CONTENTS - Issue 86 (July 1996)



COVER DISKS


FEATURES

FEATURES

Pure Genios

If Viscorp stick to their word the Amiga will have a new operating system very soon. Ben Vost takes a look at the current state of affairs and compares Workbench with its counterparts on the Mac and the PC.

UNIX for Free!

NetBSD, the replacement operating system, is the best implementation of Unix for modern Amigas. With it you can run a huge range of software. Simon N Goodwin explains how it's done.




Networking

Networking - part three
In the last part of our feature on networking John Kennedy has some final words of advice and some guidance on where to go from here for more information.



SERIOUS

Monument Designer
If video work is your forte and you've got a creative steak then
Graeme Sandiford has the perfect answer. Monument Designer has been very popular in Germany for several years and it's finally been converted into English. Turn to page 58 for the complete run-down on this professional package.

Final Writer 5
After Wordworth 5 from Digita arrived in the Amiga Format office we knew that it was only a matter of time before Softwood released their latest version of Final Writer and sure enough here it is. David Taylor decides whether or not version five of this mighty word pro meets the high standards of its competitor.

GVP 68060
This accelerator board from GVP for the Amiga 4000 should improve memory capacity, disk drive and processor speed.
Simon N Goodwin attached it to his Amiga and rigorously tested this accelerator.

Apollo 1260
The new Apollo accelerator is incredibly fast and it is also capable of taking up to 32Mb on a single 72-pin SIMM. But is there anything here that can't be found elsewhere?
David Taylor has all the answe rs.

CD-ROMs
We've got Aminet 12, Magic Publisher and MODs Anthology to name but a few. Ben Vost has had a good look to see which ones you should be adding to your collection.



CREATIVE

Amiga.net Tutorial
By popular demand, Darren Irvine gets back to the basics with some indispensable advice on getting hold of and setting up AmiTCP.

ARexx
Advanced programming techniques explored in our first ARexx feature. Paul Overaa looks at simple ways of solving simultaneous equations.

Real 3D
Not content with completely re-creating his mum's living room, John Kennedy is intent on filling it with some tasteful decorations (or some old tat).

Blitz Basic
John Kennedy's finally begins his web browser in ear nest, with some cunning string handling routines.


REGULARS

Month In View
Nick Veitch takes a deep breath and fills you in on what's been going on over the last few weeks.

PD Select
A stunning selection of games, demos and utilities. Robert Polding guides you through.

Workbench
Problems with your Amiga. It's no problem for wise old Graeme Sandiford. Send in your letters and he'll try his best to help.

Amiga.net
Confused by endless configuration files? Darren Irvine investigates a graphically orientated solution.

Mailbag
An opportunity to let us know what you think.



SCREENPLAY

Total Football: It looks like he's doing the can-can to me.


Primal Rage: You can have gore, or you can choose the less grisly option.


SWOS Euro 95/96: Can we ever have too much SWOS? (No)

Previews

Andy Smith takes a quick glance at what's on its way towards the Screenplay pages in the next couple of months.

Total Football

Martin Axford joins everyone else and gets caught up in football mania. This time it's not anything to do with Euro '96 but the latest footie offering from Domark.

Primal Rage

It's a massive beat-em-up with fearsome dinosaurs. Join Andy Smith as he steps back in time and encounters some Primal Rage. The impressive graphics and pl ayability should appeal to everyone - whether you're a beat-em-up fan or not.

SWOS Euro '96

With the European '96 Championships already upon us it's time to tear yourself away from the TV and get out your Amiga. You've heard the single, you've studied the form, now it's time to get down to the serious business of playing the game.

Reader Games

Andy Smith hand picks another assortment of games written by you, the readers. Be prepared to take some outrageous criticism - but there are also some really promising efforts coming in.

Gamebusters

We've tried to include some hints on older games for those of you who haven't yet bought all the new titles. There's also some hints on tackling the Amiga Format Alien Breed 3D II



 ÚÚNç@EîýD%®ý ç@AîýH!¼®AF86Contents.htmlTEXTHtMlTEXTHtMlÐÀ €®.¿Á