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Issue 18
Summer 2004
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Features
• AmiGBG Show Report
Reviews
• Hollywood Designer
• Pegasos II
• MicroGoldEd
• SoundFX 4.3
• KVM Switch
• CrossFire II
Support
• MPlayer Tutorial
• C Programming Tutorial
part 3.
OS 4 Pre-Release
Kicksoft
News
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Editorial
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Amiga Forever 6
Issue 18
Summer 2004
W
elcome to another issue
rare beast, but AirsoftSoftware’s
new Hollywood Designer
definitely qualifies as a member
of that elusive species. Designer
is a graphical multimedia
application that can be used to
create presentations, slideshows
and even simple programs with a
whole host of impressive
graphical effects. Find out what
Designer can do and how well it
does it in my review on page 18!
Cloanto’s neat Amiga emulation
package, Amiga Forever, has
been updated to version 6, which
you can find reviewed on page
28. Version 6 is available in an
on-line (downloaded) or CD
edition. Interestingly the CD has
a number of extras including the
ability to boot a PC directly from
the disc without needing
Windows. Unfortunately our copy
of the CD didn’t arrive in time for
the CD features to be included in
my review so I will publish an
addendum covering that
functionality in the next issue. I
should express my thanks to
Cloanto for supplying us with a
review copy.
In a strong support section this
month Dave Pitcher has come
up trumps with another part of
his in-depth “C” tutorial. In my
PDF tutorial you can find out
how to create output that can be
viewed on almost any operating
system from most Amiga
applications. Finally Sam Byford
has contributed a handy tutorial
on playing DVDs and other
movies with the MorphOS port of
mPlayer.
You may notice in the “next
issue” box inside the back cover
that we’re expecting issue 19 to
take four months to complete
(meaning it should be published
in early November) instead of
the three we normally plan. This
is because I will be away on
holiday (in Canada) for just over
three weeks during the
production period so I don’t think
we’ll make the normal production
schedule.
I hope you enjoy the magazine
and look forward to hearing any
comments or suggestions you
send in.
Robert Williams
editor@totalamiga.org
of Total Amiga which, as
usual, is packed with items from
a wide range of contributors.
This issue we finally have some
concrete news on OS 4 to report
with the release to early-bird
customers of the Developer Pre-
Release on CD. These long-
awaited discs let AmigaOne
owners finally use their
machines with the OS for which
they were built and try out some
of the features we’ve been
talking about in our OS 4
features for the last few issues.
Whether you’re an AmigaOne
owner and have your CD or
haven’t yet taken the plunge we
hope you’ll find our special
edition of OS 4 Update
interesting. For AmigaOne
owners we have included details
of how to update your flash-ROM
as required to run OS 4 and
some tips on how to get the most
from the pre-release. For others
we cover some of the new
features that have been included
on the pre-release CD. OS 4
development did not stop with
the pre-release so we also look
at some of the features still
under development that will be
included in the final version.
On the other side of the pond
that is the Amiga community, we
have a review of Genesi’s latest
hardware release, the Pegasos II
PPC motherboard with G4 1GHz
CPU card. Paul Rezendes
reviews the board for us,
approaching it as a new user
coming from a “classic” Amiga
background.
Sometimes it’s good to hear a
different point of view, so I was
interested to receive an article
from new contributor Mark Smith
stating his strong opinions on the
Amiga market place. It certainly
gives some food for thought for
companies and organisations
that would see Amigas and
Amiga-compatibles as
successful products in the wider
market. As usual if you have any
comments on anything published
in the magazine then please
send them in, I will include a
selection of responses in a
letters section.
In the current Amiga market, a
brand new application is a pretty
News
Editorial............................. 3
News Items........................ 4
Features
AmiGBG Show Report...... 9
Amiga OS 4 Update........ 12
Micro AmigaOne.............. 17
Reviews
Hollywood 1.9 and Designer
......................................... 18
Pegasos II....................... 24
MicroGoldEd.................... 26
Amiga Forever 6.............. 28
CrossFire......................... 30
SoundFX 4.3................... 32
KVM Switch..................... 36
Support
Mplayer............................ 38
Creating PDFs................. 42
C Programming............... 46
Fast Amiga Emulator and
Connectivity Package for Windows
• Fast JIT emulation.
• Amiga runs in a window or in full screen mode.
• Amiga Explorer for Amiga connectivity.
• Fully licensed Picasso96 software.
• All Amiga ROMs up to version 3.1.
• Includes: Personal Paint 7.1b Directory Opus 5.5
(courtesy of GPSoftware), TurboText
• Boot directly from the CD into Amiga emulation without
needing Windows installed.
• Additional content including: The Deathbed Vigil and
Jay Miner Speech are on the CD.
• Plus much more.
Version 6
£40.00
Upgrade from V. 5
£25.00
Choose From our Wide Range of Great Titles!
Graphics
Drawstudio
This excellent package is avaliable
once again! On CD and includes
Texture Studio & Image Studio.
£35.00
Moovid
Play AVI, Mov and QT files on your
Amiga©. Comes on CD
.
£12.00
Metaview
The best Clipart viewer on the
Amiga©. Comes on CD with clip art
images.
£18.00
Mediapoint
Multimedia presentation tool on your
Amiga.
£40.00
Next Issue....................... 51
Colour screenshots etc... 52
Misc
SoftCinema
PPC AVI, QT and Mov player. On CD
with example Movies.
£9.00
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AmigaWorld.net............... 37
Audio Evolution............... 41
DiscreetFX.................8 & 35
Forematt.......................... 45
Kicksoft.............................. 2
Nova Design.................... 11
Diavolo
The best backup program on the
Amiga©. Comes on Floppy disk.
£50.00
Photogenics 5
This excellent Graphics package by
Paul Nolan. Comes on CD.
£70.00
TaskiSMS
Send Text Messages to mobile
phones from your Amiga! Supplied
on CD.
£12.00
AMP 2
PC Mpeg, CD-i and DVD player. The
only way to play DVDs on the
AMIGA.
£18.00
PhotoFolio V2
The professional way to view,
catolouge and manipulate your im-
ages.
£30.00
Image Engineer
Great Image manipulation program.
Add effects to images e.g. Jigsaw.
£25.00
Candy Factory Pro
Create 3D Text from any standard
font and use them on web pages etc.
£35.00
FxScan
The only Scanner software that offers
OCR on the Amiga today!!
£30.00
GoldEd
The best Editor, Program Editor,
HTML Generator on the Amiga.
£30.00
Internet
Inet Dial
Home server on your Amiga©., in-
cludes Apache and Geek Gadgets.
£40.00
Turboprint 7.21
Use modern printers with 24 bit out-
put! The quality is astounding.
Full £40.00
Upgrade £25.00
Make CD (DAO version)
CD writing software. Compatible with
most CD writers/rewriters.
£50.00
OS 3.9
Latest operating system for the
Amiga. Comes on CD.
£30.00
Art Effect 4
Billed as “Photoshop® on the Amiga”.
Excellent graphic package. Comes
on CD.
£39.99
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AWeb Upgrade
Excellent web Browser. Upgrade from
OS 3.5 or OS 3.9. Comes on Floppy.
£30.00
Aminet
Latest Aminet disk or the latest
series. Gigabytes of Amiga Software.
Single £14.99
Series £29.99
FxPaint
With over 70 effects this is a superb
addition to any software collection.
£60.00
Utilities
PFS 3
The fastest and safest file system
avaliable, up to 300 times faster than
FFS.
£35.00
Spitfire 2
If you have a 3com Palm© or com-
patible then you need this program!
Comes on CD.
£25.00
Players
Moovid PPC
PPC version with both WARPUP and
POWERUP versions. Comes on CD
£18.00
VHI Studio
Connect digital Cameras to your
Amiga and so much more!
£30.00
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Summer 2004
3
News
News
Amiga OS Sold
Bytes...
SongPlayer it Again
Bytes...
StatLine
Everybody was
Demo Writin’
SongPlayer is a name familiar to
many Amiga users who found it
the best MP3 player for systems
without a PPC accelerator or a
sound card. However a few
years ago development dried up
when Stéphane Tavenard left the
Amiga scene. Last year the
development was taken up by
Mathias Parnaudeau Nicolas Det
and a MorphOS native PPC
version was released. This
version has been regularly
updated and with the latest
release (1.62 at the time of
writing) there are now versions
for MorphOS, AmigaOS and
Amithlon.
Changes since Stéphane’s last
release include:
• MorphOS native version (uses
AHI only).
• Ogg Vorbis file support
(MorphOS only).
In a surprise announcement,
made just after the last issue of
Total Amiga hit the door mats,
Amiga Inc. said that they had
sold the “Classic Amiga
Operating System” including
AmigaOS 4.0 and all subsequent
releases to KMOS Inc., a
company previously unknown in
the Amiga community. Even
more surprising was the
disclosure in Amiga Inc’s press
release that the agreement had
actually been entered into with
Itec LLC on April the 23rd, 2003
and had not been announced at
the time. Itec was later acquired
by KMOS leading to the end
result we report today.
It seems that the acquisition will
have little or no effect on the
forthcoming release of Amiga
OS 4 for consumers. Hyperion
have welcomed the acquisition
and reassured their customers
that the new OS will be released.
Gary Hare, the CEO of KMOS,
has said that they will honour the
agreement signed by Amiga Inc.,
Hyperion and Eyetech at the
World of Amiga South East show
in November 2001.
Amiga Inc. stated that the reason
for the sale was to allow them to
concentrate their activities on the
AmigaDE and Amiga Anywhere
products which they will retain
along with the Amiga name itself
(which we assume will be
licensed for use by KMOS).
Since the announcement in
March we haven’t heard much
more from KMOS, although we
understand they are active
behind the scenes.
AmigaWorld.net did conduct an
interesting interview with Gary
Hare which gives a bit more
information about him and his
company (see the link at the end
of this news item).
Every sign is that Amiga OS 4
development is going ahead full
steam with the release of the
pre-release in June and many
other elements in the very active
development. Take a look at our
major AmigaOS 4 update feature
on page 12 for further details.
Read the official press release
at:
www.amiga.com/corporate/
150304-amigaos_sale.shtml
The Gary Hare interview:
http://amigaworld.net/modules/
features/index.php?
op=r&rev_id=50&cat_id=3
We all like to see our system
specs on show to the world
and some information like
memory usage and CPU load
can actually be useful! Now
MorphOS users have a way to
show off with the release of
StatLine. As the name implies
this tiny utility displays system
statistics in a slim MUI window
on the Ambient desktop. The
format of the information is
highly configurable with a wide
range of variables available
including the following types:
• Memory
• Tasks
• CPU load
• Versions
• CPU type
• Computer type
StatLine is freeware and can
be downloaded from:
www.christianrosentreter.com/
releases/tools.php
Karate Fighter (K-Fighter from
now on) is a new utility that
enables you to create demos
with complex graphic and
sound effects using a
straightforward scripting
language. A finished script is
saved into a text file and can
be distributed with the with the
K-Fighter executable and any
images and sound files used.
Unlike many classic demos, K-
Fighter supports a wide range
of Amiga hardware from a
68030 AGA machine with no
FPU right up to an ‘060 with a
graphics card. It also works
well on emulators such as
UAE and Amithlon, and works
under emulation on OS4 and
MorphOS too. The demos you
create can be run on a variety
of screenmodes (K-Fighter
either picks the closest mode
to the size you specify or it
can show a screenmode
requester) for maximum
compatibility.
A wide range of special effects
are supported, including a
real-time 3D engine that was
added in the last release
(0.99). New effects can be
added as plug-ins so even
hardcore demo coders could
use KFighter as a framework
on which to build their own
unique effects and routines.
The KFighter package
includes a tutorial and
example scripts to get you
started. The program is
freeware and can be
downloaded from:
www.k-fighter.net
SongPlayer 1.62 running on MorphOS.
• Compact disc title editor.
• Reduced CPU usage with 68K
decoder.
• Many bug fixes.
SongPlayer is freeware,
download the latest version for
your platform from:
http://amigadev.free.fr/songplayer
Peeking Through the Papyrus
PageStream Hits the Big 5.0
Titan have released some new
screenshots (some of which you
can see on this page) of their
forthcoming port of ROM
Logicware’s office suite, Papyrus
office. Papyrus features a
powerful word processor with
many modern features including
MS Word import and export. The
program’s table features also
enable it to be used as a
spreadsheet. Also in the
package is a database program.
Previously only announced for
MorphOS, Titan will now be
making an AmigaOS 3.5/3.9
version of the suite, the system
requirements for the two
versions are: MorphOS 1.4.2,
128 MB RAM or Amiga OS3.5 or
3.9, Mui 3.8, 48MB RAM,
Graphicsboard running Cybergfx
or 100% compatible, 68040 CPU
or higher.
For more details of Papyrus
office, visit Titan:
www.titan-computer.com/
ami/papyrus/index.html
or ROM Logicware:
www.rom-logicware.com
The Amiga’s premier desktop
publishing application is about to
receive a boost as Grasshopper
has announced PageStream
version 5 and 5 Professional.
PageStream is the fully featured
DTP program used to produce
Total Amiga.
New features in PageStream 5
include:
• Alpha Blending for Text and
Objects
• Picture Transparency
• Text Widow and Orphan
Control
• Definable Printer Marks
• Path Reverse, Flatten and
Smooth
• Hanging Bullets, DropCaps
and Number
• New Duplicate Objects Method
import the PDF as accurately as
possible which results in some
editing limitations and the
second that groups text into
easily editable blocks but may
change the format somewhat.
In version 5 the Pro edition is
further differentiated with the
following new features (amongst
others):
• Place PDF Objects
• Automatically Adjust Text Width
to Justify
• Gradient/Radial Blend Masks
for Pictures, EPS, PDF and
Drawings
• Path Math: Union, Add, Unique
and Subtract
PageStream 5.0 releases for
AmigaOS 68K and MorphOS are
expected to be available by the
time you read this. Grasshopper
are also committed to producing
an AmigaOS 4 native version but
at the time of writing a release
schedule was not available.
A full copy of PageStream 5.0
costs $99 (£55 approx.) and the
Pro version is $149 (£85),
various upgrade and crossgrade
(between platforms) deals are
also available. For full details
and to order on-line visit the
Grasshopper website:
www.grasshopperllc.com
The Pro version (introduced at
release 4.1) includes plug-ins
that were previously available at
extra cost (TextFX, Gary’s
Effects and Borders) and a PDF
document filter. This filter
enables PDF documents to be
loaded into PageStream for
editing, a feature not previously
available on the Amiga and
usually requiring expensive
specialist software on other
platforms. The PDF filter has two
modes, one of which tries to
Papyrus Office
running on
MorphOS. Above
a table is used as
a spreadsheet.
To the left is the
database module. Right is a MS Word document imported into the wordprocessor.
TOTAL
AMIGA
Summer 2004
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5
News
News
Work Those Disks
Video Present and Future
Web Bytes...
With the OS 4 Pre-release
out now, I thought we would
have a look at two new sites
aimed at OS 4 users.
Web Bytes...
Stephen Fellner has released
several updates for Riva, his
highly optimised MPEG video
player for 68K Amigas, taking
the program up to version 0.50
at the time of writing. The new
version includes AHI support so
a video’s audio track can be
heard using a 16bit sound card.
Riva can now display its output
in a Window on all systems,
previously this was limited to
Amigas with a graphics card that
supported Picture in Picture such
as the Picasso IV. Further
optimisations are also included
to make Riva even faster and
several bugs have been fixed in
the new version too.
Stephen claims that Riva the
fastest 68K MPEG video player,
you can try it out for yourself by
downloading the demo (which
plays back in black and white
only) from his website:
http://amigos.amiga.hu/cobra
Riva is shareware, the
registration fee is $15 (£9
approx.) and you can order on-
line through the RegNet service.
We’re always on the look out for
software that brings new
features to the Amiga and with
URD (Universal RAID Device)
Rupert Hausberger gives our
platform software RAID support.
RAID stands for “Redundant
Array of Inexpensive Disks”) and
is a method of improving the
performance and sometimes the
reliability of hard disk storage.
There are various RAID levels
which use multiple hard disks in
various ways. URD supports
RAID levels 0, 1 and a
combination of the two. Level 0
treats multiple drives as one,
spreading the data across drives
in a process called striping. This
means you could make several
smaller disks appear as one
larger one, because the data is
striped performance can be
enhanced as the data is
streamed from several sources.
Level 1 mirrors data across two
hard disks so if one fails, or
becomes corrupted, the
information is still available. In
the current URD implementation,
level 1 does not improve drive
performance. RAID levels 0 and
1 require at least two hard disks.
URD also supports a
combination of levels 0 and 1,
this requires 4 hard disks and
mirrors data between striped
sets of disks.
URD creates a RAID device
using the disks you select which
can then be formatted with any
existing Amiga file system. The
system has a neat MUI
configuration program which lists
all the arrays you have
configured. A “wizard” similar to
MiamiInit is used to configure a
new array, each step of the
process is explained including
the selection of a file system for
the array. In addition to the three
RAID levels you can also choose
to have your array encrypted if it
is to hold sensitive data.
URD is freeware and can be
downloaded from the author’s
site:
http://member.ycn.com/~hausrup
DVPlayer
In addition to his work on Riva,
Stephen has also revealed that
he is developing a new video
player for AmigaOS 4. DVPlayer
will be PPC native and is mainly
intended for MPEG derived
formats such as MPEG1/2,
VideoCD, SVCD and DVD; other
formats may be supported in the
future. With the power of the
PowerPC G3 and G4
processors, AmigaOnes should
be able to comfortably play back
DVD movies in real time, this will
be assisted by support for the
Altivec vector unit of the G4
processor which has recently
been added to OS4 and will be
utilised by DVPlayer.
www.intuitionbase.com
Intuition Base is a new site
developed by Darren “Ryu”
Glenn who will be familiar to
visitors of most of the Amiga
forums on the ‘net. The site
includes information on
various aspects of the
AmigaOne computers and
AmigaOS 4 and it seems to
me that it will particularly
interest those new to the
platform or Amiga users
who’ve been away for a
while. The AmigaOS section
features an introduction,
screenshots, tips, FAQs and a
list of available software
(including pre-OS4 titles that
are compatible). In the
AmigaOne section you’ll
again find an introduction and
FAQ. Amongst other
information there are also
pictures and details of the
AmigaOne XE and Micro
boards, a list of available
operating systems and a list
of compatible hardware.
The site is completed by a
selection of feature articles,
links to other useful sites and
a shop where you can by a
very nice Amiga/IntuitionBase
case badge.
Intuition Base is already a
very useful site and it is in an
excellent position to grow as
OS 4 gets into the hands of
eager users across the world.
www.os4depot.net
OS4 Depot is a file repository
specifically for PPC native
AmigaOS 4 software. The
catalogue of software
available is organised into
categories (such as graphics)
and then into subcategories
(convert, for example) so it will
be easy to find all the
available native software in a
particular field. Also available
is a simple search engine
which allows you to search for
words or phrases in the
software description. More
powerful search options are in
development. Each file in a
category is listed with its
version, file size and a
description; clicking on the
description shows an Aminet-
style readme file. Currently
there are no screenshots or
facilities to comment on or rate
a file; hopefully advanced
features like these will be
added in the future.
Anyone can upload their OS 4
native programs to OS4 Depot
using a form on the site. The
form has fields for many
additional pieces of
information than are currently
shown against each file hinting
at enhanced functionality to
come. One particularly nice
feature of the submission form
is a “submit to Aminet” check
box which enables an author
to submit his upload to the
Amiga’s largest software
repository as well.
Once OS4 Depot has built up
a base of files I’m sure it will
be a valuable resource to
AmigaOne owners, it’s nice to
see the developers trying to
work along side Aminet which,
of course, caters for all Amiga
compatible platforms.
DVPlayer is a new development,
not based on Riva. As you can
see from the screenshot, the
program has an attractive
custom interface with the
standard play controls and a
position bar to allow seeking
within the movie. We hope to
bring you further details on this
interesting looking program in a
future edition of Total Amiga.
“Just” A Sequencer
The first public beta version of
this new MIDI sequencer has
just been released for public
testing and comment. Aseq
(which simply stands for “A
Sequencer”) is an “x0x” style
sequencer where the sequence
is represented by a row of
buttons (usually 16 or 32) which
are selected to represent a “hit”
(usually a note or sound of some
kind). This sequencing method
was made popular by various
Roland machines such as the
303, 606, 808 and 909.
The features of Aseq include:
• OS friendly design throughout.
• Font sensitive interface that
supports multiple
screenmodes.
• Reasonably fast.
• Step sequencing and real-time
sequencing.
• Number of patterns, songs and
song length limited only by
available resources.
• Semi-flexible pattern lengths.
• Adjust data such as volume,
pitch, speed etc. on every step.
• MIDI monitor.
• Can be master (sends timing,
play start etc.) or slave
(receives timing, play start etc.)
MIDI device or none.
• MIDI event editor (ability to
change MIDI data for each
note).
• Additional features for MIDI
experts.
Saving is disabled in the public
beta, but otherwise it is fully
functional. To use the program
you will need an Amiga (or
compatible) with AmigaOS 3.1 or
above. A MIDI interface and
some MIDI devices are
recommended but Aseq can also
play back through AHI.
When it is complete, Aseq will be
a commercial product. If you like
the look of the program, the
author offers you the option to
make a donation via PayPal to
help fund his development. If you
donate more than 5 Euro he will
give you a 45% discount on the
finished product. For more
details and to download the
public beta visit:
www.aseq.de
A Double Helping of Strategy
You wait ages for a strategy
game to be ported to the Amiga
and then...
Recent weeks have seen the
release of ports of two open
source strategy games, Open
Transport Tycoon Deluxe which
is an enhanced clone of the
popular Transport Tycoon Deluxe
and LGeneral which is a turn-
based military game based on
Panzer General. For both
games, a port is available for
AmigaOS 68K and AmigaOS 4,
and a separate port has been
completed for MorphOS. Let’s
take at the two games in a bit
more detail:
authorities and there are also
computer controlled opponents.
OpenTTD adds many
enhancements to the basic game
including an experimental multi-
player feature. You need a copy
of the Windows release of TTD
to use this version.
Information:
www.openttd.com
AOS:
http://home.arcor.de/
f_menzel/downl.html
MOS:
http://sourceforge.net/
projects/openttd
required they can be
downloaded from the LGames
site below.
Information:
http://lgames.sourceforge.net/
index.php?project=LGeneral
AOS:
http://home.arcor.de/
f_menzel/downl.html
MOS and WarpUp:
http://www.tbs-software.com/
stefkos/LinuxPorts.html
LGeneral
In this game you play the part of
a general guiding your forces
turn by turn against a computer
or human enemy. At your
command are a number of units
including tanks, aircraft, artillery
and troops. When planning your
strategy you must take into
account the weather, unit supply,
defences, entrenchment and
many other factors making this a
complex and involving game.
LGeneral has been inspired by a
commercial game from the early
‘90s called Panzer General,
although files from this title are
OpenTTD
Your aim in Transport Tycoon
Deluxe (as in most “Tycoon”
games) is to make as much
money as possible. You do this
by building various transport
links such as road, railways and
air routes. Once your
infrastructure is complete you
don’t have an easy ride, you
must deal with breakdowns,
natural disasters, local
Aseq has an OS compliant GUI that should work on all Amiga
systems. In the foreground is the powerful MIDI event editor.
TOTAL
AMIGA
Summer 2004
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Matt Treasure caved in to Total Amiga’s demands to bring us his impressions
of Sweden’s biggest Amiga show.
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for AmigaOS and Compatibles
M
y first trip to an Amiga
lined up along one whole side of
the room, with more in adjoining
rooms. After grabbing a floor
plan, I quickly wandered round to
check out what was happening.
There were quite a few
AmigaOnes running Amiga
OS4.0, I felt like I had died and
gone to heaven! It’s been a long
time coming but I was now
properly able to see this
“mythical” OS for real, I just had
to have a play. I had no idea who
owned the system I was messing
around with, and as no-one
came over and questioned me,
so I carried on exploring
Workbench. It felt new, but at the
same time, it felt just like it
always did, different but the
same; what a relief! All the old
utilities were where I remember
them and the addition of a few
new ones made me think “I want
this”. Everything ran nice and
smoothly, the system was
extremely responsive, I felt quite
at home. At that point someone
came across to me and said they
had to move the computer, so I
left them to it and wandered on
to the next stand where I was
greeted with a Micro A1 board; I
hadn’t realised they were so tiny.
There were various other
goodies for sale there, so I
loitered for a while. By the time I
had plucked up enough courage
to purchase the Catweasel they
had, some little toad had already
bought it! I wandered into the
next hall where some of the
presentations were about to
commence. I sat in on a couple
presentations, one was by a
member of staff from IBM who
was talking about the current
status of the PPC project and
what developments they were
making to their line-up. He also
provided us with a display of
some amusing TV adverts during
the break which were quite
memorable.
The second presentation I
watched was about Amiga
Forever 6.0, which was being
officially launched at the show.
We were treated to a demo of
the new program which had
gone through a major overhaul
and was running very nicely.
There was also a brief showing
of the video footage from
Commodore’s launch of the
Amiga held at New York’s
Lincoln Center back in 1985... So
Commodore could do some
things right it would seem!
Unfortunately, due to problems
with his airline, Alan Redhouse
of Eyetech fame could not be in
attendance, so he kindly held a
Q&A session via a mobile phone.
He discussed the on-going
progress of the Micro A1 which is
something that many people are
interested in knowing more
about. Ben Hermans from
Hyperion was also there, and for
me personally, it was good to be
able to put a face to the name.
Having heard so much both from
him and about him, it was great
to finally find out who this person
really was. Ben updated us all on
the progress of the Amiga OS4.0
project discussing their plans for
the pre-release distribution and
how it should actually be
happening. I had to restrain
myself at that point, this was the
first time that I actually thought to
myself, “this is actually
happening”! There was then a
presentation session where the
winners to the various
competitions were announced
and one lucky individual actually
won an AmigaOne system! I
came away with an AROS T-
shirt, my luck was obviously in
that day! I also managed to say
hello to Michael Carrillo (aka
Mikey_C) who was there and
was actually broadcasting on
AmigaWorld radio from the
event, another face matched to a
name! I was also fortunate
enough to meet a few of the
people I have been chatting with
in various Amiga related chats.
Visit: http://www.discreetfx.com/AmiZilla.html
for more details and to donate.
event since the demise of
Commodore also turned out to
also be my first trip to Sweden.
Having read about AmiGBG on
the official website and seeing it
promoted on AmigaWorld, I
thought “what the hell, let’s go”,
so I did!
I arrived into Gothenburg City
Airport early on the Saturday
morning, and after getting a taxi
into the city to my hotel where I
dumped my belongings, I got a
taxi over to the Lindholmen
Science Park where AmiGBG
was being held. It was an
impressive venue, the whole
science park looked almost
brand new, great choice! After
admiring the Volvo sitting in the
foyer I made my way up-stairs.
Upon reaching the check-in
desk, I provided my name and
was given an AmiGBG sticker
that had my name printed on it,
but I went simply by my name on
this occasion, not the nick-name
I go by on AmigaWorld, just in
case I ran into someone who I
had annoyed with one of my
posts! I took a deep breath and
walked through the door.
The main hall where the event
took place was pretty busy by
the time I got there, with tables
The goal of the AmiZilla effort is to raise such a huge amount
of money to give away to the first programmer/team that can
port Mozilla to Amiga that Amiga programmers will be falling
over themselves to get this application coded in record time!
The sourcecode to Netscape Communicator was released in 1998
and we thought for sure that it would be ported to the Amiga super
fast, the way Doom & Quake were. Well it is 2004 and still no
Netscape/Mozilla on Amiga OS. So now we are willing to put our
money were our mouth is and are offering $2000 to the lucky coder(s)
that can send us even a beta of this browser for Amiga OS. You don’t
have to port the e-mail package or some of the other tools, just the
browser portion of Mozilla.
Also to increase the pot we have setup a special website & PayPal
account to receive donations. We have already placed our
2000 US
Dollars
into this account and will keep a daily tally of any and all
donations. This money will always be available to the first person/team
who gets it ported. You don’t have to donate to the cause but if you have
a little money to spare and you want Netscape to finally be on Amiga OS
please consider helping make this dream come true. No donation is too
small, even $5 or $10 is fine if that is all you can afford. Doners will be
listed on this site via thier name or handle if they want to be listed.
Keep in mind programmers, this effort should work on at least Amiga
OS 3.9, WinUAE, Amithlon, MorphOS, AROS, Amiga OS 4.0, etc.
so everyone can benefit from the effort. We will help you beta test it
of course. Please keep the dream alive.
Simon “Rigo” Archer
demonstrating OS 4 and helping
MikeyC sell Total Amiga!
Andreas Loong (aka Reflect)
managed to syphon a few
Knoner out of me in the process
on his stand at the show, good to
meet you at last Reflect!
Early evening approached and I
decided I really had to go and
get some food. I ended up in
McDonalds, not very exciting,
but at least I knew the menu! I
flew home Sunday evening, and
although I was exhausted after a
three and a half hour drive home
from the airport, I felt really
pleased that I had attended the
event. It was good to meet some
of the people I had spent time
chatting with in the various
forums etc and in particular to
actually get to see and test drive
Amiga OS4.0. Well done to the
organisers, you did yourselves
proud, perhaps I’ll see you there
next year!
At the time of writing (June 2004) the current funds Available for
first programmer/team to port even a beta version (yes, a FireFox
port would also qualify for the money) to Amiga OS/MorphOS:
$8748.30
She’s
Green
,
Sexy
, fully
Standards Compliant
!
and
She is coming to an
Amiga Compatible
system soon!
This Ad was created 100% on Amiga computers using Pagestream 4.1
AmiZilla Concept/Design Consultant: Bill Panagouleas
AmiZilla Artist/Design: Eric Schwartz
One of the many machines running OS 4.
AmiZilla image is Copyrighted 2003 by Eric Schwartz and DiscreeFX and can’t be used without permission.
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