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Amiga Workbench 

Users Group Inc. 

November–December 1998 

Number 140 

AmigaFest ’98 Report. 

For those of you who couldn’t make it to 

AmigaFest ’98 at Albert Park, Melbourne 

on Saturday 24 October you didn’t miss 

much! I don’t want to denigrate the Amiga and 

it’s supporters but the show (a glorified user 

group meeting actually) was poorly organised 

and a great disappointment from that which 

was advertised. Now that I have that off my 

chest let’s get on with the show report. 

The original show which was to be held over 

two days only managed a Saturday showing. The 

venue was one of the corporate boxes above the 

Grand Prix pit complex at Albert Park. The large 

room still seemed empty even after all the 

exhibitors had arrived and set up their displays 

and wares. Entry was reduced to $5.00 dollars to 

compensate for the lower quality of the event 

than that which was advertised. 

The Venue: Pit Straight at Albert Park Lake 

November–December 1998 Workbench 

The exibitors included the Melbourne Amiga 

Users Group (formally the North Western Amiga 

Users Group) which set up an internet cafe site 

right in the building using Amiga 3000’s and 

4000’s. You could surf the web using a familiar 

interface and computer at the same time. The 

service was really fast and the group were 

charging $1.00 per hour for the privilege. The 

group also had a User Group stand set up and 

were recruiting new members at the meeting. 

What to buy?: Computa-Magic shows its 

wares to software starved enthusiasts 

Computa-Magic had a large stand and had 

many items for sale including all the latest Amiga 

titles on CDROM. Whilst the vast majority of 

titles were hideously expensive there were some 

bargains to be had and many people handed over 

their hard earned cash for some of the hottest 

Continued: Page 9 

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Amiga 


Editor 

Tom Heeren 

(03) 9583 6259 

editor@members.aug.org.au 

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Editorial 

Well this is the last edition of Workbench for 1998 (see below). I think this year has gone quite well for 

the club. Although membership has decreased we still have many enthusiastic members in the club. 

Some of the events that affected the club this year was the closure of Crazy Diamond BBS. This 

was unexpected but has since been remedied by Craig Hutchison’s BBS – The Dead Letter 

Department. This service is free to all members and fills the gap left by Crazy Diamond. I’m sure I 

speak for everyone in the club when I say thanks to Craig for this service. 

I would like to say thanks to all those members who have donated their time to write articles for this 

newsletter. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed and I’m sure the members appreciate reading stories 

from their peers about the Amiga. The club has a vast experience base and I encourage any one 

wanting to pen to paper to do so and send your contributions to me. 

1999 is shaping up to bring some advances to our beloved computer. Amiga OS 3.5 is scheduled to 

released in the first quarter of next year. For those of you that have the 3.1 chipset this will be a must 

have – hopefully it won’t be too expensive and will be totally compatible with our existing software. 

The PC based Amiga operating/developer system will also be released sometime next year. This 

should set the cat amongst the pigeons whilst we wait for the new miracle chipset that will herald 

Amiga OS 5.0. 

From everyone on the committee I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New 

Year. We all hope to see you in the next year. 

Tom Heeren 

News 

Meeting 


November 15: It’s that time of year again when 

all members can bring in their unwanted Amiga 

stuff and try to sell or swap to other members. 

These events have proved very successful in the 

past and will no doubt be again this time around. 

As usual at the end of the day items not sold will 

be auctioned for the members’ or clubs’ benefit. 

Come along and get rid of your unwanted stuff or 

buy some really great bargains. 

Please note that the meeting will take place in 

a different meeting room.. The new venue is is in 

the brick building beside our usual meeting room. 

Forthcoming Meetings 

If you can help with ideas for our monthy 

meetings please contact a committee member. 

December 13: The meeting before the Christmas 

break will take place one week earlier than usual. 

At this stage no meeting theme has been devised 

but rest assured that something interesting will 

turn up. 

Club Donation 

During the AmigaFest ’98 Show Greg Perry, the 

creator of DOpus, donated a T-Shirt to the club. 

This will be auctioned at the November meeting 

with all proceeds going to the club. It is sized XL 

and should fit anyone who buys it. This item is 

not available in shops so bid for something that’s 

a little different and Amiga! 

Bumper Sized Issue 

Workbench will be taking a holiday during the 

month of December hence this larger issue. As 

the editor is moving house, in early December, it 

was felt that rather than compromise on the 

December issue on newsletter would be 

produced. Your next edition will delivered in 

early January 1999. This may also be a bumper 

issue to make amends for not having anything to 

read during the Christmas break. 

Please remember that you can download the 

.pdf version of the newsletter on our website. 

This edition is in colour and is optimised for on 

screen viewing. You can also see the special 

edition newsletter that was handed out during the 

AmigaFest ’98 show. 

Tom Heeren 

In This Issue 

AmigaFest ’98 ......................................... 1 

Editorial & Club News ............................ 2 

Amiga Blasts Off..................................... 3 

A4000TX................................................... 4 

DOpus Magellan II................................... 5 

Amiga Tech Talk ...................................... 6 

Classic Amiga Proposal......................... 7 

CyberGfx 4 / PFS2................................... 8 

Genetic Species Cheat Codes............. 10 

Fleecy Moss Speaks..............................11 

BoXeR Update....................................... 12 

Amiga Directory .................................... 13 

In Brief.................................................... 13 

MVB News.............................................. 14 

Reader Classifieds................................ 15 

About the Group ................................... 16 

2 Workbench 

November–December 1998

Amigas at 

Cape Canaveral 

Y es, there is an elaborate system of 

Amigas used by NASA at Cape 

Canaveral, Hangar AE since 1987. I 

wrote an article for the August 1996 

Amiga Computing which details how the 

Amigas are used, and was a member of 

the team that built this system. I acted as 

the Commercial Developer for our 

group, and did a lot of the evaluating 

and buying of equipment. I was always 

looking for the latest storage, speedenhancing 

and other devices to increase 

system capabilities. 

This system was primarily built to support two 

unmanned launch programs, Atlas-Centaur and 

Delta. It processes vehicle (and sometimes 

spacecraft) data for presentation on stripcharts, 

monitors and printouts. Hangar AE has served as 

a facility for both NASA and contractor 

personnel to monitor all major pad tests and 

launches. It has been important to the vehicle 

contractors because their own facilities often 

were not roomy enough or 

flexible enough for all 

necessary personnel to 

monitor 


tests. Data is also sent around the Cape, and to 

contractor facilities in other parts of the country, 

where we set up small versions of the Amiga 

systems. Engineers who could not travel to the 

Cape can use these remote systems to look at 

their own selection of data channels in real time 

during pad tests. 

The CARDS program data presentation within 

the AE hangar includes up to 700 stripchart 

channels, several hundred video monitors, and a 

number of high- speed line printers. An engineer 

sitting at a monitor console can, at any time, set 

up custom video pages showing any combination 

of measurements desired, or have select printouts 

made at one of the printers. 

The first systems were Amiga 1000's with 

Byte-by-Byte PAL boxes and Ronin Hurricane 

14.32 MHz 020 accelerator cards, plus our own 

design Zorro I cards to input and output data. The 

second generation were Amiga 2500's with CSA 

Rocket Launchers (030/882 50 MHz), and I/O 

cards re-designed to the Zorro II shape. The 

present generation are 4000's in Micronik tower 

kits with Warp Engine 040-40's and improved I/O 

cards. 

AE does have two 060 cards and one 060/PPC; 

not much work has been done with the PPC yet, 

as the programmers have been too busy trying to 

keep up with day-to-day tests and software, 

especially since Dave Brown retired at the 

beginning of the year. 

The multitasking OS has made it possible to 

do many things in the CARDS program that 

would be a nightmare or impossible with 

Windows or a Mac. Measurements can be added 

or modified while the system is running. If 

Centaur powers up while a Delta test is in 

progress, it can also be handled without 

rebooting anything. The remote systems 

can be re-programmed and tested from 

the Cape. 

People bash Commodore, but we had 

good working relations with them, 

and were usually able to get help 

when we needed it. The engineering 

troops were fine; management was a 

mixed bag. 

The Amigas should be on the job at 

Hangar AE for several more years, 

even if no new Amigas appear. 

Hal Greenlee, NASA-retired 

HardDrivers Co. 

hrgreen@worldnet.att.net 

Amiga Blasts Off 

3

Power UpNow 

power up A4000TX Tower Case 

desktops to the new A4000TX case. 

Finished in a chrome and powder-coated internal surface, its stylish look and robust 

case gives the Amiga 4000 an unique look. 

With greater expandability than ever before, you can now add many more 

peripherals with ease. 

The floppy drive sits at the top, with 5 x 5¼” drive bays below it and 5x3½” HD 

drive bays inside. With an 8 cm cooling fan at the top and an optional cooling fan at 

the bottom, this will solve any overheating problems. the A4000 motherboard is 

mounted on a removable slide-out tray and makes servicing, upgrading or repairing a 

breeze. With plenty of space on either side of the motherboard, this makes accelerator 

$395.00 

or Amiga Technology Australia can install for just $495.00 

including postage and handling within Australia 

Amiga 4000 owners of Rev. A, B and D boards can upgrade from their 

SPECIFICATIONS 

Call for orders on 

(03) 9436 5555 

Amiga Technology Australia 

Fax: (03) 9436 9935 

Web address: www.amigatech.com.au 

• Custom designed for A4000 desktop 

computer 

• 1x3½” dedicated floppy drive bay 

• Drive bay best used with Super Drive 

LS120 

• 5x5¼” universal drive bays 

• 5x3½” hard disk drive bays 

• Super quiet 8 cm cooling fan 

• Optional cooling fan for expansion cards 

• Removable slide-out tray for motherboard 

• Ideal for service and upgrading 

• Individual removable external panels 

• Solid 1.2–2.0 mm steel construction 

• Fully powder-coated for extra protection 

• Fully chromed backing panel 

• 230 Watt ATX power supply 

• Power LED, HDD LED and Reset switch 

• Allows fitting of all accelerators 

• Provision for CyberVision PPC connector 

• Provision for Centronics 50 pin connector 

for external SCSI devices 

• Provision for 2xD25 and 1xD9 for future 

expansion 

• Additional custom slotted vents for extra 

cooling 

• Easy upgrade from desktop to tower 

• Simple to fit – Instructions included 

• Supplied with mounting feet 

• Full 1 year warranty 

• Manufactured and designed in Australia 

• Available Now! 

• Price $395.00 

4 Workbench 


Directory Opus has become 

firmly established as the 

premier Workbench 

replacement and file management 

solution for the Amiga. With the 

arrival of DOpus Magellan II the 

tradition continues. Over 500 

changes in the internal code, this 

new version harnesses the power 

of object orientated multitasking 

like never before giving the Amiga 

a modern context-sensitive GUI 

combined with a very powerful 

built-in file management functions. 

DOpus Magellan II not only upgrades many of 

the earlier functions but also involves and 

extensive re-development of many components of 

the Opus 5 system. Amongst other features, we 

have concentrated on providing greater 

user control over your custom 

Environment with a more powerful 

but easier to use configuration 

section, plus many new features 

such as custom Themes, custom 

sounds and scripts, improved 

User and Start Menus, greater 

Lister functionality, and a 

dramatically enhanced OpusFTP 

system where you can now tailor 

custom setting for individual remote 

sites and even leave out the site or 

remote files on your Opus desktop for instant 

access. 

Some of the new features of DOpus Magellan 

II include: 

❐ Custom Themes – customise your system with 

your favourite images, sounds, fonts and colours. 

❐ Enhanced Lister layouts feature proportional 

fonts; resizable fields; sort indicator; full In-line 

editing; new popup menus; optional Space Gauge 

on drives; ad the ability to drag and drop files 

directly into sub-directories. Supports long file 

names up to 107 characters. 

❐ An Amalgamated Options and Environment 

editor gives you more intuitive layout and better 

management of the display and program 

operations including: 

• New Outline and Shadow Font options 

• Fully user configurable screen title for display 

of used and available memory, OS version, 

processes etc… 

• New Sound events for Opus and system events 

• New Opus Path List settings allowing you to 

easily set the system paths for commands etc… 

• Enhanced Scripts system with more events and 

linking to internal commands and OpusFTP. 

Internal commands are now replaceable by user 

defined scripts and functions. 

❐ Improved Button Banks and Start Menus: 

new graphical layout and better configurability; 

background pictures including random images; 


new open under mouse, auto-close, auto-iconify 

functions plus new active popups – each button 

can act as a start menu. New multilevel start 

menus are now always sticky. 

❐ Improved filetype identification system and 

new filetype-matching functions for foreign disk 

types. 

❐ Better Icon support with faster displays plus 

new and extended icon, Lister and Group popup 

menus plus improved Snapshot ability. 

❐ New Icon Information requester with more 

detailed display, new functionality including the 

ability to change icon type and the icon image. 

❐ Improved Drag and Drop functions. 

❐ Many New ARexx Commands 

To coincide with the release of Opus Magellan 

II, GPSoftware has commissioned a new CD 

specially for Opus Users. It gives you custom 

written tutorials to complement Opus Magellan 

and collects hundreds of megabytes of images, 

sounds, icons, scripts and other utilities to 

enhance your Opus installation. 

❐ Specially commissioned tutorials in 

HTML and AmigaGuide format from 

some of the leading DOpus experts 

in the world covering such diverse 

topics as: 

• Definitive Opus Magellan tutorial 

covering much more than the 

manual ever could! 

• How to customise DOpus using 

the new features that Magellan II 

introduces. 

• Coding – the ins and outs of the 

extensive DOpus ARexx port and SDK 

by the best programmers around. 

• Filetypes – how to really get the most from 

the internal power of Opus. 

• FAQ – all the questions you ever wanted answered 

about DOpus. 

❐ Themes galore! Special DOpus themes can be 

immediately installed on your Amiga. 

❐ Lots and lots of icons for StartMenus, Button 

banks and Amiga files and folders. 

❐ Lots of predefined Filetypes to support almost 

any Amiga program or file. 

❐ Complete collection of all DOpus files from 

Aminet and other sources. 

❐ The list goes on and on… 

The Wait Is Over! 

Directory Opus Magellan II 

available from November 15th. 

www.gpsoft.com.au 

GP Software 

DOpus Magellan II 

5

Amiga Tech Talk 

OxyRon 040/060 Patcher Review 

Are you the owner of a nice 040/060 

accelerator? Are you happy with the 

speed increase that goes with it? Have 

you found a few programs that run dog slow 

with your 040/060 that actually ran much faster 

on your 020/030 etc…? Welcome to the world of 

Motorola’s instruction streamlined 68060 and 

to a lesser extent, the 040. Motorola in their 

infinite wisdom decided to streamline the 060's 

instruction set, meaning they dropped quite a 

few little used instructions. Most of these 

instructions were in the area of floating point 

maths, so only programs that use a maths coprocessor 

are usually affected, usually that is. 

Programmers managed to use a lot of those 

little used instructions, often in ways Motorola 

never dreamed and these missing instructions 

require the 040/060.library to emulate them, 

drastically slowing processor speed. 

Enter OXYRON Patcher, this little program 

installs itself using a second initial boot and 

patches the system to use replacement 

instructions generated by OXYRON instead of 

using the 040/060 libraries. This results in a huge 

speed increase for the program in use (see 

benchmarks listing) and is of great benefit 

especially if you run Fusion the Macintosh 

emulator as many Macintosh programs tend make 

heavy use of the unimplemented instructions in 

an 060. 

The program has a GUI that allows you to set 

the buffer limit for patched instructions, also to 

Program Unpatched Patched 

MaxonC4D V4.0 

Scene1 00:10:58 00:01:13 

Scene2 

Scene3 

01:14:32 

05:56:03 

00:04:38 

00:16:58 

Lightwave V5.0 

Scene1 

Scene2 

00:17:57 

01:24:06 

00:06:03 

00:26:31 

SceneryAnimator V4.0 

Scene1 00:19:24 00:01:23 

Scene2 

Real3D V3 

00:13:26 00:01:07 

Scene1 00:34:14 00:14:51 

flush and view the buffer, switch on a visual 

screen flash for patched/unpatched instructions 

(AGA only) and to switch certain instructions to 

library emulation or to let OXYRON to patch 

them. The documentation it came with left a lot 

to be desired. A short note in the package (in 

German) that tells you how to install and use 

OXYRON. Fortunately there is a guide file on the 

disk in English but it’s obvious the authors native 

language is not English. Luckily installation is 

not that difficult. 

What programs actually use it? Almost any 

program that uses a math co-processor eg. ray 

tracers, image manipulation programs. Fusion 

and Mac programs hit it heavily and even the 3d 

game Breathless uses it. Fusion users have an 

extra with OXYRON in that virtual memory in 

the emulated Mac will work although some 

programs will quit because of a type 3 error (an 

FPU error). Test your program before using both 

MacVM and OXYRON together. I’ve also found 

that having the GUI open seems to cause quite a 

dramatic slowdown especially in disk access 

times and that the GUI seems to throw a wobbly 

occasionally, as though it’s being redrawn again 

and again. ADoom1.2 crashes on exit if the 

MMU tooltype is set. Normally though usage is 

transparent and all you will notice is some screen 

flashing (if you have it set to flash) and some 

programs running much faster. 

Currently OXYRON Patcher is up to version 

3.13 and is available from Vince at 

ComputaMagic for $35.00 plus $3.00 post and 

package. Tested on an EscomA1200 with a 

Blizzard060. 

Above: The OxyRon–Patcher GUI allows the 

user to configure their system to use the 

OxyRon–Patcher. It also displays the number 

of patched instructions and what they were. 

Left: Benchmarks taken from the OxyRon 

documentation guide comparing before and 

after results with the use of the 

OxyRon–Patcher. These results apply to the 

68060 processor. As can be seen some 

dramatic speed increases have been 

recorded. 

Tony Mulvihill 

6 Workbench 


After the World of Amiga 

announcement by Amiga 

Inc., on 16th May 1998 it 

was obvious that something had 

been missed out - how do users 

and developers move forward over 

the next few years? 

After some discussions on Saturday night in 

the bar I went home and wrote up some notes. 

They may not be written in a very coherent style 

as they were produced between 4-6am on Sunday 

morning 17th May 1998 so that they could be 

presented to Jeff Schindler later that day. I also 

pass on apologies to those who attended my 

presentation later that day as I had lost my 

preparation time and was pretty tired, however I 

made it up as I went along and it seemed to go 

ok! 

When reading these notes please take into 

consideration that these were some suggestions 

put forward, they do not necessarily represent the 

way that anything is being implemented. These 

notes were well received and appear to have set 

in motion various behind the scenes initiatives, 

and while the credit is not down to just this note, 

we have seen many of the points being addressed, 

namely: 

• OS4 is now renamed to OS5Dev 

• Amiga Inc., have shown support for the 

Classic Amiga 

• OS3.5 will be developed and released in early 

1999 

The following document is presented here for 

historical interest only. 

The problem 

The current announcement has effectively killed 

the Amiga software developer, hardware 

developer and dealer market by removing the 

future for existing Amiga users. This will leave 

no support for the new machine. 

There is no support for the original publicly 

stated progression to PPC/68k systems. 

The interim (OS4) solution is largely a 

developer platform and has too short a life for 

many retail customers. The important sales are to 

developers and the wider public domain 

developers and to the technology fans that are 

looking to have the latest product. Of course there 

will be good sales because it is supplied by 

Amiga Inc and has a direct link with the future, 

however for the market will not survive on those 

sales alone (1-10k units against 100k Classic 

owner/buyers). 

There will be no more software development 

so in 18 months time the Amiga applications will 

be too far behind the required standard. 

Developers will have no funds to finance the 

porting and new developments required to 

support the new platform. 

No matter what any of us think about the 

announcement, we cannot turn the clock back and 


therefore will have to find a solution that rebuilds 

customer confidence. 

A way has to be found to bring along the 

whole developer and dealer community. 

The Solution 

Access, Phase 5 and H&P held a long discussion 

session in the bar and are well on the way to 

agreeing an interim solution. Amiga Inc., have 

said that they agree with the points that had been 

discussed and would agree subject to: 

• Publicly backing their plans for OS5 

• A signed agreement of how the plan will be 

put into action. 

• A joint press release. 

The plan 

Access, P5, H&P and Amiga Inc., make a press 

release stating that we intend to continue the 

development of the Classic Amiga platform, 

independently of Amiga Inc. [note: this should be 

extended to include other developers, dealers, 

etc…., who are behind the plan] 

P5 & H&P have agreed a unified way of 

implementing PPC in the future - P5 will produce 

the hardware and H&P will supply WarpUP and 

developer tools to make the transition to PPC 

Amiga’s quicker, easier and to the new unified 

architecture. 

The dealer, developer and user community will 

be encouraged to back the plan as a “community 

lead” initiative. 

Amiga Inc state that OS4 is a developer 

platform for the new generation machine (with 

interim Classic Amiga compatibility - Siamese 

PCI), not a replacement for the Classic Amiga. 

The OS5 machine is not a migration path but a 

new generation machine, which will have a 

strong support route for moving Amiga 

applications over to it. Amiga Inc strongly 

support the Classic Amiga and will release OS3.1 

to H&P to carry out the development of OS3.5 

and future generations of the OS. 

Access Innovation look at adding support for a 

32-bit PPC interface on the Siamese PCI 

(InsideOut) so that a single machine supports 

development for 68k, PPC & OS5. Ideally the 

basic connector and pin out should be compatible 

with the BoXeR (except the BoXeR supports 64 - 

bit data) so that the number of different PPC 

boards doesn’t have to be too great. 

The specification for Amiga OS 3.5 will have 

to be basically agreed. I would suggest that this 

includes bug fixes, support for things like large 

HD’s, internet support and improvements to the 

user interface [perhaps Magellan for the frontend 

as the latest version has ‘personality’ 

modules that allow things like a kids interface, a 

professional interface, etc…]. This must be ready 

to ship by November 1998. [we will have to 

discuss if future versions are viable] 

Dealers will support the initiative because it 

helps to maintain sales, perhaps increasing them 

because of the clear development strategy and the 

invigorated cooperation in the community. 

Continued: Page 10 

Access Innovation - 

Classic Amiga Proposal 

7

Professional File System 2 

The Successor To Ami-FileSafe 

CyberGraphX Version 4 Retargetable Graphics 

System by Vision Factory Development. 

Overview 

• This is Pre-Release information. Everything is subject to change. 

• CGX V3 was near the end of its life with phase5. CGX V3 will not be supported by phase5 

anymore, so we decided to expand its features and make it commercial. 

• Schatztruhe will sell a CGX V4 CDROM 

• Planned price is 49DM for new owners and 29.90DM for updates (price subject to change) 

• Should be shown at the Cologne show 1998 

A few of the new CGX V4 features (over V3) 

• German/English documentation/online help for CGXMode 

• CGXMode monitor database 

• CGXCommodity (cgx config program) for control of 

envs and tooltypes and some superlayers features 

like hide/show windows 

• Fully compatible with CGX V3 

• Bitmapcache support added for all drivers 

(supported cards) 

• Latest V43 24Bit DT, picture.datatype will come with it. 

Distributed by: Stefan Ossowski’s Schatztruhe 

Gesellschaft for Software mbH 

After the failing support and all the 

complaints about former AFS distributor 

Fourth Level Developments, the author, 

Michiel Pelt, reclaimed copyright and will 

republish PFS2 under the label of Great Effects 

Development. 

Improvements over Ami-FileSafe: 

• Special price for registered AFS users. 

• 68000, 68020, 68040 and 68060 versions. 

• Built-in interface for live optimiser. There is no 

optimiser yet, but this interface makes it 

possible to optimise the disk without taking it 

off-line. When the disk is accessed during 

optimisation, PFS2 will stop the optimiser, 

which can continue afterwards. A dormant 

optimiser can even be automatically notified 

when the system is idle, making optimisation 

completely transparent. 

• Improved testing procedures making PFS2 

more stable and reliable then ever before. 

• Enhanced documentation including 

programming docs (disk structure and special 

packets). 

• New versions of all supplied tools (bug-fixes 

mostly), pfsls, diskvalid etc… 

• Full support plus disk repair service. 

• Fully Ami-FileSafe compatible. 

• Early problem detection mechanism. This 

mechanism detects problems with your disk 

before it is too late, ensuring optimal 

protection of your data. 

• Extended disk structure to make disk-repair 

easier. 

• Comes on CD. 

• FREE Bonus: the award-winning game Kang 

Fu, now with extra levels! 

New in version 4.2: 

• Partitions upto 104GB and harddisks up to 

2TB utilizing TD64 and Direct SCSI 

support. A free update for PFS2 

customers will be available on Aminet 

soon. 

Plus all that Ami-FileSafe already had... 

• Superior performance. Up to a 500% 

improvement over FFS. 

• Disk are always valid. No more validation disk 

errors! 

• Reliability 

• Concurrent access without performance loss. 

PFS2 handles simultaneous accesses very 

well! 

• Easy file-recovery with the delete directory. 

Getting a deleted file back never was so easy. 

• Automatically truncated logfiles. Get rid of 

those ever growing logfiles. 

Only DM 99,- 

Update from AFS only DM 59,- 

8 Workbench 


From: Page 1 

titles available on the Amiga – though $109.00 

for the Amiga version of Quake seemed a little 

steep for PC conversion! 

Beside Computa-Magic Amiga Technology 

Australia constructed a very large display of all 

the latest hardware available including a locally 

designed and built Amiga 4000 Tower 

conversion. This tower was very impressive 

indeed, its all metal construction was a change 

from the mainly plastic tower conversions seen in 

the past. The company also showed what a 

souped-up A4000 can do. With a PPC board and 

CyberVision PPC graphics card this machine was 

a sight to behold. Amiga Technology also 

supplied a catalogue of the hardware and 

software that they can supply to the public at 

what seemed like very competitive prices indeed. 

Internet Cafe Amiga Style: The MAUG 

shows how it’s done. 

Draco was present with their linear video 

editing machines. These boxes are apparently the 

bees knees when it comes to economical 

professional video editing. Based on Amiga 

technology and using OS 3.1 these computers 

showed what can be done with an Amiga. 

The BAEUG was also present and had a 

display of the Siamese system in which you can 

connect an Amiga and a PC together and have 

both functioning in parallel. This is useful for 

manipulating files across platforms and using the 

hardware in the the PC for use by the Amiga like 

the graphics card or sound card. Once connected 

only one keyboard and mouse need to be used for 

both computers. 


The organisers AAG were present and had a 

small display in which you could subscribe to 

their magazine and purchase back issues. Their 

stand also included four A1200 which were 

raffled off during the day. These were donated by 

Amiga International. Other items which were 

given away as prizes included MasterISO, the CD 

authoring software from Asimware, 

AmigaForever, the Amiga emulator from Cloanto 

and copies of the Amiga Theme on CD. 

Video Editing: The Melbourne distributors of 

the Draco system explain some of the finer 

points to keen listeners. 

Our own club members were present as 

volunteers manning the entrance desk, handing 

out a special edition newsletter and other jobs 

that needed throughout the day. Many new faces 

were canvassed which may mean some new 

members in the not to distant future. 

The shows’ success was a result of the 

enthusiasm showed by participating members and 

vendors associated with the Amiga. The shows’ 

organiser, whilst having booked the venue, 

played a smaller role in the overall event. In the 

future if a show like this is to be held a different 

approach is required and a venue selected that 

may make it possible for more people to attend. 

Text: Tom Heeren 

Photos: Alexander McCooke 

Watch this space for 

Amiga Show Reports 

in the New Year! 

AmigaFest ’98 Report. 

9

Classic Amiga Proposal 

Cheats & Level Codes 

From: Page 7 

The new processor company produce and 

release the source code for a compiler (code 

generator), this is supplied to H&P who will 

integrate the compiler in their Storm 

development environment. Siamese Systems will 

develop and supply an Amiga compatibility API 

(Siamese PCI implements much of the Amiga 

API on the host and will be able to supply this 

element quicker and with less overall 

development effort). The Storm IDE will allow 

quick and simple movement of applications 

between 68k, PPC and new CPU. [note: the 

releasing of this compiler code is the one part that 

Amiga Inc., were uncertain about] 

Dealers supporting the new movement will 

help to pull along software and hardware 

products from developers and help to continue 

the development of software products, ensuring 

that upgraded products keep pace with 

developments and will provide a good pool of 

applications for the new machines. 

The H&P IDE will allow late movement of 

applications from Classic Amiga to the new 

machine (there may be some performance loss 

because of the portability API, however this will 

be relatively minor because of the substantial 

performance improvement of the CPU), allowing 

virtually a single source code version to compile 

for the 3 processors. 

While supporting and profiting from their 

current products developers will be encouraged 

to develop new, next generation, applications 

using the developer machines. 

Amiga Inc. drop the reference to OS4 and call 

it development machines. OS5 is renamed to 

something else. The apparent progression from 

OS3.1->OS4->OS5 is confusing to the current 

Amiga owner because it suggests that their 

This list shows all areas where a cheat code 

can be used in Genetic Species. 

FrameCount - Enable FrameCounter. 

DangerZone - Maximum Weapon Ammo. 

FoxMulder - Maximum Weapon KillPower. 

Caffeine - Immortality 

FullCircle - Remove Player Shot Collision. 

Goldbeer - Disable Artificial Intelligence. 

Sober - Enable Artificial Intelligence. 

SatanClaus - Remove All Weapon NoiseFactors 

Scorpions - Disable Puzzle Board. 

AlienRace - Make The Player Invisible To All 

Enemies. 

Chainsaw - Change The Death Sequence A Bit. 

JumpingJack - Enable Jumping Bunny Function. 

HellRaiser - Reset Weapon Reload Time. 

MindFields - Unlock All Doors. 

Sissies - Able To Carry Everything. 

Fuck You - Surprise! 

RushHour - Extreme Enemy Movement Velocity. 

Astronomical - Enemies Will Never Retreat. 

Elite - Extreme Enemy Shot Rate. 

Muppet Show - Set Shade Factor To $D000 

Retribution - LevelCode For Stage0 

Dysfunctional - LevelCode For Stage1 

Antimatter - LevelCode For Stage2 

EyeOfTheStorm - LevelCode For Stage3 

migration path is to an incompatible hardware 

and software upgrade, rather than to a totally new 

mega performance machine. They are different 

platforms... [using the OS4 title for that future 

Classic Amiga OS version would be desirable - 

Amiga Inc may release the interface code for 

their new OS which may be useful to give a 

common appearance, while targeting the future 

Amiga’s as media creation tools] 

This plan is designed to keep active 

development going for 2 years with a 1 year 

overlap with the new machine, leaving 

developers and users happy that they have a safe 

platform from which they can sit back and assess 

the new machine rather than having to jump over 

the edge committing to a machine that they have 

not seen (and therefore moving to other platforms 

in the interim). 

Amiga Inc., will supply design information on 

the new processor as soon as possible and 

perhaps sample boards so that we can look at 

developing our own motherboards for OS5. [we 

are for example interested in developing a future 

replacement for our Access kiosk board] 

Conclusion 

Hardware developer, software developers and 

dealers have an active market. 

There will be active developers and 

applications will be current versions when they 

are moved to the new machine. 

Developers will have cashflow to allow them 

to develop their next generation applications 

directly for the new machine. 

There will be a larger active Amiga customer 

base available to move to the new machine, rather 

than trying to claw them back. 

Mick Tinker 6 October 1998 

Ambrosia - LevelCode For Rocket Launcher 

Cncd - LevelCode For Plasma Gun 

Iris - LevelCode For Flechette 

Polka B. - LevelCode For Assault Rifle 

Parallax - LevelCode For Mini Gun 

SpaceBalls - LevelCode For Flame Thrower 

3LE - LevelCode For Tazer 

Stellar - LevelCode For Ind. Drill 

Puzzle - LevelCode For Stun G. Launcher 

Kefrens - LevelCode For Pistol 

Impact - LevelCode For Sil. Pistol 

Silents - LevelCode For Fire Axe 

Scoopex - LevelCode For Aut. Pistol 

Deathrow - LevelCode For Hugger Acid 

Loonies - LevelCode For Laser Mine 

Impulse - LevelCode For Mantis Beam 

Depth - LevelCode For Laser Rifle 

Floppy - LevelCode For Hand Grenade 

Budbrain - LevelCode For Zombie Hands 

Gods - LevelCode For Poopie 

Artwork - LevelCode For Data Disc 

Rage - LevelCode For Violet Keycard 

C-Lous - LevelCode For Red Keycard 

Subacid - LevelCode For Green Keycard 

Balance - LevelCode For Blue Keycard 

Efreet - LevelCode For Bio Toxin 

TBL - LevelCode For Save Game 

VirtualDreams - LevelCode For Orange Keycard 

10 Workbench 


Fleecy Moss, Amiga Inc. 

Clarifies Company 

Strategy 

Gary Peake of Team Amiga posted this email 

from Amiga Inc.’s Fleecy Moss in a recent 

newsgroup thread. In it, Mr. Moss states that an 

Amiga desktop is not the primary focus of Amiga 

Inc. and that they do not “need” the existing 

Amiga community to be successful, but that it 

does give them an edge. 

From: “Gary Peake” 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc 

Subject: Re: Sober Analysis of “The Plan” 

Date: 27 Oct 98 23:13:04 -0600 

fleecy@netreach.net scribed to us about Re: 

Sober Analysis of “The Plan” (fwd) in EMail 

This is a response from Fleecy Moss, Amiga 

Inc regarding my post to 

comp.sys.amiga.misc ... reposted here with 

permission from Fleecy. 

For Amiga Inc we don’t “need” the existing 

community. Our market is much bigger than 

just desktops and, in another sense, it won’t 

be us that concentrates on the desktop and 

high end, it will be our licencees. Our OS 

and HW references will scale. 

So technically the Amiga community could 

die and we would be ok. However, this is a 

limited way of looking at the situation. 

The existing Amiga gives us 

a) a good name and reputation -many ppl 

remember it very fondly, 

b) a worldwide seed community for the new 

machines - not many companies can 

work on a product with an almost 

guaranteed first sale of 100,00 units. 

c) a worldwide evangelical force 

d) a very talented pool of developers 

e) a philosophy and attitude that is just 

waiting to be promoted and will be so 

much more effective than the stale 

Apple “think Differently” 

The problem is that many in the existing 

community are only looking at their existing 

1980's definition of computing, and of how 

the Amiga fits into that, so because we are 

not building PPC A5000s with PPCOS4, they 

feel betrayed. It requires a whole new 

mindset -computers are no longer just geek 

toys - they are the conduits for digital 

information. 

Feel free to repost this. 

Thanks for watching the newsgroups and 

correcting us where we need it 

Fleecy! 


Fleecy Moss Clarifies 

Earlier Statements 

In response to his earlier posting, Mr Moss now 

again clarifies Amiga Incs’s position on the 

Amiga. Sometimes it’s better to say nothing! 

From: “Fleecy Moss” 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc 

Subject: Clarification on Desktops 

Date: 2 Nov 98 11:10:17 -0500 

Hey there 8-) 

I just went over to Aminew on CUCUG and 

became steaming mad - that bastard from 

Amiga, Mr Moss says that desktops don’t 

matter anymore, and that Amiga doesn’t 

need us anymore....well f**k him!!!! 

...eeerrrr, oh, that was me........ 

To clarify (and to demonstrate once again 

that sarcasm and innuendo is hard to do with 

a colon and some brackets), the letter I 

wrote to Gary was in response to a particular 

letter expressing concern that Amiga Inc. is 

abandoning the current market. 

If you look, you will see that “need” is in 

quotes - the reason, because technically, we 

don’t “need” desktops to succeed, precisely 

because we are not concentrating solely on 

desktops. 

This I feel is an important point that the 

community needs to understand. I have said 

many times that we are not just about 

bringing an up to date Amiga desktop back 

to the existing market. To do that would 

probably spell our doom. 

We are about defining a new market, a 

market in which desktops are at home with 

intelligent TVs, games consoles, servers and 

workstations - where it isn’t the size of your 

hardware that counts but its ability to do the 

work you need it to do. 

Rest assured that there will be desktop 

Amigas, workstations and servers - you lot 

out there are living proof that a market exists 

for them. I am in constant contact with HW 

companies who are looking at the logistics of 

producing their own NG medium and high 

end Amigas. 

As for not needing the community, again the 

comment made was a technical metaphor - 

of course we don’t “need” it, in the same way 

that France doesn’t need its world cup 

players to play in the world cup in 2002 - 

they would just be idiots not to use them. 

The Amiga community is the heart and soul 

of the Amiga. 

A Word From Fleecy 

11

BoXeR - The New Amiga Motherboard! 

BoXeR Update - 3rd November 1998: 

Blittersoft are very aware of the interest 

the new BoXeR motherboard has 

generated world wide since it’s 

announcement. Unfortunately, for a number of 

reasons we cannot go into, there has been 

several unexpected delays that have prevented 

it’s release. 

We would therefore like to make a statement to 

clarify the current situation. 

The BoXeR motherboard is being developed 

by Access Innovation Ltd. Access are also 

involved in several other important projects, 

including the Inside-Out board and therefore 

development time has been spread accordingly. 

The delays have, however, allowed some further 

improvements to the original BoXeR 

specification. These changes (subject to change) 

are detailed below. 

Changes to Original Specifications 

• 64-bit design for maximum performance with 

PPC/G3 processor boards 

• Twin independent IDE ports supporting Modes 

PIO 0-4, DMA Modes 0-2 and upgradable (via 

Flash) to UDMA, giving high transfer rates 

with low processor overhead 

• Replacement of the Buster chip 

• Full Parallel port implementation (allowing use 

of more parallel port peripherals 

• Board layout change to accommodate Video 

Toaster 

• Implementation of enhancements to increase 

CHIP RAM access times 

A new prototype board is about to go into 

production allowing all the latest design features 

to be tested and also prove earlier changes. Once 

the prototype has been built and on completion of 

preliminary testing we will have a better idea of 

production schedules and will keep everyone 

informed. 

The BoXeR motherboard delivers a medium 

cost home/semi-professional Multi-Media 

computing motherboard based on the Amiga 

Chip Set and Operating System. This will allow 

complete machines to be priced between the 

A1200 and A4000, providing low purchase price 

and expansion options, while delivering a 

performance in excess of the A4000. 

The expected release date for the BoXeR 

motherboard is in the first quarter of 1999. 

The BoXeR will be sold in 3 ways 

• As the heart of the new Blittersoft range of 

Black Box Amiga systems. 

• As a single motherboard solution to the 

customer, to build their own unique system. 

• Through OEM dealers who may customise the 

unit to their own particular markets. 

Technical Information List 

• 100% Amiga compatible. 

• Baby-AT motherboard based on Amiga 

technology - fits in ANY standard PC 

Desktop/Tower case. 

• Motorola 68040 or 68060 at 25-75MHz 

supported in a single processor socket. 

• On board 2Mb CHIP RAM. 

• 4 x 72 pin standard SIMM sockets allowing up 

to 2Gb FAST RAM. 

• Dual IDE Hard disk interface, with standard 

pitch 40 pin header. 

• Flash ROM 2Mb, 32 bit wide. Used to provide 

kickstart ROM’s and resident modules. 

• Floppy disk drive interface, operating as DF0:, 

including 0.5sec delay on RDY. 

• CD-ROM audio input connector and mixer. 

• Real Time Clock, using NiCad. 

• Keyboard port is a standard DIN connector for 

PC compatible keyboard. 

• 2 x 16 bit Active ISA slots, in-line with 4xZorro 

3 slots. 

• Amiga Video slot 

Connectors 

• Printer port, 26 pin header. 

• AV slot - provides audio, composite and RGB 

signals. 

• RGB video (on rear AV board). 

• Serial port 10 pin header 

• Joystick and mouse port, 10 pin headers. 

• Audio header, 4x1. 

• Power In - standard PC 12 pin connector 

• IDE - 40 pin (Dual) 

• Floppy drive DF0:/DF1: header. 

Key Design Points 

• The all-new leading-edge design uses the 

AGA chip set for compatibility but has 

completely redesigned logic to achieve the 

highest performance and most flexible design. 

• Supports 68040 or 68060 from 25MHz – 

75MHz. 

• Designed to achieve low system cost. 

• Supports 4x standard 72 pin SIMM’s for total 

FAST memory of 2Gb. 

• High-speed CHIP memory read/write 

technology which can boost access by up to 

30%. 

• Mounts in standard PC baby-AT case. (Huge 

selection of cases available from a wide range 

of suppliers at the lowest price points) 

• Processor connector to support a low cost 

PowerPC upgrade (in development). This 

expansion allows the on-board 680x0 to 

remain in place so that the upgrade is little 

more than a PowerPC on a card. 

• MPEG/Genlock module with high quality 

output and broadcast quality genlocking is in 

development. 

• Has live working 16-bit ISA slots to support 

low cost peripherals such as Modems, 

Ethernet and Sound cards. 

• FlashROM allows software and hardware 

updates. 

• CD-ROM File System in ROM allows booting 

from CD’s. 

Product Pricing 

• BoXeR £TBA 

12 Workbench 


Amiga Directory 

In Brief 

Victoria 

Amiga Technology Australia 

17 Thompson Circuit, Mill Park, 3082 Phone: (03) 9436 5555 

Byte One Computers 

24 Silverton Drive, Ferntree Gully, 3156 Phone: (03) 9752 3991 or 

015 316 147 

Computa Magic Pty. Ltd. 

44 Pascoe Vale Road, Moonee Ponds, 3039 Phone: (03) 9326 0133 

Megatron 

156-160 New Street, Ringwood, 3134 Phone: (03) 9870 4017 

MVB Computer Supplies Pty. Ltd. 

508 Dorset Road, Croydon, 3136 Phone: (03) 9725 6255 

Software Buyers Service 

Arnie Robbins 

PO Box 290, Bannockburn, 3331 E-mail: arnie@ne.com.au 

South Australia 

Amiga ‘n PC Centre Pty. Ltd. 

644 South Road, Glandore, Adelaide, 5037 Phone: (08) 8293 8752 

G-Soft Computers Pty. Ltd. 

Shop 4/2 Anderson Wlk, Smithfield, 5114 Phone: (08) 8284-1266 

New South Wales & Canberra 

Amiga Genius 

826 Hunter St, Newcastle West, 2302 Phone: (049) 623-222 

Computer Affair 

337 Penshurst Street, Willoughby, 2068 Phone: (02) 9417 5155 

Desktop Utilities 

PO BOX 3053, Manuka, 2603 Phone: (06) 239 6658 

December Meeting 

This is just a reminder to all members that the 

December AUG meeting will take place on the 

second Sunday of the month (December 13th). 

This will ensure that the meeting will not 

interfere with the Christmas break. All members 

with a current Email address will be notified 

before the meeting. 

Email Addresses 

This is a request from the Secretary of the AUG 

to all members. Could everyone with access to 

Email please send your Email to the following 

address so it can be recorded. 

doggone@blaze.net.au 

Please state your name and membership number 

(you’ll find this on the address label in the top 

right hand corner of the Workbench envelope). 

This information will be considered confidential 

and be used for club announcements only. It will 

not be given to any other outside party 

whatsoever and only be used for official club 

matters. 

PageStream 3.4 Beta Testing Now 

The latest version of the premier desktop 

publishing program by SoftLogik is now under 

going beta testing. The first two beta versions 

were very buggy but version 3 has fixed a serious 

text entry bug. This newsletter was produced 

using the latest beta version. As you can see it 

works. Hopefully by the New Year the final 

version will be released. 

Amiga OS 3.5 Update 

As of November 8th the Amiga OS 3.5 project 

has completed 11% of the new operating system. 

Only 89% to go! Workbench will keep you 

updated on further developments. 


Exclusive Computer Systems 

34 Weston Street, Weston, 2326 Phone: (049) 361213 

MotherBoard Computers 

Suite 19 9-11 Abel St, Penrith 2750 Phone: (047) 222-893 

SigmaCom 

Suite 17 20-24 Gibbs Street, Miranda, 2228 Phone: (02) 9524 9848 

Software Circus 

27 Darling Street, Kensington, 2033 Phone: (02) 9313 8484 

Unitech Electronics Pty. Ltd. 

8B Tummul Place, St Andrews, 2566 Phone: (02) 9820 3555 

Vince Schubert Computers 

24 Belgrave St, Kempsey, 2440 Phone: (065) 62 1455 or 014 971399 

Commodore Amiga Centre 

96 Bentinck St, Bathurst, Phone: (063) 322 611 

Western Australia 

Amiga Innovations 

111 Cambridge Street, West Leederville, 6007 Phone: (08) 9388 1665 

Computer Man 

611 Beaufort Street, Mt. Lawley, 6050 Phone: (08) 9328 9062 

Queensland 

Don Quixote Software 

PO BOX 786, Toowoomba, 4350 Phone: (076) 391 578 

Image Domain 

92 Bridge St, Fortitude Valley, 4006 Phone: (07) 3216-1240 

Synapse Computers 

190 Riding Road, Hawthorne, 4171 Phone: (07) 389 9098 

Genetic Species Goes 24Bit 

Marble-Eyes Development is proud to announce 

the release of a new Genetic Species Add-On. 

And what an add-on: 24 bit finally hits an Amiga 

game! So we’re writing history. In other words 

the Amiga and Genetic Species goes true colour, 

that means 16 million colours per pixel. The 

human eye recognizes about 14 million colours 

but you’ll get 2 million extra! In order to support 

the 24bit screen modes in Genetic Species we had 

to re-write all the functions which access the 

display screen. It has been a lot of work but 

looking at the result, the time has certainly paid 

off. The improvement is simply amazing. Not a 

single pixel is rendered in Genetic Species 

without putting it through an alpha channel - and 

the result will blast you away! 

The Future for Genetic Species 

We were extremely excited about finally releasing 

Genetic Species but the sales have been minimal 

while at the same time, the future of the Amiga is 

looking more and more bleak. Because of this, 

during these last months our excitement has 

gradually dissipated. Since the financial rewards 

for the game are all but pocket money, and we no 

longer feel the old excitement and commitment, 

we’ve decided to move on, and thus we’ve started 

looking at new projects which point to the future, 

not the past.. 

All current development of GS has been 

halted, and further add-ons are not likely to 

appear. We’re sorry about this. But keep the faith; 

we’ll be looking forward to giving you another 

mind-blowing game sometime in the future. 

Stay tuned for further information! 

Marble Eyes Development 

13

CyberStorm 

Accelerators 

BlizzardPPC 


CyberVisionPPC 

Graphic 

Cards 

BVisionPPC 

Graphic Cards 

Apollo 


Buddha, 

Catweasel, 

and other 

strange 

Amiga things. 

CyberStormPPC cards (A3000 and 

A4000) including UW SCSI interface. 

Choose from: 

PPC 604e 180, 200, 233MHz with 

either an 040 25MHz or an 060 

50MHz. 

Call for the BEST PRICES in town! 

Choose from: 

PPC 603e 160, 200, 240MHz with 

either an 040 25MHz or an 060 

50MHz. 

(With or without Fast SCSI-2 

interface). 

Very fast graphics accelerator card 

which plugs directly into the 

CyberStorm Mk. III & PPC series 

boards. 

Permedia II Glint 3D Graphics 

Engine with 8Mb Video RAM. 

(Features 1600x1200 True-colour 

mode) 

Very fast graphics accelerator card 

which plugs directly into the 

BlizzardPPC series boards. 

Permedia II Glint 3D Graphics 

Engine with 8Mb Video RAM. 

A1240 cards are available with either 

an 040 25MHz or an 040 40MHz 

CPU. For those who require more 

speed, the A1260 includes an 060 

50MHz CPU. 

Both cards accomodate a Fast 

SCSI-2 module, available seperately. 

A2000 cards are also available. 

Now you can use a standard PC 

high density 3½" floppy drive on your 

Amiga using the Catweasel. 

Also take advantage of inexpensive 

EIDE drives with the Flash-ROM 

upgradeable all-singing, all-dancing 

Buddha Enhanced-IDE interface. 

Repairs 

Trade-Ins 

Upgrades 

Games 

Add-Ons 

Joysticks 

Mouses 

Paper 

Printers 

Ribbons 

Ink 

Video 

CD-ROM 

Internet 

Remember we will be having a Grand Sale from 

November 16th through to December 12th 

Be there to grab yourself a bargain! 

MVB Computers 506 Dorset Road Phone (03) 9725 6255 

Croydon Victoria 3136 Fax (03) 9725 6766 

incoporating Byte One Computers 

14 Workbench 


Amiga 4000 

68030 with 68882 co-pro. 

18 meg RAM, 120 + 850 

meg internal IDE hard 

drives. 1960 multisync 

monitor, mouse, joystick, 

midi-interface. 

$900 ONO 

Chris Zwar 

Phone (03) 9510 4726 

emedia@bigpond.com 

Software 

Games 

• Campaign II $10 • Big Red Adventure $20 

Educational 

• World Atlas CDROM $10 

Utilities + Productivity 

• Ami-Back + Tools $10 • Vista Pro V3.0 $15 

Hardware 

• IBM Analog Joystick Interface $20 

• VidiAmiga12 Image Capture V2 $40 

Tom Heeren, 9583 6259 

For Sale 

Programs: 

DMCS, M1, Dr T.s Studio & MT32 library, 

Flipside, Pro Page, PC Task, VIP Professional, 

DeLuxe Photo-Lab, DeLuxe Productions, Kind 

Words, Fantavision, Flow, Info File & Hunter, 

Textcraft Plus, Page Flipper, TV Text, Bars & 

Pipes 1.0, 1.0c & Demo. 

Manuals Only: 

Maxiplan, Amiga Basic, Advanced Basic, DOS 

manual, Programmer’s Guide, Audiomaster II 


Pro-Grab video digitizer 

Digitize at up to 736x512 resolutions 

in 24bit. Comes complete with 

manual, software, parallel cable and 

PCMCIA adaptor. EC, unit has had 

little use. Will suit all Amigas but 

especially those with a PCMCIA 

interface. eg A1200's and A600's 

Min req: KS 2.04 and 1.5meg ram 

(2meg for AGA machines) 

Rec: AGA 4meg ram and a hard 

drive. $280 

Tony Mulvihill Ph. (BH) 9773 1288 

Email: tonym@net2000.com.au 

Come and see lots of 

Amiga related goods 

at the Sale and 

Auction to be held at 

the November 

meeting of the Amiga 

Users Group. 

Hardware: 

Multi-sync Monitor (Commodore 1960) - 

accept 1084S as part payment. Yamaha PSR- 

510 keyboard, General MIDI, going cheap, ideal 

for computer use, also a MIDI interface. Will 

throw in free lessons. 

Any reasonable offers accepted 

Contact Norm Christian 

9798 6552 

Reader Classifieds 

15

About the Group 

AUG Contact Information 

Coordinator Michael Green 9576 2291 co-ord@membersaug.org.au 

Assistant Coord. Jim Lewis 0412 392 099 assistantco-ord@members.aug.org.au 

Treasurer James Gardiner 9553 3826 treasurer@members.aug.org.au 

Secretary Tom Heeren 9583 6259 editor@members.aug.org.au 

Membership Alexander McCooke 9898 5236 membership@members.aug.org.au 

Meeting Chair David Myers 9417 7750 meetingchair@members.aug.org.au 

Newsletter Editor Tom Heeren 9583 6259 doggone@blaze.net.au 

Web Master David Allen 9846 4506 webmaster@members.aug.org.au 

General Committee Kevin Futter 9304 3439 kfutter@members.aug.org.au 

George Ganakas 9432 3897 gganakas@members.aug.org.au 

John Hopkins 5996 2124 jhopkins@members.aug.org.au 

Peter Mill 9770 0192 pmill@members.aug.org.au 

Mail To Committee All Committee Members committee@members.aug.org.au 

Disk/Book Librarian Colin Roberts 

Amiga Users Group 

The Amiga Users Group Inc. is a non-profit association of 

people interested in the Amiga family of computers and 

related topics. We do not support or condone software piracy. 

To contact us call our Secretary; or visit our home page at: 

http://www.aug.org.au 

The Melbourne Amiga Users Group was formerly a 

special interest group of AUG but is now a seperate entity. 

Membership 

The AUG Inc. membership year runs from September to 

August. If you are joining in: 

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November–December 1998 

Moorabbin 

Station 

AUG has a collection of Amiga books and magazines. Members 

can borrow for a period of one month. The library is available at 

most meetings. Programs from the public domain library are 

available at many meetings. 

World Wide Web Access 

Chris Quonoey can provide a very competitive Internet 

connection to all AUG members at reduced rates from 

BlazeNet. Connection costs are as low as $0.95/hr. There are 

no joining or monthly fees and your access time is paid for in 

advance. For details contact Chris (0418 377 975). 

The Dead Letter Department 

The AUG’s new BBS run by Craig Hutchison has access to 

all the latest AmiNet files as well as other goodies. 

Registration is free to all members. Phone: (03) 9571 7194 

Meetings 

The Amiga Users Group meets at the Moorabbin Arts Centre 

Complex, 979 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin (see map) on the 3rd 

Sunday of each month at 2:00pm. There is ample parking at 

the rear of the complex off South Road. Meetings are held in 

the “Sun Room” or on the 2nd floor (up the stairs then turn 

left). Ask at reception if you get lost. Cost: $2.00 members; 

$4.00 non-members. This is to cover rental costs.

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