CU Amiga October 1997 issue contents

News & Features
News report Gateway 2000 - progress at last, Golden Image ConneXion Ethernet, MicroniK American distribution, Two Amiga Magazines close, New PowerPC chips, Imagine add-on released, Stateside news, Project XG addendums and many more hot news items. TFX Covermount: TFX The full, legendary and yet unreleased Amiga version of DID's superb flight simulator can be found on the CD-ROM of CU Amiga. The floppy disk issue has a special coupon inside to order the 7 disks of TFX to install to hard drive. The ultimate covermount givaway for the ultimate Amiga magazine. Feature: TFX Expanded coverage and detailed instructions for TFX. The controls, missions, tips and how-tos for the ultimate Amiga flight sim. In short, the coverage TFX deserves. DIY Scene: "Suzanne" The DIY portable A600 as shown at the World of Amiga. This machine (pictured) is an Amiga 600 with a 28Mhz 68020, 8MB of RAM, 8 speed CD-ROM, LCD screen, Glidepoint mouse, internal power supply and stereo sound. Phew! Suzanne's creator, Simon Archer, describes how he built Suzanne, one very special and unique Amiga.
Coverdisks and CD-ROM
TFX! Note: TFX is only on the cover CD-ROM hence the range of applications for listed here for the floppy disks. There is an in-magazine coupon to allow ordering of the 7 floppy disk TFX set for £4.00. Visual Prefs Customise your Workbench and GUIs like you never thought possible. Video Easel Unique and exciting 'Cellular automa' animations. Virtual TB 303 emulator A TB303 analogue synthesizer for the Amiga. Virus Z Free your disks of destructive viruses with this latest virus exterminator Super CD-ROM 15 This month's CUCD is even more amazing than normal! The full version of the legendary TFX and 100% full 650MB of other wonderous goodies make up CUCD15.
Games & Entertainment
OnEscapee: Interview The Shadow of the Third Moon preview Strete Racer preview Civilization CD review Gunship 2000 review Railroad Tycoon review Strangers AGA review Tips Central
Tech Scene - Reviews
Fusion Mac Emulator Jim Drew's latest commercial Macintosh emulator gets a thorough examination by Mat Bettinson. Is Fusion a ShapeShifter beater? Eyetech EZ Tower Mk II Andrew Korn checks out Eyetech's new A1200 tower kit. A table of A1200 tower systems is provided for handy comparison. Storm C V2 The latest version of the Storm C compiler gets a workout from CU Amiga's code guru, Jason Hulance. Amiga Usenet News readers head-to-head FFNews 2.0 The latest version of the shareware Newsreader examined. NewYork Finale's commercial ClassAct based Newsreader compared. Apollo 1260/66 The fatest Amiga 680x0 acclerator on the planet examined. We also look at overclocking the latets batch of 68060 CPUs. pOS preview ProDAD's AmigaOS clone operating system is shaping up nicely. Does Andrew Korn think this is a worthy successor to AmigaOS? High speed modems Supra Express 56 Supra's K56Flex 56K modem gets a thorough test out. Zyxel Omni.net ISDN TA Zyxel's economical external ISDN terminal adaptor tested. PD Utilities Serious shareware applications and utilities examined in detail. PD Scene Serious shareware applications and utilities examined in detail. CD-ROM Scene All the latest Amiga CD-ROMs on the market. Art Gallery Readers art, some of which can be seen on this site.
Workshop regulars
Imagine 4.0 tutorial Amiga C programming tutorial Surf's Up - 'Comms' news Wired Word - 'Comms' tutorial Surf of the Month Desktop Publishing tutorial Q+A FAQ Backchat Points of View