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

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    The Editor's Desk      Amiga News               Dealer Directory       
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                            SPECIAL FEATURES 

  Lament ....................................................Mac Robinson
  AmigaDOS Scripts .........................................David Tiberio
  AR CoverDisk .............................................Jason Compton
  The Chaos Engine .........................................Steve Cutting
  compt.sys.amiga ..........................................Jason Compton
  Lynx and the WWW ..........................................Robert Niles
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You've asked for it ...you'll get it!

Quite a few of you out there have asked for more pictures within
Amiga Report.  So...it's a start but as you might have noticed, a 
few pictures have been added ....and we'll be adding more in the
future.  David Tiberio has been kind enough to help us out in setting
up the installer for Amiga Report, and setting up the script that we
are using to display the pictures.  David has made the script to 
find out and run the picture viewers that you have on your system.
This help us a bit since we won't have to worry and wonder how you
have your system set up.  Hence, there is a script, now included with
AR called 'display.s'.  Don't delete this, as AR is set up to find this.
Give me feedback on how you like it.

Also Jason Compton will be organizing and distributing a "CoverDisk"
for Amiga Report.  Since we don't want the size of the magazine to
increase dramatically, we are doing this seperately.  Read the
announcement, and let us know what you think!

In the meantime, I'll let you get on with your reading!

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 Amiga Report International Online Magazine is available every week in the
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                              JOIN -- DELPHI
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                               Robert Niles

 Portal:                         RNiles
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 Internet:             rniles@hebron.connected.com
 Fax:                         509-248-5645
 US Mail:                     P.O. Box 8041
                            Yakima, Wa 98908
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                              Jesper Juul
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AR Mailing List
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No Official Amiga Report Distribution Site in your local calling area? Are
you tired of waiting for your local BBS or online service to get Amiga
Report each week?  If so, have we got a deal for you!

If you have an internet mailing address, you can receive Amiga Report
in UUENCODED form each week as soon as the issue is released.  To be put
on the list, send Email to rniles@hebron.connected.com.  Your
account must be able to handle mail of any size to ensure an intact copy.
For example, many systems have a 100K limit on incoming messages.

Many thanks to PORTAL Communications for setting this service up for us!

P.S.:  Please be sure to include your Email address in the text of your
request message, it makes adding it to the list much easier.  Thanks!

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

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

Simply tell Mosaic to open the following URL:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/People/mjw/Computer/Amiga/AR/MainPage.html

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

Mosaic for X, Macintosh(tm) and Microsoft Windows(tm) can be found on
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu


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Aminet
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To get Amiga Report from Aminet, simply FTP to any Aminet site, CD
to docs/mags. All the back issues are located there as well.
(ftp.cdrom.com or ftp.wustl.edu are two sites)

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INOVAtronics announces EDGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

EDGE Professional Text Editor Version 1.721

Retail Price US$99.95

EDGE is a powerful and easily configurable text editor for 
writing and editing common ASCII text files. Uses include 
editing AmigaDOS batch files (such as the Amiga's Startup-
Sequence), as a "front end" editor for Desktop Publishing 
programs, and as a source code editor for various programming 
languages such as C or ARexx. EDGE is desirable for any project 
where a conventional word processor would embed unwanted, 
invisible formatting codes in your text. Toaster users will 
find EDGE a perfect companion to Directory OPUS and great for 
tweaking those Lightwave render files.


EDGE Feature List

- May open unlimited number of files (limited only by memory).
- Allows unlimited number of windows per file.
- Real-time update of a file's windows.
- Files may be saved with Snapshot which maintains the local 
  editing environment in the icon for the project.
- Extensive AmigaGuide on-line help everywhere.
- Powerful undo and redo feature.
- EDGE's custom screen is public, allowing other applications 
  to exist its screen.
- Can open on the Workbench screen, or on any application that 
  uses a public screen.
- User definable fonts.
- Has the ability to hide sections of text inside "folds". 
  Folds can be nested.
- Unlimited amount of ErrorMarks and IMarks, 10 BookMarks, one 
  AutoMark.
- When EDGE is running, it opens a device much like a "RAM 
  Disk". This device works just like any disk on the WorkBench, 
  inside Directory OPUS, or when named in a shell.
- User definable menus, user definable keyboard layout, all 
  texts, messages, errors, prompts, titles, etc., are completely 
  definable.
- Fast search and replace.
- Powerful, well integrated ARexx support with a rich set of 
  editor ARexx commands, as well as a macro recording facility.
- You may Iconify and deiconify EDGE via window gadget or 
  hotkey.
- Many Search/replace commands.
- Backup-system supports auto-numbering and handling of 
  multiple backups per file.
- All config files and startup scripts may be overridden and 
  startup using special keywords or tooltypes.
- Wordwrap with user definable right border.
- Autosave via user definable timer (in minutes). You can also 
  define how autosave works
- Two clipboards, one local to the current file and one global 
  which is shared by the whole Amiga.
- Powerful printing system. User definable printer device, 
  header and footer files, etc.
- Each file has a user definable local environment that may be 
  saved with the file in the icon.
- The EDGE global environment, which effects all EDGE files, is 
  also controlled with a point and click requestor. The entire 
  environment can be controlled from ARexx.
- The user may elect to use either the Commodore standard ASL 
  FileRequestor or the EDGE built-in requestor.
- All EDGE requestors may be user positioned or pointer 
  relative.
- EDGE task priority is user definable, as are the ARexx-
  console and the time delay to wait before closing the ARexx-
  console.
- The EDGE icon toolname is user definable and so is the EDGE 
  project icon.
- The status line may be either in the top or the bottom of the 
  window, ink and paper colors are user definable.
- The EDGE text windows can have 'autofunctions" attached to   
  them: bring a window in front of all other windows at 
  activation, zoom window at deactivation, unzoom window at 
  activation, adjust window size to even chars when the window is 
  resized.

Contact INOVAtronics for more information on EDGE or other 
exciting products.

INOVAtronics Inc.
8499 Greenville Ave.
Suite 209B
Dallas, Tx 75231

Voice: 214-340-4991
FAX:   214-340-8514  

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

The Amiga/Japanese Mailing list
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Amiga_jp-list mailinglist is devoted to dicussion of Japanese
computing issues on the Commodore Amiga computer.  Topics are not
restricted and may include anything from the Amiga in Japan as well 
as programming for Japanese on the Amiga.

Discussions are welcome in any language.  The moderator of this group
can speak English and Japanese (and a some French:) but feel free to 
post in whatever language is most convienent.

This list is maintained by James Miller and may be contacted at:
jamiller@neko.ec.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

To subscribe to this group send a mail message to 

		"jamiller@neko.ec.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp"
with 
		"Amiga_jp-list"

in the Subject: line of your post.  In the body of your message type

"SUBSCRIBE Amiga_jp-list <your.user.name@your.host.name>"

You will be automatically added to the mailing list.  From then on any 
mail directed to the mailing list should be mailed to:

jamiller@neko.ec.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp 

with Amiga_jp-list in the subject line.

James Miller
Coordinator for International Relations
Ishikawa International Culture Exchange Center
jamiller@kitune.ec.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

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Xenomiga Technology announces XENOLINK 1.90
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Next Generation Professional Bulletin Board Software
Copyright =A9 1990-1994 Xenomiga Technology

The principle upon which Xenolink has been designed:

"If a QuickSort in C is faster than a Bubble Sort in Assembly Language,
then let Xenolink be the QuickSort in Assembly Language."

It has been a year since the last release of Xenolink; Version Z.3a.

In that year, Xenolink has been redesigned and completely rewritten, to
incorporate the features that users have requested, and to support more
ambitious features, some of which are already under development.

Xenolink's efficient new architecture is now faster and more compact than
ever.

The changes are obviously far too numerous to list, but a brief synopsis
of the areas affected is listed below:

    o Attractive AmigaDOS Release 2 interface
    o Vastly enhanced security features
    o Improved door support
    o Completely redesigned FidoNet support
    o Decrease in the already low usage of memory and disk space
    o Even faster operation than before

Xenolink 1.90 has been tested as never before, by countless beta testers
with setups ranging from Amiga 500's to 4000's, 68000's to 68040's,
CD-ROMs, FAX-Modems, HST 16.8k modems, Point hosts, Network hubs,
multi-line systems - the list goes on.

Overview
--------

   o Designed and written for AmigaDOS Release 2 and above
   o Superlative reliability
   o Very easy to use
   o Attractive interface
   o State of the art software design and system architecture
   o Full multi-line capability
   o Configurability to an almost sinful degree
   o Foreign language support
   o Highly efficient use of memory and disk space
   o Optimised high speed performance
   o Object Oriented library and door interface
   o Full XPR (External Protocol) support
   o Low CPU usage
   o Supports all serial cards and all baud rates
   o Uses Commodore's (GUI) Installer program for easy installation
   o Mature software; large amount of third party Xenolink software 
     available
   o Large private support network linking together hundreds of Xenolink
     owners with Xenomiga Technology

Base Software Architecture
--------------------------

   o Xenolink Resource Handler controls access to all Xenolink resources
       - Avoids unnecessary disk activity if a resource (such as a message
         base or file area) is in use by more than one process
       - Crash protection; if a door crashes or hangs a Xenolink node, 
         system data files and log files are preserved, even on the node 
         that crashed
       - Automatic resource preloading enables Xenolink to asynchronously
         open files before they are required, thus reducing the bottleneck
         caused by disk activity

   o Memory usage
       - Dynamic memory and resource allocation
       - Xenolink and its accompanying utilities are residentable
           (extremely low memory usage for multiple nodes)
       - Extensive use of xenolink.library shared library routines
       - All executables are very compact
           (needless compiler overhead eliminated)

   o Disk space usage
       - Two files per message area, for unequalled speed and compactness
       - Three files per file area
       - Compact user data files
       - Real-time data compression used on compiled nodelist
       - Xenolink's compact data files have numerous advantages:
            o Very high speed operation due to the small number of files 
              used
            o Minimises disk fragmentation
            o Data files are easily archived
            o Makes backing up very easy (very few files to back up)

   o Speed
       - Very fast implementation of fast algorithms (both are important!)
       - Enhanced Global Quick Indexing (EQDX) algorithms enable virtually
         instantaneous location of any file catalogue entry or user
       - Written in C and assembly language, using SAS/C Version 6
       - Any area requiring speed has been written directly in assembly
         language; this includes:
            o Screen/modem i/o
            o Mail processing parsing and i/o
            o Searching
            o Sorting
            o Hashing
            o Semaphoring
            o CRC checking

   o Ease of use
       - Only a few assign statements required
            o Xenolink does not require you to add countless assign
              statements to your startup-sequence
            o Location of all directories specified in "dir.config" file
       - Separate configuration files, stored in a single directory:
            o General/global configuration options
            o Node configuration
            o Message bases
            o File areas
            o User access templates
            o Bulletins
            o Archivers
            o External protocols
            o BBS text
            o BBS entry points
            o Access restrictions
       - FidoNet configuration files stored in a separate directory:
            o Node security (password, default protocol, archive type,
              send type)
            o Nodelist configuration
            o NetMail routing and forwarding
            o EchoMail area configuration (origin lines, feeds,
              passthrough areas)

Sysop Interface
---------------

   o AmigaDOS Release 2 interface
   o Different fonts (and different point sizes) supported.
   o Pulldown menus and keyboard shortcuts
   o Font/Overscan preference aware; most Xenolink screens size
     themselves to the largest size configured via AmigaDOS preferences
   o Automatic screen centering
   o Xenolink front end can open on any public screen
   o Can display all 256 characters in any font, including the 
     international character codes 128-160, which cannot be displayed by
     the standard Amiga console or CLI
   o Full 16-colour high intensity ANSI support, on both the local screen
     and remote
   o Supports many IBM PC ANSI extensions not supported by the Amiga 
     console, such as cursor save/restore
   o System configuration is stored in text files, for easy editing with
     either a text editor of your choice, or a Xenolink GUI program
   o Can change resolution and colours of screen while node is running
   o Up to 5 "favourite" resolutions/bitplanes can be stored for easy
     point-and-click retrieval

Security
--------

   o Logging of all node activity
   o Xenolink can automatically inform a user via mail whenever an illegal
     access attempt is made on his account; the user will be told the
     passwords used
   o User passwords are stored in the user file using a non-reversible
     encryption algorithm, so that if a hacker ever does manage to steal 
     your user files, user passwords will be indecipherable
   o New user procedure requires that user passwords are at least 8
     characters long and include both letters and numbers, to hinder brute
     force dictionary based decryption attempts.  New user procedure 
     written in AREXX so this feature can be altered or disabled
   o Xenolink mail processor ensures that only specific systems can write
     mail in certain areas; Xenolink automatically sends a message to the
     system operator whenever a system attempts to illegally write mail
   o Packet level passwords used; Xenolink also protects against mail 
     packets using an incorrect packet password (this feature can be 
     disabled for individual nodes)
   o Xenolink FidoNet mailer logs illegal connection attempts, as well as 
     the password used by the remote system
   o Password protection of any menu command
   o Xenolink prevents co-Sysops from moving messages/files from areas in
     which they could not edit/delete them, into areas in which they can
   o Registration file and log files are locked while Xenolink is
     running, to hinder hackers
   o Built-in protection against the mail unpacking hack which afflicted 
     many Amiga BBS programs
   o Xenolink is shipped with Xenomiga Technology secured versions of UNARJ
     and PKAX
   o Protection against remote file transfers which attempt to send over
     complete device/path names or wildcard characters
   o Individual BBS lines can be configured to allow/prohibit
     logins/uploads/downloads from users at specified access levels/baud
     rates at specified times

Node
----

   o Each node can be set up differently
       - Verbosity of logging
       - FidoNet-compatible address list
       - Can specify different screen parameters for each modem connect
         string as well as for local logins:
            o Resolution
            o Colours (2, 4, 8, or 16)
            o Interlace
            o Font (any point size)
       - Can also provide up to 5 other "favourite" screen resolutions 
         which can be selected while the node is running

   o Xenolink front-end
       - Displays recent caller list with call statistics
       - Displays system statistics
       - Displays information on and activity of user currently online
       - Caller information on the last 80 callers is preserved on disk
       - Gadgets to
            o Login locally
            o Drop carrier on user online
            o Open or bring node screen to the front
            o Iconify front end
            o Go to stealth mode
            o Poll FidoNet system
            o Set Sysop chat availability
            o Take node offline temporarily (without exiting)
            o Set open-screen status
       - Easy one touch (F1) login

   o Compact mode dispenses with the front end display, and shows node
     activity in a small window on any public screen you select (such as 
     the Workbench)

   o Stealth mode dispenses with all displays, and allows a node to run
     invisibly in the background

   o ListNodes utility displays activity on all nodes in operation

   o FAX-modem compatibility
        - Xenolink can be configured to recognise incoming FAX calls, and 
          to transfer control to a FAX handling program (such as GPFax)

Doors
-----

   o Full CLI door support
       - Any program that runs in your CLI (shell) can be run as a door
       - Does NOT require the use of fifo.library or custom handler files

   o DOS Shell feature allows the CLI shell to be run within Xenolink

   o AREXX interface
       - Complies with the ABBEREXX door standard
       - Supports many commands used by other BBS programs
       - Many Xenolink specific commands

   o Can run many Paragon/Star-Net doors

   o Xenolink doors run in the same task context as Xenolink itself:
       - Eliminates task context switching
       - Door interface provides direct hooks into Xenolink functions

   o Xenolink's shared library (xenolink.library) provides an easy to use
     Object Oriented Interface for door programmers:
       - Complete access to users, messages, the file catalogue, system
         configuration, linked lists, node operations, tilde codes, etc.
       - Doors may initiate file transfers, send messages to other nodes,
         etc.
       - Doors which use the Xenolink library routines extensively are 
         often as fast as Xenolink

   o Internal BBS commands can be replaced by external modules

Messaging
---------

   o Independent access flags per user per message area, including:
       - View
       - Read
       - Write
       - Forward
       - Delete mail to self
       - Delete mail from self
       - Delete any mail
       - Sysop

   o Users are notified of mail sent to them
       - User's "waiting mail" file automatically updated if user not 
         online
       - Node message automatically sent to user, if user online
       - Users informed of all waiting mail, upon login

   o Message headers can be searched in a variety of ways:
       - To self
       - From self
       - To or from self
       - To any user
       - From any user
       - To or from any user
       - Subject text
       - To or from any user, or subject text
       - To or from any user, or subject text, and message body text

   o Message headers can be searched forwards or backwards

   o Since all messages are stored in numeric order, and in only two files,
     all search operations execute at very high speed

   o Wildcard matching, text string searching

Files
-----

   o Independent access flags per user per file areas, including:
       - View
       - List
       - Upload
       - Download
       - Free downloads
       - Move
       - Edit
       - Kill
       - Sysop

   o Descriptions can be of any length

   o Up to 255 directories may be attached to a single file area

   o Files can be catalogued or searched in many ways:
       - Forward alphabetically
       - Reverse alphabetically
       - Forward chronologically (oldest first)
       - Reverse chronologically (newest first)
       - All files newer than a particular date
       - Text substring search of file names and descriptions
       - Wildcard search (#, ?, *) of file names and descriptions
       - Extremely quick operation

   o View files online
       - Can display text files online
       - Can be configured to view the contents of any type of archive

   o Integrity testing
       - Can be configured to test any type of archive
       - Uploaded files which fail the test can be automatically moved to 
         a specified "bad files" area

   o Zmodem upload resume
       - Supported for both BBS transfers and FidoNet transfers
       - User can resume the upload at a later login session
       - Upon login, user is reminded of any waiting unresumed uploads

   o Complete XPR support:
       - Allows different parameters for send and receive
       - Allows specification of throughput for each protocol
       - Support for batch and upload-resumable protocols
       - Xenolink is shipped with the following:
           o Xmodem Checksum
           o Xmodem CRC
           o Xmodem 1K
           o Xmodem 1K-G
           o Ymodem
           o Ymodem-G
           o Zmodem
           o Zmodem 8K

   o Automatic ZSKIP sent it user attempts to upload a duplicate file
     with Zmodem

   o Files can be marked by number/number ranges

   o Powerful mechanism for attaching files to messages (to users)
       - Message author automatically notified when files are downloaded
       - Downloaded files can be deleted automatically


Users
-----
   o Up to 256 access levels/user templates
   o User aliases/handles supported
   o Easy generation and storage of user questionnaires
   o Utilities provided to globally affect user attributes, or
     message/file area access, by access level
   o User selectable use of ANSI to compress consecutive space characters
   o User selectable, highly responsive hot key capability
   o Powerful command line editing using ^A,^F,^X,^K, and cursor keys

Networking
----------

   o Xenolink comes complete with its own integrated mailer and mail
     processor, and requires neither expensive add-ons such as TrapDoor,
     nor slow third party mail processing software

   o Xenolink's integrated mailer supports:
       - FTSC-1
       - YooHoo/Wazoo
       - EMSI
       - Zmodem
       - Zmodem 8K
       - SEAlink
       - TeLink
       - Modem7

   o Support for external mailers
       - Uses same 4D file name conventions as TrapDoor
       - Uses same flow control codes as TrapDoor
       - Can easily switch between using TrapDoor and Xenolink's mailer
       - Can spawn a Xenolink login session on any existing serial 
         connection

   o Integrated mail processor:
       - Single-pass operation
            o Very high speed processing of mail
            o Eliminates the necessity of storing network information
              such as SEEN-BY and PATH lines (this feature can be turned 
              off so that network control lines can be optionally 
              displayed)
            o Easy support of passthrough mail areas
       - 4D support
       - Point support
           o Can use 4D method or 2D pointnet
       - File sending/attaching
       - Highly advanced and secure routing and forwarding features
       - Automatic message dupe checking
       - Automatic message reply linking

   o Nodelist compiler
       - Nodelist compiler uses real-time data compression
       - Pointlists supported

   o As many AKA's as you wish

   o Full support for RLO type external file request (Freq) handlers

   o Multiple NetMail areas

   o Multiple origin lines permitted per message area

   o Multiple addresses permitted per message area

   o Large number of third party Xenolink FidoNet software available
     including the following highly popular programs:
     - AreaFix
     - Hatch
     - Tick
     - FileFix

Configurability
---------------

   o New user application script written in easily-modifiable AREXX

   o Almost all text strings can be configured for each menu set.
       - Version 1.90 has more than 3 times the number of configurable
         strings than version 1.0 Z.3
       - Even the message headers are now completely configurable!

   o Special control sequences can be embedded in text files and prompts, 
     to insert almost any type of system data, and even perform if/then 
     type logic

   o Multi-language; up to 256 different languages/menu sets supported

   o Almost all prompts requiring keypresses can be configured
     individually for each menu set; for example:
       - Y/N for Yes/No
       - O/N for Oui/Non
       - J/N for Ja/Nein
       - H/I for Hai/Iie
       - etc.

   o Can use a screen font designed for your language, as mentioned above

Version 1.90 is now available, and includes an all-new completely 
rewritten 315 page hard cover manual.

Xenolink costs US$ 150, plus US$ 15 shipping and handling.  To place an
order, send cheque or money order for US$ 165 to the address below.  For
more information, write to the same address:

Xenomiga Technology
1132 Bay Street, Suite 1101
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2Z4
Canada

Inside AustralAsia, XenoLink is available only from :-

Sidecar Express BBS
Sysop: Brendan Pratt
(075) 463 252
300-14400/v32bis + ZyXEL 19200
FidoNet  3:640/463
AmigaNet 41:400/463

Voice : 015 143 696

Current price is $280 plus $20 courier delivery thoughout Australia.
Credit Cards welcome.

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

SHAREWARE REGISTRATION COMES TO AUSTRALIA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Amiga users have often found it difficult to register the latest
and greatest program available for their computer. Many of the authors 
are in out of the way places, such as Germany, Scandinavia or the USA. 
As you can expect, many have been reluctent to send money, not knowing
whether they will get what they were after in return. This has now
changed..

Continental Drift BBS in Sydney, Australia has recently expanded its 
scope of Amiga support.

We have recently added a Shareware Registration section to the BBS, and
invite all Australian Amiga Users to come and have a look. 

Currently, the programs that can be registered at this site are:

    DASModPlayer       - A great Pro-Level ModPlayer by Pauli Porkka.
           
    MagicUserInterface - Allowing users to change the look and feel of
                         their programs        
    
    MagicWB            - Which has made the Amiga Workbench, one to be
                         envied. If you haven't seen this, you haven't 
                         seen anything! 


If you are interested in registering your copy of the above programs and
live in Australia or New Zealand, then drop us a line, preferably by
Email

              CONTINENTAL DRIFT BBS
              Shareware Registration
              PO Box 259
              Newport  NSW  2106
              Australia

Or call the BBS on:

              +612 949 4256

Or myself:

              Andre Lackmann   76711.710@compuserve.com                  
              FIDO: 3:714/911


Also, any shareware authors out there looking for a wider audience, we
will be happy to act as registration site for your programs.
Contact us at the above addresses.

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@node P1-3 "Lament"
@toc "menu"

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%% Lament                                              by Mac Robinson %%
%%                                  Mac_Robinson@comnet.cbmtor.gts.org %%
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This is an emotional weekend; this is the last weekend that my 'pride
and joy' will sit alone on it's table.  Next weekend it will share the
space with a bright shiny new... PC-Clone.  We sit here alone, this last
Friday night, Ami- and I, and I think of all of the times that we have 
shared in the last 8 years.  It has certainly made me laugh enough, and 
cry enough, and sometimes pull at my hair, but we have been lots of 
places, the old girl and me.  

I remember when I brought it home the first time.  The monitor had a 
bashed in corner so it was quickly replaced with another, though this 
one's tube was cock-eyed a quarter-inch low on the right side, and is so
to this day.  Like a cleft chin or curled lip it just added more character
to this thing that has occupied so much of my time since then.  There was
the neat trap door, right there on the front for all to see, that actually
let me double the memory to a a wiz-bang 512K!  

The games were great, too.  Some of them are only a memory, though.
They don't like the new WorkBench, but that's OK, they were great while 
they lasted.  Then there were the pieces of software that actually let me
do something constructive.  Textcraft, then Textcraft Plus... there would
be no end in sight when I could play a game if I tired of writng a letter.
Now, if I'd had a proper Amiga printer driver back then that would really
have been something!  I could have printed it out, too! Then we added a 
second disk drive; that was really something. Talk about convenience!  
Then a modem; wow, so much software just a phone call around the continent
away.  Soon after it was time to add even more storage space so a hard 
drive was in order.  By that time the Amiga 1000 was peacefully at rest 
in the Commodore Home for the Orphaned so an A500 came home to us one day.
The Amiga 1000, but not the monitor with the lop-sided grin, was 
sacrificed to a long-necked kid who had a Vic-20 or C=64 or something and
to whom the heady brew of an Amiga 1000 was almost intoxicating.  I ran in
to the kid some time after that and found out that my old sweetheart had 
been in a couple of homes after his.  If it were ever to come around this 
way again there would be room here, kind of like a resting home or some 
such.  I still think about that trap door on the front.

The flood of cool software from Europe was followed soon after, though
PAL and NTSC was something that needed to be mastered with software hacks
and boot disks and a hard-to-find screw on the back of that silly monitor
and such.  Inconvenient, to say the least, and it started to add to the 
price we were beginning to pay for this great machine.  At least, we knew
it was great, even then.  Because we had paid the price of admission, the
price of purchase, to find out.  After all,Commodore tried to keep it a 
secret, didn't they? 

How many of us old-timers have heard  "Commodore Amiga?  That's like a 
Mac, isn't it?"  That used to irritate me then, but I understand now.
Later in the week Ami- will slide down the table to the end.  The
PC-Clone will occupy the place where I can look up and out the window to
see the kids playing.  When they come in and ask to play on the computer 
it will be the Amiga they are talking about, I know.  This new computer 
with the funny icons that Dad is so busy at won't scare them as much 
their father, though they'll be wondering why he's cursing the windows 
so much.  I'll keep the old VCR hooked up to the old crooked monitor, too.
That way I can watch TV while working at the new computer.  That's kind of
like multi-tasking, isn't it?

And my first piece of software?  Well, it will be 'Flight Simulator 5'.
Flight Simulator II was one of the first pieces of software I had on the
Amiga and I figure that it started me on an interesting journey, in more 
ways than one.  So, I will start out from the same place as I did before,
though this time in a different direction.  I will look over my shoulder 
many times at first, though it will become less and less as time goes by.

What a shame.


Regards,

A. M. Robinson

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@node P1-4 "Creating AmigaDOS Scripts"
@toc "menu"

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%% Creating AmigaDOS Scripts                          by David Tiberio %%
%%                                     dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu %%
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Creating AmigaDOS scripts is easier then you might think. Variables can 
be passed to scripts, files can be executed, and simple structures can be
created. Hopefully this will introduce you to some basic script abilities
without covering too much at the same time. And remember that the best 
way to learn is to practice programming your own.

An AmigaDOS script is basically a collection of AmigaDOS commands with 
the addition of variables, labels, and script-specific commands. One of 
the most important uses of scripts is to simplify repetitive tasks. For
example, I use my scripts almost exclusively with programs like 
Directory Opus which can feed filenames and parameters to my scripts.


- PARAMETER PASSING -

The first line of the script, when passing parameters, uses the ".key"
command, followed by a list of variables. This might look like this:

key parameter1, parameter2, parameter3

To access the parameters, place them within <> brackets, such as
<parameter1>. This will replace that variable with the item passed to the
script. The following script is used with EdPlayer to load music modules
from Directory Opus and then play them with a seperate gadget. Notice how
the infile parameter is used in "sys:c/telled JUKE <infile>". This uses
two programs. First, it runs Edplayer (by Ed Mackey) in the background, 
and then the Telled command that comes with Edplayer.

key infile/a

run sys:c/edplayer -h       ;run edplayer in the background
sys:c/telled DCOL 4
sys:c/telled PALM           ;set it for PAL mode
sys:c/telled AUTO 3
sys:c/telled JUKE <infile>  ;load the module passed to the script
sys:c/telled NEXT           ;start playing the music

The advantage of these types of scripts is that I can select hundreds of
music modules with one mouse click (in Directory Opus) and then select my
JUKE gadget which passes each file to the script, one at a time. In my
existing script, the last line is remarked out so that the music does not
play while loading in each new file. A seperate button is used.


- IF EXISTS -

Here is a line that is probably in your s:startup-sequence. In fact, don't
ever change it... the Installer expects it to be there, and may create a
new one if it is not found exactly as originally printed. This could cause
your s:user-startup sequence to be executed more than once during booting!

if exists s:user-startup    ;check to see if "s:user-startup" exists
  execute s:user-startup    ;execute "s:user-startup" is it exists
endif                       ;must end every IF statement

The IF command cannot be used from the command line. Otherwise, AmigaDOS
reports the error "Must be in a command file".


- REDIRECTION -

Many files do not detach from the command line. In the event that this
happens, execution of your script may halt. There are a few ways to avoid
this. One simple way is to redirect the output to the NIL or NULL device.
For example, try this command which displays a message to the command 
line.

echo "Hello, world!"

This will redirect the output using the > symbol:

echo "Hello, world!" >NIL:

The NIL: device should be available on all systems, while the NULL device
is availble in the public domain.


- DETACHING FROM THE COMMAND LINE -

You can detach commands from the shell by using the Run command or the
public domain Runback program. This should allow you to continue running
other programs in the same shell, or write scripts that do not halt when
each file is executed. In some cases, the shell window will still not be
able to close even though the command line is free.


- WAITING -

Another program that was commonly used on floppy based systems is the Wait
command. This causes the shell or script to wait for a specified number of
seconds, allowing other tasks to finish executing. It can also be used for
timing. For example, I did a demo at the World of Commodore in Toronto
which displayed various movies and companies that used the Amiga 
worldwide. In my demo, I used the Wait command to determine how long to 
wait before a music module would be played or before images would scroll 
up the screen. Unfortunately I only had 2 weeks notice, so it crashed 
every 90 minutes or so. :)

wait sec=10         ;waits for ten seconds

wait min=2          ;waits for 2 minutes

wait until 19:02    ;waits until 7:02pm before continuing.


As Edward Cayce might say, that is all for the present...

dtiberio@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu

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@node P1-5 "AR Coverdisk!"
@toc "menu"
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%% Amiga Report Coverdisk!                            by @{" Jason Compton " link P8-2} %%
%%                                                    jcompton@tcity.com %%
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Ok, not really.  Well, sort of.  Let me explain.

What we here at Amiga Report want to do is this:  Every month, in much
the same fashion and style as Amiga Report, we will compile and send out
a "coverdisk" of sorts, featuring software selections from just about
anywhere we can get it: new FTP releases, old favorites, game demos,
or maybe even those "exclusives" that the big European magazines seem
to get.

It would be distributed along Internet and (hopefully) the same AR
FIDO distribution system we have going.  Since I'll be coordinating
it, the channels may not be identical to the AR magazine, but I'll do
my best to keep it faithful.

What is your role in all of this?  Well, to start with, tell me if you
think it is a good idea.  At the moment, I'll be using this E-mail
account to handle all mail.  On FIDO, Talk City is 1:115/372,0.  Let
me know if you're interested in getting on the mailing list.

I'm targeting late May to mid June as the first release.  Please get
the word out on this and respond.

(Incidentally, I'm more than willing to take submissions from all
interested...)

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@node P1-6 "UseNet Review - The Chaos Engine"
@toc "menu"
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%% UseNet Review - The Chaos Engine, CD32 version     by Steve Cutting %%
%%                                     steve_cutting@guru.apana.org.au %%
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PRODUCT NAME

	The Chaos Engine, CD32 version


BRIEF DESCRIPTION

1 or 2 player run-around shoot'em up game with a top-down view and
8-way scrolling.


AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION

Name:		Bitmap Brothers/Renegade
Address:	C1 Metropolitan Wharf,
                Wapping Wall, London
                U.K. E1 9SS


LIST PRICE

I don't know the list price, but I paid 19.99 U.K. pounds for it
from a mail-order company.


HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

CD32 (PAL or NTSC)
Television or monitor
1 or 2 control pads (or Amiga joysticks)


COPY PROTECTION

None that's noticeable to the user.


REVIEW

The plot behind this game is basically the same as every other
shoot'em up ever released.  There's a big nasty doing big nasty things and
it's your job to stop them.  In this case, the "nasty" in question is the
Chaos Engine, a powerful machine that's gone haywire and is generally
causing a nuisance to everyone.  When you boot up the game, you get a 
short animated intro explaining all this, and it's backed up by a full CD
soundtrack with narration.  Very nice indeed.  Now on to the game 
itself....

When you start the game, you can select between 1 or 2 player modes.
In the 1 player mode, the second character is controlled by the computer,
so you always play this game as a team even if no humans want to play with
you. :-) At this point, you can restore an old game by entering a 
password, or start a new game.  I'll talk about the password system a bit
later.  When you start a new game, you are presented with a character 
hiring screen.  You start off with a certain amount of money and must hire
a character to use. There are 6 characters in all, each having individual
strengths and weaknesses (strength, speed, etc.) and special abilities.  
With that done, it's off to take on the nasties.

The game is split into 4 worlds, each with 4 levels.  The action is
viewed from above and at an angle which lets you see the front of the
characters and nasties.  Your job is to kill as many nasties as possible 
and find your way to the exit of each level.  Before you can get out, 
though, you must activate "nodes" that are scattered around the levels.
These are tower-like things, and you activate them by just shooting them.
Once you've activated all the nodes, the exit (or exits) will open.  On 
most levels, there's actually more than one exit, and each one will cause
you to start from a different place on the next level.

When you shoot a nasty, it'll leave behind a coin which you can pick
up and add to your bank balance.  There are also coins laying around on 
the ground to be picked up.  Other things you can pick up include:  weapon
power-ups, keys that open doors and secret passages, food (for restoring
energy), extra lives, etc. etc.  There's more than one way of finishing 
most levels; in fact, there are often alternate routes which lead you to 
heaps of bonuses (and usually a swarm of nasties as well)! :-(

At the end of every 2 levels, you are taken to the Shop screen.  Here
you can buy all sorts of goodies to improve your characters' performance.
Things you can buy include: health, speed, weapon power-ups, lives, 
special weapons, and more.

The end of the last level takes you to a showdown with the Chaos
Engine. (Surprise, surprise. :-))

When your game ends, you are given a password which allows you to
restart at the beginning of the world that you were up to.  The way this
password works is bit different from other games, and it is great.  When 
you restart with a password, you start at the shop screen with the total 
amount of money that you had collected during the last game.  You can then
re-buy all your weapons etc. or choose to buy something else instead.  
This is great because you can try different tactics:  for instance, 
starting with heaps of lives, or starting with MEGA guns. :-)


DOCUMENTATION

The CD sleeve contains a brief introduction to the game.  Full
instructions are provided on the CD in English, French, German and 
Italian. They are very nicely presented as a series of pages which you 
flip through with the controller.


LIKES

Superb gameplay.  This game just feels great!  This is a game which
has been thoroughly play-tested, I simply cannot fault it in terms of
playability.

The password system is the best I've ever seen.

The 2 players' characters can walk through one another.  While this
isn't exactly realistic, it does make the game more playable.

The background graphics are excellent.  They have enough detail to
make them interesting, but not enough to make it difficult to see what's
going on.  The sprites are nice and colourful. The 6 player sprites look
great, they're really well drawn and each have their unique character.
Also, the introduction animation is quite good (although short).

The CD music tracks on the title and between-level screens are
fabulous.  Also, the CD sound effects during the game are very well done 
and add lot of atmosphere.  Music in the game itself is Amiga-based, but 
is still very atmospheric because it changes depending on where you are 
in the level.  For instance, as you approach the exit the music builds 
up to make it a bit more tense.  Sound effects are also excellent.  The
nasties have all sorts of weird (but appropriate) noises, and there's a 
bit of speech too.

Basically, the overall look and feel of this game is superb.


DISLIKES AND SUGGESTIONS

The action does slow down noticeably when there are a lot of objects
on screen.  This suggests to me that the programmers have just added the 
new AGA graphics to the code from the Amiga version, instead of re-writing
it for 68020/AGA.  I expect that adding some Fast RAM would help, as would
running the game on the A4000 CD32 add-on.  As neither of these exist 
right now, I can't try them, but I assume the game will make use of extra
speed because the Amiga version did.

The game doesn't use the full PAL screen.  PAL users can force it
into NTSC using the boot-menu though, and it then fills the screen.


BUGS

The game occasionally freezes for an instant.  I think it might be
when it's changing CD tracks.  This does not affect gameplay at all 
though: it's hardly noticeable.


VENDOR SUPPORT

An address is provided for support, but unfortunately not a phone
number.  I have not needed to contact them as yet.


WARRANTY

Unknown.


CONCLUSIONS

In my opinion, this is one of the CD32's best games to date.  I
already had the Amiga version, but for me the CD32 version was still a
must-have, even though it has no extra levels.  If you're a CD32 owner who
hasn't played the original Amiga version, then get this game!  If you had
the original Amiga version, then get this game anyway!  A lot of people 
whinge about CD32 games which are ports of Amiga titles, but I'm not 
complaining when the games are this good.  The Bitmap Brothers have taken
a classic Amiga game, enhanced the graphics/sound, and produced a classic
CD32 game.

I'd give it about 90%, and a bit more if it didn't slow down.

This review is freely distributable.  Just leave my name in :-)
10/4/1994 Steve Cutting     e-mail: Steve_Cutting@guru.apana.org.au

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%% European Outlook                                   by @{" Jesper Juul " link P8-3} %%
%%                                               norjj@stud.hum.aau.dk %%
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%% Emulation Rambler                                    by @{" Jason Compton " link P8-2} %%
%% Trying to keep on top of everything.               jcompton@tcity.com %%
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@node P1-7 "compt.sys.amiga"
@toc "menu"
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%% compt.sys.amiga                                    by @{" Jason Compton " link P8-2} %%
%% Promises, promises, promises.                      jcompton@tcity.com %%
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Here's an update on what I've been pursuing for your reading enjoyment...

No word from the 24-bit video companies since I last told you about them.
Not a one.  Not a friendly lot, are they?

I'm working hard to establish some sort of CD32 review column for AR.
Since Liberation has been reviewed into the ground, it seems the column
will launch with the PD collection Lock 'N Load, from NorthWest Public
Domain.  (who had guessed I wanted one for free from the moment he
picked up the phone)

MONEY SAVING TIP FROM NW PUBLIC DOMAIN---

The CD32 has the infamous "AUX" port, which is really a keyboard port
suitable to the 4000 keyboard plug.  (I've heard of hacks to use modems
and disk drives on that port, but we're talking about the intended purpose,
here.)  Users of 2000 and 3000s, with big, unfriendly keyport ports instead
of the small, cute 4000 port had the option of buying the conversion piece
from Amigaman for $15.  The guy I spoke with at NW Public Domain told
me it was a $5 part at Radio Shack: an AT to PS/2 keyboard adapter.
Score one for the thrifty.

More CD32 news:  As early as mid next week, Paravision will send me
a "functional" SX-1 expansion for the CD32.  What do I mean by
"functional"?  I mean it won't have a case.  No problem, I simply won't
rest any drinks on top of it.  I'll throw on a disk drive, modem, printer,
ParNet when they send it to me, and maybe even a hard drive if I'm
lucky and tell you how it stacks up.  I'm looking forward to running
AGA demos.

Yet more CD32 news, again from the helpful guy at NW PD:  Frontier,
which a lot of people have questioned on CD32 since it doesn't seem
to have anything CDish to offer (no 650 megs of speech), was
apparently recompiled in 020 code for the CD32 version.  There you
have it, the exploitation of the technology to the fullest.

Commodore seems to still be alive.  This morning, though (Tuesday), the
stock did an odd thing.  It opened at 1 with a high of 1 and a low of 1  
and a close of 1.  500 shares traded hands.  Now, I'm no expert,but in  
watching the tables I know that on average about 40,000 shares of C=     
trade hands each day and that last week, that number was 210,000 in one  
day.  500's awfully low.  Maybe everyone is waiting for something.
I haven't heard any good rumors about it.  Or bad ones.

That should wrap it up for me this week...I'll have more meat for you
when next you read me.  Until then, keep...whatever you want warm.

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@node P1-8 "Reader Mail"
@toc "menu"
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%% Reader Mail                                        The readers speak! %%
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From: Jan Hoeydahl, Norway (hoeydahl@nki.no)

Have any of you readers ever connected a CASIO Digital Diary to the
Amiga?  My CASIO is a 64KB SF-7500.  It has got some sort of serial
connector and I know that it is possible to purchase a PC-interface
which is quite expensive.

If you have a hint on how to build my own HW-interface and what software
to use then, please let me know (Internet adr above).

-Jan-

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@node P1-9 "Lynx and the World Wide Web"
@toc "menu"

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%% Lynx and the WWW                                    by @{" Robert Niles " link P8-1} %%
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For those of you who do not have access to Mosaic, but still 
would like a nice interface to the World Wide Web (WWW) and 
all that it entails, should consider a program found on many 
UNIX sites called LYNX.

@{"Lynx" system "display.s 650 100 AR215_pic1.iff Lynx"} is a user-friendly hypertext interface on UNIX and VMS 
platforms (just type 'lynx' at the shell prompt). There's 
nothing that compares to the ability to run Mosaic, but Lynx 
comes close. It lets you use the cursor keys to browse around 
the WWW, you don't get the pictures and such, but you do get 
the information. Lynx was written by Lou Montulli, Michael 
Globe and Charles Rezac.

Why use Lynx to access the WWW? Because for you, the Amiga 
User, there's quite a bit of information available to you that 
you might not be able to find elsewhere ...and of course 
there's plenty of information that you WOULD find elsewhere, 
but the WWW makes getting that information easy.

There are quite a few places for information but most can be 
accessed through the "Commodore Amiga Information Resource" 
interface (for lack of a better word).

The @{"Commodore Amiga Information Resource" system "display.s 650 100 AR215_pic2.iff CAIR"} is a collection 
items interesting to the Amiga community. Tell Lynx or Mosaic to open 
the following URL:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/People/mjw/Computer/Amiga/AR/MainPage.html

It is maintained by Michael Witbrock (witbrock@cmu.edu). There he has 
information about the Amiga, and links to other places that support the 
Amiga in one way or the other. Like:

- @{"Amiga Report" system "display.s 650 100 AR215_pic3.iff AR_on_the_WWW"}
- GEnie's 5 minute news, and Viewport
- Access to Public Domain software and the Aminet
- The World-Wide Amiga BBS List
- Information on User Groups
- The Amiga FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
- David Tiberio's "Famous Amiga Uses"
- And more!


Now there is much more out there...but I'll leave you to find it 
...and I know that there's nothing like using Mosaic, but Lynx will 
get you "there"!

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

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


@endnode

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

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%                           Dealer Directory                            %%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



                           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:  519-457-2986
                            FIDO:  1:221/125
                        AmigaNet:  40:550/1
                          MaxNet:  90:204/1
                        iNET: koops@gaul.csd.uwo.ca


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


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


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


                                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

          (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.  


@endnode

@node P5-1 "tandem v2.1"
@toc "menu"

TITLE
 
	tandem.lha
 
VERSION
 
	2.1 (27.3.94)
 
AUTHOR
 
	Franz-Josef Reichert
		fjrei@kbsaar.saar.de
 
DESCRIPTION

	JukeBox is a program to play compact digital audio discs by
emulating a graphical user interface similar to common CD players. It
provides a command line oriented, fully programmable ARexx user interface
as well. It will work on CD-ROM players plugged to a hostadaptor or CDTV.

	This is an add-on player module for the "Tandem CD+IDE" 
hostadaptor solution sold by bsc / Alfa Data, which enables the use of 
several Mitsumi IDE-CDROM drives, such as the FX-001(D) or the LU-005. 
This player module can be added externally by tooltype or command line

	PLAYER=tandem.player
	DEVICE=tandemcd.device
	UNIT=0

	Updated documentation in AmigaGuide(R) format comes along with 
this distribution.

 
REQUIREMENTS

	* JukeBox 1.2530 (3.4.93), freely distributable demo available in
	the same directory jukebox.lha

	* Tandem CD+IDE software & hardware

	* Mitsumi CDROM drive

 
DIRECTORY
 
	Aminet: /pub/aminet/mus/play/

FILE NAME

	tandem.lha

HOST NAME

	Available on servers in the aminet. e.g.:

	USA (MO)     ftp.wustl.edu           128.252.135.4   pub/aminet/    
	Scandinavia  ftp.luth.se             130.240.18.2    pub/aminet/    
	Germany      ftp.uni-kl.de           131.246.9.95    pub/aminet/    
	Switzerland  ftp.eunet.ch            changing        pub/aminet/    
	UK           src.doc.ic.ac.uk        146.169.2.1     pub/aminet/    
	Australia    splat.aarnet.edu.au     192.107.107.6   pub/aminet/
	...

PRICE
 
	Free
 
DISTRIBUTION
 
	Freely distributable

@endnode

@node P5-2 "ReqChange v3.1"
@toc "menu"
TITLE

     ReqChange

VERSION

     3.1

AUTHOR

     Magnus Holmgren
     Internet: cmh@augs.se
     Fidonet:  2:204/404.6

DESCRIPTION

     ReqChange is a program that replaces the most common requesters
     in AmigaDOS with the ones available in ReqTools.  This program
     is similar to RTPatch (included in the ReqTools distribution),
     but offers a lot more, such as a builtin "AssignWedge", the
     ability to send a Rexx message when a requester appears and
     several other options (for each requester type).

NEW FEATURES

  Version 3.0 is a a complete rewrite. The new features include:
     - Resident code written in assembler and stored in a .library.
     - Complete ASL V38 (OS 2.1+) support. Can "fall back" to the
       original requester when needed.
     - Rexx messages can be sent from any requester, based on
       type/title(/body text).
     - Prefs editor to edit all settings (including the "pre-denied"
       volumes and rexx messages) with font-sensitive GUI and online
       help. 
     - Smarter/smaller patching code.
     - Documentation in AmigaGuide format.
     - OS 3.0 aware (memory pools etc).

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

     OS 2.04 or better. ReqTools is also required, but it is included.

HOST NAME

     ftp.lysator.liu.se  130.236.254.153

DIRECTORY

     pub/amiga/ReqChange

FILE NAMES

     ReqChange3_1.lha (152213 bytes)

PRICE

     10 US$ (Shareware).

DISTRIBUTABILITY

     Freely distributable. You may only copy the original, unmodified
     archive, without adding/removing any files. You may not charge any
     more than a small fee to cover your costs (media, postage etc).
     Copyright (C) 1993-94 Magnus Holmgren.

@endnode

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

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%%                   /______________________________\\                   %%
%%                  /                                \\                  %%
%%              Amiga Report International Online Magazine               %%
%%                    April 22, 1994  ~ Issue No. 2.15                   %%
%%                  Copyright  1994 SkyNet Publications                  %%
%%                           All Rights Reserved                         %%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Views, Opinions and Articles presented  herein are not necessarily those of
the editors  and staff of Amiga Report International Online  Magazine or of
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.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

@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
@{"          Lament           " link P1-3} Moving the Amiga aside
@{" Creating AmigaDOS Scripts " link P1-4} It's easier than you think!
@{"       AR CoverDisk        " link P1-5} Expanding Amiga Report
@{"       UseNet Review       " link P1-6} The Chaos Engine - CD32 version
@{"      compt.sys.amiga      " link P1-7} Promises, promises, promises
@{"        Reader Mail        " link P1-8} The readers speak!
@{"     Lynx and the WWW      " link P1-9} Accessing the WWW without Mosaic

@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

@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"

@{"  tandem v2.1   " link P5-1} JukeBox interface with Tandem
@{" ReqChange v3.1 " link P5-2} Replaces the common AmigaDOS requestor

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The most downloaded files from wustl.edu during the week until 17-Apr-94
Updated weekly. Most popular file on top.

File                 Dir        Size Description
-------------------  ---        ---- -----------
ar214.lha            docs/mags   64K+Amiga Report 2.14, 15-Apr-94
TextDemo4.lha        gfx/misc    29K+3D Dungeon with shading AGA/ECS (68020+)
rot3d.lha            demo/euro   96K+Texture mapping demo, requires math FPU
ar213.lha            docs/mags   48K+Amiga Report 2.13, 08-Apr-94
wolf3d-2.lha         dev/src     56K+Wolf3D clone demo
PowerCalc.lha        misc/math   26K+Workbench realtime graphing calc for OS 2.
amipeg03.lha         gfx/show    83K+fast MPEG player for AGA amigas v0.3, w/ f
MUGicWB.lha          util/wb     39K+Yet another collection of MagicWB icons
PicCon220.lha        gfx/conv    99K+Multipurpose gfx converter. 2.04+.
crb_brst.lha         demo/euro  665K+brain-state-in-a-box - 2nd at TG94

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@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"


        
                          * 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.royle.org

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

                   Internet:  user_name@junct9.royle.org

@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 "Talk City"
@toc "menu"


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

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

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


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


@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
     /   /    \         
  ::/   /      \::::    Official Amiga Report Distribution Site
  ::\   \  /\   \:::    Running *DLG Pro* BB/OS Software
  :::\   \/  \   \::    Supporting the Amiga 100% Only!
  ::::\      /   /::                                   
       \    /   /       Sysops: Murray Chaffer & Andre Lackmann
        \  /\  /        FIDO: 3:714/911       PH: +612 949 4256
         \/  \/                               (Sydney, Aust.)
 +---------------------------------------------------------------+

@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"
@toc "menu"


                        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

@endnode

@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.platinum.werries.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.platinum.werries.de

@endnode

@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

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

 
                            * Virtual Palace BBS *
 
                  * Official Amiga Report 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

@endnode
@node P2-1 "Where to find Amiga Report"
@toc "menu"
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%                      Where to find Amiga Report                       %%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

  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
@{"       TALK CITY         " link P2-1-13} ...............................Waukegan, 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
                           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
@endnode
