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S H A R P D E M O N S T R A T E S A M I G A A P P S O T T A W A A M I G A S H O W 2 0 0 1 A M I W E S T 2 0 0 1 A N N O U N C E D A M I N E T M I R R O R I N B R A Z I L I N N O V A T I V E ' S V H I S T U D I O M I C R O C O D E S O L U T I O N S H A R D W A R E S A F E - V I R U S D E T E C T O R , 1 5 . 6 Y E T A N O T H E R S O R D I D F E U D Editor's Thoughts and Introduction: It's been a quiet month, which is one reason you're getting this right at month's end. It's not that there aren't positive things happening in the Amiga Community, there are. But at the moment, there seems to be more gearing up for the future than releasing new products or making important annoucements. Amiga shows are one area where a lot is going on. The 26th was the date of the Kickstart show in the UK. Below we have the first announcement for the AmiWest show in the US, and the Ottawa show in Canada. Someday we'd like to be in a position to attend all these shows, but for now we'll content ourselves with bringing you the annoucements. We also seem to have no trouble coming up with damaging feuds between Amiga companies lately. We carry information on another in this issue, not because we really want to, but because it must be mentioned to provide a complete picture of what's happening in our community. Perhaps I'm wrong but it seems to me that one company in particular is involved in such feuds far more often than other companies. We have this time a short but very interesting press release below from Sharp. In it, you'll read of Sharp demonstrating Amiga applications at a business show in Japan. Of equal interest, perhaps, is the fact Sharp has announced a new, high end machine, their "Zaurus MI-L1" PDA. The annoucements for this new handheld did not include reference to Amiga at all. What does it all mean? We don't know, but we'll keep our eyes on this for you. For now, we hope you enjoy this issue. Brad Webb, Editor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail to the E-ditor: 27 May 2001 Hello Mr. Webb, We talked ever so briefly at the St. Louis Amiga show this spring. For several years I have had a friend forward copies of Amiga Update to me. Now I want to get it on my own. I am a souped-up Amiga 3000 user. In a recent issue covering the St. Louis show you said there was nothing new there for the Amiga! Did you sleep a lot during the show. I bought two new cards from Individual Computers that they told me were new items. I bought several new softwares from FWD Computing. I got their new Bible Resources CD for the Amiga and I bought their new Cd to use with my Palm computer. Both worked fine. They had other new software that I did not get. Do only foreign makers of software get covered? Each new software is just that NEW. Not everything has to be Earth shattering to be worth mentioning. I also got some great deals on used stuff from Diane and Dan Greathouse of Dans Deals, but you never mention them at shows. I generally like your issues and still want to get them, but it does seem to me that you play favorites in what is covered. All criticism is meant to be constructive and not done out of anger. I have more than once been told I talk too straight and would never make it as a politician (which is funny as I am an elected member of my county council for my second term Wilma ~~~~~~ Wilma, Good questions. Yes, there are new things available in the Amiga market, and Frank's company always has some interesting new items. He's a super resource I hope we keep a long time. Here's what I actually said in the show issue. The word "nothing" isn't there: "There were only a few new products, the most interesting of which was a PC on a card from Mr. Hardware Computer. We haven't seen it in operation, but hope to have more information in the future." We deliberately didn't do a dealer list or describe the products in each booth at the show. In the past, the indications have been readers prefer a different sort of show coverage. If I'm wrong on that one, let me know, readers. Our approach has been to cover the show as a whole, and deal with new products as we get press releases or stories from the companies who make them. This makes for more complete coverage of the products. I think that answers your question, but let's not stop there. You've given me a chance to expand on how the market looks from here (thanks!). The "new product" problem is, to use some of your examples, a Bible CD or a couple new add-on boards for exisiting Amigas do nothing to drive the market forward. The Bible can be done as text on any computer. I haven't seen that CD, but I wouldn't be surprised if it would work just as well on a PC. The palmtop software is probably more significant. There's a program called "Spitfire" that allows syncing of Palm OS applications and Amiga applications. Doesn't work with my Handspring, but does with other brands. However, while a super thing to have, it's a freeware application that helps keep the Amiga up with other computers. I use a number of this type of program to keep my Amiga functional, and would be lost without them. The authors are among the most important people out there in the community. This is all good, but what's missing is original Amiga software. And I didn't see anything new that was really "Amiga original" at St. Louis, if you understand what I'm getting at. Would the Bible CD make someone want to buy an Amiga? Would the Palm sync software? Both are available in just as good packages on other platforms. Can't go into lots of details, but here's one example. The program "Final Writer" was a word processor with originality and Amiga specific features. It had an Amiga look and feel, and it offered an alternative to products based on other operating systems. We just don't have that any longer, with the exception of some products from Haage&Partner and a few others. If you see a foreign bias, that's probably the source of it. Just about all the major American players in the Amiga market have given up or are sitting tight When Softwood was Amiga's productivity software leader, the folks in Germany would probably have felt we had an American bias here. Right now, the best word processor currently being produced is probably H&P's "Amiga Writer". I hope this product continues to be supported for a long, long time. "Final Writer" is dead as a product, though thankfully still usable by those who have it. There will always be new Amiga software and some hardware add-ons, at least as long as the Classic machines can be kept running. But we really aren't getting any new truly Amiga items at the moment. I expect that to change as the OS continues to grow. The most significant news relative to Amiga software that came out of St. Louis was that the OS would not die but continue to live. That immediately caused a few developers to reconsider the future, and that should lead to very good news down the road. Welcome to the subscriber list and keep the questions coming! Brad ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I G A N E E D S B E T A T E S T E R S 21 May 2001 Beta Testers and Developers Amiga Inc. is looking for beta testers to test AmigaOS 4.0 and AmigaDE third party applications for Amiga developers. Payment for all beta testers will be one licensed copy of whatever you test. Please follow the procedure below: To be considered, you must point your browser to http://www.amigadev.net. Look to the right hand menu bar and click the link that says "Join Amiga Support". Fill in the form as completely as possible. In the text block, list any Amiga applications you have beta tested. Once the form is completely filled in, click "save". Then, log in to the amigadev site using your new ADxxxx number that you will receive from filling in the form. Look to the right hand menu bar under "Legal" and grab a copy of the Amiga Inc. NDA. Fill in the NDA and fax to 425-396-5660 Attn: Gary or mail to: Amiga Inc. Attn: Gary 34935 SE Douglas #210 Snoqualmie, Wa 98065 Amiga Inc. is also requesting all active AmigaOS and AmigaDE developers to follow the above procedures with the exception of filling in the form as a "developer" rather than a "beta tester". Send us a copy of the NDA. Once a developer has his AD number and NDA in to Amiga Inc. proper permissions will be set so that you can reach NDA areas of the web site. If you have properly installed the AmigaDE SDK you will already have an AD number. This one number is good for any and all installations and testings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A N D P H O T G E N I C S N E E D S H E L P ! ! Contact: Paul Nolan, CEO Paul Nolan Software Inc. 619 839 3803 paul@paulnolan.com Urgently Needed: Photogenics Receipts/Reviews/Adverts from America prior to 1998 I'm fighting a bit of a trademark battle here, and I need to put together hard evidence that Photogenics was marketed and sold in the US prior to 1998, or risk losing the name I have become so attached to. My case is sound and I am certain I will prevail, but your assistance could help to decisively settle the matter. A receipt showing the purchase of Photogenics 1.x or 2.0 in America would be ideal evidence. If you purchased an Amiga 1200 or 4000 that came with Photogenics as part of the Amiga Magic pack, or a CyberVision64 that came with the Lite version of Photogenics, or even the free version of Photogenics 1.2 that was on the cover of Amiga Computing, I would be very grateful to hear from you. You can submit your details by clicking here. Even if you don't have your receipt, your registration will still be helpful. If anyone has an American magazine reviewing Photogenics, advertising it's sale (possibly in an advert from Zipperware or Safe Harbor), or even just mentioning it in the news section, I would like to purchase it. The August or December 1995 issue of Amazing Amiga would be a prime example. A non-US magazine can't be used as evidence, unless you have a receipt proving you purchased it in the US. Photogenics is my life's work, and I would be greatly saddened if I were to lose the right to the name, so any help in this matter would be really appreciated. Sincerely, Paul Nolan http://www.paulnolan.com/pr/urgentlyneeded.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S H A R P D E M O N S T R A T E S A M I G A A P P S (May 22, 2001) Sharp Corporation today began demonstrating applications provided by Amiga on the Sharp Zaurus hand-held computer at the Business Show 2001 in Tokyo, Japan. Sharp estimates that there were over 60,000 attendees at the show on this, the opening day of the show. "Amiga believes that there is a very bright future for applications written for the Zaurus device as well as future hand-held devices produced by Sharp" said Bill McEwen, President and CEO of Amiga Inc. This was Sharp's first public showing of AmigaDE applications. The Business Show 2001 is the largest showcase in Asia of office, information, and communications technologies. The show runs through May 25 and expects to draw 400,000 visitors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- O T T A W A A M I G A S H O W 2 0 0 1 May 25, 2001 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada On July 28 and 29, Amiga.info will be hosting the Ottawa Amiga Show, the first Amiga show in Canada since May 1998. The location of the show has not been settled, but as soon as that information is available, we will make it available on this website. Amiga Inc. has already agreed to have a presence at the show and will be on hand with announcements, demonstrating what the new OS has to offer everyone and answer questions. The Ottawa Amiga Show is the first Canadian computer show that Amiga Inc. has attended in over three years. Ticket prices and vendor booth costs will be announced as soon as we have selected a location for the event and will be kept as low as possible. The main focus of the show will be Amiga Inc. and the various vendors who will attend to offer Amiga hardware and software. There will also be an area set aside for user groups or individual users who would like sell or trade some Amiga equipment (for a small fee). Ottawa is about a two hour drive west of Montreal and five hours north-east of Toronto, and about nine hours from Boston. You can also get to Ottawa by the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. The current position of the Canadian dollar makes coming to Canada an inexpensive proposition for our American neighbors. At the time of this writing, $100.00 CAD = $64.92 USD and $100.00 USD = $154.04 CAD. There will be a mailing list that you can subscribe to if you would like to be kept up to date on the show details. To subscribe, send an email to oas-subscribe@technomages.net. Any questions can be directed to amigashow@technomages.net About Amiga.info Amiga.info, pronouced "Amiga dot info", is a bilingual Amiga users group located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Formed in February 1995, Amiga.info is a non-profit resource for anyone interested in the Amiga computer. Amiga.info meets once a month on the third Wednesday of each month. Membership is free. http://www.technomages.net/amiga.info/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I W E S T 2 0 0 1 A N N O U N C E D 21 May 2001 The intitial meeting has been held. The contract has been signed. Setup people are on the alert. AmiWest 2001 is rolling! The only all-Amiga show on the U.S. West Coast is gearing up for July 28-29, 2001 in Sacramento California. The venue for this year's edition of AmiWest is a much more service-oriented and organizationally alert Holiday Inn Northeast. While the physical location is the same, the hotel staff and basic organization is changing for the better to better suit the needs of their customers. Now the Aces restaurant is owned by the hotel, hopefully eliminating some of the service confusion experienced in the past. Airport transportation has been upgraded. And all the positives of the physical setup of the show last year have been retained. Please visit our website for "as-it-happens" updates at www.sacc.org/ amiwest/index.html. Exhibitors need to fill in the form from that page and send it to us yesterday so that we can configure the show layout. Prices and discounts are also given on that page. So don't miss out! Get on the mailing list as soon as possible to get all the latest info. This year's organizers are moving quickly to structure a show where some new things will happen along with the best of previous shows. We hope to work with Amiga Inc. to provide all the latest announcements and products that they have for us. We also are excited about the possibilities of making new friends and renewing old friendships. So make your plans to attend now. Favorable room rates are available, as always, so contact the Holiday Inn Northeast at 1-916-338-5800 or, toll-free direct to the hotel, 1-800-388-9284 to reserve your rooms. Don't be left out. This should be the biggest and best AmiWest show yet! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A M I N E T M I R R O R I N B R A Z I L Brazil, May 11th, 2001 AmigaBR usergroup (http://amigabr.mma.com.br) and MMA Internet & Sistemas (http://www.mma.com.br) are proud to announce Aminet-BR full mirror, the very first full Aminet mirror in the whole Latin America. It is located in Santo Antonio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil, and can be accessed through the address http://br.aminet.org/~aminet We would like to take this opportunity and say a big thank you to Alexandre Lehmann Holzhey, Jorge Ernesto de Araújo Mariath and Mateus Stürmer Daitx, members of the brazilian Amiga community that helped us making this project come true. Gustavo Sarmento (AmigaBR usergroup) & Maurício Mello de Andrade (MMA Internet & Sistemas). About AmigaBR usergroup: AmigaBR is the biggest brazilian Amiga usergroup. Founded in 1996, it now consists of more than one hundred registered members, and is currently managed by Gustavo Sarmento and Raphael K. Hickenbick. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I N N O V A T I V E ' S V H I S T U D I O 15 May 2001 VHI Studio was added to the "Kodak Third Party Solutions Catalog Not only more and more AMIGA-users are counting to the ever growing number of people convinced of the quality of our software. Now also Kodak does and has added VHI Studio to the "Kodak Third Party Soultions Catalog". Find the entry in the Kodak Third Party Solutions Catalog (http://www.kodak.com/cgi-bin/US/en/developers/solutions/search/ webSolutionsSearch.cgi?SubmissionID=608&drgCurrentState=2) And further: VHI Studio 5.4 has arrived! The reference in terms of videoboards and digicams on the AMIGA, VHI Studio 5.4, has now appeared in a new version. The update is free for users of VHI Studio 5.x. Since V5.2 the following changes have been made: - Driver for Digita-compatible Digicams is available optionally - Driver for Sony MSAC-SR1 compatible reader is available optionally - Batch-saving of pictures directly from the camera to your HD - JPEG-Decoding now supports the PPC (if available) - MPEG Encoder now supports framerates unequal 25 f/s - Bugfix in DC240/DC280-Treiber, Update to V1.5 EMail: info@innovative-web.de WWW: http://www.innovative-web.de/ Phone: +(0)049 (0)9132/732844 Fax: +(0)049 (0)9132/732843 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- M I C R O C O D E S O L U T I O N S H A R D W A R E May 18th, 2001 - Today, Microcode Solutions finalized preparation for the production of PowerPC hardware to be used in PC compatibles and next generation Amiga machines. The hardware will come with software to emulate a Power Macintosh(tm) computer. More information concerning the emulation will be released in the near future. Specifications for the hardware will not be released until the hardware is ready to ship. However, we can say that the hardware will have some astounding features designed around simplifying 3rd party development, including emulation technology. Microcode Solutions will be offering free developer hardware to qualified companies and 3rd party developers (including freeware/shareware). Microcode Solutions will also be releasing a complete SDK for the hardware to the public, and provide technical support to anyone interested in developing software for this hardware. URL : http://www.microcode-solutions.com/welcome.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S A F E - V I R U S D E T E C T O R , 1 5 . 6 19 May, 2001 name: Safe short: v15.6 of virus dicovering system author: Zbigniew Trzcionkowski (zeeball@interia.pl) uploader: Tomasz Wiszkowski (t_error@interia.pl) version: 15.6 (16.05.2001) requires: Amiga with OS 2.04+ (xvs.library strongly recommended) type: util/virus STATUS: FreeWare NOTE THAT SAFE IS VIRUS DETECTOR - NOT FILE CHECKER OR CLEANER! IT ONLY INFORMS ABOUT ATTACK AND REMOVES VIRUS FROM MEMORY IF POSSIBLE! $VER: - SIZE v15.5 - 7000 * Finished parameter DIS/S. It is equal to SAVMEM/S, but saves disassembled block of memory instead of binary block. This option requires disassembler.library by Thomas Richter. v15.6 - 7000 * Fixed muForce hit with VECS/S * Moved memory detection and removals of 4ef9 trojans to * Added GREAT ABILITY! Since this version Safe is able to remove EVERY PATCH from: Open Write Lock UnLock Examine ExNext LoadSeg NewLoadSeg PutMsg DoIO IT IS POSSIBLE EVEN WHEN THE ADDRESS IS LOST! My specialized 680x0 tracing code used in the past to find LoadSeg and NewLoadSeg was TOO BIG and it couldn't find LOST VALUES, so I decided to use technic based on code from MadRoger. Once again viral code helps to improve AV software. Just life. I hope I didn't violate copyright :-P It should work on existing kickstart versions for our beloved classic Amiga including OS3.5, but please check it and report me. For example install SnoopDos and look how 'Safe VECS' fights it! Please report me how it deal with mapped ROMs! This early beta version of that code. Find Safe at Aminet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Y E T A N O T H E R S O R D I D F E U D {NOTE: This item was posted by Matay. The original note from Elbox which is referred to is at the end, and was included in the posting by Matay. Brad} Announcement regarding the letter sent by Mr Mariusz Wloczysiak from PR division of Elbox to Fabio Trotta, the author of a Prometheus review on NoRiscNoFun German Amiga site. By permission given to us by Mr Fabio Trotta, we attach the letter to this announcement. ------ Our newest product, the PCI bridge for Zorro III equipped Amigas "Prometheus" has triggered off many good (and as we unfortunately observe, also bad) feelings among both users and Amiga companies. Some competitors with a longer tradition on the Amiga market have wrongly taken our product as a personal insult. That is completely wrong, as our only intention is to break the monopoly and revive the fossilised Amiga market, which has suffered lack of proper competition in recent years. Unfortunately, the Elbox company feels the most aggrieved among our rivals. I met the Elbox CEOs personally and respected them as well-mannered people. That is why I was unpleasantly astonished by the news I have been recently receiving about faulty moves of that company that aim at discrediting Matay in our customers' eyes. Because of the low style of these accusations, we have been ignoring them until now. A review of Prometheus has been recently published on the German Amiga site NoRiscNoFun (http://www.risc-amiga.de). Its author, Fabio Trotta, tested the dealer, thus not complete, version of our product. Yet, he gave it a very positive opinion, if you happen to know German, you can check it for yourself. The review extremely upset Elbox, so they have sent a letter to Mr Trotta. In that letter, they unlawfully accused us of illegal use of the Voodoo3 driver made for their Mediator 1200 product and suggested that the Prometheus card design is based on Mediator 1200. I am forced to say this letter is a complete slander based on untrue facts and faulty accusations and an attempt to disregard our company. We consider it an open and unlawful strike. We have been openly co-operating with the authors of Picasso96 system from the very beginning and they officially support our product. Moreover, we have paid the P96 licence that is required for commercial use of the system, which Elbox never did. The other accusations will be refuted point by point later by the Matay's employees mentioned by names in the Elbox's letter. It is sad that Elbox cannot compete with others on honest terms of the market rivalry. It proves that they do not have any concrete (and true) arguments against Prometheus. Moreover, it proves they do not believe in their own products and their success in competition with other companies, so they use every possible means to delay their failure. Maybe the new, recently announced Mediator boards also have "undocumented features" or "hardware protection" as the former Elbox product? We can only guess. Hopefully, the Amiga users have now a choice. You will chose a product that suits you best and we will respect your choice. Despite that liberal approach to the competition matter, which, while in a proper form, we treat as a mobilisation for our efforts to work even harder and make our products even better, we cannot allow to revile our company, our business partners and our customers. Therefore we would like to announce that every dishonest and unlawful attack on our rights will be answered with all available legal means Matay has as a company. Yours sincerely, Filip Dab-Mirowski Matay CEO ------ I have been personally accused by Elbox company that I abused the possibility of testing Mediator 1200 (since January 2001, not since November 2000, as Elbox claims) to implement its circuit design in the making of Prometheus. That accusation is not based on any reliable proof. As the people interested in the matter know, as early as in March 1999, while Elbox did not even dream about PCI for Amiga, I started the AmiPCI A1200 Expansion slot connector project. Shortly after that, I published a block diagram of my project on a public website and who knows - maybe it was an inspiration for Elbox to start their PCI project. However, I did not have anything against it. Unfortunately, in February 2000 I was forced to stop the project because I have run out of funds for carrying it on. In June 2000, the Matay company offered me needed support (also financial) that allowed me to continue. We also changed our target use assumptions, making our Prometheus PCI solution befitting all Zorro III equipped Amigas. While designing Prometheus, I used my experience obtained while working on the AmiPCI project and also got help from the designer of Zorro III bus, Dave Haynie. The first working prototypes of Prometheus boards were ready for testing in October 2000. Let me remind you that I got the Mediator board from eXec in January 2001. Elbox suggest I used their technical solutions while having my project almost finished. The question is - what for? Matay can afford better technical solutions that those used in Mediator 1200, which is a compromised, cheap solution made at the cost of proper design and quality. Another lie is that during the test I have used "special technical support" from Elbox. I have received the Mediator board with standard end-user drivers, I have registered as a user and received only such updates as every Elbox customer could. Moreover, the Mediator test was commissioned to me by the eXec publisher because of my duties as an editor and it was not my own initiative. Elbox did not provide me with any information that could "allow me to learn the Mediator design details". These details are irrelevant to me as while I tested Mediator, Prometheus was a finished project and I found it much more sophisticated and advanced solution. In their letter, Elbox also remarks that distribution of cracked software is a crime in Europe. Unfounded accusations are a crime as well. Grzegorz Kraszewski, The designer of Prometheus ------ As I have been mentioned by name in the Elbox's letter to Mr Fabio Trotta, I feel obliged to explain a few things. It is true that I have been the chief editor of eXec magazine since its beginning until February 2001 (Elbox says March 2001, for which I do not blame them, as the fact was not announced openly until then). A few days after my resignation I have received a proposal from Filip Dab-Mirowski, he offered me work as a PR person. I had already done some translation for him, so it was not a surprise. We had talked about such possibility before. As the chief editor of eXec I had access to the Mediator review before it was published (in fact, it has not been published yet, as from the very beginning eXec has had problems with distribution and sale, one of factors that made me convinced I should quit the position of the chief editor). However, I did not know that the test performer has anything to do with another continued PCI project. In fact, I learned about it after signing an agreement with Matay, it is after the test was finished and some weeks ago it went public, which is also why Matay employed me to provide a PR service for his foreign customers. I thought Grzegorz Kraszewski was the best person to perform such test as his experience with AmiPCI project made him the expert of such solutions for Amiga and I think that until now. While performing my duties as the chief editor, I did not receive any "top secret" information from Elbox (nor did Grzegorz Kraszewski or any other eXec editor, to be sure). They only provided us with their press announcements (sometimes only in English, which forced us to translate them for our readers) and comments on the test in progress, nothing more. There is no information in the test that could help me or Matay in work. It is a hardware test anybody can perform, as Mediator is available for public sale. The only difference I can see is that Grzegorz Kraszewski knows PCI better that average users, so he could do a better, more throughout review. But it is an advantage, not a drawback and everybody will be able to read the test when the next eXec issue is ready. I hope it will be soon, as I finished my work as the chief editor quite a long time ago, but the results of that work has not been visible yet. The only contact I had with the Mediator board (not only the test unit for eXec, but in general) are the test and other users' comments that can be found on Internet. eXec staff works through the net and we do not see each other sometimes for months. I personally own an A4000, not an A1200 and have no intention to buy any Elbox product. Not because they do not fit my computer nor that I am connected with Matay. I simply do not consider it worth the money they want. And the last thing: I remember that when Grzegorz Kraszewski presented his prototype of AmiPCI board at some Amiga show in 1999, the Elbox people were very interested in it and asked him many technical questions, which he answered willingly, as his project was open for everybody. I will not conclude the last sentence, as unfounded accusations are a crime and Matay is not intending to violate law, nor am I personally prone to do so. Grzegorz Juraszek, Matay PR and marketing ------ From: ELBOX (press@elbox.com) on 25-May-01 To: Fabio Trotta (trotta@trotta.de) Subject: WARNING *** Dear Sirs, Today, in the http://www.trotta.de/club/heart/prome.html site, a test was published for the Prometheus card. In this test, drivers for the Prometheus card were assessed as "sehr gut." We do have information that the only drivers for graphic cards that Prometheus' designers presently have are those Voodoo drivers, which were prepared by Elbox programmers. We have never licenced or authorised using, and re-working the more, any drivers to be used with the Prometheus card. As you may know, distributing cracked software is a crime in all European countries. However, if the test was written without working graphic card, only on the basis of a statement made by the producer, please immediately provide explanation the situation in the test page. The Prometheus device was designed by Mr Grzegorz Kraszewski, who has been involved in preparing a test for our Mediator PCI 1200 since November 2000 -- as the editor of the EXEC magazine (www.amiga.pl - circulation of about 600 copies). Within the test preparation activities, Mr Grzegorz Kraszewski had been enjoying special technical support from our company by March 2001 to enable him learning specific technical details of the Mediator PCI. Mr Grzegorz Juraszek had been the chief editor of the same magazine by March 2001. Sincerely yours Mariusz Wloczysiak ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Amiga Update on the net: All back issues available at: http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html Stop by and check out our archive! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2001 by Brad Webb. 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