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Not much to babble about this week really... the reports from the WOCA
show in Toronto are appearing all over the place.  This week, we have a
report from four different people who attended the show, so you'll get
four different points of view.

Meanwhile, here's a note I got from the man behind DRC:


*** Area: NET_1_285_11                            Date:  7 Dec 93 22:18:00
*** From: Douglas Cootey (1:312/18.0)
*** To  : Robert Glover (1:285/11.11)
*** Subj: oops...

@Mr. Glover,

       Please announce to your readers that from this moment until
March 30th, I will be awarding a free six month subscription to
every fifteenth purchaser of a Digital-Collage and Digital-
Collage24 sampler disk.  This is my way of apologizing for not
posting my address and phone number with issue 1.35's press
release.  This is one month earlier than was advertised, and is
available only to readers of your publication.

       These sampler disks are $7.95 for the HAM/IFF version, and
$14.95 for the IFF24 version.  They feature 10 texture tiles, and
5 full overscan video backdrops.  Digital-Collage also features
15 motion clips for use with DeluxePaint's(tm) "Move" requester.
Each month, we also take time to include tips and suggestions so
that our customers can better utilize the images of our
collection.  These tips range from rendering ideas for each
individual texture to palette considerations when using text with
our backdrops.  We are committed to be the best in the digital
texture field, and welcome all comments and criticisms.
Questions about our product can be directed to me, Douglas
Cootey at:

1:312/18..............................................fidonet

DOUGLAS_COOTEY@f18.n312.z1.fidonet.org................internet

or we can be contacted by voice at 1.801.373.9579.

       To purchase a sampler disk, send a (US) check or money
order, including $1 s&h ($2 Canada, $3 South and Central America,
$4 Overseas) to:

                               DRC Sequential Graphics
                               57 East 400 North #9
                               Provo UT 84606-2987

       We welcome all your readers to join in our first year
celebration.  We're proud of our product, and hope to award many
free subscriptions over the next four months.  Thank you for your
time.
                               Sincerely,

                               Douglas Cootey

DRC Sequential Graphics <> Digital Collage24 <> 1.801.373.9579


                      ------------------------------


Pretty nice of him, huh?  

Oh well... that's it for now.  All I have to do is figure out how to come
up with $900 to fix my car... <sigh>



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/// CPU Status Report                     Late Breaking Industry-Wide News
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        ** 15 More Companies to Write Software for the Jaguar **
 
   Atari Corp. has announced that 15 additional leading software compa-
nies have signed agreements with Atari for Jaguar -- the world's first 
64-bit system.  This brings the total number of Jaguar licensees to 35.  
The following new companies have signed with Atari:
 
   Accolade, 21st Century Software, Activision, UBI Soft, International 
Software, UBI Soft Inc., Microprose Ltd., Interplay Microprose Ltd. 
(U.S.), Millenium Interactive Ltd., Phalanx Software, Brainstorm Gremlin 
Graphics Ltd., Virgin Interactive Entertainment Ltd., 3D Games
 
   "We're pleased to add more of the top software companies to the 
Jaguar family, " said Sam Tramiel, president of Atari. "With jaguar, 
developers enjoy unsurpassed ease in creating real-time, 3D virtual 
worlds. They are not bound by the technological limitations of 
antiquated systems or stringent programming requirements. Jaguar gives 
developers the freedom to spend more time on the creative process, 
producing games for Jaguar players that are rich in color, animation, 
texture and sound."

   Jaguar is the only video game system manufactured in the United 
States. Atari has contracted with IBM Corp. to manufacture the Jaguar in 
its Charlotte, N.C., facility.
 

               ** High Speed PC-Cable TV Modem Demo'd **

   Intel Corp. and General Instrument Corp. have demonstrated high-speed 
modem technologies that will enable home PC users to access a new range 
of services via the cable TV at speeds that are 1,000 times faster than 
present modems.

   The Intel-GI development effort is aimed at providing the increasing-
ly powerful home PC with richer, faster data transmission through what 
is known as "broadband" communications used in the cable network. Both 
companies are contributing technologies and expertise from their respec-
tive fields to enhance the home PC using the cable network as the data 
pipeline to the home.

   The home PC market is the fastest growing segment in the PC arena, 
with approximately 31% of U.S. households owning at least one PC, 
according to market researcher Link Resources Corp. of New York. Cable 
TV is present in more than 60 million homes.

   The companies say the combination of PC and cable TV technologies 
will offer consumers virtually instant response from familiar online 
services as well as a range of new services as program developers take 
advantage of the fastest communications pipeline to the home.
 
 
 ** Five Companies to Jointly Develop New Telecommunications Services **

   Five U.S. companies have agreed in principle to form a joint venture 
to develop new telecommunications services using digital video, fiber 
optic and wireless technologies.

   Comcast Corp, Continental Cablevision Inc., Cox Cable Communications, 
Tele-Communications, Inc. and Time Warner Entertainment plan to create 
new telecommunications business lines that are enhanced and differenti-
ated from those currently offered by existing wired or wireless commun-
ications providers.

   The potential new business lines include Personal Communications Ser-
vices (PCS), video telephony, energy utility communications and data 
communications services. The joint venture will also include local 
business and competitive access services provided through Teleport 
Communications Group.

   In addition, national service organizations and local service pro-
viders will be established through the joint venture. The five companies 
are seeking additional participation and investment by cable operators 
in various local regions.
 
 
                 ** Online Service Make Cable Moves **


   Three major players in the online computing have announced plans to 
test data delivery through cable television.

   CompuServe Inc. announced it has allied with Continental Cablevision 
and the Teleport Communications Group for a test of delivery of online 
information via cable lines beginning this week. The pilot program links 
Continental Cablevision subscriber households in Exeter, N.H., to 
CompuServe.

   In a prepared statement, David Eastburn, CompuServe vice president of 
product marketing, said, "As the market leader, we're pleased to involve 
our members in determining the future direction of online services. Cab-
le access is one of several alternative delivery methods we are explor-
ing as we move toward multimedia delivery of a wide variety of informa-
tion via CompuServe."

   Prodigy and America Online Inc. also announced plans to deliver con-
sumer online services through cable in a project with Intel Corp. and 
General Instrument. America Online's experimental services will be 
delivered as part of Viacom International Inc.'s trial in Castro Valley, 
Calif. and a Comcast cable market trial, both planned for early 1994.
 
 
                 ** SIA Says Resin Shortage Averted **
 
   The Semiconductor Industry Association says a potential shortage of 
high-grade epoxy resin used to package computer chips has been averted.

   The SIA said this week's resumption of operations at Sumitomo 
Chemical Corp.'s plant in Niihama, Japan -- rocked by an explosion last 
July 4 that shut down the facility -- will boost production of the resin 
to meet worldwide semiconductor industry needs for the foreseeable 
future. One person was killed in that blast.

   As noted earlier, prior to the explosion, the Japanese facility prov-
ided the chip industry with 50% to 60% of the world's supply of epoxy 
cresol resin.
 

                    ******* General PC News *******

         ** Astound Multimedia Presentation Prgm For Windows **

   Move over Mac, Gold Disk has unveiled a Windows-based counterpart to 
Astound for Macintosh 1.0, a presentation program initially introduced 
last December.  Like the existing package for the Mac, the new Astound 
for Windows 1.5 allows for the creation of multimedia as well as static 
presentations, company officials said.
 
   Astound for Windows 1.5 will read Astound for Macintosh 1.0 files in 
fully editable form. In addition, an Astound for Windows file can be 
saved as an Astound for Macintosh file.
 
   The new release for Windows is also bundled with a CD-ROM containing 
more than 1,200 animations, graphics, sound effects, and musical and 
video clips that can be added to presentations.
 
   Astound for Windows 1.5 is available for a special introductory price 
of $129 through January 31, 1994.   After that, the software will be 
priced at $395.
 
 
        ** Canon To Show Interactive 3D Software For Windows **

   Canon says it is getting into the software development business to 
offer workstation performance without a big price-tag. The company is 
holding a conference on Friday to demonstrate software from its new 
subsidiary formed to develop interactive, three dimensional (3D) 
software for the Microsoft Windows graphical environment.
 
   Historically, workstation computers have been known for their power-
ful performance in manipulating 3D graphics, but at a cost that makes 
these computers unrealistic for the mass market. Canon is claiming, how-
ever, that its new software will provide interactive 3D graphics at one 
tenth the cost of current workstation-based products.
 
   Canon has said the new software it will announce on Friday will not 
only work with Microsoft Windows, but with the Motorola microprocessor-
based Macintosh and with Sun's workstation hardware as well.
 
 
      ** Radio Shack announces new Tandy Sensation! MPC for '94 **

   Tandy Corporation continues to lead the way in personal computing for 
the '90's with the 1994 Tandy(R) Sensation!(R) Multimedia Personal Com-
puter. Available at Radio Shack(R), the '94 Sensation has new state-of-
the-art features that make it even better than its award-winning 
predecessor.
 
   The system includes a fast 486-based processor, advanced audio and 
video technology, send and receive fax capability, Photo CD compatibi-
lity and an incredible array of bundled software in a fully integrated, 
energy-efficient, cost-saving package. It is ideal for use in a home, 
home-office, small business or educational setting.
 
   With a one-year warranty, the suggested retail price for the 1994 
Tandy Sensation MPC is $1,799 ($1,999 with a SVGA color monitor).


    ** AMD Intros Local Bus SCSI Controller, Single-Chip PCI SCSI **

   The PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification 
continues to gain in popularity, as does SCSI (Small Computer Systems 
Interface) technology. Now Advanced Micro Devices has announced, what 
the company claims is, a "complete, low-cost hardware and software 
package facilitating the design of SCSI onto PCI local bus personal 
computer motherboards."

   AMD says that its PCSCSI is a single-chip Fast SCSI-2 controller 
paired with software in order to support a wide range of operating 
systems and SCSI peripherals. It is reportedly optimized for use on PCI 
local bus motherboards and provides a "glueless interface to the PCI 
bus."

   AMD claims that the cost to implement SCSI on the motherboard with 
PCSCSI (including all passive components and software) is less than $30.
 
 
          ** Microsoft Cuts Price Of Works For Windows 3.0 **

   Microsoft has temporarily reduced the price of Works for Windows ver-
sion 3.0, and will bundle it with its personal financial management 
software.

   Until January 31, 1994 buyers who purchase Microsoft Works for 
Windows 3.0 will get the integrated software suite for $89. If they buy 
Works before January 1, 1994 the company says it will throw in a copy of 
Microsoft Money 2.0.  Once the introductory period is over the suggested 
retail price for either version of Works for Windows will be $199.

   Current users of Windows or DOS versions of Works can upgrade by buy-
ing the new product and sending in the $10 rebate coupon that is in the 
product box.

   System requirements include at least a 386 microprocessor, four mega-
bytes (MB) of memory, a hard disk with at least four MB, and preferably 
15MB, of available space, MS-DOS 3.1 or higher, a VGA or better display, 
Windows 3.1 or higher, and a high-density (1.44MB) floppy drive. To use 
the multimedia edition a CD-ROM drive is required, along with a sound 
board and headphones or speakers.


                       ** Dell In Black Again **

   Dell Computer Corp., has returned to profitability in the third quar-
ter of this fiscal year. Dell says earnings for the third quarter are 
60% below what they were a year ago, and Chairman Michael Dell said 
sales will not meet the company's $3 billion sales target for the year.

   The company reported earnings of $12 million, or $0.26 per share, for 
the third quarter, which ended October 31. For the same period last year 
earning were reported at $29.6 million, or $0.72 per share. Revenue for 
the third quarter was $757.3 million, up 33 percent from the $570 
million reported for the same period last year.


                     ** C Learning Center Opens **

   ITC, a developer of interactive multimedia training products, has 
announced the opening of its first ComSkill Learning Center franchise.

   The new learning center is located in Wilmington, Del. Over the next 
several years, ITC plans to establish a nationwide network of ComSkill 
Learning Centers.

   ITC describes its ComSkill Learning Centers as innovative, state-of-
the-art personal computer educational facilities. It notes that students 
will gain hands-on experience and master a broad range of PC skills, 
applications and operating environments. The centers will also sell and 
rent courseware and provide individual student training.

   ComSkill's courseware combines full-motion video, audio and graphics 
on a PC. Instruction is both self-paced and interactive.
 
 
                 ** Hitachi Rolls Out Parallel Units **

    Massive parallel computers are to be introduced on the Japanese 
market next year by Hitachi Ltd., which says it is aiming to sell them 
mainly to government agencies. Hitachi will sell a machine with 128 pro-
cessors and a processing speed of 20 giga flops (or 20 billion instruc-
tions per second).

   Sources say that massively parallel systems, which use more proces-
sors than ordinary computers, "have won kudos from the supercomputing 
community for their high speed." 


       ** Compaq Offers Software Distribution CD with Presario **

   Compaq Computer Corp. and InfoNow Corp. announced that they are 
offering users of Compaq's multimedia Presario personal computers the 
ability to purchase software directly from a compact disc.
 
   The Compaq QuickChoice CD, developed and supported by InfoNow, is 
shipping with each Presario CDS model and enables users to read elect-
ronic literature, test drive and instantly purchase industry leading 
applications including Microsoft Excel, Word and Office.

   The disc allows Compaq users to purchase nearly 100 business and 
entertainment software titles that are loaded on the QuickChoice CD in 
an encrypted or locked form.
 
 
                     ** New Line of Pentium PC's **

   A new line of PCs based on Intel Corp.'s new Pentium microprocessor 
has been introduced by Zeos International Ltd. Officials of the company 
said the new line, called "Pantera," includes the PC interface technology, 
Peripheral Component Interconnect, as well as business audio 
capability in every system.
 
              The prices for Zeos Pantera start at $3,495.


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            » US Robotics Ships Free Guide To Online Services «


SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1993 DEC 6 (NB) -- US Robotics Limited,
the UK operation of the US-based modem manufacturer, has confirmed
it is shipping "The Sportster Guide To Online Services," a free
color booklet that is designed to extol the benefits of high speed
modems to potential first-time buyers of modem technology.

Although the booklet was pre-announced last month at a press
conference in London, the company has only today announced the color
booklet, which contains what must arguably be the UK's most
comprehensive guide to online services, detailing most services
available, as well as a selection the most popular bulletin board
services (BBSs).

According to Clive Hudson, Managing Director of US Robotics, around
300,000 of the booklets have been printed and are being distributed
as inserts in the PC press, as well as offered via computer dealers
in the UK. The booklet will also be made available to schools,
colleges and public libraries,

"The modem has moved from being a rather dull technical product to a
consumer product with a wide range of possibilities, We felt the
guide would stimulate increased use of the amazing range of services
that are out there," Hudson said,

"It's not just the big boys though, We have included a number of
smaller BBS operator and we will be offering a hotline for anyone
who wants information they cannot find in the booklet," he added.

Readers of Newsbytes who want a copy of the guide should contact
Sally Roberts at the company.



              » Captain Kangaroo Scolds Violent Video Games «


WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., 1993 DEC 2 (NB) -- At a press conference
held in Washington on Wednesday, beloved children's program
pioneer Bob Keeshan, known to tens of millions as Captain
Kangaroo, joined two Senators in criticizing the graphic violence
found in some video games. Mr. Keeshan said this violence is 
interactive, resulting directly from the action of the player, 
making it far more threatening than mere passively viewed violence 
seen on television and in movies.

Senator Joseph Lieberman (D. Conn.) and Herbert H. Kohl (D Wisc.)
joined Captain Kangaroo in calling for voluntary labeling of such
violent programs and suggested that if the publishers don't take
action on their own that Congress will.

Specifically cited in the Wednesday press conference were two
SEGA games, Mortal Combat, and another which shows graphic abuse
of women.

There have been increasing calls for television networks to label
programs according to their violence level and even demands from
some Senators for physical devices built into TV sets which
parents could set to block such programs.



                  » Cable Modem Shakes Online Industry «


ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1993 DEC 2 (NB) -- The 
demonstration of a modem running at 10 megabits per second over 
cable television lines shook up the industry at its annual 
Western Show.

Because it comes at the end of the industry's fiscal year, when 
capital budgets are being set, the Western Show has long been one 
of the industry's main technology showplaces, alongside the 
National Cable Television Association show itself. 

The focus of the excitement was really a simple demonstration of 
technology which General Instrument Corp., a leader in supplying 
set-top converters and other equipment to cable operators, and 
Intel plan to bring to market next year. To serve customers with 
the new modems, a General Instruments spokesman indicated to 
Newsbytes, cable operators will merely need to feed a digital 
line from a major phone company into their cable head-ends, and 
connect it to one of their existing channels. Many operators 
already have, or are planning, such links in order to get into 
the alternative access business, moving calls from large 
businesses to long distance networks. Teleport Communications 
Group, the leader in this business, is now owned by five cable 
operators. 

While Zenith has had a similar product available for some time, 
cable companies are comfortable dealing with General Instruments, 
and they're further impressed by Intel, the leading supplier of 
chips, in the deal. With 31 percent of US homes now owning at 
least one PC, they also see that the online market is moving into 
an area they're familiar with serving. The companies estimated it 
will cost consumers about $500 to buy and install such a modem, 
with the first buyers likely to be telecommuting engineers and 
computer programmers who need fast-access to data and programs on 
corporate mainframes. 

At the show Comcast and Viacom, both major cable operators, said 
they would field-test the technology next year. Online services 
like America Online, Prodigy, and CompuServe, all announced they'll 
support the new modems with versions of their services at the 
higher speed. Prodigy was the first into this market, and has a 
test of its services planned with Cox Enterprises' San Diego 
cable system already. Online services are very interested in 
cable because, while they have about four million customers among 
them, cable has 60 million customers. Prodigy is especially keen 
on the market because many consumers have complained its service 
is slow at the 9,600 bit/second speed available on most PC modems 
used on phone lines. 

The cable modem was just one of many computer-related 
announcements at the Western Show. Time Warner joined the group 
of cable operators which own Teleport, the largest alternative 
access company, which should make most major US cable systems 
cable modem-ready in short order, since those systems will be 
used to offer services to business customers anyway. Scientific/
Atlanta and Motorola joined with Kaleida Labs in launching a new 
chip called Malibu, which they'll put into set-top converters 
accessing interactive systems. S/A and Hewlett-Packard both said 
they'll begin supplying set-top converters to Tele-Communications 
Inc., the largest cable operator, and H-P will begin delivering 
printers that work with video images to Time Warner for its full 
service network in Orlando. Finally Eastman Kodak said 
its Picture Exchange, an online imaging service which allows for 
the sharing of photos over cable, is now operational.

The one warning note was given by America Online President Steve 
Case at a Western Show news conference. While joining Intel and 
GI in a test of the new cable modem, and working directly with GI 
on services for interactive television, he warned that the 
financial impact from all this won't be apparent for 3-5 years. 
"We are investing early in these new technologies because we 
believe they represent the future and will move interactive 
services into the mainstream," he said in a press statement 
released at the news conference. 


        » Multimedia Trade Group Poised To Fight Compton's Claims «


ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, U.S.A., 1993 DEC 3 (NB) -- The Interactive
Multimedia Association (IMA), populated by 260 organizations
involved in the multimedia industry, says it will support legal
efforts against the claims of Compton's Newmedia that it holds a
patent on multimedia. But more importantly, the IMA is concerned
over the issuance of such broad, non-technical multimedia patents
by the US Patent Office.

Philip Dodds, IMA director, said, "The Patent Office is issuing
extremely sweeping patents that are for basic computer and
multimedia processes that have been used for many years which are
obvious and not novel." One multimedia developer told Newsbytes:
"Next someone will be getting a patent for driving on the right
side of the street."

Compton's Newmedia announced at Comdex computer trade show it was
issued a patent number 5,241,671 for the "Multimedia search
system using a plurality of entry path means which indicate inter
relatedness of information." Compton's patent states: "...it is
contemplated that this invention can be used with any information
that can be stored in a database. While the present invention has
largely been described with reference to an encyclopedia, other
databases of published graphical or textual information could be
included."

The IMA asserts that Compton's claim that it invented multimedia
and wants royalty payments as a consequence stunned the
multimedia industry. Representatives from Compton's said the
patent isn't dependent on the delivery method for multimedia and
therefore covers not only software but interactive television and
graphical online services as well.

Evidently, the Compton's patent is not the first questionable
multimedia patent the US Patent Office has issued. Educational
multimedia software developer Optical Data Corporation (ODC) of
New Jersey received two patents in 1992, "Interactive method for
the effective conveyance of information in the form of visual
images" and "Curriculum planning and publishing methods." ODC
sent letters in early 1993 to several companies claiming patent
infringement as well as letters to three state education
superintendents to inform them other products could be
infringing.

Videodiscovery of Seattle, Washington, also an educational
multimedia publisher, filed a complaint in August 1993 against
ODC in the US District Court, Western District of Washington, in
Seattle. The complaint asked the two patents be declared invalid
based on the "obviousness" of the both. Last month, on the day
ODC was to answer in court, it issued a press release saying it
was donating the first "Interactive method..." patent to the
public and asked the Patent Office to re-examine the other rather
than have the validity of the second determined by legal
processes.

Joe Clark, chief executive officer of Videodiscovery maintains:
"It's obvious that the Office of Patents and Trademarks needs
more expertise and data in the area of software and multimedia as
shown by the awarding of these patents. These represent at best
nuisance patents and at the worst, a severe hindrance for the
growth of the multimedia industry."

One of the suggested answers to this dilemma is the suggestion
that Patent Office form an industry commission made up of those
in the field of multimedia to review pending patents.

The IMA is a leading multimedia trade group, headquartered in
Annapolis, Maryland. The group's board of directors and officers
include: Victoria Vance of Apple Computer, Sueanne Ambron of
Paramount Technology, Michael Braun from IBM, Nat Goldhaber
representing Kaleida Labs, Joe Clark of Videodiscovery, Robert
Harris from Philips, Hal Josephson of 3DO, Georgia McCabe
representing Eastman Kodak, and Robert Pearson from Sun
Microsystems.


                   » Chip Resin Supply Back On Stream «


LONDON, ENGLAND, 1993 DEC 3 (NB) -- First the good news -- the resin
shortage that has caused the surge in chip prices since July is
over. The bad news is that DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chip
prices will not fall as quickly as they went up.

This week has seen the Sumitomo Chemical Company's resin production
plant in Japan, which blew up on July 4, resume production.
According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), the
current shortage will soon be alleviated.

The story at the sharp end of the industry in the UK is somewhat
different, however. Fergus Campbell, senior product specialist with
Datrontech, a major supplier of chip products to dealers in the UK,
said that the market has advanced since the July explosion.

"The problem is that supplies of the 4Mbit SIMMs have been cut back
as manufacturers move to 16Mbit. But 1Mbit users have migrated to
4Mbit SIMMs (single inline memory modules), meaning that the 4Mbit
chips are still in short supply," he told Newsbytes.

Datrontech's prices on 4Mbit SIMMs are currently just under UKP100.
Three months ago, they were at an all-time high of UKP145. A year
ago they were 70. Campbell said that it would be a long time before
the UKP70 price point was realized again.

Mike Lunch, general manager of Toshiba's Personal Systems division,
said that easing of shortages in DRAM supply, rather than a price
fall, was good news for the company, since it would allow memory
card supplies to get back up to volume.

"Although chip prices make up only a small part of our end user
pricing, DRAM shortages have caused up problems with memory cards
for our portables. These cards add value to our portables," he said.


               The previous stories are © 1993 by NewsBytes.
                        Reprinted with permission.

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            __________________________________________________

@node P1-3 "ImageFX Arts & Sciences Contest"
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                 » The ImageFX Arts & Sciences Contest! «
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Nova Design, Inc. and Great Valley Products (GVP) are pleased to announce
the ImageFX Arts and Sciences contest.  This contest seeks to find the best
in art, animation, and programming utilizing the run-away best selling
image processing/painting/everything package; ImageFX!

Grand Prize winners and runners up will share in the fantastic prizes
provided by GVP.  These include the EGS Spectrum - the top of the line
graphics display card, PhonePak VFX - the Amiga voice mail/fax system, and
the DSS-8+ - the premier Amiga sound digitizer and music editing system!


The Categories:

As the contest name might imply, there will be two categories for judging:

Arts;     which will include still images, animation, and video sequences
          created via ImageFX and/or CineMorph.

          Grand Prize: EGS Spectrum
          Runner Up:   DSS 8+

Sciences; which includes any programs or Arexx macros created for use
          with or in ImageFX.  These can be ImageFX demos, special effects
          "hooks" or any ImageFX-style modules, and Arexx macro scripts that
          recreate artwork onscreen as a combination of Arts and Sciences.

          Grand Prize: PhonePak VFX
          Runner Up:   DSS 8+


The Time and the Place:

The contest begins with this announcement and will close on March 1st, 1994.
Judging will be completed over the next month and the winners will be
announced at the World of Commodore/Amiga in New York City in April, 1994.


How to Enter:

Entries should be submitted privately via regular mail carriers or
electronic mail (Email).  Entries must not be uploaded to any public
forum or electronic network.  Mailed entries should be sent to Nova
Design, Inc., c/o Great Valley Products, 657 Clark Avenue, King of
Prussia, PA 19603.  Emailed entries should be sent, uuencoded, to one of
the following email addresses:

Internet:       Kermit@cup.portal.com
GEnie:          K.WOODALL1
Compuserve:     71021,2753
GVP BBS:        (215) 337-5815 / upload to the sysop


The Judges:

All entries will be judged by Nova Design, Inc.  All decisions will be final.


The Rules:

All entries must be the sole creation of the submitter(s) with no rights
being held against the entries by any other parties.

Entries must be new and original works that have not appeared previously;
either commercially or via any shareware or freeware distribution.

Artwork must not be based off of any copywritten material (eg: video,
television, film, print, or any other previously published material).

Programs must work with, or in, ImageFX and not rely on any other shareware
or commercial software in order to function once compiled or executed.  All
programs must also be accompanied by full source code.

All entries become the sole property of Nova Design, Inc., it's assigns,
or it's heirs.

Submitters, by entering this contest, grant Nova Design, Inc. and GVP
the right to use their names and/or likenesses for promotional purposes.


Kermit Woodall
Nova Design, Inc.

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@node P1-4 "AMUC announces New Amiga CDROM"
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      » The Amiga Users Of Calgary (AMUC) Announces New Amiga CDROM «
                » priced AT ONLY $20 CDN (APPROX $15 US) «

(Calgary, Alberta, Canada --- December 6, 1992) The Amiga Users of
Calgary Society (AMUC) has just cut a CDROM consisting of the best
of what was on it's BBS. This CD-ROM is over 610 megabytes in size.
Production is complete and it is ready to ship.

So what's on the disk?  Since this contains some of the best on the
AMUC Express (AMIGA ONLY) BBS you can expect to find a huge number
of IFF and JPEG pictures, animations sounds, mods, 3D objects,
clipart, fonts (bitmap and structured), text files, programs and
demos from all over the world.  The files are primarily stored as
LZH, LHA or DMS files.

There is also a separate directory tree which contains minaturized
images of nearly all the pictures on the Walnut Creek GIFS_Galore
CDROM, useful as a quick means of searching for a particular picture.

There are FILES.BBS and 00_INDEX.TXT files in all the directories,
as well as long descriptions of most files stored in a separate
description file tree.

The directory names are a maximum of 8 characters with 3 character
extensions, so it is usable on PC based systems. The disk is an
ISO9660 format disk.


Pricing:

  The disk costs CDN$20.00 (Canadian dollars, which is about US$15.00
  at current exchange rates) plus CDN$3.00 for shipping and handling.
  We accept VISA and MasterCard so the currency exchange is automatic.

COD shipping:

  The disk can be shipped COD to Canadian addresses for an extra
  CDN$3.00, in the USA this appears to be US$5.00.  Terms: cash or
  certified check only.

Ordering:

  You can call us toll free throughout North America with:

1-800-561-4877

  or outside North America call

(403) 242-2507   (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)


  or you can send a postal money order payable to AMUC:

AMUC
P.O. BOX 34230
#19, 1200 -- 37 St. S.W.
Calgary, Alta
T3C 3W2


Shipping:

  Orders will be shipped on a first come, first served basis.
  The CD-ROMs have been pressed and are ready to go.


AMUC is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of Amiga
Users and the promotion of the Amiga computer.

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@node P1-17 "CBM Shareholder's Online Conference"
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/// The Commodore Shareholder Movement Online Conference
    ----------------------------------------------------


This is a heavily edited transcript of a capture of a live chat which
took place in the Amiga Zone on Portal on the evening of Sunday,
Nov. 28, 1993.  The subject was the Commodore Shareholders Movement
and the guest speakers are introduced below. The conference took the
form of a Q&A session

The conference lasted approximately two hours in real time. Most all
of the superfluous chit chat, hellos and g'byes have been removed to
make it easier to read.  

User groups, non-commercial BBSes, public FTP sites, and Amiga Report
online magazine have our explicit permission to republish this transcript
in its entirety only.   - Harv Laser, AmigaZone Sysop


------------[ Edited Transcript Begins Here]------------


Harv: Tonite we have another special guest chat. Our guests tonite are
      Marc Rifkin and Mike Levin, the spokesmen of the Commodore
      Shareholders Movement.  You may or may not be aware of their
      efforts over the last year or so.  If not then tonite you will
      learn what this is all about.  If so this will be your chance to
      find out their plans and ask them questions.

      Without any further rambling, it's my pleasure to introduce
      Marc R. Rifkin and Mike Levin, of the CSM.  Gentlemen, the floor
      is yours.

Mike&MarcCSM: Hello everyone. Thanks for being here tonight.  We
              are here to answer your questions about who we are and what
              we're doing...  Most of what we're about is answered in our Q&A
              document and Survival Kit, for those who haven't seen it.
              We'll answer your questions in person.  But first, we have one:
              Who here considers themselves a part of the CSM?

(Three people responded)

DMcCoy: Is owning stock a prerequisite?  If not, I do.  If so, I'll buy
        stock.  :)

Mike&MarcCSM: Owning stock is NOT a prerequisite.

Harv: Before we start taking questions, I have a poll.  If and only if you
      own any CBM Int'l stock, please state "Yes" and the # shares you own
      if you're willing to say.

Harv: Yes, 20
soft-logik: Yes, 600
DeckApe: Yes, 30
drchip: Yes, 500
harsh: Yes, 600
Mike&MarcCSM: Yes, 540

Harv: Be advised that you can visit *any* stockbroker and buy just 1 or 2
      shares.  And ask to hold the certificates yourself.  The broker
      will take a small fee.  The stock will cost you less than $4 per
      share.

xterm: Ok, have you two been doing anything directly with Little Irv & Mehdi?

Mike&MarcCSM: We've sent certified letters out to both of them. No response
              so far...  Mike talked to both in person at the 1991
              Shareholders Meeting.

PKB: Be honest.  Are you haveing any real effect at CBM?

Mike&MarcCSM: Yes. In 1991 we had a great effect.  CD32 and the
              1200 are in part the results of our efforts...  We are now
              trying to make an ongoing relationship with the management...
              So that we are not limited to just speaking at shareholder
              meetings...  We have the support of everyone we have spoken
              to across the board.

Harv: Please explain how CD32 and the 1200 are in part the results of
      your efforts.

Mike&MarcCSM: At the 1991 meeting, Mike described products he felt needed
              to be developed...  They both had the promise of success like
              that of the C64...  CD32 and the 1200 match those
              descriptions.

NES-Bill: 1. How many people are involved in the movement so far?
          2. How many shares does that represent?
          3. What makes you think that it is enough to make any real
             difference to how the company is run?

Mike&MarcCSM: 1. Over 500 people have stated their support...
              2. About 200 shareholders...
              3. Most of the shareholders are also customers.  Their
                 opinions are the most valuable to Commodore.

              We can identify with about 1% of the company ownership.
              There are 33 million shares.  All CBM directors have 20%
a              total.

Teletran: You've mentioned the upcoming shareholder meeting in the
          text files, but when iis it?

Mike&MarcCSM: We called CBM last tuesday.  Hock Tan (Shareholder
              Relations) is never available...  His secretary said the
              meeting was not being held that week (when it has been
              held in previous years).

DMcCoy: Not having owned stock before, is there a minimum amount required
        before one can be taken seriously?

Mike&MarcCSM: No, everything counts.

Harv: Okay.. I have a couple questions. #1 - Your earlier texts mentioned
      that you wanted our proxies so you could nominate new people to the
      board, yet later you seemed to have backed off on that saying that
      you were going to work with existing management.  Please explain.

Mike&MarcCSM: We do still want proxies...  We have not closed off that
              option but working with the management is more aligned with
              what we really want to achieve, which is to restore Commodore
              to a position of leadership in the industry.

Harv: #2 - Do you have any reason to believe that Gould is or is not going
      to avoid shareholders by holding the annual meeting in the Bahamas
      rather than in New York as they were for many years?  And, are you
      guys willing to go to the Bahamas if required?

Mike&MarcCSM: Mike went to the Bahamas in 1991 and we are prepared to go
              this year.

Harv: #3 - What about Al Haig?  I and many others would like to see him
      off the board.  What are your thoughts on this?  (Yes, this is the
      same Al Haig who used to be the Secretary of State and shows up
      on political talk shows all the time).

Mike&MarcCSM: Al Haig probably does some good for Commodore as far as
              favors.  We could probably suggest some better Directors.

Teletran: I assume that Commodore legally HAS to let the shareholders know
          when the meeting is?  Also, Can they stretch it out like they
          did the 4Q & 1Q '94 reports? GA.

Mike&MarcCSM: We've written to the SEC. Their position is that
              as a "foreign private issuer," Commodore is not subject to the
              U.S. proxy laws.  This means that they probably do not even need
              to announce the Shareholder Meeting.  The five directors make a
              quorum.  The shareholder meeting can be held in secrecy.  It
              would be contested by shareholders, but that would be after the
              fact.

soft-logik: Do you think Commodore has a future?  Given the
            pressures of the industry that have even hurt companies like
            Apple?  Can yet another proprietary operating system have a
            place?  Do you advocate Commodore supporting UNIX? Focusing only
            on game machines?

Mike&MarcCSM: YES...  CD32 can become a C64-like success.  This success can
              be used to carry the Amiga product line forward by sinking
              profits back into R&D and turning the Amiga into a machine
              which can compete despite whatever machines are out there.

DeckApe: 1) Is CBM a subsidiary of Commodore Ltd?
         2) Is CBM completely held by C= Ltd?
         3) What kind of response have you gotten so far to your request
            for a show of support?

Mike&MarcCSM: CBM is a wholly owned subsidiary by Commodore Ltd.

Harv: CBM = Commodore Business Machines. They (in West Chester PA) are
      the USA mfg and sales USA HQ office.  There is also a CBM Canada,
      and many other countries, all subsidiaries of Commodore Int'l
      Ltd. a Bahamian company :)

DeckApe: I take it that means we can't buy stock in CBM (which I assume
         is a U.S. company?)

Harv: You can only buy stock in Commodore Int'l. Ltd., the Parent.

Mike&MarcCSM: We receive about a dozen E-Mail messages, a half
              dozen faxes and a handful of calls every week.  We've spoken to
              almost every major Amiga developer and distributor.  We have
              everyone's support in spirit, and the shareholders and
              customers support in practice.

xterm: Ok, my question -- do any major corporations have a stake in C=
       anymore besides the Big 5 and the "little people"?  Who?

Mike&MarcCSM: Yes...  Prudential Securities and over 70 other financial
              institutions according to the last Nelson Directory.  Only
              Irving Gould owns a controlling interest in shares.

DocPierce: I was wondering a few things.  Is there anything that non
           shareholders can do?  How much does stock cost and where is
           a good place to go?  How far do you have to go to accomplish
           your goal in terms of "you're 50% there, 75%, etc"?

Mike&MarcCSM: Non shareholders can state your support for the
              CSM publicly in letters to Commodore and the Press, on
              electronic nets and turn this media event.  Harv mentioned
              already how to get stock (contact a broker or your bank, it
              should be less than $4 a share).  We are 50% of the way to
              achieving our first objective which is to initiate ongoing
              cooperative efforts with Commodore officers.

DocPierce: Can you provide us with addresses and names to write to?

DeckApe: FYI: I recently purchased 20 additional shares of stock - I paid
         $3.25 a share, and the broker only cost me $11.  As of Wednesday,
         C= was trading at 3-3/4 a share.

Harv: Anyone can buy stock.  Call any broker.  I use Paine
      Webber but there are many big name ones.  You can buy 1 or 2
      shares.  Make SURE you tell the broker "I want to hold the
      certificates myself".  The broker will do the trade for you,
      will tell you what he bought at and you will have x days to pay
      his bill.

Mike&MarcCSM: We will put out a text file with all of the places
              to contact.  Start with your favorite magazine.

SkyPilot: I have 3 questions:
          1. Can the CD-32 be used as a cd-rom.
          2. What development is progressing with an AAA machine
          3. How serious is Commodore about staying in business?
             A basic no-show at Comdex??  I will be going to WOC.

Harv: #1 is not really covered by this chat. #2 - See the Dave Haynie
      transcript in the library (text files, near the bottom).

Mike&MarcCSM: We cannot answer for Commodore, but we are serious about
              them staying in business.

Harv: Commodore had a booth booked at Comdex but turned it over
      to Centaur at the last moment.  Commodore does plan to have a
      booth at CES/Vegas Jan 5-9 to unveil CD32 to the full USA market.

harsh: Clearly the Amiga is a competitive machine, but the current Commodore
       leadership doesn't seem to get it. What specifics will you propose
       to them to put Commodore back on the map?

Mike&MarcCSM: First, Appoint a new officer capable of acting as
              President and CEO of Commodore.  Then forge relationships with
              the Commodore community.  Then carry out strategies to direct
              your (the customers) enthusiastic evangelism.  And establish a
              feedback system (eg., Harv) to measure success.

soft-logik: Do you guys have any idea why Commodore stock didn't
            fall through the floor after the financials were released
            showing the company with a negative book value?

Mike&MarcCSM: There are several ideas. Buying activity
              propping the stock value up... Speculative purchasing by
              investors... Reports of European CD32 sales... And the stock
               being considered as "bottomed out." GA

xterm: [btw -- Ken Dyke of C= quoted me 70,000 CD32s moved as of last week]

Harv: You guys indicated in your last .txt posting that you
      would be reducing your roles in CSM. since you've been the
      driving force, what's gonna happen next.  Are successors in
      place?  Or what's the deal?

Mike&MarcCSM: We are working on successors.  We'd like to talk
              to anyone here who is interested.

DeckApe: #1: Please explain (for those ignorant like me) what exactly
             gives Irv "Controlling Interest".....
         #2: Who is your potential candidate for Prez/CEO of
             C=? What are his/her qualifications?

Mike&MarcCSM: Irving has 20% or 6 million shares. No one else
              has over 1 million.  We have spoken to several people including
              those in the Amiga community.  No one there can risk the
              involvement (risk to their own business).  We have now settled
              on an electronics industry veteran.  We can say that he as been
              the President of several large companies.  His name is not
              widely known. (not a celebrity).

DonM: 1. I'm just a full-time electronic tech and
         part-time airplane driver.  I've never news media'ed anything in
         my life.  Any suggestions?
      2. What signs, if any, do you see of C= not getting finances
         because of recent posted loss? GA

Mike&MarcCSM: 1. Write to editors of any magazines you think
              appropriate.  State things in your own words and get lots of
              other to do the same. Also think television, radio and
              newspapers.

Harv: Write to New Media magazine. They claim Amiga coverage but
      generally blow their nose on us. Also write Compute and demand
      they reinstate the Amiga edition.

Mike&MarcCSM: So long as Commodore is selling product and has a
              positive cash flow, they can always get more money. (Prudential
              extened their loan to January).

SteveX: It sounds like everybody is counting on CD32 to save
        Commodore. We keep hearing that they are rolling off the
        production lines, and they are selling all they can make.
        20,000 a week is the number we keep hearing.  My question is
        whether or not they are making any money on these things. If
        they make 20,000 a week all year, that's a million machines, and
        if they make $50 on each machine, that's $50 million in sales -
        but if they only make $5 on each machine, then it's only 5
        million in sales for the whole year (since they don't seem to be
        making anything else).  What do you think? If they're betting
        the farm on CD32, they better not be selling it as a loss leader!

Harv: (Haynie said the C= factory in philippines has 4
      production lines, 3 are making CD32 and the fourth makes mainly
      4000s or whatever they have orders for)

Mike&MarcCSM: According to our numbers, Commodore has a 25%
              profit margin and should have made about $150 million by now on
              CD32 sales.

SteveX: 25% profit margin at that low US retail price?  It seems
        like a double-speed CD-ROM drive, 2 meg of ram, power supply,
        case, and all that should cost more than what they are selling
        it for.

Mike&MarcCSM: Commodore's greatest ability is producing high value machines
              at low cost.

DeckApe: My question: should we ease up on the mismanagement angle or hit
         it full force?

Mike&MarcCSM: It has to be dealt with, we want Commodore to
              accept a new officer at their level who can manage the company
              competently.  He has to be given enough leeway so that he
              wouldn't be afraid of being fired. GA

harsh: Assuming that Commodore has its meeting tomorrow and chooses to ignore
       you completely and keeps things going as usual, how will you change
       your approach?

Mike&MarcCSM: Give the story to the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Forbes,
              Business Week, Time, and everyone else.

JWolf: Any idea how to get CBM to get companies to acknoledge the Amiga and
       port their software?

Mike&MarcCSM: Commodore would need to build a strong corporate
              identity, increase the user base and potential markets and offer
              the right incentives to software developers including developer
              loans and cooperative advertising.

DeckApe: mentioned a while back that he thought Irv owned Prudential.
         True or false?

Mike&MarcCSM: False.  Medhi Ali used to work for Prudential and probably
              still represents their interests.

colins: I have no doubt that CBM can compete on the low-end with a machine
        like CD32.  If marketed correctly there is no reason it can't be the
         next Sega or Nintendo. Whether it will or not remains to be seen.
         But, in what markets do you believe CBM can competein the mid and
         high-end categories, with their existing technologies?

Mike&MarcCSM: Video, interactive communication, workstations, home
              computers, and just about anything else - the Amiga is the
              most versatile computer.

DeckApe: Laptops? (Hint!)

Mike&MarcCSM: We believe strongly in an Amiga laptop!

Harv: Thus endeth the formal portion of tonight's chat.  Thanks to Marc
      Rifkin and Mike Levin for their time, their answers, and the work
      they've put into the CSM.  Be sure to get their latest text file
      out of our text files library near the bottom.  "CSMKIT.LHA".

Mike&MarcCSM: Also, watch the next issue of Amazing Computing!

Harv: And go buy a few shares of Commodore Int'l, kids.  It won't cost you
      much, and it will give you a vote in the company's present and
      future.  Call any stock broker.  Tell him you want to buy a few
      shares of CBU and you want to hold the stock certificates yourself.
      To learn all about the CSM, get "CSMKIT.LHA" out of the text files
      library here and read it.  And act on it.

------------[ End of Transcript ]-----------


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@node P1-5 "CBM-Amiga has full time job openings"
@toc "menu"


       =====================================================
       | Amiga Graphics Software Development    - Permanent |
       =====================================================


Commodore Amiga Software Engineering has several full time software
engineering openings in the area of Amiga graphics:

The ideal candidate has a background as a developer of graphics
intensive applications on the Amiga or other platforms. Experience
with Amiga graphics (graphics.library) and Amiga chipsets (ECS and AA)
is a plus, but not a requirement.

The candidate should have a strong background in raster graphics,
including up-to-date understanding, and preferably experience with,
current popular graphics architectures and devices in the personal
computer market. Working knowledge of 3D graphics and video standards
and issues is a definite plus.

C language and/or 68k assembly experience is required, and Amiga
or multitasking OS development experience is strongly desired.
Experience with low-level system programming is desired.

As a member of the graphics team the individual will:
 - develop next generation graphics.library for new chipsets.
 - contribute to new chip design
 - participate in architecting new OS's.

If your skill set and experience doesn't exactly match the lists above,
feel free to forward your resume anyway, since I will be looking for
other types of software engineers in the near future.

The successful applicant will be hard working, self-motivated and able
to work well with peers. Writing and communications skills are a definite
plus.

As a member of a small entrepreneurial team, each engineer is a
significant contributor through the actual market introduction of
his/her product. As a member of a large international corporation,
each engineer benefits from the resources that Commodore can provide.

                        AND

you're working with the Amiga, a pioneer in multitasking, GUI and
multimedia. Become a member of the strong, innovative team wich
developed AmigaOS.

For immediate consideration, please send resume, including applicable
experience and salary history, to:


        Dr. Allan Havemose,                     Director Systems Software
        Commodore Business Machines
        1200 Wilson Drive
        West Chester, PA 19380
        FAX: (215) - 431 9156
        Email:  havemose@cbmvax.commodore.com

If you have code examples you're proud of, send them on!

Commodore is proud to be an equal opportunity employer m/f/h/v.
Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident of U.S.


                        Dr. Allan Havemose
                        Director, Systems Software
                        12/8/93

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@node P5-1 "BigAnin v3.5"
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                     » BigAnim 3.5 available for FTP «


TITLE

     BigAnim

VERSION

     3.5 (29-Nov-93)

AUTHOR

     Christer Sundin, d8sunch@dtek.chalmers.se

DESCRIPTION

     BigAnim is an animation player, capable of "direct from disk"
     playback, with user selectable buffer size and playback speed.
     BigAnim can display IFF ANIM animations of types 5 and 7, and
     makes use of the new graphics.library double-buffering routines
     when run on an Amiga with Kickstart 3.0 or later.

NEW FEATURES

     These are the changes since version 3.3:

     o Buffer utilization statistics added

     o Playback speed can be changed during playback, by pressing
       one of the digit keys

     o Several bug fixes and minor improvements

REQUIREMENTS

     Kickstart 2.04 or higher. BigAnim will take advantage of Kickstart 3.0
     and 68020+ processors if found.

HOST NAME

     Aminet. Several sites are available, for instance:

     ftp.luth.se            130.240.18.2     (Scandinavia)
     ftp.uni-kl.de          131.246.9.95     (Germany)
     wuarchive.wustl.edu    128.252.135.4    (USA)

DIRECTORY

     /pub/aminet/gfx/show

FILE NAMES

     BigAnim35.lha

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     BigAnim is freely distributable, as long as BigAnim and all related
     files are distributed unchanged.

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@node P5-2 "BuildAnim v2.0"
@toc "menu"

                    » BuildAnim 2.0 available for FTP «


TITLE

     BuildAnim

VERSION

     2.0 (30-Nov-93)

AUTHOR

     Christer Sundin, d8sunch@dtek.chalmers.se

DESCRIPTION

     BuildAnim is an animation utility, and it can do three different
     operations: 1) It can build an animation out of individual ILBM
     pictures, 2) it can split an animation, and save the frames as
     ILBM pictures, or 3) it can convert an animation from one ANIM
     compression type to another.

     Several compression types are supported: 2, 3, 5, 7 and 'J', but
     BuildAnim can only create type 5 and 7 animations.

NEW FEATURES

     These are some of the changes since version 1.5:

     o Completely rewritten using C. The compression and decompression
       routines are kept in assembler, though.

     o BuildAnim can now also split and convert animations.

     o Reading and writing is buffered, to maximize throughput.

     o BuildAnim can read ANIM types 2, 3, 5, 7, and 'J', and write
       ANIM types 5 and 7.

     o Options can be saved in an envrinoment variable.

REQUIREMENTS

     Kickstart 2.04 or higher.

HOST NAME

     Aminet. Several sites are available, for instance:

     ftp.luth.se            130.240.18.2     (Scandinavia)
     ftp.uni-kl.de          131.246.9.95     (Germany)
     wuarchive.wustl.edu    128.252.135.4    (USA)

DIRECTORY

     /pub/aminet/gfx/conv

FILE NAMES

     BuildAnim20.lha

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     BuildAnim is freely distributable, as long as BuildAnim and all
     related files are distributed unchanged.

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@node P1-6 "Amiga Envoy Available"
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                    » Amiga Envoy Available from IAM «

PRODUCT

Amiga Envoy

DESCRIPTION

Amiga Envoy is the standard Amiga peer-to-peer networking
software developed by Commodore's Amiga Networking Group. Its
performance, user-interface and API are consistent with the
philosophy of the Amiga Operating System. Amiga Envoy provides a
simple messaging interface for the easy development of reliable
network applications. Included applications enable connected
Amiga computers to share hard disks, CD-ROMs, and printers
transparently.  Third-party applications can provide
functionality such as electronic mail, remote computer access,
multi-user databases and multi-player games.

To make Amiga Envoy available to end-users immediately,
Intangible Assets Manufacturing has licensed Amiga Envoy from
Commodore. IAM has produced a manual written by Dale Larson, one
of Amiga Envoy's original designers. The manual eases you
through the set up and use of a simple network. Additional
documentation will be available (at an additional charge). It
will explain how to internetwork with Amiga Envoy, how to
develop software for it and how to use its security features.

Intangible Assets Manufacturing supports the copies of Amiga
Envoy it distributes. Support is provided through electronic and
physical mail and by answering questions in such public forums
as UseNet's comp.sys.amiga.datacomm, on CompuServe, and on Bix.

REQUIREMENTS

Workbench 2.04, Kickstart 2.04, 512k RAM, SANA-II compatible
networking hardware (see COMPATIBILITY).

RECOMENDED

Workbench 2.1 or later, Kickstart 2.1 or later, 1MB RAM, Hard
disk with 300k free in SYS:.

AVAILABILITY

Now.

PRICE

List Price: $59.95 (2-user)

COMPANY AND ORDERING INFORMATION

Direct electronic inquiries to:     info@iam.com

Direct postal mail to:          Intangible Assets Manufacturing
                    828 Ormond Avenue
                    Drexel Hill, PA  19026-2604
                    USA

To order Amiga Envoy, check with your computer dealer, or order
direct from IAM by mailing a check or money order drawn on a US
bank and payable to Intangible Assets Manufacturing. In the
continental USA, shipping is included in the $59.95 price.  PA
residents add sales tax. Outside of the continental USA, include
an additional $10 for shipping and handling.

Dealer and distributor inquiries welcome.

COMPATIBILITY

Any SANA-II networking hardware may be used with Envoy,
including Ameristar A2066, AmiLink, ASDG LanRover, Commodore
A2065 or A2060 and SLIP (serial port).

Additional non-IP, SANA-II compatible networking protocol stacks
may be run at the same time as Amiga Envoy over the same
networking hardware. AS225r2 is the version of Commodore's
TCP/IP package which is compatible with Envoy (through SANA-II
compatibility and close cooperation regarding IP packets). It is
expected to be available from Intangible Assets Manufacturing
soon.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPERS

Developers of any Amiga networking products or networking
compatible products are encouraged to contact Intangible Assets
Manufacturing regarding inclusion of their products in the
forthcomming "Amiga Networking Handbook."  We want to make sure
that Amiga users can find out about every networking product
that they may need. We hope to do this by publishing information
on all of the products that are available.

Applications developers who wish to add networking features to
their products are encouraged to contact IAM regarding developer
support and/or consulting services.

The Amiga Envoy documentation produced by IAM is available for
license to third-parties wishing to distribute Envoy with their
products. Custom documentation can also be produced for third
party networking hardware and software products.  Similar AS225
documentation is expected to be available soon.

LEGAL

Amiga is a registered trademark of Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Workbench and Kickstart are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Envoy is Copyright 1985-1993 Commodore-Amiga, Inc.,
All Rights Reserved. Distributed under license from Commodore.
NetWare is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

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@node P5-3 "Garshneblanker v2.7"
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                 » Garshneblanker 2.7 Available for FTP «


TITLE

   Garshneblanker - A modular screen blanking package for Commodore
                    Amiga computers.


   ( Previously titled: Blanker - A name most thought too generic. :)

VERSION

   Release  2.7
   Version  37 Revision 11


AUTHOR

   Michael D. Bayne (baynemd@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu)


DESCRIPTION

   Garshneblanker is a complete modular screen blanking package
   designed with AmigaDOS 2.04+ in mind. This software takes advantage
   of all the new features of ADOS 2.04+ in order to make it as upward
   compatible with new releases as possible. A few of the features
   are listed below:


   Screen Mode Database use in each module, Full Commodities interface,
   Font sensitive window, Public screen support, GadTools interface,
   IFF Preferences files, Use of tool types to support global and local
   prefs, AppWindow support, AGA Support in all modules! (Beautiful 256
   color displays)

   Additionally, to ease use and installation I have provided the
   following:

   o "Installer" installation script
   o "AmigaGuide" format documentation

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

   AmigaDOS 2.04 or greater is required (ADOS 3.x is supported).

HOST NAME

   ftp.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) and other Aminet sites

DIRECTORY

   /pub/aminet/util/blank

FILE NAMES

   Gblanker2.7.lha      --  All binaries and support files.
   Gblanker2.7.src.lha  --  Source to program and modules.

PRICE

   Free.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

   Garshneblanker is distributed with full source under BSD-like
   constraints. It is freely distributable with very few restrictions
   on reuse of the source or the executables. Please read the
   documentation accompanying the distribution for further
   information.

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@node P5-4 "F2C Amiga v1.0"
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                 » Fortran 77 to C Translator Amiga Port «


TITLE

     F2C - Fortran 77 to C translator.
           Amiga port for use with gcc 2.

VERSION

     Version of April 28, 1993. (F2C doesn't use version numbers).
     Version 1 of the Amiga port for gcc 2.


AUTHORS

     Copyright 1990 by AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bellcore.

     F2C is under development by
        David Gay (AT&T Bell Labs)
        Stu Feldman (Bellcore)
        Mark Maimone (Carnegie-Mellon University)
        Norm Schryer (AT&T Bell Labs)

     Amiga port by
        Torsten Poulin Nielsen
        Banebrinken 99, 2, 77
        DK-2400 Copenhagen NV
        Denmark

        email: torsten@diku.dk


DESCRIPTION

     F2C converts Fortran 77 source code to C (or C++) source files,
     that can subsequently be compiled and linked with gcc.


SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

     Needs Markus Wild's port of gcc 2 and ixemul.library.
     Memory requirements: 4 mb, mainly because of gcc.
     Not tested under KS 1.3.

     Several versions of gcc are available from Aminet. The
     ixemul.library is included in the gcc distributions.

HOST NAME

     Available via anonymous FTP from Aminet (e.g., ftp.luth.se)

DIRECTORY

     /pub/aminet/dev/lang

FILE NAMES

     f2c-amiga1.lha   695692 bytes.

PRICE

     Free.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     Copyright 1990 by AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bellcore.

     Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
     its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
     granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
     copies and that both that the copyright notice and this
     permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting
     documentation, and that the names of AT&T Bell Laboratories or
     Bellcore or any of their entities not be used in advertising or
     publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without
     specific, written prior permission.


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/// Amiga Report Online News                  Eavesdropping on the world!
    ------------------------



                             » FidoNew News «
                               ------------


*** Area: AMIGA                                   Date:  5 Dec 93 3:13:00 
*** From: Jon Peterson (1:383/25.0) 
*** To  : All 
*** Subj: FFish 1000th Disk Fund

Here is the list of donors for the twelfth week of the FFish 1000th
Disk thingy.

Jon Peterson 
Matthew L. Schultz 
Chris Nelson 
Asha DeVelder 
Marshall Freedland 
Jeremy Friesner 
Michael Phipps 
Darrin & Lisa Zimmerman (Amiga Un-Sig of Southern Michigan) 
Eric V. Peterson (Canada) 
Eric Zimmer Fred
M. Hamilton 
Michael Meredith (England) 
David Jennings (Australia) 
Gary Delzer 
David Gomme 
Gateway Amiga Club, Inc. 
Abilene Amiga Users Group
Rick Russell Niagara Amiga (Users) Group N.A.G. (Canada) 
Julla O. Kouppinen (Finland) 
Gary Simpson 
Robert Sudbury 
Jon Peterson (Asha's FF1000th Auction Check Pin) 
New Orleans Commodore Klub Amiga Group Wow, four donations this week alone!

(This is finally getting international.... Where's Hong Kong??)

Total donations as of 12/4/93 are $507.50.  Got a ways to go folks to
purchase the (?A4000T?). There is pretty reliable info that FFish does
in fact already own an A4000 (shoot!). Suggestions? A CD32 looks to be
the most popular alternative. Please talk this up with all concerned
(Amiga users) and pass the word on to your Users Groups. If you haven't
joined the effort, slip that hand into the pocket and pull out some
bucks, put it into any envelope and send it in.  Let's show what the
Amiga community is all about. Check over some of the programs you have
benefitted/are benefitting from.  Register them and/or pitch in for
FishFund. * Reminder to everyone PLEASE!!! Pass the word at any Users
Group meetings you attend. This should be a group effort on behalf of
all the Amiga users throughout the world. Please donate whatever you can
afford - or even better - what you honestly think FFish's work has been
worth to you through the years. You think speed kills?  Try apathy! 
Let's make this thing happen. Thanks. BTW, there have been some very
nice comments to/about FFish included in the envelopes with donations. 
As I have been saving these, think I will include them along with the
donation "pot"/A4000T when the time comes. Christmas is on the way for
all you 'Lil old Santa's helpers. Let's see if you can pitch in and
squeeze him down the chimney with something for good ol' Fred. As
always, donations to me at:

                                   CVCUG
                         %FFish 1000th Disk Fund 
                              P.O. Box 2661 
                           San Angelo, TX  76902



                              » Portal News «
                                -----------



.../Files & Messages/Message Bases/Creativity - The Arts/PhotoCD and OpalPCD
12/6/93 16:34 83/4095 Harv

I was down at Creative Computers' store in lawndale yesterday and noticed
they had a portable NEC CD ROM drive connected to one of their demo
3000s with a Retina card and nice big monitor on it so I sat down to
see what they had in the drive and it was the Corel PhotoCD sampler
disk which has 100 beautiful PCD images on it amongst other things.

"What are you using to bring the PhotoCD files into the Amiga?" I asked
and they told me they were using the new AsimWare PhotoCD conversion
utility that comes with the 2.0 version of that company's CD ROM
driver software.

So I messed with the thing a bit. It reads in one or more PhotoCD
files tagged from a directory requester then converts each in turn
into an IFF24 file (with the output size selected in a pull dow
menu, the largest of which that was un-ghostable was 768x512) and
then writes the results to the drive one specifies.

The process of convresion is painfully slow. I couldn't fathom why
it was so slow. It took on the order of (guessing) nearly two minutes
to convert each image, and it didn't even display them during the
load > convert > save process. The 3000 had about 10 MEG of RAM in it.

Having just gotten my NEC CDR25 portable drive back from NEC's service
(it was flakey when I took possession of it a couple months ago) I
then remembered that I had that same Corel PhotoCD sampler disk in
my possession and that I had seen a freely distributable program called
OpalPCD on Centaur's OpalVision Support BBS but I'd never tried it.

So I tried it. What a difference!

OpalPCD (sorry I forget the author's name... pretty sure it's on
Aminet, and it's also on Portal in the Centaur/Opal vendor are)
performs pretty much the same function as AsimWare's PhotoCD
image converter, however on my 33Mhz 030/882 2500, the process
takes under 18 seconds for OpalPCD to load one of the 3 to 5 meg
PhotoCD images from that CD, display it on my OpalVision and then
a few more seconds to save it back out to disk as a 768x512
IFF24 file. Total of maybe 20 seconds to load, display and save...
roughly (guessing) 6 to 8 times faster than the AsimWare PhotoCD
utility. Now admittedly, my 2500 is a tad faster (sysinfo sez
1.47 x as fast) as Creative's 3000, but that wouldn't, by itself,
account for the tremendous speed difference in these two programs.

I'm no programmer but it seems to me that if OpalPCD can perform
the load/display/save function on the same PhotoCD file in the
same resolution in 20 seconds that AsimWare's program takes nearly
two minutes to do, AsimWare should go back to the drawing board
for some re-coding :)

I have converted, using the method described above, a number of
"swimsuit/lingerie" PhotoCD pics from my Corel Sampler CD, JPEGged
them with ADPro and put them in the Amiga Zone new uploads library
today.

They can be viewed on any Amiga (preferably with some kind of
deep color display, but this is not an absolute requirement)
with JPEG loading/viewing software. A 24 bit RGB display like Opal
or Firecracker would be the best. AGA would suffice :)

These pics will eventually be moved into our Adult Pinups library.

Now here's a funny sidenote: Corel sells over 100 PhotoCD discs.
(See their ads in magazines such as "New Media"). One of these used
to be a Lingerie disc. However due to the pratice of political
correctness (ugh) and the complaint of a Corel employee, this CD
has been yanked from the market.

The Sampler CD original contained these sexy pics that I have
converted and uploaded as JPEG but the Sampler CD that I messed
with down at Creative, as mentioned above, despite coming in the
same jewel box cover and with the same disc label, was missing
these pictures. So apparently I have a rare, now "banned" Corel
PhotoCD sampler disc :)

There are a lot of other gorgeous pics on the sampler - scenics and
nature shots and buildings and such, and I will convert some of
those too and upload them shortly.

If you have an OpalVision and have or are getting a CD ROM drive,
you really owe it to yourself to try out OpalPCD. It works
beautifully and it's fast!

Harv



                             » AmigaNet News «
                               -------------


*** Area: AMY_TECH                                Date: 30 Nov 93 22:11:24
*** From: Dave Gomme (1:261/1147.5)
*** To  : All
*** Subj: C= advertisements, part II


     Remember a few months months back when all the ideas for MAiga
commercials came though?  Well, better late than never, I was sitting around
this morning doing a little thinking (where all my best thinking gets done)
and I came up with a couple ideas inspired by the recent slew of Mac
commercials.

Commercial #1

[Fade from black.  Picture of an Amiga 4000 with WorkBench running, beige
cloth background]

"This is your average Amiga 4000 from Commodore."

[Switch to generic PC-clone on light blue cloth background with windows (maybe
generic software) running]

"This is your average PC."

[Same blue cloth background, from above (god's-eye view) show memo/one page
paper floating down in leaf-like action to ground.]

"This is an average document created with a PC."

[Switch back to Amiga on beige.  Animation of film-style countdown (5-4-3-2-1)
being shown.]

"This is an average document created with an Amiga..."

[10 (5?) second sub chase clip from SeaQuest.  Subtitle, "Created with the
Video Toaster and Commodore Amiga"]

[Fade to Times-italic "Amiga" on black background.]

"Which would you call a multimedia computer?"

[Fade in subtitle, "When you want the best, you want the original"]

[Fade in new subtitle, "The original multimedia computer"]

     There should be a message about being about to produce papers with the
Amiga in there somewhere.  I haven't been able to insert it and retain the
fluidity of the commercial.

     The second commercial would use the same format, and compare Video for
Windows with the full-screen 30fps capability of the 4000.  A shot of a clown
"clowning around" would be great for Video for Windows, and in the subtitle
"Extra hardware required".  Some circus music and a little "Woo-hoo" near the
end of the shot would work nicely as a soundtrack.  For the A4000's animation
the clip from Star Wars would be great (if the rights were available).  A
price point comparison would also be nice, comparing the A4000 with a
"multimedia capable" name brand PC without naming names, of course.

     ...Dave



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@node P1-8 "WOCA - Toronto Reports"
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/// WOCA Toronto Reports
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          » Part One:  By Darren Eveland (develand@uoguelph.ca) «
            ---------------------------------------------------


Yes, I just got back from WOCA Toronto. Here is my quick and dirty summary:

CD32 - Yes, they were for SALE.  NTSC Version.  Apparently C= had them
       flown in from their plant the night before, and the C= rep I talked to
       said they managed to squeeze one production run in for NTSC units.
       But that is it.  The rest are PAL versions headed for Europe.  Don't
       expect general availability in N. America until after Jan 1, 1994.
       Price in CDN dollars was **** $489.00 ****, which translates to about
       $366.00 US.  MPEG module will be available in Europe beginning
       DEC. 11/93.  No date was given for N. American availability.  I
       expect the price to get lower by sunday (the end of the show).


       The MPEG Module was QUITE impressive.  They were playing STAR TREK
       VI: The Undiscovered Country.  Apparently this was hot off the press
       and had only been available for a week.  They also had Top Gun, but
       they were told "not to show that" yet.   Hmmm.  No sign of the Bon
       Jovi video, but they did demo a music video called "killer".
       MPEG quality was equal to or better than current VHS technology.
       The freeze (pause) was awesome - crystal clear and no "noise".  Oh
       ya, they had the European TV Commercial too - were showing that in MPEG
       and CDXL.

GVP -  GVP was demoing the EGS Spectrum (w/EGS paint), ImageFX for EGS
       (beta), TBC Plus, various accelerators, etc...  A fairly large booth.
       I am not going to say much about the Spectrum since I have already
       bought one.  But, they were selling for $599 CDN ($450 US) (2 meg
       ver.).

EMPLANT - Jim Drew was there along with a lady taking orders and another
          tech guy from UU.  Emplant was looking nice.  UU both was almost
          right across from Simon Douglas (programmer of A-MAX IV Colour)
          and his demo (rather uncomfortable!!!).  Jim was saying how he
          has 11 patents pending on emplant.  Emplant was selling for about
          $360 CDN (basic model).


A-Max IV Colour - I talked to Simon Douglas about A-MAX IV-Colour, which
                  was selling for $429 CDN ($322 US).  They had been
                  working on the software/hardware part of it since last
                  January, and had been beta testing since august.
                  Looked quite impressive, with lots of configuration
                  options for memory, video, scsi, etc...  Actual emulation
                  looked nice, and was pretty fast.  Expert Services had
                  A-Max IV Colour running on a large monitor with the
                  Picasso Video board hooked up.  This *WAS* impressive.
                  Very fast.  Had 256, thousands, and millions colour
                  options.  Bug fixes are free, and major upgrades may
                  cost a small fee.


What can I say?  Emplant and A-Max IV Colour both do good jobs at
emulating a mac.  You'll have to make your own decision about which is better.


A4000T - Well, where was it? I didn't find it...but maybe I didn't look
         too hard.

Amiga CD32 external units
-------------------------

C= had hoped to show them at WOCA, but for some reason they were not there.
 I did learn that both will be external units.  C= officials would not tell
me how it will hook up to either machine.  Only users with AGA machines
will get to use these drives though.  Look for them in Q1 94.


PageStream 3.0
--------------

All I can say is:  Looked impressive.  Price for PS 2.2 was 199 CDN (tax
included, ($149 US)), which will get you a free upgrade to 3.0 when it is
released Q1 94.


There was A LOT of stuff going on at the show, so this is just a highlight
of what products I found interesting...I'm going back again on saturday to
return a HD A3000 floppy which does not work :-(, so maybe I'll glean some
more info from C=.  I'll try to sit in on the C= "future directions"
seminar with Lou E (head of engineering).  Maybe he'll know some goodies
about AAA.

See ya!



             » Part Two:  By Roy Park (roy.park@canrem.com) «
               --------------------------------------------


Hello everyone... (ya ya, it's Roy Park again)  :)

Since I went to WOCA Toronto CBM keynote addressing session, I thought I'd
let ya know some stuff that was said

*note: the following is what I think I heard.. so if there's any mis-
information, blame my ears, not me!


First, WOCA in general:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- CD32 was for sale at $499 CDN
- the MPEG module for CD32 was NOT available at the show  (I'll get into that
  later)
- a very few number of vendors attended (IMO)
- about 3 local Amiga dealers were present, busy selling CD32
- lots of interesting stuff: Picasso II, Piccolo, Spectrum, Studio16 3.0,
                             LightRave, PageStream 3.0 demo, and lots of CD32
                             for the people to touch and experience(!).
- ONE CD32 unit with MPEG module was playing "StarTrek VI: Undiscovered Country
"
  at the show... many 'WOW's from the crowd.


Now, the news from CBM..:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- There are over 120 registered software developers for CD32.

- The MPEG module (or FMV) is now in production!  It will be available very
  soon (within a couple weeks time.. about 2 weeks I guess) and the NTSC CD32
  owners can buy FMVs early from European market (if they wanted them that
  bad) since FMV recognizes NTSC/PAL correctly and output at a right freq.

- Commodore has just licensed PhotoCD from Phillips. (not from Kodak)  Lew says
  they can now say "PhotoCD compatible" on CD32, but not "Kodak PhotoCD compa-
  tible"... I'm not sure how this works legally.

- Commodore is hiring back some of old Software Engineers (!) and they'll be
  working on to complete RTG.  *note: they could be NEW software engineers, he
  didn't exactly say 'hiring back'...it's my imagination.  So ex-CBM engineers,
  don't quit your day job!

- AAA stuff:

        1) the chips are 95% ready  (in other word, the chips they have works
           95% of the functionality from what they planned originally).. and
           some MINOR bugs has to be found.

        2) the 2 of the chips will go into 2nd pass soon, and the other 2 will
           go into 2nd pass in February.  From what I hear, if everything goes
           well (meaning they get the chip they want from 2nd pass) the actual
           AAA machine wouldn't take too long to come out.

        3) Commodore finally decided to use Intel's PCI for the system bus
           purposes.

        4) DSP will be an integral part of AAA.  CBM's expecting to be using
           AT&T 3210 DSP for this. (with VTOC or something.. which I don't know
           how to spell, nor know what it is)

- "Beyond AAA" (from Lew's words)

  Commodore has already assigned two engineers for systems beyond AAA chipset.
  He said it's CBM's intention to have some sort of 3D workstation by the end.
  Currently the new projects are:

        1) 30 million pixels per sec graphics rendering engine
        2) 3D rendering engine


Well, that's about it!  I tried to be most accurate as possible to what Lew
Eggebrecht said, so don't be throwing those nasty hot flames at me!  L8er!



           » Part Three:  By J. Moore (1:229/15.0 on FidoNet) «
             ------------------------------------------------


These are my personal observations and thoughts and not really an attempt 
to be comprehensive.  The size of the thing was about the same as last 
year, with some smaller booths for many vendors but larger booths for the 
stores.  No shows included Opal, who probably don't want to hear any more 
questions about when the modules are appearing.  Big shows included the 
Montreal Toaster distributors, whose demo guy gave the exact same 
presentation he's been giving for as long as I've seen them (it's getting 
a little old guys -- you're gonna make the Toaster look dull) and Scala, 
which was very nice.  The Scala seminar/demo was one good show as well, 
and the biggest shock for me was seeing the guy run the whole thing from 
a 1200 with an '020 and 4 MB ram.  And he ran it out through the RF port 
to a projector TV and it looked GREAT!  Scala is the one program that 
looks better every time I've seen it; like real easy to use and 
effective.  They were showing Scala MM300, which has more wipes, 
anti-aliasing for their fonts, and other little goodies like the clicking 
sound you get when you hit the buttons.  They are also working on many 
goodies, among them an editing setup for prosumer vcrs with infrared 
sensors, Toaster controllers, etc. etc. etc.  If you're doing 
presentations or even thinking of it, get it!  (IBM did.)  The price at 
the show: C$250 (US$190) for MM210 (approx. C$130 to upgrade to MM300, 
available in a month or so).  

The other big shock of the show was prices: bargains were to be had for a 
change.  Americans were spotted leaving the show with 5 A1200s in their 
arms.  A1200s were C$499 (US$378), CD32s were C$475 (US$360), Sunrize had 
Studio 16 for around C$1350 (about US$1000).  The Scala price at C$250 
was good, but a buddy and I got it for 2 for C$425 (C$212.50 each = 
US$161).  Usually Canadians have gone to the States for deals, but now 
Americans were doing the cross-border shopping.

Saw a good feature on PhotoCD.  OS 3.1 will have CD support as part of 
the OS (and maybe PhotoCD support as well -- I didn't go see Lew 
Eggbrecht's talk wherein he gave out the offical word on C='s dealings 
with Kodak re PCD).  Saw the CD32 stuff; sorry, I'm not into games enough 
to give a good review.  They looked fine to me, and the MPEG module's 
playback looked okay: about like something you recorded on a mid range 
VHS deck in the 4-hour mode instead of SP.  Emplant had a booth, and was 
selling boards at some sort of deal, but didn't bring any deal for the 
dealers, which annoyed them (annoying your dealers doesn't seem like the 
best marketing strategy to me); they didn't even have boards to sell.  
With Amax for sale at the show with a free upgrade path to the upcoming 
"same as Emplant"-type software, it seems like Emplant picked the wrong 
time to let their dealers down.

I'm sure other news will be posted -- that's the stuff that struck me as 
most interesting.  TTYL.



          » Part Four:  By Sean Caszatt (1:2601/512 on FidoNet) «
            ---------------------------------------------------


Well, I made the trip to Toronto this weekend for the World of
Commodore Amiga show there and here's a little of what I saw:

CD32 - great system, horrible games.  Sorry, but that's the way I feel.
The CD32 "arcade" that was set up had JAMES POND 2, OSCAR, SLEEPWALKER,
PINBALL FANTASIES, a really cool flight simulator (no name), ARABIAN
KNIGHTS, and a side-to-side shooter that looks sort of like PROJECT X. 
If they release one more platform game, I'm going to scream.  

A BMD rep (who was importing a lot of CD32 titles) told me that the
sales of the CD32 were disappointing because of the lack of available
software titles.  Only about 8 games were available for actual sale. 
BMD's shipment of about 20 games were held up in customs and would
probably not make it to the show on time.  At no time did I see anyone
carrying a CD32 around (after purchasing one).  I still saw a lot of
A1200's walking around with people though.

Commodore's booth also had a number of CD32's running stuff, but it was
a lot more promising to see the stuff there. 

They had STAR TREK VI running on CD (a CD-I cd-video).  A woman was
freezing the motion, rewinding, fast-forwarding all with the CD32's
controller.  That was impressive.

MICROCOSM was there and looked great.  I've been hearing about it
forever, and seeing it was really cool.

Of course, the Toaster and SCALA were there showing the multimedia side
of the Amiga.  Studio 16 v3.0 was there.  Pagestream 3.0 was there. 
Emplant was there (the first time I've had a chance to see
it...impressive!).  A-Max IV was directly across from Emplant, and
looked slow...but it works.

The A4091 was there in DKB's booth.  (They've picked it up and will be
marketing it.)

Piccolo, Picasso II, and the EGS Spectrum card were all there (in
separate booths of course.)

On the gaming side of things: MORTAL KOMBAT was there, running on an
A1200...and it was very impressive.  Looked as good as my SNES version
(and, yes, it has the blood.)  It was fast and fluid too (very much
UNLIKE STREET FIGHTER II)  No CD32 version though, not yet anyway.  When
it makes the transition, it will be just as good as the console
versions are now.  JURASSIC PARK was on sale there, but I didn't see any
demos of the game anywhere.  It was only available for the A1200/A4000.

My whole impression of the show was dampened by the CD32's poor
showing.  The console has the potential to kick ass, and is being given
meager titles to run.  MICROCOSM and the unnamed flight simulator
(called FLIGHT DEMO by someone there) gave a glimpse of what the machine
can do.  They were the most impressive AGA-type titles I've ever seen. 
I hope those titles come fast and furious.  



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@node P4-2 "Portal"
@toc "menu"

/// Portal:  A Great Place For Amiga Users
    --------------------------------------



                   Portal Communications' Amiga Zone

         The AFFORDABLE alternative for online Amiga information
         -------------------------------------------------------

The Portal Online System is the home of acclaimed Amiga Zone, which was
formerly on the People/Link System.  Plink went out of business in May,
1991 and The Amiga Zone's staff moved to Portal the next day. The Zone has
just celebrated its second anniversary on Portal. The Amiga press raves
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If you live in the San Jose, CA area, then you can dial Portal directly. If
you live elsewhere, you can reach Portal through any SprintNet (formerly
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programs, from anywhere in the industrialized world.  Delphi and BIX users 
can now Telnet into Portal for a flat $19.95 a month, with *unlimited* use.

Some of Portal/Amiga Zone's amazing features include:

 · Over 1.5 GIGabytes of Amiga-specific files

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 · All the files you can FTP. All the chatting you can stand on the IRC.  
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   or enter "C PORTAL" from any Sprintnet dial-in in the USA,
   or enter "portal" from any Tymnet "please log in:" prompt, USA & Canada
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                          Fee     Fee     Hour  month month  month  month
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* plus cost of phone call if out of Portal's local dialing area
  Direct rates also apply to connections made to Portal using the
  UNIX "telnet" program from an account you may already
  have on an Internet-connected system. 
% 9600 bps Sprintnet and Tymnet available in over 300 cities areas
+ $10 rate prevails at smaller US Cities
# PCPursuit is a service of US Sprint. Portal is a PCPursuit
 "Direct Access Facility" thus connection to Portal with a PCP account
 is simply a matter of entering C PORTAL,PCP-ID,PCP-PASSWORD  at the
 SprintNet login prompt instead of C PORTAL. 

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Call and join today.  Tell the friendly Portal Customer Service
representative, "The Amiga Zone and Amiga Report sent me!"

[Editor's Note:  Be sure to tell them that you are an Amiga user, so
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other information!]

That number again:  408-973-9111.

Portal Communications accepts MasterCard, Visa, or you can pre-pay any
amount by personal check or money order.  The Portal Online System is
a trademark of Portal Communications. 



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@node P1-9 "Big Fun in the Internet with Uncle Bert"
@toc "menu"


/// Big Fun in the Internet with Uncle Bert
    ---------------------------------------
    By Jeremy Smith
    (jeremy@kira.csos.orst.edu)


      Yer luvin' Uncle Bert stumbles through the gateway, scurries across
     the 'Internet land, eyes agog, then has Big Fun in the nether regions.

    [These are all ftp, telnet and email sites all over the world that have
    all kinds of neat resources available.  At the end of this file are the
                     info, about, and usage notes.]

                                General Fun
                                ===========
=== freenet            (free internet account, email, USA Today Headline News)
35.208.17.4    m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us  login: newuser (The Once & Future M-Net)
129.22.8.82    freenet-in-a.cwru.edu (& ftp)    login: new (Cleveland Freenet)
130.253.192.68 nyx.cs.du.edu  login: new        (Nyx, The Spirit of the Night)
134.117.1.25   freenet.carleton.ca login: guest (The National Capital Freenet)
192.55.234.27  yfn.ysu.edu    login: visitor             (Youngstown Free-Net)

18.72.1.146 techinfo.mit.edu   (Information service including lyrics database)
128.6.60.6  quartz.rutgers.edu     login: bbs                    (discussions)
152.2.22.81 sunsite.unc.edu   pub/docs/about-the-net/cwis/cwis-l    (Freenets)

=== Coke Machines & fortune cookies
128.105.2.6    coke@cs.wisc.edu finger
128.2.209.43   bargraph coke & mnm@coke.elab.cs.cmu.edu finger
128.2.222.173  coke@cs.cmu.edu finger
128.193.124.2  almanac@oes.orst.edu message: send quote (or moral-support)
129.21.60.132  graph@drink.csh.rit.edu info@drink.csh.rit.edu finger
129.32.1.100   astro.temple.edu 12345 telnet                  (fortune cookie)
129.32.32.102  argo.temple.edu 12345 telnet                   (fortune cookie)
129.173.4.4    franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca finger                      (Trek cookie)
130.95.100.3   coke@gu.uwa.edu.au finger
132.26.65.78   twinbrook.cis.uab.edu 7777 finger           (Unleavened cookie)

=== IRC                           (Internet Relay Chat p CB radio, IRC access)
128.2.54.2     bradenville.andrew.cmu.edu 
143.248.1.53   ara.kaist.ac.kr     login: irc

=== Internet Talk Radio
info@radio.com announce-request@radio.com  sites@radio.com message: <anything>

                             General Reference
                             =================
=== WorldWindow
128.252.173.4  library.wustl.edu                    (window on the net(world))

=== hytelnet           (hyper-telnet: like this list on hypercard - must see!)
128.233.3.1    access.usask.ca   login: hytelnet     hytelnet/pc/HYTELN.ZIP
128.252.135.4  wuarchive.wustl.edu /mirrors/msdos/hypertext/hyteln66.zip

=== Geography
130.11.48.2   isdres.er.usgs.gov                   (US Geological Survey Maps)
141.212.100.9  martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 (returns long/lat of town, zip... )

=== NBS Time
128.138.140.44 india.colorado.edu 13 telnet                       (exact time)
(202) 652-1079 1200e71    (sunrise, sunset, moonrise, satellite transit, UCT )

=== Weather                                         (National Weather Service)
35.1.48.150    hermes.merit.edu  login (Which Host?): um-weather   (forecasts)
141.212.196.79 madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000  login: um-weather       (forecasts)
128.174.5.98   vmd.cso.uiuc.edu wx/*.gif  (hourly satellite weather photos-US)
129.215.168.19 cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk images/gifs/[norden|uk|world].[vis|ir].gif
128.178.36.30  liasun3.epfl.ch pub/weather/   (Europe, Scandinavia, UK, World)
137.219.16.14  marlin.jcu.edu.au JCUMetSat/*last JCUMetSat/utilities/*(Aussie)
(301) 899-1214 2400n81   login: NWS password: TEMPPASS

=== Earthquakes
128.95.16.50   quake@geophys.washington.edu  finger pub/seis-net/README

=== Solar Flares
solar@drao.nrc.ca finger                        (latest daily 10cm solar flux)

=== Religious Studies
137.122.6.16   pub/religion/electric-mystics-guide.txt

=== Harris Polls, USA Today Polls, Atlanta Journals, Carolina Polls
152.2.21.5  uncvm1.oit.unc.edu login: irss1 password: irss

=== Philosophy
130.150.102.33 atl.calstate.edu login: apa (American Philosophical Assoc. APA)

=== Dictionary
132.239.68.1  chem.ucsd.edu login: webster
128.174.5.50  uxc.cso.uiuc.edu 621  (accessible by uiuc & uic only  Webster's)
146.169.22.42 wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk 70 gopher  (dictionary, computing, acronyms)
129.67.1.165  black.ox.ac.uk wordlists (Aussie Chinese comp.. Swedish Yiddish)
192.31.231.42 ftp.cs.vu.nl dictionaries/words.* (German French Dutch Italian )

=== Encyclopaedia (I'm still looking :-()

=== Math                             (Interactive Math algorithm bibliography)
192.20.225.2  research.att.com    login: walk
130.44.1.100  e-math.ams.com login: e-math pwd: e-math (American Math Society)
           yalevm.ycc.yale.edu login: math1 passwd: math1 operatorID: math1IMD

=== Statistics
128.2.241.142 lib.stat.cmu.edu login: statlib (datasets, xlibstat, Splus, SAS)

=== Chemistry
131.174.82.239 camms.caos.kun.nl 2034 telnet         ( graphic periodic table)
     UMinnesota gopher gopher/libraries/reference/periodic table

=== Physics
131.243.48.11  muse.lbl.gov telnet login: pdg_public    (sub-atomic particles)

=== Complexity
192.12.12.2 bbs.santafe.edu login:bbs ftp.santafe.edu pub/(Santa Fe Institute)

=== History
129.71.32.152 byrd.mu.wvnet.edu   pub/history
129.237.1.30  ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu telnet       (interactive history database)
130.18.80.10  ra.msstate.edu pub/docs/history
192.12.72.60  clusl.ulcc.ac.uk login: ihr-uk passwd: ihr-uk (history database)

=== Chess                                     (chess@valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu)
128.2.232.4 valkyries.andrew.cmu.edu pub/chess/uploads (Internet Chess Server)
192.41.245.90  elof.iit.edu 5000                      (interactive play/watch)
192.80.61.5    eve.assumption.edu 5000                (interactive play/watch)

=== FDA bulletin board                  (consumer info & news releases of FDA)
150.148.8.48   fdabbs.fda.gov login: bbs

=== PEN pages                                  (Agricultural and weather data)
128.118.36.5   psupen.psu.edu login: PNOTPA

=== Space                   (NASA news, shuttle schedules & satellite updates)
192.149.89.61   spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov telnet
18.75.0.10      nasanews@space.mit.edu finger             (NASA headline news)
192.101.147.11  lpi.jsc.nasa.gov login: lpi   (geology, geophysics, astronomy)
134.4.10.118    ned.ipac.caltech.edu login: ned  (NASA Extragalactic Database)
128.183.36.25   nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov login: nodis   (Space Science Data Center)
128.183.36.23   nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov login: nodis  (Space Science Data Center)
130.199.112.132 bnlnd2.dne.bnl.gov  login: nndc          (Nuclear Data Center)

=== Gateways (How to email between any network:Compuserve Fido Genie Internet)
129.89.7.4  csd4.csd.uwm.edu  pub/internetworkmail.guide
posted monthly on Usenet:comp.mail.misc
     pub/bigfun/gateways.{txt|wp6|ps}
16.1.0.2    gatekeeper.ec.com gateway.txt               (decwrl: ftp by email)

=== Fax (email ---> fax) 
remote-printer.<user's_name>[/organisation]@<#.x.a.f.>tpc.int message:
mail tpc-faq@town.hall.org    mail tpc-coverage@town.hall.org
example: remote-printer.Jeremy_Smith/CodeSmith@8.2.0.0.7.5.7.3.0.5.1.tpc.int
(fax # +1(503) 757-0028 in reverse separated by dots, _ = space, / =  newline)
info@antigone.com (fax --> email, $39/year+$1/page) (Antigone Press - faxlinq)

=== Compuserve                               (even parity, 7 bits, 1 stop bit)
35.1.48.150 hermes.merit.edu  login: compuserve       (connection uses tymnet)
128.196.128.234 hopey.telcom.arizona.edu login: TO_CSERVE HostName: compuserve

=== World News              (NASA news, shuttle schedules & satellite updates)
152.10.1.1  conrad.appstate.edu    login: info

=== Education
            suvm.acs.syr.edu login: suinfo  (tn3270 emulation required) (ERIC)

=== Disabilities
129.189.4.184 handicap.shel.isc-br.com (disability-related files and programs)

=== EFF  (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
               mail archive-server@eff.org message: index eff(access by email)
192.88.144.4   gopher.eff.org 70                            (access by gopher)
192.88.144.4   wais.eff.org 210                               (access by wais)
               ftp.eff.org pub/ (net policy papers)           (access via ftp)

=== Whitehouse (president@whitehouse.gov vice-president@whitehouse.gov)
192.73.224.100 almanac@esusda.gov message: subscribe wh-summary

=== UFO stuff
128.255.21.233 grind.isca.uiowa.edu info/paranet/  (InfoPara(Net) & Abduction)

                            Internet Reference
                            ==================
White Pages                                                    (find somebody)
18.70.0.224  sipb.mit.edu pub/whois/whois-servers.list (list of whois servers)
128.138.243.151  bruno.cs.colorado.edu   login: netfind  (Netfind User Lookup)
130.18.80.11 ftp.MsState.edu pub/docs/finding-addresses (find email addresses)
132.151.1.1  nri.reston.va.us 185 (type in real/login name of person, Knowbot)
134.82.1.8   sol.bucknell.edu 185                                    (Knowbot)
192.33.4.21  wp.psi.net   login: fred (front end to the directory)
192.33.33.22 ftp.nisc.sri.com
192.112.36.5 mail service@nic.ddn.mil message: whois name
usenet: comp.mail.misc FAQ: How to find people's email addresses

=== archie      (all these sites, login: archie)       (find files & software)
128.6.18.15     archie.rutgers.edu           (Rutger's University, New Jersey)
128.167.254.194 archie.sura.net              (SURAnet, College Park, Maryland)
128.214.6.102   archie.funet.fi                                      (Finland)
129.12.21.25    archie.hensa.ac.uk                                (UK/Ireland)
129.93.1.14     archie.unl.edu      (University of Nebraska, Lincoln Nebraska)
130.195.9.4     archie.nz                                        (New Zealand)
130.240.18.4    archie.luth.se                                        (Sweden)
130.54.20.1     archie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp                              (Japan)
130.83.128.111  archie.th-darmstadt.de                               (Germany)
130.195.9.4     archie.nz                                        (New Zealand)
130.240.18.4    archie.luth.se                                        (Sweden)
131.130.1.23    archie.univie.ac.at                                  (Austria)
132.206.51.250  quiche.cs.mcgill.ca             (original archie site, Canada)
133.4.3.6       archie.wide.ad.jp                                      (Japan)
139.130.4.6     archie.au                                          (Australia)
140.78.3.8      archie.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at                           (Austria)
140.115.19.24   archie.ncu.edu.tw                                     (Taiwan)
146.169.11.3    archie.doc.ic.ac.uk              (Imperial College, London UK)
146.193.0.153   archie.inesc.pt                                     (Portugal)
147.225.1.3     ans.net pub/archie.doc.usenix.paper.ps.Z   (great archie docs)
147.225.1.10    archie.ans.net                                 (ANS, New York)
163.239.1.11    archie.sogang.ac.kr                                    (Korea)
198.49.45.10    archie.internic.net                                     (AT&T)
example: mail   archie@archie.internic.net message: prog <software_name>

=== DNS --> IP# 
mail resolve@cs.widener.edu message: site machine.site.domain    (returns IP#)

=== Usenet      type rn, trn or nn    (see below under notes for more details)
18.172.1.27 rtfm.mit.edu pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers/List_of_Active_New*
129.89.2.1   uwm.edu 119              (post to usenet <news.group> via telnet)
128.59.64.40 sol.ctr.columbia.edu 119 (post to usenet <news.group> via telnet)
129.69.1.12  rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de 119 (post to <news.group> via telnet)
130.133.4.250 gibb.math.fu-berlin.de 119     (post to <news.group> via telnet)
mail <news-group>@cs.utexas.edu        (post to usenet <news-group> via email)
mail <news-group>@pws.bull.com         (post to usenet <news-group> via email)

=== ftp
128.6.7.38      pilot.njin.net pub/ftp-list/ftp.list (anotated list ftp sites)
128.167.254.179 ftp.sura.net   pub/nic/guides     (help on email, ftp, telnet)
130.86.90.1     csus.edu pub/ftplist/ftplist (annotated list of all ftp sites)

=== RFC  (Request For Comments - all the Internet specs)
192.112.36.5  nic.ddn.mil rfc/rfc-index.txt rfc/rfcnnnn.{ps|txt} (nnnn < 1432)

=== BBS
141.224.128.4 aug3.augsburg.edu files/bbs_lists/nal006.txt (internet BBS list)

                              Internet Access
                              ===============
                (See also `freenets' in General Fun, above)

=== Subscriber services - see PDIAL (below) for complete list     (net acce$$)
vox:(800) 848-8199                                 (compuserve packet network)
(800) 877-2006 n81 vox:(800) 736-1130                             (PC pursuit)
35.1.1.48     info@merit.edu hermes.merit.edu telnet Which host? help(michnet)
38.145.211.6  ftp.psi.com all-info@psi.com vox:(703) 620-6651 (psi-world-dial)
38.145.211.6  ftp.psi.com psilink-info@psi.com  vox: (703) 620-6651  (psilink)
156.151.254.3 info@portal.com vox:(408) 973-9111  725-0561 login:info (portal)
157.151.0.1   info@holonet.net info/  (510) 704-1058 2400n81         (holonet)
192.74.137.5  office@world.std.com world-info/description 617-739-WRLD (world)
192.80.63.1   walthowe@delphi.com login:JOINDELPHI passwd:INTERNETSIG (delphi)
192.82.108.1  support@igc.apc.org pub/  (415) 322-0284 n81 login:new     (IGC)
192.100.81.100 info@netcom.com vox: (408) 544-8649                    (netcom)
192.102.249.3 nic.cerf.net  cerfnet/dial-n-cerf/  help@cerf.net (dial 'n-cerf)
192.132.30.5  info@well.sf.ca.us  vox: (415) 332-4335                   (well)
198.7.0.2     alexis@panix.com login:newuser  vox: (212) 877-4854      (PANIX)
198.67.13.2   info@tmn.com vox: (703) 243-6622          (The Meta Network TMN)

=== PDIAL & other internet access lists  (Public Dial-up Internet Access List)
128.126.220.104 VFL.Paramax.com pub/pubnet/nixpub.[long|short]        (nixpub)
128.138.213.21  csn.org pub/net/PDIAL
192.100.81.100  info_deli_server@netcom.com message: send PDIAL
198.41.0.4      ns.internic.net infosource/getting-started/getting-connected/
                                   providers-na/internet-access-providers-list

=== Mail servers, internet by email (See `remote ftp' in Notes, below)
16.1.0.1       ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com message: get README.ftp         (DECwrl)
18.70.0.209    mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu message: help        (USENET archives)
128.112.129.99 Bitftp@PUCC.Princeton.edu (@PUCC.Bitnet) message: help (Bitftp)
128.113.26.10  Listserv@vm.its.rpi.edu message: get pdget help
134.129.111.1  Listserv@vm1.nodak.edu message: get pdget help
134.214.100.25 ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr message: help ((France) Europe only)
146.169.33.5   ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk message: help
148.81.18.1    bitftp@plearn.edu.pl message: help       ((Poland) Europe only)
192.33.33.51   mail-server@nisc.sri.com message: send HELP
192.88.97.13   bitftp@vm.gmd.de (bitftp@dearn.bitnet) message: help  (Germany)

                        Internet (Resource) Guides
                        ==========================
            (catalog of catalogs, directory of directories,
         index to indices, list of lists, pointers to pointers)

=== Zen and the Art of the Internet (GET! -A beginner's Guide to the Internet)
147.31.254.132 ftp.cs.widener.edu pub/zen/zen-1.0.{PS|tar.Z}
192.33.33.22 ftp.nisc.sri.com introducing.the.internet/zen.txt (ascii version)

=== Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet
192.77.172.4   ftp.eff.org    pub/Eff/papers/bdummy.txt

=== The Incomplete internet Guide
141.142.20.50  ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu   
   Education/Education_Resources/Incomplete_Guide/Incomp.Guide.July.[txt|PS.Z]

=== The Internet Companion (with foreword by Al Gore)
192.74.1137.5 world.std.com OBS/The.Internet.Companion/The.Internet.Companion*

=== NWnet resource Guide                                  (very comprehensive)
128.95.112.1   ftphost.nwnet.net nic/nwnet/user-guide

=== SURAnet Internet Resource Guide (help:info@sura.net) (catalog of catalogs)
128.167.254.179 ftp.sura.net  pub/nic/infoguide.{m-dd}.txt    (updated weekly)
128.167.254.179 ftp.sura.net  pub/nic/network.service.guides (ftp, telnet, vi)
192.102.249.3 nic.cerf.net internet/resources/library_catalog/library-catalog-0
5-92.txt

=== Non-electronic reference
The Internet Complete Reference, by Harley Hahn &al   1994 Osborne McGraw-Hill
The Whole Internet Catalog & User's Guide, by Ed Krol.  1992 O'Reilly & Assoc.

=== Internet Resource Guide
128.6.60.6    quartz.rutgers.edu pub/internet/sites/high.weirdness.by.email
128.89.1.178  nnsc.nsf.net resource-guide/
mail resource-guide-request@nnsc.nsf.net

=== Interactive Resource Guide, white, yellow pages (Directory of Directories)
198.49.45.10 mailserv@ds.internic.net login: archie pub/help message: help

=== lists of internet services
129.89.7.4  yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu finger pub/inet.services.txt      (Yanoff)
     pub/bigfun/bigfun.{ps|txt}                          (pointer to pointers)
     ftp.rpi.edu pub/communications/internet-cmc (decemj@rpi.edu)        (CMC)
   (see also Resource Catalog at the end of Ed Krol's The Whole Internet 1992)

=== MaasInfo
129.120.1.4   ftp.unt.edu ARTICLES/MAAS/MAASINFO.TOPINDEX   (index of indices)

=== Dr Chaos (I have a Master's Degree)  (fun views of internet computer news)
128.253.194.202 pelican.cit.cornell.edu pub/ccv0[1|2].ps pub/gif/tims.gif
mail chaos-request@pelican.cit.cornell.edu  (get on Chaos Corner mailing list)

=== listserver list                                            (List of lists)
192.33.33.22   ftp.nisc.sri.com    netinfo/interest-groups
mail mail-server@nisc.sri.com message: send netinfo/interest-groups
mail listserv@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu message: list global
mail listserv@bitnic.bitnet message: list global
mail mlol-request@wariat.org                             (music list of lists)

=== Interactive menu of resources
192.54.81.128  pac.carl.org telnet                     (information databases)
128.183.10.3   dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov     login: dftnic   (online aid - Nicolas)

=== CNI Coalition for Networked Information (Craig A Summerhill craig@cni.org)
cni-directories@cni.org message: subscribe cni-directories first_nam last_name

=== listserver resource guide
mail listserv@arizum1 message: get listservguide

=== Bibliography of computer communications materials
129.100.2.13  hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/
141.209.1.16  listserv@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu message: send netstart info
     comserve@rpiecs.bitnet message send compunet biblio

=== Directory of Electronic Journals and Newsletters 441495@acadum1.uottawa.ca
mail listserv@uottawa message: get ejourn{11|12} directory
mail listserv@kentvm message: get acadlist file*

                  wais www gopher prospero mime veronica
                  ======================================

=== wais (a multi format finding system)        (wide area information server)
192.31.181.1   quake.think.com     login: wais
128.109.157.30 ftp.oit.unc.edu pub/wais/UNC/DOS wais 1.02 for DOS
129.100.2.13   hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/wais_servers.txt    (list of wais servers)

=== www (a hyper text system)                                 (world wide web)
128.141.201.74 info.cern.ch pub/WWW/

=== gopher (a browsing oriented system for mousing around the internet)
128.101.95.9   consultant.micro.umn.edu login: gopher
128.174.33.160 gopher.uiuc.edu       login: gopher
128.255.63.234 panda.uiowa.edu       login: gopher
129.120.1.42   gopher.unt.edu        login: gopher
129.16.221.40  gdunix.gd.chalmers.se login: gopher
131.210.1.4    gopher.uwp.edu        login: gopher
134.84.132.2   boombox.micro.umn.edu pub/gopher               (gopher sources)

=== prospero (a front end to archie)
mail info-prospero@cs.washington.edu
128.95.1.4  cs.washington.edu pub/prospero.tar.Z

=== mime (email sound, graphics, docs) (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
192.112.36.5   nic.ddn.mil rfc/rfc1341.{ps|txt}           (MIME specification)

=== veronica (Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives
)
To try Veronica, select it from the "Other Gophers" menu on Minnesota's gopher
 server, or point your gopher at:

Name=Veronica Type=1 Port=70 Path=1/Veronica Host=futique.scs.unr.edu

                                  Bitnet
                                  ======
=== User help                                  (Bitnet for the Complete Idiot)
mail listserv@bitnic.educom.edu (@bitnic.bitnet) message: get bitnet user help

=== Interbit                          (to get internet address of bitnet node)
mail bitnodes@american.edu message: whois sitename

                             Books & Documents
                             =================
=== Almanac
128.193.124.2  email almanac@oes.orst.edu message: send catalog send guide

=== Book Reviews CARL, item 60
192.54.81.128  pac.carl.org telnet
128.174.5.58 garcon.cso.uiuc.edu 625 (or login: ioplus) (journal bibliography)

=== Net Maps
16.1.0.2        gatekeeper.dec.com     pub/maps/{a4|letter}/*.ps       (world)
35.1.1.48       ftp.merit.edu maps/                                  (Michnet)
35.1.1.48       nis.nsf.net  maps/*.ps                (national & regional US)
128.167.254.179 ftp.sura.net   pub/maps              (SURAnet - east coast US)
128.183.112.71  nsinic.gsfc.nasa.gov maps/                             (world)
192.26.119.1    eunet.fi /nic/pub/netinfo/maps
usenet:comp.mail.maps-ps           (net maps, postscript files posted monthly)

=== FAQs (answers to Frequently Asked Questions)
18.172.1.27 pit-manager.mit.edu pub/usenet/<news.group.of.interest>/<faq_file>

=== Project Gutenberg hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu        (classics freely available)
128.174.201.12 mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu etext/
152.2.22.81 sunsite.unc.edu pub/docs/books/            (includes Quran, Koran)

=== Online Book Initiative
192.74.137.5  world.std.com obi/ (freely available classics, books and papers)

=== The jargon file (The New Hackers Dictionary) eric@snark.thyrus.com
128.6.18.15    dorm.rutgers.edu pub/jargon/jargon.2.9.10

=== Dante                      (All of Dante's and Shakespeare's works on line)
129.170.16.11  library.dartmouth.edu login: connect dante

=== Shakespeare 24 histories 17 comedies 10 tragedies grady@btr.com
129.170.16.11  library.dartmouth.edu login: select file
131.210.1.4    vacs.uwp.edu pub/etext/shakespeare/ 

=== U.S Constitution
137.39.1.9     ftp.uu.net doc/USconstitution.Z

=== Journals and Artworld
130.150.102.33 atl.calstate.edu    login: lewsnts
mail comserve@vm.ecs.rpi.edu message: send ejournal{1|2}.sources

=== Zipcodes database
128.210.1.3    zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu pub/zipdocs.zip lookup.exe

=== lyrics, music
131.210.1.4     vacs.uwp.edu pub/music/lyrics/files/ 
131.210.1.4     cs.uwp.edu pub/music   pub/lyrics
129.186.150.150 ftp.iastate.edu pub/lyrics

=== PostScript       (PostScript language specification files, news, programs)
mail ps-file-server@adobe.com message: help

=== Random other book stuff
128.121.50.7 nisc.jvnc.net login: nicol(electronic publishing service - Nicol)
137.39.1.9  ftp.uu.net nutshell (Info about O'Reilly's Nutshell books, guides)

                                 Pictures
                                 ========
=== Images from Space and scads of other space related info        (Voyager &)
128.102.18.3   ames.arc.nasa.gov pub/SPACE/CDROM{|2}       (Magellan missions)
     pub/SPACE/SOFTWARE/imdisp78.zip imdispd.zip  (PC viewer for space images)
128.155.23.47  vab02.larc.nasa.gov gifs/space/orien.gif
140.147.3.12   seq1.loc.gov pub/soviet.archive (text and .gifs of soviet docs)
146.154.11.34  sseop.jsc.nasa.gov login: photos passwd: photos  (from shuttle)

=== gif archives sites
152.2.22.81 sunsite.unc.edu pub/academic/computer-science/virtual-reality/3d

=== Otis The Operative Term Is Stimulate    (ed@cwis.unomaha.edu)
141.214.4.135  cwis.unomaha.edu projects/stmulate(art distribution collective)
152.2.22.81 sunsite.unc.edu pub/multimedia/pictures/OTIS

=== 3D
128.3.112.84   csg.lbl.gov pub/listserv/photo-3d/3d.prod.serv
129.131.31.11  avalon.chinalake.navy.mil pub/objects              (3d objects)

                                 Software
                                 ========
=== The Archives
16.1.0.2       gatekeeper.dec.com
128.32.184.254 ocf.berkeley.edu
128.174.5.59   ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (world's largest BBS,  Exec-PC files mirrored)
128.219.128.17 netlib@ornl.gov     message: send index                (NetLib)
128.252.135.4  wuarchive.wustl.edu (Saint Louis)  (includes Simtel20 & PCBlue)
128.255.32.1   sca.icaen.uiowa.edu login: iscabbs(much public domain software)
134.114.64.24  rainbow.cse.nau.edu
136.176.5.253  erratic.bradley.edu 
137.39.1.2     netlib@uunet.uu.net message: send index                (NetLib)
137.39.1.9     ftp.uu.net
139.130.4.6    plaza.aarnet.edu.au 
141.210.10.117 oak.oakland.edu (Detroit, MI)                (mirrors Simtel20)
141.211.182.23 archive.umich.edu

=== Random files and software
18.24.0.12   export.lcs.mit.edu     /contrib/xtroff.tar.Z    (troff previewer)
18.71.0.38   prep.ai.mit.edu pub/gnu/ghostscript-2.5.2.tar.Z      (PostScript)
128.32.131.177 anarres.cs.berkeley.edu pub/ucblogo.*                    (Logo)
128.59.39.2  watsun.cc.columbia.edu kermit/bin                        (Kermit)
129.79.20.84 ftp.cica.indiana.edu     pub/pc/win3/games/dogcow.zip
128.153.12.3 sun.soe.clarkson.edu pub/src/pbmplus.tar.Z (unix graphic --> fax)
128.153.12.3 sun.soe.clarkson.edu pub/packet-drivers/drivers.zip (PC ethernet)
128.174.5.50 uxc.cso.uiuc.edu pub/crack-4.1.tar.Z  (password checking program)
128.174.5.59 ftp.cso.uiuc.edu doc/pcnet/compression     (compression programs)
128.250.77.2 ftp.ee.mu.oz.au pub/text/  (Rocket Roger, Toxic Custard Workshop)
128.252.135.4 wuarchive.wustl.edu
 mirrors/msdos/graphics/gif2jpg5.zip           (PC gif/jpeg graphic converter)
 mirrors/msdos/modem/uwpc201.zip     (run multiple remote unix shells from PC)
 mirrors/msdos/zoo/zoo210.exe                 (latest zoo compression program)
 mirrors/msdos/graphics/frail611.zip              (fractal generating program)
 mirrors/msdos/sound/remac.zip playbwc.zip playmac.zip (play mac sounds on PC)
 mirrors/msdos/compress/comp430d.zip             ([un]compress .Z files on PC)
 mirrors/msdos/filutl/pdtar.arc                     ([un]tar .tar files on PC)
 mirrors/msdos/txtutl/qt201.zip                    (PC fortune cookie program)
192.48.96.9 ftp.uu.net systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20/gif/cshw80a.zip    (cshow)
mail customer-support@borland.com  (Borland price lists, maintenance upgrades)

=== Free Software Foundation
18.71.0.38  gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu message: send info

=== League for Programming Freedom
18.71.0.38  prep.ai.mit.edu pub/lpf

=== Graphics
130.231.240.17 pub/incoming/mpeg2_0/mpexe.zip (win 3.1)         (MPEG viewers)
192.239.77.4   merlot.welch.jhu.edu gopher Search & Retrieve Software/Graphics

                               Library stuff
                               =============
=== Library of Congress
140.147.254.3 locis.loc.gov telnet seql.loc.gov pub/LC.Online (Lib of Congress)
192.65.218.43 dra.com telnet  (eg: t=Dr. Fegg, find identity of Uncle Bert |-)

=== CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (access to library databases)
192.54.81.128  pac.carl.org

=== Melvyl                                       (access to library databases)
31.1.0.1    melvyl.ucop.edu telnet
31.1.0.11   next.stanford.edu telnet

=== bibliography database                                      (find journals)
128.2.232.60   cmulibrary.andrew.cmu.edu telnet 

=== library software
129.100.2.13   hydra.uwo.ca libsoft/

=== library catalogs        (Internet Accessible Library Catalogs & Databases)
130.157.2.3   vax.sonoma.edu login: LIBS  (FLASH! a searchable online catalog)
192.102.249.3 nic.cerf.net cerfnet/cerfnet_info/internet-catalogs-mm-yy (get!)
128.101.4.33  ariel.umn.edu library/internet.library

=== online libraries and accessing online bibliographic databases
129.120.1.1 ftp.unt.edu library/libraries.{txt|ps|wp5|adr|contacts}  (get me!)
128.48.108.25  dla.ucop.edu pub/internet/libcat-guide       (libraries access)
128.104.198.20 nls.adp.wisc.edu telnet          (Network Library System - NLS)
144.13.12.1 lib.uwstout.edu           (Readers Guide to periodical literature)
152.2.22.80 bbs.oit.unc.edu login: bbs  (UNC BBS; access to nations libraries)

=== Law
137.113.10.35  liberty.uc.wlu.edu  login: lawlib     pub/lawlib  (law library)
129.78.136.1   sulaw.law.su.oz.au  pub/law

                            Handheld Computers
                            ==================
=== palmtop sites: (Usenet: comp.sys.palmtops faq: sokay@mitre.org)
18.62.0.6       eddie.mit.edu     distrib/hp95lx/                      (HP 95)
128.32.183.94   math.berkeley.edu                               (sharp wizard)
128.101.101.103 mail.unet.umn.edu pub/fin (freyja memutil HP calcs)    (HP 95)
129.89.7.4      csd4.csd.uwm.edu  pub/Psion               (Poqet Psion II OPL)
141.211.164.8   atari.archive.umich.edu  usenet:comp.sys.atari.st (Atari PoFo)
146.169.7.4     src.doc.ic.ac.uk  public/packages/psion                (Psion)
mail agserv@ukmug.uk.mugnet.org message: send {help|index|newsletter} (AgendA)
+44 0271-24458 AgendA BBS                                             (AgendA)

=== handheld sites (can also telnet hpcvbbs login: new)
15.255.72.15   hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com   pub/
15.255.72.16   hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com   pub/readme login: newuser
15.255.176.57  hplsci.hpl.hp.com
15.255.240.16  hpcsos.col.hp.com   pub/
36.14.0.43     calvin.stanford.edu new_uploads/
128.214.6.100  nic.funet.fi        pub/archive/comp.sources.hp48/index
128.252.135.4  wuarchive.wustl.edu systems/hp/hp48
129.174.1.8    gmuvax2.gmu.edu     new/hp48sx
129.186.99.31  telnet DIAL: me\16125                              (Iowa State)
129.242.16.93  hpservl.cs.uit.no
130.84.202.10  hplyot.obspm.circe.fr hp48/    hp48/mirrors/cbs.cis.com
130.235.48.11  ftp.efd.lth.se
131.130.39.27  ftp.itc.univie.at   pub/hp48             (mirror of seq.uncwil)
134.129.111.64 plains.nodak.edu    pub/hpcalc/hp28   comp.sys.handhelds, hp-28
131.188.34.43  faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de  hp28/
198.60.17.3    gx.cis.com
               cbs.cis.edu         pub/hp48g
(206) 881-0395 RPN (Really Pluvial Node) rpnbbs@u.washington.edu       (48/95)
(414) 362-3592 Milwaukee HP48BBS 9600n81 noon sat-7am mon, 6pm-7am weekdays
(416) 968-6633 Raiders of Lost Arg 38400n81 john.ricciuti@can.rem.com  (48/95)
(517) 886-0836 Dan's BBS Extravaganza 2400n81 dunham@cl-next4.cl.msu.edu
(617) 487-6947 HP BBS Edmonton
(708) 304-0666 Nybble's Byte 10pm-7pm m-f 10pm-noon s-s    (28/42/48/71/75/95)
(801) 756-0905 '48 Files BBS
                                   Notes
                                   =====
      (which is how to use (this section (this file (the internet))))

=== Key
111.222.333.444     machine.site.domain port#     login: login_name   (telnet)
111.222.333.444     machine.site.domain directory/files_of_interest      (ftp)
111.222.333.444     server@site(server@site.Bitnet)   message: commands (mail)
111.222.333.444     person@machine.site.domain    finger              (finger)
111.222.333.444     person@machine.site.domain    gopher              (gopher)
(area code) phone number settings BBS_name                       (dial-up BBS)

111.222.333.444     is the IP number (Internet Protocol).
machine.site.domain is the DNS name corresponding to the IP number.
port# is a port number (1-5 digits), which is required if shown, for telnet
access (see below).

The entries are compressed as much as possible.  In the following example you
can finger entity@machine.site.domain as well as ftp machine.site.domain to
access <files_of_interest>:

111.222.333.444 entity@machine.site.domain finger directory/files_of_interest

=== telnet
telnet allows you to log in to a remote machine as if you are connected to a
directly attached terminal.  Allows realtime interactive sessions, browsing
through information, not usually file transfers unless kermit or some such is
enabled.

From your terminal prompt type (<port#> is required if given):

     telnet machine.site.domain [port#]

At the login prompt put <login_name> (it is not given if none is required):

     login: login_name

Some sites must be logged into from an actual internet node rather than
something connected to one (like a PC connected with a SLIP link to a node).

telneting a port: (site name instead of IP# can be used)
telnet 128.235.1.10 2000 (this normally works)
telnet 128.235.1.10..2000
telnet 128.235.1.10::2000
telnet 128.235.1.10/port=2000

=== ftp
ftp allows you to logon to a remote site and list and get (and put) files.

ftp machine.site.domain (or ftp IP# if ftp'ing the sitename isn't working)
login: anonymous                       (anonymous is usual public access name)
password: <your_email_address> (sometimes guest)  (not required but preferred)
cd directory                                                    (usually pub/)
cd sub_directory                                      (often self descriptive)
get README |more  (more's README to your screen without actually getting file)
type binary                                                        (see below)
get file_of_interest                               (download file_of_interest)

To switch to binary mode for file transfers type at the ftp prompt:

     bi                   (shortcut)
     binary               (often works)
     type binary          (usually works)
     set file type binary (kermit format, sometimes works)
     tenex                (if remote host is vax)

Success is indicated by a message saying:

     set to type I

or some such.  During file transfer the mode (ASCII, binary ) is usually
indicated.  Some ftp sites perform automatic switching between modes.

=== remote ftp - Bitftp
Mail the following ftp script file to Bitftp@PUCC (Bitnet)
or Bitftp@PUCC.Princeton.edu (Internet):

     help                                        (to get the bitftp help file)
     ftp site.domain uuencode
     user anonymous
     <more commands>                           (eg. binary, ls, get file_name)
     quit

=== remote ftp - DECwrl
Mail the following ftp script file to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com:

     connect machine.site.domain                  (defaults to decwrl.dec.com)
     get README.ftp                            (the help file @decwrl.dec.com)
     <more commands>            (eg. chdir <dir>, binary, ls, get <file_name>)
     quit

=== mail
mail server@machine.site.domain site means send a mail message to that site 
with the message indicated on the first line, put each option on a new line 
(subject: don't care, unless indicated).  They usually take only a few minutes
to respond, and if you err they'll send messages explaining the problem, so 
you can `chat' to them.

mail machine.site.domain
Subject: don't care (usually not read, or read as if it's part of the message)
help                            (usual for getting general help for that site)
send <file>                     (get the file; generic files are help & index)
quit                                (sometimes used to end a mail transaction)

=== finger
finger person@machine.site.domain displays a file (hopefully of some useful 
information) that <person> has made available.

=== gopher
gopher machine.site.domain to show a menu of resources available at that site.
Many gopher sites include access to other gopher sites all over the net.  If 
gopher is not available at your site get one, or you can telnet a gopher 
client (see above, and Yanoff's list for a full list).

=== Usenet
usenet:newsgroup indicates the newsgroup readable on usenet news.

Usenet is the global news service that runs on many internet and other sites.
Mail is posted by you and me to specific newsgroups, and is read everywhere 
in the world where that newsgroup is fed.  See news.announce.newusers for a 
list of all the newsgroups (and a dozen 10-page articles about usenet).

On unix boxes newsreaders are invoked with a command like nn (No News), rn 
(read news), trn (threaded read news), or other such incantations.  On other 
systems, who knows?  Many folks can't access news directly, but can get on 
mailing lists often provided for this contingency.  Get the list of lists to 
see the mailing groups, and be aware of bitftp (Bitnet users) or decwrl 
(others) if you can't ftp directly (see both above).

=== Glossary
.gif gif (graphic interchange format) are encoded pictures

.ps  postscript file preformatted for postscript printers and viewable on all 
     platforms with various viewers (pageview on sun, ghostscript on any 
     platform).

.tar unix tape archive format.  To tar files on a PC get pdtar.arc from wustl 
     (see under random files above).  To tar a bunch of file into file.tar:

            tar cvf file.tar file1 file2 file3  

     to untar the files:

            tar xvf file.tar  (tvf instead of xvf to just see the contents)

.tar.Z
     On unix, filenames may contain numerous extensions. uncompress file.tar.Z
     to generate file.tar, then untar file.tar to get the contents.

.Z   unix compression.  To compress on a PC get comp430d.zip from wustl.  To 
     compress a file type:

            compress file                                   (generates file.Z)

     To uncompress a file.Z type:

            uncompress file.Z                               (regenerates file)

.*   wildcard, means .whatever

{options}: nixpub.{short|long} means nixpub.short or nixpub.long

=== Feedback (what would make this file more useful to you?)
This compendium has been growing over a few years of internet travelling, and 
has been posted on the net every 6 months or so since Summer 1992.  It 
represents the minimum amount of information of the happy net wanderer.  It 
consists of sites of interest to me (which is why there is a section on 
handheld computers), and hence includes sites of direct relevance to exploring
the net.  I have tried all sites listed, but some not so recently.

These usage notes are little more than an introduction or refresher for the 
less frequent traveller.  Sites such as SURAnet have great help files, as do 
some of the books (see Internet Resource Guides above).

I also highly recommend getting Scott Yanoff's internet services list (see 
above under Internet (Resource) Guides).

Another file I have been culturing for some years is Gateways, Keys to the 
Matrix, (above) which is a good adjunct to this file.  Also see John Chew's 
internetworking guide (above).

Sites do change their contents, services, and locations.  I welcome any 
additions, corrections, deletions, reorganizations, and suggestions @:

jeremy@kira.csos.orst.edu     Jeremy |-) Smith               December 3, 1993




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@node P4-6 "BIX"
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/// BIX - Byte Information Exchange             Lots of information!
    -------------------------------



BIX is the premier online service for computing professionals and enthusiasts.
While other online services cater to computer novices, BIX is the place for 
knowledgeable people to go for answers to tough questions.  You're likely 
to find many others in similar situations who can offer advice, give 
technical assistance, or point you in the right direction.

BIX is divided into areas called conferences, each devoted to a 
particular area of interest.  They range from algorithms to windows,
from writers to amiga.  Conferences are categorized into groups,
usually referred to as exchanges, so that you can browse through
whatever groups interest you and see a list of the conferences it 
contains.


                  These are some of the exchanges on BIX:

amiga.exchange - the place for Amiga developers and enthusiasts
byte - the full text of each issue of BYTE magazine; source code too 
e.and.l - Entertainment and Leisure; music, pets, games, more
ibm.exchange - everything from OS/2 to PC clones
mac.exchange -  Mac news, support, software, advice
professionals - consultants, engineers, financiers gather here
programmers - some of the best brains in the business!
wix - the Information Exchange for Windows; Windows Magazine online
writers.ex - the professional and amateur writer's exchange


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If you want to access BIX right away, contact your local PTT to set up a 
prepaid account.  You'll pay your local carrier for your calls to BIX in
advance, so there's no waiting period or verfication needed. Or, connect 
at BIX via telnet to x25.bix.com.

SprintNet international calls from most locations are $24 an hour.
Tymnet international charges vary, but are generally between $20-$30 an hour.


                           ====================
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   Press a few carriage returns until you see the Login:(enter "bix") 
   prompt, then type  bix

   At the Name? prompt, type bix.amrpt

* Users already on the internet can telnet to x25.bix.com instead.
  At the USERNAME: prompt enter bix, then bix.net at the Name? prompt.
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/// Usenet Review:  The Amiga Guru Book
    -----------------------------------
    By Thomas Baetzler and Markus Illenseer
    (s_walter@irav1.ira.uka.de)


PRODUCT NAME

        The Amiga Guru Book


BRIEF DESCRIPTION

        The Amiga Guru Book is probably the ultimate programming reference
for the Amiga.  It details the inner workings of the commercial C compilers,
the OS, and places special emphasis on DOS and related topics.  Lots of
usable source code provides a practical, hands-on approach.

        Unlike its predecessor, "Das Amiga-Guru-Buch", the Amiga Guru Book is
completely written in English.


AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION

        Ralph Babel publishes the Amiga Guru Book by himself, so there is no
ISBN number.  This means that you probably won't be able to order it from
your local bookstore.  For Germany, the official distributors are:

        Buchhaus Gonski                 Buchhandlung Bouvier
        Neumarkt 18a                    Am Hof 32
        D-50667 Koeln                   D-53113 Bonn
        Voice: +49 (221) 20909-72/76    Voice: +49 (228) 72901-69
        Fax: +49 (221) 20909-59         Fax: +49 (228) 72901-78

        Hirsch & Wolf OHG               Mainhattan-Data
        Mittelstrasse 33                Schoenbornring 14
        D-56564 Neuwied                 D-63263 Neu-Isenburg
        Voice: +49 (2631) 8399-0        Voice: +49 (6102) 588-1
        Fax: +49 (2631) 8399-31         Fax: +49 (6102) 51525
        (VISA, Euro)                    (VISA, Euro, AmEx)

        DTM-Computersysteme             Unlimited GmbH
        Dreiherrenstein 6a              Kehrstrasse 23
        D-65207 Wiesbaden               D-65207 Wiesbaden
        Voice: +49 (6127) 4064          Voice: +49 (6127) 66555
        Fax: +49 (6127) 66276           Fax: +49 (6127) 66636
        (Euro)

        Currently, there is no official distribution set up for foreign
countries.  If you live outside of Germany, please feel free to give any of
the above listed dealers a call to find out whether they will send you a
copy, and how much it will cost you.  I have indicated which dealers will
accept payment by Credit Card.  Dealers accepting Eurocard will also accept
MasterCard!

        Hirsch & Wolf will definitely accept foreign orders, and payment via
Credit Card.  Pricing will depend on the method of shipment.


LIST PRICE

        Suggested retail price is DM 79.-.


SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

        The Amiga Guru Book is intended for the advanced Amiga programmer.
You really should have some working knowledge of C and/or assembly language,
as well as the Amiga OS's innards, before you proceed to study the book.

        You should have a working C compiler and/or Assembler if you want to
test or use the provided examples.

        Although the book is published in Germany, it is written in English,
so you will need to know the language.  The writing style is technical and
clear.


REVIEW

        Reviewing a book like the Amiga Guru Book isn't done easily.  If you
wanted to do it fullest justice, you'd have to be able to understand
everything, something I don't claim for myself.


GENERAL

        The Amiga Guru Book is a thick paperback with about 730 pages.  It
was typeset using the TeX system, which has probably contributed to the
book's clarity, good chapter organization, and high-quality, high-resolution
Linotype printing.

        Ralph's writing style is generally concise and to the point, which
makes the Guru Book good a technical lecture.  However, he manages to slide
in an ironic remark every once in a while to keep the reader amused.  If you
like his dry humor, you'll enjoy the chapter headings even more, since they
feature hand-picked quotes taken from computer literature and various Amiga
personalities.

        The recommended way of reading the Guru Book is to work through it
once to understand what is said where, and then return to the chapters you
are interested in on a need-to-know basis.  The large and well-organized
index helps a lot when proceeding this way.  Throughout the book, obsolete
features have been marked with a superscript dagger symbol, while new
AmigaDOS 2.0-only features are marked by double daggers.

        The Guru Book is organized into three parts:  "Programming", "System
Internals" and "Amiga DOS".  The first few chapters especially should be
considered basic reading, as they help you to understand much of what's
going on later in the book.  Besides that, even this early in the book, you
can find useful information like how to determine your program's stack size,
system resources and such.  The experienced programmer might want to skip
this part, but it is really not recommended to do so, as he/she might miss
some very interesting inside information about the Amiga internals.


PART I: PROGRAMMING

        The first part details the use of data types throughout the book,
with special regard to the Motorola 68000 and its derivatives.  Here, Ralph
explains the features and differences of the currently available CPUs, and
their extensions.  Also featured are general programming guidelines and
notes on programming in assembly and C.

        Users of other programming languages might complain that the emphasis
on C is too heavy for their taste.  But as a matter of fact, the book's
notes on C programming and especially the compiler comparisons between Aztec
and SAS/C aren't superfluous at all.  They give you a basic understanding of
how those compilers handle things, which is quite useful if you want to port
programs written in C --- like all of the examples provided in the book ---
to another language, or if you want to interface existing code with your own
programs.

        This leads to a comparative description of SAS/C 5.x and Aztec C
compiler switches, the contents of amiga.lib, and a chapter on ROMWack, a
powerful, built-in remote debugging tool for probing the deep internals of
the Amiga.


PART II: SYSTEM INTERNALS

        The second and overall shortest part of the Guru Book covers Amiga
system internals such as the memory maps of various Amiga systems, the way
the reset works, and how custom code may be added to the reset routine.  It
also deals with Alerts and Gurus, and their inherent meanings.

        This part also includes a detailed description of the system startup
and the meaning of the screen colors.  Even the secret of the Amiga 1000's
startup melody is revealed.

        The description of the hardware is closed with a rundown on the way
the CPUs of the Motorola 68000 family handle their exceptions.


PART III: DOS

        By far the largest part of the Guru Book is devoted to AmigaDOS and
its inner workings.  It contains basically what you'd expect to see if there
were such a book as a "ROM Kernel Manual:  AmigaDOS".  If you have grown
exasperated with the Bantam AmigaDOS Reference Manual, you'll just love
this!  There's basically everything you need to know about dos.library,
filesystems, handlers and much more.

        Both Kickstart 1.3 and 2.0 dos.library functions are mentioned.  All
new functions which were introduced in OS 2.0 are clearly marked as such, so
that the discerning programmer can adapt his/her programs so that they'll
work on both versions of the system software.

        The only drawback I was able to detect is the rather short chapter on
the current filesystems.  I would have liked to see more information about
the new DCFS (Directory Caching File System), which was introduced with
AmigaDOS 3.0.  However, such information is still confidential and available
to registered developers only.


CONCLUSION

        The Guru Book is a very interesting source of hints and examples
never seen before.  For example, when reading the chapter about the CLI, one
might expect a simple description of CLI internal commands, variables or
script handling; but what one really gets is far more than that.  You can
learn how to write a User Shell, program shell I/O streams... and as a bonus,
you get completely functional source code examples.

        The book also contains basic computer knowledge, such as a rundown of
BCPL, the ISO 6429.2 character set, and internals of the Motorola CPUs.
This gives the Amiga Guru Book a nice edge over the completion.


LIKES AND DISLIKES

        The Amiga Guru Book is not easily digested.  You'll want to return to
it over and over again to read up on special topics.  The level of accuracy
and detail maintained throughout the book is amazing.  Thus, it is a
reliable source of information and in my opinion a successful attempt to
merge common references such as parts of the ROM Kernel Manuals and other
Amiga literature into one book.

        Ralph Babel's unique humor makes the book a good and interesting
read.  Each chapter of the book is introduced with a few funny and topical
quotations taken from literature or the Net.  The words of famous Amigans
like Leo Schwab, Andy Finkel and Mike Sinz are quoted from the newsgroups
net.micro.amiga and comp.sys.amiga, way back when the Amiga was first
discussed on USENET.

        Or take a look at the Software Failure right on the cover of the
book.  Can *you* make sense of "Error:  8703 80001 Task:  C7E4D9E4"?  (In
case you can't, here's the answer in ROT13, as not to spoil your fun:  Gur
reebe pbqr vf bs pbhefr "qbf.yvoenel: Pna'g bcra rkrp.yvoenel". Gur pbqr vf
n ovg zber qvssvphyg: vg'f gur fgevat "THEH" rapbqrq va RQPOVP.)

        Chapter 6, "Reference Charts for SAC/C and Aztec C" is a bit
outdated, since it describes SAS/C 5.x style command line switches, and
version 6 is already available.  However, the reference is still useful in
conjunction with the examples given in Commodore's ROM Kernel manuals,
because those rely heavily on SAS/C 5.10.  All the examples in the Guru
Book, though, have been designed for use with both SAS/C 5.x and 6.x, and
Makefiles are supplied for both versions.

        Throughout the Amiga Guru Book, you can find many interesting source
code fragments and listings.  Most of them are meant to illustrate the
practical use of functions and techniques discussed in the code, but there
are also fully functional and useful programs.  The latter also contain
checksums, which can be verified after you have typed in and compiled the
supplied checksum program.  I'd love to see them available on electronic
media, since I'm usually too lazy to type them in myself.  Ralph Babel
himself has indicated that he currently doesn't plan to release the sources,
as he fears that this would hurt the sales of the book when people would
just pick up the sources.

        My only gripe is that I would like to see more examples about how to
handle AmigaDOS in all details.  However, this is no real drawback, as all
the DOS functions are well described and the references to ANSI C standard
I/O are commented.  You'll just have to work it out yourself.


COMPARISON TO OTHER SIMILAR PRODUCTS

        The Amiga Guru Book is based on the older German edition "Das
Amiga-Guru-Buch".  While the German edition was based on Workbench 1.3, the
new release is now fully OS 2.0 compliant.  Even the "Guru Meditation" on
the old cover has mutated to a full-fledged OS 2.0 "Software Failure".

        As for reference works, the obvious comparisons are the ROM Kernel
Reference Manuals from Addison-Wesley and The AmigaDOS Manual from Bantam.
The Guru Book does its best to supplement the information contained in the
former, and to replace the latter.

        There have been many other attempts to write reference books for the
Amiga, but not a single one matches the Amiga Guru Book in the richness of
detail and depth of background.


CONCLUSIONS

        Along with the ROM Kernel Manuals, The Amiga Guru Book is one of the
essential reference works every serious Amiga programmer should own.  You
might get along without it; but if you need in-depth information on the
workings and usage of the OS and especially AmigaDOS, this book is a must.
With more than 700 pages, it sets the new standard for quality in Amiga
references.

        I rate this book 5 stars out of 5.


COPYRIGHT NOTICE

 Copyright 1993 Thomas Baetzler & Markus Illenseer.  All rights reserved.
                        Reprinted with permission.

        You can contact the authors at:

                Thomas Baetzler, Herrenstr.  62, 76133 Karlsruhe, FRG
                s_walter@irav1.ira.uka.de       (will be forwarded to me.)
                thomas_baetzler@mil.ka.sub.org  (usenet, slow but reliable)
                Medic BSS, 2:2476/454.2@fidonet (fidonet, what do you expect)


                Markus Illenseer, Kurt Schumacherstr. 16, 33613 Bielefeld,
                FRG
                Voice: ++49 (0)521 103995
                markus@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de



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/// Reader Mail
    -----------


 From: "Ricketts, Joel E.; EE-U" <RICKETTS.JE@SHOCKER.EE.TWSU.EDU>
 Subject: Addendum.

Just read A.M.I.G.A.  Is there a fund somewhere to help this guy out? 
The Chad Freeman Rehab fund?  Funny article, I have to admit.
 
No, I think that Commodore needs to re-market the Amiga.  Take 
whatever they're paying all the bozos in their marketing department, 
fire the deadweight, and then contract with a private firm already 
active in Amiga to do marketing.  Personally I think they ought to 
approach NewTek about it; those guyz have to have set a record for 
most free advertising for a single product.

I think the best strategy would be to re-introduce the Amiga.  That's 
right: anyone who already knows about the Amiga wouldn't be affected 
by it; they 'know!'.  But they need to give the impression that it's 
a totally new, totally awesome computing platform.  Maybe sell it in 
a slick-looking black case instead of white, like the NeXT.  Example 
AD:
 
Are you weary of Windows?  Do you think OS/2 was outdated the day it 
came out?  And have you decided DOS should be dropped in the dustbin? 
And have you ever wished there was something better!

                     You're not alone.
                     
                  There IS a better way!
                  
The new Commodore Amiga 4000 computer system is changing the way 
computing is done.  Instead of spending time waiting on your 
computer, now you can own a system that waits on you!  Superb 
efficiency, powerful processing and intelligent design combine 
together to make this the Computer for the Creative Mind.  So if you 
don't have time to adjust to your computer, get the system that 
adjusts to you!

      The Commodore Amiga 4000!
         Coming soon to a dealer near you.
         
For example.
Joel



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/// The InterNet via Email
    ----------------------
    by Robert Niles
    (rniles@imtired.itm.com)


Continuing the InterNet via Email series this week we bring you GOPHER
via Email. Gopher is an Internet resource in which users interactively
search for files of all types. Finally I found a site that brings the
services GOPHER provides to those who only have Email access to the 
Internet. It's called GopherMail, which was written by Fred Bremmer,
and he talks about it below.

GopherMail's Internet address is:  gophermail@calvin.edu


About GopherMail

GopherMail is a gopher client that uses electronic mail to interact
with the user.  Messages containing menus and gopher link information
are mailed to users in response to their requests.  Users reply to
these messages and indicate which menu items they want.  It lets
people use Gopher without requiring them to have an account directly
on the Internet, because it communicates through email messages
instead of direct "live" network connections.

Until now, Gopher could only be used by people with Mac's, PC's, NeXTs
and Suns, etc. which are "live" on the Internet, or through login
accounts on Internet machines.  Gopher client programs would make a
direct network connection to the Gopher server on the host with the
desired information, anywhere on the Internet, anywhere in the world.
 
Thanks to the GopherMail program, most of the resources of Gopher are
now available to everyone with email-only access to the Internet.  One
estimate says that there are more than 10 million people who are off
the Internet, but can reach it with email.  Wow.
 
 
Getting Started

You can get started by sending mail to gopher@calvin.edu with any or no 
subject and any or no message body. GopherMail will reply by sending you 
it's main gopher menu. You then use your email program to reply to that 
message, including it in the text of your reply. Mark which menu options 
you want to follow-up by putting an "X" (or "x") anywhere near the 
beginning of the line, before the menu numbers for those options. 

From there you can just keep repeating the process, sending replies back to 
gopher with the desired items marked with an X. To make it more efficient, 
you could edit your replies so they contain just the gopher link infor- 
mation for the items that you want. You'll find all the link information 
after the menu, at the bottom of the menu messages that GopherMail sends to 
you. Some items on gopher menus are database searches and college phone 
books. To search for a particular name or keyword(s), you simply send them 
on the "Subject:" line of the message in which you've Xed the phonebook or 
WAIS database menu option. 
 
 
Options 

GopherMail's options include:
  - Message splitting after a certain file size
  - Menu splitting after a certain number of menu items
  - Re-using links saved in a "Bookmarks" file
  - Requesting the Gopher menu for a specific hostname
  - Requesting this help file
  - Selecting menu items using fewer keystrokes
  - Requesting items from the Info-Mac Archive
  - Requesting gopher items with their raw link information

Since many email gateways have size limits on email messages, it's possible 
to split GopherMail output into several messages when it exceeds a certain 
size. This can be done by specifying a maximum number of menu items to send 
in one message, or by specifying a maximum size in bytes for text, HQX, 
binary and sound files. There are a couple of ways to do this. The first 
way is to put "Menu=50" and/or "Split=30000" (for example) in the 
"Subject:" of your message when requesting gopher menus and/or files. This 
would limit the output to 50 menu items per message, and would send files 
in messages of approximately 30,000 bytes each, maximum. 

The other way is to include these same instructions in the body of the 
message, on separate lines. For example:

Split=25K  You may have text after the "25K".  The "K" or "k" becomes "000".
Menu=75    Yes, I know 1K = 1024, but it was easier to write this way.

Lines like these already appear in menu messages, you can find them after 
the menu items and before the link information. They contain the default 
values. You should edit these lines to contain the values that you want. 
All subsequent menus will contain your preferred "Menu=" and "Split=" 
values. Setting these values to 0 (zero) has the effect of not splitting 
messages at all. The default is to split menus after 100 items, and files 
after 27,000 bytes.  If "Split=" or "Menu=" appear in the Subject: of
the message, these will override the values set in the message body.

You can specify a different host when requesting a top level gopher
menu by placing a fully qualified domain name as the "Subject:" of your
message (such as gopher.micro.umn.edu).  You can also specify a port
other than the default of 70 by placing it after a fully qualified
domain name in the subject (e.g. darth.sdsc.edu 800).

The most efficient way to use GopherMail is to mail just the link
information for one or several gopher items.  You can build a type of
"bookmarks" file by saving the links that you want to use again.  If
you mail just the link information for a gopher connection, GopherMail
will follow the link and mail you the output.  Here's what you need:

Name=About GopherMail   <- This is optional, it returns in the Subject:
Type=0                  <- This is required, see below for a list of types.
Port=70                 <- Port 70 is assumed, required only if different.
Path=0/gophermail       <- This is usually required, depends on the link.
Host=gopher.calvin.edu  <- Required.  This MUST be the last line of the link.

Supported Types are:

         0  -- Text File
         1  -- Directory
         2  -- CSO name server
         4  -- Mac HQX file.
         7  -- Full Text Index (these are often WAIS database searches)
         9  -- Binary File
         s  -- Sound
         
Binary and Sound Files are sent as uuencoded files.

If you send the word "help" as the subject (no quotes), GopherMail
will send you this help file.

To save a few keystrokes, instead of putting X's in front of the menu
lines, you could also just insert lines at the top of the reply which
contain an "X" followed by the menu number that you want, such as:
x3
X15

Macintosh Programs and other files uploaded to the Info-Mac Archives
on Sumex at Stanford can be easily requested through GopherMail.  Just
send mail to gopher with the complete "Archived as" line for each
file, such as: [Archived as /info-mac/dir/file-name.hqx; 400K]
GopherMail will recognize these as Info-Mac requests, and retrieve
them from the gopher server on sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  Since mail
programs like Eudora can automatically de-binhex only complete HQX
files, the default for Info-Mac files is not to split them into parts.
This can easily be overridden by supplying a "Split=" value on the
Subject: line.

GopherMail also recognizes gopher link information in "raw" form,
which means tab-delimited on one line.  A typical link might look like:

0About GopherMail#0/gophermail#gopher.calvin.edu#70

The "#" marks represent tab characters.  This may not seem very
useful, but it allows you to copy a link from a program like GopherApp
and paste it into a message to gopher for processing by GopherMail.
 
 
Why GopherMail?

I was afraid that after leaving my job at Calvin in 1993, I might not
be able to get an account which has direct "live" access to the
Internet, and therefore have no more cool gopher access.  I expect
that no matter where I live, I'll manage to at least find a service
(free, cheap, or commercial) that will let me send email to Internet
addresses.  My GopherMail program lives on an Internet computer, such
as this Sun at Calvin where it started, or the computers at U of Minn,
or maybe someday on every gopher server on the net, and it accepts
email requests from anyone, on or off the Internet.  It makes the
gopher connections on the Internet, then it emails the results back to
the person who requested them, to whatever their email address is.
 
 
Credits

GopherMail was written in Perl by Fred Bremmer in September 1992.
Nick Hengeveld helped with the TCP portion, and Matt Ranney provided
the book on Perl and helped with some regular expressions.  Several
friends helped to find bugs and suggest improvements.

For help, to report bugs, or for more information, send email to
gophermail-admin@calvin.edu

Note: A good portion of this article was taken directly from the
      help file sent to me from the GopherMail address

@endnode
****************************************************************************
@node P3 "Dealer Directory"
@toc "menu"

/// Dealer Directory                               Serving our readers!           
    ----------------



                           Almathera Systems Ltd
                              Challenge House
                              618 Mitcham Rd
                              Croydon, Surrey
                             CR9 3AU  England
                         VOICE: (UK) 081 683 6418
              Internet: (Sales) almathera@cix.compulink.co.uk
                  (Technical) jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk


                           Amigability Computers
                               P.O. Box 572
                          Plantsville, CT  06479
                            VOICE: 203-276-8175
                        Internet:  amiga@phantm.UUCP
                             BIX:  jbasile
              (Send E-mail to subscribe to our mailing list)


                            Apogee Technologies
                          1851 University Parkway
                            Sarasota, FL  34243
                           VOICE:  813-355-6121
                              Portal:  Apogee
                     Internet:  Apogee@cup.portal.com


                            Armadillo Brothers
                            753 East 3300 South
                           Salt Lake City, Utah
                           VOICE:  801-484-2791
                     Internet:  B.GRAY@genie.geis.com


                        Brian Fowler Computers Ltd
                                11 North St
                                  Exeter
                                   Devon
                                  EX4 3QS
                              United Kingdom
                           Voice: (0392) 499 755
                           Fax:   (0392) 423 480
                Internet:  brian_fowler@cix.compulink.co.uk


                CLICK! Microcomputer Applications B.V.B.A.
                            Boomsesteenweg 468
                        B-2610 Wilrijk - Antwerpen
                             Belgium - Europe
                         VOICE:  03 / 828.18.15
                           FAX:  03 / 828.67.36
                     USENET:  vanhoutv@click.augfl.be
                             FIDO:  2:292/603.9
                         AmigaNet:  39:120/102.9


                       Computers International, Inc.
                             5415 Hixson Pike
                          Chattanooga, TN  37343
                           VOICE:  615-843-0630


                             DataKompaniet ANS
                             Pb 3187  Munkvoll
                             N-7002  Trondheim
                              Norway - Europe
                          VOICE/FAX:  72 555 149
                      Internet:  torrunes@idt.unit.no


                               Digital Arts 
                           122 West 6th Street
                          Bloomington, IN  47404 
                           VOICE: (812)330-0124 
                           FAX:   (812)330-0126 
                               BIX:  msears 


                           Finetastic Computers
                           721 Washington Street
                            Norwood, MA  02062
                           VOICE:  617-762-4166
                             BBS:  617-769-3172
                            Fido:  1:101/322
                       Portal:  FinetasticComputers
               Internet:  FinetasticComputers@cup.portal.com


                               HT Electronics
                         275 North Mathilda Avenue
                           Sunnyvale, CA  94086
                           VOICE:  408-737-0900
                           FAX:    408-245-3109
                          Portal:  HT Electronics
                 Internet:  HT Electronics@cup.portal.com


                          Industrial Video, Inc.
                           1601 North Ridge Rd.
                             Lorain, OH  44055
                           VOICE:  800-362-6150
                                   216-233-4000
                  Internet:  af741@cleveland.freenet.edu
                            Contact:  John Gray


                                MicroSearch
                        9000 US 59 South, Suite 330
                              Houston, Texas
                           VOICE:  713-988-2818
                           FAX:    713-995-4994


                          Mr. Hardware Computers
                               P.O. Box 148
                              59 Storey Ave.
                          Central Islip, NY 11722
                           VOICE:  516-234-8110
                             FAX:  516-234-8110
                         A.M.U.G. BBS:  516-234-6046


                     MusicMart:  Media Sound & Vision
                            71 Wellington Road
                          London, Ontario, Canada
                           VOICE:  519-434-4162
                             FAX:  519-663-8074
                             BBS:  519-457-2986
                            FIDO:  1:221/125
                        AmigaNet:  40:550/1
                          MaxNet:  90:204/1
                        iNET: koops@gaul.csd.uwo.ca


                              PSI Animations
                         17924 SW Pilkington Road
                          Lake Oswego, OR  97035
                           VOICE:  503-624-8185
                     Internet:  PSIANIM@agora.rain.com


                           Software Plus Chicago
                          3100 W Peterson Avenue
                             Chicago, Illinois
                           VOICE:  312-338-6100


                           Wonder Computers Inc.
                             1315 Richmond Rd.
                      Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2B 8J7
                           Voice:  613-596-2542
                           Fax:    613-596-9349
                           BBS:    613-829-0909


          (Dealers:  To have your name added, please send Email!)

@endnode

@node P1-13 "The Great Amiga Report Questionaire"
@toc "menu"


/// The Great Amiga Report Questionaire
    -----------------------------------
    by Robert Niles (and Amiga Report)
    rniles@imtired.itm.com


Well to help end this "Amiga Report" year, AR would like to conduct
a survey. This will help us find out a little bit more about our
readers and the Amiga community in general.

If you could just take a moment, please fill out the questionaire and
send it to  

Intenet: rniles@imtired.itm.com
FidoNet: Robert Niles 1:3407/103

US Mail:
         ITM Distribution
         P.O. Box 8041
         Yakima, Wa 98908

Thanks to all of you who have already sent in the questionaire!!
Keep them coming!!! We will continue to accept replies until
Wednesday the 29th of December 1993.
 

All replies will be kept confidential.


------The Questionaire------------------------------------

1.  How old are you?

2.  What AMIGA computer(s) do you own?

3.  What other computers do you own?

4.  What external peripherals do you have?

5.  What internal peripherals do you have? (modems, RAM, video, etc)

6.  What do you do for a living? (job, student, nothing, etc.)

7.  Do you use your Amiga in a business?

8.  What do you primarily use your Amiga for? (games, educational, bbs, etc.)

9.  What would you really like to see made for the Amiga? Either, hardware,
    software, etc.

10. Name one of your most liked pieces of Hardware that you have with 
    your Amiga.

11. Name one of your most liked pieces of Software that you have with
    your Amiga.

12. Would you buy the Amiga CD32?

13. How often do you read Amiga Report?

14. What would you like to see in Amiga Report?

15. Do you prefer the AmigaGuide style, or should we go back to simple
    ASCII text?

16. Comments?



Thanks for completing the survey. We'll gather all responces and post
them in the last issue of this year's Amiga Report.

@endnode

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


/// AR Confidential                    We heard it through the grapevine!
    ---------------




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@node P1-14 "Humor Department"
@toc "menu"

/// The Humor Department           Jokes, Quotes, Insults, Shameless Plugs
    --------------------


From Mark Brader (msb@sq.com)


:You know you've been hacking too long when...

   *    not only do you check your email more often than your paper
        mail, but you remember your {network address} faster than your
        postal one.

   *    your {SO} kisses you on the neck and the first thing you
        think is "Uh, oh, {priority interrupt}."

   *    you go to balance your checkbook and discover that you're
        doing it in octal.

   *    your computers have a higher street value than your car.

   *    in your universe, `round numbers' are powers of 2, not 10.

   *    more than once, you have awakened, recalling a dream in
        some programming language.

   *    you realize you have never seen half of your best friends.


@endnode

@node P2-3 "In Closing"
@toc "menu"

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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December 10, 1993      * YOUR INDEPENDENT NEWS SOURCE *            No. 1.37
        Copyright © 1993 SkyNet Publications ~ All Rights Reserved
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disks is acceptable provided proceeds  are only  to cover  the cost of  the
disk (e.g. no more than $5 US).  Distribution  on for-profit magazine cover
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Report is a not-for-profit publication.  Amiga Report, at the  time of pub-
ication, is believed reasonably accurate. Amiga Report, its  staff and con-
ributors are  not and  cannot be held  responsible for the use or misuse of
information contained herein or  the  results  obtained there  from.  Amiga
Report is not  affiliated  with  Commodore-Amiga, Inc., Commodore  Business
Machines, Ltd., or any other Amiga publication in any way. All items quoted
in whole or in part are  done so under the  Fair Use Provision of the Copy-
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@node "menu" "Amiga Report Main Menu"
@toc "menu"

@{"    Columns and Features    " link P1} News, Reviews, and More!
@{"     About AMIGA REPORT     " link P2} Staff, Copyright information
@{"      Dealer Directory      " link P3} Amiga Dealer Addresses and Numbers
@{" Commercial Online Services " link P4} Sign-Up Information
@{"     FTP Announcements      " link P5} New Files Available for FTP
@{"   AR Distribution Sites    " link P2-1} Where to get AMIGA REPORT


/// 12/10/93 Amiga Report 1.37   "Your Weekly Source for Amiga Information"
    --------------------------
    · The Editor's Desk      · CPU Status Report    · New Products
    · FTP Announcements      · Dealer Directory     · AR Confidential
    · The Humor Department   · Reader Mail          · AR Online
    · Guru Amiga Book        · Compton's MM Patent  · Big Fun on the Internet 

                    » The WOCA Toronto Reports Begin! «
                     » Nova Design Announces Contest «
               » Commdore Shareholder Movement Conference «

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                 Amiga Report International Online Magazine
                 "Your Weekly Source for Amiga Information"
                            » FEATURING WEEKLY «
                  Accurate UP-TO-DATE News and Information
      Current Events, Original Articles, Tips, Rumors, and Information
              Hardware · Software · Corporate · R & D · Imports
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/          @{" DELPHI " link P4-1} · @{" PORTAL " link P4-2} · @{" FIDO " link P2-1} · @{" INTERNET " link P4-5} · @{" BIX " link P4-6}        /
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


@endnode

@node P1 "Columns and Features"
@toc "menu"

@{"      From the Editor's Desk      " link P1-1} Saying it like it is!
@{"        CPU Status Report         " link P1-2} Computer Products Update
@{"   ImageFX and GVP Announcement   " link P1-3} Arts and Sciences Contest!
@{"   Amiga Users Group of Calgary   " link P1-4} Announces a new CDROM!
@{" CBM-AMIGA has Full Time Openings " link P1-5} CBM is looking graphics engineers
@{"    Amiga Envoy Now Available     " link P1-6} Peer to peer networking software
@{"       Online Conference          " link P1-17} CBM Shareholder's Movement
@{"         Online Weekly            " link P1-7} The lines are buzzing!
@{"      WOCA - Toronto Reports      " link P1-8} The latest information!
@{"     Big Fun on the Internet      " link P1-9} With Uncle Bert
@{"         UseNet Review            " link P1-10} The Amiga Guru Book
@{"          Reader Mail             " link P1-11} The readers speak!
@{"      The InterNet via Email      " link P1-12} GopherMail
@{"    Amiga Report Questionaire     " link P1-13} Fill it out and send it back!
@{"       The Humor Department       " link P1-14} Jokes, Quotes, and Shameless plugs!

@endnode


@node P2 "About Amiga Report"
@toc "menu"

@{" For Starters " link P2-1} Where to get AMIGA REPORT
@{"   AR Staff   " link P2-2} The Editors, and Contributers
@{"  In Closing  " link P2-3} Copyright Information

@endnode

@node P4 "Commercial Online Services"
@toc "menu"

@{"   Delphi   " link P4-1}  Getting better all the time!
@{"   Portal   " link P4-2}  A great place for Amiga users...
@{"  InterNet  " link P4-5}  Subscribe to the AR Mailing List
@{"    BIX     " link P4-6}  For Serious Programmers and Developers
@endnode

@node P5 "Files Available for FTP"
@toc "menu"


@{"    BigAnim v3.5     " link P5-1} Animation player with direct from disk playback
@{"   BuildAnim v2.0    " link P5-2} Versatile Animation Utility
@{" Garshneblanker v2.7 " link P5-3} A modular screen blanker
@{"  F2C - Amiga v1.0   " link P5-4} Fortran 77 to C translator

@endnode



                 -----------------------------------------
@node P2-1-1 "NOVA"
@toc "menu"


                               * NOVA BBS *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                          * Running Starnet BBS *
                         Wayne Stonecipher, Sysop
                            FidoNet  1:362/508
                 An Amiga Software Distribution Site (ADS)
                 615-472-9748  USR DS 16.8  24hrs - 7 days
                           Cleveland, Tennessee
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                ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-2 "In The MeanTime"
@toc "menu"


        
                          * IN THE MEANTIME BBS *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                            * Running AXShell *
                            Robert Niles, Sysop
                            rniles@imtired.itm.com
                509-966-3828  Supra V.32bis  24hrs - 7 days
                            Yakima, Washington


                          ******* Notice *******

After 13 September 1993, In The MeanTime will no longer be on FidoNet, thus
we will no longer be accepting File REQuests (FREQs). We WILL be still 
accepting calls and will have the latest edition of Amiga Report online.
Downloads to first time callers are still accepted. For the west coast 
call @{"Cloud's Corner" link P2-1-3} to FREQ the latest edition of Amiga Report.

Those who call for the latest edition of Amiga Report, and who do not with
to establish an account, log in as guest with the password of "guest".
At the prompt type "ARMAG" (without the quotes).

@endnode           
	       ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-3 "Cloud's Corner"
@toc "menu"


                          * CLOUD'S CORNER BBS *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
         MebbsNet/Starnet Support/Distribution Site West Coast USA
                         * Running MEBBSNet BBS *
                            Larry Cloud, Sysop
                            FidoNet:  1:350/30
                            MaxNet:  90:180/10
                  Internet:  larryc@hebron.connected.com
                 206-377-4290  USR HST DS  24hrs - 7 days
                           Bremerton, Washington


New users can call and get ANY copy of Amiga Report.  These are considered
"free" downloads, they do not count against any file ratio.  The latest issue
of Amiga Reports can be Freq'ed (FileREQusted) from here as "AR.LHA", as "AR"
or as ARxxx.LHA where xxx is the issue number.  Freq's are valid at ANY time.

For users interested in reading AR, but who do not have access to AmigaGuide,
you can freq ARBUL and get the AR in bulletin form.  This service is provided
for persons who do not have Amigaguide (such as IBM users).  Please note that
any pictures distributed with the "regular" Amiga Reports archive will NOT be
sent with this freq.  This file is not available for dial-in users, but you
can read bulletin #5 with your capture buffer open and get the same file.



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                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-4 "Biosmatica"
@toc "menu"


         
                            * BIOSMATICA BBS *
            Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Portugal
                    * Running Excelsior/Trapdoor/UUCP *
                           Celso Martinho, Sysop
                             FidoNet  2:361/9
                  +351-34-382320  V.32bis  24hrs - 7 days
@endnode
                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-5 "Amiga Junction 9"
@toc "menu"


                           * AMIGA JUNCTION 9 *
         Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- United Kingdom
                       * Running DLG Professional *
                          Stephen Anderson, Sysop
                  Sysop Email:  sysadmin@junct9.royle.org

      Line 1  +44 (0)372 271000  14400  V.32bis/HST   FidoNet 2:440/20
      Line 2  +44 (0)372 278000  14400  V.32bis only  FidoNet 2:440/21
      Line 3  +44 (0)372 279000  2400   V.42bis/MNP

                   Internet:  user_name@junct9.royle.org

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                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-6 "BitStream BBS"
@toc "menu"



                             * BITSTREAM BBS *
               The BBS of the Nelson (NZ) Amiga Users Group
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                       * Running Xenolink 1.0 Z.3 *
                            Glen Roberts, Sysop
                             FidoNet 3:771/850
               +64 3 5485321  Supra V.32bis  24hrs - 7 days
                            Nelson, New Zealand

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                 -------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-7 "Realm of Twilight"
@toc "menu"


                         * REALM OF TWILIGHT BBS *
             Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Canada
                        * Running Excelsior! BBS *
                         Thorsten Schiller, Sysop
                    Usenet: realm.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
                    UUCP:   ...!uunet.ca!tdkcs!realm
                             FIDO: 1:221/202
                             Fish: 33:33/8
                              24hrs - 7 days
                         519-748-9365  (2400 baud)
                         519-748-9026  (v.32bis)
                              Ontario, Canada


     Hardware: Amiga 3000, 105 Meg Quantum, 213 Meg Maxtor, 5 megs RAM


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                 -------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-8 "Metnet Triangle"
@toc "menu"


                          METNET TRIANGLE SYSTEM
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                          UK Support for Mebbsnet
                  * Running Mebbsnet and Starnet 1.02a *
                             Jon Witty, Sysop
                            FIDO:  2:252/129.0
                              24 hrs - 7 days
                     Line  1:   44-482-473871  16.8 DS HST 
                     Lines 2-7: 44-482-442251  2400 (6 lines)
                     Line  8:   44-482-491744  2400 
                     Line  9:   44-482-449028  2400 
                Voice helpline  44-482-491752  (anytime)

                 Fully animated menus + normal menu sets. 
                  500 megs HD - Usual software/messages 
           Most doors online - Many Sigs - AMIGA AND PC SUPPORT 
                Very active userbase and busy conference  
             Precious days and MUD online. AMUL support site. 

@endnode
                 -------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-9 "Omaha Amiganet"
@toc "menu"

                            * OMAHA AMIGANET *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                       * Running DLG Professional *
                           Andy Wasserman, Sysop
                              24 hrs - 7 days
                            FidoNet:  1:285/11
                           AmigaNet:  40:200/10
                      Line 1:  402-333-5110  V.32bis
                      Line 2:  402-691-0104  USR DS
                              Omaha, Nebraska

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                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-10 "Amiga-Night-System"
@toc "menu"


                          * AMIGA-NIGHT-SYSTEM *
             Official Amiga Report Distribution Site - Finland
                       * Running DLG Professional *
                            Janne Saarme, Sysop
                              24 hrs - 7 days
                       InterNet: luumu@fenix.pp.fi 
                           FidoNet:  2:220/550.0
                          +358-0-675840  V.32bis
                             Helsinki, Finland

@endnode
                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-11 "Ramses Amiga Flying"
@toc "menu"


                        * RAMSES THE AMIGA FLYING *
             Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- France
                       * Running DLG Professional *
                            Eric Delord, Sysop
                         Philippe Brand, Co-Sysop
                        Stephane Legrand, Co-Sysop
                    Internet: user.name@ramses.gna.org
                            Fidonet: 2:320/104
                        +33-1-60037015 USR DS 16.8
                        +33-1-60037713 V.32bis
                        +33-1-60037716 1200-2400
  

Ramses The Amiga Flying BBS is an Amiga-dedicated BBS running DLG-Pro
on a Amiga 3000, 16MB RAM, 2GB Disk space, 3 lines.

We keep a dayly Aminet site mirroring, NetBSD-Amiga complete mirror site
from ftp.eunet.ch (main site), Amiga Report, GNU Amiga, Ramses is the
SAN/ADS/Amiganet French coordinator.



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@node P2-1-12 "Gateway BBS"
@toc "menu"


                            * THE GATEWAY BBS *
                 Official Amiga Report Distribution Site 
                        * Running Excelsior! BBS *
                          Stace Cunningham, Sysop
                            Dan Butler, CoSysop
                              24 hrs - 7 days
                   InterNet: stace@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil
                           FidoNet:  1:3604/60.0
                    601-374-2697 Hayes Optina 28.8 V.FC
                            Biloxi, Mississippi


@endnode
                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-13 "Talk City"
@toc "menu"


                               * TALK CITY *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
   708-372-0190 - 2400bps   708-372-0268 - V32 14.4K  708-372-0283 USR DS 14.4K
     Fido Net 1:115/372,0  Phantom Net 11:2115/2.0  Clink Net 911:6080/4.0 
                            UUCP tcity.com

        Over 3 Gig of Files Online  |  More and More things everyday.

With Three IBM CD-ROMs online, 10 lines, support for all platforms, and a REALLY
dedicated sysop (The Mayor).


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@node P2-1-14 "Amiga BBS"
@toc "menu"


                               * Amiga BBS *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                        * Running Excelsior! BBS *
                         Alejandro Kurczyn, Sysop
                             FidoNet  4:975/7
                         First Amiga BBS in Mexico
                        (5) 887-3080   9600 V32,MNP
                         Estado de Mexico,  Mexico


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@node P2-1-50 "Freeland Mainframe"
@toc "menu"



                          * FREELAND MAINFRAME *
                   Offical Amiga Report Distribution Site
                       * Running DLG Progessional *
                           John Freeland, SysOp
                 206-438-1670  Supra 2400zi
                 206-438-2273  Telebit WorldBlazer(v.32bis)
                 206-456-6013  Supra v.32bis
                              24hrs - 7 days
                       Internet - freemf.eskimo.com
                            Olympia, Washington
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@node P2-1-51 "LAHO"
@toc "menu"



                               * LAHO BBS *
             Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Finland
                             * Running MBBS *
                            Lenni Uitti, SysOp
                      Tero Manninen, SysOp (PC-areas)
                     Juha Makinen, SysOp (Amiga-areas)
                        +358-64-414 1516, V.32bis/HST
                        +358-64-414 0400, V.32bis/HST
                        +358-64-414 6800, V.32/HST
                        +358-64-423 1300, V.32 MNP
                            Seinajoki, Finland

Our machine is a 386/33 with 20MB of memory, 1GB harddisk and a CD-ROM
drive. The BBS software is a Norwegian origin MBBS running in
a DesqView windows.

We have over 7000 files online (both for the Amiga and PC) + 650MB stuff
on the Aminet CD-ROM disk.

Every user has an access to download filelist (LAHOFIL.ZIP), list of
Finnish 24-hour BBS's (BBSLIST.ZIP or BBSLIST.LHA) and every issue of
the Amiga Report Magazine (AR101.LHA-AR1??.LHA) even on their first call.

The system has been running since 1989 and is sponsored by the local
telephone company, Vaasan Ladnin Puhelin Oy.



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@node P2-1-52 "Falling BBS"
@toc "menu"



                              * FALLING BBS *
             Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Norway
                             * Running ABBS *
                          Christopher Naas, Sysop
                  +47 69 256117  V.32bis  24hrs - 7 days
                    EMail:    naasc@cnaas.adsp.sub.org
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@node P2-1-53 "Command Line BBS"
@toc "menu"



                           * COMMAND LINE BBS * 
            Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Canada 
                Canada's Amiga Graphics & Animation Source 
                        * Running AmiExpress BBS * 
                           Nick Poliwko, Sysop 
                    416-533-8321  V.32  24hrs - 7 days 
                             Toronto, Canada 
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@node P2-1-54 "Rendezvous BBS"
@toc "menu"


                             * RENDEZVOUS BBS *
           Official Amiga Report Distribution Site - New Zealand
                  New Zealand Excelsior! BBS Support Site
                  * Running Excelsior! Professional BBS *
                            David Dustin, Sysop
                  Internet: postmaster@eclipse.acme.gen.nz
                +64 6 3566375  Supra V.32bis  24hrs - 7 days
                       Palmerston North, New Zealand


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@node P2-1-55 "Leguans Byte Channel"
@toc "menu"


                         * LEGUANS BYTE CHANNEL *
            Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Germany
                         * Running EazyBBS V2.11 *
                           Andreas Geist, Sysop
                    Usenet: andreas@lbcmbx.in-berlin.de
                              24 hrs - 7 days
                    Line 1:  49-30-8110060  USR DS 16.8 
                    Line 2:  49-30-8122442  USR DS 16.8

                 Login as User: "amiga", Passwd: "report" 

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@node P2-1-56 "Stingray Database BBS"
@toc "menu"


                          * STINGRAY  DATABASE *
            Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Germany
                           * Running FastCall *
                           Bernd Mienert, Sysop
                 EMail: sysop@sting-db.zer.sub.org.dbp.de
                  +49 208 496807 HST-Dual 24hrs - 7 days
                          Muelheim/Ruhr, Germany


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@node P2-1-57 "T.B.P. Video Slate"
@toc "menu"


                          * T.B.P. VIDEO SLATE *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                      An Amiga dedicated BBS for All
                         * Running Skyline 1.3.2 *
                          Mark E Davidson, Sysop
                              24 hrs - 7 days
                        201-586-3623  USR 14.4 HST
                           Rockaway, New Jersey
                                                                          
              Full Skypix  menus + normal and ansi menu sets.             
             Instant Access to all.  Download on the first call.          
                                                                          
       Hardware:  Amiga 500 Tower custom at 14 MHz, 350 Meg maxtor,        
           125 Meg SCSI Maxtor, 125 Meg IDE Maxtor, Double Speed CD rom,  
                                  9 meg RAM                               


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@node P2-1-58 "Amiga Central"
@toc "menu"


                            * AMIGA CENTRAL! *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                          CNet Amiga Support Site
                        * Running CNet Amiga BBS *
                            Carl Tashian, Sysop
                  Internet mail:  root@amicent.raider.net
                   615-383-9679  1200-14.4Kbps V.32bis
                             24 hours - 7 days
                           Nashville, Tennessee


Hardware: Amiga 3000 Tower 68030+882@25MHz, 105 meg Quantum, 225 meg Seagate,
Zoom 14.4k modem

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@node P2-1-59 "Continental Drift"
@toc "menu"


                         * CONTINENTAL DRIFT BBS *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
        * Running MAXsBBS software (DLG Pro is being delivered!) *
                   Murry Chaffer & Andre Lackman, Sysops
                               +612 9188375
                            24 hours -  7 days
                            Sydney, Australia 


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@node P2-1-60 "Guru Meditation:
@toc "menu"



                            * GURU MEDITATION *
             Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Spain
                         * Running Remote Access *
                            Javier Frias, SysOp
                              +34-1-383-1317  V.32bis
                             24 hours - 7days
                                   Spain

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