• VersCheck V2 has been updated (primarily changes to MUI due to the many changes by VAPOR).
• VersCheck V3 beta is now on the download area. BETA means an incomplete and buggy version.

• Requirements are (68k):
  • a well equipped Amiga (68040/40 or 68060/50, OS 3.5, 32 MB)
  • registered (!) MUI user
  • basic knowledge of astronomy and astronomic terms
  • programming experience in C (C++) and mathematic knowledge is advantegous

From: Bob Scharp bscharp@icon-stl.net
Subject: RE: Classes at Amgia 2K to be up soon
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 06:08:01 -0600 (CST)


Amiga 2K Press Release
March 21, 2000

Just one of the free seminars.


AniMouth Free Seminar

Real time talking character animation. Generate lip
synchronization using the Amiga's narrator device,
and your own IFF images, animbrushes and sounds.

The program will show how to create an animated mouth
how to assemble and synchronize the graphic and sound
elements We will show realistic character speech in real
time, even with limited resources. How sounds can be
imported to be triggered in sync with the mouth movement.
AniMouth allows you to animate any voice you can digitize.
Using ARexx, AniMouth can even allow importing mouth
positions into 3D programs, such as Lightwave.

Teachers:
  Lisa M Lewis president Rocky Mountain Amiga Users
  Bill Cate professional character artist animator
  Walter Bowie developer AniMouth
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Our class and event schedule is nearing completion.
We will post it in a day or so. Here's just one of
the interesting classes you can attend.

Others seminars and classes will cover Millenium,
ImageFX, ARexx GUI, Image Transfers, Avoiding and
handling spam & scams, UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply)
by Best Power, Providing HELP screens in programs,
UPS programming, and Art & Animation with Erick Schwartz.

This isn't a complete list, so check the "Schedule"
page at Amiga 2K's web site at:

  http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html

Just click on the "Events" button to see the whole listing.

Regards,
Bob Scharp

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      A M I G A   2 K   M E S S A G E   T O   D E V E L O P E R S

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               A M I G A   W E S T   C O A S T   S H O W

            A M I G A   F O R M A T   D I E S   A S   . . .

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             L O W E R   P R I C E   O N   I N F R A B O X

             V A P O R W A R E   A U T O M A T E D   F A Q

Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Lots of material for you today, and a question. Below is the latest
Executive Update from the Amiga Inc. web site. We've been carrying
these for some time as they are the definitive "word from the top" in
the Amiga community. However, these updates are easily found at the
Amiga web sites, and do take up considerable space in "Amiga Update",
sometimes displacing other items. So we wonder - what would our
readers prefer? Should we continue to carry these very important
announcements, or should we just let you know when one has been
issued? Let us know your thoughts - we'll be listening.
 There's an amazing amount of information on Amiga publications in
this issue, including some interesting information in the Executive
Update. Over in Britain, what may have been the premier Amiga magazine
worldwide, "Amiga Format" has folded. This is a tremendous loss.
However, in what almost looks like "out with old, in with the new", a
new magazine for the UK has been announced. It's not quite an even
trade though - surely the new publication will have to prove itself to
gain the respect "Amiga Format" had. We wish them luck in doing just
that.
 Finally, in Germany there's a new Amiga publication being launched.
Here's what the execellent Czech Amiga News site has to say about it:

 "The german newssite amiga.topcool.de plans to publish a new German
printed amiga-magazine. If amiga.topcool.de get 200 preorders of the
first issue, the magazine will release in Summer 2000."

 Contact them at:
http://homepages.go.com/~amigaistcool/ausgabe.htm
 We hope you enjoy this issue, and hope to see some of you at Amiga 2k
in St. Louis soon!
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:


3 Mar 2000

Hi:

 Please, if at possible try to help me out by passing this message on
to the U.S. Amiga community at large. I am looking for an Amiga
programming genius that can help to restore a lost partition of my 400
meg Quantum Lightning, that I use in my Amiga 3000.

 In a nut shell, attempting to format a 100 meg Zip at 2:30am, I made
a "minor" mistake and started reformatting the HD. Recognizing what
was going on, I powered the machine down and called in the three wise
men from the now defunct Amiga club. They resurrected the corps, and
told me that all of the data is A-OK -, but that the partition went
out to lunch. They felt that the partition data was still encoded on
the HD, but did not know were to look. I don't have much money to
spend, but would like to trade an Amiga 3000 for the service. There is
one more truly minor problem with another HD (murphy's law) that would
take to much time here to list. But again, it is a minor problem.

 If you happen to know someone in particular who might be willing to
help then send me a quick E-mail.

 Thank you very much,
~~~~~~
Mike,
 Sounds like you have a problem. Can anyone help? Please send
information to "Amiga Update" and we'll pass it on quickly.
 Brad
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26 Feb 2000

What about the new BVision? I am Italian and proud owner of a Power
towered A1200 with PPC. I need a BVision. How can I buy it and where?
Best regards.

Prof. Mimmo P.
~~~~~~
Professor Mimmo P.,
 Another question I'm going to have to pass to the readership. It's a
good thing we have knowledgable readers. Anyone have an answer?
 Brad
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March 10, 2000

Dear Friends:

 With all of the continuing rumors out there, one would think that we
were gone, or just spending the money that we raised on homes in
Hawaii, or doing nothing.

 I can assure you that this is not the case. As mentioned in the
previous update, if you do not read it here do not believe it.

 This months letter is going to be a long one, and I apologize in
advance for the length. There is a lot of information here so take
your time.

 Recently I received an e-mail message that brought to my attention a
sad reality.

 When Gateway purchased Amiga in 1997 they made many promises, and in
fact there were 6 different product announcements during their tenure.
I was involved with two of them, QNX, and Linux.

 While I believed that we were going to deliver on the two product
versions that I was involved in, they did not materialize, and it has
hurt many of you. The decisions to change or alter either of these
announcements was not mine, but I was a part of the team that was
involved in both. For this I am very sorry.

 It is because of the reasons mentioned above that I promised not to
say anything or announce anything until it was done, and ready.

 I know that this is difficult, especially with the number of great
people and Amiga companies who are feeling the continued strain, but I
did not want to have us all go through any more false starts, and
undelivered dreams.

 April 1, 2000 is the date, and St. Louis is the place. This is the
first opportunity for ``your'' Amiga company to present, demonstrate,
speak, and see the first product to come out of Amiga - The new
Developer System. In fact one lucky show attendee will win one of
these systems.

 With all of the above said; Another month, and a great deal of work
has been completed. Many of you believe nothing is happening, I can
assure you that a great deal has been occurring.

 Amiga - ``So the World May Know''.

 There have been some great new hires, many new partnerships and great
progress as we are moving forward. There is more information about
them mentioned below.

Partnerships

Tao-Group

 The first of course was the announcement with Tao-Group which has
been moving along great. In St. Louis we will be showing the first
round of the Amiga/Tao system. There is a great deal of work to be
done, but we are far enough along to launch the new developer system
for Tao at the show.

Haage & Partner

 We have entered into a long term relationship with H&P that will
provide API's and a path towards to the future OS. This includes new
updated versions of Storm IDE. They have also committed to porting all
of their software to the new platform.

 We are also excited to work with H&P on a new version of the WarpOS
that will allow the new Amiga to run on PPC accelerator cards. This
means that an Amiga that has a PPC card running WarpOS will be able to
run the new Amiga on that card! That's right. The new Amiga running on
the current A1200s!

 More on H&P will become public as we continue to move forward and
work through the testing programs.

 We are very excited about this relationship.

Hyperion

 Hyperion and Amiga have entered into an agreement for the porting of
the existing and new games to the new Amiga. This along with the great
work that Ben and his team have done in working on a new 3D gaming
engine for the new Amiga. They have been working very closely with the
Amiga development team and Tao-Group to make the development of games
for the Amiga a cut above the rest. We are very pleased to be have
them as members of the new team.

Epic Marketing

 Thomas Steiding has been a great supporter from the beginning. Epic
has announced that not only will they be making their games available
on the new system, but that they have secured the rights for many new
games. More on Epic with a follow on announcement later.

 There are many more partnerships that will be revealed in St. Louis
with even more exciting news.

E-Mails

 Where to start. I continue to receive hundreds of e-mails everyday,
and while I am not the only one on the team who seems to be living on
e-mail, we have not been able to answer as many as we would like.

 We are listening, and working on many of your comments. Here are some
of your concerns and what we have been doing to help:

Phase 5 and their recent changes.

 We have been in contact with Mr. Thomas Dellert, and Mr. Stefan
Domeyer, and we are working with both DCE, and Met@box to provide
solutions for the Amiga market and we expect some great news soon. I
can say that the conversations have been going very well, and we look
forward to working towards an exciting future with both of these
companies.

 One of the key benefits with the relationships that we have been able
to strike with both of these firms is their long term commitment to
Amiga.

 According to our initial conversations, and project plans we are
working to ensure that the new Amiga will run on both of the PPC
boards supplied by these companies.

 We will be providing more detail in product announcements from both
firms.

 Dealer and distributors have been contacting us about their current
situations and future plans.

 In response to the many requests we have created the Amiga Dealer
Network, or ``A D N''. Randy Hughes our VP of Sales (more about him
later) sent out an e-mail message to over 300 dealers, and the
response has been fantastic. Many dealers are ready to begin carrying
the Amiga again, and more are very excited about the future. The A D N
is a way for us to better communicate our plans, hear concerns, and
work together to create a stronger Amiga. As I am sure that you will
see there are great things to come from the A D N.

 Remember that we plan on being able to run the New OS on PPC boards.
Does your machine support that option?

Developers and the future development plans.

 Training sessions at Tao-Group have been continuing for some months
now, and we have a better relationship today than when we started, and
we are more convinced than ever that our decision was the right one.
There will be opportunity in St. Louis for others to see the
Tao-System at work, and we look forward to seeing all of you there.

 We also will be having a developer meeting in St. Louis on March 31st
at 7:00pm. This is a developer only meeting, and we will be giving
information about the hardware, software tools, and the developer
support program. We know that there is going to great interest in this
seminar to plan ahead and get there early as space is limited.

 Please check the St. Louis show site, and the Amiga sites for more
information.

Communication with the Amiga Community.

 We have contracted with Equinox Design to create the new ``Amiga
World'' newsletter. This will be available for free to all of the
Amiga community.
 Initially this will be made available via the Internet from our new
website and then (if demand merits) we will make a printed version.
This is not in anyway in competition with the existing Amiga
publications that currently are in print. This instead is targeted as
a newsletter designed as a vehicle to help the community communicate
better together. The Editor of Amiga World is Fletcher Haug, the
former Editor and Publisher of the Amiga Informer. The first edition
should be available within the first two weeks of April.

 There are no advertisements, and we are using this as another method
to get information out to all of you, and to help the publications
that we have today.

More Communications with the Amiga Community.

 As mentioned in the past update, I have reactivated the AAC. There
have been some great discussions and great ideas to come out of the
conversations to date, and they will be a great help in the future as
we move forward. The members of the AAC are:

Christoph Dietz
Carsten Schroeder
Coner Kerr
Andrew Elia
Bill Panagouleas
Craig Delahoy
Ben Vost
Wayne Hunt
Don Hicks
Goetz Ohnesorge
Gary Peake
Kermit Woodall
Holger Kruse
Thomas Frieden
Juergen Haage
Thomas Raukamp
Heinz Wrobel
Wayne Martin
Thomas Svenson
Jeffery Rose
Randhir Jesrani
Trish Zlotek
Tom Lively
Cade Hannan
Luca Danelon
Guenter Horbach
Ian Greenaway
David Law
Paul Lesurf
Bill McEwen
Christian Kemp
Basil Flinter


 We will soon be reactivating their aac.amiga.com mail accounts.

New Faces for the Team

 There are many new people at Amiga, and we are excited about the team
that we are continuing to build. Below you will find some specific
detail on certain team members, here you will find the names and
descriptions of the folks that I get to work the most closely with.

 Randall P. Hughes - VP Sales and Strategic Business Development

 Randy comes to us after being the VP of Sales at a very exciting Java
technologies company ThinWeb. Randy and I worked together when he was
my primary contact at QNX. He is a very skilled person with
backgrounds in Banking, and technology. Randy understands the Amiga,
and what the future brings. He has had business dealings with some of
the strongest technology companies in the world. He was the person
that QNX selected to open their first office in California. I know
that you will enjoy meeting him in St. Louis.

Now the official comments that will be going up on the web site later;

 Mr Hughes comes to Amiga directly from a Java based start up where he
headed the sales and alliances function from inception to its filing
for IPO on the NASDAQ exchange.

 Randy was initiated to the Amiga community as the lead manager
responsible for the relationship with Amiga during his tenure at QNX
where he headed the expansion to Silicon Valley and into Southern
California.

 Randy was first and foremost a financier from his days at notable
Canadian financial institutions, namely the Bank of Montreal and Royal
Bank.

 Randy was educated at the University of Ottawa, Canada and at
Marlborough College in England.

Vincent P. Pfeifer - VP of Operations

 Vince and I worked together for several years at ConnectSoft. Vince
has an incredible ability to deliver products. I have seen him time
and again walk into extremely difficult situations with very hard
headed engineers and stupid marketing people, and deliver amazing
products. I am very pleased that he has agreed to join us.

Here is his official web site description;

 Vince Pfeifer has 14 years experience in the computer industry with
the last 12 spent in the software area. Vince joins us from GraphOn
Corporation where, as Vice President of Product Development and
General Manager of GraphOn's Seattle based operations, he oversaw all
Engineering resources for GraphOn's multiple development sites. During
his tenure at GraphOn, sales tripled while product offerings doubled.
Additionally, Vince helped oversee the merger that made GraphOn a
publicly traded company whose Market Capitalization quadrupled in
under a year.

 Vince has hands-on experience building and managing software
development operations as well as product management organizations.
Vince has experience with both startup organizations (ConnectSoft,
Exodus Technologies, GraphOn) as well as more established companies
(Symantec).

Why I joined Amiga, by Vincent P. Pfeifer

 Other than the belief that Bill McEwen could sell ice cubes to
Eskimos, I joined Amiga to take on the challenge of turning a
company's name and image that has become somewhat dated here in the
United States into a top level, respected company in the computer
industry. As I am coming off a successful venture in helping turn
GraphOn into a publicly traded company with record revenues from the
position of Vice President of Product Development, I was ready for a
new set of responsibilities in more areas than Product Management and
Engineering.

 Amiga offers a challenge that I look forward to: build a company from
the bottom up with the benefit of having name recognition and some
technology already in place.

 It is an opportunity to do something that I have wanted to do since
my early days at 5th Generation when I sat on the Tech Support phones
and listened to average users try to use relatively complicated
software. I know that it sounds like a religious crusade, but I want
to make computers easier for the masses, and with my position at
Amiga, I have an opportunity to help influence that vision
significantly.

Gary Peake - Director of Developer Relations and Support

 My favorite man from Texas. Gary has already put thousands of hours
of his life to support the Amiga, and the community worldwide. Now he
has joined our team in delivering his years of experience and
affection for the Amiga in supporting the efforts of the Amiga
community.

Tarah Mallo - Reception and Office

 Tarah is our first line of communication to the outside world. She
has been working with the development team gathering information and
support. As well as helping me to get organized. I will state for the
record that the pictures of the original office were taken ``before''
she joined. Say hello to Tarah the next time you call.

Kari Erickson - Executive Administration

 Kari is the person who will keep my life and travel plans in order.
She is who you will get to speak to first before getting me, or any
other member of the executive team. Kari joins us after leaving one of
the very prestigious law firms here in the Seattle area, and I am sure
that you can already feel her pain in having to deal with me on a day
to day basis.

Susan Sutton - Director of Finance and Human Resources

 Susan is going to take over the collection of funds, and the paying
of bills.
 She is also the person who gets to deal with all of the employee
complaints about Fleecy. Just kidding there are more complaints about
me, than there are Fleecy.

Gordon Stone - Director of Information Services and Information
Technologies

 We refer to Gordon as the network man. Gordon got his start in
computing by upgrading Amiga memory for recording studios in Oregon.
He has since moved onto operating numerous systems, and is versed in
all that is connectivity. Gordon actually will start in two weeks, but
we wanted to introduce him now.

Operations in Germany - New Members on our team

Markus Grohmann - Order processing and EDP

 Markus already has a family history with Amiga, as his brother used
to work with us in Braunschweig. We look forward to working with
Markus.

Barbara Nitzsche - Executive Assistant to Petro

 With the addition of Barbara to our team in Germany we will be able
to have Petro out more. Next time you call Langen say hello to Barbara
and welcome her to Amiga.

Members of the Development Team

 Dean Brown - Dean founded DKB weeks after the first A1000 came out
and then spent the next 15 years designing and producing all manner of
add ons, expansion cards and accelerators for the whole range of Amiga
computers. He brings a deep understanding of the spirit and reality of
the Amiga hardware, along with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of
current and future projects. He will use this to help Amiga and its
partners create multiple hardware platforms for the future.

 Dave Taylor - Dave is another scouser, from Liverpool, UK, although
he supports the wrong football team. He has spent the last ten years
designing and implementing distributed manufacturing, control, and
eCommerce systems for small, medium, and large companies across the
globe, on Mainframe, Unix and Windows architectures. The last 3 years
have seen him concentrating on distributed systems, databases, and n
tier commercial systems. He brings commercial world experience,
eCommerce expertise and formal methods with a refreshing new look on
architecture to the company, and was also brave enough to try
snowboarding with Wouter and myself.

 Wouter van Oortmerssen - Wouter is a tall, dutch, quake master
currently completing his doctorate at Southampton University. He has
been an Amigan since the early 1990's and is most well known for the
excellent Amiga E language and compiler that grew from a research
project into a professional system. He is bringing a fresh look at
language, conversation and interaction in the new Amiverse.

 Andreas Kleinert - Andreas has worked for the last few years
producing public domain, shareware, and commercial applications for
the Amiga, PC and UNIX markets. For the Amiga market, Andreas
concentrated on various graphics and datatype systems before taking up
the challenge of lead developer for the SuperBase database product
line. His deep knowledge of data storage, retrieval and indexing is
core to creating a self describing and multi dimensional amiverse.

 Trond Werner Hansen - Some people are leg men, others are face men.
Trond is most definitely a face man - INTERFACE man 8-) Over the last
seven years he has moved from small programs to enhance workbench,
through completely reimplementing layers.library as SuperLayers, to
developing a NG Amiga workbench system. With configurability and
simplicity being central features for the Amiverse, Trond will be
helping to redefine presentation and participation in digital worlds.

The Amiga Developer Support Network Crew!

Gary Peake <gpeake@amiga.com>

 Gary has used and beta tested on most Commodore/Amiga computers from
the Vic-20 to the A3000. His organizational, design, and testing
skills will be a valuable asset to providing a unique, forward looking
online developer support system that will set many "firsts" in the
computer industry. And his association with Team Amiga will enable
Amiga Inc. to provide a valuable multi-national scope to Amiga
Developer Support. Gary has many years of experience with online web
applications and will utilize his experience to provide an evolving
Developer Support structure that will grow with us and our Amiga
developers. Gary is also a current member of the 3D Development Team.

 Gary will host our first Amiga DevCon in St Louis on Friday March
31st and will be there to answer questions on an individual basis
through April 2nd. The full program details will not be announced
until then, but all developers wishing more information should contact
Gary Peake at gpeake@amiga.com .

 For information on the time and place of the DevCon contact Bob
Sharpe at bscharp@icon-stl.net

Ray A. Akey <rakey@amiga.com>

 Ray is the creator of CNet BBS for the Amiga Classic and has been
programming for the Amiga for a number of years. Ray's understanding
of all areas of product development from concept to coding to testing
to finished product gives us a unique look at all areas of Amiga
Developer Support needs. Ray's experience with Internet application
programming will prove extremely helpful for the future of the Amiga.
Ray will also be assisting in maintaining some of the online systems
we will employ. Ray currently lives in Canada.

G'o'tz Ohnesorge <gotz@amiga.com>

 G'o'tz is one of the most aware Amigan's I know in dealing with
cutting edge products and issues. He has been an Amiga user since they
were first available. G'o'tz is a quick study on high-end multimedia
and new technologies. His expertise in getting the facts quickly and
succinctly will aid us in all areas of developer support. He will be
assisting in keeping information current and available for new
developers in the several online systems we will be providing.
G'o'tz's knowledge of several languages will help the new Amiga
Developer Support System to be truly multi-national. He is a current
member of the Amiga 3D Development Team, as well. G'o'tz currently
lives in Germany.

Jonas Gustavsson <jonas@amiga.com>

 Jonas is a long time Amiga user and has excellent experience in
programming, testing and using high-end digital/multimedia
applications. He has worked with 64 bit Alpha's under heavy
multi-media use. Jonas' primary areas of interest is digital graphics,
high-end multimedia, video editing and titling, and he has experience
working in the commercial tv and movie industry as well. Jonas speaks
several languages as well and will be an exceptional asset to the
Amiga Developer Support System in assisting us to be multi-national.
He is also currently a member of the Amiga 3D Development Team. Jonas
currently lives in Sweden.

More information.

 We have spending a great deal of time on infrastructure and getting
ready for the next wave.

New Building!

 One of the first problems was in the area of Real Estate, we
currently are in 600 feet with us bulging out the walls, and being
located outside of a car wash has its benefits, but it is still rather
annoying with all of the car stereos going at the same time outside
your front door.

 We are in the process of moving to our new world headquarters in
Snoqualmie, Washington. The new address will be;

Amiga Incorporated
34935 SE Douglas Street
Suite 210
Snoqualmie, WA  98065
USA

Telephone number  +001 425.396.5660
Facsimile number +001 425.396.6551

 We officially open the doors and are up and running on March 15th,
2000. However we will begin moving equipment, phones, servers, etc on
Monday March 13th, 2000. This means that it may be more difficult to
get in touch with over the next few days. We apologize in advance for
any hardship this may cause.

New Web Site!

 This is one of the number one items on the list, and the largest
number of ``comments'' that we receive from the community.

 We have been in process building a new web site for some weeks. The
difficulty has been server location and time. We have now addressed
both of these issues and we plan to have a new site up in the next
couple of weeks.

 A web site is a constant work in progress, so we look forward to your
comments, and will continue to try and enhance the experience.

Final thoughts.

 This letter does not cover all of the activities that are and
continue to take place. There is so much more happening that I could
spend days writing and still not keep up with it all.

 We are extremely busy here, and could not be having more fun. The
company and the people who have contacted us to support what we are
doing have been in many cases overwhelming. We have several more
partnerships that we are going to be announcing in St. Louis, and we
hope to see as many of you there as possible.

 I recently asked a long time Amigan, and a member of the select team
that worked with Jay directly the reason that Jay started this
venture. I have heard many ideas as to what Jay ``really'' wanted to
do, and many e-mails inform me that they know what Jay had planned all
along. While I never had the chance of either meeting, or speaking
with Jay I thought I would ask.

 Simply stated ``Jay wanted to build the greatest home computing
experience ever, for under 500.00''. I can tell you that his dream
still lives with every member of this company, and we will deliver on
his dream.

 I thank each and every one of you for your continued support, and
look forward to the future.

 Keeping the faith,

Bill McEwen, and the rest of the Amiga team
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         G I F T S   A T   A M I G A   2 K   B A N Q U E T

March 9, 2000

 Amiga Inc. will be giving away a special gift to the first 250
attendees of the BANQUET. That's right, a free gift for attending what
is already one of the highlights of the Amiga 2K show.

 Come to the banquet, be one of the first 250 attendees, and receive a
free gift from Amiga Inc. Sorry - can't say what it is, but I know you
will be proud to have it.

 Oh yes, did you hear... Amiga Inc. is donating a "Developer System"
as a door prize, in addition to a Amiga 1200. Another A1200 will be
given in a separate raffle Saturday as well, courtesy of Amiga Inc.

 Don't forget to get your money in for the Banquet tickets. Mail a
check or money order for $35 US to:

Amigan-St. Louis
PO Box 672
Bridgeton, MO 63044

 Admission to Amiga 2K is in addition to the Banquet cost. It is as
follows:

Two day admission - In Advance = $17 At door = $20
One day admission - In Advance = $12 At door = $15
Class tickets will be sold at the show only.

WOW! Amiga 2K is going to be HUGE!
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     A M I G A   2 K   M E S S A G E   T O   D E V E L O P E R S

March 8, 2000

Attention Developers,

 Developers wishing to develop for the newest and most experienced of
the "Multimedia" and "Digitally Enlightened" Computers of the last two
decades. Here's your chance to sink your teeth into development on a
platform that is fun, challenging and with a known name in multimedia
and video.

 Amiga Inc. will conduct their first "Developers Conference" at the
Amiga 2K show in St. Louis, MO. USA. If you are a current, past or
future potential Developer for the Amiga Computer platform, you need
to attend this conference.


 Amiga Inc. will have all of their executives present to discuss the
platform and answer questions. Experienced Amiga staff will present
the "One on One" sessions. You need to attend, to get a hands on
perspective of the newest and best platform development systems.

 To be accepted for this conference, you must fill in the "Developers
Form." Upon acceptance, you will be notified by Amiga Inc. Upon entry
to the conference, you will be required to show a photo ID, and sign a
NDA (non-disclosure agreement).

Schedule of Conference

Friday March 31st,  6 PM - 8 PM - Introduction and discussions
Saturday April 1st, 2 PM - 4 PM - One on one meetings
Sunday April 2nd, 10 AM - 12 PM - One on one Meetings

 Please go to the Amiga 2K show site,
http://www.amiga-stl.com/show.html click on the "Developers Form" link
and fill out the form. Amiga Inc. will review your form and email you
as to your acceptance for this conference.
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 W H A T ' S   U P   W I T H   W O R L D   O F   A M I G A   2 0 0 0 ?

15 Feb 2000

 "Once again, the UK will be the centre of Amiga attention this
summer. The giant World Of Amiga machine has been activated once again
... show will be happening in late June/early July.

 Why are we going for a summer slot ? Quite simply because Amiga have
asked us to book those dates. You can be sure that they have something
exceptional to show this time round... but you'll just have to trust
us because we're keeping extra quiet until then! As always, the show
is taking place with Amiga's full support ... etc, etc."

http://uk.amigasoc.org/news/woa2000start.html
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           A M I G A   W E S T   C O A S T   S H O W

15 Mar 2000

The Amiga West Coast show, AmiWest 2000 is shaping up!

That's right!

 The AmiWest committee is proud to announce we are again hosting this
year's show in Sacramento, California, at the popular Holiday Inn,
Sacramento NorthEast, 5321 Date Avenue Sacramento, CA 95841, on
Saturday, July 29th and Sunday, July 30th, 2000. The Holiday Inn venue
proved to be such a hit for last year's show that we are again holding
it there.

 Show times are Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 10am-4pm.

 AmiWest is in it's third year and is the only all Amiga show produced
on the West Coast. The show has proved very popular for Amiga
enthusiasts in the Western United States.

 With the recent purchase of the Amiga by Amino (renamed Amiga
Corporation) from Gateway, the Amiga appears to be on an upswing. The
new Amiga Corporation is headed by Bill McEwen who can be remembered
by participants at both AmiWest'98 and AmiWest'99 as a very
enthusiastic supporter of the Amiga. Also part of the Amiga team are
long time Amigans Fleecy Moss and Petro Tyschtschenko.

 You can learn more about AmiWest 2000 by accessing our web page at:

    http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/

 If you are interested in exhibiting at AmiWest 2000, please submit
the form that is provided on our web page. We need to know early who
will be exhibiting. Booth sizes and pricing is yet to be determined;
however, by submitting the form on our web page you will receive an
exhibitor packet with all necessary forms and information when the
packet becomes available.

 Special booth pricing will be available for user groups.

 This weekend event will again showcase the progress that IS the Amiga
Community.

 Information on AmiWest 2000 will also be at the A2K show in St. Louis
April 1 and 2 as part of the AEMail booth exhibit. If you're at the
show stop by the AEMail booth and pick up an information packet.
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         A M I G A   F O R M A T   D I E S   A S   . . .

 It's been a very sad month for me. Since I found out that AF was to
close, I've had nothing but sleepless nights and now you've all found
out in the worst way possible, when I thought I should be the one
breaking the terrible news. Future's policy was to keep silent until
the issue had finally gone to press, but now there seems little point,
and in a way, I'm glad - there was nothing worse than me having to
prevaricate about subscriptions or future plans for Amiga Format.

 The closure of Amiga Format means the end of an era for me. For
thirteen years (pretty much my whole working life) I've been involved
with the Amiga market in some capacity, whether that be in sales,
distribution, freelance consultant and writer, or journalist and
editor on Amiga Computing or Amiga Format. All this time I've been at
the heart of the Amiga market and I've met and got to know some
fantastic people, not least of whom are my readers. I've used some
fantastic software and seen hardware dreams come and go. I've probably
spent in excess of ten grand feeding my obsession and will carry on
using the equipment I have at home for a long time to come. As for
what I will be doing, you have no cause to fear on my or Richard's
behalf: Rich has a job on Linux Format as a staff writer, working with
erstwhile Amiga Format editor Nick Veitch. As for me, I hope you'll
look favourably on Future's new launch - 3D World - where I'll be
deputy editor and the editor of its website. 3D World will be aimed at
professional 3D artists and those looking to get into that market,
whatever the platform. I will be honest and say that although the only
important criterion for inclusion in 3D World is image quality, the
speed at which those images need to be rendered, and the quality of
the support software, means that I don't think there'll be much, if
any, Amiga coverage and that saddens me too.

 For those of you who are subscribers, there's no cause for alarm. We
aren't a fly-by-night company that will let you down when it comes to
dealing with your subscription. All subscribers will get a letter
shortly - included with your final subscription issue, that will
explain all the options.

 As far as any future reincarnation of Amiga Format goes, I am not yet
personally convinced that Bill and Fleecy will be able to achieve all
they want to, but if they do succeed I'm sure that Future Publishing
will be one of the first publishers back into a new thriving Amiga
market, and you can bet I'd want to be back. As such, although my new
job will probably take me into the world of PCs and workstations, you
can be sure I'll keep an eye on what's going on here and I've promised
Bill McEwen I would remain part of the AAC in order to be better able
to tell him where I think he's going wrong. :)

 In the meantime, I don't think that the Amiga market has died, I just
know it's got to the stage where Future Publishing can't sustain Amiga
Format. At the end of the day, the only reasons for this are an
increasing unprofessionalism in the marketplace and a lack of people
willing to part with their money. There are plenty of good dealers out
there that have their customers interests at heart and it's up to you
to make sure that their level of service and support don't go the way
of Amiga Format.

 Just remember, there's still an issue on the shelves right now that
contains all sorts of fantastic info (and Personal Paint 7.1b on the
CD) and our next issue on sale, our last, will be well worth buying
since it will contain a dissection of the Amiga market as the
freelancers and staff on AF see it and a history of AF.

 On a personal note, it's not so easy to convey emotion while writing
an email. Suffice to say that this page would be wet if it were a
letter I was sending to you all.

-------

 I will still be around, even though I shall be working on 3D World
and I look forward to speaking with all of you soon.

All the best,

Ben Vost
Editor, Amiga Format
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        . . .   A   N E W   U K   M A G   I S   B O R N

                        A1200!
New subscription based magazine for hardcore Amiga users.

* Colour, bi-monthly A4 commercial magazine
* Available at over 200 independent retailers
* Cover CD featuring full games and playable  demos
* First with the new developments
* New games reviews every month guaranteed!
* Fanzine style, professionally produced.
* From the makers of Commodore Faction

Pre-order the first issue and you don't pay a penny until it
is received and enjoyed (14 day money back guarantee)

---PAY NO MONEY NOW ---

www.CsandE.co.uk
01993 812685
7 Glyme Close, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1LB

Out every two months
FIRST ISSUE 17/5/00

Single issue price £3.99 UK, £4.99 Europe, £5.99 Rest of World
6 issue subscription (includes membership to the CS&E club!)
£19.99 UK, £26.99 Europe, £34.99 Rest of World

Kind Regards,

CS&E (Crystal Software and Electronics) sales:
7 Glyme Close, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1LB, Great Britain
+44 (0) 1993 812685
visit our website at www.CsandE.co.uk
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                A F D - C O P Y R I G H T   N E W S

4 March, 2000

Hello Amigans!

 The AFD-COPYRIGHT Official Support Site had just today its 1000th
visitor! This shows that there still is interest in the "Standard
Amiga FD-Software Copyright Note".

 The recent visitor boom happened partly due to the fact that so many
Amiga News sites reported about the latest release.

 *Thanks to all news-webmasters for your support!*

 I collected some of the sites on the page "What's New?" If you are
interested, you can visit the AFD-Homepage at:

                     http://AFD.home.pages.de/

 The list of news sites even includes one in Russia - and a Russian
translation will be released as the 15th language soon! Keep the
momentum going!
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    O F   I N T E R E S T   T O   S P A N I S H   A M I G A N S

17 Feb 2000

Madrid Spain

 To broaden the array of services offered to professional
communicators, World Internet S.A. has announced the acquisition of
Free4all.com For an estimated 380 Million Pts. approximatly 2.3
million U.S.D. Free4all.com will continue to provide its Web content
and contests under the Free4all brand name as a division of World
Internet S.A., with President William B. Stanley and Executive Vice
President Mathew S. Johnson continuing to manage Free4all.com from its
headquarters in Mallorca Spain. Joining with World Internet allows us
to provide a fully complete suite of powerful communications services
for our clients," Rickson said. "As media technologies continue to
evolve, our teams will work in tandem to develop cutting-edge,
effective services to help professional communicators reach the
traditional and emerging media and their audiences through
Free4all.com Rickson added. When asked why Internet giants
free4all.co.uk or free4all.com.au were not in the bidding? Rickson
replied: Who?

http://www.free4all.com/
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    N E W   E D I T O R   F O R   A I O   M A G A Z I N E

18 March,2000

 Amiga Information Online, a magazine which is run through a unique
GUI that first started in Amiga Guide in May of 1997 is about to see a
change of Editor.

 The magazine is currently up to issue 33 and is released every month
on a pre-set date. This magazine is also known to be read in 36
countries around the world with a wide reader base spanning many ages
and races.

 The current Editor, Chris Seward of 33 issues will leave as of Issue
33 and will be replaced by Mark Tierno the current Articles Editor of
the magazine. Issue 34 will be released 25th, March 2000 being the
first issue compiled solely by the new Editor, Mark Tierno.

 The magazine will basically be the same although Chris Seward has
left to bring a new lease of life into the magazine and hopefully
allow it to grow to new heights and expand beond what he could
personally bring it to.

 Chris Seward is not leaving the Amiga market and hopes to help in any
other area of the Amiga market starting new projects or helping with
existing ones, if your in need of some help then feel free to contact
him @

 chris@aio.co.uk

 Matters regarding the magazine and all future aspects of the magazine
can be directed to its new editor, Mark Tierno @

 mark@aio.co.uk

 You can download the latest issue of the magazine by visiting its
website,

 http://www.aio.co.uk
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       P R O G R E S S   R E P O R T   -   N E W   U S   M A G

16 Feb 2000

By Bill Griffin

Progress report time!

All the stories for the sample issue of our new Amiga magazine are
ready. But I've hit a small snag. I need some more "up-front" money
in order to get the sample issue printed. Here's why.

The folks I've had to talk to were almost all former "Amazing ..."
advertisers. I didn't realize it then but some of them lost several
THOUSAND dollars when "Amazing..." when belly up. Which means they
don't necessarily have the money to prepay for their ads. So, my
solution is 2-fold.

First of all, I am offering a "head-hunter's" fee. You'll need to
take this Email, place your name and mailing address on it and send it
(Email, mail or take in personally) to where you buy Amiga parts and
accessories (including software). If they place a prepaid ad (any
size) with us prior to April 1, 2000 and give us you name and mailing
address, we will send you $10.

The second part of our solution is to offer the following, outstanding
deal to our fellow Amigans. Our normal subscription rate has finally
been set at $24.95 per year ($34.95 in Canada/Mexico and $44.95 for
the rest of the world). We were originally going to offer a special
"kick-off" rate of $19.95 ($29.95 Canada/Mexico, $39.95 for the rest
of the world). That special would (and will still be good) from March
1 until April 2, 2000.

But, because I am still needing more "up-front" cash for the printers,
I am prepared to make an extra-special offer to those of you who want
a REALLY GOOD DEAL. I am prepare the cut my subscription rates to
$14.95 per year ($24.95 Canada/Mexico, $34,95 for the rest of the
world).

There are 2 small catches, however. First, we are not (as yet) set up
to accept credit cards (as soon as this changes, we WILL let everyone
know). This means that the payments will have to be in check or money
order. Second, the payments will have to be in US funds as none of the
area banks are set up to exchange international currnecy (again, as
soon as this changes, we will let you know).

This special rate will only apply to payments sent to:

     G&G Enterprises
     P.O. Box 447
     Edwardsburg, MI 49112-0447
     USA

And the special rate ($14.95/$24.95/$34.95) will only apply to
subscriptions postmarked by February 29, 2000 and any received with a
later postmark will be returned.

I will Email you a receipt immediately upon receipt of your
subscription and I will immediately send you a voting form for our
"Name Our Magazine contest" along with a SASE. return the vote card by
March 30th and you can help name our new magazine.

NOTICE TO ALL POTENTIAL ADVERTISORS:

For the first 3 issues (after the sample issue), The price on ALL ads
will be open for negotiation. I have a copy of what "Amazing..." was
charging for their ads, but I think they might be kind of high. Help
us set the new prices by Emailing us at wd8izh@beanstalk.net, calling
me at home at 616-663-7827 (although, you will probably get the voice
mail) or paging me at 219-674-7928 (be sure to include your area
code).
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    B E W A R E   -   F A K E   W A R P S P E E D   V E R S I O N

 Domagoj Ozanic has published the following statement about WarpSpeed
0.9b

 "I would like to deny any connection with the "WarpSpeed 0.9b"
software which recently appeared on supposed Peppermind Prd. download
page. This page offered that software as a WarpOS Perfomance enchancer
and in addition offered my email address as a support or author of
that fake software. The address of that site is hosted on Tripod Web
service just like mine which is surely not coincidence, so please
disregard any connection of me or Warp PPC Station with that fake
software."
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       M I T C H Y   P A R T N E R S H I P   A N N O U N C E D

20 February, 2000

        Amiga.org and Haage & Partner to partner on Mitchy


 Amiga.org and Haage & Partner announced today that they will team up
to make Amiga.org's Mitchy Resource Retriever the best possible
resource directory and search engine for Amiga-related information,
resources, and Web sites. Mitchy is a powerful Yahoo-like link
directory with a search function that includes the number of hits for
each resources, a rating system, Top 10 lists, and much more. Mitchy
currently has about 1.000 entries.

 "After the well-known CUCUG Amiga Web Directory was retired at the
end of 1999, we wanted to create a successor of our own," said Markus
Nerding of H&P. "We made a plan and started to investigate suitable
software but then realized that Amiga.org already offered such a
service. Their Mitchy resource retriever had all the features we
wanted to see in such an Amiga directory, and so we stopped our
project and have teamed up with Amiga.org to make Mitchy even better
and well-known to the Amiga community."

 "We started on Mitchy in early 1999," said Wayne Hunt, father and
programmer of Mitchy. "I am just now making some major changes to
improve its usability and performance. This partnership with H&P will
help us to make Mitchy more known to the public, as well as to
increase its contents. For instance, there will be regular raffles for
visitors of our Web site with attractive prizes donated by H&P."
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             M O U S E   W H E E L S   F O R   A M I G A

25 February, 2000

MROOCHECK - New PC Mouse Interface with Wheels support

 ELBOX COMPUTER proudly announces: Mroocheck PC Mouse Interface is a
microprocessor based adapter for attaching any PC mouses, trackballs,
glidepoints and radio-controlled mouses to all models of Amiga
computers.

 MROOCHECK is simply connected between a PC mouse and the Amiga Mouse
port. It supports all PC serial and combo mouses working in the
following protocols: Mouse System format, Microsoft format, Microsoft
format with Logitech extension.

 MROOCHECK converts these serial protocols to the Amiga Mouse Port
format including all the specific features like the middle (3rd)
button support or high resolution. This conversion is made by the
interface microprocessor so NO additional software drivers are
required. The interface start to work simultaneous with computer's
start, so it could be used in the early-startup-menu (unlike the
mouses connected through the serial port).

 MROOCHECK recognizes vertical and horizontal mouse wheels movements
and converts them to Amiga analog joysticks signals.

 Mroocheck.driver converts Amiga analog joysticks signals (of
horizontal and vertical wheels movements) from Mroocheck PC Mouse
Interface to input events for input.device.

 Wheel movements are transmitted independent of (simultaneous with)
mouse movements and three mouse buttons.

 Mroocheck allows scrolling in both directions (horizontal and
vertical), even in mouses fitted only with one wheel!

 Switching directions (from vertical to horizontal) is obtained by
holding the 3rd button simultaneous with the wheel movement.

 MROOCHECK suggested retailed price: EUR 30.00

sales@elbox.com
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         S Q U I R R E L S   M O V E   T O   A N A L O G I C

18 February, 2000

 Squirrel products to be sold and made by Analogic Computers

 We are pleased to announce that the rights to manufacture and sell
the Surf Squirrel, Classic Squirrel and Whippet products have been
sold to Analogic Computers: http://www.analogic.co.uk/

 This means that all marketing, sales and support is now handled by
Analogic.

 Squirrel files will still be available from the HiSOFT ftp server -
ftp.hisoft.co.uk - but without any support from HiSOFT.

Analogic contact details:

Analogic Computers (U.K.) Ltd
Units 6 & 8, Ashway Centre,
Elm Crescent,
Kingston-upon-Thames,
Surrey KT2 6HH.
U.K.
Telephone: +44(0)181 546 9575
Fax: +44(0)181 541 4671
Email: sales@analogic.co.uk

 Please note that the Squirrel names are still owned by HiSOFT.
Analogic has the right to use the names, to manufacture the products
and to sell worldwide.

 We are sure that the Squirrel has found a home where it will be cared
for and this will ensure it a long and happy life :-) Good luck and
best wishes to all at Analogic.
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              A M I C H A T   T O   B E   F R E E W A R E

18 February, 2000

 Well, it's been a while. For quite some time I ceased working on
AmChat out of sheer disgust for the people who pirated it before it
had even been officially released. Now I'm on my way back to
Australia, and things are going to change. I'll have a lot of spare
time to finish off the next AmChat release once I get back, so you can
expect it to be out next month.

A taster of the improvements:

 - Chat (including multi-user chat) with full support for text styles
and IRC-style mode
- Redesigned event display
- More complete user info
- Full logging and history
- Asynchronous file transfer
- Extensive preferences

And best of all... It will be free!
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     A M I T E C H   A D V E R T I S I N G   P R O J E C T

18 February, 2000

The AmiTech Advertising Project: A Progress Report

 Well, its been one week since we first put the word out about our
attempt to give Amiga businesses the chance to get their ad in our
newsletter which will be given to the attendees at the upcoming A2K
show in St Louis. All I can say is so far is WOW! We received
inquiries almost immediately and all were extremely positive! Already
several companies have committed to place ads with us and several more
are under consideration.

 The idea is simple: we are printing a special edition newsletter to
distribute at the A2K show. Your ad can be in the hands of over one
thousand die-hard Amiga users. Just contact us and say "I want to be
in AmiTechs newsletter". We'll tell you how. Take a look at our ad
rates and you'll see why people are saying "yes" to AmiTech special
advertising offer:

Full page: $16.00
Half page: $10.00
Quarter page: $7.00
Business card: $4.00

 All ad prices based on 8 1/2" x 11" page. Black and white or grey
tones.

 Check this list of people who will be advertising with us so far:

CompuQuik -  Ohio Amiga Vendor
Software Hut - Amiga Vendor from Pennsylvania
Turtle Lightning Software - Texas Amiga software vendor
Bob Scharp - source for Amiga Magic Mugs and The St. Louis Amiga Shows
Analogic - UK based Amiga vendor
AudioLabs/Digital Audio Engineering - Home of Sound Pro audio software
Ethan Dicks/Software Results - Home of the GG2+ ISA card for Amiga

 As you can see, some of the major players are on board already.
There's still plenty of room for you! Why not consider placing an ad
with us for the St Louis special? There is no easier way to get your
name out to a dedicated group of people who WILL want to do business
with you. Contact us today!

Thanks for your consideration.

Len Carsner
Secretary/Treasurer - AmiTech Dayton Amiga Users Group
nard@erinet.com
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          B L A C K I R C   1 . 1   I S   F R E E W A R E

14 March, 2000

BlackIRC 1.1 Freeware Edition released

 Innovative's activities move more and more into the graphics-area and
in development of online-applications for servers and enterprises. As
a result our capacities for the further development of BlackIRC don't
last and we now release it as Freeware. The integrated BlackNEWS will
be continued by amiga-news.de. At the same time, we are not able to
give you any more support for BlackIRC as it is now Freeware and
support costs money. If a private person or company is interested in
the further development of BlackIRC, we hand out sourcecode-licences
starting at 5000 DEM.

 BlackIRC is an IRC-Client for the AMIGA, whose abilities are unique
worlwide. E.g., extras like XDCC, Bots, CTCP-Flood-Protection, etc.
are included by standard in the client. Even more, BlackIRC is the
only IRC-Client on the AMIGA, that allows you to do videoconferences.

http://www.innovative-web.de/
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       C L O A N T O ' S   A M I G A   E X P L O R E R   3 . 5

12 Mar 2000

 Amiga Explorer was first released in 1997 as part of the Amiga
Forever package. Version 3.5 is the result of years of refinements and
feedback, and is now being released as a stand-alone product. This new
version includes a revolutionary self-install feature to copy the
Amiga side of the software from the PC to the Amiga with no software
other than a plain Workbench disk (any version from 1.2 to 3.5 - no
internet, no PC filing system, no terminal software required)!

 Amiga Explorer makes it possible to access the resources of an Amiga
computer from one or more Windows systems. The computers may be
physically connected with a "null-modem" serial cable, or via TCP/IP
(e.g. Ethernet cards, or over the internet). Configuration is
extremely simple and by default requires only one or two mouse clicks
on the Windows side.

 Unique features of Amiga Explorer include:

 - Automatic installation of the Amiga side through the same serial
cable later used by the software itself (no additional software
required). Before the release of Amiga Explorer 3.5 this used to be
considered an impossible task!

 - The Windows side can copy to and from the Amiga, and move, rename,
delete, format and examine properties of Amiga files, directories and
volumes through the familiar Windows Desktop and Explorer interfaces

 - Virtual floppy (ADF), hard disk (HDF) and ROM image files, very
useful for archiving and emulation purposes, are created on the fly.
ADF files can be both read from and written to Amiga floppy drives.

 - The Amiga side, including the self-installation part, works with
all Amiga OS versions from 1.2 to 3.5

 - The Windows side works on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me,
Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 (several other data sharing products
do not run on newer versions of Windows!)

 Additional information is available on the Amiga Explorer Home Page
at http://amigaexplorer.com, where the software is available for
immediate download for only $19.95. The sample screenshots on that
page include an exclusive preview of GPSoftware's Directory Opus for
Windows while it accesses an Amiga through Amiga Explorer!
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      L O W E R   P R I C E   O N   I N F R A B O X

14 March 2000

 Price drops to USD 49!

Description

 InfraBox is a hardware module that can send and receive infrared
remote control signals. It connects to your computer, providing you
with a powerful way to control your home entertainment equipment by
software.

 As it can receive as well, you can also control your computer with a
remote control commander.

 Features

 * Infrared transmitter

 o High transmission range (up to 10 metres, 30 feet).

 o Carrier is (de)modulated in hardware, this reduces processor usage
to minimum.

 o 4 modulation frequencies guarantees compatibility with 98% of all
 consumer electronics.

 * Infrared receiver

 o Sensitive, resulting in high reception range (up to 30 metres, 100
 feet).

 o Very immune to ambient and disturbance light such as sun and (tube)
 lights.

 * Compact stylish box

 o Color and style matches classic computer case designs (such as
 Amiga).

 o Transmit and receive indicator LEDs.

 o Small size, approximately 60 x 40 x 20 millimetres, 2.4 x 1.5 x 0.8
 inches.

 o 1.5 metres (5 feet) of flatcable.


 Availability

 Currently, the module is available:

 * for Amiga computers where it connects to the 2nd gameport. Download
the Amiga InfraFace software for free.

 * as an OEM box. The InfraBox hardware module is designed to be
usable with a wide range of interfaces. Refer to the developer
information for details.

 Native support for other interfaces, platforms and/or operating
systems is being investigated at this moment.
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           V A P O R W A R E   A U T O M A T E D   F A Q

13 March, 2000

 We are now providing an automated FAQ system for all Vapor products
at

 http://faq.vapor.com/

 The content is a bit sparse at the moment, but new answers are added
nearly every day. The ultimate goal is provide a useful source of
information to all users of Vapor applications, and to take some of
the load off the mailing lists.

 The FAQ database is organised into per-product categories, and also
one general section -- all of which can be searched easily.

 As a bonus, FAQ-O-Matic, the software installed on faq.vapor.com,
allows *everyone* to add new entries, after registering with a valid
email address.

 The bug tracking main page (http://bugs.vapor.com/) now provides
simple statistics on pending and processed bug reports. Also, due to
the recent moving of www.vapor.com's httpd to php4, the Keystone bug
tracking system is now much faster.

 The upgrade to PHP4 caused some minor disruptions, but we now believe
any such teething problems to be over.
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From: aros-announce-admin@lists.hepe.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:14:29 +0100
Subject: [AROS-Announce] IMPORTANT Vote: The Future of AROS


Please note that the results of this vote will decide on the future of
AROS. If some points are unclear then I might post followup votes to
allow people to change their mind. Also please note that votes from
developers will have more "weight" than votes from users but
nonetheless, every input will be considered.

For people not subscribed to the AROS lists: Please reply to

    digulla@hepe.com

Do not send me lengthy comments or obvious things. I will probably not
have the time to read lots of comments. Also note that you must have
replied until Friday, 24th of March.

PLEASE NOTE: I'm doing this to get a better feeling of what people
think about AROS and about possible future options of it. I have NOT

been threatened by Amiga, H&P or whoever that our project will be
killed or anything (quite the contrary). I just must know what my
limits are when I have to make decisions about the future or AROS.


Anwers can be:

0 - Does not apply, makes no sense
1 - Not at all
2 - I don't like it much
3 - Maybe
4 - I can live with that
5 - I like this.

Finally, here are the votes:

* Should we stop our work if continuing meant to ruin Amiga Inc ?

* Should we stop our work if continuing meant to ruin H&P ?

* Should we stop our work if continuing meant to ruin the Classic
Amiga market ?

* Should AROS work more closely with Amiga Inc ?

* Should AROS work more closely with H&P ?

* Should AROS form a company of their own ?

* Should AROS stay independend from all companies ?

* Should AROS stay independend from Amiga Inc ?

* Would you accept AROS to become closed source ?

* Would you accept AROS to become closed source if this would
be the only way to get commercial/legal support, for example
from H&P ?

* Would you accept that AROS will work only on specific hardware/software
(for example, based on WarpUp or Amie) if that was the only
way to get support from Amiga Inc. ?

* Would you accept AROS to become closed source and working
only on specific hardware/software ?

* Would you accept that somebody from Amiga Inc. leading this
project ?

* Should AROS stay independend from any company
if Amiga Inc says so ? (for example not accepting any
support from them, not talking to them).

* If AROS would become a business on its own, would you
accept the source to become closed ?

* If AROS would become a business on its own, would you
accept that it runs only on certain hardware ?

* If AROS would become a business on its own, would you
accept that it runs only on certain hardware and be closed
source ?

* Would you join a development team which is working full
time on AROS and being payed for your work ?

* Would you relocate to Switzerland for this ?

* Would you want to stay independend and just being payed
by the hour ?

* Would you want to stay independend and just work on a
per feature basis (that is, the AROS "company" would
say "We need feature XXX and offer $$$ for it." and you
could apply for that single job).


-----------------------------------------------------------
Dipl. Inf. (FH) Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla
"(to) optimize: Make a program faster by
improving the algorithms rather than by
buying a faster machine."


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