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Welcome to the ____ / ___) *StarShip* 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast / (_ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___) / (__ very weekend the *StarShip* on GEnie presents a new 5-MINUTE Weekend (_____) Newscast in Communications Room 10 in the Real-Time Conference Area. Featuring late-breaking stories from the Amiga community, these dynamic, scrolling newscasts cycle every 5 minutes, so you can stop by between 6PM and 3AM Eastern time on Friday, or 3PM and 3AM Eastern time on Saturday or Sunday and learn everything that happened during the preceding week. Industry news, product announcements, upgrades, rumors, special *StarShip* activities, trade show reports, GEnie usage tips, humor, recommended files to download... ... the works -- and it ONLY takes 5 minutes! Each 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast is available on *StarShip* Menu #10 during the following week. Periodically, newscasts are combined and made available for downloading from the *StarShip* Library. ____________________________________________________________ // \ || -*- IMPORTANT! -*- | || | || As long as individual stories are kept intact and credit | || is given, this material may be reproduced in ALL or PART | || on a privately owned BBS or in a user group newsletter. | || See wording for proper credit at the end of this Newscast. | \\____________________________________________________________/ || | || | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to Denny Atkin, Editor, COMPUTE's Amiga Resource, for his generous input. Here we go!... DateLine: April 2, 1993 This 5-MINUTE Newscast presents the following stories: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. On-the-Scene from the NYC World of Commodore Amiga Show! First story from the show is here NOW, added April 2, 23:30 PM <--* Standby for more new Saturday in this spot! <---------* 2. ICD Announces A1200 Accelerator & SCSI-2 Controller 3. Calgary's AMIJAM'93 set for May 14-15 4. Next Week's *StarShip* Amiga Conferences WIN "Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips & Secrets" from COMPUTE Books 5. Centaur Announces Availability of OpalVision V2 Software Upgrade 6. Chaos Makes Beautiful Music - From Digital Expressions Research 7. ASDG Techical Position Available 8. Egciting Coloring Contest from The *StarShip* on GEnie Entry Deadline Egstended to April 5th! *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 1st of 8 Stories On-the-Scene from the NYC World of Commodore Amiga Show! ______ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (__ __) *StarShip* News Network - April 2, 1993 / / / / (_/he 4th Annual World of Commodore Amiga Show is taking place THIS weekend in New York City at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal, Pier 88. Hundreds of Amiga products including hardware, software and accessories -- plus the NEW Amiga 4000-030 from Commodore -- are being demonstrated there coupled with an exciting series of seminars and keynote addresses by industry VIPs! The *StarShip* News Crew is attending the New York City World of Commodore Show, which started today, and will bring you a report in THIS 5-MINUTE Weekend Newscast as soon as the Friday dust settles and we have show highlights in a coherent semblance of written form. Providing the creek don't rise and *Reporters aren't drug off to parties (screaming and kicking, of course) On-The-Scene Show Coverage will appear late Friday evening, or -- at the VERY latest -- in this Saturday Newscast. Watch the Banner Text on the *StarShip* Main Menu for details! Amiga exhibitors at the World of Commodore Amiga Show -- many of whom are demonstrating new products and upgrades -- include: Amazing Computing Memory World Amiga News Microdeal AmigaWorld Migraph AMUSE Moonlighter Software Centaur Software NewTek CHS Distributors New York Commodore Interest Group Commodore Business Machines, Inc. Pacific Media Computer Basics Premier Software Creative Equipment Digital Micronics Queens Commodore User Group DKB Software Scala Electric Theatre SoftLogik Elite Micro Computers Software Concepts Gold Disk Software Hut Great Valley Products Software Plus I.C.D. Inc. Utilities Unlimited IDG Communications Video Toaster User __________________________________________________________________ / \ | Stay Tuned for *StarShip* World of Commodore Amiga Show Coverage | | in THIS Weekend's 5-MINUTE News! When it's in place, you'll see | | an announcement on the *StarShip* RoundTable Main Page, 555, | | Keyword AMIGA. This 3-MINUTE Newscast is now intentionally short | | to accomodate our expanded, late-breaking Show coverage. | | | | Grab the April ViewPort, the *StarShip* Online Magazine, which | | will be available next week, for indepth reports on activities | | and products shown at this major Amiga industry trade show. | \__________________________________________________________________/ -*- First Show Story is In... *StarShip* On-The-Scene Coverage of the World of Commodore Show! ____~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___) *StarShip* News Network -- April 2, 1993 / / by *Reporter Yury German / (__ (_____)ommodore's exhibit and the Keynote Address today from Lew Eggebrecht, Commodore International's Vice President of Engineering, are the hits of the World of Commodore Show being held this weekend in New York City. New products introduced at the show by Commodore include a Tower model of the Amiga 4000 (A4000T), two new monitors (A1940 and A1942), and a new SCSI-2 Adaptor (A4091). They're demonstrating a partially-functioning MPEG board, and, in his Keynote Address, Eggebrecht spoke at length of the long-awaited Digital Signal Processor for AGA machines based on AT&T's 3210 DSP chip. He also talked about new CD-ROM technology Commodore is developing, an AGA "Display Enhancer" board that will tap directly into 24-bit video memory, and two new AGA Chipsets designed for low- and high-end situations beginning in 1994. No pricing information was available for any these products. Eggebrecht also announced that he met with NewTek today and the Video Toaster WILL support the A4000 in the near future! New Amiga 4000T Along with exhibiting lots of regular goodies like the Amiga 4000, 1200, and CDTV, the nicest thing Commodore has at this show is the Amiga 4000T, which is housed in a truly professional case similar to an Indigo workstation. Based on the same technology as the A4000 with a 68040 CPU, this new model is designed to reside on the floor, thereby freeing valuable desk space, and comes equipped with 2 megabytes of chip RAM with an additional 6 megs of RAM on the motherboard, being expandable to 18 megs of RAM total. The Tower offers 4 Zorro slots in line with 4 AT slots, and 2 video slots, with built-in IDE and SCSI-2 adaptors. It has a 250 watt power supply, and drive bays include one 3-1/2", two horizontal 5-1/4" half-height, and one full-sized 5-1/4" space. The A4000T on display here is for demonstartion purposes only pending FCC approval. SCSI-2 Adaptor & Two New Monitors Another product Commodore is introducing at this show is the A4091 SCSI-2 Adaptor, with 32-bit interface through Zorro 3, which sports a transfer rate of 10 megabytes/second, synchronous mode with internal and external drives to a total of 7 devices, four of which can be installed internally. Commodore also announced two new monitors that are expected to be available soon, the A1940 and A1942, both of which are designed to work with the A4000 and A1200 and future models. For some incredible reason, neither of these monitors works in 800x600 (72 Hz) mode now - the mode that only everyone uses! -- but Commodore pledges that that problem will be corrected before the monitors are released. One is is 32-dot pitch while the other is 28-dot, and both have built-in stereo speakers. Retail prices will reportedly be less than the A1960. A Peek at the Future Functioning only partially at the show is a prototype of Commodore's new MPEG board, a preview of things to come in full motion video! It works only in playback mode, presenting a Bon Jovi music video that was originally 2.3 gigabytes in size, which, through MPEG, was compressed down to 51 megs which is a 43 to 1 compression rate! It's astounding to watch this kind of stuff produced 24-bit graphics. Eggebrecht said that full motion video -- such as MPEG -- is the key to future Amiga systems, and reported that Commodore has been talking with Macintosh developers (he mentioned C-Cubed and SuperMac by name) since they expect to deliver only the hardware, leaving multimedia MPEG software to third-party developers. Eggebrecht said the board on display will ultimately support digitizing. Commodore is also developing new CD-ROM technology that will work with existing 4000 and 1200 and future Amiga models, externally at first and but ultimately built into these systems. Eggebrecht said this new CD-ROM technology will be similar yet different from that in CDTV, encompassing double scan modes, improved algoriths for increased speed, and such. He also said that Commodore is now negotiating with Kodak for Photo-CD support. Eggebrecht spoke at length on the coming DSP for AGA machines, saying Commodore has working prototypes (although none were on the show exhibit floor) based on AT&T's 3210 DSP chip. They're in their second version of development now, working on a Zorro processor card running at 66 MHz with heders for modem, video and other devices. He also revealed that Commodore is now developing two different AA chipsets (which area also called AGA for Advanced Graphics Architecture), one for low-end and another for high-end applications, both scheduled for release sometime in 1994. He went into specific detail on these chips, saying they are greatly improved over current AGA technology and only be available in new machines as they require a different motherboards from existing AGA models. New AA Display Enhancer Commodore also announced a new display adaptor board aimed at Amiga 4000 models which will address direct memory on the motherboard and simultaneously talk to hareware and software. Called the AA Display Enhancer, this is an inline Zorro/video slot board, which will de-interlace and promote any video mode, so not only can you take a flickering mode and make it not flicker but you can, for example, promote 15 kHz video mode to a rock-solid 72 Hz. You can also take advantage of its promotion by creating a screen that wouldn't normally be viewable (like a 1024x1024 10 Hz screen which would flicker like crazy) and promote it to 72 Hz for higher resolutions. Designed for the A4000, this board will work in the A3000 but you obviously won't AGA graphics. The Display Enhancer addresses 24-bit video memory, which it can access directly so you could use it as a 24-bit frame buffer. It will reportedly come with 2.5 to 3 megs of DRAM and is expandable, so you can use it as a 24-bit paint box, too. It's also equipped with a hardware expansion port (along with Zorro and video slot) so if someone ever makes a video accelator (how about 3D Rendering on the fly?) you could add that to it! Release is projected for 3rd Quarter 1993. Third-Party Show Quickies! Gold Disk's Video Director will be upgraded soon, and the company is working on another patch to Professional Page which we hope to get here at the show and upload. It addresses bugs supposedly fixed by the patch in the Library now. DKB is showing nice A1200 Memory/Clock/FPU board. Called the DKB 1202, is retails for $189.95 and should be available in April. Populated with 0 RAM, it is expandable to 8 megs. The 16 MHz 881 coprocessor is built-in, and you can change it to a higher clock because it's socketed. DKB will also have a plug-in clock for A1200 available in mid-May for $30. Both products contain standard lithium batteries. Scala has released an upgrade for their latest multimedia authoring system which addresses the new AGA technology. $40 to registered owners. IV24 V2.0 software/hardware upgrade being shown here by GVP. It has been released and available at the show, and Soft-Logik will release a major upgrade to PageStream (v3.0) in July. Live *StarShip* Show Conference! We'll have more Show News as soon as announcements from several third-party developers are typed into 5-MINUTE News articles. And I'll be online LIVE from New York City in *StarShip* Conference Saturday night, April 3rd at 10PM Eastern Time! Join me and other World of Commodore *Reporters for MORE News from the World of Commodore Show Exhibit Floor! -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 2nd of 8 Stories ____ ICD Announces A1200 Accelerator & SCSI-2 Controller (_ _) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / Rockford, Illinois -- March 29, 1993 / / _/ / (____)CD, Incorporated, a leading designer and manufacturer of Amiga hardware enhancements, today announced a new standard for the Amiga 1200 computer. ICD's new Viper 1230(TM) was designed to give the popular Amiga 1200 the performance of a workstation. Viper 1230 offers the Amiga 1200 owner a 68030 accelerator supporting high speed memory expansion, an FPU coprocessor socket, a battery backed-up real-time clock, and a unique 16-bit Direct Memory Access (DMA) port for further expansion capabilities. Viper 1230 uses the power of the Motorola 68030 and supports both EC and MMU versions from 40 to 50 MHz. When compared to the A1200's stock 68EC020 running at 14 MHz, the larger cache and higher speed of the Viper 1230 processor will make applications fly. Up to 32 MB of fast RAM can easily be added to Viper 1230 using industry standard 32-bit wide 72-pin SIMM modules. Two high quality SIMM sockets are on board for memory expansion. Burst mode, for top speed, is fully supported using low cost, page mode DRAM. With the addition of a high speed Motorola 68882 math coprocessor (FPU), all floating point math routines will run at near warp speed. Applications which rely heavily on floating point routines such as animation, ray tracing, image processing, DTP, and CAD will show an amazing improvement. The battery backed-up clock that is missing from the A1200 can be found on Viper 1230. This simple, accurate, and reliable design is already supported by the Amiga OS. Viper's DMA Port (VDP(TM)) allows many opportunities for high speed add-ons of the future. Products like a SCSI-2 controller, DSP board, modem, or networking card could be developed to accommodate this port. VDP specifications are published in the Viper 1230 hardware installation manual. Viper 1230 was clearly designed with the customer in mind. The RAM, CPU, FPU, and the clock battery are all socketed and changeable using industry standard parts. The low-cost 40 MHz 68EC030 is supported as well as the 50 MHz 68030 for those who want the ultimate in performance with an MMU. Both 40 and 50 MHz FPUs are supported. Low-cost industry standard SIMMs are used for memory expansion. Viper 1230 and VDP boards are easily installed without removing the top of the computer. This ensures that Commodore's warranty remains intact. Viper 1230 is competitively priced and available with a number of options. USA suggested retail prices for the basic packages are: Viper 1230/40 40 MHz 68EC030, no FPU, no RAM $499.00 Viper 1230/50 50 MHz 68030, no FPU, no RAM $699.00 Viper 1230 comes with a full one year manufacturer's warranty. Extended warranties are also available within 90 days of purchase. Viper S2: DMA SCSI-2 ICD also announced the first VDP(TM) plug in card for an Amiga 1200 computer equipped with the Viper 1230(TM). Viper S2(TM), the first VDP peripheral designed for the Viper 1230, is a full DMA SCSI-2 controller offering truly sustainable transfers of 5 MB/sec asynchronous and 10 MB/sec synchronous. Viper 1230's DMA Port (VDP) allows the design of high speed add-ons that take full advantage of Direct Memory Access (DMA) and the speed of a Viper 1230 equipped Amiga 1200 computer. Viper S2 plugs directly into the DMA expansion connector of the Viper 1230 board. A plastic knockout in the back of the computer is removed, Viper S2 is plugged in, and one securing screw is installed in the bottom of the computer. Nothing other than a screw driver is required for installation. Viper S2 provides a standard high density SCSI-2 connector on the back of the Amiga 1200 computer. For those who desire only the best, an internal high density SCSI-2 connector is included to directly support a 2.5 inch SCSI hard drive inside the Amiga 1200. A three foot SCSI-2 cable is included to connect with an external SCSI peripheral using the standard Centronics 50P connector. Viper S2 is competitively priced and unsurpassed in speed. The USA suggested retail price is $199.00. Viper S2 comes with a full one year manufacturer's warranty. Extended warranties are also available within 90 days of purchase. For further information, contact ICD Press Relations in the United States by phone at (815) 968-2228 extension 222 or by fax at (815) 968-6888. Viper S2, Viper 1230, and VDP, are trademarks of ICD, Incorporated. Other trademarks are those of their respective holders. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 3rd of 8 Stories ______ Calgary's AMIJAM'93 set for May 14-15 (__ __) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / Calgary, Canada -- March 29, 1993 / / (_/he Amiga Users of Calgary (AMUC) are pleased to invite you to participate in AMIJAM'93. Following the success of the Amiga Computer Expo '91, a dedicated core of AMUC volunteers are hard at work organizing AMIJAM'93. This event will be held at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) campus in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15, 1993. AMIJAM'93 will feature seminars, workshops, a "hands-on" area, a dealer room, and culminate with a banquet. During the two days AMIJAM'93 is expected to attract over three thousand people from the curiosity seekers to hard core enthusiasts and professionals. AMIJAM'93 will show the Amiga family of computers producing practical solutions in real-life situations. A full range of applications will be shown to demonstrate the versatility, suitability, and cost effectiveness of the Amiga. AMIJAM'93's workshop series will feature top names in the Amiga community teaching attendees how to get the most out of the Amiga. Workshops will include a lecture style seminar as well as hands-on time to put these techniques into practice. hanks to SAIT and Commodore Business machines AMIJAM'93 workshops will have 2 fully equipped Amiga labs to use. AMIJAM'93 is very proud to announce the attendance of Eric Schwartz, Fred Fish, Jim Butterfield, Stephen Jeans and Coniah Chung as workshop presenters. Don't miss out on the largest Amiga Show in Western Canada. Respond to this announcement and receive information on pricing, accommodation, and most importantly, how you can participate in AMIJAM'93. Do not delay! PHONE: AMIJAM'93 (403)246-2861 EMAIL: Internet: amijam@phriend.cuc.ab.ca FidoNet: 1:134/27 Genie: J.ROSE16 MAIL: AMIJAM'93 144 Strathbury Circle S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3H 1P9 -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 4th of 8 Stories __________________________________________________________________________ | | | *StarShip* Amiga Conferences | | _ _ _ | | / \ (_) / ) | | / - \ _____ ___ _ / / | | / ___ \ / _ )/ __)/ ) / / | | / / \ \ / /_) // / / / / / | | (_/ \_)/ ____/(_/ (_/ (_/ | | (_/ | | | | Except where noted, Conferences begin at 10PM Eastern Time in the Amiga | | Conference Rooms at Page 555;2. Amiga Programmers meet Wednesday nights | | at Pro/Am on Page 670. Amiga/GEnie HelpDesk EVERY Night at 9PM Eastern. | |__________________________________________________________________________| | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Humpday |Thursday | Friday | Saturday | | Help@9EST| Help@9EST|Help@9EST| Help@9EST|Help@9EST| Help@9EST| Help@9EST| |__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|__________| | 4 | 5 Last | 6 WIN | 7 Start | 8 Vote!| 9 Vote! | 10 Vote!| |5-MIN News|Chance to | Denny's |Egg Votes!| | New |5-MIN News| | 3PM-3AM |Enter Eggs| BEST | --- |vv-Video!|*StarShip*| 3PM-3AM | | --- | --- | Amiga |AmiGames &| with | 5-MINUTE |9:Hardware| |10PM: | DeskTop | Tips & |Programing| Yury & | Newscast | Clinic | | Graphics |Publishing| Secrets |at Pro/Am | Guests | 6PM-3AM |10: Party!| |__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|__________|__________| ^^^^^^^^^^ GEnie Holiday! Tuesday, April 6th at 10PM EST WIN "Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips & Secrets" from COMPUTE Books ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you'd like a chance to WIN a free, autographed copy of the coolest book around -- "Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips & Secrets" -- here's how! -* Denny Atkin, Editor of COMPUTE's Amiga Resource, is our special guest this Tuesday, April 6th, at 10PM Eastern Time in *StarShip* Real-Time Conference. Denny will share behind-the-scenes tidbits and tales from his Amiga book, and some lucky Conference participant will win a free, autographed copy of this fine book which details how to get the most from your Amiga, whether you use Workbench 1.3, 2.0 or 3.0. Denny and the *StarShip* Crew will be fresh from the exciting World of Commodore Show being held in New York City this weekend, so there'll be plenty to talk about! If you can't wait, get early Show coverage in this Weekend's *StarShip* 5-MINUTE News! But save Tuesday for Denny! You might win a free copy of his dynamite new book, and you're sure to get inside news from the World of Commodore Show! HelpDesk *EVERY* NIGHT @ 9PM Eastern Time! Got a problem? If you have questions about learning to use your Amiga, the *StarShip* or GEnie, we have answers! Stop by Conference Room 4 ANY EVENING from 9 to 10 EST for live, on-the-spot help. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 5th of 8 Stories Centaur Announces Availability of OpalVision V2 Software Upgrade ____~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / ___) Los Angeles, CA -- March 25, 1993 / / / (__ (_____)entaur Development announced today the immediate availability of Version 2 of the OpalVision Main Board software. All of the bundled OpalVision software (OpalPaint, Opal Presents!, OpalHotKey, OpalAniMATE and King of Karate) has been improved and made fully compatible with the newest Amigas and operating systems. OpalPaint in particular has been significantly enhanced and a wide array of new features have been added. These include online help, new drawing modes including Chroma Control and Convolution, a complete implementation of AREXX, a new Magic Wand tool, overscan painting and much more. The OpalVision manuals (both "Getting Started" and "OpalVision Reerence Manual" have also been completely revised and expaded. The new software can be downloaded from the OpalVision BBS (Dial USA 310/793-7142) or obtained directly from Centaur. The complete nine-disk set with new manuals can be ordered for $20.00 ($10.00 without the manuals). These prices include free shipping via US Mail or UPS ground. International customers should phone Centaur regarding overseas orders. For more information contact Centaur Development, Inc., P.O. Box 4400, 4451-B Redondo Beach Blvd., Lawndale, CA 92060, telephone 310/542-2226, fax 310/542-9998. -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 6th of 8 Stories ______ Chaos Makes Beautiful Music / __ ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / ) / Menasha, Wisconsin -- March 29, 1993 / /__/ / (______/igital Expressions Research, publisher of Video Music Box, announced that it will begin shipment of an innovative new music composition product, MusicLab - IFS, in May 1993. Unlike other algorithmic composition programs producing random or popular music, MusicLab - IFS harnesses organizational properties derived from chaos and fractals to allow anyone to compose music having complex structural levels, interrelationships and musical cohesiveness similar to "large-form" or "classical"-style music compositions. This product will be especially useful to multimedia developers looking for an alternative to random or popular stules of background music, and to accomplished musicians looking for a source of new ideas. Utilizing Iterated Function Systems and numerical codes, MusicLab - IFS can encode and generate an infinite variety of fractal and non-fractal musical scores. Many options exist for arranging scores into musical sequences with up to eight multi-voiced parts. Sequences can be previewed over both MIDI and the Amiga's internal audio, and can be saved in both MIDI and IFF SMUS music file formats. MusicLab - IFS suggested retail price: $89. Program requires an Amiga with at least one (1) Meg of memory and Workbench 1.3/2.0. For more information contact Digital Expressions Research, W6400 Firelane 8, Menasha, WI 54952, telephone 414/733-6863. -*- *StarShip* Amiga *Flash* 7th of 8 Stories ___ ___ ASDG Techical Position Available (_ )( _) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / /_/ / Madison, WI -- March 30, 1993 / __ / _/ / / / (___)(__)ow would you like to become part of one of the most exciting companies in the Amiga community? We currently have an opening for a Technical Support Represenative for ASDG's complete product line. Although you are not required to have a working knowledge of all of our products--both hardware and software--the more you know the better. You will need to possess excellent verbal and written skills. You will need to know how to listen to our users' problems and respond with clear and helpful answers. Communication with our customers will be done by phone, computer networks and through mailed and faxed correspondence. You will need to be organized, responsible, and have a service-oriented mentality. You should possess a good deal of knowledge about the Amiga's hardware and operating system, and be willing to learn how to use existing and new products. Familiarity with the AREXX programming language is also an advantage. ASDG offers full health benefits, an extremely aggressive profit sharing and pension plan, an excellent work atmosphere, and a chance to be part of one of (what are nearly universally regarded as) the good guys of the Amiga marketplace. To respond, either email me a SHORT NOTE desrcibing yourself (WHICH MUST INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER) or call me at (608) 273-6585. If you email, you run the risk of your mail getting lost, so if you don't hear from me...call. Jeffrey R. Almasol ASDG Technical Support Manager ASDG, Inc. 925 Steward Street Madison, WI 53713 GE Mail: ASDG.TECH -*- *StarShip* NEWS *Flash* 8th of 8 Stories _____ Egciting Coloring Contest from The *StarShip* on GEnie / ____) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / /___ *StarShip* News Network - March 26, 1993 / /( ) / (__) / (______/et your Amiga warmed up and your favorite paint and animation program ready to color eggs! We like simple contests, so here's the gist of it... You work up your BEST Amiga artwork around the theme of colored Easter Eggs. Upload it to the *StarShip* from now until April 5th. Use the special Library set aside Eggsactly for these pictures. On April 7th, the polls open and ALL *StarShip* members will have ONE VOTE each to select their favorite entries. (The *StarShip* crew has chickened out on deciding between so many great entries!) You MUST own all rights to your entry and it must be an original Amiga created picture/animation. Scanned entries will be disqualified. You may enter as many times as you like. [We may hate ourselves for this rule, but hey, live and learn.] You may submit an animation or a still picture. You may use any commonly available Amiga graphics mode. The picture/animation MUST fit on a regular or overscanned Amiga-sized monitor screen. If you wish to create a picture using enhanced video/graphics [DCTV, 24-bit boards, etc.] you might consider uploading two files in your archive so that your entry can be viewed by those with only standard Amigas. Remember, your Amiga friends online will be the ones who view entries and cast votes! You MUST include a text file telling how you created your egg including what equipment used (particularly for renderings, 24-bit entries, etc.) and the resolution you used. Acceptable entries include hand [mouse]-drawn or rendered art. Animations, morphing, 24-bit, whatever you like -- But NO scanning is allowed! You MUST include some sort of colored egg(s) in your art submission! And what might you win?! We're making up several Baskets of goodies for the winners! There's $100 of GEnie-bucks, there's an autographed copy of Denny Atkin's "Best Amiga Tips and Secrets" book, there's 100 3.5 DS/DD diskettes, There's $50 of GEnie-bucks, there's deb's favorite new book discovery "Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time" a delightful illustrated journal of the world of James Gurney - where Dinosaurs and people still live side by side. [Theres talk about the possibility of large painted eggs and perhaps some Amiga software....] And there's more! Look in the Library for a blank Egg you can download to get started if you need, and then let's see what you and your Amiga can do! There's not much time until Spring Break when the voting starts. Polls will close at 8 PM Eastern time on Sunday, April 11th. Winners will be announced on Sunday, April 11th, at the Amiga Graphics Conference on the *StarShip*. You do NOT need to be present to win. The conference will begin at 10 PM Eastern time. Winners wil be notified by GE Mail and MUST respond with their street mailing address within a week. ::Fine Print:: Employees of GEnie and members of the *StarShip* and other GEnie RoundTable staffs are not eligible to win. Contest Recap: 1. Enter by uploading your egciting, original art by Monday, April 5. 2. Voting will be open from April 7 through 8PM EST on April 11. 3. Winners will be announced at the Graphics Conference on Sunday, April 11. A t t e n t i o n ! A t t e n t i o n! A t t e n t i o n! Entry Date Egstended to April 5th! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due to pleas from the Easter Bunny, we have extended the deadline to enter this egciting contest! You may upload your Egstra IFF EGGs to the *StarShip* Egciting Coloring Contest Entries Library 39 by midnight, your local time, Monday, April 5th! Remember: Uploads are FREE of CONNECT time charges. -*- Over a GIGABYTE of Amiga files in our Library! Catch your limit of Fred FISH Disks from the *StarFish* Library. If you are after a SINGLE PROGRAM on a Fish Disk, SEARCH for it before downloading the disk. Most are available separately! _______________________________________________________________ | | | | | Permission is hereby granted to quote ALL or PART of this | | Newscast on a privately owned BBS or in a user group news- | | letter provided you include the following credit: | | | | Reprinted by permission from the *StarShip* 5-MINUTE News. | | Joining GEnie is easy! Use half duplex at 300/1200/2400 | | baud. Dial 1-800-638-8369 (Canada 1-800-387-8330). Type | | HHH at CONNECT. 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