Amiga Format Issue 131 (Christmas 1999)

  • Issue: AF131
  • Date: Christmas 1999
  • Price (UK): £5.99
  • Cover media: One CD (AFCD47) or two floppy disks (Disk 131a and Disk 131b)
  • Pages: 92
  • Spine text: None
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1CoverAF131 cover featuring a photograph of a very tall Amiga tower system with the text ‘Timberrr!!’ and ‘How stable is your Amiga? Keep it rock steady with our guide!’
2AdvertisementAdvertisement for Epic Marketing
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4AdvertisementAdvertisement for Gasteiner
5ContentsDetails of the contents of AF131
6POP-up motherboards?News item on IBM’s decision to make the PowerPC Open Platform freely available
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Month in view…Editor Ben Vost discusses the Phoenix club and IWin
Free the AmigaOS?News item on the Campaign to Open Source AmigaOS (COSA)
Amiga OS3.5 selling wellNews item on sales figures for Amiga OS3.5
8Phase 5 delay on G4 cardsNews item on phase 5’s annoucenment that their G4-based PPC accelerator cards will be delayed
100 Issues ago — AF31 February 1992Summary of the contents of Amiga Format Issue 31 (February 1992)
The Millennium comming… …no really?News item on Nova Design’s new package for the Video Toaster and Video Flyer
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Product News…News item on new releases of AmigaOS, STFax, Samba, ArtEffect, Digital Almanac, and APDF
Two years of RC5-64News item on the progress of Amiga RC5 Team in the Distributed.net RC5-64 challenge
Vital HorganOpinion column by Tony Horgan on the state of desktop operating systems
10The New Sound RevolutionNews item on Logic 3’s new Screenbeat Sound Station audio system
ViewSonicNews item on Viewsonic’s new VP151 and VP181 Viewpanel LCD monitors
Lamé CD LabelsNews item on NEATO’s new metallic-appearance CD labels
Sabrina OnlineNews item on Eric Schwartz’s new Sabrina Online Year 2: The Sequel comic
Light My FireNews item on remours of a 100Mb/s wireless Firewire interface from Canon
The NC Is BackNews item on Oracle’s resurrection of their Network Computer subsidiary
Debian Goes CommericialNews item on Debian’s plans to release a commerical version of their Linux distribution
Gateway–AOL DealNews item on a deal between Gateway and AOL to make AOL the default internet service provider for Gateway customers
11AdvertisementAdvertisement for Epic Marketing
12Subscriptions and back issuesInformation on subscribing to and obtaining back issues of Amiga Format
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14Amiga OS 3.5Feature by Ben Vost reviewing the new version of AmigaOS
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18Stop your Amiga from becoming unstableFeature by Simon Goodwin on ensuring Amiga systems remain reliable
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23AdvertisementAdvertisement for Future Publishing’s PC magazines
24Portable Digital AssistantsFeature by Ben Vost on using various PDAs with Amiga, including Psion and Palm devices
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28AdvertisementAdvertisement for Eyetech Group Ltd
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30PreviewsPreviews of upcoming games, including strategy games Magick, Whales Voyage 2, and Euroburn, role playing game Dafel: Bloodline, 3D shoot-em-up Scavenger, 2D shoot-em-up Payback
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32Virtual GPReview by Oliver Roberts of Paolo Cattani’s 3D racing game Virtual GP
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34Gamebusters!Cheats and hints for games Wasted Dreams, Simon The Sorceror, and Elvira 2: The Jaws Of Cerberus
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36Reader GamesReviews by Paul Cavanagh of games created by readers, including Rik Roots’s Newfrog, Andrew Cockayne’s Target, Stephen Hailey’s Tunnel Runner, and Roger Buckley’s Interstellar Intrigue
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38Sid4Amiga 3.16r2Review by Richard Drummond of Paul Heams’s freeware Commodore 64 Sound Interface Device emulator Sid4Amiga
SGrab 1.11Review by Richard Drummond of Stephan Rupprecht’s giftware screen grabber SGrab
39OpenURL 3.0Review by Richard Drummond of Troels Walsted Hansen’s freewareURL-opening-application manager OpenURL
SpeedBar MCC V1.1Review by Richard Drummond of Simone Tellini’s freeware dynamic toolbar MUI custom class SpeedBar
MagicMenu 2.29 betaReview by Richard Drummond of Martin Korndörfer’s, Olaf Barthel’s, and Mario Cattaneo’s giftware menu system enchancer MagicMenu
40RAWBInfo 1.3Review by Richard Drummond of Stephan Rupprecht’s freeware file information requester enhancement RAWBInfo
PTOE DemoReview by Richard Drummond of Roman Schaub’s shareware periodic table browser PTOE
ABeat 1.7Review by Richard Drummond of Nils Goers’s freeware Swatch Beat Time clock ABeat
41AdvertisementsAdvertisements for Owl Associates Ltd, Selectafont, and White Knight Technology
42NetConnect 3Review by Richard Drummond of Active Technology’s internet connectivity suite NetConnect 3
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46The *Mon familyReview by Simon Goodwin of Eyetech’s monitor switchers BMon, CMon, KMon, SMon, XMon, and EZ-Switch
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48Professional File System 3Review by Richard Drummond of GREED’s filesystem Professional File System 3
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50WorkbenchAnswers to readers’ technical questions
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54The complete beginners guide to… the ShellFeature by Richard Drummond on using the Amiga’s command line interface, the Shell
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58Practical JavaScriptTutorial by Neil Bothwick on creating rollover images using JavaScript
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60Useful ARexxTutorial by Nick Veitch on generating HTML using ARexx scripts
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62Program PerfectionTutorial by Richard Drummond on creating graphical user interfaces for programs
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64Synth StudiesTutorial by Tony Horgan on plug-ins for OctaMED SoundStudio
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66Banging the MetalTutorial by Simon Goodwin on differences between sprites in OCS, ECS, and AGA screen modes
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68Amiga.netFeature by Dave Cusick on unusual devices connected to the internet
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70MailBagReaders’ letters
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74The GalleryReaders’ artwork, including Mark Harrison’s Tweety, Chris Spicer’s Alf Fly, Raymond Zachariasse’s Wolfcat, Nathan Berry’s Evans, Vivian McAlexander’s 1st Green Demon and Claddagh, Ragnar Fyri’s Cups, Andy Kinsella’s Bob, Roy Burton’s AlienTwister, Michael Morley’s Eclipse, Paul William’s Factories and Railings, and Steve Hargreaves’s You Get The Beer And I’ll Rack ’Em Up
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76AFCD 47Details of the contents of the cover CD AFCD47, including programming language demo Pure BASIC, time correcting utilities SetDST and TimeLord, WYSIWYG HTML editing tools TablePlug and MapPlus, YAM enhancement YAM Expansion, reader Paul Frith’s file size calculator Count, and reader Bruno Vaccaro’s NewIcons collection Sad Jester Icons
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80Serious DiskDetails of the contents of the serious cover disk Disk 131a, including text viewer EvenMore, system monitor Xoper, version checker Verscheck, and floppy disk back-up utility Floppy Flux 1.2
81Games DiskDetails of the contents of the games cover disk Disk 131b, including 2D shoot-em-up Revenge AGA, and puzzle games SpotIt, Mines, and Gallowz
82Reader AdsReaders’ classified advertisements
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85Amiga User GroupsFeature by Chris Livermore on the Deal Amiga Club
86Just the FAQsInterview with Alan Redhouse of Eyetech
87afbReaders’ posts to the Amiga Format mailing list
88AdvertisementsAdvertisements for Abel Gratis, Select Software, Gold Crest PD, PPS Ltd, Amiga Bureau, Second Hand Amiga Centre, Classic Amiga, and Plexus Media
89Next IssuePreview of next month’s Amiga Format
90AdvertisementAdvertisement for Power Computing Ltd
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92AdvertisementAdvertisement for Analogic Computers (UK) Ltd
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