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25 Apr 99 - Eucalyptus Source Code Released By Developer - Eucalyptus is an advanced multimedia MIME-compliant e-mail client from Isengard Developments.
21 Apr 99 - World of Amiga '99 Going Ahead - More details regarding this UK-based show which will be held on the weekend of July 24th and 25th.
19 Apr 99 - Hurricane Studios Announce Availability of the First Amiga Commercial PowerPC Game - Eat The Whistle PPC is available now on the web and, soon, on Aminet. This is a free update if you already own the 68K version.
18 Apr 99 - ShadowWorks Software Announces Version 1.6 Update to NewsRog - Newsrog is a news reader program for the Amiga that provides advanced features for the power user. Version 1.6 includes 19 new features and improvements.
13 Apr 99 - Randomize Sets the Amiga System Standard with the Genesis Odyssey PPC II - Here's a new, PPC-equipped Amiga suitable for all applications and completly configurable through Randomize's new "Build-Your-Own" system.
11 Apr 99 - Blittersoft to Begin Taking Pre-Orders for AmigaOS 3.5 - Assure quick delivery of AmigaOS 3.5 when it comes out. No prepayment is required.
10 Apr 99 - Amiwest '99 Amiga Show to be Held in Sacramento, California - AmiWest '99 will run from Friday, July 23th, through Sunday, July 25th. The show will feature classes, seminars, guest speakers, a banquet and many Amiga vendors and groups.
04 Apr 99 - Amiga Downunder 99 Show Announced - An Amiga show will be held in Canberra, Australia on August 21st and 22nd, 1999. Check it out!
04 Apr 99 - Finnish Amiga Users Group Announces Saku 99 - Following the success of Saku 98, which was visited by some 500 Amiga enthusiasts, Saku 99 is aimed to be bigger and better than the previous events.
02 Apr 99 - Toysoft Development Announces Availability of StarGate v2.0 MUI - StarGate is an integrated e-mail and news client with multiple user interfaces, multiple email accounts, intuitive design, easy to use, highly configurable, designed for novice to expert users and no learning curve.
01 Apr 99 - Interview with Mr. Petro Tyschtschenko from the Waaslandia Amiga-Only Club - Another interview with Petro reveals some new facts about the surprising growth of Amiga Inc. (in personnel, anyway).
30 Mar 99 - Randomize Announces ScanQuix/Umax Scanner Bundle - Here's a high-quality, cost-effective flatbed scanning solution for the Amiga from Randomize.
30 Mar 99 - Siamese Systems Announces Multi-Board Computer System Case - Do-it-yourself hardware fans who want to run multiple OSes from the same box will appreciate this new offering from Siamese.
27 Mar 99 - Amiga Survivor Magazine Announces New Issue - After a few months of absence, Amiga Survivor has released its latest issue.
26 Mar 99 - Met@box Announces AmiJOE G3 PPC Accelerator for the Amiga - Right on the heels of the Phase 5 announcement comes this similar development from Metabox (formerly PIOS).
25 Mar 99 - Midwest Amiga Exposition Not to be Held This Year - The Amiga Central Ohio Network has decided not to put on the Amicon MAE show this year.
22 Mar 99 - MicroDot II 1.3 Available - VaporWare releases the latest version of its integrated email and news program.
20 Mar 99 - clickBOOM Announces Online Auction System - Amiga users may now buy and sell goods at the clickBOOM web site via an online auction.
19 Mar 99 - Amiga99 Tapes Available - Amazing Computing/Amiga Magazine has announced (only days after the actual event) the availability of two video tapes focusing on the comments made by new Amiga president Jim Collas. Check it out!
19 Mar 99 - AmiComSys Looking for a Home - If you have a net-connected Amiga you could host the AmiComSys server and be an Amiga hero.
17 Mar 99 - Nova Design Announces PowerStation for ImageFX - PowerStation is a a package of ImageFX modules designed to work with the PowerPC as a coprocessor.
17 Mar 99 - Wildfire 7 - Animation Sequencing and 3D Effects - Wildfire is a professional animation sequencer that allows you to create and process animations in several formats, to generate time-dependant 3D special-effects and design large projects containing several animations and frame-synchronized sound-effects.
17 Mar 99 - Aminet Moving Main Site to Germany - This note from Urban D. Mueller, head of Aminet explains some of the recent problems and outlines a possible solution.
17 Mar 99 - Winner of Amiga99 Graphic and Programming Contest Announced - Congratulations to Steffen König of Germany, the winner of the "Still Graphic" portion of the "Graphic and programming Contest" of the Amiga 99 show.
17 Mar 99 - Winner of Amiga99 Best Club Table Display Contest Announced - The National Capitol Amiga Users Group took home the prize with their blimp cam.
16 Mar 99 - Amiga 15th Anniversary Celebration in Atlanta (Amiga:2000) - Join Amiga pioneers at this banquet meeting.
14 Mar 99 - CUCUG's Amiga99 Show Report - Comprehensive show report with pictures and coverage of most of the vendors who attended the Amiga99 show in St. Louis on March 12, 13 and 14. (The handsome gentleman shown here with the Amiga Web Directory T-shirt is Amiga Inc. General Manager Jeff Schindler.)
13 Mar 99 - Nordic Global Announces Daytona, Free Java for AmigaOS - This surprising announcement was made at Amiga99 by Nordic Global's Holger Kruse.
12 Mar 99 - Jim Collas And Jeff Schindler Answer Questions - Edited IRC transcript from the Amiga99 show on Friday night.
12 Mar 99 - Amiga President Jim Collas Addresses Amiga99 Attendees - Here is a recap of the speech made by the Amiga president on Friday night to those assembled at Amiga99.
12 Mar 99 - Atéo Concepts Announces Two New Products - Company announces Pixel64 ZorroIII for the A3000/4000 and AteoNet, an affordable Ethernet solution for the Amiga.
10 Mar 99 - Special Surprises from Nova Design, Inc. at Upcoming Shows - Check out Nova Design at this weekend's Amiga99 show.
09 Mar 99 - Haage & Partner to Demo Amiga OS3.5 at Amiga99 Show - See for yourself what the latest update to the classic Amiga OS will look like at Amiga99.
09 Mar 99 - Paul Nolan's Photogenics 4.0 to Launch at Amiga99 Show - Be among the first to see this advanced graphics package at the Amiga99 show.
08 Mar 99 - TLAS~Vulcan America Update - The latest specials and new items from Turtle Lightning Amiga Software/Vulcan America.
08 Mar 99 - Pantheon Systems Announces Web Hosting Service - This Amiga-friendly service allows you to host your own web site for free.
08 Mar 99 - User Group Network to Offer Seminars for User Groups at Amiga'99 - User group officers can learn the ins and outs of forming a corporation.
05 Mar 99 - DVS Direct to Handle Assembly and Distribution of RBM Digitaltechnik Products in the US - Many cool Amiga hardware items will now become easier to aquire in the US. This line will be introduced to the US at the upcoming Amiga99 show in St. Louis on March 12, 13 and 14.
04 Mar 99 - Islona Entertainment to Distribute Super Frog - This Team17 platform game will be distributed by Islona/Epic Marketing.
03 Mar 99 - Toysoft Development Announces Availability of StarGate 1.1 - StarGate includes many basic email features such as message attachment and message decoding and comes with an extensive and detailed address book that supports multiple email accounts, personal and business addresses.
03 Mar 99 - Jim Collas, Petro Tyschtschenko and Astronaut Steve Nagel to Speak at Amiga99 Banquet - Here are three good reasons to attend the Amiga99 banquet in St. Louis on Saturday, March 13th. But, you must register in advance to attend and time is running out.
02 Mar 99 - Eyelight Expands Its Web Presence And Announces Free Tornado3D V3.0 Special Offer - This significant update to the popular rendering package will sport a redesigned user interface and many high-end features never before available on the Amiga.
02 Mar 99 - Open Letter to the Amiga Community - Amiga international's Petro Tyschtschenko writes this hopeful and encouraging letter to Amiga fans everywhere.
02 Mar 99 - NewTek's Tim Jenison and Amiga99's Bob Scharp to be Interviewed on Radio Show - Bob and Jim will discuss the show and NewTek with host Joe Balsarotti on St. Louis' WEW.
02 Mar 99 - Amiga99 Tickets to be Collectable - Amiga99 tickets will include special images on them, making them an instant Amiga collectable.
02 Mar 99 - W.F.M.H. Announces Availability of PalmBackup - If you own an Amiga and 3Com's Palm Pilot Personal, Palm Pilot Professional, Palm III organizer, IBM's WorkPad or derivatives, this software is for you!
28 Feb 99 - Ultima Thule Software Announces Availability of THOR 2.6 - The latest version of this advanced newsreader adds features and bug fixes.
27 Feb 99 - Contraption Industries Announces The Audio Enhancement Device (AED) - Sounds, music, and games can now have crisp high frequencies and deep bass that you can feel.
26 Feb 99 - Amiga Announces New President and Fast-track Development Plans - Amiga is making some moves! They have named a president, former Gateway senior vice president, Jim Collas and they are moving the operation to San Diego, California. This article is the first ever from Amiga to actually state that they intend to support the building of an Amiga computer, among other products.
25 Feb 99 - Dimensions Computers AMIGA Announces Availability of EGS Spectrum - Card includes a built-in scandoubler switcher to provide 100% compatibility with older screenmodes. For added convenience, this is via a cable to your existing monitor port, so no internal slots are occupied for the scandoubler.
25 Feb 99 - FWD Computing Now Accepts Credit Cards - Now it's easier to buy products from this specialty retailer of Amiga software.
25 Feb 99 - Dimensions Computers Announces New Web Site and FREE 2-day Shipping - Take advantage of this special offer from Dimensions.
24 Feb 99 - Finale Development Announces Its Next Generation Usenet Newsreader, NewYork II - This new newreader features offline reading, mass-decoding of entire newsgroups, 'bookmarking' of important articles and powerful kill-file prefs to block spam. See it at the upcomming Amiga99 show in St. Louis.
24 Feb 99 - Atéo Concepts Announces Scandoubler/FlickerFixer for the Amiga - Here's an opportunity to preorder this new display device for your Amiga.
24 Feb 99 - Newtek to Attend Charter Meeting - Video Hardware Services will be sponsoring the charter meeting of the Lightwave-Amiga- Aura-Flyer-Toaster User Group and Newtek will be demoing its wares.
23 Feb 99 - Register Your NIMIQ/APNET PCMCIA Ethernet Card Online Now at National Amiga - A special web page has been set up at National Amiga to register your NIMIQ/APNET PCMCIA ethernet card.
23 Feb 99 - Paxtron Announces Changes in Amiga Service Center Prices and Policy - Paxtron is now charging flat-rate fees for Amiga repairs.
23 Feb 99 - DiscreetFX Hosts Software Porting Seminar at Amiga99 - Learn how to port popular Windows applications to the Amiga at the upcoming Amiga99 show.
20 Feb 99 - Compuquick Media Center Offers User Group Specials - Specials for user group members are available on two A1200 packages. Order now and pick it up at Amiga99!
18 Feb 99 - Tsunami Graphics Selling A2000 Render Farm at Amiga99 - Large group of A2000s will be available at the upcoming Amiga show to be held in St. Louis.
18 Feb 99 - New Sidewinder CD '2BADSHEEP - Amiga-produced electronic music CD is now available.
12 Feb 99 - Active Technologies Announce Genesis, A New TCP/IP Stack for the Amiga - Combining ease of use with advanced features, Genesis offers built in dialup Internet connectivity and/or local area networking.
12 Feb 99 - Alive Mediasoft Releases The Prophet Feature List - New Amiga game includes many options and features.
11 Feb 99 - Toysoft Development Announces Availability of StarGate 1.0 - A commercial e-mail client using POP3 and SMTP protocols, StarGate is highly configurable, easy to use, supports 256 color icons, multiple mailboxes and unlimited folders.
08 Feb 99 - VaporWare Announces X-Arc 1.3 Now Available - X-Arc is a new tool by Federico Pomi, created specifically to provide a simple, easy-to-use interface for managing the normal archives used on the Amiga.
04 Feb 99 - Kickstart Amiga User Group Show Announced - Here's latest information on the Kickstart User Group Show, taking place on February 27th at Brook Hall, Brox Road, Ottershaw in Surrey, England.
04 Feb 99 - NewTek Signs as an Exhibitor at Amiga 99, the Gateway Computer Show - Newtek joins the growing number of exhibitors at the upcoming Amiga show in St. Louis to be held March 12-14.
04 Feb 99 - Amiga Show to be Held in Alabama - Come join Amiga enthusiasts from the Birmingham/Tuscaloosa area on Feb. 5.
31 Jan 99 - New Amiga Forever Online Edition from Cloanto - This new enhanced version of the world's best Amiga emulation suite includes lots of new features and a low price: only $29.99US and you can download it right now off the 'net.
30 Jan 99 - TLAS~Vulcan America Announces Special Offers - USA customers recieve free shipping on qualified orders for a limited time, user group members enjoy additional discounts.
30 Jan 99 - UGN Announces User Group Startup Documents - If you're interested in starting up your own Amiga user group, here is some help to get you going.
29 Jan 99 - Latest Announcements from Amiga Format - New editor Ben Vost takes the reigns and announces a staff writer position is now open.
28 Jan 99 - Amiga Web Directory Endorsed by Amiga Inc. - The Amiga Web Directory is an official Amiga Recognized User Organization of Amiga Inc. The Amiga Recognized User Organization Seal of Approval indicates that this web site has been endorsed by Amiga.
28 Jan 99 - ZenMetal Software Announces Availability of Base0 Web Service - This BBS-style message board software for the web runs on your Amiga.
25 Jan 99 - Alive Mediasoft Makes a Number of Announcements - This long list of Amiga projects, mostly new and updated games, comes to us from Alive Mediasoft.
25 Jan 99 - 2 Bit Productions Announces Commercial Release of Storm of the Eye - This is a a GUI-driven play-by-email game for the Amiga.
25 Jan 99 - Weird Science Announces Special Offers on Software - In addition to specially low-priced titles, Weird Science is actually giving away free software with your purchase.
24 Jan 99 - Alive Mediasoft Announces Phoenix Fighters Features and Specs - Here are the details of a new announced recently by Alive Mediasoft.
22 Jan 99 - NewTekniques Adds New Amiga/Toaster/Flyer Section - A new 16-page black and white section that will cover the Amiga, Video Toaster, and Video Toaster Flyer will be included with NewTechniques magazine beginning with the February/March 1999 issue.
19 Jan 99 - Toysoft Announces New Mail Client - StarGate includes many basic email features such as message attachment and message decoding and comes with a very extensive and detailed address book that supports multiple email accounts, personal and business addresses.
19 Jan 99 - Amiga Apache Web Server with PHP Web Scripting Language Now Available for Free - Here's your chance to run an advanced web server on your Amiga.
18 Jan 99 - Aircraft Simulator Time Among Amiga99 Door Prizes - This very unusual door prize will be featured along with many others at the Amiga99 show coming up in March.
13 Jan 99 - New Amiga Print Magazine to be Launched - Amiga Active will be a UK-based Amiga print magazine with in-depth news, reviews and features.
11 Jan 99 - Alive Mediasoft Announces Two New Games - UK software house is debuting two new titles, Goal! Season 98-99 and Phoenix Fighters.
11 Jan 99 - AmigaSoc UK User Group Offers Registration Services - UK Amiga user group will offer software registration services at upcoming Amiga events, encouraging users to register shareware programs.
07 Jan 99 - Amiga99 Show Sponsors Graphic and Programming Contest - Are you an Amiga programmer or artist? Then you will be very interested in this graphic and programming contest sponsored by the Amiga99 show.
06 Jan 99 - Annex, Europe's Singing Group to Perform at Amiga 99 Show - This Amiga-oriented musical group will make an appearance at the upcoming St. Louis show.
06 Jan 99 - The Real Ologram Announces Availability of OloFight - This new AGA fighting game features Ten different fighters with more than 400 animation frames each and 25 frame-per-second animations.
05 Jan 99 - Amiga Informer Magazine Merges with Amazing Computing/Amiga - Two US-based Amiga print magazines have joined forces and will continue under the Amazing Computing/Amiga title.
02 Jan 99 - CAD-Technologies and Impulse Announce Expanded Imagine Support - CAD-Technologies will now handle much of the international distribution of Imagine and provide a new, support web site.
1995 - Amiga News Stories from 1995 - This is our listing of older news stories starting with coverage of the Commodore auction/sale in April.
1996 - Amiga News Stories from 1996 - The new year began with the announcement that a new company named VIScorp would license Amiga technology and ended with news that QuikPak had made a bid for the assets of Amiga.
1997 - Amiga News Stories from 1997 - The biggest news of 1997 was that giant PC maker Gateway 2000 had purchased all rights to the Amiga in March. Many other stories followed and there was much going on in the Amiga community!
1998 - Amiga News Stories from 1998 - Amiga Inc. made a number of big announcements in 1998 and other Amiga vendors scrambled trying to keep their businesses alive during this transition period.