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| News: |
| MCC sinks |
Amiga announce they are scrapping plans for the
MCC. |
| ...Phoenix flies |
"... a new platform to take the Amiga community forwards." |
| IBM goes POP |
IBM announce an initiative to promote PowerPC as a processor
for Linux systems. |
| X-Lights the Spot |
New lighting control software, X-Light available for free
download. |
| More games from Alive |
Alive Mediasoft announce launch of Putty Squad, Cedric, Whale's
Voyage 2 and Goal! 2000. |
| Birthday web sites |
AmiBench celebrates second anniversary, Amiga Central celebrates
first. |
| French Renaissance |
French Amiga magazine ANews re-launches almost a year after
it closed. |
| World Construction Set (again) |
3D Nature announce World Construction Set 4.5 will be ported
to the Amiga. |
| Quantum and Element 14 bought! |
Quantum's hard drive division bought by Maxtor, Element 14
bought by Broadcom. |
| Imagine all the people... |
Amiga 3D renderer Imagine on version 5.16. |
| PowerPC races on |
IBM and Motorola announce their plans for the future of the
PowerPC line. |
| Psion Adventure |
Psion launch the Series 5MX and Series 7 |
| QNX partners up |
QNX partners with a joint IBM/Embedded Plant/Motorola venture
and National Semiconductor, to develop new mobile products. |
| Amiga 0800 |
Wirenet announces limited free access to the Internet. |
| Real3D to Return? |
Realsoft rumoured to be looking for someone to port Realsoft
4D to Amiga PPC. |
| Mad cows at Gateway |
Gateway sponge cows recalled in BSD inspired fears that small
children may choke on the cuddly beef replicas. |
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Editorial:
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| Getting stuck in!! |
Andrew Korn, the eternal perfectionist, describes what went
wrong with the first issue. |
| Rants and Raves: |
| Nice hardware, shame about the operating system |
Andrew Korn takes a look at the 350MHz G3 iMac. |
| Freedom of choice |
Simon Archer comments on why the Amiga is attracting more
media attention than ever. |
| Better off ignored? |
Jason Compton wonders why Gateway made so many vapourous announcements. |
| All to play for? |
Chris Green comments on the cancellation of the MCC and looks
for alternatives. |
| Amiga is dead - long live the Amiga |
Neil Bothwick argues that the Amiga market does not need Gateway's
"support". |
| Features: |
| Back for the future Part 2: Phoenix Rising |
In the second part of this feature Amiga Active takes a closer
look at the Phoenix Consortium, and the current plans of Gateway-Amiga,
Amino, Met@box, Phase 5, QNX and Rebol. |
| Low in Polygon Saturates |
Four-page feature on how to get the most out of your hardware
when 3D's concerned. |
| Rebol with a cause? |
An introduction to Carl Sassenrath's Rebol programming language. |
| Teaching an old dog New Flicks |
David Stroud provides a roundup of movie players for the Amiga. |
| About about... Graphics cards Part 2: The 3rd dimension |
The current state of 3D hardware on the Amiga. |
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Previews:
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| Amiga Adventures |
Previews of Gilbert Goodmate, Diablo's Land, Evil's Doom SE, and Nightlong. |
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| Wipeout 2097 |
Preview of Psygnosis' classic racer for the Amiga. |
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Reviews:
All review scores are marked out of ten.
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| AmigaOS 3.5 |
The long-awaited upgrade to the Amiga operating system. |
8/10 |
| Power Tower A4000 |
Tower upgrade for the A4000. |
8/10 |
| STFax 4 |
Fax application that has developed telephone, voicemail, and BBS facilities
over the years. |
9/10 |
| AmIRC 3.2 |
Vapor Software's IRC client. |
Unrated |
| mFTP-II |
Vapor Software's FTP client. |
Unrated |
| Virtual GP |
Not as you may think, a holographic doctor, Paolo Cattani's VGP provides
realistic 3D racing on the Amiga. |
7/10 |
| Foundation DC |
An updated version of Paul Burley's civilization clone. |
8/10 |
| Best of Gremlin |
Classic games from the Gremlin vaults. |
8/10 |
| Tutorials: |
| Making the most of Candy Factory Pro |
Graphic techniques in this popular graphics application. |
| Using PDF |
Reading and creating PDF on the Amiga. |
| Regulars: |
| On Trial |
Tony Horgan puts the Amiga demo scene on trial, accusing it
of being "a bit rubbish, really." |
| Active Shareware |
Simon Archer takes a look at SimpleFTP, Newscoaster, Pure
Basic and BirdiePrefs. |
| Interactive - Letters to the Editor |
Readers give their opinion on the first issue. |
| Active Gallery |
Amiga Active takes a look at the Amiga fanzine, Clubbed. |
| Ask the Guru |
The Guru meditates on CD audio, SVGA monitor, keyboard adapter,
and LAN problems. |
| Active Online |
Neil Bothwick gives tips on creating a professional looking
site. |
| Cool Sites |
BigNoseBird.com, AmiBench, Amiga Web Ring, Urban Legends and
Slashdot. |
| RetroActive |
Jason Compton recalls the vapour A1000 add-ons and comments
on the continuing Elite saga. |
Comments:
"If all goes well, the Neutrino OS will run our existing AmigaOS
applications under emulation - much like MacOS does with 68k Mac applications"
- Chris Green, two years before Haage & Partner launch AmigaOS
XL. |
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* Active Media - A rag-tag collection of web sites, CD-ROMs, book, DVDs, and
other media.
