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Issue No: 17 Price: £5.95
Publication Date: Thursday January 25, 2001 Page Count: 68
Month: February 2001 Editor: David Stroud
Issue 17

Highlights
Amiga's Rivals
It's a technological re-rack - but who'll survive the longest in the 21st century?

Develop on Windows
The latest Amiga SDK reviewed inside.

Linux on Amiga
We show you how.

Amiga Forever 4
The ultimate Amiga on a PC?

Simon the Sorcerer II
The longest awaited Amiga sequel?

Also inside...
News:
Tao Group co-operates Tao Group partners with Grundig, Lineo, and VxWorks.
Earth 2140 Earth 2140 now shipping
Get ready for Alt-WOA Ticket ordering details for the new Huddersfield Amiga show.
Payback goes multiplayer! James Daniels implements multiplayer capabilities to Payback.
AmigaOne mailing list running Eyetech organises AmigaOne mailing list
Exec update hints at CES announcements Bill McEwen hints at new announcements at CES show.
Hello, Martina Prototype shots of new Martina sound card appear.
Infomedia announces TVision Portal Infomedia Network announces information on TVision Portal set-top box.
iFusion Power! Microcode Solution release new screenshots of iFusion - the iMac emulator for Amiga.
Warp3D support limited Thomas Frieden limits Warp3D support to Voodoo3.
Roll up, Roll up! Amiga update web site with new Amiga-branded clothing.

Editorial:

Back to Reality David Stroud ask what would happen if real life imitated computer games.
Wobbly Benchmarks Francis Charig, Chairman of Tao Group, criticises the industries obsession with narrowly defined benchmarks.
Rants and Raves:
Hard-to-get-hold-of-ware Neil Bothwick mentions his dead CyberStorm (again) and criticises 'shoddy' Amiga dealers.
The art of simplicity Andrew Korn suggests Amiga developers should be trying to differentiate their products rather than emulate others.
Features:
Amiga's Rivals Five-page feature on the platforms that Amiga will have to compete with in 2001 - the Sony Playstation 2, Dreamcast, Nintendo GameCube, Gameboy Advance, Apple Mac, Indrema, PC, and Microsoft XBox.
QNX Realtime Platform walk-through QSSL, one-time Amiga partners, launch a free version of the QNX OS. Amiga Active take a look.
Liquid Crystal at play Amiga Active interviews Crystal Interactive's Andrew Reed.

Previews:

Shogo: MAD Progress Report Preview of Hyperion's PC conversion, Shogo: MAD.  

Reviews:

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

Amiga SDK 1.01 for Windows Amiga Inc. launch the SDK for Windows. 2.5 out of 4
fxScan 3.0 Latest version of Innovative's scanning software, now with OCR support. 3 out of 4
MAS Player Hardware expansion that allows any Amiga, including the CDTV, to play MP3 audio. 3 out of 4
StormC v4 Haage & Partner release a new version of their development suite 3 out of 4
Amiga Forever 4 Cloanto upgrade their Amiga-supported emulation software. 2 out of 4
EZCam Eyetech open the world of digital cameras to the Amiga with a PCMCIA solution. 2 out of 4
Simon the Sorcerer 2 After six years of waiting Simon the Sorcerer 2 finally appears on the Amiga 4 out of 4
Tutorials:
DrawStudio Tutorial Dirk Harlaar examines drawing, fills, effects, and save formats in this recently upgraded drawing package.
Linux on an Amiga Installing Debian Linux 2.2r2 distribution on your Amiga 68k or PPC.
Regulars:
Active Media* Mail2Web.com, FreeOS.com, Amiga.org, League of Gentlemen - Series 1 DVD, Final Destination DVD, and Information Appliances and Beyond book.
Active Shareware Frotz, CountryEdit, and VisualPrefs.
Interactive - Letters to the Editor No new Blizzard PPCs until March, Nightlong problems, Mediator meditations, and more
Ask the Guru Mediator, monitor, and CD-ROM problems.
Active Online Neil Bothwicks explains how to configure your web browser for audio.
Comments:

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


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