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| News: |
| Amiga Expand Operations |
Amiga Inc. reveal details of their first stage
of expansion, including a number of key staff hires, initiatives and partnerships
within the Amiga market. |
| Amiga Format: 1989 - 2000 |
Amiga Active bids a fond farewell to their rival. |
| ScanQuix scansQuicker |
ScanQuik 5 now available on CD-ROM. |
| Z4 EZTower |
Eyetech's A1200 system, incorporating Elbox's Z4 busboard
now available. |
| Kickstart 2000 |
Kickstart user group's annual Amiga show scheduled for Saturday
May 27th 2000. |
| PowerPC not quick enough |
DCE set to produce more Blizzard PPC cards to keep up with
demand. |
| Meet Mr. Oocheck |
Elbox Computer announces new 'MROOCHECK' PC mouse interface
for the Amiga. |
| BlackIRC for free |
Version 1.1 of Innovative's IRC client, BlackIRC released
as freeware. |
| CeBIT News round-up |
Corel and Lernout & Hauspie attend CeBIT show in Hanover. |
| Amiga partner Haage |
Amiga Inc. and Haage & Partner announce a "full and
long term" strategic partnership. |
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Editorial:
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| Why I oughta... |
Andrew Korn grows tired of the constant comparison of Tao
Group's Elate and QSSL's Neutrino. |
| Rants and Raves: |
| Spreading a little community spirit |
John Chandler proposes that the strategic alliances formed
by Phoenix Consortium and Amiga Inc. will strengthen the community. |
| How to sell Shareware |
Michael Carrillo, webmaster of Amiga Yellow Pages, proposes
a new solution to low shareware sales. |
| Hyde@drjeckel.com |
Andrew Korn wonders why the Internet brings out the worst
in people. |
| Features: |
| Digital Cinema |
In this cover feature, Andrew Korn examines the effect of
digital technology on the big screen. |
| WAP! |
In a five page feature, Chris Green discusses the Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP), its structure, and the hardware it is designed
for. |
| Just who do you think you are? |
Results of Amiga Active's web site survey that asked readers
what hardware they want and computers they use. |
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Previews:
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| Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble |
David Stroud previews Bubble Heroes and Magick. |
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Reviews:
All review scores are marked out of four 'AmiYinYangs'.
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| HP Laserjet |
Four page round-up of the latest printers. |
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| Epson Color 660 |
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| Epson Color 900 |
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| Hewlett Packard 610C |
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| Canon BJC2000 |
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| Diavolo Backup 2000 |
Commercial backup and restoration solution for the Amiga. |
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| MooVid 1.2 |
Latest version of Laszio Torok's AVI/MOV movie player. |
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| PlexWriter 12/4/32 |
Plextor's new SCSI CD-writer. |
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| Eyetech networking bundle |
Set up a cross-platform network with Eyetech's updated Samba client. |
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| Heretic 2 |
Hyperion's port of the third-person adventure game finally appears to
widespread acclaim. |
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| GLQuake WOS Beta 6 |
A second PPC port of the open source Quake code appears. |
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| Tutorials: |
| Directory Opus Magellan Part 2 |
Part two of Neil Bothwick's DOpus masterclass looks at themes,
FTP, ARexx, and more. |
| Virtual Network Computing |
Amiga software on a PC? PC software on a Linux box? Linux
software on the Amiga? What's going on? Virtual Network Computing, that's
what. |
| Regulars: |
| Active Shareware |
Simon Archer reviews NetLink, WBStartup+, StrICQ and T25. |
| Interactive - Letters to the Editor |
Amiga Active mailing list filled with chatterboxes, AACD,
AmiJoe and Bruce Willis' long lost brother. |
| Ask the Guru |
Cooling your PowerPC, Terminal adaptors initiated, dealing
with Dos drivers and backing up your hard disk. |
| Active Online |
Neil Bothwick examines Usenet news groups. |
| Cool Sites |
Pubs.com, Hunting parody, AmigaSoc UK, and Sam Spade. |
| RetroActive |
Jason Compton remembers Fred Fish and the LIVE! board. |
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* Active Media - A rag-tag collection of web sites, CD-ROMs, book, DVDs, and
other media.
