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Messages - novosti

novosti.1 prvul,
Kao sto vidite malo sam promenio spisak tema (razno je ponovo na kraju spiska kao sto treba da bude, izbacene su neke teme koje nisu naisle na vece interesovanje u prethodnoj konferenciji...)... Naravno, ako ima predloga za nove teme ili za vracanje starih, cim se pokaze da postoji interesovanje (citaj: broj poruka) bice otvorene. Pozdrav, Prvul
novosti.2 ljubinko,
Amiga report 3.03 ar303.lha
novosti.3 mikis,
Najzad jedna nova vest u vezi sudbine Komodora - mada, meni posle ovih 10 meseci čekanja izgleda suviše lepa da bi bila istinita :) - - - - - @BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZFinally the circus is over!!! COMMODORE HAS BEEN BOUGHT! @END_FILE_ID.DIZ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I T ' S P A R T Y T I M E!!!! The newer ending story has finally ended. The circle is now complete COMMODORE BUSINESS MACHINES have finally been bought by one of the compedators. Just a couple of hours ago i spoke to a friend, who had been spoken to David Plesance, and as you all might have understood, David Plesance is the ugly muthafukka who bought COMMODORE!!! He said that Commodore finally have accepted his offer to buy major parts of the company. He also said that the plans that he talked 'bout earlier still countz To B continued!! Thiz quick dox was panically typed by Gozer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ja sam još uvek skeptičan, sačekaćemo bar novi Amiga Report da vidimo da li je ovo zaista istina :)
novosti.4 mikis,
Hydra - Issue #6 - šesto izdanje magazina posvećenog modemskoj sceni (u AmigaGuide formatu). žitajte o mogućnostima Directory Opusa 5.0 :) hydra06.lha
novosti.5 senna,
=> kupovina komodora Axa,i ja sam cuo istu vest ali pre jednu-dve nedelje,i to na Sky text-u, mada sam bio nesto skeptican,posto sam tamo cuo i za to da su amigu 1400 isporucili beta testerima pre jedno godinu i nesto... Svima nam ostaje da se nadamo da Amiga international zaista postoji i da ce se sto pre otpoceti sa prodajom starih i razvojem novih modela,upravo sam procitao vest da ja par firmi reklo zbogom Amiga trzistu,pa ako su vec kupili,nek pozure malo :).
novosti.6 ljubinko,
Cene u Nemackoj januara 1995, iz Amiga Magazina. Koga zanima u fajlu koji ide uz ovu poruku. cene.lha
novosti.7 ljubinko,
Danas u Polarotoru (3K u 14.30) je bilo govora o Amigi. Iz Amiga centra su prikazali Scalu i jednu igru. Dobroje da se o Amigi povremeno cuje ( a treba stovise).
novosti.8 mikis,
+> Cene u Nemackoj januara 1995, iz Amiga Magazina. Hm, a jel bi mogao da pogledaš cene CD-ROM drajvova za A1200 (konkretno, Overdrive modeli ili AlfaDatin CD1200 interfejs - kači se na PCMCIA interfejs, omogućava priključivanje Mitsumi CD drajvova), kao i cene CD-ova sa PD/Shareware softverom za Amigu - konkretno, cene Aminet, Fred Fish i Meeting Pearls diskova. Takođe, dobro bi mi došle adrese firmi _u Švajcarskoj_ koje ih prodaju (mislim da se nekoliko njih oglašava u Amiga Magazinu). Unapred hvala :)
novosti.9 ljubinko,
>(konkretno, Overdrive modeli ili AlfaDatin CD1200 OVERDRIVE CD ROM , Software. 1 CD 469 DEM OVERDRIVE CD Controller fur A1200 199 DEM Tandem controller + Mitsumi FX-300 368 DEM Mitsumi FX-300 3-Fach Speed 329 DEM >cene CD-ova sa PD/Shareware softverom za Amigu Aminet 3 gold 29 DEM Aminet 3 Share 19 Aminet 4 Gold 29 Aminet 4 Share 19 Fresh Fish CD ROM 7 (nov/dec) 59 Meeting Pearls 19 DEM >Takode, dobro bi mi dosle adrese firmi _u Svajcarskoj_ Swisoft AG Madretschtasse 48 CH - 2500 BEIL 7 Telefon 032 252427 Amiga & Electronic S. Station Neustradstrase 34 CH - Luzern Telefon 041 431893 Vokinger Consulting Dorfstrasse 132 CH - KILCHBERG Telefon 01 7150575
novosti.10 marshall,
=> Danas u Polarotoru (3K u 14.30) je bilo govora o Amigi. => Iz Amiga centra su prikazali Scalu i jednu igru. => Dobroje da se o Amigi povremeno cuje ( a treba stovise). A nasli su od koga ce da prikupe informacije o Amigi i ko ce da objasni kako Amiga radi.. Secam se jednom kad sam bio tamo, taj nije ni u DOpus-u znao da se snadje.. :((( Grozno !
novosti.11 mikis,
+> >Takode, dobro bi mi dosle adrese firmi _u Svajcarskoj_ +> Swisoft AG +> Amiga & Electronic S. Station +> Vokinger Consulting Hvala! Samo, da ne bude zabune: jel se kod ovih firmi može naći pomenuti softver na CD-ovima (Aminet, Fred Fish...)? I još nešto: kako stoje stvari sa cenama modema? (Npr. US Robotics Sportstera 14400/28800, USR Courier 28800 V34, i sl.)
novosti.12 ljubinko,
>Hvala! Samo, da ne bude zabune: jel se kod ovih firmi... Upravo kod njih. Reklama za CD softver (osim pobrojanih ima i mnogo drugih) je na celoj strani, a nabrojane su firme gde se moze kupiti. Mnoge su u Nemackoj, neke u Austriji, a navedene u Svajcarskoj. Dakle to je to. >I jos nesto: kako stoje stvari sa cenama modema?... Sportster 14.4 375 DEM Courier V 32 Terbo 21.6 1145 Courier V 34 1345 TKR Fastline 28.8/FAX 495 TKR Terboline 19.2 295 Faxmodem 14400 Bd, V42 199 Faxmodem 28800 Bd, V34 449
novosti.13 rcolic,
Amiga Format * March * Issue 69 - Review Krecemo od prve strane - 2 coverdisk-a. Photogenics - The best selling image processor ever? Judge for yourself right now! Needs 2Mb, requires WB3.0+ Super League Manager - We put you in the hotseat at United. Can you guide them to the top? Needs 1Mb. (Nisam imao vremena da detaljnije pogledam ali mi se cini da je igra bez veze) Prvo ono sta nas sve interesuje - Commodore. -> prepisacu samo ono sto mi se ucini da je vazno posto ima dosta toga <- The next generation Amiga Chris Ludwig was one of the last people working for Commodore before the company went bust. Here he gives a fascinating insight into Commodore's plans and what the future might hold for the next generation of Amigas. AF: As we understand it, the Hewlett Packard RISC chip had been chosen as the basis for future Amiga development? CL: That is correct. AF: The new AmigaDos would NOT be compatibile with the existing software? CL: That's correct, people would have to recompile their existing software. But, again because of the chip's degree of compatibility with the 68000 line that shouldn't be a gargantuan effort. AF: The specifications of AAA seemed pretty impressive. Is the custom RISC really that much better than AAA? CL: Oh yes, definitely. Our system will beat the pants off a Saturn. We've designed i around being a really fantastic system, exercising the best of the resources that Commodore's always had. We've got some really good stuff planned. Sve u svemu nova masina ce imati AmigaDos, "with the capability of running Windows NT as well", bolja rezolucija od konzola, texture mapping, itd... - Braben uskoro izbacuje Frontier:The New Encounters. Znaci novi brodovi, poboljsane scene borbe, isti cilj. - Grandslam radi na Wolf 3D klonu za sada jos bez imena koja bi trebala da se pojavi oko maja/juna. - ShockWave poklanja A4000/2MBchip/16MBfast/40mhz + lightwave. - Opisi SCSI diskova za A1200 - Navodno Personal Paint 6.1 moze da pravi stereograme. Pa ako neko ima neka javi. - Ko je video Nexus 7 sigurno se seca Plasma Zoom-a. E sad - pay attention to the message that crops up half-way through the demo:"Use your perception to penetrate the void of your mind". If you're one of those people who can read stereograms, put your eyes into focusing mode you use and stare at he Plasma Zoom. Freaky freaky. - Kuciste za A1200 - izvadi se ceo motherboard iz standardne A1200 i stavi u 400ú vredno kuciste. Time se gubi: PCMCIA slot, internal IDE mounting, HD/floppy access lights, a dobija se: five Zorro II slots, seven HD mounting slots, clock display, real-time clock. I jos cene. Skupo je. Blizzard 1220/4 229.95ú 4Mb for 1220 169.95ú 1230-III Turbo 0mb,40mhz EC030 189.95ú 1230-III Turbo 0mb,50mhz 030 229.95ú A1200 nema da se kupi, ako vas interesuju jos neke cene - tu sam. drndi.
novosti.14 mikis,
+> Upravo kod njih. Reklama za CD softver (osim pobrojanih +> ima i mnogo drugih) je na celoj strani, a nabrojane su Sjajno :) Hvala puno, sad ću da pojurim moju "švajcarsku vezu" :)
novosti.15 ljubinko,
> Amiga Format * March * Issue 69 - Review Ako Ti nije tesko voleo bih da napises o kojim programima i igrama pisu u ovom broju. Hvala!
novosti.16 ljubinko,
Ja sam ranije poslao Stone Cracker u grupu. Niko nista nije komentarisao. Evo nekih uporedjenja. Kompresovao sam Page Stream 3.0 (originalna duzina 1 145 391) sa raznim programima i dobio: sa Turbo Imploderom 4.0 413 772 Power Packerom 4.30 457 492 Stone Crackerom 396 292 Crunchmania 1.9t 368 836 Dakle najbolja je Crunchmania, ali ni Stone Cracker nije los. A Stone Cracker mnogo brze dekompresuje. Pozdrav !
novosti.17 vpoznanovic,
>> sa Turbo Imploderom 4.0 413 772 >> Power Packerom 4.30 457 492 >> Stone Crackerom 396 292 >> Crunchmania 1.9t 368 836 Izgleda da vrijeme Powerpackera polako prolazi...
novosti.18 mikis,
Malo svežih glasina o sudbini Komodora (friško sa Interneta) - i dalje se ništa ne zna, ali izgleda da Escom ima mnogo ozbiljniju ulogu nego što se mislilo. Naime, kao osnova za (finalnu) licitaciju biće verovatno uzeta njihova ponuda, a koliko sam razumeo, oni su otkupili i neka prava od C= Germany. Inače, jedan od menadžera Escoma je bivši direktor Commodore Germany. Ovaj put informacije su malo pouzdanije, sa Interneta (tačnije, WWW Amiga Home Page-a), većina potiče od J. Comptona, urednika Amiga Reporta (btw, izašao je i AR 3.05, ali, naravno, ne kod nas :( ) phn-rum1.txt
novosti.19 mikis,
+> Izgleda da vrijeme Powerpackera polako prolazi... Ne znam, za mene je davno prošlo :) Skoro sve na disku kompresovano PP-om sam prebacio u Crunch Maniu :) Nego, danas mi se nešto čudno desilo sa Powerpackerom. Naime, rešio sam (po ko zna koji put :) ) da instaliram PageStream 2.2. Kada sam ga prekopirao na hard, i startovao, sve je bilo OK. Međutim, kada sam hteo ga pečujem na 2.21, video sam da je kompresovan PowerPackerom 4.0. OK, kažem ja, uđem u DOpus, dekrančujem ga XFDDecrunchom... Startujem iz WB-a, javi mi "Can't open your tool: PageStream2"! Učitam PowerPacker 4.0, raspakujem ponovo, startujem - zakuca mi mašinu!!! Nema čak ni gurua, samo počne da učitava, blokira se, ekran se zacrni, nešto kvrcne i upali se dioda flopija ?!? Ponovo sam ga raspakovao XFDDecrunchom, probao da startujem iz CLI-ja, međutim javlja mi grešku -1?!? Takođe, patch nije hteo da se "primi". Ako neko zna šta bi moglo biti, neka pomaga - čak sam pola sata pretraživao disk svim mogućim virus čekerima (ništa, naravno). Znam pouzdano da sam ranije mogao da ga otpakujem i pečujem (na A500). Još nešto: kako se menja default screen font (u PStreamu 2)? Topaz 8 je premali za interlace...
novosti.20 ljubinko,
Arhiver za Amigu LZX 1.00 sam dobio uz preporuku da je to najnoviji (pojavio se februara 1995.) i najbolji arhiver. Spakovan je u LhA arhivu duzine 130904 bajta, a raspakovana arhiva je ukupno 271058. Odmah sam pozeleo da probam novi arhiver LZX i istu arhivu spakovao sa njim. Dobio sam, neverovatno, ali istinito, samo 69338 bajta. Skoro duplo bolje od LhA. To me je odmah odusevilo, a koga ne bi. Radi se o Evaluation verziji, pa je saljem ovde. Postoji naravno i bolja registrovana verzija, ali je za sada nema niko u YU. Ali i ovako je najbolji. Program sam dobio od SysOp-a Hot House-a, kojina zalost jos ne radi. Cim bude proradio javicu. Pozdrav !
novosti.21 haralampie,
>. OK, kazem ja, udem u DOpus, dekrancujem ga XFDDecrunchom... >. Startujem iz WB-a, javi mi "Can't open your tool: PageStream2"! Ucitam >. PowerPacker 4.0, raspakujem ponovo, startujem - zakuca mi masinu!!! Nema >. cak ni gurua, samo pocne da ucitava, blokira se, ekran se zacrni, nesto >. kvrcne i upali se dioda flopija ?!? Ponovo sam ga raspakovao Pre depakovanja u "HunkLab" meniju iskljuci sledece opcije: Remove Symbol Hunks i Remove Debug Hunks.
novosti.22 kangaroo,
=> >. OK, kazem ja, udem u DOpus, dekrancujem ga XFDDecrunchom... => >. Startujem iz WB-a, javi mi "Can't open your tool: PageStream2"! Ucitam => >. PowerPacker 4.0, raspakujem ponovo, startujem - zakuca mi masinu!!! Nema => >. cak ni gurua, samo pocne da ucitava, blokira se, ekran se zacrni, nesto => >. kvrcne i upali se dioda flopija ?!? Ponovo sam ga raspakovao => => Pre depakovanja u "HunkLab" meniju iskljuci sledece opcije: Remove => Symbol Hunks i Remove Debug Hunks. A ako to ne pomogne stiže PowerDataPro... Možda i pomogne :)) ppdata.lha
novosti.23 vpoznanovic,
>> Spakovan je u LhA arhivu duzine 130904 bajta, a raspakovana >> arhiva je ukupno 271058. Odmah sam pozeleo da probam novi >> arhiver LZX i istu arhivu spakovao sa njim. Dobio sam, >> neverovatno, ali istinito, samo 69338 bajta. Skoro duplo >> bolje od LhA. To me je odmah odusevilo, a koga ne bi. Otkucaj jedno 'lha vv' pa vidi da li su fajlovi arhivirani 'lh5' metodom kompresije. I nemoj da se gorko iznenadiš ako shvatiš da nisu. ;) Toliku razliku u odnosu na 'lh5' ne bi postigla ni fraktalna kompresija.
novosti.24 vpoznanovic,
>> Ne znam, za mene je davno prošlo :) Skoro sve na disku kompresovano >> PP-om sam prebacio u Crunch Maniu :) Mudro... :) Još kad bismo nabavili verziju 2.0r... :)
novosti.25 dex.dexter,
*> Ne znam, za mene je davno proslo :) Skoro sve na disku kompresovano *>PP-om sam prebacio u Crunch Maniu :) Ja, to ne bi radio.. jednom sam probao da spakujem, FileMaster 2.2.. Spakuje ga ja sa PP, StoneCracker-om, itd. kad oni nemogu da ga spakuju ispadne fajl duzi.. :) Uzmem Crunch maniu, kad ona ga spakuje sa na oko 70 kb, na oko 50 kb, i ja se odusevim, al posle mi pade nesto napamet, reko ajd da ga vratim nazad.. raspakujem ga ja, kad ono, CM ga upropasti nevidjeno, i posle nije hteo FM da radi.. e svasta.. kad ga spakuje radi, kad raspakuje program vise neradi.. i tako sam odustao, da bilo sta pakujem s njim, (jedino data fajlovi rade ok :)) BTW, radi se o registrovanoj verziji CRM.. *> Jos nesto: kako se menja default screen font (u PStreamu 2)? Topaz 8 *>je premali za interlace... Nikako izgleda :))
novosti.26 ljubinko,
>> Spakovan je u LhA arhivu duzine 130904 bajta, a raspakovana >> arhiva je ukupno 271058. Odmah sam pozeleo da probam novi >> arhiver LZX i istu arhivu spakovao sa njim. Dobio sam, >> neverovatno, ali istinito, samo 69338 bajta. Skoro duplo >> bolje od LhA. To me je odmah odusevilo, a koga ne bi. >Otkucaj jedno 'lha vv' pa vidi da li su fajlovi arhivirani 'lh5' metodom >kompresije. I nemoj da se gorko iznenadis ako shvatis da nisu. ;) Toliku >razliku u odnosu na 'lh5' ne bi postigla ni fraktalna kompresija. Proverio sam pre pisanja i slanja poruke. Kompresija je bila lh5. Da ne bude zabune podatak za LZX je u stepenu kompresije -3 (dakle najboljem), kao sto se radilo i o najboljoj kompresiji za LhA (lh5). Neverovatno. Proveri i sam! Ja sam se odusevio. Voleo bih da cujem tebe kada proveris! Doduse nije uvek tolika razlika, ali je UVEK BOLJI od bilo koga drugog arhivera. Pozdrav!
novosti.27 dex.dexter,
*>>Otkucaj jedno 'lha vv' pa vidi da li su fajlovi arhivirani 'lh5' metodom *>>kompresije. I nemoj da se gorko iznenadis ako shvatis da nisu. ;) Toliku *>>razliku u odnosu na 'lh5' ne bi postigla ni fraktalna kompresija. *> *>Proverio sam pre pisanja i slanja poruke. Kompresija je bila lh5. *>Da ne bude zabune podatak za LZX je u stepenu kompresije -3 *>(dakle najboljem), kao sto se radilo i o najboljoj kompresiji *>za LhA (lh5). Ja sam pogledao i na pocetku fajla, uopste ne pise lh5, nego LZX, sto verovatno znaci da se radi o nekoj novoj kompresiji.. *>Doduse nije uvek tolika razlika, ali je UVEK BOLJI od bilo koga *>drugog arhivera. U vecini slucajeva jeste, i to dosta, npr. fajl od 1.1 MB spakovan sa LHA mi je LZX zapakovao na 780 kb, ali sam nasao i arhive koje nije mogao da zapakuje bolje od lha, ili DMS..
novosti.28 mikis,
+> Pre depakovanja u "HunkLab" meniju iskljuci sledece opcije: Remove +> Symbol Hunks i Remove Debug Hunks. Dankešen :)
novosti.29 mikis,
+> Otkucaj jedno 'lha vv' pa vidi da li su fajlovi arhivirani 'lh5' metodom +> kompresije. I nemoj da se gorko iznenadiš ako shvatiš da nisu. ;) Toliku Pazi sad, nemoj ti da se iznenadiš: 3.Work:bbs/out> lha vv lzx100 LhA V1.50r - Copyright (c) 1991,92 Stefan Boberg. Not for commercial use. Listing of archive 'lzx100.lha': Original Packed Ratio Date Time Atts Method CRC Host OS L U -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------- ------ ---- -------- --- LZX/LZX.guide 85914 27052 68.5% 05-Feb-95 22:36:14 ----rw-d -lh5- EB18 Unknown 0 LZX/LZX_68000EC 63148 35279 44.1% 05-Feb-95 22:43:02 --p-rwed -lh5- 645B Unknown 0 LZX/LZX_68020 60996 34200 43.9% 05-Feb-95 22:42:08 --p-rwed -lh5- 1487 Unknown 0 LZX/LZX_68040 61000 34222 43.8% 05-Feb-95 22:42:26 --p-rwed -lh5- 4083 Unknown 0 -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 271058 130753 51.7% 18-Oct-94 02:00:06 4 files 3.Work:temp> lzx v lzx100 LZX 1.00 (Evaluation) Archive/Extract utility - 68020/68030 Version Copyright Š 1995 Data Compression Technologies. All rights reserved. Commercial use of this unregistered program is prohibited Viewing archive 'lzx100.LZX': Original Packed Ratio Date Time FileAttr CRC-32 M Name -------- -------- ----- --------- -------- -------- -------- - ----------- 85914 24794 28.8% 05-Feb-95 22:36:14 ----rw-d B307BF6A 1 LZX.guide 63148 merged n/a 05-Feb-95 22:43:02 --p-rwed 9663DFA7 1 LZX_68000EC 60996 merged n/a 05-Feb-95 22:42:08 --p-rwed C98D2D82 1 LZX_68020 61000 merged n/a 05-Feb-95 22:42:26 --p-rwed 9BC6CAE7 1 LZX_68040 185144 46432 25.0% -------- -------- ----- --------- -------- 271058 71226 26.2% 18-Oct-94 02:51:53 ----rwed 4 file(s) :)) A ne radi se o fraktalnoj kompresiji! Tajna je u onome "merged". Program postiže toliki stepen kompresije time što sve fajlove praktično spaja u jedan, koji se zatim kompresuje. To naravno ima svojih prednosti (znatno veći stapen kompresije nego kod "običnih" arhivera), ali i svojih mana - veća potrošnja memorije, što je još gore, postoji mogućnost da ako jedan fajl iz arhive bude oštećen, propadnu i svi ostali fajlovi (iza njega) :( Ipak, vredi probati ovaj program, radi na svim mašinama, a autori tvrde (što je lako proveriti) da je brži i da bolje kompresuje od bilo kog arhivera za Amigu (a i za PC) :)
novosti.30 mikis,
This is AmyNews 13 A compilation of new hardwares and softwares for the Amiga ***** PLEASE SPREAD THIS FILE ***** _ _ // Amiga Technologies International. \X/ Powered by Motorola. Intel Inside! Idiot Outside Ovo odmah da se skida!! Saznajte SVE o softveru i hardveru za Amigu koji treba da se pojavi, ili se već pojavio! aminws13.lha
novosti.31 kangaroo,
Nisam primetio da je bio stoga eve vam Amiga Report 3.5 ar305.lha
novosti.32 kangaroo,
=> Ipak, vredi probati ovaj program, radi na svim mašinama, a autori => tvrde (što je lako proveriti) da je brži i da bolje kompresuje od bilo => kog arhivera za Amigu (a i za PC) :) Neko je pričao o straubalnoj kompresiji ??! See below...: 7.Work:T/2/PicManager/pictures> list NAGEL02 19182 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:07:12 NAGEL05 21042 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:07:34 NAGEL06 27590 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:07:40 NAGEL07 23448 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:07:48 NAGEL08 15600 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:07:54 NAGEL09 19472 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:08:00 NAGEL10 15110 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:08:04 NAGEL11 25950 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:08:10 NAGEL13 22998 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:08:24 NAGEL15 33474 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:08:42 NAGEL16 20858 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:08:48 NAGEL17 19960 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:08:56 NAGEL18 36178 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:09:02 NAGEL20 20868 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:09:18 NAGEL21 32136 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:09:28 NAGEL22 44706 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:09:38 NAGEL23 24930 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:09:44 NAGEL24 10888 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:09:48 NAGEL27 25942 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:10:10 NAGEL29 17760 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:10:26 NAGEL30 17722 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:10:32 NAGEL32 33798 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:10:44 NAGEL33 20216 ----rwed 07-Sep-94 20:10:50 nagel.lzx 219260 ----rwed Today 08:28:19 nagel.lha 229111 ----rwed Today 08:30:10 25 files - 1986 blocks used 7.Work:T/2/PicManager/pictures> Ono jes da ga je malo jače nabio :) al za onoliku memoriju koliko guta, pih! Uzgred eve vam pregršt lepih slika iz PicManagera uz poruku.... nagel.lzx
novosti.33 sazalakazu,
> This is AmyNews 13 > A compilation of new hardwares and > softwares for the Amiga > ***** PLEASE SPREAD THIS FILE ***** > _ > _ // Amiga Technologies International. > \X/ Powered by Motorola. > Intel Inside! Idiot Outside > Staro....na SDR imas AmiNews 14.. naravno svi koji to imaju su skinuli od mene.... ;)) ;)) 8>>> hehe
novosti.34 ljubinko,
>Nisam primetio da je bio stoga eve vam Amiga Report 3.5 Hvala! Nadam se da cemo i ubuduce imati nove brojeve. Da li neko ima ar302 i ar 304 ? Pozdrav!
novosti.35 kangaroo,
> Staro....na SDR imas AmiNews 14.. naravno svi koji to imaju su skinul > od mene.... ;)) ;)) 8>>> hehe Ne bih reko.... :)
novosti.36 sazalakazu,
> Staro....na SDR imas AmiNews 14.. naravno svi koji to imaju su skinul > od mene.... ;)) ;)) 8>>> hehe > Ne bih reko.... :) Ja bi rek'o jer si i ti skin'o od mene ;))
novosti.37 kangaroo,
> Ja bi rek'o jer si i ti skin'o od mene ;)) Eh dete moje kad bih ja tako nisko pao da skidam od tebe onda bih odma zatvorio ble ble es a modem bi zafrljačio kroz prozor :))))
novosti.38 vpoznanovic,
>> Uzmem Crunch maniu, kad ona ga spakuje sa na oko 70 kb, na oko 50 kb, >> i ja se odusevim, al posle mi pade nesto napamet, reko ajd da ga vratim >> nazad.. raspakujem ga ja, kad ono, CM ga upropasti nevidjeno, i posle >> nije hteo FM da radi.. e svasta.. kad ga spakuje >> radi, kad raspakuje program vise neradi.. i tako sam odustao, da bilo >> sta pakujem s njim, (jedino data fajlovi rade ok :)) I ja potvrđujem ovu priču. Pri raspakivanju nekih većih komandnih fajlova skratio mi ih je za punih 14 Kb i pri tom, naravno, potpuno upropastio! Zašto to radi, nemam pojma, pretpostavljam da je u pitanju bag. Verzija je 1.8r i nema nikakvih opcija za eventualno (ne)uklanjanje hunkova. Za one koji ne znaju, tako kompresovani fajlovi nisu propali. Da biste ih uspješno dekompresovali, koristite neki program koji raspakuje pomoću xfdmaster.library, unpack.library ili neke slične koja ima 'CrM command file decrunch' rutinu.
novosti.39 vpoznanovic,
>> Neverovatno. Proveri i sam! >> Ja sam se odusevio. Voleo bih da cujem tebe kada proveris! >> >> Doduse nije uvek tolika razlika, ali je UVEK BOLJI od bilo koga >> drugog arhivera. U pravu si, u svakom slučaju bolje pakuje od LhA.
novosti.40 vpoznanovic,
>> Tajna je u onome "merged". Program postiže toliki stepen kompresije >> time što sve fajlove praktično spaja u jedan, koji se zatim kompresuje. >> To naravno ima svojih prednosti (znatno veći stapen kompresije nego kod "običnih" arhivera), ali i >> svojih mana - veća potrošnja memorije, što je još gore, postoji >> mogućnost da ako jedan fajl iz arhive bude oštećen, propadnu i svi >> ostali fajlovi (iza njega) :( Vidio sam ja odmah da nije u pitanju tradicionalni metod arhiviranja. :) Šalim se, mogu reći da sam stvarno prijatno iznanađen performansama programa. Jedino me zabrinjava količina memorije koju koristi (a zna se i zašto ;). Može li to nekako da se smanji (naravno, po cijenu gubitka na brzini)?
novosti.41 vpoznanovic,
>> Neko je pričao o straubalnoj kompresiji ??! See below...: >> >> nagel.lzx 219260 ----rwed Today 08:28:19 >> nagel.lha 229111 ----rwed Today 08:30:10 Izgleda da se malo teže snalazi sa 'data' fajlovima.
novosti.42 kangaroo,
> Izgleda da se malo teže snalazi sa 'data' fajlovima. Heh reko bih na muci se poznaju junaci :))
novosti.43 sazalakazu,
> Staro....na SDR imas AmiNews 14.. naravno svi koji to imaju su skinul > od mene.... ;)) ;)) 8>>> hehe > Ne bih reko.... :) Ja bi rek'o jer si i ti skin'o od mene ;))
novosti.44 sazalakazu,
> > Ja bi rek'o jer si i ti skin'o od mene ;)) > > Eh dete moje kad bih ja tako nisko pao da skidam od tebe onda bih odma > zatvorio ble ble es a modem bi zafrljacio kroz prozor :)))) Koliko ja znam, planirao si da zatvoris BBS, a sto se modema tice, nemam pojma :) Inace skinuo si od mene...CPS je bio 1900 a ti si rekao: `Sto ovaki mali CPS sa V42 bis?' - heh
novosti.45 marshall,
>> Neverovatno. Proveri i sam! >> Ja sam se odusevio. Voleo bih da cujem tebe kada proveris! >> Doduse nije uvek tolika razlika, ali je UVEK BOLJI od bilo koga >> drugog arhivera. => U pravu si, u svakom slucaju bolje pakuje od LhA. Al' zdere memorijuuuu... Bas je alav program...
novosti.46 marshall,
>> Tajna je u onome "merged". Program postize toliki stepen kompresije >> time sto sve fajlove prakticno spaja u jedan, koji se zatim kompresuje. >> To naravno ima svojih prednosti (znatno veci stapen kompresije nego kod => "obicnih" arhivera), ali i >> svojih mana - veca potrosnja memorije, sto je jos gore, postoji >> mogucnost da ako jedan fajl iz arhive bude ostecen, propadnu i svi >> ostali fajlovi (iza njega) :( => Vidio sam ja odmah da nije u pitanju tradicionalni metod arhiviranja. :) => Salim se, mogu reci da sam stvarno prijatno iznanaden performansama => programa. Jedino me zabrinjava kolicina memorije koju koristi (a zna se i Xmmm.. Slicno bi dobio ako bi upotrebio prvo LHA tako da samo 'move' fajlove u arhivu pa onda da je ponovo arhiviras sa LHA..
novosti.47 ljubinko,
>> Tajna je u onome "merged". Program postize toliki stepen kompresije >Xmmm.. Slicno bi dobio ako bi upotrebio prvo LHA tako da samo 'move' >fajlove u arhivu pa onda da je ponovo arhiviras sa LHA.. Da li probao? Predlazem da probas, pa onda iznesi iskustvo. Inace vec dugo se najavljuje novi LhA 3.0 sa znatno boljom kompresijom, pa senadam da cemo i to uskoro videti.
novosti.48 mikis,
+> Vidio sam ja odmah da nije u pitanju tradicionalni metod arhiviranja. :) Pa nije baš da nije - ta fora se maltene oduvek koristi na Unixu - prvo 'arhiviraš' fajlove tar-om (tj. povežeš ih u jedan), a onda ih kompresuješ (compressom ili gzipom). Verovatno nešto slično može da se postigne i LHA-om, treba probati da se par fajlova prvo join-uje, pa tek onda arhivira, baš me zanima koliki bi se stepen kompresije dobio u odnosu na standardni metod. Uzgred, LHA je definitivno prevaziđen - čak i krančeri poput Crunch Manije bolje pakuju od njega... Ali zato, uskoro stiže LHA 3.0 :) +> programa. Jedino me zabrinjava količina memorije koju koristi (a zna se i +> zašto ;). Može li to nekako da se smanji (naravno, po cijenu gubitka na +> brzini)? E, to bih i ja voleo da znam... Pre neki dan nisam mogao da zapakujem jedan fajl od 280 KB, i ako sam imao preko 500 KB slobodno, od toga bar 450 u jednom bloku :(( U uputstvu se prominju mnogo manji memorijski zahtevi, baš me zanima kako su to dobili.
novosti.49 mikis,
+> Izgleda da se malo teže snalazi sa 'data' fajlovima. Zar IFF slike nisu već na neki način kompresovane?
novosti.50 mikis,
+> Staro....na SDR imas AmiNews 14.. naravno svi koji to imaju su skinuli +> od mene.... ;)) ;)) 8>>> hehe A mogao si ga baš poslati i ovde ;) No, evo ga : This is AmyNews 14 A compilation of new hardwares and softwares for the Amiga ***** PLEASE SPREAD THIS FILE ***** aminws14.lha
novosti.51 ljubinko,
> This is AmyNews 14 > A compilation of new hardwares and > softwares for the Amiga Hvala! Svi smo mi zeljni da vidimo sta je novo, ali... - TurboCalc version 2.1 is released now. - ovo sam citirao samo jedan deo teksta. Zasto? - Zato sto se to pojavljuje u svim AmyNews koje ja imam, odavno, a odavno se i pojavio Turbo Calc 2.1 pa i 3.0. I ne samo da se pojavio, nego ga i vecina od nas ima. Dakle potpuno neaktuelno. Ako se uporede AmyNews brojevi 13 i 14 vidi se da je velika vecina teksta identicna. Stvarno novi tekst je samo 17440 bajta, a 229524 bajta je potpuno identicno. Pojavljuju se tekstovi koji su potpuno isti kao i u prvim brojevima AmyNewsa i koji su sada potpuno neaktuelni. Da ne bude zabune - ponovo se zahvaljujem Mikisu koji je poslao ovaj tekst, a sve moje kritike su upucene na adresu: Henrik Jensen, Editor-In-Chief. AmyNews 95, koji ponavlja iste tekstove.
novosti.52 vpoznanovic,
>> Xmmm.. Slicno bi dobio ako bi upotrebio prvo LHA tako da samo 'move' >> fajlove u arhivu pa onda da je ponovo arhiviras sa LHA.. Ima tu još nešto, sigurno. Tako nećeš ni izbliza dobiti onoliku uštedu.
novosti.53 vpoznanovic,
>> Verovatno nešto slično može da se postigne i LHA-om, treba probati da se >> par fajlova prvo join-uje, pa tek onda arhivira, baš me zanima >> koliki bi se stepen kompresije dobio u odnosu na standardni metod. Veći, ali ni blizu onoga koji se dobija LZX-om. Probao sam. >> Uzgred, LHA je definitivno prevaziđen - čak i krančeri poput Crunch >> Manije bolje pakuju od njega... Nema šanse. :) >> E, to bih i ja voleo da znam... Pre neki dan nisam mogao da >> zapakujem jedan fajl od 280 KB, i ako sam imao preko 500 KB slobodno, od >> toga bar 450 u jednom bloku :(( Eh, ti bar možeš T: da assign-uješ na hard, kod mene je situacija vrlo kritična. ;)
novosti.54 vpoznanovic,
>> +> Izgleda da se malo teže snalazi sa 'data' fajlovima. >> >> Zar IFF slike nisu već na neki način kompresovane? Svejedno, stepen kompresije mu neće biti drastično veći u odnosu na LhA ni u slučaju drugih 'data' fajlova.
novosti.55 vpoznanovic,
>> > This is AmyNews 14 >> > A compilation of new hardwares and >> > softwares for the Amiga >> >> Da ne bude zabune - ponovo se zahvaljujem Mikisu koji je >> poslao ovaj tekst, a sve moje kritike su upucene na adresu: >> Henrik Jensen, Editor-In-Chief. AmyNews 95, koji ponavlja >> iste tekstove. Možda je čitav problem u onoj riječi - 'compilation'? :)
novosti.56 marshall,
>> Tajna je u onome "merged". Program postize toliki stepen kompresije >Xmmm.. Slicno bi dobio ako bi upotrebio prvo LHA tako da samo 'move' >fajlove u arhivu pa onda da je ponovo arhiviras sa LHA.. => Da li probao? Predlazem da probas, pa onda iznesi iskustvo. Nisam probao, ali samo predpostavljam.. Al' za sada koristim LZX O:)) => Inace vec dugo se najavljuje novi LhA 3.0 sa znatno boljom => kompresijom, pa senadam da cemo i to uskoro videti. dada... Posle "Ratova Zvezda" gledacemo "Ratovi arhivera" :))))))))))
novosti.57 marshall,
>> Xmmm.. Slicno bi dobio ako bi upotrebio prvo LHA tako da samo 'move' >> fajlove u arhivu pa onda da je ponovo arhiviras sa LHA.. => Ima tu jos nesto, sigurno. Tako neces ni izbliza dobiti onoliku ustedu. Pa dobro, de.. Nova rutina kompresije, sto da ne..
novosti.58 mikis,
+> Eh, ti bar možeš T: da assign-uješ na hard, kod mene je situacija vrlo +> kritična. ;) Jes', samo što obično imam više mesta u RAM-u nego na hardu :(( ;)
novosti.59 mikis,
AmigaLink #1 (March 1995) - prvi broj novog časopisa posvećenog Amigi (u AmigaGuide formatu). amilink1.lha
novosti.61 mikis,
AmyNews 15 -- a compilation of new hardwares and softwares for the Amiga. Novo u ovom broju: Provector 3.0, DOpus 5.0, Real 3D 3.0, LZX 1.1, DPaint 5.0, ASM 1.26, SAS/C 6.55... anews15.lha
novosti.62 sazalakazu,
>AmyNews 15 -- a compilation of new hardwares and softwares for the Amiga. > Novo u ovom broju: Provector 3.0, DOpus 5.0, Real 3D 3.0, LZX 1.1, >DPaint 5.0, ASM 1.26, SAS/C 6.55... Ehej! Na SDR-u ima LzX 1.1! Kazu da je ispravljen bug sa memorijom, sto je donekle tacno, ali i dalje trazi dosta memorije....?
novosti.64 dex.dexter,
*> :)) A ne radi se o fraktalnoj kompresiji! Tajna je u onome "merged". *>Program postize toliki stepen kompresije time sto sve fajlove prakticno *>spaja u jedan, koji se zatim kompresuje. To naravno ima svojih prednosti *>(znatno veci stapen kompresije nego kod "obicnih" arhivera), ali i *>svojih mana - veca potrosnja memorije, sto je jos gore, postoji *>mogucnost da ako jedan fajl iz arhive bude ostecen, propadnu i svi *>ostali fajlovi (iza njega) :( *> Ipak, vredi probati ovaj program, radi na svim masinama, a autori *>tvrde (sto je lako proveriti) da je brzi i da bolje kompresuje od bilo *>kog arhivera za Amigu (a i za PC) :) Verzija za PC, jos nije ni izasla.. jer prema autoru, iako su krenuli istovremeno sa pravljenjem obe verzije, doslo je do nekih komplikacija kod PC verzije, pa ce se ona pojaviti kasnije.. A, ne postize se bolja kompresija samo spajanjem fajlova, vec je i bolji algoritam.. Evo primera, gde je samo jedan fajl, znaci nista se ne spaja.. Original 273256 vreme pakovanja (na A1200) - (DOpus 4.12 exe fajl) ------------ ------------ ---------------------------- NUKE 157648 15.5 s SHRI 100% 137088 94 s SHRI 50% 143376 84 s CRM-LH 149920 55.5 s CRM-NORM 154960 49 s CRM-Sample 190484 45 s BLZW 100% 196672 4.7 s BLZW 50% 200396 5.4 s LHA 147270 29 s LZX 133784 27 s ------------------------------------- Ima tu jos nekih, koje nisam zapisao.. :)
novosti.65 dex.dexter,
*> Izgleda da se malo teze snalazi sa 'data' fajlovima. Pa, opet se bolje snalazi od LHA.. :)
novosti.66 dex.dexter,
*> E, to bih i ja voleo da znam... Pre neki dan nisam mogao da *>zapakujem jedan fajl od 280 KB, i ako sam imao preko 500 KB slobodno, od *>toga bar 450 u jednom bloku :(( U uputstvu se prominju mnogo manji *>memorijski zahtevi, bas me zanima kako su to dobili. Ja, nisam imao tih memorijskih problema do sad.. Bez problema sam pakovao arhive od 800 kb.. Nego mozda ti neki program nije vratio memoriju kako treba, a verovatno zavisi i od duzine samih fajlova u arhivi.. :) Jedan savet.. pre pakovanja resetuj komp. pa onda lepo natenane :))
novosti.67 mikis,
+> Ehej! Na SDR-u ima LzX 1.1! Kazu da je ispravljen bug sa memorijom, sto je +>donekle tacno, ali i dalje trazi dosta memorije....? Nije 1.1 nego 1.01 - osim ako nisam nešto propustio. Iskreno rečeno, stvar mi je malo smrdela pošto nigde u dokumentaciji nisam video da se pominju razlike između 1.0 i 1.01, a i neki lamer koji je to slao snimio je verzije za 020/030 i 040/060 po dva puta, pod različitim imenima. Međutim, dužine fajlova kod v1.0 i 1.01 se (prilično) razlikuju, tako da je stvar verovatno OK... Ne znam da li da šaljem ovde, ili da čekamo 1.1 :)
novosti.68 kangaroo,
Amiga Report #3.08, an amigaguide-based magazine with reviews, news, interviews etc. Pozovite UNITED BBS tel. 011/1777-636 od 21-06 ar308.lha
novosti.69 ljubinko,
>Amiga Report #3.08, an amigaguide-based >magazine with reviews, news, interviews etc. Hvala. Nadam se da ces slati i druge brojeve (#3.09 itd). Da li imas 3.07, 3.06, 3.04, 3.02 ?? Pozdrav svima!
novosti.70 kangaroo,
> Hvala. Nadam se da ces slati i druge brojeve (#3.09 itd). I ja se nadam :) > Da li imas 3.07, 3.06, 3.04, 3.02 ?? Ne, pitaj one sysop-e koji sve imaju, možda ih i pošalju...
novosti.71 vpoznanovic,
>> *> Izgleda da se malo teze snalazi sa 'data' fajlovima. >> >> Pa, opet se bolje snalazi od LHA.. :) Probaj da zapakuješ npr. neki modul, pa usporedi.
novosti.74 mikis,
Najzad je gotovo!!! (ili možda nije?!) Escom je novi vlasnik koKomodora! Doduše, postoje izvesne šanse da se to ne desi, ali su one prilično male... Na aukciji koja je održana 21. aprila kreditori su odlučili da prihvate Escomovu ponudu (od nekih 10-ak miliona $). Osim njih, u "trci" je bio Dell, jedan od najvećih američkih proizvođača PC klonova. Commodore UK tim se povukao odmah na početku aukcije, izjavljujući da će sarađivati sa onim ko pobedi. CEI se takođe povukao, nadajući se da će uspeti da dobije trku pod posebnim uslovima, ali teško da će se to desiti... Šta to znači za budućnost Amige? To, na žalost, retko ko može da kaže... Za sve ovo vreme Escom je izbegavao kontakte sa Amiga korisnicima, mada tvrde da će se proizvodnja Amiga NASTAVITI (kažu da se nove Amige mogu očekivati za 3 meseca). Osim toga, nameravaju da obnove proizvodnju C64-orki (!!!), za kinesko tržište, kao i da proizvode PC i Mac klonove pod Komodorovim imenom. Uz poruku je specijalno izdanje Amiga Reporta posvećeno aukciji, gde ćete moći sve detaljno da pročitate. arauctio.lha
novosti.75 ilija,
# Sta to znaci za buducnost Amige? To, na zalost, retko ko moze da Znaci proizvodnju samo amiga igracki(1200 i cd32) jer su se one najvise prodavale. Ako i to budemo dobili.... nemanja.
novosti.76 sazalakazu,
> Znaci proizvodnju samo amiga igracki(1200 i cd32) jer su se one > najvise prodavale. Ako i to budemo dobili.... Hm.....mozda kod nas........ali napolju si razgrabili A4000 i A3000 odma! Inace...... procitaj ono malo bolje, ako je verovati bice bas dobro...
novosti.77 mikis,
+> Znaci proizvodnju samo amiga igracki(1200 i cd32) jer su se one +> najvise prodavale. Ako i to budemo dobili.... Slušaj, nemam ništa protiv - pod uslovom da u njih stave bar 030-ice i 4 MB RAM, plus bolji zvuk i grafiku... Drugi proizvođači će se valjda pobrinuti za ostalo :)
novosti.78 mikis,
AmyNews 16 -- a compilation of new hardwares and softwares for the Amiga. anews16.lha
novosti.79 marshall,
Da li je novo ili nije.. Ne znam.. Al' evo jednog textica sa SETNET-a : -Area: NET.AMIGA------------------------------------------------------ Attr: Read Date: 24 Apr 95 09:47 From: Petar Cuckovic To: all Mark: Subj: Amiga klon ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a transcript of parts of an advert which appeared in the German "Amiga Magazin" (2/95): [DraCo is an "Amiga clone" produced by MacroSystem. (MacroSystem Computer Trading GmbH, Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 85, 58454 Witten. Tel. (0 23 02) 8 03 91. Fax (0 23 02) 8 08 84 ) ] [...] DraCo comes without the Amiga custom chips. These are replaced by powerful soft- and hardware components. So for instance the function of the Amiga blitter is filled by the several times faster blitter of the NCR graphic processor. [...] Price and date of shipping is not yet 100% decided. We believe the shipments will start in the spring of 1995 -in sequence of the orders. [...] The basic set up (68060, DraCo-Retina, CD-ROM) will lie in the same price range as an expanded 4000. [...] DraCo -Technical data Possibilities: Classic Amiga uses, professional video-workstation Processor: MC 68060 Housing: Full-size tower Operating system: AmigaOS and others (UNIX-ports) I/O: Fast SCSI-II with 53C270, parallel-port Card slots: 2 DraCo-direct-interfaces (32 bit, > 20 MB/s) for DraCo-Retina and DraCo-VLab Motion, 5 Zorro II slots for Toccata, Ethernet etc. Drives: Delivered with CD-ROM, other SCSI-units (Hard drives, floppies, streamer) optional. Graphics: Delivered with DraCo-Retina (which is also necessary) (120 MHz pixel frequency, data rate > 180 MB/s, 24 bits) RAM: 4-128 MB own RAM (PS2-Module) Software compatibility: Amiga software which can run with graphic cards (System friendly programming) DraCo-VLab Motion: Software compatible HighEnd-MJPEG-Card, data rate to 100% JPEG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
novosti.80 vpoznanovic,
>> Znaci proizvodnju samo amiga igracki(1200 i cd32) jer su se one >> najvise prodavale. Ako i to budemo dobili.... A1200 igračka!? Je l' ti to pokušavaš da uvrijediš 80% korisnika koji prate ovu konferenciju?
novosti.81 vpoznanovic,
>> (kažu da se nove Amige mogu očekivati za 3 meseca). Da ne bi bilo zabune, za 3 mjeseca se može očekivati nastavak proizvodnje starih modela Amiga; o eventualnim novim modelima ni oni apsolutno ništa nisu mogli da kažu.
novosti.82 ilija,
# A1200 igracka!? Je l' ti to pokusavas da uvrijedis 80% korisnika # koji prate ovu konferenciju? Ozbiljna masina sigurno nije. Sa 2 mb rama tesko da mozes da uradis nesto ozbiljno, mada za tu cenu za sada najbolje. nemanja.
novosti.83 vpoznanovic,
>> Ozbiljna masina sigurno nije. Sa 2 mb rama tesko da mozes da >> uradis nesto ozbiljno, mada za tu cenu za sada najbolje. I Amiga 1200 sa 68030 akceleratorom na 50 MHz i 10 Mb memorije je i dalje samo A1200, pa je opet vrlo ozbiljna mašina.
novosti.84 ljubinko,
>=============================== >11.376 SEZAM.8:razno > danko, 01.05.Pon 22:07, 132 chr >--------------------------------------------------------- >Ko je pri razspolozenju moze da proba da okrene (modemom) 3222592! >Tamo se nalaze probne linije u probnom radu. Pozdrav, DANKO >-----------------------------------------------11.376 --- >=============================== > 1.2 TEST.1:obavestenja > dejanr, 01.05.Pon 13:38, 401 chr >--------------------------------------------------------- >Pristup ovom sistemu u test fazi je besplatan! >Ako vam je na Sezamu istekla pretplata, a zeleli biste da testirate ove nove >linije, posaljite mi poruku i bice vam omogucen pristup. Takode, ako znate >nekoga ko nije korisnik Sezama, a voleo bi da vidi kako sve ovo izgleda, >predlozite mu da pozove, predstavi se kao new, navede tacne podatke o sebi i >sledeceg dana bice mu omogucen pristup. >----------------------------------------------- 1.2 --- >=============================== > 1.3 TEST.1:obavestenja > dejanr, 01.05.Pon 13:42, 783 chr >--------------------------------------------------------- >Nekoliko reci o hardveru i softveru koji se ovde "vrti". >Sistem je zasnovan na lokalnoj mrezi koja radi pod operativnim sistemom Novell >NetWare 3.12. Server je 486/66 racunar sa 16 megabajta memorije i diskom od 1 <gigabajt. Radne stanice su 386/40 racunari sa po jednim ili cetiri megabajta >memorije i modemima Intel 144/144i i US Robotics Sportster 14400. Ovo sam citirao i prebacio u Amiga konferenciju jer mise cini da to treba da znamo, a da svi ne prate druge konferencije.
novosti.85 marshall,
# A1200 igracka!? Je l' ti to pokusavas da uvrijedis 80% korisnika # koji prate ovu konferenciju? => Ozbiljna masina sigurno nije. Sa 2 mb rama tesko da mozes da => uradis nesto ozbiljno, mada za tu cenu za sada najbolje. Trebalo bi ipak imati u vidu da 2 Mb ram-a na Amigi zamenjuje uglavnom 4 na PC-u. Ako se dobro secam sta mi je drugar rekao, kada se startuje Imagine na Amigi 1200 i na PC 386DX/4 Mb ram-a, na Amigi ostane cak nesto vise slobodne memorije nego na PC-u.. Dakle, ako je 4 Mb na PC-u dovoljno za ozbiljan rad, dovoljno je (za pocetak) i 2 Mb na Amigi. A i moj maturski je OZBILJAN rad ;)))))
novosti.86 mikis,
+> Dakle, ako je 4 Mb na PC-u dovoljno za ozbiljan rad, dovoljno je (za +> pocetak) i 2 Mb na Amigi. Bilo nekad :(( Danas 2 MB ni na Amigi DEFINITIVNO nije dovoljno... Svi noviji programi (Final Writer, Wordworth, Photogenics, Real, Imagine, DOpus 5...) traže toliko memorije da rad sa 2 MB postaje pravo mučenje :( Iskreno rečeno, prestao sam da koristim svoju Amigu za bilo šta ozbiljnije dok ne nabavim barem još 2 MB memorije i veći hard disk. Nadam se samo da Escom neće ponoviti istu grešku kao i Komodor, prodajući mašine sa malo RAM-a (koji se teško i skupo proširuje) i obogaljenim procesorima...
novosti.87 mikis,
@BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZ AmyNews AmyNews AmyNews AmyNews AmyNews A AmyNews Issue 17/April - 1995 A m Press Release info ____ ___ ___ m y and contents / žl| \ žl y N / || l N e / l| : e w World Release At / / l: l w s Aces High BBS /___/__MYl|___\EWSlás á á PLEASE SPREAD THIS FILE AmyNews AmyNews AmyNews AmyNews AmyNews @END_FILE_ID.DIZ __________________________________________________________________________ ____ ___ ___ / žl| \ žl / || l / l| : / / l: l _ /___/__MYl|___\EWSl __Issue_17_World_Release_In_Aces_High_At_950426_____ __________________________________________________________________________ á AmyNews issue 17/April is now finally released. It's so far the best AmyNews. It includes more than 60 KB development news. No matter what you use your Amiga for, you will find some interesting news in it. á The issue 17 is the result of hard works of several people, me included. We put a lot of time and energy to bring it to you and to the Amiga community. PLEASE TAKE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, GIVE THE AMIGA A HELPING HAND AND SPREAD AmyNews. The magic name is ANews17.txt Henrik Jensen AKA Dimenser Editor-In-Chief. AmyNews Amiga Tech And MultiMedia, AcesHigh BBS, Home Of AmyNews __________________________________________________________________________ News in the Issue 17 á - Escom making new Amigas in 3 months - OctaMED Pro Sound studio, sequencer, tracker in development - SAS C/C++ Amiga development package version 6.56 - Arexx in development - Spot (mailer) in development - Toccata Tools, add-on tool for Bars & Pipes is now released - OctaMed version 6.0, release info - AlfaData taking over BSC product dvelopment - atapi CD-ROM device driver for connecting CD-ROM to A1200 and A4000 - Next generation Emplant e586 Pentium emulator in development - GoldEd new release - How fast is Motorala 68060 compare to Intel Pentium. Observation from running LightWave and Imagine on Amiga and IBM PC - Cybergraphics RTG system in development - Digita Organizer, personal information manager PIM for Amiga - Studio Professional, new version - LZX in development - Deluxe MIDI, Deluxe Music to midi converter - New MIDI-Project in development - SoftWood developing new version of QuarterBaack and QuarterBack Tools - ZShell new version release information - Imagemaster R/t from Black Belt Systems. New version - InfraRexx new version. Control your electric devices with Amiga - The Beauty of Chaos CD is now released - The Light Works CD is now released - New Primera and PrimeraPro drivers from Fargo for the Amiga - "Understanding Imagine" in a new version - ShapeShifter, yet another multitasking Macintosh Emulator, Software only - Directory Opus version 5 is shipping - HTML-Heaven version 1.1 for creating your own WWW pages. InterNet - LIGHT-ROM CD Issue 2 release information - MovieGuide Professional release information - Rashumon, the Multi-lingual word processor. New version - Ensemble Verbes is now released - MAXON Computer Gmbh developing next generation MAXON C++ for 68060 - New Grapevine, best IRC client avaialble under development. InterNet - Amiga Report Technical Journal Issue number 1 is now released - AmigaFax new version with class 2 support for Amiga - Amiga port of Pine under development. Best news reader. Internet - Amiga Link issue 2.0 is released - GameSmith Game Development system. New version - GoldenGate II. New owner company - Q-Blue version 2.0 is now released - Iomega Zip drive. Mass storage. Cheap solution. Amiga support by Iomega - RCS managment making 68060 boards for the Amiga. New information - Supra V34 FlashROM for the Amiga - Almathera Systems Limited is developing next version of PhotoGenics - MindLight new version is comming - MediaPhile Desktop System for the Amiga videographers - LightWave 4.0, some information - DeluxePaint 5.0, advise from one of the programmers - Amiga Isam System 2, POWERFUL SWEDISH DATABASE program - MainActor Broadcast in development. Outstanding features __________________________________________________________________________ Remeber the magic FileName. Download ANews17.txt __________________________________________________________________________
novosti.88 ljubinko,
> Bilo nekad :(( Danas 2 MB ni na Amigi DEFINITIVNO nije dovoljno... >Svi noviji programi (Final Writer, Wordworth, Photogenics, Real, >Imagine, DOpus 5...) traze toliko memorije da rad sa 2 MB postaje pravo >mucenje :( Iskreno receno, prestao sam da koristim svoju Amigu za bilo > sta ozbiljnije dok ne nabavim barem jos 2 MB memorije i veci hard disk. Potrebno je i vise, a ne samo 2 Mb. U svakom slucaju bolje je da kartica ima mogucnost za vise, pa da se kasnije doda (ako za pocetak budu samo 2 Mb). > Nadam se samo da Escom nece ponoviti istu gresku kao i Komodor, > prodajuci masine sa malo RAM-a (koji se tesko i skupo prosiruje) i >obogaljenim procesorima... I ja se nadam da ce Amiga moci da se kupi na mnogo vise mesta, da ce imati vise memorije i da ce biti jeftinija. Videcemo !?
novosti.89 sazalakazu,
Evo sta je kdrazan napisao u svom resumeu: > Racunarima se bavim od 90-e, kada su mi starci uzeli Amigu. >I dan-danas smatram da je to najbolji racunar na svijetu. Nemojte mi zbog >ove izjave slati svakojake poruke na adresu :))) (eh, komjuterski soviniza >Sada radim na 486/8/340/CD/SB/HP IV racunaru. Jest dobar, al' nije bolji o >Amige. Dakako, ne modela 500, al' vec 4000 jede malu djecu... :))) :) Zanimljivo...
novosti.90 marshall,
+> Dakle, ako je 4 Mb na PC-u dovoljno za ozbiljan rad, dovoljno je (za +> pocetak) i 2 Mb na Amigi. => Bilo nekad :(( Danas 2 MB ni na Amigi DEFINITIVNO nije dovoljno... => Svi noviji programi (Final Writer, Wordworth, Photogenics, Real, => Imagine, DOpus 5...) traze toliko memorije da rad sa 2 MB postaje pravo => mucenje :( Iskreno receno, prestao sam da koristim svoju Amigu za bilo => sta ozbiljnije dok ne nabavim barem jos 2 MB memorije i veci hard disk. => Nadam se samo da Escom nece ponoviti istu gresku kao i Komodor, => prodajuci masine sa malo RAM-a (koji se tesko i skupo prosiruje) i => obogaljenim procesorima... I ja se nadam.. Al' sta ce biti - videcemo..
novosti.91 haralampie,
** => Bilo nekad :(( Danas 2 MB ni na Amigi DEFINITIVNO nije dovoljno... ** => Svi noviji programi (Final Writer, Wordworth, Photogenics, Real, ** I ja se nadam.. ** Al' sta ce biti - videcemo.. Prava stvar bi bila kada bi cene Amiga 4000 krenule vrtoglavom brzinom dole. :Ą Jos ako bi A4000 bila dobro podrzana u novom kvalitetnom softweru, veoma brzo bi doslo do smene konfiguracija kod gotovo svih Amiga korisnika. :■
novosti.92 ilija,
# Prava stvar bi bila kada bi cene Amiga 4000 krenule vrtoglavom # brzinom dole. :Ą Jos ako bi A4000 bila dobro podrzana u novom # kvalitetnom softweru, veoma brzo bi doslo do smene konfiguracija # kod gotovo svih Amiga korisnika. :■ Escom bi mogao da uradi kao apple. Da zasnuje celu amiga familiju na 040 procesoru. nemanja.
novosti.93 marshall,
** => Bilo nekad :(( Danas 2 MB ni na Amigi DEFINITIVNO nije dovoljno... ** => Svi noviji programi (Final Writer, Wordworth, Photogenics, Real, => ** I ja se nadam.. ** Al' sta ce biti - videcemo.. => Prava stvar bi bila kada bi cene Amiga 4000 krenule vrtoglavom => brzinom dole. :Ą Jos ako bi A4000 bila dobro podrzana u novom => kvalitetnom softweru, veoma brzo bi doslo do smene konfiguracija => kod gotovo svih Amiga korisnika. :■ E, sto jes - jes.. Samo sto se nesto bojim da cene ne mogu vrtoglavo poci nadole u koliko nema ni konkurencije na trzistu (sa slicnim proizvodima, makar klonovima) i u koliko nema novih proizvoda.. Mada, opet, mozda bi jeftinija bila nadogradnja 4 Mb FAST RAM-a, 68030 i eventualno 881 u A1200 nego kupovina nove masine (koja jes' da ima slotova.. ali), a vecini korisnika bi to bila sasvim dovoljna konfiguracija.
novosti.94 sazalakazu,
> Escom bi mogao da uradi kao apple. Da zasnuje celu amiga familiju > na 040 procesoru. Jel' se to maze na lebac?
novosti.95 mikis,
+> brzinom dole. :Ą Jos ako bi A4000 bila dobro podrzana u novom +> kvalitetnom softweru, veoma brzo bi doslo do smene konfiguracija +> kod gotovo svih Amiga korisnika. :■ Hm, šta to A4000 ima (u softverskom smislu) što još uvek nije dovoljno podržano u softveru? Sem toga, nije da ne bih voleo da imam jednu A4000 (po mogućstvu sa 040/40 i SCSI2 ;)), ali čini mi se da je većini korisnika i A1200 sasvim dovoljna, tj. da nemaju potrebe za Zorro slotovima i odvojenim kućištem. Samo još da se ubaci brži procesor, više memorije i bolji zvuk... :))
novosti.96 haralampie,
** vecini korisnika i A1200 sasvim dovoljna, tj. da nemaju potrebe za Zorro ** slotovima i odvojenim kucistem. Samo jos da se ubaci brzi procesor, vise ** memorije i bolji zvuk... :)) Gola A12oo vec sada nije dovoljna. :( Po inostranim casopisima sam citao neke interview-e gde se mnogi programeri vec pitaju i "bune" koliko ima korisnika sa "samo" golom A12oo, bez kartice i Fast Ram-a!??? A4000 sam naveo samo kao primer, posto je masina vec odavno napravljena. Da je cena A4000 bila mnogo niza, ovakvo "stanje" sa Amigom danas ne bi bilo ovakvo. I uopste ne razmisljam niti ne zelim da na nekoj novoj Amigi ucitavam Windows, OS/2 ili sta vec. Ja volim Amigu ovakva kakva jeste, ako bi hteo da ucitavam Windows kupio bih Pc-a za male pare, jer stvarno moramo priznati da se cak i kod _nas_ solidne konfiguracije prodaju za male pare! Sada kada malo bolje razmislim, mislim da je A12oo-ka donela dosta toga dobrog, a sa druge strane i loseg. :( Mnogo je ljudi koji su bili vlasnici jos uvek legendarne :■ a5oo, koji su nakon izlaska a12oo ostali ravnodusni i dve nedelje kasnije kupili si Pc-a. :( To je bio jedan jednostavan cist gubitak korisnika a samim tim i trzista. :(( Da je a4000 postala dostupna kao a1200, mozda sitacija danas ne bi bila ovakva kakva na zalost jeste. :( Odavno je proslo "krajnje vreme" da Amiga korisnici dobiju jednu pravu konfiguraciju, a posto nema nikakvih najava o nekim novim Amiga modelima, kao primer sam izabrao A4000! :)
novosti.97 marshall,
HI! Evo ja malo da se prikljucim raspravi (ovde inace "originalni" vlasnik ovog usera :)... Kao sto (ne)znate, ja sam pre jednog dobrog vremena svoju sobu nadopunio jednom 486 konfiguracijom (pored se nalazi A1200)... Naravno, nisam vise mogao da cekam sa parama u dzepu, koje ne mogu (razumno) da potrosim u svima nam poznate svrhe. Naime, moj cilj je bila ili nabudzena 1200 (znaci, 68030 + dosta RAM-a minimum) ili A4000. Problem je svima poznat... A sto se mene tice najveci problem lezi u ceni A4000, i to ne kod nas nego i napolju, jer - cena A4000 u Nemackoj (mislim na 6MB, oko 300MB HD, mada ovo nije bitno posto hard diskove samo sto ne dele po ulici :)) je oko 3000DM (bar je bila u doticno vreme), a u isto vreme 486 konfiguracija (dobra) je isto kostala OVDE, sto je, mora se priznati, jako bitna stvar. Ne kazem ja da je ta konfiguracija bolja od 4000 (ja jos uvek radim na 1200 sve sto ne zahteva procesorsku brzinu, tj. sto se tice multi-taskinga, koji je na PC-ju ugrozena vrsta u razvoju ;)), ali da je isplativija - jeste... Sto je "najgore" cene PC-ja padaju ko nenormalne, sto nije slucaj sa Amigom (u stvari, interesuje me, ako neko zna, da li sada Amiga uopste moze da se kupi u Nemackoj, posto u USA i Kanadi mozete da je dobijete samo za neke lude pare). Dakle, to je poenta... Cekam novu Amiga seriju, pa da se ova 1200 zameni nekom 4000 (bar), ali pod obavezno ide da promene zvuk i grafiku, i da obore cene...
novosti.98 marshall,
# Prava stvar bi bila kada bi cene Amiga 4000 krenule vrtoglavom # brzinom dole. :Ą Jos ako bi A4000 bila dobro podrzana u novom # kvalitetnom softweru, veoma brzo bi doslo do smene konfiguracija # kod gotovo svih Amiga korisnika. :■ => Escom bi mogao da uradi kao apple. Da zasnuje celu amiga familiju => na 040 procesoru. Da.. To bi bilo fino.. Doduse, u pocetku bi trebalo ocekivati neku visu cenu, ali bi to dosta brzo moglo da se spusti na neku razumnu... To bi vec bilo nesto..
novosti.99 mikis,
+> Escom bi mogao da uradi kao apple. Da zasnuje celu amiga familiju +> na 040 procesoru. Jes', al bi onda najjeftinija Amiga koštala bar 1500, a ne 500 DEM kao do sada, plus što bi malo teže ugurao 040-icu u kućište A1200 ;)) Tvrdim, za kućnu mašini kao što je A1200, i 030/28 je sasvim dovoljno... Naravno, sa bar 4 MB RAMa :)
novosti.100 ilija,
# Da.. To bi bilo fino.. # Doduse, u pocetku bi trebalo ocekivati neku visu cenu, ali bi # to dosta brzo moglo da se spusti na neku razumnu... To bi vec # bilo nesto.. Pa sad... Nista nije dzabe. :) Ali trebalo bi ocekivati da amiga sa ec040 (bez koprocesora) na 25 mhz kao najslabija varijanta kosta KOD NAS ispod 2000 dem. Tolika cena bi sigurno mogla da se obezbedi jer je prava 040 kostala u septembru prosle godine 165 funti. Cak i kao najslabija varijanta masina bi rasturala bilo koji pc donje i srednje klase. nemanja.
novosti.101 sazalakazu,
+> Escom bi mogao da uradi kao apple. Da zasnuje celu amiga familiju +> na 040 procesoru. > > Jes', al bi onda najjeftinija Amiga kostala bar 1500, a ne 500 > DEM kao do sada, plus sto bi malo teze ugurao 040-icu u kuciste A1200 ;)) Tvrdim, za kucnu masini kao sto je A1200, i 030/28 je sasvim > dovoljno... Naravno, sa bar 4 MB RAMa :) Evo sta ja mislim.... NOVE Amize treba razvijati na 68030+ i to da sve budu u POSEBNOM kucistu! Sto? Zbog mogucnosti prosirivanja i budzenja..... kompjuter bi bio skuplji ali bi oprema bila jeftinija, sto je i vazno.. Naravno SCSI kontroleri za HDD CD i ostale gluposti... Da se dobije normalan monotor sa Amigom kao standard (ali i ugradjen modulator)! Etc....
novosti.102 marshall,
# Da.. To bi bilo fino.. # Doduse, u pocetku bi trebalo ocekivati neku visu cenu, ali bi # to dosta brzo moglo da se spusti na neku razumnu... To bi vec # bilo nesto.. => => Pa sad... Nista nije dzabe. :) Ali trebalo bi ocekivati da amiga => sa ec040 (bez koprocesora) na 25 mhz kao najslabija varijanta => kosta KOD NAS ispod 2000 dem. Tolika cena bi sigurno mogla da se => obezbedi jer je prava 040 kostala u septembru prosle godine 165 => funti. Cak i kao najslabija varijanta masina bi rasturala bilo => koji pc donje i srednje klase. Ali ne bi mnogo ljudi moglo sebi da priusti kupovinu takve Amige. Ako zelis da skines cenu necemu, moras ga masovno proizvoditi (i prodavati, naravno) ali to ovde ne bi bio slucaj. No, videcemo sta ce ESCOM da uradi. Mozda bi najpametnije bilo da naprave masine za sve ukuse i mirise.. I za sve dzepove, naravno...
novosti.104 senna,
Ne znam dal' je neko vec pisao o tome,al od viska glava ne boli: ESCOM je najavio proizvodnju kartice za PC sa kojom ce on biti Amiga i Macintosh kompatibilan. Karta ce raditi poptpuno odvojeno od PC dela i moci ce samim tim da radi u Multitaskingu sa DOS-om. Uz ovo jos jedna vest: acid software (Skid Marks :) ) rade igru GLOOM, koja, naravno lici na DOOM (ma bice i bolja :) ) a uz nju se najavljuje i FEARS koja je isto DOOM klon,a ko nju radi nemam pojma.
novosti.105 mihajlo,
> Ozbiljna masina sigurno nije. Sa 2 mb rama tesko da mozes da > uradis nesto ozbiljno, mada za tu cenu za sada najbolje. Bejbi, Pazi vamo, ja mozda sada potpadam u grupaciju smrdljivih PC-jevaca, ali i dalje ne mogu da prezalim tu igracku sa 2 Mb rama. Verovao ti ili ne ona je sa tih 2 Mb rama u stanju da uradi mnogo vise nego RS sa 8 Mb, sto je nekih 4 puta vise. Da ti dokazem mogu ti samo reci da sam to dokazao i gospodi koja radi na SGI grafickim radnim stanicama. Izvinjavam se sto odgovaram na bajatu poruku, ali bilo je jace od mene. MIH P.S. Ako ti treba dokaz samo reci
novosti.106 mihajlo,
> Bilo nekad :(( Danas 2 MB ni na Amigi DEFINITIVNO nije > dovoljno... Svi noviji programi (Final Writer, Wordworth, > Photogenics, Real, Imagine, DOpus 5...) traze toliko memorije > da rad sa 2 MB postaje pravo mucenje :( Iskreno receno, > prestao sam da koristim svoju Amigu za bilo sta ozbiljnije dok > ne nabavim barem jos 2 MB memorije i veci hard disk. Nadam se > samo da Escom nece ponoviti istu gresku kao i Komodor, > prodajuci masine sa malo RAM-a (koji se tesko i skupo > prosiruje) i obogaljenim procesorima... To je tacno i ja ne sporim to, ali moras da priznas da je ona moja zastarela A2000 sa OPAL-om ili SPECTRUM-om mogla da bude odlicna masina. Jedino sto joj je uopste falilo je ta spora ECS grafika, a sve ostalo je bilo vise nego zadovoljavajuce. Dobro, poslovica: brzine, mesta na hardu i memorije nikada dosta, ali bila je optimalna za svacije potrebe. Iskreno se nadam da Escom nece napraviti istu gresku, jer zelim opet da imam Amigu. MIH
novosti.107 marshall,
=> Ne znam dal' je neko vec pisao o tome,al od viska glava ne boli: => ESCOM je najavio proizvodnju kartice za PC sa kojom ce on biti Amiga i => Macintosh kompatibilan. Karta ce raditi poptpuno odvojeno od PC dela i moci ce => samim tim da radi u Multitaskingu sa DOS-om. Ach ? Znaci, kupim PC i tu karticu i dobijem HARDVERSKI potpuno kompatibilne tri razlicite masine ? Da kazem "malo morgen" ili da cutim ? ;))) => Uz ovo jos jedna vest: acid software (Skid Marks :) ) rade igru GLOOM, koja, => naravno lici na DOOM (ma bice i bolja :) ) a uz nju se najavljuje i FEARS koja => je isto DOOM klon,a ko nju radi nemam pojma. Ajojjjjjj.. Neee oni... Pa gde bre, posle Skid Marks-a (pogotovu dvojke) ne mogu da ih smislim.. Kakve su to gluposti ? Nece valjda tu igru da rade u Blitz Basic-u ?
novosti.108 mikis,
+> naravno lici na DOOM (ma bice i bolja :) ) a uz nju se najavljuje i FEARS +> koja je isto DOOM klon,a ko nju radi nemam pojma. Fears se već (koliko mi je poznato) pojavila, a napravili su je momci iz demo grupe Bomb. Igra je (slično Doom-u) šerver, ali, na žalost nije Doom nego Wolfenstein klon. Demo nivo (playable) se može naći na domaćim Amiga BBS-ovina.
novosti.109 mikis,
+> dalje ne mogu da prezalim tu igracku sa 2 Mb rama. Verovao ti ili ne ona +> je sa tih 2 Mb rama u stanju da uradi mnogo vise nego RS sa 8 Mb, sto je +> nekih 4 puta vise. Da ti dokazem mogu ti samo reci da sam to dokazao i E, aj' se menjamo, evo tebi moja A1200 sa 2 MB RAM-a za tvoju DX2 sa 8 MB ;) Zaista bi lepo bilo da je tako, ali NIJE. Jes' da smo svi mi Amigisti, ali nemojmo preterivati.
novosti.110 mikis,
+>> Bilo nekad :(( Danas 2 MB ni na Amigi DEFINITIVNO nije +>> dovoljno... Svi noviji programi (Final Writer, Wordworth, +>> Photogenics, Real, Imagine, DOpus 5...) traze toliko memorije +>> da rad sa 2 MB postaje pravo mucenje :( +> To je tacno i ja ne sporim to, ali moras da priznas da je ona moja +> zastarela A2000 sa OPAL-om ili SPECTRUM-om mogla da bude odlicna masina. +> Jedino sto joj je uopste falilo je ta spora ECS grafika, a sve ostalo je +> bilo vise nego zadovoljavajuce. ?! žek bre, tvoja A2000 je imala (koliko me sećanje služi, nisam valjda toliko izlapeo) PET mega memorije, da ne spominjem 030+882/50... Ne pratiš fabulu radnje, pričamo o _osnovnim_ modelima, i šta bi oni trebali da imaju.
novosti.111 ljubinko,
>Dakle, to je poenta... Cekam novu Amiga seriju, pa da se ova 1200 zameni nekom >4000 (bar), ali pod obavezno ide da promene zvuk i grafiku, i da obore cene... I da Amige mogu da se kupe na mnogo mesta.
novosti.112 ljubinko,
Amiga report 3.09 ar309.lha
novosti.113 marshall,
>Dakle, to je poenta... Cekam novu Amiga seriju, pa da se ova 1200 zameni nekom => >4000 (bar), ali pod obavezno ide da promene zvuk i grafiku, i da obore cene... => => I da Amige mogu da se kupe na mnogo mesta. I to :)) Pogotovu kod nas.. Dosta bi nam znacilo kada bi neka firma postala zvanicni zastupnik za Amigu u Jugoslaviji.
novosti.115 mikis,
+> I da Amige mogu da se kupe na mnogo mesta. To bar ne bi trebalo da bude problem. Escom je jedan od dva najveca evropska proizvodjaca i distributera klonova. Nedavnim otkupom jedne engleske distributivne mreze prodavnica racunara, Escom je postao drugi po velicini distributer u Velikoj Britaniji. Sem toga, imaju prodavnice i op Istocnoj Evropi - npr. u Madjarskoj, znam za Budimpestu i Segedin :) Bice sigurno i kod nas, jednog lepog dana kad se ukinu "nepravedne i nicim izazvane sankcije" :( ;)
novosti.116 kermit,
Dragi korisnici Amiga računara, iz štampe je izašao prvo broj biltena pod radnim nazivom "AMIGA SVET". U njemu se piše o svemu što ima veze sa vašim računarom, a naravno najviše o igrama. Ima novosti, hardvera i opisa korisničkog softvera. Nađe se i poneki mali oglas. Uz malo sreće, ovaj bilten će porasti u pravi časopis i neće svaštariti, tj neće pisati niočemu što nema veze sa Amigom ili sa Amigom CD32. Ako ste zainteresovani možete ga naručiti na tel. 154-836, a ako se bavite preprodajom programa za amigu možemo se dogovoriti i oko distribucije preko vas. Naravno za sada se ovaj bilten neće pojavljivati na kioscima, tj neće sve dok ne postane pravi časopis. KERMIT p.s. sve odgovore i komentare mail KERMIT pošto nemam amigu i ne pratim ovu konf.
novosti.117 vpoznanovic,
Pavle (kangaroo) vas pozdravlja i šalje vam Amiga Report #3.11... ar311.lha
novosti.118 vpoznanovic,
... i Amiga Report #3.12. ar312.lha
novosti.119 ljubinko,
>Pavle (kangaroo) vas pozdravlja i salje vam Amiga Report #3.11... Hvala na pozdravima i AR3.11 Pozdrav i Pavlu i svim amigistima.
novosti.120 sazalakazu,
> Sem toga, imaju prodavnice i op Istocnoj Evropi - npr. u Madjarskoj, znam > za Budimpestu i Segedin :) Bice sigurno i kod nas, jednog lepog dana kad se > ukinu "nepravedne i nicim izazvane sankcije" :( ;) ^^^^^^^^ Zasluzene! ;)
novosti.121 sazalakazu,
> Pavle (kangaroo) vas pozdravlja i salje vam Amiga Report #3.11... > * Uz poruku 'ar311.lha' (95610 bytes) Pazdrav' i ti mog bivseg prijatelja Paju.
novosti.122 sazalakazu,
Ovako..narucio sam Svet Amige, i stigao je, evo sta ima u njemu: - Amiga Novosti (novi filmovi radjeni sa Amigom, Programi) - ESC=OMOVI Planovi za Amigu - DraCO (e, ima i slika!) - Igre (Baldy, Pinball Illusions, Roadkill, Extractors, Super League Manager, Dawn Patrol, Pizza TYCOON, Whizz, super street fighter II, Lost Eden, Infernal Machine (domaca)) - Classic Tips (kao sta dalje u SK) - Programi (Hollywood FX, Motion Master) - Hardver (kartica VLab Motion) - Oglasi Zanimljivo je da je BROJ na izuzetno KVALITETNOM papiru, ali crno-beli. Ima puno slika i prevodi su iz stranih casopisa. Kosta 4DIN, ja sam ga narucio iz NS od Amiga Forta u selo Jarqak (gde se trenutno nalazim) i ispao me je 8 din sa postarinom. Prvi broj ima oko 20 strana ali daleko vise ima o Amigi nego u SK.. pa odlucite. Ami Mag RULEZ! ;)
novosti.123 dex.dexter,
Ovde je bilo reci o tome kakvi ce biti novi modeli. Evo ga jedan tekst o buducim modelima Amiga. Nadajmo se da nisu samo glasine :)) From: jeff_w1@sfov1.verifone.com (Jeff Wahaus, CAPS, ATL, x3529) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Insider Escom News Date: 17 Jun 95 09:33:51 -0800 Organization: VeriFone Inc. Message-ID: <1995Jun17.093351.3822@sfov1.verifone.com> The following will soon come from Amiga Technologies/Escom in the form of an official press release: In the first quarter of 1996 Amiga Technologies will introduce two new Amiga models. They will target 2 specific markets. The Amiga 2001 consumer model will be targeted to sell for under $500 (version with no hard disk). This model will be targeted at the home computer and family users market. The key selling points of model are PRICE and PERFORMANCE. A base system will consist of: Low Profile Desktop Case with detached keyboard 50MHz 68060EC processor 4MB RAM (2 Chip + 2 Fast) Enhanced Chip Set Quad Speed CD-ROM Hi Density Floppy 2 - PCI/Zorro III Expansion Slots Fast SCSI-II on the motherboard Amiga OS v3.2 Optional Items Include: 210MB, 730MB, or 1.5GB hard disk drive. FPU and MMU version of the 68060 processor Up to 256MB of RAM on the Motherboard The second model, the Amiga 5000, will target the high end animation/rendering and professional markets. The target base price will be around $1500 and will include as standard. Mid-size tower case (7 drive bays - 4 external, 3 Internal) 66MHz 68060 processor with FPU and MMU 16 MB RAM 730MB Hard Disk (Fast SCSI-II) Enhanced Chip Set Quad Speed CD-ROM Hi Density Floppy 5 - PCI/Zorro III Expansion Slots Amiga OS v3.2 The specifications of the new chipset these models will use is not yet finalized. The new chipset will however allow the use of standard VGA type monitors and support 16-bit sound. Look for an official announcement in the next few weeks. P.S. Informacija je malo stara, pa se izvinjavam ako je vec bila.
novosti.124 dex.dexter,
*> Ako se dobro secam sta mi je drugar rekao, kada se startuje Imagine na *> Amigi 1200 i na PC 386DX/4 Mb ram-a, na Amigi ostane cak nesto vise *> slobodne memorije nego na PC-u.. To sam ja rekao.. :) ali Imagine za A1200 je bio 2.0, a za PC je 3.0..
novosti.125 dex.dexter,
*> A AmyNews Issue 17/April - 1995 A *> m Press Release info ____ ___ ___ m *> y and contents / zl| \ zl y *> á PLEASE SPREAD THIS FILE Kud se dede ?
novosti.126 mihajlo,
> Fears se vec (koliko mi je poznato) pojavila, a napravili su je > momci iz demo grupe Bomb. Igra je (slicno Doom-u) server, ali, > na zalost nije Doom nego Wolfenstein klon. Demo nivo (playable) > se moze naci na domacim Amiga BBS-ovina. Jel to ona `FUJ` igra sto smo je igrali kod tebe ? MIH
novosti.127 mihajlo,
> Zanimljivo je da je BROJ na izuzetno KVALITETNOM papiru, ali > crno-beli. Ima puno slika i prevodi su iz stranih casopisa. > Kosta 4DIN, ja sam ga narucio iz NS od Amiga Forta u selo > Jarqak (gde se trenutno nalazim) i ispao me je 8 din sa > postarinom. Prvi broj ima oko 20 strana ali daleko vise ima o > Amigi nego u SK.. pa odlucite. Razgovarao sam sa covekom koji je pravi casopis i on kaze da ce sledeci broj biti mnogo bolji, ne samo sto se tice izgleda (bice i dalje crno beli) nego sto se tice tekstova koji se unutar njega nalaze. Takodje ce se i kvalitet slika poboljsati, a i bice nesto uradjeno na polju dizajna, tako da bi sve to polagano islo ka nivou jednog PC magazina i jednih Racunara, naravno mislim u smislu grafickih resenja i boljeg dizajna. U planu je da u sledecih nekoliko brojeva, ako se prodaja poboljsa Amiga Svet pocne da izlazi u boji, naravno za to treba puno amigasa koji ce ovaj casopis kupovati. Da bi ova akcija uspela, odlucio sam da pomognem i svako ko zeli da nabavi broj novog Amiga Sveta moze to uciniti preko mene, takodje. MIH
novosti.128 marshall,
*> Ako se dobro secam sta mi je drugar rekao, kada se startuje Imagine na *> Amigi 1200 i na PC 386DX/4 Mb ram-a, na Amigi ostane cak nesto vise *> slobodne memorije nego na PC-u.. => To sam ja rekao.. :) ali Imagine za A1200 je bio 2.0, a za PC je 3.0.. :)) Xuxu.. da nije ovo neki zakasneli odgovor (exec ?) ;))))
novosti.129 dex.dexter,
*>=> To sam ja rekao.. :) ali Imagine za A1200 je bio 2.0, a za PC je 3.0.. *> *> *>:)) Xuxu.. da nije ovo neki zakasneli odgovor (exec ?) ;)))) Jeste, pa sta.. :))
novosti.130 ljubinko,
Govori se o Final Writer 3.0. Da li je neko ovo video ? U cemu je razlika u odnosu na ranijeverzije ?
novosti.131 sazalakazu,
> Fears se vec (koliko mi je poznato) pojavila, a napravili su je > momci iz demo grupe Bomb. Igra je (slicno Doom-u) server, ali, > na zalost nije Doom nego Wolfenstein klon. Demo nivo (playable) > se moze naci na domacim Amiga BBS-ovina. > > Jel to ona `FUJ` igra sto smo je igrali kod tebe ? > > MIH Ne, to je onaj `BLJAK` koji si vido kod mene! ;) I posle KiNga, KiNg!
novosti.132 sazalakazu,
> Da bi ova akcija uspela, odlucio sam da pomognem i svako ko zeli da > nabavi broj novog Amiga Sveta moze to uciniti preko mene, takodje. Samo da ne puknem opet duplo za postarinu! ;) I posle KiNga, KiNg!
novosti.133 mihajlo,
> => To sam ja rekao.. :) ali Imagine za A1200 je bio 2.0, a za > PC je 3.0.. > > > :)) Xuxu.. da nije ovo neki zakasneli odgovor (exec ?) ;)))) Ne samo da je zakasneli odgovor nego i cista glupost. I za PC-ja je postojala verzija 2.0 koja je bila tako socno puna bagova da je to za diviti se. Onda su uporedo (prvo se pojavila kod nas za Amigu) verzije za oba racunara i to v3.0. Obe su identicne i traze 3 Mb da bi se stratovale, tj. Amigina verzija, a na PC je ludost i probati bez 4 Mb. Tol`ko od mene. MIH
novosti.134 dex.dexter,
*>> => To sam ja rekao.. :) ali Imagine za A1200 je bio 2.0, a za *>> PC je 3.0.. *>> *>> *>> :)) Xuxu.. da nije ovo neki zakasneli odgovor (exec ?) ;)))) *> *> Ne samo da je zakasneli odgovor nego i cista glupost. I za PC-ja je Izjasni se molim te, sta je cista glupost.. ?!?
novosti.135 marshall,
*>=> To sam ja rekao.. :) ali Imagine za A1200 je bio 2.0, a za PC je 3.0.. *> *> *>:)) Xuxu.. da nije ovo neki zakasneli odgovor (exec ?) ;)))) => Jeste, pa sta.. :)) Ama.. Nista, samo.. jedno 2-3 meseca .. :)))
novosti.136 marshall,
*>> => To sam ja rekao.. :) ali Imagine za A1200 je bio 2.0, a za *>> PC je 3.0.. *>> *>> *>> :)) Xuxu.. da nije ovo neki zakasneli odgovor (exec ?) ;)))) *> *> Ne samo da je zakasneli odgovor nego i cista glupost. I za PC-ja je => => Izjasni se molim te, sta je cista glupost.. ?!? Bre... Ste igrali GLOOM ? Ajde, de.. Ovako i nije nesto, nivoi mogu da dosade i za 5 minuta, buduci da se radnja nesto i ne menja.. Ali ipak dosta brzo ide.. Jes' da je kockasto ali nije ruzno.. No, koliko sam cuo od drugih, prava je car igre igrati preko modema (ili NULL linka).. Da li je jos neko probao ?
novosti.137 dex.dexter,
*>*>:)) Xuxu.. da nije ovo neki zakasneli odgovor (exec ?) ;)))) *> *>=> Jeste, pa sta.. :)) *> *>Ama.. Nista, samo.. jedno 2-3 meseca .. :))) Bolje ikad nego nikad. :)
novosti.138 dex.dexter,
*> *>Ajde, de.. Ovako i nije nesto, nivoi mogu da dosade i za 5 minuta, *>buduci da se radnja nesto i ne menja.. Ali ipak dosta brzo ide.. Jes' *>da je kockasto ali nije ruzno.. Kako nije ruzno? Jedna kockica je velicine 4x4 piksela ili 3x3 mozda. Zar to nije ruzno? *>No, koliko sam cuo od drugih, prava je car igre igrati preko modema (ili *>NULL linka).. Da li je jos neko probao ? Eh, jos uvek nemam dve A1200 :)) ali moze da se igra udvoje na istom kompjuteru. Ekran se podeli na dva dela i moze jedan protiv drugog ili zajedno protiv svih. I sto je bitno, uopste se ne usporava, tj. isto je kao preko celog ekrana. :)
novosti.139 marshall,
*> *>Ajde, de.. Ovako i nije nesto, nivoi mogu da dosade i za 5 minuta, *>buduci da se radnja nesto i ne menja.. Ali ipak dosta brzo ide.. Jes' *>da je kockasto ali nije ruzno.. => Kako nije ruzno? Jedna kockica je velicine 4x4 piksela ili 3x3 mozda. Zar to => nije ruzno? Ne znam.. Meni nije ruzno.. Nisam rekao da nije kockasto... Ali jos uvek moze da se gleda.. *>No, koliko sam cuo od drugih, prava je car igre igrati preko modema (ili *>NULL linka).. Da li je jos neko probao ? => Eh, jos uvek nemam dve A1200 :)) ali moze da se igra udvoje na istom Ex.. Onda ti ni ne bi bio potreban modem.. Mislio sam da se povezete preko modema.. => kompjuteru. Ekran se podeli na dva dela i moze jedan protiv drugog ili zajedno => protiv svih. I sto je bitno, uopste se ne usporava, tj. isto je kao preko celog => ekrana. :) Ee.. Vrlo zanimljivo.. Dobri momci, nema sta..
novosti.140 sazalakazu,
> => To sam ja rekao.. :) ali Imagine za A1200 je bio 2.0, a za > PC je 3.0.. > > > :)) Xuxu.. da nije ovo neki zakasneli odgovor (exec ?) ;)))) > > Ne samo da je zakasneli odgovor nego i cista glupost. I za PC-ja je > postojala verzija 2.0 koja je bila tako socno puna bagova da je to za > diviti se. Onda su uporedo (prvo se pojavila kod nas za Amigu) verzije za > oba racunara i to v3.0. Obe su identicne i traze 3 Mb da bi se > stratovale, tj. Amigina verzija, a na PC je ludost i probati bez 4 Mb. > Tol`ko od mene. > > MIH Mada meni sa 6 je komotno sasvim raditi u 3.1, ali je strasno razocarenje sto se tice brzine.. I posle KiNga, KiNg!
novosti.141 dex.dexter,
*> Mada meni sa 6 je komotno sasvim raditi u 3.1, ali je strasno *>razocarenje sto se tice brzine.. Ko ti je kriv, kupi A4000.. hehe :)
novosti.142 mihajlo,
> Mada meni sa 6 je komotno sasvim raditi u 3.1, ali je strasno > razocarenje sto se tice brzine.. To sam mogao i ja da ti kazem, nisam nista radio u IM3.x jer je blago ubitacno spor u odnosu na 2.0, koji za sada vodi kao rekorder po brzini rendanja. Ipak ja prepoucujem IM2.9 koji u sebi ima implemetirane skoro sve funkcije IM3.x, ali naglasavam skoro sve. Da ne tulim, ako vam treba nesto za imagine samo se obratite :)) MIH
novosti.143 dex.dexter,
*> To sam mogao i ja da ti kazem, nisam nista radio u IM3.x jer je blago *> ubitacno spor u odnosu na 2.0, koji za sada vodi kao rekorder po brzini *> rendanja. Ipak ja prepoucujem IM2.9 koji u sebi ima implemetirane skoro Nije, rekorder po brzini je Maxon Cinema 4D.. :)
novosti.144 teorist,
=> Da ne tulim, ako vam treba nesto za imagine samo se obratite :)) => => MIH Pa na primer, da li imaš neka uputstva za IMAGINE (ja nemam nikakva) ...i sve o tome ;) TEO
novosti.145 teorist,
*> To sam mogao i ja da ti kazem, nisam nista radio u IM3.x jer je blago *> ubitacno spor u odnosu na 2.0, koji za sada vodi kao rekorder po brzini *> rendanja. Ipak ja prepoucujem IM2.9 koji u sebi ima implemetirane skoro => => Nije, rekorder po brzini je Maxon Cinema 4D.. :) A jel neko ima verziju na ENGLESKOM a ne Švapskom. Džaba što je brz kada ajne klajne šajse fehlere apsolutno ne razumem :( TEO
novosti.146 ljubinko,
> Pa na primer, da li imas neka uputstva za IMAGINE (ja nemam nikakva) > ...i sve o tome ;) Uputstvo za Imagine se nalazi na LSD Doc Disku 52. (Ako ne mozete da nadjete imam ja). Pozdrav svima !
novosti.147 teorist,
> Pa na primer, da li imas neka uputstva za IMAGINE (ja nemam nikakva) > ...i sve o tome ;) => => Uputstvo za Imagine se nalazi na LSD Doc Disku 52. => => (Ako ne mozete da nadjete imam ja). => => Pozdrav svima ! => Pa aj ga bači ako nije predugačko. Nemam LSD-#52 :( TEO
novosti.148 mihajlo,
>*> To sam mogao i ja da ti kazem, nisam nista radio u IM3.x jer >*> je blago ubitacno spor u odnosu na 2.0, koji za sada vodi kao >*> rekorder po brzini rendanja. Ipak ja prepoucujem IM2.9 koji u >*> sebi ima implemetirane skoro > Nije, rekorder po brzini je Maxon Cinema 4D.. :) Ma mislio sam na serijal programa Imagine. MIH
novosti.149 dex.dexter,
*> Ma mislio sam na serijal programa Imagine. Aaaaa, ok onda. Ali to samo na Amigi, jer je na PC-ju 3.0 brzi duplo od 2.0. :) Pa dobro, mozda nije duplo, ali se oseti.. :)
novosti.150 mihajlo,
> Pa na primer, da li imas neka uputstva za IMAGINE (ja nemam > nikakva) ...i sve o tome ;) Ima cica jednu malecnu fasciklicu :))) 150 i neesto strana, samo moras da se najavis ... MIH
novosti.151 ljubinko,
=> Uputstvo za Imagine se nalazi na LSD Doc Disku 52. > Pa aj ga baci ako nije predugacko. Stize u grupu.
novosti.152 teorist,
> Pa na primer, da li imas neka uputstva za IMAGINE (ja nemam > nikakva) ...i sve o tome ;) => => Ima cica jednu malecnu fasciklicu :))) 150 i neesto strana, samo moras da => se najavis ... => => MIH Thanx, za sada ću pokušati sa uputstvom što mi LJUBINKO posla, ako me nešto za***ava nazvaću 'žiču' :)
novosti.153 dex.dexter,
*> Ima cica jednu malecnu fasciklicu :))) 150 i neesto strana, samo moras *> se najavis ... A, da li imas nesto za 3.x, osim onog teksta o teksturama i DOF-u?
novosti.154 mihajlo,
> A, da li imas nesto za 3.x, osim onog teksta o teksturama i > DOF-u? Pomenuh li da `ima cica`, ako nisam da ponovim. Imam neki fajl za 3.0 Imagine, koji sam stampao i koji se nalazi valjda u toj fascikli. Posto sam odavno izgustirao ono malo sto je tamo i bilo, ne bavim se citanjem istog. Ipak 3.x je bolji po nekim stvarima od 2.x serijala, osim po brzini. MIH
novosti.155 dex.dexter,
*> Pomenuh li da `ima cica`, ako nisam da ponovim. Imam neki fajl za 3.0 *> Imagine, koji sam stampao i koji se nalazi valjda u toj fascikli. Posto *> To je mozda taj fajl o teksturama, a to imam. Meni treba uputstvo, koje opisuje nove opcije Imagine-a 3.x..
novosti.156 mihajlo,
> To je mozda taj fajl o teksturama, a to imam. Meni treba > uputstvo, koje opisuje nove opcije Imagine-a 3.x.. Pogledao sam i razocaracu te, nije. Ovo je nesto o tome kako rade Bones i kako korisiti nove `features`, npr. particles (animated). Nije puno dugacko, ima oko 18-stak strana. MIH
novosti.157 marshall,
*> To sam mogao i ja da ti kazem, nisam nista radio u IM3.x jer je blago *> ubitacno spor u odnosu na 2.0, koji za sada vodi kao rekorder po brzini *> rendanja. Ipak ja prepoucujem IM2.9 koji u sebi ima implemetirane skoro => => Nije, rekorder po brzini je Maxon Cinema 4D.. :) => => A jel neko ima verziju na ENGLESKOM a ne Svapskom. Dzaba sto je brz => kada ajne klajne sajse fehlere apsolutno ne razumem :( Exx.. Zato ja uzedoh nemacki recnik pa.. Navali.. Nego, sad kad sam dobio karticu sa RAM-om, ima da bude lakse - mogu istovremeno da ucitam i Maxon Cinema i CED (sa Maxon Cinema) pa da lepo gledam sta znaci sta i da prevodim po efektu koji radi... (doduse, moglo je i sa nekim programom kao sto je Deksid, ali me kod njega nervira to sto undo opcija bas nesto i ne postoji ;)
novosti.158 dex.dexter,
*> Pogledao sam i razocaracu te, nije. Ovo je nesto o tome kako rade Bones *> kako korisiti nove `features`, npr. particles (animated). Nije puno *> dugacko, ima oko 18-stak strana. To mi treba.. :) jel imas TXT?
novosti.159 mihajlo,
> To mi treba.. :) jel imas TXT? Imam to samo u stampanoj formi, fajl je ostao (bog dusu ...) na Amigi, a istu vise nemam. MIH
novosti.160 sazalakazu,
Naj-svezije! Pocele su da se proizvode o4o i o6o kartice za A1200! Cena ispod 2000 dem!
novosti.161 marshall,
=> Naj-svezije! => => Pocele su da se proizvode o4o i o6o kartice za A1200! Cena ispod => 2000 dem! => STA ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? Da dam preko 1000 DEM za karticu sa 040 procesorom ??? Pa koliko to RAM-a ima na sebi ? 16 MB ?? IMA LI SCSI kontroler ? Ako je samo 040 onda nisu normalni...
novosti.162 sazalakazu,
=> Naj-svezije! => => Pocele su da se proizvode o4o i o6o kartice za A1200! Cena > ispod => 2000 dem! => > > STA ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? > > Da dam preko 1000 DEM za karticu sa 040 procesorom ??? Pa koliko to > RAM-a ima na sebi ? 16 MB ?? > > IMA LI SCSI kontroler ? > > Ako je samo 040 onda nisu normalni... > Bre Djole glup si ko pola pc-evca! pa ako moja ima scsi kontroler sto ta ne bi imala za 2000 dem! i jos verovatno ima memoriju i ko zna kakva sranja!..... boze... I posle KiNga, KiNg!
novosti.163 sazalakazu,
=> Naj-svezije! => => Pocele su da se proizvode o4o i o6o kartice za A1200! Cena > ispod => 2000 dem! => > > STA ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? > > Da dam preko 1000 DEM za karticu sa 040 procesorom ??? Pa koliko to > RAM-a ima na sebi ? 16 MB ?? > > IMA LI SCSI kontroler ? > > Ako je samo 040 onda nisu normalni... > Bre Djole glup si ko pola pc-evca! pa ako moja ima scsi kontroler sto ta ne bi imala za 2000 dem! i jos verovatno ima memoriju i ko zna kakva sranja!..... boze... I posle KiNga, KiNg!
novosti.164 sazalakazu,
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novosti.166 sazalakazu,
Nije fer.... moderatora nema godinama i onda se pojavi i obrise mi poruku?! A lepo je bio oglas sa cenama koje su jeftinije nego u inostranstvu, sto se turbo kartica tice za A1200! Posto oglase niko ne cita, pomislio sam da je bolje da to turim ovdi! Ali izgleda da je moderator pogresno shvatio svoju funkciju....! I posle KiNga, KiNg!
novosti.167 ljubinko,
> Nije fer.... moderatora nema godinama i onda se pojavi i obrise mi >poruku?! > > A lepo je bio oglas sa cenama koje su jeftinije nego u inostranstvu, Posalji u grupu !
novosti.168 ljubinko,
Odavno nemamo nikakve novosti. Da li neko ima Amiga Report noviji od 3.12 ? Treba da se sada stiglo do 3.18.
novosti.169 prvul,
>>Nije fer.... moderatora nema godinama i onda se >>pojavi i obrise mi poruku?! Eeee, bio sam mesec dana na moru, pa posle jos mesec dana kojekuda... a ti nasao bas pred moj povratak da kacis oglas u konferenciju ;) >>Posto oglase niko ne cita, pomislio sam da je bolje >>da to turim ovdi! Ali izgleda da je moderator pogresno >>shvatio svoju funkciju....! Mislim da je moderator pravilno shvatio svoju funkciju, jer ako hoces da posaljes oglas, posalji ga u za to namenjenu konferenciju. To sto "niko ne cita" oglase je verovatno zato sto ih bas ovakve poruke ne zanimaju...
novosti.171 vpoznanovic,
>> Eeee, bio sam mesec dana na moru, pa posle jos >> mesec dana kojekuda... a ti nasao bas pred moj >> povratak da kacis oglas u konferenciju ;) Možeš li da nam najaviš kad ćeš sljedeći put ići na toliko dug odmor? Moderatore, zanima li te možda šta je bilo sa prvom Amiga konferencijom, ili ćemo i to preskočiti kao i većinu tema ključnih za opstanak Amigista na Sezamu?
novosti.172 teorist,
=> Eeee, bio sam mesec dana na moru, pa posle jos => mesec dana kojekuda... HM, MODERATORU, ajde i ti nam se pridruži u borbi za CONF. na Sezamu PRO-BA :)))) Ex, a šta bi sa AMIGA.1 conf ?????? :<
novosti.173 marshall,
=> Naj-svezije! => => Pocele su da se proizvode o4o i o6o kartice za A1200! Cena > ispod => 2000 dem! => > > STA ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? > > Da dam preko 1000 DEM za karticu sa 040 procesorom ??? Pa koliko to > RAM-a ima na sebi ? 16 MB ?? > > IMA LI SCSI kontroler ? > > Ako je samo 040 onda nisu normalni... => Bre Djole glup si ko pola pc-evca! pa ako moja ima scsi kontroler sto => ta ne bi imala za 2000 dem! i jos verovatno ima memoriju i ko zna kakva => sranja!..... boze... Ex, cuj.. VEROVATNO - ali da li je bas tako ??
novosti.174 marshall,
Procitah jutros ovu poruku : RAPTOR Amiga 4000 je u Americi vrlo usko povezana, i skoro nezamisliva bez Video Toastera, sa kojim se koristi kao svemoguca video mikseta na TV stanicama. Tesko je opisati u jednoj recenici sta je Toster, ali najjednostavnije objasnjeno to je graficka kartica/video mikseta/digitalizator/dzenlok/3D ray-tracing masina itd. Real-time efekti su perfektno brzi i predivno uradjeni. Kada se dodje do 3D grafike, program LightWave koji se dobija uz Toaster ima fantasticne mogucnosti, pa je zato i koriscen u mnogim komercijalnim filmovima (Terminator 2, Jurrasic Park) i TV serijama (Babylon 5, Sea Quest) koje su iziskivale slozene 3D efekte. Kako su 3D animacije koje su tokom godina postavljane pred Amige bile sve slozenije i duze, pojavio se problem oko brzine iscrtavanja. Jer, korisnici su se vremenom razmazili do te mere, da su bez obzira na kompleksnost scene zeleli da je iscrtaju za sto krace vreme. Nekada su jednostavne scene sa par objekata, na Amigi 500, uzimale i po ceo dan da se ray-trace-ovane iscrtaju u tada neverovatnih 4096 boja. Tehnologija je, na srecu, uznapredovala, i danasnje Amige 4000 sa svojim procesorom 68040 krckaju 16 miliona boja u visim rezolucijama za daleko krace vreme. Kada je Spilberg resio da zapocne rad na seriji Sea Quest odlucio se da efekte rade Amige 4000 sa Toasterom. Sea Quest je futuristicka serija koja se odvija u naucnoj stanici duboko pod povrsinom okeana. Sve podvodne scene kojih je svaka epizoda prepuna trebalo je da budu modelirane i trejsovane u LightWave-u. Povezano je petnaestak Amiga, ali je iscrtavanje i dalje bilo nedovoljno brzo da bi mogle da se naprave sve animacije potrebne za seriju sa novom epizodom svake nedelje. Resenje Spilbergovog problema je doslo iz firme "DeskStation", pod nazivom Raptor. Raptor je crna kutija visine oko 80cm i tezine 35kg u kojoj se nalaze dva R4400 RISC procesora, svaki sa po 64 Mb RAM-a! Ukoliko ni to nije dovoljno, moguce je povezati vise Raptora u sistem i dobiti brzine od kojih boli glava. Funkcionisanje Raptora je prilicno jednostavno. Prvo se poveze Eternet kablom, potom instalira softver, a zatim pocinje sa standardnim radom u LightWave-u. Kada je zavrseno modeliranje 3D objekata i njihovo postavljanje u scenu, informacija se salje Raptoru da iscrta sliku. Moguce je izabrati dve varijante - da svaki od procesora radi po jednu polovinu iste slike, ili da svaki radi svoju sliku. Druga varijanta je daleko bolja za animacije, jer se procesori nece cekati ukoliko je jedna polovina slike kompleksnija od druge. Koliko je Raptor brzi od A4000? Tacan odgovor je nemoguce dati, jer zavisi od toga sta se iscrtava, ali jedno je sigurno - srecni korisnik ce dobiti ray-trace-ovane slike 10-40 puta brze nego na najbrzoj Amigi 4000! Kao da to nije dovoljno, "DeskStation" nudi i Raptor Plus koji poseduje dva brza R4600 RISC procesora (133MHz), sto daje dvostruko vecu brzinu od obicnog Raptora. Za sada je ovu divnu napravu moguce koristiti jedino uz LightWave, ali su najavljene i verzije svih poznatijih 3D programa za Raptor, ukljucujuci i Real3D i Imagine. Cene su naravno sitnica za Spilbergov posao, ali su za obicnog korisnika basnoslovne - Raptor sa 128 Mb $14000, a Raptor Plus $17000. ... To be or not to be ?
novosti.175 ljubinko,
>Procitah jutros ovu poruku : Gde je procita ? Imas li jos neku ?
novosti.176 ljubinko,
Pojavio se Svet Kompjutera. Kao i ranije nista posebno. Objavili su i moj tekst o programu Terminus. Tekst sam pisao i poslao im ga jos u januaru (!!). Tu je i tekst o tome da je ESCOM kupio Amigu, sto nam je poznato jos od aprila !! Sta bi sa Svetom Amige ? Ima li neko pristupa nekim stranim casopisima (na papiru ili u elektronskom obliku) ?
novosti.177 teorist,
=> Objavili su i moj tekst o programu Terminus. Tekst sam pisao => i poslao im ga jos u januaru (!!). A onaj tekst o PPaint-u je verovatno još prošle godine poslat ;) Eh, da li neko ima noviji Terminus od onoga na slici u SK (2.0 Evaluation) (odgovore u mail, please) => Tu je i tekst o tome da je ESCOM kupio Amigu, sto nam je => poznato jos od aprila !! Dobro je da još uvek smatraju da je AMIGA živa. ** Amiga SOR v1.0 TEST VERSION
novosti.178 mihajlo,
> Dobro je da jos uvek smatraju da je AMIGA ziva. Ja kada bih mislio da vise nikada necu moci da radim sa Amigom, odmah bi se ubio ili opljackao nekog teskog dizelasa. Cisto da mi se nadje para, kada budem isao da kupim Silikonca :)) MIH
novosti.179 ljubinko,
Pojavio se novi textviewer: Vinci 1.6 Ali drugaciji od svih do sada. Prednost mu je da raspakuje fajlove koji su zapakovani na primer PowerPackerom, Crunchmaniom, uz koriscenje raznih library (na primer NUKE itd), kao i fajlove zapakovane sa lzx i lha (ali ne i zip, arc, zoo, fms). Da ne opisujem ovde sve pogledajte i sami. Moze se naci na brzom sezamu u grupi amiga's, a nadam se da ce neko, kome nije tako daleko, prebaciti ovaj program i u grupu na ovom Sezamu. Pozdrav svima !
novosti.180 mikis,
Amiga Report #3.17 * September 23, 1995 ar317.lha
novosti.181 ljubinko,
Dugo nismo imali neke novosti. Dajte ko sta ima !
novosti.182 teorist,
Evo spiska AMIGA CD-ROM IZDANJA Spisak je od 3.9.1995. Amiga Guide format :) Opis diskova, izdavača, ocena ..... acdgv12.lha
novosti.183 vpejovski,
Amiga Report 318 P.S. Ima li neko AR 313-316 ??? ar318.lha
novosti.184 mihajlo,
Narode stigla je zvanicno turbo karta sa `040` na 50 Mhz za A1200 sa cenom od 599 funti, sto je oko 1500 dem i daje po sysinfu 18,267 (mips). Novo konspirativno i sve cesce korisceno ime u racunarskoj industriji je "FACLON 040" i opciono na sebi sadrzi i SCSI-2 kontroler. Jedna od najvaznijih stavki je da je ova karta u nekim operacijama drasticno brza od A4000 040 u istom taktu procesora. Npr. A1200 Blizzard 1230 II 50 Mhz, A4000 i A1200 Falcon, svi sa istom kolicinom memorije su renderovali scenu u Light Wave-u od 52,109 poligona sa 34 mape itd ... Blizard je to uradio za 20:12, A4000 za 10:45, dok je to FALCON uradio za 07:55. Doduse ta razlika izmedju 040 procesora se nije osetila pri radu sa, recimo, Photogenics-om. Uskoro treba da se pojavi FALCON 060 na 50 Mhz koji po sysinfo-u daje 39,97 mips-a. Cena jos nije poznata :)) MIH
novosti.185 mihajlo,
Opet ja :))) Uskoro izlazi A4000T sa 060 procesorom, sto opravdava nestasicu 060 procesora na trzistu. Cena nepoznata, SCSI-2 integrisan, AGA i dalje, a ostali podatci nepoznati :))) MIH
novosti.186 kmilan,
O kakvom je to Falconu rec (da li to ima veze sa Atari Falconom)?
novosti.187 ljubinko,
>Amiga Report 318 >P.S. Ima li neko AR 313-316 ??? Samo AR 3.17, ali nema nistaposebno u njemu.
novosti.188 vpejovski,
ESCOM BBS ;)) +49-6252-73027 +49-6252-73028 +49-6252-73029 max.speed: 14400 working time: non-stop parameters: 8N1 protocols: Z-Modem, X-Modem, Y-Modem, Kermit Firma koja je izdavala Amiga World pokrece novi casopis u saradnji sa firmom Turtle Lightning koji ce se zvati: >>> Amiga Computing <<<. Celnici Escom-a su bili u emisiji na nemackom kanalu WDR gde su predstavili A1200 & 4000 i, izgleda, lansirali novi slogan: >>>>>>>> MS WINDOWS=95 - MAC=89 - AMIGA=85 <<<<<<<< --------------------------------------------------- Od 10-12. novembra 1995 odrzava se u Kelnu WORLD OF AMIGA'95 (najveci evropski sajam posvecen Amigi). SYMPATHY FOR THE DeViL -------> AMIGA <-------
novosti.189 vpejovski,
Sun MicroSystems Inc. software package "HOT JAVA" will be soon ported on Amiga
novosti.190 vpejovski,
AMIGA TECHNOLOGIES LTD. ANNOUNCES RISC BASED AMIGA (POWER AMIGA) !!!!!!!!!!! ============================================================================ ami-ppc.txt
novosti.191 marshall,
mi> Opet ja :))) mi> Uskoro izlazi A4000T sa 060 procesorom, sto opravdava nestasicu 060 mi> procesora na trzistu. Cena nepoznata, SCSI-2 integrisan, AGA i dalje, a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mi> ostali podatci nepoznati :))) Ono podvuceno je najbitnije - sto jeftinije, po mogucstvu ne preko 2000 DEM.. Sto mi se citi nemoguce.. Inace, nema svrhe izdavati to cudo.. ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.192 mikis,
+>mi> Uskoro izlazi A4000T sa 060 procesorom, sto opravdava nestasicu 060 +>mi> procesora na trzistu. Cena nepoznata, SCSI-2 integrisan, AGA i dalje, a +> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +>Ono podvuceno je najbitnije - sto jeftinije, po mogucstvu ne preko 2000 +>DEM.. Sto mi se citi nemoguce.. Optimisto ;) Escom (tj. Amiga Technologies) je nedavno objavio nove cene A4000T/040 (sa 6 MB RAM i 1 GB HD-om, plus Scala MM400) - u Engleskoj kosta 2230 funti (oko 5000 DEM) - i to bez monitora :((( Nije bolja situacija ni sa 1200-tkama - jes' da se uz njih dobija fantastican komplet programa (Wordworth 4SE, Digita Organizer, Datastore 1.1, TurboCalc 3.5, Personal Paint 6.4, Pjotogenics 1.1A, Pinball Mania i Whizz), ali cena je 100 funti veca od stare - 400 funti za verziju bez harda, 500 za A1200 HD 170 MB + Scala MM300 :(( Jedino sto je na samim Amigama promenjeno je OS - dolaze sa WB-om 3.1. Takodje, predstavljen je i novi monitor (licenciran od Microvitec-a) koji podrzava sve AGA rezolucije (15-38KHz, 14", 0.28 dot pitch), a cena mu je razumna - oko 300 funti. Sve u svemu, ako se nesto (pod hitno!) ne promeni, bolje da odmah pocnemo da skupljamo pare za jeftine Pentijume :( Uzgred, ni cene turbo kartica nisu se menjale znacajnije jos od proleca :(
novosti.193 vpejovski,
Najsvezije vesti sa World of Amiga'95 (Keln, 10-12.novembar 1995.): amigappc.txt
novosti.194 vpejovski,
WORLD OF AMIGA 1995 COLOGNE report !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------- AMIGA - BACK FOR THE FUTURE ;))) woa9511.txt
novosti.195 srce,
030 NA 50Mhz MOZE DA SE NABAVI ZA OKO 500-550dem ili 040/25 za oko 800-900 Zainteresovan ??????? Leave mesage on SRCE
novosti.196 marshall,
+>Ono podvuceno je najbitnije - sto jeftinije, po mogucstvu ne preko 2000 +>DEM.. Sto mi se citi nemoguce.. mi> sto je na samim Amigama promenjeno je OS - dolaze sa WB-om 3.1. Takodje, mi> predstavljen je i novi monitor (licenciran od Microvitec-a) koji podrzava sve mi> AGA rezolucije (15-38KHz, 14", 0.28 dot pitch), a cena mu je razumna - oko 300 mi> funti. Eee.. JEdna dobra vest.. :(( mi> Sve u svemu, ako se nesto (pod hitno!) ne promeni, bolje da odmah pocnemo mi> da skupljamo pare za jeftine Pentijume :( Uzgred, ni cene turbo kartica nisu se mi> menjale znacajnije jos od proleca :( Bo'me.. Izgleda da bi to trebalo odmah da pocnemo.. Jer ako do sada nisu nista uradili, a cak i cenu nabijaju, ondaaa.. smo ga isp.. Steta.. ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.197 vpejovski,
COMDEX 1995 report - Brought to you by: - CyberCreep - !!!!!!! comdex95.txt
novosti.198 vpejovski,
Zanimljivost no.1 govsale.txt
novosti.199 vpejovski,
Zanimljivost no.2 newbug.txt
novosti.200 vpejovski,
JAY MINER INTERVIEW IN PASADENA, SEPTEMBER 1992 -- Jay Miner's tale of the Amiga -- INCLUDED IN ARCHIVE PICTURE OF THE FATHER OF AMIGA (and his famous doggie ;)) jaystale.lha
novosti.201 vpejovski,
Amiga Report #3.21 (30-November-1995) !!!! P.S. A sad neka neko bude dobar i okaci ovde AR320 (moja arhiva je corrupt :( ) ar321.lha
novosti.202 vpejovski,
WORLD OF AMIGA 1995 - Toronto (Canada), 8-10. December 1995 woa.txt
novosti.203 wildey,
Ljudi ima li iko pojma sta se desava sa novim Escom Amigama.Cuo sam za modele sa 060 i alfom ali nigde niko nista ne pominje.Navodno alfa dere Pentiume ,ali nista zvanicno.Ako iko zna o cemu se radi neka kaze ili ja odoh na gluplju masinu (da joj ime ne pominjem). P.S. Kolike su cene memorijskih kartica sa 030 ili 040 napolju. pozdrav, wildey
novosti.204 dejanp,
Otvorena je grupa amiga_v1.3 za amigu 500. pa ko hoce neka ostavi mail. pa ce mo da vidimo ostalo.
novosti.205 mikis,
From gbo@lisa.amiga-tech.deSat Dec 23 09:30:31 1995 Date: 22 Dec 95 17:43:18 CET From: Gilles Bourdin <gbo@lisa.amiga-tech.de> To: khisel@cucug.org Subject: press info * This message forwarded from area 'Courrier Worldnet' (NET_2_999_99_9) * Original message dated 22 Dec 95, from Gilles Bourdin Press information for immediate release December 1995 The Amiga Surfer: Amiga goes Internet Amiga Technologies will release The new Amiga 1200 bundle "Amiga Surfer" in February. The package includes an Amiga 1200 with 2MB RAM, a 260 MB harddrive and a 14.400 Baud modem as well as a complete Internet bundle that will enable the user to access to all popular Internet services. Web-Surfing, FTP file transfer (new drivers, updates, patches, shareware and freeware), IRC electronic teleconferencing with unlimited amount of participants and email with graphic, sound and animation support. To make the start-up as easy as possible, a country specific telephone cable is provided with the modem. Before accessing to the Internet, the user can register himself at IBM and will receive, if he registers before 31st of March, a credit of 100 free access hours. For any question, the customer can access our homepage anytime and consult most actual information. The package also contains the popular "Amiga Magic" bundle of productivity software, featuring a word processor, a spreadsheet, a database, an organizer and a graphic program. The complete system, including the Amiga 1200, the productivity and Internet software, the modem and connection with free credits will be available from retail at a price of DM 1198.- incl. 15% VAT. Contact : Gilles Bourdin Tel +49 6252 709 195 Amiga Technologies Fax +49 6252 709 520 Berliner Ring 89 email: gbo@amiga.de D-64625 Bensheim HTTP://www.amiga.de Regards, Gilles Bourdin -- Gilles Bourdin / Amiga Technologies GmbH Public Relations Manager gbo@ramses.fdn.org gbo@worldnet.net
novosti.206 nenad,
Novost za danas je novi moderator konferencija Amiga. :) Mikis - srecan rad. :)
novosti.207 mikis,
+> Novost za danas je novi moderator konferencija Amiga. :) +> Mikis - srecan rad. :) Hvala :) Ovako pred spavanje, samo jedan pozdrav Amigistima na sistemu (sa nove funkcije), pa očekujem vaše otpozdrave (ne bi li se malo prebrojali koliko nas ima) :)
novosti.208 senna,
Hvala :) Ovako pred spavanje, samo jedan pozdrav Amigistima na sistemu (sa nove funkcije), pa ocekujem vase otpozdrave (ne bi li se malo prebrojali koliko nas ima) :) ------- Ja napred,ja napred (iako imam PC,kupicu ja novu Amigu,koji ce mi dx4/150 :) ).
novosti.209 ldjordje,
Konacno imamo moderatora :))) Samo da te pozdravim :) Puno srece u daljem radu i da nas ima što više !!!
novosti.210 armitage,
> Hvala :) Ovako pred spavanje, samo jedan pozdrav Amigistima na sistemu > (sa nove funkcije), pa očekujem vaše otpozdrave (ne bi li se malo > prebrojali koliko nas ima) :) Tu sam. O:) Armitage P.S.: Congrats & good luck!
novosti.212 dejanp,
Puno pozdrava i srece u narednom radu. p.s. Bice nas jos vise! DEJANP O:)
novosti.213 teorist,
+> Novost za danas je novi moderator konferencija Amiga. :) +> Mikis - srecan rad. :) => => Hvala :) Ovako pred spavanje, samo jedan pozdrav Amigistima na sistemu => (sa nove funkcije), pa očekujem vaše otpozdrave (ne bi li se malo => prebrojali koliko nas ima) :) A taman sam se počeo pitati ko nam je novi moderatori omiljete mi konferencije O:)) POZDRAV ! :)
novosti.214 mikis,
Amiga Report #4.02, 31. Januar 1996. Dalji komentar (nadam se) nepotreban :) ar402.lha
novosti.215 mikis,
Izašao je i Aminet 10 CD. Pored obilja PD/SW softvera, modula, slika i ostalog po čemu je ova kolekcija poznata, na disku se nalazi i kompletna, potpuno funkcionalna verzija čuvenog Page Streama 2.2, sa kompletnim uputstvom ( i popustom za upgrade na verziju 3), kao i "skraćena" verzija Type Smitha 2.5, trenutno najboljeg editora fontova. Takođe, na disku se nalazi i oko 2000 fontova u Intellifont (CG), Postscript i bitmap formatu. Uz poruku je priložen indeks fajlova sa opisima. Ako neko vidi/dođe do diska, neka odmah javlja :)
novosti.216 teorist,
=> Izašao je i Aminet 10 CD. Pored obilja PD/SW softvera, modula, slika Ima li kod nas ???
novosti.217 mikis,
Amiga Report #4.02 - 19. Februar 1996.g. ar403.lha
novosti.218 ljubinko,
Dobio sam Final Writer 4.02. Program je na 9 disketa. Razlike u odnosu na ranije verzije su: potpuno drugaciji izgled ekrana, mnogo poboljsana gramaticka kontrola i veliki izbor opcija kod kontrole gramatike. Ovo je sada najbolji program za kontrolu gramatike engleskog jezika. Sve u svemu znacajno je bolji od ranijih verzija.
novosti.219 teorist,
=> Dobio sam Final Writer 4.02. => => Program je na 9 disketa. Hm, pošto nisam baš koristio F.W., možeš li ukratko napisati koje tipove fontova dopušta i koji Export/Import za Grafiku i text ima ?? BTW, da li neki program može da učitava dokumente koje pravi Word4Win ??
novosti.220 ljubinko,
>Hm, posto nisam bas koristio F.W., mozes li ukratko napisati >koje tipove fontova dopusta i koji Export/Import za Grafiku i text ima ?? Koristi svoje (Softwood) fontove i Adobe Postscript 1. Uvozi mnogo toga, a tekst izvozi kao ASCII, ili snima svoj doc. fajl. >BTW, da li neki program moze da ucitava dokumente koje pravi Word4Win ?? Cini me se da moze Page Sream 3.0. Cekam da dobijem ispravnu verziju pa cu ti javiti detalje.
novosti.221 mikis,
Amiga Report #4.04 (14.03.96) - obavezno skinite :) Pored ostalih lepih stvari pronaćićete i saopštenje za štampu Amiga tech-a glede nedavno završenog sajma CeBit, na kome je trebalo da bude predstavljen prototip novog modela Amige :) Ukratko, mašinica bi bila u novom, desktop kućištu, imala procesor 68EC030/40 MHZ, dva SIMM podnožja za RAM (proširivo do 128 MB), par slotova za proširenje... Ostalo čitajte u AR-u :) ar404.lha
novosti.222 mikis,
Poštovana gospodo (i dame, ako vas ima :), čast mi je predstaviti vam, po prvi put u vašem gradu - NOVI AMIGA DIREKTORIJUM!!! :)) Kao što možete primetiti, izvršena je temeljna reorganizacija Amiga direktorijuma. Dodato je dosta novih direktorijuma, dobar deo starih fajlova prebačen je tamo gde im je mesto, a ubačeno je i preko 10 MB novih fajlova - s tim što pod "novi" podrazumevam kako nove, tako i starije fajlove koji nikad nisu našli svoj put do konferencije :) Sledeći korak biće "pretresanje" konferencije i prebacivanje ostalih fajlova odatle na odgovarajuće mesto. Koristim ovu priliku da se unapred zahvalim gospodinu calex-u, fajl moderatoru SezamNeta, koji će pomoći u ovom poslu :) Pa, gospodo - uživajte. P.S. A sad malo ona!!! ;))
novosti.223 mikis,
Da malo olakšam snalaženje, evo fajlova i poddirektorijuma koji su dodati u Amiga dir: amiga\*.* ------------------ ARC <DIR> ű Arhiveri, packeri i kompresori BBS <DIR> ű BBS softver, door-ovi i alati COM <DIR> ű Komunikacioni softver DISK <DIR> ű Korisni programi za rad sa diskom DOCS <DIR> ű Uputstva, korisni tekstovi, e-magazini EMUL <DIR> ű Emulatori i operativni sistemi FUN <DIR> ű Igre, zabava, grafika i zvuk GRAPH <DIR> ű Pregled, kreiranje i obrada slika i animacija INFO <DIR> ű Informacije i FAQ-ovi MISC <DIR> ű Sve što nije u drugim direktorijumima NET <DIR> ű Mreže - od lokalnih do Interneta PRINT <DIR> ű Drajveri i programi za rad sa štampačem PROG <DIR> ű Programski jezici i razvojni alati SOUND <DIR> ű Muzički softver SYSTEM <DIR> ű Razni sistemski programi TEST <DIR> ű Sistemski testovi i monitori TEXT <DIR> ű Obrada i konverzija teksta, DTP i fontovi UTILS <DIR> ű Razni korisni programi VIRUS <DIR> ű Antivirusni programi amiga\arc\*.* ------------------ crmv191t.lha 196k ű Crunch Mania 1.9 test version - Odličan krančer! dmsv2-04.run 404k ű DMS V2.04 - standardni disk arhiver gd1_0.lha 38k ű GEL Decrunch 1.0 - Raspakuje sve vrste fajlova gzip123.lha 96k ű GnuZIP 1.2.3 - Rad sa UNIX .Z i .GZ arhiva lha150r.run 175k ű LHA V1.50 Registered (potreban key fajl) lzx101.lha 134k ű LZX V1.01 - Jako dobar arhiver (bolji od LhA) unarj241.lha 39k ű UnArj V2.41 - raspakuje ARJ arhive xpkgzip.lha 26k ű xpkGZIP.library 1.0 - XPK biblioteka za GZIP arhive amiga\bbs\*.* ------------------ cd_rom.lha 39k ű Door za korišćenje CD ROM-a iz MAX BBS-a cn305c_1.lha 571k ű CNet/3 Professional BBS V3.05 (disk 1/2) cn305c_2.lha 346k ű CNet/3 Professional BBS V3.05 (disk 2/2) insdd114.lha 356k ű DayDream V1.14 - odličan BBS program, sličan /X-u maxs152p.lha 277k ű MAX's BBS V1.52p - odličan, mali BBS program amiga\com\*.* ------------------ mpack14.lha 44k ű mpack/munpack V1.4 - (de)konverzija fajlova u MIME format nullm217.lha 20k ű NullModem.device v2.17 - emulira dva modema rxser502.lha 12k ű Rad sa serijskim uređajima iz ARexx-a smodem12.lha 28k ű SModem 1.0.2 - Kom. protokol, istovremeni UL, DL i chat amiga\disk\*.* ------------------ giga171.lha 7k ű Giga.device V1.71 - device za diskove veće od 4GB hdoff_v1.lha 3k ű HDOff V1.0 - isključivanje IDE diskova maxdos20.lha 53k ű MaxDos 2.0 - rad sa Macintosh formatiranim diskovima pcres250.lha 41k ű PCRestore V2.50 - transfer fajlova PC->Amigađ reorg31.lha 327k ű ReOrg V3.1 - optimizacija flopi i hard diskova reorg311.lha 19k ű ReOrg V3.1 -> 3.11 patch amiga\docs\*.* ------------------ acdgv14.lha 109k ű Spisak svih Amiga CDROM izdanja, u AmigaGuide formatu ansig112.lha 45k ű Specifikacije i objašnjenja ANSI i SKYPIX formata (AGuide) librarie.lha 30k ű Vodič za Amiga biblioteke (libraries). AGuide format sysguide.lha 58k ű Lista svih device, library i handler fajlova (AGuide) amiga\fun\*.* ------------------ wbgames2.lha 235k ű Workbench Game Collection 1 V2.2 - još 5 odličnih WB igara amiga\graph\*.* ------------------ acad2im.lha 27k ű Konverzija objekata iz DXF u Imagine format amiflic2.lha 40k ű AmiFlick V2.01 - FLI/FLC plejer za Amigu fastgif2.lha 24k ű FastGIF 2 - izuzetno brz program za gledanje GIF-ova gif2png.lha 81k ű GIF->PNG konverter (beta verzija) gifkit.lha 21k ű Manipulacija GIF slikama (resize, crop, rotate...) pnggio09.lha 43k ű PNG.gio V0.9 BETA - PNG&PCD loader/saver za Photogenics tiffv114.lha 148k ű TIFFView V1.14 amiga\info\*.* ------------------ amil1138.lha 64k ű Amiga Main Internet List (30-Nov-1995) amiga\misc\*.* ------------------ aworld31.lha 586k ű AmigaWorld V3.1 - atlas sa podacima o svim zemljama sveta amiga\net\*.* ------------------ aconnect.lha 191k ű AConnect - olakšava konfigurisanje i rad sa AmiTCP-om agetty02.lha 49k ű AGetty V0.218 - remote rad na računaru airm12.lha 115k ű AirMail 1.2 - GUI Internet Mail program (POP3/SMTP/ESMPT) amftp149.lha 118k ű AmFTP V1.49 - GUI FTP klijent, zahteva MUI 3.0+ amitcp3b.lha 602k ű AmiTCP 3.0 beta 2 - kompletan TCP/IP paket za Amigu amitcp4d.lha 659k ű AmiTCP 4.0 demo - kompletan TCP/IP paket za Amigu auucp116.lha 1167k ű AmigaUUCP V1.16 - kompletan UUCP paket za Amigu grn_2_1a.lha 232k ű GRn V2.1a - GadTools (Usenet) News Reader iu14a225.lha 387k ű INetUtils 1.4 - Mail/News razmena preko Interneta mlink134.lha 124k ű MultiLink V1.34 - emulira Internet vezu preko UNIX shell-a pc2am22.lha 21k ű PC2Am V2.2 - povezivanje Amige i PC-ja preko ser. porta ppp130ev.lha 112k ű PPP.device V1.30 Evaluation (SANA-II kompatibilan) s2-cslip.lha 46k ű SANA-II kompatiblini SLIP i CSLIP.device telnetd2.lha 108k ű telnet daemon, rel.2 - Telnet daemon za AmiTCP tin123.lha 182k ű TIN V1.23 - Amiga verzija čuvenog Internet mail reader-a tnserv11.lha 68k ű tnserv V1.1 - Telnet daemon za AmiTCP amiga\print\*.* ------------------ canon600.lha 14k ű Cannon BJC-600 drajver hp4dr358.lzh 8k ű HP LaserJet 4 drajver, V35 R8 hp4lctrl.lha 15k ű HP LJ4L Controll - podešavanje HP4L printera lj4b103.lha 33k ű HPLJ4 Boost V1.03 - drajveri i kontrola LJ4x printera pgstrmhp.lha 4k ű PageStream drajveri za HP Laser/DeskJet amiga\system\*.* ------------------ ateb4d.lha 245k ű Amiga Type Engine V0.4beta - korišćenje Type 1 fontova move22a.lha 4k ű Move 2.2a - komanda za premeštanje fajlova mui23usr.lha 604k ű Magic User Interface (MUI) V2.3 (user archive) mui3.lha 464k ű Magic User Interface (MUI) V3.0 toolm21b.lha 489k ű ToolManager V2.1 - sjajna alatka za WB2.0+ (bin) toolm21g.lha 176k ű ToolManager V2.1 - animacije, brush-evi i ikone xtrainfo.lha 115k ű ExtraInfo V1.0 - Deluxe zamena za WB2.0+ Info komandu amiga\text\*.* ------------------ addcr10.lha 12k ű AddCR V1.0 - konvertuje LF<->CR+LF, veoma brz agwr103.lha 25k ű AGWriter V1.03 - pravljenje AmigaGuide fajlova (GUI) cedpch10.lha 7k ű CEDPatch 1.0 - patch-uje menije CED-a 3.5 golded30.lha 856k ű GoldED V3.0 - odličan programerski editor gui2html.lha 17k ű Konverzija AmigaGuide->HTML hdly11.lha 137k ű Heddley V1.1 - odličan AmigaGuide editor (GUI) letter.lha 21k ű LetterMatcher - konverzija IFF->ASCII man2ansi.lha 13k ű Konvertuje Unix MAN fajlove u ANSI minixpkg.lha 17k ű MiniXpkGuide V1.0 - zamena za Multiview, XPK podrška vinci22.lha 181k ű Vinci V2.2 - odličan tekst view-er amiga\utils\*.* ------------------ grep20.lha 49k ű Grep V1.0 - traži zadati string/izraz u fajlovima amiga\virus\*.* ------------------ trsivw58.lha 379k ű TRSI Virus Workshop V5.8 (04.06.95)
novosti.224 mikis,
+> Da malo olakšam snalaženje, evo fajlova i poddirektorijuma koji su +> dodati u Amiga dir: Vidim, opšte oduševljenje povodom ovoga ;) :( Evo spiska fajlova sa Aminet 8 CD-a (oktobar 1995. - fajlovi sa Amineta zaključno sa 22.09.95), pa vičite ako vas nešto interesuje. Stiže i index sa Meeting Pearls-a 2, a ispostavilo se da je bilo problema u snimanju Amineta 5, tako da on stiže kasnije :( aminet8.lha
novosti.225 mikis,
Meeting Pearls II - spisak fajlova. mpearls2.lha
novosti.226 mikis,
Nova Amiga na pomolu: kako će izgledati? Prema časopisu CU Amiga: - - - Project Walker Specifications; CPU 68EC030 40Mhz (Proto 25Mhz while custom chip 'Tony' a PLA/GAL') Space for FPU. Could be socket or FPU as standard in production unit. SUPPORT Real time clock as standard Hard drive as standard (size depending on market when manufactured) CD (Quad Speed) as standard Billed as 1MB CHIP RAM + 4MB of FAST as standard. Likely to be 2+4. 2 SIMM sockets. Expandable to 128MB of RAM. (That's right) ASSORTED PCB currently 6 layers but expected to reduce to 4 and footprint to be reduced noticably. Rectangular optimised PCM layout is far cheaper to product. Return to dial in-line socketted 8520 CIAs even at greater cost. PCMCIA in prototype but expected to be dropped for production unit. EXPANSION Standard multicontroller PC style IO chip. Exact model undecided since they are largely similar to include in the design and program. Features; EPP Parallel port, High speed serial port, E-IDE port used for CD-ROM and hard drives, Floppy controller * See note. * Floppy Controller is obviously capable of full speed (not half spin) HD floppy disk access but this provides a delima in how to support existing hardware illegal DD floppy access. Some sort of electronic switching is being considered as well as a physical switch/cable relocation to move between the new controller and the standard Paula based interface. A change in the HD Amiga floppy architecture is also planned. It's planned that the production unit will accept standard PC AT keyboards so that the user may choose their own unit. OS Currently V43.1, KS 3.2 will move to a set of 1MB chips which while AT aren't sure if it will be provided by THEMSELVES as an retro upgrade for existing machines (A3K/A4K and A1200 can take 1MB ROMs apparently) they are open to a 3rd party deal at the least. Contains mainly bug-fixes and small enhancements like the removal of the 2GB limit from FFS. CDFS revamped and bug-fixed to function with Scala etc and obviously the new E-IDE interface. SLOTS There's one slot located dead center in the motherboard. However it's split into two sections so that it may house 2 cards if needs be. The exact details on the signals and purpose of each half weren't finalised or available but basically one can surmise that one is a CPU slot and the other a video slot. Signals will be duplicated so that different cards could function. Amiga Technologies WILL MARKET THEIR OWN PPC UPGRADE! Though it was developed in conjuncton with Phase 5, AT will provide the upgrade which will contain a new OS on-board and such forth. PPC603 based. If it's not obvious, it's possible in theory to plug in a GFX board in the video half and a 680x0 based accelerator in the CPU half. It's not clear if the PPC card will need both or just the CPU slot. Another major application could be to make a Zorro and/or PCI break out board from this slot. No, there are NO Zorro or PCI slots as standard though the physical nature of the slot is PCI style. An additional small 'IO' slot is being considered. 3rd party simple hardware projects such as a networking facility, extra serial ports or a sampler could be used with this as well as home made projects conceivably. This isn't decided, just considered at this time. CASE Yes it's a vacuum cleaner. :-) Seriously the only way to describe it is with a picture and I'm sure they'll turn up soon. Interesting AT say that the hood could be raised by spacers and such forth to make more room internally for a bus board for cards etc. TIMEFRAME AT say that the design will be finalised in the Summer ready for production. It's not decided of Solectron will be the manufacturers. The production unit should be available in the 'Fall' well in time for the Christmas season. NOTES/AUTHOR I'm the techical staff writer for CU Amiga Magazine. This information is important enough to release publically immediately though more details, details (very) pictures and interviews with the AT design team will feature in the next issue. <sorry for the plug> All of this information resulted from direct interviews with AT staff at the CeBIT show including members of the Walker design team. FINAL The name 'Walker' is not the production name! Therefore we call it Project Walker. The name is undecided and Amiga Technologies have decided to run a competition for the name of the unit! This competition will be run through our magazine. Both by writing in to the standard address and E-mailing walker-compo@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk Just state your name in the body of the mail. That's all that's required, if you win I'll be in touch via E-mail to sort out the prize/s. Prizes; 1st Amiga Surf Pack, 2nd Amiga Magic Pack. .--. __ _ ___ |CU| /\ |\/| | | _ /\ /\/\(-) | @ `--' /~~\ | | | |__| /~~\ Staff technical writer
novosti.227 vpoznanovic,
>> Poštovana gospodo (i dame, ako vas ima :), čast mi je predstaviti >> vam, po prvi put u vašem gradu - NOVI AMIGA DIREKTORIJUM!!! :)) Drago mi je da se napokon stvari odvijaju bez zastoja, rekao bih, čak i neočekivano brzo. Vidim, već si prebacio i dobar dio svoje kolekcije u novi direktorijum, to je stvarno za svaku pohvalu. Sad imamo sve preduslove za razvoj naše "Amiga zajednice". :) Potrebno je još samo malo dobre volje i vremena, čega nam, ja se nadam, neće zafaliti. :)
novosti.228 vpoznanovic,
>> Vidim, opšte oduševljenje povodom ovoga ;) :( Evo spiska fajlova sa >> Aminet 8 CD-a (oktobar 1995. - fajlovi sa Amineta zaključno sa >> 22.09.95), pa vičite ako vas nešto interesuje. Kad smo već kod toga, ja sam napokon kompletirao kolekciju indeks fajlova sa Aminet CD-ova. Neki dan sam skinuo spiskove šestice i sedmice, tako da sad imam sve od 1-10. Kad zatreba, viči. :)
novosti.229 vpoznanovic,
Da li i vi sanjate o jednoj ovakvoj zvjerčici? Evo kako ona izgleda u očima nekoga kome se san pretvorio u javu. :) REVIEW: Blizzard 1230-IV accelerator for A1200 bl1230iv.lha
novosti.230 vpoznanovic,
A šta mislite da je još dobijete u kombinaciji sa ovom aždajom? :) REVIEW: Quantum Fireball 1280A A63 IDE hard drive fb1280a.lha
novosti.231 vpoznanovic,
Amiga Report #4.05 - 31. mart 1996. ar405.lha
novosti.232 vpoznanovic,
>> Nova Amiga na pomolu: kako će izgledati? Prema časopisu CU Amiga: >> >> Project Walker Specifications; Nakon ovog teksta, nema potrebe da bilo šta dodajem. Sve važnije informacije su tu, osim možda par sličica. :) Specifikacije malo variraju od izvora do izvora, ali u osnovi, to je to. Primijetio bih samo jednu stvar koja mi nikako ne ide u glavu - 1 Mb CHIP RAM-a!? Nije mi jasno kako neko u ovoj poplavi multimedijalnih aplikacija i WWW-a uopšte može razmišljati o tome da novu Amigu izbaci na tržište sa samo jednim megabajtom grafičke memorije??? Valjda misle da svi imaju sredstava za Retinu ili CyberGraphX, šta li? :(
novosti.233 marshall,
>> Postovana gospodo (i dame, ako vas ima :), cast mi je predstaviti >> vam, po prvi put u vasem gradu - NOVI AMIGA DIREKTORIJUM!!! :)) vp> Drago mi je da se napokon stvari odvijaju bez zastoja, rekao bih, cak i vp> neocekivano brzo. Vidim, vec si prebacio i dobar dio svoje kolekcije u vp> novi direktorijum, to je stvarno za svaku pohvalu. Sad imamo sve vp> preduslove za razvoj nase "Amiga zajednice". :) Potrebno je jos samo I to veoma lep ! :) vp> malo dobre volje i vremena, cega nam, ja se nadam, nece zafaliti. :) ~~~~~~~ Meni ce ovoga u velikim kolicinama faliti sve negde do pocetka jula :( Rado bih ucestvovao u razvoju Amigine zajednice, ali se bojim da cu biti manje-vise nemi posmatrac :( Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.234 marshall,
>> Nova Amiga na pomolu: kako ce izgledati? Prema casopisu CU Amiga: >> >> Project Walker Specifications; vp> Nakon ovog teksta, nema potrebe da bilo sta dodajem. Sve vaznije vp> informacije su tu, osim mozda par slicica. :) Specifikacije malo variraju vp> od izvora do izvora, ali u osnovi, to je to. vp> Primijetio bih samo jednu stvar koja mi nikako ne ide u glavu - 1 Mb CHIP vp> RAM-a!? Nije mi jasno kako neko u ovoj poplavi multimedijalnih aplikacija vp> i WWW-a uopste moze razmisljati o tome da novu Amigu izbaci na trziste sa vp> samo jednim megabajtom graficke memorije??? Valjda misle da svi imaju vp> sredstava za Retinu ili CyberGraphX, sta li? :( Eee. Pravo da ti kazem, za koji dan bi trebalo da cujem informacije o Walker-u iz prve ruke.. Odmah cu vam preneti ono sto saznam.. Za sada - kako kaze jedan moj drugar - ako to bude bio 1 Mb CHIP-a, ali BRZOG CHIP-a, onda ce prakticno moci da se vrsi miksovanje svega i svacega u FAST-u i kopiranje u CHIP za prikaz. Sve u svemu, to ne bi bilo tako lose, ako je zaista to - brzi CHIP RAM. Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.235 mikis,
+> Valjda misle da svi imaju sredstava za Retinu ili CyberGraphX, šta li? :( Teško, jer ni Retina ni ostale kartice 'ne pašu' u Walkera ;)) Šalu na stranu, najviše me boli što se nastavlja sa tako glupim sakaćenjima mašina. Ja bih istog momenta prodao svoju A1200 i kupio Walkera, samo da nisu stavili procesor bez MMU-a :(( Ovako, čekam da vidim šta će se desiti, hoće li izaći jeftinija A4000, poboljšan Walker, neka ne preterano skupa turbo kartica za A1200...
novosti.236 stevicm,
> masina. Ja bih istog momenta prodao svoju A1200 i kupio Walkera, samo da > nisu stavili procesor bez MMU-a :(( Ovako, cekam da vidim sta ce se Ja trenutno imam PC, al sam u dusi Amigista!!!! Definitivno prvo Komodor a sad i Escom imaj totalno diletantsku politiku razvoja masina! Po meni bi Amiga koju bih odmah kupio bila masina sa 68030 ili 68040, znaci ne osakacene verzije procesora, koja ima ugradjen IDE kontroler, memorija joj se prosiruje standardnim HD SIMMovima i koja se nalazi u nekom desktop kucistu, ali onom sexi maleckom, sa odvojenom tastaturom! Ovako samo gledam propadanje omiljene mi masine!!!!! Garfika bi morala da omoguci 800x600 u 16M boja i to na standardnom VGA monitoru. Naravno veca rezolucija od ove znaci i manje boja. Mora da ima HD flopi, neki ugradjeni HD koji se lako menja i CD rom! Naravno zvuk mora da bude 16 bitni stereo.
novosti.237 vpoznanovic,
>> Za sada - kako kaze jedan moj drugar - ako to bude bio 1 Mb CHIP-a, ali >> BRZOG CHIP-a, onda ce prakticno moci da se vrsi miksovanje svega i >> svacega u FAST-u i kopiranje u CHIP za prikaz. Sve u svemu, to ne bi >> bilo tako lose, ako je zaista to - brzi CHIP RAM. Koliko god da bude brza, i dalje je to užasno mala količina memorije! Uzmi na primjer Photogenics. Ja ne mogu da zamislim rad u njemu sa 1 Mb CHIP RAM-a. A šta bi se tek desilo kad bih zajedno sa njim pokušao da pokrenem i neki WWW browser???
novosti.238 vpoznanovic,
>> Ovako, čekam da vidim šta će se desiti, hoće li izaći jeftinija >> A4000, poboljšan Walker, neka ne preterano skupa turbo kartica za >> A1200... ...ili će na kraju Amigina tehnologija poslužiti za razvoj interaktivne televizije, kad je njen sljedeći vlasnik, VIScorp, preuzme. :((
novosti.239 vpoznanovic,
>> Po meni bi Amiga koju bih odmah kupio bila masina sa 68030 ili >> 68040, znaci ne osakacene verzije procesora, koja ima ugradjen IDE >> kontroler, memorija joj se prosiruje standardnim HD SIMMovima i koja >> se nalazi u nekom desktop kucistu, ali onom sexi maleckom, sa odvojenom >> tastaturom! Ovako samo gledam propadanje omiljene mi masine!!!!! >> Garfika bi morala da omoguci 800x600 u 16M boja i to na standardnom >> VGA monitoru. Naravno veca rezolucija od ove znaci i manje boja. >> Mora da ima HD flopi, neki ugradjeni HD koji se lako menja i CD rom! >> Naravno zvuk mora da bude 16 bitni stereo. Ovakva Amiga konfiguracija može vrlo lako da se sastavi kupovinom pojedinačnih komponenti. Nisi se osvrnuo na osnovni problem - cijenu.
novosti.240 mikis,
+> Ja trenutno imam PC, al sam u dusi Amigista!!!! Definitivno prvo +> Komodor a sad i Escom imaj totalno diletantsku politiku razvoja +> masina! Po meni bi Amiga koju bih odmah kupio bila masina sa 68030 ili Pa, dobar deo ovoga što si naveo Walker ispunjava - 030/40MHz (ali obogaljen - EC, bez MMU :( ), 2 72-pinska SIMM slota (od toga u jednom 4 MB RAM), 3.5" hard disk, EIDE kontroler, 4x IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM, odvojena tastatura, mini tower kućište - ali malo blesavog dizajna ;) - gornji deo kućišta se skida, zajedno sa CD ROM-om, pa se između ubacuju dodatni drajvovi proširenja :) Na žalost, glavna ograničenja ostaju - (spora) AGA grafika, 8 bitni zvuk (da bar ima sempler), DD flopi... Ono čega se ja bojim je da Escom nema ni dovoljno volje ni snage da razvija Amige u onom pravcu u kom bi trebalo. Plašim se da će buduće mašine više ličiti na PC-je nego na sadašnje modele. Mislim, ako budemo imali mašinu sa PowerPC procesorom, PCI magistralom, Cyber-ovo-ono grafikom (u prevodu - grafički čipovi koji se koriste na PC-ju i novim PowerMacovima, kao i na boljim Amiga grafičkim kartama), jedino što će takvu mašinu razlikovati od nekog CHREP (*) klona bio bi OS - a njemu je poodavno došlo vreme za detaljnu rekonstrukciju. Nadam se da se to neće svesti samo na šminku tipa MUI. Apple je imao snage za takav radikalan korak (prelazak na PPC), videćemo da li će i Escom. (*) CHREP = Common Hardware Reference Platform, standard za PowerPC računare; po njemu, na istom računaru se mogu koristiti MacOS, WinNT, OS/2, Unix... operativni sistemi.
novosti.241 teorist,
ma> Za sada - kako kaze jedan moj drugar - ako to bude bio 1 Mb CHIP-a, ali ma> BRZOG CHIP-a, onda ce prakticno moci da se vrsi miksovanje svega i ma> svacega u FAST-u i kopiranje u CHIP za prikaz. Sve u svemu, to ne bi ma> bilo tako lose, ako je zaista to - brzi CHIP RAM. Pa... ako bi bio BRZI CHIp ram.. to je OK, ali opet... 1MB je nedovoljno za 24BIT sliku u iole ozbiljnijoj rezoluciji... Mislim da bi 2MB CHIP-a bilo minumum, ali da opciono bude proširivo makar na 4MB ? ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registred to teorist
novosti.242 teorist,
> masina. Ja bih istog momenta prodao svoju A1200 i kupio Walkera, samo da > nisu stavili procesor bez MMU-a :(( Ovako, cekam da vidim sta ce se st> Ja trenutno imam PC, al sam u dusi Amigista!!!! Definitivno prvo st> Komodor a sad i Escom imaj totalno diletantsku politiku razvoja I meni se čini da Escom nastavlja 'tradiciju' CBM-a :( st> Garfika bi morala da omoguci 800x600 u 16M boja i to na standardnom st> VGA monitoru. E... ja bi radije da ugrade čist 24BIT u nekoj PAL/NTSC rezoluciji... Neka ostave VGA/SVGA opcione rezolucije... ali samo da ostave PAL rezolucije i dodaju 24BIT (a možda i 32BIT sa internim GenLockom ? ;) ) Za DTV je to neophodno... a za DTP je opet pa nužna VGA :( Kakav je onaj novi (koliko li je sad već nov?) monitor za Amigu koji bi trebalo da podržava i PAL i VGA rezolucije ??? ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registred to teorist
novosti.243 mikis,
+> I meni se čini da Escom nastavlja 'tradiciju' CBM-a :( Nemaš pojma koliko si u pravu :( Verovatno (ni)ste čuli da je Escom PRODAO Amigu (tj. firmu Amiga Tech.) američkoj kompaniji VIScorp. Ono što bi trebalo da bude utešno je da novi vlasnici tvrde da su svi zaljubljenici u Amigu (direktor softvera je bio u timu koji je pisao AmigaOS!) i da se sa razvojem novih modela nastavlja. Inače, VIScorp je prvobitno planirao da proizvodi 'Internet konzole' bazirane na Amiga tehnologiji, i bili su prva firma koja je sa Escomom potpisala ugovor o licenciranju Amiga tehnologije. Koliko je ovo dobro (ili loše) za nas videćemo, a u sledećih nekoliko poruka možete pročitati nekoliko vesti (prenetih sa Interneta) na tu temu.
novosti.244 mikis,
[ source www.amiga.de ] VISCORP wants to buy AMIGA Technologies VISCORP USA AND ESCOM AG ANNOUNCE LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING FOR ACQUISITION OF AMIGA TECHNOLOGIES BY VISCORP Heppenheim, Germany and Chicago, IL, April 12, 1996 -- ESCOM AG, a German computer manufacturer and reseller and Visual Information Services Corp. (Nasdaq: VICP, Bulletin Board), a developer of interactive TV (ITV) set-top-boxes to enhance television use and viewing by providing Internet access and electronic communications function, today jointly announced that a binding letter of understanding has been signed between the companies. The letter states that Chicago-based VIScorp would acquire Amiga Technologies, including the intellectual properties of the former Commodore Business Machines, excepted Commodore trademarks. The transaction value is approximately US $40 million. Terms were not disclosed, and the pending acquisition would be subject to approval by both companies' boards of directors. "This intended acquisition is part of VIScorp's strategy to build market leadership in the fast-growing field of ITV", said William Buck, Chief Executive Officer. "As a result, we would own Amiga intellectual properties, including several that are currently used in our set top-box, Electronic Device (EDŽ). We would also have control over the supplied chip sets used in ED as well as Amiga inventories and access to the company's current sales and distribution channels." Commenting the proposed acquisition, Helmut Jost, chief executive of ESCOM AG, said: "VIScorp has a clear vision of the Amiga technology potential for ITV applications. We are eager to support and work together over the terms of the letter of understanding to ensure a smooth transition between the two companies. VIScorp anticipates the support of ongoing European sales of popular models such as the A4000T and the A1200 as well as the current developments and future releases of Amiga Technologies." Petro Tyschtschenko, president of Amiga Technologies stated "I am looking forward to being able to take advantage of the research and development support potential that an Amiga-related company like VIScorp can provide." Commenting that the primary objective of the proposed acquisition is to give VIScorp full access to the Amiga technology to support development of its ITV device, Mr. Buck noted: "Our intention is to rapidly develop and begin manufacturing TV set-top interactive boxes -- products that give home users capabilities such as telephone reception and dial up capabilities, facsimile, video games, pay-per-view options, electronic mail, and access to on-line services, including the Internet." More info about <A HREF="PressRelease260196.html">VIScorp</A> or from their <A HREF="http://www.vistv.com/">Homepage</A></P> Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
novosti.245 mikis,
NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH á I am writing this here so everyone can read it as we are going to see a fload of false shits about VISCORP/ESCOM/AT etc áá VISCORP USA consists of true AMIGA lovers as THEY CALL THEMSELVES. Some of them are gurus who MADE Amiga OS itself at the first place!!!! Their intention is to make the Super Amiga. That is the super computer of today as Amiga was for 10 years ago when it was introduced. For the user/market/moment, this is not going to change anything. The hardware development will be held by the Amiga team in AT and there will be new OS developers (among them some of those who originally made AmigaOS, that's the first true multitasking OS for a personal computer. The different is that AT now belongs to VISCORP USA which in turn is a company that LOVES Amiga and yes, they have never had any PC development (remember that both good old C= and ESCOM made Pecees) if you wonder + VISCORP USA is a very rich and represented US company. á Many Amiga gurus, amoung them Dave (AMIGA) Haynie, Woody (Softwood) Williams, Michael (SoftLogik Publishing) Lanmarc and Kermit (Nova Design, Inc.) Woodall are very happy that VISCORP now own the AMIGA. I guess these AMIGA developers/gurus know the market much better than the Joe average computer user wanna be elite dude that is gonna write/spread craps about the situation :) á Anything else you read anywhere else is pure craps and speculations. that's it. Be happy á For your intention, I am going to include Carl (VIScorp) Sassenrath short usenet article about the matter. ------------ From: carl@sassenrath.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: ViSCorp press release To: rdavis@nyx.cs.du.edu What I have been telling people is not to worry. We are all Amiga lovers here. Unlike ESCOM or even Commodore, VIScorp does not have a single IBM PC person in the development group. We are all solid Amigans from the very beginning. Personally speaking, I don't plan on killing the Amiga. In fact, I'm hoping to build one killer Amiga! Carl Sassenrath Director of Software, VIScorp URL: www.vistv.com PS: Please feel free to post or forward this anywhere and everywhere, as I am getting swamped with the same email question from so many dedicated Amigans. Keep the faith! This is for the better! ------------ á Talking about something else, Holger Kruse of the AmiPPP, ReORG and AmiWin fame is now beta testing 'Miami', the all new TCP/IP stack+PPP all in a single program that creates only one IFF config file (say goodbye to the messing with AmiTCP ;) As you know, Holger knows how to make awesome applications and 'Miami' won't be anything but a superior internet stack for our beloved computer. Go register it when it is available. á Nova (ImageFX) Design, Inc. is now the official owner and developer of Aladdin 4D, the premiere 3D modeling, rendering, and animation package from Adspec Programming. Aladdin 4D new version 5.0, expected to ship in early third quarter 1996. á Henrik Jensen of AmyNews fame á AMIGA, YOU KNOW IT RULE!!!! áá NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH . NEWS FLASH @BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZAmyLove.txt VIScorp the TRUE Amiga LOVER company now own the AMIGA and AT now. Read all about it from people who KNOW what they talk about @END_FILE_ID.DIZ
novosti.246 mikis,
The following quote is from Carl Sassenrath, Director of Software for VISorp, the company which has proposed a plan to purchase Amiga Technologies from Escom. His comments were in answer to questions posed to him about the future of the Amiga from CUCUG. He has made these comments to others on the net, as well. "What I have been telling people is not to worry. We are all Amiga lovers here. Unlike ESCOM or even Commodore, VIScorp does not have a single IBM PC person in the group. We are all solid Amigans from the very beginning (for example, I developed the Amiga's Multitasking OS, CDTV system, AmigaLogo, Bay, OptCD, ISOCD, etc.). Personally speaking, I don't plan on killing the Amiga. In fact, if they ask me to take over system development, you'll see one killer Amiga!"
novosti.247 mikis,
Još jedan veoma zanimljiv tekst: log-fajl "pres konferencije" koju je na IRC-u držao Mat Bettison, novinar časopisa CU Amiga, posle Cebit sajma, a tiče se nove Amiga mašine - Walkera. walkrlog.lha
novosti.248 mikis,
A tu su i fotografije nove mašine! Iskreno rečeno, ja sam ostao blago šokiran ;) Ako im je to bila namera, uspeli su :) (P.S. nadam se, ipak, da finalna mašina neće ovako izgledati ;) walkrpic.lha
novosti.249 vpoznanovic,
Amiga Report #4.06 - 23. april 1996. ar406.lha
novosti.250 marshall,
>> Za sada - kako kaze jedan moj drugar - ako to bude bio 1 Mb CHIP-a, ali >> BRZOG CHIP-a, onda ce prakticno moci da se vrsi miksovanje svega i >> svacega u FAST-u i kopiranje u CHIP za prikaz. Sve u svemu, to ne bi >> bilo tako lose, ako je zaista to - brzi CHIP RAM. vp> Koliko god da bude brza, i dalje je to užasno mala količina memorije! Uzmi vp> na primjer Photogenics. Ja ne mogu da zamislim rad u njemu sa 1 Mb CHIP vp> RAM-a. A šta bi se tek desilo kad bih zajedno sa njim pokušao da pokrenem vp> i neki WWW browser??? Exx.. Izgleda da je bila mala sarena laza.. Radi se o tome da ce to biti A1200 strpana u kuciste, sa 4 Mb FAST-a, CD ROM-om i 030 (da li EC ili pravi 030 ne znam).. Elem, necu nista napamet da pricam, ali.. Mislim da bi uskoro trebalo da budem u mogucnosti da vidim Walker-a kod nas, pa cu vam reci sta, kako, kada, itd :))) PS : nadam se da nije ponovo neka sarena laza.. :) Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.251 marshall,
>> Ovako, čekam da vidim šta će se desiti, hoće li izaći jeftinija >> A4000, poboljšan Walker, neka ne preterano skupa turbo kartica za >> A1200... ...ili će na kraju Amigina tehnologija poslužiti za razvoj interaktivne vp> televizije, kad je njen sljedeći vlasnik, VIScorp, preuzme. :(( Ex.. Cuj, to i ne bi bilo preterano lose.. Pogotovu sto VIScorp imaju love, pa nece stedeti ni na reklami ni na razvoju (nadajmo se).. Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.252 marshall,
ma> Za sada - kako kaze jedan moj drugar - ako to bude bio 1 Mb CHIP-a, ali ma> BRZOG CHIP-a, onda ce prakticno moci da se vrsi miksovanje svega i ma> svacega u FAST-u i kopiranje u CHIP za prikaz. Sve u svemu, to ne bi ma> bilo tako lose, ako je zaista to - brzi CHIP RAM. te> Pa... ako bi bio BRZI CHIp ram.. to je OK, ali opet... te> 1MB je nedovoljno za 24BIT sliku u iole ozbiljnijoj rezoluciji... te> Mislim da bi 2MB CHIP-a bilo minumum, ali da opciono bude proširivo te> makar na 4MB ? Xex.. Odgovorio sam u nekoj od prethodnih poruka o ovome... No, najbolje je da sacekamo da stvarno vidimo o cemu se radi.. Ja ipak ne bih verovao tekstovima, jer kod nas svasta stize.. Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.253 mikis,
+> Radi se o tome da ce to biti A1200 strpana u kuciste, sa 4 Mb FAST-a, CD +> ROM-om i 030 (da li EC ili pravi 030 ne znam).. Nije baš tako. Kao što si mogao da vidiš iz poruka poslatih ovih dana, u pitanju je potpuno nova mašina - sa matičnom pločom redizajniranom tako da može da stane i u standardna PC kućišta, novim (PC) I/O čipovima (nadam se da neće više biti CIA ;), interfejsom za (opet) PC tastaturu... Sve u svemu, Amige će sve više i više ličiti na PC-je (naročito eventualne PowerAmige) :( Inače, procesor bi trebao da bude EC030/40mhz. +> Elem, necu nista napamet da pricam, ali.. Mislim da bi uskoro trebalo +> da budem u mogucnosti da vidim Walker-a kod nas, pa cu vam reci sta, +> kako, kada, itd :))) Ne bih se kladio u to ;) na CeBitu je prikazan prototip, a početak serijske proizvodnje je bio planiran za leto/jesen ove godine. Međutim, veliko je pitanje šta će od svega toga biti, nakon najnovijeg veselja sa ovim Escom - Viscorp deal-om ;(
novosti.254 mikis,
+> vp>...ili će na kraju Amigina tehnologija poslužiti za razvoj interaktivne +> vp> televizije, kad je njen sljedeći vlasnik, VIScorp, preuzme. :(( +> +> Ex.. Cuj, to i ne bi bilo preterano lose.. Zaista bi voleo da imaš nešto što je kao Sega-Mega, sa AGA čipovima, a umesto za igre, služi za pristup Internetu, i to preko koaksijalnog kabla (za kablovsku TV), koji ima svaka kuća u USA, a imaćemo ga i mi, negde do 2049? Ne poklapa se baš sa mojom vizijom Amige :(
novosti.255 zealot,
HI! Evo nekog filea u vezi walker-a, ne znam da li je bio vec, valjda nije da ne saljem bezveze...Neki intervju sa nekim<ne znam kim posto se ne zanimam bas preterano za nove amige, posto teeeesko da cu imati love da je kupim :( > Pozdrav by ZeaLoT / CaNCeR :) walker.log
novosti.256 marshall,
+> Radi se o tome da ce to biti A1200 strpana u kuciste, sa 4 Mb FAST-a, CD +> ROM-om i 030 (da li EC ili pravi 030 ne znam).. mi> Nije bas tako. Kao sto si mogao da vidis iz poruka poslatih ovih mi> dana, u pitanju je potpuno nova masina - sa maticnom plocom mi> redizajniranom tako da moze da stane i u standardna PC kucista, novim mi> (PC) I/O cipovima (nadam se da nece vise biti CIA ;), interfejsom za Sto ?? Sta fali CIA cipovima ?? Ok, ovi ce biti bolji, mozda brzi, itd.. Ali sta je falilo do sada ? Mene pre interesuje da li ce moci da se nakaci neki analogni dzojstik na Walker-a ? mi> (opet) PC tastaturu... Sve u svemu, Amige ce sve vise i vise liciti na mi> PC-je (narocito eventualne PowerAmige) :( Eventualno, to je prava rec.. Ali, ipak, to i dalje ostaje A1200.. Ne verujem da ce se primetiti znacajna razlika.. Doduse, da ne cepidlacimo... Noviji OS, brzi procesor, neke nove mogucnosti, itd.. Paaa.. Mozda i bude nesto od toga :) mi> Inace, procesor bi trebao da bude EC030/40mhz. +> Elem, necu nista napamet da pricam, ali.. Mislim da bi uskoro trebalo +> da budem u mogucnosti da vidim Walker-a kod nas, pa cu vam reci sta, +> kako, kada, itd :))) mi> Ne bih se kladio u to ;) na CeBitu je prikazan prototip, a pocetak mi> serijske proizvodnje je bio planiran za leto/jesen ove godine. Medutim, Ex, zar ja spadam u 'serijske' tipove ? ;) Mozda nisi u toku, kod nas se prave igre, za Amigu izmedju ostalog, pa sam i ja u 'igri' sto bi se reklo.. Elem, jedna od pomenutih igara, Capital Punishment (mozda si video demo) je ovih dana prodata u Londonu, a menadzer tima, koji bi trebalo uskoro da svrne ovamo, ce, ako sve bude kako je rekao, poneti jednog Walker-a.. Koliko sam shvatio, sve firme koje razvijaju softver ce moci unapred (u koliko to zele) da kupe buducu masinu.. Eto :))) Naravno, sta ce od toga biti.. Videcemo :) Jer, koliko sam procitao u AR406, tamo rece da postoje samo tri Walker-a za sada (tacnije tri prototipa) i da su _skupi_ :)) No, opet, samo prenosim sta sam cuo, a nadam se da je to tacno :))) mi> veliko je pitanje sta ce od svega toga biti, nakon najnovijeg veselja sa mi> ovim Escom - Viscorp deal-om ;( Sve sto mozemo da uradimo - nadajmo se najboljem.. Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.257 marshall,
+> vp>...ili ce na kraju Amigina tehnologija posluziti za razvoj interaktivne +> vp> televizije, kad je njen sljedeci vlasnik, VIScorp, preuzme. :(( +> +> Ex.. Cuj, to i ne bi bilo preterano lose.. mi> Zaista bi voleo da imas nesto sto je kao Sega-Mega, sa AGA cipovima, mi> a umesto za igre, sluzi za pristup Internetu, i to preko koaksijalnog mi> kabla (za kablovsku TV), koji ima svaka kuca u USA, a imacemo ga i mi, mi> negde do 2049? mi> Ne poklapa se bas sa mojom vizijom Amige :( Ni sa mojom, svakako.. PA nisu valjda ludi da Amigu samo za INTERNET specijalizuju ?? Mislim, OK, tu valjda sad leze pare, ali.. Nek' Amiga ima te mogucnosti, ali ne treba zanemariti ostale, zar ne ? Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.258 marshall,
Hi ! Dobio sam pre neki dan jos par slika Walker-a.. Kako bi trebalo da izgleda iznutra, recimo.. 'Ocete ? ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.259 mikis,
+> Sto ?? Sta fali CIA cipovima ?? Ok, ovi ce biti bolji, mozda brzi, +> itd.. Ali sta je falilo do sada ? Ništa, osim što su crkavali samo ako ih popreko pogledaš ;) Dobro, ovi u A1200 su OK, ali meni je na A500 crkla CIA zato što sam isključivao štampač dok je računar bio uključen?!? Sve u svemu, skupo i preosetljivo. +> Mene pre interesuje da li ce moci da se nakaci neki analogni dzojstik na +> Walker-a ? Pa i sada možeš da priključiš analogni džojstik... uz malo truda. Jedino što malo koja igra to podržava :( +> Mozda nisi u toku, kod nas se prave igre, za Amigu izmedju ostalog, pa +> sam i ja u 'igri' sto bi se reklo.. Elem, jedna od pomenutih igara, +> Capital Punishment (mozda si video demo) je ovih dana prodata u Londonu, +> a menadzer tima, koji bi trebalo uskoro da svrne ovamo, ce, ako sve bude Vidiš, to nisam znao :) Pa, svaka čast, držim vam palčeve :) Btw, lepo bi bilo da baciš taj demo ovde :)
novosti.260 mikis,
+> Dobio sam pre neki dan jos par slika Walker-a.. Kako bi trebalo da +> izgleda iznutra, recimo.. +> +> 'Ocete ? Glupog li pitanja... naravno da hoćemo :) Ljudi na Sezamu nikako da nauče da je odgovor na ovakva pitanja uvek - DA ;)) BTW, ne znam za vas, ali meni se dizajn _ni najmanje_ ne sviđa... Više liči na toster ili usisivač nego na računar ;>> Ako su želeli da izazovu kontraverzu, uspeli su. Ali, ja bih ipak više voleo neko sexy, pizza-box kućište, kao SGI Ingy, na primer :)
novosti.261 marshall,
Hi ! Nije bas novost, ali.. Javljam povodom Aga Extendera.. Cuo sam se sa autorom, i on mi je, izmedju ostalog, rekao da je VIScorp izgledao prilicno zainteresovan za taj projekat, ali da nista nije konkretno povodom toga reseno. E i jos nesto.. Predpostavljam da neki medju vama znaju, neki mozda i ne, ali domaca firma MERIDIAN ce se, izmedju ostalog, baviti prodajom Amiga kod nas. Zadrzao sam se neka 2 sata na njihovom standu na sajmu i lepo se ispricao (uzeo par brosurica, nalepnica... nije vise bilo postera :(( Elem, potpisali su vec ugovore sa Phase 5, NewTek-om i AT-om oko zastupanja tako da treba od njih, koliko mi je receno, ocekivati sve sto budu uspeli da nabave u vezi Amige, kako hardver, tako softver.. Cene ? Pa, nisu mogli da mi kazu, posto jos nije odredjeno, ali predpostavljam da ce biti dosta pristupacnije nego sto se inace nudi kod nas. Eto.. Pozdrav !
novosti.262 marshall,
+> Sto ?? Sta fali CIA cipovima ?? Ok, ovi ce biti bolji, mozda brzi, +> itd.. Ali sta je falilo do sada ? mi> Nista, osim sto su crkavali samo ako ih popreko pogledas ;) Dobro, ovi u :)))))) Xexe... Kod PC-a ponekad ne smes da dises da bi radilo kako-tako.. mi> A1200 su OK, ali meni je na A500 crkla CIA zato sto sam iskljucivao stampac mi> dok je racunar bio ukljucen?!? Sve u svemu, skupo i preosetljivo. Iskljucivao stampac ili konektor iz porta ?? Ako je ovo drugo, nije cudo.. Ako je ovo prvo.. Ja sam to radio, pa A500 nije crkla.. Eto.. mi> Pa i sada mozes da prikljucis analogni dzojstik... uz malo truda. mi> Jedino sto malo koja igra to podrzava :( Pa mozda je bas to malo truda, sto masina _nije_ predvidjena da ima analogni, doprinelo tome da nema ni igara ? +> Capital Punishment (mozda si video demo) je ovih dana prodata u Londonu, +> a menadzer tima, koji bi trebalo uskoro da svrne ovamo, ce, ako sve bude mi> Vidis, to nisam znao :) Pa, svaka cast, drzim vam palceve :) Btw, mi> lepo bi bilo da bacis taj demo ovde :) E, pa 10x, valjda ce biti nesto.. Elem, jedina verzija koju smem da saljem je ona koja se vukla na nasim bordovima.. Nezgoda je ta sto je oko 800 k arhiva.. A na 2400.. ne ide :( Ako uskoro dobijem (koliko vec dugo ja to pricam, a ?) 14icu, poslacu, naravno.. Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.263 marshall,
+> Dobio sam pre neki dan jos par slika Walker-a.. Kako bi trebalo da +> izgleda iznutra, recimo.. +> +> 'Ocete ? mi> Glupog li pitanja... naravno da hocemo :) Ljudi na Sezamu nikako da mi> nauce da je odgovor na ovakva pitanja uvek - DA ;)) Xexe.. Ipak, ko pita ne skita (tko ljeti - vrijedi, tko ne ljeti - ne vrijedi !) :))) mi> BTW, ne znam za vas, ali meni se dizajn _ni najmanje_ ne svida... mi> Vise lici na toster ili usisivac nego na racunar ;>> Ako su zeleli da mi> izazovu kontraverzu, uspeli su. Ali, ja bih ipak vise voleo neko sexy, mi> pizza-box kuciste, kao SGI Ingy, na primer :) Pa recimo da je malo _cudan_ Mozda je bas u tome fora - da ne lici ni na jedan PC.. Videcemo :) Ech, ali na zalost, potpuno sam zaboravio da su to JPEG slike.. LZX ix nije ni 1% kompresovao.. No, posto ima oko 370 k, probacu da nekako prebacim u skorije vreme.. Pozdrav ! ** Amiga SOR VERSION 1.0 registered to marshall
novosti.265 mikis,
// // \\ // AMIGA (R) 1996 \X/ #### #### #### #### # # # # # # # # ### #### # # # # # #### #### #### #### Have you got what it takes? """"""""""""""""""""""""""" ================================= Welcome to CD32 NEWS, supplied by --- Digital Arts Software (c) --- ================================= Issue: One Date: 13:45 9/05/96 \ /\ /elcome to the Very first CD32 NEWS, this is one of the first of \/ \/ its kind on the CD32 and we hope we can show people that the Worlds first REAL 32-Bit machine has got plenty of life in the old dog yet! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- W A L K E R - is this the NEW CD32 for the Future ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In September of this year Amiga Technologies are to release the NEW Amiga Walker, the rumours of the CD32 being rereleased as it is seem to have gone out of the Window, does this mean death for the CD32. The Walker comes with a 030 Processor which is upgradeable to a PowerPC chip, Quad Speed CDROM, Fully Expandable, and includes an Amiga Keyboard, is this ATs answer to the CD32? We don't know as yet, but with the Viscorp take over with the CD32 even be given a second thought. More on this subject next issue, we will include comments from Amiga Technologies themselves. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SX32 or ProModule which shall I Buy?? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have seen our reviews on the Promodule and SX32, you will see the benefits of the Promodule over the SX32, unfortunately the SX32 takes away all chances of ever using an FMV card. Currently the Promodule has not been given much coverage but you may access the internet pages on it and even see some pictures. http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/digiarts/cd32 But it does seem to be the Dream that all CD32 owners have been waiting for. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGA Experience 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release last month this is a real dream to all CD32 owners, you do need a CD like Network CD to take you into Workbench 3.x and you may assign the AGA Experience 2 CD to you system, although some demos and animations require more than the CD32s standard memory capacity (2Mb) most of the demos and modules work great, this CD includes some great AGA pictures although there are NO babe pictures on this CD, it contains animations from Babylon 5 and X-Wing... a real cracker in my opinion. It includes loads of Workbench and Comms software including MUI 3.3 and Magic Workbench (ICONS, BACKDROPS etc...) Priced at 19.99 or 14.99 depending on the company you buy from its well worthy of a purchase. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This weeks CD32 Games Chart follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. WORMS 2. ALIEN BREED 3D 3. SUBWAR (N) 4. SIMON THE SORCERER 5. PINBALL FANTASIES 6. SOCCER KID CD32 7. SENSIBLE SOCCER CD 8. SHADOW FIGHTER 9. SUPER SKIDMARKS 2 10. TOWER ASSAULT 11. THEME PARK 12. SPEEDBALL 2 13. ROADKILL 14. JUNGLE STRIKE 15. GLOOM 16. RISE OF THE ROBOTS (R) 17. SUPER STREETFIGHTER 2 TURBO 18. LIBERATION 19. BENEATH A STEEL SKY 20. MICROCOSM (R = Re-Entry) (N = New Entry) Compiled by Vally Co. Software Distribution UK. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW CD32 Full Motion Video Game in the Works ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are currently working on a CD32 project ourselfs, it is a cross between Doom and Lethal Enforcers. It will either be available on Disk or CD, it will require a CD32 due to the Usage of the Akiko chip although an Akiko emulation disk will be available to normal Amiga users. Its the story of a Woman who is being Stalked and nobody will believe her until its too late and she is killed most horribly eek!, you are a private eye on the hunt for her killer you will be dragged through the dark streets of Manchester to seek the killer... We expect to have completed this project early 1997. More information will be available soon, including screen shot! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================== |~~~~~//~~~~~~| ******************************************* | // , | * DiGiTAL ARTS SOFTWARE * | \X/ AMIGA | * http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/digiarts * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******************************************* =========================| Now you can see the future... |=
novosti.268 vpoznanovic,
Evo malo dobrih vijesti... Nadam se da će ovo što skorije postati stvarnost... POWERUP - THE NEXT GENERATION PHASE 5 DIGITAL PRODUCTS ANNOUNCES AN AMIGA-OS-COMPATIBLE COMPUTER FOR 1997 Amazing hardware project from phase 5 digital products PowerUP project continues to make progress Motorola appreciates the concept of phase 5 Technology demonstrations phase 5 digital products on the situation of Amiga Technologies About phase 5 digital products Oberursel, May 1996: Oberursel, May 1996: According to the plans of phase 5 digital products, Oberursel near Frankfurt, Germany, the coming year, 1997, will be a year of joy for all Amiga enthusiasts. As an expansion of the PowerUp project, which involves developing PowerPC processor cards for existing Amiga models, the company has announced that an independent Amiga OS-compatible computer system will be available in the first six months of 1997, representing a revolution on the computer market. "We will continue to give our full support to the Amiga idea because as we were among the first Amiga users we continue to believe in the advantages and superior concepts of the Amiga", says Wolf Dietrich, Managing Director of phase 5 digital products. "However, it is high time for a radical leap forwards in technology that needs to be borne by a vision of a computer for the next millennium. We have seen too many half-hearted efforts in the last few years." In the view of Gerald Carda, Technical Director at phase 5, it is necessary to take a step towards complete innovation in order to realise such a vision. "Concepts that build up on the standard components of the PC world never offer the scope that give a computer system the lead that the Amiga 1000 had over other systems 12 years ago." In line with this philosophy, the new computer will be based on a highly integrated Custom Chip design which, as a central functional unit, will enable the system to achieve a hitherto unknown performance. "We will demonstrate the possibilities that are inherent in the resolute and single-minded pursuit of a new development that does not become submerged in the mainstream of adaptation to the Wintel world and the general tendency towards economy in the PC mass market which more or less throttles innovation for the sake of saving one single dollar", continues Gerald Carda. Despite this, the system now being announced is not intended to become a dream machine in the high price category. In the words of Wolf Dietrich: "On the basis of our current price calculation we will be able to offer unusually good value for money for which our products for the Amiga market are already renowned." It is actually true that the extremely high degree of integration and the realisation of novel concepts will make it possible to achieve a performance that explodes existing bounds. Based on the PowerPC as the main processor, the new computer, in addition to the high performance of the processor, offers hardware support for multimedia (MPEG) and 3D functions, while even the basic system offers a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels at 24-bit color depth and a refresh rate of 72 Hz. At the same time special functions for image and video effects have been implemented in the hardware. In addition there are audio inputs and outputs in stereo CD quality, a video-compatible and Genlock-capable 24-bit video output and an FBAS/S-VHS video input. Along with the usual interfaces, the system is rounded off by a Fast SCSI-II controller, a network interface and an ISDN interface. With these features a complete system with a 120 MHz 603e PowerPC, 16 MByte memory, a SCSI hard disk of 1 GB and a quad-speed CD ROM will be available for a purchase price of around 3,000 DM (1,400 ú or 2,000 US$, respectively) on the basis of the present market prices for the components. "We hope that in just about one year from now we will even be able to offer a 150 to 166 MHz 603e-processor at this price", anticipates Wolf Dietrich. "In terms of performance the processor has no problems in keeping up with a Pentium processor with an equally fast clock. However, there is no sign of any comparable graphic performance anywhere the PC field and the features of our systems will be difficult to match." There will be a similar system available with a PowerPC 604-e processor and 150 MHz for about 4,000 DM (1,800 ú or 2,700 US$, respectively). Although phase 5 digital products state that the total concept for the system has already been under development for quite some time and has practically been concluded, it is not possible to publish a more exact description of the system features at the present point in time. "At the moment we are intensively concerned with looking into whether it would be worth applying for a patent for any of the concepts we have developed and, if so, for which. So unfortunately we are not able to publish more precise details of the concept until after this process has been concluded and we have possibly applied for protection by patent", says Gerald Carda. For this reason we cannot reckon with any publication of the full system specifications until the end of June. Not only the hardware concept of phase 5, but also the software approach comes as a surprise. The new computer system will be supplied with a completely new operating system written in Native PowerPC code, but with binary compatibility with Amiga-OS 3.x. Here Gerald Carda has the following comments: "As we are already developing an Amiga-compatible PowerPC-Exec with an expansion library and a PowerPC CyberGraphX version in the context of the PowerUp developments, it is the logical consequence that the next step will be the innovative development of the other components. An operating system that is compatible with Amiga-OS 3.x makes it possible for the user to continue to use the existing software that can run under CyberGraphX, while developers who already give massive support to CyberGraphX will be able to continue to maintain and develop their products at the present level. In this way we will be enabling Amiga users to switch to the new system without any problems." "In addition", continues Gerald Carda, "we will be opening up ways of making considerable improvements in the internal structure and extensive additions to the scope of functions". Besides the 24-bit support which has already become a standard due to CyberGraphX, Gerald Carda names the coming CyberGraphX 3D and multimedia interface as an example. There will also be an optimisation of the system's performance and a revision and adaptation of the user interface in line with the functional and optical state of the art. "For years Amiga-OS has represented the conceptual realisation of ideas that today are propagated by many to be special innovations. This means that reprogramming will make it possible to achieve a really highly powered and modern OS. Of course our system will also be open for other operating systems or emulations, such as MacOS or an X-Windows link-up. The discussion concerning so-called new operating systems, however, was intended more as marketing hype than as a realistic alternative." The commitment with which phase 5 digital products will force forward this project is reflected not least in the considerable volume of investment that has been made in the development. "By the middle of 1997 we will have invested seven-digit figures in this project", says Wolf Dietrich. "We have the know-how, the development team, the technical equipment, the support from third parties (especially Motorola) and the financial basis for this project. The only thing that we still need is massive and positive support from the Amiga user basis. With this early disclosure of our objectives we expect to receive the anticipated response from the users, for, after all, such a project only makes sense if there is still a large number of convinced Amiga fans. We therefore appeal to all Amiga fans to write to us, to send us faxes or to contact us via E-mail (under the address specially set up for this purpose: aproject@phase5.de ). Every positive reaction will strengthen this forward-looking project." PowerUP project continues to make progress The PowerUp project also continues to make progress. "The delivery of the developer PowerPC boards will now start in summer", says Gerald Carda. "Unfortunately, we are a few months behind in our schedule due to extensive discussions between Motorola, Amiga Technologies and phase 5. These companies were to agree on a close cooperation and clarify a number of matters, especially with regard to new standards specific to the new PowerPC. After the discussion concerning a takeover by VIScorp started and the wave or redundancies that directly followed at Amiga Technologies, which led to most of the contact persons who had been involved in the projects leaving the company, AT abandoned the present cooperation. For this reason we will waste no further time and will continue with our project on our own, which was the way in which we started it. Nor can we wait any longer to see what VIScorp might possibly intend or not intend." The support for external developers in the PowerUp program is now complete. More than 250 developers - including practically all noted commercial software suppliers in the Amiga field - are registered and their numbers are growing every day. This alone is evidence of the strong support for the future Amiga-compatible PowerPC platform. As from the second half of May, the registered users will now be able to order the PowerPC Beta developer boards from phase 5 which mean the green light for the hot phase of the world-wide software development. Motorola appreciates the concept of phase 5 In the realisation of their new, innovative computer system phase 5 will be fully supported by Motorola. "We appreciate the powerful and innovative concept that phase 5 represents and we fully support the efforts of this company as a partner in our global PowerPC strategy." says John Letham, European Technical Marketing Manager, Motorola RISC Microprocessors. "We have had a number of joint meetings now and we are impressed by the know-how and vision that is the basis of phase 5š's driving force." Technology demonstrations In close cooperation with Motorola phase 5 is preparing technology demonstrations, to be shown in due course, which will demonstrate the impressive capabilities of the next generation of PowerPC 603e CPUs at significantly increased clock rates. This programme is already underway and Summer of 1996 will see phase 5 present prototypes of PowerPC boards for Amiga 3000/4000 as well as for the Apple Macintosh 7500/8500/9500 series. "With the presentation of these new processors, Motorola as a leading semiconductor manufacturer clearly illustrates their capabilities demonstrating exactly why the next generation of PowerPC CPUs will hold the pole position in the microprocessor performance race". says Wolf Dietrich of phase 5. "Our computer system, when shipping next year, will also offer these extremely fast processors, delivering true high-end workstation performance. The higher speed of the CPUs will also deliver a performance increase to the upgrade boards for existing Amiga systems." With the presentation of this PowerPC technology demo on Apple MacIntosh system phase 5 digital products announces their entry into the MacIntosh accelerator market. This new branch of their operation will make additional use of the PowerPC know-how that is been build up in the Amiga development, while for both the Amiga and the MacIntosh PowerPC products an even more attractive pricing can be realized due to the higher quantity demands of PowerPC processors phase 5 digital products on the situation of Amiga Technologies In addition to this project announcement, phase 5 also made some side remarks on the current state of affairs with regard to Amiga Technologies. "To our regret we found that Amiga Technologies offers us no sort of outlook or basis for developing into the future", says Wolf Dietrich. "The first year of Amiga Technologies was marked by a continued chain of wrong decisions which have been responsible for the bad situation in which the company now finds itself. The results must be adequate to the objectives set in the spring of 1995 and in this respect they are more than disappointing. There is no getting away from this. In fact the same mistakes were made that were previously made at Commodore and partly by the same people. For example, attempts continue to keep technically outdated products on the market at unrealistic prices, which is particularly true in the case of the A4000T. Another point is that the marketing concepts are completely outdated, there is an absence of any kind of futuristic vision and a lack of any independent development, which is so pronounced that today AT neither has any 68060 technology to show for itself nor even a sign of any PowerPC technology. The brief spark of any independent development was extinguished again by the latest wave of redundancies. In this respect the only thing that we can just about expect from AT is that they sell off their large quantities of existing stock. These do give us some cause to hope that the existing products will be on the market for a while and that, in due course, they will be offered at more realistic prices. Finally, the only thing that can be said about the activities of AT is: They should have asked someone who knows his stuff." In the opinion of phase 5 a takeover of Amiga Technologies by VIScorp does not awaken hope of any major innovations or any strengthening of the Amiga system. "So far we have heard nothing from VIScorp that would cause us to assume that anything different is being planned than the exploitation of the Amiga technology in a settop box. Nor do we see why this company, which must certainly concentrate all its efforts on realising its settop projects, should be interested in further pursuing the primary aim of continuing with the Amiga system. If this had been the case, it would already have been quite feasible for VIScorp to initiate such a project as a licensee of the Amiga technology." phase 5 sees this critical opinion confirmed by current events. "The actions of VIScorp do not convince us that they are serious in continuing with the Amiga. So far, for example, VIScorp has not directly spoken to the developers who were the last to support the Amiga. Nor was there any reaction when we tried to make contact. The VIScorp meeting in Toulouse that has now been announced lacks any kind of organisation and was called without there being any recognisable concept behind it. For this reason it is more than doubtful whether even a sign of any constructive result can be expected to come out of it, so that in our view it would be a pure waste of time to attend, as we have repeatedly found in the recent year at ESCOM meetings. We don't need a repeat of that." Let it be mentioned in passing that the hope often expressed in the general discussion, i.e. that in VIScorp Amiga will find itself taken over by a company that will finance the development of a new generation of Amiga products more or less from the petty cash, is something that Wolf Dietrich considers to be very optimistic. "For a start we had exactly the same expectations a year ago when everyone thought that the giant ESCOM would get things moving at Amiga from a standing position and quickly produce a new generation of Amiga computers for a more competitive price. Secondly we should first wait and see whether the figures that have been bandied about in the discussion concerning VIScorp's takeover of AT have any sort of real fundament." About phase 5 digital products phase 5 digital products, based in Oberursel near Frankfurt, are internationally operating manufacturers of hardware and software products. The company is entirely owned by its founders, Gerald Carda and Wolf Dietrich. Since the market launch of its first product line in 1992 this company, which consists of an experienced team of the first Amiga users and developers, quickly established itself as one of the leading manufacturers in the Amiga market. Since 1992 its products have been distinguished many times, including 20 awards for Product of the Year in Amiga journals. In 1995 phase 5 supplied accessories to the value of some DM 12 million (5.5 million ú or 8 million US$) in the Amiga market alone. Since the Christmas season of 1995 almost 30,000 hardware products have been delivered. The product portfolio for Amiga includes accelerator cards, SCSI controllers and graphics cards. In these fields phase 5 digital products has repeatedly proved itself to be manufacturer that is a forerunner and an innovative leader, for instance in bringing out the first Zorro III-DMA-SCSI controller world-wide, the Fastlane Z3, in producing the first 68030 card world-wide with a DMA-SCSI controller for the Amiga 1200, in offering the first 68060 card world-wide for Amiga systems (the Cyberstorm 060/50 for A4000), in manufacturing the first 64-bit graphics card world-wide with full system-integrated 24-bit support (the CyberVision64 for A3000/A4000) or in bringing out the first 68060 card for the A1200 world-wide, the Blizzard 1260. Along with intensive development activities as a Beta developer for Motorola in the 68060 and PowerPC field, hardware developments at phase 5 include pure research work in the field of multimedia high-performance DSPs and in the latest development department ASE (advanced silicon engineering) VLSI chip design. An expanding team of some 20 staff is currently working on these projects at the company's headquarters in Oberursel on premises covering an area of 960 square metres. In the adjoining service area, which covers an area of almost 600 square metres, the company, as from August 96, will be producing hardware products - including the new PowerPC products - in its own, highly modern manufacturing plant using the most recent manufacturing techniques. Contact: phase 5 digital products In der Au 27 61440 Oberursel, Germany Intl. Phone: +49 6171 583787 Intl.Fax: +49 6171 583789 Email: mail@phase5.de oder: aproject@phase5.de
novosti.269 vpoznanovic,
Amiga Report #4.07 - 18. maj 1996. ar407.lha
novosti.270 ldjordje,
Bio sam u MERIDIAN Co. i tip koji tamo radi, dao mi je cene koje su mu trenutno poznate ... - BLIZZARD 1230-IV, 50Mhz, MMU, bez koprocesora - 395 DEM - MOTOROLA 68882, 50Mhz koprocesor za 1230-IV - 195 DEM - BLIZZARD 1260 - MOTOROLA 68060, 50Mhz, FPU - 1550 DEM - BLIZZARD SCSI kit - IV za 1260 i 1230 - 240 DEM Monitori: - AMIGA M 1438S 14", high resolution from video to VGA e.g. 800x600 pixels at 60hz, stereo amplifier and loudspeaker - 650 DEM - AMIGA M 1538S 15", high resolution: e.g. 800x600 pixels at 60hz, 23-Pin-AMIGA Monitor connector, stereo amplifier and loudspeaker - 780 DEM - AMIGA M 1764 17", high resolution: e.g. 1024x768 pixels at 75hz, 15-Pin-VGA-monitor-connector by adapter (incl.) up to 23-Pin AMIGA monitor connector, On-screen-display for adjustment, powermanagment to save energ. if the monitor is out of use - 1800 DEM
novosti.272 ldjordje,
Mikis je rekao da ovo može u Conf. pa evo poslao sam ... ;) Inače vi koji ste u Beogradu, obavezno navratite do njih, vredi pogledati AMIGU 4000, 68040 na 25 Mhz, sa CyberStorm-om, 1.6 giga hardom, monitorom osetljivim na dodir i par prezentacija koje su uradjene sa njom !!! :)))) Ja sam pokupio par kataloga ... i tip mi je rekao da sve živo što postoji za AMIGU, uključujući i sve modele AMIGA može da se naruči preko njih po cenama malo višim od Nemačkih ... One cene koje sam naveo su orijentacione sa max. 10% posku- pljenja, što onaj tip ne veruje da će se desiti, štaviše imaće tendenciju opadanja i to ne simboličnog! :) Od juna počinju sa isporukama - može da se plaća i preko računa ... Pozdrav od Djoleta ... :)
novosti.273 ldjordje,
Report:VISCORP meeting, 19th may Toulouse. Freely distributable (you can write it in better English if you don't change the sense). I promise that i will do it for the people who were angry about the fact that it was in France and who said they could not come. My English is very bad, i have to practise a lot so you have to make efforts to understand me. I may have misunderstood some-things but i think i caught the most part of this conference. Perhaps there may be a few mistakes. Thank you to my girlfriend Christine who helped me in the translation. The people from ESCOM who were present are: - Bill Buck (president), Don Gilbreath (CDTV), CARL Sassenrath (EXEC), David Rosen, Raquel Velasco (very pretty) Eric Laffont (Consultant in France for Viscorp), Petro Tyschtschenko (president of Amiga Technologie). The program was: 8h00-10h30 VISCORP conference 10h45-12h30 Consulting Internet report 14h30-16h00 FORUM DEVELOPERS, USERS, RETAILERS, DISTRIBUTORS, PRESS 16h15-17h15 Press conference 17h30 Coktail Bill Buck has opened the conference. He said that Viscorp wanted to go on supporting and selling Amigas. He added that in 1997 there would be more Amiga sold as there are ever been. Viscorp will support Amiga clones like Draco and Phase5 computer. Bill buck has received more than 2000 e-mails, so he said he was sorry that he could not answer to all the people . The Walker project was not possible before the end of the year, so it's aborted. There will be a new OS before the end of the year which will integrate networks. It will be provided with TCP/IP, PPP, SLIP, FTP, SMTP ... RISCs projects are maintained but VISCORP is more thinking of the Digital ALPHA processor than of the PPC. Bill Buck has showed us the ED Set Top Box). It was not the new one with Amiga chipset but a 3 years old one. You operate it by a remote control. There are 2 faces: 1 for the control ,another one for a mini keybord. It works on TV. You have to clic on a graphic menu to choose what you want to do: My directory, Info lines, go online, gameroom, pay for view and a setup. You can record the people you are communicating with. You can use Compuserve services (forum, info ...). You can send FAX, internet E-Mails. Ed is genlocked so that you can see video behind the ED display. There is a system that enables you to pay with credit cards. Interactive TV (you watch the film you want) was not available (you need cable). There will be a Web browser. VISCORP showed us the prototype of the new ed main board with Amiga chipsets. It is based on 68EC20 like A1200 (it may change). There are 4Mb Fast RAM, 2 Mo CHIP. You can add a keyboard to it(they have to decide if its an Amiga or PC keyboard). Viscorp will keep floppy & hardrive controlers on this board. The OS includes all networks capabilities (also a browser). They want to increase AGA power. ED could be sold by Telecom companies. ED is able to handle ISA CARDS ???, Tuner, cable, MPEG, CDROM, Ethernet, ISDN, DVD, DBS. The Internet report showed that: There are Amigafans all around the world: 22% USA 37% West Europea 8% EST Europea 5% ASIA 6% Australia 1% Africa The Amiga fans said: 1:Don't let us down. 2:I like my Amiga. 3:I will buy a new Amiga if it stays an AMIGA. 4:They don't want to devellop for ed if they don't have new Amigas 5:They can spend their money for an Amiga that beats PCs. Their Wishes: 1:Hardware to be more powerful. 2:AGA improvement. 3:good prices. About Phase5: VISCORP said they tried to contact them but Phase5 didn't answer. About actual Amigas: There are still in production. They will be sold until the next Amiga generation. I was at the devellopers forum: The main questions and wishes were: - CE approval? - When ED available? - When 1200 available for UK? - Who will write the new OS. - What tools for PowerPC. - Standard libraries tools. - Object oriented standard tool for GUI/IFF. Members of Viscorp took into account these questions and will respond in a near future. They said that they would put RKM 3.1 on the net (via Viscorp site). It will be translated in many languages. An effort will be made for an object oriented standard tool for GUI and IFF. VISCORP insisted on the way that new Amigas had to exist because ED devellopers will use Amigas. They said that if you develloped a software or a game that would be used for ED you would gain money each time your software were used. They showed us a 68060 board (for 4000T) that they would sold (I don't know if it is alone or with A4000T). Unofficial news & rumors: There will be a middle range Amiga (not '30, not '40, so let me think about '60). For that project VISCORP is trading with Micronik. The Alpha Amiga (300Mhz model) will be sold for less than 4000US$. The AGA power should be increased by 3 or more. People thought: The people who were here was divided. Some of them thought that Viscorp was a great thing for Amiga future. The others said that Viscorp would only support ED or that ED could be a commercial mistake like CDTV. AT has components for 1 million (1200, 4000) Amigas, so they have to sold them quickly before the next generation (good side) or perhaps before nothing (bad side). IRC There was a "live" IRC during the meeting. The person who was typing was someone had been taken in the crowd. Sometimes Carl has took her place. I don't know if this IRC has been published on the net. Surprise !!! An user came with his A1200 + 1260 board. He has changed the 50 Mhz oscillator for a 64Mhz one. It has been working for 3 months without any bugs. My 60@50 Mhz has 92000 Dhrystones (AIBB test with 68000 code), his one has 118000 !!! (Don't forget that in Motorola's specs P90 has 75000 (checkit give the same result) and 68060 has 210000(=optimised code) He will try soon to put a 80Mhz oscillator (=150000 Dhrystones). Bill Buck ended the conference saying that "Viscorp will support Amiga". Hope for ALPHA and PPC powerfull AMIGAs !!! Christophe Decanini.
novosti.274 ldjordje,
Upravo sam preko Gophera na EUnet-u saznao da se više ne dele novi nalozi i da EUnet u toku sledeće dve nedelje prestaje sa probnim radom ... YU.eunet.faq i ostale YU.eunet.* konferencije više ne postoje, ostaju "samo" Internet konferencije a sva pitanja se postavljaju direktno preko Mail-a na useradm@eunet.yu. Preko sredstava informisanja :) će nas obavestiti o cenama itd. Ostale YU konferencije su trenutno isključene do poboljšanja komunikacija sa ostalim YU sistemima. Korisnici koji imaju naloge na EUnetu mogu i dalje da ih koriste ... Pozdrav od Djoleta ... :)
novosti.275 ldjordje,
Bill Buck-ov govor u Tuluzu ... speech.lha
novosti.276 ldjordje,
Nisam siguran da li ste ovo već videli ali valjda mi opraštate O:) DraCo technical information Audio Inputs/Outputs: RCA are standard, Optional XLR Audio Hardware: DAT quality stereo audio Digital Audio Sampling: 16 bits/48kHz Video Inputs/Outputs: Composite, S-Video are standard Optional Component, Uncompressed Digital, Compressed Digital (Firewire DV Standard) Compression Algorithm: Motion JPEG Compression Range: Selectable from 2:1 - 50:1 Maximum Data Rate: 10 MB per second with SCSI II Graphics Modes: From 320 x 240 to 1600 x 992 Video Standard: NTSC or PAL Image Resolution: CCIR 601 standard 720 x 480 MovieShop(TM): Sophisticated, easy-to-use and powerful package Near Real-Time DVE's: Optional DEC Alpha Co-Processor for near real-time rendering All of It CPU/Speed: Motorola MC 68060: 50 MHz Optional DEC Alpha rendering co-processor: 233 MHz Operating Systems: Amiga OS standard, Mac OS via ShapeShifter All PC OS via PC board option, Net BMD UNIX Memory: 8MB Standard 72 pin SIMMS Expandable to 128MB on board Case: Tower SCSI Ports: Fast SCSI II - 6 Internal, 1 External External Interfaces: SCSI II, Serial, Parallel, Mouse, Keyboard, RCA or XLR audio, Composite and S-Video, optional breakout for other video inputs/outputs Internal Interfaces: 6 SCSI II Internal Slots: Passive backplane with 2 for the DraCo board, 3 DraCo direct, 2 PCI slots, and 3 16-bit slots Internal Drive Bays: 6 horizontal 5.25" full height 4 horizontal 5.25" half height Disk Drives: 4x CD ROM, HD Floppy Mouse: 3 button opto-mechanical Keyboard: Detachable 101 key Power Supply: Switchable: 110/220 Software Included: MovieShop, AmigaDOS 3.1, XiPaint, ADPro, MorphPlus, CyberGraphix Suggested Retail: $8,995 $10,995 with 1GB System Drive & 4GB Video Drive ę1996, DraCo Systems, Inc. Phone: 303.499.1975 Fax: 303.499.1979 Technical Support: 303.447.8126 Email: draco-info@draco.com
novosti.277 stevicm,
> Ja sam pokupio par kataloga ... i tip mi je rekao da sve zivo > sto postoji za AMIGU, ukljucujuci i sve modele AMIGA moze da > se naruci preko njih po cenama malo visim od Nemackih ... Ajde daj njihov telefon, ili napisi cene Amiga.
novosti.278 ldjordje,
Evo, Amiga report 4.08 ... ar408.lha
novosti.279 sazalakazu,
Dobar dan, eto mene opet na Sezamu... Htedoh da pitam da li neko ima program za pomoc pri stimovanju gitare za Amigu, narafski...? Hvala.
novosti.280 mikis,
amiCrawler Search Engine amiCrawler is a World Wide Web based search engine which contains Amiga related web sites and files. Users with a World Wide Web browser may visit amiCrawler, and view the newest sites, cool sites, and news headlines. >From the Files section, you can search for internet related applications such as AmiTCP or browsers, and you can view their associated README files, see sample screenshots, and view the contents of compressed archives. You may select most files to be downloaded from over 30 FTP sites around the world. Also included is an AMINET search function, where you can search over 28,000 files on AMINET and select which FTP server you wish to download from. Visit amiCrawler at http://www.melizo.com/area52/amicrawler/search.cgi. David Tiberio - amiCrawler moderator dtiberio@pb.net -- MAIL comp.sys.amiga.announce announcements to announce@cs.ucdavis.edu. Mailing list: announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu; Moderator: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu Servers: http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~zerkle/announce, announce@cs.ucdavis.edu
novosti.281 mikis,
TITLE Yak -- multi-purpose commodity VERSION 2.12 AUTHORS Philippe Bastiani, Gael Marziou and Nick Christie. E-mail address: philippe.bastiani@ramses.fdn.org DESCRIPTION Yak stands for "Yet Another Kommodity" (never was any good at spelling), and is a mouse/window manipulation program along the same lines as MCP, MagicCX and lets you activating screens and windows, inserting localized date. FEATURES A lot! Among them : AutoActivation of windows, extensible hotkey system (like FKey's) with a lot of different actions NEW FEATURES (* = new feature) * Added "Digital Clock" feature * New hotkey action: "Iconify Window" * New method for screen blanking: "PowerSave" * Now, "UNIX Root" tries to resolve conflicts between amigados and UNIX paths. - Now, when using "DMA Blanker", if "Black border" is off Yak opens a black screen, DMA blanks and then close the black screen. This way the display is black. - Tooltypes are now read even when Yak is started from CLI. - Sprite mouse blanking method rewritten. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OS release 2.04 or newer is required; Yak has been tested with OS releases through 3.1. Distribution is archived with lha so program to un-archive them is needed. Amigaguide or Multiview is required to easily read documentation. Installer is required to easily install Yak. AVAILABILITY Yak is available from Aminet, e.g.: ftp://ftp.netnet.net/pub/aminet/util/cdity/Yak212.lha (225319 bytes) and on mirrors The source of Yak is also available from Aminet, e.g.: ftp://ftp.netnet.net/pub/aminet/util/cdity/Yak212Src.lha (223176 bytes) PRICE There is no charge for use of this software. DISTRIBUTABILITY Freely distributable as long as the contents of the archive are kept intact. OTHER E-mail address for bug reports and fixes: philippe.bastiani@ramses.fdn.org -- MAIL comp.sys.amiga.announce announcements to announce@cs.ucdavis.edu. Mailing list: announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu; Moderator: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu Servers: http://seclab.cs.ucdavis.edu/~zerkle/announce, announce@cs.ucdavis.edu
novosti.282 sazalakazu,
*** BUDITE HUMANI *** Fond Underground! BBS-a :) Doslo je do teske havarije na sistemskom disku Underground! BBS-a. Da bi se BBS, a i kompjuter uopste osposobio, potreban je 3.5" disk sa najmanje 300 mb praznog, radi backupa i formatiranja diska. Kao nagrada, jedino sto SysOp moze dati je snimanje *svega i svacega* sa BOARDA. -------------------------------------------------- Vi ste jedina nada da se spase jedan Amiga BBS, koji supportuje Amiga scenu vec 2 godine. HELP! -------------------------------------------------- U napred zahvalni... kING'n'oGISHA (Uros & Ognjen Nedeljkovic)
novosti.283 sazalakazu,
+------------------------------------------+ | Read This! | | Firma Meridian (BG) je postala zvanicni | | zastupnik AT proizvoda na teritoriji YU | +------------------------------------------+ | Ova anketa sluzi da se ispita stanje na | | Amiga trzistu i da se vidi sta dalje.. | +------------------------------------------+ anketa.txt
novosti.284 mikis,
Gledam sad, i ne mogu da verujem - nije moguće da nije poslat AR ni 4.08 ni 4.09... Možda nisam video dobro, al evo ih opet :) --- Amiga Report #4.09, June 30, 1996 ar409.lha
novosti.285 mikis,
+> Gledam sad, i ne mogu da verujem - nije moguće da nije poslat AR ni +> 4.08 ni 4.09... Možda nisam video dobro, al evo ih opet :) Ipak nisam dobro video - bar za AR4.08. Bio je u temi komunikacije, sad je prebačen u novosti (poruka 1.278).
novosti.286 mikis,
Kao da je Amiga ukleta... I ESCOM je otišao pod bankrot! Evo najnovije vesti o tome, skinuto Amiga Web Dir-a: --- Escom Files for Bankruptcy July 15, 1996 (CUCUG) - According to the Associated Press, Escom announced today that it would indeed file for actual bankruptcy rather than the restructuring reported earlier. Other press accounts have quoted internal sources at Escom which stated that the picture did not look as if they could actually pull off a court-supervised debt restructuring and would probably be forced into actual bankruptcy. Today, a German, court-appointed administrator aggreed with that assesment, deciding that Escom had little capital to even make it through talks with its creditors. The AP reported that this does not mean the end of Escom and that they could still shake off their current woes with a new influx of investor capital. However, as we reported earlier, Escom has already tried that in weeks past with little success. Escom's troubles began last year when new competition from off-shore producers like Acer lowered prices and demand for PCs in Europe weakened, bloating inventories and draining much-needed cash. --- Nadajmo se da i VisCopr neće doživeti istu sudbinu...
novosti.287 mikis,
Ovome je prethodila jedna vest o istrazi zbog špekulisanja deonicama: --- Escom Stock Trading Under Investigation July 10, 1996 (CUCUG) - One more potential piece of bad news for Germany's Escom, the soon-to-be-former owner of Amiga Technologies, hit the wires recently. Reuters is now reporting that the company is under investigation for possible insider trading by Germany's Securities Trading Supervisory Office. In the few days prior to Escom's announcement of their intentions to file for protection from creditors last Wednesday, July 3, the German oversight agency (similar to the Securities and Exchange Commision in the US) noted a "suspicious" surge of sell-off trading of Escom shares. Anke Reeh-Schild, a GTTSO spokesperson told Reuters, "The turnover seen was very suspicious in comparison with previous levels," and went on to note that the increase was eight to nine times higher than usual. The investigation could take months to determine any wrong doing, though, as data on all transactions and bank records must be analyzed. No Escom officials are named in the investigation.
novosti.288 ljubinko,
> Kao da je Amiga ukleta... I ESCOM je otisao pod bankrot! Evo najnovije Amigi je (kao i Atariju) odavno lose krenulo. (Izgleda da cemo morati da je napustamo ?)
novosti.289 mikis,
Jedna preporuka za WWW site: www.adx.de. Pogledajte cene hardvera i softvera u Nemačkoj... Jedan mali primer: Turbokarten Artikelbezeichnung Preis -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyberstorm Turbokarten fuer A3000/A4000 Cyberstorm MK II mit MMU/FPU mit 50 MHz 060 DM 1270,-- Cyberstorm Fast SCSI-II DMA Controller fuer MK II DM 209,--A Cyberstorm Fast Wide SCSI-II DMA Controller fuer MK II DM 308,--A Cyberstorm Fast SCSI-II DMA Controller fuer Cyberstorm DM 358,--A Blizzard Boards fuer A1200 Blizzard 1230 IV Turbo Board (fuer A1200) 030 mit 50 MHz mit MMU DM 309,-- Blizzard 1230 IV Turbo Board (fuer A1200) 030 mit 50 MHz mit MMU und 4 MB 60ns DM 369,-- Blizzard 1230 IV Turbo Board (fuer A1200) 030 mit 50 MHz mit MMU und 8 MB 60ns DM 429,-- Blizzard 1230 IV Turbo Board (fuer A1200) 030 mit 50 MHz mit MMU und 16 MB 60ns DM 529,-- Blizzard 1230 IV Turbo Board (fuer A1200) 030 mit 50 MHz mit MMU und 32 MB 60ns DM 789,-- Coprozessor fuer Blizzard 1230 IV 882-50 MHz DM 179,-- Blizzard 1260 Turbo Board 060-50 MHz m. FPU/MMU DM 1209,-- Blizzard SCSI Kit IV fuer Blizzard 1260 und 1230 IV (fuer A1200) DM 209,-- Blizzard Board fuer A2000 Blizzard 2060 Turbo Board (fuer A2000) 060-50 MHz m. FPU/MMU SCSI-II mit 4 MB Speicher (Simm PS2 60 ns 32 Bit) DM 1379,-- Blizzard 2060 Turbo Board (fuer A2000) 060-50 MHz m. FPU/MMU SCSI-II mit 16 MB Speicher (Simm PS2 60ns 32 Bit) DM 1539,-- Blizzard 2060 Turbo Board (fuer A2000) 060-50 MHz m. FPU/MMU SCSI-II mit 32 MB Speicher ( Simm PS2 60 ns 32Bit DM 1749,-- Wildfire 060 mit 50 MHz DM 2449,--A Turbokarten fuer A1200 A = Vorankuendigung durch den Hersteller noch nicht lieferbar. --- Ako vas još nešto zanima, a nemate pristup Webu - pitajte :)
novosti.290 mikis,
Nije naročito novo, ali je veoma zanimljivo: Amiga Report Technical Journal - Volume 1, Issue 1 (04/07/95) Odličan e-magazin u AmigaGuide formatu, za sve Amiga profesionalce :) Neke od tema u ovom broju: Conferences The Amiga-OS Project Features RobR takes us into the Heart of Installer, part one in the series. Methods to the Madness, a guide to BOOPSI authoring, from Chris Aldi. Revision Control and SMAKE under SAS/C by Osma Ahvenlampi, with an example. Church Windows, reprinted without permission from comp.sys.amiga.advocacy.
novosti.291 mandic,
JA SAM IMAO A1200 I MORAO SAM DA JE NAPUSTIM PRE 9 MESECI ZBOG SVIH PROBLEMA SA OVOM FIRMOM. SAD IMAM 486/100 I KAZEM VAM LJUDI AMIGA JE NAJBOLJA , SAMO DA SE OPORAVI I JA SE VRACAM AMIGI ISTOG SEKUNDA , ALI ZASAD NEZNAM , CRNO NAM SE PISE. PROPADA NAJBOLJI KOMP TRENUTNO.
novosti.292 ljubinko,
>JA SAM IMAO A1200 I MORAO SAM DA JE NAPUSTIM PRE 9 MESECI ZBOG SVIH PROBLEMA Tako je. Svi prodaju PC, a nema prodavaca Amige. Ako se negde i nadje cena je previsoka. Pitao sam u onoj novoj firmi (Meridijan?) za CD za Amigu i dobio odgovor da je 400 DEM, a za PC je oko 100 DEM. Dakle, ili nema programa, ili je hardver preskup.
novosti.293 teorist,
=> Pitao sam u onoj novoj firmi (Meridijan?) za CD za Amigu i dobio => odgovor da je 400 DEM, a za PC je oko 100 DEM. Kada si spomenuo CD, hteo bi da spomenem (mada većina vas to zna?) da se na Amigu 1200 može bez (? uglavnom) problema priključiti bilo koji ATAPI CD-ROM uredjaj (oni CD romovi koji idu na IDE kontroler) Meni (i još nekima koje poznajem) sve to radi sasvim OK (da ne kažem savršeno) Imam 2x speed CD (Sanyo) i prijavljuje mi da je transfer 325 KB/s, što je sasvim regularna brzina :) Najveći problem za ugradnju je pravljenje kabla (zbog Amiginog konektora za 2.5' HDD-ove) ostalo je 'luk i voda' :)
novosti.294 mandic,
Znam za cene CDova za amigu i pc. Ja sam imao overdrive za 1200 ali je problem sto nisam imao gde da nadjem dovoljno programa i igara za cd. Nalvise ih je bilo u Amiga Centru. Ali to su sve programi (uglavnom) koji vec postoje na dicketama , tako da se cak ni iznajmljivanje nije isplatilo. Samo su neke igre bile stvarno dobre kao Castle. Inace Overdrive je radio perfektno , bez ikakvih problema. Znaci najveci problem je SOFTER za amigu. Mada i sve firme koje su proizvodile amigu netrude se previse da je unaprede il bar reklamiraju. Evo vidim da je A4000/30,8MB RAMA 72pina,1,3MB HD,4xcd rom Sony --cena ...2600,-
novosti.295 ljubinko,
>Znam za cene CDova za amigu i pc. Ja sam imao overdrive za 1200 ali je Da li neko nudi na prodaju CD za Amigu? Ili zna gde ima i posto ? >Znaci najveci problem je SOFTER za amigu. Racno. Ja bih ga koristio za enc. Britanicu i slicne stvari.
novosti.296 teorist,
>Znam za cene CDova za amigu i pc. Ja sam imao overdrive za 1200 ali je => Da li neko nudi na prodaju CD za Amigu? => Ili zna gde ima i posto ? CD drajv ili ploče ?????? Ako je drajv u pitanju, ko što rekoh, nema nikakvih problema da se nakači bilo koji ATAPI CD ROM uredjaj (cene su sada ispod 100DM za 2x speed, a nešto preko 100 istih za 4x speed uredjaje :) ) A ako te (vas?) interesuju ploče, MadCat mi je rekao da je razgovarao sa čovekom u Meridijanu koji je zadužen za Amigu, i da bi generalno oni bili voljni da otvore CD-Teku ako bi se nas 15-20 učlanilo ???? So ? Možemo da se dogovorimo :) >Znaci najveci problem je SOFTER za amigu. => Racno. Ja bih ga koristio za enc. Britanicu i slicne stvari. Huh... nažalost Britanica (koliko znam?) ne postoji za Amigu :((( Ako nekoga zanima mogu da okačim ovde Amiga CD-ROM guide sa opisima oko 200 kompaktdiskova za Amigu (guajd je iz januara ove godine)
novosti.297 mikis,
+> Ako nekoga zanima mogu da okačim ovde Amiga CD-ROM guide sa +> opisima oko 200 kompaktdiskova za Amigu (guajd je iz januara ove +> godine) Nema potrebe, eno ga u diru (\amiga\docs\acdgv14.lha) :)
novosti.298 mikis,
Amiga Report #4.10, July 24, 1996 ar410.lha
novosti.299 ljubinko,
>Huh... nazalost Britanica (koliko znam?) ne postoji za Amigu :((( Ako je unekom standardnom formatu onda i Amiga moze da je cita, zar ne ? >Ako nekoga zanima mogu da okacim ovde Amiga CD-ROM guide sa opisima oko 200 >kompaktdiskova za Amigu (guajd je iz januara ove godine) Ja bih to voleo. Pozdrav svima !
novosti.300 sazalakazu,
Sjajan text!! ind-phon.txt
novosti.301 sazalakazu,
Opet radi Underground! BBS 22-06 47-24-24
novosti.302 sofke,
Evo neceg interesantnog. Jedan Amiga casopis u HTML formatu. am1_1htm.lha
novosti.304 kmilan,
>> Kao da je Amiga ukleta... I ESCOM je otisao pod bankrot! Evo najnovije >Amigi je (kao i Atariju) odavno lose krenulo. >(Izgleda da cemo morati da je napustamo ?) Kome je loše krenulo? :-) BTW i dalje se prave klonovi :-) Da nećeš da pređeš na PrC? Da nisi možda multimilioner?
novosti.305 ljubinko,
>Da neces da predes na PrC? Izgleda da cu jednog dana ipak preci na PrC (na zalost). > Da nisi mozda multimilioner? Voleo bih da jesam.
novosti.306 sofke,
Amiga Report 4.11 ar411.lha
novosti.307 ljubinko,
>Amiga Report 4.11 Hvala! (Ipak i jos uvek postojimo)
novosti.308 mikis,
+> Hvala! (Ipak i jos uvek postojimo) Ma naravno da postojimo :) Nemojte misliti da sam potpuno batalio Amigu zato što sam uzeo i PC-ja. Skinuo sam gomilu stvari sa Amineta, ali na žalost ne stižem da ih pregledam i pošaljem - u gužvi sam, što zbog posla, što zbog ispitnog roka. Ipak, čim malo isplivam... :)
novosti.309 mikis,
Amiga Supports The 1996 Olympic Games FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chicago, IL July 22, 1996 Permission Granted to Distribute without Alteration The 1996 Summer Olympic Games provides a unique opportunity for the Amiga to demonstrate its worldwide appeal, especially among news and media professionals from Europe and the Americas. Several US-based Amiga companies have joined forces to provide computer support to the press agencies attending the Games. A series of high-end Amigas are being placed at the heart of the media editing room for use as an onsite editing tool for video footage taken by various reporters and media producers. The Amiga will be getting some positive media coverage and a chance to demonstrate it's prowess handling complex broadcast and video graphics. Special thanks are extended to Keith Cagle, of Virtual Reality Productions, who organized the event space. VIScorp would like to thank the Amiga community for its support in this effort, especially the following companies for their contribution: Virtual Reality Productions, Keith Cagle QuickPak, Dave Zembecki New Tek, Bob Hoffman & Daneta Colbach Anti-Gravity Products, June Lavenberg DPS Micropace, Bob Wolter Contact: Florine Radulovic, Director of Communications [ www.vistv.com | Corporate Staff ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champaign-Urbana Commodore Users Group / cucug@cucug.org
novosti.310 mikis,
An Open Message to the Amiga Community from Bill Buck, CEO, VIScorp Chicago, IL July 24, 1996 1. Escom AG and Amiga Technologies GmbH are in bankruptcy and will cease to exist as corporate entities. VIScorp has reached an agreement with the Trustee for the liquidation of these companies and with the creditors of these companies for the purchase of "Amiga." There were at least eleven different banks or companies that had claims to be "owners" of the technology and/or the inventory. Escom had liabilities of over $250 million. Imagine the confusion... 2. The steps that we had to follow through the last three months were painstaking. As the situation at Escom deteriorated, we had to continually re-negotiate our purchase contract. We could not speed-up the process. Many things we wanted to begin immediately we have had to delay. The situation at Amiga and Escom were extremely troubled. This was in part because of the difficult financial and management situations at Amiga and Escom, but also because of how poorly organized the intellectual property had been under Commodore. In the course of the Commodore bankruptcy many problems developed that were never repaired. 3. The final (and last of three) purchase contract was signed on Friday, 19 July. It cannot be changed; it has been executed. The intellectual property of the former Commodore and the inventory of the former Amiga Technologies will be owned finally by VIScorp. The final paperwork will be completed in the next 30 days. During this month, VIScorp GmbH will be registered and Amiga Technologies will continue to operate temporarily in bankruptcy for VIScorp. 4. Petro Tyschtschenko and his staff will continue to operate from Germany. Raquel Velasco and Petro Tyschtschenko will be the new General Managers of Amiga, to be known as VIScorp GmbH. Al Duncan, a former General Manager of Commodore will join VIScorp to manage the sales and distribution of VIScorp and Amiga products in North America. Petro will continue to operate from Germany and manage the existing business. Raquel is looking for someone from the community to manage the re-organization of the sales and distribution in Europe. Please contact Raquel if you are the right person for this job. 5. The engineering efforts of the former Amiga Technologies and the on-going engineering of VIScorp will be combined and professionally managed. We intend to begin to implement the plans we outlined in Toulouse very shortly. 6. Please excuse our lack of communication with the community over the last months. We were severely restricted from communicating our activities. Please resend your emails to any of the VIScorp staff if they have not been answered by this letter. We simply could not answer all the emails. 7. Do not expect miracles from VIScorp, expect slow, but steady progress. Thank you for your continued support. Best Regards, Bill Buck ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Florine Radulovic, Director of Communications [ www.vistv.com | Corporate Staff ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champaign-Urbana Commodore Users Group / cucug@cucug.org
novosti.311 mikis,
Escom AG Passes Away Saturday, July 27, 1996 - The once mighty European PC manufacturer and retail distributor, Escom AG, will most likely become a memory soon. According to Reuters, the Dutch unit, Escom Netherlands, will be sold off to a through a management buy-out which is backed by two Dutch venture capital groups. The new company has announced that it will continue to sell computers through its network of 34 stores but that about 20% of the current workforce would be let go. While this was good news for most of the Dutch employees, the UK division's 1,000 workers received very disturbing news late in the week when it was decided that Escom UK would have to be shut down after no buyers were found for the operation. Receivers for the company noted that discussions will continue with potential investors but that the high costs of continuing the operation have forced the decision to shut down. Escom's sale of Amiga Technologies to Chicago-based VIScorp was finalized on July 18th. VIScorp takes complete control of all Amiga-based assets on the 19th of August. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champaign-Urbana Commodore Users Group / cucug@cucug.org
novosti.312 mikis,
Amiga Report #4.12 (September 23, 1996) nadam se da ne smeta što je arhiva ZIP-ovana, skinuo sam je sa CUCUG-a kao nezapakovan .guide fajl. Izgleda da se nešto dešava sa Aminetom, na nekoliko najvećih hostova prikazuje da nema novih fajlova već nekoliko dana. Pre neki dan sam takođe na CUCUG pročitao da će Aminet neko vreme biti down zbog upgrade-a hardvera, nadam se da je samo to u pitanju. Uzgred, ako ima interesa, da kačim i AR u HTML formatu? (zgodno za vlasnike drugih računara) ar412.zip
novosti.313 jvujnic,
>> Uzgred, ako ima interesa, da kačim i AR u HTML formatu? (zgodno za >> vlasnike drugih računara) Bilo bi lepo kad bi to uradio, ja sam za !
novosti.314 sofke,
Mi> kao nezapakovan .guide fajl. Izgleda da se nesto desava sa Aminetom, na Mi> nekoliko najvecih hostova prikazuje da nema novih fajlova vec nekoliko Mi> dana. Pa koliko sam ja pratio, od 23. septembra je bio down, ali sinoć kad sam se logovao na paderborn.de, video sam da su poceli da rade, posto je recent dir bio pun fajlova. Isto sam proverio i na glavnom Aminet site-u, wustl.edu. Znači napokon su stavili taj novi hardver :) Mi> Pre neki dan sam takode na CUCUG procitao da ce Aminet neko vreme biti Mi> down Mi> zbog upgrade-a hardvera, nadam se da je samo to u pitanju. Da, to je bilo u pitanju, pošto je disk bio prepun, pa upload nije radio zbog iz tog razloga. Sada radi :) Mi> Uzgred, ako ima interesa, da kacim i AR u HTML formatu? (zgodno Mi> za Mi> vlasnike drugih racunara) Može, što da ne :)) Sofke... member of Team AMIGA !!!
novosti.315 mikis,
+> Bilo bi lepo kad bi to uradio, ja sam za ! Okej, evo ga onda - Amiga Report #4.12, u HTML formatu. ar412htm.zip
novosti.316 mikis,
AmiMag 10, AmigaGuide verzija. Zahvaljujemo kolegama Ogishi i Kingu, koji se odazivaju na user sazalakazu. Verziju sa posebnim readerom možete naći na njihovom BBS-u (Underground). amag10g.lzx
novosti.317 mikis,
Amiga Report #4.13 - October 18, 1996. U AmigaGuide formatu. ar413.lha
novosti.318 jvujnic,
> Amiga Report #4.13 - October 18, 1996. U AmigaGuide formatu. Hoće li biti i HTML verzija?
novosti.319 mikis,
+> > Amiga Report #4.13 - October 18, 1996. U AmigaGuide formatu. +> +> Hoće li biti i HTML verzija? Biće, čim je pronađem :) Skinuo sam je odaavno, ali mi se zagubila negde na disku :(
novosti.320 sofke,
Amiga Report 4.14 ar414.lha
novosti.321 mikis,
Amiga Report #4.13, ovaj put u HTML formatu. ar413ht.zip
novosti.322 mikis,
A evo ga i Amiga Report #4.14, takođe u HTML-u. ar414ht.zip
novosti.323 jvujnic,
> Amiga Report #4.13, ovaj put u HTML formatu. Konačno... Hvala najlepše :)
novosti.324 jvujnic,
> A evo ga i Amiga Report #4.14, takođe u HTML-u. Još jednom hvala :)
novosti.325 mikis,
Carl Sassenrath, jedan od ljudi koji su radili u Commodore-u na stvaranju Amige, a zatim i u VisCorpu od koga se očekuje da nastavi sa razvojem oog računara, napustio je (potonju) firmu uz prilično neugodne komentare o istoj: From: Carl Sassenrath <carl@sassenrath.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: From Carl Sassenrath Date: 13 Nov 1996 19:50:02 GMT Organization: Pacific Internet Lines: 99 Message-ID: <56d8pa$i5e@north.pacific.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts3-200.pacific.net Dear Amigans, Many of you have been wondering what's happening with VIScorp, the Amiga, and why my name is no longer on the vistv web site. I hope this is not too long-winded for you, but here is a brief summary of my story: 1. I joined VIScorp about a year ago as a consultant to help them create new system software for the Amiga. I believed at that time that they had the ability to take the Amiga into several new, huge markets around the world. They made many promises to me in order to get me to join the project. 2. In March 1996 VIScorp informed me that they planned to buy Amiga Technologies. The reason was simple: for the vast quantities of Amigas that they planned, it was cheaper to buy AT then to pay the royalty. It seemed to me that this could work, if they could come up with the money. 3. Over the months that followed, I made numerous suggestions to VIScorp regarding what they needed to do to support and further improve the Amiga. I even proposed a business plan centered around the Amiga, as it seemed to me that you CAN have an ALTERNATE computer for people who don't want PCs. After all, what would our cars be like if only one company produced them? The Amiga offered us a choice. 4. VIScorp never responded to my suggestions. Not once. In fact, they kept me totally in the dark as to what they were doing and what progress had been made on the AT deal. I never knew from day to day what was going to happen next. 5. By August I was starting to tire of VIScorp and its unkept promises to all of us. They were 110 days behind in paying me, and I was very disappointed in the whole mess that they had brought on the Amiga community, developers and dealers, and myself. It had become clear to me that VIScorp was not competent. I took a couple weeks off and went to Florida. 6. In September I tried to recruit RJ Mical to join the team. I put a lot of energy into it, as RJ was skeptical of VIScorp. I finally succeeded! Then, VIScorp blew him off. RJ and I couldn't believe it. What were they doing? 7. Finally, I decided to focus 100% on what they had originally hired me for: to create a TV set-top Amiga. Perhaps if we could build a good demo, VIScorp could convince one of its investors to contribute extra cash. By the end of September, Don, Steve, Jim, and I had finished a dazzling prototype of such an STB. In my opinion, it really showed off what the Amiga could do as a STB. The software for it was entirely written by Jim and I, because VIScorp had not been paying any of the other contractors. 8. After delivering the prototype, I never heard a word back. VIScorp was again far behind in payments. What were they doing? What had gone wrong? What was next? 9. Whatever it was, I didn't want to be part of it any longer. I've never seen such an idiotic, screwed-up, incompetent company (and I am saying it mildly). VIScorp was worse than Commodore, and I never thought that was possible. I took my name off the web site, vowing not to be a part of this lunacy. So what can I say? Please don't flame me for doing this. I refuse to be part of such a sloppy situation, regardless of my love for the Amiga. Over the last 10 months I have heard from many of you, and have sent nearly 1500 personal email replies to you. All I can say is that I am sorry that I could not do more for you and our Amiga Computer. I am unsure what the future holds for the Amiga. Perhaps VIScorp or some other company will scrape together enough cash to make the AT purchase. We can only hope. As for my future, I am going to return to what I do best: operating systems and languages. You have not heard the last from me. I can imagine a system much better than the Amiga.... now to create it. Truely, only time will tell. Stay in touch my friends. Sincerely yours, Carl Sassenrath Ex-VIScorp OS Guy carl@sassenrath.com Permission granted to copy and repost.
novosti.326 mikis,
A evo i nnjegove naknadne poruke na ovu temu: Follow Up Message From Carl Sassenrath I have received a large volume of email asking what will now happen to the Amiga. Even as one of its designers, I cannot offer you a solid, positive answer. There are many paths from here. We are again back at the crossroads. To me personally, I think the road must be toward a rebirth of those core concepts that made the Amiga what it was, and I encourage all of you to hold on, regardless of how desparate the situation may seem. Please, my friends, remain the "rebels" that you are. It is up to each of us to see to it that there always remains a choice, else I fear for our future... and the future of all personal computing. -=- A lot of people have asked what I will do next. In general, I can say that I am NOT pleased with the direction personal computers have taken over the last decade. These systems are now hundreds of times faster, with hundreds of times more memory. Yet, are we better off? Are we more productive? Have they made life easier? No. Not in the least. In some areas they've made the situation worse. It reminds me of our federal government: requiring ever more money and resources, but becoming bigger, slower, and dumber. This is not a hardware problem. The software is to blame. We have become enslaved by overly complex and twisted software. I'm talking here about systems like MS Windows, C++, TCP/IP, HTML, etc. They are all junk-the work of designers who really don't understand how our minds work or relate to our personal human condition. SIMPLE THINGS SHOULD BE SIMPLE TO DO! Yet, complex things should still be possible. That is the kind of system I want to use, and that is what I am going to build next. After creating the Amiga multitasking kernel, I didn't stop thinking about operating systems, I just figured that someone else was going to move us forward to the next best thing. It has not happened. So now it has come time to start afresh. However, this time, I'm going to create it for you and for me, not for some company whose CEO just wants to get rich. It will be wonderfully elegant, pure, efficient, and simple. I have already begun. The system will develop in two phases. The first is a better means of expression, the second, a better means of operation. If you want more info in the months ahead, link www.sassenrath.com into your web browser site list and visit often. So that is my journey, my future. I expect it to be a rough road at times, but this is the path I must take. It is my sincere hope that many of you Amigans will join me in the years ahead... with a system for the next century. Stay in touch and all the best to you in the years ahead. Carl Sassenrath 21-Nov-96
novosti.327 sofke,
Amiga Report 5.01 (Amigaguide verzija) ar501.lha
novosti.328 sofke,
Short: MagicUserInterface 3.8, user files Author: stuntz@sasg.com Uploader: stuntz@sasg.com Version: 3.8 Type: util/libs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 3.8 (12-Feb-97) (muimaster.library V19.31) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * MINOR SASG UPDATE * Still not registered for MUI? Check out www.sasg.com for great discounts NOW! Changes for users: - When tab-cycling through objects of a virtual group, MUI tries to ensure that the surrounding active object frame is always visible. - Added a little gimmick for registered users (OS 3.x required): Take a digitized picture of yourself (approximately 80x100 pixels in size) and copy it to "MUI:user.pic". MUI's preferences will then become a little more personal :). Note that you can use any graphics format (ilbm, gif, jpeg, etc) as long as you have a datatype to read it. In other words: if you can view it with Multiview, MUI can display it too. Take care that the picture is not too big, otherwise MUI might fail to open the prefs window. Thanks again for supporting MUI and the Amiga! - Included new catalogs: Portuguese by Fernando Nunes and Alexandre Gabriel Spanish by Pedro Luis Mieza and Juan Antonio Ramirez - Translations of PSI were still messed up. All catalog related problems should finally be fixed now. - Fixed a few more bugs concerning the appearance and refresh of help bubbles. - Fixed a possible deadlock that could occur when balancing objects were used in certain combinations. - Balancing could accidently mess up the display of active object frames. - Implemented keyboard control for balance objects. Changes for programmers: - Reduced stack usage a little. Note well: this is no excuse for lazy programmers! As mentioned in the MUI developer docs, the default stack size of 4k is not enough for MUI programs! 8k is an acceptable minimum. - MUIA_Gauge_InfoText is now also possible for vertical gauge objects. - Made MUIM_Window_Snapshot method public. See autodocs for details. - MUI would accidently refuse to automatically move a listviews display to the active entry, even though the MUIA_List_AutoJump flag was set.
novosti.329 mmike,
Novi Amiga report ar503.lha
novosti.330 vpoznanovic,
Obratite pažnju, Amiga Technologies je juče praktično dobila novog vlasnika! Gateway 2000 Acquires Assets of Amiga Technologies GmbH North Sioux City, South Dakota, March 27 1997 - Gateway 2000 Inc. (Nasdaq: Gate) today announced that the company has made an offer to aquire the assets of AMIGA Technologies including all patents, trademaks and trade names. The Company is a subsidary of ESCOM AG, a German-based computer company that went into bankrupty in July of 1996. Amiga led the industry in combining computer graphics, animation, and film sequences with stereo sound known today as multimedia. The offer has been accepted by the court-appointed Administrator in Bankruptcy in Germany acting on behalf of AMIGA. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval. "This acquisition is good news for Gateway and customers of AMIGA," said Rick Snyder, president and COO of Gateway 2000. "It will strengthen our intellectual property position and invigorate a company that has been a pioneer in multimedia solutions and operating systems technology." AMIGA Technologies will be renamed AMIGA International. The company will operate as a separate business unit and will retain its current president, Petro Tyschtschenko, who will work to develop new products for the AMIGA market. "Gateway 2000 will give us new life and energy for the future," said Tyschtschenko. About Gateway 2000 Gateway 2000, Inc., a Fortune 500 company founded in 1985, is a global leader in the direct marketing of PCs. The company, headquartered in North Sioux City, South Dakota, has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Ireland and Malaysia, and employs over 9,700 people worldwide. Gateway 2000 products and services consistently win top awards from leading industry publications. In 1996, the company shipped 1.9 million systems and reported revenues of $5 billion and net income of $250 million. About AMIGA Since the introduction of the AMIGA A1000 in 1985, AMIGA has represented the embodiment of the efficient use of memory and hard drive capacity, while pioneering industry developments in multimedia, 32-bit multitasking and autoconfiguration.
novosti.331 vpoznanovic,
CUCUG Welcomes Gateway 2000 To The Amiga Community CUCUG and The Amiga Web Directory are pleased to see the long wait associated with simply knowing who the new owners will be is finally over. While it's a little early to judge just what Gateway 2000's long-term plans are for the Amiga, there are a number of very positive things that can be said. First, Gateway has financial resources and as far as we know, is financially stable. They enjoyed sales of $5.04 billion with a 5% after-tax net income last year, a record for Gateway. Secondly, this is a company--unlike Commodore--which is not afraid of marketing and advertising computers. Their voluminous print ads which dominate the computer magazines are clever and eye-catching. Their recent television spots are also entertaining and display the companies products in a very positive light. Gateway just may spend a few dollars advertising the Amiga. This alone will be a strong, postive dynamic in the Amiga market. Maybe even most importantly, regardless of what you think about Wintel boxes, Gateway is known for a very high-quality product. While they have had some problems handling exponential growth (they at one time had one of the worst product support scores but have performed a complete turn around in that area), their products have never seemed to be compromised. We can probably look forward to high quality from Gateway. But as Amiga Report's Jason Compton points out, we should not grow too euphoric at this point. The deal must still pass muster with German regulators and we still do not yet know Gateway's long-term plan for the Amiga. But, all signs do point in mostly positive directions. CUCUG welcomes Gateway to the Amiga family and hopes that this signals the rebirth of our favorite computer of all time.
novosti.332 vpoznanovic,
Intangible Assets Manufacturing Responds to Amiga Acquisition PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 27, 1997 /UseNet News/ -- Intangible Assets Manufacturing President, and former Commodore-Amiga Software Engineer, Dale L. Larson, has issued the following statement in reaction to today's news that Gateway 2000 has purchased the Amiga assets subject to regulatory approval: "I'm thrilled that the Amiga technologies have finally been purchased, more so that they have been bought by a company with such tremendous resources, visionary management, and customer-service orientation as Gateway 2000. From their statement that they 'will work to develop new products for the AMIGA market,' we conclude that the Amiga has a newly bright future ahead of it. I trust that this will re-invigorate the Amiga community and renew interest in our markets. We're looking forward to a surge in sales of our Amiga products in the coming months as a result of this announcement." Intangible Assets Manufacturing produces a line of Amiga products, including the book "Connect Your Amiga! A Guide to the Internet, LANs, BBSs and Online Services", DiskSalv4, MRBackup, MegaBall4 and others. IAM also publishes Internet-related books "Torn Shapes of Desire: Internet Erotica" and "Lineland: Mortality and Mercy on the Internet's Pynchon-L@Waste.Org Discussion List." Web site: http://www.iam.com.
novosti.333 vpoznanovic,
Blast from the past: Gateway to buy remnants of Amiga By Margaret Kane PC Week Online Gateway 2000 Inc. has offered to buy Amiga Technologies, the now-bankrupt German company that launched the first multimedia machine in 1985. Earlier today, Gateway, based in North Sioux City, S.D., announced it had applied to a German bankruptcy court to acquire the assets of Amiga Technologies GmbH, a subsidiary of the ESCOM AG. ESCOM acquired Amiga in April 1995 after that company went bankrupt, and subsequently went bankrupt itself in July of last year. Gateway said it planned to rename the company as Amiga International and operate it as a separate business unit, developing new products for the Amiga market. Petro Tyschtschenko, president of Amiga, will stay on in the position. A spokeswoman said Gateway could not comment beyond what was in its official statement, pending approval of the deal from German regulatory agencies. The Amiga market, which is very small in the United States, has a larger presence in Europe. The company's niche is mainly in the video industry and three-dimensional rendering industry. By comparison, Gateway has been very successful in promoting its direct market model in the United States, but has yet to become a household name in Europe. "Maybe they're trying to use it to get more international exposure," said Ross Rubin, group director of consumer Internet technologies at Jupiter Communications, in New York. "Gateway and Dell [Computer Corp.] have been predominantly strong in domestic sales but not as strong as their competitors overseas. They may be looking for exposure." Rubin also pointed out that Gateway has been experimenting in the multimedia market, most notably with its Destination big-screen PC. The Destination also marked Gateway's first foray into the retail world. "There's been a lot of talk about using Amiga technology for set-top boxes," Rubin said. "The operating system is very high-performance on modest hardware. It might be used as sort of a [network computer] play." But Rubin still seemed puzzled by the purchase. "Gateway has been very successful at basically sticking to the Wintel platform and party line through the years," he said. "There were a couple of rumors a while back that they might license the Mac OS, but they've just been kind of preaching the gospel very strongly for years. So I do find it surprising they would invest in alternative OS technology."
novosti.334 bellamy,
Izdvojio sam neke zanimljivosti iz poslednjeg broja AmiMaga (AmiMag11) a ticu se: 1. AGA-GO (Hardverski dodatak za A500/2000) 2. "PHASE 5" (Proizvodni program firme PHASE 5 sto se tice Amige) 3. PCMCIA modem 19.200 bps 4. "PHASE 5" (Upoznajte firmu PHASE 5) 5. A\\BOX ( AMIGA SNOVA ) 6. Boje na ekranu koje se javljaju prilikom paljenja racunara abox.txt
novosti.335 mikis,
Pa, dragi moji, novost dana je da se vaš voljeni modulator, posle kraće, (ne)uspešne političke karijere, vratio na naš ljubljeni sistem - što ste verovatno primetili po količini obrisanih poruka. Pošto sam se u međuvremenu bavio nekim drugim stvarima (da se malo pohvalim - pogledajte http://www.demokratska.org.yu), pokajnički priznajem da sam potpuno zabatalio svoju hiljadudvestotku i prešao u mrski Wintel tabor. Da ne bude sve tako crno, pomenuta Prijateljica je još uvek živa i zdrava, jedino tavori čekajući da se namaknu neke pare za barem memorijsku karticu i koji mega rama, i da stigne crknuti split-trafo za nesretni C-1084S monitor. Zato, očekujem vašu pomoć i saradnju - pišite šta se novo dešava u svetu Amige, preporučujte i šaljite programe koji su po vašem mišljenju vredni pažnje. Molim vas da se uzdržite od slanja malih oglasa u ovu konferenciju - za to postoji konf. mali.oglasi, kao i od slanja/reklamiranja/ potražnje piratovanog/krekovanog softvera, jer je to suprotno koncepciji ovog sistema, i takve poruke će morati da budu obrisane. A sad svi na svoje radne zadatke!
novosti.336 sofke,
Mi> Pa, dragi moji, novost dana je da se vaš voljeni modulator, posle Mi> kraće, (ne)uspešne političke karijere, vratio na naš ljubljeni sistem - Mi> što ste verovatno primetili po količini obrisanih poruka. Pa, dobro nam došao. A baš je bilo reči, onako privatno među nama, gde nam nestade moderator :) E sad, pošto si se vratio, nadam se da će ovaj deo Sezama, ponovo da zaživi. Mi> Pošto sam se u međuvremenu bavio nekim drugim stvarima (da se Mi> malo pohvalim - pogledajte http://www.demokratska.org.yu), pokajnički Moram priznati da lepo izgleda :) Mi> Zato, očekujem vašu pomoć i saradnju - pišite šta se novo dešava Pa, koliko toliko se nešto dešavalo, uglavnom u grupi. Ni sam ne znam koliki nas je broj, te ovom prilikom pozivam sve Amigiste da se jave, kako bi videli brojno stanje. Ne znam koliko si upoznat, evo već nekoliko meseci, radi Amiga mreža, posvećena isključivo Amigi. U mreži je već nekoliko BBS-ova, poruka i diskusija ima dosta. Ako si(ste) zainteresovani, mogu poslati neki NFO u vezi mreže. A da, ime mreže je Amiga Dream Network, skraćeno ADN. Mi> A sad svi na svoje radne zadatke! Mi smo nešto i radili, ali tebe nije bilo :) Sofke...
novosti.337 sazalakazu,
> Pa, koliko toliko se nesto desavalo, uglavnom u grupi. Ni sam ne znam > koliki nas je broj, te ovom prilikom pozivam sve Amigiste da se jave, kak > bi videli brojno stanje. Ne znam koliko si upoznat, evo vec nekoliko Evo da se i ja javim :) pozdrav... Ogisha
novosti.338 mdanilo,
Evo da se i ja javim :) (ldjordje) Djolle :)
novosti.339 kmilan,
I ja se javljam.
novosti.340 ldjordje,
Kod ACZ-a su se (po oglasu u novom SK-u) pojavile PPC kartice: PPC 603e 120 MHz PPC 603e 175 MHz PPC 603e 175 MHz + 040/25 MHz PPC 603e 175 MHz + 060/50 MHz PPC 603e 200 MHz + SCSI Sve za A1200 ... Za A4000 su se pojavile: PPC 604e 150 MHz PPC 604e 200 MHz Cene su ... Brrrrrrrr .... :(
novosti.341 nesha,
Citiram Viva teletekst.. (al mi je izvor) "Novom vlasnku Amige, firmi Gateway 2000, posao ide bolje nego ikad. U prvom kvartalu ostvarila je zaradu od 67,5 miliona $.." Valjda ce pametno da uloze te pare. ;)
novosti.342 vpoznanovic,
>> Pa, dragi moji, novost dana je da se vaš voljeni modulator, >> posle kraće, (ne)uspešne političke karijere, vratio na naš >> ljubljeni sistem Pa bilo je i vrijeme. ;) A sve mi se čini da i ja imam neke zasluge za tvoj povratak. O:) Ili te je možda jednostavno Sezamov štand podsjetio da još nisi produžio pretplatu. :)
novosti.343 vpoznanovic,
>> Pa, koliko toliko se nešto dešavalo, uglavnom u grupi. Ni sam ne znam >> koliki nas je broj, te ovom prilikom pozivam sve Amigiste da se jave, >> kako bi videli brojno stanje. Ja sam kao i uvijek tu, upgrade-ovan u svakom pogledu i spreman za nastavak borbe, do konačne pobjede. ;)
novosti.344 vpoznanovic,
>> Kod ACZ-a su se (po oglasu u novom SK-u) pojavile PPC kartice: >> >> PPC 603e 120 MHz >> PPC 603e 175 MHz >> PPC 603e 175 MHz + 040/25 MHz >> PPC 603e 175 MHz + 060/50 MHz >> PPC 603e 200 MHz + SCSI Haha, Debeli nije mogao da odoli a da na pokaže kako je on jedan od prvih koji su dobili cijene novih kartica. I vrapci znaju da se na tržištu još ništa od toga nije pojavilo. Doduše, dan kada će se prva kartica iz PPC serije (Cyberstorm PPC) pojaviti u prodaji, uopšte nije daleko, ali poučeni ranijim iskustvima, bolje da sačekamo da se to zaista i desi.
novosti.345 ljubinko,
Nekada smo imali AmigaReport i druge novosti. Kako je sada ?
novosti.346 ldjordje,
Evo novi Amiga report, od 30. septembra ... ar508.lha
novosti.347 vpoznanovic,
Za one koji ne znaju, prekjučerašnji dan u svijetu Amige će ostati upamćen po izlasku prvog softverskog emulatora PC-a koji podržava Windows 95 operativni sistem! Riječ je naravno o novoj verziji PC-Taska (4.3), koja pored W95 kompatibilnosti donosi i još neka pobošljanja uglavnom vezana za grafiku. Vrlo je važna i činjenica da je većina vremenski nekritičnog koda prebačena u C, što je siguran znak priprema za buduću PPC verziju.
novosti.348 ljubinko,
>Za one koji ne znaju, prekjucerasnji dan u svijetu Amige ce ostati >upamcen po izlasku prvog softverskog emulatora PC-a koji podrzava >Windows 95 operativni sistem! Koji procesor emulira ? (Verzija 4.0 je emulirala 386)
novosti.349 vpoznanovic,
>> Koji procesor emulira ? >> (Verzija 4.0 je emulirala 386) Emulira 486 procesor. Mogla je to i verzija 4.0.
novosti.350 ldjordje,
Video sam na Aminet-u demo verziju 4.3 ali me nešto mrzelo da je skidam ... prvo, što je demo, drugo, koji će mi ... ;) Ionako je to sve užasno sporo u odnosu na Shapeshifter :)
novosti.351 nenad,
Novi moderator ove konferencije je vpoznanovic. :)
novosti.352 nesha,
>Novi moderator ove konferencije je vpoznanovic. :) Ueeeee! Raja se talasa..
novosti.353 ldjordje,
Konačno! :) Inače, pozdrav novom moderatoru i puno uspeha u "daljem radu" ;)
novosti.354 vpoznanovic,
>> Novi moderator ove konferencije je vpoznanovic. :) Pozdrav svima s nove funkcije... :) Nemam ništa posebno da dodam... Pravila znate, i ako ih se budete pridržavali, sve će da bude u najboljem redu. ;) Ja sam lično, bilo putem konferencije, bilo putem maila, otvoren za sva pitanja, i trudiću se da svima maksimalno pomognem, kako informacijama, tako i softverom.
novosti.355 vpoznanovic,
>>Novi moderator ove konferencije je vpoznanovic. :) >> >> Ueeeee! Raja se talasa.. Malo je falilo da tvoja poruka izazvana talasom oduševljenja zbog izbora novog moderatora postane i moja prva žrtva u konferenciji. ;) Imaću ovaj put razumijevanja. O;)
novosti.356 vpoznanovic,
>> Inače, pozdrav novom moderatoru i puno uspeha u "daljem radu" ;) Hvala, moderator će se truditi da opravda ukazano povjerenje. ;)
novosti.357 ldjordje,
Novi Amiga Report ... ar509.lha
novosti.358 vpoznanovic,
A kad smo već kod WARP-a, u iščekivanju drugog broja, evo nekih zapažanja sa Amiga scene u posljednja dva mjeseca, koja su na svom home page-u izdvojili autori iz njegove redakcije... Naravno, bilo je tu mnogo više događaja, ali o njima u novom broju časopisa... WARP novosti Najnovije vijesti i govorkanja o Amigi... [26.12.97] CrossDOS 7 definitivno izašao Prije nekoliko dana je izašao CrossDOS 7. Najvažnija novost je da je nova verzija spremna čitati i pisati Windows95 formatirane diskove. Ako trebate samo čitati Win95 diskete, potražite XFSD Arhivu na PA. [23.12.97] Sretan i čestit Božić i Nova Godina Warp 2 želi svim Amigašima i Amigašicama da Amiga konačno stane na PePCi nogice, da joj krene, da Warp II izađe, da Warp III isto izađe. Da imate puno para i još jednu Amigu, da imamo puno dobrih igrica, još boljeg softwarea, da se konačno LAN i WAN umrežimo.... ima još tko kakovu želju. Ako da, imate formular, pa pišite, a mi ćemo objaviti. [23.12.97] Warp 2 još bliže Nažalost, ni uz najbolju volju Warp 2 neće izaći prije Nove Godine. Međutim ne treba sumnjati da će definitivno izaći, to jest, ako Bog da. Planiramo definitivni izlazak za prvu polovicu mjeseca siječnja, kada se svi vratite puni novaca sa ferija. Wow. A onda 20+Kn za Warp II. Držte palčeve, i izdržite još malčice. Dalje obavijesti, ovdje. [09.12.97] LZX je postao freeware Jonathan Forbes, autor najboljeg algoritma za kompresiju podataka: LZX, je konačno popustio pod zahtjevima mnogobrojnih Amigaša širom svijeta okupljenim na comp.sys.amiga.* USENET grupama, i poklonio je Amiga zajednici beplatan LZX keyfile. Kao što znamo Jonathan sada radi u Microsoftu i tvorac je famoznog LZX-II algoritma, od kuda potječu datoteke s ekstenzijom CAB, znane svima koji su se dotakli PeCe. Ključ se naravno može naći na Aminetu. Klinkni za download (1kB) [27.11.97] Boxer - Amiga u ringu Britanska firma BlitterSoft nedavno je objavila da će distribuirati novu matičnu ploču firme Index Information Ltd. baziranu na AGA extended chipsetu (30% brže od standardne AA). Na matičnoj ploči nalaze se 2 PC ISA, 4 Zorro II/III slota, 4 SIMM slota te Amiga video slot. Naravno, podržan je i Dual IDE (primary i secondary master/slave). Konačno je i krajnjim korisnicima omogućeno da sami odaberu procesor koji žele koristiti, naime, putem PGA podnožja moguće je staviti 68040 ili 68060 na frekvencijama od 25 do 75(80) MHz. I na kraju, ali ne najmanje važno, Boxer matična ploča, veličinom i rasporedom rupa za pričvrsne vijke, uskladiva je sa svim PC kućištima. Voliš Amigu? [17.11.97] Computer 97 - press release * Gateway je Amigi odobrio budžet za slijedeće tri godine. Pare, pare, pare!!! * Milijuni dolara će biti potrošeni samo za marketing. * Trenutno razvojno-istraživački centar u USA (Amiga Inc.) ima petero zaposlenih s planom od ukupno 30 do Božića, odnosno 50 do drugog mjeseca 98-e. * Amiga Inc. je trenutno u razgovorima o podršci za Amigu s kompanijama poput Epsona i Adobe. * Nove će Amige biti razvijene, ali ne i obavezno proizvedene od strane Amiga Inc. Proizvodnja se prepušta licenciranim proizvođačima klonova koji i sada izdaju Amige zasnovane na trenutnoj tehnologiji. * Nove će Amige biti kompatibilne s prethodnim modelima. * Novi AmigaOS 3.5 biti će izdan u najkraćem mogućem roku u 98-oj. * Amiga Inc. dobiva stručnu pomoć u kreiranju novih Amiga od bivših Commodoreovih inženjera: RJ Michal i Carl Sassenrath (AmigaOS), Ed Hepler (custom chip designer) i dr. * Cijene novih Amiga biti će vrlo niske (od 400 DEM za low-end, do 1500 DEM za high-end konfiguracije). * Odluka o glavnom procesoru u novim Amigama još uvijek nije donesena. Moguća je upotreba rješenja koje je razvio i u kooperaciji sa phase5 (dva procesora). Trenutno Amiga Inc. nije u mogućnosti izdati detaljnije specifikacije novih Amiga zbog skorih konzultacija o tom pitanju sa Gatewayom 2000. [17.11.97] Computer 97 - Blizzardi PPC 603e!!! Phase 5 je po prvi put prikazao Blizzard PowerPC kartice jedinstvenog designa koje stanu u standardnu A1200 (imaju ventilator za hlađenje u kartici!!!) i koje će biti u prodaji u 12-om mjesecu. [12.11.97] Miami službeni TCP/IP stack novog WBa Amiga Internationala Autor Miamia, Holger Kruse, će biti na kompjuterskom sajmu Computer'97 u Cologne, Njemačka od 14og do 17og Studenog 1997. Amiga International je osigurao štand za Holgera, kao i za Angelu Schmidt, autoricu programa za spaljivanje CDa, MakeCD. [11.11.97] Cygnus Ed 4 Professional Vjerovali ili ne, glasine o reizdanju najrasprostranjenijeg tekst-editora za Amigu su ipak bile istinite. Cygnus Editor 4 košta 69DEM, a moguća je i nadgradnja s davno prodate verzije 3.5. Nova verzija uključuje još brže skroliranje (kao da za sada nije dovoljno brzo), do 32000 karaktera u 1 liniji (webmasteri će uživati, kao da nisu), prepoznavanje C, C++, HTML ključnih riječi, podršku za grafičke kartice, asinkrono printanje, prebacivanje cijelog bloka u VELIKA ili mala slova, i ostalo a sve možete potražiti na Shatzruheovom siteu (bez brige nagradna igra za Power Up board je završila). [10.11.97] Opet bug u Pentium procesorima Intel i dalje ponavlja stare navike i novi bug u Intelovim Pentium (MMX) procesorima omogućuje korištenje ilegalne instrukcije koja trenutno može srušiti sustav. Instrukcija je ilegalna, pa se ne koristi u programima, ali otvara mogućnost namjernog rušenja sustava od strane zlonamjernika! Da li to znači da će u skladu s dosadašnjom praksom bugovi u Intel procesorima postali "standardni dio" svakog budućeg PC-a opremljenog s Intel procesorima? :) [08.11.97] Planet Aminet se vratio Oko pola četiri ujutro po lokalnom vremenu radnici na Washingntonskom Univerzitetu su uspjeli oživiti svoj site. FTP već radi, ali pravi povratak Amineta treba očekivati tek u ponedjeljak. Nabrusite svoje browsere da budu spremni u ponedjeljak. Dobru vezu AmiSurferima želi WARP. [07.11.97] FastIPrefs, NotifyIntuition Iako postoji već duže vrijeme, uploadovi na Aminet su izostali pa dajemo adresu. FastIPrefs 40.36 i NotifyIntuition 3.03 su na FastIPrefs developer siteu. [07.11.97] WARP II uskoro. Uz Božju pomoć, očekujte WARP II u 12 mjesecu tekuće godine. Nagrada za dugo čekanje će biti ako ni╣ta drugo, povećani broj stranica. Počnite pripremati mame i tate da vam daju 20+ kuna za novi WARP II. Oni koji rade će plaćati ekstra cijenu - istu kao i oni koji ne rade. Nagradno izvlačenje će biti tik uz izlazak. ćaljite i dalje svoje glasove i svoje oglase, zasada imamo oko 20-ak oglasa. Warp Credo: Izdržite jo╣ malo! [07.11.97] Planet Aminet je doživio teški raspad sistema Usprkos velikim sigurnosnim RAID super-sistemima za pouzdano arhiviranje podataka, Planet Aminet je doživio spontani raspad sustava. Ne treba očekivati nove uploadove slijedeći tjedan a sigurno i duže. Ako ne╣to budete trebali posjetite alternativne Ogledalne Planete, Paderborn na primjer. [06.11.97] Kako će izgledati nove Amige?! Najćešće pitanje koje postavljaju Amigaši širom svijeta, biti će odgovoreno na najvećem i najspektakularnijem Amiga sajmu Computer 97 (14-16.11, Cologne u Njemačkoj). Petro Tyschtschenko, predsjednik Amiga International najavio je na nedavno održanom MAE (Midwest Amiga Expo) govor predsjednika Amiga Inc. (razvojno-istraživački tim u USA) Ricka Snydera na Computer 97 gdje će biti predstavljena nova arhitektura i poduzeti dosadašnji koraci u razvoju novih Amiga. Sve što saznamo biti će objavljeno ovdje, zato stisnite palčeve i pratite WARP Web!
novosti.359 ljubinko,
>Novi moderator ove konferencije je vpoznanovic. :) Cestitam! (Doduse sa zakasnjenjem, ali nisam bio dugo na Sezamu)
novosti.360 ljubinko,
>Najnovije vijesti i govorkanja o Amigi... Voleo bih da nastavis sa pisanjem ovajvih tekstova. >* Trenutno razvojno-istrazivacki centar u USA (Amiga Inc.) ima petero Ocajno malo!
novosti.362 ldjordje,
Da li neko zna zašto nema Amiga Report-a na Aminet-u? Da li to još postoji? Gde se nabavlja?
novosti.363 vpoznanovic,
Žao mi je što vam u nedostatku slobodnog vremena ne mogu prenijeti sve novosti vezane za Amigu koje su se pojavile u posljednje vrijeme, evo samo onih najvažnijih... Tekst koji slijedi u ovoj poruci vrlo pažljivo pročitajte, on na neki način predstavlja definiciju hardverske budućnosti Amige 1200... BLIZZARD 603e Power Board finally went into production, passes CE approval Oberursel, 2/5/98: Good news for all users of the Amiga 1200 which are looking forward to upgrade their computer to PowerPC performance: The BLIZZARD 603e Power Board finally went into production by end of January, and will start shipping in the second half of February. The finalization of this product, which has been presented to the public already in November 1997 on the Amiga Show in Cologne, had been delayed by some small but tricky design problems that are now solved. Amiga 1200 users can now go for real Power(PC)horses for their machines, too. Phase 5 digital products has changed the product line and the nomenclature of the BLIZZARD 603e Power Board, which will be available in speeds of 160, 200 and 250 MHz. Three major changes should be recognized by all customers: 1. There will be no more 030 version coming out (formerly named BLIZZARD 603e), only the 040/060 version will become available (formerly known as BLIZZARD 603e+). 2. The '+' sign remains and indicates that the board is equipped with a SCSI controller, while the standard BLIZZARD 603e comes without SCSI; this decision has been made to offer a lower-cost entry product. The SCSI controller can not be upgraded later, however; this is a compromise due to the design requirements. 3. The BLIZZARD 603e and 603e+ boards will ship either with a 68LC040-25 (w/o FPU), a 68040-25 (w/ FPU) or a 68060. The new product line looks as follows, with a recommended retail pricing in UK Pounds and US Dollar as follows (prices for the UK incude VAT): BLIZZARD 603e Power Board (Without SCSI-Controller) á á68LC040-25 á68040-25 á68060-50 BLIZZARD 603e UKP 239 UKP 249 UKP 489 160 MHz USD 379 USD 399 USD 769á BLIZZARD 603e UKP 299 UKP 309 UKP 539 200 MHz USD 469á USD 499á USD 869á BLIZZARD 603e UKP 359 UKP 369 UKP 599 250 MHz USD 589 á USD 609 áUSD 979 BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Board (With SCSI-Controller) á á68LC040-25 á68040-25 á68060-50 BLIZZARD 603e+ UKP 289 UKP 299 UKP 529 160 MHz USD 469 USD 499 USD 879á BLIZZARD 603e+ UKP 349 UKP 369 UKP 599 200 MHz USD 569 USD 599 USD 969á BLIZZARD 603e+ UKP 409 UKP 429 UKP 649 250 MHz USD 669 USD 689 USD 1049 Phase 5 digital products has put a marketing focus on the low-end boards with inexpensive 040's and the 160 or 200 MHz PowerPC CPU. "These entry-level products will provide the best price-performance relation, and offer a substantial performance and functionality increase for A1200 users for a reasonable investment" says Wolf Dietrich of Phase 5. "Therefore we will start to ship the 160 MHz versions first, and later the 200 and 250 MHz versions, as we currently have some 9-10 weeks delivery lead time on the faster PowerPC chips." The BLIZZARD 603e Power Board comes along with a complete software demo package, including e.g. a MPEG player that allows for MPEG playback in small resolutions even on the Amiga's AGA standard graphics, and other interesting software. Phase 5 digital products will offer special upgrade conditions for users of a BLIZZARD 1240 T/ERC or a BLIZZARD 1260 Turbo Board; the upgrade offer will be published on Phase 5's website in February, and will also be mailed to registered users during February. Also available on Phase 5's website will be a purchase information for users of 68040/68060 boards from other vendors, who want to obtain a BLIZZARD 603e Power Board. Users of BLIZZARD 1230-IV boards, which had been looking forward to a 68030-based PowerUP board as an upgrade, will also get special upgrade conditions for the 68040-based BLIZZARD 603e Power Boards. The upgrade offer will be published on Phase 5's website in February, and will also be mailed to registered users within during February. Users who have no access to the internet or don't get an upgrade mailing can also contact their local distributor or dealer for the upgrade conditions. BLIZZARD 603e and BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Boards pass CE approval The BLIZZARD 603e and BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Boards, installed into a standard Amiga 1200 desktop system, have passed the CE approval for Class A devices in compliance with the EN55022 standard; this means that both products can be used in standard Amiga 1200 desktops under the condition that the user undertakes necessary actions in case that e.g. radio or television reception in the near surrounding gets disturbed. Such necessary actions would be the use of a shielded case, such as a common tower case for the Amiga 1200, in which the combination of the Amiga 1200 motherboard and the BLIZZARD 603e and BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Boards fully complies to the EN55022 Class B standard. Phase 5 digital products points out that the use of the BLIZZARD 603e or BLIZZARD 603e+ Power Board in a desktop Amiga 1200 may also require the usage of a replacement power supply, which are usually provided with tower cases.
novosti.364 vpoznanovic,
Ako su PPC Blizzardi hardverska budućnost, onda je ovo svakako temelj softverske budućnosti Amige 1200... Haage & Partner News January, 1998 - Storm Products Are Now Ready For Power PC Programming Over the course of the last year and a half we have been preparing our development system for PowerPC-programming. Now that StormPowerASM is finished we can offer you all the necessary tools: StormC for PowerPC, StormPowerASM and WarpUP. This combination provides the programmer with a total package for porting existing software to the new PowerPC based Amigas. The process is simple, quick and efficient. Together with the visual GUI-editor, StormWizard and with StormC for p.OS; the Storm development system allows you to easily create powerful program interfaces and to support the alternative p.OS operating system. Thus the Storm product line places the most modern development tools directly in the hand's of the programmer. It also offers great flexibility for supporting all possibilities for future Amiga development. StormPowerASM for PowerPC The latest member of the Storm family is StormPowerASM, a PowerPC-assembler for Amiga computers. It supports the entire PowerPC instruction set and on top of that offers several hundred extended mnemonics that make programming easier and greatly increase source code readability. It has outstanding macro-abilities and the support of floating-point expressions and -operators prove the high level of this new PowerPC programming system. The documentation describes programming the PowerPC. A list of all macros and directives (featuring extensive descriptions) is also part of the documentation, as well as detailed information on our hardware-layer. StormC 3.0 for PowerPC For some time now the PowerPC add-on for StormC has been available. This enables you to flexibly program the dual-processor boards by phase5 and any future PowerPC-boards. With the extended hunk-format (EHF); mixed-binaries, fat-binaries, and even PowerPC-native shared-libraries can be created. The task of porting already existing software is greatly simplified by this. Investing in this powerful add-on will pay off in almost no time because it saves you a lot of work. WarpUP for PowerPC There is one question software houses are currently asking themselves: does it pay to port a program to the PowerPC? What makes the right decision easier is a software-interface to the hardware which enables PowerPC-software to use future PowerPC-developments from Amiga Inc. or third parties without having to modify the software. This is exactly what WarpUP offers. Through the use of a so-called hardware-abstraction-layer (HAL) WarpUP places a layer between the hardware and the user-applications. This layer enables PowerPC-software to function with any PowerPC-hardware. For every software house this is the starting gun into a new era of PowerPC-development on the Amiga. StormC 3.0 now also for 68k AmigaOS The most important feature of this version is the new project assistant which makes putting together a project with all source code modules and libraries a matter of a few mouse clicks. The updated StormED is now able to manage bookmarks and offers a better way to individually extend the syntax dictionary. In the debugger, the resource-tracking has been improved and the disassembler now is faster, better and more Motorola compliant. The entire instruction set and all addressing modes of the 68k CPUs are supported. This makes the debugging even of hand-written assembly routines and ROM code much easier. StormWizard 2.2 for AmigaOS and p.OS The new version of the visual GUI editor has been completely re-worked. Almost all objects are now displayed significantly faster. On top of that a new compatibility mode ensures that interfaces created using StormWizard can be modified by tools such as VisualPrefs. The fully developed functions of StormWizard 2.2 allow easy and quick creation of complex interfaces which then can be used with AmigaOS and p.OS _____________ HAAGE & PARTNER is the leading manufacturer of Development Systems and Applications for the Amiga family of computers. The Storm series (StormC, StormWizard, StormPowerASM) for 68K AmigaOS, PowerPC (PowerUP) and p.OS provide a powerful suite of programming tools. Our latest project is MERAPI, which will bring the power of JAVA to the Amiga. HAAGE & PARTNER is also the developer and/or distributor of several cutting edge applications including: ArtEffect, PowerEffects, EasyWriter, DrawStudio, Tornado3D and NetConnect. Our mission is to provide the Amiga market with the most effective tools and applications possible. It's not enough to just ask: "Where do you want to go?" At Haage & Partner weare harnessing the power of the Amiga to actually help get you there!
novosti.365 vpoznanovic,
Ovo je spisak proizvođača i softverskih paketa do sada poznatih firmi Phase 5 za koje je najavljena ili je već gotova PPC podrška... PowerUP software and developers Company, Author or Developer Available software or software under development A.C.T Computer A.C.T are planning PowerUP support for Samplitude Andreas Kleinert SuperView Library and more Candy Factory PPC support for Candy Factory is planned ClickBoom Myst - and soon Quake for Amiga with full PowerPC support. ClickBOOM has several PowerUP Developer Boards and plan PowerUP support Cloanto Personal Paint 7 and other products Devine Software AHI will get PPC-Support in 1998 DNS Development BurnIt Explorer 2260 Fantastic game project with PowerUP support, will be distributed by Vulcan Software Haage & Partner StormC, Art Effect Impulse Impulse has announced PPCsupport for Imagine 6.0 IrseeSoft Turboprint 6.0, Picturemanager 5.0 Maxon Computer Maxon has announced PPC support for Maxon Cinema 4D Microcode Solutions Microcode Solutions have received a Developer System and are considering PowerUP support for Fusion and PCx MotionStudios ArtStudio, ElasticDreams Newtek NewTek have received a Developer System and are considering PowerUP support for their software NordicGlobal - Holger Kruse Miami, AmiWin Nova Design Nova Design has several PowerUP Developer systems and is working on PowerUP support in ImageFX and Alladin4D Oberland Reflections 4.0 PPC, Wildfire PPC Omnipresence Have received a Developer Board and plan PowerUP plugins for IBrowse and other developments Osterhues, AndrÚ Page PowerUp programs from the author POV Ray Amiga Working is in progress on the POV Raytracer PPC Version ProDAD ProDAD have received a Developer System and are considering PowerUP support in pOS Quasar Distribution Have received a Developer System and are considering PowerUP support in PCTask Questar Productions Have received a Developer System and are considering PowerUP support in World Construction Set RayStorm 2 Full PPC support for RayStrom2 is planned SAS/C SAS/C for PowerUP - now available! Titan Computer Several games and other software products with PowerUP support Vulcan Software Vulcan Software has received several Developer Sytems and has three teams working on high end games with PowerUP support Warpspeed Oberon Oberon 2 Compiler in development with PPC Support
novosti.366 vpoznanovic,
Iako se to u tekstu nigdje direktno ne spominje, valjda je svima jasno da ovo znači da bi Amigisti uskoro mogli ugledati Netscapeov Communicator i na svojim mašinama! Netscape announces plans to make Next-Generation Communicator source code available free on the Net Bold Move To Harness Creative Power Of Thousands Of Internet Developers; Company Makes Netscape Navigator And Communicator 4.0 Immediately Free For All Users, Seeding Market For Enterprise And Netcenter Businesses MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (January 22, 1998) -- Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today announced bold plans to make the source code for the next generation of its highly popular Netscape Communicator client software available for free licensing on the Internet. The company plans to post the source code beginning with the first Netscape Communicator 5.0 developer release, expected by the end of the first quarter of 1998. This aggressive move will enable Netscape to harness the creative power of thousands of programmers on the Internet by incorporating their best enhancements into future versions of Netscape's software. This strategy is designed to accelerate development and free distribution by Netscape of future high-quality versions of Netscape Communicator to business customers and individuals, further seeding the market for Netscape's enterprise solutions and Netcenter business. In addition, the company is making its currently available Netscape Navigator and Communicator Standard Edition 4.0 software products immediately free for all users. With this action, Netscape makes it easier than ever for individuals at home, at school or at work to choose the world's most popular Internet client software as their preferred interface to the Internet. "The time is right for us to take the bold action of making our client free - and we are going even further by committing to post the source code for free for Communicator 5.0," said Jim Barksdale, Netscape's president and chief executive officer. "By giving away the source code for future versions, we can ignite the creative energies of the entire Net community and fuel unprecedented levels of innovation in the browser market. Our customers can benefit from world-class technology advancements; the development community gains access to a whole new market opportunity; and Netscape's core businesses benefit from the proliferation of the market-leading client software." Netscape plans to make Netscape Communicator 5.0 source code available for modification and redistribution beginning later this quarter with the first developer release of the product. The company will handle free source distribution with a license which allows source code modification and redistribution and provides for free availability of source code versions, building on the heritage of the GNU Public License (GPL), familiar to developers on the Net. Netscape intends to create a special Web site service where all interested parties can download the source code, post their enhancements, take part in newsgroup discussions, and obtain and share Communicator-related information with others in the Internet community. Netscape will also continue to develop new technologies and offer periodic certified, high-quality, supported releases of its Netscape Communicator and Navigator products, incorporating some of the best features created by this dynamic community. The ubiquity of Netscape's client software facilitates Netscape's strategy of linking millions of individuals to businesses. Today's announcements will help to further proliferate Netscape's award-winning client software which today has an installed base of more than 68 million, providing a ready market for businesses using Netscape's Networked Enterprise software solutions and Netscape Netcenter services. Netscape's research indicates that in the education market where Netscape's products are free, the Netscape client software commands approximately 90 percent share, indicating that users tend to choose Netscape when the choice is freely available. Making its browser software free also will enable Netscape to continue to drive Internet standards, maximize the number of users on the Internet, and expand the third-party community of companies and products that take advantage of the Netscape software platform. Netscape has successfully shifted its business over the past year toward enterprise software sales and to revenues from its Web site business, and away from standalone client revenues. In the third quarter of 1997, standalone client revenues represented approximately 18 percent of Netscape's revenue, with the rest coming from enterprise software, services and the Web site. Preliminary results for the fourth quarter of 1997, which Netscape announced January 5, show standalone client revenues decreased to approximately 13 percent in the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter of 1996 by comparison, standalone client revenue represented approximately 45 percent of Netscape's revenue. In conjunction with its free client, Netscape separately announced today that it is launching a host of enhanced products and services that leverage its free client software to make it easy for enterprise and individual customers to adopt Netscape solutions. The new products and services reinforce Netscape's strategy of leveraging market penetration of its popular client software and its busy Internet site to seed further sales of Netscape software solutions in the home and business markets. The new products and services include enhanced subscription and support packages, an investment protection program for Netscape Communicator users, new reduced pricing on Netscape's retail and enterprise client products, new Premium Services on its Netscape Netcenter online service and Netscape SuiteSpot server software upgrades featuring Netscape client software. In addition, the company separately announced the launch of an aggressive new software distribution program called "Unlimited Distribution" to broadly distribute its market-leading Internet client software for free. Unlimited Distribution enables Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), telecommunications companies, Web content providers, publishers and software developers to download and redistribute Netscape Communicator and Netscape Navigator easily with "no strings attached." In addition, beginning immediately, individual users can download Netscape Communicator or Navigator for free, register for Netscape Netcenter and, beginning tomorrow, enter the Choose Netscape Sweepstakes to win exciting travel-related prizes including a grand prize of two all-inclusive, seven-night tropical resort vacations. Individuals can download a free copy of Netscape Communicator client software or the Netscape Navigator browser from the Netscape home page at http://home.netscape.com, or by clicking on any of the thousands of "Netscape Now" buttons on the Internet. Netscape Communicator Professional Edition, which adds features for enterprise customers, will be available for US$29. Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of Netscape Navigator clients, servers, development tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "NSCP," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California. Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com or by calling 650/937-2555 (corporate customers) or 650/937-3777 (individuals). Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation, which is registered in the United States and other jurisdictions. Netscape Communications, the Netscape Communications logo, Netscape Navigator, Netscape SuiteSpot, Netscape Composer, Netscape Messenger and Netscape Communicator are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation.
novosti.367 vpoznanovic,
Ako ne bolji, onda makar ravnopravan sa ostalim profesionalnim paketima za obradu slike na drugim platformama... :) Nova Design Announces ImageFX 3.0 Nova Design, Inc., producers of the award winning ImageFX package and the highly received Aladdin 4D package, are proud to announce that the exciting version 3.0 upgrade to ImageFX is now available! ImageFX has been the required graphics application for all Amiga owners and has been a part of Video Toaster/Flyer owner's toolkits for years. Combining painting, image file format conversion, image processing, and special effects, ImageFX is the undisputed leader in graphics manipulation on the Amiga. "ImageFX 3.0 can be called the 'Users Request' upgrade as it is built upon the input of our users.", says Bob Fisher, Vice-President in charge of sales at Nova Design, Inc. "We've made wonderful changes to the interface, adding instant asynchronous redrawing of your images, larger previews that can be magnified, multiple image windows, real image layers, and many more special effects!" Highlights of ImageFX 3.0 The interface still follows professional standards for the Amiga and the video and film industry with its paintbox style approach. This has been built on in ImageFX 3.0 to allow child menus to remain open for quick access to frequently used functions, larger effects previews that you can zoom in and out of and move around in, font sensitivity, multiple image windows including the ability to open multiple windows for the same image, real image layers that allow you to compose complex composited images that can be modified over and over with ease, and many other improvements throughout. Cross platform connectivity has been a top concern with ImageFX, from its Video Toaster/Flyer support, to its wide range of image file format support for all computer platform image formats. With this new release ImageFX improves its Flyer support and also now gains support for the Photoshop native file format so that layered images can be shared from Photoshop to ImageFX. ImageFX also now directly supports loading, and preserving, color-mapped (CMAP) image data for quick, accurate, conversion of these formats. Special effects have always been one of the touchstones of the power of ImageFX. From the earliest days ImageFX pioneered bringing high-end "Hollywood-style" special effects to the desktop with it's morphing and warping, wire removal, lightning and fire effects. The effects in this release extend this even further! The all-new Clouds module allows you to generate true fractal clouds that can animate their movement and evolve over time, via batch processing, from one form to another. The clouds can be layered to create three-dimensional effects and combine with custom, or supplied, palettes to create wild plasma designs as well. Scatter is an amazing new effect that can shatter an image into pieces as small as a single pixel and blast them apart in many different patterns. This can be used for artistic designs or for dramatic transitions. Also new in ImageFX 3.0 is Splash. Splash uses ray tracing and bump mapping to create liquid simulations of rain, water ski surf, gelatinous wiggles and more. The effect can be batched to animate puddles of rain water and create highly organic transitions. A classic effect from other computer platforms, Pagecurler, has been added as well. This can add a cool curled page effect to the edge of an image or make letters appear to peel off of the page! The true gem in the new effects is called FXForge. FXForge uses simple mathematical expressions that, when applied against each pixel in the image, can create hundreds upon hundreds of new effects. It uses a superset of the same technology used in Adobeń Photoshop's Filter Factoryń plug-in and is completely compatible to formulas for effects created for that package. Due to the overwhelming popularity of these formulas, you can find hundreds, if not thousands, of them available on the Internet. Experienced users can create these as well to extend their toolkit of special effects on their own! Unique to ImageFX's FXForge is the ability to animate the parameters and access ImageFX's swap buffer for transitional effects as well! Ordering the Upgrade The upgrade from the ImageFX 2.0 through 2.6 release is only $79.95 plus shipping. ($5 in the US, $10 elsewhere) Versions of ImageFX prior to 2.0 can be upgraded for only $124.95. You can order via 1-800-IMAGE-69 in the US and Canada or call (804) 282-1157 elsewhere. Orders can also be faxed to (804) 282-3768 or mailed to our address. Preorders are now being taken. ImageFX 3.0 is expected to ship after Febuary 15th! ImageFX will also be available, new, through your local Amiga dealer or via mail order.
novosti.368 vpoznanovic,
Poslije Dooma Quake, poslije Quakea - Descent! Parallax Software Releases Descent Source Code Ann Arbor, MI - Parallax Software, developer of the smash hits Descent, Descent II, and Descent Maximum today announced the release of the Descent source code to the public domain. The source code will be made available as a free download via the Descent Developers Resource (http://www.ladder.org/ddr/) website this Saturday. When asked about the decision to release the source code, Parallax founder and President Mike Kulas had this to say, "We figured a lot of people aspiring to work in the game industry would like to see production quality code. There are two reasons for this. One, you can learn a lot by looking at working code. Two, people will see that you can write a decent game without writing beautiful code." Kevin Bentley, maintainer of the Descent Developer Resources and author of Kahn, has agreed to support this code base through his website at www.ladder.org/ddr. Questions or comments concerning the code may be directed to the previous website. Please do not contact Parallax Software, its employees or its affiliates. Parallax Software Corporation (www.pxsoftware.com) was founded in 1993. Descent (for PC and Mac) was released in 1995. Descent (for Playstation), Descent II (for PC & Mac), and Descent Maximum (for Playstation) were released in 1996. NOTE: All trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
novosti.369 ldjordje,
+-------------------------------+ | [ADN] [Underground] | | | | 11.02.98. | | Ami Mag 14 YU casopis za | | Amiga racunare | | | | Verzija u GUIDE formatu | +-------------------------------+ amag14g.lzx
novosti.370 ldjordje,
Da li neko zna zašto više nema Amiga Report-a na Aminet-u?
novosti.371 ldjordje,
Evo ga AmiMag u LHA pakovanju :) Nego, kako se na atariju čita Amiga Guide format? amag14g.lha
novosti.372 vpoznanovic,
>> Da li neko zna zašto više nema Amiga Report-a na Aminet-u? Zato što u međuvremenu nije izašao ni jedan novi broj. Šaljem zvanično objašnjenje autora, objavljeno baš prije neki dan. Inače, što se tiče tih elektronskih časopisa, tu se bar ne možemo požaliti. Sad ih, što online, što offline, imamo baš dosta. Amiga Report update from Jason Compton Amiga Report delays First off, no, Amiga Report has not been cancelled. We still have all of our Amiga equipment and the same dedication to producing the world's longest running online Amiga publication. The problem as of late has been that the equipment and our schedules have not been compatible with this goal. Shortly before Christmas, in an accident of bizarre proportions, the main Amiga Report 4000T was damaged and put out of commission. It took over 6 weeks to get the problem fixed--which wound up being a fairly simple damaged cable. Since recovering the 4000T, available time to write and produce Amiga Report has unfortunately been scarce. Both Assistant Editor Katherine Nelson and I have been extremely busy. The bad news is that until about mid-June, my time will be pulled in a number of very important and time-consuming directions. So, here's the bottom line. Amiga Report will continue to be produced into the forseeable future. I can't guarantee when our first issue of 1998 will be released. The best guess I can give at this point is "March." I also can't guarantee when 6.02 will follow. April is somewhat unlikely. Late May-early June is more likely. Despite the trend there's no conscious effort to pull back on AR's production--and no, this isn't due to our move to HTML. We don't -want- AR to be quarterly--we never consciously wanted it to be bimonthly, or monthly even--but at times over the past couple years that has been the only way to make it work, so that is how it has worked. Thank you all for your patience. You can stop sending me panic-stricken e-mail now. :) Jason Compton Editor, Amiga Report Magazine
novosti.373 ldjordje,
Hvala Moderatoru na iscrpnoj informaciji ;) Pozdrav, Đole
novosti.374 vpoznanovic,
Opet sam malo svratio do home page-a hrvatskog časopisa za Amigu, Warp... Evo nekih novosti sa Amiga scene za koje su oni smatrali da ih treba izdvojiti... Warp Novosti - Najnovije vijesti i govorkanja o Amigi... [29.04.98] Potpišite peticiju za Amiga RealAudio. Mnogi od nas su danas dobili mail u kojem se traži RealAudio za Amigu. Warp podržava ideju. Kliknite na sličicu ne bi li potpisali peticiju. [24.04.98] Amiga ICQ pred izlaskom. Prestanite mailati. Uspjeli smo na silu. Odgovoreno je. AmigaICQ je sada jako, jako blizu. Prestanite mailati Mirabilisu. [23.04.98] Amiga ICQ pred izlaskom. Sudjelujte svi. Brian Gilbert, autor Amiga porta popularnog internet servisa - ICQ, zatražio je pomoć od svih nas Amigaša u dovršenju AmiICQ-a, (na istom linku možete pogledati screenshotove i vidjeti koliko je posla već završeno). Brian pokušava sklopiti sporazum o realizaciji porta sa Mirabilisom, koji drži prava na copyright ICQ-a. Usprkos obećanju brzog odgovora od strane Mirabilisa, Brian ni nakon 2 tjedna nije dobio nikakav odgovor na svoja traženja, iako je još davno postignut načelni sporazum o Amiga portu. Ukoliko hoćete pomoći da se ICQ pojavi na Amigi, sudjelujte u pritisku mnoge Amigašice / Amigaša, pošaljite mail slijedećeg sadržaja na doljnje 3 adrese: Why have you not replied to Brian Gilbert's Proposal as promised. Why aren't you supporting the Amiga platform. You have a group of people offering to make AmigaICQ for you free of charge while also signing NDA's to assure the security of your protocol and yet you still won't even grant them decent communication to try and negotiate properly with you. Što češće e-mailove šaljite na adrese: sefi@icq.com, yair@icq.com, info@icq.com. Naravno da ovo nećete prepisivati: koristite copy to clipboard funkciju u browseru, i samo paste from clipboard u vašem omiljenom e-mail programu. Tj., sgotovite to u doslovno 2 poteza mišem i standardnim [RCOMMAND][C], [RCOMMAND][V] tipkama, za body poruke i u [To:] polje za adrese. [23.04.98] Amiga Front 4 I dalje objavljujemo informacije o izlasku novih brojeva srpskog Amiga časopisa za igre: Amiga Front. Ovoga puta broja 4. (Klikni na link za download (688kB)). [21.04.98] Power BBS - Amiga BBS! Skrećemo pažnju svim Warpovcima na Power BBS koji postoji još od 1996-e i radi na Amigi 1200 opremljenoj sa 68030/50MHz/10Mb RAM/1.7Gb+1.1Gb HDD/CD-ROM. SysOp BBS-a je Šasa Lovrić, tel. broj BBS-a je 01/6527-512 (22-07h), brzina 33600 bps i FluffyNet adresa 888:1100/0. Od ostalih zanimljivosti izdvajamo izvanredan sadržaj opremljen sa odličnim on-line igrama, raznim informacijama, novostima i ono najvažnije - puno sortiranih i izabranih datoteka! Power BBS također podržava i QWK i BW offline pakete. Podržite Power BBS - neprofitabilan Amiga BBS! [19.04.98] Amiga Front 3 I dalje objavljujemo informacije o izlasku novih brojeva srpskog Amiga časopisa za igre: Amiga Front. Ovoga puta broja 3. (Klikni na link za download (698kB)). [12.04.98] WEAZEL nadmudrio CARNET! Imate li problema sa slanjem pošte preko javnih modemskih ulaza na CARNET-u ili HPT-u? Ti su problemi sada rješeni pomoću malog programčića pod imenom WEAZEL čiji je autor naš Amigaš Nikola Fox (nfox@public.srce.hr). Najjednostavniji način korištenja tog programa je kao eksterni modul drugim mail programima (trenutno je poznat jedino Eucalyptus) koji podržavaju tu opciju čime se može zamijeniti upotreba SMTP protokola za slanje pošte. Trenutno je autor izdao 1.1 verziju i obećao je skori hrvatski prijevod uputstva. Weazel možete skinuti i s Planet Amineta. WEAZEL se takodjer može naći i na Warpovoj kanti . [09.04.98] Novi Photogenics i na PPCu Prema riječima Paula Nolana, autora Photogenicsa, oko svibnja ove godine izlazi novi Photogenics. Uključene su verzije za PPC i 680x0, rad sa animacijama, opcija za skeniranje, efekti u realnom vremenu, novi toolbar, potpuno otvoren API za rađenje vlastitih efekata, itd. Animacijski efekti uključuju: kreiranje vatre u realnom vremenu, bljeskutanja, itd. [02.04.98] Izašao je Wordworth 7 Digita International izdala je nedavno novu verziju popularnog Amiga tekst procesora. Najveće novosti u "sedmici" odnose se na ispravljanje bugova iz prethodnih verzija, kao i dodatak novih i nekih neoprostivo do sada ispuštenih funkcija od čega su posebno značajni linkable text frames, snap to grid, automatic aligment i mnoga druga poboljšanja. Ostale postojeće funkcije, kao i opis mogućnosti samog Wordwortha 6 vjerni su čitatelji koji podržavaju prvi hrvatski Amiga časopis mogli pročitati u samom Warpu. [01.04.98] Tomb Raider za Amigu Puno se priča da je za Amigu portana verzija još jedne popularne igre s PCa: Tomb Raider. Nešto je manje uvjerljiva priča o portanju Duke Nuk'ema. [01.04.98] Novi Amiga Front Tražili ste da objavimo novi srpski Amiga časopis za download: Amiga Front (697kB). Ima zgodnih stvari, manje za ono što bi trebalo biti (igre), ali zato je tu dobar mod.RobertProsinečki. Uživajte. [28.03.98] Izašao je novi CygnusEd Najfriškiji patch za CygnusEd sa v4.2 na 4.14, sa mnoštvom ispravljenih bugova (niste ni znali da ih ima), i dodatnim opcijama. Lista featura je previše dugačka, pa pogledajte sami. [25.03.98] WWWWarp ispoliran Uvažili smo mišljenja i primjedbe mnogih Amigaša, i ispravili stvari koje su Vas živcirale. Muzika na WWWWarpu, naravno, ostaje, jer nas ima puno više kojima se ta koncepcija sviđa. I ubuduće ćemo nastojati mijenjati muzičku podlogu, ovisno o praznicima, i raspoloženju. [26.03.98] Ne bi ja ne Pod stranicom Ja bi ja, uvedeno je dodatno glasovanje za po Vašem mišljenju najgori software za Amigu, pa iskalite svoj virtualni bijes. Uskoro će biti i objavljeni rezultati Vašeg dosadašnjeg glasovanja. [25.03.98] Četiri EIDE - DIY (uradi sam) Imate li 2 harda i CD ROM, i htjeli bi ih spojiti da više ne morate čupati EIDE konektor iz ekstra hard diska u CD ROM? Znate li sami raditi elektroničke pločice (za ovo ne treba biti nikakav ekspert)? Ako je odgovor potvrdan, možete pogledati na Warpovu Kantu za PCB layout vodova. [22.03.98] Od danas WWWWarp objavljuje i Vaše novouređene siteove Pošaljite nam adresu Vašeg renoviranog ili tek uploadanog sitea, bilo na jedan od brojnih formulara na WWWWarpu, ili slanjem Warp e-maila. Ta informacija će biti objavljena i na ovom mjestu. Jedini je uvjet da ste ili Amigaš ili Amigašica. [22.03.98] Važno: molimo, pročitajte Jeste li primijetili frišku stranicu: Hrvamigači? Radi se o stranici na kojoj možete lako pronaći sebe i svoje prijatelje, uspostaviti kontakte s Amigašima iz svoga lijepog grada, itd. Objavljene informacije su date u najboljoj namjeri i sadržavaju samo osnovne podatke o dotičnom Amigašu (provjerite). Stranica može sadržavati neke netočne podatke, kako o Vama, tako i o Vašim kolegerima. Zato molimo sve koji ovo čitaju da provjere podatke, kako o sebi, tako i ostalima kojih se mogu sjetiti, pa ako nekoga ne možete pronaći, ili netko više nije Amigaš, ili vidite neki netočan podatak, javite nam, bilo Warpom e-mailom ili jednostavno, popunjavanjem pripremljenog formulara, kojeg ćete lako naći na dotičnoj stranici. Naravno, stranicu možete cachirati, spustiti vezu, malo bolje pogledati, ispuniti formular, spojiti se nazad, i onda poslati (ako hoćete uštediti telefonske impulse). Nadamo se da ćete nam pomoći, pogotovo jer nam je ovo svima u interesu, bez obzira da li ste nabavili svoj broj Warpa ili ne. [16.03.98] pre\box - phase 5 Amiga klon! Phase 5 je kako se i očekivalo predstavio novo Amiga OS kompatibilno računalo zasnovano na standardnim komponentama i čak četiri PPC procesora planirano za kraj 98-e. Kao osnova za ovakav sustav koristi se već dokazana PowerUP tehnologija i CybergraphX RTG software. Više informacija i impresivne specifikacije mogu se pogledati na pre\box. [16.03.98] Amiga Party u čakovcu se odgađa Iz organizacijskih razloga Amiga Party u Čakovcu se nakratko odgađa za 3-5. travnja ove godine. Više informacija, pitanja, prijedloge o ovom HR-Amiga događaju mogu se dobiti na marko-barbaric@usa.net. [15.03.98] Cut'n paste modul za Magellana Andrew Dunbar, autor mnogih, tj. većine modula za Magellana, složio je ARexx modul: Cut'n Paste koji će svima koji su se razmazili na sličnu Windows 95 cut/copy/paste lister funkciju, značiti mnogo. Modul je potpuno autonfigurabilan, a zahvaljujući intuitionu i odmah raspoloživ. Ha, probajte tako nešto napraviti na Windowsima: običnom copy naredbom, i bez reboota, i sve skupa u 1506 bytes! [10.03.98] IBROWSE 1.20 je definitivno izašao! Da vijest, viješčina koja će obradovati mnogo web-surfera. Eto, pogledajte pod HiSoft, Omnipresence uobičajeno kasni. Ako ne znate dotične linkove, potražite pod pertlama. [10.03.98] phase 5 je licencirao AmigaOS 3.1 phase 5 je s Amiga Int. postigao dogovor o licenciranju AmigaOS-a 3.1. Licenca dozvoljava korištenje AmigaOS 3.1 u budućim PowerUP projektima poput novog samostalnog Amiga modela zasnovanog na PowerUP tehnologiji i AmigaOS-u. Budući da je phase 5 licencirao samo AmigaOS, a ne i AGA čipove novi će Amiga klon biti zasnovan na standadnim komponentama. Osnove za veliki dio hardvera takve Amige su već razvijene (PowerUP PPC kartice, Permedia 2, SCSI) što također vrijedi i za softverski dio (PowerUP i Cybergraphics sistemski softver). Phase 5 izjavljuje da ovako potvrđuje svoju vezanost za Amigu, dok Amiga Int. potvrđuje kako ova licenca znači novi korak prema bržim i moćnijim Amiga kompatibilnim sustavima. [10.03.98] UPOZORENJE svim Warpovcima! Arhiva po imenom ReOrgIt.lha (52279 bytes) na Planet Aminetu sadrži virus koji se aktivira kod pokretanja programa ReOrgIt.exe (60732 bytes) i briše sistemske datoteke "startup-sequence" i "user-startup"! Čuvajte se spomenute arhive! [03.03.98] Blizzardi 603e u prodaji! Konačno je stigao taj dan kada i vlasnici Amiga 1200 mogu unaprijediti svoje "Prijateljice" na PowerPC perfomanse jer su toliko očekivani Blizzardi 603e u prodaji! Kartice su opet doživjele neke preinake u designu, pa sada posjeduju još sofisticiraniji sustav hlađenja (sličan, ali manje masivan onom istom iz Pentium II procesora) skučenog A1200 trapdoora. Cijene Blizzarda kreću se od 649 DM za najslabiji entry model sa PPC603e/160 MHz i 68LC040/25 MHz do 1669 DM PPC603e/250 MHz i 68060/50 MHz za top model. Trenutno još nisu dostupne verzije ovih kartica sa ugrađenim Fast SCSI II kontrolerom. Više informacija o svemu na: PowerUP. [03.03.98] NAJBRŽA AMIGA NA SVIJETU - PPC 604e/233 MHz!! Phase 5 je CYBERSTORM PPC liniju akceleratora obogatio novim modelom sa PowerPC 604e procesorom na 233 MHz! Uskoro se očekuju i sve brže verzije jer Motorola i IBM proizvode 604e procesore sve do vrtoglavih 350 MHz. Više informacija o svemu na PowerUP.
novosti.375 vpoznanovic,
Jedna, za Amigu, vrlo važna novost... Opera Software Announces Development of Amiga Version 13 May 1998 Following the tremendous reponse to its Project Magic initiative, Opera Software AS today announced the development of an Amiga version of its popular browser. The development will be carried out by Reading, UK, based company Ramjam Consultants Ltd, under the leadership of Tim Corringham. "We are delighted to be involved in porting Opera to the Amiga. Opera has an Amiga 'feel' to it even under Windows 95, so I'm confident it will make a high-quality Amiga application, and will offer a degree of commonality with Windows 95 that few applications achieve", says Corringham. "Being a long-time Amiga user myself, it provides me with great pleasure to announce the official development of Opera for the Amiga platform", adds Business Director for Opera Software, Jon von Tetzchner. "It was one of our goals to make Opera available to as many Internet users as possible, and being able to offer an Amiga version not only adds credibility to Opera as an efficient and user-friendly application, but also constitutes a boost to the Amiga platform." "This step is just the logical result of Project Magic, which since its inception has seen several thousands of users pledging their support for Opera for platforms other than MS Windows. The Amiga community has come out in full force, and we are proud to be able to soon offer a product that is as advanced, efficient and frugal as the Operating System it runs on", explains Helmar Rudolph, initiator and manager of Project Magic for Opera Software. Both companies aim at a release date of December 98, just in time for the Christmas shopping season, providing a source of fun and satisfaction for many loyal and die-hard Amiga followers. Opera for the Amiga is expected to support the same level on functionality as its Windows counterpart, thus putting it at the forefront of browsers on the Amiga platform. The price for this version is not yet established, but it is planned to keep it in line with the Windows version.
novosti.376 ventura,
jel ima neko nekie novosti u vezi Amige sa PowerPC procesorom na 200Mhz mozda kupim tu masinu ako je pala cena... (bila je negde oko 7800dem) VeNTuRa
novosti.377 ldjordje,
Ne znam Koja je to Amiga od 7800 DEM ali evo ti neke cene pa vidi da li ti odgovara nešto od toga ... - Blizzard PPC 603E/200 MHZ with Motorola 68060/50 MHZ - 1575 DEM - Blizzard PPC 603E/200 MHZ with Motorola 68040/25 MHZ - 900 DEM - Blizzard PPC 603E/200 MHZ with Motorola 68040LC/25 MHZ - 855 DEM Ovo su sve kartice za Amigu 1200, naravno, ima kartica na 160 MHZ ali vidim da se ti interesuješ za ove od 200 MHZ. Evo cena i za PPC kartice za Amigu 4000: - Cyberstorm PPC 604E/200 MHZ UW SCSI with Motorola 68060/50 MHZ - 1950 DEM - Cyberstorm PPC 604E/200 MHZ UW SCSI with Motorola 68040/25 MHZ - 1950 DEM
novosti.378 ldjordje,
Sad' tek vidim da sam pogrešio cenu za Cyberstorm PPC 604E/200 MHZ UW SCSI with Motorola 68060/50 MHZ - 2500 DEM Inače su cene iz oglasa junskog broja Sveta kompjutera ... Da ne ispadne da reklama :)
novosti.379 vpoznanovic,
Preporučujem čitanje od kraja poruke... Warp Novosti - Najnovije vijesti i govorkanja o Amigi... [23.09.98] Projekt ČELIK Inicijativa PowerPC podrške na Warp Web stranicama prerasla je nakon konzultacija uredništva u projekt pod imenom ČELIK koji će inkorporirati kompletnu hardversku Amiga podršku uključujući i već prije najavljeni WARP PowerPC Station. Zahvajujemo svima koji su glasali i tako pokazali interes za jednu ovakvu inicijativu. Prvi rezultati ove nove rubrike na Warp Webu vidjeti će se u slijedećim tjednima. [23.09.98] Amiga OS 3.5 (PPC) je u radu... Gary Peake (predstavnik ICOA - važne institucije koja stoji između Amiga Inc. i developera i Amiga korisnika) izjavio je kako trenutno dvije kompanije razvijaju Amiga OS 3.5. Prva radi 68k, dok druga PPC verziju, kao i da će se dvije kompanije najvjerojatnije na kraju udržiti u nastojanju da ujedine svoje verzije i tako ponude Amiga OS 3.5 kako za PPC tako i za 68k Amiga korisnike. Gary Peake također izjavljuje i da je PPC logičan korak i izbor za sve Amigaše dok se za oko dvije godine ne pojave nove Amige s MMC procesorom posebno uzevši u obzir trenutno jačanje PPC opcije kao jedinog izbora kojim se Amige mogu nositi s konkurentskim računalnim platformama. Kao dokaz za to Gary Peake navodi brzo rastući izbor programa za PPC kartice, podršku za iste i činjenicom da je životni vijek današnjeg računala oko dvije godine što PPC kartice čini vrlo isplativom investicijom do nove Amige. [23.09.98] IO Blix I/O kartica Nova Amiga kartica koju proizvodi RBM Computertechnik nudi četiri super-brza serijska porta kao i (napokon!) dva EPP/ECP kompatibilna paralelna porta!. Dodatni moduli su u planu. [17.09.98] WARP PowerPC Station Zahvaljujući velikom interesu i pitanjima vezanih uz phase5 PPC kartice koji jedan specifičan Warpovac dobiva svaki dan u velikim količinama trenutno razmatramo da WARP Webu dodamo još jednu rubriku pod imenom WARP PowerPC Station (ime je još diskutabilno i postoji velika mogućnost promjene) koja bi predstavljala svojevrsne odgovore na često postavljana pitanja o phase5 PPC karticama, PowerUP i WarpUP sofwareu i svemu ostalom vezanom uz Amiga PPC kartice. Ova najava je samo ispit da li za jednu takvu rubriku u Warp Webu uopće ima dovoljno interesa. Svoje glasove u vezi ovog prijedloga šaljite na doozanic@public.srce.hr. Realizacija ove nove WARP Web rubrike ovisi isključivo o broju zainteresiranih vlasnika ili budućih vlasnika PPC kartica. [08.09.98] Izašao je AMIGAstorm 3! S ponosom Vas obavještavam da je izašao AMIGAstorm3. AS3 možete skinuti sa Amineta pod imenom Astorm3.lha. Evo popisa što čete sve naći u 3. broju: NAJAVE: Fubar, Great Nations, Tales of Tamar, Trauma Zero, Virtual Ball Fighter, ACSYS, Escape Towards The Unknown, Putty Squad, Gunbee F-99, Construction Space Station 3000, Hard Target, Expansion, Exor - The Extreme Ordeal Max Rally, Gord, Daydream, igre u pripremi NOVOSTI: Digital Images, CU Amiga Magazine, 6th Sense Investigation, Megavision Digital Dreams Entertaniment, Napalm Demo, Lambda, ostalo OPIS: Foundation INTERVIEW: Marble Eyes Development, Alastair Murray AS HELP: Genetic Species, Dark Seed Obavezno napišite mail na sanjin@mailcity.com o tome što mislite, podrškom, prijedlozima.... [07.09.98] QuakePPC (AGA) na 20 fps! Warp istražuje najnoviju verziju piratskog porta Quakea za PowerUP kartice i dobiva rezultate od čak 20 fps u full screenu za BlizzardPPC/603e/200MHz na sporoj AGA grafici, odnosno oko 41-46 fps za CyberStormPPC/604e/200MHz sa CyberVisionPPC grafičkom karticom bez upotrebe bilo kakvog 3D ubrzanja i sl. Prvi port Quakea na spomenutoj je BPPC kartici na početku je davao samo 9.8 fps. QuakePPC upotrebljava multiprocesorsku osobinu dualnih PPC kartica i upotrebljava 68k procesor za chunky-to-planar konverziju grafike odnosno PPC procesor za izračunavanje Quake 3D enginea tj. oba procesora rade paralelno! [01.09.98] Amiga Inc. i WarpUP za AmigaOS 3.5 PPC Steffen Haeuser, jedan od poznatih zagovornika i suradnika WarpUP PPC kernela koji izdaje Haage & Partner izjavio je kako je Amiga Inc. donijela odluku o upotrebi WarpUP kernela za novu verziju AmigaOS-a 3.5 koji će raditi izvorno pod PPC procesorom. Spominje se isto pismo upućeno objema najjačim Amiga PPC tvrtkama (Haage & Partner, phase5) u vezi ponovno "oživljenog" AmigaOS-a 3.5 PPC. Također, naglašava se da će više informacija biti dostupno slijedeći tjedan. [29.08.98] Ekskluzivno: PowerPC 68k emulacija! Sam Jordan, programer WarpUP PPC kernela eksluzivno za WARP otkriva prve informacije o misterioznom 68k PPC emulatoru koji izdaje Haage & Partner. Novi emulator je 99% završen (trenutno je u beta fazi) i spreman je za prve demonstracije. Emulira se kompletan 68040 (što uključuje MMU i FPU). Prvi neoptimizirani rezultati brzine kreću se na CyberStormPPC 604e/180 MHz u rangu 68040 na 25 MHz. Autor također naglašava da rezultati ovise o tipu aplikacije. Vrlo intenzivni računski zadaci izvršavaju se sporije dok memorijski intenzivni programi rade puno brže. Također Sam Jordan naglašava da bi emulacija bi bila još brža kada bi PPC kartice imale na raspolaganju L2 cache. Usporedbe radi, 604e/200 MHz otprilike je dvostruko brži od 603e/200 pri čemu treba uzeti u obzir da CyberStormPPC kartice imaju i 64-bitnu memorijsku sabirnicu (dvostruko brža od one u BlizzardPPC karticama). [29.08.98] Amiga Writer & VideoFX 2 Haage & Partner napokon izdaje svoj toliko hvaljeni tekst procesor Amiga Writer uz novu verziju VideoFX-a! Demo verzije spomenutih programa mogu se pronaći na spomenutom URL-u [29.08.98] Stižu Wasted Dreams i Napalm Ove dvije visoko kvalitetne igre trebale bi se uskoro naći u prodaji. Napalm je real time strategija u stilu Dune 2 ili C&C-a, a izdati će ju poznati clickBOOM. Pre-release demo može se skinuti sa Napalm (Oprez! Veličina = 6.5 MB). Demo izgleda vrlo dobro, iako je za igranje u visokoj rezoluciji potreban prilično jaki procesor, a ni grafička kartica nije naodmet. Wasted Dreams je proizvod hrvatske grupe Digital Dreams Entertainment (site bi trebao biti završen ovih dana), a izdati će ga Vulcan Software. Radi se o arkadnoj avanturi (nešto kao Flashback s pogledom odozgora), izvanredne grafike i posebno animacija likova. Kompletan govor u igri je digitaliziran (na engleskom), a važno je reći da će se igra vjerojatno moći kupiti i u Hrvatskoj i to po povlaštenim cijenama. Obje igre bi trebale biti završene tokom 9. mjeseca, i obje se isplati naručiti unaprijed zbog nižih cijena i nagradnih igara. Dodatne informacije naći ćete na prilož1enim URL-ovima. [21.08.98] Amiga Inc. - supertajni razvojni detalji! S obzirom na dezinformacije o novoj Amigi i AmigaOS-u 5.0 koje svaki dan poprimaju nove razmjere Amiga Inc. je odlučila na jedan poseban način učiniti dostupne supertajne dokumente o razvojnom planu koji trenutno izvršava Amiga Inc. Dokumenti su dostupni samo cjelokupnoj Amiga zajednici jer se da bi dobili URL dotičnih planova s prezentacije prikazane na AmiWest Amiga sajma u Sacramentu morate autorizirati na Poruka Amiga Inc. Amiga zajednici. [21.08.98] Be Inc. demantira Amiga glasine Predsjednik Be Inc. Jean-Louis GassÚe zanijekao je bilo kakvu vezu novog Amiga OS-a 5.0 i Be Inc. što uključuje i bilo kakvu vezu Be Inc. s Gatewayom. Predsjednik posebno naglašava Be Inc. neće kreirati AmigaOS niti će bilo kakva veza API-a dvaju operativnih sustava biti moguća, kao niti lak zadatak te na kraju zaključuje kako AmigaOS ne treba ponovno kreirati jer je isti od samih početaka odličan. Cijeli tekst možete pročitati na Be newsletter. [21.08.98] Nova Design izdaje ImageFX 3.2 Upgrade Jedan od najboljih Amiga image manipulation programa dobio je svoju najnoviju verziju. Nova verzija eliminira sve probleme uočene do sada, podršku za BMP i JPEG podformate, dodatne AREXX komande, podršku za HP SCSI ScanJet i poboljšanu podršku za Epsonove skenere itd. Update na 3.2 može se naći na Nova Design. [21.08.98] Megavision - PRESS RELEASE Megavision nažalost prkatično prestaje s podrškom za Amigu u Hrvatskoj. Ostavljena je samo podrška za velike korisnike. Kompletnu izjavu za javnost pročitajte na Megavision PRESS RELEASE [17.08.98] AmigaStorm 2 AmigaStorm je HTML magazin posvećen igrama za Amigu. Do sada su izašla dva broja, koja se mogu u obliku arhive skinuti sa Amineta (samo umetnite "AmigaStorm" u Aminet search. U ovom magazinu naći ćete prilično svježe i aktualne vijesti o igrama u pripremi, opise igara i rješenja (u broju 2 kompletno rješenje Mysta na hrvatskom!). Nakon što pročitate AmigaStorm, svakako javite autorima što mislite, jer im je svaka reakcija dragocjena, a ako imate dara za pisanje, rado će primiti Vaš prilog. [17.08.98] GAMES GAMES GAMES! U zadnje vrijeme bilježimo izlazak dviju komercijalnih igara - Double Agent (kvalitetna prerada poznate logičke-arkade Spy Vs Spy) i Ultra Violet Worlds Vorlons sofware (jednostavna i teška 2D svemirska pucačina). Zanimljivo je da su obje igre istovremeno izašle i u PC verzijama. Ovo ljetno doba plodno je za najave, o kojima više za nekoliko dana, a do tada Vas upućujemo na AmigaStorm 2 s najavama igara iz 7. mjeseca, od kojih još niti jedna nije ugledala svjetlo dana. Prva od "većih" igara koje se očekuju u skorije vrijeme je Wasted Dreams, mješavina strategije, avanture i akcije, u izdanju Vulcan Software-a. Koliko za sada znamo, veći dio igre napravili su hrvatski programeri, grafičari i muzičari, a po nekim glasinama, to bi moglo značiti da će se igra kod nas moći kupiti i po izuzetno povoljnim cijenama. [17.08.98] Foundation dobio hrvatsku lokalizaciju! Jedna od trenutno najpopularnijih Amiga igara - Foundation, konačno je dobila (nakon engleske, njemačke i francuske) i hrvatsku lokalizaciju. Hrvatski je prvi od "manjih" jezika koji je dobio potpunu lokalizaciju, što je zaista hvale vrijedno. Plod je to truda Mladena Ilišinovića, člana udruženja Amiga prevoditelja - ATO. Ovaj dodatak za Foundation možete naći na Aminetu ili na službenim Foundation stranicama s podrškom: Foundation support. [13.08.98] Izašao je WarpUP 3.1! Haage&Partner izdao je svoju najnoviju verziju PPC kernela koja rješava novonastale probleme sa najnovijom verzijom phase5 PowerUP kernela. WarpUP je sada potpuno kompatibilan sa svim BlizzardPPC karticama uz dodatak podrške za CyberVision i BVision grafičke kartice. Vrlo je važno da svi vlasnici PPC Blizzarda ne zaborave dodati 2 kao env varijablu u Terminator env datoteci! [13.08.98] Tornado 3D V2.0! Izašlo je također i novo izdanje sve popularnijeg 3D programa Tornado koji u svojoj 2.0 verziji donosi i poboljšanu PPC podršku! Više inforacija na Tornado 3D. [13.08.98] StormMESA - OpenGL na Amigi! Najveća softverska Amiga tvrtka Haage&Partner ne posustaje i poboljšava trenutno najbolju Amiga implementaciju 3D API-a OpenGL pod imenom StormMESA. Demoi (68k i PPC) i informacije dostupni su na StormMESA. Ova OpenGL implementacije vrlo je važna za Amiga 3D kartice poput phase5 CyberVisionPPC i BVisionPPC. Minimalni zahtjevi za 68k verziju su 68040 (sa FPU) ili 68060 kao i puno RAM-a. Neki od AGA kompatibilnih modova zahtjevaju i ROM 3.1. [09.08.98] Planet Aminet - starost fileova kod http browsanja Od nedavno na glavnom Planet Aminet siteu, prilikom browsanja direktorijima i upotrebljavanjem search enginea, vidi se i starost fileova u arhivi. Izuzetno korisna opcija, pogotovo za nove Amiga korisnike, i one koji dugo nisu pregledavali recent listu. Warp zna mnoge koje će to oduševiti. [07.08.98] Nove pojedinosti o AmigaOS 5.0 Fleccy Moss, jedan od programera novog AmigaOS-a otkrio je neke pojedinosti o novom AmigaOS-u 5.0. OS će se sastojati od potpuno novog kernela sa potpuno novim API-em pisanim u C-u. Uz dodatak tradicionalnih sistemskih obilježja biti ce dodane i nove poput OpenGL-a i drugih priznatih industrijskih standarda integriranih u sam OS. Kao razlog za kreiranje novog kernela i API-a navodi se nemogućnost jednostavnog dodatka nekih bitnih obilježja koja ne posjeduje trenutni AOS, a koje nije moguće jednostavno dodati na neke dijelove strukture sadašnjeg AOS-a nego ih je brže i efikasnije ponovno kreirati. [07.08.98] Uskoro Fusion PPC i PCx PPC! Korisnička baza PowerPC Amiga kartica se uspješno razvija i postaje sve brojnija zbog čega je Microcode Solutions ipak odlučio razviti PPC verzije poznatih emulacija Macintosha i PC-a. Blittersoft već u svojoj ponudi nudi 68k verzije i punude za PPC upgrade: Fusion PPC, PCx PPC. Posebnu važnost za PowerUP kartice ima Fusion PPC jer se time praktički širom otvaraju vrata svim PPC programima i igrama rađenim za Power Macintosh. Za sada je Linux PPC jedini vanjski OS koji radi na PowerUP sustavima kojemu se sada uskoro pridružuje i PPC MacOS. [04.08.98] Amiga Front 6 Izašao je šesti broj Amiga Fronta prvog, jedinog i samim tim najboljeg Srpskog magazina u "multimedijalnom" Guide izdanju! Magazin sadrži opise aktuelnih 3D igara, dosta najava koje su popraćene slikama, specijalnu rubriku AF Zona, Varanja za skoro sve igre koje počinju na slovo "D" dosta dobre muzike unutar časopisa itd. Ne propustite ovo fenomenalno izdanje! [02.08.98] Izašao je Ibrowse v1.22 Samo toliko, kada doznamo detalje o stvarima što donosi ova inačica, javiti ćemo. [02.08.98] MMC i dalje tajna.... Amiga Inc. ne namjerava odati ime proizvođača i projektanta misterioznog novog MMC čipa koji će biti vitalni dio buduće AmigeNG sve do siječnja 1999-e. Očito se radi o direktnom naputku matične MMC kompanije koja se ne želi kompromitirati sve do "zadnjeg trenutka". [02.08.98] Amiga Inc. demantira i daje nove informacije Amiga Inc. i Gateway demantirali su proturječne informacije poput one da će IBM kupiti Gateway ili da će Be Inc. kupiti Amiga Inc. Također, proizvođač MMC čipa nije Intel niti drugi proizvođači Intel kloniranih procesora (AMD, Cyrix) niti će se sa developer only Bridge Amigom isporučivati bilo kakav Microsoft softver. Bill McEwen razotkrio je Amigin marketingški plan za 1999-u koja će očito biti ključna za Amigu i biti temeljena na iznenadnom i strelovitom osvajanju tržišta tj. na tvz. BANG efektu. Uz nisku cijenu otkrivene su i neke minimalne specifikacije novih NG Amiga: Real-time 3D rendering, HDTV/RGB/PAL/NTSC do rezolucije 1920x1080, MPEG-II dekodiranje, Dolby, skalabilnost multipliciranjem multimedijnih procesora, 56k modem, PCI kontroler, native Java itd. Misteriozni MMC imati će istovremena 4 MPEG-II dekodera i sposobnost brzine od čak 400 miliona teksturnih bit mapiranih pixela u sekundi (1.2 GB/s). [02.08.98] Phase 5 demantira zle glasine Wolf Dietrich, predsjednik i osnivač Amiga kompanije phase5 odlučno demantira glasine o tome da će phase 5 bankrotirati u slijedećih 3 mjeseca. Također naglašava da se sve PowerPC kartice proizvode i prodaju u očekivanim količinama. Izlazak CyberVisionPPC i skori izlazak (12.08) BVisionPPC grafičkih kartica za PowerUP kartice to dokazuje. [02.08.98] Testovi brzine i fotografije CyberVisionPPC kartica! Na novootvorenim CyberVisionPPC Web stranicama može se usporediti dotična kartica sa starijim ZORRO modelima, dostupne su i detalje fotografije kao i detaljne informacije i linkovi kompanija koje su proizvele grafički procesor ugrađen u CyberVisionPPC grafičku karticu. Čip na kojem se temelji CyberVisionPPC je Texas Instruments TVP4020 koji se sastoji od licencirane Permedia 2 tehnologije razvijene od strane kompanije 3DLabs.
novosti.380 ldjordje,
Imam utisak da ce bivsi Amiga korisnici, koji nisu imali strpljenja za ovako spektakularan povratak Amige, i napravili "greh" prelazeci na PrC - Kante, polako ali SIGURNO poceti da se vracaju svojoj prvoj i nezaboravnoj ljubavi ... ;)
novosti.381 vpoznanovic,
Evo jedne važne vijesti... News from MAE: Amiga Inc. Reported to Support OS3.5 Update for Classic Amigas -From Gary Peake, of Team AMIGA It is official!!! Amica Inc. announces OS3.5 with P5 PPC board support will be done by the first half of '99! It was not announced however, whether the OS3.5 upgrade will use the P5 or H&P PPC software. Developed in combination with a lot of Amiga developers, OS3.5 Upgrade will use the current 3.1 roms and will be a CD ONLY release! There will be no PPC version, however PPC support will be included using either P5 or H&P PPC software, as stated above. Highlights concerning the OS3.5 upgrade: * RTG Support * RTA Support * CDFS Support * New Interface Plus bug fixes and updates to several areas of the OS Purposes of the OS3.5 upgrade is to support all the advanced hardware/software that is on the Classic Amiga market and to allow developers to code for a higher spec Amiga Classic. This will open the door for more and better software and hardware for the Classic Amiga while giving developers more transition time into the NG Amiga! There will also be a full Classic OS3.5 emulator shipping with the NG OS so we can all start buying software again secure in the knowledge that it will be supported and runnable with the NG Amiga! This 3.5OS upgrade and the promise of full emulation in the NG Amiga will smooth the transition for all Amiga users to the NG Amiga. In the next week or so, a website will go up especially for OS3.5 and Amiga Inc will begin releasing information on the upgrade to the Amiga press. More details about OS3.5 will also be released in Cologne. We are told that the highlight of the show thus far for Bill McEwen is the modeling convention going on in the same hotel! 400 female wannabe's apparently provided fodder for some of the oldest chat up lines in the book as Amiga guys attempted to entice the young ladies into discussions about Intuition and Peeks and Pokes. Joe Torre, in his own enduring style, showed up in a giant sumo outfit and ran around the lot persued by security. Not to be outdone, Rick "The Canadian's Are Coming" Giannini of Asimware flattened Amiga Inc's Darreck Lisle several times without even putting on his sumo suit! Another grand demonstration of why the Amiga community MUST keep one step ahead of society (and the law!). Courtesy of Team AMIGA Columbus Reporters ... permission to repost is hereby granted as always. -- Gary Peake gpeake@wt.net Team AMIGA http://web.wt.net/~gpeake/ babylon.beyondirc.net #team*amiga --
novosti.383 ldjordje,
Evo nekih novosti sa Warpovog sitea ... Warp Novosti Najnovije vijesti i govorkanja o Amigi... [05.10.98] AmigaOS 3.5 informacije Nakon više od 5 godina AmigaOS će napokon dobiti novu verziju, čime Amiga Inc. ipak potvrđuje da neće tako lako otpisati sadašnje Classic Amige. Cijeli projekt koordinira Amiga Inc. zajedno sa dvadesetak Amiga kompanija. AmigaOS 3.5 službeno! podržava phase5 PPC kartice, pa će u skladu s time biti uključen phase5 ili H&P PPC sistemski softver. Još uvijek nije poznato da li će biti odabran jedan od kernela ili oba čime bi taj izbor pripao samom korisniku (veći izbor PPC programa). Novi će OS3.5 koristiti postojeće 3.1 ROM-ove i biti će distribuiran samo na CD-u!. Od ostalih novosti u OS3.5 izdvaja se napokon standard za RTG i RTA tako da će dodatne grafičke i audio kartice imati jedan službeni standard, standardna CDFS podrška i novi interface (ovdje se očito misli na grafički interface - GUI), kao i popravak svih dosadašnjih bugova iz OS3.1 čime bi se riješili mnoštva patcheva koji se danas koriste. Amiga Inc. navodi kako je svrha ovog updatea podrška za sve napredne hardverske i softverske proizvode za Classic Amige, kao i ujedinjavanje službenih standarda čime bi se ojačala Amiga i omogućila lakša tranzicija na AmiguNG budući da AmigaOS5.0 u sebi sadržava kompletnu emulaciju Classic Amige. U slijedećim tjednima Amiga Inc. će izdati kompletni Web site namjenjen AmigaOS3.5 koji će sadržavati sve informacije o OS3.5, pa čitatelji Warp Weba sve ove ovdje priložene informacije mogu potvrditi tek kada prava službena izjava bude dostupna na Amiga Inc.. [01.10.98] status: činjenica... Amiga nema tvz. "Year 2000 problem" :-) Kao što to i priliči jednom naprednom OS-u kakav je AmigaOS, Amiga nema problem sa prikazivanjem i računanjem datuma kada nastupi 2000-a godina (i kada taj sindrom zahvati i uzdrma čitav PC svijet!) :-) Kada nastupi 2000-a godina Amiga će oblik skraćenog datuma koji će tada uslijediti prikazati kao 01-Jan-00 s tom razlikom da će AmigaOS tada "znati" da se radi o 2000-oj godini (za razliku od DOS i Windows platforme i pripadnih programa koji "misle" da je upravo nastupila 1900-ta godina). AmigaOS to postiže pomoću posebnog računanja vremena kojoj je baza 1978-a godina (prvi datum koji se pojavljuje kod uključenja Amige bez ugrađenog sata). Ako su zadnje dvije znamenke u formatu datuma (recimo 98 za 01-sep-98) veće ili jednake 78 tada se uzima godina 1900-ta + 98 što daje 1998-u. Ako je ta brojka (recimo 01) manja od 78 (što je slučaj s godinama 2000-om i poslije) tada se uzima godina 2000-ta + 01 = 2001. Jedini problem postoji na Amigama s AmigaOS-om 1.2 i 1.3 gdje je potrebno samo zamijeniti postojeću setclock komandu s novom koja se može naći na Amiga Inc. home pageu. Amige sa svim ostalim novijim verzijama OS-a (2.0-3.1) ne trebaju nikakve modifikacije. Amiga Inc. stručnjaci su ipak ovom savršenom sustavu ipak zamijetili neke nedostatke (poput recimo ugrađenih satova u Amige koji znaju brojiti samo do 99) tako da će postojeće verzije AmigaOS-a prve probleme dobiti tek 2046-e godine, nakon toga 2077-e (1978+99=2077) i na kraju 2114-e godine. Vrlo je teško zamisliti ijednu postojeću Amigu u upotrebi 2046-e godine tako da se Amigaši o čuvenom "Year 2000" problemu zaista nemaju o čemu brinuti! :-)
novosti.384 bellamy,
Pre svega Vlado hvala na odgovorima. Ono do cega sam uspeo da dodjem je sledece: PowerPC604e na 350 MHz sa 32KbI+32KbD keshom ima sledece rezultate: SPECint95........ 14,60 SPECfp95......... 9,00 MIPS............. 629,00 PowerPC603e na 240 MHz sa 16KbI+16KbD keshom: SPECint95........ 6,40 SPECfp95......... 5,30 MIPS............. 338,40 MC68060 na 50 MHz : MIPS............. 75,00 INTEL Pentium II na 350 sa 16KbI + 16KbD L1 + 512Kb L2 keshom: SPECint95........ 13,90 SPECfs95......... 9,64 MIPS............. 534,61 Sto se tice brojki stvari stoje ovako. Doduse Pentium II je u prednosti jer koristi dodatni 512Kb kesh. Mozemo pretpostaviti kakvi bi rezultati bili kod PC603e-604e da im se doda L2 cesh. Na osnovu ovih rezultata mozemo naslutiti u kojoj je meri AMIGA sa PPCturbo kartom spremna da emulira Pentiuma. Ako se uzme u obzir da se prilikom EMULACIJE MEKINTOSA ne gubi monogo u brzini onda se u buducnosti moze ocekivati i veoma kvalitetna emulacija POWER mekintosa. A koliko je sam POWER MAC spreman da emulira PENTIUMA prosudite sami iz faila koji je prikacen za ovu poruku. Autor dole prikacenog teksta napominje da je na svom Mekintosu (PowerPC604e+512Kb na 200MHz) ostvario emulaciju PENTIUMA 100MHz pomocu emulatora VirtualPC. Moja pretpostavka je da AMIGA1200 + PPC603e na 240MHZ moze da ostvari performanse PENTIUMA 60MHz. Da li vredi odvojiti 980 DEM za PPC603e240MHzTurboKarticu ??? AKO neko ima IBrowse 1.22 i najnoviju verziju Voyagera neka posalje. HVALA. test.txt
novosti.385 vpoznanovic,
Još jedan šok za Amiga zajednicu! Još jedna potpuno neočekivana najava koja je juče stigla direktno od predsjednika firme Amiga! Neću ništa komentarisati, pročitajte i sami donesite svoj sud. Za one koji nisu u toku, prekjuče je QNX objavio tekst u kojem se navodi da su komponente njihovog naprednog operativnog sistema, QNX Neutrino Realtime OS mikrokernel i Photon microGUI grafički interfejs, u završnoj fazi izrade i da će uskoro biti spremne za ugradnju u Amige nove generacije, kao što je najavljeno sporazumom sa Amigom postignutim prošle godine. Naveli su njihove impresivne karakteristike i pozvali na saradnju sve zainteresovane za razvoj softvera. Međutim, evo juče saznajemo da čelnici Amige imaju drugačije planove... Jim Collas' open letter to the community Linux Announcement Dear Amigans, After months of research and in-depth discussions with all of our technology partners we have decided to use Linux as the primary OS kernel for the new Amiga Operating Environment (OE). I know this decision is a shock to many of you given the previous announcements and activities relative to QNX. This was a very complicated and difficult decision to make and I assure you that I didn't make this decision without a significant amount of research and deliberation. We have been researching Linux since February but didn't finalized our decision until several weeks ago. We were planning to communicate it to the Amiga community in the technology brief that will be released in the next few days. I am pressed to communicate the Linux decision before the technology brief because of information released by QNX in the last few days. This information had not been reviewed or approved for release by Amiga. In light of our Linux decision, this information is confusing and misleading so I would like to take the time to clarify the situation. I can't disclose any details of the Amiga/QNX discussions because of legally binding confidentiality agreements but I can talk to you about our decision to use the Linux kernel. I think that you will agree that this is the right decision once you understand the reasons for this decision. Before I continue, I should mention that our technology decision does not reflect negatively on QNX. I believe that QNX is a good company with great technology. I just believe that Linux gives us a better chance of executing our plans successfully. The decision to use QNX as our OS partner on our next generation multimedia convergence computer (MCC) was made late last year. When I took over as president of Amiga in February of this year, I initiated an in-depth review of existing Amiga plans and decisions. As president of Amiga I had to make sure that we were defining a strategy and an execution plan that would allow Amiga and the Amiga community to be successful. We reviewed our strategy, architecture decisions, technology partners, and execution plans. During this review period we also added a number of very talented and experienced people to help us finalize our technology and product decisions. I am confident that we now have a solid and exciting plan that people can have confidence in. Linux has been picking up substantial momentum over the past year as a viable, open OS alternative in the marketplace. This momentum, the growing commitment to Linux applications from a wide variety of software vendors, and the growing availability of Linux device drivers from hardware vendors, makes it a compelling candidate. Additionally, with all of the significant component suppliers putting resources on writing drivers for Linux it was difficult to get them to port to yet another operating system. Using the Linux OS as a foundation for our Amiga OE allows us to leverage a significant amount of available software drivers and utilities. This allows us to quickly support multiple graphics cards and other peripherals. Given the above-mentioned advantages, we decided to do an in-depth technical analysis of Linux to determine if it was a suitable OS kernel for our new Amiga operating environment (OE). As we ported parts of our higher level operating environment and AmigaObjectTM architecture to Linux, we discovered some significant performance advantages in the Linux kernel in areas such as distributed object messaging across a network (up to 10X the performance of Windows NT). Although Linux configurations can be very large in size, the core pieces of the Linux kernel are actually very small and efficient. In considering hardware requirements we also found companies working on hardware components that were optimized for the Linux kernel. Additionally, Linux is probably the most stable operating system available in the market. After months of in-depth research we were confident that we could build an extremely exciting next generation Amiga based on the Linux OS kernel. Does this mean that the next generation Amiga will not be unique? Absolutely not! Remember that the OS kernel is only one component of the new Amiga OE and the hardware is unique. The revolutionary nature of the Amiga OE is in the way it extends the traditional operating system to provide a host environment for a new class of portable applications ľ applications that exist in a pervasive networked computing environment. We will be integrating multiple technologies including an efficient windowing environment and a unique user interface. In summary, we decided to use Linux because of the incredible momentum and the fact that it is solid technology and a good foundation for our new Amiga OE. Additionally, the Linux community is an impressive force that we should be aligned with. We share many common values and objectives with the Linux community. Using Linux as our OS kernel allows us to build a unique and revolutionary operating environment while leveraging the enormous momentum of Linux. The soon to be released technology brief will further explain our architecture and plans for integrating all of the selected technology. Once you read it, I am confident that you will understand the revolutionary nature of the next generation Amiga. I assure you that Amiga and the Amiga community will be a driving force behind the next computer revolution. Sincerely, Jim Collas President, Amiga
novosti.386 vpoznanovic,
Ovo je poruka iz newsgrupe comp.sys.amiga.misc kojom je Jim Collas odgovorio na najavu QNX-a... Jim Collas' note to the newsgroup regarding QNX From: Jim Collas jim.collas@amiga.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: QNX announcement is misleading Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 06:10:33 GMT I am not very happy with the QNX announcement. This announcement was neither reviewed nor approved by Amiga. Several weeks ago we made a decision to use the Linux OS kernel instead of QNX. We were planning to communicate this decision to the Amiga community in the technology brief to be released in the next few days. I know this is a shock to many people given the previous announcements and activities relative to QNX. I apologize for the way this is being communicated but I have been put in an awkward position. The formal announcement will be on the Amiga web site within 12 hours. Please read this for more information. After months of research and in-depth discussions with our technology partners we decided to use Linux as our OS kernel for the new Amiga Operating Environment (OE). This was a very complicated and difficult decision to make and I assure you that I didn't make the decision without a significant amount of research and deliberation. We have been researching Linux as an alternative for several months now but a final decision wasn't made until a few weeks ago. Once you understand the reason for the decision, I think that you will agree that it is a good decision. Linux has picked up a significant amount of momentum in the last year as an viable alternative OS. In talking to the key component suppliers it was clear that they were all putting resources on supporting Linux. It was difficult to convince them to support yet another OS kernel. Using the Linux kernel allows us to leverage a significant amount of software from the Linux community. Given the momentum, we decided to do an in-depth technical analysis of Linux. As we ported parts of our higher level OE and AmigaObject architecture to Linux for testing, we discovered some significant performance advantages in the Linux kernel in areas such as distributed object messaging across a network (up to 10X the performance of Windows NT). This is a strategic performance advantage for our new environment. Although Linux configurations can be very large, the core Linux kernel and services are actually quite small and efficient. We have also identified hardware components that are being optimized for Linux. I am convinced that we can build an incredibly impressive next generation Amiga based on the Linux OS kernel. We are integrating a significnant amount of technology to make the Amiga unique yet we will still be able to leverage drivers and also some applications. In many ways, it's the best of both worlds. Our soon to be released technology brief will further explain our architecture and plans for integrating all of the selected technology. Once you read it I am confident that you will understand the revolutionary nature of the next Amiga and the reason why we have a great opportunity to drive the next computer revolution. As for QNX, I can assume that they aren't happy that they didn't get the Amiga opportunity and they decided to confuse the issue. Regardless of what QNX announces, the Linux OS is much more mature and supported. It's unfortunate and I apologize again for how this got communicated. I look forward to getting feedback on our technology brief. I also look forward to sharing more of our plans at WoA and AmiWest and seeing some of you there in person. Jim
novosti.387 vpoznanovic,
A evo kakva je bila reakcija QNX-a na najavu Jima Collasa... Where do we stand? Eight months ago we were chosen by Amiga as their foundation OS partner. Our development group was thrilled to be part of the rebirth of such an innovative product. To meet the challenge we knew it would take a tremendous effort on our part. We had a team of people in place working on our part of the Amiga NG soon after the alliance was announced. Over the next few months we involved more and more of our engineering resouces towards making QNX an advanced multi-media platform. Our investment so far has been significant. These are costs we have born ourselves. It is clear today from Jim's letter that we were not chosen for the next generation Amiga. Naturally we're disappointed. So, where do we stand now? It is not our intent to confuse the Amiga community. We are proud of what we have accomplished and want to include Amigans in what we've achieved. I did make a promise to deliver an operating system and I intend on keeping that promise. I don't want to split the community, nor do I wish to engage in a war of words. I don't ask you to "trust" me or to take me at my word. Both QNX and Amiga have promised to deliver technology into your hands in the very near future. I ask only that your assessment of QNX be based on what we do and what we deliver. Thanks for the overwhelming support we have received so far. Dan Dodge CTO, QNX Software Systems
novosti.388 vpoznanovic,
I na kraju članak CNET Newsa, napisan u svjetlu najnovijih zbivanja, koji se bavi budućnošću firme Gateway 2000 i njenim pokušajem da Amiga tehnologiju učini pokretačem nove kompjuterske revolucije... Gateway's Amiga prepares for return By Jim Davis Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 9, 1999, 5:15 p.m. PT Direct PC maker Gateway appears to be revving up a strategy for decidedly un-PC like "information appliances" through its independent subsidiary, Amiga. Gateway's purchase of Amiga in 1997 mystified many in the computer industry. Amiga's time in the spotlight had long since passed, although it still had many devotees using it for its advanced multimedia capabilities. Two years later, however, the plan is beginning to take shape. Software for inexpensive TV set-top boxes and Internet appliances, including projects based around the Linux OS, will soon start to emerge from Amiga, which will license its intellectual property to hardware makers. Prototypes and reference designs are coming too. Amiga has also been quietly building its executive ranks, recruiting both high-level Gateway employees and former Apple technology experts. The company is looking to add still more hardware and software engineers to architect what it calls a next-generation computing platform that it hopes will revive its fortunes. But more importantly, a revived Amiga will dovetail with Gateway's overall strategy to embed itself into every aspect of the Web. With Amiga's designs, Gateway gets an entrÚe into the nascent market for information appliances, ranging from wireless tablets to kitchen countertop gadgets with Net connections to digital set-top boxes and televisions. "Our main focus is to come up with a new operating environment focused on the emerging information appliance market," said Jim Collas, president of Amiga and the former senior vice president of Product Development and Management for Gateway. The revival process began earlier this year. Collas came over from Gateway proper in January. Since then, the company hired a new COO from Allied Signal, and a new chief technology officer, Rick LeFaivre, who once was a vice president for Apple Computer's R&D group. Another hire just this month includes Jim Miller, another former Apple employee, who will oversee development of a new user interface for devices using Amiga technology. All of these new employees are eventually going to move into a new headquarters just down the road from the Gateway headquarters in San Diego, where they are currently housed. All of the hubbub around Amiga comes at a time when revenues from PCs is decreasing on a near continuous basis. Forrester Research is predicting that consumer PC spending will peak at around $19.9 billion this year and then wane as alternatives such as intelligent TV set-top boxes and other electronic goods such as MP3 players become more prevalent. Gateway has already been working to transform itself from a PC provider to a service provider. Gateway now offers Internet service to its customers and sells third party peripherals and software through its own shopping service to further bolster margins. With Amiga, the company can get into the potentially huge device market, which may come to eclipse PCs in terms of sales and ubiquity. "Gateway is in a great position to have continued success in the PC market because of its direct relationship with customers. But, information appliances will challenge PC market growth," said Collas. Gateway sees Amiga as a strategic, but separate, venture. "Disruptive technologies are best handled by independent subsidiaries that have the autonomy to make aggressive decisions. The speed that we are moving can't be duplicated by large companies, even though Gateway is the least bureaucratic company I know of." Where Amiga is headed Collas is only willing to give a vague outline of Amiga's direction. And mostly, the trickle of information is being opened to appease Amiga's loyal adherents, who likely will form the first group of people willing to buy and write programs for its next generation products, Collas said. One project is a technology called AmigaObjects, which is similar in concept to "device language" technologies being developed by a host of companies such as Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and Sony. With it, any device on a network can offer up its abilities to another device and share the task of processing commands. AmigaObjects will first run on Linux, which is gaining traction as an alternative operating system for embedded devices, said Collas. "There are lots of companies that have technology targeted at this vision, but few are pulling all of it into a single comprehensive environment," he offered. Amiga is not trying to reinvent the wheel, he said. The company will use Java and work with Sun's Jini, Sony and Philip's Havi, and Microsoft's Universal Plug and Play. However, its homegrown technology will get everything to work together in an easy-to-use fashion. See related story. "The future is integrating technology, not making building blocks," Collas said. Concept drawings of potential information appliances that could be powered by Amiga technology are already posted on the company's site. Actual functioning models will be publicly shown later this month, although they will largely be concept designs to help hardware licensees and software developers. A major effort to show off this technology will come around November, about the same time the company has said it will offer up a "multimedia convergence computer" for die-hard Amiga fans. Eventually, the technology will show up in digital televisions, set-top boxes, and other devices, Collas hopes. And that's where Amiga might be able to showoff its true colors, analysts say. Despite its age, the Amiga platform offers some inherent advantages for a television environment, analysts say. Because it can handle several tasks at once, unlike Microsoft's Windows 98 or Windows CE operating systems, Amiga is well suited to multimedia environments with simultaneous audio and video. In addition, Amiga works well with high-resolution monitors and television screens, according to Richard Doherty, president of Envisioneering Group. "Ten years ago, Amiga was way ahead of its time," Doherty said. Maybe now the industry is catching up with Amiga, but only time will tell how the new strategy will play out. Gateway's vision Amiga's plans for the info appliance market, it should be noted, are being executed independently of Gateway. So what is Gateway's take on non-PC devices? "Our view of world is that we think the PC is very much alive and will be for some time. We do see an opportunity for Internet appliances; we are absolutely interested in being in that market." Jeff Weitzen, president of Gateway, said in an interview with CNET News.com in May. In Gateway's vision of the networked home, a home server connects to the Internet and sends information out to other devices. These servers could be based on PC technology--Intel processors and Microsoft's Windows operating system--but could send around voice, video and other data to a variety of devices that use other kinds of chips and operating systems, including Linux. Weitzen hinted that Gateway might offer its first information appliances in 2000, although the company may also be merely acting as a distributor for products developed by others--a category which, technically, could be filled by Amiga. Initially, though, Gateway is expected to emphasize sales of home networking technology, and not every whiz-bang device that could possibly be made. "We would hope to have Gateway build information appliances based on Amiga technology, but they are not obligated to do so," said Collas. In fact, Amiga's very success depends on signing up as many companies as possible, so Gateway would only be one of many, if Collas has his way.
novosti.389 vpoznanovic,
Dok s jedne strane firma Amiga svojim iznenađujućim odlukama budućnost naše omiljene mašine iz dana u dan čini sve neizvjesnijom, s druge strane firma phase5, ne obazirući se na ono što vlasnici Amiga tehnologije misle i rade, dosljedno i vrlo efikasno sprovodi u djelo ono što je zamislila i najavila, polako postavlja standarde i pridobija korisnike... Update on the Next Generation G3 Product for the AMIGA from phase 5 digital products July 6, 1999: The recently announced G3/G4 project is now already in it's finalization stage. During the past six weeks, we have reviewed the overwhelming response of the Amiga community, and the large number of requests from many users in regards to design features. At the same time, we have been checking the latest developments in the industry, which have opened up some new opportunities. Based on these new possibilitites, we have made some conceptual changes to the design of the CYBERSTORM G3/G4 and the BLIZZARD G3/G4 boards which we will outline hereafter. A major change of the design of both boards is that we have decided not to integrate SCSI and IEEE-1394 on the products as standard, and therefore reduce the base prices of the products (we will make add-ons available, and have also added other features, as you can read below). We have decided to do this, as we found out that many customers have very different demands. For example, many have been asking for implementation of the U2W SCSI interface ľ even for the BLIZZARD G3/G4 board ľ which is more expensive and would later also cause significant additional cost to the user in respect to cabling and adaptors. On the other hand, other customers may only want to connect some older legacy SCSI devices and would be happy with a cheap 8-Bit SCSI port. Some other may not need SCSI at all, but want to pay the lowest possible price for the step into the G3/G4 generation. Consequently, we have decided to offer base boards without specialized I/O functionality, but with the option for customized configurations. The good news is, that the CYBERSTORM G3/G4 as well as the BLIZZARD G3/G4 will both have PCI slots already on board, which will allow to connect PCI add-ons directly. In order to make the boards fit into the same Amiga systems as the earlier CYBERSTORM PPC and BLIZZARD 603 boards, we will be using Mini-PCI connectors, on which PCI modules in the new Mini-PCI standard can be installed. This design allows the users to connect Mini-PCI add-on cards directly to the CYBERSTORM G3/G4 as well as the BLIZZARD G3/G4, without the need to spend money for a PCI bus expansion or to worry about mechanical integration of such a board. Developers, as well, can easily use either common Mini-PCI cards and write drivers for those, or quickly design new Mini-PCI cards with standard PCI chips. Another change is the usage of standard SO-DIMMs (SDRAM) as they can be found on modern notebooks, which also allow to design the boards in very compact form factors, thus making the CYBERSTORM G3/G4 fit into all A3000 and A4000 desktop and tower models (with fully installed memory and Mini-PCI cards), and make the BLIZZARD G3/G4 fit into most A1200 tower cases on the market and in use. As an integrated standard I/O port, the CYBERSTORM G3/G4 as well as the BLIZZARD G3/G4 will also have two USB ports to connect a fast growing number of inexpensive devices. phase 5 digital products will also be offering some cost-effective MiniPCI add-on modules. We have a number of options which add-on boards for I/O purposes may be developed by us, and which will be quickly realized depending on the actual demand. It may be noted that these options include those functions which were originally considered to be on-board, and are now simply moved to an optional MiniPCI card. The currently planned, optionally available modules include: - An U2W SCSI controller w/ internal 68pin port and active termination, for a net retail price of EURO 150 or US$160 - An Ultra SCSI controller w/ internal 50pin port and active termination, for a net retail price of EURO 80 or US$90 - An Ultra-DMA IDE/ATA controller 66MHz with 2 ports (to support 4 devices) for a net retail price of EURO 80 or US$90 - An IEEE-1394 Controller with 2 ports at 400Mbps, for a net retail price of EURO 100 or US$110 For any of these modules, a minimum order quantity of 250 units must be reached, in order to justify the software and hardware realization. If for any of these modules this quantity can not be reached, we will inform all customers who have ordered this option. Customers can now - in the updated ordering form - order these boards to be shipped with their BLIZZARD G3/G4 or CYBERSTORM G3/G4 board. These boards phase 5 digital products will also offer a next-generation gfx board for the new accelerators. This new board, the CyberVisionNG, is currently planned to - incorporate a blazing fast 2D/3D graphics chip, with a powerful 128bit 3D engine - feature a maximum resolution of 1920x1200x32 @ 72Hz - offer full video acceleration to support full-screen, full-frame DVD playback and will be priced at EURO 180 or US$ 190 with 32 MB of local memory (net retail price based on the memory prices of July 1999). With the large amount of local memory for display and textures, it will provide highest performance and impressive 3D capabilities which have not been available on the Amiga ever before, at a most attractive price point very close to that of common PC products. A word on G4 versions: It seems today that with the initial release of the BLIZZARD and CYBERSTORM G3/G4 boards, the G4 processors may not be shipping in quantities. But it is even more important that support of the improved features of the G4 processor by Amiga software applications, developers and tools will take time, and it is very unlikely that wider support of these features ľ which the Amiga users would benefit from ľ will be realized before early next year. Because of this reason (and yet undetermined pricing and available frequencies), we have decided to remove the G4 offer from the product list right now. We believe that the time for the G4 will come in the year 2000, after Amiga developers have implemented G4 support into software applications, and availability and pricing of the G4 processors makes them an even more attractive choice than in the very near future. Remember, both the BLIZZARD and the CYBERSTORM G3/G4 have a socketed processor module, which will allow for easy upgrading - and phase 5 digital products will offer attractively priced G4 modules as soon as the G4 processors are shipping in quantities. To summarize the features of the BLIZZARD and CYBERSTORM G3/G4, here are the updated technical specifications and prices: BLIZZARD G3/G4 for A1200 Tower systems - PowerPC Accelerator board for Amiga 1200 Tower Systems A1200 form factor base board with a 288-pin ZIF processor socket (interposer standard) which accepts common G3 processor modules (as well as future G4 processor modules) - Up to 1 GB main memory on two banks, using standard notebook SDRAM modules (100 MHz SO-DIMM type) - Two standard MiniPC connectors, plus one PCI expansion slot for either a third PCI device or an active PCI expansion Two independent 12Mbit USB channels on board with outlet for external connection - Two MByte Flash-ROM - Ships including all necessary system software, ready to run existing Amiga 68k and PowerPC applications - Full compatibility with and acceleration of all major Amiga PPC applications - 2 years limited warranty on parts and labour Suggested net retail prices (excl. any local taxes or VAT): With 300MHz G3 processor w/ 1MB backside cache: EURO 640.00 (Europe) or US$ 670.00 (outside Europe) With 400MHz G3 processor w/ 1MB backside cache: EURO 890.00 (Europe) or US$ 920.00 (outside Europe) Discounted preorder net price (excl. any local taxes or VAT): (includes free worldwide postal delivery) *Available to all customers who place an order for a G3 products before August 10, 1999, under the conditions of the preorder program With 300MHz G3 processor w/ 1MB backside cache: EURO 560.00 (Europe) or US$ 580.00 (outside Europe) With 400MHz G3 processor w/ 1MB backside cache: EURO 770.00 (Europe) or US$ 790.00 (outside Europe) CYBERSTORM G3/G4 for A3000(T) and A4000(T) - A3000(T)/A4000(T) compatible form factor base board with a 288-pin ZIF processor socket (interposer standard) which accepts common G3 processor modules (as well as future G4 processor modules) - Up to 1 GB main memory on two banks, using standard notebook SDRAM modules (100 MHz SO-DIMM type) - Two standard MiniPC connectors, plus one PCI expansion slot for either a third PCI device or an active PCI expansion - Two independent 12Mbit USB channels on board with outlet for external connection - Two MByte Flash-ROM - Ships including all necessary system software, ready to run existing Amiga 68k and PowerPC applications - Full compatibility with and acceleration of all major Amiga PPC applications - 2 years limited warranty on parts and labour Suggested net retail prices: With 400MHz G3 processor w/ 1MB backside cache: EURO 890.00 (Europe) or US$ 920.00 (outside Europe) Discounted preorder net price: (includes free worldwide postal delivery) *Available to all customers who place an order for a G3 products before August 10, 1999, under the conditions of the preorder program With 400MHz G3 processor w/ 1MB backside cache: EURO 770.00 (Europe) or US$ 790.00 (outside Europe) The release is getting closer any day! The development is currently right on track, and we plan to start shipping the preordered BLIZZARD and CYBERSTORM G3/G4 boards in early September. If you have not yet placed an order for one of these stunning new products, please keep in mind that the preorder discount will only be granted to all orders which we receive until August 10, 1999. If you had placed an order already, please renew your order with the updated order form and the new options, and mail or fax it to us (all customers who have placed an initial order by email will also receive a notification to do so; please note that - due to the many changes in the products and prices - all orders which were placed by email prior to July 8, 1999, are void). All rights reserved. Specifications and prices are subject to change without prior notice. All prices are net retail prices without any local VAT ot other sales taxes which may apply.