AmithlonTV
VMC Harald Frank: "We're proud to present you the new AmithlonTV. For all those out there who never heard about AmithlonTV here is a small sumery: The original AmithlonTV was made by Michael Ulbrich in the beginning 2002. Due a lack of time I took over his project and started a complete new AmithlonTV in June 2002. In the beginnig of November the hardest part was done. Well, now at the end of November I came to a point, where I need more information about the cards out there. So here it is: The new AmithlonTV! Read more
Latest version: AmithlonTV Beta 166

VHI Studio6 / AmithlonTV Screenshots Online
The AmithlonTV driver system makes rapid progress in all its features. Guido Mersmann makes, together with IOSPIRIT Felix Schwarz, fantastic steps regarding the development of new feature-packed AmithlonTV special VHIStudio driver.
As soon as Felix Schwarz has finished work on VHI Studio 6, you must run and get your fingers on that great Video Digital Imaging Software. Choose VHIStudio together with Amithlon's horse power, and you will have for sure more fun over the day as with looking bored out of the window :)

SUBWAY mounting instructions
For all people interested in the SUBWAY module we have - in addition to the detailed manual - prepared a page with hints on how to mount the SUBWAY into the desktop Amiga 1200.

Hans-Joerg Frieden: "It didn't leak. It's a fake. The two "rom" files are actually JPEG images of Steffen and Ben, and lamely enough done with Photoshop (come on, do these kiddies have no guts left to do it on the Amiga?). The rest just outputs garbage, and displays a blatant lack of knowledge in calling the ABI "Server 5" instead of "System V", and using the text that is usually quoted before vgr.com news messages as copyright..."

MC1 is now taking Amiga One G3 & G4 orders in Australia.

PS: We were told that an alternative party in Germany is being organized at Easter. Stay tuned for details.

The new company Genesi that unites Thendic France and bplan Germany will be present with all personnel at the show. More than 20 developers of hard- and software will answer your questions.

The Pegasos will be commercially released at the Amiga+Retro Show in Aachen on December 7-8.

Ben Hermans, Hyperion Entertainment: "OpenPCI library will not be ported to OS 4.0, at least not for the GREX. The author has confirmed to Hyperion that bPlan has forbidden him to do anything which would result in GREX support for OS 4."

G-Rex Petition started online
Mr. M. Lueck has set up a online petition to get developer docs from DCE so that AmigaOS4 can support the G-Rex with its generic pci library.

Kiwi multimedia, Denmark. AmigaOne boards will be shipped mid-December. The prices range from 5995 dkr for the SE G3 600 mhz - 8495 dkr for the XE G4 800 Mhz. Kiwi multimedia recommends that you should preorder your AOne if you want it this year.

Ben Hermans, Hyperion Entertainment: "We are indeed still planning a complete rewrite of Workbench and underlying technology such as icon.library.
There are however more pressing concerns to address once OS 4.0 is out: printer driver support, new filesystem, better media support etc.
The important thing to understand is that we have embarked on a road of continuous OS updates. OS 4.0 is just a single milestone on this road."

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) updated (twice)
CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep track of all of your files (usally source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. It handles multiple developers, multiple directories, triggers to enable/log/control various operations, and can work over a wide area network (i.e. internet). New version (1.11.2) of AmigaOS/MorphOS port by Olaf Barthel and Jens Langner is now available. Changes:
22.11.2002 - fixed bug in the temporary file generation function where a unix style TMPDIR value "/T" caused some trouble with local repository handling. Now cvs is trying to convert unix-style pathes.
19.11.2002 - the getcwd() function of the libnix package was broken. Had to relink the sources with the latest, fixed version. Somehow it seems that this port was the first program ever that uses the getcwd() function of libnix :) This should fix those weird problems in the last released version. Some small code cleanups. Modified sources to be compatible with SAS/C again.

WinUAE 0.8.22R3 released
WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 3 is now available. New feature:
- implemented harddisk and CD-leds that flash during HD/CD access
Read more

Dave Haynie, one of the most popular developers of Commodore, has made a special edition of his film "Deathbed Vigil" for the 8th anniversary of the Commodore bankruptcy. Individual Computers will import the DVD, and offer it for 39,- EUR at the fare. Please pre-order your copy via eMail, so we'll have enough DVDs for the show.
There is no country code on the DVD, and it can be played back on all players. Audio is English only. Video and Audio haven been digitally re-mastered, and new scenes have been added that have not been published before on the VHS tape. The Bonus material contains the music video "Chicken-Lips Blues", a new short film called "Amiga Impact", and a photo album that Dave has compiled.

A.D.A. is searching for people with PPC equipped Amigas to help us provide original Amiga screenshots from PPC demos. If somebody is willing to help us out, please contact z5!

About LiveWire Systems: A new Amiga retailer based in Ontario, Canada (local representation in Ottawa and Southern Ontario). Catering to the enthusiastic Canadian Amiga community with innovative products difficult to find in Canada at a fair price.

Bernd Meyer, Amithlon author posted on ANN: "'RDSK STRING REMOVED' -- that's hardly a strong statement saying 'the code is gone'. A cynic might even suspect that the check for the string 'RDSK' has been removed and that it now trashes sector 0 regardless of whether it is an RDB or not...."

Village Voice - Mr. Roboto: Amiga Mia by Brendan I. Koerner
...and better one

The Amiga-version of the driver has also been adapted to the new controller, the new multidisk.device V3.62 now supports the Catweasel MK3 in a Zorro slot, or on any clockport of an Amiga. This device is prepared to support the Catweasel MK3 in a PCI slot of an emulated Amiga (for example Amithlon or Amiga Forever). Download: mdisk362.lha (22KByte)

Many people have asked for a picture of the new controller, because it's hard to imagine how the same board can fit in the Zorro slot and in a PCI slot. Here's a picture of the controller, taken out of the running production. It shows the bare board without the metal bracket and the second joystick connector.

Good news for all Amiga users who want to bring their computer to a network: The most successful networking card in the Amiga market has been updated, and the price will be lower. The reason for the continuous success of the board might be it's software support: The X-Surf 2 will remain the only networking card on the market that comes with PPPoE drivers - these are necessary for most DSL modems. As opposed to the older model, the new X-Surf 2 does not have a BNC connection any more, all other technical details remain the same. If you need this connector you should be quick, because the last boards have already been shipped to our resellers a few weeks ago.

The MM CD 1.19 update for the users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV busbords, who are registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD has been released today.
The update includes the new version of: FastEthernet.device

SP3, trial version (can be used for editing small documents and is fully functional in this context). File size: 10MB. Estimated download time at 56Kbit/s: 1h. Hardware requirements: 4-8 MB RAM and AmigaOS3. Graphics card recommended. The software can not be used with screen modes below 640x400.

C/C++ Compiler
The latest addition to GoldED Studio AIX is extensive support for the famous gcc compiler. The complete set of software required for C/C++ development with GNU C is included and you will have your gcc-based development environment up and running in minutes via a comfortable setup program. It's never been easier to get started with gcc.

"KDH is convinced that neither Chris Hodges nor Christian Boehmer create or spread an FUD as you want us to believe. KDH will start selling the Spider again if we get an replacemnet for the Spider software (on CD) and the actions requested by Chris towards Elbox have taken place."

"If the same code is included in other Elbox products too(e.g. pci.library), we certainly will drop the sales of these products also. But you have to understand that our main business is not the investigation of Elbox products. We want to sell products and we want to sell Elbox products too, and we do assume that the manufacturer doesnt take this approach to save his investment. There have to be other and better methods to do this."

Another piece of Elbox's software contaminated?
It is suspected that some versions of pci.library also contain RDB trashing code previously found in Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card driver.

13.11.2002 Elbox dispels rumours about usb.device
"Rumour: Using the Elbox usb.device with an USB PCI card other than Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed may lead to trashing the disk RDB.
Elbox's Answer: Not true." Read more

13.11.2002 New driver for Spider USB 2.0 Hi-Speed card
"The SpiderUP 1.10 update for the Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed card has been made available today.
As anonymous hackers attempted to spread the patch supposed to allow hacking the code of our driver, we are releasing the new driver version protected against such attacks." Read more

Offensive Elbox driver and consequences for Poseidon by Chris Hodges
"Poseidon will refuse to load the usb.device with the next update. I could verify that the offensive RDB-killer code is inside the driver version (1.2) I had here. Permission to distribute Poseidon with their software has been withdrawn." Read more

Tales of Tamar is a platform-independent, turnbased Massively-Multiplayer-Online-Roleplaying game like Kaiser or Civilization and is set in a medieval fantasy world. The player can interact with thousands of other real people in world via the Internet. Tales of Tamar was developed by Eternity and can be ordered form www.eternity-computer.de or www.tamar.net.

Mill v0.79
Zbigniew Trzcionkowski has just released a new update of his new antivirus program Mill.
Here is some info about the new update:
Name: Mill
Version: v0.79
Archive name: Mill.lha
Archive size: 222.067 bytes (lha packed)
Release date: 14 November 2002

Uploaded Annihilation - a deathmatch-Mod with many weapons, and Holy Wars mod.
The Mods_Installer available on the Quake2 web page had a bug in it, so Steffen Haeuser has uploaded a new version.
Uploaded new Icon/Settings for Mods which are incompatible with the original Game-Settings.

New Payback GBA Report
There's a new status report detailing all the latest improvements to the GBA version of Payback available here.

Mini report of the Amiga show that happened last weekend in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. By Darren Eveland submited via ANN.

Ottawa Amiga Show 2002 Report By Denis Desjardins.

Prometheus RTL8029 driver update
V1.3 of prm-rtl8029.device (a driver for Ethernet cards) is available for download here. It will also be available soon at Matay website.

There is also finally available DivX version of the tape Ochal Christophe made at WOASE 2002 (600MB).

On the newest update, which was the biggest update we ever did, 10 high quality Amiga demos were added: 9 fingers/Spaceballs, Authentik/Skarla, Crash test/Cryptoburners, Dust addict/Fiction, Guardian Dragon 2/Kefrens, It can't be done/Ram Jam, Mosaic/Exceed, System crime/Scoopex, Xpose/The Silents and Omnirush/Mystic.
Enjoy and thanks for visiting the site!

Ben Hermans: "Really? I'm not aware of any offers from Thendic or bPlan. Nobody from Amiga or Hyperion has received such an offer by e-mail, fax or any other “official” channel. An Amiga user did forward me a comment on ANN which was supposedly made by somebody from Thendic but without official confirmation from Thendic, it is most likely a hoax. Let’s face it, no serious company would make such an offer in this way on a public message board and since Thendic is indeed a serious company, I find it very hard to believe that the offer did indeed originate from them." Read more

New StrICQ RA GUI
A new version of the ReAction GUI for StrICQ v2 can be found on Glenn Hisdal's homepage.
Changes since last version:
Added possibility for using separate read and write windows. (like in the first version of the RA GUI)
Removed the need for popup-menu.library (standard intuition menus are used instead)
Added some menus and keyboard shortcuts
Some bugfixes

reaction.lib replacement
reactionlib.lha - this archive is NO official update from Amiga, Inc. Instead it's a rewrite of most functions that are available from the original SAS/C reaction.lib as distributed with the NDK3.5 and 3.9! I've included the full source code, the project file and binary for StormC4. Also available is a modified clib file for this library (removed unsupported functions). readme

As soon as a capable programmer is found, planned the advancement of the program in large steps is to be driven ahead. Furthermore is planned for future versions to publish the program instead of Disks on CDs. Detailed informations about the program can you find on the APC&TCP Homepage. The Homepage was updated this week.
In the future APC&TCP will work together very closely with the DigiBoosterPro Community.
Thus Dennis Lohr (Psyria) takes over the support for this extensive program for example.
So that the support for the program runs off as uncomplicatedly as possible, also specially a forum was furnished, which is attainable over the Community, APC&TCP as well as the Amiga Future Homepage. We would be pleased, if you would write your suggestions for improvements and new features for DigiBoosterPro into the support forum.

The Aminet is the largest Amiga PD archive worldwide. Up to 40.000 users access it daily and several programmers publish their new software directly at the Aminet. During the eight years of existence the Aminet reached, converted, an extend of more than 40.000 floppy disks.

UAE-X
famous Amiga emulator UAE has been ported to the Microsoft X-Box and carries the name UAE-X.
Check it out at SourceForge.

ExiE: "Strange. One of the main developers of Amiga OS4.0, which should be ready for release in several weeks, "doesn't know" what graphics cards are supported by OS. And what about Mr.Ben Hermans ? :-)"

The next major release, 0.4.0, will include support for:
Simon The Sorcerer 2
Full Throttle
Indiana Jones and Last Crusade (256 color version)

"Yes, ideed, today is November 7th, not July 11th. Anyway, I've been asked to clarify one thing regarding the PPC version of AHI. There will be no WarpUp version, nor will there be any PowerUp version. The reason is that neither of these two systems allow PPC code to be invoked from within an interrupt¹, which is an absolute requirement for AHI. The current PPC version is for MorphOS only. In the future, I hope to have an AmigaOS 4 version as well."

¹) While is should have been obvious by reading the PowerUp documentation, there is nothing in the WarpUp documentation or the actual design that suggests that it will not work; in WarpUp, it could be possible if the implementation had allowed it. In any case, the days when I could be bothered to write for a mixed CPU system are since long gone..."

VirusExecutor boot-disk updated with v2.28
The anti-virus floppy boot-disk named 'VirusHelp_VE' has been updated with Jan Erik Olausen's VirusExecutor v2.28 that he released Nov 6th, 2002. Read the V E boot disk history file for changes. It is now available for download at Virus Help Team Canada.

Drace- a 3D game of buccaneers and merchants on the Spanish Main. Adventure, trading, diplomacy, role playing and action, genres that are hard to resist...
"We moved to Windows as the primary development platform. I was sick and tired of waiting for certain Amiga vendors to release drivers for ancient hardware like the Voodoo3. I fear Drake won't run very well on a Permedia2 with 4MB. That's stone age, isn't it? But there will be a cut-down WarpOS version for Amigas equipped with a PowerPC CPU, hopefully released together with the PC version."

COMING SOON- A great new CD magazine from the makers of 100%AMIGA - 100%Sci-Fi
News, reviews and all the Science Fiction you can get your hands on!
We give the 100% treatment to TV shows and Movies from the past, present and the future as well as information on Sci-Fi events, games and other merchandise.
A great new all-format monthly publication that is out of this world! 100%SCI-FI: The Future of Magazines.

Kickstart: The photographs Sam Byford took of the event are on this page and quick show report is here.

Amiga.org added a WOA-SE 2002" Subcategory to the Image Gallery. You can upload any images from the show to share with everyone.

Some pix Kevin Twyman took at the WoASE 2002 show.

Ian Stedman inaccurately interpreted information about speed of 68K emulation in AmigaOS4 on ANN.
WRONG! "68K emulation on a 600 MHZ G3 gives equivalent performance to a 68060@50MHz." WRONG!

According to Steffen Haeuser, Hyperion they "get that speed already on a Cyberstorm PPC 200 MHz with a quite old version of Petunia. He did not check on the current speed, but especially the FPU-Stuff is really fast."

Amigart: Hyperion Entertainment demonstrated AmigaOS 4 Kernel ExecSG on AmigaOne at WOA-SE Amiga show in .U.K. Click here for a photo of ExecSG running on A1 hardware.
Steffen Haeuser: "This 'Boot Console thing' is ExecSG running on the AmigaOne with a small console to be able to do some things already including:
- Showing that the Multitasking works (ExecSG is fully completed)
- Showing that the Virtual Memory already works
- Showing that it actually works on a G4 machine
- Showing that PPCBoot is used and what sort of data it gives about the machine
so this could be showed off before OS 4 is fully running - with all OS modules - on an AmigaOne. This stuff is also running on "old-style" PPC Boards since a longer time already, BTW."

"The PC-Engine was a game-console introduced to the market in 1987 (with new games appearing till 1997 actually). At the launch it was the direct competitor of the NES, but of course the NES had absolutely no chance against the superior graphics of the PC-Engine. Still it was never really successful outside Japan."

The VirusExecutor boot-floppy has the new v2.27 and PatchBrain v1.47 that was released October 31, 2002. Read the VE boot disk history file for changes.

PyAROS 0.1 [2.2.1] released
The first public release of PyAROS is now available for download at http://pyaros.sourceforge.net.
PyAROS is a port of Python to AROS, based on Python 2.2.1 and the Amiga Python port (which is no longer maintained).