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Issue No: 16 Price: £5.95
Publication Date: Thursday December 28, 2000 Page Count: 68
Month: January 2001 Editor: David Stroud
Issue 16

Highlights
Do you do Voodoo?
Serious graphics on the Amiga at last?

That's Entertainment!
Could Amigas take over your home?

Image is Everything
The latest digital cameras.

Classic Amiga Games
Is your favourite in the AGDB?

Amiga OS 3.9
Reviewed inside!

Also inside...
News:
World of Amiga 2000 New Amiga PCI hardware on show, OS3.9 launched.
Hyperion gets real! Hyperion software and Realsoft Oy announce the portation of Realsoft 3D to the Amiga.
Bigger Payback Latest update to the Amiga Grand Theft Auto clone
QNX RtP on the road QSSL publicises QNX in a series of American and European seminars.
NextGen hardware specifications announced bPlan announces details of the Pegasos - the second Amiga DE compatible hardware to be announced
Eyetech make it Ez Eyetech announces new Ez range of products
G-Rex and Predator merge Eyetech and DCE merge their PCI products.
Two from EPIC EPIC Interactive announces the release of Simon the Sorcerer 2 and Earth 2140.

Editorial:

Ringing the changes David Stroud discusses the latest product releases.
Tao's Amiga Vision Francis Charig, Tao Group chairman discusses the opportunities for Amiga in the non-computer market.
Rants and Raves:
Too much of a Good Thing? Andrew Korn wonders if Amiga Inc's policy of listening to the Amiga community is holding the company back
Forget the desktop David Stroud predicts that the first new Amiga will fit in the palm of your hand.
Features:
That's (Home) Entertainment Andrew Korn takes a look at Amiga's digital living concept.
NextGen Watch Amiga Active take a look at Espial's product line
Digital Camera Roundup Six-page feature on the Epson PhotoPC 300z, FujiFilm FinePix 40i, FujiFilm FinePix 4900z, Nikon Coolpix 880, and Olmpus C990z
The Amiga Games Database Amiga Active interviews Angus Manwaring of the Amiga Games Database.
Active Gamer: Publish and be damned! Amiga Active asks Titan Computer and Epic Marketing about game publishing, licensing, and their plans for the AmigaOne.

Reviews:

All review scores are marked out of four 'AmiYinYangs'.

AmigaOS 3.9 The latest release of the Classic Amiga operating system. 3.5 out of 4
Voodoo3 2000 & 3000 PCI graphics cards 3D acceleration for the Mediator (when drivers become available) Unrated
Tutorials:
ImageFX 4 Tutorial In part 3 of his tutorial, Kermit Woodall looks at ImageFX's layer handling capabilities.
Virtual Processor Daniel Robbins, CEO of Gentoo Technologies, Inc. gets to grips with the Amiga SDK's Virtual Processor assembly code.
Regulars:
Active Media* Toy Story 1&2, Technology Tutor, Aminet 40, Private Eye, and BookBrain.co.uk.
Active Shareware Streaming MP3s, FACTs, GlowIcons, and Rapid Application Development.
Interactive - Letters to the Editor Amiga repairs, Socks, piracy, and Mark Wilson in Hooch shocker.
Active Gallery Amiga Active goes in front of the camera for the latest Mark Forbes production.
Ask the Guru The Guru solves scanner, CD, and digital camera problems.
Active Online Neil Bothwick takes an extended look at creating a serial network.
Comments:
The RetroActive feature disappears from the back of the magazine.

* Active Media - A rag-tag collection of web sites, CD-ROMs, book, DVDs, and other media.


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