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NEWS ITEMS

Fresh Hope for the Amiga - surprise purchase of Amiga Inc.
The Amiga community was rocked by the surprise purchase of Amiga, Inc. on the last day of last year. Amino Corporation, headed by ex-Gateway employees Bill McEwen and Fleecy Moss payed an undisclosed sum to Gateway for their Amiga subsidiary on December 31, 1999.

The Way Back - flashback to the June 1994 issue of Edge (Taos feature)
This is not the first time that Tao Group has been mentioned in a Future Publishing magazine. A news feature from Edge in June 1994 covered Tao and the operating system that was ancesteral to their current Elate, Taos.

Month in View
Ben Vost discusses the reasons why Amiga Format has shrunk to 84 pages - software houses refusing to send their products for review.

The Editor Speaks
Ben Vost hopes that Bill and Fleecy's Excellent Adventure doesn't turn into Bill and Fleecy's Bogus Journey.

Amiga 2k Preview
Bob Sharp is busy planning for the show formerly known as Gateway - the Amiga 2K show.

You spawny get!
January 26th saw the launch of the GeT (Greenwich Electronic Time) initiative at the Royal Opera House.

Product News
Zeus 1.3, TrueReality N64 emulator, Imagine 5.17, Amster 0.4, AmiBroker 3.20 and Frogger released.

100 Issues ago (AF34)
Lookback to the May 1992 edition of AF.

VMC contract out hardware to focus on software
VMC reborn as software-only company, licensing their product range to Individual Computers.

Eyetech's EZ network peripherals
Eyetech's EZ networking range makes Amiga networking a dream!

Vital Horgan
Tony Horgan comments on the Amiga purchase.

FEATURE

Open Source
Open source represents an entirely new way of developing and distributing software - but what exactly does it mean for the Amiga community?

REVIEWS
 

SCREENPLAY Previews Seaside Ultra Violent Worlds Enforce In the Shadow of Time Source Code Update Reviews Whale's Voyage 2 - 45%

SERIOUS Reviews Pagestream 4 - 86% Voyager 3 - 88% Avery CD Presentation Kit - 84% Eyetech Infrared EZLink - 81% Power Flyer 4000 - 83%

TUTORIALS

The Complete Beginners guide to... Troubleshooting
Before you pull your hair or throw your computer out the window, follow our guide to getting software to work.

Practical Javascript (Chapter 5)
Neil Bothwick takes a look at frame handling.

Useful ARexx (Chapter 4)
Nick Veitch investigates the new ARexx commands available under OS3.5, and comes up with a few surprises.

Program Perfection (Chapter 10)
Richard Drummond continues his long-running tutorial with a look at the system clipboard and BOOPSI.

Banging the Metal (Chapter 13)
Simon Goodwin creates new graphics modes.

AMIGA USER GROUPS

Andew Elia infiltrates Amiga North Thames to discover the secrets of its success.

REGULARS

• Previews
• GameBusters
• PD Select

COMMENTS

It's difficult to believe, but Amiga Format had reached its 50th CD issue. Fusion 3.1 and PCX 1.1 were provided free with this issue - a veritable feast for PC/Mac emulation fans.