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D C E M A K I N G A M I G A B A S E D C O M P U T E R S
N O V A S E C T O R E N G I N E E R I N G M A D E A M I G A S
L A T E S T O N L O T U S P A C I F I C
F R E E C D F R O M A M I G A Z O N E !
A L A D D I N 4 D 5 . 0 S P E C I A L O F F E R
C O M P L E T E A M I N E T P A C K
C H R O M A - A N D S O N Y D I G I T A L C A M E R A S
V U L C A N A N D W O R L D F O U N D R Y C O M B I N E
M E C C A B B S C D R O M
A M I G A E 3 . 3 A A V A I L A B L E
T C P D L F O R H T T P U S E R S
L I M I T E D T I M E S H A R E W A R E D I S C O U N T
T H E A M I G A I N F O R M E R A N N E X !
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
It seems hardly a day goes by without someone announcing a new Amiga
clone. We have two to report on today. This looks to be the future for
the Amiga - machines built by companies other than Amiga International
or Amiga Incorporated, but with the standards of compliance controlled
by the two AIs and their parent Gateway. We think this is a good idea
which should ensure a future for the Amiga. Contrast this approach to
the one being used by Apple in an attempt to save the sinking
Macintosh, and the wisdom of Gateway's method seems very apparent.
Time changes all things. Apparently NewTek has made it official. In an
announcement at the recent NewTek Expo, they supposedly told the world
there would be no more Amiga development. We haven't seen the
announcement to confirm this yet, but it fits with what we've been
hearing. Well, I have what may be an unusual way of looking at this,
but I think I'm right. This is as much NewTek's loss as the Amiga's.
Maybe more. New Tek hasn't shown me they have what it takes to really
compete long term in a dog-eat-dog PC world, and the advantage of a
hardware platform with an efficient, easy to use operating system is
now lost to them. Granted, you can't compete on the high end with
current generation Amigas, but the high end was never NewTek's arena
anyway. The Amiga survived the defection of ASDG, Word Perfect, Deluxe
Paint, and others. It will survive the loss of NewTek, sad though it
is. There was always a "tail trying to wag the dog" manner to NewTek's
approach to the Amiga. Time to forget NewTek and get on with building
a future without their interference. And don't be too surprised if
another company moves in to fill the gap down the road.
I'm writing this as the big MAE show winds up in Ohio. We don't have a
report for you yet, but we expect to have some information soon. Stay
tuned, we'll run a special issue if need be.
This issue includes the second of our "Amiga Informer Annex" pieces.
This one is a reprint of a very informative article from that
magazine, one which should be of great interest to you citizens of the
net.
Lots to read this time. Have fun!
Brad Webb,
Editor
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D C E M A K I N G A M I G A B A S E D C O M P U T E R S
October 24th, 1997
DCE GmbH to manufacture Amiga based computers
Langen/Oberhausen, Germany, October 24th, 1997 - Following on from
AMIGA International's recent announcements about an open licensing
policy for the Amiga, an agreement has been reached which licenses DCE
Computer Service GmbH to manufacture and distribute its own range of
Amiga motherboards and computers.
DCE Computer Service GmbH, based in Oberhausen, Germany, have
developed a new advanced board based on Amiga A4000, on the Amiga Chip
Set and the OS 3.1. The agreement with AMIGA International, Inc.
allows the use of the Amiga OS 3.1, supply agreements on Amiga
proprietary chips and the use of the "powered by Amiga" logo on all
its products."As promised we continue an open license policy, to
broadening our Amiga market. DCE Computer Service GmbH is well known
in Europe for advanced technology developments. This new developed
board in standard ATX, with a modular system, MPEG, ZORRO 2/3 is
another milestone for the future of our Amiga technology", said Petro
Tyschtschenko, President of AMIGA International, Inc. in Langen,
Germany.
Mr. Thomas Dellert, Managing Director of DCE Computer Service GmbH, "I
believe that this new board development based on Motorola CPU 68030/50
MHZ and 68060/50MHZ; 64 MB/128MB Ram, a standard PC Keyboard, 1.44 MB
floppy disk, 1.7 GB IDE HDD, 10 - 24 speed IDE CD Rom, AGA Chip Set,
scan doubler and HF modulator optional BU LD in an standard ATX
comfort tower case is one of the steps for Amiga to be back for the
future."
About DCE Computer Service GmbH DCE Computer Service GmbH was founded
1987 in Oberhausen, Germany. The service company is wholly owned by
Thomas Dellert. The company started as a service shop for wholesale
dealer and consumer markets. Since now the company became one of the
leading available Amiga repair shops. In 1993 DCE was nominated to the
European Amiga Repair Service Centre by Commodore. Since that time DCE
is in charge of the Amiga Service. Since 1995 DCE is working on
developments and productions to make the Amiga expansible. DCE's
standard of performance is underpinned by an own production line of
the highest standard of production engineering to create omplex
sophisticated conductive plates.Several successful tests in Amiga
Magazines have furnished the proof of high efficiency of the goods
produced by DCE. The consequent development of their own products
underlines the position of DCE as an innovative company, which has the
opinion that a successful future can only be achieved by the permanent
seek of the optimum and by market adaptation of their own
products. Currently DCE has 12 employees, and it is one of DCE's
fundamental policy to support them with further technical education.
RELATED STORY ...
29 October 1997
Power Computing acquire world-wide distribution of DCE Power A5000 and
A6000
We can finally announce a new line of Amiga computers. Unlike other
products, the Power A5000 and A6000 are based on genuine, newly
designed motherboards, which, in order to avoid Zorro III
incompatibility, are based on the A4000 designs, improving even
further the original idea.
The A5000 will be shown at the Computer '97 exhibition in Cologne,
Germany, from the 14th to the 16th of November 1997. The A6000 (with a
68060 50MHz) should reach the market by mid January.
The following are the specs for the Power A5000:
* 68030 50 MHz (full version, including MMU)
* Socket for optional 50 MHz 68882 FPU (Math co-processor)
* AGA chipset
* 2 MB Chip Ram on-board
* 2 sockets for standard 72-pin SIMM, for up to 64MB of Fast Ram
* Sockets for either a standard Amiga 4000 keyboard or a PS2
keyboard
* 1.76MB or 880KB floppy disk drive
* Adapter for up to four IDE devices
* 1.7 GB hard disk
* From 10x to 24x speed CD-Rom drive
* Scandoubler on-board
* Socket for optional MPEG level 1 player
* Optional HF modulator
* Battery backed-up clock
* Zorro II/III and CPU slots
Price, availability and more technical detais will be available after
the Cologne exhibition.
We are currently looking for distribution in other countries. Please
e-mail/fax
us with details of your company.
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N O V A S E C T O R E N G I N E E R I N G M A D E A M I G A S
Alpha Series - Nitro Series - Bravo Series
Nova Sector Engineering are manufacturers of high-quality graphics
workstations, officially licensed by Amiga International, Inc. Our
systems integrate only the best components, including Amiga busboards,
Motorola PowerPC 604e and 680X0 processors, SCSI-Wide and EIDE hard
disks, and 3D-accelerated display hardware.
Creative graphics professionals will have immense creative capability
using our Alpha Series PowerPC workstations, while cost-minded video
houses will cut production time using our NitroVideo-toaster
workstation and our NitroPro non-linear workstation.
Home and educational users will benefit from our incredible line of
Bravo PowerPC Amigas, too.
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Cordel Alpha Series PowerPC Workstations
The Alpha series of Amiga-based workstations from Nova Sector are
aimed at the serious graphics professional.Priced competitively with
other platforms, Nova Sector's Alpha series delivers an enhanced
productivity standard to graphics artists, 3-D designers, and web
developers.
Three Cordel Alpha-series Configurations are Available:
* Alpha One
* Alpha Two
* Alpha Five
Cordel Alpha 1 PowerPC Workstation
The Alpha One workstation offers multi-processor architecture, built
on a solid backplane and equipped with plenty of RAM and video
fidelity.
PowerPC 604e@150mHz 68060@50mHz 32 MB EDO 12 MB Fast 2 MB Chip 46 MB
Total 2 GB SCSI-Wide SCSI-II IDE Mouse Keyboard Joystick Parallel
Serial 4 MB Video Max 1600x1200@16-bit 1280x1024@24-bit 3D Accelerated
33.6kbps US Robotics w/Internet Kit 17" Super VGA .25 Dot Pitch 20X
SCSI 1.76 MB Floppy, Optional 10-base-T
Price $5999 (USD)
Cordel Alpha 2 PowerPC Workstation
The Alpha Two workstation offers multi-processor architecture, built
on a solid backplane and equipped with extended RAM and storage space.
PowerPC 604e@180mHz 68060@50mHz 64 MB EDO 12 MB Fast 2 MB Chip 78 MB
Total 4.5 GB SCSI-Wide SCSI-II IDE Mouse Keyboard Joystick Parallel
Serial 4 MB Video Resolutions Modem Monitor Disk Drives Network
Interface Max 1600x1200@16-bit 1280x1024@24-bit 3D Accelerated
33.6kbps US Robotics w/Internet Kit 19" Super VGA .25 Dot Pitch 20X
SCSI 1.76 MB Floppy 100 MB Zip Int., Optional 10-base-T
Price $7699 (USD)
Cordel Alpha 5 PowerPC Workstation
The Alpha Five workstation offers multi-processor architecture,
equipped with industrial levels of RAM for complex projects.
PowerPC 604e@200mHz 68060@50mHz 128 MB EDO 12 MB Fast 2 MB Chip 142 MB
Total 9.1 GB SCSI-Wide SCSI-II IDE Mouse Keyboard Joystick Parallel
Serial 4 MB Video Max 1600x1200@16-bit 1280x1024@24-bit 3D Accelerated
33.6kbps US Robotics w/Internet Kit 19" Super VGA .25 Dot Pitch 20X
SCSI 1.76 MB Floppy 100 MB ZIP Int., Optional 10-base-T
Price $8999 (USD)
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Nitro Series PowerPC Video Workstations
The Nitro and NitroProAmiga-based PowerPC video workstations by Nova
Sector are the only serious choice for video professionals. The Nitro
and NitroPro workstations have been create to provide screaming-fast
RISC processor power to 3D animation and video editing applications.
Each is equipped with the revered Video Toaster switcher, effects
generator, and keyer. The NitroPro includes a Flyer non-linear editor
to round out the video-shop-in-a-box standard that other high-end
hardware manufacturers charge double for!
Both the Nitro and the NitroPro come with Lightwave 3D pre-installed.
Cordel Nitro PowerPC Video Workstation
PowerPC 604e@200mHz 68060@50mHz 128 MB EDO 12 MB Fast 2 MB Chip 142 MB
Total 9.1 GB SCSI-Wide SCSI-II IDE Mouse Keyboard Joystick Parallel
Serial 8 MB Video Toaster 4.2 Video Max 1600x1200@24-bit 3D
Accelerated 33.6kbps US Robotics w/Internet Kit 21" Super VGA .25 Dot
Pitch Internal 1 GB JAZ 20X SCSI CDROM 1.76 MB Floppy, Optional
10-base-T
Price $16,499 (USD)
Cordel NitroPRO PowerPC Non-linear Video Workstation
PowerPC 604e@200mHz 68060@50mHz 128 MB EDO 12 MB Fast 2 MB Chip 142 MB
Total 2 23 GB SCSI-Wides 1 9 GB for audio track 1 9 GB for internal
storage SCSI-II IDE Mouse Keyboard Joystick Parallel Serial 8 MB Video
Toaster 4.2 Video Max 1600x1200@24-bit 3D Accelerated 33.6kbps US
Robotics w/Internet Kit Optional 1 GB JAZ 20X SCSI CDROM 1.76 MB
Floppy Optional 10-base-T NewTek Flyer Price $27,999 (USD)
Cordel NitroSupreme Coming Soon
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Nova Sector Bravo Series
Bravo Series PowerPC Workstations
The Bravo series of Amiga-based PowerPC workstations from Nova Sector
provide cost-sensitive delivery of creative graphics power.The Bravo
models are engineered to garnish true RISC processing for demanding
applications, while their scalable design allows future growth as
demands increase. The Bravo Series makes the perfect workstation for
educational fields, web development, and the at-home power-user.Cordel
Bravo 1 PowerPC Workstation
The Bravo One workstation offers multi-processor architecture, and
comes equipped with 46 MB of RAM, an EIDE hard disk, Amiga OS 3.1, a
modem, and a great software bundle that consists of DataStore 1.1,
WordWorth 4SE, TurboCalc 3.5, Organizer v1.1, and two games.
PowerPC 604e@150mHz 68040@40mHz 32 MB EDO 12 MB Fast 2 MB Chip 46 MB
Total 1.6 GB EIDE SCSI-II IDE Mouse Keyboard Joystick Parallel Serial
4 MB Video Max 1600x1200@16-bit 1280x1024@24-bit 3D Accelerated
33.6kbps US Robotics w/Internet Kit Optional 1.76 MB Floppy, Optional
10-base-T
Price $3899 (USD)
Cordel Bravo 2 PowerPC Workstation
The Bravo Two workstation offers multi-processor architecture, a 12X
CD-ROM drive, and comes equipped with 46 MB of RAM, an 2.1 GB EIDE
hard disk, Amiga OS 3.1, a modem, and a great software bundle that
consists of DataStore 1.1, WordWorth 4SE, TurboCalc 3.5, Organizer
v1.1, and two games.
PowerPC 604e@180mHz 68040@40mHz 32 MB EDO 12 MB Fast 2 MB Chip 46 MB
Total 2.1 GB EIDE SCSI-II IDE Mouse Keyboard Joystick Parallel Serial
4 MB Max 1600x1200@16-bit 1280x1024@24-bit 3D Accelerated 33.6kbps US
Robotics w/Internet Kit Optional 12X CD-ROM 1.76 MB Floppy, Optional
10-base-T
Price $4299 (USD)
1936 Oakcliff Dr.
Grand Rapids, MI 49525 USA
616-361-0806
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L A T E S T O N L O T U S P A C I F I C
October 22, 1997 Piscataway, NJ - Mr. James Liu, Vice President of
Lotus Pacific Inc. announced today the Wonder TV Broadcast System
developed by the company's subsidiary, Regent Electronics Corporation.
This newly developed system which includes Wonder TV A 6060 will be
shown at the International Broadcast Television Equipment Show in
Chengdu, China, to be held from October 28 to 31, 1997. This coming
product introduction is to be jointly presented by Regent and CCTV
Teletext which is part of the Chinese Central Television Station.
This broadcast system was designed to provide product and services to
the subscribers of the cable TV companies. Useful information
selectively collected from Internet and local information sources is
sequentially transmitted 24 hours a day through a cable channel. A
user can select the desired information by setting attributes or
references. Wonder TV A 6060 serves as a terminal set top box for
receiving and down loading the required information transmitted via
cable by CCTV and any local cable broadcast company. Besides the cable
broadcast function of this newly developed Wonder TV A 6060, it also
retains other existing functions of the previous model Wonder TV A
6000, such as audio CD, video CD, Karaoke, Internet access, and all
other general PC functions.
"We are pleased to note the recent news releases with regard to the
cable broadcast by Microsoft and Intel.", said Liu, "This inspiring
news make us more confident of our dedicated efforts in the product
development."
October 10, 1997 Piscataway, NJ - Lotus Pacific, Inc. announced today
of two recent concluded agreements and revenue income of its over 90%
owned subsidiary, Regent Electronics Corporation.
Following an agreement signed with the largest TV manufacturer in
China, Sichuan Changhong Electronics Group Corporation, Regent has
concluded other two agreements with Nanjing Panda Electronics
Corporation and Shanghai Dingqiu International Trade Co., Ltd. in
China. Both Nanjing Panda and the parent company of Shanghai Dingqiu
are public traded companies in China. Based on these two signed
agreements, Regent is to supply Wonder TV A-6000 product specific
chipsets, corresponding software and technical support.
Regent began generating its revenue income in the third quarter of
this year. Until today Regent has received $1.1 million in cash and
$1.72 million of L/C for the supply of chipsets, software and
technology.
Lotus Pacific, Inc. is a public company traded on the OTC bulletin
board under the symbol of LPFC. Its Internet website is at
http://www.lpfc.com.
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F R E E C D F R O M A M I G A Z O N E !
AmigaZone Offers a Free CD To All New Members
Oct. 29, 1997 [http://www.amigazone.com/] AmigaZone, the premiere
online service for Amiga owners and lovers, will give you a FREE
Compact Disc full of software when you join.
Sign up with our host, CalWeb Internet Services, say "AmigaZone Sent
Me!" when you do, and upon verification of your new membership, you'll
get our welcome letter and a list of CD titles from which you can
choose your free gift.
To join, just phone 1-800-509-9322 and say "AmigaZone Sent Me!" or
visit [http://www.calweb.com] CalWeb's page and select the new user
application link, then choose the "Tier 4" option, select "Amiga" as
your operating system, and enter "AmigaZone Sent Me!" in the "other"
box. (The $20 signup fee will be waived!)
Upon notification of your signup, the AmigaZone will ship you a free
CD of your choice - choose from many CD titles by Graphic Detail and
Fred Fish!
Offer good while supply lasts
AmigaZone has been online, serving the needs of Amiga owners since
1985.
Members can telnet into our text-style interface, or use our slick,
fast Web interface, our members-only FTP site, and our POP3 email
server to access over 40,000 Amiga files, (including thousands of
files you won't find on Aminet or anywhere else!) 40,000 articles in
Amiga Usenet newsgroups, Amiga Fidonet newsgroups, over a dozen
popular Amiga mailing lists, participate in our live, nightly chats
and join our Sunday chat where we give away even MORE free stuff every
week!
$19.95 a month (billed to your credit card or invoiced in the mail)
gets you unlimited 24/7 access to everything in the Zone, plus your
own CalWeb shell account with 10 meg of storage (for your own personal
Web site).
We also offer a totally free, two-week trial account (limited to 120
minutes of usage per day) to try us out. (The free CD gift applies
only to new, paid signups, whether or not you use the two-week trial
account first).
Visit our Web site for more info (http://www.amigazone.com).
Harv Laser
AmigaZone Sysop
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A L A D D I N 4 D 5 . 0 S P E C I A L O F F E R
October 17, 1997
As a special holiday offer, Aladdin 4D 5.0 is now available in special
bundled pricing from the following distributors and dealers.
Safe Harbor (USA) 1-800-544-6599
Software Hut (USA) 1-800-932-6442
Wizard Technologies (UK) (011) 44 181 303-1800
Oberland (Germany) (011) 49 61 736-5001
You will find special pricing for Aladdin 4D when bought with ImageFX
or other products at these dealers. Please contact them for further
details, availability, and pricing.
Aladdin 4D is the Amiga's fastest 3D modeling, rendering, and
animation package currently available. It's integrated particle
systems and volumetric gases along with its support for Lightwave 3D
and the Video Toaster make it an ideal addition to both the consumer
and professional markets!
Here is just a small sampling of some of the new features incorporated
in Aladdin 4D 5.0:
· Dongle copy protection - GONE!
· All-new AmigaDOS 2.1/3.1 style interface
. The completely configurable interface has been designed to make
using Aladdin 4D's modeling, rendering and animation tools easier to
use than ever before!
· Support for all Amiga display modes, CyberGraphX displays, Toaster,
DCTV and more.
· Full support for the MAGIC image buffer system to allow integration
with ImageFX for amazing post-processing and special effects.
· New lighting such as spotlights, negative lights, and completely
configurable photorealistic soft-edged shadows!
· Two lens flare systems!
· Support for Newtek's Video Toaster and Lightwave 3D object loading
· Hierarchical, spline based, motion paths.
· ARexx support, instant texture previewing, interactive help system,
multiple level anti-aliasing, motion blur and more!
ImageFX and Aladdin 4D are trademarks of Nova Design, Inc., All other
trademarks are held by their respective owners.
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C O M P L E T E A M I N E T P A C K
01 Nov 1997
The complete Aminet Pack is available!
Suggested Retail Price US$ 115.00
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Ordering information:
The most convenient method of placing an order is to use our
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You can also send an E-Mail to stefano@schatztruhe.de including your
address and the products you wish to order.
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The complete Aminet Pack - The whole Aminet on CD-ROM!
It's finally done. Now you can grab the whole Aminet on CD-ROM at an
inexpensive package price. In this package you receive more than 20GB
of data in more than 50.000 archives on 22 CD-ROMs! Our Aminet package
contains Aminet Sets 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and the single Aminet-CDs 20 & 21
and is therefore the complete collection of Aminet on CD-ROM.
Some of these CD-ROMs do also contain special commercial highlights
(including attractive upgrade offers).
Available now for only DM 199,00 - you're saving DM 86,00 compared to
the regular prices!
-- Stefan Ossowskis Schatztruhe Gesellschaft für
Software mbH Veronikastr. 33 - 45131 Essen - Germany Phone:
++49-201-788778 Fax ++49-201-798447 EMail: stefano@schatztruhe.de WWW:
http://www.schatztruhe.de/ Visit our Web site and join our
mailing-list.
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C H R O M A - A N D S O N Y D I G I T A L C A M E R A S
Chroma Announces Availability Of Two New Multi-Format
Digital Still Cameras
20/10/97
Sony has recently announced the release of two revolutionary
disk-based digital cameras. Both machines have a built-in floppy disk
drive (PC HD format) on which photos are stored.As many Amiga systems
now incorporate HD drives which can read PC 1.44Mb disks, the world of
digital stills photography is now open to the Amiga world. Use on
other platforms (PC, Mac etc.) is also possible.
The MAVICA FD5 boasts an auto exposure fixed-focus f-4.8, f-2.0 lens,
equivalent to a 35mm focal length of f-47mm.
The MAVICA FD7 features auto exposure with 5 mode settings, auto /
manual focus and an f-4.8 to f-1.8 lens (35mm lens equivalent focal
length f-40 to f-400mm). Features also include a 10-1 optical zoom and
4 built-in image effects (sepia, mono, neg & pastel).
The cameras store 24-bit colour images (max res 640 x 480) in JPEG
format, ideal for web page graphics, video backdrops and desktop
publishing.Up to 40 images can be stored per disk in low res. Image
preview is via a rear-mounted LCD panel.
Accessories supplied with both models: Rechargeable battery, charger,
handstrap, backup memory battery (optional for the FD7 are a
wide-angle and a telephoto lens).
Chroma will be supplying the cameras with both PC and Amiga software.
PRICES: MAVICA FD5: UKP459 PLUS DELIVERY
MAVICA FD7: UKP619 PLUS DELIVERY
Although available now, product may initially be in short supply.
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V U L C A N A N D W O R L D F O U N D R Y C O M B I N E
20 Oct 1997
Vulcan Software Ltd is proud to announce the signing of The World
Foundry.
Vulcan has signed The World Foundry in it`s entirety and will be
publishing all World Foundry titles under the Vulcan Software banner,
beginning with Explorer2260 and Maim & Mangle.
The World Foundry was formed in September of this year from Digital
Anarchy Software, Deimos Design and Intuition Software with the
intention of pooling knowledge and resources to develop high
specification Amiga titles. Vulcan has been in talks with all the
members of The World Foundry for some time and are very excited about
the prospect of adding their talents and commitment to our organisation.
The World Foundry is a welcome addition to `The Vulcan Army' which
already consists of some 14 development teams and over 100 skilled
individuals.
The primary aim of The World Foundry is to develop high quality, high
specification games for the Amiga market which will take full advantage
of expanded Amigas and PPC equipped machines. This concentration on
higher spec Amigas falls in perfectly with Vulcan`s current drive to
push the Amiga forward. Vulcan and all it`s developers have made a
commitment to the Amiga and the Amiga Community, through our combined
efforts and enthusiasm we can help shape the future, a future which is
starting to look very bright indeed.
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M E C C A B B S C D R O M
30 Oct 1997
TITLE
The MECCA BBS CDROM
PUBLISHER
RBProductions
835 West Warner Road
Suite 101-251
Gilbert, AZ 85233
(602) 545-6162 voice & fax
http://www.goodnet.com/~cyrano
cyrano@amigazone.com
DESCRIPTION
o The full file databases (400+Mb) from the MECCA BBS.
o A special preview edition of the Scientific Amigan CDROM,
soon to be released by RBProductions.
o HTML-front end.
Though issued primarily for MECCA (Motorola Experimental
Computer Club of Arizona) members, this compilation is
being offered to the public at large.
FILE CONTENTS
All BBS files are organized in the same databases as on the
BBS proper:
Base Category Files Size
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2 Animations 73 23M
3 ARexx 16 622K
4 Audio,Music & MODs 338 50M
5 DataTypes 31 1.3M
6 Demos, Euro, etc. 8 5.0M
7 Desktop Publishing 366 33M
8 Documents & Textfiles 197 9.5M
9 E-Zines 158 15M
10 Emulation 22 4.6M
11 Encrytion & Compression 38 3.2M
12 Games 140 29M
13 Hardware 57 4.5M
14 Miscellaneous 186 12M
15 Networking 132 17M
16 Patches (commercial) 27 4.5M
17 Pictures 249 22M
18 Programming 160 21M
19 Scientific 72 19M
20 Screen Blankers 16 1.3M
21 Telecommunications 163 21M
22 Utilities - Graphic 22 5.3M
23 Utilities - System 407 21M
24 Video & Multimedia 2 323K
25 Virus Checkers 13 2.5M
26 Applications 90 27M
27 CoverDisks 228 22M
28 CNET BBS Stuff 224 9.3M
29 Compute Disks 7 3.2M
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
CDROM drive; Hard drive suggested.
AVAILABILITY
Directly from RBProductions.
PRICE
US$14.95, domestic shipping included.
--
Rob Pigford. <cyrano@goodnet.com> Member Team AMIGA
RBProductions - home of Scientific Amigan
http://www.goodnet.com/~cyrano/
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A M I G A E 3 . 3 A A V A I L A B L E
30 Oct 1997
TITLE
Amiga E
VERSION
3.3a (update to 3.2a).
AUTHOR
Wouter van Oortmerssen (wvo96r@ecs.soton.ac.uk).
DESCRIPTION
This is an update to v3.2a. Please read the documentation for a
full list of new features. For those who have never seen E before:
E is a powerful and flexible object oriented / procedural / unpure
functional higher programming language, mainly influenced by
languages such as C++, Ada, Lisp etc., and Amiga E a very fast
compiler for it, with features such as speed of >20000 lines/minute
on a 7 Mhz amiga, inline assembler and linker integrated into
compiler, large set of integrated functions, great module concept
with v40 includes as modules, flexible type-system, quoted
expressions, immediate and typed lists, parametric and inclusion
polymorphism, exception handling, inheritance, data-hiding,
methods, multiple return values, default arguments, register
allocation, fast memory management, unification, LISP-Cells,
gui-toolkit, (macro-) preprocessor, very intuitive and powerful
source-level debugger, easy .library linking, and much more...
AVAILABILITY
ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/aminet/dev/e/amigae33a.lha (1692229)
DISTRIBUTABILITY
This udistributionn is Freeware. It contains only a limited
compiler, a registered compiler is available separately.
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T C P D L F O R H T T P U S E R S
21 Oct 1997
TITLE
tcpdl
VERSION
2.3
AUTHOR
Tim Corringham
Ramjam Consultants Ltd
http://www.ramjam.demon.co.uk/
mailto:support@ramjam.demon.co.uk
DESCRIPTION
tcpdl is a program which downloads files from a http host.
It can follow links (across sites if required), and can be
configured to ignore certain file types.
It makes full use of AmigaDOS multi-tasking, and can
download up to 15 files at a time. A status window reports
current activity.
tcpdlpp is a post processor for html files downloaded by
tcpdl, which converts all links to those files downloaded
to relative URLs. Links to files that have not been
downloaded are made to explicitly refer to the site where
they can be found.
tcpdlpp provides a summary of the number of occurances of
every link found, for both downloaded files and remote URLs.
Using these programs together allows you to make a local
copy of selected sites, which can be browsed off-line.
Links to files that have not been downloaded can be followed
when you are on-line.
NEW FEATURES
tcpdl 2.3 has the following new features:
- support for proxy servers
- configurable timeouts and number of retries
- better memory management, reducing memory fragmentation
- several minor bug fixes
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
tcpdl requires a TCP/IP stack, and an Internet connection.
AVAILABILITY
The most recent version of tcpdl is always available from:
http://www.ramjam.demon.co.uk/software/tcpdl.lha (50260)
or via e-mail to support@ramjam.demon.co.uk
PRICE
The tcpdl 2.3 distribution is FREE!
DISTRIBUTION
tcpdl 2.3 and tcpdlpp 1.4 are Copyright (c) 1997 by Ramjam
Consultants Ltd.
The complete distribution may be distributed without charge
for non-commercial use.
There is no requirement to register its use, but anyone who
does so will be kept informed of future updates.
Ramjam Consultants Ltd, 28 Queensway, Caversham,
Reading, RG4 6SQ, England
e-mail: support@ramjam.demon.co.uk
http://www.ramjam.demon.co.uk/
telephone: +44 (0)118 946 5940
fax: +44 (0)118 946 5941
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L I M I T E D T I M E S H A R E W A R E D I S C O U N T
25 Oct 97 PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX offers limited shareware discount
PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX, namely Andreas R. Kleinert, may be known as
the procucers of some well known Amiga programs, such as SuperView,
the "ak Datatypes" and various other commercial and non-commercial
software products and add-on software.
Since we think, that Amiga - and some upcoming Amiga events in special
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should gain some more audience and attention, we have decided to offer
a shareware discount on our products limited until the end of the
"Computer 97" show, taking place in Cologne from 14th-16th November.
If your order is sent to us until 16th November (postal stamp's date)
we will grant you the following discounts on our products:
Discount range #1
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If you already are a registered user of one of our products (*)
OR select more than one product from the list below, you get these for
the discount price instead of the regular one (in brackets).
Product regular discount
O SuperView/SViewNG, personalized keyfile (30 DM) 20 DM
* Aminet:gfx/show/SViewNG.lha
- http://www.amigaworld.com/support/sview/
O PNG-Box, personalized keyfile (20 DM) 15 DM
* Aminet:gfx/conv/PNG-Box.lha
- http://www.amigaworld.com/support/png-box/
O DRAFU, personalized keyfile (30 DM) 20 DM
* Aminet:misc/math/DRAFU.lha
- http://www.amigaworld.com/support/drafu/
O PPC-Modules for SuperView-Library 19.x (30 DM) 25 DM
* not freely distributable
- http://www.amigaworld.com/support/sview/
You will receive your keyfile (respectively the PPC modules) via eMail
(mention your email address), unless you add 5 DM postage/disk fee for
european and 10 DM for overseas "snail mailing".
Discount range #2
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As you know, you won't receive anything for registering
akJFIF-Datatype
and/or akPNG-Datatype except fame and (usually) some honorable mention
in the documentation. Nevertheless, these fees have been decreased,
too
- since you may wish to add that value to your "Discount range #1"
order:
Product regular discount
O akPNG-Datatype, (15 DM) 10 DM
* Aminet:util/dtype/akPNG43x.lha
- http://www.amigaworld.com/support/akpng/
O akJFIF-Datatype, (15 DM) 10 DM
* Aminet:util/dtype/akJFIF43x.lha
- http://www.amigaworld.com/support/akjfif/
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Please note (again), that all these offers are limited until 16th
November
1997, the last day of the "Computer 97" in Cologne (for detailed
information, see http://www.computer97.de)
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And now to something completely different:
SuperView-Library related products
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Picture Manager:
You may have noticed, that Picture Manager professional 4.1 (PMPro) in
the english version now is being distributed by BlitterSoft in
England.
Since PMPro is making use of SuperView-Library, it may be interesting
to
note, that the price has been lowered, too. It's now 39.95 UKP for
end-users (see http://blittersoft.wildnet.co.uk/pmpro.htm or download
the demo version from Aminet:biz/demo/pmpdemo.lha)
Orders have to be addressed to BlitterSoft or your local dealer,
please
don't place any orders to PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX !
Image Engineer: (*)
As the author, Simon Edwards, already stated on his homepage under
http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~sbe/ , he has moved to the Netherlands,
and the australian registration site can't accept any registrations
any longer. Thus, any registration forms should be addressed to the
european registration site, which in fact is PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX.
Image Engineer BTW is an image processing program, that makes use of
SuperView-Library (see AmiNet:gfx/edit/ImEngV3.41p1.lha and
/ImEngV3.41p2.lha) for loading and saving graphic files, which is
the reason, why any registered Image Engineer users are allowed to
make
use of the "Discount range #1" and "Discount range #2" offers, too.
There's no discount on Image Engineer registrations, though
(the european fee is 55 DM or equivalent in other currencies).
Please address all orders to:
PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX
Andreas R. Kleinert
Sandstrasse 1 Fax: +49-271-22869
D-57072 Siegen eMail: Andreas_Kleinert@t-online.de
Germany WWW: http://home.t-online.de/Andreas_Kleinert/
..and don't forget to mention "Computer'97 discount" with your order !
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Originally appearing in Issue 5 of The Amiga Informer Magazine
In this day of fancy Internet browsers, it is interesting to look at
the other devices available to access data from the net. Aside from
the stan- dard interfaces like mail clients, FTP directory browsers
and newsread- ers, there is a small group of relatively obscure
programs to directly ac- cess some otherwise formidable information
sources.
The first program in this category is WeatherExperience. It is a small
MUI-based interface for accessing the national weather database. When
this program starts, it allows configuration to get various types of
weather data from virtually any of the reporting sites in the US or
abroad. The program is completely configured, allowing for choice of
sites to display, and the data from them to be displayed. Data
includes temperature, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure,
conditions, etc. Once started, this program will run in its own window
on any public screen, and will periodically update the data displayed
as new informa- tion becomes available. As a bonus, clicking on a city
name for the US will give the United States Weather Service forecast
for the next five days. MUI configuration makes this a neat program to
run in the back- ground while you're showing off your TCP/IP interface
to your jealous Mac and IBM using friends.
Secondly, there's MUIadt. ADT stands for Aminet Download Tool, a data
standard created by the developers of Aminet to allow transmission of
the Aminet directory with brief program comments as a single com-
pressible file. There are two ADT files available from ADT accessible
sites; recent.adt and long.adt. The former contains either the last
seven or fourteen days of new files, and the latter contains the
entire index of Aminet. There are ADT interfaces compiled for most
large scale work- stations, and these mostly function as CLI type
clients, but the data ac- tually lends itself to graphic display.
Several FTP clients actually have the ability to read this data, but I
find it nicer to access it through the MUI GUI program MUIadt.
MUIadt starts by opening a window with several gadgets at the bot-
tom. By clicking on the "Host" gadget, a second window with a list of
Aminet servers is displayed. Double clicking on a server will initiate
con- nection to that server. Depending on whether you've asked to
display new, recent, or all files, either the recent or long ADT files
are down- loaded in compressed form. You'll need to get and configure
a Unix ".Z" type decompressor for MUIadt to use the file it obtains,
but this is easy and covered in the installation instructions. I
recommend requesting the new or recent files to be displayed, just
because downloading long.adt (which is often about a 1 Mb file) can
take a long time. If you request new files, MUIadt will keep track of
what you've seen each time you ac- cess it, and it will only show the
files that are new to you. Once MUIadt decompresses the ADT file, it
will parse it and display a list of programs. Clicking on a file and
clicking the "Readme" gadget retrieves and dis- plays the long program
description in a scrollable text window. Clicking to highlight a file
and clicking the "Download" gadget causes the file to be downloaded to
your computer. As with most MUI lists, multi-clicking is entirely
configured, as are all the windows. There is a download progress
window displayed whenever a file is downloading, which has a neat
status bar. This program makes keeping track of what's new on Aminet a
snap. It also includes a file finder, but this requires download- ing
long.adt, and so requires a large chunk of disk space, and a fair bit
of time. There are also CLI driven versions of ADT for the Amiga, but
the interface makes this program so easy to use that I highly recom-
mend it.
Ever want to just quickly check to see if your net buddy is on-line?
On the Internet there is a utility that will do just that with most
servers. The utility is called "finger." When you finger an account or
a server on the Internet, this refers to asking for a brief current
activity statement, not making a rude gesture. The information
returned from fingering an ac- count is usually whether the account is
active (the person is on-line), the time of the last login, whether
there is unread mail, and the contents of the accounts ".plan" file.
The ".plan" file is a file describing your current project, and
possibly containing such things as your PGP public key. When you
finger a server, you may receive a server status message and a list of
the active accounts on that server. As with most Amiga In- ternet
clients, there is a MUI interface for "finger as well." This program,
"mfinger," has a simple text gadget to enter the account (using the
Email address) to finger, and a scrolling text window to display the
result.
These three specialized clients allow fast and functional, as well as
very configured, access to information on the Internet. They are all
worth a look.
Available on Aminet at:
comm/tcp/WeatherEx14.lha
comm/tcp/MUIAdt.lha
comm/tcp/MUI-finger12.lha
Copyright 1997 Davis Sprague
Exclusive Distribution rights held by Eldritch Enterprises
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