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Issue No: 23 Price: £5.95
Publication Date: Thursday July 26th, 2001 Page Count: 68
Month: August 2001 Editor: David Stroud
Issue 23

Highlights

"Here's Looking At Moovid"
Digital video has come a long way since the days of the zoetrope.

Sleeping With The Enemy
Can't do it on your Amiga? There is another way, you know...

Back To The Future
Investigating the shiny, brushed-metal world of Merlancia Industries.

You've Got Mail
Yet Another occurrence of the phrase "Yet Another Mailer"!

Also inside...
News:
The Fastest Amiga Ever? Amiga Active reveals a new mystery Amiga 68k emulator that operates faster than the real thing.
Psion Refocuses Psion announces it is to abandon the consumer market and refocus on industrial and enterprise markets
Return to World of Amiga South-East user groups band together for new Amiga show
Kick more Soft Kicksoft launches new web site
Blittersoft Deals Blittersoft announces new deals on the Prometheus PCI busboard when purchased with a Voodoo3 card
Payback goes PPC... and 3D James Daniels reveals new PPC version of game and all-new 3D support.
Merlancia show first signs of industry Merlancia release details of their ambitious next generation hardware.
Metrowerks Metrowerks to bring Codewarrior to intent
New Matrox card finally revealed Matrox, Amiga's strategic partner for graphic card support, have finally released full details of their new card, the Matrox G550
Analogic get Apollo Analogic Computers acquire the rights to manufacture the range of Apollo A1200 accelerators.

Editorial:

Calm before the storm? David Stroud reflects upon the products that appeared just hours before the magazine went to press.
Maturity and Innovation Fleecy Moss, Amiga CTO, discusses the need for early adopters and mass market appeal
Opening the way for content Francis Charig, Tao Group chairman, discusses the importance of the OCPA (Open Contents Platform Association) for the industry.
Rants and Raves:
Bill & Fleecy's Excellent Adventure Amiga Inc. have, it seems, finally got somewhere. New Amigas with a new OS are due in a matter of week. "What next?" asks Andrew Korn.
Choose Installation Mode... Neil Bothwick dreams of the day when installing software is as easy - and as quick - as making a cup of tea.
Features:
Sleeping with the Enemy Five-page article on integrating the PC with your existing Amiga
Here's looking at Moovid Five-page article on current digital video formats, with a look at QuickTime, AVI and codecs, MPEG, and open source.
NextGen Amiga Active investigates the futuristic brushed metal world of Merlancia Industries
Modulate, Demodulate A roundup of the latest external modems - featuring the Power, Dynalink, Creatix, and Hayes models.
Commercial Break Amiga Active interviews Archer Maclean and takes a look at his past glories

Reviews:

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

Prometheus PCI Son of lapetus, said to have stolen fire from Olympus and to have bestowed it on mortals... or just another PCI busboard for the Amiga 3 out of 4
YAM 2.3 A review of the first open source update of 'Yet Another Mailer' 3.5 out of 4
Tutorials:
Foreign Invasion! Steve Folberg wrestles with text files from other platforms - with the latest releases of Doc Databases and Next...
Getting to know Photogenics (Part 2) This month's installment examines foreground, texture, and various rubthrough options.
OS3.9 Masterclass (part 4) In the final part of this series, Amiga Active takes a look at 3rd party utilities, the benefits of PowerPC, and the advanced VINCEd command line interface.
Regulars:
Active Media* The Art of Digital Audio (book), Designing web audio (book), FoxGlove.com, TinHat.com, Aminet 43 CD, GRC - Denial of Service
Active Shareware An online dictionary, a text editor and a help system give a decidedly textual theme to this month's pick of Amiga shareware.
Interactive - Letters to the Editor Words of wisdom from our thankful, idle, bikini-wearing, worried, disappointed, and paranoid readers.
Ask the Guru The Guru's Amiga works perfectly. He doesn't need help, so is therefore able to assist others in need of assistance.
Active Online Neil Bothwick takes an indepth look at STFax.
Debriefing** Amiga Active interviews Chris Page, author of Explorer 2260, and asks him why things have gone quiet.
Comments:
* Active Media - A rag-tag collection of web sites, CD-ROMs, book, DVDs, and other media.
** Debriefing - Interviews with some of the best-known names of the Amiga market, past and present.
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