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dre nowlokins
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,e eosedby theendof theyeor
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i iles,however,lhe,eisthe
oddilo.ol possibily ol o Clossc
AmigoveBionof Eodh2140
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gomessignedup for lhe Amigo
NG ond Moc,nol ncudlnglhe
oboveI tes, bol remoiilighr
ppedon lhe deloik."Wedo
.at ||ont to g|e onyolhel
inlornotion.;ghrnow" Thomos
Sieldi.sroldAmigoAciive,
leosi.gly."Weo.e signingup
newtlles olmoneveryother
week.Wesholldhdveot leot
lou titleseodl by lhe lounchol
the Aniso ahe, dll ol then well
knownsones hoh the PC.
Needless lo so, we' conlioue
lo prodEpk for ihe lotestnews,
ond hopelo biig youmore
deloikof Eorlh2140 nen issue.
wweplc'inrerocrive com
?Oi,? PlflCl ,I W,/lS JUSI4 CMZYJOf€,' ..y C..ch Amtg! N!yv.,
who r.c.ntly c.l.br.brl ti.lr indy.l'.nnrvr.|ry by dfilnhg h.lr
popurft Anl$ n.wl.rfllc. ior I PCn.w. prg., rhlch gn.bd
.l.rt.d vl.lio'l d lh..nd ol July.Followlngspro|' rron cono.hld
m.mbor ot th. conhunny In ..v.rrl publlctoruru (tnctudrng ,Adtg,
om m.llhg nd), c4cn anlg! N. !r. r..r.u ng p|opt.
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d|tlrlbollon ot lh. BoX.R
Amllo .lon.. th.y wlll ba
d.v.loplng o $cond
.onpon! fc.lfi.olly to
promolc lh. 3oX.R, ond
or. Inv.dlng In tlofi ond
mo|.rlob lo .ntur. lhol lh.
!oX.R prol.d b .ofipl.Ld
ond tumb fi pronl$.
MickTinke.,who sod lhe
ights for lhe BoXeR to
AntlGrcviteo ierlhisyeor,
conrinues ro heodup lh€
d€velopmonl, bli ho wil be
gsnlngmorchelpin thefllurc.
Anlicrovilyhovehi.edlhe
muchlikoder.Amisoho'dwo'e
engin€ffond noloriolsAmigo
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engneodngleom.JoeTore
vlsiledlhe UKin Juie io wo{
wilhMickTinker'sleom,ond
opp€orcdto b€ hoppywiih
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.etructuingol lhe.ompony
oid ihe lormolionof o second
compony io monogelhe
monufaci0'e ond distibolionol
lhe BoXeR syllem.Theywillbe
hiins moreslotlond seningup
chonnels ot suppod{or
inlroslruclu.e
lor monufoclure
11is exp€ctedlhol lhe BoXeR
will b€ ovoiloblebelorelhe end
ofihe yeor,ofierlngo fully
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o considerob e omolnl mofe
lhoniusllhoi.Th€SoXeR
molherboo'd hoso lery flexible
whichmokesil
orchii,eclure,
@ mrcnrr ru t2
highlyopprop ole for oltenotive
CPUvef'ions.A Prc co'd is
plonnedlo be ovoiloblecloselo
loonchlime,ollowingthe BoXeR
lo becom€o irue64-biiPPC
compule.OlherCPUSsu.hos
the StrcngARM ond A phoore
olsoposliblitiesior futulesoxeR
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morethoniLJsl o s.eolClossic
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AmigoOStoo, notlo menlion
tin0x,QNXond !o on.
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lhe oppeoloflh€EoXeR will be
wid€r1honlhe curcnl Amigo
morkel.Theybeleverhiswill
o ow then to increos€ lhe
iisiolledusorbos6ol Amiso
use6by gdrinssolesii o'eos
o{ kodilionolslrenglhlor rhe
Amigo,bul whsr€ll hossuffe.ed
dueio ouldolodhardwo.e
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o.nouncodwhotho! been
widelybulonofiiciolly knownlor
o while:lhotlheywere n lhe
p.oce$of plniig in fien own
bid for lhe Amigolrcm Golewoy
whenAminoDevelopmenls
boushtthe ghis.Anlicrovit
woud hoveusedihe EoXeR lo
be dbleio €soso o newAmigo
in the.lossicline,whichwould
be ideolfor lrcnsilioninglo nen
generolion s)siems.Despil€ this,
Aniicrovilyhoverestoted then
oimslo wofkclosely withthe
n€wAmisoInc.on lhe BoXeR.
M.oni grovly.om
liova:JoeTorenspeclinq
lhe
I tlic hov. lh. uhlnorc Thedriv€rsoftwol€includes o
It tolullon for lh. Wo benchcommodlly lhol
t mouaatowtr.Uaar, o lowsyo! lo ollocotefunclions
tha 5D+ Intamalmouaa.
lhl. rlyll.h ..rlol moum conbinolons,seeclwhelher
bootn o hlgh !20 DPI yo!'re lefior ishrhonded,
rcrolullon lor .moolh ondvoryD P l from200lo 520,
p.dormon.., bul morl whileproviding o syllem
unuruolt h hor o r.l ol compotlble sisnokto AmigoOS.
flv. Ind.p.nd.nrb ll s o so compotibewithMUI'S
prugronncbla butona.
Themous.hosli!€ mous€ No Eritishdisr buioror pi€e
bultons, olt6ingupio 23 hosbeenseilo/ thisiiomFl,
prcsrummobl6 tuncliont burvMC ore sellingii
thenselves for 59DM,so expecl
ondduolmoose
combinotions, it be orcund!30 bylh€lime il
{oriwootssof s€'ollins.
wh6€ls becomes ovo oblein the UK.
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to Grasshoppe
ollloelkhov. onnoun.Gd thot ih.y or. p.$lng on lha
publl.otlondullG.ior Plg.slr.om lo Cro.lhotp.r LLC.
Gr..rhoppcrwlll b. provldlngtol.t ond $fiwdr.
.upporl,whll. Softloglk'rDl..on Xoztn.lerwlll .onllnu.
drv.lopm.nl ond onlln. rupporl.Th. .rrongcn.ni ls
dp..rad ro dllow Xormol.r mor. tlnc lo dcvol. lo
dcvcloplngPog.dr.om ond on.llloryprodu.rs.
Posellreom 4 18willbe ovoilobeIor Amlso,Mocntoshond PC
ulerslo downood{romlhe seclresresby thet me yo! reodlhis.
Fu.ih€rleoiu€s6nd lixesoreo reodyn developme.iGrosshopper
deos wlh Bllne6ofiii rheUKond SofNo.ehul in the
hovedislfibulion
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2000,rh.
AmlgouserOroupSEAL
(th. Soulh EsserAnlto
Unk), wlll bc roklng plo(a
ot Nothlonds Pdrk
CommunliyC.nlre In
Felmor.s, Boslldon,E$e&
on rh6 lorh scpi.mb.r.
Theshows lookng se o be
o hlse success {or SEAL,wilh
moo, Amigocomponies duero
onendindudingAmgo Acive
Mogozne,Anoogic,B iflecoli
who will be corryiigPowe,
Conputns ond H.Sofisrock),
C,yto Inlerodive Sofyore,
Eyerech, Foremon Home
Compul.g,ond Goneiier,
ohoigsr orheG.SEAL ore
hop.g lhoron Amgo nc.
represenrol ve wil be oriending,
b! his s nol yelconfirmed.
SEAIO.MAA wi be hostto
o rongeol eveirs,inc!di.g
gomescomperir o.s wlh
W pEout2097,HereticI ond
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demonn,otions (includins
Pogestreom4 ond Phoiogenics
,15l !s ns tqo vdeo proieciors,
ond pr ze competitions oflei.g
o vo,ielyol przesiidlding h{o
It:'lx;i::rir.ff-Pnlfiln0Enron
n pobgl.s lo Hoog. &
lor Amlgowlter losl issu..
AmigoActivetscoringsyslem
wento linleowrywhen,duelo
o prinlingetror,oneoflhe fuli
'Ami-Yin-Yongl' wosdropped
fron Amigowriter's finol mo ,
leoviigthewordprove$orwlh
o p l i l n g o n e- ond
o' hdlfoulo f
lour,whei l shoudho€ ddved
o s ighllyhore respecloble
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two-
scorebox whichshouldhove
oppeored wiihihe revew:
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.(cnlt, rh. mo.h-d.mond.d OS3.5wlr rclE$d.
AmigoAl?00 hogic pocks. lvhll3t w€ dmlt lh. n.n g.n.rotlon ol Amlga, w. or.
Showco-sponsors Anoogicw;ll s..lno o lot |||orc pd.. b.lng Inrrodo(.d In th.
be givingolt on iremol cor.nr g.n.rutlon wlrh th! oFp!.rqn.. ol FCIlolutlonr.
hordwore volled ot {10 ro Therron!lonoerool PowerPC hosmovedffomdlolproce$o,
everyone wno suoscroesro sysrems.Noq usinso combinorion of o 68k<odeemllotorondOS
SEALls mosozine, "Clubbed' modules runfinsnoive, ir s po$ b e ro rui plre Prc Amisos.
Wrhin
Thereshouldbe o va.iet of months,wew llseetoroy compolbe Amigoconesrhordo much
newprodocrs on show01SEAI morerhoi onyCommodore-desisned Amoo.
O.RAMA2000lor rheI rstt me. N o , l 'm n o h i n k . g o b o u h e n w s w e w i l l b e p r i n t i n go v err h e
SEAL hopeto provderhefirsl nei few monihs l. focl,'m rh nkingoboutthe posl,o posrthotwos
pubic deno.trorons io the slpposedto hoppenbll ievef dd. mosineo Mo(h 30th 199/
UKof the newAmgo SDK,o whe@Goiewoyd d nor buyrheAfriso becouse€rom hodn'tgo.e
QNXRTP(Neur.o)box, the oul ol busine$,ond you'd proboblybe imosininso 1997whee mony
MedlolorPC busboord,ond ol lhe lhinss 've d des bedwolld be rhe moinsublects ol o.
s e v e ro l g o men sc u d i n g Amgo mog,.ol dislonrewnrsfo. rhei€or 2000
Poybock ond FuborEline6ofl Theb €qen disone,oi $e An €o's .e.enl nomodicifesrye is thoril
ore hopiig lo hoveMickTiikef hoslrore. rh. Amigo mor[ei. EveryAmgomagorie hosbeenyelling
o. hoid lo demontroreo tor someonero mplemenlPCIinbdoce3lor$e Amigofor yeo6/ bul
'compleleoctive"goxeR the conpon es in o posilionro do so hoveb3encouros. With owne6
motherboofd, ood F!sionPPC. who semed iusro Inle le$ thon rorolyconsisrenr, o lot ol peopl€
Theshowcostsilst ll ro set we,€ (ond d ore)wo.ied obourinveslingheovilyin the ho,[et.
n, ond opensol middol The Ihe depodureol Co os lrom cobwoy / AmigowostoKerve,r
venueis reochedby roodby bodlyby the morkel ook o lew monihsIo, Am.o io secre rhedeol
l o kn gl h eA 1 2 7 l o w o rd s wrh Am Oo,o.d rhosewerc proboblylhemostpoinlllfew no.rhs rhe
Souiheidof{ theM25,ond lhen mo.lel hos seens.ce rhedosre ol Commodo,€.Lei in o limboond
theAl32 lowordslhe Felmorcs i md.y cosesnor evenknowig rh€,ewe,e newbddere,o rorot
in Bosildon. Porking is soidto be developecond componies decidedrhorir hod beeno bow,oo ror I
pei f!1,ond thereorc two oco spokero o lol of peoplein $e l.dutry o holtime who were
l@velnns.ForfLrllnformotion convncedthot t wos,fino , ol over
o. lrove, hoieh,conlo.rdeloih
o.d the otestupdotes o. the Foafto agdfl
show,visilthe SEAL websie ol OK, bockto rheyeo, 2000 we've sor our hondso. OS3 5 ond we'G
*seo o ms o coul woiringon rhe nen generolionAmigos,Meonwhe, we'reg€ning.oo
ups,od€optons suchos PClboods, newoprionslo. PPCo.lhe
hofzof ond eve. o woy oi runninslhe OS on PPCwitho comb,norbn
ol emuioton ond notve frodu es Ev€ryo.etemborkinson l.leresring
p,oecls,or onnoucing sollions lo problemswe hovebeenyelling
oboul for yeoE like mogicionspullinsrobbiisout ol hots I meon,
.ome on guys,theseore o rh.gs we'vebeensoyng lof yeorcwe
wonredand needed,so why did you o sove t up unt now?
lYmt: E!030, os 3.0,8l|8FtaM. Of.oone,lhere hosn'rbee. o cuni rg pa. to lep o rhose
oporronl stepsloNord ofl rhe morker.Wholtherehos been so
&lllllr Potnd.llysuprb sr,ongetriotusrfiveyeorswhei the Am €o morketwe.lrhrolsh o
b|ltml$lnolerloo perlodol enremelond wse)courion hold ig ih co ectiveb.eoih n
mrnyloalur$, ontcporoi, owot nS rhe onswerto the simplequestion:"WelLwhich
Sollonwralon4 woy?'Perhopswth the lolesrincornolionol Amigooctuo y wlllingond
obe b nod onsweringthol quenion,peope ore sto.ting1obreothe
@ €DQ,,, ogo n Fino y, l' g€1towrlleobouilhings ke rc wthoul hovng to
p,ecedeir wiih the words Wh, offer ollthese/eo6, do weSlllnot
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Playln0 *-";;;t-,-*i,_*q
l.om l.cllng unetly depresscd Amgo hovebeendo n9 wholoiy oiher
.bout the whol. Amlgo 3llodllon lechnologycomponywoulddo - rhey'vebeei i*"***-**"_"*
ro .omplcrely.ldred In d h.oribeot, workns enrehelyhordond sued the :"*- *--
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rdre or gold durl. Th. n.xl, v,.'r.
updor.don s.v.rol n.w hordwo..
iore hoshoppened.
wth devicetop
They'veio ned{orces
com,Toot lovo engne hos
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prol..t ond lh.r.'s o llood ol n.w beenoffkiollycenlfiedby Son,rhey'vebeei
soltuorer.lcos.r ond onnounc€m.nl! bylhe NewYo T mes(pclured)
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themselves. weeks
Severol
'Amiga
havebeendoing
conpos withoulheorlngo r1iht," i',
wordfromBillondFeecy.
Th e .,u pt heypopwt h on
DeveoperBox,whichrhey
soylhey' showii Si Loos on Ap,il ln.
A ol o sudden,everyonen rheAmgo
commloiynopsofg! ng ior o colpleof
doys,rfyingro mokesenseof the news
Howcoi thisbe?Bl ond Fleecy hoven't
hodenoughI melo brushlhe r leelh,lel
olonemoveiito iew oflces,h re newnofl
ond prodlceo developmenl syslem. Besides,
i h ewholedeoot onA pr F o o s i o k e u to
cokh everyone outon Aprillst, ior before.
So,olierlookng ol eochotherond
exchoigingpozzedlooks,everyonen the
commonily goesbock1owhortheywere
doi.g, scorceypoyingonyonedon 10the
Now{on-foMordseverolmonlhs10where
we ore todoyAmigohovebeenworkiig
owoybehnd the sceies,,ickiig brcvelyto
lhe r decisionnorlo onnoun.eony'hlnglntil
itt wilhinlouchingdislonce.I mokeso
wecomechongeio theempqpromises of
Commodore/Escom/Gcoe/Gotewoy...
Onepoinlof viewlhot severolpeoplehove
elpresedlo me recent, however,s lhol
Amigoshouldstodsoyn9 something,
onnounce productsond perhopsreleoseo
belool ther newOS os soo. 05po$ible1o
keeplhe commwlyt hopesolive,which
mokesmewonderwhollhe commu rywoih
fromAmigolholtheyhoven'lsiven!s o reod,
' :.rlr l \ '/
working hard...
exlremely
ond rhey'vepodieredwilhseverocompones
borhii lhe UKond obroodto d strbole
thet developqsyslemsThey'veo so
releosed o beioveEionol the .ew OS in
rheto,m ol lhe SDKSlrelylhey'vesivenos
e n o l g hi n l ormol o.l obego n9 on w rh...
Fudhermore, considerlhe lollowns th,ee
produchBoXeR, Amloe, ondAnigo One.
Theinn haohovebeenoinounced,
rubbshed,ho ledos sovoursol rheAmso
mo*et, deloyed,ond re'on.o!ncedon
severooc.os,ons okeodvWhereorethev?
H&, lonohovewe been*o't ns {o' rhem
sii.e theywe@ftsl onnounced? In controst,
how ong hovewe bee. wo tinglor the
AmigoOnesinceit wosonnowced?
Knowingobolt the BoXeR o.d AmJoe
the€ol AmigoAci/ve, we'vesen ondlolched
prololypes ond reporledo. bolhseverollmes
olreody)hoshurltheAmlgocommunily morc
ihon I hoshelpedI so lor Bolhproducls ore
sl ll, t poinsmelo soy,"vopoutuore"
llGtrntoAnlgr
Nelthe,Mck TinkernorMel@box will be ihe
sovloucoflhe Amigomo el l's timeto nop
looklngto olherpeopeond rcfocusolr
onenlon o.lhe componylhot hosokeody
pultogeihero wo ingsytem olbeit"merely"
o rebodgedPC.Slro.geos I
moysoundo{terso monyyeore
" ol emprypromkes, Am goor e
rheonesprodlci.grhehordwore
l.ot ce didn'lsoy"monutociuiing
beforeyouoll umpon me).Theydon'lwont
l o shol robol l 1i l t yer,ondwhoconbom e
lhem?Lookwhe,eirt gol ihosewho hove.
In coseyo!'rewondering, my eor er
question, "howloig hovewe beenwoilins
Ior iheAdigo O.e s,n.eit wosoonounced?
wosmisleoding, o.d nle.tionoy so The
onsweris thotwe hoven'1, becolseAmgo
hoven'loflicioy oinouncedt yetlnorol lhe
t me ol wrring,o.ryor. Neverlhee$,t,s
theone pieceof hofdwore'm ooklng
{oeord 10rhemosr,ondlhe onewhch will
hovethe greoleslmpocl.
Sl.ongeos il noy solnd 1orsomeone
whose viis depends on theAmigoindlnry
I wontAmgo 1okeepqu el ond noy below
lhe rodor- Ior reo, thist me.Amigooreo
verysmolcomponywhoore cuirenly
wihoul o Morkeling Monoger10hondlethe
fi nerpo nc of moki ng oi nouncem enh'even
morereosonfor everysingleemployee lo
focls o. producn9 o compuli.genvronment
lhotwill shoketheworld n thesonewoyos
the41000 d d I lieei yeo^ ogo whenlhey
hoveo Morkering deporimenl ond o prodld
to shoutoboul, 'll be oneo{ the{16lin llne
to gel o the i.lormolon lco. on o syslem
thol hoslhe polenrio10chongeo ot of
oeoole'sm sconceolions oboulcomoulnq
DovldsrrouiO

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ALicen$G
t0G||iil?
A boneof contention
- butwhatis thefightabout?
i r p.oplc rtorl lo r.c!lv. th.h
Atilill:*",fi11,:Sn,,
tha Int rn.t foromr hovc tlll.d wlth
o vorlcly ol (onm.ntt pro ond aofi,
3ul lh. loud.rl dl.pd. hor nol
.on..rncd hol.. In lh. do.um.nrdlon,
or mbrlng APl., or dl$g...n.nlt or
lo lh. lmpodon.. ol M.mory
Prot .tlon. Rorh.r, ll hor $?roundcd
th. bru. ol lkcru. t rmr.
AFoigstlholet6ms, Amigospecilied thol
"...it you disttiblte ony soltuor€oeoted using
the Anigo so6\rdrc,/o! mut poy Amigdo
quotle y rcyohy.Youote olsorcquircdlo
prcride Anigd d Epott ol yo!. disttibulion
ond ke tight to oudit yaut rccatdt." lhit
lpsel o ol ol people.TheAmisois oll oboul
fre6dom,ishl? Sowhott on Amin.i
conlribolor lo do whei Ahigo comecolling
oskingIor ther royollies?
tlh$: n bn't
Thelicense documeni lhot hoscouledoll the
r!ss,Amso hove€xploined, is pod oflhe
remsfo.lhei. vol!.loryd€velooer's license
s.heme.Thisis notsoinslo.ouse problems
for ihs AninetFrcewore developsr,or ind€ed
the smolldev€looec who couldn'tdsolwith
thecloseoodilinslhol wouldbe requiredbv
the licenseogfoement. Th€ysimplydoi'l
hoveio lok€th€ deol.WhotAmigoore
offerng h nol quiiethesomeos whol
Mic.oso{tor Appleoreofi€r;ns;b*ouse fien
mo.ketsponslhe embedded *cior, lhev
wontlo be oblero ollerthe levelsoJsuDoon
iormollyp.ovided1olhsse.ompoiies,ond
expecllhen lo poyIor lhol onrc suppod.
Comporcdlo the licensins iems
commony usedin the consolemodet,
Amlsot o s;nol1e.ms
relored.Somecomponies
werein.redibly
hovedemond€d
"...Amiga
aren't
abouttointroduce
a license
policy
which
wouldtotally theiraims..." interactlveeani0aclive.6ou
contradict
Rants
-iIjIi*,G
noi onlyhighe.fees,but€r.lusivity
ol
prcduclion,glvinglhemevenmo€
rcv€nlotron developeE.
A deveoperwo*;ng on the
Pioyslolion
woLrldlovelo
lelms.Yellhelecomponies
cond€velopfor fraeon
ih€ PCor Linu loo, so
poyingbis buckrin
Theonswers thotthey
get lomothingfor lheirmon€y
li lhe coseof o dev€lop€r workinslor ihe
Ploy3loion,lor €xompe,lheygel o plo$orn
ro wl€ fo/ thol is wellmo'k€ledond widgly
diskibutod,incrsos;ng lhe volomeof sol€s
theyorc likeylo ocheve.Theyknowthol
lhenrcyohyf€orwl lociuoly helpthemin the
longru., becour€thos6fe€sollowSonyto
mokeihe plo|{ormos ubiquiious os it is.
lTtorsmtr|Gofrr
Amigoorc in o si.onsehybridporilioi.
On lhe on€hondlheyorewo ing dl lhe
ombedded / consumerse.torwh€€ such
licensef€€swolldn't.oiseon er€broaon
the olherlheyofs wo*ing otlh€ desklop
morkel,wh€rslheserodsof leesore nol lhe
iom. OneofAmigo'scholensesisto
developo slroiagywhichollowsthemto
movetheAmisoinlo boihmo*eh, ond lor
eochmo.ketto bensliifrcmth€ odvonloges
Whilethe desktopmorketcon be filled
wilh opplicolions frompoblishers ot ev€ry
sko,shorewdre ond fre€wor€, consumer
devices willbe filledwilh brond€d,cedi{ied
opplicoiions lrcm componi$whoore wil ins
lo poy o tee io Amigo for lhe se.uriiy of dose
deveoper€lofions,pfomolionond solodh.
Nowlho tussoboulthe licence lermsit
overond 6veryone reolises thoiAmigoor6n'l
oboullo inkoduceo lcensepo iq whkh
wouldrololycont.odicihenhopesol
"hiiockins'th€Linutoid Jdvodevelopme.l
comnunitesintoth€Amigodevelopment
comnunity. Thothosi'l rloppsdihe luss,
howevsr."Whywdsi', tfiis iniothotbh coted
in thefirslploce?"peopl€osk.Whocores?
N€wcompony, smol m sioke,ii hoppens.
Evsdhing'sl!.ned oul thewoypeople
wonl€dii, so wholt theb€el?
ll hosolmostbecometfendyln Amigo
circe!to prolferor on of cynicoldeiochmeni,
butitt imprersivolo seepeoperollyoround
o soodorsum€ni.Oddl, ihe levelol criticism
se€mslo be oboollhe somewhetheritt Sill
McEwen mokinso spelllngmisiokein o pres!
releds!or MehdiAimokingslodlinsdecisions
or lhe Commodore helm.Amigoshouldbe
pleosed withlhemselves, if peopleconfind
nolhingwo6e lhonlhisio comploinoboul.
Androv,KornO
interact
Arrrul9lll,gru?
I
ft vin y.dw rad oi lh!. l.{.r h.r
yt|, iHr* wdd lb t! h.r yu.i tl*r 'ird.
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Firstlook:
Finally,an OperatingSystemfor PowerPCAmigas.
Wetake a quick lookat the previewreleaseof MorphOS.

lhe 68Kprocessor is hard

I n trm. ol opel'tlng.ydornr,wshw6 bo€nllvhg on thePowerPC. Emulaling
proml!63 lor yotl3: wolklorthePPCchrpandlhejobis madehardarby
I onmlnorupdd6!and€mply
I onlyOS3.5crmotolrunlon, NowwahavaNo the ackoiaf L2 (Level2)cache on lhe PoweruP
nawoperatlnglyalom! (!or! ol) ralaaaad wllhlna boards.ThecachowasomiltedbecalseI wouidhave
nattarol ryack!.Ti. SoKl! nol e comobloOS,bul s oweddownlh€sw(chingbeh,veen lhe PPCand68K
ll lr mor. lhm wa'v. !.m lromlna pravlourownrru Dfocessorsin lho PowelP envronmenlOncevouslop
ol Amlgr.No{ w. h.vc llorphos, a w'y lo run usinglh668Kproc€ssor, youremovelha drstdvanlage
AmlgrOSon Pow.rFc.oqulpp.d Amlgll. ol th€L2cach€.endincrcaselhe n8€dlor il The
Th€lilslb€laol MoAhOS hasoniyjusibesnrclsas€d, smu'ahon shoLlorunmuchrads on a PPC.only syslsm,
sothisis nota rwi6wol a linishodoroducl.ll isa frls1
lookatthebeta,bas6d onahiiv shonexoe€nce, MoehOS€mulates a68060.lldo€sntrunal 060
Bugshavsalrsady b€6nloundandlix€d - a n&vv€fsion sp€6d,butihe instruclion s€tollh6 060is smulal€d.
willb€avaibble bylh6lim€yo! Ieadlhis.Forlhis MophOSdo€snlrelyon €mul61ion lor ev€rythingi il is
rcason,w€hav€bokonwithou nomd ptacliceol dosign€d to workwilhprogra.ns writonspscilically 10.
including soltwa|€ onthsCDloryou lo tryyou|solves. Powefc. Suchsoftwa|€ willrunmuchlasterlhan6€K
How6v6r, ilyouhsveanInl€rnslconn€clion, youcsn €mulated€auivalonts,and oltenlast€rlhan PPC
download th6lal€si
velsion
lrom www.morphosde so(varsrunning in ths noma Pow€ruP €nvionmonl.
ll youar€noton-lin€, weshouldhavosom€lhing loryou WhensvdMoDhOSti€s lo loada resourco suchas a
lo lrvonnoxlmonlh s coverdisc. liblaryor d€vic6drivorit lilsl looksfol a f l€ wilha .6ll'
MoDhOSis not a complelerswrit€ol AmigaOSlor enension. Thisn€snslhalIibraries anddive6 canb€
PPC.ltconlainsa r8Dlac€menl k6m6landsom€ r€placed individually.
Dropping\yz.lib.ary.6i" inloLlas
r6plac6m€niroutinoswrittsnlor PowoPC,and s 68K will mm6dal6lyacceeralealllunctions iromlhalliblary
omolalor.slaningMophOSlir€sup tho€mulalot and Th6oiginalxyz.liblary is slllth€.€,lorwhenyoutonot
€bootsthsAmiga.Wh€nil rcsiadsil is running €nlircly ruiningMo|phOS. Thislirslpublicve|sion alsoconlains

"Morph0S likelhe
doesn't
g*,oo,oz'gg,i,pt1 palches
hacky thatmany
-! -o- Amiga love..."
owners
IIIrI
- I Fi.,.'r-rro PowelPC veBionsol s€velaldatalyp€s,
tho
Cyb€.VisionPPC monilordive6,
andBlizzardvisionPPc a
lhe RamDisk handl€randN€wlcon andixemulbraries
Theros a so a PPCv€rson ol SFS,whichwe didnl try

slarled
Gelting
Inslalation ls a linlecomplexts nolthatdiflicull,butil
doss nvolvoa 1€ringyoursladlp-sgquenc€Fn$ you
copyalewupdarod systemlileslo oEVSandLIES:.
Th€r€slot rheMoehOSlilesgo in the[ owndi€clory.
Thestartup.s€quence hasto bs alleredrna coupLool
placs6,addingcheckslorMophOSandtakngdiflslsnl
actionsil it s running. Oryoucanbe a cowadlik€ms_
lcopi€dawolkngOS3.5set-uploa boolabe zip disk
andinslalled MophOSonlhat(lhs is a beta,afl6tall).
Youslil n66dlo modilylhe stanup-sequence, snc€
Abov.:Po*erPC
son*arc hslerwilhMorpiros
\,vmks athouqh you'l nonnally boorinroAmigaOS llst,lhensiarl
rcadrng
dalalfomdskofcDiscurenllysower MophOSloma shell.Youonlyneedto cd lolh€

@ ulrrntz wtz
 MophOSdnedoryandrype'e(eculeselup'.MorphOS g0 boloreil appmaches000
wllinitialGeand.ebootyourAmiga.Whenit restalb, sp€6ds.syslnlo|ated il at lvlo,
youarerunning you newPowelPcopsraling systsm. lhids h6 spsedol a 25MHz
Thereboorto sradMophOSmeansyoucsnl havs '0(r on my @4s/233,anhough
anylhing m youfshnup|hal@boots again,suchas lealrodd l€sls run lasterhan
Shapeshlers prepa€emul', orth€ROMupdatos inth€ lhat. Usinga BlizzardPPcwith
OS3 5 S?rPatch lralsoproventsyoulromacc$singth€ 040/25and 600/2:ltl,rhele
eady'sbnupmenu.ll you us6a $parato bootpartition wonl b€ a gl6al dsal ot
lor Mo.phOS.it musthaveth€ high€slboot pdonty. dillsrsnceb6tw6€nnativsand
Ytu lprobablywantto€d'tthes6tuDscnDt.llostautsto emulal€dsp6€d.How€ver,your
s€ndhgdebuginfomation toth€s6 atport,whichis 68Kctip will6lwaysb€hs sarn€
nnedyoua.epogramming andhav6a t€rminal sp€ed,n€verg€tlinghsl6i
anachedlo lh6 s6rialport,but no goodtor tryingout wh€f€Es MoQhos'€mulation
MoFhOSasanend.user. willimplovsin lpsed.lt'snot
The inslallationand $luo Drocgsssoundsa liils lhat lh€ €mulationibell will 96l
licky and il is. Ev6rylhingyou ns€dto knowis laslor,but as morspartsol lhe
documenled, bul il i3so65dactosss€veralt6xt iit€s, sysl6mgo ov€rlo naliv€PPC,
so rr'sworrhpiniing rh6moul b€torsyou do anything lhsrowlllb6lessloadonth6€mulator lloYl: Ths looka whilelongslo
else Howev€(this is a b6ta,and a tirst bota€t€6soat FAMdiskop€dtionis notlcsably las|3tdoeto th€ oadwthMoehos. Durilis
rhar Thomoslimportsntthingat this stag€is to mak6 PPCnalivsimplomentetion. RAM:is olt6nstowerrhsna effly theso olthino thalw I
( woi(. nol havotancydocum6nhlionand a hand- PFS3harddiv6 panionon myA4000, nowits niceand rmprcyeasya'iouspa s 0lihe
holdng nslall6rscript- lhat shouldcoft€ latsr.I you lasl.Playingadm lromRAMis signiticantty hstsrthan sy$em andolhefappiicalions
a'e
a€ usnga gaphicsc€d, yo! shouldhavsa wayol lromhardddv6,b€c€us6 ti€ hardd v6hasto us€
eewmgtho slandad videooutput.ll som€thinggo€3 €mulalionlorthoffl€svst€m sndcontoll.r.
Thisshoutd
wDng dLr ng th€ frls1boorup,you'll n6€da wsy ol improvs wirhrh6PPcv€rsionol sFs, butth6r€wasnt
s€erngany€ror ftassagos limslo l€sllhaltully.Wilha Prc v€rcionol
MophOSdo€sn'tliksths hackypalch$ thatmany cybppc.dovic€, it sholldroallytly
Aq,ga o$nelslov6.anohd Easonlor imalringMophOS
on a s€panlepannDn. All€rnalivsly,
youcouldmodit
th€ ho.phos/danupscriptto l€namsyourstandard "This
lirstrelease
ofMorph0S
is impressive.
userslanupand r6plac€il with a morsmod6ston€,
€rccul ve, MCeEnbrc6( CopyMemouickand anylhing Thisfilst rot€assot MoDhOSis imDE6si!€.Ot cours€
lhalus€slhe MMU(Momory Managam€nt Unit)i3out. lhsreaf€ bugs6nd limitations,but it's not yettinishod.
rrahost gossw[hour saylngthatwalpos b not LoadingPPCv66ionsol r€sourc$ 6s lhsy arc instattod
suppon€dr only68Ksnd Pow6 P prcgEmswillwo*. msan6rhal upgading borhrh€os and epplic€rion
soltMrc b much€asi& CPUintsrciv6pansoi a prcgtgm
8yeby€'060! couldbs \Nrin6nlor MophOSand b€ u36dautomat'catty.
E.oLghollh6 p lallsolrnstallation, whetsn aduattvlk6 For€xrmple,all th€6 w6b brows€lsalr6advus6sxlemal
to use?Fora Jirslbelarslsa36,it workswsll,ll yo!I6 itnagsdscodorroulinos.Simplyiftt8lling a MophOS
usedto lhe sp.€d ol an 060,yor./'lltindit €lh€r stowin v66ionsho'ldgfu8an instantsp€sdup.
e!€cding 68Ksoftwar€- lh€ smulationhassomewayto N.[ Eonrwbro

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h !n d . num!.r ot brb ot rut m.td t *r.
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Tnl. b r r.!l *o.ld t d Involvlnglavaral .otri. nn . gn{yh.i.r ulth MoryhOS
commmop.nllonl. op.nlng .n .tpllclton,
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Amiua
infis tllit|t
deal
Matnox
Amigahavestruckanother I .nlgohqvconnoun..dlhol lh.y
strategicpartnership, ff;::fffi,ntr.h."
0rophl...hlp..l monuloriur.rllolrox.
thistimewithgraphics Th. dnnoon..m.nt.om.r o. no
.urprlt ofi.? Amlgo .hong.d th. tpc.
chipsettirmMatrox. ot lh. d.vbor lo r.Dlo.. on nvldlo
grophl.3...d wllh onc fto|n flotrot.
Wetakea closerlookat Thechonses, however, on intorcsliis
the decisionandtind out o.ewo ingclosey wilhMicrosoll
one. li hosbeen specu
ot6d tholnvidlo,who
to develop
whatit meansfor the thechipsel lor thex-Bor,Micrcsofi's
iodhcomins somes consol€,weres mpynol
nextgenerationAmiga.
"...the
nextwaveolAmigasaregoing
lo
turn3Dfiction
inlo3Dreality."
v€ryopenlo o clo* po.tneGhipwilhAmigo,
whilewe hovebeeniold lhotMohoxorevery
eogerlo wo.kclosely wlh Amigolo pfoduce
lhe beslpossibesoh,o's supporllor iheir
cods ond chipsslsin iha newAmisoOS.
Amigohov€iold osihotlh€yorc enfemely
psosedwithlhe deo, nol iustbecouse lhey
ore hoppyrilh iho componylheyhove
podn€red, bli olsoborouselheyo.e very
hoppywiihwhotlheyhoveleenof Motrcxt
Prlct Prtr r?
In o woy,llt o veryobviousponnelship.
TheAmlgdhosolwoysbeennolsdlor its
nrensthin 2D ond video,ond lhsseore
orcosMohoxhovekodllionolly pedormed
errcmelywellin.lhey hoveconcenlroled
ove.the poslfew)€06 on.reolinqcordslhot
wo* wellwilhvid€o,includinssomeof the
bsston-boodMPEG'2decodeB, ry RGB
ond ovl oulpols,losl RAMOAC5 for crlsp
oulpulond o voiely of inpuloplions.
Rocenllytheyhoveeodthefieldwllh "Duol
heod' cordr,whichollowlwo oltput {eldslo
be creol€dlimuloneously. Thisollowslhe
compuler to disploylwodifiercnlsc€enson
iwo diiferenlmoniloE- immensely lsefulfor
dispoysynems, bul olsoimpodonilorlhe
consumer mo.kel,whercil opensup opiions
slch os usingo secondmonltorlor o zoom
l[ rlornn rsult2
viewof o pieceof odwo*, or ployingrwo
ployergomeswlholl lsing o sp l-screef.
Motroxhoveolwoysconcentored on h gh
quolityoulput,on opproochwhch hoswon
lhsmmonyploodlh.ol iustfor vdeo !se,
bul olsolor 2D,whe.elheyo.e recos.lsed
os morkeleode6 n ihe prc{essiono
grophicsoreho.However, ilihe Amigois to
succeed os o domesticmochino, someswil
be impodonl,ond Motox do nol hovelhe
rcpulolionof nVdioor 3DFXn lhlsfied.
Theonnouncenenl roisedo lew eyebrcws
omongstpeoplewho ihinkof Motroxos
b€i.s secondbeslin lh s {i€ld,bulAmso
ore convinced thisis iol thecose.Amigol
VPol technoosyFle€cy Mosssoidlold us
lhol with,'..whotMator hoveup thei.
sleeves, thenextwoveofAnigosoregoing
ta tuth 3D lictio inta 3D rcolity."
Molrcxftsl modeon imprcssioion lhe
consumer 30 mor!€lwilhlhencurcni G400
chipset. Whilenot quilelhe foslellpolygon
pusherlor lh ilme,it booted highinoge
quolity,goodresolutions, ond o few
odvonced on'chiplihe .s fundio.ssuchos
envnonmenlol bumpmoppng ond
volumekic shodows, whichodd slsnilconlly
lo the rcolisnol lhe imogesgeneroted
withoulthe 'tos1"oi o higherpolygoncouni.
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wlh its3D prowess, the G400chipselhos
beensomewhol ovedoken by lhe loled
generolion ol grophics cordsfromMol.oxt
noin voh, olthoughthe cordit5el remolns
verypopllor b€couse i1olle6 greol
pedomon.efor lhe pice ond is verytoonrre-
ich, especiolly in disploylechnologies. Of
course, Amlgowill needlo be conpeling
withihe beslin 3q bd fien we hoven'lseen
Moirox'snen gene.olion produciyei.
n! cornonhn
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cod
morkeli3DFX,nvdio, ATIond Motrox,fo
 .to lwo distincl
camps.Thefirsl$o opp/ooch
theproblemof moviig polygons osthe
primoryprobemond implemenlwoys io
generole os monyos po$ible.Whilebolh
compoies hovefoundit necessory lo look
fof orheroreosol mproveme.lby offe.ing
flicrons likehordwore to.sfomotion ond
1ghrn9,lhe philosophy ol lhe lonertuo
compones s thol polygons cono.ly lokeyou
so {of. olhertechniqueshoveto be usedlo
se he beslv suolpedomonce.
Oneol lhe keyloclorsin lhe deveopment
ot grophics is Mlcrosofi.
chipsels Theywork
w$ lhe moiorcomponies lo provideo selol
iire.locescoled Dteclxfor srophi.s.ods.
TheDi.eclxslondordm€onslhot dev€lop€rs
coi be o$urcdlhollhefeiso m6onsfor
rhemlo oddGssiew chipseh,il lhe chipsel
hoso O reclxd ver provid€d. Thenoido.ds
o{ Dteclxor€ d€vslopsd in coniunclon th
thesrcphic,chipfnms,ond or€ oim€dol
prcvdi.s o commoninl€docs(moslly)tor
somesdaeeop€rslo wo* wilhthe leolu€sel
Theevoleins Di'odxnondordwill includs
s!pporrfor on oleFincrcosing
s€iof f€olures
lo, mprovingnotthesimplelhroughpul of
poygons,butlhe woytheyoG u*d.
Feorlfesslch os keylrcmins
o.d melh
rwe€ningwil incrcosetheomounlof 3D
onimorionlhol con be doneol o siv€nl6ve
lion:Bumpmapp nqcanprwide
malorimprcvemenlslore{lsm
Rllht & ghl.saturaled
colours
somelhinqMal areprcudol
ol rhroughpul,
whilercflectiois,bumpsond
hozecon be deoledin inc€osiislyrcolistic
o.d neriblewoys,
ond morecompl€x{even
ihrcedimensionol)
lenurcs.on be opplied.
f,m$ yun pt.trd.rt
Thisiswherelhe Amigo/ MokoxpodneGhip
mokessense.Polygons cono.ly gel youso
for,sothe keylor fllure srophkscordsh
howwellthecordconoselho3epolygons.
Thisis whe'eMolrcx,likeATI'SRodeon
grophics chipsel,ook ro be coicenlroling
he r oneniion. while somemishlhove
thoughl(givenih€ hisloryof th€; rclolionrhip
underGdlewoy) thoiATIwouldhovemode
mo€ senseos o podner,Mokoxt upcomins
G800is rumou€dlo be quireo ch;p.The
r6ollyimporlontthing,though,h sofrwore.
WithoolDtectx,Amisowill be wo*ins on
lhei.owi APlswhichwill hovelo oddrcss
feot!.esof lhe chipos wellosDkectxcoi.
Cleoin lh s beinsthecose,the rclolionship
betwee.lh€iwo componies is of crilirol
inpodonce.ForAmigolo be obe lo provide
lhol levelofsuppodloronychipset,lhey
hoveio wo{ veryclos€lywithlhe chip
compony, ond hovetherrustofd belieto{
lhotchipcomporyli lh6ygotihol wiih
Moiforbul nol ATIor nvidio,lh6nlhe
declsionmok€sssns€ind€€d.
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' Envlrcnm.ntll bump|lllpplng.
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sizsmanagsabl€ andm€mory lsag€low'whll€3cr€€n
updel6€ arslaslsr.lt m€ans thatyoucan6dhorall€.tl
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il m6amlhelil youdonl havsgoodenough scannlng
hatchrar€lor yourpuDo6€s, youcanllpply you lil6€
wllhthoodginal6rlwo*lor e pin|3llo sc€nin.Thsy
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tindm ForttN r6a3on it b a goodld€ato hav6e
s6paat€ioldff loryourpiclur€s.
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lo k66pin ftindlhs sizBol imageyouar€goingto
r€quh€, Wh3lhsr youroulputis lor a pintd ora scr€€n
(lora PDFdocuftsnllor sxarnpls), it willb6cr6at6d
at a
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andmemory
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docum€nl in a 432Dirclwid6windowlherewillb672
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mlght work rl
al300dpi. Thus, !oavoidpircllation, animag6 tiat iB
m€anltolak6uphalith€widhol lhs pagone€donlybo
216pix6bacrosson a sct€€n,bulwouldhav€to bs900
pix6bwh6npdnl€d.TollllanM pag€ar300dp,rsqufss
animagorolghly2500x 3500pixolsinsizs.
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reaolulionoflhooulpuldadc6.Whenyouplac€a
picturoin a docum6nt, youar€s6ningilslocalionin
physicalmGasulomonls, nolin lin6sor pixeb.Th6world
willnotendif youarsoutsutling a 900pixelwid€piclur6
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pick€da sp6adal random, slarleda doorment,placsd
a pictur€,
andimponod $e bn irnoa bxt box(tig.1).

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mo6lw€fult6alur€s forlhisis lh6slvl€sh6ol,which
allowsyoulo cr6at6a palsll€ot p6.d6in6dt6xtstyl6s
thatc€nbs appliedto bloc*sol |sn or p€ragEphs wiSr
asinglsclic*.
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stylsspalstlswindow andadda slyl€.Nam6il
som€lhing apprcpal€. forlhisproi6clw6hev6slyl€s
d€fnedlor h6 po€mlille6ndlhobodyol tr€ po€m
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whib som€lhings(3uchasthisma$zins)hav6 gid
undeiyingst uctlo3 (or'gdd6'),lhisproFctis so
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number lor 6llpege3,ende tltl6strapatlhetopol ri€ht
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addpag6 to lio documont, tollingil to U3stheDslaun
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d€laulipag6.h is olt€nlh€ca36lhatyo! wantsom6
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simpl€optionis to s€lac1th6 LayouvPago Seupmenu
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bosnplacadasnomal.th€nmovodandscal€dlo wh€r€
w€wanlil. Wh€nyoua€ movlngbib ot t6xtinlopag€3
lik€lhis,youc€nop6na l€xlboxonlh6pastoboard
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pag€youlh6nviolv,lhslan boxwillrcmdnvisibl€on
lh€pasleboad, andyoucsncopyandpasbbn tlom
ttlo ho appropriabbox€sonh€ p€93.
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loxl€lam€nth€n clickonlhs appropialsstl€ in lhe
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prcgrammlng In C,andhavaoutllnad
aoma
oltha llmplar compononla lhal9olo mrlo up our
addra$ book,Thl3monlhv|oloo howiho& block.
haveboanpul togolhorto construcltho tlnl$6d
programwo 3ol oui to wrli6,
T h e ti n i s h e da i c l e
AllhoughIcaLlillinish€dI reallyis al crylromlhat
somelhing moslprogramm€fswil probablylhink
about
lheirowncrealionsTh€rsar€maryimprov6ft6n15 and
lealw€slhalwecoud mpsm€nl,bullo.ourplrpos€s
its enough.w€havea n'olkingpfoglamlhaldo€sjlsl
we rvanledI lo do Youcanfnd lh€ lullycompil6d
v€6ionon th€C0lhis monlhalongwth lh6 sourc6
codolhalcr€al6sthissimpleappication, anda Sto.mc
prcjoclfilelo.smp6loadingntoStomc ifyo! !s6
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lo nrnin a CLlwindow, aslhissignilicanly
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procoss ol buildinglhe inlerfac€
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rnad6by€nloinglh6 nu.nber lhalco.responds
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ntolhe windowby simplysolecling oplon 1 Onc€
yo! havesom6delailssloredin lh€ dalabaseyou
canopllo searchlor anydalayoulk€. Thiscanbg
a nameor addrsssin lulor in parliwhalevflyouaskil
ro find,rh€program wilmatchyourr€qu8sr wilhany
panol thep€rsontdelails.
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curr€nlycasosonsilive, moaning thalth€useol capilal
etlelsin ontar€d dalanlrsl malchlhe capilalsin ih6
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conv6rl6v6ry.lh ng inlolower(orLrpp60 casesl search
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complcat€ ih6 soufcocod6b€yondtheamounl
appfopiare lor rhisruroaal.
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progEmin lhisu/ay.liyoudo addto ourprogram, wec
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llyou lookcarelLily,
handlingth€fl€ acc€sshavebeenchanged sllghtlyto
ll3€bull-incomoibrtunclions.Thebonushere|slhal
allCcomDilslsshould havelhesetunclionsavarlabe.
andaslheprcg€mus€sno machine-spec{ic roul,nes.
youshouldbeabl€lo comprle andir. lh s p.og.amoi
anyplafiomthalis equppedwlh a C compl€f
including (asyoucanse€ifomlhe scr$nsholon page
47)lh€n€n g€ftalonArniga.Thisis on6olthetru6
bonus6sol programmingin C, and makosporling
pogramssimplyacas€olr€compilng ih€cod€on
lhelarg€tmachrn6.
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slrlighandingandrn€fiory
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lh€finish5d cod6hasusedlopen0,lg6ls0 andlcl0s60 bea propnintsiace
lorusewilhWorkb€nch, bullhis
whichallcompilers shouldinclud6.
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hav.lo wory lboul dl|lrn.lonlng (d.chrinq how blg ft.
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lhalcovslslhisin morsdsiail,includln€
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str6.ard assuchshouldnotbs€xc€eded.ln oursourcE oullift programming l€chniqueswiiha vi€wlo
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blocks
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com'| .l no .uQriaa llal tuncllona.xitl to h.ndl.
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pas1, gv ng.se lo wrle once,runanyvhere'
programs regardess ol hardware and
rnderlyng Operaling System
vP (VduaProcessor)code ofielsagood t o , F L , o --* t -
compromise benreen speedol execulion and
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someniercst nlothedarkword ol pro,aramm .q
withlhlssmallTutoraandwe ookloryard10
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befun.lloflersa senseofachevernenl lhal s lery
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leelrg ol crealrng somelhing lromabsouley
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 WastedDreams
M a i m & M angle
D ea dl o c k
S c a v e n g ers
D a f e l :B l o o dline
The New Originals
We'vehearda lot of Amigagamersbemoaning
amongstall the ports.In thisActiveGamerspecialreport,we lookat
someof theoriginaltitlescomingyourway.
ollowlngon lromlh€ orlglnalWsstod
Drcams(whlchl{6 rovlowodIn out
llrsl lss0€),OlghrlDroans
Enlonalnmont (DDE)aroworklngon .
soouol.work dsnod |63tsurumn.6nd
allhoughlho llnalnamoollh€ gamols yol
lo bs dscldsd,ll wlll have"WastsdDroams
ll ln tho lltlo.Ws spokslo BaymondClndrlc
ol DOE6ndrlkod hlmlo l€ll us mors.
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the lackof originaltitles
M: Howwtl WastedDteans2 (WD2)ditlel
RC:Frstol al, itwl supportgraphics cards
somothing lhatmostp€operequssled ior
Wasl€d Dreams. Thequaityolthegraphcs
hasbeenrmprov6dlho background gaphics
afeal rende€d6ndlh6 rcsolulion islwic€lhe
sizeol lhalusodn Wasted Dr6ams. The
combalr lhegames aso improved 6ndnow
ourh€rocanus€sev€rald fle€nlwgapons
d u rrgl h €g am€W D 2w i l a sohav6much
moreaclionandcornbals asw6l assorn€
trmelmrtedmssionsto compl6t€, butthe
mostIntercsling ioaturooJlh€gameslh€
M: Hownuch bigget,hatderand note
she inptessivethanthe o ginalwill WD2be?
RC:11wiIdelinr€ly bs bigg€rTh€gamss
dividodhto fro bigpans Firstpadis insde
lh€ bigspaceshrpandthes€condpadback
of LaraCroft?" on lhe planet.Narder? |don l know maybe,
aslherearerno.ecombalsnlhe ga.ne.
M: Hownuch al the gane is conpletedal Finaly I willdeliilelybe nro.eimpfessve
(i.e.bettergraphcs,beltersound eflects,
betercharacrer conllol,difiercnr
weapons,
RC:Thegamecodes amosl100perc€nl
linshed( wouldsay90 perc€ntslinshed
already)and
the3Dmodelsarea mosl90 Sa,whais thiselusive ltiss L.. ? Could
percenldone Weslilhavelo rende.the shebe theAniga s tvo-dinensianalequinlent
backgroundsandpreparelhe.nlorthegame ot Laa Crcft?I guesswell iust haveto wail
 & Mangle
to l\4aim
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It's beena whilesincewe repon€don
TheWo d Foundry(TWF)s progtess,so
we collafedEd Colllnsandaskedhimlo

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geierolion.Am;goAciive,however,is foifly On tho controry| rhinkthot it mokosrh€
new,ond likeih sogonsoys,s rheFuiureof quolityof gmulolionlhot mu.h mo.e
imporlont.A d€ceniemulotormoy be
Wholwe wi seein sometimeis o new enoughlo k6epus lot hopp, but ifthoy

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Amigoero.AmigoFomotwosrhespnilol
theold Amigo;AmigoActivewill beihe
fliure oflhe Nen Generotoiplotform.
stu t'lo.Donold,
Amigo Animoror,
con get somothingtoiollyl.onsporenlso
thot you'renol reollyoworcyou ore
running".lossicAmigo"softwdreon your
nexlgenerclionmochine,lhey'll be in the
positionof hovingobout50,000piecesof
softworercodyot lounchtimel

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molinN6!
HYG
FormonyyeorsI hovebeeno lor of
comp!1ere, ond n porliculor lhe Amigo.
*AmlHoolg*-
I sowtheA500(o lriendcomeoverwith
oneimportedf,om Germonyond we
ployedDeleideroflhe crown)comeond
so. I nowhoveon A500,A500+ ond on
A1200T(nelwo*edwitho PC). Aflm l{ r r l rFo
Durng lhislime monymogozines hove
san rhe ghl o{ doyos wellos the
do*iess of beingloid 1orestin recenl
yeols.Todoylhereore nol monylefi.
Believe6, componies ond mogoziies
o ke oredwiidlinsfosr.I hovehope,blt
k nod ng lo fodesohewhol.However,
AmigoAcrivehosreollybrighlened my
doyin o big woy.lr is welwrinen,
info.molveond do€snottokeilselftoo $ll
Tomy surpise,I .oi Purchose
seriously.
,i.d€'r,hac,il.fi6re"
whoi I wo! d likeio see. bothon Jheweb
pogeond in print- is o co eclionol web iewsogenlhod my copyreodylor me every PriW ff r plctlfo
linls io.omponies,publish€rs, creolo6elc. monih LJ.t movedlo onolherporlof Youolwoysshowscreensholswhch look
who s!pportlhe Amigocommoniiy.ll would Londo.,I uslo$wed everydecenlnewse veryhondsomeMyWorkbench or Voyogeris
oho be nke io seespecioorticescoveri.s hodAm,goAct'veWhich,opporenll,is iol greyo.d bue. Howoboulen ighte.ingme
e.9 Siomese RTG(howto mokeir workl lom leliwonderirghowlo b,ighrei!p my
ond comporclive orticesbetwee.simlor Wh le conolwoyspop bock10 ine desktop.lsed to useMogicWB on
produclslikeAriodne2, OB ix ond Powe.Lo. Ken.ngronoid grobmy cop, thinksome WB2.Howeve., ltry lo ovoidoll polches
co.ce,i oush ro be,o sedobolr Amiso nowdoeto sofrworc compolbillryp.obems
P.lcr $Ahlb€rg, Adtet disrrbuionsynem,or leosrin London. w th W 83.5erc.
Sw€d.n, Aid, whorworresmeevenmore:if the .eo y ei oy lhe mogorne.TheCD does
nosoziie con.otbe fo!nd ii ANYsood couseo fewnlners....I'm nol sue if your
w6 corrywholsw.b siLr on th. CD,ond newsose.rn Ceino London,conlhe g omo,oosfronlend is tedbly importonl.
hovelislsol d.ol66 os pod of th6 s rlorio. be beneresewhereT lwould muchrotherseeo simpegrophicol
Amib.nchdotoborow6 cory oochmonth. wou d be coo if yookepton eyeor lhis, iitedocewilho lreewhichollowsme ro troce
A lirtingpogosoundslikoo goododdilion my tLends.Chee6ond goodluckwilhyour lhrolgh o pothond whenI polntor o lile
for quickrc{6rcnco,bui lh6rc orc olr6ody siing o submenowo! d oppeorwhch
othoronlin6.6sourc6thol c6rrythi3info. Vonnl Torelll, direcllyopenedthesofiwore. And my osr
Thorc'so bit o{ o voidwilh lh6 closur€oJ vlo e-moll. poinlLWhefes thesoflworesomermes?|
tho AmigoW.b Oir.ctorybul you nighl clickon lhe lite, o reodme{ileis lhe,eond
wontlo look 6t th6 n6wAmihoow€b 3it6 Beingon Amigomosorino,w6 simplydon'l
for o simildrlh6mewith o fdmiliorlookl hovotho cov6rog6big96rsolling Fr.d vlntner.
mosorino,hova" it iud wouldn'lb6 vlo e-moll.
economicolly vioble,ond thu3w€ hov6lo

"Your
magazine torcel newsog6nts thot 016octuollys.lling
tho mogozine.We oworolhol lhers oro
hol6i in lh€ dislibulion
is simply
lheb e s t notwork(nol beingcoffi.d

Amig public
a alion by Bod6rs,for instonc.)
ond or€ constonllylooking

hillinglhe
currently Hovingsoidihot, l'm
you o.e hovingso
world-wide."
shelves surprisad
muchtrouble- l've noliced
Anigo Acrivein s6vercl
newsogenhin conlrcl
muor[eNvo8? London.Remember thot you
Yourmogozines simplylhe beslAmigo con olwoyso* o newlogent
plblicoiioncurentlyhiningthe shelves
world' lo orde.the mogozin€in for
wide.Andthoit lhe low Doesil reollyhli you eochmonlh - iusl us€
ihe sheves,ol eon in London? lusedlo live lhe nogsovgcouponon
in Kenninglon,SouthLondon, whereo loco p o 9 66 2 .

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> Soryfor cutlinsyou' lenerso brutollxFrcd-
spoceis shorllThefid nepto o bdghler
desklopisto selup o nke colourful
bockdrcpin yourWo*benchp€{eences.
A3you hoveOS3.5,you shouldhovenice
cololr{oliconsolrcody.Thecoloured window
bodeu ore o.hisvedwitho prosrcmcollgd
Sirdielyouconlind on the CD thi, month).
ll's o louchho.ky,but iswell prcven.
Voyoserlond onyotherMUIopplicotion) con
be deorcledrhroughMUI'Sp.efs,il you
hoveo resisleEdco$, oJMUl.
As for the CD,,e mok6whot is teosible
run from lhe fronl end,bul for nony things
thoi! nol prcclkol.lJyou dick on the
foldericonnextlo lhe nomo,the
oppropriolewindowwill opo., ollowins
yoLrlo run lhe prog.omby clickingon the
iconos nomol. Thisonlywo , if you orc
runninsOS3.5,ScolOSor DirecloryOpus
Mogelion.Youolso hovethe optionoI
vlewi.g lhe CD conlonlsthrcugh
wo*bench or o lile lisler,of cou.se
lcc0l0nrt0r
Ednnnucs
wrntadl
Fnsl,I munosk:howdo yo! i.rendto
survv€whereAmigoFormotd di't? They
soidther prodlclionwosn'tgeorcdto
vo umesolesbul lheyti we.t uidel
Whor wo! d liketo see s schemotics to
o. occelerororIor on 41200 erher n your
mogozne,or on rheCD I preferpriiredrex|
to oi.s.reenrexl,whichis whybooh will
.everbeconeobsoere)I'd be nleresting to
seewhot,eoly needslo go lnlo o CPU
r r r r',-r i i r r-r..'r'iiit"tt1-
e*.
h Ohyoah,g,6albit ot 1rc6AlphaSotwab advsnbingon Juty'spage54.vorysubtt€.
t-".*.Fd^-)-l
jl s;'::*tx:sswl-
@lananwnw tz
L e f l : q r. l e t o r t u r d -d .o m p P,b e a s5
scopeot o DIYorlicle{il wouldolso be for
eosierond cheoperto buyonel).However,
if someoneis willingto let us hovethen
schemolics, we'll put themon lhe CD.
Usingihe inlemolCPUos o second
processor mishl be hockobls,but it
wouldn'tbe worlhwhile.Thespoodgoin
providedby lhe slow'020 wouldbe
Pe6o.o y' fromwholI hoveseenthe minimol,ond lhe exhocomponents
EoXeR seemslo bethe bestupgrod€poth necessor),would plsh lhe cosrwell bgyond
I wishMickTinkerlhe beslol succe$)I'm lhol of simplyfiiiing o loslersingloCPU
glodthotAmigohosbeei toved from
Nltk H6n5en,
I linu ma0uhe?
filledoutyours!rveyosl month,oid when
I wo ked nromy oco bookshopot week,I
"...lhe
BoXeR
seems toundyo!r mogogoinon rheshelf.Okoy,il
wos $!e 6 burit is theonlyhog co. get
lo b e ,h eb e s l herenow I om thinkng of getti.go subro
l hemog,bu i d d thorw l h A migoFo. noiin
path..."
upgrade lonuoryrh s yeorond iow receive o Liilx
mogorineKeepup rhegoodwork!
Hons Serkhoul
Wedon't knowwhy Anigo tonot wos Fro|n o sunny N.lton, New Z.6lond.
closed,but we do knowour {inonco,ond
w€ knowou. br6ok€ven pointi! w€ll below We prcmk6,hondson h€orts,n.ver to
the numbsrof copiosof AmigoFormotthoi swikh you. subriplions to o Linux
Futurosoldwh€nlh€y closodit. mogozinglYourhouldhovor6coiv6do
Acceloroto6,like mogozin€r,ore olso lotl€rlrom Futureolleing you o rcflnd os
p.eny.omplexthings,so schemotics would an oltomoliveto hovingyoursubsffiplion
lok€ o ot of spoce.An dccolorotor would movsdto LinuxFomol - swiichingoll
hoveof tho oder of 1000solderiointsond lhososubsby d6fouhmeonsthot unloss
o comploxdouble-sid€d or m!lii-loyel6d you spociricolly
osk6dlo. o Bfund, you qot
PC8,so srhemotics wouldproboblylook lh6 tinlx moo int€od.
rcth6.{iddly,ond it's rothgrb6yondtho
-
androw
Kom0
t'
Docbnl
w mh iu'tsl
lsEuo10andlhsqualllystillha3ntdroppsdlAnyway,m.inpoinris it mo,
or hav6alllhdqu.llly3Dgam63 'ny
onthoAmigrbs€nconv.nlons? S.dty,[hink my
l.vou,ilsAmlga gam63 aE zool2,Bobocop 3 andTh€ChaosEnglns(which slys a tot
aboullhs avallabllllyol n6wgamesin localshop€t")Oray,$e OE|Brhtng{, ooon tp,
gahescQator saeMcD 10. Ed.)looksqoir€prcmBingbutth€ suppl€dgim6 is pbrry
shir6(pir€llatodbadguysandrhsabitltyto lhoot outths tightsbut nol th6 butbs),what I
i wouldlikslo s€6Inn6wgam6 (notc.nvor3lons)
sp€ci.l.Forinsianca: M€dals
B nicetinbtouchas"
ol Ho.our's'gr.na& totching
thatnak6th6n
dogs",OukoNuk€,6.n E
iI
''inleEcliveurinab',andGold6n6y6 s sscondlhndbv€l 'bit in thoair ductwt6royou can
lry to shootlh6 haroll tho blok6in ft€ cubictowithoLtthtmnoticing.Sohowabouttt?
AndhasMr Mudin'ssysl€m clockgonesligftlywong...?
Eb q.Al. Uou..,
lunolt.
qS. Cml waitto $6 l€su. I 1's rcvi6wot 'Metons(2 o0'.
"Gr.nadoirtchlng dogc'?Anyv!y...Ab G atlo i.rr u3lnt! d.ltgn (t€li)tor rho..xl
g.n.rlllonAmlga.Whllow. !..Inb !o laulth th|3!.rup, tt'r ! tll{o b6hhdthodn.s.
W6.ugg.d u.lnglh. Prnt6n.ProV Ind!.d, shtchhlr bdtsrmu m.dh onrnltonr,
imprcv.dclchop.riorn6nc.,andJolobaoll.
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 Asfrthe Guru
Plentyof questionsthis month,so the Guru
hassweatedbloodandtearsto answerthemall.
{)

Gayle
1x- ease' lhanDY
o
}D
GrylcfD(
Hi, I spotted
lhot Powerore iow
supplyng lhe PowerFlyer
boordwithlhe PCMCIA
Goye
{ix
oiochedto lhe lop (ksue10,
Pose28).lwos wonderns if youcouldshow
o lop-dowoveEionof lhe plctureso lhol
oul to.lhe AmJoe? l\ y Dod is o
complierengneer,so seeicings no
problem,oid eilherwoyrheAmigow ll
needo monilo.,OS 3.0 (+ ROMS)ond
tower..onysuggestions?

2. lcon't getAWeblo go onlolhe Inlernel.

ownecof o PowerF yercooindo the Goyle lcon Loodthe prosromOK (v3demo),bul
lx themseves.l'ver,iedcontocling
Ebor ond I won'rlel me onlolhe 'nel llosldoesn'l
Powerloodsofl mesbul theywon'tg ve regisle/ lhot themodems connecled) or
cho.gethep,efs.Whynor?
sl.vc Cld.l9
3. I hoveo Peitiumloprop,wouldmyAmigo
be obe lo ielwo* withlhe optopvio o
wollStovs,
w€con't 3com PCMCIA netwo{ cord(onefo' lhe
rcollyshowyouhowlo Amigoondlhe olhertor ihe loplop)using
rocr€otssomaon6olsorshord C oonlot new(ish)Amiso-PCExplorer?
w o * , bul l cdn l €l l yo! thotl hi t WholwouldI hovelo do, or wo! d ii
hordworohockis bo.6dorcundo lil6 nosry confisoreikelf (don'lworr/obout
thot is porl otth6 CN6td€vic6div6r rheP C -sde)?
distribution for PCMCIAn.two.k cordr,ond
it includ.sdetoilsof how to c.6olothk kind 4. Wholsoltwore wo! d you recommend for
of fix. Th6fil€ hosbe6nincludodon this lhe lilernel? | hoveobsollteyno ideo
monlh'sCD for you ro look ot, bul b6o. in howAmiTCP works,burwolld ke10
mindlhot w6loka no rcrponribilit if you k.ow osAweboid lBrowse looklike
do ony domog6oI ony sod through feollygoodprogroms(l useVoyoger wilh
otl€mplinglo 6x6cut6lhishockyou|solt.

"...we
can'lreally
showyouhowto 5.show
Simcity2000 w not loodl I continlesto
on eriorme$ogesoy.g lhotlheres o
recreate
someoneelse's
hardwork..." music prog@m wo* ng in lhe bockgrcuid,

,rcb1.m.,rlp. youdllk. ro
li.d.Plhcov..e. ol r p.dlcul.r
p@bl.n,tl.i.. ..nd rh.n ro:
s Ah€h.nv.ly,+m.rrth.m io th.
turu@!mlsmnv..com
o
burI hove(otoneslose).enomed
qusstms
0oo8dm8
Helloiher€. hovebeeno loithlu
suppoder oflhe An go snce
wostei yeorsod (probobly
ai@d becolseil woslhe Int compuler
thotlcood reo y use),oid iherefore
loveitl
I hoveseverolquesiionslo osk:
I. h o v eo n AI 200,68030/40MHlz, 8M8
R AM,l .2GBfD rl nni nsOS3 0 ond
wo,kinson my 14" coour Wl I know
ihol l'm MAD,rlnningit on o W ) | bodly
needoi !p9rode,bo he qleslioi is
whch woydo r!rn? Do I so {or the 3D
grcphicscods ond occee.olots, or tick it
Wo*benchSbnup,@moveio p'osrcms
lromlhe Siodlpseqlences ondllrnedoff
theelnd prefs,blt lhesomeedormessoge
comeLip.li usedio worklwoyeorsogo bui
d@sn'lnoq ondihedsksoreline,be.ouse
theprogrominslolsperled\a
wouldbe grolefulforonyo.swersto lhese
qlestions,ond I wouldlod keio el yo!
knowlhol thise-moi wosdoneon my
Amigo,whichs now l4 yeo6old, b!] n
{osrerthonmostol lhe PCsthotI hoveusedl
Oh, bylhewo, greolmoglI feollyenioy
everysecondreodingt
Ooniel Auslin,
vio ..moil.

ttrhlt dotlly moil?

@ mrornw,* 12

l. lf yo! wonl to woit lor ihe AmiJoecod
thot is entirelyup to you, bul il k
proboblygoododvi.eto lhink oboul
whotyou needfrcm you. compller now,
o.d rnokede(ision,bosedoi whol i5
ovoildblgol lh. momcnt.otheM 5eyo!
couldwoit lorcv.t The,cit o new run ol
lh. curonl phoe 5 d.'gn.d PPC
occoloro106 ond cohPrcn.nto.y
grophk! codr thot rhooldhovehil ih.
sh6lw! by lhc ti6c yo! rcodrhis.so lhey
moy b6 youronly <hoic. Foro monilor
you hov6on olhon.ndl.se choice,but
you couldchcckovl th€ .dc.tiv.
monitorf6otul. v. did ,n isu. 5
2. lthink you llfind tho he d.mo i5
^w.b
only o locolvc6io.. ond won l octlolly
novigoiothe w.b oao33o n.rwo.k.Thk
is th. som6veRion ute {or our CO's.
-.
3. Eth.m6tnetwodingo(ots ih.so two
platfomsi! e.lnely plousib€,ond isnl
too dil{kultto sel !p S.l up ih€ TCP
{o<k on the Anigo ond iniliotothe
<onn€ction. On.e you gel lhe iwo
mochinosro 'Ping .och olh6rlho
conn€clions wo*in9, lhen you could
followour SomboMosl6rclois {iom issuo
4lo g.t lh€ Amigoto oppoorin th. PC's
N.iwo* Neishbo.hood.
EithorPow€.
Computingor
Ey6tochwill b6
Cloonto'sExplororis much€osi.r
to s6t up, bul morc limited.
.1.lfyou didn'l hov6ony
sofr,ore I wouldh.orlily
rccommend tho Neiconn€c1 3
pockosewhichi! gl6ot volue,includins
rosistered v66ionsof olllhe Vopo'Wore
progrcms.S6€;n9os you olreodyhoveo
TCPstockond o brovser, it dependson
whol6lseyou wontto do with lhe'nel.
_o
lelou v slaona Cyberysion?
hovosomelhingrunningliom your
nortup riph lhot couldbs lockinglhe
oudiochonnelt.Tryboolingup withoul
nodup-sequence fromthe EorlyEoot
Screen(holdingdownbolh mo0se
bunons)ond lh€n rlod Simcliytom thg
initiol5hell.Thereshouldnl be ony other
5off*.rc runningot thi! po nl, so if tho
prcblemp€.sislsil couldbe o prcblom
with lh€ hordwo.e,unJodunotoly
"...allmymates
askwhyI bother
spending
all
mym0ney 0na machine w01k..."
thaldoesn'l
Ahhoughboinsnowh6rcn66. o 3lol. or
th€ orl mochin6,lh€r6is 3lillo lol ol us3
16fiin lhs ClossicAmisoso long os you
don't n..d occosslo oll lh6 lol$t formots
ond gom.s. w6'r6 slod lo heoryou0.6
onioyinslh6 mogorin€- w6lry our hod€rl
crnd|0scrnm
Pleose help.esloremyfoilh ii
lhe Amigo.ForyeoE,I hoveplr
@
@!r
! p w th P ol scree.modes
becolseI coud.'l ofiofd
ony'hinsel*. | {inollyrookihe
pl0ngeo colple ol monlhsogo
ond spenlsomese.iouscoshupgrcding.
My sel-upoowconsisis ol on Amigo
1' 1 2 00kev l D l l , A pol l o1240w i l h
32MBRAM,8x CD-ROMd.ive,
4.2G8horddrive,24busboord ond
CV64l3Drunnns Cybe€rophxv4.
Recenlyl'vehod loodsof *lup p.oblems,
whichthe nicebok* ot Eyetech hovesorled
oul, blr 'm siillleoringmy hoiro!t. Yousee,
the problems lhoi ollhoughI nowhove
lovelyCGFXsc'eens, whenll comeslo
.unningmy old progromssuchos lmogine4,
ScoloMM300ond VisloPro 0o iome b'rl o
few)| hoveobsolulely no luckot o . ll I lry lo
o
rui themfromo CGFX(reen lhe syslem
locksop. ?-hol" lhink,"ilt opened!p o
PAiscreen." SoI swlchihe screenond-lo
o.d behol d.nothi ns.l sel o fl i cke'of lhe
progfomi. qLresiion os I chongescreens bu1
lholt l. Evenll I chonge1oo notivescreen'
modebe{oreloodng gerlhe someresut.
Now,my synemhoso urililyii
Sys:Prels/Presets co ed cv.vewwhichI
believes supposed to help' bor I doesi't
ll refetsin ilsloo typeslo myseco.dpreh
d.owerloig story- my grohpc cordployed
si y buggeaond lhe ony woylcould ge he
Miggy!p oid r!niing ogoinwosby
instollins o newprefsdrower),bul whenI use
it, il ustglvesne o
I om despolrng - oll my motesoskwhyI
borhefspendng o my mo.eyon o mochne
thotdoesn'lwork ke ir oughtto ond te me
shoud bry o PC' ond l'm indiied lo ogree,
exceplI'm extremely slobborn,ond loveih s
he p meto regolnmy loiih.
Pleose
Poul Wllllom!,
vld ..moll.
Th6 progrdmryou m6nlioned(olongwilh
other) don't lik3 boinspromot€donlo o
CGFXsd6on,I'm ofrcid.ll is difiicuhto loy
why swilchins3cr66ns croshettho mochins
- you couldlry o lol€slupdolool CGFX,
ond lum off ony lyst€m'snhoncemonk,
lik6 MCPor MultiCXlo sooif lher6'! o
roftwor6confli<|.Othstuise,it soundslike
o ho.dworcproblam,but it'5 impossible lo
sugg*t whot withoutmorc inlo.notion.
CV-Vi€wis o piclureviewer,so why il's
storcdin pr6fs/prcrets is o tol6l mynery.lt
wouldb€ muchbenerofi in o generol
locotionlik3 Sys:Tools or Sys:utililios,
ond
!6tting ils looltypeslo u56tho RTG,creens
shouldvielddecenl.esulls
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cickson o linkond seh o webpose.
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onglogesuppoded by theseryer;C/C+ +,
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used Rebois beglniiig lo go n occepronce
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fle lo suliyo!r requlrefreiis- full nstr!clons
ore in lhe {ileos comments. Youcon leove
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tavc?ol lnoll and nawr .ll.nlr, .vcn q
.hol.. ol ICQ proeron. ond po$lbly
lh. b.rl IRCrotlworc on ont.ompul.r.
Edckin 1994,whenlllrsl put myAmigo
2000on ihe'net,lhins!w€r6v€r/ dfie€nt.
we onlyhod one brcws€', A,Mosoic.
rhis wos
o pod of lhe oisjnol Mosoc, whichwos
opensource.Eo y versions w€r6v€rybosic.
Admiriedly rhePCbrcws€rs wercoho mlch
morep miivelhen- frcmeswereoi y iusl
beinsloLJ.chgd
- butAMosoicdidn'leven
slppon imog6ollgnmenlor t€n cenlerng,
leto oneiobles.8ul il wosoun, ond wewere
pleosed lo hovea grophicolweb
I remember
brcwser.
iheAMosoicmoilinglistos beins
o positve ploc8 p3opl€reoly woited il ro
Mosoic urodMUl,notihe I'rllfeotlred
ond relotively
slobleMUlwe !s€ now,bli
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unstobe.Aso resul, monypeoplelound
A-Mosoic lo be unstobe,o thoughm0nyol
theseprobemsdisoppeored whenMU 3.0
wosr€eosed.lslspectmonyofth€ p6op6
thol ronlogoi.siMUllsedlhisveElon.
PossiblywlrhA.{osoc .lhere wercve.y{ew
lofgeprogromsihol Lrssd MUllhei. You
don'llo€et thotsorlof sxperisnce
quickly.
ilore lhal a brousor
Mosioflhe olhersofiwore we hod oiihe rime
ol lvt{osoc consistedof podsol U.ix
progroms or developmenls o{ BBSso{iwors-
w€ didn'ihovethe luxu.ies o{ o TCPslock
rhoiselilsollup olihe clickof o lew bulions.
Themosiup-io-doleTCPslockwoso beio
version of AmiTCP 3.0.
Non€of thosonomby.pomby setup
wizords for lhe hordmenolihe mid-gos,
oh no. Confisurolion o.d selupifvolved
edliig ten Iies, seve.olofihemwlh cryplic
Uoixynomes.However, therewerelwo
benelils:Fnsy, irworked.Monypooplestill
useAmiTCR eilhe.3.obeld,4.0 or lhe
commercio4.3. Usedwilh o deceniPPP
device,slch os lhe o.e wrinenby Nolger
Thln( ghtllnd nourBehom9.
whch olselling
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Krlse,AmTCPh on 6fi€cliv6 oli6moliveio
ihe curentofierinss.Secondl,ll lo'c€dyou
io leon oboutthe in.er wo ings,oi leoslio
on exrenl.EoryAmigol.l€fnelus6lswere
liks plo.se ng moio sts,lhey.eed6do.
!.dsclondingol howthi.sswo 6d osw€ |
os howto useihemto $en fullporonllol.
Moi ond n6wswersw6llsetued. Therewos
lhe;nevlbbleseleclion of Unixpors,suchos
Em, Tinond Pine(wholisthisihingwithUnix
ond lrees?)Thiswoslhe llrsioreoln wh ch
noliveAmisosoitworebe.omsuseiu.
Pros'ohslikeADMoilondGRnhod bosic
godioohl.onle.ds,onlyAMosoi.wo, flying
lhe MlJl bonne.olthot iime.Amigousers
hod beensendingeochothe.messoges long
belorcthe Iniemelbecdnepopulor,so 8BS
ond Fido.etprogromslikeSpolond THOR
wereodopledlor Inleiretus€.THORwo, o
pow€rfulGU-bosedprogromevenlhei, bLri
il woso nighimore lo selup {o. Internel
ose.
LikeMUl,il slillcorrleslhe eg6q otth;s
eorlyrcpulolion. ffP wossimpe- iherewos
onlyone rcolcholce- ncfip,o commond-line
progrom(slilllhefostest downloodprogrom
Where
arelhsynow?
Mo.y of theseprogromshoveong since
ceoseddeveopment, butthe prcgrommels
ore ni orolnd TheAMosoc code6bego.
workon o newbrowsea coledlSrowse.
Holge.Kfuseweit lrom ppp.devlcs lo Miomi.
AmiTCPwos developed, opdoi€do.d siven
o GUlio becomeGeness.MUI become{or
morelsobe, ohhoughlhis s in pod duelo
lhe higherspecso{ theAmigosit h nowrun
on. THORdoesihe somelob os it lsed lo,
ond o lol mor besides,ond hosbecomeldr
moreslrcghfotuordro selup. TheAmigo
podsol Pioeond T n ole siil updotsdlrom
line lo I me,despileihe prolllerulion
of GUI
bosedclienh,somepeoplellill prelerihe
slmpeconsolebosedopprooch10whotis,
ofieroll, o bn-on y mediw.
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look up lhe ch6 eogeof crcolingo wide
rongeof nouveAmigosoiwore,usingthe
siondo'ds developed on otherplofo.msbut
notlhe l€socyofihet code.Sofiworc like
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