''Miggybyte'' was a free disk-based magazine for the
Amiga range of computers, published by Pickled Fish Software and edited by Ben Gaunt. From 1995 to 1997 twelve issues were published all being on a single floppy disk only.
The magazine was inspired by
''Grapevine'', the scene-based disk magazine also for the Amiga range of computers, but ''Miggybyte'' was not a scene publication.
The publication focused on news about the Amiga, software, games and entertainment. The entertainment section proved to be a main stay of the publication and consisting of jokes and stories from readers. There was even a small classified section and BBS section where many Sysops from around the UK (thought there were a few from the USA too) would publicise their boards.
The interface consisted of two sections, the top part containing the text and in latter version graphics, the bottom the control interface (GUI). The engine behind the publication was called MultiMedia Magazine Creator (MMMC) and was developed by Pickled Fish Software / Ben Gaunt during the time of the publication. A side note here is MMMC was originally a simple text reader designed for the game
Maze Madness (F1 Licenceware). MMMC was programmed in the Amiga BASIC language
AMOS
Amos or AMOS may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Amos Records, an independent record label established in Los Angeles, California, in 1968
* Amos (band), an American Christian rock band
* ''Amos'' (album), an album by Michael Ray
* ''Amos' ...
and also used the Power Packer library to compress the publication onto a single disk.
Distribution
''Miggybyte'' was distributed by post, BBS,
FidoNet, PD Software Libraries and the Internet, its main distribution being on
Aminet and its WHQ BBS Channel X. Two version were released digitally one in
LHA (file format)
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that omitted any copyrighted
Amiga, Inc. files and a DMS (
Disk Masher System) version that was a full disk image.
See also
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Disk magazine
A disk magazine, colloquially known as a diskmag or diskzine, is a magazine that is distributed in electronic form to be read using computers. These had some popularity in the 1980s and 1990s as periodicals distributed on floppy disk, hence ...
*
List of disk magazines
This article contains a list of magazines distributed on cassette, floppy disk, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM — collectively referred to as '' disk magazines'' (or ''diskmags'').
Alphabetical list
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* ''Adventurer'' (ZX Spectrum, 1995–2004, ...
References
Download page on Crash Tutorial, Ben Gaunt (Editor) talking about ''Miggybyte''.
External links
''Miggybyte'' on Aminet
Amiga magazines
Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
*Disk magazine
Magazines established in 1995
Magazines disestablished in 1997
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