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- Hi there the first part of the doc is on the reason for the delay of
- MiggyByte 4 and why my BBS went off line for a week. After this the
- usual news round up of little snippets not big enough to put in their own
- articles.
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- What a hectic month November was and I hope I never have to go through a
- month like that again. I know your all desperate to know why I thought
- it was so bad so here goes.
-
- First off one day during a FidoNet import the Amiga went crazy and the
- Hard Drive took revenge for all the abuse I had given it. What happened
- was a total nightmare to most sysops. Every single file on the hard
- drive some how became hashed. I booted up DiskSalve and all it did was
- take a look at the mess the hard drive and the files were in and shrugged
- its shoulders (well it would have if it had any). So what this ment was
- EVERY file on the hard drive was lost all the BBS files 5000+ and the
- source code to MiggyByte and all my Uni work!
-
- Thats it I thought, I give up. For the next few days I walked round with
- my head held low and anyone who asked what was wrong soon wished they
- hadn't as I spurted out my sob story (I suppose this is a good time to
- say if any one mentions the word backup Ill kick their teeth in). Anyhow
- after a few days I started looking at the manual to Xenolink BBS software
- that had arrived a few days before the crash. After studying the manual
- I though this looks like fun, (I didn't really it looked like bloody hard
- work) so I decided to start up my BBS again. At this point I must say a
- big thank you to Aaron Thorne and Rob Dale for the help in getting the
- BBS back on-line so quick. So within a week the BBS was back but sadly
- with a rather small file base of 200+ files. But thanks to a few very
- kewl users the BBS has already started to grow and a big thank you to you
- all.
-
- Of course in the crash I lost the files etc for MiggyByte so a frantic
- search through my floppy collection and I found V0.98 of the MiggyByte
- source code. This was a relief, but the version used in the November
- issue was V1.09. So I had to spend a few sleepless nights hacking the
- code to get it back to a usable standard but sadly its still not up to
- the V1.09 standard. So if you find any bugs at all in this issue please
- let me know as it hasn't been tested at all due to the time limit.
-
- <<< Here is the news >>>
-
- < Phase 5 >
- Phase 5 are to make the new range of Power PC boards for the A1200/A4000
- and rumour has it that registered users of the Blizzard range of turbo
- boards will be able to get an upgrade at a reduced price.
-
- < Amiga Technologies >
- Amiga Technologies have announced that there is to be an official CDROM
- unit for the A600/A1200 with CD32 emulation. The drive is said to be
- quad speed and to connect to the PCMCIA slot. Thus leaving the trap door
- slot free.
-
- < Sadness and NFA >
- Are to release their first CDROM of AGA stuff. Named 'The AGA
- Experience'.
-
- < Wordworth 5 >
- Wordworth 5 is due for release any day now and has been speeded up beyond
- reality or so its said. Extra features are REXX support, Fast Format,
- Font Effects, and true multitasking. You can even edit docs while the
- program is printing! But the best bit of news is the upgrade from
- previous versions of Wordworth is only £29.99. For more information call
- 01 395 270 273
-
- < Silica >
- Silica go into receivership but don't panic it is a protective more as
- Silcia's parent company is in financial difficulties. All is expected to
- be sorted out soon and all orders are said to be OK and will be honoured.
-
- < Hi-Soft >
- Two new Squirrels rolls into town this one has the standard SCSI
- interface and a serial port capable of speeds of 300,000bps. So those
- with fast modems can now get the best out of them. The other Squirrel is
- an MPEG decoder/encoder. Yup thats right with this unit you can convert
- your own anims etc into MPEG file formats etc.
-
- < Team 17 >
- After all the rumours that Team 17 were to leave the Amiga they have
- announced they will be staying around at least a while longer. There is
- plans for Alien Breed 3D special edition. This version will have a full
- map editor but best off all it will also have a pixel rate of 1:1 eg full
- screen and no blockyness. But this is at a price, you will need an 030
- in your A1200 to get the best from it.
-
- < Fields of Vision >
- Are to release a Doom style game that has full screen and 1:1 pixel rate.
- Its rumoured that Power computing have made a deal to sell it with their
- Turbo Boards.
-
- < Amos Pro >
- Amos Pro is to be re-released at a retail price of around £29.99 there
- has been no news of an upgrade to AGA but we hope to have full info next
- month.
-
- < World of Amiga Show >
- The World of Amiga Show is back! On the 6th and 7th of January at a
- London location Ill be there so look out for me ;)
-
- Thats all for this month. Byz.
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