Amiga Format Issue 136 (May 2000)

  • Issue: AF136
  • Date: May 2000
  • Price (UK): £5.99
  • Cover media: One CD (AFCD52) or two floppy disks (Disk 136a and Disk 136b)
  • Pages: 84
  • Spine text: None
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1CoverAF136 cover featuring images of previous Amiga Format covers with the text ‘1989–2000’ and ‘Collector’s Edition’
2AdvertisementAdvertisement for Power Computing Ltd
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4AdvertisementAdvertisement for Netscape Online
5ContentsDetails of the contents of AF136
6AF to closeNews item on the closure of Amiga Format and information on the future of afb
7AF in view…Editor Ben Vost discusses the end of Amiga Format
NG AmigaOS for classic AmigasNews item on Amiga Inc’s annoucement that Haage&Partner will develop a new version of the WarpUp kernel to allow existing PowerPC Amigas to run the next generation Amiga platform
Meet me in St LouisNews item on new Amiga Inc employees and the St Louis show demonstration of the Amiga Developer Box
8afb appeal rasies £1500!News item on the results of the afb appeal
The Kickstart Show is coming!News item on the upcoming Kicktstart Amiga User Group show in Surrey, UK
9Blittersoft newsNews item on Blittersoft’s latest products, including the BoXeR Amiga-compatible motherboard, Amiga ISP amigauk.net, and the new version of the Storm C suite
100 Issues ago — AF36 July 1992Summary of the contents of Amiga Format Issue 36 (July 1992)
10A500 Power PCNews item on the KCS Power Board 16-bit hardware PC emulator for the A500’s trapdoor slot
Eyetech newsNews item on Eyetech’s latest products, including the EZSample parallel port sampler and the EZTower Z4 tower case and expansion board
ASp meetes ThorNews item on Ian Greenway’s Sinclair and Amstrad Spectrum 128 emulator ASp’s use of Thor’s mmu.library
11AdvertisementAdvertisement for Crystal Software And Electronics Ltd
12SubscriptionsInformation on obtaining back issues of Amiga Format and subscribing to other Future Publishing magazines
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14AF through the agesFeature looking back at the history of Amiga Format, with contributions from current and former staff including Ben Vost, Andy Smith, Nick Veitch, Paul Cavanagh, Nick Lamburn, Colin Nightingale, Mark Wheatley, Simon Goodwin, Richard Drummond, Andy Kinsella, Alan Redhouse, and Chris Livermore
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20MultitaskingFeature by Simon Goodwin on multitasking on the Amiga including the effects of task priorities
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26PreviewsPreviews of upcoming games, including 3D shoot-em-up SiN, strategy game Main & Mangle, and board game Chessmania, competition to win copies of Nightlong, Quake, and Capital Punishment, and news on games distributors Islona, FORE-MATT Home Computing, and CS&E
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28Gamebusters!Cheats and hints for games Genetic Species, Enemy, OnEscapee, and Foundation
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30Bertie’s Animal KingdomReview by Paul Cavanagh of Applaud Software’s educational game Bertie’s Animal Kingdom
31Tales From HeavenReview by Paul Cavanagh of Darkage Software’s 3D platform game Tales From Heaven
32Screenplay through timeFeature by Paul Cavanagh looking back at the history of Amiga Format’s Screenplay section, with sections on Lemmings, Team 17, and the Bitmap Brothers
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36Workbench 2000Review by Richard Drummond of Emmanuel Dausse’s shareware Windows taskbar clone Workbench 2000
37SimpleClock 1.3Review by Richard Drummond of Sebastian Bauer’s freeware desktop analog clock Simpleclock
WBStartup+ v3.1Review by Richard Drummond of John Hughes’s and Simon Tyrrel’s postcardware WBStartup improvement WBStartup+
38Frodo v4.1a (WarpUp rev2)Review by Richard Drummond of Mathias “AmiDog” Roslund’s freeware Commodore 64 emulator Frodo
Voodoo-X v1.1Review by Richard Drummond of Andrew Bell’s freeware file extractor Voodoo-X
39AdvertisementAdvertisement for Plexus Media
40Audio EvolutionReview by Simon Goodwin of Davy Wentzler’s audio recorder and mixer Audio Evolution
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42SilverSurfer 600Review by Simon Goodwin of Individual Computer’s SilverSurfer A600 serial port adaptor
43Sony E400Review by Ben Vost of Sony’s E400 Trinitron monitor
44Eyetech scannerReview by Richard Drummond of Eyetech’s scanner bundle including Mustek’s 600CP parallel scanner, IOBlix1200 parallel card, parallel cable, and ScanQuix5
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46AdvertisementAdvertisement for Unofficial Football Network
47Punchinello Mouse Wheel extensionReview by Simon Goodwin of Power Computing’s mouse wheel extension for the Punchinello mouse adaptor
48WorkbenchAnswers to readers’ technical questions
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52Amiga.netFeature by Dave Cusick on online shopping
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54The complete beginner’s guide to… Mac EmulationFeature by Nick Lamburn on software for emulation of the Apple Macintosh
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58Just ImagineTutorial by Andy Kinsella on 3D modelling in Imagine
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60Program PerfectionTutorial by Richard Drummond on adding ARexx ports to programs
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62MailBagReaders’ letters
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66The GalleryReaders’ artwork, including Richard Blair’s AmigaScreens and AmigaWorld, Colin Meggitt’s Australis and Porsched060, Phil Ellis’s Bambi, Donald Duck, Flounder, Goofy, Gus, and Jack, Roy Burton’s Mighty-Oak, Time & Space, and Joke, and Paul Cundle’s SquidgyHouse and SunsetLandscape
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68AFCD 52A look back at the history of the AFCD, and details of the contents of the cover CD AFCD52, including hard drive installer WHDLoad, file system browser Dynamite, Workbench title bar remover FullBench, icon information replacement RAWBInfo, default icon creator DefIcons, search untility DirScanner, updates for image editor and processsor Photogenics, demos of 3D platform game Tales From Heaven and arcade game Powerball, reader Antony Dzeryn’s games and tools for the Graphics Adventure Creator, and reader Kostas Theodoropoulos’s guide to moving an A4000 into a tower
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72Serious DiskDetails of the contents of the serious cover disk Disk 136a, including search utility DirScanner, icon copier IconImageCopier, screen magnifier Lupe, system monitors SnoopDos and Xopa, password utility Passcode, and preferences editor VisualPrefs
73Games DiskDetails of the contents of the games cover disk Disk 136b, including shoot-em-up Brod, platform game WiZ², and educational game Number Cruncher
74Reader AdsReaders’ classified advertisements
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77Amiga User GroupsFeature by Chris Livermore on the Kickstart Amiga User Group
78Just the FAQsInterview with Eric Schwartz’s character Sabrina
79afbReaders’ posts to the Amiga Format mailing list
80AdvertisementsAdvertisements for Abel Gratis, Select Software, Second Hand Amiga Centre, Gold Creat PD, Classic Amiga, and FORE-MATT Home Computing
81AdvertisementAdvertisement for Power Computing Ltd
82We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when…Photograph of the Amiga Format staff
83AdvertisementAdvertisement for Eyetech Group Ltd
84AdvertisementAdvertisement for Analogic Computers (UK) Ltd
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