Amiga Format Issue 133 (February 2000)

  • Issue: AF133
  • Date: February 2000
  • Price (UK): £5.99
  • Cover media: One CD (AFCD49) or two floppy disks (Disk 133a and Disk 133b)
  • Pages: 92
  • Spine text: None
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1CoverAF133 cover featuring a smiling soldier with the text ‘OS3.5 Survival Guide’ and ‘From novice to expert with the complete OS3.5 install guide’
2AdvertisementAdvertisement for Epic Marketing
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4AdvertisementAdvertisement for Future Gamer
5ContentsDetails of the contents of AF133
6Amiga? Games machine?!News item on clickBOOM’s new game Nightlong
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Month in view…Editor Ben Vost discusses how there are developments that he cannot yet report
Java for freeNews item on Sun’s plans to release the source code for parts of the Java 2 Platform
8CPU fixesNews item on fixes for problems with Motorola’s 68060 and PPC processors
100 Issues ago — AF33 April 1992Summary of the contents of Amiga Format Issue 33 (April 1992)
9Product News…News item on new releases of NetInfo, TTFLib, Candy Factory Pro, THOR, SecondSpin, MetalWeb, the WarpJpeg datatype, Foundation, FastATA, and PPClibemu
New Zorro expansionsNews item on new multi-port IO cards for Zorro-equipped Amigas from Kato and Individual Computers
A1200 BoostersNews item on Eyetech’s new Amiga upgrade bundle
Apollo Z4 gains an edgeNews item on the new Buddha FLash Maxx IDE card from Individual Computers
10Net CornerNews item on websites covering topics including Lego, London-based Amiga user groups, and television theme tunes
Daytona in doubtNews item on the cancellation of Nordic Global’s Amiga-native Java implementation Daytona
POP boards delayed?News item on delays to IBM’s open-source POP motherboard
A600 SurferNews item on Individual Computers adaptor to allow the A600 to use the Silver Surfer serial port adaptor
11AdvertisementAdvertisement for Netscape Online
12SubscriptionsInformation on subscribing to Amiga Format
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14Your Survival Guide To 3.5Feature by Ben Vost on problems to avoid when installing and using the new version of AmigaOS
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18PowerPC OS — Power To The FutureFeature by Richard Drummond on the possibilities for Amigas with PowerPC processors
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22AdvertisementAdvertisement for Future Gamer
23AdvertisementAdvertisement for Eyetech Group Ltd
24PreviewsPreviews of upcoming games, including adventure games The Last Seal and Deep Silence — The Secret Of My Soul, and news on source code releases for Descent II, Elite, Frontier, and Frontier 2
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26Fightin’ SpiritReview by Paul Cavanagh of Alive Mediasoft’s beat-em-up Fighting’ Spirit
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28Marblebous IIReview by Paul Cavanagh of Alive Mediasoft’s puzzle game Marblelous II
29Blockhead 2Review by Paul Cavanagh of Applaud Software’s puzzle game Blockhead 2
30AdvertisementAdvertisement for Power Computing Ltd
31ExtralifeReview by Paul Cavanagh of Epic Marketing’s compilation of public domain games
32Gamebusters!Cheats and hints for games Wasted Dreams, Cybercon III, and Simon The Sorcerer
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34BenchTrash 1.50Review by Richard Drummond of Thomas Richter’s freeware trashcan replacement BenchTrash
Pic2Icon 1.0Review by Richard Drummond of Sebastian Bauer’s freeware image-to-icon convertor Pic2Icon
35PIO Icon 5.12Review by Richard Drummond of Elnar Plischke’s freeware icon-saving PPaint plug-in PIO Icon
DefIcons 44.2Review by Richard Drummond of Stephan Rupprecht’s freeware default icon creator DefIcons
POP3StatReview by Richard Drummond of Hynek Schlawak’s freeware POP3 e-mail account monitor POP3Stat
36TTF Library v0.8.2Review by Richard Drummond of Richard Griffith’s freeware TrueType font display and management package TTF Library
JPEG-DT35 46.0Review by Richard Drummond of Achim Stegemann’s JPEG datatype JPEG-DT35
37AdvertisementsAdvertisements for Image Setters and FORE-MATT Home Computing
38Tornado 3DReview by Ben Vost of Blittersoft’s 3D modeller and raytracer Tornado 3D
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40PSXPortReview by Richard Drummond of Blittersoft’s PlayStation controller adaptor PSXPort
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42Digital Almanac IIReview by Nick Veitch of Epic Marketing’s digital planetarium Digital Almanac II
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44SuperView Productivity Suite IIReview by Ben Vost of image viewer and processor SuperView Productivity Suite II
45Twister Mark 2Review by Simon Goodwin of Kato’s serial port adaptor Twister Mark 2
46Photogenics 4Review by Oliver Roberts of Paul Nolan’s graphics editor Photogenics 4
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48ViewSonic VP181Review by Ben Vost of ViewSonic’s VP181 LCD monitor
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Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 900uReview by Ben Vost of Mitsubishi’s Diamond Pro 900u monitor
50UNIX CompendiumReview by Richard Drummond of Unix and Unix-based operating system compilation UNIX Compendium
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52WorkbenchAnswers to readers’ technical questions
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56Amiga.netFeature by Dave Cusick on internet domain names
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58The complete beginners guide to… DOpusFeature by Ben Vost on file manager Directory Opus
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62Practical JavaScriptTutorial by Neil Bothwick on dynamic content creation using JavaScript
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64Useful ARexxTutorial by Nick Veitch on debugging ARexx scripts
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66Program PerfectionTutorial by Richard Drummond on adding search functionality to programs
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68Banging the MetalTutorial by Simon Goodwin on hardware features specific to different Amiga systems
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70MailBagReaders’ letters
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74The GalleryReaders’ artwork, including Matthew O’Neill’s Rachel The Virgine, John Cooper’s Drago Start To Finish and Drago Final, Alex Timiney’s Near Miss, Mark Dowling’s Fishfinger, and Roy Burton’s Spaceman, Stinger, and Headland
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76AFCD 49Details of the contents of the cover CD AFCD49, including adventure game demo Codename: Hell Squad, racing game demo Wipeout 2097, puzzle game demo Virtual Ball Fighters, language translator FTranslate, video players AmiDog’s Movie Player, Frogger, Soft Cinema, and akMPEG, MPEG to IFF animation converter Mpeg2Anim, updates to telnet client AmTelnet, network information tool NetInfo, address book manager Contact Manager, and Psion connectivity suite AmigaNCP, reader Jeroen van Aart’s audio player Amoralplayer, reader Øvyin Thuv’s music, reader Francis Loch’s reboot command Reboot, and reader Arif Burhan’s grpahics editor Rainbow
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80Serious DiskDetails of the contents of the serious cover disk Disk 133a, including palette editor PaletteDeck, search tool SimpleFind, JPEG datatype akJFIF, and flat-file database manager QuickFile
81Games DiskDetails of the contents of the games cover disk Disk 133b, including puzzle game Boum, shoot-em-up KillEmAll, and arcade game Bang’em
82Reader AdsReaders’ classified advertisements
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85Amiga User GroupsFeature by Chris Livermore on the South Essex Amiga Link Amiga User Group
86Just the FAQsInterview with Wolf Dietrich of phase 5
87afbReaders’ posts to the Amiga Format mailing list
88AdvertisementsAdvertisements for Abel Gratis, Select Software, Second Hand Amiga Centre, Gold Crest PD, PPS Ltd, Amiga Bureau, and Classic Amiga
Back issuesInformation on obtaining back issues of Amiga Format
89Next IssuePreview of next month’s Amiga Format, with expected content including reviews of clickBOOM’s Nightlong, PageStream 4, Putty Squad, FusionPPX, and the BoXeR
90AdvertisementAdvertisement for Power Computing Ltd
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92AdvertisementAdvertisement for Analogic Computers (UK) Ltd
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