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Issue No: 5 Price: £4.95
Publication Date: Thursday January 27, 2000 Page Count: 68
Month: February 2001 Editor: Andrew Korn
Issue 5

Highlights
Amiga Buyout!
All the news, all the industry opinion.

Palmtops and Amigas
Linking the two has never been easier.

Dream Screens
Tantalising monitor technology.

Hyperion Software
The games we'll soon be playing...

Active Gallery
The return!

Also inside...
News:
Amiga sold again For the third time in five years the Amiga is sold. Gateway and Amino Developments sign contracts.
It's a Sin! Hyperion Software announces port of 3D first-person role-playing game, Sin.
USB for Amiga? Tigertronic reveals new USB expansion for Classic Amiga.
Amiga Web Directory closes

The AWD -one of the most popular Amiga web resources - is retired on January 1st 2000.

Quake World of PowerUP & WarpOS Quake World v2.40 and Quake v1.09 ported to PPC Amiga.
Diamond Caves now freeware Diamond Production's Diamond Caves 1,2 and ManiacBall now available as freeware.
No more NewsRog ShadowWorks Software cease development of NewsRog, the feature-laden Usenet reader.
Networking the Eyetech way Eyetech introduces new networking solutions for PCMCIA and Zorro-based Amigas.
BVision graphics cards available New stocks of BlizzardVisionPPC cards appear, thanks to DCE
In-depth Analysis Andrew Korn provides a two page analysis of the new Amiga Inc. and gives some background on Tao Group.
FutureOS A brief look at the technology behind the two operating systems battling for our hearts and minds - Tao Group's Elate and QSSL's Neutrino.

Editorial:

At &@#*%$ last! Andrew Korn breaths a sigh of relief as the Amiga is sold again, but emphasises that there is still a role for The Phoenix Consortium, MorphOS, POP boards, and other projects in development.
Rants and Raves:
Storming the Gates of Redmond Andrew Korn comments on the Bill & Fleecy buyout.
Potential for a great future? Chris Green struggles to be enthusiastic about the Amiga purchase.
Remember: Amiga is not a toy! Neil Bothwick celebrates the purchase of Amiga by people with no other agenda.
Call for the Men in white coats David Stroud applauds Amiga Inc.'s enthusiasm.
Features:
The Word from the industry Three page reaction to the Amiga buyout news by figures in the industry.
Dream Screens Seven page feature on monitor technology, brief coverage of Amiga graphics cards and three monitors reviewed - the Liyamas VisionMaster, Sony L181 and Liyama Pro Lite 46a.
The Art of Games

Andrew Korn deconstructs game graphics.

Previews:

Hyperactive! David Stroud previews Hyperion Software's Shogo: MAD and Freespace.  
Quake Flood! Open source, legal Quake ports available for PPC-based Amigas.  

Reviews

All review scores are marked out of ten

 
Palmtops Roundup of Psion 5MX, Revo, Palm IIIx, Palm IIIe palmtops and hardware/software to integrate them with your Amiga.  
PowerFlyer FastATA4000 A4000 owners finally get the chance to join the Power Flyer brigade. 8/10
Image Engineer & Visual Engineering Shareware alternative to ImageFX that provides impressive image processing capabilities. 8/10
Black Viper Throwback arcade motorcycle racing. 3/10
MPEG Encoders Brief roundup of MPEG encoders for the Amiga.  
Tutorials:
The fonts of all knowledge Fonts - we all use them, so we should all know about them. Neil Bothwick explains the difference between Compugraphic, Postscript and TrueType fonts. Plus how to use them to your advantage.
Regulars:
Active Shareware Simon Archer takes a look at Fat95, SGrab, Compact, HTTPResume, and yStart.
Interactive - Letters to the Editor Another year, Another buyout - reaction to the buyout on the Amiga Active mailing list.
Active Gallery Amiga Active interviews Ethereal 3D of Calgary, Canada.
Ask the Guru Invisible GVP, lost path, faulty floppy, and moody monitor are all problems for The Guru's authoritative gaze.
Active Online Neil Bothwick takes a look at e-mail headers, netiquette and attachments.
Cool sites AlertSite.com, Peter Hutchinson's printer driver site, Virus hoaxes, Hardware torture and Amiga-software.com.
Comments:
There are some strange layout decisions in issue 5 - news articles (In-depth analysis, The Word & Future OS) that read more like features and software/hardware roundups (palmtops) that are indistinguishable from reviews. Fortunately these problems were resolved during later issues.

Active Gallery makes a welcome return.

Quote of the month:
"Things are getting far too silly in the life of the Amiga. The platform has had more re-births than Dr. Who"
- Chris Green on the Amiga sale
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