Weird Science is the UK's largest site for Amiga software. Check out our web site for all the latest Amiga products. This is sure to be the last Newsletter of 2001, watch out for more in 2002.
1. To order from Weird Science you can use post, telephone, fax, email and order form on our web site. The following details should help you contact us.
Amiga Forever 5 - £39.99
Aminet 47 - £12.99
Aminet 48 - £12.99
Aminet Set 12 - £24,99
The Feeble Files -£29.99
Competion Pro Joystick -
Official Amiga Mouse - £8.99
Looking for a bargain then look no further than our £2.99 and £4.99 bargains on our website. Just check our the 'Under £3' and the 'Under £5' sections in the bottm left of our website for further details.
Aminet CD 48, dated April 2002, contains almost 600 Megabyte of (uncompressed) software in over 600 archives. Since the release of Aminet 47 numerous new software has appeared. The current edition includes the full game - Imperator
Aminet 48 is only £12.99, however if you wsh to subscribe to the Aminet CD's and get each one sent as they arrive then you only pay £8.99. I think you will agree that this is quite a big saving.
AMINET Set 12 offers you everything that was added to the archive since AMINET SET 11 was made, plus full versions of Genetic Species, Extreme 2.0 and Virtual Karting 2
AMINET® Set 12, dated April 2002, consists of more than 3.5 gigabytes of software in over 3,000 archives.
This Aminet Set contains the Aminet CDs 44 to 47 as a bundle without modifications!
Silicon Graphics rendered animation, 8 bit stereo sound and plot of epic proportions take this adventure into a different galaxy. An audio visual treat, an interlectual challenge and awesome to play.
Witty and humerous but with dark undertones. The Feeble Files contains acts of betrayal, intrigue, revolution and even a bit of cross dressing. Not to mention some totally unique features like oracle - an ever increasing encyclopedia of helpful background information.
Add to that around 80 locations to visit, six thousand voice lines to intercat with, there should be plenty to keep everyone happy without the aid of organic chemical supplements.
Rebellion has never looked so pathetic.
A powerful game has powerful requirements - Amiga 68060 or PPC, 32 Mb Ram, 4 Mb GFX Card & 600 Mb HD Space
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 5.0. 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.
New features of Amiga Forever 5.0 include:
- Just-in-time (JIT) version of emulation software, carefully configured and publicly benchmarked by Cloanto to be 30 times faster than in previous versions of Amiga Forever
- Software Manager, an advanced content delivery system developed by Cloanto, for easy and privacy-conscious management of all emulation-related components (updates, downloads, news, etc.)
- All software tested on Windows XP
- New and fully licensed Picasso96 software (not a shareware version)
- Latest version of WinUAE and WinFellow tested by Cloanto
- CDTV and CD³² boot ROMs and extended ROMs (can be used to play CDTV and CD³² games, even booting directly from CD-ROM)*
- Dozens of other enhancements and new add-ons
In order to fully exploit the most recent DirectX technologies, support for Windows NT 4.0 has been dropped. Amiga Forever 5.0 runs on Windows 95,Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The Mac version of the emulation software is considered "experimental", and is not directly supported by Cloanto. Linux sources and binaries are included, but require additional technical skills, compared to the one-click ease of use provided by Amiga Forever under Windows.
Version 5.0 also includes the following features of version 4.0:
- MPEG-1 videos: The Deathbed Vigil (one hour and 58 minutes, i.e. the full version of this "must have" video) and Jay Miner Speech (49 minutes)*
- GlowIcons look (as used in Amiga OS "3.5", "3.9" and "XL", 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 MenuBox launcher
- New emulation and Workbench configuration results in faster emulation of the Amiga CPU
Version 5.0 also includes the following features of version 3.0:
- Amiga 3.1 ROM and OS files (the last ROM that will ever be available for the "Classic Amiga"!)
- TurboText (exclusive latest version with stack problem fix)
- More than a dozen preinstalled add-ons (drag-and-drop LhA, ToolManager, etc.)
Amiga Forever 5.0 also includes the following features of Amiga Forever 1.0, released in 1997:
- "First Amiga notebook" (officially recognized by Amiga/Gateway and licensed to use the "Powered by Amiga" logo)
- "Fastest Amiga" (benchmarked by Cloanto on Alpha CPU)
- "First Amiga with transparent support for virtual memory"
- "Most compatible Amiga" (e.g. USB mouse and keyboard, all display and sound cards, Fast and Gbit Ethernet, etc.)
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.
If all you need is access to files on your PC from your Amiga then our award winning Network PC is for you. 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.