Amiga Format Issue 134 (March 2000)

  • Issue: AF134
  • Date: March 2000
  • Price (UK): £5.99
  • Cover media: One CD (AFCD50) or two floppy disks (Disk 134a and Disk 134b)
  • Pages: 84
  • Spine text: None
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1CoverAF134 cover featuring 3D rendered scene of a ‘for sale’ sign in front of a house with the text ‘Sold Again Ex-Gateway staff buy Amiga Corp. — Full Story Inside!’
2AdvertisementAdvertisement for Power Computing Ltd
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4AdvertisementAdvertisement for Unofficial Football Network
5ContentsDetails of the contents of AF134
6Fresh hope for the AmigaNews item on the purchase of Amiga Inc by former Gateway employees Bill McEwen’s and Fleecy Moss’s Amino Corporation, and their plans to use Tao Group’s Elate RTOS as the basis of a new Amiga operating system
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Month in view…Editor Ben Vost discusses Amiga Format’s reviewing policy
8The editor speaks…Editor Ben Vost discusses what the Amiga’s new owners need to do to retain community support
Amiga 2KNews item on the Amiga 2K show in St Louis
9You spawny get!News item on the launch of the Greenwich Electronic Time initiative
Product News…News item on new releases of Zeus BBS, TrueReality, Imagine, Amster, AmiBroker, and Frogger
100 Issues ago — AF34 May 1992Summary of the contents of Amiga Format Issue 34 (May 1992)
10VMC contract out hardware to focus on softwareNews item on Hypercom card developer VMC's decision to license its hardware range to Individual Computers and concentrate on software development
Eyetech's easy networkingNews item on Eyetech’s Amiga-Amiga and Amiga-PC networking packages
Vital HorganOpinion column by Tony Horgan on the sale of the Amiga Inc
11AdvertisementAdvertisement for Netscape Online
12SubscriptionsInformation on subscribing to Amiga Format
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14Making MoneyFeature by Ben Vost on making money using an Amiga
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18Rom SwapFeature on replacing Kickstart 3.0 ROMs with Kickstart 3.1 ROMs in preparation for OS3.5
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20Open SourceFeature by Richard Drummond on open source software and its relevance to the Amiga software market
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24PreviewsPreviews of upcoming games, including strategy game Seaside, shoot-em-up Ultra Violent Worlds, 3D shoot-em-up Enforce and adventure game In The Shadow Of Time, and news on source code releases for Quake and Marathon 2
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26Whale’s Voyage 2Review by Paul Cavanagh of Alive Mediasoft’s adventure game Whale’s Voyage 2
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28Gamebusters!Cheats and hints for games Wasted Dreams, T-zer0, and Monkey Island 2
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30NewIconEmuReview by Richard Drummond of Stephan Rupprecht’s freeware newicon.library replacement NewIconEmu
WarpJPEGdt 44.6Review by Richard Drummond of Oliver Roberts’s freeware PPC JPEG datatype WarpJPEGdt
31MMULibReview by Richard Drummond of Thomas Richter’s freeware memory management unit library MMULib
Scheduler 1.4Review by Richard Drummond of Axel Dörfler’s freeware scheduling utility Scheduler
32WBInfo 29bReview by Richard Drummond of Eric and Ulrich Hambuch’s freeware icon information replacement WBInfo
PFS3ud V1.5Review by Richard Drummond of Rolf Kleiber’s freeware PFS deleted file retriever PFS3ud
Beating The BugInformation on obtaining patches for Y2K bugs
33AdvertisementsAdvertisements for What DVD? and Image Setters
34PageStream 4Review by Ben Vost of Blittersoft’s DTP package PageStream 4
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38Voyager3Review by Richard Drummond of Vaporware’s web browser Voyager3
39Avery CD Presenter KitReview by Ben Vost of Avery’s CD Presenter Kit CD labelling bundle
40Eyetech infrared EZLinkReview by Simon Goodwin of Eyetech’s EZLink infrared transmitter and receiver
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42Power Flyer 4000Review by Simon Goodwin of Elbox’s Power Flyer 4000 IDE adaptor
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44WorkbenchAnswers to readers’ technical questions
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48Amiga.netFeature by Dave Cusick on copyright issues online
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50The complete beginner’s guide to… TroubleshootingFeature by Richard Drummond on troubleshooting software problems
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54Practical JavaScriptTutorial by Neil Bothwick on controlling frames using JavaScript
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56Useful ARexxTutorial by Nick Veitch on ARexx features in Amiga OS3.5
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58Program PerfectionTutorial by Richard Drummond on accessing the system clipboard in programs
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60Banging the MetalTutorial by Simon Goodwin on using the Copper co-processor to create character-mapped screen modes
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62MailBagReaders’ letters
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66The GalleryReaders’ artwork, including Jeck Thewlis’s Monet Revisited, James Mitchell’s Dance and Destroy, Chris Spicer’s Skater, Matteo Cavalleri’s CoffeePot, Dinamite, and LifeRoom, Simon Hawley’s FloodedGarden and Simship2, Vincent Perkins’s UnderCover, and DJ Nick’s AudioReality, DeeLite1 and Grl1-fin
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68AFCD 50Details of the contents of the cover CD AFCD50, including Mac emulator Fusion, PC emulator PCX, AmigaOS service pack Boing Bag 1, operating system OpenBSD, 3D shoot-em-up QuakePPC, and reader Stefan Blixth’s address book manager OnyxBase
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72Serious DiskDetails of the contents of the serious cover disk Disk 134a, including desktop clock ClockCal, multiple file renamer MultiRen, address book manager OnyxBase, virus checker VirusZ, PNG datatype akPNG, and printer spooler PrintManager
73Games DiskDetails of the contents of the games cover disk Disk 134b, including puzzle games Crossword Deluxe and WBPerplexity, platform game DiamChallenge, and card game FreeCell
74Reader AdsReaders’ classified advertisements
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77Amiga User GroupsFeature by Andrew Elia on the Amiga North Thames Amiga User Group
78Just the FAQsInterview with Andrew Elia of AmigaSoc
79afbReaders’ posts to the Amiga Format mailing list
80AdvertisementsAdvertisements for Abel Gratis, Select Software, Second Hand Amiga Centre, Gold Crest PD, and Classic Amiga
Back issuesInformation on obtaining back issues of Amiga Format
81Next IssuePreview of next month’s Amiga Format, with expected content including reviews of Hyperion’s Heretic 2 and clickBOOM’s Nightlong, and news on the Amiga–Tao partnership
82AdvertisementAdvertisement for Eyetech Group Ltd
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84AdvertisementAdvertisement for Analogic Computers (UK) Ltd
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