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To World of Amiga '97 egine sto Hammersmith sto Londino stis 17 kai 
18 Maiou. Proorizotan gia to megalo gegonos tis xronias ef'oson itan 
to monadiko (kata tin diki mou gnwsi) Amiga show fetos. Stin ousia 
itan 2 show se ena dioti mia proigoumeni sygentrwsi pou eixe 
programatistei gia ta mesa Martiou akyrwthike outws wste na dothei i 
wthisi se ena show. H eisodos kostize 8 lires, diladi peripou 4000 
(elafrws ligotero).
Dystyxws den ekatsa arketi wra wste na exw mia pliri gnwmi kai na 
sas dwsw bolikes plirofories, synodevomoun apo dyo atoma pou den 
apolamvanan kai poly ton sxetika mikro kai zesto xwro tou show (zesto 
giati den eixe air-condition).
San geniki eikona thelw na pw pws den itan kala organwmeno. Den 
ypirxan polla pragmata na deis, na peiramatisteis...
Perissotero emoiaze me laiki agora para me show. Dekades ta CD, ta 
joystick kai ta metaxeirismena mous stous pagous. Palia paixnidia 
(tou styl Shadow of the beast III gia arxi kai me liges maties gyrw 
gyrw borouses na petyxeis kai pio mousiaka kommatia...), palioi 
tytloi se CD-ROM..... enas malista eixe to thrasos na exei ena pago 
me metaxeirismena mouse apo Atari kai Amiga stivagmena se ena swro, 
skonismena kai vromika, etoima pros pwlisi. O idios typos eixe kai 
metaxeirismena disk drives (se paromoia katastasi), Quickshot 
joysticks paromoia me afta pou eixan oi Atari 2600 users! O typos 
aftos itan laiki agora 100%. Kai to thrasytero tis ypothesis, ena 
poly.... appropriate PC me ta windows 95 stin othoni... fatsa kathws 
ebenes stin aithousa!
Apogoiteftikate? Wraia, giati edw kapou stamatane ta arnitika 
stoixeia kai arxizoun ta wraia. Oxi polla gia na pw tin alitheia alla 
sigoura aksizan ton kopo...
Kat'arxas, agorazontas ena CD me Spectrum & C64 emulators kai 
xiliades paixnidia me 8 lires (ligotero apo 4000drx), mou edwsan dwro 
2 CD to ena me 500 shareware paixnidia kai to allo me DEMOS.
Twra den xreiazetai na trwgw to Internet gia na vrw ekeino to skaki i 
to tetris pou thelw na paiksw maniwdws. Oi prosfores sta CD itan 
polles kai arketa kales. Agorasa CD me Utilities me 2 lires, diladi 
ligotero apo 1000drx! Kai milame gia KALO CD! Agorasa multimedia 
egyklopedia se CD-ROM (egyklopedia me METAFYSIKA fainomena, UFOs, 
ghosts etc.... ela Xristos kai Panagia...) me 15 lires... gyrw stis 
5500drx.... (kanonika kostize gyrw stis 8000drx!)... kai einai GAMATH 
egyklopedia! Pira kai ena diplo CD dwro me eikones/animations kai 
sounds sxetika me fantasy kai diastimika themes.
Eixe polles polles prosfores, polla pragmata na agorasei kaneis.
Epitaxintes, mnimi, CD-ROM, ektypwtes, ktl... kai fysika polla itan 
se prosfores! 
Twra pou to skeftomai, eprepe na eixa parei ekeinon ton 
math-coprocessor me 4500drx!

Pame se pio sovara themata twra...
Ypirxan polles Amiga me boliki mnimi, epitaxyntes, kartes grafikwn 
kai se kati panemorfa 17" monitor. To Workbench itan poly kyrilato se 
ypsiles analyseis kai xiliades xrwmata!
Sto periptero tis Nova design borouses na doulepseis me to ImageFX 
2.6 se ypsiles analyseis (douleve se parathyro tou Workbench) kai 
poly megales taxytites.... douleve sxedon akariaia me ta effects. 
Ypirxe kai ena mikro video pou edeixne 3D rendering kai ypotithetai 
eixe effe apo to ImageFX.... ean itan alitheia, tote itan pragmatika 
entypwsiako! Egw pantws to thewrisa pithano mono apo Silicon Graphics 
na epitefxthoun tetoie epagelmatika fx.
Sto periptero tis Scala tipota to prwtoporiako. To gnwsto se olous 
mas Scala na kanei kapoia poly omorfa kai arketa grigora effe. 
Aporisa omws pou ypirxe periptero tis Scala ef'oson kserw pws exei 
egatalipsei tin ypostiriksi tis Amiga.
Ena apo ta poly omorfa `aksiotheata` tou show itan to Infinitiv 
tower. Ena tower  conversion gia tous kakomoirous A1200 users (san ki 
emena...). Einai ena poly omorfo kouti pou analamvanei na valei tin 
A1200 se EIDIKO (poly simantiko afto) tower box. Kai fysika den 
stamatane edw ta kala nea, exei diko tou ena gnisio Amiga 
pliktrologio alla me to logotypo Infinitiv anti gia Amiga kai elafrws 
diaforetiko design (ta pliktra einai 100% idia). Afta pou prosferei 
to tower omws einai arketa endiaferonta. Zorro II slots gia arxi wste 
na boreite na prosthesete mia karta grafikwn gia paradeigma. Episis 
boreite na dialeksete kalytero configuration kai na parete to tower 
me PCI slots kai tin epilogi na prosthesete PC motherboard. Diladi, 
na exete ena KANONIKOTATO Pentium (opws afto tou filou sas) kai mia 
Amiga sto idio kouti! Wraio den einai?!
Edw omws einai pou ta pragmata ginontai akoma kalytera.
H ekdosi 2 tou Siamese exei kykloforisei. Ti einai afto?
Einai mia kartoula pou kathetai sto PC sas (i sto Infinitiv tower 
akoma kalytera) kai syndeei tin Amiga kai to PC.... otan omws ta 
syndeei, ennow ta syndeei arketa kala! toso kala... wste na ginontai 
ena systima!!!!! Eida brosta sta matia mou sto show, ena .... ee... 
mixanima na trexei windows95, kai se ena parathyro twn windows.... to 
Workbench!!!!! H Amiga kai to PC doulevan taftoxrona, xrisimopoiousan 
tin IDIA karta grafikwn, tous IDIOUS sklirous diskous kai to IDIO 
monitor!!!! Kai fysika to Workbench itan fovero me ena polyxrwmo 
24bit background pattern kai animation players na paizoun video se 
parathyro..... pragmatika fovero theama!
To siamese kostizei gyrw stis 130 lires... diladi kapou 60.000drx kai 
perilamvanei tin karta syndesis, to software kai ta kalwdia. 
Epitrepei tin epikoinwnia Amiga-PC mexri tou simeiou na kaneis CUT & 
PASTE apo Amiga se PC kai antistrofa!!!
Arkei na sas pw pws dimiourgos tou software tou Siamese einai o 
17xronos Paul Nolan, dimiourgos tou Photogenics. :-)

Kai pername sto megalo gegonos tou show....
*PowerPC* 
Eixa tin timi na dw apo konta ena PowerPC accelerator board na 
doulevei se mia A1200 se tower. H Phase5 megalwse tin poikilia twn 
epitaxyntwn aftwn kai pera apo to 175Mhz 603e + 030 montelo gia tis 
A1200, twra evgale kai ton 200Mhz 603e + 040/060!
To systima pou eida itan entypwsiako....
To workbench se ypsili analysi kai se megalo monitos. Sto background, 
o 68060 epaize FULL SCREEN ena mpeg animation enw ena mikro 
programmataki gia fractals ekane ton 603e sta 200Mhz na deiksei tin 
dynami tou. Enw to animation epaize apo pisw (den itan 100% omalo 
alla itan FULL screen kai se ypsili analysi) o PowerPC ekane molis 1 
defterolepto gia na kanei zoom in se fractal patterns. H poly glykeia 
antiproswpos tis Phase5, me mia allagi sta settings tou programmatos, 
mou evale ton 68060 na kanei zoom in sto fractal pattern gia na dw 
diafora..... o 68060 pire 5 defterolepta.... diladi, o 603e/200Mhz 
einai 5 fores pio grigoros (toulaxiston) apo ton 060!!!!!
Osoi apo esas exete Amiga 4000/3000 kathws kai to analogo xrima... 
boreite na koitaksete tin ekdosi me ton PowerPC 604...... o opoios 
einai toulaxiston 2 fores pio grigoros apo ton 603.... diladi...... 
10 fores pio grigoros apo ton 68060!!!!!! Cool eh? :-)
Fysika, kainouries ekdoseis twn epeksergastwn sta 225Mhz etoimazontai 
na kykloforisoun (oxi akoma gia tin Amiga, syntoma omws...), opote 
boreite na xaireste apo twra. Episis, oi ekdoseis gia 4000/3000 tha 
exoun ena poly xrisimo slot. H Phase5 etoimazei na kykloforisei mia 
karta grafikwn gia aftous tous epitaxyntes i opoia tha exei tromeres 
dynatotites sta 2D kathws kai sta 3D grafika..... dynatotites pou 
kata POLY ksepernoun ta simerina xaraktiristika twn S3 chip pou 
vriskoume sti Cybervision3D kai stis aples kartes grafikwn gia PC me 
3D accelerators.
Telos pantwn.... tha borousa na sas milaw gia wres panw sto thema 
alla.... kalytera na riskete mia matia eseis oi idioi panw sto thema.
Gia ti to exete to Internet diladi e?? :-)
Se genikes grammes, pera apo tin "ftwxeia" tou show, ypirxan kapoia 
pragmata pou aksizan (pistevw na to exete katalavei). Giati omws to 
periptero tis Phase5 na einai se mia gwnia krymmeno? Giati na min 
ypirxan megales tabeles me logo? Megales othones me demonstration ktl 
ktl ktl.....?????
Meinete mazi mas..... isws mathoume tin apantisi.... sto epomeno 
epeisodio....
Kali sas nyxta!
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... and I just woke up from the nightmare, from the virtual dreaming...

Vangelis Erotokritakis (AMiVAG)

Student of the
Computing department in the
University of Central Lancashire