This is an archive, preserved strictly for historic purposes. Therefore, phone numbers, links etc, are not kept current and may no longer be valid.
07-28-2000 Lightning! as well as MacGraphs for the Mac, have finally made it. Take the back door route found here to get to the DL.
07-18-2000 Lightning! has finally hit the Web! Ok, I guess I forgot to post the rest of the Lightning! PRGs, so the last couple of days I got the Amiga and ST versions posted as well as MultiPlot for those platforms. I have also written Lightning2.0! for the TRS-80 Model 100, GEOS64/128 and Amiga as well as one for 128 that plots on both 80 and 40 column screens at the same time! It took two hours to write the TRS-80 version and about the same for the GEOS one. The Amiga and 128 versions popped into existence in less than 30 minutes. The Amiga version has been posted.
07-12-2000 After over 3 years and long after the ending of the Amiga Web Directory, on July 12, 2000, noesis0 removed the links to Ami Search and Amiga Files from Noesis Creation. "It just breaks my heart, knowing I probably wont see that face again," said noesis0. The one remaining link will remain as the site still has vital information on it.
05-25-2000 NC Back Online!
I am finally online! I now have an Amiga with a browser that allows me access to the world, once again! There is much to post and now my work can commence.
Thanks to all for your understanding!
noesis0
04-27-2000 Radio Silence ii
Well, I am close. I bought ibrowse, but need to update my 1200. I get online with Mosaic and MacWeb on a Mac Classic, but since they don't do cookies I can't update anything. I can do email!
...soon, soon....
04-10-2000 Radio Silence
Well, I am around in the basement, or garage. I am close to having iNet access....
My wife works at home on her iMac. I have little chance to get online as during the day, she is using the iMac. Her office is in our bedroom, so I can't simply get up early and get online.
I have not had any success with getting any Amiga browsers working, and I don't have a SuperCPU, nor Wheels to use the commodore's browser. I have the iNet package our provider gave us at sign up. When I locate my Mac Classic or Mac SE I will be on and things will start happening again.
I have a scanner now and can work on the Nexus site, as well as a video scan station setup to scan computers for the Gallery site. I have lots of eBay stuff piling up that I need to find homes for. It is simply a matter of the Classic or SE surfacing from somewhere in the garage or me getting the A2k surfing.
The ibrowse 1.xx demo I tried on the A2k, A2k 030, and A1.2k wants version 39 of graphics.library and I have not found it, only an obscure reference to it in some text talking about graphics cards.... the Emplant turns on the 2 modem lights like the Mac does, but can't get the modem to say OK to it (could be the bridgeboard confusing it as it is not turned on, but is plugged in)....
So I have declared Radio Silence until I can get online, which I hope is soon!
01-07-2000 CUCUG's Press Release:
CUCUG Retires Amiga Web Directory
The Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group
P.O. Box 716
Champaign, IL 61824-0716
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: cucug@cucug.org
January 1, 2000 - The Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group (CUCUG) announced today that it has retired its popular, award-winning Amiga Web Directory (AWD) web site.
Citing continuing declines in the Amiga marketplace and Gateway's failure to deliver new Amiga computer systems, CUCUG reluctantly decided to discontinue its popular web site link directory and news service on January 1, 2000. It was felt that while CUCUG could continue with the AWD for several months, it was better to retire now rather than allow the site to slowly decline with the market. CUCUG is hopeful that the latest owners of the Amiga can turn this market around for the developers and users who have held on throughout all the past ownership changes and other difficulties the Amiga has faced.
For over five years, the Amiga Web Directory served as one of the most-visited Amiga-oriented web sites on the Internet. Its carefully catalogued listings of Amiga web sites was the most-respected collection of its kind. Each site in the AWD's listings was reviewed by the CUCUG webmaster to ensure quality and Amiga orientation. Site descriptions were carefully prepared by hand, resulting in accuracy not possible on other machine- driven sites or those which allow site owners to write their own descriptions.
The AWD's Amiga news pages became one of the most imitated features in the Amiga web community. Dozens of Amiga news sites were inspired by the success of the Amiga Web Directory's hugely popular news pages.
A well-known offshoot of the Amiga Web Directory was "Agnes" the Amiga web searching service. Agnes was also a cartoon character which personalized the searching service. In addition to the over-2000 Amiga sites catalogued in the Amiga Web Directory, Agnes could search the general Internet for Amiga content, newsgroup messages, CUCUG Status Register newsletters and other Amiga-oriented materials.
The Amiga Web Directory was one of the first member-supported Amiga web sites. Amiga enthusiasts joined the CUCUG organization to show their support for the efforts of the group. These memberships covered the costs associated with running the popular web service and other CUCUG activities. CUCUG is very grateful to its members' support which it has received over the years. The group also acknowledges the many Amiga-oriented companies which have given assistance.
CUCUG, which has been supporting local computer users in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois area since 1983 will now focus its efforts on local user group activities.
01-01-2000 Mia's Press Release:
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Internet Store Offers New Way to Nourish and Live Your Faith
(Boise, Idaho) -- A new internet store based in Boise, Idaho merges the business model of current day internet successes with the centuries-old tradition of Catholic Christianity.
"We're doing something really unique here," says Mia Crosthwaite, founder of www.livingcatholic.com. "We are offering a book store on-line so designed that we will be living our catholic faith in the way we do business."
Her goal reaches beyond being honest with customers and vendors or making charitable contributions. Crosthwaite selected a Monastery in southern Idaho as her distributor. "By selecting the Monastery of the Ascension as our distributor and partner, we are able to offer work and income to a wonderful group of men who are living their faith in monastic community. But it is really we who are blessed by the monks' knowledge, spirituality, and the example of their wonderful humbleness before the will of God."
In addition, Crosthwaite and the Monastery offer items for sale purchased directly from distributors for artisans in Central America. By offering jewelry and art made by craftsmen in the developing world, they support artistry and enable them to earn a decent living.
"Our goal is to offer books, jewelry, art, cards, and music that any Christian would want any way, and to use all of that purchasing power to spread economic justice. We are trying to do our own little bit to bring about the kingdom of heaven on earth. We’re not simply making a charitable contribution or doing somebody a favor. We’ve built our business around the essential services and products offered through these channels. Our partners are an essential part of our own success" says Crosthwaite.
"Our community looks forward to cooperating in the work of www.livingcatholic.com. It is a wonderful opportunity to expand our current efforts to sell quality Catholic books and art," says Father Hugh Feiss, OSB, member of the Monastery of the Ascension.
www.livingcatholic.com offers a large selection of books on subjects such as Spirituality, Church History, Morality, Scripture, Christology, Social Justice, Saints, and others. You'll find art, jewelry, cards, and music. In addition the web site provides reading guides on various subjects, the readings for the coming Sunday, listing of the day’s Saints, and other items of interest.
Photo: Mia Crosthwaite (left), founder of www.livingcatholic.com, and Father Hugh Feiss, OSB (right), member of the Monastery of the Ascension. Photo Permission Brian Crosthwaite.
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