games
-- Shogo."

 Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, inspired by the Japanese "anime"
tradition, is an action-packed first-person shooter combining
spectacular environments (from neon-lit, futuristic cityscapes to
gaping desert ravines and canyons) with a meaningful storyline packed
with intriguing characters, large transforming Meccas, and plot
revelations.

 Hyperion/Monolith Agreement The LithTech 3D Engine, the technology
behind Shogo, allows for a full range of powerful graphic effects,
from spectacular explosions from the game's many weapons of mass
destruction to more subtle touches, like real-time cloud shadows. It
supports motion capture technology and both hard-body animation and
soft-body mesh systems. LithTech technology allows for the full-range
of fan modifications that players have come to expect in the
first-person shooter genre. The engine also features a 'Level of
Detail' function that ensures the most efficient allocation of
polygons, making for some of the most enemy-populated environments
around. Extensive information, including FAQ's, about LithTech can be
found at www.lithtech.com.

About Monolith Productions, Inc.

 Monolith Productions, Inc., based in Kirkland, WA, is a game
development and publishing company focused on combining uncompromising
gaming content with the ultimate in high-end gaming technology.
Founded by six game developers in 1995, Monolith's passion for
programming has resulted in the creation of the LithTech 3D Engine.
This proprietary software is used in the creation of Monolith
products, such as the well-received Shogo: Mobile Armor Division, and
is available for license to the wider development community, for whom
Monolith is committed to delivering the software industry standard in
licensing partner support. For the latest news and information on
Monolith and it products, visit their Web site at http://www.lith.com.

About Hyperion Press

 Hyperion is a recently established Belgian-German software house
dedicated to bringing high-end PC games to PowerPC based Amiga and Mac
computers. Individual members of the Hyperion team have been involved
in various commercial and non-commercial projects on the Amiga, Mac,
Linux and PC platforms.
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                         F I N A L  A C T

20 May, 1999
                          Albrecht Computer Technik

                 Seth 2 -- 21769 Lamstedt -- 21769 Lamstedt

                Tel +49-4773-8910-73 -- Fax +49-4773-8910-72

Survey will end on 20th of May 1999!
Today.

Since no project has gathered enough interest so far the only logical
conclusion is:
Amiga is dead.

The promised support by Amiga Inc has not appeared.
The promised support for good products is not existant.
Mr. Collas has not replied to our contacts.

 There has been an overall result of 1057 (sum for all projects) votes
from the survey, many of which are doubled or trippled. We have not
yet processed these mail but will do so during the next days and send
an apology to all participiants. Thanks to all who have sent in their
vote, who have sent EMail supporting our efforts and thanks to
everyone who shared his or her ideas with us so far. Thanks to all our
customers world wide - we do keep our promises and will continue to
support our products on a private base. We will even continue
development of Samplitude Opus - but we will not develop V4 for the
Amiga, sorry. This brandnew audio processing workstation will see the
light of day on a computer platform built for the future. We will
continue our succesful cooperation with major companies in the Audio
sector and create our own new market segment within 18 months.

 Please understand that the result of the survey does not leave us any
other choice. We have been Amiga fans and developers from the very
first days and we are very sad about the last three years of chaos.
The Amiga is not the world - it has been a part of it, but now it is
time to sail to new shores. Latest survey news:

Current survey status (20.05.1999):

 We got about 650 interest calls for the USB controller. If some
dealers had called and supported us or if the ... promised ... support
from "above" had appeared we could have done it. But developing such
devices for such a small market is too expensive, time consuming and
does not result in any improvement of market positions.

 Many people have asked us about our video edit plans. Please
understand that we had to cancel these after WoA in London 1998. If
you are seriously interested in video editing (hard- and software) on
Amiga, tell Amiga International to keep promises. The USB Controler
still could appear. We planned to have at least 2xserial and 2x USB
onboard a single card (see left). Price should be below 200,-DM
including basic driver support. Without professional support we would
not develop more than a minimum of drivers. Due to the microscopic
market we will only develop this and other devices (we planned for a
SDL device - e.g. for IrDA) if someone invests the needed money.

 The Encoder for MPEG Audio Layer3 seems to be of virtually no
interest to the community. Only a handful of votes have come in, not
justifying the needed investment. Again:we have ben talking about an
officially licensed encoder from FHI/Thomson, not some ported ISO
version and not some illegal, not-licenced version.

 ARTAS' homepage will be updated soon to reflect the impact of the
current situation on the ARTAS project.
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           I M A G E F X   4   W I T H   A N I M A T I O N

21 May 1999

ImageFX 4 Announced - Now with Animation!


 Nova Design, Inc., creators of the award winning ImageFX package and
the highly received Aladdin 4D v5 package, are excited to announce a
brand new upgrade - ImageFX 4! ImageFX has been the required graphics
application for all Amiga owners and has been a part of Video
Toaster/Flyer owner's toolkits for years. Combining painting, image
file format conversion, image processing, and special effects, ImageFX
remains the undisputed leader in graphics manipulation on the Amiga.

 Now in it's fourth major upgrade, ImageFX goes animated! If you work
on video using your Amiga or want to work on animations for the
Internet the new animation controls in ImageFX are exactly what you've
been wishing for on your Amiga. The animation system is as easy to use
as the animation controls in Amiga paint packages but far more
powerful and support full color animation, palette mapped animation
and greyscale animations as well.

 ImageFX 4 - the Animated Details

 Nova Design, Inc. has built on the new windowed interface introduced
in ImageFX 3.x and has added controls to directly manipulate
animations within ImageFX. Onscreen VCR-style controls have been added
to the layering system to allow you to move within the frames of an
animation or even playback the animation in your preview window.
Brushes can be animated across a series of frames and effects can be
automatically processed across frames as well!

 These controls make it easy to edit animations for use on the
Internet on your own web pages. You can create hand drawn animations,
brush animations and you can easily rotoscope video sequences, add
effects, and batch process. If you want to modify web animations, it's
as easy as loading now that you can load animations. Full support for
loading and saving entire or partial FlyerClips is included for Amiga
Toaster/Flyer owners.

 Many image processing functions and effects have been updated to work
directly on frames and layers now. And what would a new upgrade of
ImageFX be without new special effects? We don't know, since we've
never released without including new effects before and we're not
going to do so now. We've got some cool new effects in this release -
read on!

 Fireworks

 Distorter

 Blob is a fun, if messy, effect. With Blob you can set your
parameters to make a translucent colored ooze slide down your image.
Looking to simulate the effect of slime? No problem with Blob!

 The Text Generator has had so many improvements that it is like a
whole new module. You can now use PostscriptT fonts with it in
addition to Amiga bitmap, color, and outline fonts. You have more
control over the fonts. The fonts now can anti-alias for the best
possible display. Best of all you now see your fonts and text, exactly
as they'll appear, on the display of the image in it's own window!

 CD the Light!

 ImageFX now comes on CDROM for it's standard distribution. If you
don't have a CDROM drive (and you should, they're pretty inexpensive
now) ImageFX will ship with a coupon to order a copy on floppies. As a
bonus the CDROM has sequences of images, animations, and nearly the
entire contents of our Internet site as well!

 Ordering the Upgrade

 As of this release a new price structure is being implemented for
upgrades. If you own a version of ImageFX prior to version 2.0 your
upgrade price is now $149.95. ImageFX 2.x owners can upgrade for only
$99.95. ImageFX 3.x owners can upgrade to ImageFX 4 for only $79.95.
All upgrades include the necessary hardcopy documentation or upgrade
documentation and CDROM.

 You can order via 1-800-IMAGE-69 in the US and Canada or call (804)
282-1157 elsewhere. Orders can also be faxed to (804) 282-3768 or
mailed to our address. Anyone purchasing ImageFX 3.x new after May
20th, 1998 can upgrade for free when you mail us your dated proof of
purchase.

 You'll be shipped ImageFX and receive it in approximately four weeks
depending on the volume of preorders. Previous upgrades have taken
over a month to process so the earlier you order, the sooner you'll
have it!

 ImageFX is also available, new, through your local Amiga dealer or
via mail order at a suggested retail price of $349.95.
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                          A M I C O M S Y S

21th May 1999

 AmiComSys or Amiga Communicator System is an Internet application for
the Amiga OS.

 The alone days on the net' is away. With AmiComSys you always will
have company while you are surfing.

 It's much like ICQ but it lets you find Amigans much more easily.

 AmiComSys recently changed server. The new server is located at
ACS.hostile.cx

 For more information look at http://surf.to/AmiComSys/

New in version 1.25a is:

 o The message requesters now uses MUI instead of Gadtools.

 o SendFile now supports send resume.

 o Sounds may be played at occasions.

 o The main window was relayouted to make it possible to use a much
smaller window size.

 o Everybody now may hide their IP-address, to prevent flooding.

 o The client list supports multi selections.

 o The Message History now is much faster.

 o AmiComSys now have image toolbars with scrollers and more graphics.

 o The toolbars now may be hidden to save space.

 o The iconification mechanism is now smarter, letting you also
iconify the windows with the hotkey.

 o PChat chat lines are now also saved to the Message History.

 o Super Ignore lets you remove people from the client list and
HotLine.

 o Free for Chat status added.


SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

 Amiga Kickstart 39+ (WB 3.0+). There is a separate Kickstart 2.0
version. A TCP/IP-stack like Miami, AmiTCP3.0b2+ or compatible. The
MUI costum class NList.mcc v.19+. Available from Aminet, e.g
ftp://se.aminet.net/pub/aminet/dev/mui/MCC_NList0.89.lha MUI 3.8+.
Available from http://www.sasg.com

AVAILABILITY

 Available from the official homepage located at:
http://surf.to/AmiComSys/ It's also available from Aminet. The
location is ftp://se.aminet.net/pub/aminet/comm/net/AmiComSysMUI.lha
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                 N E W   A M I G A   F O R E V E R

27th May 1999

 We are pleased to announce that a new version of Amiga Forever Online
Edition is available for download. For this release, both the
preinstalled Amiga software and the WinUAE emulation have been updated
and improved.

 The 68K CPU emulation has been carefully profiled and optimized, and
is now on average at least 20% faster than in the previous version.
CPU-wise, an average PC can now comfortably emulate a 68040 Amiga
(benchmarks are based on Personal Paint compilation times using SAS/C,
Amiga 4000/040 and Pentium II/400 PC). Experimental AGA emulation and
MIDI output are now also supported by the emulation and already have
many enthusiastic users (some of which can now at last use Bars &
Pipes Pro!) Features such as virtual memory, floating point unit, true
color RTG display modes and TCP/IP continue to be part of the default
Amiga Forever emulation configuration. The latest version of the Amiga
Explorer Amiga-PC networking software is also included.

 The new version of Amiga Forever Online Edition is available for
immediate download from cloanto.com at $29.99. Amiga users in
Yugoslavia have reported credit card authorization problems in
relation to the current situation, and can therefore get the software
at no cost directly from Cloanto.

 Existing CD-ROM and Online Editions of Amiga Forever can be upgraded
to the latest version of the emulation software following the
instructions at cloanto.com. The Amiga Forever pages have been
completely updated and now provide even more resources for users of
Amiga emulation. The Amiga Forever Home Page has a new, easy to
remember browser shortcut: amigaforever.com. Other Amiga product pages
at cloanto.com have been moved to a "Classic Amiga" section, in
preparation for new software titles for Amiga NG.

 We are observing with interest that the emulation topic is currently
being hotly debated both on the internet and in the courts. We would
like to point out that Amiga Forever stands out as a unique example of
careful and complete licensing of the technology being emulated.
Cloanto has licensed the entire portfolio of Amiga patents, trademarks
and copyrights before even considering the publication of the
emulation, ROM and OS components which are part of Amiga Forever.

 Once again, we would like to thank all Amiga users for their
continued support!

Your Cloanto Team

Amiga Forever Online Edition Home Page:
http://cloanto.com/amiga/forever/online.html

Instructions for Emulation Upgrades:
http://cloanto.com/amiga/forever/upgrades.html
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    P A G E S T R E A M   4 . 0   T O   S O F T W A R E   H U T

  Software Hut is pleased to announce that SoftLogik has
made us Exclusive North American Distributor for PageStream 4.0!!

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PageStream v3.3 with free upgrade to 4.0: $ 229.95

Current owners of v3.3 can contact SoftLogic for an upgrade to v4.0 at
http://www.softlogik.com/

 {See our last issue, 990519,for an overview of the new PageStream
4.0. Brad}
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Amiga Update on the net:
 All back issues available at:
    http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html
    {Note new address!}
Stop by and check out our archive!
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Wildfire Version 7.15 - Juni 1999

Seit Ende Mai 1999 ist das neuste Wildfire Update erhältlich.

Es kann aus dem Aminet unter:

biz/patch/Wildfire7_Upd

oder direkt von Andreas Küssner bezogen werden:

Andreas Küssner
Marrinksweg 5
48531 Nordhorn
Germany

EMail: eksec@eure.de (Wildfire-Unterstützung jeglicher Art)

Telefon: 05921/330420         18.00 - 20.00 Uhr Werktags

(Sie benötigen die ursprüngliche Wildfire 7 Version)

Das Update kostet 15 DM innerhalb Deutschlands und 25 DM außerhalb
Deutschlands (Kosten für CD und Porto). Die Preise verstehen sich
in bar und nur in DM.



Die folgenden Veränderungen wurden an der neuen Version von Wildfire 7
vorgenommen:

 * 1. Bilder

 Direkte Movieshop Unterstützung!!

 Das Laden und Speichern von WFMV Bildern wird ab sofort unterstützt.  Diese
 Bilder werden vom neuen Wildfire Operator in Movieshop von  Heinrich Angler
 (Heinrich.Angler@muenchen.de) benötigt
  Somit kann man direkt in Movieshop Wildfire Effekt Scriptes verdenden!  Im
 Verzeichnis WF:Movieshop/ finden Sie alle benötigten Dateien,  um den
 Wildfire-Movieshop Operator zu installieren.

 * 2. AREXX

  Die wf_movieshopmode und wf_blackframes Kommandos sind neu.

 * 3. Nicht-Lineare-Effekte

  * Texte der Eingabe-Verbindung nun auch in Deutsch vorhanden
  * Operator Eingabe/Ausgabe Texte nun auch in Deutsch vorhanden
  * Echtzeit Vorschau kann nun an-und ausgeschaltet werden!!!

 * 4. Einstellungen

  Der gewählte Bildschirm zum Abspielen im Modus `Fenster`  wird nun mit
  abgespeichert.

 * 5. Konverter

  HAM Bilder wurden nicht abgespeichert, wenn vorher eine Bildtiefe  grösser als
  8 Bit gewählt wurde - Behoben.

 * 6. Transition Maker (Überblendungs-Generator)

  * Das RX Kommando wird nun aus SYS:REXXC/ geladen.
  * Anstelle der Dateinamen werden nun Effekt-Beschreibungen
    angezeigt. Somit hat der Anwender einen Eindruck davon, was
    der gewählte Effekt für eine Überblendung erzeugen wird.
  * Die Transition Beispiel Animationen können sich nun auch im
    WF:TransAnims/ Ordner befinden. Somit kann man z.B. die Beispiel
    Transition Animationen von der CD in dieses Verzeichnis kopieren!
  * Einige neue Überblendungen wurden hinzugefügt. (Tile, ScaleWipe,
    Perspective)

 * 7. Dokumentation

  Im Verzeichnis  WF:Dokumentation  befindet sich nun die Deutsche Online
  Hilfe als ASCII-Text! Somit kann man sie nun ausdrucken und/oder darin
  suchen!

 * 8. Direkte Wildfire-ImageFX3 Anbindung

  Die Wildfire - ImageFX 3 Anbindung wurde stark verbessert. Einige wichtige
  ImageFX 3 Effekte können nun direkt aus Wildfire heraus angesteuert und animiert
  werden! Dazu muss ImageFX 3 gestartet sein, und es darf kein Effekt-Fenster
  offen sein. Mit den jeweiligen Operatoren kann man wie mit allen anderen
  Wildfire Operatoren arbeiten!
  Hier folgt eine Liste der vorhandenen Wildfire-ImageFX Effekte:

     - IFXFire
     - IFXFireRadIn
     - IFXFireRadOut
     - IFXLensflare
     - IFXBubble
     - IFXBubbleCol
     - IFXStraw
     - IFXCrystal
     - IFXRadialStar
     - IFXClouds
     - IFXLightning

 * 9. Wildfire-Movieshop Effektsession
  4 Effektsammlungen für die Wildfire-Movieshop Anbindung wurden
  fertiggestellt und können von Andreas Küssner bezogen werden.
  Damit kann man viele vorbereitete Wildfire-Spezialeffekte direkt aus
  Movieshop heraus benutzen. Der Wildfire-Movieshop Operator von Heinrich
  Angler wird benötigt!


©1999 WK-Artworks


Ebenfalls erhältlich auf dem Aminet:

Wildfire\7 Demo files:
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biz/demo/Wildfire7_Demo.lha   ... Main files of the Demoversion

biz/demo/Wildfire7_PPC.lha    ... additional PPC files for PPC+68K, main
                                  files needed!

biz/demo/Wildfire7_3D.lha     ... additional 3D operators, main files
                                  needed!

biz/demo/Wildfire7_3DF.lha    ... additional 3D Text Operator, main files
                                  needed!

 * Requirements: MUI 3.8
                 68020 or better with FPU
                 min. 600x400 Pixel sized Screen
                 min. 8 MB RAM

Wildfire7\PPC + Movieshop Erweiterung


Wildfire Effektsammlung für Movieshop


Für den Wildfire-Movieshop Operator von Heinrich Angler wurden von Andreas
Küssner diverse fertige Wildfire-Effekt-Sessions entwickelt. Die einzelnen
Effekt-Sessions wurden zu 4 Sets zusammengefaßt, die einzeln zu Preisen zwischen
69 DM und 99 DM (oder als Bundle für zusammen 279 DM) von Andreas Küssner
verkauft werden.

 Andreas Küssner
 Marrinksweg 5
 48531 Nordhorn
 Germany

 EMail: eksec@eure.de (Wildfire-Unterstützung jeglicher Art)

 Telefon: 05921/330420     18.00 - 20.00 Uhr Werktags

Die folgenden Texte enthalten die Aufstellung der einzelnen Effektgruppen und
der einzelnen Effekte in den Sets. Wenn Sie mehr Informationen darüber erhalten
möchten, oder die Sets kaufen wollen, kontaktieren Sie bitte Herrn Küssner.




Wildfire-Movieshop Effekt Set 1    69 DM  /  45 $


Effekte zum Überblenden zweier Bildsequenzen (Animationen)
==========================================================



Vektor                Bilder werden mittels Vektoren gemischt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Unten->Oben          Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, von
                      unten nach oben

 Kreis_Groß->Klein    Sequenz A wird in Sequenz A übergeblendet, mittels
                      eines kreisförmigen Vektors, der kleiner wird

 Kreis_Klein->Groß    Sequenz A wird in Sequenz A übergeblendet, mittels
                      eines kreisförmigen Vektors, der größer wird

 Links->Rechts        Sequenz A wird in Sequenz A übergeblendet, von
                      links nach rechts

 Rechts->Links        Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, von
                      rechts nach links

 Oben->Unten          Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, von
                      oben nach unten

 ObeLinks->UntRechts  Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, von
                      links oben nach rechts unten



Bitmaske               einzelne Bits werden ausmaskiert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Aus-Schwarz-B_Ein   der Effekt wird auf beide Bildsequenzen angewendet,
                       dabei wird Seq. A in ein schwarzes Bild und daraus
                       Seq. B übergeblendet

 A_Aus-Weiß-B_Ein      der Effekt wird auf beide Bildsequenzen angewendet,
                       dabei wird Seq. A in ein weißes Bild und daraus
                       Seq. B übergeblendet



Mischen                Bilder werden gemischt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Schnell               Sequenz A wird schnell in Sequenz B übergeblendet

 Mittel                in der Mitte des Effektes wird Sequenz A sehr
                       schnell in Sequenz B übergeblendet

 Standard              Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet


Deplatzieren           einzelne Punkte werden deplatziert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Schn_A_Aus->B_Ein     Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet und
                       ein Deplatzieren-Effekt wird angewendet

 Lang_A_Aus->B_Ein     Sequenz A wird langsam in Sequenz B übergeblendet
                       und ein Deplatzieren-Effekt wird angewendet



PSkalieren             Bilder werden mittels eines PSkalieren verädert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Groß                  Sequenz A wird durch große Partikel ausgeblendet

 Mittel                Sequenz A wird durch mittlere Partikel ausgeblendet

 Klein                 Sequenz A wird durch kleine Partikel ausgeblendet


Rollen                 Bilder werden hin-und her gerollt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_UntLinks->ObRechts  Sequenz A wird von links unten nach rechts oben
                       gerollt

 A_UntRechts->ObeLinks Sequenz A wird von rechts unten nach links oben
                       gerollt

 A_Links->Rechtr       Sequenz A wird von links nach rechts gerollt

 A_Oben->Unten         Sequenz A wird von oben nach unten gerollt

 A_ObeLinks->UntRechts Sequenz A wird von links oben nach rechts unten
                       gerollt

 A_ObeRechts->UntLinks Sequenz A wird von rechts oben nach links unten
                       gerollt

 B_UntLinks->ObeRechts Sequenz B wird von links unten nach rechts oben
                       gerollt

 B_UntRechts->ObeLinks Sequenz B wird von rechts unten nach links oben
                       gerollt

 B_ObeLinks->UntRechts Sequenz B wird von links oben nach rechts unten
                       gerollt

 B_ObeRechts->UntLinks Sequenz B wird von rechts oben nach links unten
                       gerollt



Skalieren              Bilder werden vergößert und verkleinert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_LinksMitte          Sequenz A wird an der linken Seite verkleinert

 A_Mitte               Sequenz A wird in der Mitte verkleinert

 A_ObenLinks           Sequenz A wird links oben verkleinert

 A_ObenMitte           Sequenz A wird oben verkleinert

 B_LinksMitte          Sequenz B wird an der linken Seite vergrößert

 B_Mitte               Sequenz B wird in der Mitte vergrößert

 B_ObenLinks           Sequenz B wird links oben vergrößert

 B_ObenMitte           Sequenz B wird wird oben vergrößert


Verwischen             Bilder werden verwischt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Aus->Punkt          Sequenz A wird verwischt und wird kleiner bis nur
                       noch ein Punkt zu sehen ist

 A_Aus                 Sequenz A wird verwischt und ausgeblendet

 B_Ein                 Sequenz B wird verwischt und eingeblendet

 Punkt->B_Ein          Sequenz B wird von einem Punkt her vergrößert und
                       dann verwischt


Verwirbeln             Bilder werden verwirbelt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Li->Klein->B_Li     Sequenz A wird links verwirbelt und verkleinert,
                       dann wird Sequenz B links verwirbelt und vergrößert

 A_Li->Klein->B_Re     Sequenz A wird links verwirbelt und verkleinert,
                       dann wird Sequenz B rechts verwirbelt und vergrößert

 A_Rechts->B_Links     Sequenz A wird rechts verwirbelt, in Sequenz B
                       übergeblendet und dann wird Sequenz B links
                       verwirbelt

 A_Klein->B_Misch      Sequenz A wird links verwirbelt und verkleinert,
                       dann wird Sequenz B eingeblendet

 A_Klein               Sequenz A wird links verwirbelt und verkleinert





Effeke zum Verändern von einzelnen Bildsequenzen (Animationen)
==============================================================


LinienKunst            Bilder werden mittels LinienKunst verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 HellGrau              Farbige Linien werden Hellgrau

 DunkelGrau            Farbige Linien werden Dunkelgrau


Drehen                 Bilder werden gedreht
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Links                 die Sequenz wird links herum gedreht

 Rechts                die Sequenz wird rechts herum gedreht



Balance                Farben werden geändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Blau                  die entsprechenden Farbanteile in der Sequenz
 Grün                  werden verändert
 Rot


Verwirbeln              Bilder werden verwirbelt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Links                  die Sequenz wird links verwirbelt

 Rechts                 die Sequenz wird rechts verwirbelt






Wildfire-Movieshop Effect Set 2    79 DM  /  50 $


Effekte zum Überblenden zweier Bildsequenzen (Animationen)
==========================================================


Kreis                 Bilder werden mit Kreis-Effekten verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4-UhrenRückwärts     4 Kreise werden im umgekehrten Uhrzeigersinn
                      gezeichnet, wo die Kreise erscheinen, kann man
                      Sequenz B erkennen

 Groß->Klein          Sequenz A wird mittels eines kleiner werdenden
                      Kreises ausgeblendet, ein Zitter-Effekt wird noch
                      hinzugefügt

 UhrRückwärts         ein Kreis wird um umgekehrten Uhrzeigersinn
                      gezeichnet, wo der Kreis erscheint, kann man
                      Sequenz B erkennen

 Klein->Groß          Sequenz A wird mittels eines größer werdenden
                      Kreises eingeblendet, ein Zitter-Effekt wird noch
                      hinzugefügt


ScaleWipe             Bilder werden in verschiedene Richtungen `gewipet`
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A-UnLi->B-ObRe       Sequenz B wird von Sequenz A von unten links nach
                      oben rechts zusammengeschoben

 A-UnRe->B-ObLi       Sequenz B wird von Sequenz A von unten rechts nach
                      oben links zusammengeschoben

 A-Unten              Sequenz B wird von Sequenz A von oben nach unten
                      zusammengeschoben

 A-Links              Sequenz B wird von Sequenz A von links nach rechts
                      zusammengeschoben

 A-Rechts             Sequenz B wird von Sequenz A von rechts nach links
                      zusammengeschoben

 A-ObLi->B-UnRe       Sequenz B wird von Sequenz A von oben links nach
                      unten rechts zusammengeschoben

 A-ObRe->B-UnLi       Sequenz B wird von Sequenz A von oben rechts nach
                      unten links zusammengeschoben

 A-Oben               Sequenz B wird von Sequenz A von unten nach oben
                      zusammengeschoben


KantenFinden          Bilder werden mittels Kanten Finden verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sanft                die Kanten werden sanft hervorgehoben

 Stark                die Kanten werden stark hervorgehoben


LinienKunst           Bilder werden mittels Linien Kunst verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A->Schwarz->B        Sequenz A wird in schwarze Linien übergeblendet,
                      dann wird aus den Linien Sequenz B geschaffen

 A->Farbe->B          Sequenz A wird in farbige Linien übergeblendet,
                      dann wird aus den Linien Sequenz B geschaffen

 A->DunkleFarbe->B    Sequenz A wird in dunkle farbige Linien
                      übergeblendet, dann wird aus den Linien Sequenz B
                      geschaffen


Magnet                Bilder werden mittels eines Magneten verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A->Klein_UntLinks    Sequenz A wird mittels eines Magneten unten links
                      verkleinert

 A->Klein_UntRechts   Sequenz A wird mittels eines Magneten unten rechts
                      verkleinert

 A->Klein_Mitte       Sequenz A wird mittels eines Magneten in der
                      Bildmitte verkleinert

 A->Klein_ObeLinks    Sequenz A wird mittels eines Magneten oben links
                      verkleinert

 A->Klein_ObeRechts   Sequenz A wird mittels eines Magneten oben rechts
                      verkleinert

 B->Groß_UntLinks     Sequenz B wird mittels eines Magneten unten links
                      vergrößert

 B->Groß_UntRechts    Sequenz B wird mittels eines Magneten unten rechts
                      vergrößert

 B->Groß_Mitte        Sequenz B wird mittels eines Magneten in der
                      Mitte vergrößert

 B->Groß_ObeLinks     Sequenz B wird mittels eines Magneten oben links
                      vergrößert

 B->Groß_ObeRechts    Sequenz B wird mittels eines Magneten oben rechts
                      vergrößert



Rauschen              Bilder werden mittels einem Rausch-Effekt verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mittel               Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet und ein
 Sanft                Rausch-Effekt wird darüber gerechnet
 Stark


ÖlBild                Bilder werden (LANGSAM) durch Öl-Effekte verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A+B_Öl               Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet und ein
                      Öl-Effekt wird auf beide angewendet

 A_Öl                 Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet und ein
                      Öl-Effekt wird auf Sequenz A angewendet

 B_Öl                 Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet und ein
                      Öl-Effekt wird auf Sequenz A angewendet


PMischen              Bilder werden mittels Partikel-Effekt übergeblendet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Groß->Klein          Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, die
                      Partikel werden kleiner

 Mitte_Verwirbeln     Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, die
                      Partikel werden verwirbelt

 Mitte_Alpha_Verwir   Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, die
                      Partikel werden auf einen Alpha Kanal gerechnet,
                      Sequenz B (nicht der Alpha Kanal!) wird verwirbelt

 Klein->Groß          Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, die
                      Partikel werden größer


Pixelize              Bilder werden mittels Pixelize-Effekt übergeblendet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Aus->B_Ein         ein Pixelize Effekt wird auf Sequenz A und
                      Sequenz B angewendet

 A_Aus_Horiz          ein Pixelize Effekt wird auf Sequenz A horizontal
                      angewendet

 A_Aus_HorVer         ein Pixelize Effekt wird auf Sequenz A in beiden
                      Richtungen angewendet

 A_Aus_Vertikal       ein Pixelize Effekt wird auf Sequenz A vertikal
                      angewendet

 B_Ein_Horiz          ein Pixelize Effekt wird auf Sequenz B honizontal
                      angewendet

 B_Ein_HorVer         ein Pixelize Effekt wird auf Sequenz B in beiden
                      Richtungen angewendet

 B_Ein_Vertikal       ein Pixelize Effekt wird auf Sequenz B vertikal
                      angewendet


PLinienRegen          Bilder werden mittels PLinien Regen übergeblendet
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Unten              Sequenz A wird in Linien zerlegt und bewegt sich
                      nach unten

 A_Links              Sequenz A wird in Linien zerlegt und bewegt sich
                      nach links

 A_Rechts             Sequenz A wird in Linien zerlegt und bewegt sich
                      nach rechts

 A_Oben               Sequenz A wird in Linien zerlegt und bewegt sich
                      nach oben

 B_Unten              Sequenz B wandelt sich aus Linien in ein Bild, die
                      Linien kommen von unten

 B_Links              Sequenz B wandelt sich aus Linien in ein Bild, die
                      Linien kommen von links

 B_Rechts             Sequenz B wandelt sich aus Linien in ein Bild, die
                      Linien kommen von rechts

 B_Oben               Sequenz B wandelt sich aus Linien in ein Bild, die
                      Linien kommen von oben



DrehenWischen         Bilder werden gedreht und verwischt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A->B                 Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet, beide
                      Sequenzen werden gedreht und verwischt

 A->B_Fade            Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet,
                      Sequenz A wird verwischt

 A_Mischen->B         Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet,
                      Sequenz B wird verwischt



Welle                 Bilder werden mittels einer Welle verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Hor->Klein         eine horizontale Welle wird auf Sequenz A gerechnet,
                      später wird Sequenz A kleiner

 A_HorVer->Klein      eine horizontale und vertikale Welle wird auf
                      Sequenz A gerechnet, später wird Sequenz A kleiner

 A_Ver->Klein         einer vertikale Welle wird auf Sequenz A gerechnet,
                      später wird Sequenz A kleiner

 Klein->B_Hor         eine horizontale Welle wird auf Sequenz B gerechnet,
                      später wird Sequenz B größer

 Klein->B_HorVer      eine horizontale und vertikale Welle wird auf
                      Sequenz B gerechnet, später wird Sequenz B größer

 Klein->B_Ver         eine vertikale Welle wird auf Sequenz B gerechnet,
                      später wird Sequenz B größer



Wind                  Bilder werden mittels eines Wind-Effektes verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A->B                 ein Wind Effekt wird auf beide Sequenzen gerechnet

 A_Rechts->Links      ein Wind Effekt wird auf Sequenz A gerechnet

 B_Links->Rechts      ein Wind Effekt wird auf Sequenz B gerechnet

 B_Rechts->Links      ein Wind Effekt wird auf Sequenz B gerechnet
                      (andere Richtung)


Puzzle                Bilder werden in Teile zerlegt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A-Rechtecke          Sequenz A wird in 4 Teile zerlegt, darauf wird ein
                      Pixelize Effekt gerechnet

 B-Rechtecke          Sequenz A wird in 4 Teile zerlegt, darauf wird ein
                      Verwirbeln-Effekt gerechnet



Effeke zum Verändern von einzelnen Bildsequenzen (Animationen)
==============================================================


3D-Objekt             Bilder werden auf 3D Objekte gelegt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Disk-Hor             die Sequenz wird auf eine horizontal rotierende
                      Disk gelegt

 Disk-HorVert         die Sequenz wird auf eine horizontal und vertikal
                      rotierende Disk gelegt

 Disk-Vert            die Sequenz wird auf eine vertikal rotierende Disk
                      gelegt

 RundeDisk-Hor-HQ     die Sequenz wird auf eine horizontal rotierende
                      Disk mit runden Kanten gelegt

 RundeDisk-HoVe-HQ    die Sequenz wird auf eine horizontal und vertikal
                      rotierende Disk mit runden Kanten gelegt

 RundeDisk-Vert-HQ    die Sequenz wird auf eine vertikal rotierende Disk
                      mit runden Kanten gelegt







Wildfire-Movieshop Effekt Set 3    89 DM  /  55 $

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

Achtung! Einige Effekte enden mit besonderen Buchstabenkombinationen:

-HQ ... absolut hohe Qualität, dafür aber auch sehr langsam und sehr
        hoher Speicherverbrauch
-MQ ... mittlere Qualität, dafür etwas schneller und weniger
        Speicherverbrauch
-LQ ... geringe Qualität, dafür noch schnellere Berechnung und wenig
        Speicherverbrauch

MQ sollte für normale Video-Anwendungen ausreichen


_KLi ... bedeutet, daß die Lichtquelle ausgeschaltet ist, somit sind
         keine Reflektionen zu sehen

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


Effekte zum Überblenden zweier Bildsequenzen (Animationen)
==========================================================


Twist                 Bilder werden im 3D Raum `getwisted`
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Hori_A-HQ            Sequenz A wird horizontal getwisted (Hohe Qualität)
 Hori_A-LQ            Sequenz A wird horizontal getwisted (Geringe Qual.)
 Hori_A-MQ            Sequenz A wird horizontal getwisted (Mittlere Qual.)

 Hori_A_KLi-HQ        das gleiche wie Hori_A jedoch ohne Lichtquelle
 Hori_A_KLi-LQ
 Hori_A_KLi-MQ

 Hori_B-HQ            Sequenz B wird horizontal getwiste und wird größer
 Hori_B-LQ
 Hori_B-MQ

 Hori_B_KLi-HQ        das gleiche wie Hori_B jedoch ohne Lichtquelle
 Hori_B_KLi-LQ
 Hori_B_KLi-MQ

 Ver_A-HQ             das gleiche wie Hori_A jedoch vertikal
 Ver_A-LQ
 Ver_A-MQ

 Ver_A_KLi-HQ
 Ver_A_KLi-LQ
 Ver_A_KLi-MQ

 Ver_B-HQ             das gleiche wie Hori_B jedoch vertikal
 Ver_B-LQ
 Ver_B-MQ

 Ver_B_KLi-HQ
 Ver_B_KLi-LQ
 Ver_B_KLi-MQ


3D-Objekt             Bilder werden auf 3D Objekte gelegt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Disk-Hor-HQ          Sequenzen werden ineinander übergeblendet, dabei
 Disk-Hor-LQ          werden sie auf eine horizontal drehende Disk gelegt

 Disk-HoVe-HQ         das gleiche wie Disk-Hor, jedoch dreht sich die
 Disk-HoVe-LQ         Disk horizontal und vertikal

 Disk-Ver-HQ          das gleiche wie Disk-Hor, jedoch dreht sich die
 Disk-Ver-LQ          Disk vertikal

 Herz-Hor-HQ          das gleiche wie Disk*, jedoch ist das Objekt ein
 Herz-Hor-LQ          Herz

 Herz-HoVe-HQ
 Herz-HoVe-LQ

 Herz-Ver-HQ
 Herz-Ver-LQ

 RundeDisk-Hor-HQ     das gleiche wie Disk*, jedoch ist das Objekt eine
 RundeDisk-Hor-LQ     Disk mit runden Kanten

 RundeDisk-HoVe-HQ
 RundeDisk-HoVe-LQ

 RundeDisk-Ver-HQ
 RundeDisk-Ver-LQ


Wasser                Bilder werden mittels einer Wasserwelle verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sanft-HQ             während eine sanfte Wasserwelle über das Bild
 Sanft-LQ             gerechnet wird, werden die Sequenzen übergeblendet,
 Sanft-MQ             das Bild rotiert ein wenig

 Stark-HQ             das gleiche wie Sanft, jedoch ist die Welle viel
 Stark-LQ             größer und das Bild rotiert wesentlich stärker
 Stark-MQ


Quader                Bilder werden auf einen Quader gelegt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A->Quader            Sequenz A wird auf einen rotierenden Quader gelegt,
                      der kleiner wird

 A->Rund-HQ           Sequenz A wird auf einen rotierenden Quader mit
 A->Rund              runden Kanten gelegt, der kleiner wird

 Schatten-A->Quader   das gleiche wie A->Quader jedoch mit Schatten

 Schatten-A->Rund-HQ  das gleiche wie A->Rund jedoch mit Schatten
 Schatten-A->Rund

 B->Quader            Sequenz A wird auf einen rotierenden Quader gelegt,
                      der größer wird

 B->Rund-HQ           Sequenz A wird auf einen rotierenden Quader mit
 B->Rund              runden Kanten gelegt, der größer wird

 Schatten-B->Quader   das gleiche wie B->Quader jedoch mit Schatten

 Schatten-B->Rund-HQ  das gleiche wie B->Rund jedoch mit Schatten
 Schatten-B->Rund


Perspektive           Bilder werden perspektivisch verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A-Beide-HQ           Sequenz A wird im 3D Raum horizontal und vertikal
 A-Beide-LQ           rotiert und ein Verwirbeln-Effekt wird darüber
 A-Beide-MQ           gerechnet, bis man Sequenz B sieht

 A-HorizUnten-HQ      Sequenz A wird im 3D Raum horizontal nach unten
 A-HorizUnten-LQ      gedreht und ein Pixelize-Effekt wird darüber
 A-HorizUnten-MQ      gerechnet, bis man Sequenz B sieht

 A-HorizOben-HQ       Sequenz A wird im 3D Raum horizontal nach oben
 A-HorizOben-LQ       gedreht und ein Grau-Effekt wird darüber
 A-HorizOben-MQ       gerechnet, bis man Sequenz B sieht

 A-VertUnten-HQ       Sequenz A wird im 3D Raum vertikal nach unten
 A-VertUnten-LQ       gedreht und ein Scharzes-Loch-Effekt wird darüber
 A-VertUnten-MQ       gerechnet, bis man Sequenz B sieht

 A-VertOben-HQ        Sequenz A wird im 3D Raum vertikal nach oben
 A-VertOben-LQ        gedreht und ein Wellen-Effekt wird darüber
 A-VertOben-MQ        gerechnet, bis man Sequenz B sieht

 B-Beide-HQ           Sequenz wird durch Sequenz A vertikal und
 B-Beide-LQ           horizontal gedreht
 B-Beide-MQ

 B-HorizUnten-HQ      Sequenz B wird im 3D Raum horizontal nach unten
 B-HorizUnten-LQ      gedreht und ein Pixelize-Effekt wird darüber
 B-HorizUnten-MQ      gerechnet, bis Sequenz A verschwunden ist

 B-HorizOben-HQ       Sequenz B wird im 3D Raum horizontal nach oben
 B-HorizOben-LQ       gedreht und ein Noise-Effekt wird darüber
 B-HorizOben-MQ       gerechnet, bis Sequenz A verschwunden ist

 B-VertUnten-HQ       Sequenz B wird im 3D Raum vertikal nach unten
 B-VertUnten-LQ       gedreht und ein Verwirbeln-Effekt wird darüber
 B-VertUnten-MQ       gerechnet, bis Sequenz A verschwunden ist

 B-VertOben-HQ        Sequenz B wird im 3D Raum vertikal nach oben
 B-VertOben-LQ        gedreht, bis Sequenz A verschwunden ist
 B-VertOben-MQ


Würfel                Bilder werden auf rotierende/öffnende Würfel gelegt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Würfel-HQ          Sequenz A verwandelt sich in einen Würfel und der
 A_Würfel-LQ          Würfel wird kleiner
 A_Würfel-MQ

 A_Würfel_Drehen-HQ   Sequenz A verwandelt sich in einen Würfel und der
 A_Würfel_Drehen-LQ   Würfel dreht sich und wird kleiner
 A_Würfel_Drehen-MQ

 B_Würfel_Misch-HQ    Sequenz B wird auf einen geschlossenen großen
 B_Würfel_Misch-LQ    Würfel projiziert und in eine 2D Sequenz
 B_Würfel_Misch-MQ    umgeblendet

 B_Würfel_Drehen-HQ   Sequenz B wird auf einen geschlossenen rotierenden
 B_Würfel_Drehen-LQ   Würfel projiziert, der größer wird und sich öffnet,
 B_Würfel_Drehen-MQ   bis man eine normale 2D Sequenz sieht


Genlock3D             Bilder werden mit 3D Genlocks verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 GroßeWelle-HQ        Sequenz B wird auf eine große Welle gelegt und
 GroßeWelle-LQ        mittels eines 3D Genlocks eingefadet
 GroßeWelle-MQ

 Würfel-HQ            Sequenz B wird auf einen Würfel gelegt der sich
 Würfel-LQ            öffnet und mittels eines 3D Genlocks eingefadet
 Würfel-MQ            wird

 Magnet-HQ            Sequenz B wird mit einem Magnet-Effekt verändert
 Magnet-LQ            und mittels eines 3D Genlocks eingefadet
 Magnet-MQ

 Twist_Langs-HQ       Sequenz B wird mit einem langsamen Twist-Effektt
 Twist_Langs-LQ       verändert und mittels eines 3D Genlocks eingefadet
 Twist_Langs-MQ

 Welle-HQ             Sequenz B wird auf eine Welle gelegt und
 Welle-LQ             mittels eines 3D Genlocks eingefadet
 Welle-MQ

 Wrap-HQ              Sequenz B wird mit einem Wrap-Effekt verändert
 Wrap-LQ              und mittels eines 3D Genlocks eingefadet
 Wrap-MQ


Wrap                  Bilder werden auf eine Art Kugel gelegt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Mitte->UntRech-HQ  Sequenz A wird auf eine sich schließende Kugel
 A_Mitte->UntRech-LQ  gelegt, die sich zur unteren rechten Ecke bewegt
 A_Mitte->UntRech-MQ

 A_Mitte->ObeLin-HQ   Sequenz A wird auf eine sich schließende Kugel
 A_Mitte->ObeLin-LQ   gelegt, die sich zur oberen linken Ecke bewegt
 A_Mitte->ObeLin-MQ

 A_Mitte-HQ           Sequenz A wird auf eine sich schließende Kugel
 A_Mitte-LQ           gelegt, die sich zur Mitte bewegt
 A_Mitte-MQ

 UntRechts->B-HQ      Sequenz B wird auf eine sich öffnende Kugel gelegt,
 UntRechts->B-LQ      die sich von der unteren rechten Ecke zur Mitte
 UntRechts->B-MQ      bewegt

 ObeLinks->B-HQ       Sequenz B wird auf eine sich öffnende Kugel gelegt,
 ObeLinks->B-LQ       die sich von der oberen linken Ecke zur Mitte
 ObeLinks->B-MQ       bewegt

 ObeLinks->Dreh->B-HQ Sequenz B wird auf eine sich öffnende Kugel gelegt,
 ObeLinks->Dreh->B-LQ die sich von der oberen linken Ecke zur Mitte
 ObeLinks->Dreh->B-MQ bewegt und sich dabei dreht






Wildfire-Movieshop Effekt Set 4    99 DM  /  60 $

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

Achtung! Einige Effekte enden mit besonderen Buchstabenkombinationen:

-HQ ... absolut hohe Qualität, dafür aber auch sehr langsam und sehr
        hoher Speicherverbrauch
-MQ ... mittlere Qualität, dafür etwas schneller und weniger
        Speicherverbrauch
-LQ ... geringe Qualität, dafür noch schnellere Berechnung und wenig
        Speicherverbrauch

MQ sollte für normale Video-Anwendungen ausreichen


_KLi ... bedeutet, daß die Lichtquelle ausgeschaltet ist, somit sind
         keine Reflektionen zu sehen

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


Effekte zum Überblenden zweier Bildsequenzen (Animationen)
==========================================================



Röhre                 Bilder werden auf eine rotierende Röhre gelegt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 HoRi-Schnell-HQ      Horizontale Richtung, schnelle Drehung - Hohe Qual.
 HoRi-Schnell-LQ      Horizontale Richtung, schnelle Drehung - Geringe Q.
 HoRi-Schnell-MQ      Horizontale Richtung, schnelle Drehung - Mittlere Q.

 HoRi-Schnell-Rot-HQ  Horizontale Richtung, schnelle Drehung, schnelle
 HoRi-Schnell-Rot-LQ  3D Drehung
 HoRi-Schnell-Rot-MQ

 HoRi-Ganz-HQ         Vollständige Horizontale Röhre
 HoRi-Ganz-LQ
 HoRi-Ganz-MQ

 HoRi-HQ              Horizontale Richtung, normale Drehung
 HoRi-LQ
 HoRi-MQ

 Verti-Schnell-HQ     das gleiche wie HoRi, jedoch in vertikaler Richtung
 Verti-Schnell-LQ
 Verti-Schnell-MQ

 Verti-Schnell-Rot-HQ
 Verti-Schnell-Rot-LQ
 Verti-Schnell-Rot-MQ

 Verti-Ganz-HQ
 Verti-Ganz-LQ
 Verti-Ganz-MQ

 Verti-HQ
 Verti-LQ
 Verti-MQ


Wrap_Extra            Bilder werden auf eine Art Kugel gelegt (erweitert)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MischenWrap-HQ       während die Kugel sich schließt/öffnet wird die
 MischenWrap-LQ       Texture zwischen Sequenz A und Sequenz B
 MischenWrap-MQ       umgeblendet

 MischenWrap_KLi-HQ   das gleiche wie MischenWrap, jedoch ohne
 MischenWrap_KLi-LQ   Lichtquelle
 MischenWrap_KLi-MQ

 MischenWrap2-HQ      das gleiche wie MischenWrap, jedoch dreht sich die
 MischenWrap2-LQ      Kugel noch
 MischenWrap2-MQ

 MischenWrap2_KLi-HQ  das gleiche wie MischenWrap2, jedoch ohne
 MischenWrap2_KLi-LQ  Lichtquelle
 MischenWrap2_KLi-MQ


Twist_Ext             Bilder werden im 3D Raum getwisted (erweitert)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A_Twist_X-HQ         Sequenz A wird in X-Richtung getwistet und wird
 A_Twist_X-LQ         kleiner, dabei rotiert sie im 3D Raum
 A_Twist_X-MQ

 A_Twist_X_KLi-HQ     das gleiche wie A_Twist_X, jedoch ohne Lichtquelle
 A_Twist_X_KLi-LQ
 A_Twist_X_KLi-MQ

 A_Twist_Y-HQ         Sequenz A wird in Y-Richtung getwistet und wird
 A_Twist_Y-LQ         kleiner, dabei rotiert sie im 3D Raum
 A_Twist_Y-MQ

 A_Twist_Y_KLi-HQ     das gleiche wie A_Twist_Y, jedoch ohne Lichtquelle
 A_Twist_Y_KLi-LQ
 A_Twist_Y_KLi-MQ

 MischTwist_X-HQ      die Bilder werden in X-Richtung getwistet, dabei
 MischTwist_X-LQ      wird die Texture zwische Sequenz A und Sequenz B
 MischTwist_X-MQ      umgeblendet

 MischTwist_X_KLi-HQ  das gleiche wie MischTwist_X, jedoch ohne
 MischTwist_X_KLi-LQ  Lichtquelle
 MischTwist_X_KLi-MQ

 MischTwist_Y-HQ      das gleiche wie MischTwist_X, jedoch in Y-Richtung
 MischTwist_Y-LQ
 MischTwist_Y-MQ

 MischTwist_Y_KLi-HQ  das gleiche wie MischTwist_Y, jedoch ohne
 MischTwist_Y_KLi-LQ  Lichtquelle
 MischTwist_Y_KLi-MQ


Wasser_Extra          Bilder werden von Wasser überlagert (erweitert)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A->Wasser_B-HQ       Sequenz B kommt auf einer schnell rotierenden
 A->Wasser_B-LQ       Wasserwelle herein
 A->Wasser_B-MQ

 A->Wasser_B2-HQ      das gleiche wie A->Wasser_B, jedoch ist die
 A->Wasser_B2-LQ      Rotation sanfter
 A->Wasser_B2-MQ

 A_4Was->B_4Was-HQ    4 Wasserwellen werden über Sequenz A gerendert,
 A_4Was->B_4Was-LQ    während die Wellen größer werden, sieht man aus den
 A_4Was->B_4Was-MQ    Wellenursprüngen Sequenz B entstehen

 A_Was->B_Was-HQ      eine Wasserwelle wird über Sequenz A gerendert,
 A_Was->B_Was-LQ      während die Welle größer wird, sieht man aus dem
 A_Was->B_Was-MQ      Wellenursprung Sequenz B entstehen

 A_Wasser->B-HQ       Sequenz A wird auf einer schnell rotierenden
 A_Wasser->B-LQ       Wasserwelle ausgeblendet
 A_Wasser->B-MQ

 A_Wasser->B2-HQ      das gleiche wie A_Wasser->B, jedoch ist die
 A_Wasser->B2-LQ      Rotation sanfter
 A_Wasser->B2-MQ


Kombinieren           geteilte Bilder werden kombiniert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4_B_Kanten1          Sequenz B wird in 4 Teilen größer (oben und unten)

 4_B_Kanten2          Sequenz B wird in 4 Teilen größer (links und rechts)

 4_B_Ecken            Sequenz B wird in 4 Teilen größer (aus den Ecken)

 4_B_Mitte            Sequenz B wird in 4 Teilen größer (zentriert)


Blur                  Bilder werden mit einer Art Kamera-Fokus verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mittel               verschieden starke Typen des gleichen Effektes, es
 Schwach              sieht aus, als ob die Kamera von einer Sequenz auf
 Stark                die andere mittels Schärfe umblendet


FilmStreifen          Bilder werden auf eine Art Film gelegt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A->B_Klein           Sequenz B wird größer

 A->Rollen->B         Sequenz A und Sequenz B rollen auf einem Stück Film

 A->Klein_B           Sequenz A wird kleiner


BlueScreen            Beispiele eines möglichen `Blue-Screen` Effektes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Blau-1               nur `wirkliche` Blau-Werte werden durchsichtig
 Blau-2
 Blau-3
 Blau-4
 Blau-5               ein `Blauer-Farbbereich` erscheint durchsichtig

 Grün-1               das gleiche für Grün
 Grün-2
 Grün-3
 Grün-4
 Grün-5

 Rot-1                das gleiche für Rot
 Rot-2
 Rot-3
 Rot-4
 Rot-5


PolarMosaic           Bilder werden mittels PolarMosaic verändert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 MischenPolar         Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet und ein
                      PolarMosaic Effekt wird darüber gerendert

 A_Polar->B           Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet und ein
                      PolarMosaic Effekt wird über Sequenz A gerendert

 A->B_Polar           Sequenz A wird in Sequenz B übergeblendet und ein
                      PolarMosaic Effekt wird über Sequenz B gerendert





Effeke zum Verändern von einzelnen Bildsequenzen (Animationen)
==============================================================


Text_2D               Text wird auf Bildsequenzen gerendert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Anmerkung: Der Text, der erscheinen soll, muß in der Wildfire-Session
           geändert werden. Diese befinden sich im Verzeichnis:

           WF:Sessions/Movieshop/One/Text_2D/

           Laden Sie einfach die Session ein, die Sie benutzen
           wollen und editieren Sie den Text-Effekt. Dort können Sie
           Ihren eigenen Text eingeben. Weiterhin können Sie dort
           den Zeichensatz einstellen.
           Danach wählen Sie für die Session einen eigenen Namen
           und beim nächsten Start des Wildfire-Movieshop-Operators
           sollte Ihre Session in der Effekt-Gruppe Text_2D erscheinen.


Ein_Aus               der Text wird ein-und ausgeblendet

Skali1                der Text wird horizontal und vertikal vergrößert

Skali2                der Text wird horizontal vergrößert

Skali3                der Text wird vertikal vergrößert

Standard              dies ist die Standart-Text Session

Verwirbeln1           der Text wird verwirbelt

Verwirbeln2           das gleiche wie Verwirbeln1, jedoch stärker

Outline_Ein_Aus       das gleiche wie die ersten Effekte, jedoch
Outline_Skali1        mit einem `Outlined` Zeichensatz.
Outline_Skali2
Outline_Skali3
Outline_Wirbel1
Outline_Wirbel2



Text_3D               3D Text wird auf Bildsequenzen gerendert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Anmerkung: Der Text, der erscheinen soll, muß in der Wildfire-Session
           geändert werden. Diese befinden sich im Verzeichnis:

           WF:Sessions/Movieshop/One/Text_3D/

           Laden Sie einfach die Session ein, die Sie benutzen
           wollen und editieren Sie den Text-3D-Effekt. Dort können Sie
           Ihren eigenen Text eingeben. Weiterhin können Sie dort
           die größe der Zeichen einstellen.
           Danach wählen Sie für die Session einen eigenen Namen
           und beim nächsten Start des Wildfire-Movieshop-Operators
           sollte Ihre Session in der Effekt-Gruppe Text_3D erscheinen.

           Es gibt verschiedene Arten des 3D Zeichensatzes:
           Normal, Bevel, Erhoben, Rund, Route
           Alle Typen benötigen unterschiedlich lange bei der
           Berechnung und sehen natürlich verschieden aus


Achtung!   Diese Effekte benötigen sehr viel Zeit, mu berechnet zu
           werden. Je länger der eingegebene Text ist, desto länger
           ist auch die Rechenzeit! Besonders die Bump_* Effekte sind
           sehr langsam (dafür aber auch sehr sehenswert!)!


Bump_Bevel            der Text wird in einen Alpha-Puffer transformiert,
Bump_Normal           dieser Puffer wird als Höhen-Karte für einen
Bump_Erhoben          Bump-3D Effekt verwendet. Es sieht so aus, als
Bump_Rund             ob der Text aus der Bildsequenz hervorkommt
Bump_Route

Rota_Bevel            der Text wird im 3D Raum rotiert
Rota_Normal
Rota_Erhoben
Rota_Rund
Rota_Route

Transpa_Bevel         der Text wird mit transparenten Farben gezeichnet,
Transpa_Normal        das bedeutet, daß man auch die Rückseite der
Transpa_Erhoben       einzelnen Buchstaben sehen kann
Transpa_Rund
Transpa_Route

Zoom_Bevel            der Text wird im 3D Raum gezoomt
Zoom_Normal
Zoom_Erhoben
Zoom_Rund
Zoom_Route

©1999 WK-Artworks

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From: Marcel Beck mbeck@access.ch
To: YAM Newsletter yamnews@egroups.com
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 22:01:22 +0200
X-Mailer: YAM 2.0beta23 [020] AmigaOS E-Mail Client
(c) 1995-1999 by Marcel Beck  http://www.yam.ch
Subject: [yamnews] YAM News No. 7

     *YAM News Letter No.7*                    May 25th, 1999

Welcome to the seventh issue of the YAM News Letter. These mailings
are sent in irregular intervals to the subscribers of the YAM
mailing list and to the YAMNEWS announcement list.
To subscribe to one of these lists, follow the instructions given
at http://www.yam.ch/maillist.html
To unsubscribe, read the instructions at the end of this message.

*Contents*
  New products
  YAM and PGP 2.6
  YAM and PGP 5
  Current versions

_New products_

*YGM* ("You've Got Mail") is a small and fast POP3 mail checker that
reads the required settings from a YAM configuration file. You can
tell YGM to start YAM or another program when it detects new mail.

*LocalServer* is a package that allows you to test your e-mail client by
setting up a local POP3/SMTP mail server. It's based on AmiTCP 4.0 demo.

Both products can be downloaded from http://www.yam.ch/archive.html

_YAM and PGP 2.6_

YAM works with both versions of PGP, but personally I prefer version
2.6.3 because it's smaller, much faster and better integrates into
YAM than version 5.
First of all, install PGP 2 and create your key pair using pgp -kg.
The PGP2 directory has the following structure:

PGP2 (dir)
   bin (dir)
      pgp
   config.txt
   language.idx
   language.txt
   pubring.pgp
   randseed.bin
   secring.pgp

Assign PGP: to the PGP2 directory, then set the enviromental variable
PGPPath to 'PGP:'. In YAM/Configuration/Security, set the PGP Path
option to 'PGP:bin/'. If you want to edit or read encrypted messages
that have been written by you, switch on the 'Encrypt to self' option.

In config.txt, the following settings should be made:

Language = en
EncryptToSelf = off
PubRing = "PGP:pubring.pgp"
SecRing = "PGP:secring.pgp"
RandSeed = "PGP:randseed.bin"

_YAM and PGP 5_

First of all, install PGP 5 and create your key pair using pgpk -g.
The PGP5 directory has the following structure (please note that there
are two copies of randseed.bin!):

PGP5 (dir)
   bin (dir)
      pgpe
      pgpk
      pgps
      pgpv
   keys50 (dir)
      pubring.pkr
      randseed.bin
      secring.skr
   language50.txt
   pgp.cfg
   randseed.bin

Assign PGP: to the PGP5 directory, then set the enviromental variable
PGPPath to 'PGP:'. In YAM/Configuration/Security, set the PGP Path
option to 'PGP:bin/'. If you want to edit or read encrypted messages
that have been written by you, switch on the 'Encrypt to self' option.

In pgp.cfg, the following settings should be made:

Language = en
EncryptToSelf = off
PubRing = "PGP:keys50/pubring.pkr"
SecRing = "PGP:keys50/secring.skr"
RandSeed = "PGP:keys50/randseed.bin"

Check the validity of the keys on your public keyring with pgpk -e and
validate them by signing with pgpk -s <userid>. You can't send encrypted
mail to someone whose key hasn't been trusted.

Please note that there's a bug in PGP5: If a message is encrypted for
more than one recipient (including you), PGP doesn't set an error code
as long as there is a valid key for at least one of the recipients.
For example, you try to encrypt a message for John and yourself:
There's no valid key for John, but there's one for you and PGP doesn't
tell YAM that encryption wasn't successful. The resulting message can
be read by you, but not by John!

_Current versions_

*Full release*  YAM 1.3.5 (17.09.1997)
Available from http://www.yam.ch/archive.html or from any Aminet
site.

*Public beta*  YAM 2.0Preview7 (13.03.1999)
Available from http://www.yam.ch/preview.html

*MUI Classes*
BetterString.mcc 11.3 (09.02.1999)
Listtree.mcc 17.53 (21.07.1997)
NList.mcc 19.97 (30.11.1998)
TextEditor.mcc 15.5 (12.02.1999)
Toolbar.mcc 15.5 (21.12.1998)

support@yam.ch
http://www.yam.ch

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KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Weekly Summary

Week Commencing: 15th May 1999

Number: 021

Mailing List: kosh-general

In the mailing list this week, the following items were discussed. Please do
not email the scribe regarding any of these topics, it is not his job to answer
these questions but merely to report  the topics of conversation. If you have
any queries about this summary, please email ben@kosh.net, stating the Summary
Number, and Mailing List Name, and he will try to answer your queries.


Before I start this summary it is probably worth noting that despite the
shorter length of summaries of the General List these days it does not mean
that KOSH is disappearing. A lot of traffic on particular issues has moved to
other KOSH lists and the KOSH Working Groups are doing exactly that...working.

Send an email to majordomo@kosh.net for further information with "lists"
(without the quotes) in the message body for a list of KOSH Mailing Lists.
Additionally "info <list>" (again ignore the "" and put the name of the list in
between the <>) provides information about any particular list. Note commands
like this -must- be in the message body and -not- on the subject line.

a)

Subject: Open KOSH

Summary of debate: The KOSH project could develop an "open policy" in which we
                   show all interested people the relative merits of the system
                   and its disadvantages. At shows this could be done by
                   demonstrating KOSH boxes next to Windows, MacOS, AmigaOS,
                   Linux etc showing the strengths and weaknesses of each. The
                   conclusion of such demonstrations would (hopefully) be that
                   KOSH is the best system, but if it is weak in any area we
                   should be honest about this.

                   This attitude amongst KOSH would mean that we would not
                   gloss over any flaws in KOSH and would actively deal with
                   them in updates.


b)

Subject: Realtime Operating Systems

Summary of debate: A couple of RTOS sites are:
                   http://www.oarcorp.com (68k and PPC support, Ada95
                   crosscompiler) and
                   http://www.cygnus/com/ecos/ (PPC support, NT4 and Linux
                   development tools).


c)

Subject: Experience of Windows 2000 beta v3

Summary of debate: Someone has posted their experience of the above OS which
                   could be useful for us from a research point of view; see:
                   http://www.welkin.freeserve.co.uk/win2000/


d)

Subject: KOSH Web Site (mirror) is back

Summary of debate: The site is back at
                   http://www.reading.ac.uk/~ssu97gw/kosh/index.html
                   This is a mirror and "unofficial" - The main KOSH URL of
                   http://www.kosh.net remains but may or may not have been
                   updated by the time you read this.


e)

Subject: Articles for KOSH wanted

Summary of debate: Fleecy and Greg Webb have both asked anyone with any
                   interesting ideas that they have gathered for KOSH to turn
                   them into articles (length up to the writer). These can be
                   posted on the KOSH mirror site (URL under "d" above). Email
                   greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk if you need any more
                   information.

• möglichst WarpOS V4 installieren (powerpc.library V15+)
• die ppc.library-Emulation V0.6d (oder hoeher) von Frank Wille installieren (WarpOS V4 beinhaltet nur V0.6)
• PPCInstall aus der startup-sequence entfernen und/oder entsprechend Franks Hinweisen durch "LoadLib" ersetzen

• Diskount-Preise für Candy Factory Pro, Fanstactic Dreams, Elastic Dreams und Art Studio Pro
• Freie Sourcecodes vom Autor des Programms Back Orifice
• Jikes 0.50a - Java Compiler von IBM

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Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:26:58 +0200
From: Marc Albrecht albrecht@act-net.com
To: petra.struck@online-club.de
Subject: "Abschied"

Moin,

wenn ich gewusst hätte, wie verhasst wir sind... hätte ich schon früher
meinen Hut genommen :-)

Kurze Zusammenfassung:

Ende März haben wir einen detailierten, geschäftsmäßigen Brief an Herrn
Collas gesendet, da wir in der gegenwärtigen Situation des Amiga keine
Chancen mehr für zukünftige Projekte, geschweige denn aktuellen Support
sahen. Nach mehreren Wochen antwortete Collas zumindest, daß er die Mail
erhalten und bald persönlich beantworten wollte. Als Mitte Mai noch
immer nichts passiert war - obwohl wir eindeutig um eine Stellungnahme
bis Ende April gebeten hatten - haben wir nochmals eine Mail
abgeschickt, deren Erhalt Collas uns wiederum bestätigt hat.

Es ist bis heute nichts geschehen.

1997 hat Herr Tyschtschenko auf der Computer97 Support für zukunftsoffene
Projekte auf dem Amiga versprochen - auch in finanzieller Form, in
erster Linie aber Information, Kooperation und technischer Support. Auch
1998 wurde diese Zusage nochmal wiederholt. Bis heute hat - meines
Wissens - niemand solchen Support erhalten (vielleicht bis auf Haage und
Partner), obwohl NACHFRAGEN danach aufgetreten sind.

1997 wurde ein neuer Amiga mit neuer Hardware und komplett neuem OS
angekündigt. Um Applikationen für dieses System schreiben zu können
brauchen Entwickler neben einigen Jahren Zeit detailierte Informationen
- nicht nur über die APIs (die oft nicht im Vorfeld definierbar sind)
sondern gerade Aussagen über Art des Systems (Kernel), voraussichtliche
Hardware-Fähigkeiten etc.

Es ist nichts geschehen.

1998 war dann irgendwann die neue Hardware kein Thema mehr, es ging nur
noch um ein auf Neutrino (von der Firma QNX) aufgesetztes OS. Dieses OS
sollte NICHT kompatibel zu Neutrino sein - was wiederum Entwicklungen im
Vorfeld unmöglich machte, denn solange man nicht weiß, welche Parameter
für eine Portierung zu ändern sind, kann man nicht sinnvoll für den
zugrunde liegenden Kernel entwickeln. Anfragen nach genaueren
Spezifikationen wie z.B. verwendete Standards (MSFC oder andere) wurden
nicht beantwortet. Ende 1998 sollten Entwicklungsplattformen zur
Verfügung stehen.

Es ist nichts passiert.

Anfang 1999 gab es dann zum wiederholten Male einen Wechsel an der
Führungsspitze von Amiga Inc. Der neue Mann (Collas) versprach endlich
den Entwickler-Support, den man von einer serösen Firma erwartete.
Gleichzeitig reagierte er auf Anfragen jedoch mit der Ausflucht, er habe
so viel zu tun, da er so viele Anfragen bekäme, daß er nicht jede
einzeln beantworten könne. Das ist wohl kaum nachvollziehbar, da es auch
in Amerika arbeitslose, jedoch sehr fähige PR Leute gibt. Amiga selbst
hat für die Entlassung eines der fähigsten Köpfe im Bereich
"Evangelismus" bzw. Öffentlichkeitsarbeit vor die Tür gesetzt: Fleecy
Moss. Jeder darf erwarten, daß, wenn fähige Leute entfernt werden, die
verbleibenden die Aufgaben mit übernehmen.

Es ist nichts geschehen.

A.C.T. hat seit Mitte der 80er Jahre für Kunden Hard- und Software -
auch für den Amiga - entwickelt. Wir haben stets großen Wert auf die
Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Kunden gelegt, waren und sind aber
selbstverständlich auch auf normale Kooperation mit den Herstellern bzw.
Zulieferern von Produktkomponenten angewiesen. Wenn wir eine neue
Hardware entwickeln, brauchen wir normalen Support seitens der
Hersteller der verwendeten Chips. Diesen Support gibt es von vielen
Firmen - von manchen nicht. Also können wir nur Chips von denen
verwenden, die einen Support für kleine Entwickler zur Verfügung stellen
- die Produkte anderer Hersteller, die uns für unwichtig halten, können
wir entsprechend nicht verwenden. So konnten wir 1997 z.B. nicht unsere
geplante Soundkarte auf YAMAHA Chipsätzen realisieren.

Wie oben beschrieben war und ist es uns also unmöglich, eventuell eine
fernen Tages erscheinende zukünftige Amiga Systeme zu unterstützen.
Anders als Amiga Inc haben wir keine "Bank" (O-Ton Tyschtschenko) namens
Gateway im Rücken, die uns über Jahre hinweg die Gehälter zahlt, bis wir
endlich mit Entwicklungen loslegen dürfen. Wir müssen jetzt und heute
arbeiten und Geld verdienen.

Was bliebe übrig, um die Zeit bis zum Erscheinen eines neuen Amiga
Systems zu überbrücken (und bis auf diesem System die ersten
Applikationen verkaufsreif wären bzw. der Markt groß genug ist, daß er
Firmen tragen kann)? Die "Classic-Plattform".

Wie einigen bekannt ist, sind wir im letzten Jahr von einigen
Amiga-Händlern ziemlich im Stich gelassen worden. Die dabei entstandenen
finanziellen Verluste haben sich leider im Laufe der Zeit zu sehr
summiert, so daß wir nur noch auf feste Vorbestellung hin, teilweise mit
Vorauskassen-Unterstützung produzieren wollten. Dies ist LEIDER von den
Händlern nicht angenommen worden.

Eine seltsame Situation, da manche der selben Händler, die uns
Vorauskasse für Produkte NICHT zahlen wollten, eben diese Vorauskasse
von ihren Kunden für UNSERE Produkte verlangt haben.

Mit anderen Worten: die Produktion (und auch die Weiterentwicklung)
unserer Produkte kostete und kostet monatlich nennenswerte Beträge.
Durch die Verluste und die - verhältnismäßig - minimale Gewinnspanne
(die von den Händlern natürlich noch gedrückt wird) hat sich
mittelfristig ergeben, daß Vollzeitproduktionen nicht mehr finanzierbar
sind. Hinzu kam, daß wir mit Zulieferern erhebliche Qualitätsprobleme
hatten und haben, so daß zu viele Hardwareprodukte in Nachbesserungen
lange Zeit brach liegen. Rechnungsmäßig hat sich der Verkauf eigener
Amiga Produkte also als "Hobby" herausgestellt, das nicht geeignet war
und ist, allein eine Firma tragen zu können. Diese Erfahrung dürften
mittlerweile alle Amiga-Hersteller bestätigen können. Wir haben jedoch
weder die Resourcen noch den Ehrgeiz, auf MacIntosh oder PC
Hardware-Produkte anzubieten, zumal in unserem Fachbereich die
Konkurrenz global und sehr hart ist.

Für Amiga-Verhältnisse waren wir in der Lage, unsere Produkte akzeptabel
auf dem Markt zu plazieren. Wie wir mehrfach zugesagt haben, werden wir
sowohl unsere Hardware als auch unsere Software Produkte weiterhin
supporten. Das heißt: wir arbeiten PRIVAT weiter an unseren Amigas und
werden - soweit unsere FREIZEIT dies zuläßt - an den meisten Produkten
weiter entwickeln. So wird z.B. demnächst das Digital-IO Modul für die
Prelude erscheinen und es sind noch weitere Samplitude Releases geplant.

Wir müssen aber, auch, um Zeit für neue Produkte zu haben, einen
"offiziellen" Schlusstrich ziehen. Wir können nicht jahrelang behaupten,
weiterhin jederzeit Produkte zur Verfügung stellen zu können, wenn
tatsächlich solches Vorgehen mit finanziellen Verlusten verbunden ist.

Wir waren Amiga-Fans. Die Erfahrungen mit Amiga in den letzten drei
Jahren haben uns das meiste unserer Begeisterung für diese Plattform
genommen. Daß wir dennoch privat an unseren Amiga weiter arbeiten,
sollte eindeutig genug zeigen, daß der "echte" Amiga eine
Begeisterungskraft erzeugt hat, die sogar die Katastrophen der letzten
Zeit - und den "offiziellen" Abschied vom System überlebt.

Auch unsere Sponsoring-Aktionen, die Jobbörse und die bestehenden
Kooperationen führen wir auf kleinerer Basis fort.

Abschließend sei mir die Bitte an diejenigen gestattet, die mir ihren
Hass und Frust so brutal per EMail ins Gesicht schleudern müssen: ich
finde es peinlich zu sehen, daß Ihr euch nicht einmal traut, eure EMail
Adresse als Absender einzutragen. Ich habe allein in den letzten 24
Stunden über 40 Flames ohne korrekten Absender erhalten - wenn all
diejenigen statt dessen an der Umfrage teilgenommen hätten: was für ein
Ergebnis wäre dabei herausgekommen!

Wir mussten in der Vergangenheit mehrere Sofwareprojekte vor
Fertigstellung abblasen, da die Raubkopierer-Situation auf dem Amiga ein
Release zum finanziellen Fiasko hätte werden lassen (denn ein Release
bringt Support-Anforderungen mit sich und verlangt weitere
Entwicklungen). Das Beispiel des MPEG Layer3 Encoders zeigt IMHO, daß
heute mehr als je zuvor die vielen EHRLICHEN Amiga-Anwender unter den
(wenigen) schwarzen Schafen zu leiden haben, die mit Raubkopien oder
illegalen Ports besser zu leben glauben als mit offiziellen, legal
erworbenen Lizenzen. Diese Situation besteht auf jeder Plattform. Aber
auf dem Amiga ist sie tödlich.

Marc Albrecht, am 21.05.1999 

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         M A Y   L E T T E R   F R O M   J I M   C O L A S

                     A M I G A   H I R I N G S

  U P D A T E   O N   M A J O R   A C T I V I T I E S   -   M A Y

               S O F T L O G I K   H A S   M O V E D

          P A G E S T R E A M   4 . 0   A N N O U N C E D

       T A B L E   E D I T O R   F R O M   S O F T L O G I C

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       B I L L   M C E W E N   V I S I T S   P A N O R A M A

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

             M U I B A S E   1 . 1   A V A I L A B L E

        A M I G A N S :   A   C H A N C E   T O   H E L P !

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            I M A G E F X   S U P P O R T   O N   N E T

         P I V - M O O V I D   ( W H A T   A   N A M E ! )

       N E W T E K :   C O N V E N I E N C E   U P G R A D E

             J A V A   B A S E D   I F F   V I E W E R

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Interesting things this time, and we're even going to talk about
ourselves for a bit in this Introduction. First, please look below for
answers to all those nagging questions about SoftLogic and PageStream,
which simply has to be one of the all time hottest Amiga programs.
Good news ... and a pleasant surprise or two!!
 Amiga is making good on its promise to keep the community better
informed. Below you will find a huge amount of information from Amiga
covering activities during the month of May. This was sent directly to
"Amiga Update" as part of Amiga's increasing outreach effort. This is
one of the best signs we've seen in some time and we applaud it!
 We also have a surprise of our own this time, about "Amiga Update".
In the early days, when this publication was nothing more than a
private mailing for a small group, we didn't make a big thing of
archiving issues. As a result, many of the early issues/notes were not
available to us when we started our archive web site. Well, thanks to
a longtime reader and his careful preservation of old files, we've now
added 13 old issues, never seen before by most readers, to the web
site. These include the first "issue" - really just a group mailing -
announcing the death of Commodore, and the first mailing which used
the "Amiga Update" name and an actual header. Take a look on our site
- we think Amiga history buffs especially will enjoy these.
 We believe there are no copyright concerns with these issues, but
since they were originally intended for private distribution only,
we'll be very open to any concerns anyone may have.
 We have also received a copy of the one missing issue from 1996,
number 960503, from the same source. That one will require a bit of
cleaning up to remove it from the message in which it's embedded, but
it should be on the site with a few days.
 We hope you enjoy the old messages in those issues, and the new
information in this one.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

17MAY99

Brad,

 What has become of SoftLogik. I have tried for weeks to contact them
by phone. All I get is a tape recording. E-mail messages are returned.

Alex
~~~~~~
Alex,
 Almost nothing we've ever seen has produced the kind of mail the
seeming disapearance of SoftLogic has! This should please them very
much. The answer is below, our lead story this issue.
 Brad

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3 May 1999

Dear Brad,

 I wanted to let you know that your e-mail..update has been a very
important aspect for me in keeping up my enthusiam for the amiga. I
live in an area (probably like many) that has no close or even
relatively close dealers. I am the only one of about 7 people left in
my immediate area using the amiga at this time and it certainly gets
quiet when you "don't know what to do". Like many... I'm forced to do
my own hardware changes etc. and that is pretty scary.

 I haven't written before now but I wanted you to know how much your
efforts and others involved is appreciated!!

Sincerely,
Nelson :-)

~~~~~~
Nelson,
 ... and we certainly appreciate your kind words. We'll keep "Amiga
Update" coming as long as there's a reason for it to exist.
 Brad

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1 May 1999

Dear Brad,

 ref amiga update 990430

 Help with Eds A4KT and help in general.

 A good source of info for all Amiga models, RAM, accelerators, cards,
pin outs etc is

 "The Big Book of Amiga Hardware" at www.amigaworld.freeserve.co.uk

 produced by Ian Chapman.

 It covers all models from the 1000 upwards and is kept up to date.
(Latest entry dated 25 April 1999)

mikdom

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Mikdom,
 Thanks, that's good information. We hope it povides all the help Ed
needs.
 Brad

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1 May 1999

Dear Brad,

 Now that I've had my second pint of tea, and I'm a bit more awake :)
here is some more gen which might help fellow Amigans.


 I bought an external ZIP drive about 3 years ago and it suffered the
click of death (and trashed 2 of my ZIP disks in the process).


 So I contacted the Iomega helpline (for the UK it's in Dublin) who
after checking my drives ser no and symptoms immediately organised a
replacement ZIP drive which will be here within 15 days, FREE !!!!!
not even any postage, also included is free return postage for the
faulty drive wia UPS.


 They also confirmed with me how many disks had been trashed by the
faulty drive, so, I suspect they may also replace those as well.

Regards

mikdom

~~~~~~
Mikdom,
 We're familiar with this problem on Zip drives, and suspect many
Amigans are also - maybe to their horror. Your information should help
a lot.
 Thanks,
 Brad

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12 May 1999

Dear. Mr. Webb,

 I found it very disheartening to compare Mr. Collas claims to want to
prove himself to the Amiga community with his list of community
activities. From the absence of any reference to AmiWest99, it would
appear there is no interest in west coast US market by the new chief
executive. I haven't seen since his open letter which would indicate
anyone from Aimga will be present or that there is any support for the
only west coast Amiga show this year. It will be interesting to see if
the European market is big enough to support the operation since it
would appear parts of the US market already have been written off.

Sincerely,
John

~~~~~~
John,
 Interesting observations and understandable, especially given the new
Amiga's history so far. We'll be watching closely to see if Amiga does
attend AmiWest99 and any other North American shows. At this point, I
find it hard to believe Amiga would write off any large market.
However, stranger things have happened ...
 Brad
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          M A Y   L E T T E R   F R O M   J I M   C O L A S

19 May, 1999
Dear Amigans,

 April was a very busy month for Amiga with much activity and good
progress. I received over 1200 emails from people around the world, I
met with key representatives of the Amiga community in Germany and the
U.K, we added to our executive staff, we established relationships
with key technology partners, and we finalized our 1999 product plans.

 The amount of emails I received from the Amiga community has been
overwhelming. Most of them were emails of support and encouragement
while many others gave me suggestions and input on technology and
products. These emails have been wonderful. They are uplifting,
insightful, interesting, and fun to read. People in this community
have a great personality. Many were short emails of encouragement but
just as many went on for several pages listing insights, suggestions,
and opinions. Thank you very much for your emails of support. They
have been tremendously encouraging to the Amiga executive team and me.
There were, of course, also some emails sent by Amigans who are
frustrated by the situation. These emails were also valuable in giving
me insight into the mistakes of the past so that I could avoid them as
we press toward the future. Please keep the emails coming.

 I apologize for not responding to all of the email sent to me. I have
personally responded to over 600 emails but was unable to keep up with
the volumes. I want to assure you that I read every email sent to me
and that they play an important role in defining our future plans. I
will continue to respond to as many emails as possible on a personal
basis. This brings me to the main subject of this month's letter:
communication. It is important that we set up an effective process for
communicating with the Amiga community. Emails and requests for
meetings are overwhelming Amiga executives at this time. This volume
of communication is very encouraging but I am concerned that we can't
personally respond to every one of them and it will become frustrating
to the community.

 We are working on plans to improve communications between Amiga and
the community. These plans will consist of multiple programs
including: the current executive update, an email response team, a new
Amiga Advisory Council, polls on future product features, better
monthly user group communication, and improved communication to the
Amiga press. Detailed information on all of these programs will be
posted on our web site in the next several weeks. In addition to
keeping the community up to date on Amiga activities, the main goal of
these programs is to involve the community in setting future Amiga
plans. All of us need to work on this together to make sure we are
setting plans that will help the community and allow Amiga to drive
the next computing revolution.

 One of the planned communications programs is a new "Amiga Advisory
Council" or AAC. The idea for this program came from my discussions
with people in the Amiga community. It is difficult to get thousands
of people involved in our planning process so we need to establish a
more manageable forum. The plan is to set up an advisory council
consisting of people that are viewed as leaders in the Amiga
community. Members of this council will be "elected" by the Amiga
community. We are currently working on the details of the "election"
process. This council must represent all major constituencies of the
Amiga community so that we can get a full set of concerns and inputs
regarding future Amiga plans. We will set-up special message boards,
email lists, and meetings allowing the AAC to communicate effectively.
Information on AAC meetings and decisions will be communicated to the
Amiga community. Keep watching our web site for updates on this
program. We will also make sure information gets published to Amiga
magazines and user groups.

 In late April I traveled to Germany and the U.K. to meet with
representatives and leaders of the Amiga community to discuss Amiga's
future plans and get the community's help in setting these plans. I
apologize to the people that did not have the opportunity to
participate in these meetings but I had to keep the meetings to a
manageable size. There were about 30 to 40 people in each country
representing developers, dealers, distributors, user groups, and
press. I think that these meetings were very informative and
productive. They will allow me to optimize our future plans while
taking the requirements of the Amiga community into account. To give
you an example, we spent a considerable amount of time talking about
how to bridge the community from the current Amiga platform to the
next generation. The current Amiga platform has several years of
useful life remaining but people are not investing in it because it is
dated and the next generation is around the corner. One suggestion is
to port the next generation AmigaSoftTM Operating Environment (OE) so
that it runs on a current Amiga configured with a Power PC expansion
card. This would not be an optimum configuration but it would extend
the life of current PowerPC Amigas. We are looking into this
possibility and will keep you updated.

 On a personal note, I had a wonderful time in Germany and the U.K.
The trip was both productive and very enjoyable. The trip was packed
with excellent food and good people. I really enjoyed meeting with
people from the Amiga community. After six years of working with
executives in the PC industry, it is a breath of fresh air to work
with people that have so much passion and enthusiasm about what they
believe in. I especially enjoyed the extended conversations in the
bars and pubs. These tended to get even more passionate and creative.
To those of you who participated in the events, I thank you for making
my trip both productive and enjoyable. In case you are curious, the
most challenging part of my trip was sitting still while Petro drove
me on the autobahn at 240 km/hour. I thank god for solid and stable
German automobiles and good German beer.

 Before I end this letter I would like to cover a few more topics that
came up frequently in emails sent to me. First, I would like to
clarify our hardware product plans. Amiga is planning to come out with
a next generation multimedia computer in late Q4 of the year. This
computer will have a unique architecture, a great operating system,
awesome 3D gaming performance, and advanced multimedia features. I am
confident that this computer will meet your expectations for a great
next generation Amiga. Unfortunately, we can't disclose details of the
new computer yet since we are under non-disclosure agreements with our
technology partners. We also need to be careful about alerting our
competition to our plans. One thing I can say is that the technology
partners we are working with are extremely excited about our direction
and technology. There are Amigans in all major technology companies
and they are eager to support us in driving a new computer revolution.
These partners include some major technology and component companies
in the computer industry. We should be ready to disclose more at the
World of Amiga and AmiWest shows in July.

 The new Amiga multimedia computer will also support a home networked
"information appliance" environment that will allow networked devices
throughout the house access to the power and features of this
computer. I need to clarify the term "information appliances" which is
becoming a popular term in the computer industry. "Information
appliances" are not digital toasters, refrigerators, and ovens with
LCD displays. They are devices such as wireless LCD tablets, Internet
terminals, game machines, and digital set-top boxes. These devices
will all be connected together through a single network and will be
integrated into a single comprehensive operating environment. This is
the reason why we use the term "operating environment", or OE, to
describe our new software rather than operating system. Our software
is much more than the underlying operating system.

 In addition to the full multimedia computer described above, Amiga
will also develop reference desigs for a variety of "information
appliance" companion devices such as wireless LCD tablets. Our goal is
to enable a full home computing environment rather than just a
computer. We will encourage others to develop and ship
Amiga-compatible computers and information appliances. To help clarify
our plans to the Amiga community, we are releasing our initial product
concept to the Amiga press to publish in the next issues. I hope this
helps clarify our product plans. We will continue to disclose details
as they become available and as is appropriate.

 The second topic that I would like to cover is Amiga support for
developers. The Amiga development community is important to us and we
will be taking an active role in support Amiga developers. We are
evaluating plans for financial support as well as in-depth technical
support. We will communicate more about this plan within 60 to 90 days
when we also start releasing more technical information for
developers.

 I have also updated the "major activities" sub-section under the
"executive update" section on our web site. This will give you some
more detail on the status of Amiga programs so I encourage you to read
it. We have also added a top 10 questions web page to the "executive
update" section. This page will answer the top questions asked in
emails sent to me.

 In closing I would like to say that I am more excited then ever about
the opportunities for Amiga and the Amiga community. It has been a
long wait but the Amiga community is still the greatest community in
the computer industry and the time is ideal for a new revolutionary
architecture and platform. I will keep you posted on our progress and
promise to disclose as more details as soon as possible and
appropriate.

Sincerely,
Jim Collas
President, Amiga
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                      A M I G A   H I R I N G S

19 May, 1999
From Amiga

Amiga Hires Computer Industry Veteran as CTO

 Amiga has hired computer industry veteran Dr. Rick LeFaivre as its
chief technology officer and senior vice president of advanced
technology. Prior to joining Amiga, Dr. LeFaivre served as senior vice
president of R&D and chief technology officer at Inprise Corporation,
formed from the merger of Borland International and Visigenic
Software. He has held key executive management positions in the
computer industry including vice president of the Advanced Technology
Group at Apple Computer, vice president of engineering for the Network
Systems Division at Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, and director of
Windows and Graphics Systems at Sun Microsystems. Jim Collas,
president of Amiga stated that "Rick is an incredibly valuable
addition to the Amiga team. He brings with him a wealth of technology
experience and industry contacts." Jim went on to state that "hiring
top level talent like Rick should be a clear indication to the Amiga
community that we are dedicated to the development of exciting
technology for the new Amiga platform."

Amiga Hires Experienced Senior Executive As COO

 Amiga has hired senior executive Tom Schmidt as its Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Amiga, Mr. Schmidt
served as Vice President and General Manager of a strategic business
enterprise within AlliedSignal, an advanced technology and
manufacturing company based in Morristown, NJ. Previous to
AlliedSignal, Mr. Schmidt worked at Baxter Healthcare Corporation in
several key operating and sales and marketing roles. He also served as
a Senior Project Manager and Strategic Management Consultant at Arthur
Andersen. Jim Collas, president of Amiga, stated that " at Amiga, we
are serious about building a substantial company for the future and
Tom has the experience and general management capabilities required to
build and manage a world-class corporate structure." Jim went on to
state that "Amiga is being positioned for a major come back and we
must be prepared to manage the growth associated with these plans. Tom
is the ideal person for this job."


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  U P D A T E   O N   M A J O R   A C T I V I T I E S   -   M A Y

19 May, 1999
From Amiga

Operations/Planning:

 1) We are looking in San Diego to move out of the Gateway building
into a separate Amiga building in order to accommodate the expansion
in Amiga's San Diego staff.

New Staff:

 1) We hired Dr. Rick LeFaivre as our Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
and Sr. VP of advanced technology. Dr. LeFaivre is a senior technology
executive who has worked for Apple, Silicon Graphics, Sun, and
Inprise. See the associated Amiga website news release for more
information.

 2) We hired Tom Schmidt as our Chief Operating Officer (COO). Tom
Schmidt is an experienced senior executive from Allied Signal, which
is a $30 billion corporation. See the associated Amiga website news
release for more information.

 3) Several weeks ago, we placed Amiga employment ads in major
newspapers and have a significant amount of highly qualified leads
that we are reviewing.

 4) We have hired a full time recruiter to coordinate our expanded
recruiting efforts.

Major Development Programs:

 1) O/S 3.5 - This product is being developed by Haage & Partner under
contract from Amiga. The target release date is late July or early
August. We are talking to Amiga hardware development companies to
qualify hardware products targeted at the O/S 3.5 release. We plan to
come out with a recommended hardware configuration and list of
qualified Amiga hardware products for the O/S 3.5 release.

 2) AmigaSoftTM Operating Environment (OE) - We are developing our
next generation operating environment including operating system, user
interface, and some revolutionary software structures to be disclosed
at a later date. Target beta version is 3Q99 with final in late 4Q99.
We are also looking at the possibility of porting this new AmigaSoftTM
OE to the O/S 3.5 recommended hardware configurations. If we can
accomplish this it will allow people to run the new OE on specific
Amiga configurations with PowerPC boards.

 3) Next generation hardware architecture - Being developed as a
foundation for all next generation Amiga products. We are within
several weeks of final component selection.

 4) AmigaSoftTM development system - This is planned in 3Q99 along
with the beta release of the new AmigaSoftTM Operating Environment.

 5) Initial next generation computer - We are developing the next
generation computer that will be used to launch the next generation
systems architecture and operating environment. Target release date is
late 4Q99. Please see this week's letter to the community for more
information.

 6) We have released concept drawings of the next generation Amiga
products to the Amiga press.

Shows and Community Activities:

 1) I visited Germany and the U.K. and met with representatives of the
Amiga community. We held meetings with leaders of the Amiga community
and discussed future Amiga plans.

 2) We will sponsor and participate in the 1999 London World of Amiga
show in late July.

 3) We are also planning to support the AmiWest show in late July.

 4) We are planning for the Cologne and Las Vegas shows in November.

 5) Petro and Jim Von Holle are developing reseller, distributor, and
magazine support programs to help the Amiga community.

 6) We are also working on some user group support programs and
improved communication programs.
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              S O F T L O G I K   H A S   M O V E D

990516

SoftLogik on the move!

 As reported online earlier, SoftLogik is moving. The building in St.
Louis was closed February 24th, 1999. I finalized the purchase of a
new location in Wisconsin on Tuesday, March 9th, 1999.

 SoftLogik's new home will be located on the same piece of ground that
I will be living on. The only problem is that this new building is not
complete. This is expected to take a few more months, and then we can
get the permits, and then the phone lines and address. (Don't ask,
long story about local red tape will result).

 Until then, we now have cellular phone service, and we are going to
try running the customer database off of a generator between the hours
of noon and 4pm central time. We will try and answer the phones at
other times than that, but if you leave a voice mail message we will
get back to you by the next business day.

 During our down time, evidently our ISP failed to maintain our web
site. It was entirely my fault, but that doesn't make it any less
disastrous. While in the process of doing everything else, I managed
to track down a new ISP with a good reputation and a fair price. For
those who saw SoftLogik disappear from the radar, we are sorry, but
reports of our demise are untrue!

 What about the development schedule? Good news actually. Without
phones, mail and email to answer, I've been getting a lot of
PageStream4 and Windows code fixed. I took all the source code and
dumped it to my new laptop. I've been working on the kitchen table of
my friends house where I had been living the first month. It took me a
couple days to get familiar with the new stuff, but I'm back at it
now. And the nice thing is this machine is _fast_. I used to be able
to take a Coke break (don't really drink much coffee) during a
compile. Now a full compile only take about 10 minutes, and an
incremental compile is done before I can catch my breath. Now I can
work in my truck, on a lawn chair, at McDonald's, the real estate
office, where ever life takes me while I get SoftLogik settled

 Thanks for your understanding, and thanks for being a customer!

Deron Kazmaier
President
SoftLogik Publishing Corp.
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         P A G E S T R E A M   4 . 0   A N N O U N C E D

PageStream 4.0

 With all the work that has gone on internally for the PageStream
Windows final release, we realize that getting 4.0 finished is a top
priority. PageStream4.0 is the first major update to PageStream in
over 3 years. We have been saving your feature requests, looking at
the current industry "leaders" (we use that term loosely around
here!), and thinking of ways to improve an already great product.
Obviously, the trick has been to try and deliver the features needed
and still keep the same easy of use that puts us heads above the rest.

 Features such as indexing, table of contents, complex page numbers,
and figure numbering and figure tables make long documents a snap.
Editable kerning pairs, tracking tables, and hanging punctuation make
PageStream's typographic capabilities even more outstanding. Doing
color work? Than you will impressed with the color trapping of objects
and text. Trying to generate both print and online materials? Let PDF
and HTML export help you. PageStream4 has something new to offer in
every step creating anything from color pages to technical drawings to
newsletters to books.

When will it be available?

 We have already passed our initial target release date due to
personal circumstances. However, since the end of February progress
has been steady and rapid. We are now expecting to ship PageStream4.0
by August. This is a conservative date, but we figure no one will get
upset if we release the program early. The feature set is final, the
interface is frozen, and the manual is well underway. Any customer who
purchases an upgrade or full copy of PageStream 4.0 before it is
released will be able to download an advance copy of the program from
the Internet, and will receive a copy of xxx along with the final
version of PageStream4.0. Not to mention our endless gratitude for
supporting and participating in the development of the best desktop
publishing program!

 What makes you so sure it won't take 2 years, like 3.0 did, to get it
"right"?

 Unlike PageStream3.0, we are building upon the core code.
PageStream3.0 was a complete rewrite from the ground up. Every line of
code was rewritten. On the other hand, PageStream4.0 is built on top
of the PageStream3 code. We laid a solid foundation in PageStream3. We
are building on to it. In fact, PageStream3.4 had greater impact on
feature reliability with the change to the entire undo function than
the features added in PageStream4.0.

OK, I'm sold. How much?

 For existing owners of PageStream3.3, the upgrade price to 4.0 is
$75. PageStream3.1 and 3.2 registered owners can upgrade to 4.0 for
$95. This includes the program on CD-Rom, full online help, and a new
manual. When ordering, please include your name, address, email
address, registration number, method of payment and a daytime number
where you can be reached. Place your order today!

PageStream 4.0 new features include:

   o Native Indexing
   o PDF export
   o Multilevel chapter/page numbering/names (ie 6.8.1)
   o Hilight Page Number/Data/Time etc to edit
   o Defined styletags & variables at chapter level
   o Native signature printing (many pages on 1)
   o Business card/label printing (many copies of a page on 1)
   o Configurable FPO size
   o HTML text import/export
   o Definable default text attributes
   o Fonts/Styles in use toggle
   o Local page guides
   o Layers
   o Drag & Drop text
   o Find & Replace improvements
     - insert special characters
     - wildcards
     - attributes
   o Trapping
   o Automatic before and after paragraph rules
   o True smallcaps
   o Table of contents generation
   o Figure numbering
   o Table of figure generation
   o Paragraph numbering
   o Definable Kerning Pairs
   o Definable Tracking Tables
   o Optical alignment/Hanging punctuation
   o Edit mask in place
   o Page Setup for spreads/range of pages
   o Bookmarks
   o Collect for output
   o Lasso select
   o Distributed on CD-Rom
   o and much, much more!

PageStream 3.4

 This will be the last minor update for PageStream3 Amiga. Now don't
take this as the last version of PageStream as some magazines have
reported, since we are announcing PageStream4 as well. PageStream3.4
fixes a few obscure but difficult to fix bugs, and adds a couple much
needed features. Early versions will be available to all 3.3 owners
and the final release will be posted in the PageStream3 Amiga secure
ftp site. Updates will be made available as we go. This version will
be available for free to all registered 3.3 users as our way of saying
thanks for being so patient.

The 3.4 features include:

 o Much improved Online Help
 o Improved Undo/Redo
 - fix in/out of page/spread/pasteboard
 - undo remainder of object editing
 - undo delete page/chapter etc
 o Dynamically move articles to proper document/chapter level
 o Spell Checking with dictionaries for most languages supported
 o Color palette for text
 o Drag out guides
 o Reshape path curves->lines->curves and closing
 o Improved Min/Max/Opt Word/Character spacing
 o Speed-up editing of text, especially long articles
 o Tick based palette updates for faster execution of complex articles
 o Edit text hooks for extensions
 o Revamp styletags, including:
 - Styletag delete loop
 - Character/Paragraph combo
 - Styletag override
 o and much, much more!
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       T A B L E   E D I T O R   F R O M   S O F T L O G I C

Table Editor

 SoftLogik is pleased to announce another great product for the Amiga
- The Table Editor. The Table Editor has 2 parts to it. A stand-alone
table editor/spreadsheet is the biggest part. There will also be an
extension for existing versions of PageStream3 & 4, which will allow
these tables & graphs to be imported. Direct price to PageStream
owners is $50. Place your order today!

 NOTE: This product release has been delayed. Any backorders may be
cancelled by contacting us via fax, phone, or email. Work on
PageStream 3.4/4.0 has delayed this release. Expected ship date is now
September, 1999. Early releases will be available in July. Thank you
for your understanding!

 Table Editor features include: multiple tables open at one time;
import tab delimited text from any existing text modules into table;
multiple charts bases on a table; common cell math. +,-,*,/, sum, avg,
max, min, abs etc.; automatic or fixed cell width and height; cell
borders and fills; import inline graphics in cells; date, time, number
formatting; text formatting (most of PageStream's); font, size, type
styles; alignment, tracking; kerning, leading; line/fill; full
scripting; view scale

 Basic Charts include: Bar; Line; Scatter/Dot; Pie

 The PageStream extension adds the ability to import/export
tables/charts from the table editor. It also the ability to send the
tables/charts to the table editor.
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   O L Y M P I C   T O W N   A N D   A T L A N T A   A M I G A N S

10 May, 1999

 A special recreation area called "Olympic Town" is to set up at Emory
University in Atlanta on Saturday, May 22nd. This is being done in
conjunction with the Special Olympics-Georgia Summer Games.

 In 1997, Amiga Atlanta, Inc.(AAi) filled the multimedia void at
Olympic Town left behind by IBM some time earlier. It did not take
long for AAi to become one of the most popular exhibits there. In
fact, last year, at the request of a representative for the Special
Olympics Committee, AAi's exhibit remained open three hours after all
other exhibits in the area were closed. This year, AAi will become the
first computer user group ever to honored by the Special Olympics. At
a reception usually reserved for honoring major corporate sponsors,
AAi will be presented with a special plaque by the organization's
executive director for its outstanding contribution to the success of
Olympic Town.

 AAi's Olympic Town responsibility is to provide Amiga computers for
computer games and multimedia fun for the special athletes, their
families and friends. I invite Amiga user groups, developers and
retailers to join with AAi in making a tremendous impact on the crowds
that visit our exhibit. You see, we want to pass out "goodie bags" to
our visitors as well. Please help us to fill these bags with
Amiga-related promotional items - key chains, balloons, refrigerator
magnets, T-shirts, caps, mugs, etc. We would like to pass out at least
100 goodie bags. Whatever you can send will be greatly appreciated.
Send your contributions to:

Amiga Atlanta, Inc.
Attn: Olympic Town
P.O. Box 49103
Atlanta, GA 30359-1103

If you have any questions, pleaase email your questions to
lamar@mindspring.com.

Thank you.
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      B I L L   M C E W E N   V I S I T S   P A N O R A M A

8 May 1999

 Bill McEwen, "Marketing and Software Evangelist" from the Pacific
Northwest Amiga office in the USA, visited our computer club (Pacific
Northwest Amiga Association - PaNorAmA) general meeting on Tuesday,
May 4, 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He had seen my
meeting announcement on the User Group Network (UGN) mailing list, and
decided to make an unannounced visit. After distributing a few Amiga
souvenirs (Boing beach balls, two types of key-chains, flashlights,
Amiga music CDs, and an Amiga mug for the certain club president), he
gave a discussion about the direction and goals of Amiga. There was
also a question and answer period. Our club is grateful for having
Bill McEwen visit, since special club events are sometimes difficult
to create.

 By the way, he mentioned that the audited number of Amiga clubs is
significantly less than those in the club databases. Are these
databases out of date, or is there a difference of opinion as to what
constitutes a "true" Amiga club?

Regards,
Chris Sterne
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                I C O A   W E B S I T E   B A C K

15 April, '99

The ICOA Website Is Back

 The Industry Council Open Amiga (ICOA) is pleased to announce that as
of 1200 CST on May 15th, their website will be back up and running.
The new site has undergone several changes which we believe will be of
benefit to all Amiga developers. New services include file spotting,
hardware/software reviews and hardware/software specifications, just
to name a few. Visit us at http://icoa.amiga.org and let us know how
we can be of assistance.
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        A M I G A   D E L A Y   -   J U S T   A   R U M O R

 {The following was recently found in an Amiga newsgroup and does a
good job of debunking a nasty rumor. Thanks to Luca for posting it.
Brad}

7 May 1999

 This community seems to gossip more than a small village full of old
ladies... ;-)

 Now there are rumors claiming that Jim Collas is postponing the
delivery date of the new Amigas to year 2000. Just because it's always
better to hear it from the official voice, here it is:

<quote

 We are still targeting early late Q3 for a development system and Q4
of this year for the new multimedia computer. Thanks for bringing this
to my attention. I will clarify it in my next letter to the community
due out shortly.

Sincerely,
Jim

<quote>

Luca
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              M O R E   O N   A M I G A   W O R L D

1 May 1999

OK; Amiga World at dejanews.com info:

 1) you have to be a member of dejanews to get to be a member of
AmigaWorld (it's a private area ) 1a)Once a member send me a e-mail
and I'll invite you .

 2)AmigaWorld has sofware based forums for LightWave,Imagine,Amos,and
more to come along with a good trader forum for good vendors and amiga
users selling amiga items along as bad vendors/trader forums as well
to help amiga users not to get burned.

 I also have a forum in this area called usergroup(s) this is so amiga
user group founders and members can talk to other members and others
on a weekly or monthly way and with a topic of the groups choice in a
forum for those of us with out irc useage etc.
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      E D U C A T I O N A L   S O F T W A R E   A V A I L A B L E

13 May 1999

  10 OUT OF 10 EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE

 The excellent 10 out of 10 range of educational software has finally
been *re-released*. FORE-MATT Home Computing is pleased to announce
that we have stock of all 18 titles available for the Amiga. In
addition we can also take orders for a selection of worksheet packs
which compliment the software. This now makes available the most
extensive range of educational software seen on the Amiga for many
years! The award winning fun learning system for home and school is
now just 9.99 UKP per title.


 DINOSAURS (All ages)

 EARLY ESSENTIALS (Age 3-7)

 ENGLISH (Age 6-16)

 ESSENTIAL IT (All ages)

 ESSENTIAL MATHS (Age 5-12)


 ESSENTIAL SCIENCE (Age 5-12)

 FRENCH (Age 8-16)

 GEOGRAPHY (Age 5-12)

 GERMAN (Age 8-16)

 JUNIOR ESSENTIALS (Age 5-11) Some of the topics covered by this
package include spelling, structures of English, multiplication up to
10 x 10, mental addition, sign recognition, word recognition, UK
geography, and simple science.

 MATHS ALGEBRA (Age 6-16)

 MATHS GEOMETRY (Age 6-16)

 MATHS NUMBER (Age 6-16)

 MATHS STATISTICS (Age 6-16)

 SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION (All ages)

 SPELLING STRUCTURED (Under 9/SpLd)

 TABLES (All ages) Reinforcement and practice of multiplication tables
made fun.

 WORDS (Age 3-11) The fun way to boost vocabulary and improve
spelling.

 10 OUT OF 10 EDUCAITONAL RESOURCES

 WORKSHEETS A set of photocopiable worksheets cross-referenced with
revision tasks for children to perform using the Award Winning 10 Out
of 10 Educational Software Series. Each worksheet pack contains
approximately 30 sheets of printed A4 paper to compliment the software
or to be used on their own as a revision aid.

 Titles available at 4.99 UKP each are:

 Early Essentials

 Essential Science

 Essential Maths

 Essential IT

 Junior Essentials

 Numbers

 Tables

 Spelling Structured

 Dinosaurs

 Punctuation

For more information please contact us at
sales@forematt.free-online.co.uk
or call
UK +44 (0)1793 853802
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              M U I B A S E   1 . 1   A V A I L A B L E

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MUIBase 1.1 Released

5 May, 1999

 MUIbase, a fast, relational, and programmable database for the Amiga
Computer got a set of new powerful features and is now in V1.1. Check
it out! It's available for download on the MUIbase home page:
http://www.amigaworld.com/support/muibase/

New feautures:

 o Improved import of records, now allows for double quotes in
 strings.
 o Improved display of record contents: only the fields in windows
 that are currently open are computed and displayed.
 o Double clicking in query result listviews (query editor and virtual
 attributes) now shows the selected record in the corresponding table
 mask.
 o New editing fields for AskMulti: "choicelist" and "options", and
 bubble help support.
 o Font selection for all gui elements.
 o Support of an include directory.
 o Better debugging for external include files: line and column
 information of where the error occured in the include file is now
 displayed.
 o Option to compile without debug information for obtaining better
 run-time, and menu item "Program - Compile" for compiling program
 without opening program editor first.
 o Help nodes for all menu items.
 o Some bug fixes.
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         A M I G A N S :   A   C H A N C E   T O   H E L P !

{Posted to the net by Jonathan Gapen. Thanks Jonathan!, Brad}

5 May 1999

 It's "The OS War to Cure Cystic Fibrosis," a chance to show your OS
loyalty and to marshal the forces of .advocacy for a good cause. Now,
AmigaOS is already way behind, so visit
http://earth.vol.com/~winesett/ and show 'em what for!
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           A M I G A   R E M O T E   A D M I N   T O O L

15 May, 1999

URL  : http://www.escape-net.org/3amigos-soft/main.htm
From 3AMIGOS Software

     Portal Opening 2 - Remote Administration Tool For The Amiga!

        "Portal Opening 2 [PO2] is a remote administration
        tool that allows an Amiga to be controlled by another
        Amiga using the TCP/IP protocol.

        Useful for LANs/WANs and the Internet."

URL  : http://www.escape-net.org/3amigos-soft/main.htm
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               P E R S U A S I V E   P P C

30 Apr 1999

From Andreas R. Kleinert:
Hi,

 this is just a small press information on my PPC programs.

 Recent tests have shown, that the latest versions of
 nearly all of my PPC programs - including SView/PPC and
 the akDatatypes - do perfectly work together with
 Frank Wille's ppc.library emulation for WarpOS,
 starting with V0.6b.

 Unfortunately, WarpOS V4.0 only does include V0.6 - however,
 the newest version always can be found on Frank's homepage
 under http://home.owl.de/~frank/

 Using the ppc.library emulation yet is the recommended
 way of running my programs under WarpOS - although a few
 programs/modules already do exist as WOS versions (which
 mainly still are under development and not yet complete).

 SView/PPC and the akDatatypes do offer preferences options
 for switching between the two possible selections under
 WOS: the emulation will be utilized when auto-detection
 and the respective "ppclib emu" option are enabled.

 As a matter of fact, the "ppc kernel controversy" now
 is solved, at least regarding PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX products.

 Thanks for listening.
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                R U M O R :   G V P   A N D   P P C

 {Posted to the net by Markus Ruetter - thanks, Markus! Without
confirmation from GVP, this should be treated as just an interesting
rumor. Brad}

1 May 99

 GVP - once famous for really nice hardware - have been very quiet
lately to say the least. But they are obviously not as dead as one
might have thought. A look at the last page of the latest issue of
AmigaOS (rather young German print magazine) shows a GVP ad that does
not only feature some 68k based accelerators, genlocks, GSS+ sampler
etc. but also an amazing announcement...

 Apparently they are developing a PPC board! It reads:

         Attention !!!!!!!!!
         We are developing a PPC accelerator for the Amiga.
         Planned are cards for A1200, A2000 and A3/4000.
         CPU: G3 (PPC 750 512/1MB)
         Peripherals: In discussion are
                      UWSCSI and graphics
                      Decision will be made
                      2nd Q 99
         Memory:      Synchronous DRAM
         Available:   4. quarter 1999
         Further details in the next issue

Now that's what I call news. :)

FYI: - It's on the back of the May issue, not that of April...
     - Yes, that's 9 Plings in the headline.
     - No, there is no confirmation on the GVP(-M) website yet.
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          P O W E R S T A T I O N   F O R   I M A G E F X

3 May 1999

PowerStation for ImageFX now Shipping

 Nova Design, Inc., producers of the award winning and best selling
ImageFX package are proud to announce that PowerStation, volume one,
the first package of PowerPC modules for ImageFX is now shipping.

 PowerStation is a package of ImageFX modules designed to work
directly with the PowerPC as a coprocessor. This speeds up the
specific modules up to ten times the speed of the same module running
on a native 68060 processor. In many cases the effects become nearly
real-time!

 PowerStation premiered to record crowds at the Amiga '99 show in St.
Louis and became the 'must-have' item of the show with preorders
greatly exceeding expectations!


PowerStation Specifics

 The PowerPC effects are for use with ImageFX 3.2 or higher only. This
first volume of modules includes the following effects, which have all
received the PowerPC treatment. The first five modules were originally
announced and premiered at the show - by release we have now added
three more!

 Bubble - creates multiple bubbles over your selected image. You can
control the animation and optional color of the bubbles easily. Create
an undersea effect or psychedelic champagne bubbles!

 Fire - one of ImageFX's most popular effects. Fire can create
flickering candle flames, gas-stove flames, raging forest fires and
more. All parameters can be animated or controlled through a single
slider.

 Clouds - recently added to ImageFX, the Clouds effect can create
amazing multi-layered fractal clouds. It can also be used to create
fog or smoke over images, simulated explosions, or even seamless
textures of landscapes with cloud patterns animating across them.

 Liquid - this is an endlessly fascinating effect that distorts your
image as if it were on water. You can create funhouse mirror
distortions or unique video transitions with this effect.

 FXForge - based on the same formulas used in Adobe Photoshop's Filter
Factory™ package, FXForge can create an infinite number of custom
special effects using mathematical formulas. Color effects, distorting
effects, lighting effects are all possible with this amazing engine.
It remains fully compatible with the thousands of effects available on
the Internet for Adobe's Filter Factory™.

 Gaussian Blur - the cornerstone of many image processing tricks and
depth of field effects for videographers, this PowerPC version of
Gaussian Blur will now allow incredibly fast optical blurring.

 JPEG Loader/Save - one of the most popular graphics formats to ever
come along, JPEG images are often a fraction of the original image's
size, and are used commonly on the Internet. In the past this size
savings was at the cost of slow loading and saving times. Now these
versions load and save so fast you may have saved in the time it took
you to click your mouse!


Special Preorder Pricing

 'PowerStation' is available on diskette for $99.95 and is available
from your favorite Amiga dealer. Outside the US contact Oberland in
Germany or Wizard/Compute in the UK.

 If you wish to order directly at full retail you can also fax your
order to (804) 282-3768 or mail it to Nova Design, Inc., 1910 Byrd
Avenue, Suite 204, Richmond, VA 23230

 'PowerStation' works on any Amiga equipped with a PowerUP supported
PPC accelerator with ImageFX 3.2 or higher installed. WarpUP with the
new PowerUP compatibility should also work as well.
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             I M A G E F X   S U P P O R T   O N   N E T

6 May 1999
Announce: ImageFX Support Area
------------------------------

young monkey studios is pleased to announce a support area for Nova
Design's ImageFX software. There you will find various ARexx scripts,
AutoFX scripts and Modules.

   http://www.youngmonkey.ca/hands/files/ImageFX/index.html

As we get the time, we'll be adding other related information and
files, too.

ENJOY!  And let us know what you think!


*****

  EMail:  dhomas@youngmonkey.ca
  WWW:  http://www.youngmonkey.ca/

  797 Mitchell Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 3S8, Canada
  Phone:  (506) 459-7088

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         P I V - M O O V I D   ( W H A T   A   N A M E ! )

 PIV-MooVId AVI/MOV player with GUI and INDEO support for PicassoIV
graphics board


                       Last version: 1.0 (13.05.1999)

Required hardware:

Kickstart 3.0 or better
MC68020 or better (68040/060 recommended)
PicsassoIV graphics board (other graphicsboard NOT supported!)
1 MB of free memory

Required software:

Reqtools.library
asyncio.library v39 or newer
Picasso96 1.38 or newer (latest version recommended)

Recommended hardware:

MC68040/060 and PicassoIV in ZorroIII mode

PIV-MooVId features:

 o The FASTEST AVI/MOV player for Amiga
 o Support the video layer of the PicassoIV
 o All decoders (espec. CinePak and Indeo) are video layer accelerated
 o AVI/MOV playback in a resizable window (up to fullscreen), without
   slowdown!
 o AVI (Video for windows) and MOV (Quicktime) player in one file
 o Support INTEL Indeo 3.1 & 3.2 (IV31 & IV32)
 o 100% assembly coded (fast & short)
 o Async I/O handling (direct playback from CD-ROM or HDD)
 o Timer Based frame skipping method
 o Synchronized audio playing
 o On-fly selectable frame rate
 o Fully system friendly
 o Full GUI (check the screenshoot)

Supported codecs:

This part is same as at MooVId!
Plus:

Codec Name FourCC code Depth
Component Video YUV2 16/24/32 bit


PIV-MooVId status:


PIV-MooVId is FREEWARE.

 Latest version can be download from AmiNET or from HERE or from
Village Tronic

Note:

 There is no Indeo support in the actual public version. You can order
the needed library from me (for about 5-10DM)
http://www.dfmk.hu/~torokl/PIV-MooVId.html
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       N E W T E K :   C O N V E N I E N C E   U P G R A D E

 NewTek is pleased to announce a new install version of our 4.2 and
3.5 software. The new install consists of one CD and one floppy
diskette. For the first time, LightWave 3D 5.0 for the Amiga will be
included in the 4.2 software suite. To distinguish the release from
previous editions, we have designated the release as the "4.3
Convenience Upgrade." This release is available beginning April 2,
1999.

The Best of Both Worlds

 The 4.3 Convenience Upgrade puts our best Toaster/Flyer software on
one CD and Floppy. Users will need a CD-ROM drive with driver software
in order to use the new install set. If you have a Flyer and have the
CD-ROM hooked up to the Flyer, you will need controlling software such
as AsimWare 3.9.

 The 4.3 Convenience Upgrade consists of the following:

 o 3.1 Toaster Software with LightWave 3D 3.2 and LightWave 3D 3.5

 o 4.2 Toaster/Flyer Software with LightWave 3D 4.0 and LightWave 3D
   5.0

 o BigFoot PC FlyerDrive Utility

BigFoot

 BigFoot is a PC based program (It DOES NOT INSTALL on an Amiga) that
will allow you to hook a Flyer drive directly to a SCSI controller on
a PC and copy a Flyer Clip to the System Drive of the PC. Lightwave 3D
and Aura can access the clip and process the clip to the system drive.
The processed clip can then be copied back onto the Flyer Drive.
BigFoot is downloadable for free from our FTP site, but since this is
a Convenience Upgrade, it seemed appropriate.

 Before the release of the 4.3 Convenience Upgrade, the cost to
upgrade from 3.1 Toaster software to the current 4.2 Toaster/Flyer
software was $350. Lightwave 3D 5.0 was priced at $295. Now, you can
get all these on one CD and one floppy, that will install in all
situations, at a much lower price.

Minimum System Requirements

 o For 3.1 software: Workbench 2.1 or higher, 120 MB of free hard
drive space for the Video Toaster software, 9 MB of RAM.

 o For 4.2 software: FPU, Workbench 2.1 or higher, 350 MB of hard
drive space (we recommend more), 2 MB graphics RAM (also referred to
as "Chip RAM"), 16 megs of system RAM.

 This is a Convenience Upgrade, meaning that the software itself has
no changes, but is simply now more conveniently packaged, and with a
few additions that make running both versions on one system easier for
the user. In particular, the icons which run the software have been
modified to set the proper libraries in place when the software is
run. This is because the 3.1 and 4.2 software versions use different
support libraries for the CG.

 Benefits of the 4.3 Convenience Upgrade The complete contents of our
two best versions of the Video Toaster software are now on one CD. A
Video Toaster owner can now have both the linear-editing wizardry and
compatibility of 3.1, as well as advanced versions of LightWave 3D,
ToasterPaint, CG, and the storyboard "slideshow" playback capability
of 4.2.

 LightWave 3D 5.0 is included as standard with the Video Toaster
Software for the first time.

 Users with 1.0 and 2.0 software can now upgrade their software at the
least expensive price ever offered by NewTek on an upgrade from those
early versions.

 Users of 3.1/3.5 can now have their software available on one
conveniently installable CD. When needed, they may even copy just one
or two files at need, instead of having to perform a complete 45+9
disk install anytime one file develops a problem.

 3.1/3.5 users also get 4.2 at the lowest price it has ever been
offered to 3.1/3.5 owners, with LW 5.0 included as well.

 4.2 software owners get the latest version of their software on a new
CD, with the 3.5 software included, and the lowest cost upgrade to
LightWave 3D 5.0 that we have ever offered 4.2 owners.

Pricing

 We are offering the 4.3 Convenience Upgrade at the following price
structure:

 o Registered 4.x owners may purchase CD and Floppy only for $ 99 (No
 Manuals).

 o Registered 3.x owners may purchase CD, Floppy and the 4.x Manual
for $159.

 o Registered owners of 1.0 or 2.0 may purchase the 4.3 CD, Floppy,
4.x manual and 3.x Manual for $ 199.

 Video Toaster Manuals are available individually for $ 99.95 each.

 LightWave 3D 5.0 manuals are not included with the above, but may be
purchased with the above packages at half price, for $ 49. If
purchased separately, they are $ 99.

 Shipping and handling will be added to the above prices.

 Customers who wish to order may call NewTek Customer Service at
1-800-TOASTER, or send email with your phone number to
43upgrade@newtek.com.
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            J A V A   B A S E D   I F F   V I E W E R


W. Randelshofer

13 May, 1999

MultiShow 0.3.1

 MultiShow is a multipurpose file viewer written entirely in Java.

Supported file types:

   o Amiga IFF ANIM
   o Amiga IFF ILBM
   o GIF
   o JPEG

 Runs on all Operating Systems supporting Java 1.1.6 or better.
URL  : http://www.mythen.ch/w.randelshofer/
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RecoverDelDir.lha    biz/dopus   93K+AFS/PFS2/SFS undeletetool (english,germa
TBar.lha             biz/dopus   32K+A Simple Taskbar for Dopus
stricq_1371.lha      comm/misc  227K+An Amiga ICQ close based on MUI
AmiVNC.lha           comm/tcp    69K+Experimental VNC server for Amiga w/C so
icr.lha              comm/www    45K+Restores IBrowse cached WWW pages for lo
fbackng.lha          disk/bakup  30K+FBackNG - Daily backup/mirror program.
TP085.lha            disk/cdrom 488K+TrinityPlayer v0.85 (SCSI/ATAPI player!)
xtru.lha             game/patch  89K+Track installer and manager for XTreme R
TaskForce.lha        game/think 305K+Tactical combat game & editor (V0.35; lo
PIV-MooVId.lha       gfx/board   83K+The Ultimate AVI/MOV player for PicassoI
VE-Masks.lha         gfx/edit   148K+Visual Eng. - Masks
Show040.lha          gfx/show   380K+Cybergfx only picture viewer (040) V2.1
ShowPPC.lha          gfx/show   374K+Cybergfx only picture viewer (PPC) V2.1
IOBlixParUpd.lha     hard/drivr  14K+IOBlixZ2 and IOBlix1200 parallel driver 
cbspeccy_v024b.lha   misc/emu   173K+ZX-Spectrum128k emulator + TR-DOS v0.24b
AmiTarot.lha         misc/misc   29K+Tarot card reader program v1.50
Kao.lha              misc/misc    0K+Japanese art of "mojie"
WeatherStation.lha   misc/sci   155K+Interface to Heath ID-5001 Weather Compu
hccb11by.lha         mods/hardc 282K+Brace Yourself - The DJ Enticer 11
hccb12sf.lha         mods/hardc 214K+Societies Failures - The DJ Enticer 12
hccb13bb.lha         mods/hardc 386K+Bass Bang Scatter - The DJ Enticer 13
hccb14ct.lha         mods/hardc 265K+Check This Out - The DJ Enticer 14
hccb15hd.lha         mods/hardc 211K+Here the Drummer Get-Tronix&Enticer 15
hccb16fm.lha         mods/hardc 192K+Fuckin' MC's - The DJ Enticer 16
hccb17bi.lha         mods/hardc 194K+Bring it on - The DJ Enticer 17
hccb18t1.lha         mods/hardc  55K+Trauma - Brutal Tendencies 18
hccb19rc.lha         mods/hardc 255K+Remote Control - The DJ Enticer 19
waveeditor171.lha    mus/edit    34K+A simple wave editor -small, but cool.
BG-A_Invasion.jpg    pix/back   186K+BG: <Amigaball-Invasion WB-Backdrop>
BG-Blizzard.jpg      pix/back   119K+BG: <SpecialFX Blizzard WB-Backdrop>
BWG.jpg              pix/illu   141K+Graphics preview of the set of WB Games
ds-deepsea.jpg       pix/trace   53K+DS: <Submarine Exploring Ground>
ds-deepsea2.jpg      pix/trace   64K+DS: <Submarine Grave, Cool Volumetric-Li
SW-Iceplanet.jpg     pix/trace  126K+StarWars: <Rebellion Fighters Exploring>
SW-Iceplanet2.jpg    pix/trace  145K+StarWars: <X-Wing Iceplanet-Patrol>
SW-Nova.jpg          pix/trace  173K+StarWars: <Supernova Xplosion>
JAKs_WB.jpg          pix/wb     263K+This is a grab of my 1024x768x24 Bit Wor
VeloxWb.lha          pix/wb     176K+My nice Wb with Blizzard Vision in 16bit
SystemFont.lha       text/font   11K+Workbench fonts and patch!
2b_TKSearch.lha      util/cli    25K+Find pattern in text files (PPC & 68k) V
SplitJoin.lha        util/cli    53K+Splitter / Joiner
fixaiff_jf.lha       util/conv    8K+Fixaiff V1.1 fixes aiffs for DelFX
rxcmanager.lha       util/rexx   23K+Rxcmanager - CManager ARexx functions

• We are looking in San Diego to move out of the Gateway building into a separate Amiga building in order to accommodate the expansion in Amiga's San Diego staff.

• We hired Dr. Rick LeFaivre as our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Sr. VP of advanced technology. Dr. LeFaivre is a senior technology executive who has worked for Apple, Silicon Graphics, Sun, and Inprise. See the associated Amiga website news release for more information.
• We hired Tom Schmidt as our Chief Operating Officer (COO). Tom Schmidt is an experienced senior executive from Allied Signal, which is a $30 billion corporation. See the associated Amiga website news release for more information.
• Several weeks ago, we placed Amiga employment ads in major newspapers and have a significant amount of highly qualified leads that we are reviewing.
• We have hired a full time recruiter to coordinate our expanded recruiting efforts.

• O/S 3.5 - This product is being developed by Haage & Partner under contract from Amiga. The target release date is late July or early August. We are talking to Amiga hardware development companies to qualify hardware products targeted at the O/S 3.5 release. We plan to come out with a recommended hardware configuration and list of qualified Amiga hardware products for the O/S 3.5 release.
• AmigaSoftTM Operating Environment (OE) - We are developing our next generation operating environment including operating system, user interface, and some revolutionary software structures to be disclosed at a later date. Target beta version is 3Q99 with final in late 4Q99. We are also looking at the possibility of porting this new AmigaSoftTM OE to the O/S 3.5 recommended hardware configurations. If we can accomplish this it will allow people to run the new OE on specific Amiga configurations with PowerPC boards.
• Next generation hardware architecture - Being developed as a foundation for all next generation Amiga products. We are within several weeks of final component selection.
• AmigaSoftTM development system - This is planned in 3Q99 along with the beta release of the new AmigaSoftTM Operating Environment.
• Initial next generation computer - We are developing the next generation computer that will be used to launch the next generation systems architecture and operating environment. Target release date is late 4Q99. Please see this week's letter to the community for more information.
• We have released concept drawings of the next generation Amiga products to the Amiga press.

• I visited Germany and the U.K. and met with representatives of the Amiga community. We held meetings with leaders of the Amiga community and discussed future Amiga plans.
• We will sponsor and participate in the 1999 London World of Amiga show in late July.
• We are also planning to support the AmiWest show in late July.
• We are planning for the Cologne and Las Vegas shows in November.
• Petro and Jim Von Holle are developing reseller, distributor, and magazine support programs to help the Amiga community.
• We are also working on some user group support programs and improved communication programs.

• Completely new GUI for the mixer window
• Volume display per channel with PPM meters
• Resizable timeline
• Subgroups
• Realtime FX (no PPC yet :-( )
• Bars&Pipes start synchronisation
• CAMD start synchronisation
• New Record window with record level display

• Sternendatei mit weit über 500000 Daten
• 50000 Planeten und Asteroiden
• Strucktur der Milchstarsse
• u.v.m

• Unterstützung für die verschiedendsten Eingabegeräte (Maus, Tastatur, Joystick, SketchPad) über die verschiedendsten Schnittstellen (Bus, seriell, USB) auf Treiberebene, die nahtlos in's System integriert ist
• Ein neues, zuverlässiges Dateisystem, welches auch Partitionsgrößen von über 4GB zuläßt, sowie ein passendes Toolkit mit Reparatur- und Defrag-Programmen dazu
• Unterstützung für Streaming Audio/Video auf Treiber- und CODEC Basis, sodaß problemlos Quicktime, MPEG, AVI, etc. eingebunden werden können
• Vollständige Netzwerkunterstützung inklusive TCP/IP für WAN und LAN sowie der Möglichkeit, des gemeinsamen Zugriffes auf Festplatten und Drucker OHNE sich mit Mountlisten und Netmount Kommandos 'rumschlagen zu müssen. Da muß es schon ein automatisch erstelltes Listview mit allen im Netz verfügbaren Resourcen geben, von denen ich mir dann eine Auswahl per Drag&Drop auf die Workbench ziehen kann. Natürlich muß das System fehlertolerant sein. Eine Blockade, nur weil der angeforderte Rechner gerade nicht antwortet, ist undenkbar.

KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Weekly Summary

Week Commencing: 8th May 1999

Number: 020

Mailing List: kosh-general

In the mailing list this week, the following items were discussed. Please do
not email the scribe regarding any of these topics, it is not his job to answer
these questions but merely to report  the topics of conversation. If you have
any queries about this summary, please email ben@kosh.net, stating the Summary
Number, and Mailing List Name, and he will try to answer your queries.

a)

Subject: The KOSH Application

Summary of debate: It will be helpful that KOSH can run as an application on
                   other operating systems (as well as native versions). This
                   will allow people to use it and see its benefits without
                   having to leave their used-to environments.


b)

Subject: x86, 68k and PPC Slim Binary generation

Summary of debate: Suggested KOSH could have a tool to uncompile binaries in
                   the above formats (and more) and spit out the slimbinaries.
                   Would this be feasible?


c)

Subject: API recording

Summary of debate: Suggested KOSH could have a tool that records each and every
                   API call under a current OS in order to provide a list of
                   what can at all be called. This would provide a basis to
                   offer the same API while being different underneath and thus
                   not breaking copyright.


d)

Subject: Information Landscapes

Summary of debate: http://www.newsmaps.com has some new idea of presenting
                   "Information Landscapes" instead of hierarchical trees as we
                   know them. Could this be used for KOSH?


e)

Subject: VMware

Summary of debate: A PC trick that allows you to hot-context-switch between PC
                   OSs may be VMware. See http://www.vmware.com

                   It was asked if we should make hot-context switching a
                   standard feature of KOSH?


f)

Subject: Mass market retail channels and KOSH availability

Summary of debate: It was suggested that there is no need for KOSH to show up
                   in any retail channels until there is a good chance at
                   impulse buying - this is only just starting to happen with
                   Linux.


g)

Subject: KOSH Clones

Summary of debate: Making it easy to clone KOSH machines (whether licenced or
                   reverse engineered) would help to greatly increase the
                   installed user base of KOSH.


h)

Subject: Plugin HALs

Summary of debate: Suggested we could have software processors and multiple
                   HALs as plugin objects relatively easily.

ArtStudioPro         49DM
CandyFactoryPro      69DM
ElasticDreams        49DM
FantasticDreams      99DM

AE30-italiano.lha    biz/haage   17K+ArtEffect 3.0 - Italiano locale
AmBoS-Update.lha     comm/ambos 1.1M+AmBoS BBS Update 2.98a (05-05-99)
uuepro.lha           comm/fido   16K+Fastest & smartest 68k uuencode on Earth
dring.lha            comm/misc   31K+Distinctive ring for TrapDoor
AMarquee49.lha       comm/net   271K+V49.8 TCP Data Broadcast System (library
BackTest.lha         comm/www     3K+Test multiple WWW Backgrounds in a singl
HTTPResume.lha       comm/www   108K+Resume interrupted HTTP downloads
Cns2.lha             demo/mag   154K+CowsAndSnakefights diskmag #2
Cns_2.lha            demo/mag   154K+CowsAndSnakefights diskmag #2
PMManager.lha        dev/c      1.4M+Project-Make-Manager (PMM) for vbcc
OBEdit_src.lha       dev/e        4K+Source code for OBEdit - UFO/X-COM weapo
MCC_Pkb14_4.lha      dev/mui    157K+Piano keyboard, MUI-Class
MCC_TransferAn.lha   dev/mui    147K+MUI Custom Class for displaying transfer
fbackng.lha          disk/bakup  26K+FBackNG - Daily backup/mirror program.
rusdevdocs.lha       docs/misc   60K+AmigaOS and MUI programming, in Russian
so2.lha              game/2play 304K+Shoot Out 2. 2 player cat-and-mouse mayh
waveditor171.lha     game/2play  33K+A simple wave editor -small, but cool.
FreeCell1.7.lha      game/board  96K+Logical patience-type card game
F1GP_1999.lha        game/data    8K+1999 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (16-May-
speedup.lha          game/gag     1K+Small gag for MS windows. Use it on your
ufosg.lha            game/hint   40K+UFO Strategy Guide. Hints and tips for U
apt2.lha             game/misc  296K+Alien Pong Trilogy v2. Pong clone (duh!)
OBEdit.lha           game/misc   13K+UFO/X-COM weapons editor 
PacEasy.lha          game/patch   1K+Set of "Easy" Levels for "PacoMix 2"
SwosEditor15.lha     game/patch 188K+Allows Editing of SWOS Save Games.
DC240_Tool.lha       gfx/misc    32K+Tool for control of Kodak DC240 digicam
rescale111.lha       mus/edit    13K+Anti-alias resampling for RAW 8SVX sound
fixaiff_jf.lha       mus/misc     8K+Fixaiff V1.0 fixes aiffs for DelFX
Amoralplay1.2.lha    mus/play   107K+-*AMOREL*- No fuss multiformat(OSS etc.!
modplayer.lha        mus/play    40K+MOD Player v2.0 (A simple MOD Player)
ACG_Ranma.lha        pix/anim   3.4M+A ranma anim.
amigifanims.lha      pix/anim   148K+Amiga Online anims for webpage. 
atextbball.lha       pix/anim   2.4M+Nice raytrace anim (ham8)
rot_goldami.lha      pix/anim   1.3M+Nice raytrace anim
WF7_MVS-Blur1.mpg    pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Blur 1 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Blur2.mpg    pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Blur 2 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Film1.mpg    pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Film 1 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Film2.mpg    pix/anim   507K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Film 2 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Film3.mpg    pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Film 3 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Twist5.mpg   pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Twist 5 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Twist6.mpg   pix/anim   505K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Twist 6 Anim 
GlenBOOTpics.lha     pix/boot   2.5M+11 assorted boot pictures.
GlenBOOTpicsP.jpg    pix/boot    60K+11 assorted boot pictures (PREVIEW)
JaysWB.jpg           pix/wb     670K+Pic of my CGX 1600*1200*16 workbench, ju
GatewayTools.lha     util/cli   840K+Various tools for use in CLI
SetInput.lha         util/cli     2K+Select the pointer's input.   Flexible  
VersCheck.lha        util/cli   277K+Check your libs,MUI,devs,dtypes,classes,
WoW.lha              util/conv   42K+Text converter (Html, Ww6, Rtf, Ascii, A
graphics3d.lha       util/libs  268K+3D graphics shared library V15.10
YAMM.lha             util/moni   23K+YAMM - Monitors mem levels, can give war
FWCalendar.lha       util/rexx   59K+THE calendar creator for FW & Pagestream
hdpp20.lha           util/wb     94K+HDPP v2.0 (A Hard Drive Password Protect
MultiSplit.lha       util/wb     39K+MultiSplit ger. GUI-FileSplitter
netdock.lha          util/wb     87K+NetDOCK (the original)

ligamanager.lha      biz/dbase  377K+German database for sport leagues V3.3
FTPlocal.lha         biz/dopus    2K+Set up individual local paths for each F
RecoverDelDir.lha    biz/dopus   92K+AFS/PFS2/SFS undeletetool (english,germa
CompareInc.lha       biz/misc   117K+Track income & taxes from multiple jobs
PGSUniFilter16.lha   biz/patch  246K+V1.6 PageStream V3.x/V4.x Gfx Import Fil
AmBoS-Update.lha     comm/ambos 1.2M+AmBoS BBS Update 2.98 (26-04-99)
YamCheckNew.lha      comm/mail    1K+Uses Say to report new mail in Yam after
dring.lha            comm/misc   31K+Distinctive ring for TrapDoor
IBrowse_swe.lha      comm/www     9K+Swedish .catalog-file for IBrowse 1.22
PSB-Planeta.lha      demo/aga   1.9M+"planeta psb" by psb_dk. r/r meeting`99 
MWI-Excess03.lha     demo/mag   1.9M+Excess #03 by Madwizards - demoscene mag
e_select_gc.lha      dev/e        9K+Amiga E modules for select.gadget
Dkg-prices.lha       docs/anno    1K+Pricelist for Amiga products at DarkAge
RedDwarf-quote.lha   docs/hyper  21K+RedDwarf Quotes
TexWiller-Lyr.lha    docs/hyper   1K+Tex Willer Lyrics
VideoArcadeFAQ.lha   docs/hyper   8K+Video Arcade FAQ
Lapp-Faq.lha         docs/lists  10K+List of Arcade & Pinball ports
sharks.lha           game/actio 203K+Action-diving 
DDragon5-FAQ.lha     game/hint    3K+FAQ for Double Dragon 5 (SNES)
EOB2-spoilers.lha    game/hint    5K+Eye Of The Beholder 2 spoilers
FriDayThe13th.lha    game/hint    5K+FAQ for Friday The 13th (NES)
HiddenGame-FAQ.lha   game/hint    7K+Hidden Games FAQ
MrDo-FAQ.lha         game/hint    7K+Mr.Do FAQ
NorthStar-FAQ.lha    game/hint    1K+FAQ for Fist of NorthStar Ken (PSX)
OSS_Colonel.lha      game/hint    4K+Colonel`s Bequest Solve (German)
OSS_IronLord.lha     game/hint    2K+Iron Lord Solve (German)
OSS_Larry5f.lha      game/hint    6K+Larry 5 Solve final (German)
OSS_MH-NY.lha        game/hint    4K+Manhunter New York Solve (German)
OSS_Rise.lha         game/hint    3K+Rise of the Dragon Solve (German)
OSS_Rockstar.lha     game/hint    2K+Rock Star ate my hamster Solve (German)
SuperGFMiniMix.lha   game/hint   16K+Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix FAQ
SMC.lha              game/patch  30K+SWOS Money Cheat (tested with 95/96)
ifx_jpeg.lha         gfx/ifx     82K+JPEG ImageFX loader. PPC version (1.3)
PowerCrawlerFr.lha   gfx/misc    24K+French catalog for PowerCrawler 1.31
Show.lha             gfx/show   374K+Cybergfx only picture viewer (040+PPC) V
sJFIF1.4.52.lha      gfx/show    20K+JFIF viewer for AGA AmigOS
ICS.lha              hard/misc  1.3M+V1.02 ICS - professional color correctio
mame060.lha          misc/emu   2.2M+Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 0.35.12
mameppc.lha          misc/emu   3.2M+Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 0.35.12
mamesrc.lha          misc/emu   387K+Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 0.35.12
imdbDiff990507.lha   misc/imdb  1.6M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
A2-MMulti_4.lha      mods/misc  2.4M+Astrosyn`2 - multichannel music compo en
salty_darkspac.mpg   mods/mpg   3.4M Mpeg file by Stu -Drum+Bass
salty_procras1.mpg   mods/mpg   3.4M Hiphop Mpeg by Salty.
salty_rapture.mpg    mods/mpg   7.6M Mpeg file by No Presets -Drum+Bass
salty_ReTroit.mpg    mods/mpg   4.1M Mpeg file by Salty, House
salty_ruder.mpg      mods/mpg   7.0M Mpeg file by Salty, Bigbeat
salty_shade.mpg      mods/mpg   5.4M Mpeg file by Salty, Drum+Bass
salty_waffler.mpg    mods/mpg   4.2M Mpeg file by Jorj, Drum+Bass
mvp_0041.lha         mods/mvp   887K+MoPlayaz - timez
WF7_MVS-Persp1.mpg   pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Perspect 1 An
WF7_MVS-Persp2.mpg   pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Perspec 2 Ani
WF7_MVS-Persp3.mpg   pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Perspect 3 An
WF7_MVS-Twist1.mpg   pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Twist 1 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Twist2.mpg   pix/anim   505K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Twist 2 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Twist3.mpg   pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Twist 3 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Twist4.mpg   pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Twist 4 Anim 
YureWB.jpg           pix/wb     104K+One of the best 800x600 WB. Yure's BVisi
CMQ030.lha           util/boot    3K+Patch CopyMem/Quick for 68030 v1.1
CMQ060.lha           util/boot   12K+Patch CopyMem/Quick for 68060(040) v1.4
PlayMidi.lha         util/dtype   3K+V1.0 Plays MIDI Files via GMPlay & cli.d
wavdt41.lha          util/dtype   8K+Datatype for wave sounds (41.4)
ppclibemu.lha        util/libs  101K+Ppc.library emulation under WarpOS
RudeTaper.lha        util/misc   37K+Records/Plays keyboard and mouse events 
Whatson.lha          util/misc   32K+Parse and view TV listings files v 1.1
2b_mv_os2.lha        util/sys    80K+OS 2.0+ MultiView replacement
ABeat.lha            util/time    2K+Simply Swatch-Beat clock.
PowerWBfr.lha        util/wb     14K+French catalog for PowerWB 0.5

• H&P hat den Ripper Award bekommen.
• AmigaOS 3.5 kann für 99,50 DM vorbestellt werden.
• Überarbeitete Produktübersicht

AlphaBase.lha        biz/dbase  206K+V2.2.4 Universal database, English/Germa
GarTheme.lha         biz/dopus  542K+Garfield Theme (fixed version) for Opus 
teletubbies.lha      biz/dopus  1.6M+Teletubbies Theme for Opus Magellan II
AMOSList-0399.lzh    dev/amos   257K+Messages about AMOS during March 1999
AMOSList-0499.lzh    dev/amos   627K+Messages about AMOS during April 1999
MCC_TransAnim.lha    dev/mui    148K+MUI Custom Class for displaying transfer
M-IkkokuLyrics.lha   docs/hyper  10K+Maison Ikkoku lyrics
StarMag18.lha        docs/mags  388K+Ultimate German Diskmag, DECRUNCH IT!
Tanx_Squadron.lha    game/actio 3.4M+Turn Based Stratergy
wilson.mpg           mods/mpg   1.7M+Chorale music about California's former 
zebolah.mpg          mods/mpg   2.3M+Afro-Cuban Drumming.
PSA_Tutorial1.lha    mus/misc   1.6M+A tutorial for 'ProStationAudio', a high
fr-otpor.lha         pix/art      5K+OTPOR logo by freak
gedcobol_2.lha       text/edit   33K+COBOL GoldED synatax parser cHArRiOTt :)
TransFont_2.3.lha    text/font   55K+Bitmap font code page converter
GuidEd.lha           text/hyper 130K+Amigaguide editor 
AutoRunNG.lha        util/cdity  13K+Execute script if you insert volume.
headbanger.lha       util/pack    8K+XPK based adaptive file compressor

TC-Kal.lha           biz/misc    99K+TurboCalc-Calender for Every Year with m
WW7Dt_Upd.lha        biz/patch   11K+Wordworth 7 German catalog update (appro
Fluffy_Guide.lha     comm/maxs   15K+Fluffy Net Guide (11-May-99)
Log_User_11.lha      comm/maxs    8K+Keeps a log of callers on the BBS.
MAXs_Files.lha       comm/maxs   95K+Gremlins MAXs file listings (04/99)
DragonDaemon.lha     comm/misc  215K+Dialer and more for "Speed Dragon"
webplug_ger.lha      comm/net     9K+New german Catalog for WebplugV1.45
MiamiPhone.lha       comm/tcp    62K+V1.51 The Miami Phone Log Analyzer (MUI)
HTTPResume_Ger.lha   comm/www     2K+German localization for HTTPResume v1.6
lsalad.lha           dev/amos     0K+Letter-Salad - nice effect with letters
Code_GalagaWar.lha   dev/basic  329K+Galaga Wars sourcecode (Space-Shooter, B
Code_MechKonst.lha   dev/basic  462K+Mech-Konstruktor sourcecode (Blitz Basic
Code_NuclearAs.lha   dev/basic  333K+Nuclear Assault sourcecode (Action, Blit
select_gc.lha        dev/gui     63K+BOOPSI pop-up, cycle and button gadget
Python151.lha        dev/lang   998K+Python language 1.5.1 (bin+lib)
Python152_Doc.lha    dev/lang   817K+Python 1.5.2 documentation (HTML)
a590faq.txt          docs/help   19K+How to bring your A590 up-to-date FAQ
BA-SFSG.lha          docs/hyper  13K+Bryan Adams So Far... guide
Equally.lha          docs/hyper  10K+Updated Catatonia Lyrics guide
pfs2.txt             docs/rview  12K+REVIEW: Professional File System 2 v4.2
bugDEMO.lha          game/2play 171K+V1.80 (30-4-99) Demo of Bug Bomber
Tanx_Squadron.lha    game/actio 3.4M+Turn Based Stratergy
ADescentPPC.lha      game/shoot 647K+Amiga Descent Version 0.8 (PPC,WarpUp)
ADescentPPCW3D.lha   game/shoot 669K+Amiga Descent Version 0.8 (PPC,Warp3D)
cybershow93a.lha     gfx/board  137K+SlideShow&Viewer(incl.PCD)for CybGfx&AGA
VE-unkregion.lha     gfx/edit     1K+Visual Eng. - Unknown Region v1.02
photoalbum63b.lha    gfx/misc   227K+Picture management (incl.PCD) for AGA&Cy
cbsv022b.lha         misc/emu   172K+ZX-Spectrum128k emulator + TR-DOS v0.22b
scatter.lha          misc/sci    40K+A program for creating Scatter Plots  
TrumPets.lha         mods/pop   420K+Funny tune by Antonio
Cdcollect.jpg        pix/imagi  565K+1280 x 1024 Imagine render of a pair of 
AKDiddlWB.lha        pix/wb      60K+A screenshot of my 8-col. MagicWB
CedBar.lha           text/edit  158K+Command bar & GUIs for CEd
PrtManUpd.lha        text/print  16K+Minor update for PrtMan (39.24)
Scegli.lha           util/boot   50K+Very configurable localized bootmenu w/ 
HTML-Creator.lha     util/misc  136K+Package to create HTML pages for CD-ROMs
AddBuffers.lha       util/sys     3K+Replaces original AddBuffers command (38
FullPalette22.lha    util/wb     37K+Define, save & lock ALL Workbench colors

It has been a long time now, but there is nothing bad
going on the Amiga virus scene. But that is good news
for us all...

But Jan Erik Olausen has released a new update on
VirusExecutor, here is some info about the release:

Name : VirusExecutor v1.81c
Archive name : ve_181c.lha
Archive size : 72.838 bytes
Release date: 10 May 1999
System : OS 2.04 or higher
Programmer Jan Erik Olausen

News : - VE can now unlink linked files... Thanks to Jan
     Andersen for sending me some linked files.
   - Removed stupid requester: "Seem like you own
     an old VirusExecutor". And some other stuff
     that I do't remember.
   - Notice my new email adress...

KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Weekly Summary

Week Commencing: 1st May 1999

Number: 019

Mailing List: kosh-general

In the mailing list this week, the following items were discussed. Please do
not email the scribe regarding any of these topics, it is not his job to answer
these questions but merely to report  the topics of conversation. If you have
any queries about this summary, please email ben@kosh.net, stating the Summary
Number, and Mailing List Name, and he will try to answer your queries.

a)

Subject: KOSH General ML Summaries

Summary of debate: These can be found both on the KOSH URL and at
                   http://www.mythicz.u-net.com

                   John Chandler also hopes to have a KOSH page up and running
                   soon and is interested in learning of links to other KOSH
                   pages.

b)

Subject: Bit size for KOSH OS

Summary of debate: It was asked if we are writing a 64-bit OS. The reply came
                   that we are writing an n-bit scalable OS that could easily
                   scale from 32-bit (and lower if needed) to 64-bit and more
                   if physical CPU and/or virtual implementation allow.

                   KOSH will not have address pointers exposed at the
                   application level. They will be within any HLL but that is
                   fixed on a recompile. At the API level there are object
                   references nominally somewhere between 64-bit and 128-bit.
                   Only an Object Manager will have any clue what an object
                   reference actually is.

                   Questions then posed: Can HLL and Object Manager be changed
                   so that applications can continue seamlessly? Could running
                   objects be moved from one machine to another, different one?


c)

Subject: Alternative OS Project - UNIOS

Summary of debate: A different OS project similar to KOSH can be seen at
                   http://unios.dhs.org/index.html


d)

Subject: KOSH Aminet

Summary of debate: Suggested we could see if it would be possible to get a KOSH
                   section on Aminet as there are files relating to NetBSD and
                   Linux already present - and KOSH will be ported to AmigaOS
                   (in one form or another).


e)

Subject: Abstracted KOSH and running multiple simultaneous OSses

Summary of debate: With software processors and the ability to maintain
                   multiple HALs as interchangeable objects and the ability to
                   maintain multiple HALs as interchangeable objects to allow
                   the system to view the ability to maintain the same hardware
                   in many different ways, we could make it relatively easy to
                   run multiple operating systems simultaneously. If we could
                   find a way of legally abstracting away and translating API
                   calls - WINE springs to mind - we could have crossplatform
                   software running relatively transparently.

                   However for something like this we would have to change the
                   OS - in essence port it to a new machine, much as has been
                   discussed for "hosted" KOSH.


f)

Subject: KOSH Survey

Summary of debate: Greg Webb and the Surveying Working Group have a preliminary
                   survey which they will show to us soon for comments. This
                   will be primarily to gather information from the wider world
                   about what should be included in KOSH and what it should
                   look/feel like.


g)

Subject: Correction to Summary 18 - Greg's email address

Summary of debate: Greg Webb's correct email address is
                   greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk

Football.lha         biz/dbase  182K+*NEW* Version 2.3 - Control your own lea
HomeCINEMA.lha       biz/dbase  100K+V1.31 - THE German Video Database
MUIbase-1.1.lha      biz/dbase  985K+Powerful programmable relational databas
VowaData.lha         biz/dbase   98K+Datafile Update for VorwahlenGui
GolemBetaDemo.lha    biz/demo   190K+0.78 - Business soft for firms (PL only)
TCPhoneBill.lha      biz/misc    10K+Tables For German Phone Bill! (V1.2a)
fwml9904.lha         biz/swood   25K+Messages about FW during April 1999
fg-axn7.lha          comm/amiex 161K+AX-News (XIM Door)  Read/Write on USENET
GS_Hint.lha          comm/irc     5K+Multiplayer hint/scramble game (v1.1) fo
amigancp.lha         comm/misc  274K+Link Amiga to Psion S3/S5 palmtops
dc210wizard12.lha    comm/misc  129K+Tool for Kodak DC210 digital camera
DragonDaemon.lha     comm/misc  215K+Dialer and more for "Speed Dragon"
Homebank_SK.lha      comm/misc  354K+Homebanking (only german Sparkasse!)
RS_C_+Miami.lha      comm/misc   11K+Config-files for "RecentScript+Miami"
TTimeDeluxe.lha      comm/misc  555K+Displays Phonecosts online (Germany only
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icr.lha              comm/www    45K+Restores IBrowse cached WWW pages for lo
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djmix.lha            dev/amos    89K+DJMIX - simulates a phono-player
funkyzator.lha       dev/amos    13K+NEW! makes your text look fUnKy!
Mazer.lha            dev/amos   135K+Generate mazes for fun and profit (?)
mousing.lha          dev/amos     1K+Let s your Amiga Sing with the Mouse
blitzfix.lha         dev/basic   11K+[Blitz2] Fix for the 3rd parameter bug
BitMap24.lha         dev/c       47K+A simple 24 bit bitmap C++ class
wosdb.lha            dev/debug   33K+A simple WarpOS/PowerOpen debugger
ADV133.lha           dev/misc    49K+A really neat autodoc viewer v1.33 (OS3.
FusionV1_0.lha       dev/misc   111K+AGA Palette manipulation for programmers
fbackng.lha          disk/bakup  26K+Utility to make daily backup of changed 
fda.lha              disk/cache 348K+Now write-able!!! V1.4
fda_d_DviPS.lha      disk/cache 224K+German documentation in DVI, PS & texinf
ANews.lha            docs/anno    7K+ANews french magazine announce
AMIyNET40.lha        docs/hyper 1.5M+Spanish Amiga Internet users list.(HTML)
Equally.lha          docs/hyper   9K+Catatonia Lyrics in guide form
ClassesGuide.lha     docs/lists  78K+A Guide of Amiga custom BOOPSI classes. 
ARock5.lha           docs/mags  604K+Italian Music Magazine (in italiano!)
ascene0E.lha         docs/mags  1.4M+First Austrian Online Amigazine, Apr.99
EuroChamp.lha        docs/misc   23K+Statistics of soccer Euro Champs '60-'96
fc_apr99.txt         docs/misc    2K+FreeCell ML messages - Apr 1999
WorldCup.lha         docs/misc  110K+Statistics of soccer World Cups '30-'98
bug.lha              game/2play  22K+V1.80 (30-4-99) Guide for Bug Bomber
XFire2PV.lha         game/actio 797K+68k/WOS AGA/RTG 1-4pl HighEnd shoot'em u
amicheats.lha        game/hint  3.0M+03-May-1999 HTML mirror of Ami Cheats we
OSS_Cauldron.lha     game/hint    2K+The Black Cauldron Solve (German)
OSS_China.lha        game/hint    4K+Heart of China Solve (German)
OSS_GRush.lha        game/hint   25K+Gold Rush Solve (German)
OSS_HQ1.lha          game/hint   36K+Hero`s Quest 1 Solve (German)
OSS_HQ2.lha          game/hint   31K+Hero`s Quest 2 Solve (German)
OSS_Iceman.lha       game/hint    5K+Codename Iceman Solve (German)
OSS_Indy3.lha        game/hint    9K+Indiana Jones 3 Solve (German)
OSS_Indy4.lha        game/hint   45K+Indiana Jones 4 Solve (German)
OSS_KQ1.lha          game/hint    7K+King`s Quest 1 Solve (German)
OSS_KQ4.lha          game/hint    5K+King`s Quest 4 Solve (German)
OSS_Larry1.lha       game/hint    5K+Larry 1 Solve (German)
OSS_Larry2.lha       game/hint    8K+Larry 2 Solve (German)
OSS_Larry3.lha       game/hint   33K+Larry 3 Solve (German)
OSS_Larry5.lha       game/hint    7K+Larry 5 Solve (German)
OSS_Loom.lha         game/hint    5K+Loom Solve (German)
OSS_Mansion.lha      game/hint    3K+Maniac Mansion Solve (German)
OSS_MI1.lha          game/hint    9K+Monkey Island 1 Solve (German)
OSS_MI2.lha          game/hint   13K+Monkey Island 2 Solve (German)
OSS_PQ1.lha          game/hint   27K+Police Quest 1 Solve (German)
OSS_PQ2.lha          game/hint    6K+Police Quest 2 Solve (German)
OSS_PQ3.lha          game/hint    7K+Police Quest 3 Solve (German)
OSS_SQ1.lha          game/hint    3K+Space Quest 1 Solve (German)
OSS_SQ2.lha          game/hint   13K+Space Quest 2 Solve (German)
OSS_SQ3.lha          game/hint   15K+Space Quest 3 Solve (German)
OSS_SQ4.lha          game/hint    7K+Space Quest 4 Solve (German)
OSS_Willy.lha        game/hint    4K+Willy Beamish Solve (German)
OSS_Zak.lha          game/hint   10K+Zak McKracken Solve (German)
rfmpro10.lha         game/misc  672K+Most playable soccer manager ever(German
WHDF29.lha           game/patch  25K+HD Installer for F-29 Retaliator
Scott.lha            game/role   71K+Adventure interpreter for Scott Adams cl
DropZone.lha         game/shoot 342K+Based on Archer Maclean's classic
Zodesdemo.lha        game/shoot  10M+Jump & Run Game
inform621.lha        game/text  137K+68000 Compiler for ZMachine/Infocom game
inform621_030.lha    game/text  136K+68030 Compiler for ZMachine/Infocom game
inform_lib69.lha     game/text   84K+Libraries for Inform - V6/9.
MUIMineSrc.lha       game/think 102K+C Source code for MUIMine V1.2
R4_DSN.lha           gfx/3dobj  1.7M+Deep Space Nine for monzoom/REFLECTIONS
G-DEC.lha            gfx/conv   285K+Simple AnimGif Decompiler
DIYrekoEnh.lha       gfx/ifx    181K+Create REKO and Soliton cardsets
GreyToColor.lha      gfx/ifx      1K+AutoFX script for ImageFX
Mavica_411.lha       gfx/ifx      5K+Mavica .411 loader for ImageFX
Safety.lha           gfx/ifx      1K+Generates Title Safety and Action Safety
SaveBufferILBM.lha   gfx/ifx      1K+AutoFX script for ImageFX
SaveBufferJPEG.lha   gfx/ifx      1K+AutoFX script for ImageFX
SaveBufferTIFF.lha   gfx/ifx      2K+AutoFX script for ImageFX
Scale_Absolute.lha   gfx/ifx      2K+AutoFX script for ImageFX
VisibleHuman.lha     gfx/ifx      7K+Visible Human Project loaders for ImageF
photoalbum63a.lha    gfx/misc   227K+Picture management (incl.PCD) for AGA&Cy
Mnu3.lha             gfx/show   265K+Fabulous Realtime Animation Synthesizer.
sjfif.lha            gfx/show    20K+JFIF viewer for AGA AmigOS
Spitfire.lha         hard/drivr 273K+A Palm Desktop for the Amiga!
A1k2-KEYB.lha        hard/hack  136K+Pinout of A1200Rev.2B keyboard connector
ICSProfiles.lha      hard/misc  145K+Scanner Profiles for ICS V1.0x
AmigaVGBPPC.lha      misc/emu   176K+Rev7: FASTEST Gameboy-emulator for PPC+C
imdbDiff990430.lha   misc/imdb  2.9M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
melody.lha           mods/med    82K+Tuneful OctaMED Soundstudio mod
sta-id42.lha         mods/med   183K+Static Presentz Independance v2 Exe
dream.mpg            mods/mpg   2.8M+Dream of penguins. Hard/Classictrance (M
taste.lha            mods/ooze  482K+"a taste of love" (xm) by tribal
TrumPetSpeakin.lha   mods/pop   420K+Funny tune by Antonio
Booze.lha            mods/pro   287K+Booze or Grooves - By Nemesis/Zenon^Dyna
FunkJam.lha          mods/techn 188K+"Funky Jam" By Sniper, awesome dance tun
MuscleBass.lha       mods/techn 284K+"MuscleBass" Dance tune.
M_O_N.lha            mods/techn 301K+"Middle of Nowhere" Dance tune.
SniperF.lha          mods/techn 212K+"Track 01" Dance/Techno tune.
SniperJ.lha          mods/tranc 189K+"Track 02" Dance/Trance tune! Excellent.
MelodyRecGUI.lha     mus/edit    70K+GUI for MelodyRecord
symEDIT.lha          mus/edit    78K+Symphonie 3.2
EP_RobHubbard.lha    mus/play     4K+EaglePlayer Rob Hubbard external replaye
LETOFishyKitty.lha   pix/anim   171K+Anim with Sounds - by Leto Kauler
WF7_MVS-4Wat.mpg     pix/anim   504K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - 4xWater Anim 
WF7_MVS-Merg1.mpg    pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Merge 1 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Merg2.mpg    pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Merge 2 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Wat1.mpg     pix/anim   505K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Water 1 Anim 
WF7_MVS-Wat2.mpg     pix/anim   506K+Wildfire 7 - MVS Example - Water 2 Anim 
ACallToArms.jpg      pix/mark   347K+Cardassian and Dominion forces at DS9
ALF.jpg              pix/misc   318K+Amiga Life Form by Chipset :)
Cow2.jpg             pix/misc   101K+What really happened to the mutilated co
MascotOurs.jpg       pix/misc    31K+L'Ours au Boing - The New Amiga Award
GGWB_by_Bubel.jpg    pix/wb     219K+Screenshot of my BVision WB
slishbench.jpg       pix/wb      89K+Grab of a very stylish 800x600x16 WB B)
GuidEd.lha           text/hyper 128K+Amigaguide editor 
Epson_400.lha        text/print  14K+Epson Stylus 400/440 Driver for WB V1.9
prtman39.lha         text/print 146K+Printmanager for AmigaOS3 (39.23)
Fvc.lha              text/show   18K+*NEW UPDATE* A useful companion to your 
LZXRepacker172.lha   util/arc     7K+Repack LHA/ARJ/ZIP/RAR/HA/TAR/TGZ to LZX
BK_RemPPCLib.lha     util/boot    1K+BlizKick-Module: Disables ppc.library
Scegli.lha           util/boot   50K+Very configurable localized bootmenu w/ 
SRename.lha          util/cli    51K+Advanced rename/renumber CLI program.
HTML-Creator.lha     util/misc  100K+Create HTML pages for CD-ROMs (German) (
FWCalendar.lha       util/rexx   59K+THE calendar creator for FW & Pagestream
rxasl.lha            util/rexx   16K+Rxasl.library 4.1 asl functions for ARex
AddBuffe.lha         util/sys     2K+Replaces original AddBuffers command (38
AmiInternetTim.lha   util/time   15K+Swatch internet time for Amiga!
ProcessIcon.lha      util/wb     12K+V1.10 CLI tool to manipulate icon data

• Wasted Dreams MasterCD wird gepresst und wird in 10 Tagen fertig sein.
• Wir haben ein neues Videoformat entwickelt, welches erlaubt, Animationen im Fullscreen und ohne schwarzen Rand abzuspielen und zwar schon auf einem A1200 mit einem 4fach-CD-ROM.
• Aufgrund eines Systemcrashs vorige Woche kann es sein, daß wir einige eMails verloren haben. Wenn Sie uns also kontaktiert haben und keine Antwort erhalten, bitte die eMail erneut senden.

• Wählen von Telefonnummern
• Auslesen der Gebührenzähler
• Löschen der Gebührenzähler
• Einfache Requester für Informationen, Fehleranzeige und "Ja/Nein"-Abfragen

• Nummerneingabe über Tastenkombination aktivierbar
• Auswahl eines Analogports zum Telefonieren
• Wahlwiederholung der letzten 10 Nummern
• Nummernauswahl aus ASCII-Nummernliste
• Anzeige eines eventuell genutzten alternativen Anbieters
• Für Deutschland: Unterstützt alternative Telefongesellschaften durch halbautomatisches Call-By-Call (konfigurierbar)

• Konfigurieren von Call-By-Call Bedingungen
• Wähl-Makro für Adressverwaltung "ADM"
• Wähl-Makro für Adressverwaltung "DFA"
• Aktivieren des Wählmoduls von Workbench und Shell. Nummer und Port können als Shell-Parameter oder Tooltypes übergeben werden.
• Tool zum Auslesen der Gebührenzähler und speichern in eine Logdatei (für Workbench und Shell)
• Tool zum Wählen von Telefonnummern über das Hilfmittel- Menü der Workbench

• Beschleunigt sämtliche Medien wie z.B.*: Festplatten-, Floppy-, Compact-, ZIP, MagnetOptical- oder SyQuest-Laufwerke, nahezu wie eine RamDrive.
• Nutzt den freien Speicher als Cache; das Ergebnis ist, daß das Programm vollautomatisch auf Veränderungen der Speicherressourcen reagiert, wodurch Sie jederzeit die maximal mögliche Geschwindigkeit Ihrer Laufwerke auskosten können. Selbst "speicherhungrige" Programme werden so zufrieden gestellt.
• Ist das schnellste Cache Programm. Beschleunigt Festplatten um den Faktor 2 - 20, Disketten um den Faktor 2 - 997.
• Schreibzugriffe werden gesammelt, um später, beim Zurückschreiben zum Laufwerk, den Schreibkopf von der höchsten zur niedrigsten Adresse, "gleiten" zu lassen.
• Sanfteres, paralleles Schreiben und Lesen im Multitasking.
• Smart-Power-Technologie: Minimiert die Anzahl der Zugriffe auf die Disk.
• SmartCache: Lädt Blöcke im vorraus (read-ahead).
• Unterstützt DiskSafe (Niemals ungültige Platten).
• Unterstützt DiskExpander, Virtual-Memory-Manger (VMM), XFH, Temporäre Dateien und World-Wide-Web Browser.
• Unterstützt FileSystems mit einer variablen Block-größe.
• Unterstützt Festplatten mit einer 4 GigaByte Kapazität oder mehr.
• Keine Fragmentierung (Zerstückelung) des Speichers. (Im Gegenteil zu DynamiCache.)

• 1. Bilder vom Clubtreffen vom 07.05.99
• Neue Bilder vom 08.05.99
• Heiße Amigas am 08.05.99!!!

• Relationale, programmierbare Datenbank.
• Bearbeitung von mehreren Projekten gleichzeitig.
• Feldtypen: String, Memo (mehrzeiliger Text), Integer, Real, Datum, Zeit, Bool, Choice (Auswahl eines Eintrags aus einer Menge), Referenz (Zeiger auf einen Datensatz einer anderen Tabelle), Button (zum Starten eines MUIbase- Programms) und Virtuell (Wert wird berechnet, wenn er gerade benötigt wird).
• Der String-Datentyp kann auch Listen von Strings, Dateinamen und Fontnamen verwalten. Ein OS 3.x datatype Feld erlaubt die Anzeige von externen Bildern.
• Unbegrenzte Anzahl an Datensätzen.
• Dynamisches Laden der Datensätze. Datensätze, die gerade nicht benötigt werden, werden automatisch auf Platte ausgelagert.
• Programmierbarkeit. Die einfache aber sehr mächtige MUIbase-Programmiersprache erlaubt die Realisierung von beliebig komplexen Abläufen. Die Programmiersprache enthält auch eine SELECT-FROM-WHERE-Anweisung, um einfach und schnell Daten abzufragen.
• Import und Export von Datensätzen.
• Benutzt MUI als Benutzeroberfläche. Die Oberfläche kann auf die Wünsche des Benutzers angepaßt werden. Externe Bilder können mit in die Oberfläche integriert werden.
• Portierbarkeit. Die Entwicklung von MUIbase geschah mit der Idee einer einfachen Portierung auf andere Systeme. Die System- und Oberflächen-Softwaremodule wurden von den anderen Modulen getrennt, so daß eine Portierung von MUIbase auf ein anderes System nur die Portrierung dieser Teile erfordert. Der Autor prüft zur Zeit eine mögliche Java-Portierung der Benutzeroberfläche. Dies würde die Datenbank für fast alle Computersysteme, einschließlich Linux, Windows und MacOS, verfügbar machen.

• Die spinnen die Römer... Oder verschenkt VMC HyperCOM's?
• Neue HyperCOM 1 auch mit ClockPort Verlängerung!
• Neue HyperCOM 3+ für A1200, BuddaFlash und CatWeasel-Z2 ist da!
• HyperCOM 1 nicht mehr im deutschen Fachhandel?
• Kein Support mehr für MicroniK Zorro-Boards!

KOSH [Kommunity Orientated Software Hardware]

Weekly Summary

Week Commencing: 24th April 1999

Number: 018

Mailing List: kosh-general

In the mailing list this week, the following items were discussed. Please do
not email the scribe regarding any of these topics, it is not his job to answer
these questions but merely to report  the topics of conversation. If you have
any queries about this summary, please email ben@kosh.net, stating the Summary
Number, and Mailing List Name, and he will try to answer your queries.

a)

Subject: Location of KOSH Book List

Summary of debate: It was expressed that a mirror of the KOSH Book List should
                   be on the main http://www.kosh.net site.


b)

Subject: Query on the survey content (continued)

Summary of debate: Following from last weeks query as to whether a KOSH survey
                   should ask if alien file formats should be supported (see
                   point "n" from last weeks survey) it was suggested that the
                   question should be posed as this would give an idea as to
                   whether this should be setup in KOSH as a default or
                   optional setting.

                   A question like this could present an insentive to fill in
                   the questionnaire and would give people the feeling that
                   their views are being heard.

                   Alternatively the question "What file formats would you like
                   supported initially in KOSH?" could be asked. This could
                   generate a list too large to implement or could result in
                   people worrying that they had forgotten to include one in
                   their reply to the survey.

                   With KOSH, as with datatypes, virtually any format can be
                   supported - if not initially then simply by adding the
                   relevant object to the sea.

                   One suggestion in answer to the questions posed was that we
                   could have a range of useful data objects, one for each form
                   of data, one for lossy compression (with options for
                   different packing) and a very powerful import/export filter
                   to speak to non KOSH systems.

                   For further details please consult the KOSH Surveying
                   Working Group.


c)

Subject: The Free Expression Project

Summary of debate: This project aims "to develop a copylefted suite of
                   streaming media tools (server, client, encoders, and
                   codec(s)...[The aim] is to provide free tools for artists
                   who want to use the Web as a distribution medium..., and to
                   make Linux a viable platform for them to use."

                   See: http://www.free-expression.org/ from which the above
                   quote was taken.

                   It was mentioned that this is part of an attempt to ensure
                   free formats to spread free news feeds and entertainment.
                   It appears to be targeted at a few large organisations who
                   currently control the market.

                   Presumably the activities of Free Expression are something
                   KOSH could be involved with.


d)

Subject: Developers for KOSH

Summary of debate: See: http://java.oreilly.com/news/newos_0499.html which
                   could be a niche for KOSH and provide volunteers for
                   development.


e)

Subject: KOSH matter

Summary of debate: The fact that there are two levels of "matter" available
                   when discussing data in KOSH, bit streams and structures was
                   described. A data entity is always a bit stream; anything
                   above that is dependent upon the applied structure.

                   It was favourably expressed that this applied structure
                   could be defined using XML, with a DTD for every structure
                   that we use.


f)

Subject: Books on OS development

Summary of debate: A number of books were described on the above subject.
                   Details of them can be found on the KOSH Book list site (yes
                   that's an attempt to get everyone to look at it). The URL is
                   in previous summaries (yes that's an attempt to get
                   everyone to re-read them...you do read them don't you?).


g)

Subject: Web Author for KOSH wanted

Summary of debate: A web author/designer/coder for the KOSH project is
                   currently wanted by a number of people on the General
                   Mailing List. If you are interested in this voluntary post
                   then please contact the ML (email:kosh-general@kosh.net).

                   We need someone who has the ability and time to help get the
                   KOSH URL back up and running.

                   Please note that although this post is completely voluntary.
                   There is currently no funds available to pay for any work
                   done (including costs incurred from, for example uploading
                   via a charged telephone call). Pay -may- (no guarantee) come
                   about in the end in the form of KOSH Virtual Credits.

                   Further, the above post has been "created" by your humble
                   scribe as a result of the posts to the General KOSH ML. It
                   is not "official" (if anything truly is with the way KOSH is
                   organised to allow anyone to help in any way). Even so, if
                   you are interested and can demonstrate that you have both
                   the time and ability to help create a URL we would -very-
                   much like to hear from you.


h)

Subject: File formats

Summary of debate: A lot of information on file formats can be found at
                   http://www.wotsit.org


i)

Subject: KOSH Web Site revamped with regular columns on relevant subjects

Summary of debate: The KOSH URL will soon be back up and running (it may be by
                   the time you read this). Greg Webb would like to hear from
                   anyone who would like to write a column - one off or a
                   series on anything related to KOSH. Ideally this will be in
                   English, but any language is OK if a proof reader is
                   available.

                   Please email greg@gpwebb.freeserve.co.uk if you can help.

GarTheme.lha         biz/dopus  542K+Garfield Theme for Opus Magellan II
FAQs-deutsch.lha     biz/haage   53K+FAQs, german version, 04 May 1999
FAQs-english.lha     biz/haage   45K+FAQs, english version, 04 May 1999
SPA-YAM2p7.lha       comm/mail   31K+Spanish LOCALE for Yam2.0preview7
FvdZAWebBut2.lha     comm/www     6K+Modified AWeb button set with added lock
AMCAF150Final.lha    dev/amos   505K+FREE FINAL RELEASE of the AMCAF Ext.
BlitzAndPieces.lha   dev/basic   12K+Some example Blitz Basic source (OS)
jikes-diffs.lha      dev/lang     8K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v.047 (diffs)
jikes.lha            dev/lang   513K+IBM's fast Java compiler, v.047 (source)
jikes000.lha         dev/lang   443K+Fast Java compiler,v.047 (68000 binary)
jikes020-060.lha     dev/lang   436K+Fast Java compiler,v.047 (68020-060,FPU)
numconv.lha          dev/misc     6K+Simple DEC/HEX/BIN/ASCII converter
Zip4mat.lha          disk/misc   99K+Automatically prep & format your zip dis
Phonecard-FAQ.lha    docs/misc   11K+PhoneCard FAQ
RussianRecipes.lha   docs/misc    3K+Russian recipes
BubbleBobbleFA.lha   game/hint   13K+FAQ to Bubble Bobble (best game ever!)
Jinxter.lha          game/hint    2K+Jinxter solution
Karateka.lha         game/hint    3K+Karateka solution
KingQ5.lha           game/hint   11K+King Quest5 solution & hints
LegOfKirandya.lha    game/hint    5K+Legend of Kirandya solution (English)
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Oh_Susanne.lha       mods/med    56K+Song in Octamed 7 SoundStudio - MMD3
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Russian-KOI8.lha     text/font    6K+Three russian fonts (KOI8 included)
nartest.lha          util/misc    4K+Say replacement; speech utility, V1.01 (
VisualGuide264.lha   util/misc   15K+Make filelist in AmigaGuide format.
PSXLoc.lha           util/rexx    2K+Displays PSX's Disc country lockout loca
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Return-Path: Eternity@Pride.de
From: Martin Wolf Eternity@Pride.de
To: Petra Struck petra.struck@online-club.de
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 22:41:35 +0100

Strategische Partnerschaften gesucht :
--------------------------------------

Die Fa. Eternity sucht weitere Partnerschaften mit Klein &
Kleinstunternehmern im Sektor Amiga-Handel. Ziel ist
es, kleineren Unternehmern die Chance zum Aufbau eines
eigenen Handels/Laden zu verhelfen.

Durch Repräsentation über eine gemeinsame Homepage soll
das Internet-Geschäft angekurbelt werden, und durch
Kleinsthändler der Service vor Ort beim Kunden verbessert
werden.

Da durch die schlechte Marktlage des Amiga immer mehr
Händler dem Amiga den Rücken zudrehen, denken wir, daß
es wichtig ist, ein neues Vertriebsnetz aufzubauen und
flächendeckend Amiga-Service & Handel zu gewährleisten.

Auch in Bezug auf den Amiga-NG ist dies wichtig.

Es sind Kleinsthändler aus aller Welt gefragt. Jeder der
gerne ein paar Mark mit dem Amiga verdienen möchte,
Fleiß, Eigeninitiative und kaufmännisches Können sein
eigen nennt, ist willkommen.

Wir bieten optimalen Service, gute Start-Konditionen und
einen leichten Einstieg durch professionelle Hilfe bei
Problemen.

User aller Länder sind gefragt und gefordert.

Interessenten melden sich bitte unter: eternity@pride.de

Mfg Wolf
Eternity

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

Kind regards
--

Fa. Eternity
Rosmarstrasse 37
50226 Frechen

Tel         0049-2234-272300
Fax         0049-2234-271472
Mailbox     0049-2234-271815

Email       eternity@pride.de
            sysop@eternity.dssd.sub.org
ICQ         20159937
WWW         http://eternity.amiga-software.com

• Blizzard 1220/4
• Blizzard 1230/4
• Blizzard 1240T/ERC und 1260
• Blizzard SCSI-Kit IV
• Blizzard 2040 und 2060
• Cyberstorm Mk III
• Cybervision 64/3D

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MIDI_FTP.lha         comm/misc   74K+AmFTP batch get the wuarchive MIDI colle
AmiPPP2.lha          comm/net   223K+A great PPP device with GUI 2.0
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pt-AmiTEL.lha        comm/term    5K+Portuguese Catalog for AmiTEL V3.1
tidy.lha             comm/www    79K+Tidy your HTML - fixes common HTML error
Reverse.lha          demo/aga   924K+REVERSE DEMO - aga demo from VeRTical sy
AM7.lha              dev/amos   222K+AM7 (Entertainer Keyboard) done in AMOS
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fpaint.lha           dev/amos    70K+FluxPaint - a simple painting prog done 
hdplay.lha           dev/amos     1K+HD-Play v0.72 (plays Samples direct from
rndmusic.lha         dev/amos     1K+RandomPlay (simple generated music)
snowfall.lha         dev/amos     1K+Snowfall v0.45 (simple falling flakes)
TUGX.lha             dev/amos     1K+TUGX - The Ultimate Graphic Xperience
UDP_Chat.lha         dev/basic  114K+UDPfuncsV2.4 for Blitz-good for Net game
Python151_Doc.lha    dev/lang   685K+Python 1.5.1 documentation (HTML)
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Python152_Doc.lha    dev/lang   897K+Python 1.5.2 documentation (HTML)
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AIOed.txt            docs/anno    3K+AIO looking for new Utilities Editor
AIOweb.txt           docs/anno    2K+AIO moves web page to, Http://www.aio.co
2duhelp.lha          docs/help   60K+Help in Italiano di The Digital Universe
AmigaInfo.lha        docs/hyper 111K+ITALIAN ONLY Amiga Mags Maggio 1999
ukbbslst7.1.lha      docs/lists  95K+List of UK BBSes Version 7 May 99 + GUI
ukbbslst7.txt        docs/lists 116K+List of UK BBSes - Version 7 - May 1999
Aakt0599GFX.lha      docs/mags  287K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
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Aakt0599HTML.lha     docs/mags  252K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
JAAPR.lha            docs/misc  210K+JUST-AMiGA mailing list msgs for all of 
Pywgzh.lha           docs/misc   11K+Chinese Romanization Comparative Table
hungryharry.lha      game/actio 376K+Pacman game
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MRP_Captain.lha      game/data  1.1M+Another cardset for marryampic
Zodesdemo.lha        game/demo   10M+Jump & Run Game
FL731.lha            game/hint  205K+Large cheat guide for Amiga games in Swe
TheClue_boost.lha    game/patch  17K+Saved game for "The Clue" with money-che
vbfintro.lha         game/think 100K+Virtual Ball Fighters Intro [ ScreenShot
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ME.lha               gfx/misc    26K+Mandelbrot Explorer v1.05, PPC and CGFX 
Show_Cat.lha         gfx/show     8K+Catalan translation for Show 1.18
LogiTech_BusMo.lha   hard/hack    1K+Amiga conversion of LogiTech Bus MouseMa
AmiGenerator.lha     misc/emu   419K+Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator, v1.06 (
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TotalCalc1_21.lha    misc/math   45K+Calculator with interesting features
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Oh_Susanne.lha       mods/med    56K+Octamed 7 SoundStudio - MMD3
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Znelka.lha           mods/med   115K+Octamed 7 SoundStudio - MMD3
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is-Prettie.lha       mods/misc  182K+Trance hop by istari
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Darxide.lha          mods/tranc 169K+Hard trance by TSt
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MP3TEDv23.lha        mus/misc   151K+MP3-TagEditor v2.3 - (Free Keyfile)
Amoralplay1.1.lha    mus/play   106K+-*AMOREL*- No fuss multiformat(OSS etc.!
AMIBill.jpg          pix/back    74K+Bill Gates thinks about AMIGA ?
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ACallToArms.jpg      pix/mark   339K+Cardassian and Dominion forces at DS9
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wbgrab02.jpg         pix/wb     171K+JPG Grab of my 16Bit CyberVision 64/3D W
windows98-grab.jpg   pix/wb     126K+A screenshot of a windows-system
gedcobol.lha         text/edit   22K+COBOL GoldED synatax parser cHArRiOTt :)
Archiver.lha         util/arc   347K+A very good MUIGui for Lha, Lzx...etc.V2
DPMSManager.lha      util/blank  11K+CyberGfx/P96 DPMS energy saving manager
OneTouchMac.lha      util/boot   12K+Exe another StartupFile with LMB or RMB 
CDR1_15.lha          util/cli     4K+Change dir. (& more) through a file req.
YAMM.lha             util/moni   25K+YAMM - Monitors mem levels, can give war
ViNCEd.lha           util/shell 712K+ViNCEd, the final CON: solution. ^Z, TAB
ViNCUpdate.lha       util/shell 216K+ViNCEd, the final CON: solution. ^Z, TAB
VC_II_Cat.lha        util/virus   9K+Catalan locale for VirusCheckerII 2.0
DKG-CGXfix.lha       util/wb      2K+A small utility for Pal Monitors/Tv when
nd2-unreg.lha        util/wb     97K+A really excellent dockbar type thing (u
Shania.lha           util/wb    100K+Shania provides a gui for cli based prog
StopMenu.lha         util/wb    497K+Very nice taskbar with many options
WB-Tidy.lha          util/wb     33K+Tidy up your Workbench windows

• Einfache Internet-Nutzung
• Unterstuetzung von Festplatten > 4 GB
• Moderne grafische Benutzerschnittstelle (GUI) (aktualisiert)
• Umfangreicher CD-ROM Support
• Unterstuetzung fuer aktuelle Drucker
• PowerPC-Coprozessor Support
• HTML-Online-Dokumentation
• Fehlerbereinigungen (aktualisiert)
• Erweiterungen (neu)

• Einfachste Konfiguration verschiedener Internet-Anbieter
• Unterstuetzung fuer mehrere Benutzer
• Unterstuetzung fuer mehrere Interfaces (Internet und Ethernet)
• Socks v4/5 Client Module fuer Firewalls
• Erweiterter SANA II Support fuer schnelle Transferraten

• Anzeigen der HTLM-Dokumentation und von Internet-Seiten

• Allgemeines API zum Senden und Empfangen von E-Mails

• Nutzt die Eigenschaften der E-Mail-Bibliothek

• Neuer Standard fuer 64 Bit Devices
• Anpassung der Info-, Format-, Diskcopy-Applikationen und des FastFileSystems

• Die Low-Level-Bibliothek erledigt folgende Aufgaben
  • Scannen des SCSI-Busses
  • Lesen der physikalischen Informationen ueber die Festplatte
  • Lesen und Schreiben logischer Informationen (RDBs)
  • Erzeugen von Mount-Dateien
  • Lesen spezieller Mount-Eintraege zum Wiederherstellen von RDBs
• HDToolBox-Anwendung, die die Eigenschaften der Bibliothek nutzt
  • Anpassung an den neuen GUI-Look

• Neue Icons fuer alle Systembestandteile
• Neue Icons fuer die meisten Anwendungen

• Icons mit bis zu 256 Farben
• Automatische Farbanpassung an die aktuelle Farbpalette
• NewIcon-kompatibel
• Kompatibel zu OS 3.1 Piktogrammen
• erweiterte Programmierschnittstelle (API) (aktualisiert)
• Schneller und robuster (aktualisiert)

• Ein kompletter Satz leistungsfaehiger BOOPSI-Gadgets
• Sehr schnell, modular und skalierbar
• AmigaOS-kompatible Integration
• Kompatibel zu bestehenden BOOPSI-Klassen

• Laedt und verwaltet alle Oberflaechen-Ressourcen
• Programmoberflaechen (GUI) koennen ohne Neukompilation der Applikation geaendert werden
• Die Eigenschaften koennen mit jeder Programmiersprache genutzt werden

• WYSIWYG GUI-Editor
• Schreibt Ressource-Dateien zur Nutzung mit der Ressource-Bibliothek
• Automatische Lokalisierung der Ressourcen

• bessere Rueckmeldung der Benutzerschnittstelle (neu)
• Verlaufsanzeige fuer Kopieren/Loeschen (neu)
• Verbesserte Informationen-Anzeige (neu)
• Schnellerer Bildaufbau (neu)
• Erweiterte Tastaturkontrolle (neu)
• erweiterte Programmierschnittstelle (API) (neu)

• ISO9660, RockRidge, Joliet(Win 95/98) und MAC HFS kompatibel
• Unterstuetzt Amiga Protection-Bit und Datei-Kommentare
• MultiSession-CD Unterstuetzung

• Programmierbarer Audio-Player fuer SCSI- und ATAPI-CD-ROM-Geraete
• Geringer Speicherverbrauch

• CacheCDFS-Einstell-Dialog zur "on the fly" Konfiguration.

• Treiber fuer alle gaengigen Druckermodelle
• PowerPC-Unterstuetzung
• Neue Funktionen zum Drucken aller Arten von Bitmaps
• Neues API zur korrekten Bestimmung der Seitengroesse und des Seitenumbruchs

• TurboPrint spezifische Funktion zum Drucken von 8Bit-Chunky und 16/24Bit-Bitmaps

• Unterstuetzung der neuen Funktionen
• Anpassung an das Aussehen der neuen Benutzeroberflaeche

• AmigaOS-konforme Integration
• Umfangreiche Funktionalitaet
• Hardware-unabhaengiges Treiberkonzept daher einfach erweiterbar

• Einstell-Dialog im Stil der neuen Benutzeroberflaeche

• Neue umfassende Beschreibung
• Ueberarbeitete Fassung der Baende Workbench, DOS, ARexx und Festplatten
• Ergaenzungen ueber die neuen Eigenschaften von AmigaOS 3.5
• Umfangreich bebildert
• Zweisprachig deutsch/englisch

• Korrekturen zur Verbesserung der Robustheit und um lange bekannte Fehler zu beheben (aktualisiert)
• Ueberarbeitete A2024 Monitor-Treiber
• Ueberarbeiteter CLI-Befehl (Join, Status und Type)
• Ueberarbeiteter IPrefs-Befehl (robuster, bessere Unterstuetzung der Workbench-Muster) (neu)
• Ueberarbeiteter LoadWB-Befehl (neu)

• Ueberarbeitete asl.library (besser ansprechbar, schneller, verbesserte Benutzerschnittstelle, robuster) (aktualisiert)
• Ueberarbeitete DataTypes (aktualisiert)
  
  • 8svx.datatype (unterstuetzt nun die Stereo-Wiedergabe; schneller und robuster)
  • amigaguide.datatype / amigaguide.library (schneller, erweiterte Programmierschnittstelle)
  • anim.datatype (unterstuetzt nun alle wichtigen IFF-ANIM-Formate; robuster)
  • animation.datatype (unterstuetzt nun die Stereo-Wiedergabe; robuster; erweiterte Programmierschnittstelle; RTG-kompatibel)
  • ascii.datatype (schneller und robuster)
  • cdxl.datatype (unterstuetzt nun die Stereo-Wiedergabe; robuster)
  • ilbm.datatype (unterstuetzt nun 24Bit-Echtfarb-Bilder (TrueColor); robuster)
  • picture.datatype (unterstuetzt nun Echtfarb-Bilder, Dithering und Farbquantisierung; robuster, erweiterte Programmierschnittstelle; RTG-kompatibel)
  • sound.datatype (unterstuetzt nun die Stereo-Wiedergabe; robuster, erweiterte Programmierschnittstelle)
  • text.datatype (schneller und robuster)
• Neue DataTypes fuer GIF, JPEG, PNG und AIFF (aktualisiert)
• Ueberarbeitete 68040.library (Verbesserung der Geschwindigkeit) (neu)
• Ueberarbeitete bullet.library (Verbesserung der Geschwindigkeit) (aktualisiert)
• Neues SCSI Mount-Programm

• Weitere Versionen oder Add-On Pakete
• Neue komplett ueberarbeitete Kickstart
• Erweiterter PowerPC-Support
• Neuer 68K-Emulator fuer reine PPC-Systeme
• Viele System-Bibliotheken als PPC-Version«

From: Andreas Kuessner eksec@eure.de
Reply-To: eksec@eure.de
To: petra.struck@online-club.de
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:33:19 +0100
Subject: Wildfire & Movieshop

Hallo Petra,

wie versprochen hier tagesaktuell das neueste Announcement.

Bye, Andreas

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

Wildfire7\PPC meets Movieshop!

... the Wildfire-Movieshop Operator is almost shipping. Please contact

Heinrich Angler      Heinrich.Angler@muenchen.de

for more informations and how to pay the money! Tell him that you want
the Movieshop Operator. (He is selling it as Shareware  40 DM outside germany )


There will be some free effect-sessions included, some other effect sessions
will be sold seperatly by Oberland Computer.

Set 1:   Transition 2D Effects  and 2D Effects for single Images   69 DM  /  40 $
Set 2:   Transition 2D Effects  and 3D Effects for single Images   79 DM  /  46 $
Set 3:   Transition 2D/ High End 3D Effects                        89 DM  /  52 $
Set 4:   Transition absolute High End 3D Effects                   99 DM  /  58 $

Set 1 - Set 4 all together as bundle                              279 DM  / 170 %


No Effect set contains effects from any other set. (That means that inside the
Set 2 are completely different effects than inside set 1)

You can create effect-sessions yourself for yourself, too.

The needed Wildfire Update (Version 7.14) is included, too.
You need Wildfire7\PPC, of course!

For more informations about the effect sessions please contact me.

Kind regards, Andreas Küssner.

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

Wildfire7\PPC trifft Movieshop,


der Wildfire-Movieshop Operator ist kurz vor seiner Auslieferung! Bitte
schreiben Sie eine email an:

Heinrich Angler       Heinrich.Angler@muenchen.de

um mehr Informationen darüber zu erhalten. Teilen Sie Ihm mit, daß Sie den
Movieshop Operator erhalten möchten, und er wird Ihnen sagen, wohin Sie
das Geld schicken bzw. überweisen müssen.  (Shareware 30 DM innerhalb Deutschlands)


Einige Effect-Sessions werden kostenlos enthalten sein, andere Effekt-Sessions
werden separat von Oberland Computer verkauft.

Set 1:  Überblendungs 2D Effekte und 2D Effekte für Einzelbilder   69 DM
Set 2:  Überblendungs 2D Effekte und 3D Effekte für Einzelbilder   79 DM
Set 3:  Überblendungs 2D / High End 3D Effekte                     89 DM
Set 4:  Überblendungs Absolut-High End 3D Effekte                  99 DM

Set 1 - Set 4  zusammen als Bundle                                279 DM

Es gibt keine Überschneidungen zwischen den einzelnen Effekt-Sets! (Das bedeutet,
das im Set 2 komplett andere Effekte sind als im Set 1)

Sie können auch selbst Effekt-Sessions für sich selbst erzeugen.

Das Wildfire Update (Version 7.14) ist enthalten.
Sie benötigen natürlich Wildfire7\PPC

Wenn Sie mehr darüber erfahren wollen, schreiben Sie mir bitte eine email!


Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Andreas Küssner.


.oO---------------------------------------------------------------Oo.
   Andreas Küssner                          E-Mail: eksec@eure.de
   homepage:               http://www.oberland.com/amiga/wildfire/
                    Wildfire Project Manager
.oO---------------------------------------------------------------Oo.