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Tel.:- +44 (0)116 235 0045
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2. A new look Weird Science Web Site is now available
We have just launched our new look web site. Each title should be easier to find and all of the sections are now much tidier. Fully tested on both Voyager 3 for the Amiga and Internet Explorer for the PC.
Remember our web site features secure ordering and now with easier to find bargains with the under £3 and under £5 sections you will be sure to find something you like.
3. New Titles
- Aminet Set 11 @ £29.99
- Aminet 43 CD @ £12.99
- Amiga OS 3.9 CD @ £29.99
4. Amiga Forever 4 is only £39.99.
Amiga Forever is the all-in-one Amiga emulation and connectivity environment for PCs, officially licensed by Amiga International. We are pleased to announce the release of Amiga Forever 4.0. This new version includes version 3.1 of the Amiga ROM and OS files and AGA support under WinUAE. Additional preinstalled programs and features, like for example Personal Paint, DirectoryOpus 5.5, TurboText, drag- and-drop LhA de-archiving and the ToolManager dock have been updated.
This version additionally includes an archive with a new, ready- to-run PowerMac version. This emulation is currently the only way of having an Amiga laptop (if we assume that you install it on a PC laptop or on a Mac Powerbook/iBook)
New features of Amiga Forever 4.0:
- GlowIcon look (as used in Amiga OS 3.5, but also compatible with NewIcons and MagicWB)
- Option to switch entire environment from "new look" (GlowIcons) to "old look" (Classic) and vice versa
- Amiga Explorer 4.0 (includes revolutionary self-install over serial cable, plus new Cut, Copy, Paste functions)
- Directory Opus 5.5 (courtesy of GPSoftware)
- Personal Paint 7.1b
- Built-in support for ADZ and DMS disk image files
- Print spooler (easily print all Amiga documents under Windows, bypassing parallel port emulation)
- New emulation and Workbench configuration results in faster emulation of the Amiga CPU
- New MenuBox launcher (easier to use)
- Dozens of other enhancements and new add-ons
- MPEG-1 videos (CD-ROM version): The Deathbed Vigil (one hour and 58 minutes) and Jay Miner Speech (49 minutes)
Amiga Forever 4.0 - Overview
Amiga Forever contains state of the art software to satisfy two major needs of many Amiga users: to share data between Amiga and other systems, and to use their existing Amiga software and data on non- Amiga hardware. Additionally, software, tutorial and reference files which are likely to be of interest to any Amiga enthusiast are included with the CD-ROM.
Amiga Forever 4.0 includes:
- Officially licensed Amiga ROM and OS files, versions 1.3 and 3.1. The CD-ROM includes additional versions of historical interest (all generic versions between 1.0 and 3.1 that have been officially released ).
- Amiga Explorer 3.5 networking software, which allows you to connect an Amiga to one or more PCs, and access Amiga files (including virtual ADF and ROM files), directories and volumes directly from the Windows Desktop. Amiga Explorer is easy to install and configure and includes direct support for serial (null modem) cable connections, as well as TCP/IP. Automatic installation of the Amiga side through the same serial cable which can later be used by the software itself. No additional terminal program, PC filing system or other tools are required. Before Amiga Explorer 3.5 this used to be considered an impossible task!
- Dave Haynie's legendary Deathbed Vigil Video ... a documentation about the last hours of Commodore with lots of interviews, a view into the buildings and the final discharge party
- Exclusive interview with Jay Miner, "Father of the Amiga", on topics ranging from the birth of the Amiga to computers and society in form of an audio track.
- UAE Amiga emulator for Windows ("WinUAE"). All emulation support files (Amiga ROM and OS, Cloanto Amiga software, Picasso 96 drivers, etc.) can easily be used by other implementations (DOS, Linux, Be, Next, etc.) of these emulators, as well as by future new versions. On the CD-ROM version the Fellow emulator for DOS and experimental versions of UAE for PowerPC Amiga and PowerMac systems are also included. Source code for the emulation software (including the Linux version of UAE) is included in the "Archives" directory of the CD-ROM.
- Picasso 96 drivers for the emulation software, supporting palette modes up to 256 colors, as well as true color.
- Cloanto Personal Paint 7.1b (paint, animation and image processing software, with short tutorials), DirDiff 5.1 (file synchronization and replication software), AmiToRTF 4.2 (to convert texts from Amiga to Windows formats) and MailBX to convert Amiga mail archives to Microsoft Mail, Outlook Express and Exchange Server. A copy of these programs is installed in a directory which is easily accessible from "real" Amiga systems.
- Bonus software by third parties, such as the TurboText editor (an exclusive version with the latest patches), KingCON, archiving and extraction tools, all preinstalled for easy drag- and-drop functionality with ToolManager. Documentation for this software is available from the Amiga (emulation) side
- Tutorials and FAQs on data sharing, emulation, floppy disks, serial links, TCP/IP, UAE, Fellow and much more.
- The CD-ROM is a multi-platform CD (ISO, Rock-Ridge Amiga, Joliet and Audio). The Macintosh files, which contain a ready-to- run (experimental) PowerMac configuration, are contained in a StuffIt archive.
Supported Platforms
The Amiga emulation software comes preinstalled and preconfigured for Windows and DOS on Intel platforms. The Amiga ROM and OS files can be used by any implementation of the Amiga emulators, including for example Unix/Linux (UAE comes with source code), Be, PowerMac, etc. These emulators are constantly updated, and can be downloaded from the Internet.
The emulation software included with Amiga Forever does not require a "real" Amiga. On Windows systems, the emulation can be either installed or run directly from CD (without installation). The ready-to- run (experimental) PowerMac version is included in a StuffIt archive, from where it can be extracted to the Macintosh hard disk.
Amiga Explorer and Documentation
The Amiga Explorer software, the automatic program launcher and the automatic installation software are specifically designed for Windows. The Amiga Explorer networking software is independent from the emulation part, and can be installed separately.
The Amiga software and documentation included in Amiga Forever are completely independent from both the networking and the emulation components, and can be accessed on an Amiga computer, or from the emulation environment. The Amiga software and documentation are also preinstalled in the Amiga Forever emulation environment.
The main Amiga Forever documentation is in HTML format, and can be read with any web browser. The Amiga-specific documentation is in AmigaGuide format, and in part also in HTML. The main documentation is in English. The documentation of Personal Paint is in English, German and Italian. Some Amiga emulation tutorials by third parties are in German, French, Polish and Italian. The Amiga ROM and OS files on Amiga Forever include localizations in all languages supported by the Amiga OS.
Amiga Forever 4 is £39.99
5. Network PC
A simple Amiga to PC Networking system that allows an Amiga to read and write to a PC. The Amiga can read & write to and from any drives on the physically mounted on the PC or remotely mounted from an existing network.
The system is fast and simple to set-up and comes complete with all software required on both floppy disk and compact disc for the Amiga and PC. It is also complete with the required cable. Network PC transfers data via the parallel ports on the two computers and is thus very fast when compared to null modem cables and yet is no more expensive.
The complete kit contains a 3m cable, two floppy disks, one CD and full instructions on setting and running Network PC. The CD also contains many extras that enhance the system and help you really make use of the powerful networking facilities provided.
How does it work? Well the PC runs a simple DOS server program under Windows 95/98. Windows 95 or 98 ensure that the PC can cope with the Amiga's long filename system and allow the Network PC Server to multitask with other programs. On the Amiga a simple icon is run to 'mount' the PC on the Amiga. On Workbench an icon labeled 'PC' is mounted and inside there is a drawer for each of the PC's drives. So to access the 'c' drive from the PC on the Amiga the path would be 'PC:c/'.
All Workbench programs capable of reading volumes mounted on the Amiga will be able to read from and write to the PC drives. For example you do not need to copy data over to the Amiga to work on it, just use your Amiga programs to load the data directly from the PC into the Amiga and then save it directly out to the PC when you are finished.
Network PC is capable of running at over 45k/sec and is the fastest solution for a cost effective way to share data between an Amiga and a PC available.
Network PC is only £12.99
6. Auto Responders available on our Web Site.