AMIGA FORUM #3 out now, plus ...

[AmigaBruno]

First of all, I should tell you all that I'm a bit like Dr Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1, meaning multilingual.  

I'm afraid that although I speak Swedish, I had problems even reading the front cover! I think you should post a list of computer terms in Swedish to help everyone understand it. I tried to translate "dataskärmor" on the translation site http://www.frengly.com , but it's been redesigned and doesn't seem to work at the moment. Can anyone recommend another translation site for Swedish? After reading through your magazine I know that "skärmor" means screens, but I'm still not sure about "dataskärmor". It's obviously some kind of display, but later on the terms "monitorer" and "LCD-skärmar" are used. The 1084 monitors are referred to as "1084-skärmarna".  If there was a plain text version of the magazine as well, then that should help people to get a translation. Your article about this has the headline "Platta monitorer - Koppla en modern bildskärm till din A1200 med Indivision", meaning "Flat monitors - Hooking up a modern monitor to your A1200 with Indivision".

After this, still on the cover you mention "Platta harddiskerersättare". This says to me "flat hard disk replacements". I understood about the "dataskärmor" being flat, but hard disks are pretty flat themselves. Your article talks about using CF cards as hard drive replacements in classic Amigas, which seems quite popular. I wonder how they are flat, though, as they're a few millimetres thick. A sheet of paper is more like flat, although it does have some thickness.  

BTW, my recommended reading for learning Swedish is Swedish by Teach Yourself Books.

[AmigaBruno]

I DO speak Swedish, but due to the lack of Swedish instructions in multilingual computer and software manuals, as well as almost all Swedish TV channels being encrypted, this means I haven't learnt the Swedish computer terms. If the terms used aren't similar enough to German, Dutch, French, or English computer terms, then this causes problems for me. Anyway, you've posted these messages about a Swedish language magazine in an English language forum, so you should expect some questions about what the articles in the magazine say.

I may post a list of Swedish terms in this topic and ask you what they mean, as well as a list of terms I understand.

[AmigaBruno]

I thought I should try and post a translation of some or all of the articles in this magazine, so non Swedish speakers could benefit from it.

There's an introduction or editorial on page 2, which isn't listed on the contents page. This article asks the question "What is an Amiga?", then lists five different types of Amigas, including emulators.

The descriptions of all the articles in this magazine are as follows.

Club news

The Demo Editor's column

Nikolaos Tomatsidis – an interview with the man who gave us AspireOS

Real Time in Real Time in Real Time – a scene short story by Browallia/Nukleus

S video card from SUGA – Hobbyists can hook up their Amigas to newer monitors

Compact card – Using a Compact Flash card as a hard drive in your Amiga

Quiet, quick, and big - Installing a solid state drive in your Amiga

Does your computer smell of fish? - You've got a leaky battery

Flat screens – Hooking up a modern monitor to your Amiga with Indivision


Obviously, there's already been a lot of articles and videos about using CF cards as hard drives, changing batteries, and Indivision, so I'll try and translate one or more of the other articles first.