Summer 2003 Issue 15 £4.00 8.00Euro Contents News Exploring the Zone It’s been a while since we’ve Here are some other key seen any new fractal generation features: software. In reports from recent Issue 15 • Easy to use interface – explore EditorialAndrew and Richard have been progress) and showing the anti- Amiga shows you may have any formula with a few clicks. elcome to another issue able to give us lots of tips on aliased font display. John noticed a stand covered with • Switch between Julia, Summer 2003 of Total Amiga. I can’t enhancing the magazine and Chandler has written a round up stunning fractal images. This W Mandelbrot and “Generalised” help but start by saying that, I have cast their eyes over some of the latest news on page 10, stand belongs to Elena Novaretti Mandelbrot mapping for the think this is one of the best of the copy. We hope you’ll and you can see some of the and the fractals are produced same formula. Contents issues we have ever produced notice some changes for the screen-shots in colour on the using her own custom software. both in content and quality. You’ll better in this issue, and there are back cover. • Multitasking – open multiple find the reasons why I feel this more to come in the future. The great news is that Elena has windows and alter parameters If you bought Hollywood after our News way below. I usually wonder just released her fractal while images are being I should also mention that review in the last issue or are Editorial ..............................2 what I’m going to say in the generator to the public as Zone calculated. equally important to Total Amiga just interested in this powerful News Items ........................3 editorial but this time I’m Explorer. If you know what you • Optional antialiasing – for even are contributions from readers. In multimedia application be sure to struggling to know where to are doing you can create your higher quality output and more Fleecy Moss Column .........8 this issue Jonathan Haddock has have a go at my tutorial on page begin, there’s so much good own formulae as external apparent detail. Buzz Word..........................8 submitted a review of his 46. I designed it to get you stuff in the magazine. modules in C or assembler. • Independent render to create Want to help bring Mozilla, the 1998. Mozilla is an open-source Subway USB card, and I know started with a simple AmiZilla Alan Redhouse Column.....9 However for those of us without high resolution output (useful well-known open-source web effort contributed to by a large The best place to start has to be he has several more reviews up presentation (which you can AmigaOS 4 Update......... 10 the necessary mathematical for prints etc.) browser suite, to the Amiga? number of programmers. The introducing you to our three new his sleeve for issue 16. So if you customise with your own knowledge a large number of Well now you can contribute to a suite has been ported to writers (I expect all of them will too have something you would graphics and text) and as a examples are supplied and you new effort to get the browser numerous operating systems be familiar to you). First we have like to share with other readers launch pad for more complex Zone Explorer is supplied with Features can easily tweak parameters to ported. Bill Panagouleas of including Windows, MacOS X John Chandler who wrote for please get in touch with me. multimedia applications. executables for classic 68K get different effects. The quality DiscreetFX has started the and Linux. From an Amiga user’s Selling the New Amiga.... 12 Amiga Active and more recently Amigas and emulators such as If you’ve read the last few issues For this issue we have a of the rendered fractal images is AmiZilla effort which aims to point of view it has the “it’s not about the desktop!” has published a regular Amiga Amithlon and PPC native for of Total Amiga or keep up with particularly large number of fantastic because Zone Explorer collect a prize fund that will be advantage of support for more ........................................ 14 column on suite101.com. MorphOS. The program is the news web sites you will have supporting files on the web site. has true 24bit colour handling; donated to the first programmer modern standards such as Richard Drummond who worked freeware and can be Introduction to AROS...... 16 heard a great deal about There are additional links for the gradients are smooth, without or team to demonstrate a Cascading Style Sheets and for both CU Amiga and Amiga downloaded from: Mac: Reloaded................ 18 MorphOS and the Pegasos PPC Mac emulation feature, links for stepping. working Mozilla port. Bill started DHTML. Although Mozilla lags Format and now contributes to http://www.elena-fractals.it computer. Until now, apart from a the MorphOS review and the the fund with 2000 US Dollars behind Internet Explorer in user Quake II Competition ...... 21 Linux Format and other brief look at WoASE last year, files needed for the Hollywood and has asked users and base, it is still a popular browser Tales of Tamar Update.... 42 publications. Last but by no none of the Total Amiga team tutorial. Also for the Hollywood organisations to make donations and many sites are tested with it means least we have Andrew had actually used a Pegasos in tutorial we have a compiled as an encouragement to those to ensure correct operation. For Reviews Korn, who worked on CU Amiga anger. Now SEAL member and executable of the presentation considering a port. Some simple more information on Mozilla itself Pegasos and MorphOS .. 22 and was editor of Amiga Active. Total Amiga contributor Sam you can download and play even rules have been published which visit http://www.mozilla.org. IBrowse 2.3 ..................... 28 There are many reasons why it’s Byford has taken the plunge, and if you don’t own Hollywood include that the ported browser At the time of writing (mid-June) fxPaint 2.0 ....................... 32 great to have these professional you can read his detailed review yourself. All that and more is on must work on AmigaOS 3.x, the total fund had risen to over Aqua................................ 35 writers on board, and it’s not just on page 22. the issue 15 page at: AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. The 4000 USD with donations from a that each one of them has winning team just has to port the Subway USB................... 36 After a few fairly quiet months http://www.totalamiga.org number of Amiga companies, written a fine piece for this issue. browser portion of the Mozilla PD Paradise.................... 38 the wraps seem to be coming off /issue15.html user groups and individual users. Firstly, with their broader suite to get the prize; the effort AmigaOS 4. While it has not You can donate to the prize fund knowledge of the computing Well that’s all I have space for. doesn’t cover the EMail program Support been released yet, we at least on the AmiZilla web site using world, both Andrew and John Enjoy the magazine, and I look or other parts of the suite. know Workbench and legacy PayPal, and there is a mailing Top Tips........................... 44 have been able to comment on forward to hearing your applications are running on the Mozilla is a suite of Internet list for potential developers to Hollywood Tutorial........... 46 where Amiga fits in and what comments and suggestions. new kernel. Some new screen- tools, its main component being discuss ideas and form a team. opportunities present themselves shots have been released giving Robert Williams a fully-featured browser, which For further details go to: - a topic we’ve not really been Mailing Lists .................... 51 an idea of the look if the new [email protected] was initially based on the source http://www.discreetfx.com/ able to cover before. Another Next Issue ....................... 51 GUI (although it’s still work in code released by Netscape in AmiZilla.html important benefit is that John, Colour Screeshots etc. ... 52 About Total Amiga Legalese Total Amiga is published quarterly Contact Us Only Amiga Software Final Writer 5 by Softwood Fonts The views expressed in this If you wish to contact a contributor by South Essex Amiga Link. 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