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    The Editor's Desk      Amiga News               Dealer Directory       
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                            SPECIAL FEATURES 

  Around the Coyote: An overview .............................Louis Jamie
  Confusion in the Modules Scene ............................Pauli Porkka
  compt.sys.amiga ..........................................Jason Compton
  Project Fantasy? ..........................................Katie Nelson
  RIP Commodore....................................Tom Halfhill, via BYTE

                                REVIEWS
  
  Second Samurai ....................................Katie Nelson
  Sunrize AD516 and Studio 16 .......................Neil Brewitt
  Innocent Until Caught ............................Jason Compton
  Video Creator ....................................Jason Compton
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First off.... My apologies to all of you. My host (Connected INC) had 
some problems with USWest (our local telephone company). Apparently 
USWest was supposed to cut a line to another city, and instead cut off 
the line to Yakima ...and Yakima is where I live. SO! For almost 3 weeks 
I was not able to log on. Thus, I wasn't able to get the news and 
information to put out to you. We are working on a way to get this out 
to you just in case this ever happens again, in hopes that AR will be 
able to be published without interruption.

Last issue we had an article in that described problems with Creative 
Computers, a mail order company. Apparently the problem described wasn't 
the only one of that sort. Many readers wrote in and described more. 
While I'm not here to judge Creative, or any other mail order company, I 
do feel that you should be aware of what other people are experiencing.
I'm very much a subscriber of the saying, "The customer is always right" 
and it really makes me wonder about the things I've heard about 
Creative. I have placed some of the mail concerning Creative in the 
Reader Mail section, including mail from Mark Manes of Scala.

News about C= ??? Nopers. Unfortunately. I was hoping for something but 
in doing without, Jason Compton talked to Mr Fraser of C=, Canada ...and 
the information from him seems quite uplifting.

OK, Ok, I'll get outta your face :)

Enjoy!!

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 Fax:                         509-248-5645
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FAX:                    708-741-0689

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Taurus Ventures Inc. (TVi) Develops Amiga-Based Home-Banking System
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ 
At a press conference today, VanCity Savings Credit Union, a major
Canadian financial institution, made it's first public announcement
of it's revolutionary new home-based banking system.  Named "TeleView",
this system is aimed at the average VanCity member, and requires no
special computer knowledge to operate.
 
The system uses the Amiga CD32 CDROM console as it's host, as well as
custom GUI application software and a custom external modem developed
by TVi.  The system is operated by a wireless infra-red remote control
unit (or the included CD32 game controller) and allows users to do a
variety of common financial transactions, including bill payment,
transfer of funds between accounts, up-to-the minute online account
statements and balances, and interest and investment rate queries.
 
 
Company Introduction
 
Taurus Ventures Incorporated ("TVi") is currently developing an easy-
to-use home-based banking system for VanCity Savings Credit Union,
the second fastest growing credit union in Canada.
 
Taurus Ventures brings to it's projects a combined experience of
30 man-years in the areas of software engineering and design,
authoring systems design, embedded systems, database management systems
development, games coding and porting, graphics and animation production,
and project management.
 
TVi is based in Burnaby, B.C. Canada, often referred to as "Silicon
Valley North" due to the large number of computer hardware and software
firms that the area has attracted.
 
 
Company Philosophy
 
TVi intends to be the preeminent producer of interactive GUI-based
applications.  TVi offers a full-service approach to development, working
closely with the client from proof-of-concept demonstration system and
initial design specification to final production, manufacturing, support
and distribution.
 
 
Projects
 
TVi is currently developing an easy-to-use home banking system for
VanCity Savings Credit Union, a major Canadian credit union.  "TeleView",
as this project has come to be known, is aimed at the the average
credit union member and requires no special knowledge to operate.
TeleView employs the AMIGA CD32 game console as it's host, combined
with custom software and hardware, and offers the credit union member
access to their banking functions via a graphical user interface.
The software resides on a CDROM, and uses the TVi Modem to call the
financial institution.
 
The AMIGA CD32 is an excellent delivery system for applications like
TeleView due to its amazing versatility.  The CD32 achieves its
versatility due mainly to its custom chipset and the AmigaDOS true
multi-tasking operating system.  The CD32 can play Audio CDs, CD32
or CDTV entertainment software, and with an optional Full-Motion Video
cartridge, it can play MPEG movies.  When connected to the TVi Modem
and a standard phone line, the AMIGA CD32 becomes a versatile computer
appliance capable of doing telecommunications, home-banking, home-
shopping, multi-player gaming or any other use that requires information
to be sent or received from a remote site.  The TVi Modem also includes
a built-in infra-red receiver for using wireless controllers.
 
 
Development
 
Taurus Ventures is a registered commercial hardware and software developer
for Commodore Business Machines, and uses AMIGA computers in virtually
all aspects of company operations.
 
Our close relationship with Commodore has grown even stronger due to
Commodore Canada's Western Regional Management sharing the same address.
This ensures that TVi stays abreast of all the latest AMIGA technology
and developer news.  Commodore Canada has expressed the utmost confidence
in the success of both the TeleView software and the TVi Modem.
 
 
Software
 
The TeleView software was developed using the "C" language and TVi's
proprietary software libraries, "HKLib" and "MediaLib" which allow our
development team to rapidly create any variety of new application for
the CD32 or AMIGA computer platforms.  TVi plans in the future to port
our libraries for use on PC, Mac, CD-i, or 3DO platforms. giving
Taurus Ventures a much stronger market advantage.
 
 
Hardware
 
The TVi Modem/InfraRed Receiver was developed by TVi's hardware
engineering team, and to the best of our knowledge is unique in the
AMIGA CD32 community.  The TVi Modem/IR device has been granted
"Commodore Approved Product" status by Commodore International.
 
The Modem is an external 2400 baud Hayes compatible device, which
attaches to the CD32's auxilliary/keyboard port.  It is small, light, and
compact and is styled to complement the CD32's case design.
 
The InfraRed Receiver will accept signals from the original CDTV Remote
Controller or can be adjusted to accept signals from a variety of third
party remote control units.
 
The TVi Modem/IR unit has a keyboard pass-through to accept text input
from a standard AMIGA keyboard while the modem is in use.
 
 
Contact Information:
 
For more information about Taurus Ventures or any of it's products,
please contact us at:
 
Taurus Ventures Inc. (TVi)
Suite 400 - 6400 Roberts St.
Burnaby, B.C.
V5G 4C9
Phone:  (604) 298-5657
Fax:  (604) 298-5658

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Advanced Systems & Software announce 68060 accelerator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Advanced Systems & Software announces their newest addition to the Amiga
community, despite Commodore's departure.  The only 68060 accelerator
available and announced for the  A4000.  This is not vapor ware, we have
it running at 82 MIPs, to be faster by release in August and 28 MFLOPS.
Compare that to a stock A4000 that runs at 28 MIPs and 16 MFLOPs.  As one
reviewer said when he saw it in Europe, "I have seen the future."  In
addition to this accelerator will be a module that attaches containing a
FAST SCSI-II interface, high speed serial ports and Ethernet controller.
Enter the future NOW.
 
Contact Advanced Systems & Software here in the Amiga vendor forum, at
CompuServe 71154.1731 or at voice 214-821-7776 or fax 821-3464.

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GTI acquires CDx File System Rights from Xetec INC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH of Oberursel, Germany is pleased
to announce that they have acquired with immediate effect the world-wide
copyright and marketing rights to the CDx File System from Xetec Inc.
 
All distribution, customer support and future development of the product
will be handled directly by GTI in Germany. A number of enhancements to 
the product are currently being considered and will be announced in the
future.
 
All registered CDx users are welcome to take advantage of the GTI CDx
Hotline. German speakers please call (Germany) + 49 6171 - 78066. English
speakers please contact by FAX on + 49 6171 8302 or by mail (address
below).
 
Existing dealers will be receiving mail from us in the next few weeks but
are welcome to call our dealer hotline on + 49 6171 85937 (English or
German - FAX number as above).
 
GTI is Germany's leading specialist distributor of Amiga CD-ROM & Amiga
CD32 software and peripherals and is proud to offer dealers worldwide 
the very latest in Amiga CD tecnology. 
 
GTI Grenville Trading International GmbH
Zimmersmuhlenweg 73
61440 OBERURSEL, Germany.

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CASIO INTRODUCES "PERSONAL VIDEO PRINTER" AT CES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INNOVATION PRODUCES CARD-SIZE COLOR PRINTS OF IMAGES
RIGHT OFF YOUR TELEVISION SCREEN

CHICAGO, June 24--A new Personal Video Printer, Model "VG-100", was
introduced at a special press conference held here during the Summer
Consumer Electronics Show.  This latest Casio innovation has the ability 
to produce card-size color prints of home movies or any images that 
appear on your TV screen.

The "VG-100" incorporates Casio's original new color printing technology
called Point Diffusion (PD) transfer printing.  The "VG-100" will be 
available in November and it is expected to sell in the marketplace for
under $600.

According to John J. McDonald, President of Casio, Inc., the Dover, NJ-
based consumer electronics company, video equipment such as cameras,
video cassete recorders and TV games are common to most households
around the world.  And, more recently, multimedia equipment is becoming
very popular.  This technology has generated a great deal of public 
interest in a video printer that is capable of producing color prints of
images that appear on the TV screen.

"The introduction of this new color printing technology called Point 
Diffusion (PD) will offer consumers the same technology as the 
commercial industry at an affordable price," said Mr. McDonald.  He 
continued to say that the "VG-100" offers for the first time to the 
consumer high quality, high definition and long lasting color prints 
from their own home movies.

The Point Diffusion (PD) transfer printing system of the new "VG-100"
Personal Video Printer controls the size of each dot making up the image
to produce color prints of outstanding resolution.  The "VG-100" is the
first household video printer with a built-in transfer color print system
that transfers images directly onto the paper using the hot melt thermal 
transfer printing system.  The result is high-precision, high-resolution
prints at an affordable price.

Connect the "VG-100" to a video tape deck and print images from the
tape as it plays back.  Or you can print directly from a television
broadcast you have tuned into a VCR.  The printing procedure is quick
and easy, and prints can be used as stickers and cards.

The "VG-100" features include:

-Beautiful and clear color prints of video images.
-Printed images that do not become dull or faded even after long-term
 storage. 
-An affordable price that is less than existing video printers.
-Card size paper that can be used as a sticker to affix almost anywhere.
-Enlargement function that can blow up an image for printing on two
 to 36 cards.
-A reduction function that can print from two to eight images on a single
 card.
-Picture-in-picture display that lets you specify an image for printing 
 while you continue to view a TV show.
-Lightweight, compact design requires little space (7.8 in x 3.5 in., 
 approx. 5.5 lb)

According to Casio, the "VG-100" is designed to broaden sales by making
video images available to general consumers who own VCRs and video
cameras and who wanted the capability to print right off the TV screen.
Prior to the introduction of the "VG-100", most of the products in the
marketplace were for industrial use, due mainly to the cost and the
complexity of the equipment.

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Here are selected excerpts from Casio's VG-100 tech sheet.
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Specifications

Print System:  Point diffusion transfer print system (PD System)
Color Gradations:  128
Colors:  2,090,000
Dots:  499x682 (210 DPI equivalent)
Print Speed: 45 seconds/page
Print Size:  2.1 in x 3.4 in (card size)
Paper size: 2.9 in x 5.1 in
Types of Printing: 13
  Standard (4 types: landscape, portrait, framed landscape, framed 
  portrait)
  Reduced (4 types: 1/2 horizontal, 1/4 horizontal, 1/8 horizontal, 1/8
  vertical)
  Enlarged (5 types: 2,4,8,20,36-card)

Paper Feed: Manual
Output Modes: Live signal, Still, Picture-in-Picture
Memory:  Two screens
Other: Trimming function
Input/Output:  VIDEO IN/OUT (RCA pin jack)
Power Supply:  AC adaptor
Power Consumption:  29W
Dimensions:  7.8 in x 3.5 in x 9.8 in
Weight:  Approx. 5.5 lb.

Included:  AC adaptor, video cable, wireless remote controller, standard
paper 50 sheets, 1 ink ribbon

Supplies:  Standard paper (50 pcs), Sticker paper (R) (50pcs.), Sticker 
paper (L) (50 pcs), Stamp-size sticker paper (1/8) (50 pcs), Video index
label paper (50 pcs)

Contact: Pat Carrasco
(201)361-5400 ext. 439
or
Gary E. Johnson
Public Relations
(201) 887-3500

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Animation Contest 94
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

       We are accepting submissions for 2-D and 3-D original
animations to be used in a video tape distributed worldwide.  This
tape gives animators from all over the world the opportunity to
advertise their talent and show their work to the rest of the world.
Computer hardware and software will be awarded as prizes to the
winners of this contest.  Prize winners will be determined by a
select board of industry professionals.  The entries will be judged
on: originality, creativity, and use of equipment available.
Submissions DO NOT have to be broadcast quality.  In fact, we
encourage ANYONE with the ability to get their animations to tape,
to enter this contest.  Animations done on ANY computer using ANY
software will be accepted.

       All persons with submissions accepted will have the
opportunity to have their Name, Studio Name, and Phone Number
(if requested) advertised in the credits at the end of the tape,
FREE of charge.  A number will be assigned to each entry and shown
on screen while his/her animation is playing.  This number
corresponds to their name in the credits.  This gives anyone
purchasing this tape the ability to find an animator for
their projects fast and easily, i.e. Advertising Agencies,
Video Productions Companies, etc. as well as other animators
looking for help on projects or to trade ideas.

       The tape will include 100's of entries from all over the
world.  Animations will be categorized into many different Style
and Computer-Type categories and scored to an original soundtrack
for those animations that do not include one.

        * Deadline for contest acceptance is OCT 14, 1994 *

       The Animation Contest 94 Video Tape will be available for
purchase before Christmas time 1994.  It will be available in all
Television Standards i.e. NTSC, PAL, SECAM, etc.

              Retail price will be U.S. $24.95 + S&H
                                or
        U.S. $14.95 + S&H for pre-orders before OCT 14, 1994

         Anyone whos animation appears on the finished tape
                will receive a special discount.
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For more information and contest rules, send one (1) self-addressed
stamped envelope to:
                          ANIM CONTEST
                           PO BOX 9839 
                    Fresno, CA.  93794  U.S.A.

                  or call:

           * Internet address: mquaschn@mondrian.CSUFresno.EDU

           * BBS: (209) 447-0365  U.S.A. 

            (Logon: ANIM   PW: Contest)

           * Voice: (209) 277-1188 U.S.A.

P.S. Please e-mail any questions or suggestions to one of the
addresses above, not to where you are reading this.  This message
is being posted in many areas and chances are we will never get your
message unless it goes to one of these locations.

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

Virtual Online University is For Real!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Virtual Online University, Inc. (VOU) announces beginning
classes on the Internet in September 1994. VOU was founded in April 1994,
and incorporated as a non-profit educational organization in June to
provide a novel approach to alternative education by offering fully
online, accredited distance learning using the Internet. The goal of VOU 
is to provide low cost, high quality education and training.

Current offerings include an accredited Liberal Arts degree
program, emphasizing numeracy, literacy and critical thinking as
components of its interdisciplinary approach to distance education. Future
offerings will include post-graduate programs, anticipated to begin during
the second half of 1995. VOU has temporary space at (telnet)
falcon.cit.cornell.edu 8888 and is seeking permanent server space prior to
beginning classes in September.

According to Dr. William Painter, Executive Director, VOU will
"...target two primary audiences: first, current college and university
students in traditional education paths who wish to broaden their
opportunities with online education; and second is the non-traditional,
learning-disenfranchised person, that is, individuals who have limited
access to traditional education due to financial restrictions, physical
challenges, being part of at-risk populations, or with responsibilities
which preclude pursuing traditional educational paths."

The corporate mission statement of Virtual Online University is:

	- to provide low-cost, high quality education;

	- to offer distance education using interactive, interdisciplinary
methods outside of traditional learning paths;

	- to assist traditional and non-traditional learners in furthering
their educational objectives;

	- to form working relationships within business and industry to
provide students with valuable hands-on experience to supplement a liberal
arts education;

	- to conduct research and provide a practical forum for
investigation of online environments and applications in distance
education, telecommunications and electronic delivery systems.

Virtual Online University operates within a Virtual Education
Environment using Multiuser Object-Oriented environment database software
(a MOO).  Some MOOs are programmed as virtual cities and research centers,
others as educational environments. VOU will use various MOOs as online
virtual campuses, including a "traditionally designed" university campus
and one designed as an orbiting space station in Geosynchronous Earth
Orbit. Others are currently in planning, including an undersea
environment. 

Contact: 
Robert Donnelly
donnelly@coyote.csusm.edu

Dr. William Painter
wpainter@bigcat.missouri.edu

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[Ed's Note: Here are a few replies about Creative Computing that I have]
[received.                                                             ]

From: manes@DGS.dgsys.com (Mark Manes)
Apparently-To: rniles@hebron.connected.com

I was just reading the recent AmiReport and read with interest the
article about Creative Computers.  I thought AmiReport would like to
know that Scala has had a very hard time with this mail order outfit.

Currently Creative Computers is selling the A3000/P package of
Scala MM200.  This package was part of the 'free Scala' bundle included
in a Commodore promotion several years ago.  The packaging is marked
as "Not for resale" etc.

It should be noted that this package will NOT work properly under
AmigaDOS 2.1 or AmigaDOS 3.x.  The only upgrade that is available
is to Scala MM300 via Creative Equipment.

Users are advised to not purchase this product from Creative Computers.

Mark D. Manes
Applications Engineer
Scala Inc.
===============

From: Scott Hansen <HANSEN@Eisner.DECUS.Org>
Subject: Creative Computers Horror Story
To: rniles@hebron.connected.com

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: *** CREATIVE COMPUTERS LIE THROUGH THEIR TEETH ***
Message-ID: <13JUN199416283571@eisner.decus.org>
From: hansen@eisner.decus.org (Scott Hansen)
Date: 13 Jun 1994 16:28 -0400
 
This is a warning to all interested parties that CREATIVE COMPUTERS of
Torrance, California, sells their products by telling BALD-FACED LIES 
about features and functionality.  I certainly will never do business 
with them again and I felt that everybody should be aware of their 
business practices.  Here's what happened:
 
Short version:  
 
Prior to ordering a software product, I asked very specifically whether or
not the product contained certain functionality, and I received assurances
that it did.  I bought it, and the product does _NOT_ do what they
promised.  CREATIVE COMPUTERS themselves later confirmed this.  Despite 
the prior promises, they refuse to accept a return.  I am now pursuing 
recourse through VISA.  
 
 
Long version:
 
I recently bought (not from CREATIVE COMPUTERS) a Power Point high density
external floppy drive for my Amiga 1200.  It works great, except for the
fact that the utility I was using for backups (HDBackup, it came installed
on the 1200 when I bought it) did not take advantage of the high density
feature of the drive.  It uses the drive ok, it just writes to the floppy
in its standard double-density proprietary format.  Anyway, since I now
have this high density capability, I thought (silly me) that it would be
nice to have a backup utility that ACTUALLY USED the high densityness of
the drive.  So I read old reviews of backup products and proceeded to call
CREATIVE COMPUTERS to ask them about two products, Ami-Back and
Quarterback. I spoke to a sales-type by the name of JIM HOUSKA, who 
assured me in no uncertain terms that Ami-Back does not use the high 
density feature of the drive (it turns out it actually does), and that 
Quarterback does absolutely write in high density with the Power Point 
drive (it turns out it doesn't) and is also the best backup product in 
the Known Universe. So I ordered Quarterback (unaware that its maker, 
Central Coast Software / New Horizons, was in the midst of going out of 
business).  Not only does Quarterback not write the floppies in high 
density, it absolutely will _NOT_ write to a HD floppy in the HD drive 
at all in any density.  It will write to a DD floppy in the HD drive, and
it will write to a HD floppy in the DD drive, but with a HD floppy in the
HD drive the entire backup bombs right out.
 
So I called CREATIVE COMPUTERS, explained the problem and asked for a
Return Authorization number and a refund.  No, I was told, but thanks for
asking.  They actually confirmed that my results were in fact the truth;
the blasted thing didn't work, no way, no how.  I spoke to Jim Houska, the
sales guy who got me into this.  I spoke to "Veronica C.", who would not
give her last name.  I TRIED to speak to Veronica's manager, "Bill M."
(Veronica wouldn't give me his name, either), but Bill doesn't answer his
phone and doesn't respond to his voice mail.  Jim Houska freely admitted
that he had promised me the thing would work ("I really thought it would,
honest", he said).  But no, I could not have a refund.  I explained to 
them that since I had purchased this thing with VISA, I had certain 
rights, and that I would pursue a refund through VISA.  They seem a bit
confused by this, but didn't change their minds.
 
So I packed the thing up in mint condition and sent it to their return
department by U.S. Mail with RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, together with a
letter requesting a refund.  I later received the Return Receipt, proof
that they accepted delivery.  A few days ago, I received the package back
(they had obviously opened it), marked "Delivery Refused - Return to
Sender".  Without re-opening it, I returned it to the U.S. Post Office
together with the signed Return Receipt, and the U.S. Postal Service
happily accepted it for return to CREATIVE COMPUTERS.  I am now in 
process of having VISA issue a charge back against CREATIVE.  
 
CREATIVE COMPUTERS WILL LOSE THIS DISPUTE!  I WILL GET MY MONEY 
BACK
THROUGH VISA.  Why they even bother to try this type of tactic is beyond
me.  There are regulations, I do have rights to protect me against such
thieves, and they will lose.  They are not being very "creative" if you 
ask me.  What is obvious is that they have only one objective:  sell 
product at all costs and by any means, even if it involves lying.  They 
have lost at least one customer, and I would advise all you to stay away 
from them.
 
 
Scott Hansen
hansen@eisner.decus.org

=================
From: Wicki@cup.portal.com
To: rniles@hebron.connected.com
Subject: Creative Computers

Sooo... How about those Creative Computer guys.. Gotta love 'em  :-/

example #1:

Ordered Pagestream 2.2 (upgradable) months and months ago. I've forgotten
when Kept checking, they said it was on the way. Finally 2 weeks ago I got a
letter (believe it?) that said that it was finally cancelled. I called to find
out where my refund was (I paid by check) and they said I had to send back
"the paper" with either the refund or credit box checked. I received no such
"paper". I still haven't seen my refund.

example #2:

To avoid the check-caching hassles, I had a friend of mine order a Bernoulli
150 external. Well, aobout 2 or 3 weeks later, I received a box in the mail,
but when I opened it, it contained a SyQuest 105. Not even the right form-
factor. Anyway, I called them back for a return authorization number, which
they did give me. I mailed off the SyQuest US Mail insured (the only method
available here on Guam) the same day I had to return my A1230-II to AmigaMan
for modification by GVP. AmigaMan received the package in 6 days; Creative
says they still haven't received it. Yeah. I've had to call 6 times to check
if they've received the SyQuest yet, but every time I call I have to 
completely re-explain the story, at about $1 a minute for the call. Every 
single time they give some excuse for why there is nobody in the receiving
department. Only once have they faxed me back with a negative answer (with
the return address from Mac Mall, no less)
I'll be willing to bet that either they misplaced the package (I'm tracing
it now) or better yet, they gave the return credit to Ichiro Matsubara,
whose Mac Mall receipt was _also_ in the same package that was sent to me
with the proper item description on it. They won't even partially credit my
friend's credit card with the difference in price between the $595 Bernoulli
and the $399 SyQuest drive.

Every single member of my computer club has a Creative Computers horry story
as well.

SSgt Robert C. Nowicki
vice-president Guam Amiga User's Group Enthusiasts (GAUGE)
wicki@cup.portal.com

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

From: g.goldberg3@genie.geis.com
Received: by relay2.geis.com
	(1.37.109.10G/15.6) id AA035979307; Mon, 11 Jul 1994 23:28:28 GMT
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 94 20:28:00 UTC
To: rniles@hebron.connected.com
Subject: Creative! What about GVP?!
X-Genie-Id: 6671766
X-Genie-From: G.GOLDBERG3
Status: RO

I've had few problems with Creative except them also being out of
all their good bargains right after I receive my Amiga World.
But GVP! They just don't care if you're not a company.
I ordered the A530 just after it came out. It wouldn't install
correctly, even with a developer helping me. I returned it.
Oh, I forget: this was an upgrade of their HD for the A500.
THAT wonder failed after 3 months (the fan died).
Anyway, I had to return the A530 3 times in the first few months.
Each time the RAM jumpers were set wrong.
Last summer the '030 chip died. As always, it takes time to get
through to them and convince them that you're not a complete idiot.
Anyway, they sent me a new one.
Contrast this with the dying Progressive Peripherals last September:
I thought I had a problem with their '040 board for my A2000.
They estimated it'd cost $50-$200 and take 3 weeks. Well, it took
exactly 3 weeks, they replaced a chip (not the '040) on the board,
and didn't charge me!

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@node P1-4 "compt.sys.amiga"
@toc "menu"
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%% compt.sys.amiga                                    by @{" Jason Compton " link P8-2} %%
%% Chat with Mr Fraser, C= Canada                  jcompton@bbs.xnet.com %%
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I had a chat recently with Duncan Fraser, Regional Manager of Commodore
Canada's Western operations.

It was a beautiful day outside and Duncan would have rather been golfing,
but he talked to me anyway.

I had received his card in the information packed on TeleView (more on 
that later) and been surprised, to say the least.  Commodore?  Working
closely not only with a developer, but with a large financial institution
and telephone service provider?  Not COMMODORE.

Yes, Commodore.  In fact, as Duncan would point out a split second after I
compared his business card to the president of TVI (the developer 
responsible for TeleView), they've GOT THE SAME ADDRESS!

Commodore Canada West lives with a developer.  Wild, eh?

Apparently, it's not too much of a distraction and makes things easier.

Anyway, back to the story.  I was dying to talk to him: after all, this 
was a real business card from a real Commodore employee.  I read through 
the promo material and something caught my eye: VanCity, the credit union
that's the largest in Canada and the home of the TeleView project, would
consider hooking all of its 200,000+ members up to the system, using
CD32s.  The question on my mind, the premise for my call, was "Can you
REALLY provide 200,000 CD32s?"

Dial the number.  Ring ring.  Then...something happened!

"Commodore."

Somebody ANSWERED THE PHONE!  A real live phone-answering person
answered the phone!  Slightly stunned, I managed to choke out that I 
wanted to speak with Duncan Fraser.  The receptionist informed me that he
was busy. I identified myself to leave a message, and then she said, "Oh, 
well, you must be calling long distance.  I'll go get him."

Unbelievable!  Of course, at the same time, I was wondering if her 
motivation wasn't to cut costs by eliminating the need to call me back, 
but...

Ah, but who cares!  The acting editor of Amiga Report was important enough
to speak to a live Commodore bigwig.  This excites me because while UK
residents have David Pleasance to reassure them in monthly Amiga magazine
columns that all is as good as it can get, American users have never been 
quite so lucky.  Even with Dr. Kittell from C= Germany around on the net 
to talk with, at home, it's just not the same.

In fact, we're lucky to get word at all from Commodore US, and they
have NOT been answering the phone, no matter how hard you try.

So then he picks up the phone.  Terrific!  We talk and talk and talk for 
about 20 minutes...which isn't bad, considering I'm just some guy who 
decided to interrupt a meeting he was having on a very nice day (he wanted
me to make sure I pointed out that it was a nice day in Burnaby, BC)

Here's a couple of substantial things I got out of that:

In his estimation, Commodore in general could not come up with 200,000
CD32s, let alone Commodore Canada.  However, he added, "But someone
will be more than happy to do so soon."  When I asked if "someone" had
a name, he told me that while I did a good job of asking me, he couldn't
tell me.

He also pointed out how closely Commodore had worked with TVI on the
TeleView project (well, obviously, it's tough not to when you're in the 
same place...) and emphasized that the parties involved were major 
players: VanCity and BCTel, the big credit union and telecommunications 
provider, respectively.

Aside from that, he said he expected the Commodore situation to be
cleared up shortly-by July 15th, possibly.  But he DOES see it coming.
Oh, that and the fact that the concept for TeleView originated "over a 
glass of dark ale, as many of these things do."  How quaint.

If you want to bother Duncan, feel free to at duncan@tvi.wimsey.com.
For the excitement of a live person answeing calls with the word 
"Commodore", call Commodore Canada's Western Regional office at 
604-291-0171, or fax them at 604-291-0737.  Don't bother them TOO much,
though, or they'll get mad at me.

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@node P1-5 "Video Creator"
@toc "menu"

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%% Video Creator                                      by @{" Jason Compton " link P8-2} %%
%%                                                 jcompton@bbs.xnet.com %%
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Video Creator, by Almathera, is a CD title for the Amiga-aimed at the
CD32 crowd, but presumably runnable on any AGA Amiga and CD-ROM
drive.  The concept is simple:  Create videos to go with your favorite CD
titles.  Tape them if you like, save them to RAM or disk if you have it,
or just watch it for fun.

But how does it work, you ask?

Well, first let's talk about HOW it works.

The Interface
-------------

The interface looks like Scala.  A lot.

That said, I'll point out that it's not a direct ripoff, but it IS still 
easy to use. Videos are tracked down to the millisecond, and effects can 
be inserted using the editor at any point desired.

How many effects?

Well, tons are available, from the usual assortment of screen wipes and 
fades, to animations and plasmas, to "psychoflicker."  There's no 
shortage, and the animation feature is in particular impressive, allowing
you to tile it on the screen in various combinations, including upside 
down and opposing.  Effects can be overlaid for extra depth.  FMV, 
providing you have the module and a disc to pull the FMV from, can be 
used in your video as well.

Of course, since it's geared for a CD32, and not everybody has drives 
hooked up to theirs, it might be a bit useless without some included 
goodies, and Almathera has done exactly that.  From stop signs to 
animations of houses to German phrases to pictures of exploding aircraft,
there's a LOT of eye candy pre-installed.  I haven't looked at all the 
pictures yet, but I spent a good half-hour trying.

Loading is supported using AmigaDOS paths, meaning that you can
pull whatever you like off of any valid device.  

You can test the outcome of effects while you're in the editor, 
incidentally.

The setup ensures you'll never run out of possibilities and combinations.
After all, an editor's work is never done.

Random Raves
--------------

Just in case concocting your own video from scratch and painstakingly
making it look right isn't for you, Almathera has included a Random Raves
feature.  This only calls on you to pick the track or tracks you want to 
hear and the intensity level of the videos.  Basically, "intensity" means
"how fast the effects will move and how often they'll change."  The 
results are always fun to watch, and sometimes downright impressive, as 
transitions or pictures come up in a way that "fits" the tune.  Of course,
the tune had nothing to do with it, but you can always pretend...

If you're a truly lazy individual, you can just pick "Random Play" for 
the disc, meaning you do NO work and have almost NO say in the outcome 
at all. Your preference.

The Finished Product
---------------------

Well, this is easy.  All you do is sit back and watch, and your creation
warps and moves along as your favorite tunes play.  Can't beat that.

If it's the Random Play Random Rave, there will be some pauses as the
CD32 tries to come up with something else to entertain you.  Not too
much, though.

Limitations
-----------

VC is highly limited by the amount of RAM in your machine.  The standard
CD32 2 megs IS enough for quite a lot of videos, but if you load a bunch 
of 64+ color pictures and do several dozen separate types of effects, you
run into problems really quickly.  Expansion memory should available for 
much of the information...in fact, I would think all of it, since the 
pictures don't HAVE to be in chip until you view them.

The Random Raves feature, to my knowledge and understanding, can
only pull from its own database of pictures and anims, so if you add any
to your collection, too bad, you'll have to create your own videos to 
see them.

Those are fairly minor and surmountable.  This one isn't.

PAL ONLY!

Ok, ok, North Americans have relied on programs like Nico Francois' PAL
and Chris Hames' Degrader to shift them to PAL for years now, and usually
do it without too much complaint.  But it's just not very practical to put
a CD32 into PAL.

Oh, sure, you can view it on a composite monitor in PAL, or if you have an
expansion with an RGB out, PAL will be just fine, but try telling an NTSC
TV to go into PAL.  It gives the display equivelant of "Screw you!" and 
rolls terribly.  And, after all, half of the point of this thing is to 
tape your videos. Unless you've got a very nice VCR, it's just not going 
to like it.

What happens if you try running the program in NTSC, then?

Most menus put their options at the bottom of the screen.  On the main
editor screen, half of them are buried below the viewable area.  This 
means a LOT of guessing.  Difficult guessing.

The videos look...well, they look ok, but you can't shake the feeling 
that they should be a bit more centered and those things below the bottom
really WERE meant to be seen...

Ok, even if you can get past this...too bad, you can't see your entire
video anyway.  Why not?  Because VC internally tries to time in PAL
(25ths of a second, in fact, for the effects) and ends when PAL-timing
tells it to.  On an NTSC CD32, though, time doesn't move like that,
so you wind up seeing 5/6ths of your video before it ends.  Yes, you
can boot in PAL, but you're back to not being able to use it on a TV...

Special Niceties
----------------

Almathera plans to come out with VC updates, with more effects and
pictures.  You can mail them anything you'd like and, if they like it too,
they'll scan it in and include it on the next disc.  If you want to get a 
head start, here's the address:

Dan the Scan
Almathera
Southerton House
Boundary Business Court
92-94 Church Rd
Mitcham, Surrey
CR4 3TD
ENGLAND

Label EVERYTHING you send them if you want it back.  They say they'll
give you discounts on VC and other Almathera stuff...and if your pictures
are REALLY, REALLY good, you might get something for free.

Almathera's letter to me said they were considering doing an NTSC
version of VC.  After using the program for 20 minutes, I wrote them 
E-Mail telling them that if they wanted it to sell at ALL, it was
IMPERATIVE that they do an NTSC version.  The PAL version will
be sold in the US anyway, at this point.

Almathera also apparently will be putting out fairly regular newsletters
for VC owners...tips, tricks, upgrades, and the like.  The first one, 
included with VC, told the history and evolution of the program, from a 
68000 AMOS program designed to run on the CDTV to what it is now.

What is it?  Read below...

The Sum-Up
------------

Video Creator is a load of fun.  There are notes in the newsletter 
suggesting using the Random Rave feature for parties...instant, effortless
visual effects that will really fit the mood and might even impress some 
people technically.  It's flexible, fairly powerful, and fun.

Oh, sure, you can't do simultaneous HAM8 animations while realtime
rendering objects, and there IS some slowdown when you run multiple
effects, but in all it's a terrific presentation program packaged as a 
video factory-or Creator, if you will.

Its price of 35 British pounds, just a bit more than US$50, sounds like
a lot for a slideshow program.  This isn't a slideshow, though.  It's an
exceptional product, IF you're a PAL user.

If at any point in this review you felt interested in the product, it's 
worth a serious checking-out.  It makes CDs much more fun to listen to.

If you're an NTSC user and interested, I suggest you call, write, or
E-Mail Almathera and express your displeasure.

Almathera's information can be found at the top (alphabetically!) of
Amiga Report's Dealer Directory, elsewhere in the magazine.

Video Creator does what it says.  Good job, Almathera.
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@node P1-6 "Confusion in the modules scene"
@toc "menu"
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%% Confusion in the modules scene                      by Pauli Porkka %%
%%                                             paporkka@freenet.hut.fi %%
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Time has passed since there were only few different module formats
for Amiga and Amiga only. Users didn't have to care about anything else
than getting to play SoundTracker or in better case Protracker modules. 
Nowadays users not only have to watch out for dozens of different
module formats from Amiga world but also from PC world. Situation got
even more confused a few months ago when Finnish Amiga coder Jarno 
Paananen started developing new players for Amiga. First came S3M 
support and now there is support for MTM and 6 to 8 channel extended 
Protracker module format.

Comp.sys.amiga.audio news group was flooded with questions about S3M
and no one knew what to do. That is why I decided to write this article
although you can propably figure out that I am not used to writing 
any kind of articles. I just got bored answering same question all over 
again and I hope this helps to clear up the situation.

As I mentioned above Jarno Paananen is the guy to thank for all 
of this. He made the amiga version of S3M playing routine, that 
routine is used in all S3M players in Amiga. The thought that Amiga
is limited to 4 audio channels is true, but with mixing channels together
you can get as many channels as you want. Of course mixing always reduces
the sound quality, but with good routines the quality loss can be 
minimized. Paananen's routines make possible to mix for example 32 
channels (32 simultanious samples) to be played with Amiga 8-bit outputs.
This idea is not a new one, but until now those routines haven't been 
useful in Amiga mostly because lack of sufficient CPU power to make real 
time mixing possible. 

I am going to give you brief overview on currently supported PC module
formats.

S3M:

Scream Tracker III format. Supports 32 channels but only 16 digital sample
channels, other 16 channels are reserved for FM synth sounds created with
adlib and compatible (I am not sure about the compatibility issue, I do 
not own PC to try out with).
Basically this is just like normal PT format except different internal 
layout and with a new interesting panning option. 

MTM:

Multi Tracker Module format. Supports up to 32 digital channels. Effects
are same as in ProTracker format but the internal layout is totally 
different. I have found 1 MTM module this far that uses all 32 channels,
but my humble opionion is that if module author can't do good music
with 16 or less channels then the author should start learning to
make modules with a 4 channel tracker. Any modules using over 16 
channels makes me think,"Where are those channels used?" They don't sound 
any better than a 4 channel PT module with surround option.


6 or 8 channel (6CHN/8CHN):

This is exactly the same as normal PT format but with extended patterns
supporting an excess of 2 or 4 channels. Also called FTM modules after
Fast Tracker. 


Other formats:

There are such formats as .FAR (Farandole, max 16 channels) and 669,
but there isn't support for them on the Amiga (yet).


How to play these?

Now that I have made you curious about the possibilities of these
module formats you might start wondering: How can I play these?

First of all there is a program called PS3M (2.5 will be released any
day now) which is made by Jarno Paananen. PS3M is simple requester driven
program which can play all the above mentioned module formats.

D.A.S.MP was the second to have ability to play S3M modules and now
upcoming version 3.2 will have player libraries to play S3M, MTM, and 
6-8Ch modules. DASMP is MUI application and I am the author of this 
program so I can't praise it without this article coming advertisement :).

The third program to play these is HippoPlayer which works even with 
Kickstart 1.2, compared to other two which require 2.04 or higher.

All those players use basically the same mixing routine provided by
Jarno Paananen with little internal differences. For example DASMP uses 
only 16 kilobytes CHIP ram per channel instead of 65 kb taken by PS3M and 
supposedly by HippoPlayer. PS3M is requester driven, HippoPlayer has
normal intuition interface and D.A.S.MP has the MUI GUI which the 
appearance is almost completely under user control.


Well, how do these modules sound?

My first feeling when I heard the very first of my S3M modules was 
stunned. I almost dropped from my chair, I could never have dreamed
my A500+/28Mhz could produce so good sounding music. Of course there
are a lot of awful ones as well as good ones. The good ones are really
worth listening to. 

As with all music some of you will like them and some of you will loath 
them and you are of course entitled to your opinion. The quality of sound 
does drop when mixing 16 channels to two Amiga outputs but for that there 
is also cure coming. All new versions of three above mentioned programs 
will have 14 bit playmodes in their new versions, and believe me it really
makes even a 20 channel MTM module to sound good. 

Where to get these modules?

I uploaded about month or so ago several (about 30) S3M modules to Aminet
in aminet/mods/8voic. All S3M modules start with S3M_#?. I did the
modification to names to make it easier to user to find them.

I also uploaded few of MTM modules to Aminet in the same directory and 
these modules start with mtm_#?. Unfortunately my financial situation 
doesn't let me upload every S3M, MTM and FT (6-8ch) to Aminet because 
it costs me real money. If you can get hold of FTP access you can do 
the same as I did and start roaming the Internet world to find these 
modules.

You might want to start your search in following places.
ftp.luth.se/pub/msdos/demos/music/
ftp.luth.se/pub/msdos/ultrasound/sound/ (I am not sure about this, it may
also be /pub/ultrasound/..)
ftp.eng.ufl.edu/ (I don't remember the path, but you can propably see that
it is something self evident)

That's about all, so have a nice day and enjoy the music.

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@node P1-7 "Review:  Innocent Until Caught"
@toc "menu"

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%% Review:  Innocent Until Caught                                      %%
%% By:  Jason Compton (jcompton@bbs.xnet.com)                          %%
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Psygnosis recently sent me a box.  In it were 4 Amiga titles for review. 
Thanks go to Mark Blewitt, UK Public Relations Manager, for providing 
them.

Thus begins the first of two game reviews I will do (I took the 
strategy/adventure games while Katie Nelson has the two action/platform
titles) in this set...

Innocent Until Caught:  The Packaging

The packaging is pretty enough: a box with multilingual labling, a nice
painting and some screen shots.  Inside are two manuals (one for the game,
one Amiga-specific information), 10 880k floppies, and a poster for Blood
Money.  Weird.

The Amiga manual is straightforward enough: they want to scream out at
you, "INSTALL THIS ON A HARD DRIVE OR YOU'LL BE SORRY!" but
don't out of politeness.  The main manual is a different story.  Much longer,
in a different style, and designed to inform about the gameplay itself.

It starts with the plot.  You, for adventure purposes, are Jack T. Ladd,
a great thief who neglected to pay taxes on his "earnings".  For that
reason, the IRDS (Interstellar Revenue Decimation Service) wants to
torture, maim, and kill you in 28 days if you don't come up with the
huge sum they're looking for.  

A lot of first-person rambling from Mr. Ladd ensues, and whoever writes
his script got on my nerves quickly...it's supposed to sound arrogant,
but it just sounds like Ladd changes the subject a lot.

At any rate, the manual sums up the news to date, with a lot of those
little unnecessary details that I find worth having in adventure
games.  It then goes to explain the playsystem of the game, which
is a completely different matter...

The Playsystem

They tried very hard to keep this from looking like a latter-day
Sierra game...you know the type...you can either take, use, or 
use another object with an item.  This interpretation is very,
very similar.

Except one thing.  They made it TOO complicated for its own good.
Most icons are simple enough...the finger icon is the "use" action,
the hand is "take"...but there are two that slow the game down.
They are the eye and the magnifying glass.

There is a small oval-shaped window in the bottom left hand corner of
the screen.  When the "eye" icon is active, it displays a small area
of the room you're in inside the oval: hence, the view through your
eye.  Here, the objects are identified, such as "Chair", "Bar", etc.

But, as with all games of this kind, there is more to know about the
chair and the bar...even if it's only the statement "It's just a bar."
To get this, one would think you would need to click on the object
highlighted in the eye-view.  But no, it's not that simple.  You need
to cycle through the actions using the right mouse button and get to
the magnifying glass action (this means that the description
disappears) THEN click on the item you're asking about.

This wouldn't be so bad, if it wasn't for the mouse control.
The mouse control is horrid.  Terrible.  Bad.  It's clunky, slow,
overresponsive when you're trying to keep it still and underresponsive
when you need to move it across the screen quickly.  It's particularly
horrible in the copy protection, which involves entering a code from
the manual on a keypad.  It's tough to get the pointer over the number
correctly!

Next week, I'll actually tell you how the game PLAYS.

Until then...
 
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@node P1-8 "Sunrise AD516 and Studio 16 Review"
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%% Sunrize AD516 Hardware and Studio 16 Software       by Neil Brewitt %%
%%                                            neil@melkfri.demon.co.uk %%
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Sunrize AD516 Hardware and Studio 16 (V3) Software.


BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The Sunrize AD516, coupled with the (supplied) Studio 16 software
provides a complete 16 bit, 48kHz direct to disk sampling system which
is capable of replaying up to eight tracks (samples) simultaneously.


AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION

        Name:           Sunrize Industries
        Address:        2959 S. Winchester Blvd.,
                        Suite 204,
                        Campbell, CA 95008
                        USA

        Telephone:      (408) 374-4962
        FAX:            (408) 374-4963


LIST PRICE

$1495 (US) dollars (according to the promotional literature).

I paid around 1100 GB Pounds as part of a package deal:  AD516, Bars
and Pipes Pro, and a 1-gigabyte hard drive.


SPECIAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

        HARDWARE

                4 Megabytes of RAM required.  More is recommended.
                68030 Processor or higher.
                *FAST* hard drive; optimally, less than 10 ms seek time.
                One free Zorro II/III slot.

        SOFTWARE

                AmigaDOS 2.0 or greater.


COPY PROTECTION

        None. Hard disk installable.


MACHINE USED FOR TESTING

        Amiga 3000/25 (Softkicked), 3.5 MB Fast RAM, 2 MB Chip RAM.
        1 internal 1.44M floppies.
        Quantum 105 MB internal hard drive.
        Seagate 550 MB internal hard drive.
        Workbench 3.0, Kickstart 3.1


INSTALLATION

The software uses the Commodore Installer program and is extremely
easy - just choose a destination directory.

The hardware (AD516) is also easily installed - remove a blanking
plate from the card bay, insert the AD516 into a free Zorro slot, and 
replace the fascia screw.  All that is then required is to plug a 
suitable inputs and outputs into the AD516's external connectors - 
2 Audio IN, 2 Audio OUT, and 1 SMPTE IN - all RCA (Phono) Sockets.


REVIEW

Not being the kind of person to read the full manual before using
stuff, I can genuinely say the AD516 and Studio16 combination was a
plug-and-go experience. It took between five and ten minutes to install 
the whole package, all documented well in the manual.

My first foray into direct to disk recording was surprisingly easy -
a double click on the Studio16 icon brings up a "Studio16bench" 
(essentially a blank screen) onto which the various modular parts of 
the sampling software can be loaded.

From this blank screen, there are two pull-down menus:
"Applications" containing all the modules for the package, and "Project"
with the familiar "About" "Prefs" and "Save Setup" options.  There are
around 10 modules immediately accessible, with names like "Recorder",
"Mixer" and "Meters". Everything starts from here.  Each module produces 
its own window on Studio 16's screen, and are all fully multitasking.

The first module I opened was "Recorder", which presented me with a
simple front-end with two sliders ("Rate" and "Gain") and four buttons
("Monitor", "Record", "Stop", and "Name"). I switched monitoring on, and
started my (test tape) input sound source. With the monitor button
depressed, the AD516 acts as a "pseudo" monitor, in that it actually does
process the incoming analogue signal to digital (at the specific rate) and
then back to analogue again on the output jacks. This is the best way for
the monitoring to work, in my opinion, as it gives a true impression of 
how the end sample will sound.

Being too scared to sample quite yet, I opened up the "Samples" module, 
which presents a list of the sample paths (and samples contained in
them). From this module, I found I could set the sample paths via a pull
down menu which had appeared to the right of the "Applications" menu. 
This, again, was extremely intuitively designed.

Having set up my path(s), I opened the "Meters" module and was
presented with a "traditional" analogue meter, a digital meter, and a
scrolling graph of sound level - for the input, output, and channel one.
Shocked by this, I discovered that with the use of my right mouse button
(another menu had appeared) I could select any of analogue, digital, or
"graph" representation for the input channel, the output channel, or any 
of the eight sample channels. I decided to have just a digital bar graph
for input and output channels for the time being.

So I recorded my first sample. On pressing the "Record" button in
the "Recorder" window, a small status window opens showing the size of the
current recording sample, the space left on the device, and the start time
of the sample (which said NA).

After pressing "Stop", I found the sample "Untitled_L" could be played 
from the "Samples" window. I renamed the sample (from the pulldown menu) 
and then chose "edit" from the same menu, which forced the Editor module 
to load and open the selected sample. This was the familiar sample
editing window with a number of differences - I had the option to do a few
different things to all or any part of my sample.  So, I "Normalized" it
all. This scales the sample so that it is at maximum volume (the loudest
part of the sample is represented by +32768). Then I added echo to it, and
then I analysed it to examine it's frequency content.

Next I opened the "Cuelist". Here I had to pick up the manual. The
cuelist looks very similar to the tracks display in Bars and Pipes
Professional, and works in a similar way. A sample can be dragged from the
"Samples" window and dropped onto a track in the cuelist. It then appears
as a "block" in the cuelist, which can be dragged around across any number
of tracks, crossfaded with other samples, and truncated and spliced ad
infinitum. Along the top of the Cuelist window is a "transport" control;
i.e., a Stop, Play, Forward and Backward button which performs just that
function - manipulating the "position" line within the tracks. All timing
within the cuelist is via one of four methods: SMPTE, SMPTE Plus (SMPTE 
with fractions of frames), Beats Per Minute, or Hours Minutes and Seconds.
Here I encountered my first problem - It's essentially impossible to place
a sample at (SMPTE) 00:00:00:00 and have it start playing from its start.
The sample will be in sync properly, but won't actually start playing 
until it's fully synchronized (around 3 seconds). This means you *must* 
have *all* samples after the 5 second mark, which in turn means a five 
second delay every time you listen to your masterpiece.

The cuelist is a *very* powerful part of the package. With the AD516's 
SMPTE IN socket, this means writing audio-for-video is an ideal
application for the package. Each track may be played solo, turned on or
off, and direct recording into the cuelist is possible (punch in/out).
Samples may be grouped and edited simultaneously (useful for stereo 
pairs), and all samples may be faded in or out linearly, logarithmically,
or exponentially over any time up to 2000ms. The Cuelist has a *very* 
large time range, and I (just) had a ten hour time span visible at once,
with samples all indicated in their various positions.

There is an option in the cuelist whereby the mix of the eight
tracks is taken from the "Mixer" module. Within the mixer module, it
is possible to record both pan and levels of each track thus allowing
completely automated mixing to occur.

The remaining modules are utilities like a SMPTE generator, SMPTE
monitor, clock, and various "housekeeping" utilities.

Studio16 sports a full ARexx interface, and ARexx commands can be
associated with a specific timecode as an entry in the cuelist. This 
could allow multimedia presentations to be played.

The performance of the hardware was as everyone had told me - very
good quality indeed, with excellent convertors.


DOCUMENTATION

The printed manual which accompanies the Studio 16 software covers both 
software and hardware installation.  It has a full tutorial section, a 
comprehensive troubleshooting section, and a large reference section, 
with a good index.

In my opinion, the manual is over-excellent, simply because I didn't
need it for a long time and even then I guessed what most things did. The
tutorial is excellent, and the whole manual is clearly written and well
presented.


LIKES

The manual is very well planned. There is very little in terms of
operation instructions, instead being more of a slightly verbose 
reference manual with a tutorial section.

The interface.  It's easy to tell what's happening, and how you can
control it.

The overall "feel" of the product.  Now that I've read the manual, I
realise there are several things which I didn't find out by 
experimentation (marking and naming of ranges within samples being a 
useful example) that may prove useful.

The full Studio 16 interfaces seamlessly with Bars and Pipes Professional.
With Studio 16, there are two B+P accessories- an SMPTE tool to lock B+P 
to the AD516's internal SMPTE code, and an accessory that, when opened, 
gives the Studio 16 pulldown menu allowing access to all the modules on 
the B+P screen. A separate configuration file is maintained for Studio 16
operation under Bars and Pipes.


DISLIKES AND SUGGESTIONS

There are several things I dislike, though none affect the operation
of the product directly as a production tool.

I'd like to see more effects. The DSP on the AD516 is underused in
my opinion. There is only one effect available (with respect to
"normalizing" which isn't really an effect), Echo, and I'd like to see a
great many more. Compression is the sort of thing which is *easy* to do
digitally, so why isn't it there? The echo is good, but why can't I echo
backwards as well as forwards?

I'd like *some* realtime effects. A simple routine could turn the AD516 
into a realtime digital delay. For a small amount of effort, a lot of 
return.

The sample scaling (in the Editing module) is linear - why? I'd like
to specify an "envelope" to which the sample can be scaled.

The Studio 16 Installer installs a default configuration file which
is for a standard 640*256 screen. No mention is made in the manual that 
it is possible to run Studio 16 on an overscan screen.  Luckily, the 
author of part of the manual contacted me via email and explained that 
if I delete the default configuration file, Studio 16 duplicates your 
Workbench screen size. Such a small omission in the manual, but since 
the cuelist is *horizontal*, an extra 64 pixels is *very* useful.

I'd like to see a "Maximum Performance" mode, whereby the screen is
blanked and multitasking is stopped, allowing the whole computer to
concentrate on producing a full "master" mix.

I heard that the upgrade from Studio 16 version 2.1 to version 3.0 cost 
existing owners 200 GB pounds. I think that this is an unreasonable
price for an (albeit large) upgrade after such an initially high purchase
price for the package.

I'd like to see an official developer's kit. I think it would be nice to 
see a "hard/sunrize" directory on Aminet containing various utilities
for manipulating samples within and without the Studio 16 environment. I
personally would like such a kit so I can write a compressor.

I would very much like to see Sunrize offering technical support via
the Internet.


COMPARISON TO OTHER SIMILAR PRODUCTS

On the Amiga platform, there are two other cards such as this: the
Toccata and Wavetools.  Both are much cheaper than the AD516 but offer no
facilities such as the cuelist. The Wavetools has an RTX Real time effects
module which is available as an upgrade.

To be honest, I have neither auditioned nor used either of these cards 
because the distribution of such exclusive products in the UK is quite
poor. Wherever I inquired, I was told that the AD516 was the best, and 
having read lengthy reviews on all three boards, I came to the conclusion
that the functionality of any software without a cuelist feature is quite
poor. The Wavetools package has a niche with its realtime effects, but 
I'd hope that Sunrize would challenge that.

Other platforms were not considerations, since I already own an Amiga and
to purchase a PC would cost at least, if not more than, the AD516. My 
supplier (who is a audio/video producer by profession who supplies Amiga
peripherals as a sideline) told me that he had had clients who had bought
PC's and later discovered they needed more memory, bigger hard drives, and
generally more money.


BUGS

I have found one small bug, whereby two grouped tracks are "strangely" 
ungrouped if you edit one of them on its own.

I've also been told that there's an impending free upgrade to V3.01
which is nearly ready for release which is basically a bug fix.

I have had problems with the speed of my hard drive(s). All the
documentation regarding the Sunrize package states that a hard drive with 
a 14ms seek time is sufficient for recording / playing 5 tracks, and that
one with a 10ms seek time will play 8 tracks. My supplier supplied me with
a 12ms hard drive. :) As it is, I have managed to play (not reliably) 7 
tracks simultaneously, so a 10ms drive should easily play 8 tracks. I will
be receiving a 9ms drive in a few days, so I may update this review after
this. I certainly have not been misinformed by Sunrize.


VENDOR SUPPORT

The package I bought included a half day training session and unlimited 
telephone support from the supplier (NOT Sunrize), neither of which I 
have had to use yet.


WARRANTY

        Original purchaser - one year from purchase.


CONCLUSIONS

The AD516 and Studio 16 is a very powerful direct to disk recording
system. Its interface is so easy to use it's beyond belief, and it does 
as much as is needed for basic radio edits, multitrack recording, and 
video soundtrack production.

That aside, the hardware is of top quality and simply isn't utilised
to it's potential in my opinion. More effects and more versatility with 
them coupled with a developer's kit would make this a card to buy an 
Amiga for (like the Video Toaster).

I'm excited by the potential of the hardware, but daunted by the potential
upgrade cost. This results in a degree of caution in recommending
this card to others. It is truly unique and without compare on the Amiga
platform, but would I buy an Amiga for it?  Probably not - yet.


COPYRIGHT NOTICE

        This review is Freely Distributable.

**** neil@melkfri.demon.co.uk ****

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@node P1-9 "Infochannel / Channel 4000"
@toc "menu"
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%% Infochannel / Channel 4000                  by Douglas J. Nakakihara %%
%%                                                  dnakakihara@BIX.com %%
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/********************************************************************
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Copyright(C)1994 Douglas J. Nakakihara.

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InfoChannel / Channel 4000 
By Douglas J. Nakakihara 

   Whether you call it the information super-"highway," "hypeway," or 
"tollway," one thing is clear, people will continue to demand more 
information. People also want real-time updates and instant access. Only 
a few years ago, you couldn't even get 24-hour checking account 
information using the telephone. Yet, today I have often lamented the 
fact that the database was only updated daily. It's just human nature: 
yesterday's accomplishments become today's standards, and tomorrow we 
want more. This growing need for immediate information will be a driving 
force behind the information revolution. 

Scala InfoChannel 

   Scala has recognized the advantages of the TV medium for providing 
information. Nearly everyone on this planet knows what a TV is. It's 
impact on the cultures of the world cannot be disputed. People will 
effortlessly watch TV with little coaxing and the medium is one of the 
cheapest ways to distribute information to masses of people. The real 
hurdle with TV is not the medium itself but with program production. 

   Scala has been hurdling this problem for some time with a product 
called InfoChannel, a computer-based information system. This product 
provides an easy way to create, schedule, and distribute information to 
one or even thousands of remote sites. The information can be displayed 
using standard TV sets or computer monitors. 

The Software 

   InfoChannel shares basically the same interface and presentation 
power as its cousin, Scala Multimedia 300. The main differences are 
InfoChannel's scheduling and networking features, and it's ability to 
update a presentation while it continues to run. Using Scala Multimedia 
300, you would have to stop the presentation, make the changes, and then 
restart it. 

   A schedule can be set for groups or individual pages so that they 
are displayed at a certain time. Dates and days of the week can also be 
specified. This is particularly useful to prevent outdated 
advertisements and promotions from being displayed. 

   InfoChannel is also capable of controlling many devices, like 
VCRs, DATs, laserdiscs, MIDI, and the VideoToaster--now that's real 
multimedia. 

New Version 

   The newest version of InfoChannel adds MPEG support using an 
optional MPEG decoder board. Software-based MPEG encoding has also been 
announced. Other new features include built-in advertiser billing, 
better image manipulation tools, framegrabber support, and outline text 
capability. 

Stations 

   An InfoChannel "Master Station" is basically an Amiga running the 
InfoChannel software. It is on this machine that all of the text, 
graphics, animations, and audio are compiled into a presentation. 

   A "Player Station" is an individual Amiga computer with 
InfoChannel player-only software. The Master Station coordinates and 
controls the distribution of InfoChannel presentations to the Player 
Stations. The InfoChannel's ScalaNet module handles maintenance, 
configuration, and supervision of the Player Stations. It also controls 
password protection, author privileges, statistics collection, and other 
administrative tasks. 

   In the simplest implementation, a Master Station is used with a 
single Player Station connected to a network of TVs. A classic example 
of this would be a cable TV broadcast of a programming schedule or in a 
closed-circuit situation. There is no interactivity here and all of the 
TVs would simultaneously display the same information. A hotel might 
also implement such a system to display an event schedule. 

   Since the Player Stations are independent machines, they can 
individually interact with users. As a result, multiple players can 
provide different information depending on the needs of the user. You 
can also have multiple Master Stations that transmit data to a group of 
players. Each player can individually merge the received data. 
InfoChannel can also accept data from mainframes, minis, and PC networks 
and integrate it into a presentation. 

Transmission 

   If there is only one Player Station and the Master Station is not 
located too far way, the two computers can be linked using an 
inexpensive null modem. An Ethernet-based Novell or TCP/IP local area 
network can also be used to distribute the presentation. An easy way to 
distribute presentations over long distances is using standard telephone 
lines and modems. ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines, 
satellite, and broadcast technology are also supported. 

   The Master Station will automatically compare the Master and 
Player stations and not transmit duplicate data. If there is a time-
charge imposed on the transmission, like telephone charges, this feature 
can be a real money saver. This is especially true if text is usually 
the only thing updated on a regular basis. Larger files like animations 
and other graphics can be pre-installed using floppy disks. 

Real Life Uses 

   Scala boasts a large number of InfoChannel installations 
throughout the world. Recognizable names include Hilton, Sheraton, 
Marriot, Ford, March Air Force Base, GM, Nissan, JC Penney, American 
Airlines, Boston University, and Shell Oil. The number of hotel 
installations is impressive. Most of the systems are in Europe, but 
there are several in the U.S. 

   A healthcare provider in Virginia uses interactive InfoChannel 
kiosks in their hospital lobbies. The system provides patients and 
visitors 24-hour access to all types of graphic and printed information, 
including detailed direction information. 

   The SAS Scandinavia Hotel in Oslo, Norway uses InfoChannel for its 
500 room hotel. InfoChannel provides information on restaurants, bars, 
the pool and sauna, TV schedule, laundry services, and other hotel 
services. Information is updated several times a week and management 
loves the ability to make changes in a matter of seconds. 

   A cable company in Michigan serving 40,000 households uses several 
Player Stations. Each player provides programming for a particular local 
network. Programming includes information from the public library, local 
government, and schools. 

   In England, a supermarket chain has an interactive electronic 
cookbook kiosk. Using a touch screen, customers can view recipe 
suggestions and also get printouts and coupons. In Holland, one of the 
largest Dutch banks, VSB Bank, also uses a touch screen InfoChannel 
system to provide individual information on deposits, loans, insurance, 
and real estate. A second InfoChannel broadcast displays general bank 
information. 

Channel 4000 

   A cutting edge implementation of InfoChannel is "Channel 4000" 
created by Alpha Video located in Minnesota. Along with a silent 
partner, Alpha Video is owned by two former NewTek sales managers, Reid 
and George Johnson (no relation). In the past three years, the revenues 
for the desktop video dealer has grown from $4.5 million to $9 million 
in annual revenue. Former NewTek VP, Paul Montgomery, called Alpha Video 
"the world's best desktop video dealer." 

   In an effort to capitalize on Alpha Video's expertise in desktop 
video and network dealers with similar businesses, Channel 4000 was 
born. It is promoted as the world's first private desktop video 
television channel. The InfoChannel broadcast is transmitted via modem 
to subscribers five days a week and each broadcast runs about 15 
minutes. Each subscriber has its own Player Station.  

Wizards 

   Though the service, which began in September 1993, started out 
heavily Toaster-oriented, changes in the industry--most notably 
Commodore's bankruptcy--has caused Channel 4000 to cover more and more 
non-Amiga-based products. The main subscriber base is referred to as the 
"DeskTop Video Wizards Network." For the most part, these are Video 
Toaster dealers. 

Daily Transmissions 

   Channel 4000 broadcasts are automatically transmitted late at 
night to take advantage of lower telephone rates. Nearly all of the 
graphics, animation, and audio are pre-installed on the remote Player 
Stations, so the broadcast usually consists of only a small player 
script file that can be transmitted in less than a minute. 

The Broadcast 

   From the broadcast menu a subscriber can choose any one of the 
five most recent broadcasts. The entire broadcast is complemented with 
catchy background music. Every broadcast is divided into various 
segments that more or less cover a certain topic. Limited advertising 
time is available during the broadcasts. However, to date, there has 
been little advertiser support.  

   Alpha Video has created custom backgrounds to give the broadcast 
its own unique look and feel. The backgrounds provide an exciting yet 
comfortable backdrop for the informative text that is tastefully wiped 
in. Large legible fonts are used and the music enhances reading the 
text. 

Real Time News 

   Channel 4000's aim is to keep its subscribers up to date and 
informed on a daily basis. If you consider that traditional printed 
materials like magazines and company flyers are out of date by weeks or 
months by the time they are received, Channel 4000 is providing 
essentially real-time news. 

   Coverage of the current uncertainty surrounding the Amiga with 
Commodore's unknown future has demonstrated the value of Channel 4000's 
up-to-the-minute information. Since the day the infamous Wall Street 
Journal article hit, they have been doing their best to wade through the 
rumors and sort between fact and fiction. Their telephone interview with 
one of the bankruptcy trustees--before anyone even knew who they were--
was unprecedented. They have interviewed other key people in the Amiga 
community and given subscribers invaluable guidance on what they should 
be doing to protect their desktop video businesses.  
  
The Cost 

   Channel 4000 subscription rates range from $50 to $350 a month, 
depending on the annual revenue of the subscriber. Alpha Video sells and 
leases Player Stations. You can use your own A1200 or A4000 (AGA 
required), provided you have the enough free disk space and a supported 
modem. However, you are a lot less likely to encounter transmission 
problems with a dedicated machine. 

The Future is Now 

   Implementations of InfoChannel like Channel 4000 are providing a 
glimpse of things to come. It's easy to generalize about the information 
superhighway and how long it will take to pave. The fact of the matter 
is: the pioneering efforts of companies like Alpha Video demonstrate 
that the technology is already here today. 

         *   *   * 

   Just as I was about to put this article to bed, I received the sad 
news that the plug was being pulled on Channel 4000. Alpha Video was 
unable to expand the Channel 4000 subscriber-base beyond Amiga/Video 
Toaster dealers. They needed strong advertiser support that could not 
come from Amiga developers alone. However, without a PC-based 
InfoChannel and no supply of Amiga 1200s, they could not offer an 
affordable player system. (On a somewhat related note, there is an 
interesting rumor that a shipment of newly manufactured 1200s has 
appeared in Europe.) 

   George Johnson stated that, "ending Channel 4000 is not an issue 
of us giving up on this. We're even more excited about this than ever." 
"We think there is a ton of other applications. We learned a lot from 
Channel 4000 and we're just going to keep going with this thing." 

   Resources are now being focused on Alpha Video's Private Channels 
division to promote their Custom Channel and Alphachannel products. With 
a Custom Channel, they will produce and distribute a daily InfoChannel 
broadcast for clients--essentially a customized Channel 4000. Their 
Alphachannel product is geared toward a cable/broadcast station or 
closed-circuit situation. This can be an interactive application where 
viewers can affect what's being shown using their telephone. The 
interaction can be real-time or queued. If they want to, clients can 
take a totally hands-off approach and merely provide raw information to 
Private Channels and let them take if from there. 

   Private Channels has already been contracted to do several 
InfoChannel-based installations, including one for Scala dealers. 
Another client is a tire installation chain that will show an 
advertiser-sponsored informational broadcast to people in their waiting 
rooms. Pinnacle was very interested in a custom channel to promote their 
product Aladdin, a PC-based video switcher. However, they didn't like 
the fact that Channel 4000 only ran on an Amiga. 

   Incidentally, Scala has hired a number of ex-Commodore employees. 
Many of them were involved with Amiga research and development. It is 
well known that Scala is desperately searching for a way to effectively 
port Scala Multimedia and InfoChannel over to the PC platform. The 
problem? Windows can't handle it. I suspect that they are using the 
former Commodore brain power to design software and perhaps even 
hardware to run Scala products on IBM PC hardware, with Amiga or better 
performance. 

InfoChannel 
$2,500 Master Station software 
$800 Player Station software 
Scala, Inc. 
2323 Horse Pen Road, Suite 202 
Herndon, VA 22071 
(703) 713-0900 

Alpha Video 
7711 Computer Avenue 
Edina, MN 55435-5494 
(612) 896-9898 

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@node P1-10 "Second Samurai Review"
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%% First Look: Second Samurai, part 1                  by Katie Nelson %%
%%                                                knelson@bbs.xnet.com %%
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This is a difficult game to review.  Although its graphics don't really 
live up to the Amiga potential (in fact, they look slightly better than 
8-bit Nintendo), I can say that the game playability compensates for this
short-coming.
 
On the subject of the graphics . . . The characters have very little 
animation (if any) when they change their position or orientation.  The
"outdoors" backround is nice, however, but the very very quick rotation 
of the moon around the planet can get tiresome after a dozen or two games.
The backrounds of the "inside" are fine, really.  Nothing to shout about,
but nothing to criticize.
 
I think the biggest improvement that could be made graphically for a 
potential Third Samurai would be a greater number of colors . . . or at 
least finding better ways to use the existing ones.
           
What about the sound?  It's there.  It's the standard "this is a game with
an East Asian theme"-type music.  Again, nothing to shout about, but 
nothing to criticize.
 
I will delve into the playability of the game in the next issue, but lest
you think the game is a waste:  As I said, the playability of the game is
a vast improvement over the graphics.  Quite nice, actually.
 
                        Keep reading
 
                        K. Nelson
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@node P1-11 "AR Contest"
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%% AR Contest                                       by @{" David Tiberio " link P8-4} %%
%% Enter and Win!                      dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu %%
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CONTEST BEGINS: 6-17-94
CONTEST ENDS: 7-29-94

The Amiga Report contest is still going on, and it is not too
late to enter. This ongoing monthly contest allows Amiga Report
readers a chance to win software by either solving a puzzle or by
entering a random drawing.

The prize this month is the Amiga Online Reference Manual v2.3,
from Area52. This is a 1,000 page help system for the Amiga and Video
Toaster, covering the Workbench, AmigaDOS, Lightwave, and more ($34.95).

The second prize choice is the FutureShock audio CDROM,  which was
produced using Amiga computers by SideWinder. There are some Sidewinder
music modules on Aminet that you may want to look at for a sample of
the audio CD ($12.95).

The third prize to choose from is CG52jr, a character generator
from Area52. This CG includes 15 scalable fonts, and supports various
dither styles, shadows, and other text effects. IFF images may also
be loaded, along with 100 predefined palettes. Text can be genlocked
live or saved as IFF files ($24.95).

Winners may also select CG52 Fonts, which includes 50 scalable
fonts for use with the CG52jr character generator, the Workbench, and
most Amiga applications that support BitMap or CompuGraphic fonts
($19.95).

Previously we have offered the ARexx Reference Disk by Merrill
Callaway, which was awarded to a previous winner. Contact Whitestone
for more information (505) 268-0678.

All monthly contests end on the morning of the first of the
following month. Any entries beyond this date will be entered into the
next contest.


- THE MONTHLY DRAWING -

To enter the random drawing, select a number from 1 to 262,144
and send it to me at one of my addresses listed below, either by
the postal service or email through the Internet.
Also, you may enter by solving the following puzzle. The winner
of this puzzle will be decided within the same time frame as the
random prize, to allow the contest information to filter through the
networks, and to allow your letters and postcards to come in.

The winner for June 1994 will be published next week.


- THE PUZZLE -

Everyone thinks that the other code problem was too easy, which
it was. So this month I made it a bit tricky (and I don't want to
hear any complaints that the solutions are too hard)! This is a
transcript of a press conference about a military operation somewhere
in the United States. Your job is to figure out which companies are
involved. In the next few issues I will make the clues gradually
become easier.

    Gore, the Vice President, made the statement.
    He said he would, but very quietly.

    The engineers are locked up on the island.
    They are computer experts.

    They are no longer incorporated, but AmigaGuide is stored there.
    That is why their fort is so valuable.
    The banner on the building reads "BRCH".

    The surface to air missile drowned in the sea.
    Squad A had to move into the area at 5:00pm, as they always do.
    Strategic Operations in  New York handled the affair.
    They landed opposite their destination.
    There is no other way to calm the port.

    The rest will be printed at a later time.


- TO ENTER -

To enter, simply let your fingers do the talking and write an
email and send it to dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu. You MUST put
the word CONTEST in the subject line of the email header! Otherwise
you run the risk of having your email deleted (don't ask, it is a
long story!) or send a post card or letter to:

Amiga Report Contest
c/o David Tiberio
6 Lodge Lane
East Setauket, NY 11733

Is it possible to win via snail mail? You might think that your
chances of winning are better by entering in email (much faster of
course), but one month's winner sent in a letter that arrived the
day before his winning number was drawn!

In your letter or email, please provide the following, using this
format:

RANDOM_NUMBER postal_address
              email_address

Such as:
4761615 David Tiberio, 6 Lodge Lane, East Setauket, NY 11733
        dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu

Your full name and address. Please keep in mind that many of
you may have addresses that I am not accustomed to, so please include
your country or any other information that I would need in case you
win. An email address should also be included, if possible.

You must also include a brief one sentence overview of the editorial
in this issue of AMiga Report. Just to make sure you are reading it. :)
You must also include the issue number. For example, if you read this in
AR213, then include that in your correspondance. Also, a prize winner
will be determined by a random number generator. Choose a number from
1 to 262,144. The closest winner or winners to the randomly generated
number will receive the prize in the mail. Anyone who does not provide
a number will have one assigned to him randomly.

All prizes will be mailed within one week after I get my hands on
the published version of AmigaReport. I am doing this for a few reasons.
First, every winner so far has given the correct puzzle solution before
I have received the editon of AmigaReport that announced it. :)
Second, I don't like to go to the post office every day if I can avoid
it. Third, you never know when someone's power supply might blow up
(right Mr. Editor?!).


- RULES AND REGULATIONS -

1. In the event that the editor's power supply fries, the contest for
   that month will have its deadline postponed to a later date, to be
   announced. Any contest entries for the random drawing will be added
   to the next month's drawing, to be held once per month near the
   beginning of the month.

2. All prizes are donated. I cannot be held responsible for any damage
   caused by a prize. For example, if you leave your prize on the
   stairs and your grandmother slips on it, I will not pay her medical
   bills.

3. We are not doing this for any profit, and cannot be held responsible
   if we go out of business or are otherwise financially unable to give
   you anything! We are actively looking for submissions from other
   software authors.

4. Good things come to those who read the rules and regulations! Here
   is a tip to help you win: every problem is a trick problem, or gives
   you clues that are not part of the problem itself. Read the whole
   entire contest entry looking for clues. And read my other articles
   for more clues. I give some very obvious clues :).

5. If for any circumstance you are awarded a prize but do not receive
   it, contact me at (516) 476-1615. I will promptly attend to any
   mistakes that have been made.

6. These rules are subject to change at any time without warning!

7. Each line of the press release has the name of a company.

8. All contest entries must be received within the dates listed at the
   top of this page. A new puzzle is published each month.

9. Don't post the answer to public forums!


- THE DISCLAIMER -

DISCLAIMER: This contest is being provided as a service to the
Amiga community and all persons involved in running this contest
cannot be held liable for anything that costs you money or
lifetime pain and anguish. Rules are subject to change. All entries
must be received by whenever TBA. Any entries beyond this date
will be entered into the next contest, if any.


- THE CHANCE YOU WILL WIN -

Odds of winning are approximately 1:50 for the random drawing and
1:15 for the correct answer to the puzzle, based upon current entries.

SPECIAL THANKS to SideWinder for donating the Future Shock albums
for inclusion in our contest, along with Merrill Callaway for his ARexx
Reference Disk!


dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu
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@node P1-12 "Project Fantasy: Vaporware ]["
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%% Project Fantasy: Vaporware ][                       by Katie Nelson %%
%%                                                knelson@bbs.xnet.com %%
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Well, since Nintendo scrapped its inital thoughts on a cd-based machine,
its latest dream is Project Reality.  Now, I realize that the news of 
Nintendo and Silicon Graphics teaming up to create the "ultimate" game 
machine is old news, but I recently (okay, a couple weeks ago) found out
that this machine is supposed to retail at $200 US.
 
HA!
 
First of all, it's supposed to waste other game machines that cost $400+,
with emphasis on the +.  
 
Secondly, this is Silicon Graphics we're talking about.  Let's see... 
their cheapest computer was $5000 and didn't come with a hard drive last
I heard.  Now, that IS because it's supposed to be a high-end graphics 
workstation.  However, what type of technology could they possibly add 
to a game machine for 25 times LESS than that?
 
Thirdly, has anyone heard any specs on this thing?  (Write to
knelson@bbs.xnet.com if you have)  I haven't even been able to get 
info on the type of processor, other than "It'll be cool."
 
I think "Project Reality" is a poor name for a system no one has seen yet.
 
                         Keep Reading
 
                         K. Nelson
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@node P1-13 "AR CoverDisk #2"
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%% Trying to keep on top of everything.            jcompton@bbs.xnet.com %%
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                        Amiga Report Coverdisk Issue 2

               Feature item: Yak1.59 (Special AR lite version)

                                GuidePrefs 1.0

                                    UPSey

                                Xenostar Demo

                    More Bowie Poag artwork:  Reactor.IFF

                              Watch for it soon!

To join the mailing list, send mail to listserv@bbs.xnet.com with the command
                           ADD <youraddress> ardisk

                          That's all you need to do.
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@node P1-14 "Around the Coyote Information"
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====================  Around the Coyote Annual Event  ====================

                              A Short History

Around the Coyote was created in 1989 by Jim Happy-Delpech, a French
Cameroonian [West-Africa] art consultant, in response to a need for higher
visibility and greater exposure of the Chicago art community to the
international art world, The goal was to find a method by which the talent
of Chicago artists could be properly exposed locally and then ultimately
recognized nationally and internationally.  The culmination of the idea was
Around The Coyote 90, an event, which took over much of the Wicker
Park/Bucktown area, opening many of the exisisting artist studios within
the district to the public viewing and arranging space to house the work of
other nearby Chicago artists in centrally located donated building.  The
end result was a one-of-a-kind direct dialogue created between the artist
and viewer for the four days of the event.  That first year, 250 visual and
performing artists were given the opportunity to share their artistic
vision with over 10,000 visitors.  The event had also boasted an
international section with a substantial delegation of artists from the
nation of Poland.  The result was to provide a unique view of other part of
the art world to the city as well as to begin to forge a link with other
foreign lands in terms of opening the door to future artistic exchanges
thereby enhancing the reputation of Chicago one of the world's creative art
center.  Now, after a record year that presented the work of 800 visual and
performing artists working in every conceivable discipline and art form to
100,000 visitors, Around the Coyote promises to provide even greater
opportunities to the exhibition concept.  Around the Coyote maintain its
commitment to Chicago that also includes year round program of event and
services including international artist exchange, summer art program and
smaller exhibitions.


                  The 1994 Around the Coyote Annual Event
                           September 8th - 11th

The event is open to all Midwestern artists.  The center piece of this
years exhibition will be a juried show at several key neighborhood
locations that will involve a limited group of several hundred jury
selected artists in many different disciplines and medias.  Some of those
involved in jury selection process for visual art will be Tom Blackman of
Blackman & Associates, Paul Gray of Richard Gray Galleries, Natalie Van
Straaten, Executive Director of the Chicago Art Dealer's Association and
Aron Packer of Aron Packer Gallery.  A special emphasis will be made to
include the work of new, emerging, and independent artists.  The criteria
for selection will be based on the work's quality, contemporary nature and
its exploration of new medias.

                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                    
                             Around The Coyote

For immediate release - (July 6,1994)				Contact:

VIRTUREAL - A site specific interactive fine art experience.

For four days, the Around the Coyote Annual 1994 Event, held on September
8th through 11th in the Wicker Park - Bucktown area of Chicago, will be the
backdrop of what promise to be one of the more interesting computer
interactive fine art experience held to-date within the Midwest.  The
concept of transition from physical reality to virtual reality will bye the
focus of a project entitled, Virtureal.  The physical site installation
will include a simple maze-like chamber that will contain an interactive
display housed in a monument-like structure which at first glance will
serve to emulate the viewers actual reality within the entire enclosure.
From this vantage point, the viewer participant will be invited to cross
over into the virtual landscape of digitally produced images, performances
and environments create by a small group of regional computer artist
including Louis Jaime, Scott Becker, and Michele Fitzsimmons.  This
exhibition will conceptually bring the viewer/participants into the unique
perspective of the artist and their inner workings and how it relates to
their imagery..  For further information please contact 312 862-8373 or
312-342-9928.

                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Profile

Louis Jaime ('59) is as a computer artist and animator for a television
station in Chicago.  His career in television started in 1983 as an
engineer, videographer and eventually as a computer artist with the
graphical evolution of the personal computer.

His educational background includes photography, art, design, architectural
drawing and oil painting.  His work incorporates various media, platforms,
software and hardware.  He has also traveled throughout the United States
and other countries exploring various cultures.

Some of his independent work has appeared: 

Computer Artist magazine April/May '94 issue, Gallery section

Computer Artist magazine August/September '94 issue, Cover artwork and
featured artist.

MPC CD ROM - Wirehead:  The Virtual Media Galerie, a total 3-D virtual
gallery environment.

Around The Coyote 1994 Annual Event (Chicago) computer fine art exhibit.

Around The Coyote 1994 Annual Event (Chicago) VIRTUREAL - A site specific
interactive fine art experience.  This is a collaboration of digitally
produced images, performances and environments created by regional computer
artists Louis Jaime, Scott Becker, and Michele Fitzsimmons.

ProControl by Doug Crane/Elastic Reality, as tutorial files.

His sculptured 3-D objects are currently available through Viewpoint
Datalabs, Orem, Utah.


Statement

My artwork is a direct manifestation of my soul and experiences through
this journey of life and into the after world.  The viewer will be drawn to
one or all my works out of pure empathy.  It is my hope that for a brief
moment the viewer find solace, as I have, in this electronic environment
and into a world where words have no meaning.

                             - Louis Jaime
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@node P1-15 "WinBorg"
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----- Newsgroup: comp.sys.amiga.misc -----


#17834 comp.sys.amiga.misc 5k
From: supp@ridgefield.sdr.slb.com (Michael Supp)
Subject: The Borg meet Windoze (Star Trek lost episode)
Date: 27 Jun 1994 13:03:24 GMT
Organization: Schlumberger-Doll Research

Something thast was passed on to me....

>From: jrd@roddenberry.ebt.com (john r. durand) 
Message-Id: <9406241757.AA20515@roddenberry> To: junkmail@cadre.com
Subject: Random meaningless humour
X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII
Content-Length: 4596
Status: R

"Star Trek Lost Episodes" transcript.

<Picard> "Mr. LaForge, have you had any success with your attempts at
finding a weakness in the Borg? And Mr. Data, have you been able to access
their command pathways?"

<Geordi> "Yes, Captain. In fact, we found the answer by searching through
our archives on late Twentieth-century computing technology." 

<Geordi presses a key, and a logo appears on the computer screen.> 

<Riker looks puzzled.> "What the hell is `Microsoft'?" 

<Data turns to answer.> "Allow me to explain. We will send this program,
for some reason called `Windows', through the Borg command pathways. Once
inside their root command unit, it will begin consuming system resources at
an unstoppable rate." 

<Picard> "But the Borg have the ability to adapt. Won't they alter their
processing systems to increase their storage capacity?" 

<Data> "Yes, Captain. But when `Windows' detects this, it creates a new
version of itself known as an `upgrade'. The use of resources increases
exponentially with each iteration. The Borg will not be able to adapt
quickly enough. Eventually all of their processing ability will be taken
over and none will be available for their normal operational functions."

<Picard> "Excellent work. This is even better than that `unsolvable
geometric shape' idea."

. . . 15 Minutes Later . . .

<Data> "Captain, we have successfully installed the `Windows' in the Borg's
command unit. As expected, it immediately consumed 85% of all available
resources. However, we have not received any confirmation of the expected
`upgrade'."

<Geordi> "Our scanners have picked up an increase in Borg storage and CPU
capacity, but we still have no indication of an `upgrade' to compensate for
their increase."

<Picard> "Data, scan the history banks again and determine if there is
something we have missed."

<Data> "Sir, I believe there is a reason for the failure in the `upgrade'.
Appearently the Borg have circumvented that part of the plan by not sending
in their registration cards." 

<Riker> "Captain, we have no choice. Requesting permission to begin
emergency escape sequence 3F ...."

<Geordi, excited> "Wait, Captain! Their CPU capacity has suddenly dropped
to 0% !"

<Picard> "Data, what does your scanners show?" 

<Data, studying displays> "Appearently the Borg have found the internal
`Windows' module named `Solitaire', and it has used up all available CPU
capacity."

<Picard> "Let's wait and see how long this `Solitaire' can reduce their
functionality."

. . . Two Hours Pass . . .

<Riker> "Geordi, what is the status of the Borg?" 

<Geordi> "As expected, the Borg are attempting to re-engineer to compensate
for increased CPU and storage demands, but each time they successfully
increase resources I have setup our closest deep space monitor beacon to
transmit more `Windows' modules from something called the `Microsoft
Fun-pack'.

<Picard> "How much time will that buy us?" 

<Data> "Current Borg solution rates allow me to predicate an interest time
span of 6 more hours."

<Geordi> "Captain, another vessel has entered our sector." 

<Picard> "Identify."

<Data> "It appears to have markings very similar to the 'Microsoft'
logo..."

<Over the speakers> "THIS IS ADMIRAL BILL GATES OF THE MICROSOFT FLAGSHIP
_MONOPOLY_. WE HAVE POSITIVE CONFIRMATION OF UNREGISTERED SOFTWARE IN THIS
SECTOR. SURREDER ALL ASSETS AND WE CAN AVOID ANY TROUBLE. YOU HAVE 10
SECONDS TO COMPLY." 

<Data> "The alien ship has just opened its forward hatches and released
thousands of humanoid-shaped objects." 

<Picard> "Magnify forward viewer on the alien craft!" 

<Riker> "My God, captain! Those are human beings floating straight toward
the Borg ship - with no life support suits! How can they survive the
tortures of deep space?!"

<Data> "I don't believe that those are humans, sir. If you will look closer
I believe you will see that they are carrying something recognized by
twenty-first century man as doeskin leather briefcases, and wearing Armani
suits."

<Riker and Picard, together - horrified> "Lawyers!!" 

<Geordi> "It can't be. All the Lawyers were rounded up and sent hurtling
into the sun in 2017 during the Great Awakening." 

<Data> "True, but appearently some must have survived." 

<Riker> "They have surrounded the Borg ship and are covering it with all
types of papers."

<Data> "I believe that is known in ancient venacular as `red tape'. It
often proves fatal."

<Riker> "They're tearing the Borg to pieces!" 

<Picard> "Turn the monitors off, Data, I cant bear to watch. Even the Borg
doesnt deserve such a gruesome death!" 


john
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%% Final Words                                                             %%
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Well, through much hardship and difficulty, we FINALLY got the issue out.
I eventually had to finish it in order to get it out...Niles was worn out.
Thanks to everyone for your patience.

The next issue should be out July 29th, and both David Tiberio and I are
poised to release it ourselves if a monster comes and eats Robert Niles'
modem.  It will come out.

Next week should bring another load of reviews, including the continuations
of the game reviews in this magazine, as well as the closer to the Retina
Z-III series and the start of the SX-1 review.  If we're really lucky, we
may even have news about Commodore and the Amiga.

Until next time, just hang in there.

Jason

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@node P5-1 "The Shepherd V1.1"
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TITLE
          The Shepherd

VERSION

      1.1
          
AUTHOR

          Obbe Vermeij
          Brasserskade 69
          2612 CA   Delft
          Holland
          Obbe@ph.tn.tudelft.nl

DESCRIPTION

          The shepherd is a gods-game (a bit like populous and powermonger)
          where the player has to move animals around to gain territory and
          food.  There are 50 species of animals and they all behave in a
          different way.  (they live, eat, walk around and actually chase
          eachother)
          
          The game contains lots of graphics and sound- effects.  It is OS
          friendly, multi-tasking and HD installable.
          
          The Shepherd is a shareware game.  A registration fee of $30 will
          be asked from regular players.

          REQUIREMENTS
          
          The Shepherd works on any Amiga with at least 1 Megabyte of
          memory of which at least 1/2 Meg is chip.
                    
AVAILABILITY

          The game is available on Aminet in the directory   

               aminet/game/misc.

          There are 2 files :

               Shepherd1_1.lha
               Shepherd1_1.readme

          Two possible aminet sites are

               USA:   wuarchive.wustl.edu
               Germany:   131.246.9.95
               
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Obbe Vermeij               _ _    I tried to make computers think like
Proud Amiga owner         /. .\   human beings,
(& assembly programmer)  {  |  }  now my computer made ME think like a
Obbe@ph.tn.tudelft.nl      \-/    computer.   (0110101)
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@node P5-2 "Dozer Demo"
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TITLE: 
     
     DOZER

VERSION: 

     This is the 10 level demo version, now available by FTP.

COMPANY: 

     FastRam Design,
     24 Montague Road, Cambridge, CB4 1BX, England.

AUTHOR: 

     Design and graphics by Dominic Camus,
     Code by John Reynolds.
     This announcement posted by David Ingram
     ( dmi1000@phx.cam.ac.uk ) of FastRam Design.

DESCRIPTION: 

     Dozer is an original puzzle game for the Amiga, in which you
     drive a bulldozer around a huge castle.  The object of the game
     is to catch the monster which is loose inside the castle, by
     re-arranging the castle interior to guide it into a trap.

     The game is designed primarily to be as playable as possible, and
     has a very wide spread of levels from fast and easy to very
     puzzling indeed.  The Dozer Demo also features various control
     methods, easy hard-disk installation, graphical level selector,
     passwords, an automatic map and a turbo mode.  There are 10
     levels in the demo, and the last few in particular should keep
     you busy for quite a while.
     
     The complete version of the game can be ordered from FastRam
     Design, and includes over 100 levels and many more features.

REQUIREMENTS: 

     Any PAL Amiga with at least 1 Mb of RAM.

HOST NAME: 

     Any Aminet site, for example -

     UK     ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk
     Sweden ftp.luth.se      130.240.16.3
     USA    ftp.wustl.edu    128.252.135.4

DIRECTORY: 

     /pub/aminet/game/think

FILE NAMES:

     Dozer.lha    ( 159702 bytes )
     Dozer.readme (   7755 bytes )

DISTRIBUTABILITY: 

     This version of Dozer is free.  You may distribute it wherever
     you like, provided you include all the files in an unmodified
     form.  Help us to spread our game by uploading it to other
     networks or public domain disk collections !

PRICE: 

     A charge of 5 Pounds in the UK or 8 Pounds elsewhere is made for
     the full version of the game.  Ordering information is included
     with the demo version, and we encourage you to try the demo and
     find out what Dozer is all about for yourself.

OTHER: 

     This game was originally created over a period of two years by
     the developers, FastRam Design, for a commercial release.  The
     demo version which appeared on the coverdisk of Amiga Format
     magazine recently in the UK is the same as this demo.  Sadly,
     however, due to a lack of demand for puzzle games ( even good
     ones ), Dozer was never published.  As a result, FastRam have
     agreed to make the demo available on Aminet and to provide the
     upgrade offer mentioned above, by which you can order the
     complete game.
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@node P5-3 "TestPatterns Loader V1.1"
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TITLE

      TestPatterns.loader

VERSION

      Version 1.1

AUTHOR

      Steve Quartly    (steveq@sndcrft.DIALix.oz.au)

DESCRIPTION

      This is a simple loader for OpalPaint useful for lining up
      monitors etc. It has 2 sets of Colour Bars, Cross Hatch, Dots,
      Linearity, Frequency Response, Centering and Grey Scale. The
      selected test pattern is loaded directly into OpalPaint. This
      loader runs in both PAL and NTSC.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

      - Opalvision card.

HOST

      Aminet FTP sites (ftp.wustl.edu, ftp.luth.se, etc)

DIRECTORY

      pub/aminet/gfx/board

FILENAME
	
      TestPatt_load11.lha       - 7201 bytes

PRICE

      Free - distribute as much as you like!

DISTRIBUTION

      Freely redistributable as long as archive is intact. All
      rights reserved. Not to be re-sold, except for duplication/disk
      costs ($4 max), or with express written consent from the author.

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@node P5-4 "Info on the Aminet CD 3"
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TITLE

    Aminet CD-ROM 3


AUTHOR

    Urban D. Mueller  (umueller@wuarchive.wustl.edu)


DESCRIPTION

    The Aminet CDROM contains all software uploaded to Aminet this year
    (ie since the appearance of the Aminet CD 2) plus the 300 most popular
    files from the rest. You'll find on the CD:

    - About 600M of compressed software (1G uncompressed) in 3200 archives
    - Over 1700 applications and utilities
    - Over 450 music modules
    - Over 350 demos
    - Over 200 games

    ...and much more. Aminet files until June 15th are included.

    One of the main features of the CD is an all new AmigaGuide based user
    interface. No installation or Shell knowledge required. By a single
    click on the archive name in the AmigaGuide index of the CD you can

    - Unpack the archive to RAM:  or
    - View the images in an archive       (if it's from pix/)   or
    - Listen to the modules in an archive (if it's from mods/)  or
    - Read the text in an archive         (if it's from docs/)

    A program to search the CD index for keywords is included. It outputs
    the same type of unpacking AmigaGuide documents. Also, you can do
    searches for programs on previous CD's and global Aminet searches.
    You can drag a search kit onto your hard disk to do searches without
    having the CD in your drive.
    
 
COMPATIBILITY

    - Amiga OS versions 1.3, 2.0, 3.0 for the access software
    - ISO level 1, ISO level 2 and RockRidge compatible
    - All Amigas including CDTV and A570 (disk is not bootable)
      CD32 not tested.


SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

    Recommended:
    - For the user interface: OS 2.0 or higher, 2M RAM
 

AVAILABILITY

    The CD is not yet available. It's will be shipping by July 31st.
    However we'd like to see some preorders in order to estimate the 
    demand, and the ratio of Aminet Gold vs Aminet Share CD's (see below)


PRICES

    The Aminet CD 3 is sold under two different names:

    - The Aminet Gold CD 3 costs a bit more, depending on your dealer.
      But it includes a donation of $2 for the people who made the CD
      possible (mainly me and Matthias Scheler) and for Aminet hardware.

    - The Aminet Share CD is about 30% cheaper but doesn't include any 
      payment for Aminet. You are asked to pay a shareware fee if you 
      like the CD and want to encourage us to keep going.


    You can preorder the CD from (all prices exclude S&H):

    Germany
    - Aminet Gold  from Stefan Ossowski: DM 29.80
                           subscription: DM 24.80 per CD
    - Aminet Share from Stefan Ossowski: DM 19.80
                           subscription: DM 19.80 per CD

    USA
    - Aminet Gold from Fred Fish: $19.95
                    subscription: $14.95 per CD

    Please note that the US price is higher than planned, this is due to
    the falling exchange rate of the US currency and higher than expected
    import taxes.

    For details on how to order, read pub/aminet/docs/misc/CD-Orders.txt
    on your nearest Aminet host (e.g. wuarchive.wustl.edu).
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@node P5-5 "VideoMaxe 4.40"
@toc "menu"

TITLE

     VideoMaxe

VERSION = RELEASE

     VideoMaxe 04.40, Major Update to 04.33.

COMPANY

     none

AUTHOR

     Stephan Suerken (s_suerke@informatik.uni-kl.de)


DESCRIPTION

          VideoMaxe is a video database that satisfies ALL needs of a
     private video user.  It has nearly NO `RESTRICTIONS' whatsoever
     [all data strings are dynamic, size of projects, mask lists, etc.
     are limited by your memory only, etc], HANDLES all CLASSIC
     PROBLEMS of a video database [record suggestions, spool
     information, any title compression, etc.], adds COMFORT [database
     facility, statistics, search routines, customization, etc.] and
     it has a COMFORTABLE OS 2.1+ ENVIRONMENT [localized, appl.  icon,
     online help, etc.].

          Installation in English, German.  Program in English,
     German, French.  Documentation in English, German.
     
NEW FEATURES
  
     Most important 04.40 innovations:
     
     oo Added ONLINE HELP. Simply press HELP in any window and the docs
        for that window will pop up.
     oo Improved printing:
         o using less hazardous printer commands (!)
         o too long strings (texts, memos, view texts, etc.) will no
           longer be cut to fit into one line, but printed fully
         o printer preferences may hold two "Condensed" pitches now
          (15 or 17).
         o you can change the "Use abbr." flag now locally for printing
         o no longer initializing the printer before printing, adding a 
           gadget to do that manually into the printer window.
     oo Added german documentation.

REQUIREMENTS

          Any Amiga with OS 2 or better.
          
HOST NAME
     
     Any Aminet site, such as:
     
     Germany      ftp.uni-kl.de          pub/aminet/
     Switzerland  litamiga.epfl.ch       pub/aminet/
     USA          ftp.wustl.edu          pub/aminet/
     
DIRECTORY

     biz/dbase


FILE NAME

     VideoMaxe440.lha


PRICE & DISTRIBUTABILITY

     VideoMaxe (C) Copyright 1989-94 by Stephan Suerken.

     ShareWare, 30,- DM resp. 20,- US Dollar to get registered.

     Freely distributable but copyrighted; earnest users MUST register.

     Registering users "buy" all updates with main version number 4.
     (It is very unlikely that there will be a main version 5 in
     future...)
     
     Enjoy!

-Stephan, K-Town, 11 Jul 1994

******************************************************************
*                        Stephan Suerken                         *
*----------------------------------------------------------------*
* INet: <s_suerke@informatik.uni-kl.de>        Voice: 0631-15045 *
*----------------------------------------------------------------*
******************************************************************
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@node P5-6 "StarWoids V1.0"
@toc "menu"

TITLE

  StarWoids

VERSION

  1.0 - 3 level demo.

AUTHORS

  Coding:     Martin Kift       (M.H.Kift@swansea.ac.uk)
  Graphics:   Rowan Crawford    (dljar1@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au)
  Sound:      Rob Wells         (rewel1@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au)

DISCRIPTION

  StarWoids is a ShareWare shoot-em-up game.

  The game design is based on Thrust (C64) and Oids (AtariST) but
  also contains ideas from many other games such as Asteroids and
  X-pilot. Each level presents a different challenge - some are
  puzzel based, while others might be pure shoot-em-up or even timed.

  The demo version here contains three large, and quite hard, levels.
  There is a decent reward if you manage to complete the 3 levels.

FEATURES

  o Raytraced intro animation.
  o Full StarWars theme music.
  o Joystick and/or keyboard control.
  o Keyboard configuation saveable to disk.
  o Can be played from floppy or hard drive.
  o Colourful use of dual playfield mode.
  o TOOLTYPE support for turning off music and/or animation.
  o Installer support.
  o Fantastic playability.
  o Fully system friendly.
  o Blood! :)

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

  StarWoids requires PAL, and at least 1 meg of memory. With only
  0.5 meg of chip memory, you will need to disable the music using
  the TOOLTYPES. StarWoids should run on any Amiga.

HOST NAME

  ftp.ee.pdx.edu        /pub/amiga/misc
  cekift.swan.ac.uk     (UK work hours only)

FILE NAMES

  StarWoids1.dms
  StarWoids2.dms

PRICE

  The demo is free. The full (registrated) version costs 20 Australian
  dollars or 10 English pounds. The AmigaGuide document contains full
  information.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

  StarWoids is copyright (c) Kift-Crawford-Wells. The demo is freely
  distributable in both DMS or unpacked form. You may place the demo on
  CDs, but Martin, Rowan and Rob must receive one free CD each. If placed
  on a CD, it must be in DMS form. No files may be removed or altered.
  Full information is in the AmigaGuide document.

--
Rowan Crawford.
dljar1@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au
I'm prepared to mail it to anyone who can accept two 650k mail packets.
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@node P5-7 "The Fishing Report, July 15, 1994"
@toc "menu"

		   T H E    F I S H I N G    R E P O R T

				by Fred Fish

				Jul 15, 1994

==================
FRESHFISH CD-ROM's
==================

At this point I am completely sold out of the first (Oct 93) and second (Dec
93) FreshFish CD's.  The third FreshFish CD (Mar/Apr 94) and fourth
FreshFish CD (May/Jun 94) are still available, but are expected to be sold
out within the next month or two.  The fifth FreshFish CD (Jul/Aug 94)
should start shipping about Jul 22nd.  Starting with the next FreshFish CD,
we hope to get back on schedule with releases that occur at the beginning of
the month that matches the cover date of the CD.

==============================
GOLDFISH & FROZENFISH CD-ROM's
==============================

It was recently discovered that material included on floppy disks 238, 244,
298, and 355 contained viruses.  Considering how long it has been since this
material was released, and that these viruses had not been previously
detected, I decided to simply redo the CD masters and not issue a general
recall of any CD's.  Users that have either the original GoldFish or
FrozenFish CD's can upgrade to the remastered version for a $10 upgrade fee,
which includes the cost of the replacement CD plus shipping and handling.
It is not necessary to return the CD if it was ordered directly from me;
simply send in your upgrade request, the upgrade fee, and the name of the
account under which the original CD was ordered.
 
===================
NEW AMINET CD-ROM's
===================

I am happy to announce that I will be carrying the new Aminet CD's as an
authorized U.S. distributer.  Both the Aminet Gold and the Aminet Share will
be available.  Subscriptions for both CD's are also available, at $59.95 per
year for the Gold version and $44.95 for the Share version.  There are
expected to be four releases per year, so the subscription is actually for 4
CD's, regardless of when they actually end up shipping.

The only physical difference between the Aminet Gold CD and the Aminet Share
CD is the front cover artwork.  Built into the price of the Aminet Gold CD
is an automatic contribution to the creators of the CD and sufficient margin
to make the disk attractive to low volume resellers and retail sales
outlets.  Users who purchase to the Aminet Share version are expected to
make their own contributions directly to the creators if they feel that the
CD is worthwhile and wish to support creation of future Aminet CD's.

=====================
MEETING PEARLS CD-ROM
=====================

I am happy to announce that I will also be carrying the new Meeting Pearls
CD.  This CD contains about 150 high quality and high resolution fractals, a
ready to run version of PasTeX which includes fonts for FAX and 600 dpi
printers, a ready to install version of the Amiga NetBSD port, and many
other ready to run applications including UMS, DaggeX, a lot of utilities,
games, etc.  Because the version of NetBSD included on the CD-ROM includes
encryption code that is restricted for U.S export, all imported CD's will
only be available for resale within the U.S.

===========================
FUTURE FLOPPY DISK RELEASES
===========================

Floppy disks after disk 1000 will be produced by Amazing Computing (PIM
Publications) using material from each FreshFish CD.  They are expected to
start with the Jul/Aug FreshFish CD, so I anticipate that the first batch of
disks after 1000 should be availabe sometime in August.  Contact PIM
Publications directly for further information (1-800-345-3360 voice,
1-508-675-6002 FAX).

===========================
ISO-9660 MASTERING SOFTWARE
===========================

Starting with the March/April FreshFish CD-ROM, I switched mastering
software.  I am now using an enhanced version of mkisofs, which was written
by Eric Youngdale, and enhanced by Frank Munkert to make it suitable for
generating the "Amiga flavor" of ISO-9660.

The CD-ROM's produced by mkisofs are 100% compatible with the latest
versions of most 3rd party CD-ROM filesystems, including AmiCDROM, Xetec,
Ralph Babel's, Commodore's 3.1, FastLane, and AsimWare Innovations.  Other
products have either not been tested or have been found to be incompatible
for reasons that are not yet clear.

This software is covered by the GPL (GNU General Public License) and I am
working to get the changes folded back into the version maintained by Eric.
The latest version is included on the Jul/Aug 94 FreshFish CD.

======================
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS
======================

Material for inclusion in the CD-ROM distribution can now be submitted
electronically via anonymous ftp.  Please upload your submissions as an lha
archive, one archive per submited program, to the ftp incoming directory on
ftp.amigalib.com.  Please include a "Product-Info" file in the lha archive.
This file describes the material using a standard format that is recognized
by the new version of KingFisher and by tools that I use to automatically
generate information about the CD contents.  If you don't have a copy of the
Product-Info specification, it can be retrieved via anonymous ftp from
ftp.amigalib.com, in directory pub/amiga.

If you do not have access to anonymous ftp, you can still submit material
electronically by mailing a uuencoded lha archive to
"submissions@amigalib.com".

=================
ELECTRONIC ORDERS
=================

You can email orders to be paid via credit card (VISA or MasterCard only) to
"orders@amigalib.com".  All such orders must include the full name of the
card holder, the card number, the expiration date, and a daytime phone
number which can be used to verify the order.  We will attempt to
acknowledge all such received orders via return email, and to verify an
unspecified precentage via phone calls.

=================================
SPECIAL BBS VERSION OF FROZENFISH
=================================

By special request from BBS operators, I will be issuing a limited number of
a custom version of the April 1994 FrozenFish CD called "FrozenFish-PC".
This CD will have the complete contents of each floppy disk 1-1000 in a
single archive and all directory and file names will be ISO-9660 level 1
compliant (8.3 format, uppercase only, etc).  This means that the CD will be
completely compatible with IBM-PC based systems., unlike my regular Amiga
CD's which are closer to ISO-9660 level 2.

Until the actual demand is known, each copy of this CD will be individually
created as a CD-R "gold disk".  If there is sufficient demand for the CD,
then there will be a small production run made and people who received the
CD-R versions can upgrade to the production version for $5 plus shipping
costs.  The price of this CD will be $24.95 because of the expected lower
volumes and thus higher production costs per CD.



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

Name and        ____________________________________________________________

Address         ____________________________________________________________

                ____________________________________________________________

                ____________________________________________________________

                ____________________________________________________________


Phone Numbers:  Home: ________________________ Work: _______________________
(optional)
                FAX:  ________________________

Email Address:  ____________________________________________________________


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

DESCRIPTION                                     QUANT    UNIT COST     TOTAL

FreshFish Subscription (1 year, 6 CD's)		_____  *  $89.95  =  _______

FreshFish:  ___ Mar/Apr-94   ___ May/Jun-94

	    ___ Jul/Aug-94   ___ Sep/Oct-94

	    ___ Nov/Dec-94   ___ Jan/Feb-95	_____  *  $19.95  =  _______

FrozenFish: ___Apr-94  ___Oct-94  ___Apr-95	_____  *  $19.95  =  _______

FrozenFish-PC: (special IBM-PC version)		_____  *  $24.95  =  _______

GoldFish (1000 disk archive - 2 CD set)         _____  *  $19.95  =  _______

Aminet Gold: ___Jul-94  ___Oct-94  ___Jan-95	_____  *  $19.95  =  _______

Aminet Gold subscription (1 Year, 4 CD's)       _____  *  $59.95  =  _______

Aminet Share: ___Jul-94  ___Oct-94  ___Jan-95	_____  *  $11.95  =  _______

Aminet Share subscription (1 Year, 4 CD's)	_____  *  $44.95  =  _______

Meeting Pearls (U.S. only, export restricted)	_____  *  $11.95  =  _______

                                                     SUB-TOTAL =>  _________

Shipping and Handling (see note below to calculate)        S&H =>   +_______

                                                         TOTAL =>  _________


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

SHIPPING AND HANDLING

Add $3.95 per package of up to 4 CD-ROM's for shipping and handling to any
destination.  Shipping to USA destinations is via priority mail.  Shipping
to international destinations is via small packet airmail.  After the first
4 CD's in a package, add $1 for each additional CD.  For Federal Express
(USA only) S&H is $12.95 for the first 4 CD's and $2 for each additional CD.

		      Base Price      Additional CD's           Total

[ ]  Priority Mail	$3.95    plus     ___ * $1       =    _______
     or Air Mail

[ ]  Federal Express   $12.95    plus     ___ * $2       =    _______
     (USA only)

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

SELECT PAYMENT METHOD DESIRED:

[ ] Cash, check, money order, or bank draft (Payable in U.S. dollars)

[ ] VISA or
[ ] MasterCard  Number: ________________________________ Expires: __________

    Full Name on Card:  ____________________________________________________

    Amount to Charge:  $__________

    I understand that the total amount shown above will be charged to
    the above described account upon receipt of order, and that in the
    event that not all of the requested CD-ROMs are received in a timely
    manner, any unused portion will be fully refundable upon demand.

    Sign Here: __________________________________________


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

Send or FAX your completed order to:
                                 
FAX or voice: (602) 917-0917		Amiga Library Services
Voice only:   (800) 804-0833		610 N. Alma School Road, Suite 18
Email:        orders@amigalib.com	Chandler, AZ  85224-3687

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

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@node P5-8 "TimeGuardian 1.0"
@toc "menu"

TITLE

     TimeGuardian

VERSION

     1.0

AUTHOR

     Gerri Koerner, Markus Matern & Juergen Matern

DESCRIPTION

     'TimeGuardian' is a program package with which you can easily
     start events, that have to be done at certain times or dates
     on your computer. You also can write log files to disk, where
     you can see when your computer was switched on.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

     Any amiga with WB2.04 or higher.
     MUI 2.0 or higher for the preferences
     program.

HOST NAME

     TimeGuardian is available on aminet.
     Uploaded to ftp.uni-kl.de on 5.7.94

DIRECTORY

     util/misc

FILE NAMES

     TimeGuardian_1.0.lha
     TimeGuardian_1.0.readme
     TimeGuardian_1.0.fix.lha
     TimeGuardian_1.0.fix.readme

PRICE

     US$ 15 or DM 20.-

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     TimeGuardian is shareware, look at its documentation
     for further information.

OTHER

     Take a close look at it ;-)
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@node P5-9 "Origins V2.0 Demo"
@toc "menu"

TITLE

     Origins II

VERSION

     Demo V 2.00

DESCRIPTION

     The demo version of the recently announced Release II of Origins.
     Origins II is a dedicated data base for keeping track of genealogical
     information.  It will support databases of over 6 million individuals.
     The user interface is designed to be both easy to use and very powerful.
     Origins will correctly handle multiple marriages, step-children,
     unmarried parents, and other difficult situations that some programs
     refuse to allow.  Origins lists Persons, Marriages, Parent/Child Index,
     Ahnentafel, and Soundex.  It generates reports on Persons, Family
     Groups, Pedigree Chart, Descendants Charts, and Tiny-Tafel.

     Context-sensitive hypertext help is built in.  Origins can automatic-
     ally call your ARexx-compatible editor to create Source and Note files.
     These files may also be written and displayed in hypertext format.
     You can search on any combination of fields or by Soundex codes.  You
     can instantly display IFF (ILBM) pictures of individuals, marriages,
     baptisms, and family groups.
      
     You can import and export data between Origins and other genealogical
     programs using the GEDCOM file format, and you can generate Tiny-Tafel
     listings for use with the Tafel Matching System.  Many useful ARexx
     functions are included.

     A single floppy data disk will hold approximately 2000 person and 500
     marriage records.  Origins is not LDS compatible.

NEW FEATURES

     Installation is now very easy.  The user interface is improved.  For
     example, localization support displays all information in your chosen
     language (German available now, with French, Italian, and Spanish
     planned), and the graphical interface is now laid out dynamically,
     relative to your system overscan preferences.  Online help has been
     expanded to include virtually all gadgets and menu items.

     AmigaDOS style pattern matching is now implemented in searches.
     Two new date formats have been added, so you may now specify events
     as happening before or after a certain year.  Macro Keys allow
     you to enter long strings with a single keystroke.

     Some reports have been significantly improved, and a new descendant
     report in the general style of the New England Historical and
     Genealogical Register format has been added.

     Record caching has been added, making the access times much faster for
     all complex functions, especially sorts.

WHERE TO GET THE DEMO

     Available for anonymous ftp on Aminet, for example ftp.cdrom.com
     (192.153.46.2).  It's in the directory /pub/aminet/biz/demo, and the
     file name is Origins2.lha (147823 bytes).

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

     Origins requires V2.0 or later of the Amiga OS, at least 1 megabyte
     of ram, and 2 floppy drives or hard disk.

PRICE

     The demo is free.  Full version is US$85 + shipping.  Ground shipping
     is included in the U.S. and Canada.  Others please call.

COMPANY

     The Puzzle Factory, Inc.    Voice: (800) 828-9952 - Orders only
     P.O. Box 986                       (503) 935-3709 - Questions/support
     Veneta, OR 97487              BBS: (503) 935-7883
     USA                      Internet: jlavin@efn.org

        In Europe, contact:
     Helios Software             Voice: +(623) 554828
     163 Huthwaite Road
     Sutton-in-Ashfield
     Nottinghamshire NG17 2HB
     UK

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     Demo is freely distributable.  Copyright 1994 The Puzzle Factory, Inc.

OTHER

     Origins and Origins II are trademarks of The Puzzle Factory, Inc.
     Amiga is a registered trademark of Commodore-Amiga, Inc.

SUBMITTER

     Doug Sears <dsears@efn.org>.  I work with The Puzzle
     Factory, and submitted this at their request.

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@node P5-10 "InfraRexx 1.2"
@toc "menu"

TITLE

     InfraRexx
     (and InfraJoy hardware design)

VERSION

     1.2
     (InfraJoy version 3)

RELEASE DATE

     15-Jul-94

AUTHORS

     Leon Woestenberg (leon@stack.urc.tue.nl)
     Jeroen Steenblik (jeroens@stack.urc.tue.nl)

DESCRIPTION

     The InfraRexx software along with the InfraJoy hardware serve as an
     ARexx-Infrared interface, that adds the function of an infrared
     remote controller to your Amiga, and more.

     With this software and hardware you can:

       o Control external audio/video devices via ARexx commands.
       o Control Amiga programs via a common remote control unit.
       o Learn and edit new remote control infrared commands.

     For example you can control a moduleplayer via your compact
     disc player remote control unit. Or, control your video tape
     recorder via a graphic user interface.

     The main features are:

       o Seperate editor (with learner) and ARexx host commodity.
       o Multitasking-friendly infrared sampling monitor, with very
         low system overhead during monitoring, can also be disabled.
       o Font-sensitive, style-compliant graphic user interface.
       o Localization for Workbench 2.1 users, and newlook menus for
         Kickstart 3.x users.
       o Lowcost hardware for joystickport, with optional throughput.
       o Uses the Amiga Installer Utility to install onto (hard)disk.

CHANGES

       o Improved hardware design, with new plans and instructions.
       o InfraRexx programs support all current hardware versions.
       o Waitpointer during busy times. Learn function timeout.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

       InfraRexx needs at least AmigaOS version 2.04, and the commodity
       needs ARexx Master to be running in order to be useful. The
       software is useless without the small InfraJoy hardware add-on,
       off which the design and full building instructions are included.
       The hardware can also be ordered from one of the authors.

HOST NAME

       Aminet FTP servers, like ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk (146.169.2.1)

DIRECTORY

       /pub/aminet/util/rexx

FILE NAME

       InfraRexx1.2.lha (97326 bytes)

PRICE

       Free. The optional registration fee is US$10. The required
       hardware costs about US$8 if self-built, but can also be ordered
       for the amount of US$16, which provides free registration.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

       Freeware; freely distributable software and hardware design.
       InfraRexx Copyrights 1994 by Leon Woestenberg. InfraJoy hardware
       design Copyrights 1994 by Jeroen Steenblik and Leon Woestenberg.
-- 
Waiting for AAA; The Advanced Amiga Adoption
Leon Woestenberg (leon@stack.urc.tue.nl) 
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@node P5-11 "FlexCat V1.3"
@toc "menu"

TITLE

     FlexCat - The flexible catalog generator

VERSION

     1.3; see CHANGES below

AUTHOR

     Jochen Wiedmann

     E-Mail: wiedmann@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de

DESCRIPTION

     Since OS 2.1 the Amiga offers a way to make programs run in
     different language, the locale.library. The most important
     part of the locale.library are the so-called catalogs which
     contain the strings of one language. (Usually found in
     Locale:Catalogs/<your-language>/<program-name>.catalog.)
::
     Commodore offers a program called CatComp, which creates
     these catalogs and some C-source, which makes using them
     much simpler. FlexCat is a CatComp-replacement. The
     difference between FlexCat and CatComp (as well as some
     other replacements, KitCat for example) is, that FlexCat is
     flexible in the generated source: Any programming language,
     any individual needs should be satisfied. However, FlexCat is
     not more difficult to use.

     This sounds like a contradiction. FlexCat's solution is to
     use template files, the so called "source descriptions". Ready
     to use examples for Assembler, C, C++, E, Oberon and Modula-2
     are distributed, additionally an example for supporting catalogs
     on Workbench 2.0. Any other examples are welcome.

CHANGES 

     V1.1: Bug fixes
           Added E support
           Added French catalogs

     V1.2: Bug fix in the E source generator

     V1.3: Bug fixes again (at least one severe)
	   Improved the speed of the GetString function
	   Added C++ and Modula-2 source descriptions
	   Added Spanish docs
	   Added spanish and schwaebisch catalogs

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

     An Amiga :-)

HOST NAME

     FTP/Internet: AmiNet (ftp.wustl.edu) and mirrors

DIRECTORY

     pub/aminet/dev/misc

FILE NAMES

     flexcat1_3.lha

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     Freely distributable, Copyright by the author, subject to the
     GNU General Public License.
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@endnode

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

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


                   Portal Communications' Amiga Zone

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

The Portal Online System is the home of acclaimed Amiga Zone, which was
formerly on the People/Link System.  Plink went out of business in May,
1991 and The Amiga Zone's staff moved to Portal the next day. The Zone has
just celebrated its second anniversary on Portal. The Amiga press raves
about The Amiga Zone, when compared to its competition.

If you live in the San Jose, CA area, then you can dial Portal directly. If
you live elsewhere, you can reach Portal through any SprintNet (formerly
Telenet) indial anywhere in the USA.  If you have an account on another 
Internet-connected system, you can connect to Portal using the UNIX Telnet 
programs, from anywhere in the industrialized world.  Delphi and BIX users 
can now Telnet into Portal for a flat $19.95 a month, with *unlimited* use.

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

  Over 1.5 GIGabytes of Amiga-specific files

  The *entire* Fred Fish collection of freely distributable software, online.

  Fast, Batch Zmodem file transfer protocol. Download up to 100 files at
   once, of any size, with one command. 

  Twenty Amiga vendor areas with participants like AmigaWorld, ASDG,
   Soft-Logik, Black Belt, Apex Publishing, Stylus, Prolific, NES.

  35 "regular" Amiga libraries with thousands of 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 pressued doing it.

  Live, interactive nightly chats with Amiga folks whose names you
   will recognize.  Special conferences.  Random chance prize contests.
   Famous Amiga folks aren't the exception on Portal, they're the norm.

  Vast Message bases where you can ask questions about *anything*
   Amiga related and get quick replies from the experts.

  Amiga Internet mailing lists for Imagine, DCTV, LightWave, HyperAmi,
   Director and Landscapes are fed right into the Zone message bases.
   Read months worth of postings.  They don't scroll off, ever!
   No need to clutter your mailbox with them.

  FREE unlimited Internet Email.  Your Portal account gets you a
   mailbox that's connected to the world.  Send letters of any length to 
   computer users in the entire industrialized world.  No limits. 
   No extra charges. No kidding!
   
  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,
   NeXT, UNIX, Science Fiction, Writers, amateur radio, and a graphics
   SIG with thousands of GIF files to name just a few.  ALL Portal SIGs
   are accessible to ALL Portal customers with NO surcharges ever.

  The entire UPI/Clarinet/Newsbytes news hierarchy ($4/month extra)
   An entire general interest newspaper and computer news magazine.
 
  Portal featues an exciting package of Internet features: IRC, FTP,
   TELNET, MUDS, LIBS.  Free to all Portal customers with your account.
   Internet Services is a menu driven version of the same kinds of 
   utilities you can also use from your Portal UNIX shell account.
 
  All the files you can FTP. All the chatting you can stand on the IRC.  
   And on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) you can talk live, in real time 
   with Amiga users in the U.K., Europe, Australia, the Far East, 
   24 hours a day. 

  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)

  And 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.

How does all that sound?  Probably too good to be true. Well, it IS true.

Portal Signup or for more information:

   408-973-9111 (voice) 9a.m.-5p.m. Mon-Fri, Pacific Time
   408-725-0561 (modem 3/12/2400) 24 hours every day
   408-973-8091 (modem 9600/14400) 24 hours every day

   or enter "C PORTAL" from any Sprintnet dial-in in the USA,
   or telnet to "portal.com" from anywhere.

PORTAL'S CURRENT RATES:

All prices shown are in U.S. Dollars
                                                Total Total  Total  Total
                                                Cost  Cost   Cost   Cost
                                          Fee   1 hr. 5 hrs. 10 hrs.30 hrs.
                          Startup Monthly Per   Per   per    per    per
                          Fee     Fee     Hour  month month  month  month
                          $       $       $     $     $      $      $

Portal                    19.95   19.95         
 2400/9600/14.4Kbps, *direct 24 hrs        0.00 19.95  19.95  19.95  19.95
 2400/9600bps nonprime Sprint              2.50 22.95  32.45  44.95  94.95
 2400/9600bps prime Sprint +%           5.50-10 29.95  69.95 119.95  varies
 2400/9600bps non prime # PCPursuit        1.00 20.95  24.95  29.95  49.95

* plus cost of phone call if out of Portal's local dialing area
  Direct rates also apply to connections made to Portal using the
  UNIX "telnet" program from an account you may already
  have on an Internet-connected system. 
% 9600 bps Sprintnet in over 300 cities areas
+ $10 rate prevails at smaller US Cities
# PCPursuit is a service of US Sprint. Portal is a PCPursuit
 "Direct Access Facility" thus connection to Portal with a PCP account
 is simply a matter of entering C PORTAL,PCP-ID,PCP-PASSWORD  at the
 SprintNet login prompt instead of C PORTAL. 

Note: 

   Portal Direct 9600/14400 bps service is availble for both USR HST
   modems, and any V32/V32.bis modems. There are dozens of direct-dial
   high speed lines into Portal.  No busy signals!

   SprintNet 9600bps service is V.32 modem protocol only.
   Again, Portal does NOT surcharge high speed modem users!

   Portal subscribers who already have an account on an Internet-capable
   system elsewhere, can use that system's "telnet" program
   to connect to Portal for $0.00 an hour. That's right ZERO. From anywhere
   in the world.  If you're in this category, be sure to ask the Portal 
   reps, when you signup, how to login to Portal from your existing
   Internet account.  

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!]

That number again:  408-973-9111.

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


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

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


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


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


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


                           Atlantis Kobetek Inc.
                           1496 Lower Water St.
                       Halifax, NS, Canada, B3J 1R9
                          Phone:  (902)-422-6556
                          Fax:    (902)-423-9339
                          BBS:    (902)-492-1544
                    Internet:  aperusse@fox.nstn.ns.ca


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


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


                        Comspec Communications Inc
                  Serving your computing needs since 1976
                              74 Wingold Ave
                             Toronto, Ontario
                             Canada   M6B 1P5
                     Computer Centre:   (416) 785-8348
          Service, Corporate & Educational Sales: (416) 785-3553
                            Fax:  416-785-3668
                   Internet:  bryanf@comcorp.comspec.com
                              bryanf@accesspt.north.net


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


                     MusicMart:  Media Sound & Vision
                            71 Wellington Road
                          London, Ontario, Canada
                           VOICE:  519-434-4162
                             FAX:  519-663-8074
                             BBS:  519-645-2144
                            FIDO:  1:2401/200
                        AmigaNet:  40:550/1
                          MaxNet:  90:204/1
                  InterNet: koops@gaul.csd.uwo.ca


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


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


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


                                CYNOSTIC
                               Office O1,
                     Little Heath Industrial Estate,
                            Old Church Road,
                                Coventry.
                                 CV6 7NB
                             UNITED KINGDOM
                        Tel: +44 (0)203 681687
                        Fax: +44 (0)203 638508
              David Cassidy email: bsupa@csv.warwick.ac.uk


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

                  
                             PROTONIC INC.
                             Amiga RuleZ!
                           4-3-11 Shinbashi
                            Yanagi Bldg 4F
                         Minato-ku,Tokyo 105
                                Japan
                       Tel:+81 (0)3 5402-7425  
                       Fax:+81 (0)3 5402-7427
               and of course the BEST Amiga BBS in Japan
       BBS:Grey Matter BBS +81 (0)3 5709-1907 (8N1 V32bis 24H )
                   Email: nighty@gmatter.twics.com


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

                              Magic Page
                          3043 Luther Street
                       Winston-Salem, NC 27127
                        910-785-3695 voice/fax 
                         Spiff@cup.portal.com

                             Keizer Tech
                           3881 River Rd N
                          Keizer, OR 97303
                                USA
                           Voice: 393-5472
 
                               Computer Link
                         Your Amiga/PC connection.
                              6573 middlebelt
                           Garden City MI 48135
                                    USA
                            313-522-6005 Voice
                             313-522-3119 Fax
                         clink@m-net.arbornet.org

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

@endnode 
@node P4-6 "BIX"
@toc "menu"

/// BIX - Byte Information Exchange             Lots of information!
    -------------------------------



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


                       *** FULL INTERNET ACCESS! ***

BIX features access to the Internet - you can use FTP to transfer
files from sites all over the world, telnet to log on to other online 
services, schools, and research sites, and send Internet mail to millions 
of people at services like DELPHI, CompuServe, America Online, MCI Mail, 
and other sites and services.  Services like "WHOIS" and "Finger" are 
also available, with more features on the way (like USENET newsgroups; 
our newsreader is currently being tested and should be available very 
soon!)  There are no usage fees or special charges for Internet access - 
it's all part of your BIX subscription. 


                      ==============================
                      Rates and Connect Information:
                      ==============================


BIX membership costs $13 per month, plus connect time.  There are several 
different ways to connect:

SprintNet*              $3/hour evenings/weekends   $9/hour weekdays
Tymnet:**               $3/hour evenings/weekends   $9/hour weekdays
(SprintNet and Tyment rates shown are for 48 contiguous US states only.)
                                                        
Tymnet Canada:          $4/hr eves/wkends           $9/hour weekdays
Tymnet Hawaii:          $10/hr eves/wkends          $20/hour weekdays   
Telnet(via Internet):   $1/hour, round the clock
Direct dial (Boston):   $2/hour, round the clock (up to 9600 bps)
 
 * SprintNet daytime hours are from 6am to 7pm, M-F, ET.
** Tymnet daytime hours are from 7am to 6pm, M-F, ET.

                20/20 PLAN OPTION (for USA-48 users only):

Volume users can choose the 20/20 Advantage Plan, which is $20 per month
and includes the first 20 hours of access by any combination of methods 
from the contiguous United States.  Additional use is $1.80 per hour 
(additional use for telnet access is $1 an hour).  The 20/20 Plan's cost is 
in addition to the $13 monthly fee.  


                           INTERNATIONAL USERS:

If you wish to connect internationally through Tymnet or SprintNet, 
please contact your local PTT.  BIX accepts prepaid international calls,
direct dial, or telnet connections.  In order to make a "collect" (not 
prepaid) call to BIX, your account must be verified before the charges 
are accepted.  When you complete the registration, we'll mail you a BIX
Membership Agreement by regular US Mail.  Whe you receive it, sign it 
and return it to us by mail.  When we receive it here, we'll authorize
your account to make reverse charged calls.

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

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


                           ====================
                           Billing Information: 
                           ====================

You can charge your monthly BIX membership fees to your Visa, 
Mastercard, Discover, or American Express card.

You may have your company invoiced for one or more BIX memberships with 
a BIX Corporate Account.

                            ===================
                            To Sign Up For BIX:
                            ===================

   Dial by modem 1-800-695-4882 or 617-491-5410 * 
   (use 8 data bits, no parity, full duplex)

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

   At the Name? prompt, type bix.amrpt

* Users already on the internet can telnet to x25.bix.com instead.
  At the USERNAME: prompt enter bix, then bix.net at the Name? prompt.
  Once your account is registered, you can connect the same way, except
  at the Name? prompt you'll enter your BIXname and then your password.


Using the above procedure will allow users in the 48 contiguous United 
States to take advantage of our special "5 for $5" offer.  This offer 
lets you use up to 5 hours of evening/weekend time on BIX during the 
current calender month (whatever month you sign up in), for $5.  
Additional time is $1.80 per hour ($1 per hour for telnet).  At the end 
of the calender month, you will be placed into our standard rate plan, 
at $13 monthly plus connect charges.  You may also join the 20/20 Plan 
at this time.

If you have other questions, please contact BIX Member Services 
at (800) 695-4775; send a fax to BIX at (617) 491-6642; or send Internet
mail to info@bix.com.

BIX Member Services hours are 12pm - 11pm, Monday through Friday, ET.  


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@node P5-12 "DriveTest 1.0"
@toc "menu"

TITLE

     DriveTest

VERSION

     Version 1.0

AUTHOR

     Michal Kara
     Krosenska 543
     Praha 8 - Troja
     181 00
     CZECH REPUBLIC

     E-Mail: lemming@k332.feld.cvut.cz


DESCRIPTION

     Have  you ever connected to Amiga or repaired an external drive?  If so,
you  discovered that you need to know, what is drive signalizing to Amiga and
sometimes  you need send certain signals or sequence of signals to the drive.
This program was written for these occasions.
     Program  has GUI - signals are controled using gadgets, received signals
are displayed as 'pseudogadgets'.  You can directly control all eight signals
of  the  drives  (MOTOR,  SIDE, DIR, STEP and SELECT 0-3) and you see what is
physical  level  of  four signals (READY, TRACK0, WR PROT and CHANGE) Amiga's
receiving.
     Although  it's  directly  accessing hardware registers, it's as clean as
possible,  because  it  allocates  all  units by disk.resource.  There may be
little  dislike  that  it slows down computer, because it looks ten-times per
second for any change of received signals, but it's necessary.

     NOTE:  Signals are displayed 'as is' using their physical (not logical!)
level ("What can you measure by V-meter").

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

     Kickstart 2.0+
     igs.library and ss.library (included in package)

HOST NAME

     Any Aminet host, i.e. ftp.uni-erlangen.de (131.188.1.43).

DIRECTORY

     /pub/aminet/hard/test

FILE NAMES

     DriveTest.lha  (16095 bytes)

PRICE

     Free.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

    The archive is freely distributable as long as the archive remains
    intact and only a nominal fee is charged for its distribution.

@endnode
@node P5-13 "avmNfax 1.33"
@toc "menu"

TITLE

	avmNfax (Advanced Voice Mail and Fax)

VERSION

	1.33

COMPANY

	SoftWorx

AUTHOR

	Al Villarica
	rvillari@cat.syr.edu

DESCRIPTION

	Use your ZyXEL, LineLink, Dolphin,
	or Rockwell based voice modem (Supras are
	*not yet* supported) for voicemail or as a
	simple answering machine with fax capabilities.

	This version includes EFax, which handles Class 1
	and Class 2 modems.  This fax capability can be
	used even if you don't have a voice-capable modem
	(e.g.  Supra LC).  Of course, if you do have a voice
	capable modem, then you get faxing and voicemail
	capabilities.

	If you already own GPFax or TrapFax, you can still
	use those programs in lieu of EFax.

NEW FEATURES

	There are too many new features to list here.
	The most prominent one is the inclusion of EFax
	with the archive.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

	o  Hard disk,
	o  a voice capable modem (ZyXEL with 5.02 ROMs or greater),
	   a LineLink 144e, an MTD Dolphin, or a Rockwell based
	   voice modem (such as the Zoom 14.4v)
	o  or, if you don't have a voice capable modem but have a
	   Class 1 or Class 2 fax modem (i.e. Supra LC,
	   Supra 14.4), you can still use the fax capabilities.
	o  2.04 AmigaDOS or greater,
	o  MUI 1.4 or greater,

HOST NAME

	wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4)
	ftp.cdrom.com (192.216.222.5)
	ftp.luth.se (130.240.18.2)
	or any other aminet mirror

DIRECTORY

	/pub/aminet/comm/misc

FILE NAMES

	avmNfax1.33.lha
	avmNfaxsrc1.33.lha
	AVMVEngADPCM2.lha (pre-recorded English voice
	  files for the ZyXELs.  Note: This is an old
	  set of voice files.  You may need to
	  re-record some of the old voices and record
	  some new ones.  Also, if you upgraded your
	  Zyxel roms to 6.12, you will need to run
	  some conversion program that is supplied with
	  the avmNfax archive.)
	AVMVLLEng1.19.lha (pre-recorded English voice
	  files for the LineLinks)

PRICE

	Shareware (price ranges from US$20 to US$50,
	depending on what you want).

DISTRIBUTABILITY

	This is Shareware, but you are free to upload the
	archives listed above to any BBS, service provider
	(Compuserve, Genie, etc.).
@endnode

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

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%%              Amiga Report International Online Magazine               %%
%%                     July 21, 1994  ~ Issue No. 2.22                   %%
%%                  Copyright  1994 SkyNet Publications                  %%
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Views, Opinions and Articles presented  herein are not necessarily those of
the editors  and staff of Amiga Report International Online  Magazine or of
STR Publications.  Permission to reprint articles is hereby granted, unless
otherwise noted.  Reprints must, without exception, include the name of the
publication, date, issue number and  the author's name. Amiga Report and/or
portions therein  may not be edited in  any way  without prior written per-
mission. However, translation into a language other than English is accept-
ble, provided the original meaning is not altered. Amiga Report may be dis-
tributed 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).  Distribution  on for-profit magazine cover
disks requires  written permission  from the  editor  or  publisher.  Amiga
Report is a not-for-profit publication.  Amiga Report, at the  time of pub-
ication, is believed reasonably accurate. Amiga Report, its  staff and con-
ributors are  not and  cannot be held  responsible for the use or misuse of
information contained herein or  the  results  obtained there  from.  Amiga
Report is not  affiliated  with  Commodore-Amiga, Inc., Commodore  Business
Machines, Ltd., or any other Amiga publication in any way. All items quoted
in whole or in part are  done so under the  Fair Use Provision of the Copy-
right 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 specifically requests
not to be reprinted.

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@node P1-17 "RIP Commodore: From Byte"
@toc "menu"
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%% R.I.P. COMMODORE 1954 - 1994                   By: Tom R. Halfhill    %%
%%                                                BYTE Magazine          %%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

[Emulation Ed's note:  Amiga Report feels that the use of this article is
not only a legal Fair Use of copyrighted material, but that is important
for Amiga and Commodore users to read.  Taken from BYTE Magazine, August
1994.]

     "Obituaries customarily focus on the deceased's accomplishments, not
the unpleasant details of the demise.  That's especially true when the
demise hint's strongly of self-neglect tantamount to suicide, and nobody
can find a note that offers some final explanation.
     There will be no such note from Commodore, and it would take a book
to explain why this once-great computer company lies cold on its deathbed.
But Commodore deserves a eulogy, because its role as an industry pioneer
has been largely forgotten or ignored by revisionist historians who claim
that everything started with Apple or IBM.  Commodore's passing also recalls
an era when conformity to standards wasn't the yardstick by which all
innovation was measured.
     In the 1970s and early 1980s, when Commodore peaked as a billion-dollar
company, the young computer industry wasn't dominated by standards that
dictated design parameters.  Engineers had much more latitude to explore
new directions.  Users tended to be hobbyists who prized the latest
technology over backward compatibility.  As a result, the market tolerated
a wild proliferation of computers based on many different processors,
architectures, and operating systems.
     Commodore was at the forefront of this revolution.  In 1977, the first
three consumer-ready personal computers appeared: the Apple II, the Tandy
TRS-80, and the Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor).  Chuck
Peddle, who designed the PET, isn't as famous as Steve Wozniak and Steve
Jobs, the founders of Apple.  But his distinctive computer with a built-in
monitor, tape drive, and trapezoidal case was a bargain at $795.  It
established Commodore as a major player.
     The soul of Commodore was Jack Tramiel, an Auschwitz survivor who
founded the company as a typewriter-repair service in 1954.  Tramiel was
an aggressive businessman who did not shy away from price wars with unwary
competitors.  His slogan was "computers for the masses, not the classes."
     In what may be Commodore's most lasting legacy, Tramiel drove his
engineers to make computers that anyone could afford.  This was years before
PC clones arrived.  More than anyone else, Tramiel is responsible for our
expectation that computer technology should keep getting cheaper and better.
While shortsighted critics kept asking what these machines were good for,
Commodore introduced millions of people to personal computing.  Today, I
keep running into those earliest adopters at leading technology companies.
     Commodore's VIC-20, introduced in 1981, was the first color computer
that cost under $300.  VIC-20 production hit 9000 units per day - a run rate
that's enviable now, and was phenomenal back then.  Next came the Commodore
64 (1982), almost certainly the best-selling computer model of all time.
Ex-Commodorian Andy Finkel estimates that sales totaled between 17 and 22
million units.  That's more than all Mac's put together, and it dwarfs IBM's
top-selling systems. the PC and the AT.
     Commodore made significant technological contributions as well.  The 64
was the first computer with a synthesizer chip (the Sound Interface Device,
designed by Bob Yannes).  The SX-64 (1983) was the firt color portable, and
the Plus/4 (1984) had integrated software in ROM.
    But Commodore's high point was the Amiga 1000 (1985).  The Amiga was so
far ahead of its time that almost nobody - including Commodore's marketing
department - could fully articulate what it was all about.  Today, it is
obvious the Amiga was the first multimedia computer, but in those days it
was derided as a game machine because few people grasped the importance of
advanced graphics, sound, and video.  Nine years later, vendors are still
struggling to make systems that work like 1985 Amigas.
     At a time when PC users thought 16-color EGA was hot stuff, the Amiga
could display 4096 colors and had custom chips to acclerate video.  It had
built-in video outputs for tv's and VCRs, still a pricey option on most of
today's systems.  It had four-voice, sampled stereo sound and was the first
computer with built-in speech synthesis and text-to-speech conversion.  And
it's still the only system that can display multiple screen at different
resolutions on a single monitor.
     Even more amazing was the Amiga's operating system, which was designed
by Carl Sassenrath.  From the outset, it had preemptive multitasking,
messaging, scripting, a GUI, and multitasking command-line concoles.
Today's Windows and Mac users are still waiting for some of those features.
On top of that, it ran on a $1200 machine with only 256 KB of RAM.
     We may never see another breakthrough computer like the Amiga.  I value
my software investment as much as anyone, but I realize comes at a price.
Technology that breaks clean with the past is increasingly rare, and rogue
companies like Commodore that thrived in the frontier days just don't seem
to fit anymore."

@endnode

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

@{" From the Editor's Desk " link P1-1} Saying it like it is!
@{"       Amiga News       " link P1-2} News and Announcements
@{"      Reader Mail       " link P1-3} The lines buzz hotly...
@{"    compt.sys.amiga     " link P1-4} A chat with Duncan Fraser
@{"     Video Creator      " link P1-5} A review of the CD32 disc...
@{"     Confusion...       " link P1-6} Confusion in the MOD scene
@{" Innocent Until Caught  " link P1-7} A review of the adventure...
@{"   Sunrize/Studio 16    " link P1-8} Another review: sound and music!
@{" Infochannel/Channel 4k " link P1-9} An overview and review
@{"    Second Samurai      " link P1-10} Review!  Second Samurai!
@{"      AR Contest        " link P1-11} Can't win if you don't play.
@{"   Project Fantasy?     " link P1-12} One observer's opinion...
@{"  AR Coverdisk info!    " link P1-13} All right!  New Coverdisk info!
@{"  Around the Coyote     " link P1-14} Information on an innovative show
@{"    RIP Commodore       " link P1-17} Byte Magazine's view on the end
@{" The Humor Department   " link P1-15} Because we could all use a laugh
@{"    Final words...      " link P1-16} Just a note from Compton

@endnode

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

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

@endnode

@node P2-2 "The Editors"

Feel free to contact any of the editors!

@{"  Robert Niles " link P8-1} The Editor-in-chief
@{" Jason Compton " link P8-2} The Emulation Editor
@{"  Jesper Juul  " link P8-3} The European Editor
@{" David Tiberio " link P8-4} Contributing Editor
@endnode

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

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

@node P5 "Files Available for FTP"
@toc "menu"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@{" The Shepherd " link P5-1}  A "god" game in Shareware
@{"  Dozer Demo  " link P5-2}  A new, original puzzle game
@{" TestPatterns " link P5-3}  An OpalPaint nicety
@{" Aminet CD 3  " link P5-4}  Info on the new CD...
@{"  VideoMaxe   " link P5-5}  V4.4, a major update to the database
@{"  StarWoids   " link P5-6}  1.0, a new Shareware game
@{" Fishing Rep. " link P5-7}  Fred Fish updates Amigans
@{" TimeGuardian " link P5-8}  1.0, "more than a cron program".
@{" Origins 2.0  " link P5-9}  A new version of the geneology prog
@{"  InfraRexx   " link P5-10} An external Arexx control system
@{"  FlexCat 1.3 " link P5-11} A quick way to work with locale...
@{"   Drivetest  " link P5-12} A floppy drive diagnostic tool
@{" avmNfax 1.33 " link P5-13} Voice mail/answering program
@endnode



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

                               * NOVA BBS *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
              Support BBS of The Chattanooga Amiga Users Group
                         * Running MEBBSNet BBS *
                         Wayne Stonecipher, Sysop
                AmigaNet 40:210/10.0  40:210/1.0  40:210/0.0
                            FidoNet  1:362/508.0
                 An Amiga Software Distribution Site (ADS)
                 615-472-9748  USR DS 16.8  24hrs - 7 days
                           Cleveland, Tennessee
 
 
                     All AR back issues are kept online.
          All new users receive access to the AR on the first call. 
             Any AR issue may be file requested with proper name.
                 To obtain the current issue you may FReq
                     Proper name, AR.LHA or simply AR

@endnode           
                ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-2 "In The MeanTime"
@toc "menu"

*** System down temporarily -- Don't call except for FAX ***
        
                          * IN THE MEANTIME BBS *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                            * Running AXShell *
                            Robert Niles, Sysop
                            rniles@imtired.itm.com
                509-248-5645  Supra V.32bis  24hrs - 7 days
                            Yakima, Washington


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

Those who call for the latest edition of Amiga Report, and who do not with
to establish an account, at the first login: prompt type "bbs", at the
second login: prompt type "guest".

Once in type "ARMAG" (without the quotes) at any prompt.

@endnode           
	       ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-3 "PIONEERS BBS"
@toc "menu"


                              * PIONEERS BBS *
                        ** A PREMIER GENEALOGY BBS **
              ** WEST COAST - Amiga Virus Busters Support BBS  **
                        ** CD32 REVIEW Support BBS **
                                   AND NOW 
                    Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                         * Running EXCELSIOR! BBS *
                       Michael & Marthe Arends, Sysops
                            FidoNet:  1:343/54.0
             206-775-7983 Supra 14.4k v32.bis  24hrs - 7 days
                             EDMONDS, Washington

  New users can call and get ANY copy of Amiga Report. Just call using
  the Name "Long Distance" and the password "Longdistance"(without the
  quotes of course).  Users using this account will have full access to
  ALL past and present issues of AMIGA REPORT starting with the premier
  issue. The latest issue of Amiga Report can be Freq'ed (FileREQusted)
  from here as "AR.LHA", Freq's are valid at ANY time.


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


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


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

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

      Voice:  +44 (0)956 348405  (24hrs)  Direct Sysop Voice Line

                   Internet:  user_name@junct9.royle.org

         Special Interest Areas: - Bjork / Sugarcubes Fan Club 
                                 - Research of Lucid Dreaming


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



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

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


                         * REALM OF TWILIGHT BBS *
             Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Canada
                        * Running Excelsior! BBS *
                         Thorsten Schiller, Sysop
                    Usenet: realm.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
                    UUCP:   ...!uunet.ca!tdkcs!realm
                             FIDO: 1:221/302
                             Fish: 33:33/8
                              24hrs - 7 days
                         519-748-9365  (2400 baud)
                         519-748-9026  (v.32bis)
                              Ontario, Canada


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


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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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


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

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

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



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


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


@endnode
                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-13 "EMERALD KEEP BBS"
@toc "menu"

                         * Emerald Keep BBS *
               Official Amiga Report Distribation Site
                     * Running DLG Professional *
                       Michael mac Nessa, Sysop
                           24 hrs - 7 days
                           FidoNet: 1:2250/2
                          AmigaNet: 40:206/1
                      618-394-0065 USR 16.8k DS
                         Fairview Heights, IL


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


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


@endnode
                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-15 "The Stygian Abyss"
@toc "menu"



                         * THE STYGIAN ABYSS BBS *
                    312-384-0616  14.4 USR Courier HST
                    312-384-6250  14.4 Supra V.32 bis (FREQ line)
                    312-384-0716  2400 USR Courier

  FIDONet-1:115/384.0    CLink-911:6200/2.0  NWNet-206:310/0.0--206:310/1.0
      PhantomNet Central States Cooridinator-11:2115/0.0--11:2115/1.0
      FaithNet Central States Cooridinator-700:6000/0.0--700:6000/1.0
                     AMINet Chicagoland HUB-559:2/5.0
                             Chicago, Illinois

     Over 4 GIGS of files  I  Over 3700 MODS  I  Over 120 On-Line Games
              Tons of digitized sounds  I  Over 15,000 GIFS
           Supporting:  Amiga  I  IBM  I  Macintosh  I C=64/128
              SIR SAMMY-SysOp     Enter.......If you dare!!

@endnode
                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-16 "Amiga Do PC BBS"
@toc "menu"


                            * AMIGA DO PC BBS *
             Official Amiga Report Distribuition Site - Brazil
                       * Running Excelsior! v 1.18 *

                              +55-192-33-2260
                         Weekdays: 19-07 (-3 GMT)
                            Weekends: 24 hours
                            Fidonet:  4:801/44
                            RBT:      12:1212/1
                            Virinet:  70:101/17

                    Internet:  fimoraes@dcc.unicamp.br
                          Francisco Moraes, sysop
                               Campinas, SP

                Freq AREPORT for the newest issue avaiable.

@endnode
                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-17 "Comm-Link BBS"
@toc "menu"


                             * COMM-LINK BBS *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                         * Running Excelsior Pro *
                         604-945-6192  USR DS 16.8
                              24 hrs - 7 days
                         Fido:        1:153/210.0
                        AmigaNet     40:800/9100.0
                        InterSports: 102:540/305.0
                        PussNet:     169:1000/305.0
               InterNet:  steve_hooper@comm.tfbbs.wimsey.com
                            Steve Hooper, Sysop
                        Port Coquitlam, B.C. Canada


@endnode
                 ------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-18 "Phantom's Lair"
@toc "menu"


                            * PHANTOM'S LAIR *
                  Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
                           * Running CNET 3.0 *
                           FidoNet:  1:115/469.0
            Phantom Net Cooridinator:  11:1115/0.0-11:1115/1.0
                               708-469-9510
                               708-469-9520
                CD ROMS, Over 15511 Files Online @ 2586 meg
                            Peter Gawron, Sysop
                        Glendale Heights, Illinois


@endnode

@node P2-1-19 "Tierra-Miga BBS"
@toc "menu"

                             Tierra-Miga  BBS
                              Software: CNet
                              Gib Gilbertson
                            24 hours -  7 days
                        FidoNet:       1:202/638.0
                        AmigaNet:      40:406/3.0
                        Internet:      torment.cts.com
                        Line #1:       619.292.0754 V32.bis
                        City:          San Diego, CA.
@endnode 

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



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



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

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

We have now (26th March 1994) over 10000 files online (mostly for
the Commodore Amiga line of the personal computers.)

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

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

BTW, LAHO stands for "LAtomeren Höyrylaiva Oy" = "Barnsea Steamship Co."

Welcome on board!

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



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



                           * COMMAND LINE BBS * 
            Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Canada 
                Canada's Amiga Graphics & Animation Source 
                        * Running AmiExpress BBS * 
                           Nick Poliwko, Sysop 
                    416-533-8321  V.32  24hrs - 7 days 
                             Toronto, Canada 
@endnode  
                 -------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-55 "Leguans Byte Channel"
@toc "menu"


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

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

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


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


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

           /  /                          /_ /\     * T.B.P. VIDEO SLATE *   
          /  /                          //// /     Official Amiga Report    
         /  /     AR Coverdisk         /  / /    CoverDisk Distribution Site
        /  /                          /  / /  An Amiga dedicated BBS for All
       /  /                          /  / /      * Running Skyline 1.3.2 *  
      /  /                          /  / /         Mark E Davidson, Sysop   
     /  /__________________________/  / /             24 hrs - 7 days       
    /      _______________________   / /         201-586-3623  USR 14.4 HST
   /      /  ___          /      /  / /              Rockaway, New Jersey   
  /      /  /  /         /      /  / /                                      
 /      /  /__/         /      /  / /      Full Skypix  menus + normal and  
/______/_______________/______/__/ /                 ansi menu sets.       
\______\________________\______\_\/            Download on the first call. 

       Hardware:  Amiga 500 Tower custom at 14 MHz, 350 Meg maxtor,        
           125 Meg SCSI Maxtor, 345 Meg IDE Maxtor, 2 Double Speed CD rom,  
                                  9 meg RAM                                 

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


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


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

@endnode
                 --------------------------------------------
@node P2-1-21 "Continental Drift"
@toc "menu"
*==================================================================
==*

      /\                  C O N T I N E N T A L   D R I F T  B B S
     /  \                              (+61) 2 949 4256
    /    \______          Murray Chaffer * Andre Lackmann * Dale Cohen
   /     /      \
  /     /        \                   Amiga * IBM * Macintosh
 /     /          \ : : :
:\     \    /\     \ : : :800Mb+ Online - USENET News - Internet Mail
 :\     \  /  \     \ : : Local Mail - FIDOnet Mail - Shareware Regos
: :\     \/    \     \ : :Online Games -  Aminet, FISH, Euro  CD-ROMs
 : :\          /     /: :
: : :\        /     /: : :Amiga Report * CD-32 View * Frontier Consoles
      \      /     /             * Computer underground Digest *
       \    /\    /
        \  /  \  /             **Online shareware registrations**
         \/    \/              Files daily from Aminet * ADS/SAN

*==================================================================
==*

@endnode

@node P2-1-22 "Amiga Online Bs Heemstede"
@toc "menu"

                         Amiga Online Bs Heemstede

                   *  HeadQuarters of Online Products *

        Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- The Netherlands

                         * Running Xenolink 1.90 *

                       Your SysOp is Michiel Willems

                      24 hours a day - 7 days a week

                        Fidonet      : 2:280/464.0
                        DAN Host HQ  : 55:100/1.0
                        Amynet Host  : 39:151/1.0
                        NLA          : 14:102/203.0
                        BOSnet Hub   : 99:999/2.0
                        e-mail SysOp : michiel@aobh.wlink.nl

                  Line 1 +31-23-282002 14400 v32bis Supra
                  Line 2 +31-23-470739 14400 v32bis Supra

               Heemstede, The Netherlands, Europe, The Earth

                             Very nice menu's
                   660 Megs HD online - ALOT of software
                  ALOT of messages - VERY fast BBS program
                   Point support - Lot's of doors online
           Just freq AR of AR.LHA for the latest issue available

The system is running on an Amiga 2000 with a HARMS-Prof-3000 030 
turboboard at 29Mhz and a copro at 50Mhz, 7MB RAM, 660 Meg HD space 
and soon 1 Gigabyte HD space.

Every issue from Amiga Report Magazine online as far as the first issue.

@endnode

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



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

@endnode
@node P2-1-20 "Moonlight Sonata DLG"
@toc "menu"

                  M O O N L I G H T   S O N A T A   D L G

                * Amiga Report Official Distribution Site *
                         * DAS ModPlayer Support *

                      2 Nodes *FREE PUBLIC* Amiga BBS
               MIDI-tunes, MIDI-utils, Modules, Amiga-files
                       Messages, Door-games, MUD...
                     Also patches for several synths!  
                   (About 100MB of ProTracker Modules!)

              Node #1 - +358-18-161763 - ZyXEL V32b 19200
              Node #2 - +358-18-161862 - HST DS V32 14400
                           Fidonet: 2:221/112.0

                         Keyboards: Erno Tuomainen

                       Amiga3000 25MHz - 1.3Gigs HD
                      BBS Software: Dialog Pro BB/OS

@endnode
@node P2-1-61 "LINKSystem LINK-CH1"
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                        LINKSystem LINK-CH1
       Official Amiga Report Distribution Site - Switzerland
            in local newsgroup link-ch1.ml.amiga-report

                   Mails and News from/to UseNet

                contact: rleemann@link-ch1.aworld.de

                +41 61 3215643       V32bis/Zyx16800
                +41 61 3832007         ISDN X75/V110
                +41 61 3832008         ISDN X75/V110

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@node P2-1-62 "Doom of Darkness"
@toc "menu"

                        * Doom of Darkness *
                          * Home of AmBoS *
         Official Amiga Report Distribution Site -- Germany

     Marc Doerre (Marc_Doerre), Sysop (BBS-Owner/AmBoS-Support)
        Bernd Petersen (TGM), Sysop (Amiga-Software-Support)
         Gerhard Luehning (Klaro), Co-Sysop (Aminet-Support)
      Kai Szymanski (Kai), Co-Sysop (AR-Support/AmBoS-Support)

                   Usenet:  user_name@doom.ping.de
            Line 1  +49 (0)4223 8355  19200  V.42bis/Zyx
            Line 2  +49 (0)4223 3256  16800  V.42bis/Zyx
            Line 3  +49 (0)4223 3313  16800  V.42bis/Zyx
               Sysop Email:  marc_doerre@doom.ping.de
                  AR-Infoservice : kai@doom.ping.de


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@node P2-1-63 "RedEye BBS"
@toc "menu"

                               REDEYE BBS
                    * Running EXCELSIOR/UUCP/AFAX *
       "Official Amiga Report Distribution Site Germany/Europe"
                         Sysop: Thorsten Meyer
                Internet: sysop@redeye.greenie.muc.de
                Line 1: +49-89-5460535 (V.32b, Zyxel EG +)
                Line 2: +49-89-5460071 (USR Courier V32b terbo)
                           24hrs - 7 days
                           Munich, Germany

                  Areas for Amiga, PCs, Lotus Notes Group,
                  Amiga Report, Game Byte, Graphic Stuff,
                  3D-Exchange, 3D-tools, 3D-objects,
                  McAffee, GUS, PAS, DOOM, WINDOWS-NT, OS/2
                  Online CD, Online Games, USENET, INTERNET,
                  FIDO ECHOS, Developer

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@node P2-1-64 "Virtual Palace BBS"
@toc "menu"

 
                            * Virtual Palace BBS *
 
                  * Official Amiga Report Distribution Site *
                * Official Amiga Report Disk Distribution Site *
                                
                                916-343-7420  
 
                            300-14400 Baud  V.42bis
                          AmiExpress 2.40 700 Mbytes
 
                                 P.O. Box 5518
                            Chico, California 95927
 
                        Tibor G. Balogh (Tibor), Sysop
                     Sysop Email: tibor@ecst.csuchico.edu
 
                      Leland Whitlock (Leland), Co-Sysop

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@node P2-1 "Where to find Amiga Report"
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%%                      Where to find Amiga Report                       %%
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  Click on the button of the BBS nearest you for information on that system.

                             FidoNet Systems 
                              ---------------

  FREQ the filename "AR.LHA" for the most current issue of Amiga Report!

@{"     OMAHA AMIGANET      " link P2-1-9} ..................................Omaha, Nebraska
@{"          NOVA           " link P2-1-1} .............................Cleveland, Tennessee
@{"      PIONEER'S BBS      " link P2-1-3} ..............................Edmonds, Washington
@{"       BIOSMATICA        " link P2-1-4} .........................................Portugal
@{"    AMIGA JUNCTION 9     " link P2-1-5} ...................................United Kingdom
@{"     BITSTREAM BBS       " link P2-1-6} ..............................Nelson, New Zealand
@{"   REALM OF TWILIGHT     " link P2-1-7} ..................................Ontario, Canada
@{"    METNET TRIANGLE      " link P2-1-8} ......................Kingston Upon Hull, England
@{"   AMIGA-NIGHT-SYSTEM    " link P2-1-10} ................................Helsinki, Finland
@{" RAMSES THE AMIGA FLYING " link P2-1-11} ...........................................France
@{"      GATEWAY BBS        " link P2-1-12} ..............................Biloxi, Mississippi
@{"    EMERALD KEEP BBS     " link P2-1-13} .........................................Illinois
@{"       AMIGA BBS         " link P2-1-14} .........................Estado de Mexico, Mexico
@{"   THE STYGIAN ABYSS     " link P2-1-15} ................................Chicago, Illinois
@{"    AMIGA DO PC BSS      " link P2-1-16} .................................Campinas, Brazil
@{"     COMM-LINK BBS       " link P2-1-17} .......................Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
@{"    PHANTOM'S  LAIR      " link P2-1-18} .......................Glendale Heights, Illinois
@{"    Tierra-Miga BBS      " link P2-1-19} .....................................SanDeigo, Ca
@{"  MOONLIGHT SONATA DLG   " link P2-1-20} ..........................................Finland
@{"   CONTINENTAL DRIFT     " link P2-1-21} ................................Sydney, Australia
@{" Amiga Online Bs H'stede " link P2-1-22} ..................................The Netherlands
                           Non-FidoNet Systems 
                           -------------------

@{"    IN THE  MEANTIME     " link P2-1-2} ...............................Yakima, Washington
@{"   FREELAND MAINFRAME    " link P2-1-50} ..............................Olympia, Washington
@{"          LAHO           " link P2-1-51} ...............................Seinajoki, Finland
@{"         FALLING         " link P2-1-52} ...........................................Norway
@{"      COMMAND LINE       " link P2-1-53} ..................................Toronto, Canada
@{"  LEGUANS BYTE CHANNEL   " link P2-1-55} ..........................................Germany
@{"   STINGRAY DATABASE     " link P2-1-56} ...........................Muelheim/Ruhr, Germany
@{"  T.B.P.  VIDEO SLATE    " link P2-1-57} .............................Rockaway, New Jersey
@{"     AMIGA CENTRAL       " link P2-1-58} .............................Nashville, Tennessee
@{"    GURU MEDITATION      " link P2-1-60} ............................................Spain
@{"   LINKSystem LINK-CH1   " link P2-1-61} ...............................Basel, Switzerland
@{"    DOOM OF DARKNESS     " link P2-1-62} ..................................Bremen, Germany
@{"       REDEYE BBS        " link P2-1-63} ..................................Munich, Germany
@{"   Virtual Palace BBS    " link P2-1-64} ........................................Chico, Ca
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