Honorable Mention: Recent Articles

By Mathew R. Ignash. - Last updated on February 16, 2000. - PLEASE E-MAIL ME IF YOU LIKE MY PAGE -

A guide to articles concerning the

computer in non-Amiga magazines and news sources.

2000

February

Inside Track by John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine, February 4, 2000
(John mentions the Amiga sale to Bill McEwen and says the Amiga OS was the best OS on the market for the last decade. He says it would need marketing but could compete with Windows or Macintosh is done right, or may end up competing with WebTV devices.)

January

U.K. company vows to build 'software infrastructure' for cult-classic desktop - RTOS house Tao teams up with reborn Amiga by Junko YoShida, Electronic Engineering Times, January 17, 2000
(Junko talks more about Tao and Amiga's new plans.)

Amiga is Reborn Via Tao Alliance by Junko Yoshida, Techweb News, January 14, 2000
(Junko talks about Tao and Amiga's new plans.)

Amiga Computer's New Friends by M. Sharon Baker, High Tech Journal, January 10, 2000
(Sharon talks about Tao and Amiga's new plans.)

Amiga's New Savior: Bill McEwen by Rob Lemos, ZDNet News, January 7, 2000
(Rob talks to Bill McEwen about the Amino purchase of the Amiga and their plans.)

Wired: Amiga: It's Alive, Alive! by Andy Patrizio, Wired, January 6, 2000
(Andy talks about Tao and Amiga's new plans.)

1999

June

Getting Golfers In The Swing - Invention Gives Duffers An Instant Critique To Help Them Improve Their Game by Dan Fost, San Francisco Chronicle, June 24, 1999
(A story of how Dave Burns used an Amiga computer to help build SwingLab, a kiosk that helps golfers compare their swing against pro golfers, to see how they can improve.)

A Gateway To The Home by Jack Schofield, The Guardian, June 3, 1999
(Jack interviews Ted Waitt, CEO of Gateway. He mentions home networks, internet appliances, and how the Amiga is part of that. Note: To read the online article they require you to accept their cookie. Thanks to Reinhold Messner for pointing this article out for me.)

Amiga Koyto? by John Chandler, Suite 101, June 1, 1999
(John goes over the drawings of the Amiga prototypes and talks about several rumors of the Amiga's future.)

May

Amiga Fans Respond To News Article by Charles W. Moore, MacTimes, May 26, 1999
(Cheales talks about the pleasent and friendly respoonses he got from Amiga users concerning his article from the previous day. Includes letters from a number of Amiga users including me!)

New Amiga Computers Coming by Charles W. Moore, MacTimes, May 25, 1999
(Charles speaks well of the Amiga platform and it's new development in the near future, and says Mac users should support the Amiga as another choice in diverse computer ownership. He does make some technical errors about the existing Amiga specifications and says the new Amiga will be PowerPC based?!?)

Amiga Looks to iMac, Palm For Inspiration by Tony Smith, The Register, May 21, 1999
(Tony talks about the new concept drawings of the from Amiga Inc. and notices their similarities to the iMac/PCTV and Newton/PalmPC combination. He also notes they recently hired one of the people responsable for Apple's hardwriting recognition software used in the Newton.)

Gateway CEO Hints At Future Amiga Role by Tony Smith, The Register, May 21, 1999
(Tony talks about the recent interest Gateway has had in buying internet companies and how the seem to be thinking of the Amiga as a low cost internet terminal and home game machine. He says they plan to make home systems from between $399 and $599.)

Amiga.info Volume 6 Issue 10 by Ray Binda and Tom Leroux, Monitor, May 1999
(The May Monitor features this collection of Amiga news by Tom and Ray. Includes news on AmigaOS 3.5, an interview with Jim Collas and advice with writing script with requestors.)

April

Schindler 1, Gates 0 by Chris Knape, Kalamazoo Gazette, April 18, 1999, page D1
(A side article about how Jeff Schindler, during his early days at Gateway, came to a disagreement with Bill Gates over the internet. Time has proven Schindler right.)

WMU Grad Tires To Open A New Door For Amiga by Chris Knape, Kalamazoo Gazette, April 18, 1999, page D1-D2
(A long and detailed story about Jeff Schindler, vice president of strategy and product management at Amiga Inc., and his history with the Amiga computer. He started out at Western Michigan University with a VIC-20, moved to Zenith, then Gateway and fineally to Amiga. Includes the picture seen on the right as well as one of Ryan Rarick using an Amiga to edit video at the Kalamazoo Community Access Center.)

Controversy Over MP3 Still Loudly Heard by Kim Komando, Arazona Republic, April 13, 1999
(In reporting on the new wave of MP3 material coming available, Kim mentions that MP3 players are available for the Amiga and other platforms.)

Amiga Chief Outlines Plans by Mike Magee, The Register, April 7, 1999
(Mike reports a letter to the Amiga community by Jim Collas, the president of Amiga. In it he talks about support for the classic machines, increased attendence at Amiga computer shows and says Amiga OS 3.5 should be out by August at the latest.)

Getting Glitzy With Graphics For Embedded Systems by Brian Dipert, EDN Magazine, April 1, 1999
(Brain talks about how better API's and new chips are making a varity of computers into better graphics machines. During the report it comments that he hears the port of OpenGL for the QNX is progressing at Gateway, for use in their new Amiga game console!)

Amiga News Update by John Chandler, Suite 101, April 1, 1999
(Jihn talks about the Amiga NG, OS 3.5 and new PPC accelerators.)

Amiga.info Volume 6 Issue 9 by Ray Binda and Tom Leroux, Monitor, April 1999
(The April Monitor features this collection of Amiga news by Tom and Ray. Includes a review of Amiga Survivor magazine and news on Amiga JAVA and PowerPC accelerators.)

March

Key Products From Amiga Soon, The Press, March 23, 1999
(This New Zealand based paper is reporting that Gateway will be releasing a Net TV and low cost home computer based on the Amiga within the next six months.)

Sales Hit Commodore Hard - Looking Back by David Armstrong, The Press, March 23, 1999
(In this look back into the computer news of ten years ago, the writer notes the same of the Commodore distributor in New Zealand to Commodore International. He also mentions how Commodore sold 3000 Amiga computers in 1987 in New Zealand.)

More On Microsoft's Just Released Web Browser by Virginia Baldwin Hick, St.Louis Post-Dispatch, March 22, 1999
(After talking about M$'s latest software, the author talks about alternative technologies like iMac, Linux and Amiga systems. She says the ''Amiga operating system was designed to be lean and it stayed that way.'' She mentions how it is used in all sorts of pratical applications, including many where the user thinks they are using a Windows machine.)

Amiga Backers Wary of Comeback Plans by Sharon Cleary, ZDNN, March 15, 1999
(Sharon talks about new Amiga announcements, the show in St. Louis and a bit of Amiga history.)

Amiga Computer Show Unites Fringes by Virginia Baldwin Hick, St.Louis Post-Dispatch, March 13, 1999
(Virginia talks about the Amiga 99 show this weekend in St. Louis. This articles taks to Petro T., and Clint Leyer. It also has a picture of Robert Hamilton showing off his Amiga wares. I bought an Amiga shirt from him a while back like the one he is wearing in the picture and highly recomend his work. Note: For some reason IBrowse displays a lot of garbage on the top of this page. Once it loads if you scroll down the story is there.)

Intel Outside by Owen Thomas, Red Herring, March 8, 1999
(During this article on the latest Intel related scandles and legal issues, Owen mentions a rumor that possibly the new Amiga will be based on the Transmeta chip, and IBM's new copper-chip based technology that will allow speeds in the gigahertz range. Note: I would love to be able to get a $400 mini-tower AmigaOS 5.0 running on a Transmeta/copper-chip and a QNX Neutrino kernal for Christmas.)

Amiga Future Founded on Internet Appliances by Tony Smith, The Register, March 4, 1999
(Tony talks about a press release mentioning a new Amiga president and the future of the AmigaOS in internet appliances.)

Amiga.info Volume 6 Issue 7 by Ray Binda and Tom Leroux, Monitor, March, 1999
(The March Monitor features this collection of Amiga news by Tom and Ray. Includes a review of ImageFX v3.2.)

February

Amiga.info Volume 6 Issue 6 by Ray Binda and Tom Leroux, Monitor, February, 1999
(The February Monitor features this collection of Amiga news by Tom and Ray. Includes a review of Aladdin 4D v5.0.)

Viva Amiga! by Larry Lemm, Videomaker Magazine, February, 1999
(Talks about the AmiWest '98 show, the history of the Amiga and Video Toaster, and possible future machines under Gateway.)

January

Scores of buyers burnt by suppliers collapse -Whether presentation on TV by David Armstrong, The Press, January 26, 1999
(In this article about what was happening in computers 10 years ago, it is mentioned that TVNZ was offering a $200 prize to whoever submits a winning logo for their daily weather forcast. The logo must be created with Amiga's Deluxe Paint!)

Ask the Saint - Amiga King Again? by Vidar Langberget, Maximum PC, January 22, 1999
(Vidar mentions that the possible future of AmigaOS 5.0 could be the thing he has been waiting for, the Saint is waiting to see what comes of it.)

Amiga On Track to a Comeback by Nathan Cochrane, The Age, January 19, 1999
(A pretty good interview with Petro T. It mentions a PowerPC based AmigaOS 3.5 machine in the works as well as a DVD based set top box.)

Tenacious Amiga On Comeback Trail by Garth Montgomery, Australian News Network, January 19, 1999
(Another talk with Petro T. and his predictions on the sales of Amiga.)

Amiga Set To Ride Again by Amanda Conroy, PC World Australia, January 19, 1999
(Amanda talks about the new Gateway made Amiga having 24-bit color, DVD, Java, and a QNX kernal.)

Mozilla's got a new 'Amiga' by Ben Elgin, ZDNet Smart Reseller, January 8, 1999
(A report of the project to port Mozilla to the Amiga platform that is underway.)

Amiga.info Volume 6 Issue 5 by Ray Binda and Tom Leroux, Monitor, January 1999
(The January Monitor features this collection of Amiga news by Tom and Ray.)