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Issue No: 8

Price: £5.95
Publication Date: Thursday April 27, 2000 Page Count: 68
Month: May 2000 Editor: Andrew Korn
Issue 8

Highlights
We Take The Wraps Off...
...the new Amiga developer system!

CYCAS
Structured drawing at its best?

Scanorama!
ScanQuix 5 and new scanners reviewed.

Web Gaming
More than just deathmatch Quake...

Upgrade Fever!
Thinking of upgrading? Don't know where to start? Let us be your guide...

Also inside...
News:
Amiga unveil plans Amiga Inc. announces 'Amiga Developer's Reference Platform' and long term plans for Elate.
Eyetech Dev Box Eyetech announces dual-platform EZPC system, consisting of an EZPC-Tower system capable of taking a PC/Linux motherboard and an A1200 with Blizzard PPC accelerator and BVision graphics card.
News Flash Late breaking news that Titan have signed contracts to port Exodus and Alien Nations.
Flat Rate Internet Access Red Hot Ant become first ISP to offer unmetereed Internet access.
Amiga joins Phoenix Amiga Inc. and Phoenix Platform Consortium announce cooperation in an attempt to avoid splitting the market.
The show must go on! World of Amiga show delay due to difficulties arranging a Birmingham venue and Amiga Inc.'s congested timetable.
Microsoft lose Court prosecute Microsoft under anti-monopoly legislation.
Perfect gets better Freeware 24-bit paint package PerfectPaint Professional reveals new features in version 1.3.
Anti Gravity buy BoXeR California based Amiga dealers Anti Gravity purchase rights to the BoXeR motherboard from Mick Tinker and Blittersoft.
Opus for AROS AROS team successfully port Directory Opus 4 to the open source OS.

Editorial:

Farewell friend and foe Andrew Korn bids a fond farewell to Amiga Format and highlights the changes that will have to be made to appeal to a wider audience.
Rants and Raves:
Come in X. Your time is up... Richard Drummond embelishes his dislike of X Windows.
Dying breed? Andrew Korn notes the absence of small start-ups in the game industry.
Digital Convergence Unlimited David Stroud takes a realist's view of Digital Convergence, pronouncing that small really isn't beautiful.
Features:
Fear & Loathing in St. Louis Amiga Active reports from the Amiga show in St. Louis.
BoXing Clever After a long, long wait, the BoXeR is about to make its debut. A look at version 2 of the 68k motherboard.
Upgrade Fever! Thinking of upgrading your Amiga, but don't know where to start? Four page guide on the possible options.
Web-Based Gaming There's more to net gaming than deathmatch Quake. Chris Green examines Archmage, Utopia, and Earth 2025.

Previews:

Take cover! Previews of Worms Armageddon and SiN.  

Reviews:
All review scores are marked out of four 'AmiYinYangs'.

 
The New Amiga (devbox) Review of the new x86 dev box. Unrated
IBrowse 2.2 After over a year IBrowse is upgraded. 3 out of 4
CYCAS v1.78 Structured drawing is still one of the Amiga's strong points. Verlag Anja C. Frese releases the new CAD application. 4 out of 4
Surf's Up! Several years after the Ariadne 2 was released, Individual Computers launch the X-Surf Zorro Ethernet card. 4 out of 4
Millenium The updated toaster/Flyer package from Nova Design and Newtek. 2.5 out of 4
ScanQuix 5 Updated version of the Amiga's scanning package. 3 out of 4
Scanners Roundup of five new scanners - the Mustek 600 CP, UMAX Astra 2400s, Epson Perfection 1200S, Epson Expression 1600 and Epson GT10000.  
Virtual Ball Fighters Addictive Tetris with balls game. 3 out of 4
Tutorials:
Picture Perfect Andrew Korn examines techniques for getting the best results from image manipulation.
ImageFX 4 Part 1 Nova Design introduces animation in the first part of this tutorial.
Regulars:
Active Media* Galaxy Quest movie, GlowIcons collection, Aminet 35, Babelfish, AskJesus and Amiga.com.
Active Shareware Simon Archer takes an extended look at Magic User Interface and various custom classes.
Interactive - Letters to the Editor Amiga developer boxes and Amiga Format closure covered in this months' mailbag.
Ask the Guru The Guru meditates on display modes, networking and printing.
Active Online Neil Bothwick discusses online tracking.
RetroActive Jason Compton revisits Deluxe Paint 2, screenmode preferences, William Shatner's Commodore endorsement and Commodore bankruptcy sale papers.
Comments:
The closure of Amiga Format leaves Amiga Active as the world's only English language Amiga magazine.
This issue refined the Amiga Active design, incorporating more information on suppliers and price into the review. Active Media becomes a regular section.

* Active Media - A rag-tag collection of web sites, CD-ROMs, book, DVDs, and other media.


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