1997 - Current Amiga News
Note: older archives may be found at bottom of page.
02 Aug 97 - Stefan Ossowski's Schatztruhe Announces p.OS PreRelease - A "pre-release" of this alternative operating system is now available for the Amiga.
01 Aug 97 - Vidamus Multimedia Licensed to Manufacture and Distribute Merchandising Items - Amiga International will license Vidamus to market AI promotional products such as mugs, T-shirts, pens, etc.
01 Aug 97 - Randomize Goes Direct with the Release of PowerPC Boards - Canadian distributor announces direct sales of Phase 5's PowerUP boards.
31 Jul 97 - Movement Aims to Increase Awareness of Children's Amiga Titles - Conor Kerr's aim is to get more kids software developed and call attention to existing products.
30 Jul 97 - Chroma Announces a New and Affordable Do-It-Yourself A1200 Tower Case - Save money by building your own A1200 tower and keep your Amiga up-to-date.
30 Jul 97 - Sadeness Software Announces New Game Title - The latest game from Sadeness Software's games division is onEsacpee, an action adventure game.
26 Jul 97 - MediaSoft Magazines Release Two New Amiga Magazines - UK-based Amiga magazine publisher is spinning off a new magazine, Amiga Gamer from their popular Amiga Review title.
24 Jul 97 - Gateway 2000 Disputes Rightiming's Amiga Sale - Gateway 2000 clarifies the situation with the Far East market question and affirms the ownership of all Amiga rights.
24 Jul 97 - Complete Gateway 2000 Speech Transcript - A complete transcription of speeches by Gateway's Jim Taylor and Amiga International's Petro Tyschtschenko at the World of Amiga show. Contains interesting and significant information about the future of the Amiga.
23 Jul 97 - Lotus Pacific Announces the Wonder TV A6000 - This press release from the 18th reveals that Lotus/Regent will partner with the largest Chinese TV manufacturer to produce a machine which will serve as a "multi-media computer, a fax machine, a karaoke, an Internet box (like WebTV) and game machine."
22 Jul 97 - Far-East Rights to the Amiga Acquired by Lotus Pacific - Recent press release from New Jersey based Lotus International announcing that the assets of Commodore-Amiga have been sold for use in the Far East. More questions raised rather than answered.
20 Jul 97 - Honorable Mention Web Site Hits 400 Indexed Articles - Matt Ignash's site, which indexes mentions of the Amiga computer in non-Amiga magazines, hits an important milestone.
19 Jul 97 - Computer City to Distribute Amiga Computers in Benelux - Amiga International announces an authorized distributor for Amiga in Benelux (Belgium/Netherlands/Luxemborg).
14 Jul 97 - Mr. Hardware Computers Announces Special Video Escort v2.5 Promotion Sale - Check out the super deal on this business management program for videographers who run their own video businesses.
14 Jul 97 - Amiga Informer Announces New Web Site Features, Special Subscription Offer - More articles and a new tech help section are now available at the Informer's site. Also, don't miss the "7 for 6" subscription deal!
12 Jul 97 - Cronus Announces Aminet Set 5 CD-ROM - The latest Aminet CD will be available later this month and includes bonus content.
11 Jul 97 - Wusage Web Stats Utility Now Available - Sophisticated web stat program now available for the Amiga from Boutell.Com.
10 Jul 97 - CygnusED Soon To Be Re-released by Stefan Ossowski's Schatztruhe - Popular, high-performance Amiga text editor will once again be available and updated.
10 Jul 97 - Amiga International License Intrinsic Computer Systems to Manufacture A1200 based Computers - The latest company officially authorized to produce Amiga-based computers is Intrinsic Computer Systems.
10 Jul 97 - CU Amiga Magazine Project XG Announcement, New International Subscription Deals - A do-it-yourself feature to build an 18-bit, 48Khz external sound card based on the Yamaha DB50XG!
07 Jul 97 - The Australian Amiga Gathering '97 Show Report - Basil Flinter submits this report of the goings on, down under.
07 Jul 97 - GamaSoft Announces Availability of New York - Information on the newest an Amiga news reader program produced by Finale.
05 Jul 97 - AMIGA International Licenses Index Information Ltd to Manufacture Amiga-based Computers - Another third-party company gets the official okay to make real, live Amiga computers. In particular, their Access Amiga-on-a-board looks very interesting.
04 Jul 97 - CU Amiga Magazine Announces Release of TFX - The popular Amiga flight simulator will be included on the October CD-ROM issue of CU Amiga Magazine. What a deal!
04 Jul 97 - FutureSights ISP Offers Specials for Amiga Web Sites - Amiga-oriented Internet service provider provides discounts for hosting Amiga web sites.
01 Jul 97 - Aurora Works to Release TCP/IP Multi-Player Title - The new H-Bomb, will ship as both Cybergraphx and AGA and will support AHI and TPCIP remote play by linking two computers for up to four players.
01 Jul 97 - Petro Tyschtschenko's Speech to the Australian Amiga Gathering 97 - Petro offers more details on Amiga International's plan and makes a plea for unity in the Amiga community.
30 Jun 97 - Australian Amiga Gathering '97 Show Report - Paul Morabito is the first to file a report of this Australian Amiga event.
25 Jun 97 - Official Amiga "Clone" to be Offered - The Infinitiv Tower from German hardware developer, MicroniK is officially licensed by Amiga International.
25 Jun 97 - Sadeness Software Offers to Make You a Star! - How would you like to become an actual character in the release version of Foundation, the newest game release from Sadeness Software?
25 Jun 97 - Mr. Hardware Computers Announces Retail Escort v4.1 Demo - A demo version of the Amiga point-of-sale system for retail shops is now being offered.
23 Jun 97 - HiQ's Siamese System goes Alpha - Now join your Amiga and one of Digital's Alpha workstations as if they were one computer.
18 Jun 97 - AmigaZone Expands - AmigaZone leader Harv Laser announces more Amiga mailing lists added as well as new Amiga Fidonet "echoes". Special FREE intro offer.
17 Jun 97 - Gateway 2000 Head Mentions Amiga in Boot Interview - Ted Waitt hints that there may be more to their interest in the Amiga than just the patents.
16 Jun 97 - Asimware Announces MasterISO v1.28 Maintenance Release - More compatible devices have been added to this premier CD-recordable driver system for the Amiga.
16 Jun 97 - Aladdin 4D Ships with ImageFX Limited Time Offer - Nova Design announces v5.0 of their famous 3D package for the Amiga.
15 Jun 97 - Amiga Informer Announces Details of Latest Issue - Issue 8 of The Amiga Informer promisies to "read between the lines" of the Gateway buyout.
15 Jun 97 - Australian Amiga Gathering Announced - The Australian Amiga Gathering will be held on the weekend of June the 28th and 29th.
14 Jun 97 - GamaSoft Sponsors User Group Software Demo - The Michigan Computer User Group (MCUG) is hosting a demo of new Internet software from GamaSoft on Thursday, June 19.
05 Jun 97 - SASG Intl. Celebrates 3rd Anniversary and Grants 20% Discounts - The shareware organisation SASG (distributing such famous products like MUI and MagicWB) offers a 20% birthday discount on all of its products to celebrate its 3rd anniversary!
05 Jun 97 - Petro Tyschtschenko's Speech at AAi Meeting Transcript - Petro is upbeat, gives a few more details about the future and announces they are looking for an R&D manager. From a speech given at a recent Amiga Atlanta event.
04 Jun 97 - AAA Awards Associate Applications Due - The Amiga Computer Group AAA Awards Associate applications are now due in one month. If you'd like to help with the organization of this awards program, check this out.
01 Jun 97 - Sadeness Software Announces Signing of Amiga Games Software Developer - Paul Burkey's Foundation will be the first game release from Sadeness.
29 May 97 - MediaSoft Announces Amiga Review Magazine Issue Four - The new UK Amiga magazine announces its latest issue and a special offer for Amiga Web Directory users!
29 May 97 - CNet Amiga Professional Version 4 Begins Shipping - ZenMetal's premier BBS software for the Amiga has undergone a major overhaul and will be available on May 30.
26 May 97 - Amazing Computing/Amiga Announces London Press Conference Video - Amazing's new tape promises to be the most complete and non-biased coverage of the big event.
25 May 97 - Amiga Informer to Change Distribution Method - And also announces a bi-monthly drawing for free Amiga-oriented prizes.
24 May 97 - Gateway 2000 Begins Trading On The New York Stock Exchange - The parent company of the Amiga moves its stock trading to the big board with the big boys.
23 May 97 - Impulse Announces Special Offer for Imagine 6.0 - Details of the special Constant Upgrade Program designed to make sure that you always have the latest version of Imagine at a very affordable price.
23 May 97 - Petro Tyschtschenko to Make Public Appearance at Amiga Atlanta User Group Meeting - Amiga Atlanta is inviting all interested Amiga fans to its meeting on Saturday, May 31 to meet Petro Tyschtschenko, Managing Director of Amiga International.
21 May 97 - Amiga E-Zine The Lair, Gains in Popularity, Announces New Issue - Don't miss the latest issue of this sometimes irreverent but always entertaining e-zine hosted by 'Bluey'.
18 May 97 - Amiga Informer Announces Redesigned Web Site, New Web Address - Editor Fletcher Haug has completly re-vamped the Amiga Informer (US print magazine) web site.
16 May 97 - Press Conference London, May 16, 1997 - Petro Tyschtschenko, president of Amiga International speaks at the World of Amiga show in London and outlines the future of the Amiga.
16 May 97 - AMIGA International Acquistion Finalized - Gateway 2000 announces the finalization of the Amiga aquisition and hints at the future direction of the Amiga.
15 May 97 - Cloanto Launches Personal Paint 7.1 at World of Amiga Show in London - The latest version of Cloanto's flagship application sports many new features and improvements.
15 May 97 - Gateway 2000 Announces Stock Split and Repurchase Program - Gateway looks to be in great shape, financially as they announce share buybacks and other rosy financial news.
15 May 97 - clickBOOM Supports Power Up - Popular entertainment software declares its support for phase 5's PowerPC board add-ons for the Amiga.
14 May 97 - Phase 5 Digital Products Expands The Powerup Product Line - Product details on the entire line of Power-Up boards as well as some brand new models.
14 May 97 - A New Amiga Organization is Announced - The Amiga Industrial Council and The Open Amiga Workgroup (ICOA) strives to set up a united group of developers to improve the Amiga platform.
12 May 97 - Sadeness Software Announces Titles to be Shown at World of Amiga - Sadeness will be showing new and other best-selling CD-ROM software at the WOA. Also, check out their newly redesigned WWW site!
12 May 97 - Toysoft Development Announce Air Mail Pro SMTP/POP E-Mail Client - Air Mail Pro is available in both Class Act and Magic User Interface versions.
10 May 97 - GPSoftware Announces the Release of Directory Opus 5 - Magellan Version - A new upgrade for probably the best directory utility ever written for any platform will be shown at the upcoming World of Amiga show.
09 May 97 - Cloanto Releases PowerPC Blitting Library For Personal Paint 7 - A new library file allows Personal Paint to work on bitmaps in Fast RAM instead of Chip RAM supporting RTG environments and giving a substantial performance boost.
09 May 97 - Haage & Partner Are Bringing the Power of Java to the Amiga - Some details about the ambitious, new JAVA project being worked on by Haage & Partner.
09 May 97 - Disksalv 4 And More, Now Available In The UK - IAM announces UK distributor and that many of their products will be at the upcoming World of Amiga show.
07 May 97 - Sagittarius Software Announces Price Reductions on Vulcan Software Titles - Some very good bargains can be had on titles such as Bograts, Burnout, JETPilot, Timekeepers, Tiny Troops, Valhalla III and more.
06 May 97 - GamaSoft Announces New Alliance of Dealers and Developers - Software distributor announces special dealer programs designed to enhance their success with GamaSot products.
05 May 97 - clickBOOM Announces Its Conversion Wish List - clickBOOM is asking users which games it should convert to the Amiga platform after its successful bid to bring Myst to the Amiga.
03 May 97 - Gateway 2000 Comes To The Aid Of North Dakota Flood Victims - Gateway 2000 shows some compassion for the thousands of flood victims by donating the use of 17 computers.
1995 - Amiga News Stories from 1995 - This is our listing of older news stories starting with coverage of the Commodore auction/sale in April.
1996 - Amiga News Stories from 1996 - The new year began with the announcement that a new company named VIScorp would license Amiga technology and ended with news that QuikPak had made a bid for the assets of Amiga.
1997 - Amiga News Stories from 1997 - This listing of stories is from the January - April period of the current year.
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http://www.cucug.org/atnews.html (Amiga Plus Extra No. 5/97, 05/1997)