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home is a see-through safe with the spoon locked inside and anyone who can bend
the spoon while watching it over the Internet will be invited to be tested further over
the telephone.
A further challenge will then be issued at Geller's home when any contenders will
get to try it out in person. If successful they will receive a generous Si million for their
efforts which will be shared if there's more than one triumphant psychic! Even if more
than one person is accessing the site, the organisers reckon further tests will be possible
to trace anyone successful. Apparently, the hardest part will be to produce a visible
bend in front of the judges but Geller is confident that someone, somewhere will be
able to do it.
RO-SOFT PLEDGE SUPPORT
Pro-Soft have announced the
launch of their new User Group
which daims to be a 'cut-down BBS on a
disk'. For all levels of Amiga user, the
group will operate via a free bi-monthly
disk-mag. Members will be able to find
hints and tips from other users as well as
buying and selling Amiga goods.
Interested parties should send a blank
disk and SAE with their name and
address to: Pro-Soft PO Box CR53, Leeds
BET'S GO SURFING NOW
F ollowing last months revelations on the new Amiga
Surfer pack, Amiga Computing can now reveal some
more details. The package will now comprise of an Amiga
1200 with 2Mb RAM, a 260Mb Hard Drive, a 14.400 Baud
modem and all relevant software needed to access the
Internet The package also indudes all the software from the
137 1XJ. Pro-Soft have also revealed their
decision to scrap plans for software on
the PC and continue to develop for the
Amiga due to the 'rapid re-growth of the
Amiga market
They will continue with their range of
gambling programs as well as releasing
six completely new programs for this
year.
This will include a range of lifestyle
and business applications.
CTAMED EVOLUTION
STARTERS
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Amiga Computing have been told
of a new Internet Starter Kit wlis
in development. Aimed at the N
it novice, the package will come on
four disks and will include the
TCP/IP software, a mail/news reader,
ftp access and a Web browser.
At the moment, it is pre-configured
for Dynamic IP Addressing which
would mean it would not work on
Demon, but the developer, Kevin
Kitching, is trying to change this.
Working on any Amiga with
Kickstart 2 or above, it requires only
two files to be modified by the enduser
which is the dial-up number
and serial port speed. He also
hopes to finalise a package deal
with a service provider.
Amiga Magic Pack. A country-specific telephone cable will be
provided with the modem. As an added bonus, if the user registers
himself at IBM prior to accessing the Internet before
31March they will receive 100 free access hours.
The complete package will be available for DM 1198 which
means it will hit the shops here for around E600.
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morning with the announcement of the Octamed Web
site.
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The site is replete with information on the new
SoundStudio ‘ package being written by Teijo Kinnunen, and
has I contact points both for him and Ray Burt Frost,
Oclamed's s distributor in the UK. You can download patches
avoid RAM problems, so no limits to sample site like previous
versions of Octamed
• Extra MIDI commands
• Full support for MacroSystem's Toccata 16-bit sampling card
• Clear and precise 200 page manual explaining everything
in easy to understand detail.
to t the latest version and find out all about the history of
Octamed. m Also useful are the links to other related sites with
hundreds i of mod and med files.
• Special upgrade pricing for existing Octamed users.
SoundStudio is a direct replacement for Octamed. Version 1
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anyone interested in SoundStudio here are the details:
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Support for up to 64 channels of sound
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• You can record sound samples directly to hard drive to
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and should be available sometime in February this year, so
watch out for a review. For more information
contact REIF Software on 01703 785680 or visit the web site
at:
hftp://www.compulinkcomk/- octamed/
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NEWS FROM
THE NET
NET FIRSTS
A venture backed by First Computer Centre
and Prima Technologies has just been
launched. Called Firstnet, its objective is to
become a 'blue ribbon' Internet service and
World Wide Web provider in the North of
England.
Offering a competitive modem to user
ration and wide bandwidth service, it will
provide internet dialup access accounts to
the general public.
Contact 0113 2319444
PORN PERV
JAILED
A man found guilty of receiving child pornography
through the Internet was sentenced to
three months imprisonment - the first time
anyone in Britain has ever been jailed for using
the Internet for this purpose.
Forty-four-year old Martin Crumpton, later
of two, was caught as part of Operation
Starburst, an International inquiry which also
caught out Christopher Sharp who was fined
E9000 for possession of indecent photographs
of children downloaded from the Internet
Crumpton, a West Midlands computer consultant,
admitted to six charges of being in possession
of indecent pictures of children after
his home had been raided on a tip off and the
pictures found on his computer.
BISHOP'S ON
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A bishop who was banned from his See for
his controversial views is back - but this time
he's on the Internet. A year after his expulsion
he has set up a 'virtual bishopric' for his
many followers.
As bishops cannot actually be dismissed,
'virtual bishoprics' have been used before as
a way of sending troublesome bishops to
obsolete Sees. Gaillot has been moved to
Partenia, an obsolete See in the Sahara and
he has called his new site accordingly.
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