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POWER HOUSE PRESENTS..... THE FINAL FRONTIER - ISSUE 2. THIS ISSUE OF THE FINAL FRONTIER IS DEDICATED TO THE LATE GENE RODDENBERRY - YOUR MEMORY SHALL LIVE ON INTO AND BEYOND THE 24TH CENTURY. CREDITS FOR THIS INTRO GO TO THE FOLLOWING BEINGS...... CODING AND LOGO - ANDRZEJ WILK (PREDATOR!/POWER HOUSE) ........ DESIGN, FONT AND ALL TEXT - SIMON PLUMBE (THE Q/POWER HOUSE) ......... MUSIC - BJ0RN A. LYNNE (ENTITLED [OBLIVION[)...... GENE RODDENBERRY PICTURE DIGITSING - COLIN GUNN. WELL, WE`VE FINALLY MADE IT TO OUR SECOND ISSUE! WE`RE SORRY WE`VE TAKEN A WHILE TO GET THIS ISSUE OUT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS ON THREE DISKS SO WE HOPE THIS MAKES UP FOR IT IN SOME WAY! WE`VE MADE QUITE A FEW CHANGES SINCE OUR FIRST ISSUE, MAINLY IN TERMS OF PRESENTATION AND LAYOUT. HOPEFULLY YOU`LL FIND ARTICLES EVEN EASIER TO FIND, OUR NEW MENU SYSTEM WILL BE MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND EVERYTHING WILL WORK(!!). IN THIS ISSUE WE HAVE THE SECOND IN OUR SERIES OF CONVENTION TALKS, THIS TIME BY TNG STAND-IN AND FORMER RESEARCH CONSULTANT, GUY VARDAMAN, A SELECTION OF CONVENTION REPORTS WITH OVER 20 PHOTOS, TWO EXCLUSIVE PIECES OF INTERLACED, RAY-TRACED, HAM ART BY TOBIAS RICHTER, A NEW PIECE OF MUSIC BY BJ0RN A. LYNNE, BETTER KNOWN TO MOST OF YOU UNDER HIS OLD NAME OF DR. AWESOME/CRUSADERS, A TRILOGY OF STAR TREK PARODIES BY EDWIN YAU, OUR UPDATED GUIDES TO THE TREK BOOKS RELEASED BY POCKET BOOKS A ONE-OFF GUIDE TO THE TREK NOVELS PUBLISHED BY BANTAM BOOKS, AND OUR GUIDE TO ALL THE TREK FAN CLUBS AROUND, TREK NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, MORE BOOK AND PD REVIEWS, A GUIDE TO THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE NEXT GENERATION, MORE GREAT MUSIC PLUS LOADS MORE! THERE IS A MINOR BUG IN THIS ISSUE THAT MAY AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE MENU. ON DISK TWO THERE IS AN UNUSUAL ERROR THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM VIEWING THE DIGITIZED ART OR THE ART FROM TOBIAS RICHTER WITHOUT DISABLING THE MUSIC ON SOME AMIGAS. IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CRUNCHER WE ARE USING, BUT WE CAN TELL YOU THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF FREE MEMORY YOUR AMIGA HAS!!! WE HAVE TRIED THIS ON A VARIETY OF SYSTEMS AND THE RESULTS ARE SOMEWHAT ERRATIC! IT WORKS FINE ON AN A500 WITH 512K CHIP RAM AND 512K OF FAST RAM, AN A500+ WITH 1MB OF CHIP RAM, A B2000 REV 6.0 WITH 1MB OF CHIP RAM AND 2MB OF FAST RAM AND AN A1500 WITH 1MB OF CHIP RAM, BUT IT -DOESN`T- WORK ON A B2000 REV 6.2 WITH 1MB OF CHIP RAM AND 2 MB OF FAST RAM OR AN A500 WITH 512K OF CHIP RAM AND 1.5MB OF FAST MEMORY. FIGURE THAT ONE OUT IF YOU CAN!!!! DID ANY OF YOU NOTICE THE GREAT PRESS PUBLICITY ISSUE 1 RECEIVED BACK IN JANUARY, WITH REVIEWS IN TWO MAJOR MAGAZINES - AMIGA COMPUTING AND PUBLIC DOMAIN? PUBLIC DOMAIN EVEN USED A PHOTO FROM THE MAG ON THE FRONT COVER!!! HOPEFULLY, WE`LL START TO GET EVEN MORE MAGAZINE COVERAGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, ESPECIALLY AS THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL THE MAJOR AMIGA MAGAZINES! ATTENTION ALL PD LIBRARIES! IF YOU DECIDE TO INCLUDE THIS ISSUE OF THE FINAL FRONITER IN YOUR RANGE, PLEASE READ THE [DISTRIBUTION[ FILE FIRST. (THIS CAN BE FOUND IN THE EDITORIAL MENU) AND FOLLOW ALL OF THE GUIDELINES/RESTRICTIONS MADE. THANKS. THIS MAG HAS BEEN FULLY TESTED FOR ERRORS AND IT IS 100 PERCENT COMPATIBLE WITH ALL AMIGAS, INCLUDING THE NEW A500+!! GREETINGS AND THANKS MUST GO OUT TO ALL THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)......... AMIGA COMPUTING (NICE REVIEW!), RICHARD ARNOLD (GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR CHALLENGE TO PARAMOUNT!), BARRY BEALE, ECHO/LSD (THANKS FOR LETTING US USE THE TUNES MATE! GET BACK IN TOUCH IT`S BEEN TOO LONG!), IAN FAICHNIE (WELL, WHAT`S IT LIKE TO HAVE YOUR ART ON THE COVER OF A MAGAZINE?), JEREMY FORD/GROUND ZERO PD (THE ADVERTS AND SUPPORT ARE REALLY APPRECIATED - LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS ISSUE.), COLIN GUNN (AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT - GREAT ARTICLES TOO!), PAUL HUGHES (THANKS FOR LETTING US CHECK THE MAG OUT ON YOUR A500+), BJ0RN LYNNE (THANKS FOR SENDING ME THE MUSIC. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK WITH AM/FM! THANKS FOR PUTTING THE ADVERT ON THE NEXT ISSUE.), ALEX KERR (THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS - AT LEAST SOMEONE IS WRITING FOR ME!), MANTRONIX+TIP/PHENOMENA (THANKS FOR WRITING BACK TO ME. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS ISSUE), PUBLIC DOMAIN (WOW! A GREAT COMMENT AND A COVER PHOTO - THIS IS WHAT WE`VE BEEN WAITING FOR. THANKS!), TOBIAS RICHTER (GREAT ARTWORK MATE! AT LEAST THE MATTER WITH [CUBULUS[ HAS BEEN SORTED OUT NOW! HAVE CU WRITTEN BACK TO YOU YET? I LOVED THAT NEW STAR WARS ANIM YOU`RE WORKING ON - IT`S DEFINATELY ONE OF YOUR BEST!), GENE RODDENBERRY (YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN), STRICTLY PD (WHAT CAN I SAY? YOU`VE REALLY HELPED US OUT BY SENDING COPIES TO THOSE MAGS FOR REVIEW), TATU TIALA (THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS ISSUE - IT TOOK ME LONG ENOUGH!!!), ANDRZEJ WILK (YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THE CODING AGAIN - YOU`RE ONE IN A MILLION!), EDWIN YAU (THANKS FOR THE PARODIES AND ENDLESS PHONE CALLS!) ALL OF YOU WHO BOUGHT THE FIRST ISSUE FROM US AND EVERYONE OUT THERE FOR READING THIS MAGAZINE! TECH INFO ON THIS ISSUE:- 420K OF TEXT (COVERING 34 DIFFERENT ARTICLES), 1300K OF GRAPHICS, 820K OF MUSIC AND 200K OF CODING/SUPPORT FILES (INCLUDING THE INTRO AND ITS GRAPHICS/SOUND). (NOW ADD ALL THAT UP!!) WELL, THAT`S IT FOR THIS INTRO - WE DON`T WANT TO BORE YOU ALL WITH GIGABYTES OF SCROLL-TEXT, BUT WE`LL BE BACK WITH ANOTHER INTRO IN 4-6 MONTHS TIME, SO PRESS THE MOUSEBUTTON TO ENTER ISSUE TWO OF - THE FINAL FRONTIER - LIVE LONG AND PROSPER