@database "ar323.guide"
@Node MAIN "Amiga Report Online Magazine #3.23 -- December 31, 1995"
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@node MENU "Amiga Report Main Menu"
@toc MAIN

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==                               Main Menu                               ==
===========================================================================

    @{"  Editorial and Opinion   " link OPINION}             @{"    Featured Articles    " link FEATURE}

    @{"         Reviews          " link  REVIEW}             @{"  News & Press Releases  " link NEWS}

    @{"      Aminet Charts       " link     FTP}             @{"       Reader Mail       " link MAIL}

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

    @{"    About AMIGA REPORT    " link ABOUT}             @{"    Dealer Directory     " link DEALER}
 Contact Information and Copyrights     Amiga Dealer Addresses and Numbers

    @{"     Where to Get AR      " link WHERE}             @{"     Advertisements      " link COMMERCIAL}
 Mailing List &  Distribution Sites     Online Services, Dealers, Ordering
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==   \\//     |  Issue No. 3.23           December 31, 1995  |   \\//    ==
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@node JASON "Editor"
@toc STAFF

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                                  EDITOR
===========================================================================

                               Jason Compton
                               =============
             Internet                                  Address
             --------                                  -------
     jcompton@shell.portal.com                1203 Alexander Ave
     jcompton@xnet.com                        Streamwood, IL 60107-3003
                                              USA

               Fax                                      Phone
               ---                                      -----
           708/741-0689                             708/289-7047

@endnode
@node KATIE "Assistant Editor"
@toc STAFF

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==                           ASSISTANT EDITOR                            ==
===========================================================================

                             Katherine Nelson
                             ================

                                 Internet
                                 --------
                            Kati@cup.portal.com

@endnode
@node ROBERT "Senior Editor"
@toc STAFF

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                               SENIOR EDITOR
===========================================================================

                               Robert Niles
                               ============
            Internet                                   Address
            --------                                   -------
        rniles@Wolfe.NET                           506 W. Orchard
                                                   Selah, WA 98942

            FidoNet                                      Fax
            -------                                      ---
           1:3407/103                                509/697-5064

@endnode
@node WILLIAM "Contributing Editor"
@toc STAFF

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                            CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
===========================================================================

                               William Near
                               ============

                                 Internet
                                 --------
                              wnear@epix.net

@endnode
@node ADDISON "Contributing Editor"
@toc STAFF

===========================================================================
                            CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
===========================================================================

                              Addison Laurent
                              ===============

                                 Internet
                                 --------
                       addison@jobe.shell.portal.com

@endnode
@node EDITORIAL "compt.sys.editor.desk"
@toc OPINION

===========================================================================
    compt.sys.editor.desk                          By: @{" Jason Compton " link JASON}
===========================================================================

What a year, eh?  Where are we after all 365 days of 1995, which will be
remembered by us as the Great Buyout but will sadly probably not receive
the same treatment in the next Microsoft Encarta CD?

12 months ago I was hoping that someone would buy the Amiga before it was
too late.  6 months ago, I was hoping Amiga Technologies would build some
machines before it was too late.  Now, I'm hoping Amiga Tech gets some
serious R&D done before it's too late.

It's been nothing but deadlines and time pressure, it seems, and the worst
part is there hasn't even been anything I can do about it.

But hey, we've made it this far with less to go on.  The Amiga isn't quite
out of the pit of obscurity in North America, but showings in Europe have
been strong.  Amiga Technologies didn't miss Christmas, but the 4000T sure
seems slow to surface, as do A1200s in Australia, North America, and let's
face it, any country other than one in Europe.

So, taking stock--yeah, things certainly could have been better.  We could
be waiting for the millionth Amiga Tech machine, rather than the 100,000th.
We could be placing down-payments on PowerPC machines rather than waiting
another year for their unveiling.  But it could be a hell of a lot worse,
too.

It's been a tough year, keeping up with the dizzying months leading up to
the auction, then anxiously awaiting the plans of Amiga Technologies, who
we still hope will lead us to new heights for the platform.  It's also been
a tiring year, for users, developers, and Amiga Tech staffers alike.  Right
now, I'm paying for it with a big headache that's keeping me from finishing
the big stack of reviews here.  Sorry, but the likes of Aminet 9, Meeting
Pearls III, TurboCalc 3.5 vs. Final Calc, Distant Suns 5.0 vs. Digital
Universe, and a slew of miscellaneous software and hardware reviews are
going to have to wait for year 4.

As the Amiga heads into its second decade, it's certainly doing a lot
better than most computer platforms its age.  At the same time, Amiga
Report heads into its fourth year of publication, a lot better off than the
number of print magazines which have sadly folded over the past few years.

How can you celebrate something like that?  Well, the obvious but somewhat
unexciting thing to do is say "Happy 4, AR" and re-dedicate ourselves to
putting together one of the world's most read online publications.  We're
kicking around a lot of ideas for new features and possibilities for the
magazine, some of which will show up as soon as the rather
intimidating-sounding AR 4.01 surfaces next month.

A lot of legends have been written in the past 20 months since the collapse
of Commodore.  And at this rate, many more are to come.

Jason

@endnode
@node COMMERCIAL "Commercial Products"
@toc MENU

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                            Commercial Products
===========================================================================

@{"        Editor's Choice        " link EDITORCHOICE}  Jason's picks

@{"   Portal Information Systems  " link PORTAL}  A great place for Amiga users.

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    @{"  Opinion  " link OPINION}  @{"  News  " link NEWS}  @{"  Articles  " link FEATURE}  @{"  Reviews  " link REVIEW}  @{"  Charts  " link FTP}

@endnode
@node MAIL "Reader Mail"
@toc MENU

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                               Reader Mail
===========================================================================

From: mmansour@silas.cc.monash.edu.au
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 11:09:31 +1100
To: jcompton@shell.portal.com
Subject: Thank-you

Just a brief message of thanks for your tireless effort throughout the year.
You have certainly encouraged me to remain with the Amiga despite the
uncertainly within the community.

I would also like to commend you and your staff for the very high quality
of news that you have presented.  It remains one of my most valuable sources
of information about what is happening in the U.S. and Europe, and living
in Australia, that is very needed.

That's about all, but please, keep AR going - it is fantastic...

Mark Mansour

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

From: Peter Eriksson <ptr@solace.mh.se>
Subject: AR Reader Mail
To: jcompton@xnet.com
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 21:16:48 +0100 (MET)

Since most of us consider Amiga Report to be a reliable and quite
outstanding source of Amiga related information, I have a question for the
staff:

 What has happend to Alex "Mr. CEI" Amor?

After the ESCOM purchase of CBM, rumors said CEI would develop Amiga
clones, CEI engineers would cooperate with AT developers and a zillion
other cool things that would take the Amiga into the next century.  Right
now, the R & D boys at AT seem to do fine on their own (With eg.  the
PowerAmiga in mind) but I'm just curious what Alex is up to now?  What is
the current status of CEI?

Uhm, guess that's it for now.  Oh yeah - I would like to take the
opportunity to wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new '96 -
especially Jason for doing an excellent job with Amiga Report, the Aminet
staff (which we all owe big time) and the AT executives for believing in
the Amiga.  Thanks guys!

Take care kids -- Peter Eriksson, Sweden

--    Funny you should ask.  When SMG was selected as North American
      distributor, Alex specifically told me he wouldn't be buying any
      machines from them.  However, CEI recently surfaced on the SMG Dealer
      List and Alex now tells me they will, indeed, buy Amiga product
      through SMG and sell it both directly and through their dealer
      network.  --Jason
@endnode
@node OPINION1 "The Amiga Internet Terminal"
@toc OPINION

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                        The Amiga Internet Terminal
  Tim M. Fries                                   fries@injersey.com
===========================================================================

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison, IBM's Lou Gerstner, and folks from Sun
Microsystems have all been making speeches about the future of computing. 
Their collective vision: $500 "Internet terminals" replacing today's PCs. 
They each share a network-centric view of the future, noting the explosive
growth of the internet in business and home use.  The vision is focused on
networking with a deemphasis on storage and computing muscle at the user
end.  Software applications will be dealt from remote servers, rather than
local harddrives.  User operating systems will be graphically rich, yet
small and efficient.  They each conclude that the building block to
tomorrow's computing model will be an inexpensive and easy to use Internet
delivery platform. 

Earlier this month, Ellison detailed the hardware requirements for his $500
Internet appliance: an inexpensive ($50) microprocessor, 4MB of RAM, video
output to TV and RGB monitor, printer port, multimedia capabilities, PCMCIA
for modem option, network interface, and flash memory or low-cost hard disk
storage option.  He decribes the OS as needing to be small and efficient,
while graphical and easy to use.  Oracle, while still hunting for an OS for
the device, has been in talks with Apple Computer over licensing the Newton
OS.  No agreements have yet been reached.  IBM and Sun have been less
forthcoming in detailing their own Internet terminal specifications, but
both have suggested being in the planning stage. 

Reviewing Ellison's requirements, it is clear to me that the internet
terminal already exists.  It is the Amiga 1200.  The A1200's proven
hardware design and mature, robust OS make it the ideal candidate.  
Ironically, as the industry heavy-weights preach the need for such a
machine, Amiga Technologies (AT) president, Petro Tyschtschenko, sees no
market for the A1200 in the United States.  AT should realize the advantage
of the A1200 as an internet tool and quickly release it with an internet
software bundle to the US.  This package should be marketed towards
business and home users alike. 

AT needs to reestablish the Amiga brand name in the US computer
marketplace.  Being the first with an internet terminal would certainly put
them back in the game.  If they lack the resources to do it alone, they
need to foster business partnerships to make it happen.  In today's
climate, finding a business partner to help launch the Amiga Internet
Terminal should be easy.  They need look no further than Oracle, IBM, and
Sun. 

I would appreciate any feedback.  

Tim Fries
fries@injersey.com
(908)234-0493
@endnode
@node NEWS1 "Macro68, v3.175"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

Macro68, version 3.175

UPDATE NOTICE

Apparently, lots of people have moved without informing The Puzzle Factory
-- when update notices were mailed out recently, many of them were returned
by the post office.  Users of Macro68 who have not received an update
notice and who want to get the updated version should get in touch with The
Puzzle Factory at the address below.

COMPANY

  The Puzzle Factory, Inc.    Voice: (800) 828-9952  Orders
  P.O. Box 986                       (541) 935-3709  Questions/support
  Veneta, OR 97487              BBS: (541) 935-7883  =>new area code<=
  USA                      Internet: jlavin@efn.org

NEW FEATURES

  68060 support added.  Many bugs fixed, most of them minor.

DESCRIPTION

Macro68 is an assembler that supports the entire Motorola family including
the MC68060, MC68882/030/040 FPU, and MC68851/030/040 MMU.  Additional
capability includes the Amiga Copper.

The new Motorola syntax for 030 or later CPUs is supported, and Macro68
includes a utility to convert old-style syntax painlessly.  Old syntax is
also supported.

A unique feature of Macro68 is the use of a shared library, which is always
resident, and allows the use of preassembled resident include files for
incredibly fast assemblies.  These may be standard Amiga files, or any
header files may be used.  Additionally, a configuration file may be
defined that will set up a particular environment, or insert specific code
in all assemblies.

Most features limited only by available memory.  Directives include
Structure Offset for compatibility with the Amiga's interface conventions,
and Frame Offset for easy stack frames.  Full listing control and
cross-referencing.  Ability to customize directives and run-time messages.

Macro68 is fully re-entrant, and may be made resident.  An AREXX(tm)
interface provides "real-time" communication with the editor of your
choice.  A number of directives enable Macro68 to communicate with
AmigaDos(tm).  External programs may be invoked on either pass, and the
results interpreted.

Macro68 is compatible with the directives used by most popular assemblers.
Output file formats include executable object, linkable object, binary
image, pre-assembled symbol tables, and Motorola S records.

REVIEWS

There's a review of Macro68 v 3.165 on Aminet, for example:
ftp://ftp.netnet.net/pub/aminet/docs/rview/Macro68.txt (10707)

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

2 Megs RAM, V1.3 OS or later

PRICE

US$150 + shipping.  Ground shipping is included in the U.S. and
Canada.  Others please call.
Upgrade price: $25 (from any version 3.xxx).

DISTRIBUTABILITY

Commercial software.  Copyright 1994-95 The Puzzle Factory, Inc.
Macro68 is a trademark of The Puzzle Factory, Inc.
Amiga is a registered trademark of Escom AG.
@endnode
@node NEWS2 "Introducing A.N.G.L.E."
@toc NEWS

INTRODUCING A.N.G.L.E. (Amiga Net Games for Light Entertainment)

A.N.G.L.E. is a brand new, non-profit team comprised by a bunch of Amiga
devotees that don't expect to make money out of this venture. 

Our focus is more on providing games for an area that has not been explored
very well on the Amiga and our intention is to provide the first few
efforts as a "gift" to game players.

A.N.G.L.E.'s MAIN GOAL

Produce multi-player games to be played over the Internet rather than
across a serial link.  To proceed at a reasonable pace, we need more
programmers, gfx artists, muscians and designers -- any takers? 

A.N.G.L.E.'s RELATED GOALS

Help other individuals and teams writing their own TCP/IP based software,
whether games or "serious" applications.

Help end-users struggling with AmiTCP/IP, SLIP/CSLIP/PPP and the likes to
get on-line *properly* with the minimum of fuss.

A.N.G.L.E.'s WEB SITE

Detailed info, including a little questionnaire to help us shaping up our
first game, are available at:

http://www.iper.net/angle

...and before you ask, it's actually "iper", not "hyper"! :)

A.N.G.L.E.'s EMAIL CONTACT

Plain e-mail works as well:

ANGLE-admin@karunko.nervous.com

Thank you for your time and patience!

Sincerely,

Werther 'Mircko' Pirani
-- 
e-mail:          werther@karunko.nervous.com

A.N.G.L.E.       Amiga Net Games for Light Entertainment
                 http://www.iper.net/angle
@endnode
@node NEWS3 "ReMaP -- Resource Manager Project"
@toc NEWS

                  ReMaP -- Resource Manager Project
                        The Project Proposal

  0. Prologue
  -----------

With the advent of graphical-based user interfaces (GUI), almost each
computer niche created it's own way of handling the user interface.

For personal computers, one of the first system to appear was the
Macintosh's.  Most of its concepts were result of pioneer work at Xerox.
This system is considered the paradigm of user interfaces.  The 'resource'
idea used in the Mac will serve as main inspiration for this project.
Another breakthrough in GUI was the X-windows system.  This system was
developed in MIT and is extremely flexible.  X-windows is one of the few
(if not the only one) to provide full-transparency over network.  If the
client (main application) and the server (low-level GUI handler) are
running on the same machine, this is purely coincidental.  Interfaces can
be spread over different machines, from different architectures and even
from different operating systems.  This client-server paradigm will also be
used is this project.

The Amiga GUI system is quite lighter in complexity than the two previously
mentioned, although it is consensual that is fast, flexible, intuitive and
has (hardware based) features (like screens) that allow small systems to
have a high-performance graphical interface.  At last, Microsoft Windows
bring about almost nothing new in GUI (just old Mac ideas) balanced with a
heavy-weight marketing operation.  This feature associated with the
low-price and very abundant PC's, allowed Windows to obtain virtually the
monopoly of the computer market.

However there are some resistant survivors (like me) to this mainstream.
What is the problem with Amiga ?  Quite simple : it has just stopped.
There are two major releases of the Amiga OS : 1.3 and 2.0.  The Release
3.0 is almost just a refinement of 2.0, with very little new.  Comparing
the advance of the Amiga GUI with Windows, there is an enormous difference.
In addition to this fact, the Mac technology uses resources from a long
time, while there is nothing (to my knowledge) done in that area in the
Amiga.  NOTE: Do not make confusion between the 'resource's I'm talking
about with the low-level resources on Amiga, used for low-level hardware
arbitration.

  1. Objectives
  ---------------

The Resource Manager Project (ReMaP for short) has the purpose
to implement high-level software layer over an existing GUI system
(MUI, BOOPSI or even plain intuition). The main objectives of this
project are :

a) To reduce the development effort on GUI to the minimum.  A couple of
lines would be enough to trigger an arbitrary complex interface.

b) To make user interfaces as robust as possible.  With X-windows, you can
just 'kill' a process, and the whole interface vanishes.  No hang-up
windows, no dead memory, just simple and clean.

c) To allow the interface to be spread over a network.  The client-server
paradigm is desired here.  No pointer, no shared memory, again simple and
clean.

I think that the implementation of these three ideas could both offer
robustness to the user and flexibility to the developer.  I propose the
creation of a group of Amiga developers and enthusiasts to achieve the
mentioned goals by implementing it in a freeware basis software.

Finally I'd like to stress that the most appropriated approach would the
object oriented one and that the base system should be as language
independent as possible.  (Base system means ReMaP plus the lower layers
until the hardware).

  1.1. The developer's viewpoint
  ------------------------------

The main idea is to turn the building of user interfaces as easy as
possible.  To achieve this goal I propose that the interface creation and
function should be as automatic as possible.  The great majority of
programs _use_ a GUI as a tool, not as an objective.  This concept
justifies that the internal working of the GUI should not be of the concern
of the developer.  It doesn't make much sense to spend hours building and
fine-tuning an interface (in that usual, tedious and slow loop:
edit-compile-run) if there are ways of performing this job aside from
compilation/linkage issues.

To achieve this goal I propose the use of the 'resource' paradigm.  A (very
simple) language must be designed in order to be interpreted in real-time,
building this way the whole interface.  Obviously, the more high-level this
language is, more slower the system will be.  There could be a set of
language levels, where a developer can step to lower ones by the use of
mini-compilers or cpp-like programs.  This way the interface structure and
the object's parameters are embedded in these 'scripts'.  Note that this
feature is totally language independent.  I think that this is the first
time that I refer to 'objects'.  In order to have flexibility and data
abstraction, it seems to me that every interface element should be
abstracted as an object.
 
This approach virtually eliminates all concerns that a developer could have
concerning data structures (or objects) related with interface.  The
application itself must have the most abstract view of the interface.

  1.2. The user's viewpoint
  -------------------------

The kind of abstraction involved here that was outlined in the previous
section allows the system to be quite robust.  All that coding involving
error-checking and handling of the unexpected can be moved from the
application to the base system.  When a user wants to kill an application,
the system must assure that (at least) the interface vanishes, just like
xkill (from X-windows).  With this approach, the system has total control
over the details of the interface allowing it to delete the interface as
easily as it was created.  There is nothing more frustrating than a buggy
interface.  The end user should have bug free interface.  Let the bugs stay
with the main application.  Anytime the core code of an application
crashes, the system should be robust enough to free the user from a 'dead
interface'.

  1.3. The system's viewpoint
  ---------------------------

It was said before that ReMaP should use client-server paradigm.  This
architecture insulates the client from the server in terms of 'dangerous'
things like pointers, shared memory, etc.  The cost to pay is a loss in
speed.  However I believe that high level of communication between the
client and the server, lightens the communication overhead.  The benefits
justify the approach.

The server is just a program running in an arbitrary machine.  Unlike
X-windows, the appearance of the interface will be dependent of the way the
server is related to the rest of the underneath system.  Since the server's
connection to the client is pipe-like, all memory management is up to the
server, avoiding this way memory allocation problems and increasing the
robustness of the system.

All application desiring to use ReMaP must establish a connection (either
local or remote, over a network) with a server.  The resources handling
(script interpretation) are handled by the client.  The client has
references (ID integers) to every object allocated by the client.  The
server has knowledge of which object were allocated by each client.  (The
word 'allocated' is used in a broad meaning, like NewObject(),
OpenWindow(), AllocMem(), etc.).  This way, it is possible to flush a whole
interface tree without fearing for dead memory accesses (mungwall hits).

  2. Project organization
  -----------------------

I'd like to contact everyone interested in working or contributing to this
project.  I'd like to discuss extensively the points outlined above.  I
think that the project must be designed top-bottom, starting with way
resources are specified, followed by the server, continuing to the server
design and ending with server's contact to the underneath system.  Many
parts of the project may be implemented in parallel.

I'll try to create a mailing list for the exclusive use of the project, in
order to maintain a close contact with everyone involved in the project.

Finally I'd like to stress that this project seems quite new in Amiga
development area.  I have no knowledge of a similar project to the moment
of this writing.

I hope that this project contributes anyway to the development of Amiga
software technology.  Even in these troublesome days of Amiga history, I
still hope that Amiga will have a relevant role in computer scene.

  A. History
  ----------

  Start date ...... 29 Nov 1995
  Revision date ...  7 Dec 1995


  B. Author's contact
  -------------------

  Address: Rodrigo Ventura
           Rua Jose Leilote, 26
           1900 Lisboa
           Portugal

      Tel: 035-01-8681965
           (WARN: English is not my native language)

    Email: l36612@alfa.ist.utl.pt

      WWW: http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~l36612
@endnode
@node NEWS4 "UMS RFC v0.11"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

UMS RFC

VERSION

0.11

AUTHOR

Stefan Becker

E-Mail:   stefanb@yello.ping.de

Address:  Verkehrsstrasse 11
          D-44809 Bochum
          GERMANY

DESCRIPTION

UMS (Universal Message System) is a database system specialized in the
handling of mail and news messages.  UMS RFC is a package for UMS which
allows you to receive and send mail and news messages with the following
protocols:

  - UUCP (Unix to Unix CoPy)
  - NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol)
  - POP3 (Post Office Protocol V3)
  - SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)

NEW FEATURES

Changes since UMS RFC 0.10:

  - POP3 server daemon umspop3d.
  - Support for UMS' binary field.
  - Implemented UUCP grades.
  - Implemented CTRL-C handling for umsnntpget.
  - Command logging for NNTP and SMTP server daemons.
  - Switch for Daylight Saving Time.
  - Several bug fixes and new command switches.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

  - AmigaOS 2.04 (V37) or better

  - UMS V11 or better

  - AmiTCP 3.0 or better (if you want to use NNTP, POP3 or SMTP)

AVAILABILITY

UMS RFC 0.11 is available on Aminet, e.g.

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/comm/ums/umsrfc0_11.lha (315445)

PRICE

Free

DISTRIBUTABILITY

Freely distributable, (c) 1992-95 Stefan Becker
@endnode
@node NEWS5 "Apollo 620 Accelerator"
@toc NEWS

                             Apollo 620
                             ----------
            - World's First Accelerator For The Amiga 600!

ACT Electronics, Europe's leading manufacturer of accelerators for Amiga,
is proud to present a new accelerator card for Amiga 600 which makes this
machine 10 times as fast!  This makes it possible to use A600 for
professional applications like word processing, databases, spreadsheets,
multimedia presentations (e.g.  Scala) and so on.

  Specifications for the Apollo 620:
  ----------------------------------
  * 10 times speed increase, or more on math intensive applications!
  * Mounted internally on top of the 68000
  * 68020 CPU running on 25 MHz!
  * 68882 math co-processor running on 25 MHz included!
  * Approximately as fast as the Amiga 4000!  (030 version)
  * Up to 8 MB of 32-bit RAM! (One SIMM socket of 1, 2, 4 or 8 MB)
  * Uses cheap and easily available standard 72-pin SIMM without parity
  * PCMCIA friendly - PCMCIA port available up to 4 MB
  * Autoconfiguring memory

Retail price per 23/11 1995: NOK 1380,- (Norwegian Krones.  USD 1 ~= NOK
6.2)

The Apollo range covers a complete series of 68020, 68030, 68040 and 68060
accelerators for all Amiga computers.  Contact your local distributor, or
DataKompaniet directly, for more information about the other Apollo
products.

E.g.: World's Fastest Amiga 1200 with Apollo 1240!  33 Mhz 68040 with FPU
and MMU!

DataKompaniet ans in Trondheim, Norway, is the Scandinavian distributor of
the complete Apollo range.  We ship world-wide.  Check out our WWW server
for more information.

*****************************************************************

DataKompaniet ans
Trondheim Innovation Centre
Prof. Brochs gt. 6
N-7030 Trondheim
Norway

Phone: +47 7354 0375   Fax: +47 7394 3861

World Wide Web: http://www.interlink.no/datakompaniet
E-mail: datakompaniet@interlink.no
@endnode
@node NEWS6 "AmigaNCP v1.8"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

AmigaNCP - Amiga to Psion S3/S3a link package

VERSION

1.8

AUTHOR

Oliver Wagner

e-mail: owagner@lsd.wupper.de

DESCRIPTION

Psion's fine palmtop computer series, namely the S3 and S3a, contain an
even finer operating system, whose neat features cover a full fledged
peer-to-peer networking software using a protocol called NCP.  Using NCP,
you can link together two Psion computers or a Psion and a different,
perhaps stationary machine and happily exchange data on your behalf.  NCP
services include, but are not limited to, accessing files on the remote
machines as if they were on yours, in both directions. 

AmigaNCP features a full NCP implementation including a remote file server
to access Amiga files from your Psion and a file system to access Psion
files from your Amiga.  The package also offers an API to allow custom
applications to directly access network services at the NCP level.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Requires AmigaOS 2.04 and the PC version of the S3-Link serial connector.

The optional development toolkit has been designed for SAS/C 6.x, but might
be usable with different compilers.

AVAILABILITY

http://wade1.ab.umd.edu/support/AmigaNCP/
ftp://wade1.ab.umd.edu/support/AmigaNCP/AmigaNCP1_8.lha

People without Internet access can receive an uuencoded version via mail by
sending a short request to owagner@lsd.wupper.de

PRICE

Shareware, DM 50,--

DISTRIBUTABILITY

The freely distributable demo version is not limited besides having a
startup requester.
@endnode
@node NEWS7 "Aminet CD 9"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

Aminet CD 9

AUTHOR

Urban D. Mueller  (umueller@aminet.org)

CONTENTS

Aminet CD 9 contains, as usual, over 1 gig of freely distributable
software.  The newest archive included is from November 4th.  Apart from
the new software, the CD concentrates on games from various sources.  The
space is used as follows (after decompression):

  500M of software newer than CD 8 (280M newer than Set 2)
  330M of games
  100M of electronic books
  100M of top downloads

These consist of:

   930 games (directly startable)
   640 mods
   300 docs
   140 pictures
    90 demos

...  plus 2400 utilities of all kinds.  The games are from various sources,
including the better ones from older Aminet CDs.

ACCESS SOFTWARE

Still the well known Amigaguide based user interface with extensive
search facilities.

PRICES

The CD can be ordered from the following addresses: (credit cards OK)

Germany: Stefan Ossowski          (English spoken)
         Tel:   +49-201-788778
         Fax:   +49-201-798447
         Email: stefano@tchest.e.eunet.de

         Price: DM 25

USA:     Fred Fish
         Tel:   +1-602-491-0442
         Email: orders@amigalib.com

         Price: $19.95

Prices exclude shipping.  Subscriptions are available.  A complete index is
found in docs/lists/Aminet-CD-9.lha

Authors of software on the CD are entitled to one free CD.  Send HELP
FREEBIES to aminet-server@wuarchive.wustl.edu for more info.

Aminet Set 1 and Aminet Set 2 are still available and give you, together
with this CD, a complete snapshot of Aminet.
@endnode
@node NEWS8 "Mesa-Amiwin v1.2.5"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

Mesa-Amiwin

VERSION

1.2.5

AUTHOR

Original Author: Brian Paul, brianp@ssec.wisc.edu
Amiga Port: Victor Ng-Thow-Hing, victorng@dgp.toronto.edu

DESCRIPTION

Mesa is a software emulation of the popular OpenGL application programmer's
interface for 3D computer graphics.  It can handle gouraud shading, NURBS,
polygons, Z-buffer, and other graphic goodies.

I have included the original Mesa distribution, with special instructions
for the Amiwin (X11R6 on the Amiga) version.  There is also a quick port of
MesaGLUT.lib, the GLUT toolkit (windows and events), provided (but it is
still very buggy). 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

I have provided static link libraries for a 68040/68882 and 68000/nofpu
equipped Amiga.  However, if you have SAS/C, you can edit the Smakefile and
recompile to whatever cpu configuration you have.

You will need the REGISTERED version of Amiwin to link in the X libraries
(another reason to register!).  Get the development kit for Amiwin at your
local aminet site.  Some examples will require unix-ish type header files
such as in <sys/time.h>, <sys/types.h> and function calls like sleep().
This will require an emulation library like net.lib provided in the
software development kit for AmiTCP4.0.

AVAILABILITY

Available at all Aminet sites.
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/gfx/x11/Mesa-Amiwin.lha (1590573)

PRICE

Free

DISTRIBUTABILITY

Gnu Public License
@endnode
@node NEWS9 "Next v1.8"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

Next

VERSION

1.8

AUTHOR

Juergen Klawitter

Address: Marschnerstrasse 22
         D-12203 Berlin
         GERMANY

Because Juergen has no access to the net, this announcement was uploaded
for him by Andreas Neumann.  e-Mail : neumanna@stud-mailer.uni-marburg.de

DESCRIPTION

NEXT is a fairly compact textreader, written in assembly.  Displays ASCII -
text in an own window on your WB.  Reads also binary files, XPK- und
powerpacked files.  AmigaGuide files can be converted to a readable plain
ASCII equivalent.

Extended functions exist for loading, analysing and printing texts, e.g.
scanning of directories with wildcards, print with page title and page
number, a 'smart_print' mode, word statistics and count of strings/chars. 
Search routines are very fast and display all occurrences at once on
screen.  Patterns can be used.  Search can also be started by klicking on a
string.  NEXT has been tested under OS 1.2 and 3.0.

Other features:

    o can be made resident
    o decrunches powerpacked files without powerpacker.library
    o wordwrap
    o block marking with mouse
    o saving/printing of blocks
    o when saving to an existing file, text can be appended
    o reload function
    o multiple windows
    o window sizing by simple key press

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

AmigaOS 1.2 and better

AVAILABILITY

Aminet :

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/text/show/Next1.8.lha (50414)

PRICE

Free.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

Freely distributable, (c) 1995 Juergen Klawitter
@endnode
@node NEWS10 "DiskProtection V1.1"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

DiskProtection V1.1

AUTHOR

Patrick Ohly
Weechstr. 1, WG E0/1
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany

Tel.: +49 721 615662
eMail: patrick.ohly@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
IRC: Irish

DESCRIPTION

DiskProtection encrypts data totally invisible for the user while writing
to disk.  All blocks are encrypted, so the directories are protected, too.
DiskProtection supports all exec devices, i.e.  harddrive partititions,
floppy disks, but not the RAM-disk.  Any filesystem can be used.

It features:
 - encryption with IDEA, FEAL, DES
 - (XPK-)interface for additional algorithms
 - configurable with easy to use preferences program
 - encryption can be changed anytime
 - resident passwords (for use with mailboxes)
 - access protection
 - builtin screenblanker
 - GUI driven, localized
 - German and English documentation (ASCII, DVI, AmigaGuide)
 - context sensitive online help
 - ...

CHANGES

Bug fixes, e.g.:
- Works with more devices, e.g. A2091, Oktagon.
- Conversion is reliable now.
- AFS works.
New features:
- FFS patch for HD/DD recognition.
- Slightly faster encryption (read 'History' for more details!)
- Reqtools screenmode requester for OS < 3.0
- Internal screenblanker

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

DiskProtection requires OS2.0 and Triton-Library 1.4 A minimum distribution
is included in this archive, but you should better look out for the
complete archive "util/libs/tri14usr.lha" on AmiNet:

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/util/libs/tri14usr.lha (217107)

AVAILABILITY

NOT available on AmiNet due to USA export restrictions for cryptographic
software.  Look at the AmiNet site in Paderborn for the file
"/pub/aminet/util/crypt/DiskProt11.lha":

ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/aminet/util/crypt/DiskProt11.lha (340258)

You will always find the most current version on my WWW home page:
http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~un60

PRICE

20,- DM shareware fee

DISTRIBUTABILITY

DiskProtection (C) 1994,95 Patrick Ohly It's freely distributable as long
as all files are distributed unchanged.  DiskProtection is shareware,
however the public version is not crippled in any way!
@endnode
@node NEWS11 "Blue Ribbon SoundWorks"
@toc NEWS

[To a great deal of public horror, Microsoft recently purchased Blue Ribbon
Soundworks, one of the first companies to pledge continuing support to the
Amiga when Commodore collapsed.  This letter has been making the rounds and
explains the "so long, see you on Windows95" policy implemented for Amiga
products.  -Jason]

    20-Dec-95  16:17:43
Sb: #Blue Ribbon Amiga News!
Fm: Dominick J. Fontana 74766,2154
To: ALL

                       *** TO ALL AMIGA USERS ***

I have spoken to Melissa Jordan Grey, Todor Fay, and Brian Thomas from Blue
Ribbon.  They all asked me to send their regards and to wish everyone a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

In case you were unaware, Blue Ribbon was purchased by Microsoft.  As such,
Microsoft is now technically in charge of all Blue Ribbon products and
makes all decisions concerning future software support.  Microsoft has
indicated that they will provide tech support for the Blue Ribbon Windows
products and they will continue to make such products.  I believe that the
Windows tech support may eventually be moved to the Microsoft Forum.
However, they are not providing tech support for the Amiga products, nor
will they continue to make Amiga products.  But, the Blue Ribbon section in
the MIDI C Vendor Forum (GO MIDICVEN) will remain open so that both Amiga
users and Windows users can congregate and support one another.

In order to thank all the Amiga users for their past support, and as a
parting good will gesture to the Amiga community, Blue Ribbon/Microsoft
have decided to make most of Blue Ribbon's Amiga software available to all
CompuServe members FREE OF CHARGE!

Following is a message directly from Brian Thomas, which he asked me to
post for him.  Brian was the online tech support representative in MIDI C
VENDOR Forum for Blue Ribbon for the last year and a half.

 =====================

Dear Amigans,

Hi.  My name is Brian Thomas, the person that has answered many of your
technical and product questions over the last year.  It has been fun
working with all of you.

As many of you may know, Microsoft has purchased Blue Ribbon in hopes of
letting us bring interactive music to the masses of the world.  All of the
Blue Ribbonites are very excited about being given this opportunity.

As a result of the change, I am not able to monitor this CompuServe forum,
and that is one of the reasons recent questions to me have not been
answered.  It is my fault that I did not find a way to check on this, or at
least find someone else to answer the questions in my absence.

The current plans do not include producing any new products for the Amiga,
but something unexpected (and good) happened.  Microsoft decided to allow
us to upload most of the Blue Ribbon Amiga products to be available for
free to CompuServe members.

This will occur soon: Early 1996 (by mid-January, most likely), these
products will be uploaded to CompuServe in the Microsoft forum.  There will
be a message [in MIDI C VENDOR] that lets you know exactly where to go to
get the products.

However, there are some important things to keep in mind.  Not all our
Amiga products are going to be uploaded, and none of the Windows, OS/2, or
Indigo products will be uploaded.  This is not a mistake, and you are not
allowed to upload these products.

Also, you will not be allowed to repost the products to other on-line
services, or Internet sites.  This benefit of free products is initially
going to be allowed only to CompuServe customers.

Finally, none of the programs are shareware or public domain.  You will
have to agree to an end user license agreement to be allowed to download
the products from CompuServe.

The products that will initially be uploaded will be Bars&Pipes
Professional v2.5, SuperJAM!  Amiga v1.1, Pro Studio Tools Kit, Creativity
Tools Kit, Internal Sounds Kit, and Rules for Tools.  These products are
not crippled in any way!  They are FULL products.  Soon to follow will be
PatchMeister.

Accompanying these programs will be an official statement from Melissa
Jordan Grey.

In addition, you'll be given the opportunity to purchase a manual for
SuperJAM!  or Bars&Pipes, and details on how to do that will be posted at
the same time the products are uploaded.

It is highly encouraged that you provide support for each other either on
CompuServe, or other on-line services.  Since the products are going to be
available free, Microsoft won't be able to provide any tech support for the
Amiga products.

That's the best update I can give right now.  If more news arrives, I will
provide it for you.

Feel free to repost this message to other online forums, whether they be
CompuServe or otherwise, as long as you keep the body of this message
intact.

Again, thank you for your support, and enjoy the products!

Brian Thomas The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks
@endnode
@node NEWS12 "easyrexx.library v3.0"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

easyrexx.library

VERSION

3.0   (03.Dec.95)

AUTHOR

Ketil Hunn
Nabbetorpveien 35B
N-1632 Gamle Fredrikstad
Norway

E-Mail: Ketil.Hunn@hiMolde.no

http://www.himolde.no/~ketil/

DESCRIPTION

A small and very fast shared runtime library that allows you to add an
AREXX port and AREXX commands to your application without the need of
programming.

o Define your ARexx interface using the included GUI-based
  ARexx Interface Designer.  The Designer can generate code
  directly.

o Makes the parsing of AREXX messages easier than parsing DOS
  prompt arguments!  Uses standard DOS templates for arguments.

o Easy to use tag-based functions.

o Send AREXX messages to any named port.

o Autodoc describing all functions in the library.

o Amigaguide documentation describing programming techniques and
  how to use the library.

o Complete with example sources.

NEW FEATURES

o The library now includes functions which makes it very easy to
  add ARexx macro ability to your application.  Macros can be
  created, recorded and executed directly using functions in the
  library.

o A new function which makes it easy to create ARexx stems.

o Completely new ARexx Interface Designer:
  - Font adaptable windows
  - Resizable windows
  - Localization.  Translations for English, Deutsch, Nederlands
    and Norsk are included.
  - Asynchronous on-line help
  - Recordable macros
  - User defined graphic interface
  - More ARexx commands.

o The ARexx Interface Designer can now generate code for these
  languages:
  - C/C++
  - E
  - Modula-2
  - Oberon

o EasyRexx header files for C/C++, E, Modula-2 and Oberon are
  included.

o Various bug-fixes.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

OS 2.04 or higher.

AVAILABILITY

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/dev/misc/EasyRexxV30.lha (260420)

PRICE

Free, as long as you follow the two guidelines below:

The license is the same for all software, regardless of what type of
software the library is used in, be it commercial, freeware, shareware or
whatever as long as you:

1)  Note in the program and documentation that easyrexx.library is
    copyrighted 1994, 1995 Ketil Hunn.

2)  You give me a copy of each version of the software which uses
    the library.  There should be no cost to me.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

The files may be distributed as needed.  That means that for products that
use the easyrexx.library, only that file needs to be distributed.  For
development purposes, the library and its documentation should be all
distributed together.
@endnode
@node NEWS13 "Amiga Surfer"
@toc NEWS

Press information 
for immediate release

December 1995

The Amiga Surfer: Amiga goes Internet

Amiga Technologies will release The new Amiga 1200 bundle "Amiga Surfer" in
February.

The package includes an Amiga 1200 with 2MB RAM, a 260 MB harddrive and a
14.400 Baud modem as well as a complete Internet bundle that will enable
the user to access to all popular Internet services.  Web-Surfing, FTP file
transfer (new drivers, updates, patches, shareware and freeware), IRC
electronic teleconferencing with unlimited amount of participants and email
with graphic, sound and animation support.

To make the start-up as easy as possible, a country specific telephone
cable is provided with the modem.  Before accessing to the Internet, the
user can register himself at IBM and will receive, if he registers before
31st of March, a credit of 100 free access hours.

For any question, the customer can access our homepage anytime and consult
most actual information.

The package also contains the popular "Amiga Magic" bundle of productivity
software, featuring a word processor, a spreadsheet, a database, an
organizer and a graphic program.

The complete system, including the Amiga 1200, the productivity and
Internet software, the modem and connection with free credits will be
available from retail at a price of DM 1198.- incl.  15% VAT.

Contact :

Gilles Bourdin   Tel +49 6252 709 195
Amiga Technologies  Fax +49 6252 709 520
Berliner Ring 89  email: gbo@amiga.de
D-64625 Bensheim  HTTP://www.amiga.de
@endnode
@node NEWS14 "X Patch Preview"
@toc NEWS

          X Patch preview
  -------------------------------
  "Intuition windows with X look"

  Author: Kenneth C. Nilsen / kenneth@norconnect.no

This patch is written to give all the intuition windows a X-window look. 
It does not emulate a X11 terminal or similar.  There is already great
software on the AmiNet which will do that.

This patch will draw new borders, titlebar, depth-, close- and zip-gadgets
to all windows so it will look like a "Motive X" window.

The patch offer options which enable you to configure it to look as your
taste require.

  ---------
  "OPTIONS"
  ---------

 Active                    - enables the patch
 Pop front when activated  - make window the frontmost when activated
 Jump back when inactive   - when inactive, jump to back
 Inner frame               - draws a inner frame along the borders
 Pre-set window            - preplace window before it opens
 Option menu in window     - make a project menu in the window
 Minimize gadget           - for future use (emulates the ->AppIcon)
 Bone mark in broder       - makes a little bonemark in the borders
 Title left                - align text to left (default in the middle)
 Title right               - align text from right

 Force clean up - This special function will parse the task list when
                  hitting the "Cleanup" button.  The task name for the
                  window is stored in an internal structure and if the task
                  is not found the window will be closed.  This can be
                  ignored with special treatment.

 Colors   - select colors for borders, fill, title etc.
 Sizes    - width/height of borders, size gadgets etc.
 Font     - font for title
 Cleanup  - check for leftover windows
 Test     - tests your current options

 Special treatment:

This listview contain windows that shall be treated with special options. 
A window can be ignored by the patch if the window refuse to get patched,
or you can set private options for each window.

Some windows will may crash when using the patch.  If so, add it to the
list and set ignore.  Most window will work though if they follow the
guidelines.

The patch will add a few pixels in width and height and force the drawing
plane to be inside the borders (which the intuition doesn't).  The border
width and height fields are set so the host programs can easily adjust
their gadgets and graphics to fit within the window borders.

Note: Some programs will handle their own windows in their own way, add
gadgets etc.  like the MUI windows.  These windows can be ignored by this
patch if wanted.

  ------------
  "THE SERVER"
  ------------

The "brain" is a server which controls window moving, activation and the
gadgets.  To graphically patch a window causes many difficult tasks.  It
have to "emulate" the intuiton gadgets and the active/inactive modes to
update the borders correctly and to let the programs know when the eg.
closegadget is hit.

The patch will not use any BOOPSI class, so the server will send input
events to the active window port by the input.device.

When you move a window the server has to emulate the move too.  This can
have advantages such as eg.  moving the whole contents of a window, or to
make a nicer grid when moving it.  These functions are not yet implemented,
but the possibilities are there (opaque window).

Sizing the window will be a pleasure.  You can size it from any corner as
long as the size option is enabled by the host program.

As I mentioned, you can pre-place the window.  This means you'll get a
frame of the window in its actual size as it will be when opened.  You can
now move the frame anywhere and press the left mouse button, and the window
will appear at this place.  This will of course override the tag settings.
If the tags will not allow a dragbar, this option will be ignored.

  ----------
  "RELEASES"
  ----------

Currently you can only get a demo version of the patch on AmiNet in
util/wb/XwinDemo.lha.  This demo only opens a window with the x-window
look.  The only gadget which is working is the close gadget.  If you have
the XSize commodity installed you can resize it too.

I will try to get finished a beta release in February next year (1996).  At
the moment I have a lot to do so I have not much time to work on the patch,
but I will try to get it done as soon as possible.

If you have suggestions, ideas, comments or critism, just e-mail me: Note
that things previewed here are subjects to change.

kenneth@norconnect.no

The Amiga is still alive!
@endnode
@node NEWS15 "Canadian History"
@toc NEWS

[A quick pointer from reader Bill Dunn... -Jason]

For any of your readers who wishes to see a major CD-ROM done all with an
Amiga network.  This is a demo of a Canadian History disc of 500 megs of
data.  Includes 54min.  of QT movies and 56M word electronic textbook.   It
is sold across Canada by Compucentre (200 stores) and Sam the Interactive
MAN.  (120 stores). 
@endnode
@node NEWS16 "SMG North American Dealer List"
@toc NEWS

SMG North American Dealer List

[We don't plan to make a habit of this, as it's a rather large list.
However, running the SMG North American dealer list from time to time may
at least encourage other distributors to do the same.  It's also
interesting to see the appearance of CEI as well as the apparent expansion
of SMG into Japan.  -Jason]

From: SMG / InTouch Systems <ir001167@interramp.com>

Date:     December 29, 1995
To:       All - Please Distribute Widely
Subject:  Authorized Dealers as of December  29, 1995
From:     Service Management Group

This is the latest list of Authorized Dealers for Amiga products.   We are
signing up dealers and processing orders daily.  Please check frequently
for new dealers.

     Dealer Name                  City           State/Prov    Phone    New

  Computer Shop of Calgary, Ltd.  Calgary          AB  CAN  403-243-4356
  Wonder Computers, Inc.          Calgary          AB  CAN  403-253-0009 *
  A 1 Computers                   Edmonton         AB  CAN  403-448-0632
  Software Supermart              Edmonton         AB  CAN  403-425-0691
  Desktop Computing               Red Deer         AB  CAN  403-342-4444
  VFX Video, Inc.                 Richmond         BC  CAN  604-244-3000
  Wonder Computers, Inc.          Richmond         BC  CAN  604-279-4240 *
  J.L. Fotovideo Camera Ctrs.     Winnipeg         MB  CAN  204-475-8730
  Corey's Computing               Winnipeg         MB  CAN  204-654-3194
  Young Monkey Studio             Fredericton      NB  CAN  506-459-7088
  Animax Multimedia, Inc.         Dartmouth        NB  CAN  902-468-2629 *
  Atlantis Kobetek, Inc.          Halifax          NS  CAN  902-422-6556
  Legendary Design Technologies   Brantford        ON  CAN  919-753-6120
  The Computer & You              Etobicoke        ON  CAN  416-231-0205
  Forest Diskasaurus              Forest           ON  CAN  519-786-2454
  J.L. Fotovideo Camera Ctrs.     Hamilton         ON  CAN  905-575-3000
  Altair Electronics, Ltd.        Kingston         ON  CAN  613-384-3876
  D.F. Technologies               London           ON  CAN  519-439-3181
  Wonder Computers, Inc.          London           ON  CAN  519-681-0004 *
  Cancom Audio Visual Inc.        Markham          ON  CAN  905-470-0466
  APIX Systems                    North York       ON  CAN  416-750-9909
  National Amiga Canada           Oakville         ON  CAN  905-845-1949
  Media Direct                    Orillia          ON  CAN  705-327-7583
  Wonder Computers, Inc.          Ottawa           ON  CAN  613-596-2542 *
  Valley Soft                     Pembroke         ON  CAN  613-732-7700
  Wonder Computers, Inc.          Scarborough      ON  CAN  416-286-0001 *
  Atlas Computers & Consulting    Sudbury          ON  CAN  705-522-1923
  OBY's Amigo Computing Shop      Sudbury          ON  CAN  705-524-5826
  Electronics 2000                Thunder Bay      ON  CAN  807-577-1759
  Comspec Communications          Toronto          ON  CAN  416-785-3553
  Randomize Computers             Tottenham        ON  CAN  905-939-8391
  Centre Maxi-Mini                Amos             QU  CAN  819-732-6464
  Informatique Richard Lamond     Lac Des 16 Iles  QU  CAN  514-226-7506
  Gfx Base Electronics            LaSalle          QU  CAN  514-367-2575
  Wonder Computers, Inc.          Montreal         QU  CAN  514-279-0002 *
  Electromike, Inc.               Quebec           QU  CAN  418-681-4138
  Info Plus                       Trois-Rivieres   QU  CAN  819-373-0894
  System Compbac, Inc.            Tokyo                JPN  81-33837-868
  SoftWood, Inc.                  Phoenix          AZ  USA  800-247-8314
  Troxell Communications, Inc.    Phoenix          AZ  USA  602-437-7240
  Wentek                          Scottsdale       AZ  USA  602-483-7200
  Transdata Systems Co., Ltd.     Anaheim          CA  USA  714-630-8711
  Visionsoft                      Carmel           CA  USA  408-626-2633
* The Lively Computer             La Mesa          CA  USA  619-589-9455
  IHD Global Computer Center      National City    CA  USA  619-477-0402
  Applied Computer Systems        North Highlands  CA  USA  916-338-2000
* TS Computers                    North Hollywood  CA  USA  818-760-4445
  Alex Electronics                Paradise         CA  USA  916-872-0896
  La Bine Productions             Rialto           CA  USA  909-355-9756
  Wave Systems                    San Diego        CA  USA  619-495-9238
  Megagem                         Santa Maria      CA  USA  805-349-1104
  Anti Gravity Products           Santa Monica     CA  USA  310-393-9747
  Compuhelp Computers             Van Nuys         CA  USA  818-901-0280
  The Computer Room               Aurora           CO  USA  303-696-8973
  Davis Audio-Visual, Inc.        Denver           CO  USA  303-455-1122
  Softown, Inc.                   Danbury          CT  USA  203-797-8080
  Derrick Electronics             Hamden           CT  USA  203-248-7227
  Videology                       Newtown          CT  USA  203-270-9000
* Infotronics                     Woodbury         CT  USA  203-263-5350
  DeVine Computer Sales           Newark           DE  USA  302-738-9046
  Eagle Computers & Video         Melbourne        FL  USA  407-951-9732
  Harddrivers Co.                 Merrit Island    FL  USA  407-453-5805
  Centennial Video Systems        Miami            FL  USA  305-633-2200
* Creative Equipment, Intl.       Miami            FL  USA  305-266-2800
  Miami Picture & Sound company   Miami            FL  USA  305-666-4055
* Computer Video Associates       Pinellas Park    FL  USA  813-576-5242
  Showcase Video                  Atlanta          GA  USA  404-325-7676
* ACS Computer & Video            Norcross         GA  USA  404-263-9190
  Hawkeye Communications          Coralville       IA  USA  319-354-3354
  Computer Advantage              Des Moines       IA  USA  515-252-6167
  Commodore Computer Center       Boise            ID  USA  208-342-3401
  Maxximum Video Creations        Boise            ID  USA  208-322-3091
  Blackrock Computers Plus        Pocatello        ID  USA  208-323-0012
  Trend Port U.S.                 Algonquin        IL  USA  708-854-9671
  MicroTech Solutions             Aurora           IL  USA  708-851-3033
* Micro-PACE, Inc.                Champaign        IL  USA  217-356-1884
  Select Solutions                Champaign        IL  USA  800-322-1261
  Ring Video Systems              Riverside        IL  USA  708-442-0009
  Digital Arts                    Bloomington      IN  USA  812-330-0124
  R.C. Instruments                Cicero           IN  USA  317-984-9400
  Desktop Video Systems           Lenexa           KS  USA  913-782-8888
  Mission Electronics, Inc.       Lenexa           KS  USA  913-894-8480
  Video Lab                       Shawnee          KS  USA  913-631-0045
  Smith Audio Visual, Inc.        Topeka           KS  USA  913-235-3481
  Icon Computers & Software       Bridgewater      MA  USA  508-697-6060
  Crimson Tech                    Cambridge        MA  USA  617-868-5150
  The Camera Company              Norwood          MA  USA  617-769-7810
  Kipp Visual Systems             Gaithersburg     MD  USA  301-670-7906
  EMH Systems                     Auburn           ME  USA  207-784-2048
  Amiga Crossing                  Cumberland       ME  USA  207-829-3959
  Thalner Electronic Labs         Ann Arbor        MI  USA  313-761-4506
  Slipped Disk                    Madison Heights  MI  USA  810-546-3475
  Spectrum Computer Product       Prudenville      MI  USA  517-366-8569
  Alpha Video                     Edina            MN  USA  800-388-0008
  A/V Solutions                   St. Paul         MN  USA  612-698-1175
  Data Grafix                     Sprintfield      MO  USA  417-882-1899 *
  VIP Systems, Inc.               Chapel Hill      NC  USA  919-968-9477
  Magic Page Products             Winston-Salem    NC  USA  910-785-3695
  Amicom Computer Technology      Omaha            NE  USA  402-556-6160
  Sir Render A/V                  Mays Landing     NJ  USA  609-625-0472
  KBI Systems                     Mountainside     NJ  USA  908-654-3600
  Electro-Tech                    Las Vegas        NV  USA  702-435-3201
  The Microworks                  Buffalo          NY  USA  716-873-1856
  Mr. Hardware                    Central Islip    NY  USA  516-234-8110
  Area 52, Inc.                   Coram            NY  USA  516-476-1615
  Amigo Business Computers        East Northport   NY  USA  516-757-7334
  Better Concepts, Inc.           Garnerville      NY  USA  914-786-1711
  Armato's Pro Video              Glendale         NY  USA  718-628-6800
  Revels-Bey Music                Hempstead        NY  USA  516-565-9404
  CTL Electronics                 New York         NY  USA  212-233-0754
  Tri-State Camera, Inc.          New York         NY  USA  212-633-2290
  Seismic Business Systems        Poughkeepsie     NY  USA  914-462-4518
  T.J.'s Unlimited                Rochester        NY  USA  716-225-5810
  Copperhead Technologies         Schenectady      NY  USA  518-346-3894
  Tronix Micro Systems            Sloan            NY  USA  716-668-8176
  Paxtron Corporation             Spring Valley    NY  USA  914-578-6522
  Software Link, Inc.             White Plains     NY  USA  914-683-2512
  Compuquick Media Center         Columbus         OH  USA  614-235-1180
  Neather Realm Software          Cuyahoga Falls   OH  USA  216-928-1738
  Industrial Video, Inc.          Lorain           OH  USA  216-233-4000
  Penguin Music Store #3          Toledo           OH  USA  419-882-0961
* Clackamas Computers             Clackamas        OR  USA  503-650-0379
  Magic Box, Inc.                 Corvallis        OR  USA  541-752-5654
  Computer Users                  Springfield      OR  USA  541-726-8500
  Computer Discount Center        Erie             PA  USA  814-899-6437
  British Magazine Dist., Inc.    Hermitage        PA  USA  412-962-1218
  The Lerro Corporation           Norristown       PA  USA  610-650-4100
  CDR Systems                     Pittsburgh       PA  USA  412-351-1700
  Mega Bytes                      Pittsburgh       PA  USA  412-653-9050
  J&C Repair                      Rockton          PA  USA  814-583-5838
  Electronic Connection           West Reading     PA  USA  610-372-1010
  Kasara Microsystems             Hilton Head      SC  USA  803-842-5058
  Via Video Interaction           Knoxville        TN  USA  423-687-4328
* Computer Ease                   Corpus Christi   TX  USA  512-882-2275
* Metropolitan Computer Products  Dallas           TX  USA  214-702-9119
  Microsearch                     Houston          TX  USA  713-988-2818
  Computer Wise, Inc.             Logan            UT  USA  801-752-2500
  Dewberry's Computers & Supplies Danville         VA  USA  804-799-0502
  Whitlock Group, The             Richmond         VA  USA  804-273-9100
  Spectral Multimedia, Inc.       Bellevue         WA  USA  206-451-4075
  Amiga Northwest Studio          Bothell          WA  USA  206-488-5664
  MS Digital                      Edmonds          WA  USA  206-742-7051
  Envision PC Consulting          Lynnwood         WA  USA  206-469-6775
  Omni International Trading      Seattle          WA  USA  206-217-0607
  Zipperware                      Seattle          WA  USA  206-223-1107
  Camera Corner, Inc.             Green Bay        WI  USA  414-435-5353
  Images in Motion, Inc.          Waukesha         WI  USA  414-798-9400
* Safe Harbor                     Waukesha         WI  USA  800-544-6599
  Taylor Pro Audio / Video        Wauwatosa        WI  USA  414-778-0944

Any of these dealers can process your Amiga order.  If your local dealer
does not appear on the list, encourage them to sign up.

Dealer Sign-up: Dealers can request an application by faxing their request
to the SMG at (410) 992-9979 or (410) 715-6859.  Make your request on
company letterhead.  Be sure to include your name, address, telephone and
fax numbers.

Dealers can contact us via phone at (410) 715-6850, via Fax at (410)
992-9979 or (410) 715-6850, via Internet email at pbielski@interramp.com,
or via CompuServe mail at 72060,3271.
@endnode
@node NEWS17 "Xoper 2.6"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

Xoper 2.6

VERSION

Xoper 2.6 (17.11.95) by Werner Guenther and Gunther Nikl

AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 1988-92 by
Werner Guenther
Copyright (c) 1993-95 by
Gunther Nikl, Ziegendorfer Chaussee 96, D-19370 Parchim, Germany.
gnikl@informatik.uni-rostock.de

DESCRIPTION

Xoper is a system monitor to display various system lists.  For example, it
can show all running tasks with their cpu usage.  Xoper not only displays a
list of all tasks but it can show other system lists from Exec, DOS or
Intuition as well.  Some examples are the port list, available windows and
screens, and DOS-devices.

NEW FEATURES

This release is mainly to fix bugs (for a complete list consult the guide).

One important change affects the CLI start.  Xoper now uses a new technique
to detach itself from the CLI that is officially supported by the system. 
For those who do not like detaching, Xoper offers a new option `KEEPIO' to
disable that feature.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

The program requires at least version 1.2 (V33) of the operating system.

AVAILABILITY

Aminet, eg.

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/util/moni/Xoper26.lha

PRICE

Xoper 2.6 is FREEWARE

DISTRIBUTABILITY

It is illegal to distribute this program on disks which cost more than US
$5 per floppy disk, or more than US $20 per CD.

OTHER

This software is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind, either
expressed or implied.  In no event will the author be liable for direct,
indirect, incidental or consequential damages or data loss resulting from
the use or application of this software.  The entire risk as to the results
and performance of this software is assumed by the user.
@endnode
@node NEWS18 "SetMouse v2.0"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

SetMouse

VERSION

2.0   (07.12.95)

AUTHOR

Ketil Hunn
Nabbetorpveien 35B
N-1632 Gamle Fredrikstad
Norway

E-Mail: Ketil.Hunn@hiMolde.no

http://www.himolde.no/~ketil/

DESCRIPTION

Small utility to centre mousepointer on screen upon startup as in
MS-Windows.  Nice if you have many programs in your WBStart-drawer (the
wait-pointer will be centered and well visible).

May also position/move mousepointer to any coordinates on a screen.

NEW FEATURES

o SetMouse V2.0 can also generate a left, middle, right mouse button press
    (or any combination of these).

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

OS 2.04 or higher.

AVAILABILITY

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/Shell/SetMouseV20.lha ()

PRICE

Free.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

Freeware.  Do with it as you please.
@endnode
@node NEWS19 "RO v1.20"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

RO

VERSION

1.20

COMPANY

none

AUTHOR

Oliver Rummeyer
Hochbergstrasse 49/1
D-88213 Ravensburg
Germany/Europe

<oliver.rummeyer@student.uni-ulm.de>

DESCRIPTION

RO is a new Intuition-controlled, fully user-configurable file manager for
OS 2.04 and newer.  You can use RO to copy, move, rename or delete files,
and you can perform a filetype sensitive action command (e.g.  show
pictures or texts, play sounds, etc with one single command button) on
files via GUI.

RO's mighty features will assist and help you on your daily work with your
Amiga.  With RO there is no need to learn those cryptic shell commands,
because you have the complete power of your Amiga in one hand.

Some features are:

 o uses MUI
 o very small executable
 o highly configurable
 o user configurable filetypes
 o supports datatypes
 o supports XPK, PP and ARCHandler
 o path name completer
 o more than 50 internal commands
 o user menu support
 o hotkey & hotdir support
 o powerful arexx port
 o very fast directory and file operations
 o appicon launches progs for defined filetypes
 o english, french and german documentation & catalog
 o supports middle mouse button
 o nice preference program
 o dynamic listviews
 o drag & drop

NEW FEATURES

- Version 1.20 (3.12.95)

 o requires MUI 3.1 or better.
 o Made some changes for MUI3+ compatibily.
 o Fixed some minor bugs.
 o Catalog files changed.
 o Removed some useless menu entries.
 o New menu entry MUI...
 o New menu entry RO...
 o Improved RO prefs handling.
 o Implemented resizeable listviews.
 o Implemented drag&drop mechanism.

REQUIRENTS

RO requires Magic User Interface (MUI) version 3.1 or later.

AVAILABILITY

RO 1.20 is available on Aminet, e.g.

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/util/dir/RO_V120.lha

PRICE

Shareware fee US$ 20 or 30,- DM 

DISTRIBUTABILITY

Shareware, RO 1.20 is (c) 1994,1995 by Oliver Rummeyer
@endnode
@node NEWS20 "Oberon System V4"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

Oberon System V4 for Amiga

VERSION

1.0

AUTHOR

Stefan Ludwig, Claudio Nieder, Ralf Degner

E-Mail: ludwig@inf.ethz.ch, degner@pallas.amp.uni-hannover.de

S-Mail: Stefan Ludwig
        Institut fuer Computersysteme
        ETH-Zentrum
        CH-8092 Zuerich

DESCRIPTION

Oberon System V4 for Amiga (O4A) is a full implementation of ETH Zurich's
Oberon System V4.

Oberon is both a programming language and an operating system developed by
Prof.  N.  Wirth and Prof.  J.  Gutknecht.

The Oberon System in key words:
 - Single-process multitasking
 - Garbage collector - memory will be released automatically if
   not needed anymore
 - Commandos: procedures that can be called like programs
 - Dynamic loading: modules are loaded and linked to the system
   during run-time (if necessary)
 - Text as a built-in abstract data type (for example a
   Minesweeper game as a letter (like OLE and OpenDOC))
 - Graphical user interface

A special advantage is the very high compatibility of the systems between
implementations on different computers.  System V4 implementations exist
for Amiga, Mac, Power Mac, Windows (NT), Linux, IBM-RS6000, Sun-Sparc,
HP-Workstations, NeXt, ...  You can use a program written on one
implementation on any other without change.

O4A is a full implementation of the Oberon System V4 with all usual
programs.  The system runs in its own task and therefore you can use O4A
and the Amiga OS at the same time.  Specific features of the Amiga
implementation are its incremental heap allocation, support of the Amiga
clipboard and the capability of accessing IFF files.

The O4A package contains:
 - A full Oberon-2 compiler
 - Development tools (Browser, Analyzer, Disassembler)
 - XE, a comfortable 'editor' with layout functions
 - Kepler, an object-oriented 2D vector drawing program
 - Paint, a simple pixel-oriented paint program
 - A lot of additional tools (Draw, RX, AsciiCoder, ...)
 - Various text elements
 - Games: Tetris and Minesweeper (with source)
 - Example sources and online documentation

To get more information about the programming language and operating system
Oberon have a look at the "Oberon and Amiga" WWW page:
http://sun1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de/~nhbidegn/oa-e.html There you will find
links to other Oberon information resources.
 
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

- Amiga with OS2.0 or higher
- at least an MC68020
- a minimum of 1.5 MB free memory (2.5 MB recommended)
- about 3 MB disk space
- FPU for floating point calculations
  (without FPU Oberon-NonFPU.lha is required)

AVAILABILITY

The Home of Oberon is the ETH Zurich.  There you can find many Oberon
System implementations, especially the Amiga version:

ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch/pub/Oberon/Amiga/V1.0/

Oberon.lha (1.1 MB)        - main archive
Oberon-NonFPU.lha (100 KB) - to use O4A without FPU
Oberon-Src.lha (600 KB)    - the full source of O4A

It is available in the Aminet directory dev/obero, too.

PRICE

It's free, but not PD.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

Oberon System V4 for Amiga is (C)opyright 1990-95 by Claudio Nieder, Stefan
Ludwig, Ralf Degner and the Institute for Computer Systems ETH Zurich.

All files in the archives are freeware.  You can use it in any way you like
but you must not include part of it in a commercial product.
@endnode
@node NEWS21 "KingFisher v2.20"
@toc NEWS

NAME

KingFisher

VERSION

2.20

SYNOPSIS

A major update to the PREMIER "Fish Disk" & CD-ROM software catalog
maintenance and search tool available to all Amigas w/ KS2.04 or later.
See PURPOSE section below for more details.

NEW FEATURES

----- KingFisher 2.20 -----------------------------------------
Hotlinked Product-Info    - View live Product-Info while you edit
Product-Info files        - More robust, flexible, compatible
Paint your own buttons    - Replace any of 28 gadgets (KS39+)
Default Database          - If missing, KingFisher won't panic
Improved documentation    - *Major* rework, better organization
Keyfile                   - No more huge, ugly patches(*)
Numerous minor improvments in various areas.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Adding Fish               - Major bug fixed (froze)
Numerous misfeatures and minor bugs fixed.
---------------------------------------------------------------
(*)Registered users may receive their keyfiles by email or via
   upgrades as described in the documentation.

PURPOSE

KingFisher is a tool specifically designed to maintain and search one or
more databases for software.  The program permits manual browsing, but
offers a powerful expression parser through which you can explain to
KingFisher exactly what you are looking for.

The layout of database records for display is programmable, as is the
format used for printing and that for writing records to a file.  This
permits complete customization, separately for each database.

Allowing you to view a "live" Product-Info file now enables you to have
KingFisher instantly demonstrate the effect of an edit.  Produce
Product-Info files for your software more easily than ever!

KingFisher uses a resizable GadTools window on the default public screen or
on a custom screen, offers the choice of both smart and simple refresh
windows, and supports proportional fonts (including scalable fonts) of
nearly any size.

KingFisher supports more than one database, and databases that are larger
than a single disk volume, which are spread over any number of disks to be
mounted on request.

Using advanced Client-Server Technology, KingFisher supports multiple
simultaneous users with a minimum of memory overhead (as little as 35K) for
each user (an ARexx-based interface named RexxFisher provides a BBS with
the means to serve many databases to many users!) KingFisher's multi-user
support in NO WAY hinders its value in a single-user environment!

KingFisher is localized.  Catalogs are supplied for Dansk, Deutsch,
Espanol, Nederlands, Suomi, and Svenska.  More are expected as translators
are found (hint, hint!)

Fully integrated AmigaGuide help provides context sensitive assistance and
information on menu items and gadgets under the mouse pointer.  Hundreds of
links cross-reference over 200K of redesigned documentation.

KingFisher comes with a complete, read-to-use database of descriptions for
Fred's "Fish Disks" 1-1000!  The command "Install database..." helps adding
existing databases from CD-ROM.

REQUIREMENTS

With Fish Disk Database (1.5MB), approximately 2.2MB of harddisk space is
needed.  The program requires about 300K of memory to run, depending on the
size of the database index files and some other factors.  Kickstart V37
(2.04) is required; V38 (2.1) is required for localization.

COMPATIBILITY
O/S:      Minimum KS V37 (2.04); V38 recommended; V39/V40 best!
CPU:      68000 through 68040.  Untested on 68060.
Display:  Picasso II, EGS Spectrum, CyberGraphics.

Enforcer and Mungwall used during testing.

PRICE
Shareware registration fee is $20(US) or DM30.  A registration site in
Germany is available for European users.

---------------------------------------------------------------
USERS GROUPS and their members are eligible for a 20% discount!
You must provide name and mailing address for your users group
to be eligible for the discount price: $16(US) or DM24.
---------------------------------------------------------------

RESTRICTIONS

The freely distributable, unregistered (EVALUATION) version is limited to a
maximum of two simultaneous users.  Register for the full version and show
your support!

AUTHOR & AUTHOR'S ADDRESS (inquiries, registration, technical support)

Udo Schuermann                    (The address
7022 Hanover Parkway, Apt. C2      changed in
Greenbelt, MD 20770-2049           July 95)
USA

email:    walrus@wam.umd.edu
www:    http://www.wam.umd.edu/~walrus/
    http://www.wam.umd.edu/~walrus/KingFisher.html

LOCATION

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/biz/dbase/KingFisher220.lha (881631)
http://www.uga.umd.edu/cgi-bin/KingFisher2.lha (881631)
@endnode
@node NEWS22 "BBMouseServDoc"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

BBMouseServDoc - documentation for the BridgeBoard Mouse Server

VERSION

Release 1.0.

AUTHOR

Remi Lenoir
Email:    <remi@dvsystems.com>

DESCRIPTION

BBMouseServDoc describes the operation of MouseServ, the BridgeBoard mouse
server, with the goal of helping the writing of mouse drivers for other
OSes than DOS/Windows.  Along with the documentation comes a demo program
called MyMouse which demonstrates the use of MouseServ as explained in the
doc.

FEATURES

A documentation and a demo program including full source code. 

REQUIREMENTS

- A Commodore BridgeBoard.

AVAILABILITY

BBMouseServDoc is FREEWARE and is available from Aminet.
ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/misc/emu/BBMouseServDoc.lha

PRICE

It is FREE.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

It is FREEWARE, not public domain.
BBMouseServDoc is (C) Copyrighted 1995 Remi Lenoir.
@endnode
@node NEWS23 "International Amiga Society"
@toc NEWS

              Announcement : The International Amiga Society

Fun, Fame & Furious
===================

Tired of the usuall dull and boring technical information found on most
Amiga webpages?  Tired of pages that never updates or get refreshed?
Looking for something to waste some time on?  Well then, read on!

This is the annoncement of the first 'infotainment' webpage dedicated to
the Amiga only.  You might have read about it back in AmigaReport 3.19, but
until now, I have been busy figuring out how to organize, design and set up
the service.

The object of the webpage is to create a place that everyone can stop for a
few minutes and enjoy themselves.  All (or most) text is dedicated directly
to the computer we all love - the Amiga.  Anecdotes, stories, tricks, how
someone has used his or her Amiga in a specially clever or different way,
people on other platforms stupidity, amazing hardware and software, records
of computerkind, etc., etc.  To simply put it: as long as it either fun or
interesting, and involves the Amiga in some way, it qualifies for the page!

Currently only a few articles have been added, but already the page is
shaping up.  However, it's now we are coming to the main point: how much I
ever want, I can't collect and supply information in the amount needed!  I
need help to make this happen!

This is not my page!  This is OUR page!  If you like it, and want it to
survive, YOU must contribute!  If you don't like the appearance, atleast
tell me!  If I get many diffrent suggestions, I'll arrange a voting!  But
without feedback it's impossible to know what to do.

So, how is this page maintained?  Well, the main reason why most homepages
never or seldom gets updated, is that the person responsible for it either
works in an alien and/or unfriendly environment, ie.  Unix and PC, or that
the process for uploading the information to the www directory (usually the
homedirectory) involves so many cumbersome steps that only the thought of
doing it, discourages even the most determinded writer.

I soon realised this and developed an arexx script that automatically
checks if there is files to upload or directories to make, and
simultaenously maintaines the files, inserts datestrings etc.  In the
development is also a routine that creates and maintaince a history index,
which contains links to each article that have been uploaded.  This makes
it easier (not to say possible!) to resume reading from the previous
location.  Ok, if you have a giant setting for your global history file in
your web browser, you may maybe succed in remembering which articles you
have read but I doubt it.  The history index file will contain links in
historical order (hence the name :) and an user can jump in reading from
the date of the latest visit.

What is now the name of this amazing page?  Well, actually it has no real
name sofar, only a work name: 'Funny Stories', which I after long
discussions have determinded to discard.  If you have a suggestion, please
tell me.

Check out the page at:

 http://artworks.apana.org.au/~johan/iasf

Although this URL is subject to change, it will be valid for the
predictable future.  Contributions, questions, suggestions, etc.  can be
sent to:

 IAS-Funny@artworks.apana.org.au

and mail of private nature should be sent to:

 johan@artworks.apana.org.au

 Once again: I need YOUR contribution! NOW!     (Sounds like Uncle Sam :)

 * Johan Torin - Halmstad, Sweden - johan@artworks.apana.org.au *
@endnode
@node NEWS24 "MagicCX v1.2"
@toc NEWS

TITLE

MagicCX

VERSION

1.2

AUTHOR

Kai Iske
Brucknerstrasse 18
63452 Hanau
Germany
Tel.: +49-(0)6181-850181

email: iske@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de

DESCRIPTION

MagicCX is the definite commodity/system enhancer for any Amiga running OS
2.x or better.  It is a very powerful and flexible system.  MagicCX is a
multifunctional commodity/tool collection which is somehow unique as it
does not contain all the functions offered, but has the main
functions/features built into external modules, so that users may configure
MagicCX to their needs.  MagicCX is the successor of KCommodity, which was
a multifunctional commodity/tool, too.  The program offers a lot more
functions than KCommodity.  All of the functions known from KCommodity were
put into MagicCX and were enhanced, of course.

Some of the main features the program offers are: CycleToMenu, PhoneBill
(Modem conntect monitoring with cost calculation), Screen/Window Grabber,
AnalogClock, Calendar, Window manipulation functions of all sort (like
cycling, activating, hunting for windows), Screen Blanker with
Blanker/Dimmer and several external blanker modules, Mouse blanker, Screen
Selector type facilities, ToolAlias, ARexx control, Titlebar clock,
Function keys, Exploding Windows, Keystroke clicker, WBGauge, system wide
String gadget enhancements, and much, much more.

  *** MagicCX is an SASG product ***

- It incorporates many, many features known from
  other commodities/tools, while offering new, unseen
  features

- External preferences program allows full control
  over MagicCX and all the functions.

- It offers a special module design, known from
  Workbench. You may install/use modules/functions
  by simply dragging them to a Modules directory, if
  not used, move them to a storage directory.

- Localized under OS 2.1 and up. English, German, French,
  Danish, and Swedish translations available

- Compact system installation. Only a few files
  will be spread around your system. All others
  are kept in a single directory (Configurable)

- Only basic functions (window activation and such)
  are built into the main program. The remaining
  features were put into external modules

- MagicCX comes with 28 (for now) different modules
  you may choose from.

- Flexible blanker system with two internal blankers
  and 25 (for now) external blanker modules

- Utilizes powerful gadget layout library (gtlayout.library)

- ...and much, much more

NEW FEATURES

- 7 new powerful modules

- 5 new blanker modules

- plenty of fixes, enhancements, improvements

- Actually too much to mention here, take a look at the
  history file, which is approximately 27KB in size, just
  mentioning changes from 1.1 to 1.2

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

OS 2.x and up (Harddisk recommended but not needed)

LOCATION

Any AmiNet site, for example:

ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/util/cdity/MagicCX12.lha (637444 Bytes)

PRICE

Shareware according to SASG prices

SASG is the Standardized Amiga Shareware Group, formed by several Shareware
authors, who whish to supply powerful software to the Amiga Community at
standard prices.  More information about SASG and it`s goals may be found
within the archive.

- DM   30.-
- FF   120.-
- SFr  30.-
- #    15.-
- US$  20.-
- Aus$ 30.-

DISTRIBUTABILITY

Shareware
(Keyfile protected, all features available for evaluation)
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@node FEATURE1 "WORMS Tips"
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[Funny how we haven't had a chance to review it yet, but hey, here's an
article of tips on the game Worms by the author himself. -Jason]

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   EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT WORMS, BUT WERE TOO AFRAID TO ASK
                         BY ANDY "WORMS" DAVIDSON
===========================================================================

First of all, thanks to everyone who has bought the game - here's all the
hidden stuff I put in Amiga WORMS, and a lot more besides ...

* ONE MAN AND HIS SHEEP

Need more sheep?  Get depressed when you pick up every weapon crate, only
to end up with 9 teleports and 7 cluster bombs?

Type in TOTAL WORMAGE (with the space) on the title screen for "SHEEP
MODE".  If you're using a joypad press GREEN, UP, PAUSE, PAUSE, YELLOW
(which spells GUPPY - a tribute to the late Bananafish)

This gives you 3 sheep, 1 banana bomb and a minigun straight away (go into
Weapon Options if you need an UNLIMITED SUPPLY of sheep)

For all those who were offended at the thought of sheep being kept in small
wooden crates, sheep mode lets you shoot ANY weapon crate to FREE THE
SHEEP!  Killing your opponent with a liberated sheep is a very satisfying
way to win and well worth activating smug mode for.

* A FAMOUS LEGEND

The "legendary prod move" is a not available in any shops, you can only buy
by doing this combination of moves (in the best Mortal Kombat tradition)
...

Get next to your victim and press AWAY, AWAY, TOWARDS, TOWARDS (in other
words, if your worm is facing right press left, left, right, right)

* CUSTOMISING THAT WORM BUT MORE SO

The custom level option is EVEN MORE EXCITING than you thought - you can
set the gravity, friction, sky and water colours for your levels ...

Instead of saving your level as FISHCAKE.WRM, save it as FISHCAKE.????.WRM
the 4 question marks being 4 numbers ...

The first number is gravity and can be between 1 and 5 (1=very low,
3=normal 5=very high).  Mars and alien levels have a gravity of 2.

The second number is friction and can be between 1 and 5 (1=very low,
3=normal, 5=very high).  Arctic and alien levels have a friction of 2.

The third and forth numbers are the sky and water colours and can be
between and 9 - fans of green water can now have a matching green sky.

You can also make your own message appear, when your level is chosen, by
giving your level file a comment.  Do this by clicking on the level icon
and choosing "Information" from the Workbench menus (the icon menu on 2.0+)

If you want to share your level with the rest of the world, then upload it
to ftp.team17.com in the directory /pub/incoming

* MAKING IT OFFICIAL

When playing with 4 people it is normal either for 3 people to gang up on 1
(fox and rabbit type thing) or for 2 to join forces to get rid of the other
2 who have resorted to the EVIL use of the blow torch (star wars type
thing) You can now recreate the Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker thing (and shout
"you're not my father" alot) with the OFFICAL TWO AGAINST TWO MODE!

At team select after you have clicked on 4 teams, click on 2 again - the
stars will change to circles (a symbolic type thing).

* LOTS OF WORMS IN A LIST

The Wormlist lets you keep a record of loads of people's worms.  You just
have to type their name at Team Entry, click on List and all their worms
will be listed.  However, before this is possible you will have to get rid
of all the default ownerless worms.  These were put in for those people who
panic when asked to name their worms and resort to the EVIL 1,2,3+4 team.

To kill a load of innocent worms, go to records and choose View Wormlist. 
Highlight a worm that isn't one of yours or the computers and press the
right mouse button.  After you have assasinated all the unwanted worms,
click on ok and go to Save Wormlist.

* EVEN MORE KEYS

If you don't know people well enough to keep reaching across them, you have
another set of keys to control your worm on the left of the keyboard ...

z=left, c=right, x=down, d=up, ctrl=jump, tab=toggle names, '=centre on worm

You can use two mouses as well by selecting two controllers in Options.

* WHAT THE ....?

If you feel a word is missing from this sample then change it to something
more appropriate for a highly dangerous explosive device landing next to a
small pink invertebrate (?!)

All the samples on disks 2+3 in the TWEnglish/TWFrench/TWGerman drawers are
IFF - just replace them with your own but don't exceed the size of the
original samples or WORMS will crash violently at Game Start.  Also, don't
change the names of the samples.  BUT USE BACKUPS!  =)

Don't forget, if you make a good sample set then upload it to
ftp.team17.com in the directory /pub/incoming.

* FOUR BILLION?  BUT WHICH ONES?

If you find a particularly good level in Amiga WORMS make sure you tell
everyone, especially if you find one of the weird levels (you'll know them
when you see them!), or a level that looks like an animal!

These are the best levels I've found so far ...

1803921718 - weirdful scrapyard level (best level so far)
3549908729 - jungle level with crashed helicopter on island
252101829  - another one of the weird levels, a perfectly curved island
345076839  - bridge over troubled island
1706205299 - arctic caves
THORAHIRD  - explore her hidden depths

And from the animal collection (only some people can see them!) ...

954338916  - sneezing alien elephant
2810298544 - horse sticking head out of water
3376459905 - a bit of a triceratops

* A LONG TIME AGO ...

WORMS started life 4 years ago as a simple tank game called ARTILLERY.
It's aim was to keep us conscious during A-Level Art.  But tanks weren't
interest enough, and they were soon replaced with soldiers in ARTILLERY 2.
As A-Level Art got more boring, more stuff such as teams of soldiers and
dynamite was added resulting in ***ARTILLERY.  Having survived A-Level Art,
it eventually became clear that soldiers weren't interesting enough either
- a replacement had to be found for "the things that walk and jump".

Worms were decided on, as back in August '93, none of them had ever been
called Jim.  A complete rewrite started under the name Total Wormage, or TW
as everyone playtesting it had to call it.  Alot of sleepless nights later,
September '94, I took it to the ECTS and showed Martyn Brown at Team 17. 
After 5 minutes he said "Do you want it published?"

Total Wormage became WORMS and came out in November '95.  So the moral of
this tale is if you want to get a game published, take A-Level Art.

ARTILLERY - 1991
ARTILLERY 2 - 1991
***ARTILLERY - 1991-1993
TOTAL WORMAGE - 1993-1994
WORMS - 1994-1995

* ABOUT THAT CONCRETE DONKEY

The garden should be a happy place, but if there is a large concrete donkey
standing in it, it puts a bit of a downer on things.  As a child I was very
disturbed by it - I was convinced that my parents had concreted over a real
donkey and just left it there (what happened to Bananafish also got me
suspicious).  I can remember chipping away at its tail with a stone, to see
if there was fur under there.

Today, the donkey has taken on a religious significance resulting in the
"Cult of the Concrete Donkey".  Sacrifical gifts are regularly laid between
its ears, the most recent being a small can of Heinz Baked Beans
(unopened).

This practice of concreting over donkeys may be more widespread as there
have recently been sightings of other concrete donkeys - most disturbing of
all was that one of them was a baby donkey.

* DONKEY WATCH

"Donkey Watch" was started to see exactly how many donkeys have ended up as
nothing more than garden "ornaments".  If you see one, make sure you report
it.

* ABOUT BANANAFISH

Bananafish was a white and yellow goldfish, and was pretty clever as
goldfish go - he could play dead, and roll over on command.  Sadly,
Bananafish came to a nasty end when the pond was filled with concrete.
There have been various sightings of Bananafish over the years, but none of
them have been confirmed

* AN APOLOGY ...

I promised a load of people on IRC channel #Amiga their own worms in Amiga
WORMS, and then proceeded to lose the piece of paper I wrote them down on!
to all the people I discussed Concrete Donkeys with - StoneD, RMerlin,
MrDaniel and everyone else - sorry =(

* WORMS -> ?

I was adding stuff to Amiga Worms right up until its release, and I'm doing
a patch disk at the moment to fix any bugs in it.  This disk will also add
all the things that I didn't have time for.

If there's anything you want to say about WORMS - I'd like to know.

Keep on worming ...

ANDY "WORMS" DAVIDSON

MAD? POSSIBLY
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@node FEATURE2 "The Commodore Postscript Project"
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                     The Commodore Postscript Project
  Laurence Vanhelsuwé                         Laurence.Vanhelsuwe@ping.be
===========================================================================

December 1995 (C) Laurence Vanhelsuwé

---

Hello all you Commodore watchers...  here's a real story you didn't know or
read about so far.

It's about 3 Commodore software engineers, a Postscript laser printer, and
Life's ups and downs.

For myself, one of the engineers (Laurence Vanhelsuwé), it all began one
cold day in January 1991.

A small, insignificant job ad peered back at me from the pages of
"Computing", a British weekly I.T.  industry journal which devotes half its
pages to job advertisements.  The ad mentioned our beloved Amiga, a rare
thing to mention in these types of "serious" magazines.

As if my years of Amiga experience weren't enough inducement to immediately
launch an enticing CV printed on highest quality paper, the ad also
mentioned Postscript, a language I knew and liked a lot.  Clearly the ad
had potential and, sure enough, I didn't have to twiddle my thumbs for too
long before I was invited for an interview...

My eyes expanded to cover half my face when I learned that this mystery
progressive company (who dared using Amigas !) was in fact...  Commodore
itself.

Commodore ?!  But I thought Commodore's only U.K.  presence was in the
south of England (with their Maidenhead box-shifting centre).  And this
interview would be in Hull: the antithesis of an attractive city; a city
without an ounce of enviable cultural or architectural heritage.

But Hull it was.  Life's so strange sometimes :-)
(My apologies to any inhabitants of Hull I've offended, but hey: it's a
real dump isn't it ?!)

More surprises were to follow though.  My interview was to be held at the
premises of the recruiting company that originally advertised the position.
That company had offices - of sorts - in a bland, old, half-deserted
terraced house in a plain old residential area.  Commodore officials would
interview me there, the recruitment company had told me.

As I approached the front door I fully expected an ugly housewife in
slippers to open the door and tell me to go sell my vacuum cleaners
somewhere else (she would have had to be quite drunk since my black attaché
case didn't look anything like a vacuum cleaner).

But no, as the buzzing lock opened the door, I was simply greeted by a
simplistic arrow sign pointing to the first floor.  I had played adventure
games before, but this was ridiculous...

On the first floor I was finally greeted with the recruiting lady I had
exchanged letters and messages with (but no bodily fluids - shame).  She
simply welcomed me and told me she would inform the Commodore interviewer
of my arrival.  Minutes later he materialized out of nowhere and took me
into a small interviewing room.

The usual interviewing exchanges took place: he asked me to summarize my
life - something which had already become embarrassingly complex by that
time - and then proceeded to explain what the job would consist of.  In
this case nothing less than the full implementation of a Postscript
interpreter, from scratch, and for the Amiga.  Other tasty carrots were
dangled in front of my (starving) face; the most interesting one being the
programming of the next generation graphics.library with added support for
the AA graphics chipset.

I must have radiated a lot of enthusiasm as the interviewer, Steve Beats,
wanted to show me the actual premises.  I was about to see Commodore's
secretive R&D inner sanctum.  I prepared myself for a short trip in a car,
or something along those lines...  instead all that happened was a short
walk down the stairs to the ground floor level and going through another
door !

   What ?!

Commodore was located on the floor beneath the recruiting company?

If the "offices" of the recruiting company above our heads were sparse, to
say the least, then "Commodore's" offices were proportionately primitive,
chaotic and dirty to boot.

Yes, the thoroughly uncelebrated "Hull branch" of Commodore International
was in fact one single large room in an old, half-empty terraced house. 
Glitter and glamour.  Not a hint.  I was disappointed.

No secretaries, no managers, no testing department, no hardware people, no
cleaning ladies, no bosses.  Nothing !

When we walked through the door, one young programmer got up and greeted
me.  Yep, "they" were TWO, an Apple- or Microsoft-crushing TWO.  Most
amputees from the world's timber industries could count them: one...  TWO!

..and I was supposed to become number three.

Of course, without a job at the time, and with this very exciting software
project on the table (Postscript from scratch), I effortlessly managed to
blot out the surrealist working environment and eagerly accepted the job.

I moved from Leicester to Hull, and for the first week or so stayed in a
hotel close by, while I sorted out some more permanent accommodation.

Work, on the other hand, was quicker in coming.  The goal was simple:
Postscript on the Amiga.  We had a real Postscript laser printer in the
room and all the official Addison-Wesley Adobe manuals (the red, green and
blue books).  Enough reference material to get going immediately.

Steve Beats, who will go down the Amiga Hall of Fame for his involvement
with the Fast File System and the scsi.device, charged me with leading the
project due to Commodore West Chester's incessant calls on him.  The new
filing system and SCSI code needed bugs ironing out, plus there were at
that time also some difficult decisions to be made regarding (the by now
infamous) Retargetable Graphics (RTG) issue.

After some 6 years of relying on the quickly obsolete becoming Amiga
graphics architecture, everyone agreed that the OS itself had to somehow
pull itself free from this damaging embrace with its underlying hardware
that had once put it so much in the spotlights.

Postscript was put forward by some people (but none of us three) as the
solution.  After all, didn't Steve Jobs' Next's reliance on Postscript give
it some tremendous advantages over lesser machines ?  True, but we weren't
convinced for the Amiga.  My personal view was that we needed to design a
graphics hardware-independent API (an E.G.S.  or a CyberGraphX) so that
third-party graphics cards could be supported, as was standard in the PC
world.  Graphics cards were extremely expensive for the Amiga at that time,
and official software support could bring those prices down, benefitting
everyone involved.

Bill Gates' Windows kludge was gaining popularity at a fierce pace and even
that lowly piece of spaghetti code had card-independence.  For the Amiga to
loose a battle on graphics, its forte for years, was unacceptable !

While the knot (Postscript vs.  an RTG API) hadn't yet been fully cut, we
had to keep ourselves busy with researching Postscript-technology in
preparation for the full, bright, green light, whatever direction it would
launch us in.

About a month after I started.  Steve even went to the States to take part
in an important graphics meeting.  RTG Would be discussed, and Postscript.
But Postscript won over an in-house designed API.

All brakes were released and from then on we were eating, breathing and
dreaming about Postscript.

Steve's FFS and SCSI problems meant he only got involved from time to time
during the initial stages of the project.

The junior team member, Paul Jones, who had joined Steve about a month
before me joining, and I, started the ball rolling.

Paul custom-wrote the syntactical scanner module.  No use of lex/yacc
technology was made...  no doubt because none of us were raised on UNIX
(none of us had any engineering diplomas either, but that didn't stop us).
In retrospect this was just as well, as the performance hit incurred due to
using such generic tools would have slowed down the interpreter even more.

After Paul and I were confident enough about our own understanding of
Postscript (gained through simple self-inflicted crash-courses!) I tasked
myself to categorize all Postscript language operators (analogous to
commands in other languages) so we could draw up an implementing schedule
for each.

Building block operators would have to be implemented first, easy or not. 
Then as many easy operators as possible, since they would give our
subconscious minds some time to chew on the much more complex issues to
tackle later on in the project.

Postscript isn't a collection of operators, of course.  The operators are
the flesh that hangs from a very well designed skeleton of core systems and
data structures.

Anyone who's had a look at Postscript knows it's a stack-based language. 
Postscript in fact uses several programmer-visible stacks: one for
operands, one for "dictionaries", one as the "execution stack" and another
for the graphic contexts.  The way any Postscript interpreter aspiring to
be fully Adobe compatible has to be designed is to rely on these
user-visible stacks internally too.  And heavily so.

All three of us combined minds and quickly figured out the non-trivial
inter-relationships between Postscript's memory management, string and file
handling, stack architecture and a host of other features.  Lots of
detective work on the laser printer gave us the invaluable insights
necessary to start picturing a model of the software structure of any
Postscript engine.

Our initial goal was to have a skeleton system produce, without any
kludges, the answer "4" to the simple input

   PS> 2 2 add =

And sure enough, that goal was quickly reached, within 2 months of starting
the project.  By that time most of the underlying structure was already in
place and this allowed me to start implementing the main language operators
at a furious pace, following my schedule planned weeks earlier.

Paul concentrated on string and file handling since this had some complex
interactions with his syntax scanning module.

In parallel I implemented almost all the attribute, array, control,
boolean, math and operand stack operators.

At this time Steve Beats still hadn't been able to join us full-time due to
his ongoing maintenance jobs.  His presence was again needed in the States.
As he flew off (business class of course) Paul and I could only dream of
the "real" Commodore across the pond, the place where all the real action
was going on...

Maybe we would, in time, also become famous Amiga engineers with our
Postscript, we thought.

Instead, next on my menu were dictionaries: a major feature of Postscript
and a performance critical one.  Since we allocated ourselves on a
first-come-first-serve basis (for subtasks with non-specific needs), I
began work on this since Paul was still busy doing the file operators. 
Soon dictionaries too were part of our Amiga Postscript.

Things were falling into place like perfectly matched jigsaw pieces.

Around that time Steve was finally relieved of all further work on FFS and
his SCSI driver.  He started work on the all-important graphics aspects of
Postscript.

Up till then we had been -quite rightly- concentrating on the non-graphical
aspects of Postscript.  The language core if you wish, since all the
graphics-related stuff builds on and uses the more primitive operators to
achieve its power.

Paul attacked Bezier curves, since he wasn't afraid of some math, and also
took it upon himself to design and implement the 'image' family of
operators.

Since the Postscript fonts rely very heavily on Postscript dictionaries, I
was the logical choice to tackle that can of worms.

Soon enough all three would have to start synchronizing our work since to
have one single character rendered "a la Postscript", you need line and
curve segments, rendered using true polygon fills and all this supervised
and managed by a system relying on dictionaries and Postscript procedures.

If by that time we could still have been unsure as to whether Postscript
was the answer for the Amiga's graphics architecture or not, our first
rendered characters gave us the resounding answer: "NO".

Not only was the whole system infinitely too slow (compared to the average
native speed of Text() ), but the characters exhibited graphical
inconsistencies due to the nature of the device independent calculation
pipeline inside Postscript.

In Postscript, graphical entities (curves, paths, images, fonts) are
manipulated in mathematical space until the very last moment when they are
mapped to device coordinates and rendered.  Therefore, interactions between
a device's grid coordinates and the user's floating point world coordinates
often create visually spoiling artifacts.

Adobe Postscript invests a large amount of computing resources to eliminate
these glitches in fonts through the use of "character hints" and other
increasingly obscure and secret technologies (that's how they make a
fortune selling Postscript licenses, which Commodore wanted to avoid
paying).

Of course not every character on a Postscript-rendered page is drawn the
hard way.  The font sub-system has a font cache which stores recently drawn
characters for subsequent recall, if needed.  But even with this cache, it
was clear that Text() would never, in its deepest self, use a Postscript
engine to put characters on Amiga screens.  Still, we proceeded as demanded
from us.

With the end in sight for our Level 1 Postscript system, and in the middle
of writing a dot matrix driver (instead of a screen driver), which would
have given all Amiga owners true Postscript-quality output on plain old
matrix printers, Steve relayed us rumours that our project was going to be
cancelled.  Only Steve had full access to internal R&D E-Mail.

This immediately forced a rift down the middle of our 3-man team: Steve
Beats, who had previously been based in West Chester, USA, for a number of
years had always and meticulously maintained his contacts and links with
his U.S.  colleagues.

Ever since day one he had promised Paul and I that he would arrange for us
to have our own E-Mail accounts, like any other Commodore engineer.  This
way, we too could have first-hand access to the life and energy of
Commodore R&D head quarters in West Chester.  And fully participate in the
creative processes which made the Amiga what it is.

As the months went past it slowly became clear that Steve was skillfully
managing to avoid this promise and in so doing, completely and deliberately
isolate us from West Chester HQ.  We were never allowed to phone across the
Atlantic to talk directly with management or senior engineers there.  Yet
he spent thousands of dollars on daytime cross-Atlantic direct dial-ins to
the Commodore VAX mainframe to read his private E-Mail.  Slowly, he would
start to use this planned isolation to his selfish advantage.

No one seemed to know Paul or I even existed except for a handful of
managers who had authorized our hiring.

When the rumours of a project abort persisted, Steve initially tried to
convince Commodore that we should all at least complete the project, as we
were so close to finishing.

Ned McCook, a West Chester manager flew over and had a meeting with Steve
in London.  Steve refused to have us present at that meeting, going flat
against my explicit request.  Yet again he was blocking us from any say or,
at least as importantly, any first-hand information.  I knew what I would
have tried to convince Ned of (the need for all team members to retain
their jobs and even relocation to the States), but was afraid Steve would
have a very different agenda.

On Steve's return from London I knew I had been right: the "surprise"
outcome of the meeting being that Steve would be keeping his job as
engineer while Paul and I would lose ours.

There was something seriously rotten in the Commodore Postscript "team". 
What had previously been a genuinely friendly and open gang of 3, turned
into one hypocritical cast of 2 against 1.  Steve Beats was screwing his
two junior team-members, big time, and we knew it.  Yet we couldn't vent
any anger or opinions.  We were three in a room, 5 days a week, with our
backs towards each other - luckily.

Morale in the project plummeted.  Even Steve's.  Officially we were to
simply "clean up the code", and close down the shop.  The last 2 months
were pretty sad.  We didn't do any work, and I took all my entitled
holidays to go to Nepal for 3 weeks.  Going to the office to do nothing
wasn't my idea of a productive human life.

Months earlier engineers in West Chester had received raises.  They were
fairly liberally distributed and didn't seem very performance related, so
Paul and I were eager to get ours too, before we would be kicked out of the
company.  If anyone was entitled to a raise, we had to be at the head of
the queue: up to the point where the rumours had started, we were doing a
first-class job.

As ever before, we had to try and get these things sorted out _via_ Steve
Beats.  We had no direct contact with any departments in the U.S.  or with
Commodore U.K.  in Maidenhead; the people who, ironically, did pay us our
salaries.

At this point maybe I should paste one of the letters I managed to find on
Steve's computer all those years ago...  here it is for all you to see:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Ned,

I figured it would be best to give you this list of things via EMail rather
than trying to do it all over the phone since I'd probably forget things.

I've spoken with Lipstone's lawyers (the people we I lease the office from)
and they are not at all interested in trading office furniture for early
lease termination.  The best I've been able to do is get them down to one
years rent.  They initially wanted the remainder of the lease but I don't
believe they really expected to get it.  Anyway, one year of rent works out
to 2860 pounds.  Since I have just paid this quarters rent which starts on
December 1st I can probably get that included as part of the one year
payment (providing I'm out before the next quarter is due in March).  Is
this OK?  I guess we could sic the CBM Maidenhead lawyers on them and try
to get the amount down some more but a friend of mine who's a commercial
lawyer says that I've got "a pretty good deal" as it is.

This now means I've got the furniture, phone/fax etc to deal with too.  I
got the impression when we met in Heathrow that you really didn't want to
deal with it or care about it.  The fact that all expenses had gone down as
"stamps" implied that everything had already been depreciated down to zero
value.  Maybe I read you wrong on this.  What should I do ?  I can sell the
furniture to a second hand dealer (though you won't get much money from
them) or I can get the Maidenhead folks to pick it up along with all the
computers and stuff.  I'm going to steal a couple of hard drives and tapes
etc.  for my own Amiga system but there is going to be a hell of a lot of
240 volt equipment laying around here.  Shall I just call someone in
Maidenhead and tell them to send a truck and pick it all up?  They are
likely to bill you for this of course.  Alternatively, I can sell the
computers through a local computer store (second hand stuff) and let you
guys have the cash.  The folks at the local store would be willing to take
everything and sell it for a "nominal" commision.  This would certainly be
the easiest solution.

Can Laurence and Paul keep the systems they have at home ?  They each have
an A3000 and monitor.

My pay raise came through OK and I should be getting it in my Christmas
paycheck, thanks.  However, I remember that you said Paul and Larry would
still be getting thier pay raises (also backdated to August) and you would
be sending me the forms to do thier reviews.  I suspect it's a bit late to
do this now since they are both going to be leaving next month.  I did tell
them they would be getting thier raises but have started to back-pedal on
that.  I think this will be OK providing they are paid the month-in-hand
that they worked when they started here.  I spoke with Geraldine Meyer
regarding this (and whether it would be paid) and she indicated that
payment of this month in hand is discretionary !?!?  I was really surprised
but it appears that she is told by TPTB whether it should be paid or not. 
Anyway, Geraldine will require instructions from you to terminate Paul and
Larrys employment and I guess you also dictate the terms of termination. 
Larry is taking all of his vacation starting on December 20th (he booked
this several months ago) but Paul is saving his vacation and wants to be
paid for it when he leaves instead.  Is this possible?

I'm afraid the PostScript project isn't going very well at all.  It's
mostly a motivation thing but we are having to fix up some mistakes and
alter some code.  I'm just trying to make sure we have a maintainable
system at the moment (ensuring I can maintain Paul and Larry's stuff that
is) and I keep finding bad bits.  I'll be giving a detailed report on this
to Allen, he can fill you in on this.

                     --stuff snipped--

That's all I can think of for now.  Looking forward to your reply.

    Steve
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apart from the snipped text, which contained things irrelevant to this
article, this is a byte-perfect copy of his letter he E-Mailed to Ned
McCook, the manager he convinced to let him keep his job but ditch mine and
Paul's.

The datestamp on this file is :

    Ned     5818 ----rwed 12-Dec-91 16:43:04 

The letter clearly shows Steve Beats LIED to everyone under the sun:

 a) his team (Paul and I)
 b) his own manager

He lied to us about the raises we were promised, but never got in the end
(unlike his, our Christmas was a very bitter one).  He lied to us about
some worthless equipment Paul and I had hoped to share among all (if
Commodore would have agreed): a dusty CDTV, dirty 3000s, loose hard disks,
a tape streamer, that kind of stuff.  Instead he grabbed it for himself.

He dirtied our names and lied about our first-rate work we had done.  There
were no problems with the code.  ("fix up some mistakes", "ensuring I can
maintain Paul and Larry's stuff that is" - all lies).

The letter also highlights some other interesting things...  like the
funding for the project under the heading of "stamps".  It would be
hilarious if it wasn't for the fact it's probably the truth.

Regarding equipment, it was standard practice within Commodore that
software engineers received a (top of the range) Amiga "just like that",
very soon after starting.  The Amiga 3000 I'm writing this article on is
that same machine...  (the only Amiga I ever bought is the first A1000 to
enter Belgium in 1986).

Well, as Steve mentioned in the letter, he asked Ned whether Paul and I
"could keep" our machines and monitors.  I never managed to spy the answer
to this letter but anyway: nearly a week before the final day "at work",
Steve told Paul and I to return our home machines because Commodore was
"recalling" them.  By that time Paul and I knew that Steve (and Commodore)
were completely untrustworthy, so we just acted upset but as if we were
going to comply.

Instead, that evening we put a plan into action that was going to reverse
the tables on Steve.  Late at night we entered the office and removed all
expensive machines: the laser printer, the network server and our two
working Amigas.  We stored everything in the basement, so that if things
got out of hand and the police was called in, we could not be accused of
actually stealing anything since nothing was removed from the premises....

The next day Steve came in and we confronted him with his months of secret
back-stabbing.

Now, anyone who knows Steve Beats knows he's a muscular guy, short but very
muscular.  Since the pecking order between Paul and I meant I had lead the
accusations, Steve suddenly and violently knocked me against a wall and
demanded the equipment back or threatened to knock me out.  I had to be
careful how I would phrase my next sentence.  I didn't want to end up in
hospital.  Afraid but not feeling defeated I demanded in return that he
guarantees that we could keep our home machines.  Furiously he backed off
and reluctantly agreed.  Only then did we tell him, with a sense of
victory, where the equipment was hidden.  Paul and I left the room while
Steve Beats went down to the basement to find all the stuff packed and
hidden.  We never heard anything more from him, from Commodore, or
..Postscript on the Amiga.

Paul and I are still good friends, despite subsequently having gone
different ways.
@endnode
@node FEATURE3 "Break the ZIP Barrier"

===========================================================================
                           Break the ZIP Barrier
  Frank Zündorff                        F.Zuendorff@ernie.mi.uni-koeln.de
===========================================================================

It's no mystery anymore, the SCSI version of iomegas ZIP-Drive is running
fine with Amiga computers equiped with a SCSI-hostadapter.  But a new
aspect for a ZIP-Drive is the feature to exchange Data on PC-formatted
medias.  What advantages brings it for you?

Now you can swap a large amount of data (like mods, pics, 3d-objects etc.)
without carrying a large container of floppy disks or moving your baby to
the next PC.

How does it works?

Quite simple.  You habe to create a working mountfile using Cross-Dos.
This mountfile is listed below and the only thing you have to do, is to fix
it for your hostadapter.  Okay here comes the file:

----- 8< ------------------------------------------------------------------

/* Mountfile for MS-DOS formatted ZIP-Media
 *
 * Creation-Date: 21-Nov-95 22:52:21
 */

/* Device driver parameters.*/
  Device = <name of your device-driver>
  Unit   = <5 or 6 - changeable via switch on the backside of the drive>
  Flags  = 0x00000000

/* Disk size parameters.*/
  Surfaces       = 1
  BlocksPerTrack = 1
  Lowcyl         = 0
  Highcyl        = 196607
  BufMemType     = 0
  Blocksize      = 512

/* File system parameters.*/
  Mask        = 0x7FFFFFFC
  Maxtransfer = 0x0001FE00
  Reserved    = 6
  Filesystem  = L:CrossDOSFileSystem
  Stacksize   = 2000
  Priority    = 5
  Bootpri     = -20
  Globvec     = -1
  Buffers     = 128
  Dostype     = 0x4d534800
  Mount       = 1
#

--------------------------------------------------------------------- >8 --

A copy of this file can be found in the ZIP-directory included with this
report.  The only thing you have to do, is to drag the "PCZIP"-icon and put
it into the "storage/dosdrivers" directory of your boot-partition.  Now
load your favourite editor and perform the fixes I'm discribing now.  First
move the cursor into the line starting with "device =".  Exchange the
following text with the name of your hostadapters device-driver name.  It
you don't know exactly the name, please check it out in the hostadapters
manual.  For example a A2091-user has to change the line in "device =
scsi.device".

The second step is to choose the right unit-number.  Please move the cursor
one line down starting with "unit =".  You can find the unit-switch on the
back-side of the drive.  If the switch is pointing to number five for
example, you have to put in the following line "unit = 5".  Now save the
mountfile.  That's all.

After mounting the file, you can put in a PC-formatted media und handle it
like any other device.
@endnode
@node REVIEW1 "Super Skidmarks Review Correction"
@toc REVIEW

===========================================================================
                     Super Skidmarks Review Correction
===========================================================================

[Looks like we made a mistake on the Super Skidmarks review.  Steven
Pearson (Steven.Pearson@p12.f563.n250.z2.fidonet.org) writes:]

Hi Jason,

I've just been reading your review of Super Skidmarks in AR3.22

You mentioned that the Hard Drive Installer never surfaced.

I registered SkidMarks2 with Acid, and in August I recieved the first ssue
of Skidmarks racer magazine.  On the disk Were some files for making cars
in Imagine.  Some new tracks they wanted colouring in and a New HD aware
version of the Game Plus Track Disk Installer.

It does exist!

[So, I should clarify.  There IS a hard-drive installer, but it's not
shipped with the software. -Jason]
@endnode
@node REVIEW2 "The Search for Storage"
@toc REVIEW

===========================================================================
                          The Search For Storage
  Paul Idol                                     76375.1776@compuserve.com
===========================================================================

I'm sick and tired of floppies.  I have a couple hundred of them, probably
not as many as plenty of other people, but enough to drive me nuts.  
They're always developing read-write errors, getting crushed by
steam-rollers, or accidentally being used by well-meaning fools as cold
drink coasters.  I have no idea how much data I've lost over the years to
floppy disks, but it's a lot.

So the desire was growing in me to buy a removable hard drive, or maybe an
optical drive, or something, anyway.  (It's always something, isn't it?)
But they were always too expensive and too slow for me to justify buying
one to myself.  Until recently.

Iomega, and then shortly thereafter, Syquest, both released cheap new
removable drives this year--and I mean cheap!  They're less than twice as
expensive as floppy drives!  It seemed that salvation was at hand.
However, trying to find hard information on which to base a purchasing
decision proved to be difficult.  Mac people apparently almost
overwhelmingly prefer the Zip, but they weren't much help at explaining
why.  (Maybe that's reason enough to stay away from the Zip...  <G>) Even
Amigans seemed to prefer the Zip, though by a more slender margin.  And the
magazines were rather ambiguous, praising both drives, though they too
favored the Zip.

I, on the other hand, fusty curmudgeon that I am, was rather skeptical.  
On paper, it seems that the EZ135 wins in most categories: it's about twice
as fast (in fact, at almost 2MB/sec, it's the fastest removable media hard
drive ever), its cartridges offer 32MB more formatted space each, the drive
can be set to any SCSI ID (unlike the Zip, which can only be set to 5 or
6), and it has standard centronics connectors on the back instead of db25
connectors that require hard-to-find adaptor cables and make it a PITA to
add or remove devices from your SCSI chain.

So what, if anything, is better about the Zip?  Well, it looks cooler, it
has a nicer load/eject mechanism, and the media are a little smaller--and a
little more durable, or so I'm told.  The other oft-cited advantage of the
Zip, that it's lighter, is of dubious value in my opinion.  The Zip, at
about 1 pound, just feels flimsy to me, like I could accidentally crush it
with my hand while picking it up.  The EZ135, at about 2 pounds, isn't all
that earth-shakingly heavy, and it feels much more solid.  It's not
anything like twice as big as the Zip, either--more like 20% larger, at a
guess.  But don't take my word on durability.  I just made some totally
unscientific palm-of-the-hand tests.

In my opinion, the one really annoying thing about the EZ135 is its
brain-dead archaic load/eject mechanism.  In that respect, the Zip works
just like a floppy drive: you push in a disk, it appears in a few seconds;
you hit the eject button, it pops out.  To load an EZ135, you have to push
the cartridge all the way in, then slide a lever all the way over to the
right and wait up to 10 seconds while the drive spins up.  Not as nice as
the Zip, but hardly the end of the world.  To eject, however, you have to
hit a button on the front of the drive, wait for the cartridge to spin down
and the lever to pop back a bit, and then move the lever back to the left.
There is no mechanical assistance, so the last quarter of the lever's
travel is quite difficult, and I was initially afraid that I was going to
break something.  But finally, reluctantly, the cartridge slides out just
far enough to grab and pull out the rest of the way.

So, which to choose...  To make a long story short, I bought the EZ135, as
you may have guessed.  :) So far, I'm quite happy with it.  I transferred
my collection of archives onto a cartridge--or rather that part of the
collection which hadn't been lost to read/write errors and the like.   I
made an emergency boot/recovery cartridge with Diavolo all set up and ready
to go.  And I'm slowly copying all my original program disks over to
another cartridge.  After all, how much point is there really to making
floppy copies of those disks when the copies are probably more likely to
fail than the originals!?

PROBLEMS

I've noticed one vaguely annoying quirk about the drive.  Periodically, for
no apparent reason, it churns for a couple seconds as though something is
accessing it.  I ran VirusChecker...  no viruses.  I guess it's just some
SCSI thing.

And I've had one genuine problem.  I can't seem to get AFS to work with the
drive.  I can't prepare an AFS cartridge from scratch, and any AFS
cartridge that I make with ffs2afs disappears after I reboot.  I don't know
where the problem lies.  If anyone has any ideas, please email me!  FLD,
perhaps because of the holidays, hasn't gotten back to me.  :(

HARDWARE AND INSTALLATION

Well, down to the nitty-gritty.  My system is as follows: an A3000 desktop
with OS3.1 in ROM, a WarpEngine 3040, 16MB of fast RAM, a RetinaZ3 running
CyberGraphX, and AFS Pro 2.2.  I installed the EZ135 simply by attaching it
to my external tape drive, which is hooked up to the A3000's native SCSI
controller, with a standard centronics-centronics SCSI cable.   Then I used
HDToolBox to prepare and format a cartridge, SCSIMounter to mount it, and I
was off!

CONCLUSION

The EZ135 is available for about $229 versus the Zip's $199 (both models
appear to be coming out in cheaper internal versions, but you lose drive
portability) but I think the extra $30 is worth it.  And prices are always
falling.  Cartridges, just like Zip disks, cost $20 singly.

In the end, I guess the best argument in favor of the Zip is that more
people have it.  It came out sooner and looks cooler, so you'll be able to
swap disks with more people.  But to that argument I say, "Come on, you're
using an Amiga!"

In conclusion, all I can really say is that my 525MB tape drive is starting
to look mighty small...
@endnode
@node CHARTS1 "Aminet Charts: 25-Dec-95"
@toc FTP

| The most downloaded files from Aminet during the week until 25-Dec-95
| Updated weekly. Most popular file on top.
|
|File              Dir        Size Age Description
|----------------- ---        ---- --- -----------
ar322.lha          docs/mags  111K   0+Amiga Report 3.22, December 18, 1995
AmiFTP.lha         comm/tcp   207K   1+AmiTCP/AS225 FTP-client v1.0 (ClassA
VMM_V3_3.lha       util/misc  267K   0+Virtual memory for Amigas with MMU
AmiPhone0.9B.lha   comm/net    86K   0+AmiTCP based voice chat program
CyberStorm060.txt  docs/rview  13K   1 REVIEW: Cyberstorm 060 accelerator
ArcsPack-15.lha    pix/icon   2.8M   1+F*@#?'ing *BEAUTIFUL* Workbench/MUI
SCSIdevs.lha       disk/misc   24K   0+Scans SCSI bus, reports devices, and
amiconnect.lha     comm/tcp   199K   1+V3 of Combined PPP/SLIP Dialler & Co
thor222_inet.lha   comm/mail   81K   0+Internet archive for THOR 2.22 (TCP/
mn_ansitest.lha    comm/mebbs   3K  26+ANSI Test Door for MEBBSNet
Zeewolf2demo.dms   game/demo  369K   1+Demo of Zeewolf 2
ar321.lha          docs/mags   89K   3+Amiga Report 3.21, November 30, 1995
thor222_main.lha   comm/mail  780K   0+Offline reader, main archive (requir
Gloom_Deluxe.dms   game/demo  575K   0+One level demo of Gloom Deluxe.
SmoothGuide13b.lha text/hyper  76K   0+Smooth AmigaGuide Reader for all Ami
flickfix.lha       hard/hack    5K   1+A1200 Screen flicker fix V1.0
WinPlay.lha        gfx/show    42K   0+Workbench window anim viewer: Versio
mui31usr.lha       dev/gui    771K   4+MagicUserInterface V3.1, user files
MagicBGs6.lha      pix/mwb    762K   0+New breathtaking patterns for MagicW
GfxLab24-172.lha   gfx/conv   604K   0+GfxLab24 v1.7.2. Image Processing pr

| The highest rated programs during the week until 25-Dec-95
| Updated weekly. Best program on top. Please rate all the programs you
| download. To do so, send to aminet-server@wuarchive.wustl.edu :
| RATE <path> <num>
| where <path> is the file you want to judge and <num> is a mark from 0..10
| with 10 being the best. You can rate several programs in one mail, but
| don't rate your own programs. Example: RATE dev/gui/mui23usr.lha 8
|
|File              Dir        Size Age Description
|----------------- ---        ---- --- -----------
IPDialv19.lha      comm/tcp    93K   3+SLIP dialer; stdin/out terminal prog
ZXAM20b.lha        misc/emu   494K  20+ZXAM Spectrum Emulator v2.0b
bs131.lha          util/boot   49K   4+Try it now! No BootScreens, but sele
mui31usr.lha       dev/gui    771K   4+MagicUserInterface V3.1, user files
ar322.lha          docs/mags  111K   0+Amiga Report 3.22, December 18, 1995
nemac4d1.lha       game/demo  441K   2+3D T-mapped game demo 1/3. Read .rea
nemac4d2.lha       game/demo  695K   2+3D T-mapped game demo 2/3. Read .rea
nemac4d3.lha       game/demo  698K   2+3D T-mapped game demo 3/3. Read .rea
Child_Murd_AGA.lha game/role  2.3M  37+Text/graphics adventure in horror ge
spice3f5r2_020.lzh misc/sci   929K  25+R1.2 of Analog Ckt. Simulator (020/F
Typeface11.lha     text/misc  153K   7+Bitmap font editor
Executive.lha      util/misc  527K   4+UNIX-like task scheduler (V1.30)
pip_v22.lha        util/misc   35K   3+View any screen in a window on anoth
snoopdos30.lha     util/moni  128K  66+System monitor, many new features ad
tin130gamma.lha    comm/news  182K  20+TIN 1.3 PL0 Beta 950726. UUCP/NNTP N
SlateGames.lha     comm/tcp    13K   0+Backgammon and Reversi for AmiSlate
fruitkitchen.lha   demo/aga   566K  18+A new demo of the asm95 in helsinki
melchior.lha       demo/aga   1.4M   9+Melchior  1/1 *AGA*
VK_DEMO.lha        game/demo  765K   7+Virtual Karting playable demo
AmigaAGA-EVD12.lha misc/emu     8K   4+15bit & faster 4/8bit driver for Sha
AlgoMusic1_4.lha   mus/misc   103K   8+Creates and plays great algorithmic
atw-gre1.lha       demo/aga   1.3M  15+Greenday (Winner Demo) 1/2 *AGA*
atw-gre2.lha       demo/aga   271K  15+Greenday (Winner Demo) 2/2 *AGA*
control1.dms       demo/aga   817K  15+Control (Winning Demo From GASP `95)
control2.dms       demo/aga   552K  15+Control (Winning Demo From GASP `95)
fear.lha           demo/aga   1.4M  13+Fear 1/1 *AGA*
@endnode



@node MAILLIST "Amiga Report Mailing List"
@toc WHERE

===========================================================================
                        Amiga Report Mailing List
===========================================================================

If you have an internet mailing address, you can receive Amiga Report in
@{"UUENCODED" link UUENCODE} form each week as soon as the issue is released.  To be put on
the list, send Email to listserv@itesmvf1.rzs.itesm.mx.

Your subject header will be ignored.  In the body of the message, enter

subscribe areport <your real name>

ie: 

subscribe areport A. R. Reader

The system will automatically pull your e-mail address from the message
header.

Your account must be able to handle mail of any size to ensure an intact
copy.  For example, many systems have a 100K limit on incoming messages.


** IMPORTANT NOTICE:  PLEASE be certain your host can accept mail over   **
** 100K!  We have had a lot of bouncebacks recently from systems with a  **
** 100K size limit for incoming mail.  If we get a bounceback with your  **
** address in it, it will be removed from the list.  Thanks!             **

          *** The following is only for Australian readers!  ***

To circumvent the new pay-per-megabyte system for Australian Internet
communication, Paul Reece has been kind enough to set up an AUSTRALIAN-ONLY
mailing list, to save his fellow countrymen some money.

You can join the list by sending mail to:   majordomo@info.tas.gov.au

with the single line (in body of message):

subscribe ar

Amiga Report will then be bounced to you.
@endnode
@node UUENCODE
@toc MAILLIST

===========================================================================
                          UUDecoding Amiga Report
===========================================================================

If you receive Amiga Report from the direct mailing list, it will arrive in
UUEncoded format.  This format allows programs and archive files to be sent
through mail by converting the binary into combinations of ASCII
characters.  In the message, it will basically look like a lot of trash
surrounded by begin <filename> and end, followed by the size of the file.


To UUDecode Amiga Report, you first need to get a UUDecoding program, such
as UUxT by Asher Feldman.  This program is available on Aminet in

     pub/aminet/arc/

Then you must download the message that it is contained in.  Don't worry
about message headers, the UUDecoding program will ignore them.

There is a GUI interface for UUxT, which should be explained in the docs.
However, the quickest method for UUDecoding the magazine is to type

     uuxt x ar.uu

at the command prompt.  You will then have to decompress the archive with
lha, and you will then have Amiga Report in all of its AmigaGuide glory.

If you have any questions, you can write to @{"Jason Compton" link JASON}

@endnode
@node AMINET "Aminet"
@toc WHERE

                                  Aminet
                                  ======

To get Amiga Report from Aminet, simply FTP to any Aminet site, CD to
docs/mags.  All the back issues are located there as well.

Sites: ftp.netnet.net, ftp.wustl.edu, ftp.tas.gov.au, ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk

@endnode
@node WWW "World Wide Web"
@toc WHERE

                              World Wide Web
                              ==============

AR can also be read with Mosaic (in either AmigaGuide or html form). 
Reading AmigaReport with Mosaic removes the necessity to download it.  It
can also be read using programs found in UNIX sites such as LYNX.

Simply tell Mosaic to open one of the following URLs:

     http://www.omnipresence.com/Amiga/News/AR/
     http://www.pwr.wroc.pl/AMIGA/AR/
     http://mm.iit.uni-miskolc.hu/Data/AR
     http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/amiga/ar/
     http://ramiga.rnet.cgi.com/~AR
     http://www.sci.muni.cz/ar/
     http://metro.turnpike.net/P/panther/main.html
     http://www.lysator.liu.se/amiga/ar/
     http://ArtWorks.apana.org.au/AmigaReport.html
     http://www.vol.it/MIRROR2/EN/AMIGA/

The following AR sites also have a mailto form, allowing you to mail to
Amiga Report from the web site.  <Make sure your reader has forms
capability).

     http://www.pwr.wroc.pl/AMIGA/AR/
     http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Users/kcci1

Amiga information can also be accessed at this URL:
http://www.cucug.org/amiga.html

Mosaic for the Amiga can be found on Aminet in directory comm/net, or
(using anonymous ftp) on max.physics.sunysb.edu

Mosaic for X, Macintosh(tm) and Microsoft Windows(tm) can be found on
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
@endnode
@node COPYRIGHT "Copyright Information"
@toc ABOUT

===========================================================================
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==              Amiga Report International Online Magazine               ==
==                December 31, 1995       Issue No. 3.23                 ==
==                     Copyright 1995 FS Publications                    ==
==                           All Rights Reserved                         ==
===========================================================================

Views, Opinions and Articles presented herein are not necessarily those of
the editors and staff of Amiga Report International Online Magazine or of
FS Publications.  Permission to reprint articles is hereby denied, unless
otherwise noted.  All reprint requests should be directed to the editor. 
Amiga Report and/or portions therein may not be edited in any way without
prior written permission.  However, translation into a language other than
English is acceptible, provided the editor is notified beforehand and the
original meaning is not altered.  Amiga Report may be distributed on
privately owned not-for-profit bulletin board systems (fees to cover cost
of operation are acceptable), and major online services such as (but not
limited to) Delphi and Portal.  Distribution on public domain disks is
acceptable provided proceeds are only to cover the cost of the disk (e.g. 
no more than $5 US).  CD-ROM compilers should contact the editor. 
Distribution on for-profit magazine cover disks requires written permission
from the editor.  Amiga Report is a not-for-profit publication.  Amiga
Report, at the time of publication, is believed reasonably accurate.  Amiga
Report, its staff and contributors 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 Escom AG.  All
items quoted in whole or in part are done so under the Fair Use Provision
of the Copyright Laws of the United States Penal Code.  Any Electronic Mail
sent to the editors may be reprinted, in whole or in part, without any
previous permission of the author, unless said electronic mail is
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@endnode
@node GUIDELINE "Amiga Report Writing Guidelines"
@toc ABOUT

===========================================================================
                      Amiga Report Writing Guidelines
===========================================================================

The three most important requirements for submissions to Amiga Report are:

     1.  Please use English.

     2.  Please use paragraphs.  It's hard on the eyes to have solid
     screens of text.  If you don't know where to make a paragraph break,
     guess.

     3.  Please put a blank line in between paragraphs.  It makes
     formatting the magazine much much easier.

     4.  Please send us your article in ASCII format.

Note:  If you want to check ahead of time to make sure we'll print your
article, please write to the @{"Editor" link JASON}.

Please stipulate as well if you wish to retain copyright or hand it over to
the editor.
@endnode
@node EDITORCHOICE "Editor's Choice"
@toc COMMERCIAL

===========================================================================
                              Editor's Choice
===========================================================================

These are selected products, reviewed by myself, that I've liked.  So, I've
landed them and decided to sell them.

All prices are in $US.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chris Hames' PC-Task 3.1 IBM emulator is available for the rather low price
of US$110.

PC-T 3.1 offers 286-level compatibility, video displays up to SVGA with
support for many popular graphic card systems including CyberGraphics, and
a built-in BIOS.

Orders will be drop-shipped from Wonder Computers, North American
representatives for Quasar Distribution products.

Credit card or money order/postal cheque accepted to
@{" Jason Compton " link JASON}.

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

John McDonough's The Music Maker, a Contemporary New Age CD composed on the
Amiga, is available through Amiga Report.

The crisp, clean sounds and calm melodies present a welcome alternative to
many pounding alternatives.

Available for US$12.00 plus $3 shipping in the US.  Non-US orders, please
contact before ordering.  Check or money order accepted addressed to
@{" Jason Compton " link JASON}, shipments made by the artist.

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

|                                | Issue    | Approximate  | Amiga Report |
|           Product              | Reviewed | Retail Price | Reader Price |
---------------------------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|                                |          |              |              |
|Swifty 3-button mouse           |   2.28   |    $39.95    |    $22.75    |
|                                |          |              |              |
|GPFax Amiga Fax Software        |   2.30   |   $100.00    |    $60.00    |
|    (Class 1 and 2)             |          |              |              |
|                                |          |              |              |
|Micro R+D CD-ROM Volume 1       |   2.25   |    $69.00    |    $30.00    |
|    (Includes early Transition  |          |              |              |
|    graphics converter and loads|          |              |              |
|    of artwork)                 |          |              |              |
|                                |          |              |              |
|Micro R+D CD-ROM Volume 2       |   2.26   |    $99.95    |    $46.75    |
|    (Includes entire Nature's   |          |              |              |
|    Backdrop series)            |          |              |              |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Orders may be placed via check, money order, or postal cheque, made out to
Jason Compton.  Visa/Mastercard accepted via post or E-Mail.  No CODs.

Mail all orders to @{" Jason Compton " link JASON}.  Orders will be processed by
Amiga Report and drop-shipped from Micro R+D.

In the US, add $5/$10/$20 for UPS shipping, ground/blue/red label,
respectively.  Overseas: It is recommended that you consider $20 to be the
minimum cost for shipping.  If you plan to order more than one item, E-mail
for shipping cost.

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

Sidewinder's Future Shock II CD is now available through Amiga Report.
Featuring 15 Amiga-generated tunes totalling 71 minutes, Eric Gieseke's
work is captured on an Amiga-independent media.

Available for US$12.00.  Please add $5 for shipping.

Make check or money order payable to @{" Jason Compton " link JASON}.  Orders will be
drop-shipped from Sidewinder Productions.

For overseas orders, please contact through E-Mail before ordering.
@endnode
@node PORTAL "Portal"
@toc ONLINE

===========================================================================
                  Portal:  A Great Place For Amiga Users
===========================================================================

                The Portal Information Network's Amiga Zone

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

Portal is the home of acclaimed Amiga Zone, a full-service online SIG
(Special Interest Group) for Amiga owners and users. We promise, and
WE DELIVER ongoing & aggressive Amiga support!

You can dial into Portal to access the Amiga Zone in many ways: direct
dial to our San Jose, CA high-speed modems (you pay for the phone call
if it's not local), or though any SprintNet or Compu$erve indial anywhere
(with a small hourly fee) or via the World-wide Internet "telnet"
program to portal.com (no hourly fee).

Even Delphi and BIX users can Telnet into Portal for a flat $19.95 a month,
with *unlimited* use.

Portal is NOT just another shell service!  Its Online system is fully
menu-driven with on-screen commands and help, and you can easily customize
it for your favorite terminal program and screen size.

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

 * 2.5 GIGabytes of Amiga-specific file space - we have so much Amiga Stuff
      online, we've lost count!
 * The *entire* Fred Fish collection of freely distributable software,
       online.  ALL 1000 disks!
 * Fast, Batch Zmodem file transfer protocol. Download up to 100 files at
      once, of any size, with one command.
 * Amiga vendor areas with participants like AmigaWorld, Elastic
      Reality (ASDG), Soft-Logik, Apex Publishing, and others.
 * 40 "regular" Amiga libraries with over 10,000 files.  Hot new stuff
       arrives daily.
 * No upload/download "ratios" EVER. Download as much as you want, as
      often as you want, and never feel pressured doing it.
 * Live, interactive nightly chats with Amiga folks whose names you will
      recognize.  Special conferences.  Random chance prize contests.  We
      have given away thousands of bucks worth of Amiga prizes - more than
      any other online service.
 * Message bases where you can ask questions about *anything* Amiga
      related and get quick replies from the experts.
 * Amiga Internet mailing lists for Imagine, AMosaic, LightWave, EGS,
      OpalVision & others feed right into the Zone message bases.  Read
      months worth of postings.  No need to clutter your mailbox with them.
 * FREE unlimited Internet Email with 5 meg of free storage.
 * A FREE UNIX Shell account with another 5 meg of free storage.
      You can run Amiga Mosaic through your shell and explore the
      vast World Wide Web!
 * Portal has the Usenet.  Thousands of "newsgroups" in which you can read
      and post articles about virtually any subject you can possibly
      imagine.
 * Other Portal SIGs (Special Interest Groups) online for Mac, IBM, Sun,
      UNIX, Science Fiction, Disney, and dozens more.  ALL Portal SIGs are
      accessible to ALL Portal customers with NO surcharges ever. You
      never worry "Ooops... Am I paying for this area?" again!
 * Portal was THE FIRST online service to offer a full package of Internet
      features: IRC, FTP, TELNET, MUDS, LIBS.  And you get FREE unlimited
      usage of all of them.
 * Our exclusive PortalX by Steve Tibbett, the graphical "front end" for
      Portal which will let you automatically click'n'download your waiting
      email, messages, Usenet groups and binary files!  Reply to mail and
      messages offline using your favorite editor and your replies are sent
      automatically the next time you log into Portal.  (PortalX requires
      Workbench 2.04 or higher)
 * Portal does NOT stick it to high speed modem users. Whether you log in
      at 1200 or 2400 or 9600 or 14.4K you pay the same low price.

To join Portal or for more information call:

   1-800-433-6444 (voice) 9a.m.-5p.m. Mon-Fri, Pacific Time
   1-408-973-9111 (voice) 9a.m.-5p.m. Mon-Fri, Pacific Time

   1-408-725-0561 (modem 3/12/2400) 24 hours every day
   1-408-725-0560 (modem 96/14400) 24 hours every day

   or enter "C PORTAL" from any Sprintnet dial-in, or "portal" at any
   CI$ network dialin, or telnet to "portal.com" from anywhere,
   and then enter "online" and then "info"

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 they
can notify the AmigaZone sysops to send their Welcome Letter and other
information!]

The Portal Information Network accepts MasterCard, Visa, or you can pre-pay
any amount by personal check or money order.  The Portal Online System is a
trademark of The Portal Information Network.  SLIP, UUCP and custom domain
accounts are also available.
@endnode
@node BBS_AUSTRALIA "Distribution BBSes - Australia"
@toc BBS

===========================================================================
                      Distribution BBSes - Australia
===========================================================================

                              -=NEW ZEALAND=-

                             * BITSTREAM BBS *
               FidoNET 3:771/850.0   AmigaNET 41:644/850.0
             +64-(0)3-548-5321, SupraFaxModem 28k8 VFast Class


                               -=VICTORIA=-

                         * NORTH WEST AMIGA BBS *
          EMail: mozza@nwamiga.apana.org.au     Fido: 3:633/265.0
         BBS Phone/Fax: +61 3 9331 2831   USR Courier V.Everything


@endnode
@node BBS_EUROPE "Distribution BBSes - Europe"
@toc BBS

===========================================================================
                        Distribution BBSes - Europe
===========================================================================

                                -=FINLAND=-

                               * LAHO BBS *
       +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.32bis

                             * KINDERGARTEN *
                      Email: matthias.bartosik@hut.fi
                        +358-0-881 32 36, v.34/HST


                                -=FRANCE=-

                              * DYNAMIX BBS *
                        Email: erlsoft@mcom.mcom.fr
        +33.1.48.89.96.66 Minitel (vv23) to Modem (v32bis/Videotex)

                        * RAMSES THE AMIGA FLYING *
     Internet: user.name@ramses.fdn.org     Fidonet: 2/320/104-105-106
              +33-1-45845623 V.34     +33-1-53791200 V.32bis


                                -=GERMANY=-

                           * DOOM OF DARKNESS *
                      Email: marc_doerre@doom.ping.de
                    +49 (0)4223 8355 19200 V.42bis/Zyx
           AR-Infoservice, contact Kai Szymanski kai@doom.gun.de

                              * IMAGINE BBS *
                    Email: Sysop@imagine.commo.mcnet.de
                B+49-69-4304948 Yoriko 28.8ET V.Fast Class
              Login: GAST (Download from area "Amiga-Report")

                         * LEGUANS BYTE CHANNEL *
                    Usenet: andreas@lbcmbx.in-berlin.de
                49-30-8110060   49-30-8122442   USR DS 16.8
                 Login as User: "amiga", Passwd: "report"

                              * REDEYE BBS *
                       Internet: sysop@redeye.muc.de
               +49-89-5460535 (V.32b, Zyxel EG + / USR V.34)

                          * STINGRAY  DATABASE *
                 EMail: sysop@sting-db.zer.sub.org.dbp.de
                          +49 208 496807 HST-Dual

                            * VISION THING BBS *
             Infect East German HQ, Keks ASCII Design World HQ
                          ++49(0)345 663914 19200
                          System Password: Amiga


                                -=GREECE=-

                            * HELLAS ON LINE *
          EMail: cocos@prometheus.hol.gr    Telnet: hellas.hol.gr
       82 Hunter Lines (28.8KB): ++301/ 620-6001, 620-6604, 620-9500

                              * ODYSSEY BBS *
            email: konem@prometheus.hol.gr   39:250/1@Amiganet
                ++ 301 412-3502 (ZyXEL 16.8K)   22.00-10.00


                                -=IRELAND=-

                               * CUGI BBS *
                            Fidonet: 2:263/155
                          +353 1 837 0204 V32bis

                               * FWIBBLE! *
               Fidonet: 2:263/900.0   E-Mail: 9517693@ul.ie
              Phone: +353-902-36124    Midnight to 8am (GMT)
                       Freq "Readme.txt" for details


                                 -=ITALY=-

                        * AMIGA PROFESSIONAL BBS *
                 Amy Professional Club, Italian Amos Club
                              +(39)-49-604488

                               * FRANZ BBS *
                          EMsil: mc3510@mclink.it
                            +39/6/6627667 24hrs

                             * SPEED OF LIFE *
                  FidoNet 2:335/533   AmigaNet 39:102/12
                The AMIGA Alchemists' BBS   +39-931-833773


                              -=NETHERLANDS=-D

                       * AMIGA ONLINE BS HEEMSTEDE *
   Fidonet: 2:280/464.0, 2:280/412.0   Internet: michiel@aobh.xs4all.nl
                +31-23-282002   +31-23-470739   14400 Supra

                             * THE HELL BBS *
           Fido-Net : 2:281/418.0   e-mail : root@hell.xs4all.nl
                     +31-(0)70-3468783 (v32bis Supra)

                          * TRACE BBS GRONINGEN *
            FidoNET 2:282/529.0   Internet Martin@trace.idn.nl
               +31-(0)-50-410143 (14k4 Buad (28k8 V.34 soon)

                              * X-TREME BBS *
                      Internet: u055231@vm.uci.kun.nl
                            +31-167064414 (24h)


                                -=NORWAY=-

                              * FALLING BBS *
                       EMail:  christon@powertech.no
                            +47 69 256117 28.8k


                                -=POLAND=-

                          * SILVER DREAM!'S BBS *
                            SysOp: Silver Dream
                            +48 91 540431 (24h)


                               -=PORTUGAL=-

                               * CIUA BBS *
                FidoNet 2:361/9   Internet: denise.ci.ua.pt
                  +351-34-382080/382081 (V32bis soon V34)


                                -=RUSSIA=-

                          * NEW ORDER BBS *
 E-Mail: norder@norder.spb.su  FidoNet: 2:5030/221.0  AmigaNet: 39:240/1.0
            +7-812-2909561 (24 hours) USR 21k6 Dual Standart


                                 -=SPAIN=-

                            * GURU MEDITATION *
                           Running Remote Access
                          +34-1-383-1317 V.32bis

                            * LA MITAD OSCURA *
  E-Mail: jovergon@offcampus.es  Fido: 2:341/35.19  Amiganet: 39:192/1.19
                               +34-1-3524613

                        * MAZAGON - BBS - SYSTEMS *
       E-mail: jgomez@maze.mazanet.es   FTP: ftp-mail@ftp.mazanet.es
                        +34 59 536267 - Supra 28.8
                              Login: a-report


                                -=SWEDEN=-

                                * CICERON *
                        E-mail: peman@solace.mh.se
                               +46 612 22011


                              -=SWITZERLAND=-

                          * LINKSYSTEM LINK-CH1 *
                   contact: rleemann@link-ch1.aworld.de
      +41 61 3215643 V32bis/Zyx16800     +41 61 3832007 ISDN X75/V110
                 Local newsgroup link-ch1.ml.amiga-report


                            -=UNITED KINGDOM=-

                           * AMIGA JUNCTION 9 *
        Internet: sysadmin@junct9.demon.co.uk     FidoNet: 2:440/20
                    +44 (0)372 271000 14400 V.32bis/HST

                             * CREATIONS BBS *
 E-Mail: mat@darkside.demon.co.uk   2:254/524@Fidonet   39:139/5@Amiganet
              +44-0181-665-9887 Hayes Optima 288 2400 - V.FC

                              * METNET CCS *
     Email: metnet@demon.co.uk    FidoNet: 2:2502/129.0  2:2502/130.0
           10 Lines: +44-1482-442251   14k4 +44-1482-444910 16k8

                           * OCTAMED USER BBS *
  EMail: rbfsoft@cix.compulink.co.uk     Support board for OctaMED Users
                            +44 (01703) 703446

                              * SCRATCH BBS *
      EMail: kcci1@solx1.susx.ac.uk     Official Super Skidmarks site
                      +44-1273-389267  24 hrs  14.4k
@endnode
@node BBS_NAMERICA "Distribution BBSes - North America"
@toc BBS

===========================================================================
                    Distribution BBSes - North America
===========================================================================

                                -=ARIZONA=-

                       * MESSENGER OF THE GODS BBS *
                           mercury@primenet.com
                               602-326-1095


                           -=BRITISH COLUMBIA=-

                             * COMM-LINK BBS *
               InterNet: steve_hooper@comm.tfbbs.wimsey.com
  Fido: 1:153/210.0    AmigaNet 40:800/9100.0    604-945-6192 USR DS 16.8

                              -=CALIFORNIA=-

                            * TIERRA-MIGA BBS *
  FidoNet: 1:202/638.0   AmigaNet: 40:406/3.0   Internet: torment.cts.com
                           619.292.0754 V32.bis

                          * VIRTUAL PALACE BBS *
                   Sysop Email: tibor@ecst.csuchico.edu
                                916-343-7420

                        * AMIGA AND IBM ONLY BBS *
                               (619)428-4887
                           vonmolk@crash.cts.com
                       AmigaNET address: 40:406/7.0


                                -=FLORIDA=-

                            * LAST! AMIGA BBS *
                              (305) 456-0126
                             USR 21600 HST D/S


                               -=ILLINOIS=-

                           * EMERALD KEEP BBS *
                 FidoNet: 1:2250/2     AmigaNet: 40:206/1
                      618-394-0065 USR 16.8k DS

                            * PHANTOM'S LAIR *
  FidoNet: 1:115/469.0   Phantom Net Coordinator: 11:1115/0.0-11:1115/1.0
                         708-469-9510 708-469-9520

                            * STARSHIP CUCUG *
                       Email: khisel@prairienet.org
                               (217)356-8056

                         * THE STYGIAN ABYSS BBS *
                            FIDONet-1:115/384.0
  312-384-0616 USR Courier HST   312-384-6250 Supra V.32 bis (FREQ line)


                               -=LOUISIANA=-

                             * The Catacomb *
                        E-mail: Geoff148@delphi.com
                       504-882-6576 Supra v.fc 28.8k


                                 -=MAINE=-

                     * THE KOBAYASHI ALTERNATIVE BBS *
          Usenet and FidoNet Echo Areas     FidoNet: 1:326/404.0
                     (207)/784-2130     (207)/946-5665
                   ftp.tka.com for all back issues of AR


                                -=MEXICO=-

                               * AMIGA BBS *
                             FidoNet  4:975/7
                        (5) 887-3080   9600 V32,MNP

                           * AMIGA SERVER BBS *
                         Now with 17 CDs available
                              Number: 5158736

                          * TERCER PLANETA BBS *
                  FX Network 800:525/1, CD-ROM, ANSI/RIP
           [525]-606-2162 24h   2400 - 28.8k V.fast Class / V.34


                              -=MISSISSIPPI=-

                            * THE GATEWAY BBS *
        InterNet: stace@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil   FidoNet: 1:3604/60.0
                    601-374-2697 Hayes Optina 28.8 V.FC


                               -=MICHIGAN=-

                            * DC Productions *
                    Email: dcpro!chetw@heifetz.msen.com
                               616-373-0287
                               V.Everything


                                -=NEVADA=-

                              * PUP-TEK BBS *
                       EMail: darkwolf@accessnv.com
                               702-553-2403

                              -=NEW JERSEY=-

                          * T.B.P.  VIDEO SLATE *
              Full Skypix menus + normal and ansi menu sets.
                         201-586-3623 USR 14.4 HST

                           * DLTACOM Amiga BBS *
                              (201) 398-8559
                           Fidonet: 1:2606/216.0
             Internet: dltacom.camphq.fidonet.org (email only)


                               -=NEW YORK=-

                             * THE BELFRY(!) *
                         stiggy@dorsai.dorsai.org
                       718.793.4796     718.793.4905


                                -=ONTARIO=-

                           * COMMAND LINE BBS *
                Canada's Amiga Graphics & Animation Source
                             416-533-8321 V.32

                              * CYBERSPACE *
                       joehick@ophielia.waterloo.net
                     (519) 579-0072     (519) 579-0173


                                -=QUEBEC=-

                              * GfxBase BBS*
       E-mail: ai257@freenet.hsc.colorado.edu     Fidonet: 1:167/192
                             514-769-0565 14.4


                               -=TENNESSEE=-

                            * AMIGA CENTRAL! *
                  Internet mail:  root@amicent.raider.net
                   615-383-9679  1200-14.4Kbps V.32bis

                               * NOVA BBS *
    AmigaNet 40:210/10.0 40:210/1.0 40:210/0.0     FidoNet 1:362/508.0
                         615-472-9748 USR DS 16.8


                               -=VIRGINIA=-

                       * NETWORK XXIII DATA SYSTEM *
                       EMail: gottfrie@acca.nmsu.edu
                           804-266-1763 v.42bis
                     Login: anon     Password: nopass


                              -=WASHINGTON=-

                          * FREELAND MAINFRAME *
                         Internet - freemf.wa.com
                  (360)412-0228 five lines - USR v.32bis
         New users have immediate access to Amiga Report Downloads

                              * PIONEERS BBS *
                            FidoNet: 1:343/54.0
                   206-775-7983 24 hrs.  Supra 28.8k v34
              Login: Long Distance     Password: longdistance
                  Or File Request the MAGIC NAME: AR.lha

@endnode
@node BBS_SAMERICA "Distribution BBSes - South America"
@toc BBS

===========================================================================
                    Distribution BBSes - South America
===========================================================================

                                -=BRAZIL=-

                            * AMIGA DO PC BBS *
          Fidonet: 4:801/44     Internet: fimoraes@dcc.unicamp.br
     Weekdays: 19-07 (-3 GMT)   Weekends: 24 hours     +55-192-33-2260

@endnode
@node DEAL_ASIA "Dealers - Asia"
@toc DEALER

===========================================================================
                              Dealers - Asia
===========================================================================

                                 -=JAPAN=-
                             Grey Matter Ltd.
                           1-22-3,Minami Magome
                        HillTop House 2F suite 201
                             Ota-ku,Tokyo 143
              Tel:+81 (0)3 5709-5549   Fax:+81 (0)3 5709-1907
    BBS: +81 (0)3 5709-1907   Email: nighty@gmatter.japan-online.or.jp

@endnode
@node DEAL_AUSTRALIA "Dealers - Australia"
@toc DEALER

===========================================================================
                            Dealers - Australia
===========================================================================

                              -=QUEENSLAND=-

                               Image Domain
                               92 Bridge St
                        Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
                     E-mail: s322698@student.uq.edu.au
                 Voice: 617-3216-1240   Fax: 617-3852-2720


                             -= NEW ZEALAND =-

                                CompKarori
                         LG/F Karori Shopping Mall
                            Karori, Wellington
                          Tel/Fax: +64 4 476-0212
                       Email: sales@compkarori.co.nz

@endnode
@node DEAL_EUROPE "Dealers - Europe"
@toc DEALER

===========================================================================
                             Dealers - Europe
===========================================================================

                                -=AUSTRIA=-

                   A.R.T.  Computeranimation Ges.m.b.H.
                              Feldstrasse 13
                              3300 Amstetten
                Tel: +43 7472/63566-0 Fax: +43 7472/63566-6

                                -=BELGIUM=-

                               CLICK!  N.V.
                            Boomsesteenweg 468
                        B-2610 Wilrijk - Antwerpen
           VOICE: +32 (0)3 828.18.15     FAX: +32 (0)3 828.67.36
           INTERNET: vanhoutv@nbre.nfe.be      FIDO: 2:292/603.9


                               -=BULGARIA=-

                           KlubVerband ITA Gmbh
                                1309 Sofia
                          P.F.13, KukushStr.  1-2
                  Tel: +359-2-221471   Fax: +359-2-230062
          Email: KVITA@VIRBUS.BG     Contact: Dr.  ING B.  Pavlov

                                -=DENMARK=-

                              Fribert Consult
                       C. T. Barfoeds Vej 2, 3.  tv
                           DK-2000 FRB / Danmark
               Phone: +45 31 87 98 64   Fax: +45 31 98 09 36
             EMail: fribert@datashopper.dk   Fido: 2:235/317.0
                            (mail order only!)


                                -=FINLAND=-

                              DataService Oy
                               P.O.  Box 50
                            Kuurinniityntie 30
                                02771 ESPOO
          Voice: +358 (9) 400 438 301     Fax: +358 (9) 0505 0037

             Lincware Computers Oy / Lincoln Technologies Ltd
                              Lovkullankuja 3
                               10300 KARJAA
            Voice: +358-(9)50-5583720   Fax: +358-(9)11-205415
                      EMail: linctech@freenet.hut.fi


                                -=FRANCE=-

                            ASCII Informatique
                             10 Rue de Lepante
                                06000 NICE
               Tel: (33) 93 13 08 66   Fax: (33) 93 13 90 95

                            Quartz Infomatique
                          2 bis, avenue de Brogny
                              F-74000 ANNECY
                  Tel./Fax (automatique): +33 50.52.83.31
                      E-Mail: Yann-Erick.Proy@Imag.fr


                                -=GERMANY=-

                           AMItech Systems GmbH
                              Ludwigstrasse 4
                             D-95028 Hof/Saale
               VOICE: +49 9281 142812   FAX: +49 9281 142712
                       EMail: bsd@blacky.netz.sub.de

                    dcp, desing+commercial partner GmbH
                               Alfredstr.  1
                              D-22087 Hamburg
                 Tel.: + 49 40 251176 Fax: +49 40 2518567
                 EMail: info@dcp.de WWW: http://www.dcp.de

                          Hartmann & Riedel GdbR
                               Hertzstr.  33
                           D-76287 Rheinstetten
            EMail: rh@fs.schiele-ct.de     Fido: 2:2476/405.12
              Voice: +49 (7242) 2021     Fax: +49 (7242) 5909
     Please call first before visiting us, otherwise we may be closed.

                             Hirsch & Wolf OHG
                              Mittelstra_e 33
                              D-56564 Neuwied
            Voice: +49 (2631) 8399-0   Fax: +49 (2631) 8399-31

                           Pro Video Elektronik
                                Roßmarkt 38
                           D-63739 Aschaffenburg
                 Tel: (49) 6021 15713 Fax: (49) 6021 15713


                                 -=ITALY=-

                              C.A.T.M.U.  snc
                            Casella Postale 63
                             10023 Chieri (TO)
                          Tel/Fax: +39 11 9415237
       EMail: fer@inrete.it (Ferruccio Zamuner)   Fido: 2:334/21.19

                            Cloanto Italia srl
                           Via G.  B.  Bison 24
                                33100 Udine
                 Tel: +39 432 545902   Fax: +39 432 609051
              E-Mail: info@cloanto.it   CompuServe: 100145.15


                                 -=SPAIN=-

                               Amiga Center
                               Argullós, 127
                              08016 Barcelona
                Tel: (93) 276 38 06     Fax: (93) 276 30 80

                           Amiga Center Alicante
                                Segura, 27
                              03004 Alicante
                            Tel: (96) 514 37 34

                        Centro Informático Boadilla
                                Convento, 6
                     28660 Boadilla del Monte (Madrid)
                Tel: (91) 632 27 65     Fax: (91) 632 10 99

                                Centro Mail
                            Tel: (91) 380 28 92

                                  C.R.E.
                             San Francisco, 85
                          48003 Bilbao (Vizcaya)
                Tel: (94) 444 98 84     Fax: (94) 444 98 84

                               Donosti Frame
                           Avda.  de Madrid, 15
                      20011 San Sebastián (Guipuzcoa)
                Tel: (943) 42 07 45     Fax: (943) 42 45 88

                            Eurobit Informatica
                    C/.  Gral.  Garcia de la Herran, 4
                           11100 - San Fernando
                                   Cadiz
                           Tel/Fax: (956) 896375

                                 GaliFrame
                           Galerías Príncipe, 22
                             Vigo (Pontevedra)
                Tel: (986) 22 89 94     Fax: (986) 22 89 94

                                 Invision
                             San Isidro, 12-18
                     28850 Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid)
              Tel: (91) 676 20 56/59     Fax: (91) 656 10 04

                                 Invision
                               Salamanca, 53
                              46005 Valencia
              Tel: (96) 395 02 43/44     Fax: (96) 395 02 44

                                  Norsoft
                                Bedoya, 4-6
                               32003 Orense
                Tel: (988) 24 90 46     Fax: (988) 23 42 07

                                 PiXeLSOFT
                              Felipe II, 3bis
                              34004 Palencia
                Tel: (979) 71 27 00     Fax: (979) 71 28 28

                                 Tu Amiga
                             Plaza Pedro IV, 3
                       08120 La LLagosta (Barcelona)
                Tel: (93) 560 76 12     Fax: (93) 560 76 12

                                  vb soft
                               Provenza, 436
                              08025 Barcelona
                Tel: (93) 456 15 45     Fax: (93) 456 15 45


                                -=NORWAY=-

                             DataKompaniet ANS
                        Trondheim Innovation Centre
                           Prof.  Brochs gt.  6
                             N-7030 Trondheim
                  Tel: +47 7354 0375   Fax: +47 7394 3861
EMail:datakompaniet@interlink.no  WWW:http://www.interlink.no/datakompaniet

                              Sezam Software
                              Ulsmågveien 11a
                              N-5o5o Nesttun
                       Tel/Fax: +47 55100070 (9-20)
           ABBS: +47 55101730 (24t)   Email: oleksy@telepost.no


                            -=UNITED KINGDOM=-

                           Almathera Systems Ltd
                Southerton House / Boundary Business Court
                             92-94 Church Road
                         Mitcham, Surrey / CR4 3TD
            VOICE: (UK) 081 687 0040     FAX: (UK) 081 687 0490
 Sales: almathera@cix.compulink.co.uk     Tech: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk

                        Brian Fowler Computers Ltd
                           90 South Street / Exeter
                              Devon / EX1 1EN
               Voice: (01392) 499 755   Fax: (01392) 493 393
                Internet: brian_fowler@cix.compulink.co.uk

                             Visage Computers
                              27 Watnall Road
                           Hucknall / Nottingham
           Tel: +44 (0)115 9642828   Tel/Fax: +44 (0)115 9642898
                        EMail: visage@innotts.co.uk

@endnode
@node DEAL_NAMERICA "Dealers - North America"
@toc DEALER

===========================================================================
                          Dealers - North America
===========================================================================

                                -=CANADA=-

                          Animax Multimedia, Inc.
                         196 Joseph Zatzman Drive
                          Dartmouth, NS / B3B 1N4
                 Ph: (902)468-AMAX     Fax: (902)468-4341
                       EMail: animax@ra.isisnet.com

                           Atlantis Kobetek Inc.
                           1496 Lower Water St.
                           Halifax, NS / B3J 1R9
               Phone: (902)-422-6556     Fax: (902)-423-9339
                     E-mail: atkobetek@ra.isisnet.com

                Atlas Computers & Consulting - Derek Davlut
                       400 Telstar Avenue Suite 701
                           Sudbury, ON / P3E 5V7
                Phone: (705) 522-1923   Fax: (705) 522-1923
                   EMail: s2200147@nickel.laurentian.ca

                           Computerology Direct
                             Powell River, BC
                                  V8A-4Z3
               Call 24 hrs.  orders/inquiries: 604/483-3679
          Amiga users ask for HEAD SALES REP for quicker response!

                        Comspec Communications Inc
                              74 Wingold Ave
                     Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6B 1P5
 Computer Centre: (416) 785-8348  Sales: (416) 785-3553  Fax: 416-785-3668
      Internet: bryanf@comcorp.comspec.com, bryanf@accesspt.north.net

                             ElectroMike Inc.
                         1375 Boul.  Charest Ouest
                       Quebec, Quebec, Canada G1N2E7
         Tel: (418) 681-4138, (800) 463-1501   Fax: (418) 681-5880

                         GfxBase Electronique, Inc
                              1727 Shevchenko
                             Montreal, Quebec
                  Voice: 514-367-2575   Fax: 514-367-5265
                             BBS: 514-769-0565

                              National Amiga
                             Oakville, Ontario
              Fax: 905-845-3295   EMail: gscott@interlog.com
          WWW: http://www.interlog.com/~gscott/NationalAmiga.html

                        Oby's Amigo Computing Shop
                             765 Barrydowne Rd
                     Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3A-3TG
                         VOICE/FAX: (705)524-5826
                    All Amiga Computer Store Since 1990

                            Software Supermart
                            11010 - 101 Street
                     Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5H-2T1
                Voice: (403) 425-0691   Fax: (403) 426-1701
                       EMail: ssmart@planet.eon.net

                         SpectrumTech Electronics
                       412-1205 Fennell Avenue East
                           Hamilton, ON L8T 1T1
                Voice: (905) 388-9575   BBS: (905) 388-2542
           E-Mail: ste@spectrum.gryn.org   Contact: Derek Clarke


                           Wonder Computers Inc.

                        WCi (Corporate)
                        1827 Woodward Dr. Suite 110
                        Ottawa, Ont. CAN K2C 0P9
                        V: (613) 226-0000
                        F: (613) 226-9990

       Calgary Store                      Ottawa Store
       8180 Macleod Trail S. Suite 12     1315 Richmond Rd.
       Calgary, Alb, CAN T2H 2B8          Ottawa, Ont. CAN K2B 8J7
       V: (403) 253-0009                  V: (613) 596-2542
       F: (403) 253-2435                  F: (613) 596-9349

       Toronto Store                      Montreal Store  
       371 Old Kinston Rd.                130 Laurier St. W.
       Scarborough, Ont. CAN M1C 1B7      Montreal, QC. CAN H2T 2N7
       V: (416) 286-0001                  V: (514) 279-0002
       F: (416) 286-0038                  F: (514) 279-6229

       London Store                       Vancouver Store
       395 Wellington R. S.               4040 #3 Rd. Unit 280
       London, Ont. CAN N6C 5Z6           Richmond, B.C. CAN V6X 2C2
       V: (519) 681-0004                  V: (519) 279-4240
       F: (519) 681-7736                  F: (519) 279-4241


                             -=UNITED STATES=-

                               A&D Computer
                               211 South St.
                          Milford, NH 03055-3743
                Voice/Fax: 603-672-4700   BBS: 603-673-2788
                         Internet: amiga@mv.mv.com

                                AmegaByte!
                             5001 Garrett Ave.
                           Beltsville, MD 20705
              VOICE: (800) 834-7153   VOICE: (301) 937-1640
             FAX: (301) 937-1658     INTERNET: amega@globe.net

                           Amigability Computers
                               P.O.  Box 572
                           Plantsville, CT 06479
                            VOICE: 203-276-8175
                         Internet: caldi@pcnet.com

                              Amiga-Crossing
                                PO Box 12A
                        Cumberland Center, ME 04021
        VOICE: (800) 498-3959 (Maine only)   VOICE: (207) 829-3959
              FAX: (207) 829-3522   Internet: amiga-x@tka.com

                          Amiga Library Services
                          610 Alma School Rd, #18
                          Chandler, Az 85224-3687
                Voice: (800) 804-0833   Fax: (602) 491-0048
                        E-Mail: orders@amigalib.com

                           Amiga Video Solutions
                           1568 Randolph Avenue
                            St.  Paul, MN 55105
                 Voice: 612-698-1175     Fax: 612-224-3823
           BBS: 612-698-1918     Net: wohno001@maroon.tc.umn.edu

                          Applied Multimedia Inc.
                              89 Northill St.
                            Stamford, CT 06907
                           VOICE: (203) 348-0108

                            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

                            Computer Advantage
                             7370 Hickman Road
                           Des Moines, IA 50322
                          Voice/Fax: 515-252-6167
                       Internet: Number1@netins.net

                             Computer Concepts
                   18001 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Suite "0"
                             Bothell, WA 98012
                           VOICE: (206) 481-3666

                               Computer Link
                              6573 middlebelt
                           Garden City MI 48135
                 Voice: 313-522-6005     Fax: 313-522-3119
                         clink@m-net.arbornet.org

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

                          Computerwise Computers
                              3006 North Main
                              Logan, UT 84322

                              CyberTech Labs
                               PO Box 56941
                         North Pole, Alaska  99705
 Vox: (907) 451-3285   BBS1 : (907) 488-2547   BBS2 & Fax: (907) 488-2647
            EMail: 71516.600@CompuServe.com   Fido: 1:355/17.0

                              DC Productions
                          218 Stockbridge Avenue
                            Kalamazoo, MI 49001
                       (616)373-1985   (800)9DC-PROD
                    Email: dcpro!chetw@heifetz.msen.com

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

                              Digital Castle
                       4046 Hubbell Ave.  Suite 155
                         Des Moines, IA 50317-4434
                           Voice: (515) 266-5098
                          EMail: Sheep@netins.net


                              HT Electronics
           E-Mail: HT Electronics@cup.portal.com     BIX: msears

           422 S. Hillview Dr.          211 Lathrop Way, Ste. A.
           Milipitas, CA 95035          Sacramento, CA 95815
           V: (408) 934-7700            V: (916) 925-0900
           F: (408) 934-7717            F: (916) 925-2829


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

                            Kipp Visual Systems
                          360-C Christopher Ave.
                          Gaithersburg Md, 20878
                               301-670-7906
                           kipp@rasputin.umd.edu

                     Tom Lively / The Lively Computer
                             8314 Parkway Dr.
                             La Mesa, CA 91942
                   Voice: 619-589-9455 Fax: 619-589-5230
                        Net: tlively@connectnet.com

                                Magic Page
                            3043 Luther Street
                          Winston-Salem, NC 27127
          Voice/Fax: 910-785-3695   E-mail: Spiff@cup.portal.com
                          Contact: Patrick Smith

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

                         MicroTech Solutions, Inc.
                         1885 N.  Farnsworth Ave.
                               Suites 6-7-8
                           Aurora, IL 60505-1162
        Voice: 708-851-3033   Fax: 708-851-3825   BBS: 708-851-3929
           Email: info@mt-inc.com   WWW: http://www.mt-inc.com/

                          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

                         OverByte Industries, Inc.
                       661 Blanding Blvd.  Suite 391
                        Orange Park, FL 32073-5048
            Voice: 904-858-3348   E-mail: overbyte@jax.gttw.com
          URL: http://www.jkcg.com/Webmaster/Overbyte/index.html

                            Paxtron Corporation
                              28 Grove Street
                          Spring Valley, NY 10977
     Voice: 914-576-6522    Orders: 800-815-3241    Fax: 914-624-3239

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

                          Raymond Commodore Amiga
                            898 Raymond Avenue
                         St. Paul, MN   55114-1521
                 VOICE: 612.642.9890     FAX: 612.642.9891

                           Safe Harbor Computers
                          W226 N900 Eastmound Dr
                            Waukesha, WI 53186
                 Orders: 800-544-6599   Fax: 414-548-8130
                       WWW Catalog: www.sharbor.com

                               Slipped Disk
                               31044 John R
                      Madison Heights, Michigan 48071
                           Voice: (810) 546-3475
                  BBS: (810) 399-1292   Fido: 1:120/321.0

                           Software Plus Chicago
                         2945 W Peterson Suite 209
                             Chicago, Illinois
                           VOICE:  312-878-7800

                        System Eyes Computer Store
                          730M Milford Rd Ste 345
                         Merrimack, NH 03054-4642
               Voice: (603) 4244-1188   Fax: (603) 424-3939
                  EMail: j_sauter@systemeye.ultranet.com

                                Zipperware
                             76 South Main St.
                           Seattle, WA  98104
                 VOICE: 206-223-1107     FAX: 206-223-9395
                          E-Mail: jon@nwlink.com

@endnode
@node OPINION "Editorial and Opinion"
@toc MENU

===========================================================================
                           Editorial and Opinion
===========================================================================

@{"   compt.sys.editor.desk   " link EDITORIAL}  The end of an exciting but tiring year

@{"  Amiga Internet Terminal  " link OPINION1}  $500?  Been there, done that...

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    @{"  News  " link NEWS}  @{"  Articles  " link FEATURE}  @{"  Reviews  " link REVIEW}  @{"  Charts  " link FTP}  @{"  Adverts  " link COMMERCIAL}
@endnode
@node NEWS "News & Press Releases"
@toc MENU
===========================================================================
                           News & Press Releases
===========================================================================

@{"       Macro68, v3.175        " link NEWS1}  680x0 assembler, supports 060

@{"    Introducing A.N.G.L.E.    " link NEWS2}  A new non-profit net gaming group

@{"        ReMaP Proposal        " link NEWS3}  Proposal for Resource Management

@{"        UMS RFC v0.11         " link NEWS4}  UUCP, NNTP, POP3, and SMTP

@{"    Apollo 620 Accelerator    " link NEWS5}  Turbocharge your A600.  Really.

@{"        AmigaNCP v1.8         " link NEWS6}  Network the Amiga to Psion palmtops

@{"         Aminet CD 9          " link NEWS7}  The latest...

@{"      Mesa-Amiwin v1.2.5      " link NEWS8}  OpenGL through AmiWin

@{"          Next v1.8           " link NEWS9}  A new text reader

@{"     DiskProtection V1.1      " link NEWS10}  Encrypt files, XPK compatible

@{"    Blue Ribbon SoundWorks    " link NEWS11}  Microsoft grabs Blue Ribbon

@{"    easyrexx.library v3.0     " link NEWS12}  Quick and easy ARexx ports

@{"         Amiga Surfer         " link NEWS13}  Amiga Tech's version of a good idea

@{"       X Patch Preview        " link NEWS14}  X-look for the Amiga

@{"       Canadian History       " link NEWS15}  An Amiga-produced CD-ROM

@{"      SMG NA Dealer List      " link NEWS16}  The authorized list

@{"          Xoper 2.6           " link NEWS17}  Watch your system work

@{"        SetMouse v2.0         " link NEWS18}  Configure mouse buttons

@{"           RO v1.20           " link NEWS19}  The file management program

@{"       Oberon System V4       " link NEWS20}  The OS/language for the Amiga

@{"       KingFisher v2.20       " link NEWS21}  Search Fish disks and more

@{"        BBMouseServDoc        " link NEWS22}  Mouse operations on Bridgeboards

@{" International Amiga Society  " link NEWS23}  IAS wants to entertain

@{"         MagicCX v1.2         " link NEWS24}  The mammoth commodity updated

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  @{"  Opinion  " link OPINION}  @{"  Articles  " link FEATURE}  @{"  Reviews  " link REVIEW}  @{"  Charts  " link FTP}  @{"  Adverts  " link COMMERCIAL}
@endnode
@node FEATURE "Featured Articles"
@toc MENU

===========================================================================
                             Featured Articles
===========================================================================

@{"           WORMS Tips           " link FEATURE1}  From the author himself

@{"  Commodore Postscript Project  " link FEATURE2}  The sordid tale

@{"     Break the ZIP Barrier      " link FEATURE3}  A driver for PC Zip disks

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @{"  Opinion  " link OPINION}  @{"  News  " link NEWS}  @{"  Reviews  " link REVIEW}  @{"  Charts  " link FTP}  @{"  Adverts  " link COMMERCIAL}
@endnode
@node REVIEW "Reviews"
@toc MENU

===========================================================================
                                  Reviews
===========================================================================

@{"  Super Skidmarks Correction  " link REVIEW1}  Oops, made a mistake.

@{"    The Search for Storage    " link REVIEW2}  A look at Syquest's EZ135

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @{"  Opinion  " link OPINION}  @{"  News  " link NEWS}  @{"  Articles  " link FEATURE}  @{"  Charts  " link FTP}  @{"  Adverts  " link COMMERCIAL}
@endnode
@node FTP "Aminet Charts"
@toc MENU

===========================================================================
                               Aminet Charts
===========================================================================

                            @{"    25-Dec-95    " link CHARTS1}

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   @{"  Opinion  " link OPINION}  @{"  News  " link NEWS}  @{"  Articles  " link FEATURE}  @{"  Reviews  " link REVIEW}  @{"  Adverts  " link COMMERCIAL}
@endnode
@node ABOUT "About AMIGA REPORT"
@toc MENU

===========================================================================
                            About AMIGA REPORT
===========================================================================

@{"        AR Staff         " link STAFF} The Editors and writers

@{"   Writing Guidelines    " link GUIDELINE} What you need to do to write for us

@{"  Copyright Information  " link COPYRIGHT} The legal stuff
@endnode
@node STAFF "The Staff"
@toc ABOUT

===========================================================================
                                 The Staff
===========================================================================

               Editor:               @{" Jason Compton    " link JASON}

               Assistant Editor:     @{" Katherine Nelson " link KATIE}

               Senior Editor:        @{" Robert Niles     " link ROBERT}

               Contributing Editor:  @{" William Near     " link WILLIAM}

               Contributing Editor:  @{" Addison Laurent  " link ADDISON}
@endnode
@node WHERE "Where to Get AR"
@toc MENU

===========================================================================
                              Where to Get AR
===========================================================================

                         @{"   The AR Mailing List   " link MAILLIST}

                         @{"         Aminet          " link AMINET}

                         @{"     World Wide Web      " link WWW}

                         @{"   Distribution Sites    " link BBS}

                         @{"   Commercial Services   " link PORTAL}
@endnode
@node BBS "Distribution Sites"
@toc WHERE

===========================================================================
                            Distribution BBSes
===========================================================================

                          Arranged by Continent:

                          @{"    Australia    " link BBS_AUSTRALIA}

                          @{"     Europe      " link BBS_EUROPE}

                          @{"  North America  " link BBS_NAMERICA}

                          @{"  South America  " link BBS_SAMERICA}

Sysops: To have your name added, please send @{"Email", link JASON} with the BBS name,
its location (Country, province/state) your name, any internet/fidonet
addresses, and the phone number of your BBS
@endnode
@node DEALER "Dealer Directory"
@toc MENU

===========================================================================
                             Dealer Directory
===========================================================================

                          Arranged by Continent:

                          @{"      Asia       " link DEAL_ASIA}

                          @{"    Australia    " link DEAL_AUSTRALIA}

                          @{"     Europe      " link DEAL_EUROPE}

                          @{"  North America  " link DEAL_NAMERICA}

Dealers: To have your name added, please send @{"Email", link JASON} with the name,
address, phone, and net address (if available) of your establishment.
@endnode
