FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8,1999 UGN to Host Live Web Cam and IRC Conferences at Amiga'99 Contacts: Wayne Hunt, UGN Administrator (wayne@amiga.org) Bill Borsari, UGN Events Coordinator (tekmage@amiga.org) Bob Scharp, Amiga'99 (bscharp@icon-stl.net) The User Group Network (UGN)[http://ugn.amiga.org] is proud to bring you its world famous Web Cam and IRC Coverage live from Amiga'99 [http://www.amiga-stl.com] in St. Louis. The UGN goes online starting at 10 AM EST (-5 GMT) to 5 PM EST on March 13th. Coverage then continues from 10 AM EST to 4 PM on March 14th. Prominent Amiga personalities will be featured throughout the show. Expected to appear are: Paul Nolan - PhotogenicsNG, Kermit Woodall - NovaDesign, Philip Nelson - Newtek, Joe Torre - Former Amiga Inc, Christopher Aldi - Finale-Development, Doug Mclaughlin - STRICQ, Petro Tyschtschenko - Amiga International, Darreck Lisle - Amiga Inc, Bohus Blahut - Legacy Maker, Aaron Ruscetta - Image Architects, and Amazing Computing's Fletcher Haug. Of course others may appear, expect some surprises! For an up to date conference schedule and logs, consult the UGN Events Web Page at [http://ugn.amiga.org/events]. There will be two IRC channels used for the show's events on the Amiganet IRC Network [http://www.amiganet.org]. Channel #amiga99 will be used for official conferences, and #Amiga will be open for general Amiga discussion. Amiganet features Amiga-friendly servers free of channel takeover attempts. Information exists on the UGN Web Page on how to access these IRC channels. The following servers are part of the Amiganet IRC Network: - whiterose.us.amiganet.org (USA) - thule.no.amiganet.org (Norway) - kth.se.amiganet.org (Sweden) - fastlane.au.amiganet.org (Australia) - linux.us.amiganet.org (USA) - stayfree.uk.amiganet.org (UK) The UGN Web Cam will transmit images from the show to [http://ugn.amiga.org/webcam]. You can use any browser that supports automatic refreshing, or you can use WebVision (formerly WebTV) off Aminet. The User Group Network exists to provide a valuable resource for all Amiga user groups. Not part of an Amiga user group? Let us help you form your own! For latest information, see the UGN Web Page [http://ugn.amiga.org] and the Amiga'99 Web Page [http://www.amiga-stl.com]. Fabian Jimenez, fabian@cais.com UGN Public Relations