Amiga Update (1996-09-30)

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            U H   -   E A G L E   T O   O W N   A M I G A ? ?    

                        I B R O W S E   P A T C H  

About this Mini-issue's articles: 
 Well, we've still no firm news on the fate of the Amiga and VIScorp. 
However, there were some fascinating items on the net today. A couple 
indicate that VIScorp may not be the only company interested in buying 
Amiga Technologies. There's also Eagle computer, currently making Amiga 
clones with actual AT produced mother boards. (See issue 960517 for more 
information on Eagle.) We consider these rumors, but interesting. 
 We also came across a notice of a patch to IBrowse which we thought we'd 
throw in today. Actually, we're using the patch at "Amiga Update" and it 
definitely makes IBrowse a more usable program.  
 Interesting information today we didn't want to sit on, so you get a 
special mini-issue. We're always thinking of you. 
 Brad 
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                       E A G L E ,   P A R T   O N E  

{This is a message we downloaded from Usenet. Brad} 

I pulled this off Club Byte's (Amiga Dealer in Spain) this little news 
item: 

NOTICIAS - 26 / 09 / 96  
      - El juez instructor encargado de la compra de 
      Amiga Technologies, ha anunciado que como 
   Viscorp no liquide el importe restante antes del dia 
                30 de Septiembre, la compra pasara a manos de los 
                   segundos interesados. Eagle Computer & Co.  

 
Basically it is stating that on September 26th, the judge in charge of 
the liquidation has given VIScorp until September 30th to close the deal 
or the rights to purchase the Amiga do to Eagle Computers of Germany.   

Now isn't this something else.   Any confirmations on this? 

Fabian 

 
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                        E A G L E ,   P A R T   T W O 

{Another message from Usenet. Brad} 

Date: 29 Sep 1996 06:55:28 GMT 

: OK.  Spoke with VIScorp today.  The word is that Oct 1 is the current  
: deadline they are working with.  Price seems to be the #1 issue.  VIScorp  
: has not changed their plans. 
: -K 

Hope so.. Just thinking back over the past couple of months; 

"Viscorp buys the Amiga!"... JOY! 
"Viscorp finalizes deal by mid July"... Yippee! 
oops, 
"Viscorp finalizes deal by mid August"... hmmmm.. 
"Viscorp finalizes deal by October 1st"... Yawn! 

("Viscorp promises to have the deal done by October 31st"...?? etc etc) 

I'm not losing hope that Viscorp can get some nice nifty Super Amiga's onto 
the street.. I'm just worried about WHEN! 

I guess if there isnt a new, FAST CHEAPER Amiga by then end of the year, 
its off to the world of UAE :( 
. 
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Subject: IBROWSE 1.02 AVAILABLE 

>The IBrowse update patch is *NOW* available from 
>http://www.efd.lth.se/~f94sbu/ibrowse/update.html 
> 
>Regards 
> 
>Stephen Marriott - stevem@hisoft.co.uk 

I'm using it people, it fixes the many bugs in 1.00 and now I am 
for the first time enjoying IB as it should have been from start. 
All other IB (commercial) users go there and get it!! 

 
F=E1bio Santos de Goes 
Team AMIGA 

Universidade Federal Fluminense 
Computer Sciences Dept (GCC) 
Niter=F3i, Rio de Janeiro 
http://www.uff.br 

Nutecnet-Rio, ISP 
Amiga Support 
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 
http://www.rio.nutecnet.com.br/amiga 

Brazil 
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