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| News: |
| QNX announce Neutrino free for private
use |
QSSL announces QNX RtP available for non-commercial
use and adapt partial open source model. |
| Microsoft set to be broken in two |
US Government and Department of Justice call for sweeping
actions to be taken to counter Microsoft's abuse of their Monopoly position. |
| New sound card in prototype |
Alien Design reveals new Zorro-based 'Repulse' sound card. |
| Amiga OS meta-MorphOSes into PPC? |
A consumer release of the replacement Amiga OS project for
PPC expected later in 2000. |
| Hyperion release MiniGL to Amiga Developers |
Developed for Heretic 2, Hyperion releases MiniGL port for
use by other Amiga developers. |
| Graphics cards Evolve |
nVidia Geforce 2 and ATI Radeon (the original MMC that Gateway
were keen on) revealed. |
| Paraglid module for Picasso IV coming at last... |
The much-delayed Paraglide 3DFX 1 add-on module for the Picasso
IV graphics card expected soon. |
| Stargate becomes freeware |
ToySoft releases Stargate e-mail and news application as freeware. |
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Editorial:
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| Farewell, then, Microsoft |
Andrew Korn discusses the latest ruling on Microsoft. |
| Rants and Raves: |
| All in the Game? |
David Stroud gets in the summer mood with a nostalgic look
at past Amiga sporting games. |
| Enough with the products already! |
Tired of new and exciting products, Andrew Korn wonders if
he could kill the Amiga. |
| Features: |
| Hyperion: Behind the Hype |
Amiga Active interviews Hyperion Software and take a look
at their latest games. |
| So you think you want a Dev Box? |
Following the quick glance at Amiga's developer system last
month, Andrew Korn takes a closer look at the first Amiga-badged hardware
in years. |
| Something like an Amiga |
Survey results of issue 3's "What
is an Amiga?" feature. |
| Back-2-Back: Web Browsers |
After its debut in issue one, Back2Back reappears as a feature
highlighting the best features of the three main Amiga web browsers - IBrowse
2.2, Voyager 3.2 and AWeb 3.3. |
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Reviews:
All review scores are marked out of four 'AmiYinYangs'.
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| Photogenics 4.5 |
A look at the latest update to Photogenics 4. |
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| EaSys System Enhancer |
Third party system enhancer for OS3.1 |
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| MetalWeb 4 |
Vapor Software's simplistic visual web page creator. |
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| Voyager 3.2 |
Vapor Software release the latest version of their MUI web browser. |
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| AEMail |
Disappointing email client that fails to live up to the likes of YAM and
THOR |
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| Eeek! A mouse! |
Two page roundup of three wheel and cordless mice. |
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| PhotoFolio v2 |
Photo cataloguing application |
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| Active Gamer: 3D carved in STONE |
A look at the Lith Tech 3D engine, currently being ported to Amiga by
Hyperion. |
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| Lost in space! |
Unrated reviews of freeware PPC-based space combat games, Space 0.4b and
Orbit 1.01. |
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| Tutorials: |
| NetPBM Masterclass |
A shell-based graphics program may sound silly, but there
are advantages to such a thing. What are they and how do you make the most
of them? |
| Regulars: |
| Active Media* |
Immortal CD audio compilation, Tech-Head.com, Aminet 36/Set
9, Lyle Zapato's mind control program, 'Open sources' book and Go Translator. |
| Active Shareware |
Anonymously written reviews of Zip drivers, Voodoo-X, Ico2Info,
ColorType, PFM and VirusZ. |
| Interactive - Letters to the Editor |
Mary Poppins, Amiga monopoly, back issues, BoXeR and Bluey. |
| Active Gallery |
Amiga Active takes a look at how the Amiga is used by The
Imperial War Museum in London. |
| Ask the Guru |
Printing, BoingBag updates, CD software and ProPage 4.0 problems
addressed. |
| Active Online |
Neil Bothwick explains how to use Miami Deluxe to connect
an entire network to the Internet. |
| RetroActive |
Jason Compton revisits Amiga bowling lanes, Mind Walker and
Commodore & Amiga patents. |
Comments:
MetalWeb 4 and AEMail receive the lowest mark in Amiga Active - just
one out of four.
The Cool Sites regular is notably absent. |
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* Active Media - A rag-tag collection of web sites, CD-ROMs, book, DVDs, and
other media.
