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31.1.2k MorphOS Project Status
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Ralph Schmidt: "the MorphOS devpackage won't make it this month. The main reason for the
delay is that Frank Mariak's CyberstormPPC died end of 1999 and only after the 2nd
send/resend procedure Phase5 found out that it's unrepairable broken. (Pads for the ppc
ballgrid array seem to be burned/glued) He got a new PPC board today from me so he can
continue working on native cybergfx since today... but that was a loss of 1 month on
his side. And as Frank and I agreed on not releasing anything until cybergfx is
completely native we have this delay."
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31.1.2k Quake News
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awinquake v0.5 68k and PPC ports of winquake by Peter McGavin.
Readme.
Another Quake and QuakeWorld ports by Frank Wille and Steffen Häuser: Quake v1.09 for WarpOS, PowerOS and 68K (30.1.00) and QuakeWorld Client
v2.40 for WarpOS, PowerOS and 68K (30.01.00) available.
Today we also get first GLQuake Amiga screenshots, on which Massimiliano Tretene, Steffen Haeuser, and Frank Wille
are working on. Enjoy!
Aminet
Frank Wille's homepage
Massimiliano Tretene
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31.1.99 The World Foundry News
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31.1.2k Software News
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PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX website is back!
akMPEG4 V4.23 (31.1.2000) - (68k+PPC).
New: faster by predecoding for audio+video, bugfixed audio, suitable for fast script-based replay, e.g. on CD-32s.
BGUI 41.10 Final release due to be out soon.
Andreas Kleinert, PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX
Manuel Lemos
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30.1.2k AMIGA at ExpoSALT
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ExpoSALT's (Alternative Systems Show) second edition happened in Niterói, Brazil
(a neighboring city to Rio de Janeiro) on January 29th and 30th, 2000, and gathered in the same place a number of options
for people who don't want to run Windows on their computers. Systems such as Linux, Amiga, MSX, BeOS, Mac, OS2/Warp, QNX
were present, among others. Read more.
(brazil).
Alex "Nautilus" Moura
Multivitaminas! website
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30.1.2k A4000D 2 Tower Transformation
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Have you got A4000 desktop and you do not have a room for anything else than one CD-ROM drive in case?
Anthony Long brings the solution for you!
He made an yet another guide
for the technically inept people :-) in which he describes how to perform all the necessary steps to
successfully rebuild your A4000D to a standard PC tower. Very good solution, tested on real Amiga :-)
Anthony Long, Yet another A4000 DIY tower guide!
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30.1.2k And The Winner Is...
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The first winner of Magical Amiga Mug Contest is: Chris Aldi.
You can enter this contest by simply distributing flyers for the Amiga 2k show, or placing
their banner on your web site. The banner is located on the bottom of the "Who" page. It is
"gsbanner.gif".
Simply go to www.amiga-stl.com/show.html
and click on "News". Then download the file about the Magical Amiga Mug Contest, located
in the "Amiga 2K - Banner Year Rewards" Press Release and send it in. They will enter you
in the weekly drawing for your assistance in promoting Amiga 2K.
Next drawing for a Magical Amiga Mug will be next weekend.
Bob Scharp, Amigan-St. Louis
Amiga 2k - Gateway Computer Show website
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30.1.2k Cinemaware is alive again
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Classic games developer Cinemaware - responsible for classics such as Wings & Defender of the crown - is back.
www.cinemaware.com serves as a repository for news, information, and links related to Cinemaware's past, present
and future. In coming months, stay tuned for special features including interviews with the original designers, artists and programmers. Most exciting
will be news, information, and features related to the future product lineup from Cinemaware.
Soren Ladegaard on ANN
Cinemaware website
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29.1.2k ProStationAudio Millennium
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ProStationAudio Millennium is completing the quality-tests phase. The new product introduces
a new internal engine while preserving full compatibility with projects created with any
other version of ProStationAudio. With Millennium, ProStationAudio evolves from a 16:32
system (16-channel streaming/editing, 32-channel processing/mixing) to a 32:32 system. The
new version handles stereo files on the timeline, requiring just one track for any couple
of L/R channels. A preliminary list of new capabilities includes:
stereo editing, xfading and linking
freehand audio scrubbing (including automation
scrubbing) with forward/backward varispeed playback
looped audio scrubbing (including
automation scrubbing)
timestretching and tempo matching
several auditioning modes:
region, object, track, timeline
new region-list manager
region-list autocleanup to get
rid of unused regions
configurable timeline look and very fast redraws
BPM (tempo)
management and more...
AudioLabs website
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29.1.2k Amiga In Mainstream
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29.1.2k OS3.5 Games Icons
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GameIcons.info is dedicated
to OS 3.5 icons for Amiga games. there you will find a growing archive of
gameicons, waiting to glitter and glamour all over your Workbench!
AmigaGames.com website
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28.1.2k Carl Sassenrath spoke on ZDTV - The Screensavers show on January, 26th.
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27.1.2k Phantasmagoria is Coming
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Alive's BIGGEST ever game is coming... Be prepared to be scared out of your mind because the master
of interactive horror - Roberta Williams - is coming to the Amiga in style. So be prepared for a
terrifying tale of a womans fight against the forces of evil... An unparalleled mixture of
Hollywood techniques, combining digital sound effects, computer rendered worlds and interactivity.
The whole game unfolds in chapters, like a novel, to reveal a frighteningly realistic nightmare,
from which you may never awaken. Check this page for FAQ and screenshots.
Steven Flowers, Alive Mediasoft
Sierra's Phantasmagoria page
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27.1.2k DirectoryOpus 4.12 source code
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Directory Opus 4 (4.12) is hereby released as free software under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
Please READ this license and
make sure you understand the terms and conditions of this license.
The release of Directory Opus 4 under the GPL in NO WAY affects the existing commercial status
of Directory Opus 5 or subsequent products.
GPSoftware website
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27.1.2k French Amiga fanzine "Planet"
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French Amiga fanzine "Planet" come every two months with 52 pages, full of news,
software & games reviews, tutorials about coding, music, graphics 2D/3D,
hardware... The issue 3 is coming soon!
Jean-Rémi Taponier
Planet Amiga magazine website
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27.1.2k PhotoFolio v2.0
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Steeple Software is proud to announce the first commercial release of PhotoFolio v2.0
in conjunction with Schatztruhe.
PhotoFolio 2.0 is image cataloging and viewing system. It is a major step forward from it's
predecessor version 1.2 with many new features.
PhotoFolio v2.0 is planned to be released in early to mid February. Price has yet to be
decided, however users who have paid the shareware fee will receive a discount on the
retail price.
Steve Quartly, Steeple Software
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26.1.2k Clubbed Issue 4 Now Available
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Issue 4 of Clubbed, South Essex Amiga Link's quarterly Amiga magazine, is now available.
Highlights of this issue include: first coverage of the Amino buy-out, reviews of
Photogenics 4.2 and ImageFX 4.1, tutorials on Layers in both ImageFX and Photogenics and
a feature on CDROM and the Amiga. A full contents list, subscription information and
sample articles from previous issues are available on our
website.
Robert Williams, SEAL
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26.1.2k AROS News
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AROS developers are currently working on Intuition (fixing bugs, integrating things better, making menus work),
the hardware drivers for AROS Native/x86 (vga.hidd and scsi.device/hidd), commodities, datatypes and AROS
Native/PPC. Especially for the last one, they need more people who know about WarpUp and PowerUp. Also, people
who know how to write hardware drivers for a PC (namely how to make Exec handle PCs' IRQs and a driver for
the IDE chips) are needed.
AROS website
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26.1.2k NovaDesign Ships Millennium for Video Toaster Flyer Users
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The Millennium is Here! Millennium for the Amiga Video Toaster/Flyer is here. It's extremely cool, it's wildly powerful,
and it will give your Toaster and Toaster/Flyer amazing new powers to help you make your work look better than ever
before!
The Millennium package is presented by Newtek and has been produced by Nova Design, Inc. in cooperation with
all prominent Toaster/Flyer developers. It is not to be missed.
Read more.
Amiga-News.de website
DigitalProducer magazine website
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26.1.2k Interview with Fleecy Moss
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26.1.2k Photogenics site has been restructured
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Paul Nolan's Photogenics website is now subdivided into an Amiga
and Linux sections.
Paul: "I have just discovered that my alternate pnolan@dircon.co.uk address has been bouncing for at least the last 11
days. If you have sent an email and had it returned to you, please re-send it to pnolan@cix.co.uk. My voicemail and fax
is now operational again, but anything transmitted during the outage will have been lost. Sorry for any problems this may have caused."
Linux public beta version being prepared for download!
Photogenics website
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25.1.2k Amiga Update News
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25.1.2k Wolfenstein 3D source code released
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Logicware's "Burger" Bill Heineman released the source code to the Mac version of Wolfenstein 3D. This version
of Wolfenstein 3D looks better than PC one and should be easier to port to the Amiga. The source code is
available for immediate download from
Logicware's FTP site
(MacBinary, 177K). Read more.
macgaming.com website
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25.1.2k Young Scientist Linux Users
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From www.slashdot.org: Irish Linux users win science award, using Linux and an Amiga emulator running
Blitz Basic! Read more.
Anthony Long
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25.1.2k RioRed PowerPC G4 Motherboard
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The PowerPC based RioRed G4 motherboard
is designed to provide a short cycle time, cost-effective solution for companies developing
high-performance computing solutions. Each daughtercard contains a 450 MHz PowerPC G4
microprocessor and a 225 MHz/ 2MB L2 cache. One or two daughtercards may be used for
single-processor or dual-processor (SMP) configurations.
Amigart website
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24.1.2k COSA Meeting with Amiga in Reading, England
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Steve Crietzman, president of Open Amiga Group (formerly known as COSA) visited the gathering of prominent members of
the Amiga community with Bill McEwen and FleecyMoss, AmigaInc, in Reading, England.
Read more.
Campaign to open source the AmigaOS website
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24.1.2k Crystal Interactive Software and Amiga Gaming
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Crystal Interactive Software, which have signed up in the past year
Amiga games such as Bubble Heroes, Gilbert Goodmate and The Dark Millennia have announced exciting plans to bring
Amiga games back into retail. Bubble Heroes, a puzzle/ platform type game is expected to be the first Amiga game to
hit the shops. Read more.
AmigaFlame website
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24.1.2k Freeware SNES Emulator under development
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"Although we have had only 32(!) messages from people who want a good SNES emulator for the Amiga, we will continue development
on this project. The emulator will support AGA/CGX and will require at least an 040-25MHz with a low-end PPC603. Sound should be
processed by the 68K CPU for higher performance, although the emulator will be switchable to PPC-only mode. The entire program is
going to be written in pure PPC680x0 (assembly) code.
Thanks a lot to the 32 people who took some time to write a motivating message. We must admit that these figures give quite an idea
about how many people actually care for new programs on the Amiga. We hope that other messages
will still follow as it will keep us motivated: Support, help (such as low-level SNES info), donations or just a little 'hello' are
always appreciated and may even make us happy enough to put a high priority on the development of the emulator.
S. Raghoebardayal
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24.1.2k Fleecy Speaks - New Amiga HW
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Check this e-mail conversation
of Jerry Smith and Fleecy Moss to find out what Hardware the Amiga will run on. It is edited to protect the innocent...
ANN website
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23.1.2k Imagine v5.17
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A new update release of the Imagine Amiga Constant Upgrade Program (ACUP)
is now available - V5.17. The update can be downloaded by ACUP subscribers from the usual ACUP download area. Changes:
24Bit datatypes system now supported for brush-mapping.
OS3.5 support (icon, datatypes).
Zoom function: New GUI and functionality.
MPEG generator updated.
Bevel function: New GUI and functionality.
Reworked editor menus.
Frame-goto function: New GUI and functionality.
...and Miscellaneous other changes/enhancements which are detailed in the included AmigaGuide documentation.
If you wish to join the constant upgrade program, full ordering details can be found at the
support site: Version5 to Version6 upgrade = $100
Any other Imagine version to V6 = $200
Payment can be accepted by either Credit-card, Cash, Cheque, or Postal order.
Martin McKenzie
CAD-Technologies website
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23.1.2k Amiga 2K Press Release 8 & 9
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Place the Amiga 2K show banner on your web sites, and or distribute flyers for the Amiga 2K show
to win "Magical Amiga Mug". Read press release 8.
More exhibitors have signed up in the last ten days.
Individual computers of Germany is our
first German exhibitor, but not our first European exhibitor. That title goes to
Paul Nolan Ltd. of England.
Other exhibitors signing
up include NASAU, amiga.org, Digital Arts, AmiTech Dayton Amiga Users Group, E.S. Productions
and Northwest Amiga Group.
The pace is quickening, as more developers, dealers and
distributors sign up. Stay tuned for more information on the largest and best Amiga show in the
Americas... Amiga 2K.
Bob Scharp, Amigan-St. Louis
Amiga 2k - Gateway Computer Show website
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23.1.2k The Amiga "BoingCoin"
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23.1.2k VMC Network & Communication Solutions News
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23.1.2k Electronic Dreams's Games
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Electronic Dreams are close to finishing "Cosmos Fun Class" - an educational game for the Amiga.
Epic Marketing have shown an interest in the game. Their next game will be "Battle Squadron",
similar to Frontier Elite II. Graphic artists are needed to help with the project.
Contact: uaug.s@ukonline.co.uk for more details.
ANN website
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23.1.2k New Games with Warp3D Support
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After the sourcecode of several games has been released, Warp3D versiones of Quake, Descent 2 and Elite 3 were announced.
Quake has benn announced by Frank Wille and
Alive Mediasoft. At least Frank Wille's Quake will use
Hyperion's MiniGL, which will be out as freeware soon. Descent 2 and Elite 3
will be ported by Alive Mediasoft.
List of projects with either certain or planned Warp3D support.
3D World website
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23.1.2k Simon The Sorcerer II News
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Currently Epic Marketing have taken 346 preorders for the Amiga Version of Simon The Sorcerer II.
Just to remember, 500 preorders are needed to realise "Simon The Sorcerer 2" for Amiga.
You can place your preorder here: order@epic-marketing.de
or call 07071 400492, fax 07071 400493, snail mail: epic marketing, Hirschauer Strasse 9, 72070 Tübingen.
Epic Marketing website
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22.1.2k PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX website CLOSED
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Due to massive piracy and other efforts to destabilize the Amiga software market (not counting the subtile attempts
to bash competetitors with unfair methods) Andreas R. Kleinert
decided to put his site on hold for a few days. Read more.
PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX website
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22.1.2k Pegase's source code
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Didier: "The source code of the fast 68K MPEG-A encoder Pegase is available here.
I decided to make it available under the GNU public license in the hope that someone could enhance it, or enhance his own encoder. I reached my
goal in providing a fast encoder, and this doesn't help to keep my motivation high. I think my time would be better spent on another project.
I'd like to thank every users who supported me upto today. Thank you very much."
Didier "kakace" Levet, Pegase
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21.1.2k Powerball and Amiga Classix 2
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Darkage Software announced two new products: Powerball
- simple puzzle game and Amiga Classix 2 - official
sequel to one of the most succesfull Amiga compilation ever! Over 230 freeware, shareware and commercial FULL games...
Darkage Software website
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21.1.2k REBOL website update
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REBOL website was slightly redesigned. It now says Carl Sassenrath has been invited to speak at
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Pervasive Computing Conference, as well as on
Ziff Davis TV - The Screensavers show.
Updated REBOL manual is also available. Beta
version of GUI for REBOL, called REBOL/View should be out really soon.
REBOL Technologies website
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21.1.2k First look at REBOL book
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21.1.2k Driver for Wacom Graphire
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21.1.2k How to act when running into a pirate site
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21.1.2k Public QuakeWorld proxies
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Just updated Surgeons Quake1 Goodies with a config file,
that lets you connect easily to public Quakeworld proxies. It adds a lot of nice features to the game, such as fps
improvements, and filtering options to improve modem bandwith, but a most importantly an extremely good server
browser from within qwcl - no external program needed!
Christian "SuRgEoN" Michael, Surgeons Quake1 Goodies
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20.1.2k REPULSE soundcard announced
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The REPULSE soundcard for the Amiga2/3/4000 is a high-end user product. The soundcard combines the latest sound technologies with a low price.
REPULSE runs 3.3V technology to minimize power consumption. A modern Codec with high quality filters is used for the analog output. The
card is connected to the Zorro II bus by an interface which offers full bandwidth. So the hardware does not use any waitstates. REPULSE has
64 KByte sample FIFO to reduce cpu load extremely. With the full duplex mode playing and recording can be done at the same time. The audio codec
has a dynamic range of 96 dB for excellent sound quality. All in- and outputs are protected against shortwiring.
Read more.
ALiEN DESiGN
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20.1.2k Tales From Heaven
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The 3D Platform game "Tales From Heaven" is now at the presses. Preorders will be shipped probably at the end of next week.
"Tales from Heaven" requires an AGA or Graphics board Amiga with 8 MByte Ram and a 030 CPU. The game will cost DM 89.- and
can be preordered HERE.
Epic Marketing website
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20.1.2k AmiCrusoe(tm) Upgrade Path for Amiga(tm) 1200 Series Computers
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19.1.2k LiveChat with TAO-Group and Fleecy Moss
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IRC log - LiveChat with TAO-Group and Fleecy Moss - 19.01.2000
...new Amiga has been designed to be hardware independent, hence Tao. So what's the new amiga ?
Tao code and Amiga logo?
Amigart website
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19.1.2k Transmeta Breaks the Silence
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (January 19, 2000) - Transmeta Corporation today ended four and a half years of secrecy with
the introduction of CrusoeTM , the world's first family of smart microprocessors. Designed to create a new
category of Mobile Internet Computers, the Crusoe processor family (www.crusoe.com)
is based on a breakthrough software approach that will revolutionize the field of mobile computing. Crusoe delivers
on the market's need for "all day computing" with a PC compatible solution that is unmatched in performance with
low power. Read more.
Transmeta website
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19.1.2k AmiJoe is coming...
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The AmiJoe range from Met@box will be available in February 2000, complete with a full 68000 emulation. With more PPC
software arriving each month, now is the time to move into the fast lane. You can already
preorder
AmiJoe A1200 model suiteble for your needs... lowend G3/250 512KB L2 or highed G3/400 1Mb L2 ? :-)
Blittersoft website
Met@box website
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19.1.2k Marathon 2 Source Code
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19.1.2k Alive Need You
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Steven Flowers: "We need your help. More staff are needed to work from home.
We need programmers to join our in-house development team and a game reviewer
to work for The Pulse. Interested parties should contact
jenniealive@innotts.co.uk."
Steven Flowers, Alive Mediasoft
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19.1.2k KOSH are having server problems again
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www.iconimaging.net/kosh is currently down, as are mailinglists.
We're working to try and rectify this situation, but there's nothing we can do about it right now.
http://kosh.convergence.org/ is still live. Mailinglists will be up again
SOMEWHERE ASAP - it would be helpful if subscribers could get in touch in case we can't get hold of a list.
If anyone wants to know anything can they mail me and I'll try
and answer any questions ASAP.
Gregory Webb
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19.1.2k Meeting with Bill
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On Monday a group of Amiga developers, dealers and the press had a meeting with Bill McEwen (CEO Amiga Inc.)
in Frankfurt. Bill explained their co-operation with TAO and their plans for the future. All looks very
promissing and we at H&P are enthusiastic about the upcoming opportunities. We will have more meetings
with Amiga in the near future to talk about that.
Haage & partner website
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19.1.2k Software News
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Quake 1.09 for AmigaOS/68k (16.01.00)
FastATA4000 ver.1.8 (16 Jan 2000) - changed FastATAPrefs
for full compatibility with the newest HDToolBox ver. 44.22 (OS3.5)
New HDD installation
(partitioning) or making any change in RDB of HDD attached to FastATA4000 is permissible only if
FastATA.driver is running. FastATA.driver should be started before HDToolBox.
Frank Wille's homepage
Darek Dulian
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18.1.2k VIRUS ALERT
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Virus Help Denmark found today an infected file on Aminet. The file is infected with the link virus "Hitch Hiker v4.11".
More info:
Name: Sniper
Virus name: Hitch Hiker v4.11
File name: Sniper.lzh
File size: 667,902 bytes
Infected file: Sniper
Infected size: 688,060 bytes (infected)
Virus can be killed with one of the usual virus killers like VirusZ, VT, VCII...
Amiga-News.de website
Virus help Denmark website
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18.1.2k Internet has a voice
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Archangelis, A technology which brings artificial voices into HTML pages is looking for a Amiga developers' team.
Archangelis is finishing the betatest on IE and NN for windows. On february they will launch the "bug free"
version of their plugins for both ms IE and Netscape communicator. They plan to develop their plugin (in six
languages) on Linux X86, macOS, and...They would glad to add amiga on the list too. They are even ready to pay
an Amiga developer's team to bring their plugin on our favorite OS!!! For more details on the technology check
www.archangelis.com (only in French until the beginning of february)
or just contact Olivier by email.
Olivier Laurent Archangelis
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18.1.2k Are You Crazy Enough?
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Are you clickBOOM and Amiga number one fan? Prove it! You must tattoo either words "clickBOOM"
or Amiga or respective logos on any part of your body!!!
In return, clickBOOM will send you every clickBOOM game! (But contact them first :-)
clickBOOM website
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18.1.2k Meeting with Bill McEwen in Frankfurt
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Bill McEwen, the president and CEO of Amiga Incorporated visited Germany and met German Amiga Heads (like
Haage&Partner, Phase5, Escena, DCE, Amiga News) at Frankfurt. In this meeting Bill McEwen also said
"specifications for developer machine will be announced in February with new necessary software will free
for download. For the late summer the introduction on the market of the first final customer computer is
intended. The exact specification of this model is not certain and depends on the result of the numerous
discussions with developers during its European journey.
Short meeting report and pictures (german).
Amiga-News.de website
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18.1.2k BeOS For Free!
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The next release of BeOS, codenamed Maui, will be R5. The BIG news is that R5 will be free for personal
and non-commercial use. According to Be the free version will be
between 40 and 60MB in size and will be downloadable from free.be.com
before Q1 is over (so definately before 31 March) for x86 and PPC. Will be possible run BeOS under
FusionPPC ? :-)
BeNews website
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18.1.2k Schatztruhe News
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Aminet CD 35, dated February 2000, contains
nearly 1 gigabyte of (uncompressed) software in thousands of archives. Since the release of Aminet 34
over 500 MB new software has appeared. The current edition includes a limited special edition of the
astronomy software Digital Almanac II. Have you installed AmigaOS 3.5 and now you are looking for
more Glow icons? Try GlowIcon Collection,
CD with more than 3500 icons.
Stefan Ossowski's Schatztruhe website
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18.1.2k Classic Amiga Commercials
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Yes its true, Amiga once had ads on television. You can now download
several of the American Amiga ads which were filmed back in the 80s. If you can not play the animation/sounds in the
current format, Amiga playable versions will be uploaded soon.
Amiga.org website
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18.1.2k AROS info page
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Philippe: "I'm trying to do my best for the future of our machine. I think that AROS
can be one of the solutions for all Amigans out there. So I wrote more infos on this project including an interview
of Optimiser himself. Check http://elwoodb.free.fr/AROS."
Philippe 'Elwood' FERRUCCI
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18.1.2k Image Engineer, Visual Engineering News
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Marko Seppänen: "I couldn't use FTP for many days, because of my internet provider's technical problems.
That's why offer-page has been
wrong for some time now. Fixed."
Image Engineer plug-in, Visual Border, now has option (registered
version only) to apply border effect to every or only some of images in a directory, and then save them
back. It's a must for everyone working with video graphics. You can order it
here.
Image Engineer website
Visual Engineering website
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18.1.2k Software News
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SecondSpin v1.97beta.
Readme.
DarcNES/Amiga 9a0115a (000117) - Multi Consol emulator
This release has working Coleco Vision support and therefor I'll probably ditch the ColEm port since DarcNES supports all
the ROMs I've got just as well, and DarcNES also has got sound, something I've not been able to get working with ColEm.
This release also support screenmodes with a width of 256 pixels (CGFX only), so just go ahead and create the required
screenmodes (see Requirements above) and enjoy real fullscreen. And last but not least you can now (at any time) save
a screenshot to the current directory (in PCX format) by pressing the HELP key. You can discuss and share
your ideas, problems about Amster (the Amiga port of Napster by Gürer-Palpa-Özen)
on Amster discussion board.
The Trance Tunnel v1.7 an AmigaAMP plugin
by Stian Strøm (Warp3D support, fullscreen)
AmigAIM V0.9301 Beta- an AIM Client for the Amiga.
SecondSpin homepage
AmiDog's Emulation Corner website
Amigart website
Thomas Lorenz
Richard H. Poser II via STRICQ ML
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After our New Year's announcement and further explanation, we are still
receiving your emails of support. Thanks once again for all that kind and encouraging emails. Don't be
disappointed, if you haven't got any reply yet. We will reply to each message, as time permits. Thanks for
your patience... PS: And for those using our news articles without giving us proper credits, read our
copyright info at the bottom of the page, please ;-)
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17.1.2k Live Chat with Tao and Fleecy
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Just to let you know we have got a live chat with Tao Group and hopefully fleecy to discuss
the Amiga and what we feel should be done. Tao dont have that much a roll in the development but they do have some say and are very
intrested to hear the views of the Amiga public to help them take the correct road.
Francis Charig, Chairman and Chief Exec of Tao Group has confirmed this with me and seems like a really down to earth guy and very sincere
in what he wants to do with the Amiga, he said he will ask Fleecy to attend as well.
So got some ideas? questions? or just want to sit and watch? then come to #AmigaGames on IRC Dalnet.
(The best server to use is irc.dal.net on port: 7000 group: 01)
I will be confirming the live chat with Francis a hour before we go
ahead to make sure things are ok, if we have to postpone it, there will be a new date given in the topic.
The Live Chat will be on 19/01/00 at 16.00 GMT.
The Chat will be moderated you need to msg a active op to be able to ask a
question. No more than 2 questions per go. Usuall IRC rules apply, swearing, name calling, flooding will end in a ban.
John Porter, Amiga Oasis Online
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17.1.2k Crusoe Coming
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The Crusoe™ Processor arriving January 19th, 2000.
The Crusoe product launch event will be covered via live Internet webcast at 9am PST (5pm GMT) by
ZDTV.
Transmeta's full website will go live at 12 pm PST (8pm
GMT).
Transmeta website
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17.1.2k Forgotten Forever Cancelled
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Do you remember screenshots of realtime strategy game called Forgotten Forever?
Csaba Kemeri, the graphician of this project, confirmed that the game has been
cancelled.
Csaba Kemeri
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17.1.2k Enhanced AmigaGuide(R) update
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There is now an updated and improved Omega Research UK website
with the plans that we hope to fulfil. We have uploaded the goals, some concept drawings and a web based
form for you to fill in, so that you can let us know about what you think. We also thank publicly the
people who have kindly responded and gave us the most important things: encouragement and support.
Nick Lamburn, Omega Research UK
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17.1.2k Invitation to join amiga-oasis
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amigaoasis@yahoo.co.uk has invited you to join the amiga-oasis group at eGroups.com, a free email service.
By joining this group, you can share information, store photographs and files, coordinate events and more!
Read more.
Amiga Oasis Online
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17.1.2k Photogenics 4.4 Beta 75
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This released adds RubEmboss and BumpMap modes,
plus improves Emboss by allowing greater range controls, allows the secondary image to be moved
independantly of the layer when using DisplaceMap, and makes saturation increases using the Adjust
mode much more visually pleasing.
Photogenics homepage
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16.1.2k More Alive News
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Steven Flowers: "Since the press release of Elite 3 First Encounters, we have had a few E-Mails demanding
answers from questions like "is it PPC?", "will it be graphics card compatible?". Well as you all may
know, the Alive site as been down for a while, but should be all up and running by Monday, though we are
working hard on dedicated web sites for all our new games coming in 2000."
Read more.
Interview mit Alive Media (german)
Steven Flowers, Alive Mediasoft website
AmigaFuture website
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16.1.2k Amiga, The Next Generation
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Some thoughts, facts, and speculations on the history and possible future of the Amiga and personal computers,
by Jack Seay. Read here.
Amiga.org website
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15.1.2k Hyperion Software is Looking for a PPC Amiga programmer
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Hyperion Software is looking for a Amiga Programmer.
Necessary knowledge is in C/c++ and Warp3D as well as, preferably, in OpenGL. Experiences in the
PowerPC Programmierung(WarpUp) would be an additional plus, are however not necessary. If you are
interested e-mail Ben Hermans, (Hyperion Manager).
Amigart website
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15.1.2k Motorola invests in Tao Group Ltd.
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Motorola Inc. has taken a small minority stake in Tao Group Ltd. here
and will use the company's virtual processor and Java-like OS technology in portable communications and
computing gear, Internet appliances and digital-imaging products.
Read more.
Amiga.org website
eeTimes.com website
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15.1.2k Alive News
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Alive Mediasoft are bringing Elite: First Encounters
to the Amiga. It's supposed to be released in February and have all the features of the PC version.
According to Amiga Extreme Alive Mediasoft will release a QW port soon and there should be also
Descent 2 with Warp3D and PPC support.
Amiga Extreme website
Alive Mediasoft website
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15.1.2k Emulators News
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Dreamcast VMU emulator for the Amiga. Available are
development tools, an emulator, and a sample Tetris game for the Dreamcast's Visual Memory Unit (kind
of a combination of the Playstation memory card and a Gameboy). The emulator runs on the Amiga and
requires OS2.x+.
AmiMSX V3.0 beta - MSX and MSX2 emulator
AmiMD changed his name to MeegaDrive and the first beta's are near to be finished! Let's hope we'll get
a decent MegaDrive/Genesis Emulator soon !
ANN website
AmiEmulators website
AmigaEmulationResource page
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14.1.2k Fleecy Moss outlines Amiga's plan ...
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Fleecy Moss, VP of development of Amiga, outlined Amiga's plan. The plan
is divided into two categories - pathfinder - for adveturers, power
users, gamers, DTPers, video ppl, etc., and DDH (Domestic Digital
Habitat), whatever it means. A few words about continuation of "classic"
Amigas was said too. You can read the
whole message here.
Fleecy Moss, Amiga
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14.1.2k Turboprint 7.10
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Turboprint 7.10 with many new drivers for Canon, Epson & HP printers:
Canon BJC 1000, 2000, 4400
Canon BJC 6000, 6100, 7100 with full support for photo cartridge & 1440dpi (1200dpi for BJC 7100)
Epson Stylus Color 460, 660, 760, 860, 900
Epson Stylus Photo 750, 1200 with full photo ink support
HP DeskJet 810, 812, 815, 830, 832, 882
IrseeSoft website
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14.1.2k Enhanced AmigaGuide(R) Planned!
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Omega Research UK and Trogladite Software,
are planning an upgrade of the existing AmigaGuide to allow for more modern HyperText items. Such planned items are pictures,
adjustable text sizes etc. AmigaGuide is a Registred Trademark of Amiga Incorporated (C)1985-2000.
Nick Lamburn via ANN
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14.1.2k Photogenics 4.4 Beta now available
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Photogenics 4.4 Beta now available for registered Amiga users!
New features include improved loading and saving capabilities with an updated JPEG module and
preliminary support for Adobe Photoshop(R) files, a cool new effect called FireBlur, 7 new paint modes for
combining images in different ways, HTML colour value display and entry, plus numerous minor enhancements such as
an Add Space feature, .bak file generation, tab icons, and many more under the hood improvements. Note that this
is not the final feature list, there's still more to come.
Photogenics homepage
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14.1.2k Amiga Format: Open Letter to the Editor
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14.1.2k Amiga reborn via Tao alliance
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EETimes brings us an article about Amiga and Tao Group. The article describes current
situation as well as some insights on future plans of Tao and Amiga. It also says
that: "Work is now proceeding on VP2, the second-generation virtual processor.
Hinsley and Tao's engineers have developed an assembler, disassembler, C/C++ compiler
and Java just-in-time (JIT) compiler".
Interesting reading.
EETimes website
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14.1.2k You Still Can Win...
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14.2.2k Coyote Flux plans SNES emulator and more...
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After a rather huge delay with PPC680x0 1.10, development was resumed this week. FPU fixes, AltiVec
assembling, macro-support and other symbol-directives will be added to it now. Also, PPC-ports of several
(PD-)programs will arrive which are converted with PPC680x0.
The 3D-engine is still under development,
expect demos very soon.
Finally, Coyote Flux is planning to make a freeware AGA-perfect SNES emulator
if there's enough demand for it. Minimal specs will be the lowest PPC board available and AGA, with support
for the Delfina DSP. The emulator will run perfect in one frame accuracy and sound will be emulated
perfectly as well, even on the lowest spec PPC Amiga. So send your e-mails to
sraghoeb@ocenl.nl and tell them that you want it (or not).
S. Raghoebardaya
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13.1.2k The fourth version is available - VLRec NG 4.0!
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VLRec NG 4.0 comes with many new features. Among the overworked
GUI-graphics in GlowIcons-style and the enhanced recording-facilities in different sizes, there is now also a direct link to
fxPAINT. Furthermore the speed of VLRec NG was improved and
new effects were added: A must-have for every owner of a VHI-compatible board!
Download.
Innovative website
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13.1.2k The first VHI-developer-informations
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The first VHI-developer-informations
are available. Developers can now download the FD-, Include- and Autodoc-file for VHI. An example-driver with
sourceocode and the vhimaster.library will delay until mid of year 2000.
Innovative website
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13.1.2k Innovative News
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Innovative website has moved to a faster server.
fxPAINT website has been updated
and extended. You can now find up-to-date screenshots and an overview over most of the effects
fxPAINT offers to you. Furthermore the design of the site has been unified and it is navigatable
even better.
Innovative website
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13.1.2k Audio Evolution News
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Audio Evolution - AHI-based audio harddisk recording for the Amiga.
Davy Wentzler: "It has been a while again since this page was updated, and this time it's quite bad news:
4 months ago I strained both my arms and hands and was not able to program anymore. It's been better
since then, but still I can only work for a few hours on Audio Evolution in the weekends, otherwise it
would take too much of my health. This means that there has not been a lot of progress lately, but I'm
working on something that requires a major overhaul of the program, and I think you'll like it!
Unfortunately, I can't tell when the next release will be and when I recover from my injury. Cross your
fingers!"
Audio Evolution homepage
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13.1.2k English SeaSide :-)
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12.1.2k H&P: Amiga, Amino, TAO-Group
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Beginning of this year Amino aquired the rights on Amiga. On January 8, 2000 they announced a strategic
relationship with the english company TAO-Group. Their operating systemElate RTOS will be used for the
new Amigas.
We are already in contact with the founders of Amigo/Amiga Bill McEwen and Fleecy Moss
and will have a meeting in the next days.
Haage & partner website
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12.1.2k Photogenics News
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Paul: "I`ve just sent out a beta of Photogenics 4.4 to my core testers. If they give it the thumbs up,
I`ll make it available here for all registered users. Hot on the heels of that will be a public beta
of the Linux version."
Paul Nolan Ltd website
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12.1.2k Quakeworld Support
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Since a beta version of Quakeworld has recently been released for Amiga,
I have added a Quakeworld section at Surgeon's Quake1 Goodies.
Quakeworld section includes link to serverbrowser, source code for a QW-proxy (Cheapo v2.61) and a browsable list of RocketArena
servers. There's also a link to a very good QW fAQ.
Christian "SuRgEoN" Michael
Surgeon's Quake1 Goodies
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12.1.2k The unofficial AQUA support site
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Gary created a new website, called AQUA-FRESH,
to support the Amiga and their AQUA project. Have a look and see what you think!
It has close ties to Fleecy Moss and very soon it will feature a weekly question/answer session with
Fleecy.
Gary Storm (SEAL)
The unofficial AQUA support site.
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12.1.2k Soundprobe News
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Soundprobe Team: "Thanks once more to everyone that has e-mailed
so far, and still does. It isn't a waste of your time! We're looking at expanded Soundprobe onto more platforms, we're currently
looking at Linux as the next step (around end of this year). If a new Amiga system does appear, then this WILL be done shortly
after, but I'm afraid that unless this happens, then the Amiga Soundprobe will be no more :(
If you would like to still get Soundprobe b4 is goes, then contact HiSOFT and they'll be happy to sell you a
copy. I regain ownership of the Amiga Soundprobe from HiSOFT in March, I will then be considering alternative
arrangements (possible making it open source?) the main problem is that I wrote it in E (long long ago), and
badly commented it (I was supposed to be the only one working on it!), it could be converted into C++, but would
need a new interface designing as I wrote that in E also (the guimaker.library). If someone wanted to develope an
interface, I could supply all the code for the processing etc. but I think the best thing would be to support
SoundFX which is still going (GOOD LUCK!), this is an excellent editor, and now easily surpasses Soundprobe
(which has been without for over a year).
I'm sorry to everyone that still uses Soundprobe and needs and update, the state of the Amiga is a very sad
affair and to me personally caused a waste of 3 years work which I could have been using on the PC (I hate to
say it, but it is the truth). The Amiga was good, and in principle still is, I really hope some new life can
come from what was a magnificient machine! Good luck Amiga users, I wish you well...
Soundprobe website
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12.1.2k F1 Software to sign up new UK Distributor
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12.1.2k Diavolo News
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Miky Wenngatz: "Diavolo Backup will be updated in
first quarter 2000. We are in final testing stage, and will hopefully be able to ship in February.
Diavolo Backup will only be available in the Pro version. Price 71 Euro. Hard drives >4GB will be
supported as well as WB 3.5.
Interested people should register at Diavolo Department
if you haven´t already (website not yet available, but we work on it). We will contact you.
The update will be 10-15 Euro for Pro versions and 25 Euro for the former Standard version. The update
will only be distributed by e-mail until further notice."
Amiga-News.de website
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12.1.2k CamX/Camouflage News
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11.1.2k COSA Progress Update
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11.1.99 Simon The Sorcerer II News
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Currently Epic have taken 309 preorders for the Amiga Version of Simon The Sorcerer II. This is more than
before but still not enough. 500 preorders needed to make Simon II happen on the Amiga. The finished game
will need an AGA or GFX board Amiga with a 68030 and 8 MByte Ram.
You can place your preorder here: order@epic-marketing.de
or call 07071 400492, fax 07071 400493, snail mail: epic marketing, Hirschauer Strasse 9, 72070 Tübingen.
Epic Marketing website
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10.1.2k Tao Group and QNX Software systems becoming members of HAVi
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10.1.2k Amiga and Tao-Group enter into a strategic relationship
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10.1.2k DI News
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Read the first open letter from Stuart Walker, Digital Images.
DI are pleased with how Wipeout 2097 is selling so their will port more games from the PC !!! (cool :-)
Digital Images website
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10.1.2k Another Y2K fixes
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10.1.2k And So It Begins...
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A new year, a new owner for Amiga. With Amino/Amiga and Phoenix all gearing up, the Amiga is in for an exciting time. This
time it looks like it's the real thing. And So It Begins...,
new article on suite101.com.
suite101.com website
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10.1.2k Space Combat Games
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Parsecis a non-commercial internet multiplayer 3D space-shooter.
Currently supported systems: Win32, MacOS, Linux, and DOS. What about PPC Amigas? Today you can
try Space - 3D
Space Shooter for gfx card and PPC Amiga.
Readme.
Mattias Carlsson via powerup ML
Clive MacDougall
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10.1.2k Image Engineer offer and interactive tutorial
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Until 25. January 2000 it's possible to order Image Engineer with a very low price.
Only 25$.
Visual Engineering has new Offer of the Month. Register plug-ins for Image Engineer with
lowest prices ever! Take a look at interactive tutorial, which allows online image
manipulation.
Marko Seppänen
Image Engineer
Visual Engineering
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9.1.2k Fusion PPC Amiga news
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Jim Drew has posted the following message on the Microcode Solutions ML:
"Microcode Solutions is still working the PowerPC upgrade module for FUSION (Amiga version). We have run into difficulties with
compilers, poor response from the customers (nearly 1,000 people pledged their support, yet a little more than 200 people have
actually ordered the product), and many other unexpected problems along the way! These factors have caused a significant delay in
the release of FUSION-PPC. We originally planned on hiring a few extra people to help develope the emulation, however, due to the
actual response we were not able to do that and so far we have been doing everything ourselves! We are extremely happy with the
progress we have made thus far, and we know that those people who did pledge their support will be happy too! We ask that you
please be patient and let us do our magic! :-)"
Later... "We are hoping to see it end January/beginning February".
Paul Lesurf, Blittersoft website
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9.1.99 The World Foundry News
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8.1.2k Amiga announces its partnership with Tao Group
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8.1.2k Flash Player Free Source
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8.1.2k Trogladite News
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Trogladite Software are attempting to gather as many ideas about what Amiga should be doing now as possible.
These will all be kept together, and possibly passed on to Amiga. The forum where you can post your ideas
is here
Neil Bullock, Trogladite Software
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7.1.2k Amiga 2K - Amino Development Corp. to exhibit
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Amino Development Corporation, renamed Amiga Inc. on Jan. 6, will exhibit at the Amiga 2K show.
In a conversation today with Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amino, now Amiga Inc., stated that they will definitely exhibit at the Gateway
Computer Show - Amiga 2K, April 1 & 2, 2000.
Bob Scharp
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7.1.2k Y2K patches for LZX 1.21r
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Jonathan Forbes stopped LZX development five years ago (yeah v1.21r is 5 years old now),
and in 1995 nobody cared about Y2K problems. Now there are three independent patches
fixing Y2K bugs in LZX:
LZX121r_pch.lha (11077) by Mikolaj Calusinski
LZXY2KPatch.lha (11053b) by Detlef Wuerkner
lzx_y2k_patch.lha (471b) by DenJS
I (ExiE) just tested two of them - LZX121r_pch.lha is not 100% correct during file listing,
lzx_y2k_patch.lha looks fine to me.
Aminet
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7.1.2k Virtual Ball Fighters News
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6.1.2k Try szip
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szip is a compression utility based
on a block transformation derived from that used in bzip and gives compression ratios unmatched by
popular compressors like LhA, LZX & GZip. DOS/Windows/OS2/Linux...archives are available
here.
Allan Odgaard
szip homepage
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6.1.2k Amiga Corp. site updated
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New Amiga Corporation Address and phone/fax numbers:
Amiga Corporation
23800 SE Kent-Kangley Road
Kent, WA 98032
TEL: (425) 413-2620
FAX: (425) 413-2640
And new emails:
fleecy@amiga.de
bill@amiga.de
randy@amiga.de (Who is randy?)
Amiga Corporation website
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6.1.2k Photogenics News
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Three new Photogenics tutorials added. If you have any comments,
or requests for specific tutorials, write to Paul.
Paul is also working on improving the documentation and integrating it into the website. You can see how it's going so far
here. He's open to suggestions on how to make the documentation
better, so if you have any thoughts or ideas, write to him.
Photogenics homepage
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6.1.2k Software News
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akJFIF.datatype V44.70 (6.1.2000) - 68K;
PPC;
WOS
akPNG.datatype V44.70 (5.1.2000) - 68k;
PPC;
WOS (big optimizations)
akTIFF.datatype V44.70 (5.1.2000) -68k;
PPC;
WOS (big optimizations)
akMPEG download links changed:
akMPEG2 V3.08 (4.1.2000) - 68k+PPC)
akMPEG4 V4.01 (29.12.99) - 68k+PPC)
Amster V.03 (freeware port of Napster Mp3 Download Client) is now available.
Chat mode added, long-file name problem fixed...
Andreas R. Kleinert, PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX
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5.1.2k Programers Wanted
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Trogladite Software are still looking for people to join the group. They especially need people who can
program in C/C++ and Assembler, and they would also like one or two new graphic artists! Email them at
trogladite@trogsoft.freeserve.co.uk if you're
interested.
Neil Bullock, Trogladite Software
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5.1.2k Gateway launches drive to win corporate customers
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"Gateway launches drive to win corporate customers" is the name of the article, posted on ZD Net's PC
Week page. The last third of the article mentions Amiga. No new info though. You can
read the article here.
PCWeek website
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5.1.2k NewsRog Amiga NNTP client ceases development
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ShadowWorks Software announced today, they are cancelling further development of their NewRog news client.The last version of
NewsRog is 1.8b, available to all registered users here.
The development is caesed because of "lack of a market for Amiga software, obsolescent hardware, and a recent increase in
piracy (???) and fraudulent credit card orders".
ShadowWorks Software website
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5.1.2k DukeNukem 3D and Strife for Amiga ?
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5.1.2k Problems with AWeb under OS3.5 on AGA ?
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Janne Siren:"You can fix the AWeb buttons by putting the TRANSPARENT
tooltype in the Storage/Buttons/AWeb file (in AWeb directory) in parenthesis and then installing the
buttons using the AWeb Install-Buttons (or something like that) script. This will fix the problem."
Michael Domoney
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4.1.2k Amiga Executive update
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So it's here, Bill McEwen, CEO of Amino Development Corporation, posts his first Executive update
to Amiga's website. Bill states, it was not patents, but people, community, they bought. He also
explains, what Amino acquired from Gateway.
You can read the whole announcement here.
Amiga Inc. website
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4.1.2k Some news from Petro
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4.1.2k New Amiga Watch
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Tech Head Stories, the electronic journal of narrativity and technology presents
Amiga Watch, an ongoing series of
commentary and analysis of the Amiga/Amino Scene.
Roger B. Wyatt is bringing us his last commentary on the current Amiga scene
situation, called "Clouds In My Coffee". Although he is not 100% accurate in
regads to Phoenix or Holger's Dayota, his article contains many valid points.
You can read it here.
Roger B. Wyatt
Tech Head Stories website
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4.1.2k CS&E to concentrate on Amiga Distribution 2000
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I am writing to you for the good of the Amiga in the UK and beyond. We have many great publishers
and retailers and now two dedicated magazines, but no independent distributor. I can announce to
you that CS&E will step in to independently distribute. We will reach both mail order and
high street retail from our warehouse in Birmingham which is shared with the likes of Eidos.
Read more.
David Connolly, Crystal Software and Electronics
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4.1.2k Discount for clubs exhibiting at A2K
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Amigan-St. Louis is pleased to announce a discount for clubs exhibiting at the Gateway Computer
Show - Amiga 2K©. The discount is 40% off of the normal price. This is a substantial discount,
that is only available to clubs, and only available when utilizing an eight foot table. It is a
limited time offer. Read more.
David Connolly, Crystal Software and Electronics
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4.1.2k What's next for REBOL - "more than just a tool"...
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Carl Sassenrath, CEO of REBOL Technologies, outlined future REBOL plans. According to Carl, REBOL core
language is great tool. But as Carl stated, it was his intention to make REBOL not just a tool. Second
stage of REBOL development starts now - REBOL/View, which should make REBOL useful and exciting for
everyone else, not just programmers or scripters. First beta version is due to be out mid January.
Read the whole message here.
Carl Sassenrath
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4.1.2k OS3.5 Review
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Haven't you bought AmigaOS 3.5 yet? Check this new review of OS3.5
from Philippe Ferucci. That could help you to decide...
Philippe 'Elwood' Ferrucci
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4.1.2k RTGMaster official homepage
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4.1.2k Y2K Note for AmigaOS 3.1 & 3.0 users
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With the upcomming release of CGX V4.2 some of the files have 2000 dates. If you use 3.1 or less of the OS
the 'version' command, version 40.1 and lower, gives incorrect dates, ie 2036 or 1936:) You can get the
updated 40.3 version command here. To
read up on the Y2K problem and the Amiga visit the Amiga Homepage
Y2K WHITE PAPER page.
VGR.COM website
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4.1.2k www.ar-kleinert.de accessability
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Andreas R. Kleinert: "From January 7-9th my WWW provider will restructure their server
infrastructure, so that www.ar-kleinert.de
may temporarily unavailable during these days (this may only be for a few hours in the
night, if everything works well). eMail should be delivered nevertheless.
Andreas R. Kleinert, PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX
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3.1.2k Amiga Sold for $5 million
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3.1.2k Quake News
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Today a first Beta version of the Quake 1.09 and QuakeWorld Port from Frank Wille
and Steffen Haeuser has been released.
The Beta Version includes binaries for WarpUP (vbcc-WarpUP compiled) and PowerUP
(vbcc-PowerUP compiled) of QuakePPC. The list of features includes:
- GFX Board and AGA Support
- Support for PIP (Picasso 96) and WB Window
- Double- and Triplebuffering
- Sound
- CD Audio Support
- Mouse, Joypad and Joystick Support
- In-Game Video-Options
- Network Support
- QuakeWorld Support (Client and Server)
This is only a Beta version, later it is planned to enhance this version, and
especially to add Warp3D support and a comfortable GUI.
Steffen Haeuser
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3.1.2k Ami3D Competition
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ARCnet's #Ami3D is holding a big 3D rendering competition over the next few months. The competition is open
to anyone using an amiga renderer, and runs until March 1st 2000. Online voting will decide the winner.
Users of C4D, Imagine, LightWave, Aladdin, Tornado or any other amiga renderer are welcome to join. There
is also a prize for the winner. Visit
www.amigashowcase.org.uk for details."
Robert Simmonds
www.amigashowcase.org.uk
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3.1.2k Vaporware '99: The 'Winners'
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Check Bottom 10 list
of products that, despite much hype and many promises, have not yet come to pass.
Microsoft won in 1998 and 1999, but new Amiga is drawing up :-)
Guzze
WiredNews website
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3.1.2k The AmiBench Winner
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The AmiBench Winner(s) have been announced and they are Gregory Cassidy from Minneapolis, USA
and a sokram@gnwmail.com. We have not been able to track down the latter winner so if this is you
please do contact us!
AmiBench is very pleased to annouce
these winners, we would like to thank our sponsor Paul Nolan Ltd, and also Everyone who took Part in
the quiz to have a chance of winning!
You're all invited to join our mailing list at
amibench-user-subscribe@onelist.com,
or check www.amibench.org for more information!
Look out for some exciting changes to AmiBench in the year 2000!
All the best from the AmiBench Team.
Mark 'tecno' Wilson, AmiBench
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3.1.2k Diamond Caves II for free
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3.1.2k Virtual Ball Fighters complete!
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3.1.2k MacOnAm
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MacOnAm (Mac on Amiga) is the name of the list
of many MAC 68k games and programs working under MAC emulators Fusion or ShapeShifter with
some other informations.
Martin Bren, MacOnAm
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3.1.2k New Drivers
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The latest versions of software for ELBOX FastATA (PowerFlyer/Winner) High Speed EIDE controller for A1200
and for the 4xEIDE'99 buffered interface are now available:
FastATA'99 v5.1 for A1200
EIDE'99 v2.6 for 4xEIDE
Ivo janacek, Javosoft
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2.1.2k Amiga 2K - Club Table Contest
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Amigan-St. Louis, producers of the Gateway Computer Show - Amiga 2K are proud to announce their
"Club Table Contest". The Amiga Club with the best exhibit table/booth at Amiga 2K, will be
awarded a cash prize of $50 U.S. Read more.
Gateway Computer Show - Amiga 2K© website
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2.1.2k COSA Reaction to Amino Purchase of Amiga Rights
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Within the past few days, ownership of the Amiga rights, trademarks and technology passed
from Gateway to Amino Development. People have asked for COSA's opinion on the sale, and
for comments how this affects the campaign to open-source the AmigaOS.
Here it is.
Campaign to open source the AmigaOS website
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2.1.99 USB for Amiga
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TigerTronics website opened!
It contains some more information on the project as well as who Tigertronics is.
Amiga USB card (with the worktitle Eriol) is currently planned to have the following features:
Two USB connectors. For more connectivity standard USB hubs must be connected
Support for both Low and High speed USB devices
DMA transfer to/from Amiga memory
ZorroII interface (ZorroIII is being looked into)
Thomas Graff Thøger, TigerTronics
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2.1.2k Quake News
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There will be soon a Beta of the Quake-Port by Frank Wille and Steffen Haeuser. Some of the features are:
- Support for WarpUP (real WarpUP Support, not ppc.library Emulation) and PowerUP
- Mouse/Joypad/Joystick Support
- CD Audio Support
- Sound Support
- Network Support (TCP/IP)
- Video Options Menu Supported
- Optional Workbench Window Mode
- Optional PIP Support
- Optional Pubscreen Support
- Double- and Triplebuffering Supported
Frank is currently working also on QuakeWorld Support. I myselves am working on a comfortable GUI.
Steffen Haeuser
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2.1.2k SoundProbe News
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Soundprobe Team: "Thanks once again to everyone that has e-mailed so far, we're now approx 90,
whilst this is approx what was needed, it really isn't enough :( It has been decided that it is no
longer possible to keep Amiga Soundprobe running as a commercial program. During the next couple of
months, the fate of SP on the Amiga will be decided for certain.
As soon as more info is
available, I'll let you all know, you can keep the
e-mails coming in if you like, but it is
getting less and less likely. This is a sad day for the Amiga, and myself, the Amiga was a computer a
used to love working on and using... unless major developments happen on the Amiga soon, SP will be
removed from sale, and I'm sure other s/w won't be far behind, and lets face it, the Amiga isn't
too well compared to current technology (h/w and s/w)."
Soundprobe website
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2.1.2k How is it ?
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Some users wrote to us, asking what conclusion they should make upon our New Year's statement.
Well, our English in the play once again :-) First, we would like to take this oportunity to say big Thank you to all of you,
who wished us the best for the new year. Czech Amiga News site is going to be updated till March, 21th, 2000. Then we will
announce our further plans for our site.
Czech Amiga News Team
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Happy New Year 2000 with Czech Amiga News
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1.1.2k CUCUG Retires Amiga Web Directory
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CUCUG decided to close their
popular Amiga Web Directory service. The reason is declining Amiga market and the opinion it's
better to stop the service now, rather than slowly dissappear with the market. It is a little bit
surprising, as Amiga got new owner since 1.1.2000.
What's more strange is the following. Gary
Peake stated on Team Amiga mailing list: "We at Owlnet made an offer to pick up CUCUG and Kevin
replied that they have decided to retire the pages, trademarks, Agnes Search, etc"...
Bye Bye Agnes...
AWD website
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1.1.2k GoldED Studio Service Pack 15
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REGISTERED users of GoldED Studio can download
new service pack and upgrade installed GoldED Studio 6 sp14 files to the latest version.
(download demo version).
The member download area is under construction - site closed 31.12.1999 - 7.1.2000.
GoldED homepage
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1.1.2k Amiga Flame's Top 10 Games Of 1999
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Philip Cosby: "I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and thank those gamers
who voted for their favourite game of 1999. If you want to know how your favourite
game faired and which game won the title of "Best Game of 1999", then check out the
top ten."
Philip Cosby, AmigaFlame
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1.1.2k First WinQuake Port
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This archive contains Amiga
68k and PPC ports of WinQuake, compiled as directly as possible from ID Software's winquake source code.
aWinQuakePPC works with either PowerUp or WarpOS (under Frank Wille's ppc emulation library).
Read more.
Aminet
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1.1.2k Amiga Sold ...again #2
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1.1.2k Message From Amino/Amiga (31.12.1999)
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Bill McEwen: "Happy New Year to all Amigans around the world.
Today Gateway announced that we have
acquired Amiga. This is all true, and we are going to be making numerous announcements in the next
week about the plans for the future systems, and it is all going to be very exciting. There is a very
bright future for us, and now we can begin the journey. Welcome 2000!"
Amiga.org website
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