====================================================================== _ __ _ <>_ __ _ || /\\ |\ /|| || / ` /\\ || A M I G A U P D A T E /__\\ | \ / || || || ___ /__\\ || -News and Rumors- / \\_ | \/ ||_ _||_ \__// / \\_|| (An Occasional Newsletter) KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING || ====================================================================== AMIGA and the Amiga logo are trademarks of Gateway, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 980718 A M I W E S T ' 9 8 R E P O R T Q U I K P A K S U I T H U R T S A 4 0 0 0 S C H I N D L E R I S I N T E R V I E W E D I N T E L E A R N I N G S D I S A P P O I N T C L O A N T O S P E A K S O U T A M I G A Z O N E L O W E R S P R I C E S O P E N L E T T E R F R O M P A X T R O N S T F A X S U P P O R T S I O M A M I G A S Q L M A I L I N G L I S T A M I G A T O P C N E T W O R K I N G A M I G A S U R V I V O R A V A I L A B L E A I R M A I L P R O 3 . 1 P C M C I A E T H E R N E T C A R D Editor's Thoughts and Introduction: A great deal has happened in the first half of July, and yet not all that much which would make you sit up and take notice. We think it may just be that way for some time, perhaps until the bridge machine sees the light of day in November. Probably the most anticipated event was the AmiWest show in Sacramento. There had been hopes of a major announcement there but none was made. Or maybe there was. It depends on what you consider major, I suppose, but I found the announcement that the the kernal of the new Amiga operating system would be - the kernal of the old Amiga operating system, to be very interesting at least. It seems Amiga Incorporated decided against buying someone else's kernal after all. The kernal is the heart of the operating system but lives "under the hood" ("under the bonnet" for British readers?) and is largely invisible to the user. For whatever reason, it looks like AI will be sticking with the homegrown product. I can't exactly determine why I should feel this way, but I find it comforting. We have a good show report below by Asha DeVelder, whom we thank very much for permission to run her story. The main presentation at AmiWest was by Amiga Inc.'s Bill McEwen, who gave by all accounts a fine talk. He discussed some details of the upcoming new generation of Amigas, but did not reveal the much speculated on new chip which will power the computers. As more information is posted we'll include what we can here for those who can't obtain the information any other way. There's much more to read below, including a whole series of short reports from other publications. Enjoy! Brad Webb, Editor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail to the E-ditor ===================== The Amiga Works Just fine ------------------------- Dear Mr. Webb, Thanks again for the Amiga Newsletter. It is very welcome on my computer. I don't intend to buy MSDoz, in fact I recently purchased AWEBII, so my family should be surfing the net soon, on my 68030 50mhz 10MB memory machine (such puny resources would render MSDoz useless, but with the Amiga, I can do most anything except render the next Babylon 5 exterior shots). Best regards, Mike Phebus ------ Exactly. Amigas simply work, and work well without tons of resources. This needs to be kept in mind as we move on to the next generation of Amigas and I'm sure it will be. Thanks for the kind words and have fun surfing. The Amiga proves to be quite good at that, too. Brad ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I W E S T ' 9 8 R E P O R T 13-Jul-98 02:00:01 By Asha DeVelder I've been back from AmiWest '98 for a few hours now. It was hot. :) The show was held in the Ramada Inn in Sacramento. The Inn is a small hotel but cozy. AmiWest took up (at least) three rooms for the three day show. The main room had about two dozen (guesstimate) booths and there were two seminar rooms in use almost constantly. In the main room, Holger Kruse (Miami) was there, as was Chris Aldi (Finale Development, New York, Quill, Voodoo, etc..), Kermit Woodall (ImageFX, Aladdin4D) as well as Paul Nolan (Photogenics_NG) and a few others I can't remember (sorry), various magazines (Amazing, Informer) and services (Amigazone--Harv Laser), and the user groups also had booths as well as a few retail outlets (I got Genetic Species). Business seemed to be brisk; people were walking around with bags full of stuff and wearing new t-shirts as well. The seminars seemed to be well attended. I sat in when Carl gave his second talk about REBOL, and also the demos/discussions with Chris Aldi and Paul Nolan (I *really* want Photogenics_NG!!) and the rooms were packed. The mood was very positive and upbeat in stark contrast to the last show I attended in '92 (WOA) Pasadena. Neither Jeff Shindler, Joe Torre, Fleecy Moss, nor Alan Havemous could attend. We were told they were at very important meetings/negotiations but no more than that. Attending from Amiga Inc were Darrick Lisle, Events Co-ordinator and Bill McEwen head of marketing and software evangelist. The following, in no particular order (I've only had 8 hours sleep in the past three days) is the information I gathered while there: The rumor of an IBM buyout of Gateway is false The rumor of BE buying out Amiga Inc is false The information in the "Investment Business Weekly" was badly misquoted and therefore is not correct. Gateway is not for sale. Amiga Inc. is not for sale. (Carl added that REBOL isn't for sale either) Speaking of REBOL, there should be a general version available early in the fall, with Amiga one of the first platforms supported. Re: OS5.0 The kernal to be used is the Amiga kernal. They will be using Exec. There will be direct Java support (JVM) as well as support for OpenGL. A developer program will be set up soon, projected date August (this year). Amiga Inc wants ALL developers and developer wannabees to come and sign up on their site. There will be a special area (password protected) for developers to get and exchange information. Anyone who is even slightly interested is encouraged to sign up (this was emphasized). I don't have much on the MMC. There were some rather specific specs shown but I couldn't get them written down fast enough... (sorry) they will also be posted on Amiga Inc's pages soon {when they are, we'll include some or all of them in an issue of AU. Brad}. We were told the chip was NOT being made by Intel, Cyrix (sp?) or AMD. When I get more specific information I shall, of course, post it. We were also told that Windows would NOT be on the development machine (Amiga Bridge OS4.0). "No money to Microsoft" is a direct quote. Bill McEwen said that if anyone had any questions, he'd be more than happy to answer them. You can contact him at bm@amigainc.com. He said he would answer all polite mail. He also said he'd not answer any rude or nasty mail but that *he would keep it*. Speaking of development. Olaf Bartel (sp?) has been doing extensive work in the Development CD and the RKMs, they have been bugfixed and upgraded (now version 2.1). This should be available soon. Dave Haynie has also released a lot of information. It can be found on http://www.thule.no/haynie/. There will be more. Denny Atkins is coming back to the Amiga. There might be a bit more, but I'm getting really tired... If I remember more, or get more clarification, I shall pass it on to you. I did have a wonderful time, despite the heat and some physical problems, and I feel more hopeful than ever about the future of the Amiga. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Q U I K P A K S U I T H U R T S A 4 0 0 0 "NewTekniques Magazine"'s Editor in Chief Joe Tracy, in a copyrighted story dated July 3, states that a lawsuit against Amiga manufacturer QuikPak has caused grave problems for those who want Amiga 4000 models. QuikPak has built the 4000 in several variations over the years, and is licensed by Amiga International, Inc. to build them. However, according to the story, the lawsuit brought by Dr. Bernhard Hembach, the German court's ESCOM bankruptcy trustee has prevented the building and shipping of product. The dispute apparently centers on the stock of A4000 parts supposedly provided to QuikPak by ESCOM. Many dealers who rely on NewTek Video Toaster and Flyer bundles which include the A4000 have been hurt by the dispute. NewTek itself apparently has a fall-back plan which has allowed it to ship its own bundles which include A4000s, but with a significant delay. Even Amiga International itself is unable to get units. The story concludes with the note that Amiga Inc. is trying to help settle the dispute. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S C H I N D L E R I S I N T E R V I E W E D The June 30 issue of "Investor's Business Weekly" (or is that "Daily"?) carried an interview with Jeff Schindler, head of Amiga Incorporated. In the interview, Schindler made some statements which have raised eyebrows thoughout the Amiga community. Schindler confirmed that Gateway's initial goal was just the Amiga patents. However, the company found they had more opportunity than expected. He referred to something called the "Amiga Classic Card" which will fit into the next generation Amigas and allow them to run software designed for current models. Schindler made the perhaps controversial statement that the bulk of the target market for the upcoming Amiga OS 5.0 machines will be people looking for simplicity at a low cost. The magazine carried this quote: "We're looking for the percentage of the market that says, 'I'm intimidated by computers and I don't want to spend that much.' These are people who say, 'I'm mainly using my PC in home for entertainment and for general tasks.' The new Amiga will offer Internet access for people who don't need a full computer and don't want to spend much." However, he was also quoted as saying: "We'll always have the high end. The Amiga design is scalable (can be made more powerful if needed). But this market is not the bulk of our target." which should prove reassuring to the Amiga faithful. The interview indicated that several existing PC manufacturers had been contacted about building the new Amigas. This may include Gateway itself. See also the comments above in Asha's story on AmiWest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N T E L E A R N I N G S D I S A P P O I N T The lead story in July 15th "Information Week Daily", a daily e-mail newsletter from "Information Week" magazine, carried this leader - "Intel's Second Quarter Disappoints" The story itself noted that Intel's earnings for the quarter were slightly down from expectations, earning 66 cents a share instead of the anticipated 68 cents. This represents total earnings of $1.2 billion, still a very respectable showing. Intel cited improved sales in the Americas and Japan, flat sales in the remainder of Asia, and declining sales in Europe. We suspect that Amiga owners were among the least disappointed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C L O A N T O S P E A K S O U T Cloanto Answers Some Common Questions From time to time we become aware, through direct user emails and newsgroup posts, of some questions related to our Amiga products and projects. We always answer directly to all inquiries, but we would also like to publicly try to answer and clarify some of the more popular issues. No doubt, a frequent question is about our plans with respect to PowerPC Amiga expansion boards. Last year, when we released a PowerPC version of the Personal Paint blitting library, we were very proud to be among the first to release some PowerPC code for the Amiga. Since then, we did not port entire packages to the PowerPC. This is because porting a complex program like Personal Paint, for example, is not just a matter of simply "recompiling" it, or at least it is not with the development tools and the PowerPC libraries available so far. We still plan to do this for Personal Paint 8, which is designed with more code portability in mind, if the PowerPC will be accepted and endorsed as an official Amiga platform, or if tools emerge that make it possible to port Personal Paint to a PowerPC system by using the same code as for the 68K version. In this latter case, we might even port Personal Paint 7.x. Another issue is that the original Personal Paint PowerPC blitting library released last year does not work with newer PowerPC expansion systems. This blitting library was tested both by http://www.cloanto.com/amiga/ Cloanto and by the manufacturers of the boards (who were aware of our release plans), and originally worked flawlessly. After the release of the library on the Personal Paint 7.1 CD-ROM, the PowerPC expansion systems were changed in a way that created incompatibilities with existing PowerPC software, such as this library. We changed the code twice, and released it on Aminet, in the biz/cloan directory, and we also shared our source code with the developers of the expansion systems, but given the continued and repeated incompatibilities, we now feel that the maintenance overhead does not justify the performance improvement, and, as explained, we are looking at the whole matter from a broader perspective. To completely solve this issue, we recommend to use the standard 68K blitting libraries, which are used by default by the program. In our tests with Amiga systems having both a PowerPC and a 68060 CPU, the 68060 blitting library was only 10% slower than the PowerPC library. It is to be expected that PowerPC Amiga systems will only be able to express their full potential when the complete Amiga OS and all new software are entirely compiled for the PowerPC. Before this occurs, and unless it can be verified that at least some software which can justify the overall investment is available for the PowerPC and runs considerably faster than on a real or emulated 68K Amiga, we recommend to use 68K Amiga systems such as the 68060, or emulation. It is no secret that, while the power of the CPUs used in PCs doubles about every 18 months, we became aware of the fact that an Amiga can now be emulated quite well by other systems. In some cases, which can only increase rapidly over time, emulated Amiga systems are already cheaper and/or faster than silicon ones. Whatever the official Amiga of the future will be, whether it will be based on a PowerPC, or on a different (non-68K) CPU, it will need emulation to run the current Amiga OS and applications (which have now officially been defined as "Classic Amiga").We plan to continue supporting Amiga emulation and other means of integrating the Classic Amiga with different platforms, as we have successfully done with the Amiga Forever package. We will also continue to invest in the Amiga, preferably by focussing on development on one official platform, rather than politics related to the use of one CPU or the other. In any case, we plan to release new Amiga products before next Christmas. These are hard times for commercial Amiga software developers: sales are low, and the uncertainty about the future has never been as high as it is now, since we don't even know what the new Amiga OS we have to write software for will look like. We hope that we had a chance to clarify some doubts about our own future, and we thank all users for their patience and continued support. It appears that it is now our turn to be patient and wait to see what the future will bring. For additional information related to these topics, please refer to the following recently-updated documents: Personal Paint Frequently Asked Questions http://www.cloanto.com/amiga/faq.html Amiga Emulation: Good or Bad for the Amiga? http://www.cloanto.com/amiga/forever/emulation_good_bad.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A Z O N E L O W E R S P R I C E S FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sacramento, CA. USA July 12, 1998 AmigaZone, the online service for Amiga owners and users, announces that it has dropped its price to only $12.95 per month. This new low price gets you full 24/7 access to all AmigaZone features including: FIVE different ways to access the Zone! Members can use any or all of them, even simultaneously: * Use any terminal program or telnet client and telnet to "amigazone.com" to use our comfortable, hotkey driven, text-style BBS interface to access everything. * Use any web browser and surf to http://amigazone.com/ http://amigazone.com/ to use our members-only Web interface to access everything. * Connect with an FTP program or client to "amigazone.com" to snag files from our huge library of over 40,000 files, including tons of stuff you won't find on Aminet or anywhere else! * Connect your POP email client to "pop.amigazone.com" to read and send mail to and from your own amigazone.com address. * For our members who own a Gates Crate (Windoze computer ;-) - download the free "Wildcat Navigator" program which has multiple clients specifically designed to use AmigaZone's message bases, file libraries, CD ROM collections, live chat area, email, door games, and more. (WCNav is NOT required to use AmigaZone. It's merely an option for those of you who must or want to use a PeeCee to log in) AmigaZone has dozens of message areas including our own local areas, Amiga Usenet newsgroup feeds, Amiga Fidonet "echo" feeds, and over a dozen Amiga-specific mailing lists fed into their own message bases, each holding weeks or months of postings. Use our insanely fast search functions to find what you're after in over 30,000 articles, online at all times, with new stuff feeding in 24 hours a day. Our file library is absolutely enormous - over 40,000 files online all the time, and thousands more on our multiple CD changer. We have friendly, live, interactive chats seven nights a week, and the Sunday chat always features at least two prize contests, open to all members - we've given away thousands of buck$ worth of Amiga goods - it's an AmigaZone tradition. $12.95 a month gets you ALL of this - there are NO extra cost or optional areas. Our web inteface has NO annoying, ram-eating, time-wasting banner ads. You pay for Amiga news, information, entertainment and files and that's exactly what you get. And you can log in from anywhere in the world. All you need is an account with any local Internet Service Provider (ISP), and any terminal program or telnet client, or any browser. "AmigaZone Plus" option: You can also choose to bundle AmigaZone with a full CalWeb Internet Services UNIX shell account too - this "AmigaZone Plus" package gets you the full AmigaZone account PLUS the CalWeb UNIX shell, including all the usual UNIX shell tools (news, mail, etc.) plus 10 meg of free online storage and web hosting for your own personal web site. AmigaZone Plus is $19.95 per month. Again, no hidden costs. To sign up for AmigaZone or AmigaZone Plus, just visit http://www.amigazone.com and click on the very obvious "JOIN NOW!" link or image near the top. This will transport you to our secure signup page (SSL required - works with all Amiga browsers). You'll have your account within one or two working days and then you can enjoy all the features and benefits of being an AmigaZone member. AmigaZone, founded in 1985, is run by Harv Laser, well-known Amiga writer, advocate, and (recently elected as the User Rep. for the ICOA/JMS). AmigaZone is a Trademark of Harv Laser. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- O P E N L E T T E R F R O M P A X T R O N 17 Jul 1998 Although it is unusual, we feel compelled at this juncture to write an open letter to the Amiga community concerning the present state of affairs. There is a lot of confusion floating around the Internet and e-mail regarding the status of the last few Amiga dealers and their ability to procure certain products. In order to alleviate the confusion we have elected to briefly cover the problem areas and discuss Paxtron's present status with relation to Phase 5, Apollo (ACT), Paxtron repairs and part shortages. There are a lot of misunderstandings out there concerning the Motorola 68060/50 CPU chips used on accelerator boards. For two months neither Phase 5 nor Apollo (ACT) had the 68060/50 in stock. Paxtron in anticipation of this purchased quantity of the CPU's and then had trouble getting the manufacturer to make additional boards because Paxtron was the only one with 68060/50 chips. Regardless of the rumors that were heard on the Internet, all 68060/50 CPU's are new and have not fallen off a truck, or gray market, or not stolen. A few end users called Motorola on their own and were told that they had never been backordered and this is not necessarily true. The reason why the CPU's were impossible to get is that companies buying from Motorola direct were required to purchase either 500 to 1000 pieces at a time and for a period they weren't making any. The next level of purchase was the distributor and that is how Phase 5 and Apollo ran into difficulty as these people were out of stock. Another reason why you buy through a distributor is the price must be kept down to keep the accelerator board within reason. If one goes directly to Motorola to buy 10, 20, or 30 units the price of the 68060/50 would be over $400.00. The distributor channel for the CPU's has recently opened again and the units have been made available to Phase 5 and Apollo. As we said earlier don't listen to rumors ask us. There are only two authorized legal direct distributors in the U.S. for Phase 5. If a Phase 5 product is defective or if it is purchased from another company other than Paxtron or Software Hut it can be a big problem later. Only the authorized distributor can either repair or exchange the broken accelerator board in question or has the authority to return the unit to the manufacturer. We have received a number of broken Phase 5 and accelerator boards from end users who have purchased these boards from companies who have gone out of business or are non-authorized distributors and this has created a big problem. We suggest that the Amiga users give serious consideration to not jumping at the idea of saving $15 - $20 by buying a board from a non-authorized distributor and having serious service difficulty later. Another consideration in buying direct is the delay time in getting something repaired if the purchase is not from a direct distributor. Remember, Phase 5 will only accept repairs from authorized distributors. We are frustrated with not having a continual flow of accelerator product from Phase 5 and Apollo. Paxtron does not purchase an accelerator when an order comes in. We try to keep an abundant supply in inventory and this has been very frustrating to say the least. One shipment alone worth $14,000 was lost by UPS and this was very upsetting to some Amiga end user's that paid for these items and were told UPS lost them. To complicate things more, the replacement of the product from the manufacturer took up to four weeks. Paxtron tries it's hardest to keep the highest level of customer satisfaction but dealing with certain companies at this junction is not easy and we ask that the public understand this. Paxtron is at the front line, "we are your soldiers" and we are doing our best in a very difficult time in the life of Amiga. We have heard people complain that our phone lines are either always busy or we are curt on the phone. While it is true that our lines have become more active, we do not mean to be short on the phone. One out of every nine phone calls that we receive is for something that we sell at Paxtron. The balance of these calls appear to be people wanting to know the latest news on Amiga Technologies and new products that Gateway is coming out with, etc. At the present time Paxtron has six 800 toll free lines for a total amount of nine phone lines and our phone bill has increased significantly due to all these superfluous calls. Nearly all the lines get filled at one time. In addition, we have run into a new phenomenon with the disappearance of most dealers and Amiga end users becoming more frustrated and angry. Finding the availability of parts and delayed Amiga service has infuriated end users and a lot of people have run out of patience and take it out on us as we are one of the few companies left. Besides what we explained above we are faced with another serious problem. Amiga users are constantly calling us on the toll free lines to ask us to repair boards or answer questions about some other items for their Amiga that were not purchased from us and were bought from companies that have gone out of business. It takes a lot of time and patience to be a central information system and certainly in an area that we can not make money on or even lose with people calling on the toll free lines. We try to be as helpful as we can but we can not be held responsible for people who have bought boards from GVP, DKB, ICD, etc. As an authorized service center for Amiga Technologies we again strive to turnaround repairs within 48 hours. Since most of the service centers have disappeared we are pretty much the only one; we are overwhelmed with the response. We have increased our service department and now have two (SMT) surface mount repair work stations. We are also inundated with people sending in product for repair without calling for a (RMA) Return Material Authorization. To complicate things more, people are sending in product not purchased from Amiga and we can not fix them. Without having the schematics of product from a company that has gone out of business for example GVP we have no way to do the repairs. We call upon each and every one of you to support Paxtron during these vulnerable times. Without companies like us doing advertising and keeping the Amiga community alive we doubt very much that Amazing Computing magazine will continue publishing. We hear a lot of rumors and we get a lot of phone calls and e-mails from "crazies" that the frustration has sent some people off the deep end. It is best that if you need help with a non Amiga product maybe we can direct you somewhere but we ask that you e-mail or fax us. Paxtron can not become the central communications center for Amiga Technologies or Gateway. We call upon everybody to understand where Paxtron is coming from and to bear with it until things improve. By badmouthing the manufacturers or ourselves will cause harm to everybody in return. By supporting the balance of the dealers, Amazing Computing magazine will stay in business and make sure the Amiga users have a place to go. WE WELCOME YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS ON E-MAIL "paxtron@cyburban.com". Paul Landau Vice President of Operations ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S T F A X S U P P O R T S I O M Amiga Press Release - 13/7/98 The recently released STFax Professional v3.3 now supports the Independent Operation Mode found within the PACE 'Solo' (http://www.pacecom.co.uk/) and 3-Com Message Plus modems. Independent Operation Mode allows you to use the modem as a digital answer and fax machine without the need for your Amiga to be switched on! The modem will answer with a greeting, the caller can leave a message as per a normal answer machine and, if they are sending a fax, the modem will automatically switch into fax mode and receive the fax transmission. These voice and fax messages are then stored on the modem and, the next time you run your Amiga and STFax Professional (v3.3+), these messages are automatically downloaded to your machine. You are then able to play/view/print/delete the messages. STFax Professional supports the more advanced Independent Operation Mode features only found within the PACE 'Solo' modem. For instance you can remotely retrieve you messages, you can use the 'follow me' option to call you on your mobile and play important messages and so on. Please note: that you need the PACE 'Solo' or 3-Com Message Plus modem in order to use the independent support within STFax Professional v3.3+. We currently do not support the Olitec 56K or the new 3-Com Professional Message Plus modem. We hope to add support for these modems in the future, within a new update. NetConnect v2 Special Pre-Order Price Available The long awaited NetConnect v2 is due for release on the 21st of July 1998. You can pre-order the new CD before release and save £10. NetConnect v2 is the easiest and most comprehensive Internet compilation designed to enable any Amiga user, from novice to expert level, to get onto and use the Internet. The CD is based around eleven commercial programs, debuing AmiTCP-Genesis, X-Arc, Microdot-II v1 and Vapor's new 'Contact Manager'. You are given all you will need to get the most from the Internet. By using the new Genesis Wizard, a user should be able connect to the Internet in a matter of minutes. Ideal for both an Internet and/or local area network connection (due to Genesis' ability to support multiple interface connections) and for an advanced or novice Amiga Internet user. For further information: Active Technologies 113 Victoria Road Darlington County Durham England, DL1 5JH. Tel : +44 (0)1325 460116 Fax : +44 (0)1325 460117 http://www.active-net.co.uk/ e-mail : sales@active-net.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A S Q L M A I L I N G L I S T 7 July, 1998 Hello, I'd like to inform you that a new mailling list was just setup: The Amiga mSQL Mailing List! mSQL is the first (and only) available SQL database server running on Amiga. Since there're more and more people using mSQL on Amiga, i've setup this ml to exchange help and experiences on this subject. You can get more information on http://altern.org/amsql Regards, Christophe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A T O P C N E T W O R K I N G Toronto, Canada - July 6, 1998 Randomize, Inc. now offers the easiest and most complete Amiga-to-PC networking package available. Our bundle includes everything you need to get connected quicly including: * Hydra Ethernet Card (10 baseT, BNC and RJ45) - For Amiga * GVC PCI Ethernet Card (10/100 baseT, BNC and RJ45) - ISA Version also available - For PC - Miami (TCP/IP) - For Amiga - Amiga Forever (Networking Software and Amiga Emulator for PC) - 20' BNC Networking Cable including connectors and terminators - Complete Setup Documentation - Other useful related software (Windows 95/NT FTP Servers, Windows 95/NT NFS Server, Amiga FTP Clients, etc.) Price: $599.95 CDN, $419.95 US Using Amiga Forever provides more than just networking. Amiga Forever lets you experience Amiga software on your PC desktop and laptop .. all included for the same price! To Order Email Randomize at sales@randomize.comor call 1-888-Randomize (1-888-726-3664) between 9am and 5pm Eastern Standard Time ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A S U R V I V O R A V A I L A B L E Amiga Survivor Magazine Begins Distributing First Issue Hi friends! May I take this opportunity to announce to you all that the very first issue of AMIGA SURVIVOR is now available. This brand new, A5 40-page print magazine dedicated to the world of Amiga games was (finally) released on the 14th July 1998, after a few teething problems by its printers! I'm happy to say that the final outcome is hunky-dory, complete with a full color cover. It retails for 2.95UKP in the UK, but can also be purchased outside the UK by credit card. For more information, e-mail Robert Iveson at: thedomain@enterprise.net. Or visit Amiga Survivor's website at: http://www.crystal-software.com/survindex.html Also at this website you can find some information regards Crystal Software, who help publish Amiga Survivor. All the best! Robert Iveson, Managing Director, Amiga Publishing Department, Crystal Software International. To contact Amiga Survivor, then you can do so by directly e-mailing: thedomain@enterprise.net You can write to me, at: Robert Iveson, Amiga Survivor, 41 Wellstone Garth, Swinnow, Leeds, West Yorks, LS13 4EJ. ENGLAND. If you would like to contact Crystal Software International regarding the publication, then the man to write to is: Alex de Vries, Crystal Software International, Leemveld 158, 9407 GE Assen, The Netherlands. E-Mail: CrystalSoftware@hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A I R M A I L P R O 3 . 1 2 Jul 1998 Air Mail Pro v3.1 MUI the ultimate email package for the Amiga is now available for download at http://www.toysoft-dev.com Free upgrades are given to current Air Mail Pro v3.0 users. Please contact danny@toysoft-dev.com for details. New features in 3.1. -------------------- o BCC has been added. o New NList listview. Easier sorting, Horiz. and Vert. scrollable listview. Draggable colunms. o New speech preference. Yes! you can now tell Air Mail Pro to speak your message to you. o More stable version of Super Mail Box o Preference loading is now sync'ed between Air mail Pro and Super mail box o More forms. Forms now include sounds. Very Cool!!! Only Air Mail makes it possible! o Proxy server feature added. o Added end with remark. o Better URL support o and many more Regards, Danny -- T O Y S O F T D E V E L O P M E N T I N C. E-Mail: danny@toysoft-dev.com WWW: http://www.toysoft-dev.com Voice: 1-403-680-1656 Calgary, Alberta Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------- P C M C I A E T H E R N E T C A R D National Amiga Announces NIMIQ PCMCIA Ethernet Card FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17th, 1998 NIMIQ: An Inuit word for any object or force that unites or binds them together. The Amiga 600 and 1200 have a PCMCIA ethernet card slot on the side of it that has yet been exploited for use with a cheaper ethernet card, until now. The NIMIQ card from National Amiga offers ethernet connectivity for the Amiga 600 and 1200 at a cheap price. The card has been fully tested to work with INet, Envoy and Miami, the most common networking packages available for the Amiga. It uses the standard cnet.device SANA2 device driver and later a specialized version will become available for registered users that will add more SANA2 functionality and speed. A complete installation manual is included that also covers basic networking to help answer many questions and get you up and running. Features: * 10-base-T RJ45 * 10-base-2 BNC/Coax * FCC and CE approval * 16K buffer for maximum data throughput * Auto senses between 10-base-T and 10-base-2 * Does not require power supply * Link and activity lights * Works with CPU caches turned on * Standard SANA-II device driver for use with Envoy, INet225, AmiTCP, Miami * Compliance with PCMCIA Release 2 Type II and JEIDA V4. standard * Compliance with IEEE802.3 10-base-2 and 10-base-T Ethernet standards Price: * $129 Canadian Dollars * $89 US Dollars (approximate) For more information on the NIMIQ PCMCIA Ethernet card, please contact us: National Amiga A Division of ARCHTECH Incorporated 111 Waterloo St. #101 London, Ontario N6B2M4 Phone: 519-858-8760 Fax: 519-858-8762 email: sales@nationalamiga.com http://www.nationalamiga.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amiga Update on the net: some issues available at: http://www.sharbor.com/amiga/news/ (in html format) Australian Mirror Site: http://www.comcen.com.au/~paulm/index.html All back issues available (in ASCII text) at: http://www.globaldialog.com/AdventureCentral/AU/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1998 by Brad Webb. 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