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| News: |
| WoA 2000: The Show's going on! |
The UK's biggest and best Amiga show currently
in planning stages. |
| New hardware on the cards? |
Eriol USB card, BoXeR motherboard, and AmiJoe G3 accelerator
nearing completion. |
| 140GB AACDs? |
Constellation 3D announces production targets for their Fluorescent
Multi-Layer Disc (FMD) disc technology. |
| Amiga: A complete strategy |
Amiga Executive update outlines technical training and meeting
with future technology partners. |
| Amiga Mozilla resurfaces |
Second Amiga Mozilla project requests help from coders. |
| Ticker Happy WB! |
All hail the Ticker, a small utility that displays the latest
headlines from Amiga Central on Workbench. |
| Amiga Monopoly |
Version 2 of HBMonopoly released. |
| Amiga Link directory takes over from AWD |
amiga-news.de, the German news site, opens Amiga Link Directory. |
| It's all a miracle |
IBM develops Quantum Mirage Effect (QME) to project information
from one point in space to another. |
| Destination: Reading |
The Amiga press meet the new Amiga Inc. and Tao Group. |
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Editorial:
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| The future is here again |
Andrew Korn discusses Amiga Active's aim to be THE journal
of record for the new era of the Amiga and introduces the new rating system. |
| Rants and Raves: |
| AROS and Open Amiga |
Steve Crietzman, President of Open Amiga, calls for the future
of the Amiga to take a Third way - open source. |
| Five steps to Amiga |
Steve Folberg provides criteria for judging the 'Amiganess'
of a new machine. |
| What's in a name? |
Andrew Korn questions the importance of names. |
| Features: |
| The Eternal Tao |
In an eight page interview, Andrew Korn & David Stroud
interview Chris Hinsley & Francis Charig of Tao Group about the Elate
OS. |
| Phab & Groovy Neutrino |
Andrew Korn interviews Dan Dodge of QSSL about Neutrino and
the Amiga. |
| Digicam Bonanza! |
In a six page feature, David Stroud takes a look at the Olympus
C2020Z, Nikon CoolPix 950, Epson PhotoPC 800 and 850z digital cameras, plus
Amiga software to get the best results. |
| Our Valentine |
Questionable page filler about the Playstation 2 developer's
box, the Sony DTL T10000. |
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Previews:
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| Play Neutrino! |
Andrew Korn previews Quake 3 on the QNX Neutrino OS. |
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Reviews:
All review scores are marked out of four 'AmiYinYangs'.
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| CD Writers & the future |
Reviews of the Teac CDR58S, Yamaha CRW8424SX, and Mitsumi CR-4802TE. Plus
a brief look at DVD-R and DVD-RAM writers. |
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| Basilisk II-0.8.1 |
Is it a case of 'Mac to Basics' with Christian Bauer's open-source ShapeShifter
descendant? |
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| 3Com Message Modems |
Chris Green reviews the 3Com Message Pro & 3Com message modem. |
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| Mitsubishi Monitors |
Looking to replace your 14 incher? David Stroud looks at the 18"
LSA820W LCD flatscreen and 17" Diamond Pro 710 monitors from Mitsubishi. |
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| Spherical Worlds |
David Stroud reviews this disappointing 2D adventure game. |
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| Total Tetris |
David Stroud reviews Epic Marketing's latest Tetris compilation. |
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| Whale's Voyage 2 |
Gary Storm takes a look at the re-release of Neo's ancient 3D game. |
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| Vulcanology |
Andrew Korn reviews Vulcan Software's 'Best of..' compilation - 10 games
for a fiver. |
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| Tutorials: |
| Directory Opus Magnellan |
In an extended masterclass, Neil Bothwick introduces DOpus
Magellan's advanced features. |
| Regulars: |
| Top Reads |
The Amiga Active team take a look at the latest computing-related
books. |
| Active Shareware |
Simon Archer reviews Archiver, GoFetch! and Amster. |
| Interactive - Letters to the Editor |
Overclocking a calculator, Photoshop, BoXeR and other topics
discussed. |
| Active Gallery |
Amiga Active takes a look at Devon-based DarkSpace Media and
their everyday use of the Amiga. |
| Ask the Guru |
Problems with a PowerPort Junior, DVD movie aspirations, translating
text files to non-native formats, plugging in a BNC monitor, persistent
AACD icons and how to recognise large hard drives. |
| Active Online |
Neil Bothwick becomes security conscious, discussing passwords,
IRC & TCP, and port protection. |
| Cool Sites |
AmigaGlobe.com, AmigaResource.org, Amiga.com, Cinema Bytes,
and Useless Knowledge.com. |
| RetroActive |
Jason Compton visits Cinemaware's new web site and fondly
remembers the Topaz font. |
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* Active Media - A rag-tag collection of web sites, CD-ROMs, book, DVDs, and
other media.
