Elbox Statement on MEDIATOR PCI Rumours
The complete press release from Elbox Computer containing a statement about the rumours about MEDIATOR-PCI-Extension is available
at the titlelink.
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New Antivirus-Programs
Dirk Stöcker has been very productive. There are new updates for CheckX, XFDMaster.library
and XADMaster.library.
here is some info about the new updates:
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YaQuZa - New PlayStation Emulation for Amiga
A new PlayStation emulation called "YaQuZa" is under development for the amiga. Versions for PowerUp, WarpOS
and MorphOS were announced. The statusreport says that the PowerUp-versions is already working. The emulation will be
released in a few weeks.
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AmiPak - New default Archive-Format for the AmigaOE
Patrick Roberts and Wayne Martin are working on a new filecompression standard for the new AmigaOE.
The new program will be called AmiPak (file-extension: .amp) and it will have many advantages compared to the ones used now.
This format will be availabel for other platforms, too. Additional there will be a GUI which can also handle formats like bzip,
gzip, tar, zip and lha. A betaversion will be available next month.
Please follow the titlelink for further information.
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DiskMaster version 2.5b7 Available
Version 2.5b7 of DiskMaster 2 is available using the titlelink. There are also new versions of DM2.guide and DM2_deutsch.guide.
The Board will be available for A1200 (in Tower-case) and A4000 Desktops. If request is high enough a version for
A4000T will be made, too. The Board is connected directly to the expansionport of BlizzardPPC and CyberstormPPC boards
so the whole 4GB-adress-space of the PPC can be used. It offers 3 PCI and one AGP slot. The slots are clocked
with 66MHz and 32bit-wide bus. In addition there is a SD-RAM-socket on-board (PC100DIMM) for up to 256MB of RAM.
This memory is available for the PPC-processor and graphics boards in the AGP slot. The bus is completely PCI 2.1 compatible
and offers busmastering and DMA. The A4000-version of the board also has an A4000 video slot.
A 3D-driver for Voodoo 5 which is supposed to be shipped with the board is under developement.
The release date is set to late September/early October.
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WarpJPEG.datatype V44.13
On September, 2nd 2000 Oliver Roberts released version V44.13 of his WarpJPEG-Datatype. Besides WarpOS this
version also supports MorphOS and 68k-Amigas (68020+) - with optimised versions for 020, 030, 040 and 060.
Additionally a bug has been removed that could crash the system in case of low memory.
AudioCutter Cinema version 0.89 for x86-Linux
The AudioCutter Cinema is now available as another preview version for linux. Besides new effects and functions
the calculation of the complex 24 bit surround tracks has been acclerated significantly. More information and a
download-possibility are available here.
Neue versions for PPC-Linux and Windows will follow.
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VirusExecutor V2.04 beta
On September, 3rd 2000 Jan Erik Olausen released the betaversion V2.04 of the viruskiller "VirusExecutor".
This beta was in use for quite a long time, so it should run stable. The update has following news:
Name : VirusExecutor v2.04 beta
Archive name : VirusExecutor.lha
Archive size : 222.197 bytes
Release date : September 3 2000
Programmer : Jan Erik Olausen
Requires : xvs.library (included), xfdmaster.library, reqtools.library
New UAE-JIT-Patch available
Bernd Berny Meyer released the third version of his Just In Time compilers for UAE. This version bases on UAE V0.8.15.
Sourcecode-patch and two different binaries are available for download via the titlelink.
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Amiga Arena News SHARKS (ECS) full version!
Working together with Christian Steiner Amiga Arena exclusively presents SHARKS 1.3 as a full registered version.
Sharks is a skill-game.
Get treasures off the ocean´s ground but be aware of the sharks making your life not an easy one. Have fun with Sharks - Amiga Arena - The Fire Still Burns!
Amiga Arena - Burning Business!
Working together with Christian Steiner Amiga Arena offers a special price for the SHARKS AGA and CD32 version.
Amiga Arena Interview Action!
New interviews with Stefan B. (OnyxBase) and Thorsten P. (StartAmPlan) online!
Amiga Arena - Burning Business!
The PhotoAlbum/Cybershow-packet is only available up to September, 10th 2000 for a special price at the Amiga Arena.
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PS/2-Mouseadaptor "Mr. Mysza" Merlancia Industries offers the PS/2 mouseadaptor "Mr. Mysza" for Amiga-Computers. It makes it possible to use PS/2 mice for IBM-compatibles on the Amiga. It supports up to four mousebuttons as well as scroll-mice - the corresponding driver is being shipped with the hardware.
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PPC-version of stormamiga.lib stopped
Matthias Henze wrote:
Because interrest on stormamiga.lib for AmigaOS/PPC and StormC is extremly low, developement is stopped.
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