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Yes, it is Prodis plc (trading as SDL UK and Silica) which has gone into administration. The company and the shops are currently trading as normal while the administrators (Casson Beckman & Partners 0171-387 2888) try to save Prodis from liquidation. I suppose some of the Silica Shops may have…
My guess is the A4000/060 as such will never happen. Motorola simply cannot supply the 060 in large enough quanitities. One Amiga company involved with making accelerators was recently told to expect them in dribs and drabs — 50 here, 50 there… This company has now decided to take Amiga…
NOne of my spies has reported seeing an Amiga in an Escom shop. Most report blank faces and unhelpful attitudes when they ask. Jeff Walker, Just Amiga Monthly jeff@jam-magazine.compulink.co.uk
Spot on, Stuart. The contract is for 100,000 monitors overall, some 12,000 before the end of the year I believe. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
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SDL, the UK distributor for Amiga, has gone into liquidation. The company is "trading as normal" and has three months to "restructure". ATUK isn't too concerned. "It's just a blip," I was assured. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Actually, it's probably a pipedream, although AT has talked of altering the motherboard so an external CD-ROM can be plugged in without taking up the PCMCIA or trap-door. I still reckon all Amigas will come with hard drives as standard before the end of next year though. Jeff Walker, JAM…
Ah yes! That was it. I knew there was something slightly different round the back, couldn't remember exactly what. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
By "too cheap" I meant that someone had decided that they couldn't afford to sell them at L299 because they cost more than that to make and get to market, *not* that it would be perceived as too cheap by the Great Unwashed. My guess is that before long (next…
Nah, it'll be because someone decided L299 was too cheap so they may as well go for L399 and push the bundled software angle rather than sell it at L349. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Trust me, they have arrived, they have gone on sale, they have mostly sold out. Only another 99,000 to go to make a profit 😉 Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
And from what I remember the original Amiga 2000 looked just like the eventual Amiga 2000B. The only way to tell the difference between a 2000 and a 2000B (apart from looking at the motherboard) was to look round the back at a sticker. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Try Gordon Harwoods. I spoke to them a week ago and they said they'd ordered more A1200s than they had actual orders for, so perhaps they still have some left. Tandys have agreed to stock A1200s in hundreds of shops, although I guess they'll only have a few stocked in…
Ah dear, yet another half-finished Amiga project on hold. Never mind. At least Black Belt is still with us, for a while longer at least. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
I'm glad it went well for you. Considering that we're not going to see an RTG Amiga in the forseeable future, would you consider altering the Imagemaster GUI so it will run on all the popular Amiga graphics boards that use the screen modes database? Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Simply reduce your page length. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
>> That's the way I read it! And that's the way I heard it, three times. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
I understand that Peter Kittel talked more about this at the developer conference. Something about reestablishing the old tech support address. (Forgive me for being vague, never having been a developer I've never been privy to these things.) Gilles is setting up consumer support, Peter is setting up developer support.…
Agreed 100%, but I'm not sure "true multitasking" is what should be pushed on a leaflet. It's the "true" that is confusing. Most people now understand the term "multitasking" — or at least what Microsnot^H^H^Hoft defines it as — but chucking a "true" at them is only going to confuse…
Petro specifically said that currently AT had no US distributor and that he was looking for one or two companies to not only distribute Amiga in the US but to also invest in the product. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Escom is putting OS3.1 with the new A1200. That sounds like it's official to me 😉 Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
SDL rang round the dealers a few weeks ago with the new prices. SDL always get told first. ATUK has confirmed the A4000/040T at GBP 1899 + VAT (=2231) and the A4000/060T at GBP 2099 + VAT (=2466). Both come with 1Gb HD and 6Mb ram. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine…
Ben, have you tried contacting Jonathan Anderson in the UK? Might be the best way to get a foot in the door. Fax +44 1628 770022 Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Ah well… Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Ian Greenaway from White Knight was at the dealer conference. He proclaimed his extreme displeasure at the news that no on-site warranty will come with the A4000T — although Claire Rudd (ATUK service & parts), who was sitting behind me, whispered in my ear that John Smith was wrong and…
I'm not denying the Amiga's multitasking abilities, merely that "true multitasking" is not exactly something Mr Joe Public is going to get excited about. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Just packing my bags 😉 Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
I'm sure someone round here said they'd just picked it up for $80. Might be worth checking out some dealers. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Escom bought Commodore to stick that badge on its new range of PCs, and the Amiga technology to put in TV set-top boxes. If they can sell Amiga computers on the "cheap" multimedia ticket they will do so, and further develop the platform; if they can't sell what they've already…
Not sure about (1), but (2) is something Gilles said he was doing, (3) is already happening here and there, and (4) is something Gilles said he intended to do. While discussing this subject Gilles referred us to the address on his business card (amiga-tech.de) and followed that with the…
AT is leaving OS3.1 to Villagetronic. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Well, AT does have a firm position when speaking, it's just that when asked questions there are too many vague answers. It could be that the questions are unfair at this stage. The Amiga has not been present in UK shops for some 18 months. At the back of everyone's…
My pleasure. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Was I complaining? I spend some of my time dealing with lots of people who don't understand the current Workbench manual. The simpler the better, IMO. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Nothing particularly new and exciting was said about the Amiga. The conferences were really just attempts to boost morale, the overall message being Amiga Is Back, or "back to the future" as Petro liked to put it. A few interesting points emerged during the press and dealer Q&A sessions. The…
> tens of thousands at a time… That was the plan, I believe, and the margins all round were still fairly high at 50 GBP retail. But Commodore UK Ltd had no cash and were not able to give the necessary clearances, or help get the necessary clearances, for a…
JAM #56 went in the mail on Monday. Sorry for the delay, the reasons for which are explained in the mag. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
"Hot" being the operative word. By the time permission is gained and code is ported the game may not be so "hot". Actions speak louder than words, so let's wait and see. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Not sure how a very well-meaning but nevertheless non-professional group of people porting anything to the Amiga from another platform is going to produce a "killer app". Having said that, the best thing the Amiga still has going for it is the shareware scene. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
If the price came down to DM130 at Cologne, that shows how enormous the margins on that pack are, and that DM199 was as wrong for Germany as 100 GBP was for the UK. Very little margin is offered by Villagetronic to UK dealers/distributors, so the price here has to…
Right. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Killer apps? Reads to me like Ratios is rather more interested in porting some of the modern PC games to the Amiga. Jeff Walker, JAM magazine jwalker@cix.compulink.co.uk
Yes, I know OS3.1 is advertised at DM199 in Germany. Germany is a totally different market to the UK. More Amigas were sold into offices, more Amigas were sold for serious pursuits. DM199 is probably a reasonable price for Germany. But the UK Amiga market is nowhere near as sophisticated…
That'll teach me to think I know what I'm talking about 😉 Jeff Walker.
ImageFX 2 can import EPS graphics and convert them to bitmaps, if that's what is required. To get ProDraw clips into another format is more difficult, mainly because the ProDraw clip format is more sophisticated than "standard" formats, like Illustrator88 format for example. In other words, there things you can…
You don't need to sing ImageFX's praises to me, I've been using it for years for my DTP work: scanning, retouching, compositing. (Although the latest Imagemaster R/t look veeery interesting 😉 To be frank, I doubt if many UK CU Amiga readers have enough ram to do much with the…
It certainly is. I hope it works for Nova Design, but I suspect people in the UK will just say "Ooo! Thanks! Don't need to buy it now!" Jeff Walker.
Best I can manage here is… ES~COM … in a tall, thin, sanserif face. The S and C have this white rectangular blob between them, sort of joining them together. Always looks like a printing mistake to me. Jeff Walker.
A fully working version of ImageFX V1.5 is being given away on two coverdisks on the latest issue of CU Amiga. Jeff Walker.
I would imagine they'll use just the old Amiga logo. But remember there's no reason why Escom cannot continue to badge them "C= Commodore Amiga". Jeff Walker.
Well, I'm not against paying the software company for tech support, provided it is decent tech support, but I do object to paying the phone company for tech support. IMO Digita should set up tech support in the same Soft-Logik has. Jeff Walker.
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