Amiga Format Issue 130 (December 1999)

  • Issue: AF130
  • Date: December 1999
  • Price (UK): £5.99
  • Cover media: One CD (AFCD46) or two floppy disks (Disk 130a and Disk 130b)
  • Pages: 100
  • Spine text: None
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1CoverAF130 cover featuring a photograph of a female teacher and the text ‘50 Things You Should Know About Your Amiga’ and ‘Tips! Secrets! Know-how!’
2AdvertisementAdvertisement for Epic Marketing
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4AdvertisementAdvertisement for Analogic Computers (UK) Ltd
5ContentsDetails of the contents of AF130
6New Amigas on the way!News item on plans by a consortium of Amiga hardware designers led by Power Computing to create a new Amiga motherboard
7Month in view…Editor Ben Vost discusses AmigaOS 3.5
The acid testNews item on Fleecy Moss’s and Bill McEwen’s Amino project
Amiga Cancel MCC ProjectNews item on Amiga CEO Tom Schmidt’s annoucement that the Amiga MCC project has been cancelled
IWin you loseNews item on the apparent IWin hoax
8The G5 is comingNews item on Motorola’s plans for the future of the PowerPC range
It’s A Game Of ChanceNews item on the official Amiga deck of cards
100 Issues ago — AF30 January 1992Summary of the contents of Amiga Format Issue 30 (January 1992)
9Product News…News item on new releases of Spitfire, Virtual Grand Prix, AmigaOS, Photogenics Andreas Kleinert’s JPEG, PNG, and TIFF datatypes, WarpSNES, and Jikes
Landscape your AmigaNews item on 3DNature’s plans to bring fractal landscape generator World Construction Set back to the Amiga
Vital HorganOpinion column by Tony Horgan on Amiga’s indecisiveness over the future direction of the platform
10Freenet with WirenetNews item on Wirenet Amiga Internet’s decision to give subscribers completely free internet access during weekends in November
Hungry yet?News item on the Junger Site’s plans to raise money for the United Nations World Food Programme
Amiga Book BargainsNews item on book offers from Paragon Publishing
AMD To Build G4s?News item on remours of a deal between Motorola and AMD to manufacture G4 processor at AMD’s Dresden plant
New PDA AnnouncedNews item on Psion’s announcement of the Psion Series 7
The Secret’s OutNews item on Transmeta’s latest patent
G4 Export RestrictionNews item on Apple’s claim that US export laws are preventing the sale of their new G4 Macs in fifty countries
11AdvertisementsAdvertisements for Internet.Works and White Knight Technology
12Subscriptions and back issuesInformation on subscribing to and obtaining back issues of Amiga Format
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1450 Things You Should Know About Your AmigaFeature by Ben Vost and Richard Drummond on facts Amiga users may not know
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20Digital HighwayFeature by Errol Madoo high-speed internet access on the Amiga
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24AdvertisementAdvertisement for Eyetech Group Ltd
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27AdvertisementAdvertisement for Epic Marketing
28PreviewsPreview of upcoming game Heretic II
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30Foundation: The Director’s CutReview by Richard Drummond of Paul Burkey’s strategy game Foundation: The Director’s Cut
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32AdvertisementAdvertisement for Future Publishing’s PC magazines
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34Starfighter — D’Yammen’s ReignReview by Paul Cavanagh of Epic Marketing’s strategy game Starfighter — D’Yammen’s Reign
35Turbo Racer 3DReview by Paul Cavanagh of Alive Mediasoft’s 3D racing game Turbo Racer 3D
36Gamebusters!Cheats and hints for games Flight Of The Amazon Queen, Deuteros, Monkey Island 2, Flashback, Jurassic Park, Superfrog, and Beneath A Steel Sky
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38Reader GamesReviews by Paul Cavanagh of games created by readers, including Mark Botfield’s BugZ, Rune Bernstenn’s Race, David Sykes’s Soccer League Manager and Dream Holiday, and Scooter’s Survivor
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40Soft Cinema V0.5 beta pre-releaseReview by Richard Drummond of Jacek Cybularczyk’s shareware video player Soft Cinema
PFSDefragTryReview by Richard Drummond of Martin Steigerwald’s freeware defragmenter PFSDefragTry
41TotalCalc 1.23Review by Richard Drummond of Luca Carminati’s cardware calculator utility TotalCalc
Brain RaceReview by Richard Drummond of Franz Janisch’s freeware educational game Brain Race
SoXReview by Richard Drummond of freeware audio converter SoX
42SimpleFTP V1.6Review by Richard Drummond of Richard Hodger’s shareware FTP client SimpleFTP
WordConverter 0.9.8Review by Richard Drummond of Peter Drapich’s shareware Microsoft Word document converter WordConverter
EvenMore V0.54Review by Richard Drummond of Chris Perver’s freeware text viewer EvenMore
43AdvertisementsAdvertisements for FORE-MATT Home Computing, Selectafont, and Owl Associates Ltd
44Apollo Z4Review by Simon Goodwin of Apollo’s Z4 A1200 expansion port adaptor
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48Allegro CDFSReview by Simon Goodwin of Elbox’s Cd filesystem Allegro CDFS
49AdvertisementAdvertisement for .net
50Infra-Red KeyboardReview by Simon Goodwin of Eyetech’s combined indra-red keyboard and pointing device with EZkeys2
51SilverSurferReview by Simon Goodwin of Power Computing’s SilverSurfer A1200 serial port adaptor
52STFaxReview by Ben Vost of Active Technologies’s fax and telephone handler STFax
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54AHI PPCPreview by Richard Drummond of Martin Blom’s PPC Amiga audio system enhancement AHI
55AdvertisementAdvertisement for Active Technologies
56WorkbenchAnswers to readers’ technical questions
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60The complete beginners guide to… WorkbenchFeature by Richard Drummond on using the Amiga’s desktop environment, Workbench
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64Practical JavaScriptTutorial by Neil Bothwick on enhancing web pages using Javascript
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66Useful ARexxTutorial by Nick Veitch on creating graphical user interfaces using ARexx scripts
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68Program PerfectionTutorial by Richard Drummond on creating designing and testing programs
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70Synth StudiesTutorial by Tony Horgan on converting between audio formats
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72Banging the MetalTutorial by Simon Goodwin on uses of the Amiga Blitter co-processor
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74Amiga.netFeature by Dave Cusick on accessing Usenet
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76MailBagReaders’ letters
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80The GalleryReaders’ artwork, including John Botofte’s Amber Collectors, First Meeting, Furries, and Troll Behind Tree, John Cooper’s 4000TX, Alyss, and G3Final, Kevin Walker’s Underground2, and William Lamburn’s Kite and SkyTiger
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82AFCD 46Details of the contents of the cover CD AFCD46, including graphics editor Picture Paint, web browser demo IBrowse, a trailer for adventure game Gilbert Goodmate And The Mushroom Of Phungoria, 2D shoot-em-up demo T-zer0, puzzle game demo Bubble Heroes, screenshots of strategy game The Dark Millennium, game information database Amiga Game Heaven, reader Lionel Woodbridge’s multimedia presentation Space Flight, and reader Sören Forsberg’s window rearranging utility TileWin
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86Serious DiskDetails of the contents of the serious cover disk Disk 130a, including system monitor SnoopDos, file database creator DiskOrg, virus checker Virus Checker II, World Cup information database Worldcup, and Microsoft Backup file extractor WinBack
87Games DiskDetails of the contents of the games cover disk Disk 130b, including platform game Fuzzy Logic, arcade game WormWars, Gameboy information database Gameboy-FAQ, and game installation utility WHDInfo
88Reader AdsReaders’ classified advertisements
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91Amiga User GroupsFeature by Paul Compton on the Huddersfield Amiga User Group
92Just the FAQsInterview with Neil Bothwick of Wirenet
93afbReaders’ posts to the Amiga Format mailing list
94AdvertisementsAdvertisements for Abel Gratis, Select Software, Gold Crest PD, PPS Ltd, Amiga Bureau, Second Hand Amiga Centre, Classic Amiga, and Plexus Media
95Next IssuePreview of next month’s Amiga Format, with expected content including reviews of NetConnect 3, PFS3, PowerFlyer A4000, Virtual Grand Prix, and A1200 Ethernet Adaptor
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