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I N T E R V I E W W I T H A T H E A D
N O T E F R O M P E T R O T .
N E W T E K N I Q U E S P R E M I E R E I S S U E
T H O U G H T S O F G A T E W A Y L E A D E R
U P D A T E O N A U S T R A L I A N A M I G A S H O W
H O T L I S T H A N D L E R F O R B R O W S E R S
A U T O M A T I C I N T E R N E T H O O K U P ( A L M O S T )
H T M L E D I T O R A N N O U N C E D
N E W C H E C K B O O K P R O G R A M
V O O D O O E M A I L E R L I C E N S E D
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
Some interesting and positive items for you this time. First, a
posting we found on the Usenet. It's an unofficial English translation
of a German interview with Petro Tyschtschenko, the President of Amiga
Technologies. The original interview appears on the German magazine
"Amiga Magzin"'s Web site, in German only. In all honesty, we're not
entirely sure of the status of this translation - both it's accuracy,
and whether "Amiga Magazin" objects to its distribution. However, it's
widely available on the Net so we thought you should see it.
In addition, we spotted a note from Petro Tyschtschenko in the Usenet
newsgroups. We include it here as we found it very interesting. Our
thanks to Ben Clarke for making this available on the net.
When "Video Toaster User" died, there was a general sadness among
Amiga videographgers. The magazine "NewTekniques" promises to end that
unhappiness. Their premier issue has shipped. Below is a "sneak
preview" that was recently posted. We present it for the benefit of
all those working with Amiga video.
Story four is a bit strange but we would be lax not to include it.
It's another item culled from Usenet postings on the Internet.
Originally called "Dr. Amiga chats with Gateway's COO Rick Snyder",
it's an excerpt of a Web page. We present it just as it appeared on
the Internet. We think you'll find the quote from Mr. Snyder very
interesting. As nearly as we can determine, this is 100% legitimate.
Amigans on the other side of the world have provided an update on
"The Australian Amiga Gathering '97". Details below.
There are some interesting new product announcements that recently
appeared. We have press releases on five we think you'll be pleased to
hear about.
Rumor!! Gateway to be Bought!
The Net has been alive lately with a rumor that Gateway now is about
to be purchased, by Compaq of all companies. The rumor has been
attributed to a two year old news story, or recent "money programs",
presumably on TV but we don't know. We do know that Gateway is
probably the stronger company and we've seen nothing credible to back
up this particular rumor. It never ceases to amaze us what the Net can
come up with.
We hope you enjoy this issue.
Brad Webb,
Editor
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I N T E R V I E W W I T H A T H E A D
From: Eelke Blok
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:50:12 +0200
I tried to make an as acurate as possible translation. As German is
not my native language, there may be still some errors or slight
misinterpretatons.
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Gateway2000 Buys Amiga Technologies - Interview with Petro
Tyschtschenko
On 24.3.1997 the negotiations between the American PC
manufacturer/distributor Gateway2000, Inc. and the liquidator off
Amiga Technologies came to a joyful end. We asked Petro Tyschtschenko
a few questions on the new situation.
Amiga Magazin: Our best wishes. What are Gateway2000's plans for the
Amiga?
PT: They want to start where we stopped about a year ago. The Amiga
has to be built and sold again. No one plans to use chips,
motherboards or technological know-how for anything else, as for
example VISCorp was planning to do (Put the Amiga technology in settop
boxes). A press-release in accordance to this will be released at the
end of April.
Amiga Magazin: Will the Amiga be available again in the normal way?
PT: Yes. We don't want to setup any mailorder scheme without using
the other outlets: computer shops, specialist shops, department
stores, etc.
Amiga Magazin: What will the Amiga's future look like, how much will
it cost?
PT: In the near future, the computer will be available in the same
configuration as it has been before, mainly the A1200. It will cost
698 DM (DFL 780,- US$400,- UKP 250,- , calculations made with current
trade market figures, no tax-corrections - EB), 998 DM (DFL 1120,-
US$580,- UKP 360,- - EB) including a hard disk. We don't want to let
the price rice, but we won't drop it either.
Amiga Magazin: We all know that the Amiga, in its current hardware
architecture, can't quite follow the innovations in the current
computer business, but that there are great peripheral developments.
Is it planned to cooperate with these manufacturers and traders in the
future?
PT: You say it: we are well aware that the Amiga in its current
configuration doesn't satisfy the demands of this time. The survival
of the computer however, is due to the developments in the hard- and
software sector by many innovative Amiga companies. Off course we are
planning to have a talk with those competent developers as soon as
possible. But we are convinced that these companies will seek contact
with us very soon.
Amiga Magazin: What function will Gateway2000's German office in
Frankfurt have in the support and distribution of the Amiga? They
concentrate on MS-DOS computers solely, don't they?
PT: It's good that you mention this. Gateway2000 Germany and the
European main office in Dublin have nothing to do with Amiga
International. We want to ask Amiga users, manufactures and tradesman
to abandon any contact, be it by telephone or written.
Amiga Magazin: How do you see the future?
PT: Very bright. Finally there is, with Gateway2000, a strong company
behind the Amiga, which is willing to invest a substantial amount of
money in the computer.
Amiga Magazin: Thank you very much for this conversation.
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N O T E F R O M P E T R O T .
Date: 14 Apr 97 17:57:11 +0000
Here follows a genuine email from Petro Tyschtschenko. I promise it is
genuine, but i suppose you'll have to take my word for it...
>>---Start-----------------------<<
Ben, thank you for your mail. We will not start again to produce A
1200. We still have some A 1200 in stock, which I will continue to
sell. We are open minded for a lot of models for AMIGA International.
VisCorp is out and ESCOM is bankruptcy.....So long live AMIGA under
GATEWAY 2000.
We will be back soon with our strategy.
Best regards
Petro Tyschtschenko
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Ben Clarke
E-Mail: twig@enterprise.net
WWW: http://homepages.enterprise.net/twig/
A Member of Convergence International
http://convergence.int.eu.org
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N E W T E K N I Q U E S P R E M I E R E I S S U E
Sneak Preview of NewTekniques Premiere Issue
News Date : 10 April, 1997
News Source: Joe Tracy
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Advanstar has shipped NewTekniques, as scheduled, on April 1, 1997
(no joke). Below is a listing of the contents for the first issue. For
more information on the magazine, check out
http://www.studiovisions.com or http://www.newtek.com. To see the
cover image, go to www.studiovisions.com and select "NewTekniques"
then "The Premiere Issue". ENJOY!
Departments
TekTalk - by Joe Tracy
"NewTekniques: The Dream is a Reality"
Ask NewTek
Reader questions answered by NewTek
Short Takes
"LightWave 5.5 is Here!"
"Amiga Situation Drags On"
"Bob Hood Joins NewTek"
"The LightWave Warrior"
Tekniques
"Bypassing Logon for LightWave NT Users" - by John Campbell
& Gordon Keenan
"Eliminate Flyer Refresh Time" - by Mario Cascio "Getting Better
Flyer Sound" - by Bob Ketchum "Amiga LightWave F9 Render Fix" - by Joe
Tracy
TekMasters
An interview with NewTek's founder, Tim Jenison.
Renders
"City" by Robert Nederhorst
"Castle" by Devin Lafontaine
"Jasper" by Brian D. Tindall
"Coal Mining" by Gary Janello
"My Wedding" by Lance Gray
Premieres
MacroForm 2.0, WaveFilter ImageMagic, Real World Navigation Suite,
Gaffer, SuperGlow, VertiLectric, Digital Art Brushes, LightSocket,
Con-Motion, The StarFire Collection, Flyer Mastery Guide, Aussies Fast
Frames, AV8RPro, FlyFX Decision Maker, InterChange
Surf Report
A detailed listing of on-line resources
Columns
Waves - by John Gross
"Star Trek Tips for Better Planets"
LightWave 101 - by Scott Wheeler
"Forget Cloning: LightWave does DNA"
Flying High - by Joe Tracy
"Flyer Clips and LightWave - a powerful mix"
Mojo - by Mojo
"Last Word - The Special Edition"
Reviews Surface Effectors 1.1 - by Roger Vetruba
Club Toaster - by Bob Ketchum
WaveFilter Net+ - by Dave Thomas
AVILoad 2.0 - by John Campbell & Gordon Keenan
WaveNet Pro - by Mike Massee
RenderFX - by Mario Cascio
AV8R - by George Paramithas
Audio Thunder - by James Rainey
Tutorials
"Smashing Windows in LightWave 3D"
Tutorial #1 - by Douglas J. Nakakihara
"LightWave 3D for the Power Macintosh"
Tutorial #2 - by Thomas Fedoryak
"GPI to the Rescue"
Tutorial #3 - by Wayne M. Cole
Cover story
"Digital Domain: Adventure on the High Seas"
by Dick De Jong and Molly Dinkins
Subscription information
$32 covers you through 1998
1-800-346-0085 or 1-218-723-9477
When will the premiere issue be out?
Subscribers will have it within 1-3 weeks.
How can I learn more about NewTekNiques?
www.studiovisions.com or www.newtek.com
To get a more detailed Table of Contents, that includes page numbers,
sidebars, and the cover image, log onto www.studiovisions.com, select
"NewTekniques" then "The Premiere Issue".
If you have any questions, ideas, or suggestions regarding
NewTekniques, please e-mail me at jtracy@main.rosenet.net. I take
reader comments and suggestions very seriously.
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T H O U G H T S O F G A T E W A Y L E A D E R
Subject: Dr. Amiga Chats With Gateways COO Rick Snyder!
Date: 04 Apr 1997 23:32:02 -0600
I snipped this after following a new link form the Amiga Web
Directory. I found it very interesting, and I hope you do as well.
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Productive Computer Systems - Channel 303 - Amiga's New Parent Company
Gateway 2000
Amiga's New Parent Company
April 2, 1997 - Dr. Amiga chats with Gateway's COO Rick Snyder
On March 27, 1997 the assets of Amiga Technologies were acquired by a
very progressive American company - Gateway 2000.
[Some very interesting stuff snipped to conserve bandwidth but I
recommend that you follow the link from the Amiga Web Directory's New
Links and read the whole thing]
During the Q&A I asked 1 (one) 3-part :_) question: "Why did Gateway
buy Amiga Technologies, what they are planning to do with it and how
soon can I get one of their fancy cow-colored boxes with an Amiga in
it?"
Mr. Snyder replied that it's tough to be specific at this point. He
said that when purchasing something during a bankruptcy, you're
actually buying an equivalent of a large box with 'stuff' in it. You
have an IDEA of what the stuff is, but no clue what the details of the
contents are. Until you're given the permission to 'open the box', you
can't begin to make any kind of concrete plans regarding it. Even
though the offer has been accepted and there are several Gateway 2000
people in Germany working on the details, he has not heard everything
from them and therefore does NOT want to mislead anyone or promise
something that's not so (remember, what I said earlier about being in
Microsoft country - this guy, very obviously, is taking a different
approach).
After the keynote address, I decided to approach Mr. Snyder and do a
follow-up... I asked him if Gateway had people who truly understand
what it is that they've got and what can be done with it. I also told
him a little bit about the Amiga community and how, if Gateway is to
play their cards right, they could gain a small but significant army
of their proponents. He didn't specifically say that yes, they did
have people who understood, but his non-answer was more of answer to
me than if he gave me a direct response. He said that "Gateway could
NOT let a technology like that die!" This is a direct quote from his
mouth to my face one foot away!!!
So, from the above I gathered that even though the situation remains
unknown and no specific plans or decisions have been relayed, I really
liked what this guy had to say, I liked the company he represents and
I liked the approach he's taking toward the future. Considering all of
the turmoil with ownership of Amiga since the day it was invented - at
this point I'd have to say that Amiga's future has NEVER looked
brighter! I'm officially very glad that Gateway 2000 bought the Amiga
Technologies. I'm very optimistic about their future plans and Amiga's
future under them! From the past experiences, I won't believe anything
100% until I SEE it, yet I remain, cautiously yet extremely
optimistic.
Considering the name of the company, it's interesting that it matches
Amiga community's sincere wishes to have some company be the GATEWAY
to take Amiga into the year 2000 :) and beyond...
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U P D A T E O N A U S T R A L I A N A M I G A S H O W
Date: 11 Apr 97
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AUSTRALIAN AMIGA GATHERING 97 UPDATE
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Proudly brought to you by
Australian Amiga Gazette
I am please to inform you that we have finalized
the location and dates for the Amiga Expo
SYDNEY SHOWGROUND
(Exhibition Village)
28TH - 29TH JUNE
If you would like to receive automatic updates
regarding the "Australian Amiga Gathering 97"
just send a email to the address below
with the subject "Expo-update", no text is
required in the message.
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Australian Amiga Gazette
Suite 19 9-11 Abel Street
Penrith NSW 2750
Ph: (047) 222-803
Fax: (047) 215-277
Email: mother@pnc.com.au
Web: www.pnc.com.au/~mother/aag.html
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H O T L I S T H A N D L E R F O R B R O W S E R S
Date: 4 Apr 1997 20:31:02 GMT
Organization: none
TITLE
HotListHandler 1.10 (30-Mar-97)
AUTHOR
Robert Nienkemper, Den Helder, The Netherlands
robertn@tip.nl
DESCRIPTION
HotListHandler (HLH) will manage your hotlist!
Share one hotlist with all the browsers available for the Amiga.
If you use more than one browser then use HotListHandler.
If you stick with one browser, well, use it anyway.
HLH FEATURES
o A nice toolbar
o Easy to use
o Share one hotlist among Amiga browsers
o Offers a QuickMenu for fastlinks
o Creates an index when viewing the hotlist through a browser
o Grab URL's from browsers* (if the browser supports it via ARexx)
o Edit the hotlist while off-line (create Groups, add URL's, etc.)
o Jump to any public screen
o Totally font sensitive
o AddToHotlist conversion
NEW FEATURES
o Sort a hotlist
o Search a hotlist
o An HLH ARexx port
o More Tooltypes for a better startup
o Multiple hotlist support (Open, Save As)
o Step through groups
o Print a hotlist
o Use the "hide" flag from AWeb hotlists
o Support for Voyager-NG
o And more.....
HLH SUPPORTS
o AWeb
o IBrowse
o Voyager*
o Mosaic
o Voyager-NG*
* QuickGrab cannot be supported with Voyager as these browsers have no
ARexx command to share the URL with other programs.
REQUIREMENTS
Amiga OS 3.0+
AVAILABILITY
ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/comm/www/HLHandler110.lha (57344)
http://www.tip.nl/users/robertn/
REPLACES
HLHandler10.lha (22-Dec-96)
PRICE & DISTRIBUTABITY
Shareware: $10 US
Distribution: Not restricted.
Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Robert Nienkemper
ANNOUNCEMENT SUBMITTED BY
Rand R. Fredricksen, Wheeling, IL, USA,
rand@maui.netwave.net,
English HLH.guide author,
upon request from Robert Nienkemper, HLH author.
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A U T O M A T I C I N T E R N E T H O O K U P ( A L M O S T )
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 97 10:38:50 GMT
Have just updated my website, And have placed a newer version of my
install script for a complete Internet installation, Will work with
most ISP's.
For more info see my website or email me.
Introduction
**************
NetFace is complete Internet Package Providing
Mail, News, Ftp, Telnet & Web browsing.
The NetFace Package is a collection of files mostly
from Aminet, With an install script to un-arc and
install these onto your hard drive complete with
an easy to use frontend gui.
The Installer will make a drawer called 'NetFace'
where you specify and in it, It will place
Miami as the TCP/IP stack
GRn as the offline Newsreader.
NewsAgent1.4 as the News Browser.
Geditor as the News & Mail editor.
Voyager as the Web Browser.
YAM as the Mail Client.
AmFTP as the FTP Client.
AmTelnet as the Telnet Client.
WBRun this is used just to launch NewsAgent.
And several extra files in the bin directory ie.
Postnews.
Sendnews.
Mailkick.
ect.
It will also copy some fonts (GRn.font) to you fonts drawer.
and two libraries to Libs: and three files to C:
Steve.
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H T M L E D I T O R A N N O U N C E D
CultureShock Announces Release of Pagemonster HTML Editor
News Date : 08 April, 1997
News Source: CultureShock Multimedia
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CultureShock Multimedia is proud to announce the release of
Pagemonster 1.0, a new web page generation tool for the Amiga
Computer.
Pagemonster incorporates an easy to use point and click interface with
a modular, non-linear approach to the construction of web pages. This
method allows you to gather, arrange and preview all the elements that
will comprise your final page into an unlimited number of layouts
before saving.
Features Include:
o No knowledge of HTML required to operate.
o Digitized voice narration to help guide you through Pagemonsters
operation.
o Use your favorite paint programs, image processors, text editors and
sound sampling software from inside Pagemonster.
o Store external links and any associated files for later use in other
pages.
o Form wizards allow you to generate forms for user input with just a
few clicks of a button.
o Plug-in support which allows Pagemonster to grow along with the
rapidly changing HTML standards of the World Wide Web.
o Create multipule page suites and save everything to disk, media
files and all, to upload later or rework.
Minimum Requirements:
o Amiga OS 3.0 or greater.
o At least 6 Megs of Ram.
o AmigaVision Player and Runtime libraries
o The Append command
o At least 8 megs of Harddrive space
Special New Release Price Break
If you purchase Pagemonster 1.0 direct before July 1997, you will be
able to obtain a copy at the special low price of just $49.95. After
that the Pagemonster will return to it's normal retail price of
$69.95.
How to Order Direct
Send a certified check or money order for $49.95 (U.S. Dollars) made
out to CultureShock Multimedia Plus $5.00 postage and handling to the
following address:
CultureShock Multimedia
2319 North 45th street
Suite 296
Seattle, Washingtion 98103
Dealers interested in distributing this product please contact David
Elfalan at cshock@serv.net.
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N E W C H E C K B O O K P R O G R A M
Date: 12 Apr 1997 11:56:01 GMT
TITLE
Pretium Checkbook Finances Software
VERSION
1.1
COMPANY
IDD
204 NW 25th Street
Gainesville, FL 32607
(352) 373-9471
<http://www.pobox.com/~idd> - idd@pobox.com
DESCRIPTION
Pretium is a checkbook accounting program designed specifically for
the Amiga. To record a transaction, such as a deposit or withdrawal
from your checking account, enter the information the same way you
would record the transaction in your checkbook. Pretium keeps track
of the running balance and cleared and uncleared transactions
automatically.
Choose an option from the menu and your transactions are sorted by
payee, category, amount, check number, or date. Pretium supports
check printing to print professional looking checks faster than you
can write a check by hand.
Pretium can be used for keeping track of credit card charge and
payments, savings accounts, petty cash funds, cash transactions, and
more. You can work with any number of separate accounts on-screen at
one time. Select a transaction and click a button, and Pretium will
display address and phone number information about the payee from its
built-in phone and address database. Pretium can also fill-in
information from a previous transaction, matched by entering just the
first few letters.
If you want a clearer picture of where your money is going, you
can have it print a report. Pretium supports categories and
subcategories for transactions, allowing you to classify and organize
your finances.
It also supports importing and exporting of files with Quicken,
Microsoft Money, and other programs that support the QIF exchange
format.
Pretium is designed for international use. It works with any date
and money format.
NEW FEATURES
New features since the 1.01 version include the payee database,
sorting of transactions by different transaction fields, funds
transfers between accounts, check voiding, and check printing.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Pretium runs on any Amiga with AmigaDOS 2.x or better. Pretium is
designed for use in any country with any money and date format.
DISTRIBUTABILITY
Pretium is a commercial software package.
PRICE
Pretium's suggested retail list price is $54.95 (US funds).
AVAILABILITY
The commercial software package is available through several dealers
and distributors. If your software dealer doesn't carry Pretium,
you can order it directly from IDD by sending $54.95 (US funds) to:
IDD
204 NW 25th Street
Gainesville, FL 32607
A demo of Pretium is available as on Aminet in /biz/misc as
"pretium.lha". You can use the URL:
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/biz/misc/pretium.lha
The demo is also available through the IDD web site at
<http://www.pobox.com/~idd>. You can also receive it by e-mail by
sending mail to idd@pobox.com with "send demo" as the subject.
David R Orr, owner of IDD and the author of Pretium.
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V O O D O O E M A I L E R L I C E N S E D
Finale Development Licenses Voodoo Emailer
Finale Development, Inc. will continue Voodoo development for Amiga
Helsinki, Finland (April 5, 1997) - I'm happy to announce that I have
reached an agreement with Finale Development, Inc. that gives them a
source-license to my Voodoo emailer, and will enable Finale to
continue its development on the Amiga and pOS platforms in the future.
At the same time, I will be ceasing development on Amiga, but this
agreement means that the support of Voodoo will continue. Alain
Penders of Finale Development has informed me that they plan to
include a version of Voodoo with their forthcoming WWW browser, the
Finale Web Cruiser, as well as continue the development of the
stand-alone Voodoo client as a commercial product.
More information about Finale Development and their products,
including future Voodoo releases, will be available at
http://www.Finale-Dev.com/.
Voodoo was originally released in December of 1995 as the first Amiga
product with fully integrated MIME support in a GUI environment. It
later was the first product to support the PGP/MIME encryption
standard.
Osma Ahvenlampi, author of Voodoo (up to version 1.280)
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Australian Mirror Site: http://www.comcen.com.au/~paulm/index.html
All back issues available (in ASCII text) at:
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