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970502
I M P U L S E S U P P O R T S A M I G A
M I A M I U P G R A D E D - S S L T O O ! !
N E W V O Y A G E R U S E S S S L A L S O
C O N T R O L Y O U R H O M E
N E W A W E B C O M I N G
U P C O M I N G F R O M H A A G E A N D P A R T N E R
A H I V E R S I O N 4
S Y S T E M T E S T U T I L I T Y
B I G D I S K - N O M O R E 4 G L I M I T
P E T R O T . I N T E R V I E W U P D A T E
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
Lots of product information to bring your way today. A question much
asked has been "is Impulse leaving the Amiga behind". That question
looks to be answered with the announcement carried below concerning
Imagine 5. Good news for Amiga 3D modelers!
The popular Miami networking package gets an update - and the ability
to use Secure Socket Layer standard for protected financial
transactions over the Net. Two detailed press releases are below.
At the same time, a new version of the Voyager browser has been
announced. It also uses SSL. It is our understanding that the Voyager
upgrade was developed in coordination with Miami.
A hardware/software package with the potentially confusing name of
Majordome offers you the ability to control powered devices in your
home from your Amiga. Unfortunately, the announcement we have for you
doesn't say where you can get these products. (We are unaware of any
relationship between Majordome's creators and those who put together
the list server software Majordomo.)
The folks at Haage and Partner have pre-announced four very
interesting products. We have the teaser information on all four.
Another unusual product is software named AHI. It purports to do for
audio on the Amiga what Cybergraphix did for the display. We have the
press release for you.
Those of you who need to test your Amiga's memory or disk functions
may want to check out STU, a shareware diagnostic utility. From the
land of the Magyars comes a very interesting software which can take
your Amiga beyond its limit of four gigabytes per hard drive
partition. I can't conceive of writing enough "Amiga Updates" or
anything else to fill such large partitions, but Amigans working in
graphics will surely welcome this product.
Finally, we have an interesting posting from the Usenet newsgroups.
In issue 970414 we ran an English translation of an interview with
Amiga International's Petro Tyschtschenko. It seems Mr. Tyschtschenko
wishes to make it plain that interview did not contain his official
pronouncements on the Amiga, and he contacted the interview's poster
to make the point.
We should have a much better picture of what Gateway 2000 and Amiga
International have in mind for the future at the World of Amiga show
upcoming in London. A press conference has been scheduled for 3p.m. on
Friday, May 16 during the show. For those of you who'll be attending,
it's will take place in the Salon Bourg, Novotel Exhibition Centre, 1
Shortlands, Hammersmith, London. We'll be bringing our readers
information from the show and press conference just as soon as we have
it.
Enjoy this issue!
Brad Webb,
Editor
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I M P U L S E S U P P O R T S A M I G A
Impulse Inc. of Minneapolis Minnesota announced the continued support
for the Amiga Computer. Recently Impulse released Imagine version 5.0
to all Amiga users for a price of $100.00. Due to the success of this
program, development has begun on a completely new version of the
Imagine 3D software package for the Amiga. The new version will be
sold as the Amiga constant update program (ACUP) and the cost will be
$100.00 for registered 5.0 Imagine users. If you do not yet have
version 5.0 you may order it directly from Impulse for $100.00 The
Impulse web site at http://www.coolfun.com/amiga.htm will give you all
the details for version 5.0 of Imagine.
Impulse will accept advance orders for the 6.0 version but will not
charge any credit cards or cash checks untill the software is ready to
ship. You may place your order via fax 612-425-0701, phone in the US
1-800-328-0184 outside the US 612-425-0557, or e-mail
sales@coolfun.com. Please include name, address, phone, e-mail
address, and payment information. Imagine is one of the best know 3D
software packages on the Amiga platform and will continue to be with
the support of the Amiga community. Impulse is excited about the
future and the rebith of the Amiga.
Thank You
Larry Halvorson
V.P. Sales
Impulse Inc.
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M I A M I U P G R A D E D - S S L T O O ! !
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997
Miami 2.1 is now available for download from www.nordicglobal.com.
Major changes since version 2.0n:
- full support for multicasting (level 2) and multicast
routing in the registered version.
- support for MiamiSSL, a new implementation of the "Secure
Socket Layer (SSL)" standard, in the registered version.
MiamiSSL is distributed separately. See the separate
announcement.
- three separate program versions for "68020+ (registered)",
"68000/010 (registered)" and "unregistered" to reduce the
size of the binaries.
- significant performance improvements across Ethernet.
- many internal changes for cleaner, faster code...
Miami 2.1 is the first version of Miami that supports a new keyfile
format (version 2). However you do NOT necessarily NEED the new
keyfiles to use Miami 2.1. It is safe to install Miami 2.1 on top of
your registered Miami 2.0n installation, and continue to use the old
keyfiles. Please see the separate announcement regarding keyfiles.
Please note that Miami 2.1 is an intermediate release, not a major
release. Development on several new features (ANDI, SocksD support,
built-in serial driver etc.) is actually already further ahead than
visible in Miami 2.1, but the release of an intermediate version of
Miami was necessary in order to support MiamiSSL and new keyfiles.
As Miami now ships with three binaries instead of two, and additional
programs for multicasting were added, it is no longer practical to
have all files in a single archive, because that archive would become
rather large.
Instead the Miami distribution is now spread across four files:
- Miami21main.lha
This archive contains all files (utilities, documentation,
libraries etc.) except for the Miami program binaries.
Everyone who upgrades to Miami 2.1 needs this archive.
- Miami21eval.lha
This archive contains only the Miami program binary for
unregistered users.
- Miami21reg000.lha
This archive contains only the 68000/010 version of the Miami
program binary for registered users. This binary REQUIRES a
keyfile ("old" or "new" keyfile).
- Miami21reg020.lha
This archive contains only the 68020+ version of the Miami
program binary for registered users. This binary REQUIRES a
keyfile ("old" or "new" keyfile).
This means everyone upgrading to Miami 2.1 needs the main archive
and one of the other three archives.
NOTE: At the moment only the ftp links on the Miami download page are
functional - for technical reasons. The www links should work within a
few days as well.
*****
Nordic Global Inc. is proud to announce the availability of
MiamiSSL
an implementation of the "Secure Socket Layer" (SSL) standard for
Miami, brought to you by a cooperative effort of Nordic Global Inc.
and VaporWare (the authors of Voyager-NG and several other fine pieces
of Amiga software). MiamiSSL is based on the freely available "SSLeay"
software suite, version 0.6.6, by Eric Young.
SSL is a set of protocols required to create secure (encrypted and
authenticated) TCP connections, and is, among other things, used for
the "https" protocol in web browsers.
"https" is used by many web servers to provide a secure transmission
of sensitive data, such as credit card information for online
ordering. One site that just recently added "https" support is
www.sasg.com, the site of SASG, authors of MUI.
MiamiSSL is available FREE OF CHARGE to ALL registered users of Miami.
To use MiamiSSL you need ALL of the following:
- REGISTERED Miami 2.1 or higher.
- Miami keyfiles in the new keyfile format (see the separate
announcement regarding keyfiles).
- The archive "MiamiSSL10.lha" from www.nordicglobal.com.
This archive does NOT contain cryptographic code, and may
be freely im/exported to/from the USA.
- One of the MiamiSSL encryption libraries. Please see below
for more information on these.
- reqtools.library version 38 or higher. You can get a
current version of reqtools.library from Aminet.
- Software supporting MiamiSSL. At the moment Voyager-NG
supports MiamiSSL in its latest release version (available
from www.vapor.com).
As SSL requires various algorithms for strong encryption, it is a bit
difficult to find legal ways to use and distribute it everywhere. This
is why the MiamiSSL encryption libraries (which contain the encryption
code required for SSL) are kept separate from the MiamiSSL main
archive, and are NOT available from public sources such as Aminet, but
only by other means.
Currently two versions of the MiamiSSL encryption library
exist:
- miamisslusa.library:
For use by US/Canadian citizens living in the USA or Canada.
This library is ONLY available directly from me on
request (fifth step in MiamiRegister), and ONLY to citizens
of USA or Canada. It MAY ONLY be used within the USA and
Canada, and MAY NOT be exported to other countries, or be
made available for export in any way (e.g. by uploading it
to public software sites). If you violate these rules then
you may be subject to criminal prosecution under US/Canadian
federal law.
To my best knowledge miamisslusa.library does NOT contain
any algorithms which are patented in the USA, or covered by
similar software rights, except for RSA, which is implemented
using the RSAref suite, licensed for freeware/shareware use.
This means miamisslusa.library is, to my best knowledge,
legal to use in the USA. However I will not take any
responsibility for the validity of this statement -- use
at your own risk !
One drawback: for legal reasons miamisslusa.library does NOT
implement the algorithms RC2 and RC4, and as a result is NOT
interoperable with servers which ONLY support these
algorithms (e.g. the export versions of many commercial web
servers, such as Netscape's server). miamisslusa.library
can only connect to servers which support DES or IDEA, or
which allow unencrypted SSL connections. It is, for instance,
compatible to SSL-adapted versions of the Apache web server,
and to web servers based on SSLeay or MiamiSSL.
- miamisslintl.library:
For use by anyone who lives outside of the USA and Canada --
will be available very soon.
This library was built outside of the USA (without exporting
encryption material from the USA), and is ONLY available from
sources outside of the USA (soon available from www.vapor.com).
It MAY NOT be UPLOADED to public software sites in the USA, it
MAY NOT be EXPORTED from the USA, and it MAY NOT be USED in
the USA, because it supports RC2 and RC4, algorithms which are
legally protected in the USA.
Note to US/Canadian users:
To make this point perfectly clear:
YOU MAY NOT USE miamisslintl.library IN THE USA OR CANADA !
miamisslintl.library implements algorithms which are covered
by patents and other rights in the USA (and possibly in
Canada), and its use without proper licenses is thus illegal
in these countries, as explained to you here and in the
README file accompanying miamisslintl.library.
I hereby explicitly inform you that I DO NOT have a license to
use RC2/RC4 in the USA or Canada, that miamisslintl.library
was released WITHOUT such a license, and to non-US/Canadian
users only, and that you may therefore NOT use it in the USA
or Canada. If you violate this rule then you may be subject
to criminal prosecution under US/Canadian federal law and/or
civil lawsuits. In any case I WILL NOT be liable or
responsible for your illegal use, or any consequences
arising from it.
Note to international users:
The fact that miamisslintl.library is AVAILABLE to you does
NOT necessarily mean that it is LEGAL to use. It is YOUR
responsibility to check the laws in your country, state or
city, to find out about any restrictions on the use of
cryptographic software or the particular algorithms
implemented in miamisslintl.library (RSA, DES, MD2, MD5,
RC2, RC4, SHA, SHA1) in your area BEFORE using
miamisslintl.library.
In particular, as far as I know the use of strong
cryptography is currently entirely prohibited in France and
Iraq, so people in these countries may probably NOT use
miamisslintl.library at all.
miamisslintl.library DOES implement RC2 and RC4, and therefore
interoperates with all known web servers (including Netscape),
but it does NOT implement IDEA, because of licensing
restrictions in many countries. However so far this has not
turned out to be a problem with any servers.
Summarizing, what you need to do to use MiamiSSL with Voyager-NG
is, step-by-step:
- Ensure that you have reqtools.library V38 or higher installed.
If you don't have it then get the ReqTools archive from Aminet
(util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha).
- Download Miami 2.1 from www.nordicglobal.com and install it
"over" your current Miami registration.
- Register Miami, if you have not already done so, and wait
for your keyfile to arrive.
- In the "About" requester of Miami check if your keyfiles are
already "Keyfile version 2" (near the bottom of the requester).
If you still have "Keyfile version 1", then execute the fourth
step in MiamiRegister ("Upgrade keyfile version 1->2") and
wait for my email response.
- Users in the USA/Canada: Execute the fifth step in MiamiRegister
to order your copy of miamisslusa.library. Wait for my email
response, and install the library as described in the email.
- Users outside the USA/Canada: Get miamisslintl.library,
(soon from www.vapor.com), and install the library as
described in the archive.
- Get the MiamiSSL archive from www.nordicglobal.com and
install it using the included Installer script.
- Get Voyager-NG from www.vapor.com and install it.
After that Voyager-NG should automatically use MiamiSSL for
"https:" URLs.
One more comment:
At the moment the distribution of MiamiSSL is mostly targetted towards
web browsers such as Voyager-NG and other clients, and does not
include most of the SSL server tools (to handle certificates, keyfiles
etc.)
However all server functionality IS implemented and tested in
MiamiSSL, and updated installation archives and instructions for
server operation, certificate testing and management etc. will be
released once the first MiamiSSL-aware servers for AmigaOS become
available.
If you are interested in adding MiamiSSL support to your software
please contact me at "kruse@nordicglobal.com". One of the nice
features of MiamiSSL is that it allows software authors to support SSL
in their applications without having to deal with the tedious legal
implications.
--
Holger Kruse kruse@nordicglobal.com
http://www.nordicglobal.com
__
Mailinglist 'miami-announce-ml' Admin: <kruse@nordicglobal.com>
Send listserv-requests to <amiga-lists@nordicglobal.com>
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N E W V O Y A G E R U S E S S S L A L S O
Next Generation
So good - it's even pirated by the competition.
Here it is: Voyager Next Generation V2.70 Voayger-NG has a host of new
features away and above Voyager 1.0, including support for SSL,
tables, frames, internal image decoding including support for PNG,
custom URL plugins, and a host of other improvements. Download
Voyager-NG now and experience the web through new eyes.
Note that the Voyager SSL module may not be used inside the USA.
However, USA residents can still get SSL support in V with the new
V2.1 of Miami available from www.nordicglobal.com.
Remember, Voyager is shareware. You may register at any VaporWare
registration site worldwide, or directly via WWW Online Registration.
WARNING: Serious bug in V030!
The V030 version of 2.70 will crash heavily if started on non-FPU
equipped 030/040 systems. Therefore, the V030 version has been removed
from the current distribution archives until the next release for
security reasons.
Features:
o Voyager is fast. Web page output is speedy.
o Memory efficient. Unlike some other browsers, Voyager will not
eat away all of your chip ram.
o Full HTML-2 implementation, and a growing amount of HTML-3.2.
o Plugins allow such features as a builtin search engine to grab
hits from
major engines around the world and present them all to you.
o Tables and frames are supported.
o Internal FTP support
o Uses a proxy server for gopher and WAIS.
o Animated GIF support
o Context-sensitive RMB menu popups.
o Supports Client Side Image Maps, Netscape Level 1 extensions,
and HTTP Access Authorisation.
o Document cache with lastmod-based verification.
o Full support for hicolor displays.
o Asynchronous network handling - Multiple windows.
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C O N T R O L Y O U R H O M E
Date : 20 Apr 97 16:31:34 +0200
A new version of Majordome-
Short: Control your home plugs and keep an eye on your home with
your Amiga
Authors: Michel.donat@ramses.fdn.org
Version: 2.0
Type: util/misc
Replaces: Majordome_16.lha
DESCRIPTION
Majordome
Majordome software and hardware allows you to control 6 plugs
with
your Amiga and to watch over your home with 2 alarm detectors.
With this Software and Hardware you can:
o Ponctually control the plugs
o Program the plugs for switching on and off
o Control the plugs externally with a French Minitel® or Modem
o Control the plugs via the Arexx port
o Several types of programming:
. Days
. Some days on week
. Some days on month
. Fixed Date
o Several options are available
. Switch on/off only the plug
. Execute some actions
. Switch on/off another plug
. Execute a CLI command
. Send a AREXX message
. Play a Audio sample
. Call a phone Number
. Send a FAX
o Execute several actions according to the state of the 2
detector inputs.
Full locale support. English, French, (Deutch in some weeks)
catalogs included.
Documentation on AmigaGuide
As an example, you can simulate your presence when your are gone
on
vacancy or at the Week-End, and make the light switch on when an
alarm
detector is activated.
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N E W A W E B C O M I N G
News Date : 18, April, 1997
AmiTrix is proud to announce the pending release of AWeb-II, version
3.0. This all new version of AWeb, the culmination of six months of
work, is now nearing completion, and in the final testing stages
during preparation of the package. Totally re-written and re-designed
for greater flexibility in future updates, it retains it's familiar
GUI with some additions, and more configurable options. More complete
details will be forthcoming soon.
Release date:
The final shipping date is not certain as yet, but projected for the
latter part of May, 1997.
Some of the new features of AWeb-II v3.0 are:
o Full support for frames, table backgrounds, and more HTML
features.
o Now has support for server push and client pull.
o Added support for proxy authorization.
o Internal FTP support.
o A new public plugin interface. Plugin modules can do their
rendering
directly in the AWeb browser window. The API (Application Program
Interface) is available as a separate archive, contact Yvon
Rozijn at yrozijn@xs4all.nl for further information.
o Standalone images are now shown in the AWeb window, or can use an
optional external image viewer.
o More versatile cookie protection and a cookie alert requester.
Cookie
save file is now in readable form.
o Greatly enhanced and expanded Arexx command set.
o Now with Clipboard support, added Control Menu items, including
copy selected text from a page.
o New, fully configurable user buttons, below the existing toolbar.
o The Image and Link popup menues are now fully configurable.
o New URL template popup menu on the URL field.
o A new info window with HTTP transfer headers, meta information
and current documents links.
o The Network status window now shows CPS rate.
o New powerful hotlist manager.
o Enhanced cachebrowser with find functions and able to delete
multiple file entries.
o The Search function now highlights the text found.
o Improved greyscale palette.
o Added Project Menu item: edit HTML source.
o New Settings Menu items: load settings, save settings as, GUI
settings.
o The No-proxy, No-cookie, and Do-not-cache lists are now sorted
and support pattern matching.
o ...and many, many other things including updates to HTTX and
AWebNews plugins, and HTML-Heaven.
MSRP remains unchanged at $45.00US / $60.00CAN plus $5.00 shipping.
Current owners of AWeb may upgrade to 3.0 for $20.00US / $27.00CAN,
plus shipping. Canadian orders add 7% GST to the total amount.
Customers purchasing or upgrading to AWeb-II v3.0 will receive a free
update to v3.1 when it becomes available at a future date.
--
We now have VISA for direct sales, orders should be submitted via fax
with card details and signature for authorization.
Dealer and Customer inquiries welcomed! For more information, ordering
AmiTrix products or dealer locations, contact us at:
AmiTrix Development
5312 - 47 Street
Beaumont, Alberta, T4X 1H9
Canada
Phone or Fax: 1+ 403-929-8459
Please leave your mailing address, phone/fax number, and/or email
address on phone messages when requesting information.
Email: sales@amitrix.com or support@amitrix.com
http://www.amitrix.com/
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U P C O M I N G F R O M H A A G E A N D P A R T N E R
30. April 97
Code name "MERAPI"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The JAVA future of the Amiga!
We are proud to be able to announce a new project that will affect the
future of the Amiga very much. The developments started about 6 month
ago and we hope to be able to present a first version in June or July.
"MERAPI" will be an interesting project for both "parties", the JAVA
programmers as well as the users who want to run a JAVA application.
More information will follow soon.
StormC p.OS / StormPowerASM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Storm family is growing!
Good times for Amiga programmers: the new StormC modules for p.OS and
PowerUP are ready. There is also a very new hardcore tools:
StormPowerASM that takes full advantage out of the PowerUP boards. And
last but not least there is the new release of our GUI editor:
StormWIAZRD 2.0. More information will follow soon.
Tornado3D
~~~~~~~~~
The superb modeler and animation package!
Tornado3D does it all in realtime and has phantastic features. More
information will follow soon.
NetConnect
~~~~~~~~~~
The complete Internet Suite for the Amiga!
VoagerNG, AmiTCP 4.5 Dialup, Microdot II, AmFTP, AmIRC, AmTelnet,
AmFinger, AmTerm, NetInfo, IconBar ...More information will follow
soon.
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A H I V E R S I O N 4
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Linkoping, Sweden (April 22, 1997) - Martin Blom announced today the
availability of the AHI Audio System version 4, the retargetable audio
standard for AmigaOS. With this release AHI has grown from being
mainly a developer tool to a professional and user friendly product no
one owning a sound card can live without.
AHI has quickly become a de facto standard, and has hardware drivers
for the built-in sound hardware (Paula) as well as most of the
available sounds cards for the Amiga and DraCo computers. The system
allows fast mixing of up to 128 virtual sound channels in realtime,
and can also be used for non-realtime rendering in 32 bit quality with
linear interpolation and mixing frequencies up to 96 kHz.
"Commodore or Amiga Technologies should have written a better audio
system years ago, but never did", Martin said. "Since nobody else did
either I decided to give it a try, and I am very satisfied with the
result."
It's not only the author who is excited about AHI:
"AHI is the greatest thing since sliced toast, finally our DraCo is no
longer a mute! When people realize what AHI is about it will be as big
as CybergraphX. It's time we got rid of the 8-bit audio limit! Great
work Martin!" -- Johan Otterstrom, Orebro Videoreklam
"Finally there's a powerful retargetable audio standard for Amiga" --
Thomas Wenzel, A.C.T. (designers of the Prelude soundcard)
Sound card except Paula supported by AHI: Aura, Delfina DSP, Draco
Motion, Prelude, Toccata and Wavetools. AHI is available free of
charge from http://www.lysator.liu.se/~lcs/ahi.html Martin Blom can be
reached via E-mail at lcs@lysator.liu.se.
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S Y S T E M T E S T U T I L I T Y
Date: 23 Apr 1997 20:22:03 GMT
TITLE
STU - System Test Utility
VERSION
8.0
AUTHOR
Tony Preston, apreston@k2nesoft.com
DESCRIPTION
STU is an Amiga system diagnostic. Its purpose is to
test disk drives and memory on any model Amiga using the
operating system functions. With this program you can test
all available memory and the disk functions of the system.
The user has the ability to test individual drives for errors.
NEW FEATURES
There are a few small bug fixes for some enforcer hits.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
STU will run on any Amiga running OS 1.3 or later.
AVAILABILITY
Available from any Aminet site such as:
ftp://ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk/aminet/disk/util/stu.lha
The latest version can always be downloaded from:
The Amiga Zone BBS (609) 953-8159
DISTRIBUTABILITY
The STU archive may be downloaded to any BBS or distributed
on any CD-ROM archive or FTP site.
OTHER
Copyrighted 1997 Custom Services. All rights reserved.
STU is a shareware product. The fee for registration is $10
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B I G D I S K - N O M O R E 4 G L I M I T
May 1, 1997
BIGDISK is now released, it is available from the AWSW distributors.
It removes the 4GB limitation of AmigaDOS. Now it is possible to
handle 9GB or larger hardisks with the Amiga or DraCo. It is possible
to create partitions above the 4GB limit - you can format them with
any file system you like (AFS, FFS), and it is compatible with ALL
versions of MovieShop on both the DraCo, and VLM as a MovieShop video
or audio partition. We tested it extensively, so we can bravely
suggest it to users who plan to upgrade their NLE system extensively.
Note:
MovieShop4.2 for the DraCo supports hardisks that are larger than 4GB.
BIGDISK also works with the VLM, and also supports AmigaDOS access to
partitions above 4GB.
Check out our site for further details, or for grabbing the demo
version.
KNOWN ISSUES
************
BIGDISK
Compatibility with cybscsi.device is not yet confirmed. Appearantly it
seems that BIGDISK _IS_ compatible with it, but it is not 100%
confirmed yet. Please contact us first, before buying BIGDISK for
cybscsi.device.
BIGDISK OFFERED FOR ALL AMIGA DEALERS
**************************************
If you sell Amiga computers make sure you bundle BIGDISK with all
hardisks that are larger than 4GB.
Even experienced users may run into problems that result in severe
dataloss when using a hardisk that is larger than 4GB with an Amiga
without BIGDISK.
Further details are available on our site. Click on the 4GB VAMPIRE
image on the homepage.
4 WAYS OF GETTING FULL VERSIONS FREE
************************************
1. TRANSLATE
Get the demo version from OUR SITE. Check out if there is a
translation for your language included yet. Not? Translate the readme
file, and send it to us. We will send the full version back to you
FREE of any charge.
NOTES
Check by e-mail first if someone else was not doing the translation
yet. We will refuse sending the full version if the quality of the
translation is not verified positively by a native speaker.
2. DEMO PICTURE / GOOD TIP
Tell us about your success with one of our products. Include a JPEG
demo picture that shows an impressive result, that we can use in our
promotion. We welcome any valuable tips for using our software most
effectively. Include the name of the product, that you want to recieve
FREE in return.
If we display your submission publicly, we will
send the requested product free of any charge.
3. SEND A BUG!
We test our software thorougly and try to make sure it's bug-free when
we release it. If however you do find a bug, and report it to us, you
can also include the name of the product you want to recieve FREE of
any charge from us. We will list all these 'known issues' in our
upcomming newsletters and on our web-site for the information of other
users, and try to fix it as soon as possible.
NOTE
The reported bug must not be already listed, and it must be
verifyable.
We think that software with bugs, or software that can be
significantly improved in speed or perfomance is a shame. So we will
always give away FREE* upgrades that fix bugs, improves speed and
performance. You will only have to pay for new features - if you want
to.
* Distributors may charge a nominal fee for disk and p&p in case of
disk distibution of free upgrades. Electronic replacement will be
absolutely free.
4. BEAT US!
Mail us a disk with 3 images and a text file:
- test1.jpg - image enhanced, generated or processed by our software
- test2.jpg - image enhanced, generated or processed by other software
- test3.jpg - the original image
- test.txt - explanation of what you did with what software and how
you did it, and please include the name of the product
you want to recieve FREE of any charge - provided you
can't beat all of our solutions...
NOTES
'Our image' must not be worse than the competing product because of a
documented misuse of our product. The compared features should be
identical. Please don't send us an image rendered for 14 hours with
Alias on an Onyx compared to a partition created with BIGDISK... :)
01/05/97, Budapest
Best regards,
--
Ben Bordas
Managing director, Arthur Wilkins Software
1141 Budapest Malyva 32, Hungary Tel/Fax: (36-1) 221-2287
http://www.acomp.hu/awsw E-Mail:ben@mail.datanet.hu
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P E T R O T . I N T E R V I E W U P D A T E
Subject: Interview with Petro - IMPORTANT UPDATE
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 15:48:38 +0200
Hello Every1,
As sad as this is, I have to post this message. Yesterday, I got an
e-mail from Petro telling me that the contents of the interview with
him, done by Amiga Magazin and translated to English by me, is not his
official statement and is not approved by him. Therefor I ask everyone
that has posted the translation /anywhere/ (Amiga Web Directory) to
remove it. There will be an official statement on the World of Amiga
show in May.So I'm affraid we'll have to wait for good news even
longer :(
Cheers,
Eelke
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