====================================================================== ________ _________ ____ _|__ __ __|_______ _________ __\ _____ \\\\ \_ _/ //___// _____//______\ _____ \\ // \\\\ /. \\\\__ \/ __// \\ \\____. /// \\\\ /. \\ \\___\¯ /___///___\ /___\ \\_________//\\___\¯ /___// ¯ \/ ¯ ¯ \/. |¯ ¯|z!o ¯ ¯ \/ ¯ A M I G A | 030131 | U P D A T E |________| "SO THE WORLD MAY KNOW" ====================================================================== AMIGA and the Amiga logo are trademarks of Amiga, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I B R O W S E 2 . 3 R E L E A S E D C R O S S F I R E I I H A S B E E N D E L I V E R E D A M I N E T C D S R E A C H E N D O F T H E L I N E A M I G A X 8 6 - E M U L A T I O N - S H E L V E D P E R F E C T P A I N T - N E W V E R S I O N , B U G F I X D E M O V E R S I O N F X P A I N T 2 . 0 A V A I L A B L E B I B V I S I O N - N E W N A M E , N E W V E R S I O N C O M P A T I B L E I C Q C L I E N T - M I C Q M I R A G E 1 2 0 0 F R O M E L B O X Q U I C K S K E T C H F R O M O N Y X S O F T W O R M W A R S , R E P O R T + F R O M A M I G A N P U R E B A S I C F R O M - P U R E B A S I C C V S C O N T R O L S Y S T E M , N E W V E R S I O N G W 3 S W E B S E R V E R - N O M O R E B E T A ! Editor's Thoughts and Introduction: We started this year with a very quiet month. There have been few real news stories to gather for you. We hope that' not an omen for this entire year! Balancing this somewhat, one item of news available in the software world is very significant - a long awaited new release from I-Browse is out there for the Amiga Community to benefit from. As a long-time registered user, I put my update in place right away and have been enjoying it greatly. It hasn't resolved all my problems with obnoxious websites, but it is clear a lot of work has gone into improving what was already a very good product. We're quite pleased to see it. Given that many of the ususal new sources were silent, and with I-Browse leading the way, we took a closer look than we often can at what software came out during the month. This does highlight a problem we have at AU. We could probably have included more software items, but there's an unfortunate tendency among many Amiga software writers to make no information available about their software except the software download itself. This leaves us with nothing much to report. Usually, such software is of limited interest to the Community as a whole. When it's of widespread interest, we try harder to find something to include in AU. Even then we sometimes fail - we can't incorporate the programs themselves here, after all. So ... if you're developing Amiga software, how about sending us a press release? Let's see, we'll help you get the word out about your product and it'll cost you nothing. All you have to do is write a paragraph or two. Is that a deal, or what? We do limit ourselves to post-beta software unless the product is something that will totally eclipse everything else in its field, so please keep that restriction in mind, but otherwise why not let us help you succeed? Finally, we are aware that there's the Benelux Amiga show coming up in a month or two. Again, no press releases are available that we have seen. We've written the contact person asking for information and hope to have something for you next time. Brad Webb, Editor =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I B R O W S E 2 . 3 R E L E A S E D 28 January, 2003 We are pleased to unveil that a distribution agreement with Stefan Burström and the IBrowse Team has been signed and we are now the worldwide distributor for IBrowse (support for IBrowse is still done by the IBrowse development team, though). Furthermore, we are pleased to announce the immediate release of the eagerly awaited update to IBrowse 2.2. IBrowse 2.3 brings web browsing on AmigaOS to a new level - below is a brief summary of the changes since version 2.2: * Heavily enhanced JavaScript support, based on JavaScript 1.5 and revision 3 of the ECMAScript specification, allowing access to sites which was not possible before * Secure connection support is now available via AmiSSL v2, which can be configured extensively in the IBrowse preferences. Importing and exporting of certificates is now also supported. * Greatly improved general stability and memory leaks plugged * Improved GUI, including enhanced browser tab functionality (such as drag´n´drop, keyboard support) * Issues with the ARexx interface have been fixed and new commands added * Hundreds of other minor and major bug fixes + improvements, and more workarounds added to improve compatibility with broken sites All these improvements greatly improve the browsing experience, and allow IBrowse to offer compatibility with many more websites than before. A demo of IBrowse 2.3 and the update-archive from V2.2 can be found in our download area. For further information, news and product support, please visit http://www.ibrowse-dev.net/ and our IBrowse-subpages. ---- IOSPIRIT Felix Schwarz Am Gründla 3 D-91074 Herzogenaurach Germany EMail: info@iospirit.de WWW: http://www.iospirit.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C R O S S F I R E I I H A S B E E N D E L I V E R E D 19 Jan 2003 Today Crossfire II was delivered to dealers and to everyone who preordered it. The boxes that left the house today are Version 1.03 including several bug fixes and new features as following: - fully compatible to MorphOS and the Pegasos - all missions also available in German - many mission details changed and level of difficulty adapted - possibility to skip the tutorial - current weapon is shinyly marked Furthermore there's an updated demo version of Crossfire II available at the ATC&TCP support site or at the Dreamworlds Development website. The updates of the game and the demo to V1.03 are also available there. In addition the support site for the game was updated and, among others, a FAQ added. http://www.apc-tcp.de/software/0015_cf2_demo.lha http://www.apc-tcp.de http://www.dreamworlds.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I N E T C D S R E A C H E N D O F T H E L I N E 3 January, 2003 Because most of the users have a direct access to the Internet an AminetCD which is published each second month makes no sense. The users can get the software in a much faster way from the Aminet. Because of that the team of the Aminet has decided to stop making the CDs. This will not affect Aminet itself, which will continue to function as it has. The newest and last Aminet-CD - number 52 - (December 2002) offers Superview Productivity Suite II written by Andreas Kleinert as the highlight. The CD is already provided. SuperView IV (SViewIV) reads, writes and/or converts more than 50 graphic formats and also integrates external programs like Xpk, Ghostscipt or MetaView. Additional to the display of graphics on over 20 supported graphic cards (via CyberGraphX, Picasso96 or special driver systems) the program can also edit different graphic formats. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A X 8 6 - E M U L A T I O N - S H E L V E D 3 January, 2003 Amiga x86 - The Product -From Extreme Computing Amigax86 is the name of a product that combines products known as Umilator (formerly known as "Amithlon") emulation with the Amiga Operating System (v3.9). This was to be a standalone product release by Extreme Computing that combined all available programming done by Bernt Meyer, with license from Amiga Inc., and several other software developers to give you the following on a single CD product: Umilator Emulation Layer Amiga OS3.9 Improved Graphics Drivers Improved Sound Drivers Improved Ethernet & Modem Drivers and the list goes on... ImageFX (Full version 3.x) Several high end games A plethora of Amiga Utilities (both AmigaOS & x86-enhanced, even an AmigaDVD player which worked great...) More x86 enhancements for full functionality of notebooks & other space saving technology. (We were so close!) While we were approached early on by Harald Frank in the spirit of cooperation to advance AmiThlon, Harald never delivered anything. Extreme ended up in the middle of the early controversy between the "partners" of AmiThlon. We managed to avoid the mudslinging and legal issues. Bernie turned out to be a delight to work with, and delivered some unexpected enhancements in the product rather quickly. We worked with Amiga Inc. for the latter half of 2002 to try and resolve all the issues, and finish the product. The reason for not continuing with this product is mainly due to the recent announcement by Bernie Meyer to "retire" the product. As we have spent much time, effort, and many thousands of dollars to try to bring this project to fruition by the holiday season 2002, we are simply unable to release the product at this time. We are still very committed to this project, but have other commitments and priorities to tend to. The Amigax86 project is "shelved" until further notice. Amithlon is still available under the AmigaOS XL package, and still very functional on Desktop computers. Space saving technology such as Notebooks and custom desktops that we offer will either have to wait until we have more demand to create a new AmigaX86 code from scratch, or until the next level of Amiga OS/OE (Operating System/Operating Environment) is ready. Our hardware line should be significantly expanded by then, so look for some interesting developments with us and the Amiga name over the next year. Extreme Computing is currently developing other software products for future developments of the Amiga OS/OE. Please see our other web sites for further details. www.extreme-computing.com www.extremeamiga.com ---- www.amiga86.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- P E R F E C T P A I N T - N E W V E R S I O N , B U G F I X Paint, Anim and manipulate pictures from 1bit to 24bits 16 Jan 2003 23:30 PerfectPaint V2.91b is available o Fix a silly bug with the text. 16 Jan 2003 PerfectPaint V2.91 is available o A lot of new keyboard shortcuts o Improve for Animation: Crop - Scale - Scale page - Color correction - Gamma - Negative - ScrollRGB - Swap RGB o Remove some requester when arexx is on. o Numeric keyboard to select brush (0-9) o Preview effect for very small picture is fixed o Minimum, maximum and median effect works well now for very small picture o Improve creation of Animation when several pictures are dropped into the appicon. o Improve drawing effect: Colorize o Add Brush Handle (Alt x) o New picture effect: Mirror o 'Ctrl' can be used now to block cursor in X or Y position o Improve addframe,delete frame and copy frame: Jiffies are now respected. o New animation effect: * Double each frame: All frames will be duplicated with a mix option. * Cel Number: This script places the cel number on each selected frame. Prefix and suffix can be assigned. o Insert picture work correcty now with indexed palette o New Arexx command: pp_RemapBrush, pp_SetRGBcolor, pp_PickColor (pp_GetPickRed,pp_GetPick_Green,pp_GetPickGreen), pp_AddFrames, pp_TextGui, pp_FixBrush o Convert to RGB and Convert to CMAP works now with animation o Improve Text_Gui and palette requester o Add an 'Info Button' on Some requester. o Show Grid works now in "non classic" mode. o New picture item: Erase All Buffers (K) o And always several little bug fixed. ----- Requirements o Minimum 68030 + FPU o Minimum OS 3.0 o Graphics card (Cybergraphx min cgxv41 r71 or Picasso96) o Render.library o Jpeg.library o XPKmaster.library o AsyncIO.library o ttengine.library Some features of PerfectPaint o Drawing in 1-24 bits o Antialiasing o Spare page o Stencil o Symmetry o Multiple-level undo o Text with antialiasing, bevel, outline and effects o Different types of pen o Animation o Arexx o Brush: Mapping density, Opacity, Smooth border o Several effects o ..... http://gothic.fr.free.fr/amiga/intro.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- D E M O V E R S I O N F X P A I N T 2 . 0 A V A I L A B L E 30 January, 2003  fxPAINT 2.0 demoversion completed We are pleased to present you today a demo version of fxPAINT 2.0 - immediately available through our download section. Limitations/specialities of the demo version: saving is disabled DEMO-text on every image the demo version is noticably slower than the full version a small refresh bug due to the DEMO-text-effect when zooming is lower than 100 percent. This bug ONLY exists in the demo version some features of the full version are missing completly or are disabled The demo version comes with all native modules for 68K, PPC (WarpUP, PowerUP, MorphOS) and x86 (Amithlon) and gives you - except for the limitations of the demo - an impression and some insight of fxPAINT 2.0. Have fun! http://www.iospirit.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B I B V I S I O N - N E W N A M E , N E W V E R S I O N 27 January, 2003 BibVision Bible Text Viewer for Amiga computers. Description The BibVision is a Bible text viewer for Amiga computer. It supports many of the freely available electronic text versions of Bible translations including King James Version The Vulgate Finnish year 1938 and 1992 translations Swedish year 1917 translation German Luther Bibel 1545 translation The basic purpose of BibVision is to be able to study Bible. You can select the translation and book according to your taste and interest. For regular readers there's the bookmark; by setting it you can continue reading from this point later. The strength of BibVision is, however, that it supports multiple (only memory limiting) windows. You can open the Bible simultaneously from multiple locations, or for comparing, even from different translations. Furthermore, there's also a full single-or-multiple book pattern-matched search feature. You can search words in the Bible books by using regular AmigaDOS patterns. Requirements To use BibVision, you need Amiga computer or equivalent (haven't tested UAE/Amithlon/...) OS3.5 or newer Reaction classes, libraries and text.datatype may work also with OS3.1 + ClassAct,not tested optionally PowerPC processor WarpOS with powerpc.library v15 or newer; the WarpOS version gives a performance boost specially in creating indexes appropriate Bible texts, see download section Please send all comments, bug reports and suggestions to marko.raina@fimnet.fi. Include a description of your system (OS and BibVision version, hardware you ran BibVision on, other software and hacks running) and what you were doing when the bug came up. Please check if the erroneous action is reproducible. History 27-Jan-2003 BibVision v1.5 now in Aminet; supports the German Luther Bibel translation 27-Dec-2002 Uploaded v1.4 to Aminet. Had to change the whole name of the program into BibVision due to the fact that there's a commercial program already with the previous name Bible*View. Also a bugfix done 25-Nov-2002 Uploaded v1.3 to Aminet. Support for Swedish 1917 Bible, bugfixes etc. See BibVision.readme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C O M P A T I B L E I C Q C L I E N T - M I C Q 25 January, 2003 0.4.10.1: bug fixes & translation updates About mICQ: mICQ is a very portable text-mode ICQ clone - it is known to compile under Linux, BSD, AIX, HPUX, Windows, AmigaOS and with restrictions BeOS. Originally written by Matthew D. Smith, a great part of mICQ has been rewritten by Rüdiger Kuhlmann, in particular the support for the new version 8 of the ICQ protocol that became necessary, the internationalization, the file transfer and some restructuring of the code. Features Features of mICQ include: login login with both the old v6 and the new v8 protocol register register new uins and setup configuration with an easy to use setup wizard password changing password reconnect reconnects when kicked by server contact list complete contact list with several ways for a concise display of online/offline users status set status arbitrarily messages send and receive messages and urls sms send SMS to user's cell phone user info request and update all user and personal information search easy search command, can search by (nearly) any information visibility be visible to certain users even when invisible, or be invisible to certain users at any time ignore ignore certain users completely chat group request user from interest group and set own's interest group events can beep or execute arbitrary commands when other users go online, offline or send a message. connections can show a users connection info and last seen online time peek check whether someone is offline or just invisible tcp full support of v8 direct connections file transfer full support of sending/receiving v6,v7,v8 (batch) file transfers auto messages auto replys if away, request and send auto messages identification recognizes mICQ, licq, Miranda, StrICQ, &RQ, vICQ including version number, and YSM, ICQ 2001, ICQ 2002, Trillian, ICQ2go, ICQ Lite, partially ICQ 2000 history writes a log of all messages to and from a user debugging easy debugging by selecting what data to display, including concise packet monitor i18n translations include English, German, Russian, French, Spanish, partially Polish, Swedish, Hungarian. transcoding transcode texts for Russian and Japanese users. birthday flag show if it is user's birthday socks5 supports connections via socks5 http://www.micq.org/index.shtml.en ---------------------------------------------------------------------- M I R A G E 1 2 0 0 F R O M E L B O X 24 January, 2003 Mirage 1200 is a modern functional and spacious tower case. It is designed for these Amiga 1200 users who want to upgrade their computers with Mediator PCI busboards. Mirage 1200 Tower offers comfortable use of all the PCI and Zorro cards installed in the computer. The new, powerful, 300W ATX PSU is prepared for massive expandability of your computer hardware. It is so simple and you don't need to know anything about electronics or structural engineering. If you can manage stacking a few Lego bricks together, you will manage this work, too. Mirage 1200 Tower is prepared for installation of the Mediator PCI 1200 SX busboard with up to 6 PCI cards in its slots. Mirage 1200 Tower case features: 300W ATX power supply unit 6 bays for 5.25" drives 1 bay for the Amiga floppy disk drive (FDD front panel included) 1 external bay for a 3.5" device 3 internal bays for 3.5" hard disk drives 6 Chassis structure: steel Possible assembly of busboards: Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200, Zorro IV, Zorrro IV with Mediator PCI ZIV or Zorro II. Note: Some busboards require an additional ATX-to-AT converter. Dimensions: - - length 430 mm (16.9 in) - - width 190 mm (7.5 in) - - height 620 mm (24.4 in) Weight: 12.5 kg (27.5 lb) Front panel: - - POWER button - - RESET button - - Green LED: power supply unit working - - Red LED: HDD working Case structure guarantees EMC electromagnetic noise shielding http://www.elbox.com/products/mirage_1200.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Q U I C K S K E T C H F R O M O N Y X S O F T 21 January, 2003 Name : QuickSketch Version : 1.0 Requirements : OS 2.04 or later Author : Daniel Westerberg Comments : QuickSketch is similar to QuickNote, but this tool handles both graphics and text. Name : QuickNote Version : 1.4a Requirements : OS 2.04 or later, textfield.gadget (included) Author : Stefan Blixth Comments : QuickNote is a program that handles scrap-notes (just like post-it notes).. This is what the press say about this program (Amiga Active) September issue 2000 - page 36 If you're the sort of person who cannot remember anything unless it's written down, and you want an environmentally-friendly alternative to those small, yellow bits of paper which adorn everybody's monitors these days, then have a look at QuickNote (Aminet:text/edit/QuickNote.lha). A mini text editor designed for jotting down, well, quick notes, QuickNote has basic editing controls, but you can also select text with the mouse and cut and paste to and from the system clipboard. The neat thing is that when you close the program, it remembers the text you entered and the window position for the next time you start the program. To be truly useful, it would be nice to see QuickNote as a commodity - or at least have the ability to iconify the window - and be able to handle more than one file at a time. The danger is, though, that adding too many features would detract from its orginal purpose. http://www.onyxsoft.nu/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- W O R M W A R S , R E P O R T + F R O M A M I G A N 10 January 2003 Worm Wars 7.3 Features level shuffling option 32 object types 18 creature types fieldset editor saved high score tables bonus levels human and/or Amiga worm control music sound effects 4 joystick players simultaneously 4 CD32 gamepad players simultaneously 2 keyboard players simultaneously CLI arguments Workbench ToolTypes standard GUI Install/uninstall script custom font SAS/C source code OS3.5-style icons 0-4 players simultaneously animations help windows Requires: OS2.04+. Changes since 7.21a: New creatures: camel and kangaroo. Miscellaneous bug fixes and rule changes. Worm Wars has been covermounted on Amiga Format (England) eight times, AmigActive (England) six times, Amiga Magazin (Germany) twice, Compatible PC Magazine (France), Amiga Survivor (England), and various compilations, and has been a featured selection on several major download sites, and has won multiple awards, such as the Amiga Survivor Game of the Month (Christmas 2000), the File Mine 5 Star Award, and made the AmigActive Top Freely Distributable Games List and the Aminet Charts. 20 January 2003 Report+ 5.64a Report+ is a freeware ReAction-based utility with ten functions: 1. It is an enhanced, reverse-engineered, 100% byte-compatible replacement for the official Commodore bug reporting tool (40.2). 2. It can generate/edit Aminet-style readmes. 3. It can administer the Amiga Certified Software Engineer test. 4. It can perform batch processing on icon files. 5. It can access the official manufacturer and product ID registries. 6. It can view IFF FORMs and their component chunks. 7. It can convert between various end-of-line (EOL) formats, optionally also detabulating and/or unwrapping. 8. It can show directory byte usage for any path, optionally also fixing protection bits. 9. It can edit A3000/A4000-type battery-backed memory. 10. It can check your OS3.9 installation (or any other path) for missing, surplus and/or outdated files. Requires: OS3.9. Changes since 5.64: Documentation: formatting fixed. (Executable remains 5.64 version.) Report+ has been covermounted on AmigActive (England) five times, Amiga Format (England), and Amiga Magazin (Germany), and is featured on sites such as the Amiga Programmers Database , and has made the Aminet Charts. http://users.bigpond.com/james.jacobs/amigan.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- P U R E B A S I C F R O M - P U R E B A S I C 20 January, 2003 PureBasic is a programming language based on established BASIC rules. The key features of PureBasic are portability (Windows, AmigaOS and Linux are currently fully supported), the production of very fast and highly optimized executables and, of course, the very simple BASIC syntax. PureBasic has been created for the beginner and expert alike. We have put a lot of effort into its realization to produce a fast, reliable and system friendly language. In spite of its beginner-friendly syntax, the possibilities are endless with PureBasic's advanced features such as pointers, structures, procedures, dynamically linked lists and much more. Experienced coders will have no problem gaining access to any of the legal OS structures or API objects and PureBasic even allows inline ASM. The main features of PureBasic - Huge set of internal commands (600+) to quickly and easily build any application or game - All BASIC keywords are supported - Very fast compiler which creates highly optimized executables - No external DLLs, runtime interpreter or anything else required when creating executables - Procedure support for structured programming with local and global variables - Access to full OS API for advanced programmers - Easy but very fast 2D game support trough dedicated libraries (DirectX, SDL, ...) - Easy and high quality 3D support based on OGRE - Optimal use of the available hardware by using highly optimized (assembly) commands - Source code is fully portable between AmigaOS, Windows and Linux, for both games and applications - Dedicated editor and development environment - Integrated debugger to easily trace programming bugs. Specific features depending on the OS Windows Linux AmigaOS PureBasic AmigaOS PureBasic was born in the middle of 1998. We were in awe of the quality and speed afforded by assembly, the so called 'low-level' (but relatively difficult) programming language. At the same time, PowerPC accelerators for the Amiga were selling more and more, but lacking an easy language in which to develop PowerPC software. We decided to try and create a brand new compiler based on Standard BASIC, but with some extensions (mainly similar to Blitz Basic II) which would produce small, highly optimized code (very much like assembly) for both 680x0 and PowerPC processors. If you already know Blitz Basic, or Amos, you will have no problem in getting to grips with PureBasic. It has the same syntax rules, but with a much more open and flexible philosophy, better suited to the AmigaOS environment. Technical Features - 68000 and 68020+ support (PowerPC currently in standby) - Built-in arrays, dynamic linked lists, pointers and variable definitions - Supported types: Byte (8 bits); Word (16 bits); Long (32 bits), as well as user defined types (structures) - Built-in string types with many dedicated functions - Constants, binary, decimal and hexadecimal numbers supported - Very good expression reducer (constants and explicit numbers grouped together) - Standard arithmetic support in respect of sign priority and parenthesis +, -, /, *, and, or, lsl, asl, lsr, asr - Compiles 30,000 lines/min using a 68030/50 - Procedure support for structured programming with local and global variables - All Standard BASIC keywords: If-Else-EndIf, Repeat-Until, For-Next, etc - External libraries supported; easily manipulate objects like: IFF pictures, sounds, windows, gadgets, etc - Inline ASM - Pre-compiled structure and constant files for extra fast compilation - Integrated debugger to halt program execution and trace bugs easily - Dedicated editor - Configurable CLI compiler - System friendly, easy to install and fun to use Requirements - AmigaOS V3.0+ - No other special needs Product information PureBasic is designed for both beginners and 'pure' advanced users alike. Here we will explain some important features demonstrating that PureBasic is a very powerful and unique language. The "third party library" support is very modular and extends to any number of libraries. We foresee, in the near future, libraries dedicated solely to the realm of 3D graphics (via Warp 3D and software-only rendering); copper manipulation, and many other standard hardware bashing features. Only the necessary parts of each library are included in the final executable, so the size will always remain as small as possible. The functions contained in a library MUST be written in pure assembler (PPC or 680x0), to ensure maximum performance. Note: any user can develop their own libraries; all tools are provided in the full package. The advanced system of structures and pointers allows the user to easily access the OS structures, allowing extra information to be used with regular commands. AmigaOS 3.1 is fully supported through a large file containing ALL constants and structures. Independent files are provided, so that if mistakes are made during conversion they can be easily corrected. For all assembler optimizer freaks (like us ? :-): You can compile programs into a 'commented asm output file', containing all code in a comprehensive asm format; all directly recompilable with phxass. It has never been so easy to optimize small program parts! The PureBasic source code has been programmed in a very modular fashion, and can support any processor or operating system. If AmigaOS moves to AmigaDE or AmigaPPC, there will be no problems as the user can still use exactly the same source code. http://www.purebasic.com support@purebasic.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C V S C O N T R O L S Y S T E M , N E W V E R S I O N 10th January 2003 Concurrent Versions System (CVS) -OS & Port by Olaf Barthel and Jens Langner Latest version: v1.11.4 What is CVS ? CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep track of all of your files (usally source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. It handles multiple developers, multiple directories, triggers to enable/log/control various operations, and can work over a wide area network (i.e. internet). The following tasks are not included; they can be done in conjunction with CVS but will tend to require some script-writing and software other than CVS: bug-tracking, build management (that is, make and make-like tools), and automated testing. (Quoted from the CVS documentation) About this port The actual version of this port is called a `rough port` because it is lacking some features the original unix version or other ports have. On the other hand, however, you get everything, and perhaps more, you got with the previous Amiga ports of CVS because this port does not require `ixemul.library` to work and it does not require an RCS installation as it is completly self contained. The port also probably would win a price as the largest `pure` executable; it can be made resident. Features implemented: + full cvs client (checkin/checkout) + TCP/IP support (for connecting to servers via TCP/IP) + SSH support for secure connections + no ixemul.library needed. + no RCS installation needed. + could be made resident (less memory+faster) + processor optimized versions [020/030/040/060] + MorphOS PPC version included - no server support (you can`t use an Amiga as a server) - no full file protection bits support on strong request we will consider to implement the above mentioned missing features, but they are no MUST because the actual version will fit most requirements. Please note that we already implemented SSH functionality because of user requests ! Requirements (minimum): a Amiga®; compatible model (A4000/3000/2000/1200/UAE etc.) AmigaOS 2.0+ or MorphOS 68000/PPC604e or better processor a little bit of CVS knowledge Authors of this AmigaOS port Olaf `olsen` Barthel (main port of 1.11) Jens Langner (1.11.1p1+ port & bugfixes) http://amcvs.light-speed.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- G W 3 S W E B S E R V E R - N O M O R E B E T A ! 29 January, 2003 gW3S is a small web server for AmigaOS, written in ARexx. The current version is 1.0 Sharp gW3S is (c) 2003 Carl Svensson, however, it is FreeWare. Some gW3S-powered sites: arexx.kicks-ass.net tickly.kicks-ass.net taxi.sapphire.no www.lostbits.com gW3S version 1.0 FINAL released! New in this verision: - AmigaGuide documentation. - Cleaner code. - Minor bug fixes. Features: HTTP/1.0 200 OK HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found Rudimentary request logging Built-in directory listing (for dirs without an index document) Embedded ARexx command execution Embedded Execution of external ARexx scripts (with QueryString as argument) Query String/URL unescaper Complete parsing of external ARexx CGI scripts (.xgi files) Fancy Files (Support for unsafe characters in file names) External config file Command line admin tool ToDi (todi AT amisource DOT de) has created an alternative version of gW3S, with among other features has an HTTP1.0/400 error and a different log file format. It has only been tested with AmigaOS v3.9 gW3S 1.0 Beta 3 (ToDi Version) The documentation is now in AmigaGuide format! http://carls.1av10.nu/w3s/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Amiga Update on the net: All back issues available at: http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html Stop by and check out our archive! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2003 by Brad Webb. Freely distributable, if not modified. ====================================================================== _ __ _ <>_ __ _ A M I G A /\\ |\ /|| || / ` /\\ A M I G A U P D A T E /__\\ | \ / || || || ___ /__\\ U P D A T E / \\_ | \/ ||_ _||_ \__// / \\_ amigaupdate@globaldialog.com ======================================================================