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Issue 59 • April 1993 • £2.99 Overseas price £3.25
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• Aladdin 4 D
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• Supra FAX modem
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if your in the market for a
hand scanner then forget the
rest and get Powerscan
Amiga Format July 1992
Power Scanner v3.0
innovative products fro
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"This drive contains more gad-
gets than Batman's utifity belt'
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PC88OB Power Drive
RAM E xpan sioi
A 600 Memory Car
- 100-400 DPI scanning resolutions
• 64 grayscales
■ Thru'part for printer
• Award winning editing, image manipu
lad on & scanning software
Power Scanner v3-0 £
Power Scanner Colour ...... t' 2.
v3.fi Upgrade fine. interface),.£49.95
u3.0 Software upgrade for Power
Scanner users (send S AE) i !>
Epson GT^CSOO
Award winning drive manufactured by
Power Computing
■ Super slim design
• Anti -click (Cures that annoying click)
- Virus blocker (Prevents viruses]
■ Built-in backup hardware
PC88QB with Blitz Amiga - £60
PCSflQB with Blitz & XCopy £7 ,J
PC8B0B (Cyclone compatible) ■ ■£
PCaaOB in black case
*tNisi drive i$ Qnlifiviilatie 1 q I'efliELirwO owners M XCow
Prfji&siHma! “Veu mtua (irnvul* part d 1 purchase u - XCopy
PfflfBliwiil
power Drives
PCflBOE Economy drive £49. 9b
PC881 A500 Internal drive £ 4 M ‘
PCBS2 A2000 Internal drive £45.00
Dual Drive
• Two high quality disk drives built into
one compact unit
■ Same features as PCBB0B
1MB RAM with clock £ 39
1MB RAM without clock
PCSOt+ RAM Cord
Our RAM hoard is designed aspecia*»
for the A500+ computer and comes ■ r'?
1MB of RAM on board to expand yc J
memory to 2MB of chip RAM. Plug- r.
go operation (Fits into the trapdoor
PC501+ RAM card £•' :
8 MB Power Board
■ Plugs into side slot, fully auto corfig. 1
thru’port. Expand 2MB-8MB
2MB £109 4MB £169
1 x 4ZIP chips
8MB €2
f 14
1.5MB RAM Board
■ Fully supports 1MB of chip RAM
* Fully compatible with Fatter Agnus
GXicNstan I 3 and ibone. nfltewnpHi&ie with A.WC-
(You frmiftfl neBdelotoe opipiMUta may effect m-
Llual
drjve £125 1 , 5 MB RAM board -
Blit* Amiga
■ 600 DPI Colour flatbed scanner
• 24- bit colour
Software included
GT-650O inc. Powerscan v30 £299
ST-6500 inc, ASDG Software.. f 899
Transparency Adaptor Unit f 499
Document Feeder ,...£399
Epson GT-BOOO
BOO DPI colour flatbed scanner
24- bit colour
16.7 million colours
256 greyscale
Scan line art images
Optional automatic document feeder
* Optional transparency adaptor
Software included
GT-800Dinc, ASDG Software £1 199
Transparency Adaptor Unit.,. £ 499
Document Feeder...., - -f ^99
Backup disks at lightning speeds
Stops all external drives from clicking
Contains anti-virus from being written
into the boothlockor
Blitz Amiga
,..£20
Blizzard Turbo
For the AbOO: A500-1
Expand up to BMB (OK installed]
Memory and 580M CPU run at 1 4,28MHz
Faste&OOO processor installed on-board
Fully auto-conliguring
Optical 51 2K shadow RAM Dn extra
memory bank for shadowing the
operating system out of ROM or from
disk
Blizzard Turbo £1
Blizzard Turbo 2MB FLAM. — f 18^
B ' T u r bo ZMB flAM 4 2KK siiadnw R A M ~£ 1 9 9
f*ow»r Computing, 46 Sid Volti*re 7BD11.
Paris. Frailer- 1 -fir! Ml
1MB with Thru port
- Expand your A5Q0 s memory up to i
total of 2MB without disposing co-
existing 51 2K upgrade
• Works with 1MB of Chip RAM
I5I2K HAM mu« he * chip type nr nal erawimng * r r
fToijr Amiga esed* to b& aponaH. this may ° Hf - 1 * 1
1MB with thru' port
A. 5 QO RAM Card
■ 512K RAM expansion with clock ;<
software (A50O+ compatible l
51 2K RAM (4 chip) with clock
512K RAM without clock
PCMCIA Memory
■ Ultra slim memory cards
• 2MB Memory card
■ SRAM Memory
• For the A60C/A1 200
2MB Memory card -
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Auto ROM Sharer
►
I _ e otthe most advanced kicksiart
- I'M sharers available
1 is A50Q, A500+, At 500
95 * % o m e s si n g with switches
95 ' ■<() CIA adaptor or other trailing wires
• Sample internal fitting*
■ ■ > qH requires Hit lid" to tn? njmovntl From ins Amiga.
^lymMBndale yioui! warrnntv
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3 rid
95
- DM Share ,.£19.95
~ DM Share inc. ki-ckstart v2 IM , £55
R DM Share inc. kicksteH vl ,3 ,...£39
- \1 Share for A900 .. . £29
1 DM Share for A6DQ inc. kickstan v1,3
- , ^£55
Kickstort v 2.04
2 04 Kickstad (chip only l ,.£32
Chips
B9
95
4MB x 8SIMM
POA
iMBxBSIMM
—..£25
256K x 4 DRAM
£5.00
1MB x 1DRAM
£4.50
1 h4 ZIP
,..,£14.95
anly)
1 r4 DIP ...........
..£19.95
-1000 Static column RAM
...£19.95
85
SIMM 32x1MB’60
£59
SIMM 32X4M0-6O
£179
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GVP r Supra, Cdirnmndara)
Spores
a 500 Power supply
£39.95
lgthl
. 1 3 kickstart ROM
anryl
v2 04 kickstart ROM
....£32
49
Matter Agnus 8372
£44
Big Fat Agnus 8375
£48
Hi-Res Deruse
£29
CIA 8520
£9.95
Data Switches 2 way
£15.99
D ata S wttc hes 3 way
£17 99
29
Data Switches 4 way
£19.99
24
IDE Cable for A60O, A 1200
£15 95
1 inc. installation software)
Modem Cable ...»
£9.95
Printer Cable
.£6.95
SCSI Cable
,£9.95
SCSI Duel Connector 2 way
£15.95
Monitor Cable far Philips 8833.
.£9.95
PC88QB Upgrade,
49
compatible with X-Copy
£15
A 5 QQ Hard Drives
The Power BBS
GVP A 5 3 O Turbo HD
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■ Free technical and buying advice
■ Thousands of free files available
* Great discounts on all Power products
■ On- line ordering to ensure speed of
delivery
■ Conferencing with top computer
magazines
■ Regular bulletins with latest product
information
The Rawer House BBS
0 2 34 8 4 1 5 0 3
24 hours
All tpesdt up to 1 &.8K
Amiga GOO
* 40MHz 6B03QEC accelerator
■ Optional 68882 maths co-processor
Amiga 600
...£285
■ Up to 8MB 32- tut FASTHAM onboard
Amiga BOD &4DMB HD
.£455
■ Award winning
Amiga 600 & 50MB HD
.£489
Amiga 60 & 80MB HO
£529
40MB HD 0MB RAM
£499
BOMB HD 0MB RAM
-£599
Amiga 1200
160MB HD 0MB RAM
....£729
2QQMB HD 0MB RAM
£829
Amiga 12DQ
,,£390
S8K82 Upgrade kit
,£224
Anuqa 1 200 & 44MB HD
.,£560
Amiga 1200 & 60MB HO
...£595
GVP Series 2 HD
Amiga 12Q0 & 80MB HO
,,,£639
Up to 8MB FAStRAM on board
2.S " IDE Internal
HD
40MB
....£299
00MB
£379
■ A6O0/A12OO compatible
160MB...
,..£529
hnc cable & installation sollwareF
200MB
...£599
40MB Internal HD
,„£l 79
Each 1MB xBSlMM
£25
60MB Internal HD
..£205
BOMB Internal HD
,£229
Video Backup System
130MB Internal HD...,,,
.£359
Use VCR as a backup storage device
Blank video tape is all that is required
200 Amiga floppy disks will fit on a 4
hour tape
Can be used for hard disk backup
There is room far 175MB of data
Backup an Amiga diskette in 1 minute
Restore even to an unformatted disk
Hard disk backup, software allows you
to specify which files and directories to
be stored
Low cost storage, 2 ponce per MB
Menu driven software
Allows you to watch TV on a 1084s
monitor
Very htgh reliability
Lag files, contain titfe and counter
position of every backup
Video connection check, ensures fool
proof operation
Effective error-correction scheme
Easy to understand manual
Highly rated
Video Backup System. ,£59 95
Commodore CDTV
CDTV multi-media pack ,...£399
CDTV Software
A Bun for Barney <.£29. 99
Barney Bear goes camping £29.99
B attl e chess „..,£ 39.99
Case of the Cautious Condor ^.-£34.99
CD Remix v2 ™^..£34,99
Fred Fish CORD Collection ....£19.95
Fun School 3 (under 5’s| £24.99
Fun Sc h □ □ I {5- 7yrs) . . . £2 4, 9 9
Fun School (Over 7yrs| ...£24,99
Guineas COTV Disc of Records £34,99
Illustrated Holy Brble £29.99
Music Maker £34.99
NASA Heroic Age of Space ,..,,..£19.99
Power Pinball .,..,,..,. £29.99
Sim City ........ £23.99
Trivial Pursuit ,£49.99
World Vista Adas £54.99
Xenon 2 Megablast £29.99
More titles available
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Tower Scan is quite simply Ehq
best Amiga hand scanner avail-
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Power Computing Ltd
Unit 8 FI Hilton Road
Woburn Road Ind, Estate
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MK42 7PN
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Award winning innovative products from Power Computing Ltd
A2000 Hard Cards
OpalVisicm
Optical Hard Drive
G VP Series 2 HD
• Up to 3Mb SIMM RAM on-hoard
■ Supports external SCSI devices
■ 14MHz SCSI controller
Bare
£123
40MB
£249
BOMB
... £319
160MB
£449
200M B ■■■■■.. .I
*»..m...£549
Bare SCSI
• SCSI or IDE 3.5"
Hard Drive
aOMB
£199
160MB
£329
200 MB,.., .... ......
£499
(Suitable for GVP 6- Force. GVP HD or Nexus HC)
Other sizes of HD available, please cell
•24- bit graphic card
• 168 million colours available
• Equipped with 1 ,5MB ol display
• Opal Paint 24-bit painting
- Opal Presents
■ King of Karate
0 pa I Vi si o n P ..,.. .... ,, „„ £ 6 9 9
More information available
Opal Vision roaster chip available soon
Monitors
Philips CMSS33 Mk2
■ With cable
-Available with Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
■ Gn-sile maintenance
CM8833 Mk2 „ ....£239
■ Manufactured by Power Computing
■ 128MB one optical disk
■ Read and write optical disks
» 40ms running speed
> Built-in power supply
■ High power cooling fan
• 25-way and 50-way SCSI ports
■ Thru port built-in
• SCSHD switch
■ Compatible with major SCSI controllers
1 Gigabyte HD
■ Internal Hard Drive
■ Aigoo/A2oaa
1GB Hard Drive,,. £999
Power Board
Other Monitors
Commodore 1034$.... — ,£199
Commodore 1960 TRI-SYNC ,,£479
NEC Multisync 4FG f 549
ICD Flicker Fixer
123MB optical drive {internal) £729
123MB optical drive {External) ... £999
123MB 3.5" optical disk £39.95 each
SCSI controller card
for A1 500/ A2000 £129
[Compatible with Amiga, PC, and Mac A SCSI
controller is required cm die Amiga and PC)
• New RAM board from Power
A1 500 / A2000 RAM board
2MB
4MB .......
8MB
£99
.£1 49
-f 239
Flicker Free Video 2
• Stop that annoying flicker
■ Fits internally in the A50Q
■ Multi-sync monitor required
Flicker Free Video 2 £199
AM ax- II Plus £299
IfcAac RDM Chips- roijuirudl
• Amiga 40(10 includes
■ 68540 micro processor
• 25MHz clock speed
■ 16.8 million colour palatte
• Display up to 256,000 colours on screen
« Built-in 3.5" high density disk drive
Amiga 400Q & 120MB HO £2099
Amiga 3000 & 62MB HD .£1299
Amiga 3000 & 105MB HD .£1499
Amiga 3D0QT IQDMB hD SMS RAM ..£ 1 999
Amiga TOOT 200 MH HD SMB RAM £2499
Amiga Accessories
A2300 Genlock £57
A2065 Ethernet £245
A2232 Serial Card £104
A2320 Display Enhancer £163
Mucir
■ The complete music kit for the Amiga
• Includes:
■ Music Kit package
• Real Time Sound If
■ Over 32 special efffects
■ Can work with MIDI instruments
• Digital Studio III
• Midi interface
■ Stereo sound digitiser
■ Stereo speakers
• All leads & software
The Music Pack £69,95
Speakers only £15.95
Midi interface £ 15.95
Floptical Disk Drive
■ Stores 20MB on one 3'A“ disk
• Cost effective mass storage unit
• Can be used as a 1.44MB floppy with
Amiga DOS and A MAX
• AMAX compatible with DMI Mac driver
■ Packs an entire back-up onto one floppy
-Additional disks available
• Internal version for A 1500/20001/3000
■ External version for A 500
■SCSI Interlace required
Internal A200Q kit .£289
Internal A3000 kit £289
External A500 kit £389
A 1500 £599
Accelerator
GVP G-Force
* 68030 accelerator board
■ 63882 Maths co-processor
25MHz 1MB RAM £499
40MHz 4MB RAM £759
50 MHz 4MB RAM £1099
Hard drive mount kit £35
68040 Fusion 40 inc. 4MB „. ....... £9 99
60040 Pro-Peripherals inc 4MB ,.£99$
1MB x 8SIMM £25
SIMM 32 x 4MB- 60 ...£179
SIMM 32 x lMB-60 £5$
Puwttr Computing^ Fronc^, R-ldl Vnltiaro 7 5fl 11 , Puns, France. Tel [Ik 13^8624^ (6 1 11149 I Fax [1) 4 3 ,{ H O O / -6
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- prtnters include cables
and next day delivery
Star Printers
£139
J X notour
£165
. colour
£195
* ^
£229
£04-100
£185
*24-200
£225
colour
£279
LS -5
£699
asm LS-5EX
£899
j**' LS-5TT
£999
IM
.....£229
Epson Printers
ers
Laser
; r . ilOO £639
?29
91-4300 £799
J99
: 5 . -•» £1349
3ach
Inkjot
_ : " . £§09
129
CSI
.'1 " ?0 ■ ] 32 column printer] £629
i)
Dot Matrix
10-570 ----- £289
e
132 column printer] £449
LI-T90 £209
-*'X £189
Supra Moden
IS
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' r ~ i Fax Modems . ...
......£139
!PPV
i "t saftw-oreh
e Modem 328 IS
£269
The Power Computing colour hand-held * Images are displayed as HAM pictures
scanner tor the Amiga is now available.
■ HAM images may be loaded from disk
This scanner offers the Following features
and edited using PowerScan 3
C r d d it Card No .
• 4096 colours
- 50-400 DPI
* Image size that can be handled is limited
only by the amount of memory available
* Memory does rot have to be chip
memory as in many art packages
* Images can be saved in various file formats
• View whole image function
□ :
1
* 4 Scanning modes.
■Text
■ Greyscale
Expiry Dale
■
1
■ Colour halftone
* Scale/rotate/skew image or clipboard by
p Colour
any amount
Signature
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189
199
99
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35
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25
79
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PfcserMouse £15
' - Mouse £29,95
= :ement optical mouse mat ...£9.95
' ' 7 'jrded disks + disk box
% branded disks 001 „„
- 300 Oust cover .............
- . * call ....it
I -."a Trackball,.,. „
’iica Pen Mouse
Mouse
itorl joystick
r^'jfier 1 joystick
Mpwnck 1 |oystick
: '~:fi 1 joystick
1 joystick
£69.99
....£9.95
£5
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£29.95
£34.95
£34.95
£19.95
£35
£29.99
£15.99
,...£9.99
£7.99
The Amiga interface plugs into an
A15DQ/A2000/A3000/A4000 expansion slot
with a separate version which connects
to the expansion connector of the
A500/A500+. The AfjOQ version has a
through- pert which is compatible with all
Armga 500 expansion peripherals.
The software supplied with this scanner
is the new PowerScan Professional 3,
which also supports the greyscale scan-
ner and will be available as an upgrade
to existing users of PowerScan for £15.
Colour PowerScan v3,D features
• Real-time True-feel scan option in
colour halftone mode
• Images are stored internally as 12-bit
graphics, not HAM. This means that no
quality is lost due to the Amiga only
being able to display HAM images in
4036 colours
■ Crop image
■ Clean up, lighten or darken image
* Variable zoom mode
■ Draw freehand, lines, circles, boxes and
polygons in various fill patterns, brush
sizes, paste modes, or with the clip
board image
* Clipboards may be scanned directly, or
any shape can be cut from the main
image
* The software is compatible with all
A mi gas
* Supports Workbench 2 and ECS screen
modes
Colour PowerScan now available
New v3.Q Scan software
PowerScan Colour v3.Q „„.,,..,£239
PowerScan Greyscale v3.0 £ 115
PowerScan v3,Q software upgrade 1 5
The Amiga can only display 16 greyscales
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I enclose chcqua/PO Tor
Tel 0234 843388
Fax 0234 840234
Power Computing Ltd
Unit 8 ftailton Hoad
Woburn Road Ind. Estate
Kg mps. ton Bedford
MK42 7PN
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this monk's issue In o simple sentence,
but there ' 's such 0 diversity of £Grt(i?nf (ho(
lo do so wouW be impossible. Suffice Co
say there should be something to suit oil
tastes.
for a start, we have the latest in our
continuing series of supenests, this time concentrating on the
fer vkko digitisers around
judging from replies fo our reader surveys, roundups and
supertesis meet with a mixed respond There ore (ftose - in
fjftf ma/arify - who find them informative and a good com-
parative study of an area, and a s mailer number of readers
who meat the duplication of information inherent in such
on article.
Perhaps those with strong feelings on whether or nal
superfesfs ore 0 good idea can write to ESP and let us knew?
Those cpmms i/yera who rnig/if have been despairing of an
interesting event in fter attowjse dull existences might like to
cast a jaded telephonic eye over the Supra FAXModm review ;
and 3D freaks con find in Aladdin 4D yet another excuse to
spend innumerable hoirra rn franf of an ^migo screen,
for the canvas-shy artist we have Personal Paint a new
256<oiour package, and our hodgtt musicians can make (he
most of shareware and PD offerings with our special feature.
finally, take a look at the all-new Almanac section,
which this month has been given 0 complete facelift and a
name change. Cnsjghf, as we've chosen to call it f should
hopefully continue fo offer insight into the whole spectrum
of Amiga use,
EDITOR
ASSOCIATE TOOK
ART EDITORS
NEWS EDITOR
TECHNICAL EDITOR
PRODUCTION EDITOR
GAMER EDITOR
STAFF WRITERS
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
ADVERTISING MANAGER
AD SALES
AD PRODUCTION
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Stem Kennedy
Paul Austin
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Liz. Maddon
Jflhrl Rutters
David DibnaK
Phil Mtirlft
Paul Rpundell
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Jane Conway
Sue Horte field
Simon Filsimmeits
Andy Simpaon
Barbara Newell
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MARKETING ASSISTANT
PRODUCTION MANAGER
ST 5 IEHS MANAGER
CMOULHIQN DIRECTOR
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THE COVERDISK
FftEE! - Personal Finance Manager
A fully-featured budgeting package
designed to help those pennies stretch
further than ever before. WORTH £ 29.99
PLUS: Pacman Deluxe, a brilliani mod-
ern version of the old favourite;
AboutClock; a superb Workbench dock;
PowerTracker v3,0i for ail your music
sequencing needs; and a OF datatype
for Workbench 3.0 users, All this packed
into one bristling disk!
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Covering oil the Amiga's
most exciting areas of inter -
est, Amiga insight offers
monfWy netvs and expert
views for the seasoned user
and beginner alike
COMMUNICATIONS 131
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If you're thinking about filing an Amiga'
special effects or image processing
product, here are Some facts LG consider:
* A$i X j's Art Department Professional
was named the "Best Image Processing
Program" for 1992 by the readers of
Amazing Computing Magazine and "Best
Video Software" by Germany's Amiga Plus
Magazine,
* American Software And Hardware
I Jistri huti >rs a nd M icroPace Distributors
(the two largest Amiga" software
distributors in North America) cite ADPro
and Morph Pi us as the best selling
products of their kind.
* ADPro placed third among ALL Amiga
software products on the MicroPace
1992 Top 50 Sellers List,
« The Post Group, one of the largest post
production houses in the world, has used
ADPro and Morph PI us in the production
of special effects for the prime time TV
show Quantum Leap and for major
motion pictures.
* Mark Swain, an Amiga World
reviewer (and animator for Foundation
Imaging, the creators of the spedal
efferls for Babylon 5), said, "Morph PI us
produces the most realistic shape
shifting special effects I have ever seen
on a desktop."
• David Duberman, Executive Editor
of Video Toaster User, said in a
comparative review of Amiga*
morphing products, MorphPlus is the
Rolls Royce of Amiga" morphing
software.,, it will pay for itself with one
job."
Consider the facts
Then bring home the best.
925 Stewart Street Madison, Wl 53713
608/273-6585
Art Dejjdrtinf’nl Ptafcsiorial is a registered trademark of ASDG Incorporated. MorphPlus b a trademark rrf ASIX1 tnc orporatod.
Amifp is a registered trademark of CumrnudorwAfnig^ Inc,
News
+ * t - p*r srnf A ?2£?0s taw TV frufll
A 4000 in
a tower
r3hitf€ : DORE plan to launch a tower
* ■ rhe A4000 and a digital signal
p wtsnor upgrade, developers learned at
» i? - ' meeting behind dosed doors in
-*orida,
t? 'he tower model of the A3GC0,
^machine will have slightly higher
i ffcjt >ns than the standard A4GQG,
a SCSI-II card and two video
Hfe.
- :: "1 ng to well placed sources, the
. '^rer also plan to release a digital
i <r+ j^ocessoi (DSP) this summer,
- Ded by American grant AT&T,,
■ c will work perfectly alongside the
■r architecture and Commodore US
. . be offered to existing A40GG
iw n e r s ±* an upgrade.
-■ clans from the firm include an
: :«.ard which will compress and
t-49 bad animations to enable them to
at pitted onto CD-ROM,
■ : an insider claims that despite
CfcjiwuiiJofe denials an AGA-based ver-
m • cT 2D Tv with a 68020 processor will
• -i-Or-d to the Amiga range.
probably be launched only
nbc* stocks of the existing model have
“ so d r and will include the latest ver-
, • me Workbench open! i ng system,
official at Commodore's
\f : :t nead office said he could not
t - ~ on the products.
AT LEAST 2,500 A12Ms have been sold in
Britain with a fault that shows up only
when the computers are connected to
television sets.
Commodores Amiga product manager
Gary Lewis confirmed there had been
problems and thought the fault might lie
in the machine's sound chip.
Technics experts consider this unlikely,
however, because the machine works cor-
rectly when used with computer monitors.
They point the finger at the internal RF
modulator.
Lewis claimed that the problem
affected only live per cent of the first
by John Butters
43,000 machines built at Irvine, Scotland
and added that Amiga s now in production
do not have the defect.
But Amigo Compwring readers from ail
over the country have called our office
reporting the fault. In many cases their
Amigas worked perfectly lor some time
before failing.
One user said that for six weeks his
machine had been used heavily for his
business and then stopped working
through the television. Another said: "First
the colours went, although you could still
see the image, and then even the image
disappeared. It was distorted and flicker-
ingT
Commodore-approved repair firm
Wang, meanwhile, had difficulty keeping
up with the flood of com plain is after
Christmas.
At one stage there was a 16 -day delay
before an engineer could attend to
reported faults, but Wang told us that
normally the wilt is less than four days.
Anybody with a faulty A 1 200 should
telephone Wang's repair hotline on
081-847 2223 Of 081-231 3700.
CwmivAfff wHi mat** o £ 10 eton niton to ComJc ffrfltof cJpcrdftot [for awry onf of ftaJf £5,000 4 ? IO£
mid. loch m(i £ 199.9-9 attd imrtocfei Drain- Jo/twaft 1 j Sleepwalker gotm
24-bit colour from £345
Protection for
Future World
DEALER failure World Computers has sought
court protection against creditors and ther
administrators say dissatisfied customers
must register loss claims as soon as possible.
Pannell Kerr Forster have also warned
prospective customers to ignore advertise-
ments for the firm's mail order service which
appeared in February's computer press.
^Credit card transactions for over £1D0
should be covered by insurance,* said
Panned Keit Forster's Bob Hamblin.
■“People who bought through mail order
in response to advertisements in the com-
puter press may be covered by the Mail
Order Protection Scheme, or by the scheme
run by the Per iodic all Publishers'
Association.
* Anyone who sent a cheque or postal
order to the company - or who fails to have
their claim resolved by the methods men-
tioned - should write to us outlining their
complaint in full*
Bedford- based Future World Computers,
who also traded as Dynamite Computers,
operated six shops and a mail order service
and were placed in administration at the
request of the directors.
As we went to press the firm were trading
though three of their original six shops and
the business was advertised for sale as a
going concern in the computer trade press.
Pernneil Kerr Forster are at 159 Charles
Street, Leicester LEI 1LD,
RETINA is the name o! a new low-cost
Amiga 24-bit graphics card now available
for top-end machines from Amiga Centre
Scotland (QS96 87583). In addition to giv-
ing 24 -bit output, the card can also offer
resolutions up to 2 r 000 x 1 ,600 pixels
using a smaller colour palette and will be
supplied with paint package VD Paint,
Developed by the makers of V-Lab,
Macro System, the cardl will be available
with either 1 r 2 or 4Mb of memory 1 and
prices will range from £345 to £499.
Meanwhile, ACS boss Marlin Lowe has
also told Amrgo Computing about improve-
ments due soon for 24-bit paint program TV
Paint. He said the software will offer a range
of new features including chalk and crayon
effects, multiple windows open at the same
time and zoom windows scaled to size.
Upgrades will be available to existing
users but at the time we went to press prices
remained to be fixed.
Amiga Computing April 1993
13
Features and speed from GVP
AMERICAN peripheral giant Great Valley
Products (Old 1 21 S 357 *770) have
been busy this month releasing an
A1200 accelerator and updating two of
their Software packages,
A! 210 Turbo is a 4{3MHi accelerator
for the entry-level AG A computer which
is installed into the expansion bay at the
bottom of the machine,
Two Simm sockets allow tor expan-
sion of up to 32Mb of DRAM. A floating
point can also be added to increase the
speed on maths-intensive applications.
"The A12JD Turbo is an affordable way to add 030 acceleration to the A1200/ said
GV^s product manager Gary Nush.
He added that the board made the A1 200 a viable computer for even the most serious
applications, UK price b £199.
Meanwhile, additional features found In morphing program CineMocph include an infi-
nite zoom, regional dissolve, point naming and point locking.
New gadgets have also been added to the curve editor window to give it greater flexi-
bility and the Render menu gains AGA support.
And ImageFX, the company's visual effects software, has been given AGA preview and
render modes, extra keyboard short-cuts and an updated file requester.
Updates are available from earlier versions ol the software at no charge, The UK distrib-
utor for GVP is Silica Systems (0*1-303 1 i 1 1 ).
A4000 expansion
A SCSMI DMA controller for A4000s which
will feature up to 64Mb of 32- bit memory
expansion Is due for imminent release from.
German developer Phase 5 Digital
Products.
The developers claim it wilt offer 7Mb
per second asynchronous transfer and
lOMb/s synchronous transfer on the SCSI
bus.
Supplied with cacheing utility
DynamiCache, it will cost £$99:99, The
firm can be telephoned on 010 49 69
5481B44.
Three-year
Amiga warranty
A SPECIAL warranty (§ aimed at A6G0 and
Al 200 owners who have voided their com-
puter's original guarantee by fitting an
internal hard disk drive.
Operated by Trilogic (0274 69ll1$} r
the scheme enables Am [gas and hard
drives less than 12 months old to be
insured against Failure for up to three years.
Neither the computer nor the drive
need have been bought from thE com-
pany, although Trilogic require proof of
purchase and a description and serial num-
bers of each item to be covered.
"We recommend the warranty even for
owners who do not intend to Fit a drive/
said a spokesman for the firm.
"They are a worthwhile investment
when, you consider the cost of one repair
could easily exceed the cose of even the
two-year warranty."
For setups valued at up to £600 two-
year cover costs £27.99 and three years is
£42.99. Warranties for Amigas worth
between £601 and £1 r M0 cost £42.99 and
£67.99 respectively.
Amiga Computing Apr if 1993
Micro Science
experiment
EDUCATION software specialists LCL
(0491 579345) will soon release Micro
Science, a national curriculum-based
integrated science course for Amiga
users.
Aimed at children aged between
eight and GC5E level, the program can
also be used as an aid far physics,
chemistry and biology exam revision.
The £24,99 package contains prac-
tical experiments, a graphics adven-
ture game and biology demonstrations
with moving 3D pictures of body
parts.
5a id an LCL spokesperson: Jl Micro
Science combines the creativity and
fun of the national curriculum with the
academic intensity ol GCSE.
“The fun and serious type of pro-
grams are alternated to motivate the
student to keep moving through the
course/'
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Doing it
with disks...
SIREN Software's (■061-724 7572) four-pro-
gram disk utility package X-Copy Pro has
been improved and is now A 1200-
compatible.
X'Copy Pm is a multi-purpose disk utility
used for formatting disks, checking for errors
and viruses, optimising disks to allow them
to load quicker and fur copying disks.
The other programs are Cyclone, Went
and X press. Their uses include disk copying
and hard disk back-up. Version 9.92 costs
£39,99. Telephone Siren Software for
upgrade details.
More for colour
AIMING to make colour printing * within the
reach of many more" - , Seikosha have
launched what they claim to be the first sub-
1250 24-pin colour printer.
The St-95 prints at speeds up to 240
cFiaraclers per second in super draft mode,
offers Epson emulation and has a standard
parallel interface.
A 43k buffer is supplied as standard and It
contains nine fonts, An automatic cut sheet
feeder is available for an extra £82,
"Seikosha aim to capture a large share of
the buoyant entry-level colour market/ said
the film's sales manager Gareth Cornish.
"We do see competition but in terms of
price/performance, the 5L-95 has significant
advantages."
JL 9 J: Cpfour mi cJr of flionp more
Studio quality
STUDIO is a new printing utility aimed at
Amiga owners who need to produce contin-
uous tone pictures from LaserJet DeskJet or
24/48-pin dot matrix printers.
Its features include the ability to print
massive graphics fries directly from disk and
support for high pnnter resolutions.
The program is also claimed to correct ink
impurities with an ink compensation feature
and offer multiple dithering methods.
Poster-sized output ts available and it con-
trols gamma correction, brightness and
contrast.
Requiring any Amiga with Workbench 2
or higher, this German software wiH be sold
in Britain through Micro-PACE (0753
55 1 BBS) for £49.99,
Price rise
PROM May's issue the quarterly direct
debit charge for Art\iga Computing sub-
scribers will rise to £7.99, This is due to
an increase rn production costs.
GVP drive a
hard deal
PERIPHERAL developer Great Vahtfl
Products have cut the price of their he< I
selling 42Mb HD8+- hard disk drive fimfl
£349 to £299, Claimed to be the lasted
A500 hard drive, the HD8+ features C*~ '
custom interface technology and a hkjhl
speed SCSI mechanism for maximu^l
data transfer speeds.
In addition it includes internal memonfl
expansion up to BMb, SCSI expansion Pori
up to seven units and Its casing .1
designed to blend in with the Amiga |
system.
According to a spokesman for UK d - 1
tributor Silica Systems; "GVP is the undSrl
pyted leader of Amiga hard drives y : |
now with the new low price, they w
became unchallenged in the market,"
Silica Systems can be telephoned or I
081-309 Till,
Help for Al 200
beginners
NEWCOMERS to the At 200 are Largeteo
for thE latest publication from Sruce Smith
Books (0923 *94355), A120Q foulrfer \
Guide,
Billed as a practical tutorial, it touche
on aspects of Workbench 3, utilities, pref-
erences and AmigaDOS,
Its 256 pages contain explanations on
how to get to grips with the Amiga anc
55 guides displaying graphical step-by-
step instructions.
Tn 24 diapLers, the foster Cujrfe to the
A12QQ brings the reader steadily closer to j
mastery over the potential of their com-
puter/ claimed Bruce Smith.
Tt covers everything From setting up,
using disks and running programs
using the Shell, AmigaDOS scripts, adding
icons, tools, viruses and printer graphics/’
Cost: £14.95.
Citizen drive
Amiga colour
AN IMPROVED version of Citizen Europe's
Amiga printer driver has been released to
support the firm's Swift 2 range af 24-pin
dot matrix machines
Additional features allow improved
printer control which is claimed results in
higher quality output faster speeds and
easier set up and use.
It is fully iconised and enables use •
definable set-ups to be saved to dhk an-s
loaded into a printer at any time,
"The Amiga driver continues to shov.
that colour printing quality on dot matnx
printers is comparable to colour Inkjet
products, and at a much lower price/' sad
Citizen's Andy Martin.
Priced at £14.10, it is available from
authorised Citizen dealers or by telephon-
ing 0573 584111.
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spreadsheet way
IPfc£ : J the least understood computer
Mzcm:iz ons is explained in Spreadsheet*
w - : -re, a new book just published by
i . - Computers (0734 844335),
3 med as a companion for any
- - i : program that offers even limited
-^atibrllty with the industry-standard
. .. ~g a set of step-by-step exercises^ it
-mt* readers from a simple worksheet con-
o only a singly calculation to a com-
Mr* ~ ‘-rancial model.
Matures covered include macros, data
ti r eens, summary reports and Monte
■ An a lysis, and practical applications
such as cashflow forecasts and budgets.
Targeted at managers, businessmen
and business studies students, the guide
costs £12.95.
Modulator
replacements
OWNERS of ASOOs who cannot find
replacements for faulty television modula-
tors can now have their problem cured by
Bradford- based Trilogic {0274 681 1 15),
Users should send their broken modula-
tor plus £20,99 to the firm, who will then
exchange or repair the unit and give it a
six-month guarantee.
The company also claims that many
Extra laser at Epson
£ : 5QN have extended their range of personal laser printers with the launch of a six
^•gc per minute, 300 dots per inch model, the t PL-5200.
*v th a £929 price tag, Epson claim their new machine sets a new benchmark in
rMriable, entry-level laser punters,
-f alines include last first page for users needing to print small .documents fre-
throughout the day, and a printer sharing facility to enable three computers
: z-e connected.
ts default language emulation is
: ZL5 but it also has standard
Eo son LQ and FX emulations.
z Script and HPCL are provided
:~-cwgh optional cards.
■ Mth 1Mb of memory - expand-
- >e to 5Mb - it has a footprint of
-nr 1 Bin and weighs 10kg.
Epson's Mark Vagg commented:
■ve have been able to provide a
* der combination of features than
i", other manufacturer at a very
■npetitive price.*
m sioo. six
iuuyf pvr JirfairEr
fll# from tpjon
modulators are damaged by falling out of
the Amiga's video connector and that an
extension lead will prevent this from hap-
pening. Price: £1 1.99.
Cheaper speed
from Canada
IN RESPONSE to recent changes with
Commodore's range of Ami gas, Hydra
Systems (0203 471 1 1 1 ) have cut the price
of Canada-based R C S ' fusion 40
accelerator,
The 2BMHz board fitted with 4 Mb of
memory' now Sells for £999, and a new
13MHz version is available at the old
28MHz price of £1,1 75.
And because several hard disk con-
trollers are unhappy working at high
speed, RCS are also supplying a free SCSI
hard disk controller with the board,
,V AL this level, claims that the A3000 is
better value far money are unsound, as
the F4G outruns it by 5GQ per cent/' said
Hydra boss Graham Heggie.
*lf you need this level of grunt nothing
else will do. With an 040 you can do a
week's rendering in a day/'
Now Power
add memory
A RANGE of new memory expansions and
a colour scanner for the A1 200 are on the
way from Bedford developer Power
Computing (0234 843388}.
For A50O and A20GQ machines, the
firm have manufactured a new version of
their 2, 4 and 8Mb RAM upgrades.
According to company boss Tony laniri
their new design is intended to improve
the board's reliability and their prices will
remain as £109, £169 and £2B9
respectively..
Following dose behind will be an
A1200 upgrade giving either 2 or 4 Mb,,
with a slot for an optional maths co-pm-
ce'SSor, it will come with a clock.
.And the company’s colour hand scan-
ner with resolutions between 100 and 400
dots per inch is also due to appear span
for A12O0 owners. AfZOG product prices
were unavailable.
Network returns
AMI GAN ET, an Ethernet alternative to
Commodore's A2065, is now available
again after a prolonged production shut-
down caused through software licensing
problems.
The board has an Ethernet transceiver
for optional cheapernet (th in wire} opera-
tion, up to 64 Mb of tri-port RAM buffer-
ing and an optional 24 -bit address range
DMA,
It is available for many machines in the
Amiga range including the A 500 and
comes with Peer-to-Peer software. It costs
around £295 from Hydra Systems (0203
471111), >
News briefs
• OWNERS Of Power Computing's
(0234 843388) PCB80B external
floppy disk drive can now have their
equipment made Al200-compatibte.
Adjustments to the drive have been
needed because Commodore made
changes to the external drive port's
power output on their new computer
(see news last month).
Any FCS80B J s requiring the fix
should be sent with a cheque for £15
to Power Computing, Unit 8 Railton
Road, Woburn Road Industrial Estate,
Kempston, Bedford MK42 7PN,
• FOLLOWING the departure of
Helmut joust from the managing
director's seal at Commodore
Germany, Alwin Stumpf has now
taken over as head of the firm.
Stumpf quit from rival company
Atari before Christmas over a dispute
concerning European cut-backs and
Lhe positioning of the manufacturer's
new Falcon computer,
• STUDIO 101 (0827 280884), the
firm which prints Amiga-generated
artwork onto while T-shirts, say they
can now also supply black shirts.
Prices for adult sizes are £1 5.99 and
for children £10.99. White costs
£10,99 and £7.99,
♦ COM MS giant CompuServe have
moved their Bristol office to F0 Box
676, Bristol B5W 1VN. The new tele-
phone number is 0272 760700.
« AN OFFER at Calculus Stores (054 3
251 2 73) enables buyers of 24-bit
graphics board Opal Vis ion to pick up
a free copy of Imagine 2, Impulse’s 3D
rendering software. Cost: £699.99.
i THE Which Computer? Show, ore of
Britain's leading business computing
events, has been scrapped this year
because of Insufficient exhibitor
participation.
Reed Exhibition's 12 -year-old show
was due to be held al Birmingham's
NEC on April 20 to 23. Last year it was
attended by 53,000 visitors.
* A120O owners will soon be able to
plug up to 8Mb of fast RAM into their
computer's trap door using a new
memory board from Phase 5 Digital
Products.
Blizzard 1200/4 is supplied with
4Mb of memory and includes a socket
for a maths to -processor and an on-
board connector for m extra 4Mb of
RAM,
Its pnee will be £249 and ihe 4Mb
expansion will cost £199. Germany-
based Phase 5 can be telephoned on
010 49 69 5481844.
Amiga Cejtjjjuffitgr
April 1 993
A500 repair
centre opens
5IDCUP*based dealer Silica Systems {081-
309 1111) have extended their support to
Amiga owners by opening a servicing a
repair centre for ASOQ*.
Amigas sent to the firm undergo a diag-
nostic check to find the source of the prob-
lem, and if the machine requires anything
more than a standard repair then an engi-
neer tails the customer.
A 30-day warranty is given to every com-
puter fixed, and Pen an extra charge this can
be extended to one year. Machines are
returned by an overnight courier
Said spokesman Andy Leaning: "We've
been able to offer Atari and PC customers
servicing and upgrade facilities for some
time.
"Now our engineers are experienced
enough with Ami gas and we've built up
adequate components stocks,, so we should
be able to repair most A5GGs within two
days/
Rrpdfr: Utftt? open AS 00 imlci nftfVV
Putting your foot down
Clocking in...
ONLY weeks alter the launch of M8X1200,
the upgrade to give A 1200 owners up to
8Mb of fast RAM and a floating point
users, a new version of the board has been
released.
MBX1 200 z includes an onboard bat-
tery-backed clock and is compatible with
the AmigaDQS Date and SetClock
commands.
Developers of the product, Microbotics,
have also announced the availability of a
dock for existing MBX owners. Priced at
£29.99, it installs inside the Amiga,
Both products can be bought from the
firm's British dealers which include
Calculus Stores (0543 25 1275).
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Memory added to Ricoh
A NEW version of Ricoh's LP1200 laser printer boasting extra memory is now available
from dealer Silica Systems (081 -509 1111).
Fitted with 4Mb of HAM, the printer sells for £938.82 and continues to cost £821.32
when loought with 2Mb ol RAM, Other feature! include 400 dots pet inch resolution
and six page per minute printing.
Said Silica's Andy Leaning: ‘'Last year the IPI20O won all of the printer comparison
awards in the Amiga press, We're now building on this, fitting 4Mb as a new option,
"We are very confident that in its price range there is nothing that competes with the
LP1 2QQ, JI
OTrofc Now kvi’tJi
jvunrr mmn)^
DESIGNED CD be used alongside computer
joysticks, Spectravideo's foot Pedal is
aimed at players of multi-functional games
such as flight and driving simulators.
The manufacturer claims the reafam in
driving games can be increased by using
FmI Prdui: Aimtri flf jimirfuNar pioftfl
the pedal for acceleration and braking.
It often a function control pad, indus-
try-standard micro switches and 3.
durable body design and costs £24.99.
Speetravadeo can be telephoned on
081 902 2211.
Title slips
through
Butters' fingers
FOR all his news gathering experience
Amgo Computing's John Butters remained
flummoxed by the joystick in
Commodore's Super Hooter challenge.
But the northern news-hound -
,r Scoop" to his friends - chalked up a
respectable 500 on Ocean's Sleepwalker
to finish fourth. The winning score was
700.
The contest was set up as Commodore
celebrated the launch of its A 1200 Comic
Relief pack recently.
jMlWE Not the worid's brit ijjomrs pCogw
DIARY
25 to 2* March 199!
ideal Etectronic Gomes Show
Organiser; Ideal Home Exh/toto?
(061-432 2642)
Venue: Earl s Court, lender?
A new section added to the Ideal
Home Exhibition.
4 to 6 April 1993
furcpecm Computer Trade Show
Organiser: Blenheim
(081-742 2828)
Venue: Bigness Design Centre, London
New software and hardware is pre-
viewed to the industry. No public
admission,
23 to 25 April 1993
Midi ftAuik Show
Orgonisen Westminster Exhibitions
(081-549 3444)
Venue ; Wembley Exhibition Centre
Catch up with the latest Midi
products.
16 to 20 September 1993
Live '93
Orggrfaer: News international
(071-782 6000)
Venue; Olympia, londor?
A public consumer electronics show.
Commodore plan to attend.
OVERSEAS
24 to 31 March 1993
CeBit
Organiser : Deutsche Mes SE
J (010 49 511890)
Venue; Hanover ; Germany
A massive electronics show which has
been used for the launch of many
new products including the A6QG.
W if your company is organising o sf?ow
relevant to the Amiga and ids not
fated, tei m know so we con indude the
information in the diary .
DO YOU KNOW
SOMETHING
WE DON'T? !
Although Amigo Computing has
scores of contacts in the Amiga
world we need you. If you have
some hot news ring John Butters
on the news desk now on 0615
S7BBSB or lax to 0625 879966
All Information supplied will
he treated In the strictest of
confidence.
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The Disney
DevCon
The firs! worldwide Amiga Developer's
Conference was held from January 26 to
30 in Orlando, Florida, home of
DisneyWorfd and Epcot Center,
The -lOO-pi ub developers in attendance
- from Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, The
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom
and the USA - managed to keep their
mind* off the local attractions (thanks in
part to same very nasty, rainy, un-Florida-
like weather during the first few days of
the conference) long enough to drink in
the latest developments from
Commodore's hardware and software
teams.
DevCon is not usually an event you can
report much news from. Developers and
journalists are required to sign a non-dis*
closure agreement that ensures you won't
report on the company's secrets.
However, -ever since Lew Eggebrecht
has taken over Commodore's engineering
department, there's been a new openness
about the company J s future hardware
directions, and there's plenty of hot news
that's legal to talk about.
Well start with some new hardware
products that Eggebrecht mentioned
would be shipping this year. Note that
none of these products were complete
when DevCon took plate, so any esti-
mated shipping dates should be taken
with a grain of salt.
First there's the previously announced
A4091 SCSI-1! card for Amiga 4QOD users
tired □! the machine’s poky., processor-
hogging, hard-drive-only IDt interface.
The A4Q91 is a 32 bit Zorro ill card that
supports the Wide SCSI standard and has
full bus- mastering capabilities. The card
should be available by the time you read
this. There's one caveat, though - you’ll
need an updated fluster chip to use this, or
just about any other, Zorro III bard drive
controller.
However, the Buster chips are surface-
mounted on all but the most recent
A4000S, meaning that someone’s going to
have to do surgery on your A4QG0 be! ore
this card will work.
It you've believed all the rumours about
a. mid-range A24O0 coming out to replace
the A1 500/A2000 series, it's time to see the
light.
Commodore’s true replacement will be
a lower-priced Amiga 4000 equipped with
a 68ECQ30 board instead of the 68040
found in current A40OOs, which should be
available soon.
The EC030 Is a version of the 68030
that doesn't have an MMU (Memory
Management Unit), which is only a con-
cent il you want to run developer tools or
use a virtual memory product like
CJigamem.
The current plan is to ship this unit with
4Mb of RAM (2Mb Chip, 2Mb Fast) and a
Denny Atkin
reports from
Florida on
the latest
developments
over there
1 20Mb IDE disk drive. You should be able
to replace the LCQ3Q card with
Commodore's A36-4Q 68040 card should
you feel the need for speed.
Eggebrecht also mentioned that the
A4D00T ft doesn't stand for Tower, but for
"Floor-Standing Unit", thanks ta another
company claiming ownership of the word
tower) would bE available during the sec-
ond quarter of 1 993. Details are still top-
secret, but the unit is more than an A400Q
sitting on its side.
Headache
An unexpected and very impressive
addition to the high-end product line is the
AGA Display Enhancer, due out In the latter
hail of 1 993, If you’ve got an AGA
machine, you know what kind of headache
it can be sometimes to get mode-promo-
tion to work with some applications.
The AGA Display Enhancer deinterlaces
screens m hardware, and will work with all
the AG A graphics modes. This means you
no longer have to have a monitor that will
sync down to 15kHz to play your old
games.
It also means that all graphics modes
will be shown at rock- solid, scan- line-less
Scape escape
Virtual Reality Labi have started shipping Vs St a Pro 3 0, an
enhanced version of the popular landscape generator thai
includes full support of the AGA chipset, so you can render
landscapes in 256 colour and Mam8 modes. Even it you
don't have an AC A Amiga, though, this upgrade is worth
checking out.
A new cloud control panel lets you create clouds using
random fractal mapping or by converting a landscape to
clouds. You get complete control of cloud densily, hardness,
and! size,
Tree support has been greatly enhanced, with both 2D
and 3D trees, including pines, oaks, palms and catli,
You get full control of ihe die and derail of the trees. For
instance, you can make the pines nearest to the camera
more dialled than the ones at the top of the mountain in
the distance. You can even place trees and grass manually
on the screen.
The new Altitude texture increases realism dramatically,
so you’ll never see a hint of a polygon. If you’re looking for
the ultimate in realism, VislaPro 3.0 supports creating
stereo images which can be displayed using Sega or Toshiba
Gvurfl. ACJ luppari orhri ffldrf in IfliE aPiv t O
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are easy to learn lhanks to the revamped. 3D-look user
interface.
There'* a lot more than J can fit In this column, bul suf
fke to say that this program is well worth the 535 upgtade
price. Retail price is still £ 99 . 95 .
Amigo CempyfJng
April 1 F 993
DSP is coming!
An alternative to the EC030 card would
be Commodore's 6BQ40 card that’s also
equipped with a D5P (Digital Signal
Processor), Eggebrecht said that this
card would include a module with audio
input/output ports, and that a module
with a phone connector, for modem
use, would be available as well,
While the details given out on
Commodore's DSP during the confer*
ence are still classified, I can say that this
is a much more sophisticated setup than
that in the Atari Falcon, and should
answer the wildest dreams of Amiga
audio nuts.
This card is slated for release at the
end of the first half of 1993, and should
work in Ihe A4000/040, A4OQO/ECO30,
and A3000T,
high frequencies, even BOO x 600 mode
Eggebrecht said that some new modes
would be available at slow refresh rales,
including a mode with greater-than 1 ,024 x
1,024 resolution, if your monitor will sup-
port them.
Also, the Display Enhancer has a built-in
24-bit frame buffer, which will give you true
24-bil capability? A lot of power in one
card, and it's- likely to be priced for the
power user. The card plugs into the Zono
HI and Video slots and rs designed for the
A4QQ0 series, although Commodore indi-
cated it will work on the A300Q series as
well, with reduced functionality.
Finally, Eggebrecht indicated that
Commodore remains committed to bring-
ing CD-ROM capability to all Amiga sys-
tems, and that we J ll eventually see
CD-ROM drives for all current Amiga
systems,
Of course, what's a DevCon without
dreams? Developers saw a lot of future
developments that aren't likely to hit the
market this year, bul were plenty to keep
them excited about the Future of the
Amiga.
Eggebrecht said that among the future
technologies being, considered by
Commodore for the Amiga line are lull-
motion video support (the company pub-
licly demonstrated a very impressive MPEG
card with crisp, full-motion video, at the
Winter CE5 show), hardware support for
ultra-fast 3D rendering, and Rise processors.
Of course, developers are a demanding
bunch, and many asked if other technolo-
gies were on the way, Lggebrecht's down-
to-earth response was: "We do the things
that Commodore can do best, and we let
the developer community do the things
that they do best"
Commodore understands that third-par-
ties are responsible for much of the
advancement in the Amiga market, and
DevCon provided many sessions to help
those developers keep up with the latest
Commodore developments so they could
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BhANDED,
P FM is a no-nonsense, easy-to-use
database specially designed to
help you lake control ot your
personal resources, It will help you to keep
track of your bank account details includ-
ing standing orders, saving accounts,
credit card payments and similar
transactions.
Once set up, PFM will automatically
deduct or credit any regular payments you
make from you account, ie credit card
payments, mortgage payments, bank
loans and general regular payments, leav-
ing you to simply add your more irregular
transactions.
When you load up PFM you will be
asked to input the name of the Hie you
wish to view or update - you'll see the
name Account. MNV displayed in the file
bos.
Now click inside the file box and
change this to the name you wish to use
lor your account but don't forget to add
the file extension .MNY to the end of the
file name as PFM will only load files with
the sUffijt.MNY
Once you have named your new
account, PFM will open up its main screen
with your selected name at the top, This
screen is where you can input a new
account's details.
I^ow down to inputting some details.
Select Mew Entry from the pull-down
menus under Updates. You will now see
the account transaction form. The first
thing we need to input is the account's
Take control of your
personal loot with
Microdeal's PFM
and let this easy to
use finance
management
program keep you
on top of those
precious pounds
and pennies...
opening balance. Enter the following
details in the appropriate boxes-
Dale
Amount
Budget Code
Description
ZB/1/93
1GOG
(leave this blank)
Balance
Then click on the Credit button to make
the balance amount positive, and click on
the Done button. You've created a new
account with a opening balance ed
£1,000.
If you clicked Done and notice that
you've made a mistake, click on the line
with the mistake in and select Edit Entry -
this will allow you correct the information
you have inputted. Mow you simply keep
adding items in the same way as you did
with the balance.
If you want to add a regular payment,
say your mortgage, which will come out
of your account on a regular basis on the
same date in every month or week, you
select View Standing Orders from the
Report menu.
You will now see a blank bos appear
with the heading Standing Orders. Select
New Entry from the Update menu. Now
fill in the details as follows:
Description Mortgage
Amount 12.00
Start Date 29/9]
End Date 1 S/93
Budget Code VI
Click on the Debit button so PFM knows
this is to be deducted. Mow every month
on the date specified PFM will automati-
cally debit £120 and update your balance.
To go back Id displaying your full
Hr:; mint Dili Utilities. r
m g— E Hai
1/90 Bailee
*2/01/9* Swings
#4/0 1/90 Movseho ■ d shopping
#6/01/91! Club tlmbershlp
I9/S1/9# Cash
19/01/91 Shopping
18/01/90 Mortgw
1 1/11/90 Petrol
12/01/98 Clothes
16/01/9# Shopping
1 9/01/90 Credit CiN
19/01/9# Petrol
22/ #1/90 Insurance
25 / 81/90 Ur Tsh
25/01/90 Shopping
Utilities
It IfS
tffflf, m r Id dftplor Mp* j™i f® war* * ui I™ w ** the
rail dhpivy tpeiJJJrtf rtrrnJh Irt graph format emit jr idth PfM
Amlg& Computing April 1993
Cover Disk
of itwYdkig otd*n entity with PfM
m jr. retails, dick on the close window
- '~e lop left-hand corner of the
ftd : - 1 Order window.
r :* *n also display your account
:*\r - graphical form. This is a good
mm i* mstantly seeing which areas of
- . : «£get are larges!. To see this in
I . " rad the example file on the
w—2 h then select Budget Comparison
t - -*? Report menu,
I w II now he presented with a
pi: 1 owing each type ol transaction's
Mffl a comparison of how your bud-
lx can also set up a graph to display
p h Transactions between certain dates
+ m -vu can pre-define. To do this,
* - - budget Comparison From the
to " ^enu and note the dales and the
^Rni shape of the graph.
•: oull down the Graph Dates from
1 - : ; ■ oris and enter the new dates
p“ -, m you wish to view, ie start date and
*- : .-j’.e in the Budget Comparison box.
s. * : iclc on the OK button and the
should be redrawn, but only
: - -t h the dates you specified .
* * don't have space here to tell you
-all ol the features PFM has to offer,
• . ou like the look of it, why not take
:■ of uur manual offer or even oi.r
' ft m upgrade offer enabling you to
. . : ■ i "e to PFM+? Details follow the
1 : -r ‘3isk pages.
Fun School -
Time
Europress software
Last month we gave away Letters, a mod-
ule from the fun School range of educa-
tional software, which is aimed at
teaching children in the under fives
bracket the alphabet.
Fallowing, an from that, this month
we've included Time, another one of Fun
School's modules.
Time teaches children how to tdl the
time using colourful animations and
sound. Once it is running you'll see a
dock in the top left-hand comer and a
row of boxes across the bottom of the
screen.
The idea is that the computer sets the
dock to different times randomly and you
child has to use the boxes in the bottom
of the screen to match the time the com-
puter has picked,
All of this is done using the two mouse
buttons, The right button moves the flash-
ing box along to your choice and the left
button confirms your selection.
Once your child has answered enough
questions, they will be rewarded with
teddy bear animation, and then asked if
they wish to progress to the next level.
You can exit Time at any point by pressing
the Esc button.
Pacman
Author: Edgar M Vigdal
Pacman is probably the third oldest game
around nest to Space Invaders and
Breakout. Even so, this version has to be
one of the best around.
fust rn case anyone reading this has
been visiting another planet for the last 15
or so years, the idea with Pacman is to eat
as many power pills as possibly taking
care not to bump into the ghosts.
This may sound quite an easy task until
you actually try it. You see the problem is
that the ghosts just won't leave you alone.
You can get your own back on these
beasts by eating one of the- special power
pills which turn them blue for a short lime
enabling you to eat them.
Occasionally special items appear in the
middle of the screen - eating these will
give yau special powers, like extra speed, a
gun, and even glue which makes the
ghosts run slower. You can also collect let-
ters which spell EXTRA: this gives you an
extra life. Controlling Pacman can be done
ments are up, down, left and right. The
Fire button activates things like the gun
and other goodies which you can collect.
There are three levels which are
selected by pressing the number 1 to 3 r 1
being the slow easy level and 3 the ultra
fast.
You can also have a two- player game
by pressing the F 2 Key or just fl for one
player. The Fetter E during the game tog-
gles between musk and sound effects,
and FI 0 is the pause key.,
PowerTracker
Author; Wai Hung Liu
PowerTracker is a music module player
enabling you to load and play modules
from quite a few different Tracker
programs, such as SoundTratker x.x,
Noisetracker x.x, Pnotracker 1 .0-2.1 b and
Startrekker (four-channel only),
it you have music modules created with
programs other than those listed here
then try loading them, the chances are
they will still work. PowerTracker will also
load pgwerpacked files, When you have
with mouse, keys and joystick. The move-
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! Faulty disk?
If you subscribe and your disk has been damaged in Che post, please return
it In: Amiga CoverDisk, Euro press Direct, FREEPOST, Ellesmere Port, South
Wlrral L65 3EB.
If you bought your magazine from a shop and found that the CoverDisk
wai damaged, please return within two months to: Stanley Precision, Unit
F, Cavendish Courtyard, Sallow Road, Weldon North Ind Estate, Corby
NNt 7 1JK,
AboutClock
Author: Stuart Davis
t • r e tired of looking at that same old Workbench clock
T*rr -- s program is for you. AboutClock displays the time
r words but in a very laid back manner, so when It is
- 5-tarn AboutClock will print on screen "it's nearly five to
V4"ien activated by double clicking on Its icon,
< . .‘Cock will appear near to the top of the screen in a
~ i oar which automatically starts displaying the time,
:t-. otis . it your machine has not had its clock set cor-
? : * ■ men AboutClock wi| be wrong.
' ■ set your machine's clock, load your Workbench, go
ne Fiefs drawer and select Time. This will Fetch up the
x* and dale preferences, then simply set the date and
41 Juif, er uioAJr LVsrrl. fN'iw h tlofk
time accordingly. One thing to note - rf you don't have a
battery- backed clock is that the changes you make will
only last until you switch off your machine,
AboutClock can either be loaded manually toy clicking
on its icon or by adding it to your startup sequence, which
wi-ll then automatically call up AboutClock every time you
reset or switch on your machine.
The command Lo call AboutClock up in your startup
sequence is:
Replace the word Pads with the directory you have copied:
ru n >rvlL: <niit lAbautrldcl
AboutClock to, ie:
run :>n1h «ntl: crtocutetacl.
Amiga tompuiing April 1993
CoverDisk
Hotline
Hotline number: 0625 K59V66
Between 2pm to Spm every
Thursday
If yen are experiencing problems
with the CoverDisk then cent act
our Technical Editor, David
Dibnah, on the CoverDisk Hotline
The Hotline number Is only avail-
able between the times slated
above, so don I waste your time
trying to ring outside this time.
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PowerTratker running, click on the load
gadget - you will then be presented with
the familiar file requester from
Workbench.
Now insert your disk with the music
module on that you wish to listen to, and
select the file you want. Once loaded you
can then press the Play gadget and away
you go.
With this program running directly
from Workbench you can also load other
applications while still listening to your
music, but you must not load any other
music package at the same time as this
will result in your machine crashing.
The Complete
Amos Almanac
This will send the entire document to
your printer. There's no need to worry
about printer prefs as the CoverDisk has
a Generic printer driver which will pnnt
out on virtually any printer, although it
will only be in draft mode.
On the CoverDisk we use MMPP to
display documents as it is capable of
handling the PowerPaeked files which
we use. MMPP has a help option which
can be called up while viewing hies by
pressing the Help key, and pressing the
Help key again takes you back to your
document.
Because all of the Hies on the
CoverDisk are crunched you will have
trouble trying to load them into other
text readers which don't have the facility
to load crunched files.
GIF Datatype I
Workbench 3 only
Author : Steve the G
GIF is only for use with the new WorkBench 3 machines, ie A1 200 and the A4000. GIF j
is actually a data type which enables the Multi view program on WorkBench 3 to dis-
play 256-colour GIF pictures. It also enables any program which « datatype-aware to
read GIF files. . .
Belore yog can use GIF you have to copy it to your WorkBench disk or to your hard
drive - it cannot be used di rectly 1 rom this disk.
There are three files to the GIF program which are all in the ACAonly draw. These
are the GIF file itself, GIF .datatype and the GIF. doc.
The GIF program itself should be copied into your DEVS:DATATYPE$ directory and
the GIF datatype must be copied into your 5 YS:CLAS5/ DATATYPES directory. Copying
these files can be achieved by dragging them into the appropriate drawers or by using
To copy the files from the CoverDisk to your Workbench disk using CU, first boot
your machine with your Workbench disk, then open up cither a Shell window or a CL I
window. Remove your Workbench disk and replace it with the CoverDisk, then type:
£*py tlOiUtllitfltHflioidyKIF to ipilMiflitittfli
Cep} oftklkLlitHsWGAdnl^GlF.iofo » sys :1m/ Pi titles
tapi dfD:Util1tlti.'tGA<>nljJilF-(l»t*tm t*
If you have a hard drive then simply (dIIow the same instructions as above but
remember to boot Horn your hard drive.
Once you have installed these files in their correct position, just double dick on the
GIF icon to activate the datatype. You should now be able to load and display GIF pic-
tures like those commonly found on the PC.
If you wish to access this datatype automatically every time you use MultiView, you
have to use the Adddatatypes command. This will permanently add GIF to ihe list o!
datatypes your MultiView can use. To do this open a shell window and type:
ndddmtrpss
Using this command will update all the datatypes you have in your DeWDatatypes
drawer. , .. u
Unfortunately when you load GIF picture file it can take quite a while. Also it you
load a 256-colour GIF file with MultiView set to display in a Window, then you will only
get as many colours as you have set Workbench to, so if Workbench is set to four
colours then you will only
get lour!
If you want MultiView to
display picture tiles on it*
own screen enabling 256
colours regardless of
Workbench settings then
you will have to alter its
scan. This is quite easy -
just dick once on its icon
then select Information
from Workbench's pull-
down menus-
Y oil W I ' I find a ® I I ' 1 AfuJf I v/rw merr pQwrfut tfiih t W* Gff
information about _
MultiView on screen. |ust find the line which says "(screen)", click on it, edit il lo say
’'screen" then dick on Save, MultiView will now load picture files and display them on
its own screen-
This month we r ve included an Amos text
file which contains all of the Amos
Almanac pages from the last tfl months.
To view this file simply double dick on its
icon, and the ffle will be displayed in the
same style as the usual docs which are on
the disk-
If you wish to print out this document
then double click on the documents icon
to load and display it, making sure you
have your printer switched on, and then
press:
March CoverDisk
Unfortunately people with Workbench l.T or lower
machines arc having some problems with last month s
CoverDisk. The problem was with the startup sequence
on the disk and a missing IT statement from the "C"
directory.
Jo this month we have included a small script fife
which will make the adjustments required automatically
to the March disk-
To use this Flu file simply Bootup your machine with
this month's CoverDisk in and then double dick on the
Fla It icon. Your machine will then copy all the files It
needs from this month s disk Into Its memory, and will
then ask for iait month's CoverDisk (make sure you do
this with a copy and not the original). Finally, it
will proceed to copy all of the files across which are
needed -
If you then reboot your machine with last man Hi s
disk everything shtuild work as normal. We offer our
apologies to anyone who has been affected by this
mistake.
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The Amiga Computing CoverDisk is designed to be as
simple to use as possible. Follow these instructions
and you'll be up and running in no time!
readers may
difficulties using
CoverDisk, so we
included this
: age to help you out,
* we explain
*ow to copy files
■n one disk to
another, how to copy
the entire CoverDisk
and how to de-
archive programs.
One of the first
things you must do
when get your
CoverDisk is make a
backup copy, then
put the original
CoverDisk away for
safe keeping. As a
rule you should also
do this with the
majority of your soft
ware collection.
How to make a backup
. I the entire CoverDisk, load up your Workbench
j :ien either dick once chi the CoverDisk icon and
. ft! -'jplicate, or select Copy from the Workbench
: r open CU/Shell and type;
illicin FfcQH OfO; TD gfO;
- r rrompled, put your CoverDisk (the source disk) in
r\ iod be ready to replace It with your blank disk (the
athjm disk). Follow the Amiga's onscreen prompts
'he disk copy is completed. Now put the original
i tit . n a safe place and use your backup.
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Copying individual files
ti ght at some point want to copy a single program
t ; - i CoverDisk to your compilation. Workbench disk or
vour hard drive,
do this you'll need the COPY command:. As most
--D sk programs are stashed away in their Own diret-
I ano, trie quickest way to copy a program is to copy the
- e directory at once. Use trie command;
t<3Pf idi riEtdrj} TO I ntud E £ k> ILL
m ’ • *■ | directory} is the full pathname of the directory
* y a jh to copy, and fnewdisk} b the name of the disk
ir-1 directory into which it wifi be copied.
: v example, if you wanted to copy a utility called
from CoverDisk 27 J s Utilities drawer to a directory
i -J FRED on your Workbench disk,, you'd type;
:*i »MEtDISlC2r:l9TILITIE3JrFHEI T0 UHUERCHl*VFiEt HL
\ cemativeiy, you can click once on the FRED directory
i and drag it across to the new disk's window. This
■ j. the advantage of creating a new directory for you
: copying the icon as weTL
Once you have moved a particular program to where
equire it you could experience some problems am-
" 'q 'he program,, This is sometimes caused by the pro-
r*m not being able to find files which it needs to run,
i good example is the teat files on the CoverDisk.
“”rse hi^vi been crunched using PowerPacker^ so when
Eiy to copy them to another disk and then try to read
:nem you can't unless you have also copied the
: : . .erpacker library into your LIBS drawer.
_
So if you have copied a program from the CoverDisk
to your Work disk or hard drive make sure you also copy
any other files the program requires, ie fonts, libraries,,
device drivers and C commands.
De
Occasionally we have so many programs to lit onto
the CoverDisk that we have to archive them.
Archiving is where we take the entire contents of a
disk and compress them into one file which is much
smaller, giving us space to fit more programs onto
the disk.
Dearchiving programs which are on the CoverDisk
is a very simple task, If a program has been archived
then you will need a blank disk to dearchive it onto,
Say we have archived a program called FRED, Vou
simply double dick on FRED'S icon, and will he asked
if you have a blank disk ready to dearchive to. Type
u y* or "n* accordingly.
Your computer wiH then copy the archived file
into its memory and ask you to insert your blank
disk. It will proceed to format the disk, and will then
de-crunch the archived file onto your blank disk.
Once this has been done you can simpty reboot
your machine with the disk which contains thE
dearchived program on it and then use the program
as instructed in the CoverDisk pages.
Note that If you have a Workbench 2 or upward
machine you: must boot with the CoverDisk write-
enabled to perform the dearchiving process.
Workbench 3
If you have a Workbench 3 machine, don’t worry -
most if not all of the programs an the CoverDisk will
work on your machines.
If the program is specifically designed to work
with Workbench 3 then you may have to copy the
program to your hard drive or Workbench disk using
the process described earlier on this page.
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X-COPY
£39
Plus
£1
00
POSTAGE
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Includes NEW
multifunction
‘CYCLONE’
CARTRIDGE
for copying protected
software (requires a
second disk driv
For Amiga A50Q, A50G+, A600, A 1200.
A1500, A2000, A3000 & A4000
Unlike other
copiers, X-Copy is
fully automatic and
NO technical
knowledge is needed.
Even a beginner can
use X-Copy!
X-COPY PRO is the most powerful
disc duplicator/utility package
ever designed for the Amiga.
For duplicating your original
software, X-COPY PRO is a must,
however it offers so much more.
HOW TO ORDER
X-COPY PRO:-
Telephone our sales hotline with your credit
carti details for immediate despatch.
061-724 7572
Send a cheque or postal order
lor £40,99 made payable to
SIREN SOFTWARE to Siren
Software, Wilton House, Bury
Road, Radcliffe, Manchester
M26 9UR
/ Copies virtually ail known discs,
fiir mart ihan any other copier
available.
/ Also hacks up bund discs. Ideal
for hand disc owners.
/ Full File management/
copying utility.
/ Oplimises data for faster
loading.
/ Formats, repairs, verifies. More
than just a copier!
/ Includes ibe new CYCLONE
cartridge.
/ Official U.K. version,
includes K page manual
GUARANTEE:- X-COPY PRO is the most powerful disc copier available for the Amiga. If at the
time of purchase, you can find a superior copter, we will REFUND YOUR MONEY. Can any other
copier offer you that?
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Mat to enhance accuracy ft protect your mouse C*
PLUS THE NEW MEGA-HELEASE GAME...ZOOL 1 '
and a FANTASTIC selection of TWENTY more graai gamesf^
THESE TITLES ARE NOT PD BUT FULL PROF ESS IONAIGAMES WHICH ^
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and supplied with...
CITIZEN 240C COLOUR
PRINTER, alt leads
required, Citizen Print
Manager program,
A1200 Dust Cover,
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Mouse Mat, Printer
Paper and Labels and
the brilliant new
Final Copy 11 Word
Processing package.
Superb definition Philips Monitor TV1 Ideal lor -o £
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A Headphone Jack Socket A Infra-Red Remote Controller
.V Supplied complete with integral Loop Aerial for indoor use
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Latest 25MHz 68040 CPU.
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40 or 120Mb Hard Drives.
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red. green Arid blue components before
being passed to the computer For
reassembly into a full colour image. This
can be achieved in two different ways -
colour filters or colour splitters,
Colour filters are used with black and
white video cameras and a separate scan
of the image needs to be made through
each of three coloured gels one for
red, one For green and one for blue.
Colour splitters perform an identical
task to filters, but do it electronically. So
in order to digitise a colour video signal
a colour splitter would be required
between the video device and the digi-
are choosing a digitiser.
Some digitisers are capable of accept-
ing Y/C (SVHS-type format) and. rarely,
even RGB inputs and the results are usu-
ally noticeably superior to digitisers
which only accept composite video -
though this Isn't always the case.
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externals uniL.
The need lor colour splitting is common
to all models of digitiser, but there is
another important factor - the '"speed" ol
the digitiser. In this respect there are two
types - slow scan and fast scan which, as
their names suggest, do exactly that.
Slow scan digitisers take a few seconds
(or sometimes even minutes with certain
models) to grab their subjects because they
digitise one section of the image at a time.
This requires the desired image to be com*
pietely motionless,, whether it is in fionl ol
a camera or off videotape.
Fast scan digitisers have one simple
advantage over slow scan models - speed..
This is because they grab the image into a
digital storage memory called a frame
buffer and hold it there throughout the
ensuing digitising process.
Perfect
The grab usually takes place in the lime
it takes to display a single frame of video -
1 /25th of a second - and from then on the
image is at your disposal to grab and re-
grab until you are happy with it, and you
don't need to worry about the cat walking
over your copy stand as you adjust the
lighting, for that final, perfect look.
Mind you, frame buffer technology costs
extra, as you will see from the prices ol
digitisers which use this technique -
though there's no denyiny that for profes-
sional use this is probably the only way to
go.
Once the image has been converted,
into computer-accessible code the software
really comes into its own. Each digitiser
comes complete with its own unique soft*
ware and each package contains features
which are exclusive to that model.
Most software includes some degree ol
colour balancing and brightness/cofitrast
control, while others have animation fea-
tures, line-art modes, special save formats,
cropping, residing and so on.
However a digitiser operates, its ultimate
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aim is to convert images from outside the
Amiga into pictures inside it. So once an
image has been digitised it can be
imported into any program compatible
with its file format
for instance, many IFF images can be
loaded into Deluxe Faint for animating,
others might be loaded into 24-biL systems
fqr further manipulation - the choice is
yours- Whether for DTP, animation, desk-
top video, presentation graphics, games
production or cataloguing, digitising lulfils
an important need for many computer
users.
If you've ever used a digitiser you' IS be
aware that the maxim "you only get out
what you put in" doesn't generally apply to
digitising.
There are good, reasons for this. The first
is that Lhe image resolution of a standard
Amiga (or more specifically its monitor or
display device) cannot hope to approach
the fine quality whkh can be achieved on
paper or in photographs and films.
The second is that in most cases it isn't
possible to provide enough colours to fully
represent the digitised image. The new AA
chipset in the latest Amiga? has gone a
long way to redressing this problem, but
24 -bit graphics are still the only way of
achieving the highest possible quality.
Some programs offer dithering routines
which create the illusion that an image
contains more colours than it actually does,
while others such as DCW use special dis-
play techniques to show more colours.
Additionally, if your Amiga has only a
limited amount of memory it may be
impossible to digitise and display images in
anything but low resolution HAM (or even
less), simply because ol the sheer size ol
most digitised pictures. Twenty-four hit
images can easily take over a megabyte of
storage because of the vast amount o^
colour and detail contained in the average
scene.
DigiView Cold
NewTek
Distributed by Silica
Systems £179.95
The original trail -bluing Amiga digitiser
dating back to the mid-19fiiOs and reput*
edly developed in a garage - but still capa-
ble of producing excellent results.
By current standards DigiView is the tor-
toise of digitisers, though in Lenms of both
Digitising tips
• If you use a video camera make su r -.
that you use plenty ol light (preferably
daylight) and that whenever possible yoc
white balance the camera before
grabbing.
# if you are using a camera and slo 1 .-.-
scan digitiser ensure thal your image
your camera and your lighting remar
perfectly static during digitising, other
wise the result will be a weird, blurry
psychedelic mess. Breaking the rules can,
however, result in some rather artistic
results.
§ If you are digitising From video use the
best quality tape and deck you can la)
your hands on and make sure that it to
a rock-steady pause.. Noise and otlu '
glitches will show up in the finishes
software features and image processing
controls it still represents good value.
In addition to producing "normal" IFF
flies, Dig i View can save 21 -bit RGB files
(which are almost as good as 24-bit
Images) and can also ust
an enhanced display mod*
called DynarrticHiRes te
produce great-looking
though almost completely
impractical, grabs.
Many of DigiView's fea-
tures have since been taker
on by other digiLisers. It
has a full range of colour,
brightness, sharpness and
contrast controls, three lev-
els of dithering and othe*
goodies such as negative,
line art and quick preview
modes.
Additionally, though
there are several PD and
commercial programs
which are undoubtedly
better suited. DigiView car-
load 24-bit files and com
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■ n D jiView in a similar way.
► 'ill. Digiview was one of Che
to make use of the Aflexx lan-
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fcr-H’/ c^d box which connects to the
|Pb r^raUel port and which has its own
«' power supply, enabling it to work
ip#* r Todel of Amiga.
n front panel controls for cofour,
i ■ brightness and sync - a feature
^ jsed to iron out synchronisation
- - i which may occur with some
bKXS.
*: " ger If has a full-screen preview
™ c > i- “ ch displays a black and white
« i - cation of the incoming video
*s :n the Amiga's monitor, making
in - mage location simple.. After first
■ ; + he desired resolution to grab at,
- s made for the type of grab -
& n- White, Colour Auto, Colour
- n iq ue or Pseudo-Colour.
r mostly self-explanatory, Colour
”=-e5 use of DigiT iger's internal
* • : tier and automatically makes the
•h- ::our passes before merging them
m * i ^ -colour image, Colour Manual is
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VLab offers
impressive
quality at a
reasonable
price
for use with a mono camera and colour fil-
ters.
After the unage has been grabbed,
colour palette, sharpness and RGB balance
are chosen and Ihe image is re- rendered
accordingly. Up to 4,0^6 colours are avail-
able, depending on resolution, and the
palette can be lacked to force subsequent
scans to use the same colours as previous
ones, which is useful if you plan on animat-
ing a sequence with Deluxe Paint.
DigiTiger II has no animation grabbing
facilities though, so no chance of sequen-
tial digitising here - at least not with the
software I had.
Sadly, the manual is written entirely in
German, but the software fs available in
English and is quite straightforward to use,
so after a few experiments it is possible to
get very good results, DigiTiger If is fast
and proficient, but I still don't know if any-
one has taken it up for retail over here.
DCTV
Digital Creations E499
DCTV isn't simply a digitiser - it's a graph-
ics display and manipulation system which
just happens to include a digitiser, though
it certainly isn't the cheapest way of grab-
bing images if this is your one and only
desire.
One part of (he DCTV software is dedi-
cated entirely to digitising and it rs very
clear and easy to use. By selecting Camera
or Tape the software is informed
what kind of video source is
connected, then iLs a
matter of click-
ing on the
Scan button
to see a real-
time display
of the
incoming
video. A further
click and the image is captured in
around ten seconds - since the DCTV digi-
tise r is yet another from the slow scan
school of grabbing,
Various speed and quality settings are
available if the grab isn't quite right. Once
it is* it can be saved as RAW, 24-bit or
DCTV display format directly or first have
adjustments made to its colour saturation,
tint, brightness, contrast, sharpness or RGB
feveh,
The grabbed image can be Further
manipulated with DCTV's excellent paint
program or processed and output as a
"regular" IFF files from the Convert
module.
In fact, DCTV provides high quality digi-
H ardware
tising which really cannot be faulted,
though Its composite video output isn't
exactly scintillating.
One further point - Ihe special DCTV
display format means that images - and
animations can be displayed directly in
VLab
Macro Systems
Amiga Centre Scotland
several million colours on standard moni-
tors with composite video inputs and even
played back from "'normal*' programs such
as Deluxe Paint
The images and animations have to be
rendered in the special display format,
which is supported by some programs,
such as Imagine 2 - a 3D modelfing and
animation program. For low-cost video
work the DCTV is a fair buy. if you can put
up with a fairly naff composite video
output
Thanks to Yuri Large at Alternative
Image for the loan of his DCTV - they
being in short supply at the time of writing.
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VLab Par £382
VLab (Internal) £341
VLab fast-scan digitisers come in two
flavours, though both have exactly the
same functions. VLab Par is an external vi-
sion which, like its internal Zorr o-slol sib-
ling, offers impressive quality at a
reasonable price,
Once again, this is German technology
and li was equally impressed by both ver-
sions, Speed-wise, VLab Par is the slower of
the two as it .s connected via the parallel
port, rather than directly on the Amiga's
buss, hut th-e advan-
tages are that VLab
Par can be used
with any Amiga (so
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in^taifc&d),
Botih VLabs use a new format called
YUV For initially staring the image after il
has been grabbed, though it most then
be convefted io a display able format,
such as 24-bll IF F P HAM or Ham8-
Vlab does this through software and
the process can take several minutes,
especial^ with hi-res overscan images on
non-acceie rated machines*
The VLab software is extremely flexible
and is quite user-friendly, It's possible to
have a mini video -screen showing the
incoming pictures in black and wFiite,
though the Par version struggles lo keep
op at times..
Once grabbed you can sec a Preview
to make sure you got the picture you
wanted before converting it, and there
are lots of choices for filtering the video
signal, adjusting the size of the grab,
deinterlacing the picture to remove
motion jitters, setting the save format and
plenty of Afiexx commands.
To top it off, Vlab can grab sequences
of images - though not every consecutive
frame in real time. These could then be
converted and made into an animation or
used as a basis for retouching or roto-
scoping them into a cartoon.
In short, both VLabs are excellent
frame-grabbers which can be highly rec-
ommended, although a hard drive and
accelerated Amiga ate needed to get the
best out of them. Expect a Y/C version
shortly for even better quality and r at
long last, an English manual.
ColourPic Plus
JCL Business Systems
Limited £699
The ColourPic Plus is undoubtedly Ibe
Rolls Royce of Amiga digittaers - with a
price tag to malth, It lectures a whole
range of hardware connections, with
fO, Y/C and composite video inputs and
RGB, composite video and UHF outputs
(all o! which can be in use simultane-
ously) and with fail-scanning to boot,
ColourPic Plus offers plenty of scope for
£he creatively-minded.
Physically, this digitiser is by far the
largest in this round^up find can sit com-
fortably beneath a normal Amiga monitor
„ horn where it can be connected to the
Amiga's RGB and parallel portS-
There are also external controls pro-
vided for adjusting the brightness, con-
Behind the scenes
All the digitised images in this article were produced from
VHS videotape from a video deck with good freeze frame
capability. In each case the best quality image format in
the most colours possible was used and the images were
then converted to 320 x 256 24 bit for publication
For digitisers without integrated colour splitters a
Rom bo Colour Splitter was used, featuring images digi-
tised from Samurai Pizza Cats 61991 Saban International
N.V and Saban International Services Inc, ’-1991 Warner
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of the incoming video signal. Regardless
of whether U Is In use or not, the
ColourPic Plus passes the Amigos RGB
signal through to the monitor, so there's
do need to be continually disconnecting
it.
Software-wise, the Colourpic Plus is
also well provided for. In addition to the
standard Colour Pic software (which is
certainly no slouch) there is the Cabaret
Plus program,, which contains an exten-
sive range of digitising, animation, image
processing and saving functions.
With ColourPic Plus you only need one
monitor, as a simple press of the spacebar
flips between Amiga and video images
and although only 64 ,.000 colours are
used for the video image it is certainly the
best quality preview on offer.
Hitting a hotkey freezes an image into
Lhe frame buffer before it is downloaded to
the Amiga for storage or manipulation. It is
also possible to load mages into the frame
buffer, so letting them be displayed in up
to 64,000 colours.
Animation grab-
bing can be done auto-
matically from video
tape, but there arf seri-
ous limits which requite
more outlay on extra
ColourPic Plus memory.
Without this, it is
also impossible to grab
In hi-res interlaced over-
scan (eg 7 3-6 x 5B0),
which means optimum
quality camera grabs
are out of the question.
Vidi- Amiga 12
Rombo Limited £99.95
The Vidi- Amiga 12 represents terrific
value for money and works with any
Amiga, though an extra lead is required
for connection to some models,
Incra dlWy r it not only features a com-
posite video input but, For noticeably
improved quality a Y/C
one as welb It’s also
pretty quick on the
draw and you might
just be fooled into
thinking that it is actu-
ally a Fast scan digitiser
when in reality it is a
slow scan device.
With its direct-to-
your-Amlga-screen
black and white pre-
view mode it is easy to
see what's happening
on your videotape
before grabbing an
image. Software adjust-
ments are available for
colour, contrast and
brightness and there is
also a hardware bright-
ness control. Colour
grabbing ! is simple
thanks to a built-in
colour splitter.
Vidi«Amiga12 can
also do sequence grab-
An M mid for
whrfefo never
bing, tor instance from videotape, *■-
only in black and white (far speed), IN
resulting grabs can be played back as »
animation direct from the software s
Carousel feature, which also lets the use'
edit the current list at images stored -
memory - allowing for si ides how- 1 ike
sequences to be pul together,
There is some bask Image-processing
software on board, though it can onb
currently be applied to freshly- grabbe:
images and not to reloaded ones. Th
may be about to change though, as »
revised version of the software is due a--
lime row with significant changes to the
Carousel, the addition of lull AA graph*
mode support and more.
Incidentally. I know that Video Masttf
claims lo being Lhe first combined Amiga
sound and vision digitiser, but I'm alsc
pretty sure that the Vidi-Amiga 12 w«
available In the last quarter of 1992 as :
version with MegaMix Master built in
just thought you'd like to know.
Video Master
MiCTOdeal £69.95
The good news is that it is a dual-purpose
digitiser which tan grab both video arc
audio and it only costs £69.95, whic-
makes it the cheapest such unit on the
market, bar none.
The bad news is that Video Master of ■
works with Amiga 500 and 500 Plus mod-
els as it is engineered to slot exclusive
mto the expansion port of Lhese model- -
though 1 understand that a version r;-
other Amigas is in the pipeline.
Like DiqiView, the Video Master gat-
her is of the mono, s low-scan, variety ana
comes complete with a set of colour f -
ters, External controls are available *:•
black level and contrast. The supplier
Aiwtcri* Computing AprfJ MW
Annn
ware
s very reminiscent of Atari ST
wmm but runs capably enough and
if ^ monitoring facility for both
m ‘ : and vision, Grabs can be made
^ — mtt audio or both together, a fea-
tm j- :_r to Video Master, Sequences of
;jn be grabbed at delined rates,
, : :ime-lapse r but only in 160 x
V : ^ mono - though full screen stills
j - grabbed in sizes of up to 640 x
fll - -6 colours and 320 x 512 in HAM.
-:~ed sequences and stills can be
■ . hi . ited in the sequence editor to
compile presentations from individual
"films" and sound can be separately syn-
chronised to action a feature which no
other digitiser has, as tar as I know.
Beware that Video Master Is something
of a memory hog, so if you want to multi-
task with it you should load any other
software you need be Fore running the
Video Master software itself,
While I can't say that Vkfeo Master pre-
sents anything special in either picture gr
so iind quality, the combination is certainly
intriguing and this price it should sup-
ply many first-time or would-be DTVers
with a low-cost platform to get a taste of
the action, Some won't like it, but for
many Video Master will provide the
opportunity to have a lot of fun,
It must be said that this list ol digitisers
is not exhaustive. Specialised {and some-
times rather expensive) graphics cards
such as CVP's Impact Vision 24, G2\
VD200I and one or two others are also
capable of frame grabbing - to broadcast
quality in some cases,
And in case you're wondering, it's just
possible that the frame grabber/genlock
for the GpalVLsion card will he available by
the time you read this.
As always, what you choose will
depend upon a myriad of factors - how
much money you have, what system you
use, how professional you wish your
results to be,..
One thing is for certain, though, and
that is that - more so than any other com-
puter - the Amiga has a digitising pack-
age to suit every pocket and set of
Amiga Centre Scotland
Harlequin House, Waikerburn,
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Tel: 0896 87583 Fax: 0 896 87546
Rombo Limited
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Tel: 0506 414631 Fax: 0506 414634
jCL Business Systems Ltd
71 5t John's Road, Tunbridge Wells
TN4 9TT
Tel; 0692 51 B1 81 Fax: 0892 51 1 772
Silica Systems
1 -4 The Mews, Hatherley ftoad r
Sidcup DA14 4DX
Tel: 081-309 1111 fax: 081-308 0608
DigiTiger
Klaus D Tute, Soft-, art-und Hardware,
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Germany
Tel: 010 49 0511 551 701
Microdeai
PG Box 68, St Austell Pl25 4YB
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Software
Paul Austin previews a brand new
presentation package that could put
the sensational ScalaMM200 on the
ropes - or maybe even the canvas!
1
m
A ^ter the rise and rise of the
Scandinavian sensation Seal a r
the presentation market looked
,2 Pv what is r without doubt, the
■ r-sekage in Ebe business.
*’ j'OJIy some serious competition lias
•m ji-f resented itself in the form of
a package that takes a dramati-
z ^enl approach to the art of presets
t cut nevertheless remains a direct and
opponent to its all-conquering
counterpart.
the opposition. Media Link doesn't
■ simple wipes and fades - in fact,
kdla style, the package boasts its
- n on q# Scala's EX modules known as
external devices, the package can also* add
its own touches to the overall effect via its
page design section which allows the cre-
ation of graphics and: text in all Amiga
modes, including AG A,
When the pages are complete yet another
familiar Scala option makes its appearance in
the form of a huge selection of wipes and
fades including an excellent variation on
Scales super- impose which effortlessly
replaces the existing image in a very video-
esque crossfade between two images.
Impressive
- 1 appb are In all but name pretty
>ntical to £Xs enabling the addition
m laser discs, ARexx commands,
X . immands, sound modules and sam-
; -nations, CDTV and more.
* re from employing the abilities of
Choose your level
- Hlkularty well thought-out element of the package
* ti relation lo the user. Unlike many power packages
■- re not thrown in at the deep end. In fact, thanks to
spired bit of design, the software can be operated
r* accordance to the particular needs and experience of
iv p^f too at the controls,
Fur example, for the complete novice the "test drive*
^xle is the ideal starting point allowing even |he most
r Tfiophobtc user to create a script via a limited nuitl-
of Xapps inch as the anlm player, sample/ module
. : zr and static picture viewer.
For this basic selection you can still create a pretty
missive show without running the risk of becoming
-■ oged down in the complexities of timetode, external
ar*i <es and the rest of MediaUnk's power features.
Once you've taken your test drive to its logical limits
3 U can step up to presentation, multimedia and finally
- From this lofty position you can take complete
'^trol of every aspect of the show including the soft-
ware and the machine's potential as a central or satellite
-vttote presentation/ information centre.
Like its opponent, the number and variety
of effects is impressive and again like its
■counterpart Lhese tricks can be applied to
amms and imported graphics with equal
skill.
However there dues appears One afea in
which the newcomer may fail short in com-
parison to Lhe champ. Although special
effects can be lavished on complete pages
there appears no way to
apply them to individual
elements within pages -
unlike 'Sola which offers
almost as many Special
effects for text and brush
introduction as It does for
the pages themselves.
Hiving had my Obliga-
tory wtringe it must be
stressed that the version
presently in my sticky mitts
is firmly at the beta stage.
Incidentally, I have been
assured by Erik Van Eykelen
- a Lop dog at MediaLink
Inc - that more work will
be going into the text han-
dling prior to release,
Due to the aforemen-
tioned "work in progress",
I'm afraid well all have to
wait for next month's AC
before coming to any
ACA grtrphki iff nrUtwr...
definitive conclusions. As you may have
guessed we're planning a big splash for the
finished package in the next issue - don’t
miss it if you're serious about multimedia,
presentation and quality DTV1
Apart from the expandability of the soft-
ware via the growing band of Xapps, it also
offers the ability to combine elements via
d>reciory-%le script building complete with
loops and para lie I events Such as music,
samples and Xapps all playing their part in
the action simultaneously.
Unlike Sea la, Media Link doesn't have a
vested interest in the high- end corporate
market like Stala's big brother
InfoChanneL tf you thought $caJaMM20G
was expensive, IrtfoChartnel is enough to
induce heart failure,
Although Info-Channel does offer a big-
ger selection of whistles and bells than its
5cala sidekick, its primary goal is to offer a
centralised network for satellite machines,
all of which can be controlled either via
comms or direct hardware connections.
Admittedly it does a blinding job in Lhis
role; however, even lor a small network of
satellites with their essential dongles you're
literally taking thousands of pounds lor the
software alone.
The creators of MediaUnk have obvi-
ously targeted this area of the market as a
real money-spinner and as a result every
Media! ink comes with its own comms and
satellite control elements built-in to the
basic package.
In addition the software itself is com-
pletely unprotected and shows no sign of
the dongle essential to every ScalaMM20Q
and InfoChanneL
According to Mr Van Eykelen, MediaUnk
Inc have no qualms about registered users
running the package on multiple machines
- while employing the software's built-in
comms potential as a means of central con-
trol with scripts and commands being
issued as and when required,
Alas that's all that space will allow, but
don't forget that AC will bring you an
exclusive and dare I say it definitive review
in next month's issue. Tune in next time to
see if the all-conquering Sea la has indeed
met its match...
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slructed by following the tutorials found
in Aladdin's manual.
The downside is that no central con-
trol over all animation elements is possi-
ble, a consequence of the way in which
Aladdin treats all objects.
Every polygon has its own set of
attributes, including colour, texture, IFF
brushmaps, and even its own individual
shading method. However, fn ese are
scattered across several very busy
requester screens, making control of a
simple polygon a lengthy process.
Power
Aladdin olters almost complete control
of every aspect of an object, but the user
must hunt around to make the most of
the package's power..
The textures feature, about which the
manual is justly proud, enables the appli-
cation of multiple textures to each poly-
gon. As everything in Aladdin is tied to a
timeline, it is possible to animate each
texture, slip smoothly between one and
another, and mess about with its individ-
ual attributes, giving Aladdin even more
control in this respect than oflered by
Imagine 2 ,0.
To illustrate this feature, the animation
tutorial includes a spinning cube which
morphs into a bump map and back, but
much more imaginative use of textures
can result In realistic ripple patterns
Amigo Compuf tng April ) 993
Bump
maps
R ay tracing is the leading edge
of Amiga software technology,
and the best packages in the
* : vie with each other to produce
which wouldn't look out of place
- Tminitor 2.
Tvpetrtiqn is Intense, development
-sum, and with both Real 3D and
- :: ne about to appear in new versions,
**: 1 ghtwave continuing to stun the
» : - : .vorld in the USA, any new release
m : work cut out to make the grade-
I-aphics users of the Amiga have
T e to expect a high level of quality,
: many rendered images produced
: - * a short time ago now look dated
3' ^adequate beside those produced
. - g the latest tricks and techniques.
r addition, .standards are set to rise
*ga i over the next few months as the
latest incarnations of the big Lwo hil the
p streets, bringing advanced capable
iuch as inverse kinematics and spline
rtons to the Amiga world.
Qnfy either a horizon-ex pandin g pack-
E ;r or a program with very unique tal-
can expect to survive in such an
fonment, but Aladdin 4D from
^::oec Programming is actually an evo-
a_ j ion of Draw 4D, its name changed
resumably to remove any danger of
: -fusion with structured drawing,
#nd as such is not
*L4ctly a new prod-
Luckily, it
:oes have
one or two unique talents.
Aladdin 4D takes neither the primitive
nor the spline approach to modelling.
Real 3D, for example, relies heavily on
the use of building block "primitives''
such as spheres, cubes, and so on to
quickly and easily build the basics before
complex point editing is earned out but
Aladdin otters no solid primitives and
does not utilise splines.
Only rectangles and arcs can be cre-
ated automatically, any other shape
being constructed using either point
editing af tools such as sweep and
extrude.
This is rather annoying at first because
though primitives are only one tool
among many and cannot be relied on lor
mere complex jobs, l hey are immeasur-
ably useful when beginning a project
From scratch and can take some of the
drudqe out of 3D work.
Smooth
Users of Imagine and later version of
Real ID will find that spline curves,,
whether paths along which cameras and
objects can smoothly move, or the rouLes
along which simple objects can be
extruded to produce complex pipes and
so forth, quickly become essential tools.
They make the creation of
more natural
Can Aladdin 4D break into the
established Amiga ray tracing market?
Stevie Kennedy takes a look at a contender
with a few surprises up its sleeve
objects and movements both possible
and easy and have become a central part
of many an artist's working ways.
With the omission of spline curves and
primitives, Aladdin 4D immediately rele-
gates itsell to a supporting role as far as
most serious 3D artists will be concerned.
5ome may find the program's creation
process to their liking, but the restrictions
placed upon basic object creation are too
tight to allow Aladdin to compete with
its contemporaries.
Other drawing tools are good, with
ample control over rotation, sweeps,
extrudes, and so on, and control over the
creation space is good. Cameras can be
jj laced at any point and total control ol
the camera is possible, including multi-
e targets with their own ins, ouu
and zooms.
A direct result of the lack of
spline paths is that setting up a
camera Night path is actually
a lot easier than in any other
package, even if the fin-
ished path is less smooth.
Creating animations is
fairly easy, more so proba-
bly than in either Real 3D
or Imagine, and simple
examples are quickly con-
A lumiiiiTuliutT at brmU tmti
trttiiudr mnpplrrq makes Inr
a tltmtilttg t ’fifed
3D modenin
3 D modejlin
Cameras can
Lb,
any point , and
total control is
own shading requester must be sum-
moned so that it can be defined as a
phong shaded object.
When one considers that a gas is com-
pletely useless without all these options
turned on, it would seem the obvious -
and helpful - thing to have them all
automatically turned on when a gas is
added. At the very least, the gas object
should surely appear with its own phong
shading and transparency settings at a
default tor a decent gas.
When gases are used, despite the fussy
way Aladdin treats them, I hey are easily
the program's most stunning feature and
enable the creation of images which one
would be hard pressed to match
with any other package, W hat's more,
gases are treated in exactly the same
way as oLher polygons, which means
they can be animated, morphed, and
so on.
IwtA gdf pfftitS orr nniff mifjy iWWf aiflflfidl'fi
>
which change shape arid gradually settle
down, leopards which really do change
their spots, and Klinger spaceships
which "de-cloak* complete with gradual
fade-in and wobbly bits.
The number of textures which can be
used at any time during an animation is
limited only to the user's patience and
requirements.
Similar attention has been paid to the
use of attributes. A requester similar to
the textures epic allows for changes in
colour, reflectivity, transparency, selt-i no-
mination, and much more, all controlled
by the usual timeline.
Ease in and ease out values can again
be set for each change, and even
whether or not an object receives or casts
shadows can be set from one frame to
the next,
This sort of control is handy where, for
example, a general overlight might cause
enough shadow to slow down rendering
without any real benefit to the image.
Brighter
Turning off an object's sensitivity to
shadows until such time as it is needed,
perhaps when a brighter light is turned
on half way through an animation, effec-
tively gives the user a choice over which
parts of the image will be rendered using
scanline techniques and which will ren-
der in true ray tracing mode. The latter is
What a gas!
Rather than treat a gas as an attribute o(
an existing object, such as the fog
attribute used by Imagine or the method
of adding fractal tea Lures, Aladdin cre-
ates it as a cubic container whose den-
siiy and internal colour is altered by the
transparency and strength of the gas.
When fractal turbulence is added r
which itself can be of varying colour,
density, and definition, the number of
possible variations becomes infinite.
In addition, gases can be spherical or
can seem to emanate from any side of
the container, and the container itself
can be resized,
Alternatively, using a bitmap on one
Amiga Co mpuliitf April }9?3
side of the container, a density map can
be applied which can then be animated
to make I he gas flicker exactly as the user
requires, making possible stunningly real-
istic candle flames and other effects.
The candle example is simpiy a matter
of settling on a fliine-like gas of the cor-
rect size and colour, then applying a
greyscale brush made of concentric rings
of colour from white (dense) in the cen-
tre to black on the outer ring.
By animating the brush to make it
expand and contract, the candle flame
can be made to llicker, an effect which is
virtually impossible in any other
package-
much slower, SO Light control over how
much ray tracing is used comes in very
handy.
Other packages will, of course; allow
the user to specify wh ether scan line or
ray tracing is used in a global sense, but
only Aladdin otters, such abject-to-object
control.
To avoid having the user set up an
image like this every time, there are
global controls for shadows, phong r and
so on In the rendering options requester,
so the Aladdin user has the best ol both
worlds.
Where Aladdin rails down in this
respect is that it offers, in a sense, too
many options. Now, before you all groan
about journalists who are never satisfied,
let me explain.
True, many programs are criticised For
offering little or no user control over the
finished output, and it is a valid criticism
levelled at everything from drawing pack-
ages to adventure games,. However,
when a package has a long list of com-
plex features the programmers must
make an effort to combine complexity
with ease of use.
The way in which Aladdin is structured
means that far loo many requesters and
menu choices must be struggled through
in order to make changes. A good exam-
ple oi this is the otherwise superb gas
feature.
When a gas object is added to a scene,
the user must select it, go to iLs attributes
requester and add some transparency,
then turn on the global transparency and
phong shading hags. Finally, the objects
Flexibility
Larger gases, such as effective suns
complete with blazing corona or explo-
sions, are just as effective, but the
fact that the user can evoke a full
range of effects down to candle flames
or the flare from starship engines
speaks highly of Aladdin's flexibility.
With a little more thought towards
putting this flexibility in the hands of the
user rather than deep in the bowels of
myriad requesters, the program would be
much more enjoyable to use.
Qne niggle about gases i^the
extremely long time it takes to render
them when full image quality is required.
A certain amount of time consumption
is inescapable due to the complex
nature of 3D fractal calculations of
this sort, but I can't help thinking that
gas rendering times are still way
too long.
Waves are treated In a similar manner
to gases in that they are effects in their
own right rather than textures applied
to a single polygon. It is possiblE to
create a wave, either emanating
spherically from a central point or
progressing linearly across the
image, which will affect all objects it
encounters,
As each object can have its sensitivity
to waves set from within its own
attributes requestef, the ability to create
ripples in liquids while leaving solids
unaffected and all with a single wave is
again unique to Aladdin 4D.
Waves are applied to an area of space
just as gases are simply fractal manipula-
tions of density and colour in a certain
i. p nd reader dl\play apt lam arc many and varied
: o f nttrlbutes give i Eht n plethora of apt tom
r* i so it is possible to create a gas and
I t'sfn a wave travel ih rough result-
r : in some very weird spatially chab
--ged animations.
"he spherical wave, which radiates in
i Three axes at once, is particularly
r“rtlive in these situations, hut a lot of
j'f+yl tweaking is required if the gas is
3 i^Ow up the wave at all, and this leads
: ".g rendering limes.
Ordinary textures, relying on a selec-
tion of tiles, waves, and zig-zags are less
-i^ting. The usual Aladdin attention to
Mail enables their us# as anything from
'□rical bump maps to spherical pro-
rctions, hut there is less on offer here
--.an many other packages,
As a general first-tine ray tracing pack-
r;r Aladdin 3D is neither complete nor
mprehensiv# enough to challenge the
” ght of Real 3D or Imagine, and unless
..dated fairly quickly will be left far
behind by the latest releases of these two
packages,.
However, it offers the best gas effects
*e ever seen in an Amiga package and
should find an audience among the 3D
ommunity, if only as an extra package
□ reduce effects not otherwise possi-
bl#. For ease of animation and its power-
ful features, Aladdin 4D could tempt
some users, but don't expect Id see
Activa, impulse, or Octree shaking in
their virtual boots.
i he bottom line
Ease of- use = 6
Implementation = 8
Vafue -for- money - 7
Overall = 7
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3D
Attributes Each object in the 3D
space has a list ol characteristics, such as
colour, hardness and so on, which
define its basic appearance. Collectively,
these are referred to us the object's
attributes.
Bump map A special kind of texture,
bump mapping is a mathematical
method of creating disturbance on a
smooth surface to give it a less perfect
appearance. Very over-used since its
Inception, bump mapping is neverthe-
less a very handy effect if used sparingly.
Extrusion By extruding a circle, one
can make a cylinder, or by extruding a
square, a cube is born. Extrusion simply
adds depth to a 3D image, but can be
very useful if a program enables the
extrusion of a cross section down a
pathway, which can save a great deaf oF
time when creating objects such as
pipes of a complex shape or walls which
bend round a corner,
Gaits Because af their hazy and
imprecise nature, these are very difficult
to reproduce using ray tracing packages.
The only successful way to create them
is using fractal mathematics, which
means the user can often spend ages
rendering them and tweaking them to
get the right result.
Inverse kinematics a hot new jar-
gon phrase which is applied to the tech-
nique whereby natural movements are
recreated in 3D, By creating joint! with
their own movement restrictions and so
on, the use of inverse kinematics makes
possible the creation of, say r a human
arm which actually moves like the real
thing..
Mapping Generally speaking, map*
ping applies to any technique whereby
an effect is mathematically applied to a
virtual surface. This includes brush map-
ping, bump mapping, altitude mapping,
and so on and includes a wide range of
techniques and effects.
Organic modelling The better ray
tracers offer organic modelling, which is
a technique for creating more realistic
looking human ^aces, animals, cars, or
anything which had soft, sweeping lines.
There are many ways in which organic
modelling can be accomplished, but
generally speaking it involves giving the
computer an outline of how Ihe object
is supposed to appear, then telling it to
add a smooth outer surface or "skin rf ,
PaLhs A path is a route in 3D space
down which an object or a camera can
be toFd to move. The advantage of
paths is that the user can set out a com-
plete movement for animation with just
one action rather than have to tell the
modellin
buster
computer where the object will be in
every frame. The more control a user has
over paths and their creation, the belter.
Point editing Creating polygons and
manipulating them is a IF very well, but for
really derailed work, point editing Is the
only way. It involves editing the individual
points in a polygon by adding or dealing
them, moving them, or sea ling/ro tali ng
small areas of a polygon.
Primitives These are just primitive
objects such as spFieres, cubes, cones and
so on, which many programs will create
automatically to save the user the bother
of creating such basic shapes time after
time. Relying too heavily on them is a
mistake, but they do help speed up the
creation process.
Scanline A ray tracing method which
cuts down rendering time by ignoring Lite
effects of one object on another and just
rendering the colour of the objects. See
tracing.
Shading Methods vary from wireframe
(no shading) through colour shade (sim-
ple polygon shading for previews) to
gouraud (pseudo ray-traced) and the ulti-
mate phong shading. The latter is a math*
ematical method for calculating all
smooth curves and leads to the most real-
istic images.
Spline curves Curves which are
defined by their axes and a mathematical
equation, splines can be any shape or size
and are always smooth. They thus make
excellent paths for objects and cameras.
Sweep One of the most common draw-
ing tools, sweep enables the creation of a
cross-section of an object which is then
swept round in any angle up fo 360
degrees to form a solid object. Similar to
the lathe technique, sweep is ideal for
chair legs, beer glasses, and any other
round symmetrical object.
Texture A texture is any effect which is
applied to a surface in order Id change the
colour or appearance of that subject.
Textures can be mathematical (such as
bump maps) or based on existing IFF
images (such as brush mapping). In addi-
tion, a texture can be as simple as a dot
patLern oi the by now famous black and
white tiles t
Tracing The most maths- intensive and
time-consuming method, tracing renders
an image by tracking the light itself, fol-
lowing it through glass objects, casting
shadows on walls, and reflecting objects
in each other. Traced images take much
longer to render than scaniine images,
but in certain circumstances - such as
those Involving glass or chrome - they
are of far higher quality.
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Tutorial
I - idd'tinn to the siring constants and
ng .dhables mentioned last month,
- ^ sft Basic allows both integer
mt - number) and floating point ffrac-
I :~i numbers represented in decimal
t&m to be u&ed.
~-e way to indicate the type of a
■ - - - ■ variable is to place a trailing, iden-
■ j- on character after the variable's
* *-«< mth per cent {%), ampersand (fr) r
smitKSfi mark (!) and hash (#) signs
>f ; used to represent 16-bit integers,
l : ! <nEegers r single precision 1 looting
i 1 and double precision floating point
1 jr Oers respectively,
■ tor example, you wish to declare a
f integer variable, initialise it to the
i * ye 32,000 and then print its contents,
mj could do it like this:
HiSoft BASIC
Paul Overaa continues his lucid introduction
to this powerful programming language
U5fcr_riUiberT=lZ1]QB
p-fiSIT u&*!-_EUibir!
The use of an explicit type identifier, such
e t., is useful in that it reminds you of the
of a variable, but many feel that
t*v code becomes slightly harder to read.
To avoid this HiSoft and many other
Basics provide statements LbaL allow you
■ a pre define the types of variables begin-
1 with particular letters. One alterna-
way of writing the previous example
™c*xiid be:
lEFflrt u
mcr s iiibit =12901
PUNT UitfjtUibtr
Type declarations based on #, %, K t
nd I can override a general DEFtype
slatement and so many programmers will
_ : c DEF1NT a-z near the start Of their pfo-
j-jms to ensure that all variables whose
.pes have not been explicitly declared,
t;w? set up as 16-bit integers, (because
-ese Basic numbers use the smallest
i mount of space).
As well as decimal numbers, HiSoft
Basic lets you set «up variables using
ary, octal or hexadecimal constants. All
ju need to do is prefix the number coiv
--nedl with &.B, hOj &H but obviously
ie number must be meaningful for the
.nosen base.
Programmers frequently use additional
umbering systems but since binary and
"evaded m a I are the most important III
restrict my comments to these only.
In the decimal number system, ten dif-
‘erenL symbols (the
digits 0 to 9 indu-
live) are used to
represent numbers.
Each digit in a num-
ber is ten times
more significant
than the digit to its
A ight, and ten times
ess significant than
the digit to its left
This "ten times'"
relationship that
exists between the
digits of alt decimal
HiSoft Bail f
(/fflnlliijf cr varlnblr
numbers n obviously a fundamental part
of the decimal numbering system - if, for
example, we consider the number 27$
and write a full description of what each
digit means we can see that it is just a
convenient way of expressing I his sum:
Going one better than this and, bearing in
(2 s HI) * (7 i 10) * 5
mind that any number raised to the
power zero is unity, you can express each
effective digit term as a product of one
digit and a power oi ten like this;
For decimal numbers, ten is known as
2 1 D
Mid * M ID t S J 10
the radix, or base, of the numbering sys-
tem but many other hascs are possible.
Computers use binary,, ie base 2, numbers
which consist of strings of Os and Is and
again if you think of a binary number in
terms of its explicit radix - 2 representa-
tion it r s easy to see the relationship
between the binary and decimal number
systems;
Computers use binary numbers internally
because the two digits 0 and 1 relate
directly to the possible states of bits within
the memory hardware of most computer
systems. Binary numbers are then inti-
mately involved with a great many com-
puting applications but, since they are not
that easy for us humans to work with
(because long strings of Os and 1 s are eas-
ily mis-interpreted) a related radix scheme
called hexadecimal is often used as an
alternative.
Hexadecimal numbers use a radix of 16
and the 16 symbols used are the digits 0
to 9 plus the letters A to f . Each column in
a base 16 number therefore represents
some power of the base. For example the
decimal number 16 itself is written as 10
hex, because:
1 0
19 Iei = 1 r 16 * 9 i 16
16 t 9 = 16 rftdtiL
Similarly IF hex would be:
1 9
ID Ms = 1 i U 4 is i 16
+ 15 - 31 detliil
The fact that Lhe bases of the binary
and hexadecimal numbering systems are
power related (two to the power of four
equals 16) produces a special, and very
useful, relationship between these two
numbering systems - it allows one hex-
adecimal digit to represent lour binary
digits.
Best of all the binary to hex conversion
process is very easy to understand once
you've learned the relations shown in
TaWe 1,
Ho w let's try a couple of conversions
using the HiSoft Basic-style notation. To
convert a hexadecimal number into binary
form you just replace each hexadecimal
digit with its group of four binary digits
so, to convert a binary number to its hex
form, you peel oh (from right to left)
groups of four bits and replace them with
3 I. 1 D
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Binary
He*
0000
0
0001
1
0010
2
0011
i
0100
4
0101
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0)10
6
0111
7
IQOO
8
1001
9
1010
A
1011
G
1100
C
1101
D
1110
E
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the corresponding hex digit.
To convert &HCF to the binary equiva-
lent you'd replace Each of the two hex-
adecimal symbols with the binary
equivalents like this:
»CF - C F
11 DO H11 * (BlIDOmt
To go the other way you take groups of
Four bits from the binary number and
replace then with the corresponding hex
digits. The binary number
1111000010101010,. for example, could
be translated to hexadecimal form as
follows:
{Bill IQDQQlGHlQlQ = 1111 POOD 1013 1B1DI
F D Ji J.
= mm
Using - and converting between - binary,
hex and decimal number systems is not
that difficult but it does take
practice.
Taking the
easy way out
]( kill Hi is number to it version
stuff seems like bard work
you 11 lie pleased to know that
as well as being able to define
constants in various bases
II iSnl l Haste also provides
functions that can automati-
cally translate A n urn her into
binary, octal, or hexadecimal
forms,
The functions BinS. OclS and
II ex. 5 are dead easy to use
because you just have to place
the value to lie Converted in
brackets after the function
name.
I Ids value is actually known
as a parameter or argument of
the function and l it Have more
to say about these in the next
Instalment,
Amiga Computing April 1993
51
Music A
You don't need a stash
of cash to write serious
music on the Amiga.
Phil Morse shows you how
to develop music with out
the financial headache
Music:
. H
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on a
Lf
shoestring
Y ou might well believe that mak-
ing music on your Amiga is a
costly and difficult process. Well,
it you buy a synthesizer,, sound modules,
multi-effects units, a portastudio, a sanv
pier, an 5MPTE timeco-de generator and a
decent set of commercial software, it is -
very.
But you can make stunning musk for
ne*t to nothing, and team a lot more
about song construction, sampling, sound
balance and all the other skills that no
amount of money can buy you, with a no-
frills set-up, as I am aboul to describe in
this article.
And before you decide that any musk
made on a basic Amiga will be tacky to
some degree, a certain dance band have
recorded song after song using just two
Amigas, set up in a very simple way - and
if such songs can hike up the top ten as
theirs have, then the Amiga is most deli-
niteiy here Id stay.
Amiga vs ST
For many, the Amiga is not the obvious
choke for a music computer anyway, let
alone one to attempt to make music on
for a pittance. "Buy an ST!" they'll cry r
*»t r s got a built-in Midi interface, and
everyone who r s into music uses the Sir
Luckily for Amiga owners, this com-
monly-held misbelief - that the ST is the
only music computer worth considering -
doesn't stand up when you consider the
facts. Barring the Amiga's lack of a Midi
interface there is nothing that the ST can
do that the Amiga can't do - better.
The Amiga can multitask (meaning you
can switch between music programs
already present in memory) and has lar
superior internal; sound (a boon to the
shoestring user who can immediately start
to make musk without any extra equip-
ment at all). Loss obviously but equally
importantly, the Amiga's underdog posi-
tion in the music world (the "ST is betted
myth has fooled many) means that there
is much cheap support from enthusiasts,
rather than commercially priced Support
from large companies - all of which adds
up in your favour should you be consider-
ing taking control ol your Amiga's sound
potential. Your first stEp into the music
world will require very little extra hard-
ware. This is because the Amiga has four
channels ol sound already built in to it.
This means that it can play four sepa-
rate sounds at the same time. It is subject
to certain limitations - the sounds are
recorded in "eight-bit", which translated
means that the quality is pretty good, but
not CD quality.
A standard A5GQ, A50Q Plus or A6Q0
will do for the computer itself. The more
memory the better, and a hard drive
would be nice, but I use an A6GG with one
floppy drive (the one built in) and the
standard 1Mb of memory, and ! do quite
The essential guide to what to buy
There is not enough room here to cover all the cheap
music software available for your Amiga - the Amiga's
library might not have reached ST proportions yet, but
it's certainly pretty large.
instead, 1 have chosen a couple of good examples of
each type of software covered, and detailed major fea-
tures along with (he price (If not PD). The box at the end
of the article gives addresses of suppliers.
Trackers/sequencers
At this price level, and to control just your Amiga's inter-
nal sound, you're best off buying a tracker. Sequencers
tend to be designed with Midi in mind - a system for
controlling external musical instruments beyond the
scope and brief of this article.
However, if you plan to expand Lo a Midi setup later,
by all means buy a Midi-compatible sequencer, because
nearly all also control the Amiga's internal sounds,, and
can load and save samples.
Probably thE mast famous tracker is Teijo Kinunnen's
GctaMED, Distributed by Amiganuls, you can get a PD
version - vl - or alternatively the much-improved and
highly recommended OtlaMED Pro, which has only
recently been released, but costs £30 with the manual. To
buy it without the manual costs £22, but unless you are
an experienced user the manual is a good idea, as the
documentation that comes with it on-disk concerns itself
more with the program's new features and hbtory than
how to u^ it.
OctaMED is famous because it uses an ingenious chan-
nel-sharing method to simulate eight channels of sound.
This takes a lot of memory, arid to use all eight channels
to their full will require you to expand your Amiga by sev-
eral megabytes, not to mention the near-essential pur-
chase of a hard drive Eo store all of your samples on.
But the capacity is there, and if you were to buy
OctaMED Pro it's unlikely that you'd outgrow it.
Provided on the disk as well as the program
itself is a player, which is used to play any songs you've
written,, independently of the main program, This
can be freely distributed by you along with your songs, so
you can release your tunes into the PD and provide the
means to play them without gaining permission from or
paying anyone.
Also on the disk am demo songs and samples to show
what OctaMED is capable of, although I have to add that
t r ve heard far better MED songs than the demos
provided!
It's not the most intuitive program, and it looks and
feels cluttered until you've worked your way around all of
its various features, but once you're used to it it'll present
few problems.
All in all, if you an afford the £30, OctaMED Pro is a
very worthwhile investment. If you can't, consider getting
vl, which is available from most major PD libraries for
very little indeed.
Alternatively, try SoumJTracker, which is currently up
to v2 r 6, and available from major PD libraries. Another
famous tracker which has been constantly upgraded
and is row almost unrecognisable from the first
version released many years ago, SoundTracker
is a very competent, bread -and -butter, four- channel
tracker, and one which is used all over the world, just like
OctaMED.
Also like QctaMED, thEre are many song modules
available for it, and it comes with full on-disk documenta-
tion detailing all of Its features and providing you with
plenty of information to get started.
Both ol these programs can save and load files from
disk, use various sample formats and have enough univer-
sality atiouL them to ensure that you won't find yourself
incompatible with the rest of the world having purchased
one or the other. Take you t pick - you won't go far
wrong with either.
52
Amigo t o puking Apnl I $93
ft
ustc
Qii unity to nffw even teller It* Pm moniker
frTFfy chjnk you very much. Sticking with
eq- c-^eflt has ths added advantage
s r hcu'd you ever choose to release
*-, :' *ou* compositions into the public
' - ■> !-..i- s! ! .0 S =: I b 1 1? number of
Amiga owners will be able Id access your
work
Ai “&r as software goes, you need at the
j tracker or sequencer program,
V” oo the same job play back sounds
«i the order you wish them to be played
:*;i n Think of them as programs which
*- member what you've played and
it back to order.
r ”.e flexibility comes in the fact that
*o_ can tell the computer in whafs called;
\ -: time" what to do. This means that
i ... can take an hour telling it to pFay
■ -fz notes if you wish, and it will play
i»m back m a second, to other wprds r a
. “CKJter removes the need to be able to
K^a ly ptey music in real time,
Easier
i - DdentaHy, trackers started out as
r-e r technical, number-oriented pro-
ams although they have become rather
fi e f to use in recent times), and origh-
ird primarily for the use of program-
- sequencer is a program which does
- -a me job, but is designed for the use
musicians first and foremost. As
j=ned later, ybull probably Start off
. - : a tracker.
As well as a program to play your
js, you also need to get the sounds
-t-nseives! Thera are literally a limitless
”!per available in LFie public domain,
ch means that you have access to a
■ . :e and evergrowing library of instm-
- - :s at a cost of next to nothing.
ft; h also very worthwhile investing in a
: - pier. A sampler is a combined hard-
* ire soFtware package which gives you
the ability to play sounds into your Amiga
from any source (microphone, CO player,
tape, even TV and video), mess around
with them, save them to floppy disk and
the use them like the sounds purchasable
ready- recorded- This gives you a huge
degree of flexibility and 15 something
musicians even ten years ago would have
paid dearly for,
Vou can get PD samplers, but as a piece
of hardware is needed, and as they're
really pretty cheap anyway, it's worth buy-
ing a commercial one.
You need something to listen to your
music on, and there are a number ol
options available here. To start with,
there's nothing to stop you playing you*
music through your TV or monitor, just as
you currently listen to Amiga sound in this
way.
in recording studios, they have tinny,
crack ly speaker set up just so that they
can hear what the music they're spending
thousands recording will sound like on
really cheap equipment!
But they also have high quality moni-
toring, and if you take your music (and
your ears) even ha If- seriously, you should
consider plugging your Amiga's sound
output into your stereo system or d good-
sounding portable, in this way, you'll
A pngr from the AM/FM mu jr
hear a far truer representation of your
music than the speakers in your moni-
tor/TV can even hope to give you. Vou
also give yourself the ability lo tape onto
cassette anything you compose - great
for demos*
I mentioned earlier that the Amiga's
tour internal sound channels are subject
to certain limitations. One of those limita-
tions is the fact that two channels play
through the left-hand speaker (the white
socket marked l AUDIO on the back ol
your machine) and two play through the
fight-hand Speaker (the red socket
marked R AUDIO),
This means that when playing music
back through a decent hi-fi with speakers
set apart, the effect will be rather like
those esriy stereo records from the 60s,
where the guitars were all on the left and
the drums all on the right.
Although sometimes useful - games
programmers have learned how to make
convincing missiles whoosh from left to
right, for instance this is on the whole
an extremely off-putting "feature". If
you're playing a piano, you don't want it
to j ust come out of just one speaker or
the other.
The solution ~ and one which, due lo
the incredible flexibility of the purchase,
you'll never regret - is to buy a small
mixer. A mixer is a hardware device
>
Sample disks
.i- pie disks am what they sound like - disks containing
*ts of sampled instruments for you to load into your
acker and use to put together songs.
There are hundreds upon hundreds of sample disks
i i iabie, from the most basic sounds (drums, pianos and
. on) to the most exotic instruments to sounds so con-
fd they could not possibly have come from any
1 %ment in existence!; You can also get vocal samples,
wNcft - although never very long - are great when creat-
r c jjfl.ee music lor adding catches and hooks,
^or instances. Strictly PD's Hous^ Samples disk (U2B7)
• des the basic notses, drum loops (a piece of drum
n:* recorded For you to loop in order to create a com-
: *ie drum line) and samples for dance music.
"he acclaimed AM/fM dbk magazine has a themed
k of samples every issue - tor example, a complete set
■ samples "borrowed" from the Roland 707, or a top
Uwar synth, or a set entitled "horror samples".
you look hard enough, you can normally find sets of
inks containing most of the samples from new synthesiz-
-v v«y shortly after they are released.
Although only eight-bit and not a patch an owning
r? synthesizer, theyTe still more than worth having E
Sector 16 Software also provide a wide range of high-
quality samples - address at the end,
Amiganufs PO Sample Set is up to disk eight, and
contains everything from electric guitars and cars skid-
ding to the very best acid toslmes and even orchestra!
instruments such as bassoons and pianos, A worthwhile
set to own, and it'll cost you very little indeed.
ar
Samplers and
sample processors
Here it is best to avoid the public domain, and to go for
one of the cheaper commercial packages. Microdeal
are a good name for value-1 or- money software, and
their AM AS II hard ware, ''software package is well worth a
look.
Retailing at £9 9.95, AM AS II comes in two parts. First
is a highly useful wedge-shaped box with two ribbon
connectors attached for your parallel and serial ports.
This is a versatile little box, because it can not only
accept inputs from an the usual twin -phono plugs (lor
sampling in stereo Irom a CD player, for instance) but
also from T/Bin jack plugs - like those found on personal
stereos and some portable tape players. You can also
plug a small microphone in here to sample voices! If this
is not enough, the box is also a Midi interface - meaning
that should you wish to expand your system in the
future, there'll be no need to buy a separate Midi inter-
lace. Even if Midi is not up your street, this box gives you
the ability to plug; in a “master keyboard".
You might find yourself getting peeved at having to
play music on a keyboard as musically artificial as the
Amiga's, and a master keyboard - a set of keys in a box,
basically - gives you a professional keyboard which you
can plug in and use ID play your Amiga's sound with,
A MAS Us software is a bit gimmicky and flashy for my
good, but it does the job and admittedly looks very
pretty. You can mess around endlessly with samples, in
either mono or stereo, and save them out to disk in a
number of formats, so there will be one to match your
chosen tracker.
Good as st is, AM AS 11 isn't the cheapest on the mar-
ket, and if you don't need the Midi capabilities of the
harrixvare, look out for cheaper packages such as City
Beat's Beat Studio, which comes with simpler hardware
and a correspondingly cheaper price tag. Or look at
Microdeal's Stereo Master, which comes with a cut-down
cartridge and costs less than £40,
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reigned to take a number of sound
inputs, give you control over them (on a
bask model usually just volume) and re
output them mixed together as either
mono or stereo output.
By a little ingenious wiring, you can
mix your Amiga's output so that the left
and inght speakers can carry both sound
channels, to any volume level you desire,
thus imitating a true stereo effect, rather
than the all-or-nothing offered by the
standard Amiga minus extra hardware -
see the box "Realistic mixing' 1 ' for more
details.
Cheap
Diagram 1 shows In detail how to plug
this hardware into your Amiga. You'll
notice from the diagram that various
leads and connectors are specified - these
can be bought very cheaply from any
electrical retailers such as Tandy, or if
you're a dab- hand with a soldering iron,
and want to save even more money, you
could make them yourself,
So, you've got your system set up -
what now? Start by reading your tracker,
sampler and Amiga (sound chapters)
manuals, and taking as active a part in
them as you can - load the demos, and
don't be scared to press buttons and
mess around.
Above all don't feel dwarfed by a lack
ol formal musical training - music is an
art, not a science, and if you like what it
sounds like, that's all that counts,
Do your own thing, learn, have fun,..
And when you've got some tunes you're
truly proud of y why not send them to
Amiga C ompufjng for the CoverDisk? Get
one tune accepted and your purchases
will have paid for themselves...
Product
availability
QctaMED and the PD sample set
are available from Amiga nuts,
169 Dale Valley ftoad,
Southampton SOI 6QX.
So un d tracker is available from
South Lines PD, and most good
PD libraries
AM /PM disk magazine /samples is
available from 17 Bit,. 2/8 Market
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Realistic mixing
As mentioned, a small mixer is really a very worthwhile investment - Irom the
offset it will give you a huge degree of control over the balance and volume of
your sound output, and will become more useful as you discover more ways of
setting it up, more things to plug into it, more things to plug it into - not to
mention revolutionising sound on games and other programs too.
By far the most popular small mixer on the market, and one which crops up
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dios. is the smallest model available from the Tandy chain of stores, monikered
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Diagram 1 shows how to set up such a mixer to bypass the problems o( your
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You'll need two single phono to double mono quarter- Inch lack leads, which
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Volume
These leads plug from the L- and 8 AUDIO sockets on your Amiga into the
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The reason you should use the quarter-inch jack sockets on the mixer instead
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inputs too quiet to hear or record properly.
The mixer lakes a single nine- volt battery which slots into a compartment an
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do this and the battery should last for months.
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output.
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Incidentally , while set to MONO you don't need to plug each Amiga channel
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CD survivalist
frwn a Commodore products
+ 0f about ten years since 1 bought my
“~odore 64 in 1383, to my new
jO, and 1 have been following the
= I “* i evolution with enthusiasm horn its
■?*> t rrt steps, As an Amiga user, 1 was
^ailing for a CD-fiGM player compati-
■ se with CDTV titles..
V?w there are two competitors on the
- i::ive multimedia market, Philips and
l :^modore, and I still believe in CDTV
; ne ai l know the Amiga has nothing
* .^7 about I ram the PC, but I worry.
r ~ ips have much more advertising
T' in Commodore, the CO- 1 player can
Kodak Photo CDs and is preparing for
j ^otk>n video, whereas CDTV has none
f ""ese advantages,
^*1 ps are also claiming that they've set
■ ■ world standard lor interactive multi-
" ■ s There are also supposed to he
: i": lor hardware modules to allow CD-I
t ad both CDTV and CD-ROM lilies.
* the- face of such an aggressive mar-
rq strategy, CDTV may suffocate, and
i a slow agonising death just like
- jTiax when it was Crushed under the
■eqht of VNS.
1 ! .-ybe Commodore is already working
on CDTV 2? If not, my message to
them is wake up and preserve
their golden child from eco-
nomic strangulation!
A new machine is vital, and should
have the AGA chipset, Workbench 3.0j
the ability to read Kodak photo-CD,
MPEG, and full motion video.
They could even make it CD-I ■compat-
ible if this is really going to become a
world standard, and it should definitely
have an "Amiga inside" logo such as the
” Intel inside" used on PCs.
If such a CD player appears, i'll buy it
even if it is twice the price of other play-
ers and doesn't lit in my A40O0I
Philippe Dachmne, Charleroi, Belgium
That's quite a wish list! To put your mind
at ease. Commodore ore seriously consid-
ering Photo- CD far CDTV, but have
derided to wait until there's o big enough
morJret far it, a cautious move which
might turn out to he a good one it.
despite wildly enthusiastic press reports,
the pubik greets if the same way they
greeted LaserDist and DAL
As for MPEG, Commodore should be
implementing this, as well as full motion
video, some lime this year < Haw they
Intend ta develop CDTV u a bit at a mys-
Ezra Surfs Postbag
Cot something to s ay through the pager, of AC? Ezra Surf ii our
mailman, dedicated to sitting in a corner reading your letters and
selecting the most interesting hr publication.
Drop him a iine at:
Ezra Surf s Postbag, Amigo Computing,
Europa House, Adfington Park,
Macclesfield 5K1Q 4NP.
Piease don't enclose saes as Ezra fust bas-
al got enough paper to reply personally. He might also
have to shorten your letters, so don't be offended If you end up get-
ting the chop.
tery at the moment, hut the company's
repeatedly stated commitment to CD-
ROM technology is at least a good sign
for the Mure,
CDTV-2 is a development about whkh
many have speculated and, though
Commodore refuse to folk about it, usmg
the AGA chips or even the AAA chips an a
new CD machine wou/d make a /of of
sense os juch o move i+otrid leave CD I
standing.
Until o large number of software
bouses write far the AGA chips, however,
and the software base builds up, don't
expect to see CDTV take an board the new
technology,
Cue to subscribe
I have recently read through the January
issue of Amiga Computing and I was won-
dering if it would be at all possible to pur-
chase a hack issue from you? I borrowed
that copy from a friend, so could you
advise me on how to go about getting
my own copy?
C Bradford, Lincoln
ffarf issues have been in great demand
recently, mainly because AC has said out
in many areas of the country, so we 'H
. : the Amiga 1 200 is the evolution of the species? What about
■"e A600? Will its days now become numbered?
After reading about the A12GG in the January issue, it does
'^aund impressive and it seems that it is better than the Atari
falcon, at least in pnee. It sounds like the A600 is being left
niies behind,
Will software houses stop making games for the A500/A600
n the future and just concentrate on 32-bit games? Will
‘om mod ore turn the A6O0 into an A60G Plus by putting
1 -kstart 3 and the new chips in it then try to sneak it onto the
' drket like they did with the A50G Plus? Or will they drop the
scice and make it a console beater?
I feel we might all have made a big mistake by buying the
-600 when, for only about fJJO more we could have had a
m j<h better machine. Will the A60Q last the year out?
S Mctfethme, Armadafe
’ «, the A6O0 will fjprobcrbiy) last the year. It h o sad reflection of
the Commodore-induced confusion rife in the Amiga market that
s t&frteuv*
-
such a new machine h already
seen as a dodo by most users. As
for an ACA-equipped A600 f !
wouldn't rule it out, though rumours about an Amiga CD-bawrf
4GA console shouid be treated os just that - rumours.
One cerfajjrrty is that gomes will continue to be produced for
the A600/A5O0 range far a long lime la come, There are mil-
lions of these machines out there and they wilt continue to con-
stitute the backbone of the Amigo games market far years.
The mosf rigafficant change we may see is that some gomes
wrfJ he playable only on the A 1200 (such as the new Harrier urn
AVSB) and that many may appear in two versions, one with
better graphics for the A J 200 and one for the aider machines.
How the software companies will play it is yet to be made
dear, but we con expect them fa try to capitalise on the high
expectations of A120Q users who are waiting for 2S6-coiaur
games and are prepared to pay aver the adds far them.
Prediction; £40 wifi not he on unusually high price for new
Al 200 games.
Route finder
Could you please give me the address of
any company that may produce a disk or
disks similar to GB Route that will either
cover a country as a whole or as singular
areas? 1 am interested particularly in
Europe, is anyone else? Could make an
interesting CowerDisk,
l Gregg, Crewkeme
l don't know of any other decent route
finder program an the Amiga, but if
someone wants to create a European
road map for GB Route, we ll be happy
to put it on the Cover DM.
print this reply for everyone eise out there
who might have missed a recent issue.
(very month, there appears in our
magor/ne an advertisement placed by
fu/opress Direct coni a Ining, among other
things , reader offers and an order form
for barf issues.
Presently, the fmwary issue is available
far £1.2$ and is order number 97SS.
Cheques made payable la Europress
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Amos cookbook
I write to you because 1 need your help. I
am learning to program in Amos, and I
recently found out that youf magazine
has a special page devoted Id Amos, so I
looked into some old Issues and I found
an interesting feature by Peter Hickman
on how to program a Patman game.
However, the article was continued in
other issues, and that's exactly the prob-
lem! I do not have those issues in my
■possession and 1 would really like to have
the remaining parts ot the feature, I
would therefore be very grateful if you
Amiq n Computing April 1993
Bad advertising
So ™ny poopl. h»c wrttwn to u, .Ini' .he A ml j, Marta. ™» «*” “™»
that we thought this wouia he a good time to e.pla.n how we deal with 10
PU R»d'^s2dt»«e to Barbara Newall, our ads prodaietioo person, at the
same address as ESP, with full details of the complaint
We will then Fax the company concerned and post them a copy ol le t ^
with our own covering letter. If the company does not respond or seems not to
l>e in ,1 hurry to soke the problem, we will contact them by telephone.
,t "etuita are dill hot fottheomlpg. ahd the advertise, is determined to carry on
as before, we pull the advertisement, a last ditch action which we tecently look
with regard to both Dynamite Computers and Futureworld,
Dozens of letters have been received about both compan.es, but as yet we
have seen very little evidence that individual readers are taking further action on
lh ' flntfy we recently received a letter from an Amiga user so disgusted with
mail mlTompanlos that ho has MM .0 so. up -Amiga AclM*’
Of complaints about mail order companies which he will make available «
public domain. Anyone who would like to contribute their own tales ol woe
Amiga Activist should write to::
fart Agar, Codgers loan
lacbgreen Road. Bonnybridge
Scotland, fK4 2W
would send me a copy of the remain*
in-g pages Snorri ttie olher issues.
Roman Geritsen, Woerden, Holland
You're in fuck, ftamon, os this month we
include on (he CoverDisk what we've
called [fie Complete Arnos Almanac, a
whole series of our Amos Almanac tutori-
al j including the Pacman articles you
specifically require.
We are presently considering repeating
the exercise for (he programming and
Aftexx cofnnHHy so drop us 0 line It you re
interested in either of these features.
Lend an ear
My wife and 1 have a large video collec-
tion and we enjoy watching them often,
belt being hard of hearing my wife does
not get the full enjoyment from them,
I would like to be able to put subtitles
on them for her. Other than two video
recorders, what equipment would I need
and how much am l looking at? Would a
simple genlock do?
I am new to the Amiga scene and am
very grateful to everyone at AC tor all i he
help and information l have gleaned from
your magazine, Keep up the good work.
Peter Badn'di, Durham
The titling process you describe will be a
lengthy one. You don't hove any video
editing equipment, so you’d have to either
do all the titling of one silting or carry
out o lot of start and stop operations. This
can be tricky, and synchronising the (ilffi
the video will be 0 mafor headache.
If you're prepared to do every
thing of once, simply buy a tiffing
package and a standard genlock.
The Jfocgen unit (Silica P8I-J09 1 1 1 i)
and fifg Alternative Scroller (Alternative
Image 0533 440041 > should do the trick.
Next, watch the film from start to end
and decide which subtitles you need and
when, then input these into your tithng
package.
tost, but not least, run video A, tape on
video S, and keep the Amiga between the
two with genlock in action and subtitles
ready to pop up at the touch of a button
The operation is simple, though time
consuming, but you must remember that
commercial videos cannot he copied in
this woy without the permission of the
copyright holder.
Forward planning
In your February 1992 edition, you had a
section on computer-aided design m
which Stewart Russell reviewed a CAD
package called Plans v2.1 ,
( have the shareware version 1.0 and
would like to obtain the commercial ver-
sion complete with manual.
However, I have beer unable to find a
copy or even anyone with knowledge of
the package in Australia.
Could you please supply me with the
name and address of a shop or agent
which I can write to and arrange the pur-
chase of Plans v2.17
Son field, Nundnh, Australia
So try, Ron, hut f haven't a clue where
Plans 2. I tan be purchased, or even if If is
itill in circulation , The article you speak of
Scottish footie
was printed over a year ago and the
Amiga CAD world has moved on since
then, but if one of our readers with knawl-
edge of a Plans dealer would write with
the answer, we’ll gladly pass it on.
Clever CU
Having read Richard Wilson’s letter in
issue 57, I fell compelled to write in with
a pearl of wisdom gleaned from my time
using the CU with only one floppy drive.
II you are unsure of the usage of a
command, just type the command lol-
loped by a space and a question mark,
This has the effect of loading the com-
mand into memory and informing you ot
its usage, and the command s parameters
can be entered without the Workbench
disk in the drive,
Take the case of the install command.
Entering ’Install V will elicit the reply
•DRIVE, NOBOOT, CHECK", and at this
point the Workbench disk can be
removed as the command is now in
memory. Putting a disk in the drive and
After reading the review in your February issue on Premier Manager
I would totally agree with your reviewer's decision that the game
looks and sounds good and is about the best footle management
ilni going,
Hawewr, there's aoe good mason 1 won't be buying this one or,
more to Die point, any other foots sim, Why? Because all the soil-
ware houses believe that all Amiga owners are English!
Every football game is based on English clubs or the English
ieague, What about us Scots up here? Is our game inferior?
All you programmers in the software houses - let’s see a Scottish
football sim or at least one with the option to choose a nafiwalrty-
And remember - it's still two points lor a win up here.
Di/rtcor? Me WMoms, Dunfermline
Our Scottish editor would like it be known that he heartily agrees,
though he did say that anyone who wanted a simulation of
Dunfermline fC has to be a bit of a masochist unkss it's set during
jock Stein's time at the dub.
This sort of feeling, if translated Into either a boycott of biased
products foot a course of action I'd recommend) or a petition
from as many disgruntled Amiga Tuba' fans as possible ought pro-
vide the incentive needed by software houses either to tweak exist-
ing games or to think about doing another version for consumers
north of the border.
row couid just stick with Kick Off 2 and try to take Scotland to
the World Cup final, of course (good fuck, poll - fd)
typing "DFO:" will carry out the Install.
Now lor some reader interest - yes, we
would like a compilation of your program-
ming features, in one booklet!
Philip Bfirs, London
That's o clever way around a right roya\
pain for the overage single floppy user,
though ft will only work for one command.
As for compiling our Almanac pages, check
oat this month's CoverOisk for the Amiga
Computing Amos cookbook.
Driven mad
I was totally horrified to find out recently
that some external disk drives won t work
with the A1 200,
l mean, it's all very well when
Commodore change the operating system
and upgrade the graphics, but such pid-
dlinqly small changes to the voltage out-
put on the disk drive connector, causing
misery to so many users?
if the company had any respect at all
for its existing users, they would offer to
exchange the drives or at least give us
some technical support.
G Horton, Presto
you're probably not atone to Ihe Amiga
community in your reaction to the toteJt
Commodore cork- up. Why the change was
made is bard to soy as there seems no
technical necessity . The suspicion is that
cost culling was the only reason for ihe
change, but we'll probably never know.
When our technical editor phoned
Commodore's engineering division in fcfi Hon
Keynes to find out what had changed and
why. Ihe initial response he go! was have
we changed the drive port?", so don t be
100 surprised It Commodore are slow in
coming forward with a list of peripherals
which might be affteted.
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Software
i nee the release of Workbench
2.04 and its Compugraphit out-
hoe fonts, the Amiga's conversion
kta Intellifont technology has contim
mi apace.
jjsi about every well-dressed produc-
■ package now has support for Agfa
mdard fonts, a great improvement since
t* 3 ays when only a tew top-end DTP
: *iges had knowledge pt anything
: -**■ than clunky old bitmaps.
-owever, Agfa themselves (formally
- Compu graphic) were slow to
>zn he the ground-swell of support for
tv M-nts, and for long the only Agfa-style
available were PD or shareware
- — Dies, of varying quality. The real
tfr: I:i> ts at last available in the shape of
v- -jniga Starter Pack.
Containing 12 typefaces from Agfa's
^chttkhjs collection, the starter pack is
- ;--.jed a "Simpler", and as such
i » a fair variety of fonts. In addition
" rn e& Italic, Times Bold, and
- - /irate Condensed (designed to sup-
: - “enl CG Times and CG Triumvirate
u-., lied with Workbench 2.04), a Few
• : *; er fonts such as Branding iron and
T ■ Avenue have found their way onto
- package's four disks.
Invitations
01 limited appeal to the general DTP
j: - these can be of use for party iitvi ta-
iiois and other design jobs and serve as
amd examples of the quality of the range
t: s whole.
■ ithout exception, official Agla fonts
" i - e been lovingly crafted by their
c*rs gners, whether new designs or con-
- oiw from old hot metal favourites,
' ■’> U always add a touch of class to a
: reduction,
'he main advantage of Agfa fonts,
*c Aft Irom their being one of the two
^ j i standards in the DTP world, Is that
- r are not tied to PostScript but
ined to work with any printer. When
/rut to a 24-pin dot matrix printer or
: -lolejet^ therefore, print quality is
- arkably good, and excellent results are
> hie even with a standard $-pin r
. nly hard drive users wilt, unfortu-
nately, benefit much from these fonts.
Unlike an Amiga bitmap font, an Agfa out-
line Font is defined by a mathematical lan-
guage of sizes, angles, and radii, and
therefore rakes up a fair amount of space
on disk - over 100k for some of the more
outlandish members of the family. To
build a font library of any size, a hard
drive js therefore a necessity rather than a
luxury.
As far as gripes are concerned, l was
unimpressed to receive the wrong installer
disk, which tried in vain to install tom-
pfetely the wrong typefaces, and the
thought of novice users left in the clutches
of the bugged 2,0 4 release of the
Fountain font installer program makes me
shudder with an angst-like sympathy.,
Those with a little experience of the
Amiga will be fine, but others might find a
rival to the printer driver in the nightmare
stakes,
for the future, I'd like to see profes-
sional Amiga users offered the same ser-
vice enjoyed by their PC and Mac owning
colleagues. Rather than throw the odd
floppy-disk based crumb to the Amiga fra-
ternity, merely scratching the surface of
what is a gargantuan collection of fonts.
IS DPaint IV as slow
as we feared? Is
there room for
Agfa's Amiga
Starter Fonts Pack
on your hard disk?
We look at these
and more revisions
Agfa should hasten Lo release a CDTV disc
containing as many fonts as possible.
The approach taken for other formats,
CD-ROM enables the user to buy loots as
he or she needs them by telephoning Agfa
with a. credit card order in exchange for
[he code number whsch will enable the
font in question to be dragged off the CD
and onto hard drive. Without such serious
support, official Agfa fonts will continue to
be swamped hy their shareware shadow-
ers. Price for the Agfa Starter Pack is £32
and it is available from Megatype on 025$
SSS’BS. A second pack, Video unlimited
containing 25 popular fonts for video
titling work, is available from the same dis-
tributors priced £45,
Directory
Opus v4.0
The only commercial disk manager avail-
able lor the Amiga, Directory Opus h still
the best, and release 4,0 stretches its lead
even further,
Despite the claims of SID 2 users that
for a shareware fee one tan have all the
features of Opus, the program continues
to offer more features than any other util-
ity of its kind.
Latest additions to its list ot talents
include the inevitable ACA support. When
viewing files or animations, Opus will now
open any ACA picture and supports all
new screen depths and resolutions, giving
it an immediate appeal to A 1200 owners.
Other enhancements include enhanced
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Diirtlary Opirf # 0 fieri an Improved tiHiflgwrnrUewi! prcEtotf
Amiga C&mpvting
April M3 |iVi
ARexx support and a new hotkey function.
The former wilt be of use only to ihe
ARexx nuts among us, but the ability to
deline single keystroke short-cuts and run
other programs simply by pressing, say, a
function key, gives Opus a whole new
dimension,
A variety of cosmetic changes have
been made, but other than improvements
to what was already a friendly interface,
and a lew tweaks to the user configuration
features, little else has changed-
Hard drive users, lor whom Directory
Opus would be an ideal birthday present,
should tali HiQ Ltd on 081 -909 2092,
Previewed months ago, the release version ol DPaint IV AGA
has at last gone on sale, though little has been changed since
its first press viewing.
However, as initial impressions 0< DPaint IV AGA were based
on an unfinished preview program, It was difficult at the Um*
to make judgements concerning the speed el which basic ope -
ations were carried out- These ranged from slow to snail s pace
in the original version, and many hoped lor improvements
before the package was released to the buying public.
The bad news h that DPaint IV is as sbw as ever, especially
in the new Workbench 3.0 screen modes. Even when running
on an A4QOO, HamB animations are turgid at best, and screen
DPaint IV AGA
refresh leaves a lot to be desired. Menus, requesters and basic
minting tools all slow down dramatically as soon as more than
64 colours are used, and on the A120Q, there are times when
the situation becomes unbearable.
Having said this, DPaint IV AGA is still the only complete
AGA paint package dealing with HamB and animations, but lor
£99 99 it must Surely be there tor the taking.
If in its HamB mode at least, this program survives as ihe
most popular Amiga art package, it will be due more to us sta-
tus as a sacred cow than to the author's skill at implementing
the new screen modes.
Electronic Arts can be contacted on 0753 549442,
HotLinks vl.l
SolllDgik's dynamic data exchange syi
tern, HotLinks, has had a chequered life so
far, 1 hough recognised by many as a well
thought-out system and designed with as
much open-endedness as possible, it has
found support with only a hamllnl ol
third-party software houses.
Version 1.0 of the HotLinks software,
though good enough at its job, suffered
from several niggling faults, so the i weans
and improvements made for 1.1 are
important to the user If not major items In
their own right.
Probably the biggest changes have
taken place in BME, the bitmap editor,
Though still restricted to bitmap files, the
program will now load and edit Tiff Hi s
in addition to the IFF and GIF formats
originally supported. As TIFF is a popular
lormar in the DTP world, its inclusion
makes BME much more useful to the
professional.
An auto-trace leature has also been
added through which HotLinks users can
create DR2D structured drawings from IFF
bitmaps. Though a format not much sup-
ported these days, DR2D clip art can be
used in both of SoftLogik's flagship pack-
ages, PageStream and Art Expression,
Auto trace can be an extremely useful
tool when converting sketches or maps for
use in a drawing or layout, and its addi-
ikati is very welcome-
PageLinei, the HotLinks text editor, has
also been improved with direct support
for Page Stream font lists, What this means
is that the user can now summon the font
manager screen to directly charge fonts in
a document rather than just change style
tags as in release 1-0.
Function key support has been added
so that the user can change font or style
tag with a keypress, or standard text
strings - such as the glossary feature
found in Wordworth 2 - may be inserted
at any paint in a document. Though still a
text editor at heart, these and a number
gf other more minor tweaks make
PageLlner a much more usable program.
HotLinks itself hasn't seen much
change. Some ol the requesters have been
simplified and pop up menus have been
added to keep things simple, but the pro-
gram, on the surface at least, works in
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exactly the same way as it used to.
It may have been just me, but stability
seems to have been improved over release
1 .0 which always seemed to suffer from
nerves somewhat.
HotLinks Editions is available from Silica
Systems on OBI -309 1111.
CanDo v2
Nt»EJ./Jifc-L BAfi
gnex ID work &n
Ifcv fertRUFy unit
+ 1 ■ i
Whether you cjalM them software authoring
packages (5AVs) or automatic application
generators (AACs - only kidding), pack-
ages such as Hyperbook, Foundation and
CanDo are designed to make certain pro-
gramming tasks easy for the complete
novice, and there was a flurry ol interest in
them before everyone figured out that
complex tasks still required a certain
amount of programming.
CanDo v2 is the latest SAP, and
improvements over vl .6 make it probably
the most usable of the three. Possibly the
most welcome change, though, is ihe
vastly belter manual. Instead ol ihe thinish
CrvnDo 2 tf o i a
hrtler jiufltffll
mtd
curntnuruh
booklet supplied with earlier revision
CanDo now offers a 400-page nng-bou
manual complete with extensive index a
masses of Information on the program
commands and functions.
Examples and lull syntax information
supplied lor all commands, so learning
use CanDo on a professional level is mi
easier than belore, when fishing ihrouir
the example scripts was often khe best wa*
to figure out a command s use.
The number of commands and ARe
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S ince the release ot Amiga, The Next
Generation - namely the A 1200
and A40OG - most people have
-fn waiting for the PC invasion as the
J ■- are houses cash-in on the 256 screen
; i"jn now offered as standard on both
./ the above.
\n obvious target for would-be imports
■bvious-ly the games market with the
: ethora of PC simulations being an obvl-
target. However,, much tp my surprise
: productivity package appears to be one
' ‘he first to put its foot on the evolution-
ary ladder.
Although there are several clues as to
■? software's alien upbringing, perhaps
■~e strongest hint of its dubious past is
ejected in the maximum colour range of
_56 - in other words no Ham 8, In fact,
-■fre’s no HAM" whatsoever.
■ rav berp things simple. 256 totoun
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OK, I admit it sounds a bit naff but
- eve it or not Personal Paint does have
strengths. However before we examine
■T* hot spots 111 get all the bad news out
: J the way early.
Unfortunately, along with no HAM, I'm
■ _ jid animation is also obvious by its
?nce. As far as application and painting
concerned the package is almost identi-
. ii to DPainl with lew surprises and
* dually few disappointments. Li ke its
. .'•jnterparl it isn't particularly quick but
st appears par for the course with some
■ F ne new AGA modes.
Unusual
although PPaint may have noticeable
' C Tendencies, it must be said the inter-
iice doesn't even hint at its unusual
upbringing - which incidentally is being
* ■ y denied by MicroFace, PPaint's UK
astnbutors .
At a glance P Paint looks every inch a
' : :unt repika with the only difference
-- ig a rather sad attempt at individuality
- the form of a shunted toot box which
- lurks on the left side of The screen.
Although seemingly identical to DFa?nt r
- aforesaid toolbox does hold a few scir-
:tes with perhaps the most impressive
- g the program's built-in image pro-
. rssmg options.
New paint package exposed! Paul Austin
reveals a cheap and cheerful that doesn't
mind offering a few extras
Among the usual array of D Paint icons
come a collection of 14 image processing
tools which include old favourites such as
dithering, sharpening, tint, texture, dark
to light, fight to dark, emboss, Wur r edge
detect, randomise and watercolour, most
of which are repealed in various formats
to build up the repertoire.,
In addition to application via the filled
shape options, all of the effects can be
applied directly to brushes via a pull down
Of hotkey combination which instantly
produces the image processing tile
requester for process selection.
Adequate
Although all the processing tools work
adequately it must be said that few are in
the AOPro, Image Mr or ImageFX leayue,
especially when at comes to processing
speed which in some cases takes on near
ray tracing proportions. Aside from image
processing, another notable is the pro-
grams multiple brush option which allows
up to nine brushes to be used simultane-
ously.
A small figure nestled among the
default pen sizes allows switching
between brushes - a process that can be
achieved far more gracefully vfa the
numeric keypad.
Although PPamt is a little lacking in cer-
tain areas, printing isn r t one of them. In
fact above all else P Paint hard copy has to
be one of the strongest selling points of
the package.
A little earlier, the big guns of image
processing had Lheir superior special
effects held up as a benchmark. However
the power of the big three don't come
cheap and as far as PostScript output is
concerned, ¥ Paint more than holds its
own.
When the printing option Is active
HUS
STOP
Two fcutfHNii faxes on thi rttavt^ buf u/ui, no wujr m animate
The full picture
With cm* thing 4fid another Personal Paint Adds up to something of a
mixed bag. Us affinity with ihe PC will be an attraction to many with sup
port fear Crypt, CIF, PCX, < and of course ILftM file formats, allowing very
easy flic transfer between machines.
As you can it# from Iho example images, even n 256 colour picture can
be pretty impressive, alt hough it must be said all the examples have been
very carefully chosen to get the best from the available range.
Obviously the lack of HAM and animation has to he a turn off. If you
want to access PC graphics, import your creations Into DTP software or
print direct to a PostScript printer, PPaint certainly has H* uses.
In short, pretty good hut there could soon he better software available as
Ihe influence of the AOA spreads into the market.
Good aid Sonlt UrrjwJi'ii? i I'rj.n ■.
□f srriaui dithering
you're presented with both standee! and
PostScript options, the latter of the two
providing fust about all your hard copy
could ever need. As you'd expect there
are positive and negative options plus the
ability to output a mirrored image.
Below this initial selection await the DP!
and l PI figures, a set of 16 spot settings,
plus luggable output which sends your
creations either direct to a PostScript
printer, serial, parallel and perhaps must
important of all, as a file which can then
be imported into the DTP package of your
choice,
As the DTP fans may have guessed, an
EPS Option is also included along with
crops and manual feeds plus optional
compression.
Processing
Like the basic controls, colour process^
ing is equally well catered for with CMYK,
CMY and grey output plus UCR and GCR
definition and lest we forget complete
control over separation angles - phew...
As you'd expect, standard printing is
just as impressive with well thought out
page layout options adding the icing to a
print repertoire that can I be matched by
any other program which comes even
remotely close to the PPaifit asking price.
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The argument is that witti the arrival of
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frame recording, 24-bit t nannies and all
things video-esque, where else can a sell
respecting journo go than Alternative
Image - the home ol the idiosyncratic
'"Mad dog* him sell Henri Bujko, the man
behind more Amiga animations than most
people would care to remember. Inking
and silly names aside, Henri’s company
Alternative image are one of the precious
few firms who actually create with the
Amiga rather than box shift.
After the obligatory coffee and
exchange of insults, il was time to unearth
the mysteries hidden under the straggly
hair af our hero.
To start we’ll cover (he various das,
don'ts and expenses involved with still
frame recording and follow up with a
detailed look at 24-bit printing and trans-
parencies. For many, ani-
— ~ -- malion is the biggest
attraction of the Amiga
with its general artistic
prowess dwarfing
the opposition for
both price and
performance.
Alas, as
you're proba-
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Paul Austin gets some help with still frame
recording, and sizes up the cost of
getting your artwork into print
bly all too aware, to achieve 25fps in a
video resolution - 7^6 x SfiO - means sin-
gle frame recording is often the only way,
with perhaps the only exceptions being
anims which make the artistic compromise
d limned movement.
For example you could use a sialic cam-
era position with only a small area of move-
ment between each frame. However even
with these restrictions it’s unlikeliy you'll
attain speeds approaching 25fps unless
you're running on a particularly powerful
Amiga displaying lo-res interlaced
HAMs/HamSs or DCTV images employing
three-bit planes.
So video spec animation is at best a diff i-
cult undertaking, but il single frame is
indeed the only option,, how can we mere
mortals get in on the act?
it you're planning to set up a single
frame system ol your own there are several
essential items on the shopping list, first ol
which is a suitably well-blessed Amiga..,
Obviously if you're planning to go the
whole hog and are willing and able to
invest in suitable recording equipment, 24-
k
Am rap Computing Apr >1 I 992
W hen HamS hit the scene
many so-called expects
began busily nailing the
coffin shut on the prolusion of 24-bit
boards. As time passed it became painfully
obvious that, although a massive improve-
ment on the HAM of old Ham8 wasn't the
be-all and end-all as many had hoped.
first and foremost, fringing is still a fac-
tor which in effect means the format is near
useless as a backdrop for titling or Scala-
style presentation - although it must be
said that the 256 colours offered via the
AGA <1o a great job in such situations.
On the animation side, HamS again has
its limitations and no matter how much
tweaking ensues it still won't outperform
Old-style HAM when il comes to playback
on similar spec machines - even when
identical resolutions and interlacing options
are applied.
To he fair to HamS there is a ray of hope
in the form of the new anim3 lormat which
is about to make its debut within ADPro
2 , 2 . Although the existing Animi format is
ideal for Workbench 1 ,2/13/2 it obviously
Graphics
: ! -mages are likely to be
. Dur preferred formal,
assuming that's the case
‘t r* 5 , the Financially spine-
cmiftng Nisi of essential and
preferred hardware.
On the Amiga side, an
actefertied machine is really a
must - with at least <TMb of
-am and a suitable 24-bil
board. Although not strictly
^isentsal fpr the laying down
s* images onto tape, they
~i*e to come from some-
#nere, and with files - 24-bit
or otherwise - running into
hundreds or possibly thou-
sands, generation time is a big
'after.
Aside from the machine
eeH, control software for the
-ecofding process is essential,
Dm that particular score there are two
readable options.
The first is Personal SF C - an American
import retailed hy those affable chaps at
Amiga Centre Scotland. Not surprisingly,,
considering Alternative are one of the UK
-^.•Liters, Simpatica - the second option - is
"‘eon's particular choice. As you can proba-
: . imagine, both packages have their mer-
ri whkh incidentally will be explained in
as both systems go head-fo head m a
. earning issue of AC
Because of the -’feature in the making" I
-won't go into detail but in simple terms the
Dask dilFerence is that Simpalica uses a
-rrnl track and 5MPTE while Personal
SrC employs 5 M PTE atone.
In a nutshell, the difference means shal
jfthough slightly less accurate and flexible
•ban SMFTE, the control track option
dered by Simpatica can work out consid-
erably cheaper.
This is pri manly because the software
and connections are cheaper Ed start with
i~.i that unlike Personal SFC, Simpatica
tees not necessarily need a tlmecode gen-
• rtorfreader to operate
in other words, If your edit/recorder
doesn't come with a built-in SMPTE gener-
■::r reader you'll be forced to invest an
additional £600+ for a standalone SMFTE
iterator in order id sync the Amiga,
Personal SFC and recorder together
if the prospect uf the necessary Amiga
i 3 control software sends a financial
- ver down your spine, the cost of even
IF* cheapest single Frame VCR will chill you
Static statistics
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ll still lile is more to your taste, Alternative can again come to your artistic rescue by putting
your creations in print. Although on-screen imagery is great for the occasional took it can
never match the impact a framed picture has on the usually disinterested bystander.
It's a strange thing but if you show an image on-screen most people wi\\ utter the
usual "oh that's nice. smashing lovely, doesn't it do anything then?*.
However if you show the same image blown up and silling in a classy frame, the
same person will invariably be utterly gobsmacked and insist that it was either bought or
pinched from someone else. Strange, the effect a glossy print can have on the average
punted
As far as output and cost are concerned there are quite a few alternatives, the cheap-
est of which is to output via slides using the Polaroid palette system which allows any
standard Amiga graphic to be output as a none pin registered 35mm side.
The only restriction is that slides can only be produced from old style Amiga images -
excluding extra-half b rue and ove rscan. Pnces vary 1 quite dramatically depending on bulk
but at worst a single side will cost £1 1.75 wtiile 20 and above will set you back [ust
£2.35 a time,,
fflr hftrrt of the iffitfm* Good
5Mfy*i>rfcu c/ipc s Nw frudrifli
to The bone with even the cheapest 5-VH5
Panasonic retailing at between £2,500 and
£3 r GQO.
It must be stressed that any prospective
buyer must ensure the VCR is a edit/record
unit and not simply a standard playei as
these are effectively useless For single frame
applications,
Assuming you're now kitted out with a
powerful Amiga, control software and VCR,
it's just a matter of time and talent before
you'll be up there with
the best of l hem, /
Right, if you've got
about a* much chance mUCfl CkattCC
If you ve got as
of affording a single
IZVS™ of affording a
altemative single- frame system
you only occasionally
require single frame J H{tV€
output. w tj,
Being enterprising /iftti *f Ape n/tit* ?
young scallywags, Henri UtJit 1 “ ea /™ w *
and Co are more than
happy to come to your artistic rescue and
put your images onto tape for you - lor a
small consideration, ol course..,
On average the single frame recording
option will set you back £100 per 500
frames which translates into 20 seconds of
animation recorded on Hi-Batid 5P tape
which can then be copied onto VMS and S-
VHS on request.
Obviously with the average video size
image approacFung I Mb or more, transfer-
ring hies numbering into the hundreds isn't
exactly straightforward,
In an ideal world a Syquest removable
hard disk would be the perfect solution but
for most o i us floppies are the only practical
option with perhaps [peg compression
squeezing I he best out of the available stor-
age space.
Image formats are of
course another con-
sideration, Although
Alternative will hap-
pily accept any for-
mat, all images going
to tape will have Ld be converted Id IFF24s
at some point, as this is Simpatka's default
■ile Forma L.
With this restriction in mind you could
save some cash by supplying your artwork
in a "hassle free" format. If a lot of image
processing and man hours are required
prior to recording, don't depend on the
SOD frames for £100, as this is almost cer-
tain to increase.
If anything short of 24 bit simply doesn't
cue the proverbial mustard, ouiput via an
Alternative pin -registered 4000 line 35mm
trannie could well be the one for you,
Or you could go the whole hog and
splash out on a 5 x 4in 4000 line pin regis-
tered spectacular retail-
ing at a staggering
£1 1 7.50 a time - as
opposed Id £14.40 lor
the 35mm option.
Obviously the 5 x
4ins are fur profession-
als who require the ulti-
mate and are will to
pay for it. The 35mm
alternative, however, is
well within the reach oF
most. But for commer-
cial U5F it's not advisable to go much higher
that an 6 x lOin from a 35mm trannie,
Nov. 4 before hordes of people write in
with countless *Tve got 35mm prints the
size of the Post Office Tower and they're
smashin'*" stories. I'm working on the pre-
teart that the end results are heading For the
glossiest oF glossy magazines who expect
completely faggie-free output with
extremely well defined edging within the
image.
However, if the end results are merely
for personal or portfolio use r
35mm pictures
can be blown
up as high
as 20 x. 1 6m and still provide wry accept-
able results. At such a size you'd expect
horrendous jaggies but surprisingly
ertougFi Ihh isn't usually the case, as trari-
nies by default land to add additional anti-
aliasing which means big prints tend to
look softer rather than jaggier.
If you lancy you pics as trannies.
Alternative will do the complete process
for you,, producing the trannie, developing
the prim and even framing the Finished
results, I or this complete service, £100 will
get you a 20 x 16in framed picture from
the original 35mm or a x 12in version
complete and ready lo hang for £50.
Alas t hat's about all that space will
allow so it only remains to thank Henri and
all those at Alternative image for the copi-
ous amounts of coffee, sandwiches, advice
and of course valuable time spent teaching
yours truly the irrtrh
caoes of still I name
and static Amiga
art. Cheers ya
buggers,..
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With the introduction of the ACA
chipset, CDTV users may feel left
behind graphically. Julius Alexander
looks at a Commodore-approved
upgrade path to thousands of colours
Keeping up with the
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T he COTV is an unbelievably pow-
erful system, but Moored in one
key area. No matter where you
;ok the graphics capabilities ol personal
computers are improving at a dramatic
rate.
Yet the CDTV with its old style Amiga
graphics chips has been left stranded,
■^igh and dry. if you're a CDTV user you've
probably looked at the ACA chipset oF the
rew Amiga and wondered what the future
will hold for you. WeH rest assured,
Commodore aren't about to forget you.
Working in dose collaboration with a
develuper, they are set to unveil the
Advanced Video Module,
The AVM will fake the CDTV back into
the mainstream of the Amiga community .
In one card, AVM enables your CDTV to
display thousands of colours at once.
Where previously pictures were com-
posed of just 32 colours ant of a possible
maximum c( 4,Q96, AVM raises this to
more than you can physically see! And it
gets better still - it's not just still pictures
that are enhanced, but alio moving
(CDXtyFMV) sequences!
Praise
The AVM card is actually bas#d on an
existing Amiga product, the famed DCTV
This peripheral, which gives normal
Amigas similar capabilities to the AVM-
enhanced CDTV. received widespread
praise in the Amiga press and I'm pleased
to say that the CDTV version is just as
good,
Quite why the name was changed is
anyone's guess - one thing's lor sure,
COTV DCTV would have been one hell of
a mouthful!
Pitting AVM involves opening the CDTV
and shotting the card into the internal
expansion slot The CDTV expansion slot,
for those not already aware, has a remov-
able back panel Lhat allows cards to add
new ports to the back of the CDTV. And
this is just what the AVM does. Once fitted
a new composite output, port is provided,
but more of this later.
Also coming from this back panel Is a
cabte with a through connector at the
end This connector is plugged into the
RGB port, while still giving a through port!
This technique allows the AVM hardware
to see everything going through the RGB
port without preventing its use.
AVM-compalible software makes subtle
changes to the pictures sent by the CDTV.
These doctor d pictures are then pro-
cessed by the AVM hardware and
expanded into a "full colour" picture and
in turn output through the new compos-
ite port. Hence the need to capture the
output first with the RGB port adaptor.
The results once litted arr spectacular.
Supplied with the preview model were a
number of sample programs which
showed off the extra colours. If the first
AVM-compatible games that appear are as
good as these demonstrations the AVM
card has a rosy future!
Unfortunately there are drawbacks in
using composite rather than KGB output.
Firstly, most TVs don't have a direct com-
posite input. If you've got a video you
may be able to go through the video and
then on to the IV, but lor those without a
video... alternatively many Amiga moni-
tors do have a composite Input.
Another problem is Lhat when using a
monitor you will immediately notice a
considerable drop in picture quality.
Composite pictures are not as sharp as
RGB, with the result that users of AVM will
notice a dramatic decrease in picture qual-
ity compared to normal Amiga monitor
displays.
Having said that, litis loss in quality is
easily made up for by the increase in
colour. In fact, within minutes you'll
quickly forget the difference even exists.
The vibrancy that the extra colours bring
make any loss easily worthwhile!
Having installed the AVM card all you’ll
need to as the software to support your
new gadget. This is where the single
biggest problem of the AVM card lies. Vet
it r s also the biggest potential opportunity
for not just this card, but the future of the
CDTV.
Extra codes
Only software written especially for
AVM will be able to use the extra colours
and capabilities of the card. This is
because only software lhat is designed for
AVM will have the extra codes necessary
to generate the extra colours.
Unfortunately this means that, for now
at least, there is little or na practical use
tor having an AVM card. However, and it r s
a big however, Commodore are behind
this card, and Commodore hold more
than a little sway among the CDTV devel-
oper community. As such you can expect
to see a. lot of future CDTV titles that will
support the card.
Iif the games developers start incorpo-
rating AVM multi-coloured pictures in
their games, CDTV will have a library o^
CDTV software really worth having!
Imagine what a company like Psygnosis
with their graphical prowess will be able
to with a pallet of millions...
This why Commodore are so eager to
see the AVM take off. Philips CD-I already
has trouble competing with the CDTVs
graphics capabilities - fit CDTVs with AVM
cardSj and Philips will have a real problem
on their hands!
In short, the AVM card will do wonders
for the CDTV as a system, but for individ-
ual users,, it currently holds little attraction,
A case of one small step for you and me,
one large step for CDTV!
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SCSI or IDE?
I am the proud owner of an incredible and
awesome A 1200 complete with a 1960
monitor and an BO Mb hard drive. I must
jay, the fast hard drive (BSQk/sec) and the
At 200 sure put my old A500+ to shame!
Bui on to my question.
I purchased my hard drive separately
From my computer and installed it myself
no warranty speeches, please). The hard
dove is a Conner 80Mb, revision 2.3?. i
bought it from Hobhyte, and they gave me
an A1200HD officia! Commodore install
iiisk, v3,0.
After F installed the drive and turned on
:he computer, I booted horn floppy with
my copy of WB, and when the screen came
up there were no icons at all for the hard
drive.
I booted with the install disk and it did
not recognise the drive.. I went to Define
New and there are only two choices SCSI
or XT and not IDE. J clicked on SCSI, and
then on the read Conflg From drive gadget,
and it read the dnve and all the specs. After
:nat everything went well.
The problem is that the computer thinks
i is a SCSI device. What is the problem?
4m i doing something wrong with the
ns Lai I disk? Everything works extremely
veil, but I am worried that I might damage
the drive or the computer somehow, if it
*eeps thinking it is a SCSI device.
The hard drive is currently at SCSI
address 0. Could it be that I have a SCSI
rnterface?
feus Reich, RAF Alcanbury
■Vf of AC recently had to install a hard
i rive frtto or? A 1200 and encountered
*aclly the some problem as you did. After
speaking to Commodore I wos fofd that the
Amiga A12O0 circuit board con to ini or? IDE
ntedace but the Amiga itself thinks this Is a
SC5/ interface.
Apparently this h because the chip which
talks to external devices on the A J 200 orrfy
■ Si addresses far St Sis and not IDt drives.
This means that telling the install s oft-
ire that you have a SCSI drive instead of
" IDE one will do no harm whatsoever .
Monitor moaning?
Interfaces ill?
We re here to help!
I
ADVICE SERVICE
Write to ACAS, Amiga Computing, Europa
House, Adlington Park, Macclesfield SK10 4NP
PS: Save your 5A£5 - we can't reply personally
By the way fhe software your dealer gave
you must be from the A4000 because as yet
Commodore do not have an official Install
disk for the A 1200.
Soon after you read this several dealers
will be offering official Commodore hard
Drive upgrades, this wjfl enable you to have
a drive fitted wj'fftouf invalidating your war-
ranty.
New user
I have just bough L my fust ever Amiga, an
A12G0 r and so far have found it to be a
Fantastic machine. Perhaps because I have
never used the WIMP system before, or
any WorkBench other than 3,0, 1 have
found it quite easy to get into using the
system and finding out what does what.
A1200 install
The Cover Disk which Included Protect is probably ihe beat
value for money yet on any computer magazine and this is
certainly the best word processor 1 have so far used on an
Amiga,
I have however encountered a problem- in getting iho pro-
gram Lo load from the hard disk on my Amiga A 1200, and
was wondering if you can offer some assistance.
i have used the hard disk installation scrip! to copy all the
files successfully to my hard disk and have assigned the
directory correctly but on loading from Workbench I gel the
message 'Failed to open window 1920 * 2SG'\
The same message also appears H I try to load ihe pro
gram from the floppy disk from Workbench but no! if 1 boot
directly from the Floppy, fs there a missing file that hasn't
been installed correctly?
Barry Cook, Leeds
The problem you are experiencing h no! actually down to
the Cover Disk but your Workbench. We have had several
disk needed
phone calls about Ibis very problem, and alter some trouble
found the answer.
When you purchase an A 1 200 you do nol get a hard drive
install disk - this Fs due to be released by Commodore any
day now, So it appears that people are form ailing their hard
drives and then simple dragging all their Work tie rub I lies
from floppy across lo ihe hard drives*
This procedure does not Install the Workbench correctly
and then leads to all sons of complications later on. Winn
we at AC did was boot up our A 1200 with the AAGOQ's install
disk. This worked perfectly and now our A 1200 can load
Protext directly from the hard drive,
Obviously If you don't have an A4OO0 just lying around lor
you to scrounge the install disk Irons then you are going lo
have some trouble correcting this problem.
P suggest you take your machine back to where you got it
from or if you purchased your hard drive separately con tael
I he suppliers and ask For a suitable Instill disk most rep
utahlc companies are supplying the
Modem mysteries
I own an A50D r and soon an A1 200, and
one of my friends owns a IBM with a
modem, so he tells me. My question is -
if I bought a modem for my computer,
would l be able to link up with
my Friend with the IBM? If so, how,
and would I need to buy a spec fa I
modem?
Also as I will be soon upgiadrng Lo an
A 1200, es this a good computer for use
with modems? Are there any good
books out Fo r the Amiga on camms?
Andrew fames, Northampton
The simple answer is r yes, you can quite
simply connect your Amiga to a modem
and talk to your friend's computer, even
though (he two computers are of different
types. When computers are talking
through modems they oil use o common
language.
Vou will need fo gel hold of some good
comms software though, which includes
the ability la emulate terminal communi-
cation. You should try some of the PD
libraries who advertise in this magazine.
As for a good book on Amigo comms,
you car) gef vwluofjy any book on comms,
as it doesn T have la be Amiga related.
I do however have a few questions
which i hope you can answer for me.
1. Is there anywhere with a list of A12D0-
campalihle software yet? (serious and
games)
2. What, in layman's terms, would the fit-
ting of fast RAM via the PCMCIA slot
achieve?
3. Is there anywhere that 1 can gel an
internal hard drive Fitted without losing
my five-year warranty.
A. Why is there a trap door at the back of
my machine instead of the metal strip
whicFi was referred ta in your review.
5 Dolphtn, Lossiemouth
As yet no-one has released a list of com-
palible software for ihe A 1 200, but From
what I have heard the problems with
incompatible software an very small
Indeed. It's best when purchasing soft-
ware or hardware to ask the supplier il
the product is compatible with the A12G0
fust.
fitting fast RAM into the PCMCIA slot
on the side of your A 1200 wilt increase
the total memory ynw hove available this
will give you machine a larger working
urea fo pfay with and generally improve
Ir 1 our rnacbmes capabilities,
PCMCIA cards are onfy I6*bit and
with pour mocftfne bring 32-bft ibis will
slaw you machine down, so it 's better to
upgrade your memory with 32 -bit mem-
ory which goes mfo the ex pans fan under-
neath your machine.
By the rime you read thi s quite a few
companies will be offering official
Commodore hard drive upgrades wbj'rb
>
Amiga Computing April 1993
75
W SI! rrof IrvaUdate your warranty. But do
ij\oke sure they ore Commodore
approved.
And finally Iff? A I2C6 we reviewed bad
a plastic trap door underneath and a
mrttd btanking piote an the back. The
machine you hove fust has a different
blanking piote fitted there is no ocluoJ
difference internally-
Clip
_.. r Art
, would like to make a comment about
the new Amiga Radio Station on the Sky
Sports Channel. The one 1 heard was issue
3 and to be honest with you it was a bit
basic.
for one l have owned an Amiga lor
only three months (I've got a A 1 200) and
it was getting repetitive, so what's it like
for people who have years ol experience
with an Amiga?
Being (air though, a good 20 minutes
of the 30 minute program was devoted
to hard drives and I haven't got one yet,
but I listened to it anyway, The best pan
of the program and what makes it worth
listening is about the last 10 minutes
which is the news feature - it was bril-
liant to be up to date on the news ol the
Amiga-
But putting all that aside it's brilliant
to have a radio program devoted to
Amigas and I'll stay a listener.
Now for a completely separate issue. I
would like to use my Amiga far compil-
ing dip art on disks but I don't know
how to. 1 was intending to buy a hand
scanner and a genlock so I could get
video pictures and pictures bom books
and so on.
But 1 read somewhere that you could
buy a second-hand security camera and
it would work the same as a camcorder
does with the computer. If this is true
would it cost me more to set up that sys-
tem instead of buying a colour hand
scanner and so on?
Finally, what software do you need to
compile clip art? I have heard that there
is some available on public domain but
which is the best?
Crisfioo Ingram, Southport
fjrit of aii, genlocks ore used for Overby-
frig computer graphics over video pictures
A 01
A D
end not for putting video pictures onto
the Amigo.
you're right you con buy a security
camera and then digitise pictures but ywi
wifi ofso need to buy o digitiser. These
cost from around £69 upwards depend-
ing if you wont real-time colour digiustng
- although if you use video pictures you
might run info copyright prohfems.
As for compiling your clip Off onto disk
you can just use say GPalnt to load the
orf into and touch up, then you simple
save the finished work out onto a fresh
disk.
Disk! which usually con loin toltecfrom
of tfrp art are not self booting, so it s a
simple matter of formatting a disk and
(hen fust transferring the tiles you woni.
Modems
l have recently thought about buying a
modem for my computer. Could you rec-
ommend a certain model that is relatively
last, and won't cost loo much? I am
looking (or something that will cosi
around £70-£l 30'
l need It for home use, not lor busi-
ness or anything. I would like something
that would enable me to get in touch
with people all over the UK, not necessar-
ily the rest of the world.
1 would like to be able to use a bulletin
board, I read somewhere that the Supra
2.A00 is supposed to be good, it only
costs £70-£90 and I was wondering If that
was because it was no good - what is
your opinion?
' Is the Supra 2400 or 2400+ compatible
with the COTV, if not what is? Is it expen-
sive to use a modem once n's bought? is
it cheaper than a phone call? and how
would l gel it installed in my home?
Would I need a separate line to the nor-
mal telephone line, or would il work on
an extension or something?
Sheriff Af-Om, Comberfey,
firstly the Supra 2400 only runs at 2,40 0
baud rate which is rather slow - you
should be aiming for around 9,600 baud
rate as the faster the baud rate the faster
you cent download tiles.
A good modem rn this speed range is
(he Suora Fax Pius which you cart pick up
for around £J3d-£l60. This modem is
also capable of sending 0 fax,
A/f modems should be compatible with
the COTV but you wifi have to moke sure
that the comms package you use is com-
patible with Workbench T,3. If you have
trouble finding a suitable comms package
WB 3.0 in 256 colours
I owned an Atari STE but only tor a short time - with ’he lack ■.
software I had to have an Amiga. I bought an A600 and it had a
much clearer picture and better sound.
Then the A1200 came along and with those 2*6 eo J™J '*
was out With the A6G0 and in with the A120Q, and a
"Cqutffo" i*r a Philips 018*33 Mk2 or Compare
1084 display 256 colours? Ar the moment I m using a tosh.ba
with a 5cart RGB input and the picture is very good. Would the
monitors I've mentioned be better than the Toshiba and would
ihey display the Al 20Q'i 256 colours? Thanks,
f only play games and i haven't had many problems with
*** S*»» : Mr P Cowser, iitnyingtKm
A iol Of people are getting extremely confused about the
Al200's2S6-coiourmode.
Weil the answer is quite simple - yau can display Z5 6
ccfours in any resolution but you do need certain types ol mon-
itor to display certain resolutions.
If os you say you only p lay games then the two monitors you
mentioned will be OK, (his is because when games arrive which
use 2S6 colours they wilt nol be in the very hi re s modes clue
fhe reduction In game speed.
if you wish to start doing graphics work then you re bette
of getting a multisync monitor which would enable you***
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orownd
Speech
I am writing to you to raise a query
over your recent publication Mastering
toe Amiga, free with the February ed
tirni of Amiga Computing
Unfortunately this book has raise:
more questions than It answered f at
me, perhaps you can help,
t have iutt bought an Amiga 1200. i
am new to computing and saw your
free guide as a useful to the poor dot
u mentation provided by Commodore
I was amazed to find that all
I i x-nigas have a speech synthesiser and I
I I had to do was type in a I
tilga basic commands or shell com ,
Unfortunately Commodore did not I
:e fit to provide me with Amiga Bus". I
>r the A 1200. GK l thought 1 will use
ie1i but the “narrator. device' is noi I
! the devs directory of my j
VorkBench 3 disk, Nor can I find it on I
he Extras locale or Storage disks pro
Jd/d though l admit 1 hardly know I
low to look for them other than I
'showing all files" from the pull down I
riemi*.
So ih* ilru chapter of your boot,
says 1 can make my new computet
talk, and l Woody welt can'd perhaps
you can advise me.
A Cfltherow, N Oevtm l
Yes you're quite right don ^
the narrator, device or the Say pro-
gram which you get with WB 1 - 2 , 13
and 2 . 0 - We tried copying the device
from one of our WB 2.0 machine* to
the a 1200 along with the say pro-
gram hut It failed to load.
ft appears that Commodore have
left the speech tacillfy off tht
WorkBench 3.0 machines - but you're
not missing much.
toen try some of fhe PD libraries listed to
tfirs fiSLre*
Al far cos t of running the modem lit
depends on several factors like how fall ;
your modem h, bow tong you are online
for and what time you moke the call
This Is Why ft is better to buy a fastt
modem tr! this will save you far more ir
the long run than the coif of a more
expensive modem.
installing a modem Is /art Of simple c
plugging It in to you existing phone
socket, but remember (hat if you unpin:
you phone to do toll you want be able tc
receive normal phone calls, so its bes( !.
gel 0 d-oyb/e socket oduprur.
(f you uje y&yr modem only in off pen*
periods this also helps to reduce fm
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kVfierr you yse yov? modem it tom
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Beat the specs!
When looking for VGA style monitory check that the horizontal scan rales (kHz)
Support I he resolutions you want. Most VGA triple i can monitors can only han-
dle the VGA resolutions and not the Amiga resolutions. For all Amiga resolutions
you'll need a monitor that can h findle horizontal scan rales from 1 5kHz to
75kHz.
If you just want nor
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mode or a flicker fixed
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typi cal rates bc-in
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T "ere you Sit r with your brand
new A1 700 happily using a tele-
vision as its display. But all is not
i«iti your latest credit card hasher -
a TV may be OK for games, it just
- - 1 hack it for anything serious,
le-Jtl slowly wobbles, col ours blur
graphics snake back and forth. All
v-, r oms of a TV display. The most pop-
r , . Jtion is to nip down to your local
■ r t' nflict further damage on your
- - * card and buy a monitor.
- lh A5G0s and A600s this was easy -
re ^solutions that were available were
. - i for by several low cost monitors.
Kitchen syncs
Sow you may have thought buying a
‘or was fairly simple. Alter all what
r - possibly be difficult about using a
- -i tor? Well rhere are difficulties and
* all a question of syncs. Nah, not
r en syncs, but the syncs used to gen-
- _-r the picture,
■ Jeo signals include Iwo synchronise
a n signals (vertical and horizontal) that
I :ne monitor how quickly the screen is
: _ jwn. The horizontal sync rate, mea-
-red in He Hz, in turn affects the resold-
display able, lower horizontal sync
: " t i produce lower resolutions,
i simple terms, imagine the sync
you'll need a VGA-type monitor. And this
is where the problems start to creep in.
While these VGA monitors are triple
sync and thus able lo display a variety ot
different resolutions, they typically don't
need a sync low enough to handle the
Amiga's lower resolutions. Hence you
have either two monitors (!) or have to
put up with just the lower or higher reso-
lutions, but not both,,.
And even if you opt for the single
monitor solution - which leaves you
missing out half the graphics potential of
your Amiga - life still isn't
straightforward.
You'll run into some interesting prob-
lems, for instance, say you opt for a VGA
monitor. Hie Amiga's start screen is auto-
matically in the lower resolutions. So
you'll need to tailor the startup sequence
to change resolution to the higher modes
before you can see anything.
But how can you do this if you can't
see the screen on your monitor in the
first place? Great! YouVe just bounced
several hundred quid off your Flexible
friend only to find you need a television
or another monitor before you can start
using it!
Luckily ifs not all Shat bad. Unknown
to most, there is a solution that allows
Your text slowly
wobbles , colours
blur ; graphics snake
back and forth (j)
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monitor that shouldn't technically be
able to handle them,
Buried in the Screen Modes draw is a
soup res option which takes the lower
resolution modes and increases their hor-
izontal frequency.
This is basically a trick on Commodore's
part, and allows the VGA monitors to dis-
play the Amiga's lower resolutions.
Ft's not a great solution, and doesn't
always work. You can't lor instance use it
with most games as it's a software patch
and most commercial games insist on the
Amiga being re- booled, thus losing the
setting.
Alas it's the only solution at present
and definitely a kludge on Commodore's
part. The only other solution is to buy
one of the seriously expensive and also
rare monitors that have a wide enough
range of syncs to handle all the Amiga's
resolutions.
Commodore are rumoured to be
working on a new monitor which will
offer this capability while also being fairly
low cost. What this space for details,, AC
will have the news first!
to be the gears of a car. You can't
* . eed certain speeds without moving
a gear. The lower the sync rate the
■'iff the resolutions, or first gear for
kjvt speeds. And so on,
\qw think about how difficult it is for
;jr manufacturer to add new gears to
a :ar. The more gears you have, the
teter you can go but the cost also goes
JfL
The same applies to monitors. On
leap single scan monitors ?e those
f th only one speed you are limited to
«: wef resolutions,
Multisync
Typical VGA monitors,, which are
' pie syncs (ie they have three set syncs)
:m display many more resolutions,
rhile multisync monitors (almost any
. nc rate) can handle an even greater
mg*.
But how does all this affect their use
the Amiga 1200? Well the standard
w ei resolution* of the Amiga are sup-
reme d by the normal Philips SB 33 and
”e Commodore 1QB45,
These are single scan monitors and
t -y such can't handle the higher resp-
_t ons of the new AA chipset. For these
If you're after a monitor for
your new A1 200, things
might be more difficult than
you imagine, Andy Baker
assesses the problems and
offers some advice
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Surfing among your old favourites.
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Colour correction
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For mono exploits, lour halftone set-
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what a real quality product can
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area. Next up comes the essential resolution
adjuster plus yet another toggle button
which switches between Keep Pixel and
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The latter simply retains the chosen reso-
lution no matter what the scan area while
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number of pixels to the specified resolution -
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olution- increases,
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T he usual post -Christmas quiet few
months haven't stemmed the
incredible How of PT> in* 0 lhli
office. The sheer diversity is staggering -
Ifom education to subversive literature, «
seems that someone, some whefe is pre-
pared to pul it out on PD- So tor a fresh
pile ol from the people, lor the peop'?
software, read on...
Lunchtime 3
Edward's
Revenge
Lunchtime (Amiga)
This is a highly irregular disk magazine
with a crazy intro featuring some
extremely dodgy Latin genus and *P«te
names, which lead up to an original, Iresh
and challenging disk magazine.
Gloating over the fact that nothing m
their magazine has anything at a' 1 l « ri{J
with computers, Edward's Revenge's com-
pilers have put together a set ot articles
which - in both presentation and content
- are very different from your usual user
group-style magazines.
Who could resist a short poem entitled
Dark Thoughts on Hamsters? Or a tale
called The Further Adventures ol God.
When you start to read the story of
Abdullah B Perkins, who comes to
England to look for Salman Rushdie and
ends up in what one can only assume is a
mentally compromised position m the
Magic Roundabout, you know that some-
thing untoward is going on!
Dunk's DTP
Virus Free PD, 2970
Short lor Dunk's Typing Programme, this
is not a typing tutor, rather a very simple
and educational DTP package, aimed
squarely at children,
n immediately reminded me of the
Business Card Maker reviewed last issue,
but with the emphasis firmly on fun. Like
the Business Card Maker, it limits you to a
number of simple, predefined layouts,
Qivmq you control over the text you input,
which typeface you use, what your illus-
tration* look like and so on. When you ve
A trio of top quality educational
releases, some great animations,
a dash of acid house and
some
applications.
Here's some
Phil Morse
PUBLIC
ilk
designed a number ol pages, you can
assemble them to make a D1 P '’book .
Presumably, having spent time and
effort designing a number ol pages, it
would be extremely rewarding for a child
to see a book made up of his or her scrib-
blings and ramblings,
in keeping with its young/ educational
slant, the program is peppered with
runes, Space Invader-style noises and
friendly, informal comments.
The presentation is certainly very ongi
nal - lor Instance, one of Lhe menus, enti-
tled Musical Menu, lets you select Spare
Me or Yes. Should you select Yes, you II
asked whether you'd prefer pongs, pangs
or pings! The major omission as far as I
could tell is that you can't print a hard
copy of anything you do, but you can
save your files to, and load from, disk. As
a practical DTP package, it's a failure, but
as a well -presented, lun and educational
introduction to DTP, it's the business.
Tell the Time
0«j& Vu L/122
No prizes lor guessing the reason that this
educational package exists! It starts with a
very colourful, cartoon-like rural pictorial
menu (phew!) which features a duck who
flies rather unconvincingly to the icon
the level you have chosen to play, ,r
one to five.
Level one, lor instance, features a si
pie. analogue, 12-hour dock, whci
hands turn for a while before stopping
a certain time, which will be on the tw
hall past, quarter to or quarter pas-
hour from one to 1 2. You then se e
using the mouse, a number from one
f 2 for the hour, and then the correct
lion of the hour.
It's all very simple to do, all the nr
things happen when you're doing *
(the Sun smiles and shines a bit bright
for instance) and when you've finished
congratulates or commiserates with ■
personally - yes, this is one ot those
grams that asks you foe your name belt
you do (anything.
On its owl this would have beer
worthy little package, but the other
conceal more, different games. Level tl
contains Lhe classic 'If the train left
station at 7.10pm to travel an BS mim
journey..." -type questioning, but Chi
actually is a train, and it actually mm
chuffing out steam in a very Ivor t
Engine-ish way when you gel the a™"
right-
' Which brings me to a gripe. It is ui
ceptable lor a program which purport;
teach the time to refer to nme mini '
past seven as "7:9"!
Confusion will Ensue at the very i
and at the worse, a child might be*
Eff is * si
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V PD and Shareware
T4 r Ms is how the lime is written and
- - -j late this his at her sdfl
Things like this must be weaned out
- p .:'e educational software is released.
aside, though, this is a worthy pro-
ram which contains the right blend of
"^resting, varied exercises and
: : L nnat sound rewards to credit success,
i : m mended,
LCD Dreams
17 Bit, 2356
. ‘-aight outta Australia, a compilation of
V r games presented with the usual nice
r Efface, music and opening animation,
.-■ever, this compilation is slightly drfler-
ent, because rather than repackag-
ing other people's games, all of the
games here are written by the same
pair of programmers. Gut whal are they
like?
Well, Octopus involves you trying to...
no, ifs not with even telling you,
because, due to its incredible simplicity, it
is totally unplayable. Not an auspicious
start.
Parachute - an equally simple game
which would appeal to the very young -
is, although similar in design, a lot mote
playable, involving you catching in a boat
a number of parachutists who are jump-
ing from a - presumably stricken -
aeroplane,
fire Attack and Oil Panic follow
the same course, with varying degrees
of success. These games actually
reminded me of those early LCD
hand-held arcade machines all right
for what they were, but hardly
likely to engage you for any length of
time.
As | say r a couple of these efforts would
be quite good for children, but that's
about the extent of it.
Yippee
i
Deja Vu, L/119
the trick with really good educational
programs has always been to leach some-
thing useful while fuoling the child lhaL
he or she is doing something fun - a
unique combination which computers
have arguably embraced mare than any
other teaching med ia oi recent years,
this program continues that tradition
in line style, offering a truly compelling
platform -style game which on its own h
quite enough to keep anyone (ie me)
amused, before the educational bit has
even kicked in.
The gamers world is, in fact, a jungle,
complete with waterfalls, trees, rocMates
and general wild jungle greenery. You
control a rhino who is extremely well
drawn and animated. He must be, indeed,
grupFaki bul jmir.TJi'vafaiy 1 imple qamcplaf
Varied and variable are certainly the best two
terms for this month s collection of demos,
slideshows, animations and all things hands-
otfy from the PD sector.
And they don't come much weirder i
than The Land Rover Slide Show Part 1
(Mike Hillerby) which features an assort-
ment of pictures of the farmer s tllX
favoured mode of transport, all digi-
tised from original photos using The Complete
Colour Solution.
What could have been an extremely sad, second-
-rate idea Is, in Fact, quite a curiosity, mainly due to
the high quality of the scans used and the interesting
models and angles of the original photography, Mike
includes an advert for his digitising service, loo, the
cheeky r er, blighter. Madcap stuff indeed; and only
part one!
Less accomplished, I m afraid to say, is Grazee Gloo
Cacophony PD) which features three (very) short car
j i
YJjppf rf - rjrfif or dltf dre-lf tdm. uUujtuI yn imrl t have ewer xeen
toon animations starring the
current In-vogue style of
computer-generated char-
acter - a squidgy, New
Sch moo-style number,
This Sflly Putty-esq ue
v ti > a creature is shown
V iSlOllS b 7 9 b * m < fr()m 3
glue tube, pern),
getting severely dissed by his TV, and beefing it
good and proper in the third instalment.
It s highly insubstantial Huff, but it only costs
LI. SO and the author positively promises an assort-
ment of MED tunes, sound samples, Amos programs
and graphics hies with every order - but can we for*
give his dedicating the entire disk to "all the guys of
Megaderh r 7 The jury is out...
If It's finely detailed but unconvincingly animated
superhero* you're after (see, 1 knew PB .) then
Spider man (Virus Free PD, 1050) could be what you're
looking for.
Although this animation is not particularly life-like
(can Splderman ever be life-like?), the graphics cer-
tainly bear an uncanny resemblance to the afore-
mentioned superhero.
(It's got quite a neat system self-destruct
sequence at the end, and a well-chosen set of
colours which reflect the urban feel of
Spkferman's patch pretty successfully. But
ifs a bit long-winded, and is likely to appeal
oniy to Fans,
From spiders to frogs, butterflies and killer
cars! The irreverantly tilled Savings Certificate
Animation (17 Bit, 2172) follows in the foot-
steps of other Bad Taste-style animations such as
the quite wonderful Hedgehog cartoon from a
couple of months ago.
This time we're treated to a complete rip- take of a
certain insurance company's advert on TV. It starts
More urban dWH... Iti
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with a tastefully-drawn
cocoon developing
into a caterpillar,
growing wings and
flitting away as an adult
butterfly - only lobe har^
pooned by a predatory frog and his unfeasibly large
tongue.
I suppose there’s some kind of perverse natural
justice going on there, but you can forget the ‘"natu-
ral” and the “justice* 1 bits if attempting to explain
why a car drives in, f Filing the whole screen and
squashing the frog instantly.
Doncha love animations? Saving the best till last,
the Spacebars Demo (17 Bit f 2171} is a slab of pure
class. To an inoffensive (which Is certainly not to say
bland) left-field dance track, this animation shows
various people in silhouette, outline or just plain
weird effects, dancing themselves to oblivion against
Increasingly weird backdrops. They ' J morph JP into
shapes and colours, and
the range of effects and
techniques used in pro-
* gramming Spaceballs
r . .jaw* L are as impressive as they
are large.
This demo would go
down a treat at late
jb night parties with the
m ^ ^ lights and volume
** turned down, and your
own chosen music
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the largest sprite I've seen in a game tor a
long time,
The ba&ic aim is to wander around the
world collecting letters which mate up a
word. The word is given before you start
a round, and the letters can be scattered
anywhere in the jungle,
OF course it r s not that simple - there
m certain other animals, such as bats in
sunglasses and killer birds - who are hell-
bent on stopping you, and sap yauf
energy should you come into contact
with them,
It's the nice touches which really make
this program stand out. The capital letters
are all hidden In a large cave, which is
where you'll encounter the aforemen-
tioned cool-dude bats.
The sound effects are truly wonderful,
with a triumphant "Yippeel" (hence the
game's title) when you complete a word,
and a disappointed (rather Ehan terror-
stricken) ■"Qhr when you lose some
energy. It is a little bit slow, but then it is
an Amos game, and to be honest this is
probably not a hindrance lor young chil-
dren p who might struggle faced with a
sprite who shifts around at Sonic the
Hedgehog speed.
I can't praise this program enough, tf
you want a cheap, worthwhile and fun
time-filler for your youngster^ you'd be
mad to- spend money on a lull-priced
package it you hadn't already ordered a
copy 1 of Yippee.
Oblivion
17 Bit, 2364
ll's defender! The hardy arcade classic
gets re-born for about the three-hun-
dredth time on the Amiga- However, this
ii a rather sparkling and special version,
ivn a
Two quite different musk disks are
before Lhe jury this month. First out of
the bag is Sky board Music 1 (17 Sit,
2352). Written by ice Cube (one would
guess that it isn't the ke Cube!) this
demo ha 5 thrown its card fight down
on the table by the time you've reach
the menu screen,
With titles like Acid Snap, Rave Mix
2, Crave -4 Rave and Total Rave ness, we
can safely conclude that it's analogue
synih samples and chopped up kiddies
TV programs aplenty, No, we're not
talking Barbara Streisand,
What we are talking is some pretty
interesting, if ultimately a little bland,
reworidngs Of some famous Stuff, Best
of the bunch Is Acid Snap, which is a
stripped-to-lhc bone acid bouse
remake ol Snap s radio friendly rave hit
Rhythm is a Dancer.
Crave-4-Have, with its terminally
uncool moniker and age-old samples,
does actually attempt to do something
at least not copied with them, and the
other tracks all contain at least one
sequence or sample which prkks up
your cars.
So - the jury have weighed up the
highly unoriginal concept and the old
samples against the obvious spattering
of good ideas which run through this
demo like words through a stick t>l rock
and decided - yes! It's a hit! Yippee!
Ahem. And so to the second disk,
Anarchy legalise tt 2 (17 Bit, IJ8M/S ■
two disks). U might sound under-
groundy and ravey, but maybe the title
is misleading.
1 remember the last Anarchy collec-
tion - It was all slick presentation,
friendly user interlaces and nice if sim-
ple graphics, but musically? Naah, it
was wishy-washy nonsense.
This, though, is a lot better. All eight
tunes display a definite leaning towards
jazi, a musical form which by its free-
form nature must be rather hard to
reproduce on coni p liters.
However, with lhe help of their
influences - the James Taylor Quartet
and Brand New Heavies among others
- Anarchy have put together a very
QfcMtton; a ^¥0l rMfllifan 9/ ^
dat$k Effffld* ifame ptfcmler
due to a rather stricter adherence Lo the
look, sound and teel of the original than
most of its predecessors.
indeed, the authenticity stretches from
(as far as my experience-battefed memory
serves me) ail the right alien ships to the
correct sequence of dots turning into
your ship at the start oi every life, to the
wonderful (at the lime) sound effects
when you hit things and get hit.
There's the map showing you what's
going on off your immediate bit of the
playing area, the mountains you can fly
pleasing disk indeed.
You are struck first by the sheer
quality of the samples. They go to
show just what B-bil is capable ol il
handled correctly. The reverb on the
snare drum has to be heard to be
believed, and the guitars - those most
devilish things to sample - are abso-
lutely spot-on.
However, the music nods towards the
high-tech medium across which it Is
being played by displaying a harder,
technology-riddled lldc, lull of digital
sound effects and unnatural weirdness.
The result? A hybrid of jazz and elec-
tronic music, well presented and
sounding like sweet harmony from
beginning to end, The jury say... a
great big improvised ’hil!"
If It's X Sin across, floppy, and plays
music when you click on the right icon,
1 want !u see It for consideration for
this column, so keep those music disks
coming in,
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F3- Rave Mix 2
F5- Smooth Core
F2- Rave Mix 1
F4- 6fave^4-Rave
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Contacts
Cacophony PD - Perrott Dose,
North Leigh, Witney QXB GftU
Deja Vu - 7 Hollinbroofc, (teeth Hill,
Wigan WNG 7SG
Lunchtime (Amiga) -203 London
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Mite Hillerby- B Oalcfleld, Newton
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17 Bit - lit floor Offices 2/8 Ma rtet
Street, Wakefield WF 1 1 DH
Virus free PD 31 Faringdon Ruad,
Swindon SN1 5AR
through and the gameplay is up 1
scratch, Taking advantage of the fact
this version runs on a home compel
and not an ultra-basic arcade machin
there are plenty of options you can sel
before playing, too. You can choo
whether to use keyboard or joys tic
select one or two player games, and exit
Fast, loud, devilishly addictive - yu
you might have guessed that l quite li
this interpretation. IE you're after a
yon, get this one,
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good PD?
If you're a library, a program-
mer, a doner - 1 care not, for 1
judge people purely by the qual-
ity of the PD they send me. So
why not get those fifty bag* out,
get those drives a copying and
lob the tot tn the post to me, Phil
Morse, at:
PD Submissions
Amiga Computing
Europe House
Ad hug tun Park
Macclesfield
SK10 4NP
Particularly In demand at $hc
moment (and so more likely to
be reviewed) are music demos,
good games and original applica-
tions, so If you’ve any of these
you wish to publicise, you know
where to send 'em. Remember,
the world is listening.
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Remember don't phone, it's Just for fun..
Captivating stuff?
Captive was voted game of the year in 1 990 and is still remembered
today ai one of the best role-playing games ever, Tony Crcwther,
the game's creator, has been hard at wortt developing new technoT
oqy to allow Him to create a segue).
imaginatively tided Captive 2, it is based in the Z9th century anti
is described as Cyberpunk role-playing.
Apparently the graphics and gameplay have been improved ten
i/rocs over, plus it? all be in 64 colours. That's almost twice as many
as a normal Amiga game! Cori
The world is now under the control of huge state corporations
which have been abusing its resources and grinding it into a state of
decay. Hey, that sounds more like modern day. never mind the 29th
century.
Anyway, one of these corporations is called BioCorp. BioCorp has
a number oF droids which have become unreliable, ft was just sim-
ple things tike going out and killing innocent civilians instead of
computing data
BioCorp decided that this would be bad publicity and could dam-
age the business, so they have Falsely accused and imprisoned inno-
cent people for the murcHef s that have taken plate
You play the rate of Trltl from Captive I , You are once again in
control of four droids, but this time you use them to rescue the peo-
ple who have been imprisoned.
The game is based around huge Futuristic cities with interlinking
road systems It's like Blade Gunner, but m an RPG stylee. There are
4,096 randomly generated cities to cackle, so it should keep you at
your computer until you're old and grey.
IWindscape say that It's scheduled For release in March 1993 and
will probably cost you around £.30 There could also be a A1200
specific version, but then again...
Better the Divil you know
Gremlin are in the svorks again, this ti with
a Fiendrsh game called Util Divil. Three years
in development, Litif Divil promises to be
one of the most innovative and challenging
interactive game quests ever devised.
The game's star is known as Morris or
Mad Mo to Ns friends. By chance, Morris
finds out that the Lost City of the Under-
world! is in hK cellar
Mo, being quite inquisitive, decides to
check it out. but is stopped when he comes
across a granite door which Is covered in
hieroglyphics. The door won t open until he
decodes it. As he settles down to translate
it. he nonces a pool of water and decides to
take a quick, drink
Whoops, probably the worst drink in the
world. Morris begins to change into a myth
tea I Divil, As the Divil, Morns can read the
words ‘Those drinking from the pool will be
doomed to roam the Lost City of the Under-
world' on the door. Morris has to enter the
city and find the Fountain of Normality to
change Nmseff back. Hey, sounds like a
good idea for a game.
To achieve your gwi you have to negoti-
ate dark tunnels and solve riendish puzzles.
The game is split into five distinctive levels
each containing ten puzzle rooms. If Li til
DwrJ takes too long rn solving puzzles, he
will be pursued by a creature known as the
Entity araJ then tortured to death, Gulp 1
Graphically Litil Divil looks very much in
the style of Heimdali, but will probably be
tons better. To be honest it could well be
one of the hits Of 93 Gremlin plan to
release the game in April and the price is
still to be announced, but hey. I bet its
£25 99, Go be a devif.
EA and
Ocean in
tie-in
shocker!
Electronic Arts have Just
announced a tie-in with Ocean.
The Manchester-based software
house are now allowed to re-pub-
lish a number of Electronic Arts
titles on their Hit Squad label. The
titles involved will be repacked by
Ocean and sold at between £7,99
and 114.99.
Mark Lewis, President of Elec-
tronic Arts Europe, commented:
‘Ocean's expertise in the area of
re-release publishing is unrivalled
in this industry.
This is a significant move for
Electronic Arts that acknowledges
that budget publishing is becom-
ing more specialised."
Expect to see such hit titles as
Populous, Budokan and The
Immortal on the shelves very
soon.
li 1. C T I? NIC ' R T
Toadly Excellent
As well as releasing Captive 2, Mindscape are jtitt a-bout to release Battle
toads - the game they promised vs way bade in September 1992,
The screenshots you see here are the newest yet and it Ieohs as though
it II he worth the wait* Uattletoads f a firm favourite with Nintendo Fans,
feature* err, battling toads and hot platform and shoot- em-up action.
Jf its half a* good as the Nintendo version At if be in contention For the
coveted Gamer Gold award.
Coming soon
II are beavering away on the sequel to Project X* Provision-
illy filled' X2.it \s Initially to be written for the A12Q0 with
^ut-diiwn versions for the 500/600 arriving later* It will he simply
.^believable say Team 17* Hmm r we shall see.
Gremlin have afro announced plant to release a sequel to their
-umber one hit smash Zool - Ninja of the Nth Dimension, Expect
~t in the latter half of the year and probably humorously named
Zool 2.
More elasticated fun is on the way thanks to the boys and girls
*i System 3 because Putty 2 is on the horizon. It seems that
quel madness has gripped the whole computer industry.
Probably the biggest sequel this year is coming at Christmas?
Sensible Soccer 2 is going to render ail other soccer games null
and void, or so Sensible Software supremo Chris Yates says.
Apparently the new game Is going to have a play er/mari age f
igle and will have a more global feel to ft. I can t wait.
Rumours are flying around that the forthcoming Undiurn 2
which Is due for a release in the next few months will feature
music by top ambient dance band The Orb.
iut The Orb are not the only stars to have their musk featured
m a game. Its also rumoured that those cheeky jesters AJtemB
are to appear in a computer game. Put do we believe them?
Probably the most outrageous rumour is that Stourbridge sen-
sations Pop Will Eat Itself will feature in a computer game entirely
based on their top ten hit smash single Get The Girl, Kill The Bad-
dies. I ll believe it when I see it. Grr.
One of the most eagerly awaited games ever must be Apoca-
lypse, The helicopter shoot- em-up was sent down the tubes when
Mr Maxwell took the big dive into the iky, thus sending Mirror-
soft down with him.
A clever person at Virgin saw it and promptly snapped it up.
h i been on the go for two years now is expected in late Febru-
ary/early March. This could well be Virgin s best game yet.
Not content with the char idee fund-raising Sleepwalker,, Ocean
are on the warpath with will be the two of years biggest games -
The first, Jurassic Park, is based on the film of the tame name.
The film which is currently being directed by Steven Spielberg
is believed to be the most expensive ever made, and is all about a
safari park on a tropical Island where the animals are not pot-bei>
Ned pigs and parrots, but gene! ica fly-engineered dinosaurs.
Details are very scarce, but ocean say that it s not going to be
just another platform game.
The second game is called Lobo. Any decent comic fan will
know who he is. Lobo is a superhero who for a certain price will
bump off anything anywhere including other superheroes.
For instance, he once took a disliking to Superman and almost
Hilled him. Lobo is incredibly violent, and Ocean assure the world
that the violence will not be toned down. Great stuff.
Can this be true - a
Zool corn-op? It
- i
certainly is - it's on
nii m
r f **■
the streets in the
id
summer. More info .
next month.,, 1
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INNER VISION
Meatier than a tin of Spam on steroids
Hick Faldo’s Championship..,.,..* ,.4
Clubs and silly trousers - is it the Kay's catalogue?
Walker ... 6
The Amiga's first Ian Botham simulation?
Harrier Assault 7
Ere - you can get done for that, can't you?
Chaos Engine ...... ......#.,.....,5
You'll find one under the bonnet of every Skoda
Krusjt's Fun House 12
Biff bashes rotten rodents in this custard pie caperette
Lemmings 2„, 14
About time too!" shout the Gamer crew in unison
Wing Commander 1 6
The best thing to come out of Texas since Lovejoy left Dallas
Galactic Warrior Rats 1 8
And next month... Interstellar Ninja Water Buffaloes, lied Ben
REVIEWS- RE VIEWS- RE VIEWS
Onword 2
About as informative as Michael Fish with a barometer
Blast From The Past 19
Donkey Kong and Asteroids. Or perhaps not
Daddy's Source 20
Remember Grrdball? Neither do we
HP Source 2 ?
it $ a football frenzy, but it s not Kick Off 1. Honest
Cheat Mode 22
This month it s Salman Rushdie’s hints on becoming famous
Cheap Seats 24
The only pages worth reading on bargain games
Back Stroke 26
The most irreverant, misinformed bit of the magazine
April 1 9.1 ISA/, y ' if £
High altitude action in an...
I Ve afwayi fancied golf. Wot kter-
f ally - not to the point where I'd
■ approach ft in a nightclub drejred
rn me ben gear and enquire at to the
chancet of a slow dance in a dark
corner - but I fancy ft, all the lame.
It s the sheer iackadaiskakty of it
all that appeals to me - wandering
around a few fields on a nice sunny
day with a little trolley in tow d period
ically delivering a hefty tubbing to a
small defenceless object before
moving on to the dub house and dis-
cussing the price of leaded windows
for conservatories over a few dry
Martinis.
But other times golf scare* me.
Drive past a golf courje on any given
day in winter and you N understand
why< The wind sounds like a tea ket-
tle and the trees are bent over almosl
double.
The rain - horizontal - lashes with
such force that old ladies are sepa
rated from their teeth, and church
spires are split in two by forked
lightning.
Look at the course though, and
what do you see? ftiddlesT Certainty -
lakes even. Broken flagpoles? Y#t—
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flying around everywhere,. Defla-
tion? No! No! The place is absolutely
bloody packed!
Men, women, children! All dressed
in waterproofs! All dragging their
clubs! Through puddles. Over fallen
trees. Each one determined to com-
plete a round of golf regardless of the
possible cost to personal health or
safety. So addicted are they to their
sport that nothing else matters as
they chase that elusive handicap
lowering score,
n is sad sights such at these which
convince me that golf is a game
played by obsessive maniacs, and my
own prowess on the course would be
best restricted to clicking a few but-
tons in the comfort of my own home -
a view shared by many It would seem,
as the popularity of the many golf
sims over the last couple of years has
proven.
In fact, with two truly excellent
jolfers in the shape or Microprote
Golf and PGA Tour already firm arm-
chair favourites, it seemed a strange
decision by Grandslam - not, in ail
fairness, noted for their big name
titles - to launch an attack down the
meg * Mouse ■ Out now
back nine (that's golfing jargon, that
HI*
But launch one they did, and with
a name the site of Nick Faldo backing
them up, there's no doubting the seri-
ousness of Their challenge.
Let's stop and chat about the
graphics for a while. They re smart,
Not much of a chat that, was it? I lf
elaborate then. For the first time on a
non-PC golfing sim what we have is
actually a very reasonable facsimile of
a course, complete with blades of
grass, beautifully detailed trees,
sandy bunkers, a clubhouse that looks
like a clubhouse - the lot.
In short, more - far, far more - than
the usual "different shades of green
and brown" approach adopted previ-
ously. But where Nick Faldo's Champi-
onship Golf really scores maximum
points for presentation is in the
sprite.
Yes, the sprite - old Nick him set!,
sporting an impressive array of tank
tops, and basking in all his digitised
glory. Such is the smoothness and
realism, that when a shot is taken It s
as though you are watching a piece of
video footage, Very impressive
indeed, and on seeing this shortly
after booting up I really began to look
forward to playing what seemed like
a real contender for top spot on the
Fairway Hit Parade.
Ga me pi ay is where it's at though *
never more important than in an
affair such as this * so does NfCG hit
a straight drive, or is it a bag of balls?
Nobody s perfect, not even the
master himself, so the best thing to
do straight from the off is to have t
bit of a practice- The coaching section
j$ very comprehensive indeed, it
needs to be - after alt, you're posing
at Nick Faldo, and it just wouldn't do
to go flubbing and whiffing your way
around the course would it? Not good
for the image, you see.
In a practice session you have the
option of tuning up your putting,
bunker play, and several other poten
tialJy problematic areas. As with the
other sections, each situation is pre-
sented by Nick, and additional infor
■nation and advice can be gained at
the click of a button.
When you're happy with your
prowess it s time to shoot a round for
real. Up to four players can take pan
in either stroke play |the person with
the lowest overall score after one fuJi
round is the winner} or match pN»<
(competing hole by hole).
If you have a bad case of BO ane
are consequently friendless, don't silt
your wrists just yet, because there it
the choice of competing against com-
puter opponents, or indeed playing
on your own.
The eight compo opponents rang;
from the dodgy Davey Divot to Nic»
Faldo - not a bad guy to have on your
side in the matchplay model
One disappointment is that there :
only a choice of two courses, at
opposed to the four and six in PGA
and Mtcroprose respectively. We are
C&ftcNng
mode - It'S not
easy olUlff -
bring your
trunks
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Fair not fflihtart fm - Nick rwwes with a
comprehensive let of Ehunhy knit t*nk tops
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Adi SfeeitU Wfcll - un Ell we ^lince al the strobe indkatoi!
| »e a choice of three seasons in
- Tich to p/ay, though - summer,,
Spring and winter - which with their
trying wind and ground conditions,
3^1 pen sate somewhat. OK then, I
:in lee you're impatient - let i have a
mmm I.
Presentation during a round is,
gain, spot on. Two "pop-up ' type
pen us appear from either side, show-
ig everything from the course map
rid wind conditions to the lie of
-aur ball and dub selection. These are
: smething of an innovation - far
-'ore effective than previous
methods.
One thing I haven't mentioned yet
■ and it is quite a drawback - is the
antral method of the swlngometer-
‘*\nq. for some bizarre reason the
: r og rammers have implemented a
double-click" power bar, and by the
eft, its a bugger to get to grips with!
□nee you Ye selected your dub and
i Tied f perspective can be Changed by
r rkrng left or right on the relevant
■ - a your witty captioni to Corner,
I Mpi Hou je..*
arrows - another innovation], the
power bar appears, sporting two
shaded sections.
The first - tiny - section is for wrist
map, adding a few extra yards to a
successful shot, and is advisable for
experienced prayers only,
The second, all -important shaded
bit is the accuracy point, and in order
to carry out a true shot the erstwhile
golfer needs to click twice within the
con fines of this miniscule port ion. An
error to either side results In excess
hook or fade, and a near certain trek
into the rough.
Sizes of his accuracy point vary,
dependant upon club chosen, per-
centage power, and whether or not
the player is in professional or ama-
teur mode.
This method was apparently
decided upon to add realism, and I
guess it succeeds, since anyone who's
tried first time to drive straight down
the fairway will know it isn't very
likely. The realism factor Is carried
throughout the game;
for instance, when in
heavy rough, nothing
but a very low iron or
pitching wedge will
see the ball safely back
onto the fairway -
unlike in other games
perhaps, where a fQO-
yarder could be
achieved even from the
sand.
Also, the more Suc-
cess you enjoy with a
particular club, the
longer the accuracy
point gets, allowing
you to "improve' as
you would with prac-
tice In the real thing..
Putting is easier lo
come to terms with -
Pulling caujd
fr* better, bin
true pop-out
menus are lop
simplistic green contours appear
when aiming for the hole, and a much
simpler power bar conies into opera-
tion.
Nick Faldo s Championship Golf
was always going to have to do a hell
of a lot to become the best in its
genre. It nearly does enough. The
graphics are amazing, and new fea-
tures as mentioned Ipl'us the option lo
choose your own caddy, and drop
him/her at wifi} make for a very enjoy-
able experience indeed.
The realism is undisputed - as a
realistic golfing experience it can t be
bettered - but there are a couple of
quirks. Although the accuracy point
does grow with success, it actually
diminishes with the reverse, resulting
in early frustrations.
When these are overcome, you'll be
delighted, but the fact that they are
there at all means that in my opinion
its a sudden death play-off for joint
second place between NFCG and PGA
Tour. Micro prose is still tops - just -
but check this out anyway, Ft's more
than worth the money.
Paul
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p^ychotogtffllly balanced
Back to front action all the way!
board. The cursor keys |or certain letter
keys) are used to move big W back ware
and forwards, while the mouse come:
into play to manipulate the weapons.
The Walker itself is a pleasure to
watch. A massive at frames of animo
tion ensure that every move it makes is
impressively smooth as it stomps Its way
to destruction. Enemy characters are
contrasting - most [with the notable
exception of the level guardians| are
quite small and plain in colour - but the
animation, both of these and of the
atmospheric backgrounds, are such that
the two styles complement each other
well.
The backdrops also change in accor
dance to the time frame, and the num-
ber and speed of the enemies ensure
that boredom will be a long time in set
ting in. What helps Walker really stand
out from the crowd though, is the
sound. Seldom are you likely to hear
more realistic or fearsome in game sam-
ples as these, and tlte pumping intro
tune [seven minutes longfj does an
excellent job of creating an atmosphere
conducive to killing.
When we previewed Walker a eeupk
of months ago, it was thought that
there would be the option to actually
control the machine from inside the
cockpit There isn't, and having seen the
game it becomes obvious that an
attempt at implementing this would
spoil the game.
Developers DMA have managed to
combine the best elements of several
games in coming up with Walker - a
tough, fun, addictive and original
shoot-em-up that oozes quality ane
spews out action like there's no tomor-
row. Power-ups would have been nice
and a pause option wouldn't have gone
amiss, but this is a great release from
Psy gnosis - a real tension reliever.
C omputer games are loved for
many reasons, hot the over-
riding attraction is that while
engaged, the player is transported to a
place In his or her mind where just
about anything is possible,
Wartime Germany or modern day
middle east can be bombard utifiiing
period technology to the full, new
worlds can be explored in the Space
Shuttle, mythical lands exorcised of
demons at the wave of a hand and the
cast of a spell, and motor racing circuits
can be created and raced around at
break-neck speeds.
Shuttle, Wing Commander, Legend
of Kyrandia, Project X - the names are
afi strongly suggestive of action,
intrigue and adventure, which is pre-
cisely what we gamers crave. Call a
game Puddle or Cheese Plant and it
just doesn't conjure up the same image.
Similarly, if its a crazed and frantic con-
test that you re after, then an affair
called Walker isn't necessarily going ini-
tiate an adrenalin flood, because lets
face it - unless you own a pair of stout
shoes and a durable nylon rucksack,
walking simply isn't very interesting,
Names can be deceptive though - I
remember shortly after beginning high
school, I picked a fight with a lad called
Hillary; he gave me the drubbing of my
life and taught me a valuable lesson in
presumptuous ness. By the same token,
far from being a dull and boring one
leg^n-f ront-of ■the-othen em-up, Wa Tker
is in fact a shoot- em-up, and a bit of a
Honker at that,
Sometime In the near future. Jaw
and order throughout the world have
broken down. Due to rapid technologi-
cal advances, enemies are able not only
to destroy each other with what have
become coventional weaponry, but cant
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time travelling
weapons - a la
Back To The Future
- and destroying their y,. ^
ancestors, thus ensuring '*”'*“1
their foes were never born. By
Jove!
The flagship or this curious clock-
defying army Is the AG-9 Walker, a ten
metre-tall heavy duty tank on legs that
- if tanks broke sweat which they obvi-
ously don t but if they did - could ani
ahilate a city without spilling a single
salty bead.
You take charge of the Walker at it
stalks through four different points in
time, seemingly forgetting its mission
and destroying every single thing that
Bombers and Army
trucks lead the bom-
bardment in the World War
One stage; space-age vehicles take over
the mantle on the Future level, and a
whole array of semi^odern pieces of
kit comprise the middle two levels - the
Urban and Industrial time points.
Having mentioned it earlier on, you
may now be wondering quite how a
shoot-em-up featuring a tank on legs"
could work. Very simply, is the answer.
Unusually, the screen scroiis from right
to left, and the Walker is controlled by
a combination of the mouse and key-
OF c dufic , I could've
Fini thed it taiily - but
this is such a nice
picture, I Ihnugt, wpFI
The bravo Walker
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d<an« OUt, come out, wherever you are
Irr,
1
year Jooks as if in going ro be
good one foe alf you flight sim
"ans out there, But it's about time
:: nothing a bit different instead of
- *r<gmg the plane you fly Oh look!
nave obliged with the release of
%sauit
your average easy-to-Hy planes., these
n ngs - it's like trying the balance
j n top of two very hig fans, only
3u: more of that later, I'd better tell
you're to ffy this overgrown extrac-
most flight games and you'll find
t» re onty job you have 10 do is complete
T- ^ missions white flying a high pow-
* et but it's different in Harrier Assault.
3he concept rs extended because you
jr ~ :iay two roles
"”e f irst role is as Commander of the
tic-: Deployment Force /RDF) in which you
' "f campaign of Operation Ocean
Operation Ocean Saber 15 a
^jthonjed invasion of East Timor in
ixr east Asia.
r job you ^re tasked with landing US
% ■■ in hostile terrain and making strate-
f tacocaf decisions for the force as a
■note.
?he second role is as a squadron pilot in
•men you fiy the AV-8S Harrier jump jet
- ~^e surpriscl from the flight deck of the
SZ "?rawa and take it inco commit against
' - jrp ned forces of Indonesia, the nation
■ ^ m has sensed East Timor.
*5 you can see, it's just slightly different
fr am other flight sims, Put hey if you’re hi
fr*K onanist you can simply fly the Harrier
r : lei the computer make those ail-impor-
arc tactical and strategic decisions far you
As mentioned above, the game is set in
me around East Timor in Southeast Asia
ltd can't ever remember a flight sim set in
r.-T country, so you can't fault Domark far
■ :>t*i r&g different from the rest,
-ts far back as f can remember J actually
- nfc this is the first proper flight sim
sunng the Hamer Jump Jet. f think most
:n:ware companies tended lo ignore It
•aytae because it is very' hard to, err, slrnu-
■ But why is it so hard to simulate? I hear
Its a lot less bower with a hover
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blast fragmentation
TV imaging, laser-homing missile
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you ail ciy. Well, it's because the Harder is a
VIOL fighter aircraft. As you probably
already know, VTGL stains for Venice Take
Off and LarxSirw and it means that the jet
The AV-flB Harrier is nor the sort of plane
you want Eo meet on a dark night, ft can be
tooled up to the teeth wirh frve types of
ordnance ranging from guided missiles to
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addicts erty.
carmons bofted on the front We are talking
total destruction here, kids,
J 1 1 let you in on a little secret, but onty if
you don t tell anyone Most flight sims claim
that they are accurate down to the tiniest
detarl, but they are not that accurate m the
control department.
Planes as a general rule are a right pain
in the botty to fly - ask anyone who's been
on the Krypton Factor, To combat this fact
most programmers make flight that bit eas«
ret, Out this is not the case with Harrier
Assault The flight model is very realistic
indeed so if you want a challenge, youve
gat one.
Hamer is very good fun ante you get
into it bur J think that it is Nr to warn 500
owners that it's deadly slow unless you have
an accelerator.
Ben
Entropy antics
■ Bitmap brother*
are two of (lie
most respected software
producer!: of all time, Their
reFeases include such triumphs of
programming as SpeedbaFI and Magic
Pockets and their latest - The Chaos
Engine - looks to be no different.
t liked the look of The Chaos
Engine before td even dapped eyes
on the game. The adverts in the
press sporting the si* psychotic look-
ing weirdos sorted that out.
The story behind a game has
always been very important to me. If
the storyline is weak then the game
become just that - a game. But
it there is a good tale
to get your teeth
into, you re
prompted to
think
about
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two redden psychopath! to 30 In
and kill hundred! of dribbling
beastJtf.
Of course there are loads of peo-
ple lining up to do this sort of job,
but you have a shortlist of six nut-
ters from all walk! of life - a
preacher, a navvy, a mercenary, a
gentleman and a thug. Each charac-
ters has different attributes and a
special power (this is starting to
sound like Street Fighters | but more
about that later, Every two levels
weapon of massive proportions,
People in the village started being
attacked by horrible mutations and
eventually began to realise that it
was the Chaos Engine which was
warping space and time causing
these freaks of nature. The machine,
naturally, had to be stopped before
it destroyed the world,
The players must battle through
the four worlds, each of which con-
tain four level!. To shut down the
Chaos Engine you have to choose
the game and become more involved
in it than you usually would.
£E is set in a world similar to our
own - not exactly free front
trouble and strife. In
a castle near to a
town there lives a
mad professor
type. As per
usual the
experiments
he is conduct-
ing are Mr
w from your aver
P age medico
research.
Even ib there
is nothing that the
local £ can do, mainly
because they are too
scared and none of the
experiments have really
done any damage until
now.
Everything went quiet at
the eaille for a while and the
professor wai rumoured to be
dead H Some peopje in the sur*
rounding area did know what wai
going on and the talk was of some-
thing called the Chaos Engine, a
in
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there Is a shop. This is where you
choose your focal friendly p sy-
chopafh. When you select one of the
volunteers, measurement bars show
health, intelligence skill am i speed.
On these measurement bars Is
shown the potential maximum of
that particular aspect and the actual
level. The potential level of the
navvy's intelligence, for instance,
will be ref alive low but this can be
increased by "buying" him some
intelligence when you have the
option to go shopping.
Also on this shopping screen are
facilities to buy extra fives, increase
any of you attributes and buy other
special shills like monster repellent
and the like.
After you have chosen the charac-
ter you want you have to choose one
for the computer, assuming that you
aren t playing with a friend. The
amount of intelligence the character
you choose has dictates how much
ver sets of keys which will open
doors and passageways.
Just because there if a natural pro-
gression through the game with the
existence of the silver keys, thfi
doesn't mean it becomes uninterest*
ing, Gold keys open up different sec-
tions on the games revealing money
and special powers.
At the end of the level you are
shown an appraisal screen which
tells you how much of the level you
discovered, what percentage of the
gold you picked up and who did the
most work, How much you do on
your particular level decides how
much of the treasure you get,
There are all manner of beanies
from trolls to gigantic hands which
follow you around but on the whole
they are pretty easy to dispatch.
Remember to hang around after you
have bumped them off, though,
because they always leave a bit of
money lying around.
off-screen*
If you leave your partner well
behind he will materialise next to
you after a couple of seconds, This
doesn't apply if he is a human char-
acter - if he wanders offscreen, you
have to wait for him to catch up.
To get through the levels, not only
do you have to find all the stiver
keys but you have to activate the
nodes. These are large monolith-like
things which seem rather uninterest-
ing until you shoot them a bait Then
they turn into massive pulsating mar-
ital aids.
You have to activate all of these to
get the exit open to the next level.
On later levels there is more than
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Ben
he gets involved.
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tend Just to protect himself and
ignore you. However,, as the game
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more involved.
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offset plan view. To progress
through the level you must find sit-
all the other magazines say
about It looking typicafly
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The xiar vi Ifie show, Jfs Krusty
I 've g ot two words to iay to you and
[hey are.,. San Simpson That yellow
haired tok has got a tot lo answer for.
OK. so Lhe Simpsons is still the funniest car-
toon I've eve* seen in my Jife. That's fine, but
we the general public were constantly bom-
barded with hype and merchandise,
Merchandise Irke Bart alarm clocks. Bart
bubbie bath, Homer hair spray, strekers,
badges. T-shirts, etc etc. I couid go on for
about sbe pages. The mischievous one even
brought out a single and an album, both of
whfch wete absofuteiy abysmal, The tom
puter industry fatthed on to the fact that
anything to do with the Simpsons was sell-
ing like hot cakes, thus ensuring plenty of
software for your home computers and
consoles,
The first effort to mw it's ugly head was
Bart vs the Space Mutants and apart from
the amazing cartoon introduction there
wasn't a tor to be said about it apart from
that it was a fairly standard platform romp
and quite a sony affair.
Then with a crack of thunder, the Simp-
son phenomena died down. No publicity,
no news, no nothing, The kiefs had turned
their beady Irate eyes to something else as
they so often do.
The gaming news had also gone to an
early grave, but slowly and surely there was
a revival starting to happen, Bart's Night-
mare had made a few waves and caused a
big splash with its outstanding graphics and
sound on the Super Nintendo Meanwhile
on the Sega Megadrrve, a cartridge had
started to sell very weU It's name? Krusty’s
Super Fun House,
The game wasn't as much to do with
Bart Simpson as (he others Krusty's is more
a spin-off, rather like A Drfferent World
when compared to the Cosby Show As die-
hard Simpson fam will know, Krusty is a
clown who looks similar rind is just as psy
chotic as the clown out of Stephen King's k
He’s also Bart's hero. Krusty has his own TV
show and appears alongside Itchy, Scratchy
and Sideshow Bob. The plot behind the
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ACCLAIM ■ £29.99 ■ 1/2 meg ■ Joystick * Out now
card pies. Very lethal
Will Krusty s Super Fun House fail down
or has it got good foundations? Overall, ft's
an excellent puttfe/platform game. The
graphics are great and to tdf the truth I
can t tell any difference between [he Amiga
and me Megadnve version, The same goes
for the sound Those with a musical ear
should, err write [0 Esther at That * life.
Krusty's is very simple, but some of the
levels are downright fiendish. Control
method is no problem - even my dog could
play it ft's quite addictive for the first few
days, but a month after purchase if you hacf
a choice between Kju sty's and something
else you might just pick something else
instead The price is a bit steep at just under
£30 - perhaps Acclaim still minks it's the
Sega version.
If you re looking for something to m
your brain a bit and you re feeling pretty
flush then look no further than Krusty's, well
at least until Lemmings 2 comes out. Aye
Carymba dudes,
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fclrt cm Gt turned off .
game is simple, Krusty is in trouble because
rats have invaded his fun house and are
begmnmg to run riot. He has to guide the
rats to the deadly traps controlled by Bare,
Homer and other such Springfield
favourites, Easy? Nah, not very 1
krusty's Super Fun House is a mature
between a platform and a pu^de game. The
puides vary, but the object ultimately Is to
jkril the rats The killing changes with each
level. The rats can be zapped with electric-
ity. burst Irkc baffoom or squa sheer like
tomatoes. It's all in good cartoon fun
though, so the RSPCA and Mary White ho use
can stop complaining and relax.
Not only does Krusty have to splat,
squash, blow up and burst the rats, he also
has to beware. Dotted around the place are
slimy snakes, pink flying pigs and laser firing
aliens all of which are rn league with the
rats and will do Krusty &ome damage if he
goes to near them. What possible weaponry
could Krusty have? Machine gun? Knrves?
Flame-thrower? inter-Continental Ballistic
Missiles? Heyl - Krusty's a clown, so she red
nosed one is armed to the teeth with cus-
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MimlwiMp wi'Jft Fff f f O^Jfi Wp QbftfftflQr } to rp Dfiiw
ave a look through sow recent
back iss ues of youf Amiga maga-
zines. Not just this one - check
them air. Scan throughout the games sec
lions, payrng particular attention to the pur-
ity efforts of the last coupJe of months. Just
for a giggle, count up how many times, a
reviewer has said something along these
tines.,.
'All in afl it's a good game, and should
keep you satisfied, at least until Lemmings 2
arrives/
Have you done that? What? Twenty-six.
No - just a minute - what about that one
there, and the one just past the - oh, and
don't forget that one, and..
Everyone, ii seems r has been waiting
■with bated breach for the second coming fif
you don't count Oh Mof\ of the green-haired
stage d/vers since about welt since before
J arrived, anyway Tne dozy little beasts
delighted the entire gaming nation first time
around, setting a new standard in the
puzzle genre that has never quite been
matched
Such was the impact; the payability
and the plain, simple bare-assed fun of
it aJI, that the question havering on the bps
of, J guess, almost everyone, is how could
DMA possibly come up with something
better?
Rumour have circulated of course. First
there was speculation mac the sequel would
contain a massive 8,000 levels. Then it was
said that Lemmings 2 would never come
about and that Psygnosis, m keeping with
the theme, had plans ta release a game
about Oxford University students.
There were even those who ventured
that L2 would be the first virtual reality
game for the home computer whereby play-
ers wandered around spooky rendered land
scapes, sufferrng actual death by electrocu-
tion should they fair to complete a level.
These proved unfounded - Lemmings Z
has indeed arrived In ail its glory, sporting
new Lems, new skrlfs, new revels. But lei's
start atthebeginnrng...
When we reff them, the Lems - having
clambered, clomped, jumped and fallen
iherr way through level after frustrating level
- were comfortably and deservedly settled
on their new island home.
Of course, like any civilisation, they had
varying ideas as to the way they wanted to
Oil You! Yes - you there with the big nose
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Ee, you remind me of meirH when I wai yo ur
Age - ug ly lirtJc bugger I was
lead tfw lives, and being a friendly - if not
particularly intelligent - bunch, decided to
split into tnbes and inhabit separate parts of
the island.
The cute animated intro features a grand-
pappy Lem faking up the story, relating it to
a young pup Lem. He explains how a magi*
cal talisman - their protector - was split into
ll might not bt San Trap*!, but in heme for our green-haired chums
Hey - that «r David Vine- with a wig on, that is!
1 1 parts when the lobes went stw sepa-
rate ways, so that each group could rest
easy to the assurance that they would come
to no harm (they come to plenty of harm
when ! play - believe me!|.
Now for some reason - Judith Chalmers
Is on hei way with a film crew probably -
the Lems must move again; they can't go
anywhere without their talisman though,
and not surprisingly perhaps, the pieces
have become lost throughout the fair lem
ming Isle.
That's the story, and its up to you as
usual to guide the creatures through the
levels to safety, it s a bigger game this time,
and more thought has gone into the way
in which it's structured
There are 1 2 tribes of Lemmings, each
inhabiting their own little piece of the
island. Every tribe needs to complete ten
levels, upon which they are rewarded with
a vital bit of the talisman to fit onto the
others,
If you were delighted by the animation
of the original Lemmings, then wear an old
pair of trousers or shabby skirt because s r>
chances are you'll make a mess when y:-_
feast your eyes on tne new extravaganza.
Animators Gary Timmons and Dav :
Osborne have really gone to town on the
loves of their Jives, creating dozens of ne«
comical situations. As we hinted in our
view in February, the sprites are the m
srze as ever, but the whole shebang is r jusr
full to busting with brand new abili ties.
Whereas previously there were a total
eight attributes to aid the cause, the Le -
now come complete with a stonking gre.^
SI abilities! Not alf of these can be used m
any one time, for practical reasons as well
programming ones, - instead it depends or
the type of Lemming as to which abilities m
auaHabfe
Forgive me if this sounds Convoluted
you'll soon see what I mean if and whe-
you buy the game, and you should, oh, y rtj
should...
Afl the old abilities are still in use, bus
well as the new one;, there are certain
irons where a combination of skills I
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Complete witlh
loopsrd’Skin loin-
cloths, watch oui
foe the ones with
the clubsl
These funny look-
ir>g chaps have a
good throwing
arm, and like to
take the odd rrde in
a balloon.
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Like true boy scouts,
these guys are always
prepared - right
down to the rope
and grappling hoc*.
The old favourites,
still a hell of a lot of
fun.
Get a good run up
and try your luck at
the pole vault. If
you're still a-live, have
a bash at hang
griding.
A hFghiander
wouldn t be a high-
lander if he couldn't
play the baggiesl
These sinister beasts
only come out at
night - sort of a Lam-
ming 5 WAT team.
You haven't Jived
yntrl you Ve seen a
Lem on a flying
carpet.
Flying carpets a bit
too slow? Try a jet
pack thenl
Bows and arrows
were the order of
the day. back in the
good old days.
1POLAB
My favourite - bung
your ice skates, have
a snowball fight and
finish off with a brisk,
whrz? on the piste
on skis.
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-ceded, or is just good fun to watch.
For instance, use the running and diving
< Jibes together and you should see scree-
ning worthy nf an Olympic gold medaf!
Passwords are out this time - instead the
:?me can be preserved at any point by
-ving it to disk. Afthough the idea is to lib-
t^ate the tribes of Lemmings one at a time.,
r isn't necessary by any means to make your
*ay through the 120 levels methodically. fF
jne aspect is proving too drfficult. simply
,-.l your game and switch your attention
•: a different tribe.
As if all this wasn't enough, the levels are
_ -nerallJy larger than before, and the
-ailing now moves vertically as well as
"fijgniaHy, raking tor some very strange
coking and tricky levels.
it's more important than ever to saw as
■~jny Lems as possible, because the total is
ijrfped forward to the next level, and as
anyone who's played before knows, the
- xe you have, the better your chances of
- ny it through.
■Jt/hen a level is complete, the amount of
The self sufficient Lemming
viltag* - #11 ronft are mjrtJc of
Lemming half
Lemmings saved dictates whether you are
awarded a bronze, silver or gofd medaL and
when a whole tube is safely through, your
skill’s as a saviour result In a similarly
coloured piece of talisman.
The ultimate challenge, then, fs to put
together a cornpjeiely gold talisman, but
unless you're some kind of Lemtastic genius,
this is about as fikely as the Queen and Ken
Dodd getting together to fill out their tax
returns.
new Lemmings, and you already
knew the basic idea before you
even turned to this page. There is
just so much more to this game
that I could take up the entire mag if l went
into the minutiae
Suffice to say that the compo shop own-
ers wifi be beating peopN? back with a very
grubby suck indeed just to reach their
premises when this hits the shelves |whtch rt
should have done by the time you read
this]
In fact, ari in all it's a good game, and
should keep you satisfied, at (east until, erm r
Lemmings 3 arrives.
Ooo-kay - whai now? Oh, ( don't know.
You know the story; you've heard about the
Paul
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April ml
hen I firtt started writ-
ing an computer maga-
zines i worked for a PC
magazine whtch has long since disap-
peared* At that time games for the
PC were more or less unheard of.
There were the usual frogger and
space invaders and there was plenty
of shareware around hut it was all
pretty dodgy. The only game worth
playing then was Wing Commander,
It came on about ten disks and
tooh about an hour to install - and if
you didrt t have a hard drive you
could forget It, because playing from
disks was nigh impossible.
And it wasn't a bad game. If you
had a fast enough PC and a sound
card you could really get into it- Now
I winder wh#*t’s for tea- reflected Bilijf
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it has been ported over to the
Amiga, but how well?
The packaging, manual* and so on
are identical to the original, only
instead of ten di*hs there are two.
Even io I still installed it onto the
hard dish juft so I could get the most
out of the game.
It begins with a conductor and his
orchestra doing their stuff, hut it
doesn't quite pull it off. What stood
wing Commander apart from the rest
of the ihoot- em-ups on the PC were
its interactive characters.
You could saunter up to people in
the crew bar and get useful informa-
tion about the missions you were
about to fly. Not only were the peo-
ple In the bar friendly but you flew
with an intelligent wing-men (or
womanf who would attach the
enemy ships with as much vigour as
yourself.
They might not always have been
as effective as you, but they did usu-
ally get to fhoot down at least one
baddie per mission.
The original programmers tried to
make WC as film-like as possible, so
the bar It quite lively; the barracks
have leaks in the roof and when you
are killed on a mission you have a
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full burial - in a space suit with a
later salute.
You begin your career as a very
lowly officer flying pretty crappy
ships. But as you amass more and
more successful missions you are pro
moted and you get to fly better and
bigger ships on missions even more
suicidal than the last.
Graphically WC fails miserably. For
some reason the converters have tried
to Keep enaetly the tame style of
graphics as the PC. This doesn't work,
mainly because of the different nature
of the machines. Amigas simply can-
not handle the amount of information
needed to zoom in on and show
details of the ships you are flying
against-
The result is painfully slow, itadly
drawn graphics which resemble larger
brown smudges on the screen when
you get top close in.
Controlling your pilot around the
barracks is simple - everything is joy-
stick driven - Out my main moan is the
control of the craft itself.
Maybe lm being a little snotty but 1
have played Elite and all Ihe millions
of clones that it has and never come
across a flight model as unreal as
this,
When you are flying you have the
normal joystick movement down for
up and vice versa - no problem there.
Now moving the joystick left or right
you would think would give you so-
sort of pitch in your chosen directs
or even a circular spin as with Elrt
but no. You move steady as a rack t
the left or right which complete
destroys the whole effect.
Vtft does actually play, quite wt
apart from the discrepancies in the
control. The battle sequences are we
set up and don't take too long.
You are equipped with last*
which you use most of the time. The
are generally pretty effective so y».
don't need to waste you missile
unless you are getting a really go*
stuffing.
For the section when you are no
actually doing anything of any us
you can just puts on the autopilo
which takes you forward to the ne>
battle or meteor storm.
At the end of the day though, Win:
Commander is nothing more than n
quick diversion and definitely ne
worth the asking price.
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The shop, but no cheese butties
What are you Milling M ugly ed?
here comes a Lime in a program
T mer i life when th& r e is no point
| Hying to think up poignant story-
lines for games any more. Spinni ’g endless
yams which span centuries becomes rrrele-
variE as do you*- attempts to work your aver-
age gamer into a cofd sweat before the
B-Movie flashback, it's the...
70 %
game begins.
Why bother with ecological disasters,
space aliens who have travelled for millions
of light years looking for a home, and the
like?
Instead, why not have three intelligent
rats mutated by an explosion on board a
supply ship, n?ime them after famous scien-
tists and let them go round wreaking havoc
tn outrageously heaviry armed vehicles? Why
not indeed?
As you have already guessed, the three
psychotic, not to mention badly named,
rodents are there to do your bidding. They
have to hack, grind and splatter th&ir way to
the sixth level to shut down the self-destruct
sequence which rs to blow up the planet.
The six fevers are maze-type affairs
crammed full of baddies. Your ship is a sort
of circular looking thing which skims around
Not very fast, I might add.,
GWfl presents nothing hew to the sea-
soned gamer, it's just another angle Oh the
genre of plan-view shoot^m-ups. You con-
trol all three although not all at once - and
rt is you job to go around the maze shooting
anything and everything which should come
your way.
The only new additions which set GWf?
apart from the run-of-tho-mdl budget mate-
rial are the m-game computer jnow a
compulsory addition for these
type of games] amd the wide
range of power ups.
With the destxucbon of
the suspiciously stupid
minions comes money
for you to spend on
more boti^on goodies. Ar
the beginning and end of a
level you have the c
to buy things for your ship.
This section is mainly used
fw buying bigger and better
guns for yourself but there
are also energy pods and
‘orbits' to be had.
Orbrts are the things you
commonly get in shoot-'em-
up, they spin round you
and shoot Of just blow
things up when
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there’s no sub game - always
a nice littfe touch.
One of the best thing
about the power-ups is that
you can have a different com
figuration of weapons on all three of your
ships. Of course you can only buy what you
can afford. The bigger the price the bigger
the weapon.
There are six levels to the game, each oi
which is pretty hard to say the least. The vast
majority of the al*en force are a- pushover but
as the levels progress they become a fol
tougher, shooting more homing missies.
That's one aspect i really drd find
attractive - die aliens aren r as badly
equipped as they usually arc Most
of the time they have what might
as well be a pop gun compared to
your whacking great cannons and
homing missiles.
Some of the tugger roving alien
ships possess homing missiles 'which
can be a rear paun in the backside
but your main worry are the gun
turrets in the floor of [he maze
These can throw all sorts of nasty
things at you,
GWR isn't what you'd call a com-
plete stonker of a game, but, the excel-
lent gameplay does tend to make up for the
weak points in nther areas. If you like budget
shoob em-ups then this would be a good
buy. Have a look for yourself <s wTflt 1 say.
Ben
they collide with them.
If you are getting rea ly Short of ammo or
energy when playing a level there are two
things you can do One, you can go back to
the mother ship but this means you haw to
travel all the way hack to where you started
from or two r find a computer where you can
stock up The in-game computers aren't as
detailed as some of the other games, and
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you caring bock.
Take a trip down memory Jane as Jonathan
remembers the good times and lets them rolJ...
putting of the bail, which
yields to a couple of
presses on ye ofde mouse,
There arc srx courses to
choose from all of which
are presented in wonder-
ful 30, In most golf
games, you hit the ball
and you sec it fly off into
the distance and then you
lose sight of it, but in
Micro prose Golf a mini
camera fcrflpws the bait, so
you sec your shot m full.
And wrth five different camera angles to
choose how the fun fs endless, If only
there was a record option,
you could (hen send your
golfing mishaps into
Jeremy Beadle and have
the whole nation laugh at
you.
Micrapmse Golf has bril-
liant 3D graphics, simply
oozes tons of great game-
play, is addictive an
addictive (bang and will
appeal to golf fans and
non-golf fans alike
Microprose Golf by
Wost golf games unfortunately suffer from
- sad case of the yips, Vou [oad them up
=r>d everything looks OK, but as soon as
fou hit the ball off the tee ali the exciter
~-nt fades as you realise that the pfay is
-□gut as realistic as Terry Bogan’s wig.
Never mind, because way back in
November 1 99 1 Microprose Golf arrived
and proceeded to change the future of
golf games as we then knew them.
The biggest thing Microprose Golf had
going for it was the sheer reafUm of a
round. In fact, ifyoud donned a funny hat
and some striking chequered pants you
could almost have
been there.
As well as being real-
istic, it is probably the
most friendly and easy
to play in the entire
unweise.
The whoie control
system is handled via
icons except for the
actually hitting and
ElfjOTM THE
D * I'm sure you're all farnilrar with lensi-
: e Software, the company behind such
■went hits as Sensible Soccer and Wbtfd
Well, a Tong lime ago in the beginnings,
the Amiga was /ust a little lad wear-
ng shorts, a game appeared from Ocean
Tided WizbaU,
it s about a wizard and his tat who by
icme strange happening have found that
■ - r world has been robbed of all its
COfcXJt
They both have to collect paint that is
--Ting rampant around the Wizwprrd,
The wizard transforms himself into a little
green ball, hence the name of the game,
Wizbatf.
The W\ z has to then fend off lots of
alien beastics as well as collecting enough
paint to cover the world of VA z,
Takmg into account how old the game
actually is the graphics are astoundmg and
would even put some of today's products
to shame,
Vou can't fault Wizhali, simply because it
is so orrginaF. The sound effects and music
aren't that hot when compared to today's
games, but way back then
they sounded amazing.
The control of WizbalF is very
clever too, because when in
his ball stale he acts exactly
like a ball would.
Wizbalf is more addictive
than most other games,
although rt isn't the easiest
game In the world,
P don't think there is a cate-
gory that l courd put Wizball
into - it has elements of a
shoot-'em-up, but it's
not technically one
Whether it's a
shoo Kern -up or not
WizbaJI is still firmly at
the top of my top ten
list of all time favourite
games An absolute
classic.
Wizball by Ocean Software
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April 1993
Is Jimmy Hills chin
really that big?
Jonathan Maddock
provides the
answer while he
takes a sneaky
peek at Soccer Kid
by Krisali s
I n my humble, but ac curate opinion
there are now enough football genres
Sensible Soccer and Kick Off 2 are more
than adequate for my footballing needs.
What footy fans really want is something
different.
t think Krisalns, the company behind such
great football hits as Manchester United,
Manchester United Europe and John Barnes
European Football, have been thinking
along the same lines
Soccer Kid is something different,
because for starters its a platform
rgfliparama. I bet other software companies
are kicking themselves.
Soccer Kid was going to be entitled Foot-
ball Kid, but was changed at the last minute
because it was felt that the game would
appeal more to overseas buyers when con-
verted to the consoles with its new moniker
Hmm, bloomm cheek if you ask me The
great game was called Footbalf and that s
the way it's going to stay
The provisional story behind Soccer Kid U
like this, The cup has been stolen by an
extra-terrestrial 1 . This alien, though, doesn't
want to phone home, much preferring to
cause Chaos. The cup has also been broken
into six pieces and dropped in different to
tions around the world.
Soccer Kid. being the conscientious chap
that he is. has taken it upon himself (0 travel
the globe to collect the pieces and deliver
me reassembled cup to America in time for
the 1 994 competition.
If you are a bit of a cynic, you're probably
already sneering in disgust and mink-rig that
the game will be your bog standard plat-
form romp. Well Mr/Mrs Cynical Reader, you
couldn't be more wrong, and thinking like
that will get you nowhere, ioccer Kid -s
totally unique and very original indeed I
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(«n you dig it? Soccer Kid 4MI grrr.,,
know this because I've already played a
demo and it looks excellent.
To start with, ne's got a football, and
they haven't cut any corners either The
actual ball is as realistic as possible and In
many ways its movement is similar to the
ball in Pinball Dreams.
IT Krisalls 'were slackers than they'd just let
Soccer Kid kick the ball along the levels, but
they're not Mot only can he kick the ball, he
can head it, play keepy uppy, trap it,
balance on it and even overhead kick it.
The ball is not put in there for sheer nov-
elty value either, but is used to solve puzzles
and help get the Kid through the levels, For
all those Geoff Banks wannabees oul there,
Krisali? have included a kit designer, so Soc-
cer Kid can be as stylish as you want him to
be - or you can turn him into a complete
fashion victiml
There are still plenty of bits to be added
before the game is finished. Other features
include power ups. bonuses and secret lev-
els, more sound effects and: loads more
enemies.
Does anyone remember those football
stickers that people used to collect ai
school The ones that guaranteed shouts of
“neeeeed iff and “got itT at lunch time 7
Well apparently, the stickers have now
Changed to cards, Thus Krisalrs have drafted
this idea into the game. Soccer Kid now has
to run about the level collecting footba'l
cards to gain access to bonus levels and, of
I tould make A Uxleiei t joke about wfcrs
balll, but I wont |PhrW - Ed|
course, the missing World Cup.
The game has a very consotey Teel t:
the graphics complement this fact anc
veiy cartaon-like, Everything from the
character to ctoe foatftali to the end-ofr
guardtfns are beautiful^ drawn. Spa
of the nasties, they range bam Ami
footballers to Sumo wrestlers and arc
derfully animated,
Well there's Sotctf Kid and perst
think it touid go straight to numfre-
Keep a look out for it and expect a
review in Gamer in the nm coup**
months.
Right, dawn to serious business, is
Hill's chin really that big? Yes, it Is.
you,
ApiH 1993
D rno Qmi. N even sounds like a
footballing name doesn't it? t
know the guy's a programme!,
x: you really can imagine someone of
frj name hurtling down the reft wing,
* jpmg past defenders and placing a
Mtaie chip into an unreachable corner
:r che net r can't you?
in Pact - talent that he is - I do won-
ar if he wourd have enjoyed the same
bcteis had he been tailed, for instance,
ic^iard Scroggins or CeciF PFod.,
Sat anyway, successful he has been,
surely no-one can deny this of the
* * n responsibie for the mega footy duo
i ck Off and Kick Off 2.
*ick Off was undoubtedly the belt
-e Oinl, Atour tft lakv fcoty
v fit by storm yet again
i:oEbaJl game of Its time - its successor
v:0rte the drfficuJty in mastery expen-
ded by many beginners, has now
: dome damn nigh legendary for its
^eef controllability.
In fact these two games were to all
rents and purposes the oniy real
nffltes we had if we wanted a fast, corv
*: liable, realistic footy game.
Until about nine months ago that is,,
i-nen Sensible Soccer arrived on the
.:ene. Sporting new options, a different
spective and a sense of fun, it won
rdles of followers straight away and
<rked off a Mario versus Sonic-kke war
^mong the two sets of fans.
Jt/ell Dino Oini has become used to
being king of the castle over the last cou-
ple of years, and he s not about to relin-
quish that crown to a bunch of young
upstarts from just up the road.
He's been working flat out for about
I a months, and in just a few weeks time
his labour in the form of 90 Minutes.
Don't be fooled by the name - 9Q Min-
utes Js the third game in the Kick Off
series, and no mistake. Dino has recentiy
parted company with Anco though, who
published the previous Kick Offs r id team
up with big boys Virgin, and due to
some internal wrangling that I was too
polite to ask about, the Kick Off name
stays with Amro.
Dino has compietely re-written the
game using more efficient techniques
than previously, and although it was still
incomplete when I saw it, several new
elements are in evidence.
Inertia, or acceleration, has been
applied to the players, meaning that
rather than beginning a run at full tilt, a
player wiil now need about half a pitch's
length before he reaches top speed,
Perspective has changed also. There is
still the option to play your game wrth a
view of only a smalJ part of the pitch
(now one sixth instead of one twelfth),
but you can also vjew from a much
higher angle which gives you an outlook
on over half of the pitch.
These views can be switched at will
throughout the game at the tap of a key,
which is a nice touch - handy for cor-
ners, free kicks and the like,
Speaking of these, Dino has eliminated
the need for guesswork in such matters
by including a, ertn... trajectory planner
thingumajig which generously indicates
the line your kick is going to take.
A criticism JeveJIed at KOI was the
sheer infallibility of the goalies - it was
as if they'd never heard of the Dave
Beasant syndrome [Dave who? -
exactly!]. Not only has this been
amended, but the whole game displays a
greater intelligence.
An example of this is in the referees,
who discriminate between red and yel-
low cards not only in severity of the foul,
but also as to whereabouts on the pitch
the incident took place,
The crowd are far rowdier than ever
before, and rightly so too as there are
loads more variations of teams and kits
to choose from - though Why On earth
they'd want to cheer along with "Albion"
Js way beyond me,
Couple all of these elements with the
existing playability of Kick Off 2, add a
couple of new pitch options and a few
more skill settings,, and what you get is a
potentially stonking game that seems set
to take footy fans everywhere by storm.
With the war for top footy game as hot as ever, Dino
Dint - not one to rest on his laurels - is determined
to knock the sense out of Sensible Soccer once and
for a/f, Paul Roundell kicks off to Cambridgeshire
to try and make sense of it all
MINUSES
April 1993 GMHR 21
VILLAGE
Having been. uani ported back to the village, go to Sally See-All Give money to Seat m
exchange for a due, then go to the square, turn right, and keep going right until you come
to Ben i Costume Shop. Go in and give money to Ben, ptc* up costume and go into the
back room Wear the costume and a door will appear - go through it No Snuw World
SNOW WORLD
Pick up the plank and go down to next screen. Throw the plank, pick up the fish and go
down to the next screen. Go rrght. pick up and wear deodorant, go right, go up to next
screen and give frsh to the eskimo
Pick up the rod. go to block of ice screen, fight with rod and pick up stone. Go to ice
man screen, pick up snowballs and fight with snowballs. Go back to the first screen, walk
over the sleeping sea ton and shout for help On emerging from the cave, jump into the
boat, and when back on shore throw the stone, whereupon the dragon will take you to the
Ice Palace.
STAR!
FISH &
HOU
DEODORANT
SNOW •
iCE
MAN
SEAL
Welcome to the second instalment i
this thrilling solution to Curse of
Enchantia. Thanks again to Keith
Grabban of Bath - 1 mean, its his
hard work we re cashing in on af :e
all. Now, where were we?...
f PLANK '
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FIGHT WITH WITCH
When she turns yellow. Jump up and walk right. Wait for yellow again the*
jump up. Keep doing this, avoiding the queen s attacks, until you can walk sc
the steps to the throne.
ICE MAZE® ,
Walk towards the portaf, and you'll be grabbed by a large hand - wear the bottfe of gro.'jt
Continue until you find some matches on the floor, and pick them up. Carry on again to *|
room with the monster - hide benind the centre pillar until the monster falls asleep,
use the match with foot.
if he |she?j wakes up, hide again until he falls asleep, then fight the monster with
matches, pick up the fire extinguisher, and you
b& back in the vrlir .
VILLAGE
Go to [fte square and visit Sarly See^Alf. Give money to seal for due, go back to the
continue forward to Wage's, and see the wizard, who will turn you into a prg in exchard
for some money. Back through the square, left past Sally See-All, and the guard will
you pflst.
ICE PALACE
Look at the icicles to the right of the
doer, taking notice of the passing
penguins. Push and pull the icicles in
the same order as the penguins
jyou'lf understand when you see it),
and go through the door that opens.
Pick up the broom and the dice,
and throw the dice and go through
the portal. When in the corridor, look
for an open portal, go inside it
pick up the megaphone. Go out,
back to the start and pick up the
again. Throw the dice and go i
into the corridor, find the next
portal and go in.
Go to the icicle hanging down, m
fight with the broom. Pick up -
icicle and go back to the dice ro;*
Repeat this process, picking up
jack, prism, magnifying glass,
April 1993
April Ij l
WJtm
Go straight to the viring-e square, turfl left and return
tp your old buddy Sally, Part with more cash to seal
J ‘ j* for his obligatory duo. Sack to square agarn, and
once more io the Mage's. Give wizard money for
“ transportation to The graveyard.
gun from the various portals |you ft
need to me the broom again to get
the gun).
Having done this. Insert the gun
into the snake i head pulley to the
left, slowing the other side tp come
down. Walk to the right and pick
up the grease and the glais.
Go tp the end of the corridor
and pick up the whistle* Use the
whistle with the megaphone, fight
with the megaphone, and Jump to
the hole.
Go to the hole in the floor on the
far right and use the magnifying
glass, Now go to the huJe on the tar
left and use the square prism. Come
down to the hole on left and use
the fckle. Use the glass with the
remaining hole, causing the laser to
cease. Go to the vent In the wall and
insert Jack.
blank cassette into tape recorder
Push/puJI remote, and go back to hippy -
give him the recorded cassette and enter
cave. Shout for help m d pick up wallpa-
per paste. Now go back to the post box
screen and pick up fetter, putting ft into
the post box.
Return to the cave where the hippy
was and pick up me credit card, go back
to sluggres - walk to Che right and insert
the card into the slot, whereupon you
will be transported to a cloud. Click on
the far left of cloud, Chen for right, and
repeat this until youre close enough to
prcfc up r he marbles.
Now walk off the cloud and it s back
to the hippy cave again, Walk Further
light, and enter the door which appears.
GRAVEYARD
Look, then pick up the bone, and fight with bone On climbing from grave go right and a
vampire wifi appear Move quickly to the left of the screen, and he'll fall Into the grave.
Pick up shovel and gp nght - vampire appears again Go behind him and fight him with
the shovel Right again, and stand in front of the next vampre that appear?. Push/puli the
gravestone to scare him off.
Continue right pick up the symbols, go right again and pick up the cross from behind
the dec Sorry about the tedious grammar, but go right again and pick ut? the coin. Go to
gates at far right and pick up the vacuum cleaner Now return to the grave you first
emerged in pick up bread and game and, waFt for it., wait for it... GO RIGHT!
On meeting the vampire, eat the gartic, go right and he appears agarn. Fight him with
cross. Return to gate? at the nght and old vampy-babes wifi turn up once more.
Creep up behind him and fight with the symbols, at which point hell be so cheesed off
he ll open the gates. Go through, following the pathway, and pusJVpuN the next gates you
encounter, Carry on afong the path, and you’re in the palace.
SHOWTIME!
Go info the room an the left-hand side of the palace hallway. Look under the
window and pick up the ring. Return to the half and go right into the library.
Walk between the first two sets of bookshelves and pushTpull the book you find
- agog! - a secret passage appears. Go into the passage,
When the witch magics the ghost fight It with the vacuum cleaner. When the
flames begin, push/puli the fire extinguisher, and when the ice winds appear,
fight them with the fan, The witch is now kind of dead. Now simply use the ring
with the witch, and after much of a to do, you ve completed the bugger!
VILLAGE (3)
PILE OF
SOCKS
PILE OF
TINS
BOAT
DUNGEON
Look on wall and throw the w^llpapfrr paste. Push/ptrii paper, look on the wall and
push/pui button, and the gate will open Throw marb’es from the edge of the electric floor,
throw silver tray, pick up fan, undock door with the paperclip and go through the door, fol-
lowing the path to the village
ght disguise), go left to the hair, and
pick it up. Continue left past the pose box
and pick up the silver tray. Go back to
me slug band and into the screen below.
Go right past the hippy rfnd insert hair
ntb the Sneezy Monster, Go right and
pick up stamp from the prfe of pens
I which you don't actually need I Walk fur*
.her right and prek up sock, then right
again into the next screen
Pick up blank tape from the pile, go
right past the robot to the pile of coins,
and use sock with com to make a cosh
Flight robot with cosh. Enter boat, pick
up plank and walk with pfank to just left
ot centre Ptish/pull plank, and it should
falf from left to rrght. if not, try again untrl
it doe?.
Return to robot and then re-enter
boat Pick up the second prank, and you lf
be able to cross the water to the other
Side Pushy puli plank to drop it, and pack
HOLE
up the paper from the floor.
Now pick up the plank again and
walk to the other side. Posh/puli plank,
arid go down to the next screen to the
pile of remote units and pick up remote
controller
Return to post box screen and pick up
a letter from the floor Use stamp with
letter - go nght to siuggies, and insert
PAPER &
PUNKS
ITAPEI
MACHINE
R/tOHIML
fit
POST BOX
COINS
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STAMP
Apart from turning off all the heating and setting fire to
the dog, the next most interesting way of saving money
is to buy a budget game* Why not take a quick shufty at
these "ten 'n* unders" and let your kids starve?
Paul's selection
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iash TV
Hit Sqi
uad ■ £7.99
Kill.ng people - that's a very interesting concept for a
game- shew; I II bet Noel Esmonds and Les Dennis both
tvive stiff necks from constantly looking over their should
ders at the mere prospect of it.
Well that's what Smash TV is all about, and although it
does carry limited appeal, i'd much rather take up the Noel and Les option,
On entering a TV studro in front of whirring cameras and an ecstatic audience pumped with the
promise of ‘total carnage', your job for the night is simpfe - stay alive 1
You are provided with a gun to make the job that much easier, but the mam problem are the dozens
of crazed loons who chase you with case bail bats, intent on cavirty in your skull and upping off your
limbs. To make matters worse the perimeters of the studio are patrolled by gun-toting self destructive
guards, and there are more than enough trip mines dotted around to
ensure mat you il be scraping your brains from (he roof should you Step
on one,
Loads of power-ups are available to make matters more interesting,
but really there just isn t enough to do in the game at all - even the
shooting bits are very... weft . dean fooking. its a laugh for a while, but
cill the screens are alike, and the gameplay becomes monotonous quite
soon Any mare than a tenner would be an insulting price to ask, but as
it is Smash TV is reasonably good value for money.
Bignose the Caveman
Codemasfers ■ £7.99
Not every game that comes from the
Code masters stables is a classic, and
some rire even quite poor, but one thing
l like about the Codies rs che fact that
[fray toe their feet on Erte ground.
They know their market the games they like to pfcy, and the price thtey ran afford to pay. and i hey
cater to this. Bignose the Caveman es familiar territory for platform fans.
The large conked one and his mates are rooking fcuvvard to a slap up Thanksgiving feast, but unfor-
tunately they seem to be experiencing a few problems in the culinary quantity department; in that they
have bugger fill to eat.
Undeterred, Bignose picks up his trusty club anO sets off in search of some g^ub in the torn- or a
large and tasty looking pterodactyl which inhabits the other side of the island
Needless to say it won't be a cakewalk - there are toads of creatures on several levels tn bludgeon
before you reach the goal. Banes and rocks can be collected as
power ups, and there are one or two secret zones to discover as
well.
Graphics are colourful and dear, sound Isn't too bad, and
although Bignose The Caveman is far from a gaming breakthrough,
pe‘s got enough to keep the younger prayers happy for a good while.
Pit Fighter
Hit Squad ■ £7.99
1 was arways under the impression that
pit figh&ng was something to do with
big mean dogs - the krnd that eat kids
- ripping each others faces off after
being fed on a diet of raw steak,
Appdt entry nut though You have [he choice of three different fighters, you lucky
blighters, whom you pit against all manner of mean opponents in on attempt to
become the world champion, or something.
Ty. Kato and Buzz are the Chippendale rejects turned fighters, who like nothing
better than to orl [heir chests before implementing their allegedly extensive repertoire
of moves on unsuspecting adversanei everywhere, As you fight through the rounds
you will find a few items scattered around that might
save your fists - far example, far some bizarre reason
you can throw motorbikesf
Graphically the game is far from impressive - dodgy
looking sprites flickering around on even dodgier back-
grounds. There area good number of moves to make,
it's true, but when success or failure hinges on what
amounts to guesswork, this in my book makes the
whole affair a bit of a turkey.
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Biffa's selection
Terminator 2
Hit Squad • £7.99
The big man said TB be backl" and by golly Miss Molly he
was right Terminator 2 did not farewell with the review-
ers when l was released way in the dark ages of Decem-
ber
Gamer gave it a very respectable 40 per cent because
chats all ie deserved. Despite this it still flew up the charts thanks to a big advertising campaign backed
up by lots of hype.
The game irseff is a mixture of three element. It's ,1 beat-'em-up, a puzzie-'cm-up, a shoot-'em-UD
and, m a chase* erbup. if there is such a thing.
The plot of she game is loosely based on the plot g# the film, J have to admit that when it first arrived I
was quite impressed by the presentation of, hut that all stopped though when I started to play it.
The first level is a straight fight between Arnold khwanenegger
fT-FDI | and the TF IKK) and It's no< exactly stirring Stuff.
Second level and it's the chase- ! em-up between the TP DOO and
John Connor on his motorbike. There are various obstacles in your
way such as burnt out cars and, err water puddFes The difficulty level
of i tie chas^'em-up does vary a lot On one go you might last a fuFl
minute, others you might onry live fa* five seconds.
Robocop 2
Hit Squad • £7.99
Cor iumme r it's anathei film tie-in. This time dd
metal bonce is back. The first fiobocop was
excellent at the time and sold loads due to the
fact that the arcade version and of course, the
firm was extremely popular.
Robocop 2 the film was a brt ot a disappointment to say the least and the same
goes tor the computer version The first game was new and interesting, whereas the second was
lust seen as a standard platform game arvd a desperate cash-in before Robocop lost alJ of its
popularity.
The idea behind The game is that Robocop has to save the City of Detroit from crumbling into
rum Trie reason for this disaster is a te&h.Hi drug called Nuke.
Ihe police are on strike and the citizens are easy targets For gangs jf armed hoodlums and their
reader Cain. The washing machine with legs has to destroy Cain
and his lethal supply of Nuke,
Like Terminator 2 it's goc good graphics, but rs Jet down by
poor playability. Robot op 2 is a very hard platformer and even the
most experienced games player might have trouble rn completing
the rarer levels.
It wifi keep you entertained tor a lot longer than Terminator 7,
but doesn't quite make the grade
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RBI Baseball 2
Hit Squad ■ E7.99
What's going on? is it that sequel
kind of month or what? Rfll Baseball
2 is just about the best baseball game
that you can buy for your computer.
Forget the opposition because there isn't any.
Why is it so good. I hear you ask? Fey starters it's actually quite easy to hit the
ball This always seems to be a major problem with basebalF srms. They look nice
and are well presented, but when it comes to the realism, there isn't an y
Ft's nearly annoying when you get what looks like an amazing game and it's let
down by some small insignificant point Irke, ahem not being *ble to pfay Ft.
RBl i graphics and sound are brrllfanL, but they arc nothing when compared to its
sheer playabifity and addiction
Every aspect is easy to understand and easy to
play It doesn't matter whether it's batting, pitching
or fielding One of the best touches is the electronic
scoreboard which comes up with amusing htde ani-
mations whenever something interesting happens,
for example when a team is struck out or when a
home run js scared.
April im
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J mere readeri Th'S is something
of r i bonus, isn't it? You've
tome to etie end of Gamer with
a~rear inyour eye as usual, and what do
you find but the fabled back page we
promised about three months ago.
Truth be told, weVe been quite simply
snowed under with games, and loathe co
miss reviewing any and deprive you o t the
service you've come to expect, we thought
it wise to wait a while.
But anyway, Rack Stroke's arrived, and
with it come the charts, which we've been
neglecting For a while due to the shortage
of space, and your letters.
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Amiga
Maniac
Among the accusations and scaremongering
over the computer/cpilepsy syndrome
comes a shockmq tare of a suburban killer
Amiga
Bloodhound" Ren Styles - always, er,
alert, unearthed a veritable scandal in the
Amiga world with the story of Bob, the toller
A500 plus,
He discovered Bob in the home of Fred
and Alice Godbury, two unwitting Beast 3
fans who bought their Amiga for £BD at a car
boot sale in Wigan The couple were saved
just before they met an untimely demise.
’When we First bought Bob. we had no
trouble at a If, recounts Alice "We used to
play on him well into the night.
Then about two months ago we invited
some Frrends around for a game.
■We reft them to it for a few minutes and
when we came back they were dead as
docwnails, with Bob standing over them
holding a blood smeared machete - hrs
disk drive clicking Bte mad.
It took us a while to convince the
police we had nothing to do with it - but
Boh got them tooF
1 was making some tea and Alice
went to the loo,' adds Fred. When I
came back Boh had wired a hobby up to
the mains and was munching on the other
one with some fava beans and one or our
bottles of Chianti!"
Bob has since escaped custody and is
thought to be living in a shed near Barnsley.
So tFiere you have it Folks - computers DO
toll, Beware.
fle.+U J: The
etodburys night
time pJeaiurH
ha ve fan*
forever
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Indy Jones Adventure
Ye Gods!
I was hoping that you could he^lp me iu
the guardian on level Four of Cods by
Bitmap brothers.
Mr S Hill, Middl
Er, sorry S - Biff s the drily one whe *
played Gods here, and hes too stop#
to get that far. Anyone out there win
tan help big 57 There t two Game
badges in it for you if you can.
Big kid
l m a 36-year-old father of three My child
q ei the better of me every time wo olay <
games,, and as my joystick perfarmar:
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AEfjt frfffrt txpiaims bmvyott
i N» rwWlW sfteed ttmf etix*' fl/ In
ffivr programs | j jj
upposc a long und involved luncdon has to be
ft called several times by a program. It would make
more sense if its result was stored in memory, and
recalled every time it was needed, rather than having to ho
recomputed each time. If you have evef as nuicii as uwxl a
pocket calculator with a memory, you know tlut tliis makes
sense.
In iTieiiMHSiltiO'ii we create a table, and each time a func-
tion is called with specific arguments, the result is stored at a
crmespofuling position in the taitle (a memo).
Every time a value is needed for the function, we first
check tire table, and only proceed 10 calculate it if (Jtere is no
memo for it, In certain cases this can result in wwimous time
savings!
Meitioisaiion is used a Jot in mattien Lit real and algebraic
software. However, this is not the place to explore arcane
computing °r scientific issues. We merely use simplified
fumes of these sulujects as an interesting context or Iwkdrop
to show off what AKexx can do practically
So if you are a iieginner. there Ls no need to lie confused.
A Hew Is there to simplify your computing chores, as 1 hope
that this month's subject will amply dumunstTfle! It is certain-
ly an appiicaiiod area tailor-nude tor ARexx, and It sliuuld
give you ideas for many other uses.
Most itf you already know that AKexx is a recursive lan-
guage, ie its functkms can cull themselves. Recursion is a nai-
unilly elegant way n> deal with rrtiny computing problems,
and if you do Liny pmgrainmmg at ail you will come across
ft, sooner or later.
Vi e w-ill illustrate tire recursive programming style hy using
the Fibonacci series. This Is a very well known scries, snot? it
appears in many natural forms, including the spirals uj shells
and the arrangement of sunflowers and daisies. Here are the
first Few numlrers in the series:
1 , 1 ,2.3 ,W, I3iU-i ,55,89. 144,233-. etc.
It is obvious that every dement in this series is simply the
sum ol the previous two elements, and its definition Ls pre-
cisely that
HboNumfn) = F£boNuiri( n-1 ) + KiboNumtn-2 1
iTuH is, the nth number is tire sum of die (n-l )th and (n-2Hh
numbers This is exactly how we think of it, so it is reason-
able to want to write a program for it in the same way
(notice rhai the first and second Fibonacci numbers are
defined to lie 1 ).
Here Ls a very simplistic recursive ARexx pn>gr.im to find a
Fibonacci numlier:
/* Mb. ren *i
Sl.T 'Vhie* Fib, njibsr 4o y*u Hint? 1
* StT ‘Entir JfKtger leiutm 1 ~ l?: 1
FULL nl f* Hn Ehfetfcf are ibce- hiTHE V
SM 'Tie 1 ni p tfc Fib nyibtr li 1 Fib^nl?
EXIT
* Fib:
PHDCEIUIE
/t jt us' b? dtcLifsd t ppactdwrt if
jAU hint IQ nit It retursiyiLfr *t
fur = irg<1l
IF nunl THEN KfTUtH 1
]l nnt =2 THEN RETUCH \
CETURI Fib<nui“S] t FifafflUfl-^
However, the above is an awful way to compute hihumcci
numbers. Even the relatively low numbers will speedily
exhaust both your patience and your machine's memory,
look at die following figures, obtained from a standard A 500:
Fibonacci number Time taken Memory used
l5di (610) 19.26 sec 32,224 l^tes
1 6th C9BT5 31.12 flee 33.248 bytes
This is obviously hopeless - you could probably work it oui
faster Iw lund. The tionblc with this recursive ddutt
that (as (Ik* mirnlrers get larger) it generates an enor^
computational “tree", wish huge amounts nf effort dupiJ
tion. Diagram 1 Uustrates this proiileni graphically,
Those of vou who are not familiar with retuision i
J p ; __
have used iteration (DO Loops) may fx.' genuinely
this stage* The ineffurency of this method seems too
crons for words, After all, a simple iterative algorithm
yield the senes much more easily. All you have to do h
from 1 (and l) and keep adding successive numb«s:
t* F i b^l ter sti.rim
ihJ "Hvabsrf iwtt Z) 1
FULL nyi
SAT nui'th Fib - h fib^ui)
lilt
fib:
IcEsndiaii; = 1 ; L«s * 1
M m dfiidH
i 1 * it( \hi FibQnacsi iu).
Nn 1 Last + SKOndUst
i 1 * love- fh f cuo taLuft ua 1 1
cc nd La i t = Lilt
La I t = Un
m
RETURh Hry
All rf the above is totally No Kjss. no
no bother. This algorithm hike* virtually no nienM>r\‘,
cXKtpufi^ sin. 1 15th !'l["h:™ltll number in 0.1^ sec,, Site
0.2 sex. the tQOth in 1.28 sec and even the WOth in only
\tah
see.
itLL^
Qtady li ie iterjiive nkibtxL gives results tluit are si
while the recursive method titles o or Why even bn
with iT ? Well, iltere aa- ll number tst rausoni, First trf :jI'
fiegance trf recursion is trfien L'lLwe to die way we ;i
think about things; this makes it easier to form ul
(describe) problems as algorithms
Stimetimes it ran tike quite a hit erf work tt> imnsltik-
obviously reairave solution into an iienuive one Kven in
trivial example above we still had to R^ire out the metfit d
using the variables (Last, Second Last and Nk-^v ) for nurse hi
Tliere Lire fasen where a ruaifsdve form might be exa
dinarily difficuh (not just inconvenient) to express iterath;
For example, look at the so-called Ackerman tunetii
Atx.y):
El sc= 0 Rtturn [y*]) f M ^ Return- A< i -1 , 11 i
!£ t -5 e M ? AEk,}M3 J
With a good way iu state and recall computed values
can get rid trf the huge duplication effort - we will then
able if) use recursive compututw in at sfK'eds Etkal are at li
comparable to iterative methods.
AEexx offers an extremdy efficient and simple media
for this Tables using compound symbols We looked at t!
in detail bade in the Aug V2 issue.
For those irf'you who ate not yet famaliar wiih cam|
symbols, let us say that they are ARexx’s equivalent of ai
n-dimensiotial matrices and tables (but much mnn: llexilild
L rdike Bade, you do not have to reserve a space for then i
hegimiirig of your program, diry are created they arc need-
[ I icy Line also not limited in numeric values. Variables in com-
* und names will reduce to their value; they can therefore be
.mt d inside a loop a* counters, Here are some example com-
pound symbols;
jrny.1 iaE rise. 1.2 Sdl^HitrSKriChjfhE
srny.rtf ihip, ciptalfl shlp.irtH J
There is jiust nta enough spate to deal with tile subject in detail
here, so 1 hope that the example is sdf illustrative. Otherwise refer
either to the August issue or the AKexx ckitumenis 1 1 underhand
:jiat Commodore lias finally included them with Workbench 3.00.
On to the main pcirr of our program. All we have to do is create
. table with the same (or similar) name to our function, using
compound symlxds. I have called thu function Fib( t and the table
Fib] able, in our system Fibinimi) will be scored in FihTable.mun,
The first two mimlxTs are given, so they are stared in the table
-itmight away.
Alter ilnii, the program takes care of everything by itself. Motiie
that we have barely added two lines of code to near original recur-
sive definition. Effortless or wharf 1
/* Mh_ipi&.reix V
FifcTihts, = 'Unsown 1
FtbTibliJ 1 t
Ft>T able, 2 = t
SJil' 1 g n t e r Integer bet u« er '
PULL fri I* n& thfefci
SAT 1 Th* 1 ill 1 th Fib nulter is ' FibCn1>
EXIT
fib:
FtflEEE-URt EIPtSE FibTlfaLi .
nui * ar^t)
i* Zhuk If •iaiut dt t tidy tncun
eF FibTabii .r.u* '= 1 L«n lul^Hn 1 THEN RETURN Frblabte.nui
t* ii the FibTible viLue 4 unsnourv werk it out
s-t^ir « it \n tstoLt, and ?itjp r . fh t «a I. u s */
FibTible.nui " fibCnui-1] t F ibl nui-i!'
KeMR HtiTabLe.nui
FibTaMe. seem. We could have left that tine
out altogether If we used die following ;is
trie check in our FibO procedure:
IF dltitjfpe^ ibTat)LB.flu* r Nuieri t? THEtl IETUEH
ribiiDi t. nu«
The datatype I fanetjun checks to see if file
vilur in the sahJe is numeric If it is. then it
assumes that the value Is known , and
RFTURNs it. However, this approach Ls a
bit less obvious.
Also note ill at when the stent is
EXPOSEd in the PROCEDURE, all occur-
rences, loduding ones then have no* been
created yet, are available to the procedure
as jdolrar values (Shared or Siutac , il you
Line corning from Basic or n
Note dial the argument to Fibi j ls placed
in a variable. This Ls Ivaiuse il is not leg? I
so write rihTable.argtl ?l in ARtxx. Only
vaiti I tie names may be used in compeund
symbols, not function names. The results
mA
There Lire a few points 10 dole. Firstly, setting the fust pan iU
die compound symbol ^FibTable " (known as the siein) to
\ n known \ sets ALL the uninitialised values of Fiblahkvxxxx
until they are specifically changed
When this value Ls tested in tlx table, we can imnkdiately see
whether it Is already known or not, If il is not kin ywn, we calcu-
late it and place il in the table before we Return. Tlx next time it
1*1 called (tested) it w ill Ik* known!
It k not even really necessary 8 to assign "Unknown” to the
horn this program are much more acceptable, '[be l^th number is
found in 0.6 seconds, [lie l6tli in 0.64 The lOflih number is found
in 4.3 seconds and even die 500th (> |.;WHlC>ij is found in 26
seconds
Tills Ls soil about a third ul die speed of the iterative meiliod.
hut there me many i';iM r s. where ease is mure imporiani dun
speed. Tile reriinkjiie is also quite demanding in terms ui space,
since all ihe values Lire kept in jnentury during computation.
Nupc. Its not ebdp hui it's worth il
11 ic usefulness of ill is method will not take long
to sink in. For instance, we can easily metiiuise
functions with more that one parameter, using a
compound symbol ol the form Table, a-b.e.d.,. etc.
We could even maintain s|xxial informLitkiU alxiui
[Rir memo table such as the nunilier of entries, or
other special properties in variables like
T a hie . nu m _enl ries . Ta bl l\ s □ isi_ent ri es n r
Tahlepmperty jc. Ill is is neuter dian just using any
old variable.
Naturally, memo tables are not resirieied to
numeric information; funcikims that generate sym-
IxjUl data can use them just as effectively. Finally, il
you want your stored duLa to per si si beyond the
lifetime of your program you can store it in the
ARexx H djp H system, But we will have to look al
that another time.
Of course, memoisation techniques can lx-
Implemenied in jusi about any language, but Lri
none ljs easily and simply as ARe\x. '3 ry it and set*.
B
Duptication at computing effort in rOCUt&ivo tn«l
Alex Gian looks
at an interesting
programming
technique known
as memoisation,
which is especially
useful where there
is potentially a lot
of redundant
computation
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VIDEO
efore the tour ni Adorage begins I've got a little
explaining so do As the regulars may rememlw, this
munta i "Inrnn pn mixed .in m-deplb l«»iik .it llie sh-
^ dfecis offered by fax'Rey - an all new Amiga elmaua-ke^ei
b x J in List month’s Almanac
B
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** ■ s poned until next month while the fax less physically
tuundlng Adnrage steps in as an extremely worthy replacement.
V> o uL ft- all well aware. else Amiga Isn’t exactly lacking when it
■ i s n> animation software, so what will yet another have to
afct. especially if she package doesn't support 2^-bit images,
- ic even old style 4,096 colour HAMs?
* icsn't sound very 1 promising, due* it? However, a direct cmv
smMtfi Ijctween Adorage and existing animation .software is in
r._": j little deceptive. . _
A more accurate appraisal would he to blxH the package as
«Hct an image presentation system or perhaps a rideo effects
: ■ mn aimed directly at breathing life into existing stills.
L nlike the rruijarit> r of Amiga animator Adqmge doesn't cun-
Och no
Captain
she's
treatin'
up.,,
(please
read
with
Heavy
Scottish
accent}
One of the best Adorage effects in action as the
Enterprise waves its way on screen
le shortcomings
OK. you've had the good news, now it s time tor a tittle bad.
Firstly like almost ervery package aimed towards animation
Adorage has a veracious appetite for RAM and In turn stor-
age space.
Although neither excessive RAM or a hard disk is strictly
essential, practical application really demands both of the
above to produce a usable end product.
Secondly, as mentioned earlier, the package is (airly lim-
ited as far as available resolutions and screen colours are
concerned, with only hikes 16 colour or low-res 32 colours
available - both of which require interlace as a prerequisite,
Alas, none of the new AGA modes are supported
although a new version has been promised! for the hugely
expanded palette of the A1 200 and 40001
Another curiosity of Adorage is its fondness of the 1200
and its total hatred of the 4ttQ0 - a machine on which the
package won't even load, never mind animate
Lum itself with [ 111 : generatat of original
images, but rather their tmrdpuMofi Lind
asmblruljon wilhin llti Lmim.
For example, if you have a number ui
static images all sharing a common resolu-
tion they on lie combined sequentially and
transformed within Adorage from a less
than inspired collection of siatics into a
swirling. ever-Llianging presentitai which
pauses momentarily on the original image
prior to kEroducsng die next.
In wime ways (lie animations generated
by the software ;ixtf very reminiscent of die
wipes and Fades offered by packages such
as Saiia r Media link, ShowMaker and she
numerous presentation programs that gome
as pad of the more multimedia oriented
24-bit systems.
The big difference offered by Adorage is
tit ii i List over " hj possible effect cnmbina-
lions frani an initial selection which Include
k)go diamonds. blinds, splinters, fire, wild
I wanna
be adored
diamonds., spins, pixelise. peels, lines, pieces, scrolls, windows,
waves and wind.
Each effect in lum then offers a variety of effect styles which
allow the user to specify die size/ complexity and style images to
Ix 1 generated. Although several of the listed effects may sound
familiar such as Winds, scroll and span, it's worth bearing in mind
tint although not unusual as special dfetia, Adorage is unique in
Am li allows you to define exactly how you warn the died lu
progress,
Whetlier it is to be arampanied by a background image and
perhaps mure importantly how the Finished results are to he
saved - either an SSA or Anitin k>niLiL
Paul Austin puts the
latest in animation
to the test as
Adorage struts its
artistic stuff
Although familiar even tliese simple effects ure armzlllgly pow-
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blind effect animation form an existing stalk via DPaiiu. Altiutigh
achievable, the time and planning needed
io match the quality of an Identical
Adorage effect would takes itours if nut
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esen the most experienced DPaim onima-
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In this particular example, the image is
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definable number ol facets which swirl
(be entire image or brush Into die hi miliar
spiral of a helix before reforming the
original image- or dispersing it altogether
- not only impressive hut impossible to
duplicate w ith any other Amiga animation
system.
Controlling the action
With a package aimed squarely at the busy semi-prtrfesskml,
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ties. To tills end, Adorage does well with options to save its eras
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in turn sacrifices compatibility in tite process.
User preferences can be defined and saved plus anim
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which can then 1 x l saved into a lihniA of favourite effedb and
applied Tu new images as required.
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[i Incursion window is like ;i program wafting for an
event to happen, si ^ that IT car lake die necessary
action. Two of the* programs on the CoverDlsk
hrmonstrate features of Intuition windows to new assembler
j C programmers. The third program is a public domain ulil-
n a *r docunterifing source code.
ft hen an event occurs In an active Intuition window, an
-formation;! I message is generated. Blocks of data tor data
^niLtunes) called message pc >rts can he used to communicate
- ith these messages.
Vn Intuition window has two separate message ports, for
mdow events and for IPCMP events, Farh Window flag rep-
re^ents an event that could send a message To the window's
^TindowPorT.
For example, if the window depth flag is set, the window is
generated with the gadget in The upper right-hand corner
SThen the mouse clicks on the gadget, tile window is
l arranged relative to other on-screen windows, no inter. en-
■ i: -n by the program is necessary.
F,ich 1 1 Oil 1 Jla^ represents an event that a program could
e informed about by a message in the window's tiserPcm.
Hie main feature of in Intuition program is usually a polling
.op which waits tor an event to occur and interprets the
t’jcssage.
Instead the demonstration program takes a short-cut, and
•uses the Wait command to await a single W|N|>OWCLOSE
& ent
PROGRAMMING
assembler, for a New Window structure
with address in register AO, the address of
tile screen pointer is nw_Screen(AO).
The CnvtrDisk contains, the program
source code listing in C Ewin.c) and die
object code twin). The source code
includes iniintion intuitional for the
Intuition window md screen .stmeiures
and definitions used in the program
source, and exec/iypcs.h for datatypes
used by the intuit ion.h header file.
When tile object program (win) is run,
the program opens the Intuition library,
and opens a low resolution custom screen
imaginatively titled custom screen, A win-
dow called the small window will open -
it can be moved using the drag bars at the
trip, or be resized using din- gadget ill the
lower right-hand corner.
It could be rearranged relative to any
Other of the screen s windows Ed there
were any) with the depth gadget at the
Intuitive
The main compiler Eur assembler) header directory contains
j subdirectory of header files for each library, containing useful
macros and definitions lor some of the library functions.
Relevant header files can be included in the source code.
These header files also contain definitions of structures tor
blocks of information) used by die system and by the library
routines.
Each structure has a unique name, Rich separate piece ol
mfom atton, or structure member, also has a unique name Hie
^ructure dfffLnitkm contains the names Lind datatypes oi all its
memliem
Header files excre, 1 types.! and exeo^types.h contain informa-
tion on the si/e of each datatype. This enables the compiler to
calculate die offset or each structure member from the ^Lurt of
she block of information.
For example, in € source code, the screen pointer structure
member of a New Window structure called TheHewWincbw is
represented in the source code by TheNewWindow Screen. In
Language command
reen d
ting l
3E
; f with inf on
e screen in
(I colours
MM
ml
jri, but olhe
The command
mory used by Ihe p
display. The comma
dow. and returns the address of the
lure containing all its information.
rrcnr-iT!- 1
indowfl
top right-hand cornel.
Hie complete program source code lining iscreensandwin-
duws.i) is available on die CoverlDisk in assembler. Instead of
including all the long intuition/ intuition i header files, 3 have
isolated the relevant structure definitions, and pur them at the
end of the code section of the .source code.
Header files tx-en included with datatypes and definitions
used by these Intuition structures. When the object program
Escreeusand windows is run, tile program opens the Intuition
librae., opens a low resolution custom .screen, and a small
window that can be resized, moved, depth arranged and final-
ly dosed. The program doses the screen and exits
When a program is being written, priority is given to pro-
ducing i working version before the deadline. Ideally each
function in the source code should have a meaningful name,
and J description of the task it Is trying to accomplish.
Each variable should l x accompanied by a helpful little
comment, A few words al the start of the scarce ctxle can give
a due to the purpose of the program.
Comments explaining tlte “clever bits" ot the code are a
nice touch. All this documentation can be a real godsend later
on, when chunks ol she source code are to lie recycled in
another program
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elapsed, and some of the subtleties of the code have been
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A newly discovered public domain utility, Docca 1 can reme-
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functions that use them.
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description of the program's purpose. The utility wiU even
attempt to document some of tile more obscure lines of code,
but success cannot be guaranteed
This utility has Iwen included on the Cover Disk - simply
type in docca and the filename oi' the offending source code,
and all your dotumraiution problems will lie solved.
Margaret Stanger
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and characteristics
of the Amiga’s most
patient windows
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Ithough Last months Clarity feature did much to
explain the bastes of the Amiga's latest adventure
into Ifi-bit sampling, th is month's Almanac pits ns to
ok j little deeper at the more subtle aspects of the system.
Obviously a primary concern to the serious musician is
Lniiy's compatibility with Midi hardware. As mentkmed in Iasi
month's issue, Midi is surprising]} well catered ftn\
However the existing options do have their problems. As you
may remember, when Clarity is combined with a Midi key-
hoard, an entire sample map can be applied to the keyboard
With up to four individual samples playing simultaneously, pro-
viding the host machine can match the ptrft i nuance of a AIJ^)
t ir above
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between Clarity and the master keyboard is a direct one.
However when the combination of Clarity and the keyboard is
made via a sequencer problems can arise.
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me with just a simple Midi On Midi Oil [icing all that s required
in trigger sample playback.
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Nequencer should l«r a simple nutter of connecting up a Midi
cable from tl w sequencer to the sampler
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can, and often is, easily confused by a complex flow of Midi
data. The end result can be thit suddenly you find youreelf with
MUSIC
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simultaneously on the same machine. If
possible! employ ;t second Amiga or more
Likely your keyboard's internal sequertcer
Qn a final mote of gloom we come to
Clarity's Midi dump function which allows
samples created with Clarity to be
i Ill]ii| hl'i.I to either a sampling keyboard or
module In early versions the J foremen -
honed dump function didn't work with
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Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of Dan
Lennard the author of the Clarity, the
Compatibility problem could be resolved
as the finishing touches have just Ikren
added to a new version which will hope
fully cure the dumping problem twhai an
unfortu nate expression’ ),
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one sample during playback as opposed to the four you had
planned tor.
Fortunately there are a few methods of Commuting die prob-
lem. First and foremost check your chosen protocol and bit
transfer settings anti tn experimenting with a few vu rial ions -
you can always reload you r defaults so any mistakes can be
easily rectified.
Secondly when connecting up uy to ensure that Clarity
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methods of achieving this. First make sure the connecting lead
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than daisy-chaining a signal through numerous Midi Thru ports.
This is often the cause of degraded signals - and m dte case of
Clarity they can lie fatal.
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pler. in addition try making a lew subtle adjustments to the fast
Amiga settings in the Options menu.
Fortunately the authors of i he manual have been kind
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in one go, surely the system is chronical-
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"lock as well as UK, avoids Lime-consuming extra data
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nodding towards better hardware - utilises the "data stream’
characteristics of Ymodem.
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■fthh /modem, eomms protocols have reached the point
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Avoiding muddled
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protocols available
which help you to
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n less you come from the 2 1st Century, you interact
with Amos programs usiiyg the keyboard, mouse and
joystick, and although the keyboard is easy (if you
k~ ^ Basie) r getting lb e computer to understand what you
m. :t lining the mouse and keyboard Ls liardc: Lu MM,
\:im> is really good Lit reading the turd ware, and this in
> uitte it’s Ijecri thought through property.
r w example, for reading if u mouse button has just been
pressed, you gist use either rhe MOUSE KEY or MOUSE CLICK
ffiffumrids. To set or read the portion of the mouse pointer on
i* '-.en you use t3ie X MOUSE and Y MOUSE instructions (much
ampler than ordinary B asfcl.
And finally you can limit the mouse 10 certain areas of die
sri-m with tin 1 LIMIT MOUSE command Obviously once you
■ j . e the mouse bdflg read fft im the Amos program, you can
< js easily pass ibe info from the mouse to a sprite and relate
1 ■ moves to [be use of the mouse. Lake tills sort of thing:
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S he X MOUSE and Y MOUSE values are astray by about 1 50
- lhe x dimension and about 50 in the y direction due to a lii-
: v difference of opinion haweai hardware and screen to-ordi-
j!l*s Its a simple matter [o fix this using X SC KEEN Lind Y
SCREEN or X HARD and Y HARD, and this is how it's done In
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The mouse can’t move outside the coniines of an invisible
- ■•x on the screen p which is good for the kind of game where
,n attack wave is coming onto the screen from the right-hand
'■■Je and you might smack into a few hobs as they appear
If you can't reach that side of the screen your player will be
safe, until they start shooting at least
So the riling to bear In mind with object control is die differ-
ence lietween hardware co-ordinates and screen ctt-ordiiutes.
The X MOUSE and V MOI ISK comnttnds reium hardware CO-
■rdinates sri yinr have to convert ihem to screen tXHirdinates
■ irihe position to Ik; right - die same with LIMIT MOI : SE,
In order for the oo-ords from X Lind V MOUSE to he correct
• hi have to convert tliem using X and Y SCREEN respectively,
Many games require more controls than the simple up,
L >ivn, left, right and fire - flight simulators Lire a gcxkJ example
4 this.
Flight sims usually IlSVe u numhcT of controls. Obviously a
‘V stick is a good start, btiL for things like setting your tl a ps ,
■nroldjng the engine, launching rockets and mi on _i lew more
■nirol keys are required, I hts is where rfu/ keyboard comes in,
The simplest method for controlling things using the key-
■ .ml U i 1 1 ex.ii hi rie individual keys and check i! iliev re equh ■
i ent to certain Asdi characters.
AscEf is a standard code for computer* where every key on
AMOS
the keyboard has a number, and although
these numbers ate usually only used inter-
nally for the computer to identify certain
characters, die codes do have uses in
computer programs.
Commonly the computer language you
use has a sort of translation of the codes
buill in, so you can say:
If fi-'-i 4 Then J0THE6U
kind of thing. This means dial if a key you
I lave pressed is in fact the capital “N" key,
the Proc called JX5THERIZ is actioned.
To grab ihe key in lhe first place you have
a few options the simplest of which is the
INKEYS statement:
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imp
IN KEYS waits in the background until a
key is pressed. and then when it is the value of that key is
stored m the variable you assign It to. Testing lhai variable
allows you to check which key it was that was pressed.
To check the Ascii codes of keys you can test them with the
ASC and CHRtO functions. A SC generates the Ascii code of a
character and CHR$0 converts that code into a character on die
screen,
A more sophisticated fund ion is the SCANCODE keyword,
which allows you to check for keys which don't actually print
on the screen like Help, Del or the function, keys FI to F10,
This means that all the keys cm she keyboard can he trapped
and used as control keys for your program. This short program
gives you the basic idea:
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LOOP
Obtaining
information from
your mouse,
joystick or
keyboard doesn't
have to be tricky,
as Phil South
finds out
Tile function keys tan also lx: accessed witli this cotnmand,
and l his can lx* hantly for utility programs, and even creating
keyboard shod -ails from menus, should you want to do such li
thing.
If you want to know more about Amos, then why not get
Phil's iTook Mastering Amiga Amts from your kical bookstore,
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South, Amos Column
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Wacky Cartoons
Mac General Clipart 1
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Please state Amiga or PC
he argument about which is rhe cop Amiga DTP pro-
grain is never ending, The only certainly is that die
battle is between Soft-Logik's Pagc&team and Gold
Dtaii % Professional Page. Probably.
Both have strengths, both have wtakniMseSp but something
Stream can do that Professional Page cannot is adjust the
- reen frequency" of bis map graphics, and inttpuf (he m at this
fcquency to dot matrix printers.
Normally this screen frequency feature is restricted to
r ^Script output, and even then a single frequency is specified
- the whole document,
PageStfeam lets you adjust the screen frequency of each
5sLmiip graphic individually, enabling you to print each bitmap
.• ks optimum Frequency.
The lerm screen frequency is often misuncfeistood. It has
2 'bang whatsoever to do with the screen you are looking at -
: e display, I mean, the TV or monitor.
It s got nothing to do with that. And while it affects the reso-
kjuon of the printed output, sneer frequency is not the same
-mg as output resolution.
The term Ls a hangover from traditional publishing where
Sophies are photographed through a fine mesh or screen in
rder to turn the continuous umes of the graphic into patterns
‘ black dots
The frequency part of (he term describes how fine b> ihc mesh,
»- willed as a lines per inch" value. Do not confuse "Ones
;:er indT dpi) with "dais per indv (dpi)- they arc. 1 not the same
thing. After the graphic has been
screened (photographed through
the screen), you ate left with some-
thing calied a. halftone, and ii is this
halftone that is published, not die
annual graphic.
Look closely at any black-and-
white photo in any newspaper
and you'll see an example of a
halftone.
Screen frequency in desktop
publishing is roe quite the same
tiling, but it has the same effect -
it enables you to simulate continu-
ous tones or shades (colours and
solid greys') as patterns of different
sized black dors with while gaps
between* or white dots if you like,
although black is the only colour
that actually get printed, of course.
The finer the screen, the higher
the apparent output resolution,
but the fewer shades can he simu-
lated because the "dither matrix"
- the number of pixels available
in which die patterns -can be cre-
ated - is reduced in si£e. It may
The iawer the screen
frequency, the more
cotours esn be simulat-
ed, but f#w* less
information is printed,
*o the tower the effec-
tive output resolut ion
The Screen Frequency gadget to fmmd in the Edit Co-
oril/jiflfts ri quester, Bach bitmap graphic m ay have
its own screen frequency
sound quite technical but It’s really dead
simple, and is probably best Illustrated
wish an example
Let's say we have 300 dpi pnnter and
we am printing a graphic at a screen fre-
quency of 100 I pi . The 10D Ipc means that
in every inch across and down the printed
graphic ihene will lie J00 opportunities to
create 3 pattern of black and while dots
that simulates one colour or shade of grey.
Now, as our printer is a 300 dpi device,
a[ this screen frequency each sliade can
be simulated in a dither matrix that is
three dots wide by three dots high - out-
put resolution (dpi) divided by screen fre-
quency dpi) equals the number of dots
wide and high Ls the dither matrix, m this
case 300/100=3, If the matrix ls three dots
wide and three high, then there are 3x3=9
dots in all in the matrix. If one of those
Behind
the lines
nine docs is black and the rest are left white, we have simulated
a light shack; if two ant : hlack and the rest white we have simu-
lated a slightly darker shade; and so on up to ail the dots hring
black, in which case we have simulated black or a very dark
shade. Nine dots, so nine shades can he simulated.
II we reduce the .screen frequency to 60 Ipi, each dither
matrix can be 5x3 does (3QG/6CH5}, so 25 shades are possible.
Get the idea? But this is only true if you are printing at 300 dpi
(DeskJet* LaserJets). If you are printing ai 360 dpi (24-pin dm*
(matrix, bubble jet), then each dither matrix at 60 Ipi is 6x6 dote
(360/60-6), so 36 shade* ran be simulated
if you are stilt confused or worried by the maths* go hack
and read the explanation again* slowly this time - there's only
H One division and one multiplication.
But die price you pay for more simulated shades is less infor-
mation [kt unit area of paper. Or in other words. Fewer dots per
Inch. Or in yet other words, using a screen to print more sliades
l ias the effect of reducing the apparent output resolution.
A good compromise for 300/360 dpi printers is a 60 Ipi
screen, which produces 25/36 shades. But if the graphic you
are priming contains only 16 colours,
l hen or 90 Ipi will simulate 16 shades
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and give you a higher output resolution.
[f the graphic contains only 8 colours,
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If it is a 4-cdour graphic, then 150 or
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difficult it will be to simulate any particu-
lar shade.
Understanding what
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print a graphic can
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parameters for
pristine printing.
Ben Pointer grabs
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glass...
Perfect posters
Panting a number of shades at the expense of some of your
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matrix size.
This, added to the benefits to be had by being able to
reproduce more shades, means that enlarged graphics
printed with 3fllpi (ish) screens will look quite good when
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j[ jpc now available, Amig^\ ision and Scala
^Sfien Commodore originally released the A3000 f their tJien
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zis\ to use multimedia authoring loot.
It certainly is easy to use, working by placing icons on a grid
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aide range of hardware peripheral input and replay most types
Amiga data. Unfortunately it has two serious drawbacks
Firstly, there is no way in which you can create a program
: at dotsn'l need Amiga\ is ion to tx; Used, Otherwise known as
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for its ease of use and peripheral control.,
A rival to Amiga Vision for ease of use
and power Ls ScniLt. Originally available in
one version, Scala is now in two forms -
llie original Scala, called Scala 500, and its
big brother, Sea la MM (for multimedia).
Due to limJiatkwi.s of space, HI lie look-
ing at Scala MM in a future issue and con-
fine my soribbhngs just to Scala for this
month.,
The program itself set the benchmarks
for ease of use when it first appeared,
allowing presentations to be created
ridiculously easily, Originally developed
for creating presentations. Scab can also
Ix l used for simple appl ications.
it works by creating scripts. Eads script
v- a lisi oi pages and the associations
between these pages Each page consists
of an IFF backdrop onto which you place
text,, and brushes
['ext can be in any standard Amiga
bitmap font each of which can have
numerous different lext attributes applied
Full- screen FMV for CDTV?
As I finish this column word reaches me of some interesting
developments on the FMV front Word is probably already
creeping through concerning a new CDTV,
What form this will lake is unknown, but associates tell
me that it will include full screen FMV. How, you may ask 7
The answer comes from a new compression format known
as MPEG.
This fermal reduces the space required to store moving
pioiures, But why should a strangely named what-d'ya-cali-it
affect CDTV and FMV?
To explain, moving pictures are made up of a number of
still frames displayed one after another, each changing
slighlly. The result is a moving picture.
Each CDTV full screen occupies a fixed amount of space.
To display even a half decent moving picture the CDTV
would need to display 1 6 of these a second (Ihe more the
better) and thus need to transfer 16 times this amount of
data every second from the CD disc - and we all know how
slow CDs are at loading,
Currently it simply doesn’t have the speed. However,
reduce the amount of data to be transferred (ie compress
the data while it loads and then uncompress il once it has
loaded) and Ihe transfer speed suddenly becomes a smaller
problem.
Unfortunately the technology hasn't been available to
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Several American companies are now producing chips that
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update card for existing unite!
This isn't expected lo happen for a while, bul sources tell
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rixild, drop shadow and so on\ and there arc a number of very
high quality fonts supplied.
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dropped into place.
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clicking on which will take the user in a different page . Each
page can he simply displayed on the screen or introduced
through a transition.
These consist of fades, scrolls and wipes and are fast, even
on die lower end Amiga*.
Its major failing is that it lacks proper CD-ROM support, with
no CD audio or CBXL playing capabilities. If however, you r
application consists of |ust screens, its worth a look.
"Next month ['ll lx* looking at some ftjcenj developments in
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As company after company goes down owing money or goods to
their customers, Amiga Market asks “why do they get away with it?* 1
... oofc iL the scenario - a new advertisement appears
die computer press from a bright young company
/of aggressive retailers* low on prices andi long on
promises of next day delivery, arid its a two or three page
extravaganza.
Surety such a btygjht, obviously expensive advert could only
tome from a tig company? And just look at the huge number
of products on offer.. This outfit must have a warehouse the
size of Wembley!
Now look at the other side of the conn. Joe Bfoggs Is a shark
with a greedy streak a mile wide and scant regard for the pub-
lit, He sits at an Amiga with a copy of RageStream and con-
cocts an advertherwent backed up by a company widi all die
substance of an oral promise - hot ai r.
He knows a few distributors and can get his hands on the
peripherals he is advertising, but has no stock to speak of and
won’t order any untH he sees which products are going Co be
popular.
Two possibilities from the opposite extremes of the spec-
trum, but either one of whkh can be lurking behind an adver-
tisement from a company the customer has never before used.
The problem is that there fa '/try little one can do to sort
the good companies from the bad One can phone them and
do some fishings ask around, or simply wait six months and see
rf they’re still trading, but in die end usually the only way io
test a mail order company's mettle is to order something from
them, and this fs often when the innocent customer's night-
mare begins.
Though the majority of Amiga mail order outfits are genuine
and make ail efforts to ensure prompt delivery, efficient techni-
cal support and refunds where required, a minority of disrep-
utable, dishonest companies will take orders and money even
when they know they are going down the tubes* or - rurety, it
has to be admitted — wHI trade from the off as the equivalent of
mail order thieves.
Too many companies take orders by cheque and credit card
only for the goods ordered not id turn up, and the first thing
many customers know of this is when the company goes bust,
at which time they take i back seat in the queue of creditors
waking for payment
Shouldn't the government be doing something ah*uc this sit-
uation? Time aftef time, it seems, the sa™ dodgy businessmen
(to award them an undeserved accolade) crap up in industries
across the economy to start companies which trade for a few
months, then go into liquidation -owing thousands to creditors
and customers alike,
If a motor iit consistently breaks the rules of the road, he or
she is banned for a period, sometimes for life, yet there is no
requirement for business people to pass tests before they are
set lopse m the unsuspecting public* nor do they lose their
right to trade if they show dhey are incompetent or dishonest
When a company fa taken Into liquidation by its own direc-
tors, those directors will often escape personal liability for
debts occurred by the company, and while this is a protection
which is vital for entrepreneurs to be encouraged to cake risks,
those who gamble irresponsibly with other people's money are
too often allowed to escape scot-free.
Only when a company’s directors are taken to court and
declared personally bankrupt do they have to prove them-
selves worthy of the right to trade once more.
In the vast majority of cases,, this does not happen, and
when a company is registered as a limited company the direc-
bon have little or no liability in my case-
What is dear is that some government agency, such as a
Department of Trade and Industry ombudsman or the existing
Offke of Trading Standards, should be appointed to check up on
existing businesses md to examine the circumstances of a failed
company when asked to by creditors or out-of-pocket
customers.
If these circumstances showed that the directors acted widv
out due regard to ethical business practice (assuming such a
dhing exists in the TOs) or to the interests of their creditors and
customers, both of whom invest money and trust in a company,
then the directors' licence” to trade should be withdrawn for a
punitive period or until such time as they can show themselves
once again fit to warrant the trust of the public.
Encouraging private industry and the entrepreneurial spirit is
one thing - allowing crooks and thieves to pose as genome trust-
worthy business people is quite another. Only by tightening cht
present JnisEtr-jftim attitude to business regulation, will ehu situa-
tion be changed.
Gnty through che continued pressure of disgruntled cus-
tomers - perhaps writing to their MPs, perhaps complaining to
the TSO - wdl such regu lation be introduced.
You know what to do the next t*ne a feox-shiftir takes your
money and runs, don't you?
Amigo Meris el
Apni 1993
ADI French
Anyone who's three million yean old ts bound to know a
thing or two unless they've been comatose for the past
couple of million, and it appears that friendly eatra-terres-
trial ADI knows quite a lot.
No matter that he originated in a large grey asteroid
called ME 23 - this rather cute, ET type character whose
animated head appears near the top left of the screen has
knowledge of a great many earthly things, too.
Ore thing he knows - and what we're concerned with
here - is how to teach French to English kids aged from 1 1
up to } 5 (and adults, too, I've noticed!).
ADI French applications come in four age groupings -
11 to 12, 12 to 1 3, 1 J to 14 and 1 4 to 1 5, and are in har-
mony with National Curriculum French lor secondary
school children.
Rather than the no frills, let's-get-omwithdhe-iesson
approach of some educational programs (and teachers'),
there are rewards in the Form of animations and games
which make the learning that much easier
ADi provides an inventive and entertaining interface.
He occasionally gets angry if you click your mouse pointer
on him too many times, falls asleep if he gets no input for
a while, and ticks you off if he suspects you're being
sloppy in your response to his questions. Eut most of the
time, tie's very helpful and informative.
When you buy an ADI application - and the range, inci-
dentally, also includes English and Maths for similar age
groupings - you get more than the average education
package otters.
There are two disks - one containing the API "environ-
menl" and the other the application, or lessons., First, you
load the environment. This in itself provides many facili-
ties, including a pop-up calculator, notebook and diary,
and facilities to write a letter to disk lor a friend who also
has ADI, or to read a letter from a friend, using passwords
for secrecy.
I mere are also several documents that can be brought
A large and varied selection
of equipment comes under
scrutiny from the AC team
to the screen, complete with animations, ort a variety of
subjects like computing, proverbs and sayings, the water
cycle and volcanoes, and, Initially, one game that you can
play purely for entertainment.
The number of games to choose from increases as you
earn points during application work, up to a maximum of
nine. *
The ADI environment has a J1 control strip ,r of icons
across the bottom of the screen, through which every-
thing can be accessed. For those who prefer, function
keys can be used instead. There is an environment for
each of the age groupings (which, as you may havc-
guessed, correspond to secondary school "years"' seven to
ten), and you can use as many available applications as
you like with each environment.
If you click on the first icon, or press FI, you will be
asked if you want art existing application, or if you want a
new one. - unless you're using ADI for the first time and
you haven't installed an application yet, in which case the
only option is a new application,
Vou r re then prompted to change to your application
disk - though hard drive users will not have this inconve-
nience once applications are installed.
So much for the environment - what are the actual
lessons like? I dipped into french for all Four age group-
ings and found the programs remarkably good.
Not being noted for my linguistic ability, l made
rather heavy use of the help system (as ADi kept telling
me, that's what it's there for) and was soon able
to move parts of jumbled sentences around to form
proper ones, chooses correct sentence endings, answer
"vrai" or Taus" (true or false) to English translations of
French sentences, and click correct meanings of
given words.
Each application is divided into chapters,
which in turn are divided into sub-c hapten, For instance,
on the french 13/14 disk, Chapter 6; Services is divided
Into At the Post Office, Making a Telephone Call and At
the Bank.
The lessons are easy to follow, and well-geared to the
National Curriculum for the years they are aimed ah
Sound is not a particularly strong point - there's little
apart from the odd whistly noise from ADi - though that's
hardly important in an educational program for older
children.
However, one would have thought a subject like
french would lend itself to some sampled or recorded
speech. Perhaps this wilt come in time.
The ADI character is fine for younger children, but a
15-year-old I asked to try It out was not terribly
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April 1993
mpressed. However, she conceded tt>e package as a
■whole was belter than most she'd used. And so, on
r evotr moi petit pommes eta W re - you see, it does work!
ADI French
Frrce; £25.99
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Al 200 hard drive
vVilh the new A 1200 having an internal IDE hard drive
controller built in, several companies are now marketing
compatible hard drives. HiQ are one of these compa-
nies. They have three sizes of drive currently available
which are 60Mb at £199, BQMb at £249 and 130Mb at
n 49,
Unfortunately due to size limitations inside the A 1200
you can only fit a 2 .Sin hard drive in and as usual the
smaller something is the more expensive rt is, the drives
which HiQ supply are made by Western Digital who are
about to release a new improved version al their drive.
When you purchase one of their drives you get the
drive, a ribbon cable, instructions and hard drive instal-
lation software. Fitting the hard drive is a reasonably
easy job if you can use a screwdriver - all you really have
to do is remove the case, connect the ribbon cable to
the pins on the motherboard and to the hard drive, and
away you go;
IDE interfaces ace capable of controlling two driveSj
but you would need a different cable which shouldn't
be too difficult to get hold of.
The mam problem with fitting two drives is the lack
of space inside the machine, but it would be possible Lo
connect a longer cable and run it through the unused
Click on the arrow until
phrase which matches the
screen .
port on the back of the A 1 200 to an external drive fitted In
a box,
The only problem you will encounter in fitting the hard
drive yourself Is the fact that it will invalidate your war-
ranty, By the time you read this though there should be
several companies who are authorised to fit hard drives
into the new Al 200 without invalidating your warranty.
Most companies at the moment are offering lo lit their
drives for you and then give you their awn warranty, but
this does not include on-site maintenance. So if your
A 1200 then goes faulty your will have to return it to the
dealer you purchased the drive from.
The drive we had from HiQ for this review was a £0Mb
version with a transfer rate af about 400k per second and
an access time of aFound 14 to 16ms. As mentioned earlier
Western Digital are about to update their drives so this
could mean a speed increase an both access times and
transfer rates.
Once you have youi drive lilted it's time to prepare it
and formal it. This can get a little confusing if you're new
to hard drives, but the software provided with HiQ's drive is
quite easy to operate.
The main problem you will encounter on the prepara-
tion side of the hard drive is the fact that every time you try
telling the software you have installed an IDE drive it refuses
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So when propping a drive in ihe AT 200, simply tell the
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sion, but includes much more detail on individual plants.
The Botanical version would be more suited io people
who are in the plant oi flower trade such as garden cen-
tres and horticultural clubs.
To run this program you need at least 1,5Mb of RAM
and two disk drives, although we ran the program on an
ASOO+ with 3Mb RAM and a GVP hard drive.
it has to be said that using it from floppy drive can
become rather slow, so a hard drive is definitely recom-
mended.
To install PFA5 onto hard disk you simply create m
empty drawer and rename it as anything you want* then
copy all the files from the three disks which Pf AS comes
on into your new drawer:
You then have to add three assign statements to your
startup-sequence. The assign statements tell PF AS where
to find all of Its files. You can add the commands with
almost any text editor - this procedure is explained in
great detail in the manual.
Once you have added the assign statements you have
to reboot your machine to make the statements active.
Running the program is then a simple matter of double
clicking on its icon.
Even though we ran it from hard drive it still took sev-
eral minutes to toad. The main reason for this ii that the
program has to load all nl the different page layouts into
memory first.
Although this takes more time than just loading one at
a time it makes it much taster when actually searching for
individual plants.
Using Plants for all Seasons, you can recall files on
plants by either their common or Latin names - this makes
recalling files quite easy for someone with very little plant
knowledge, ie me!
Once you have typed in the name of the plant you wish
to look up r its main details will be displayed on-screen.
You can scroll around the window viewing such things as
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the plant's height, width, classification and a small
description of how looks. Some plants have other files
associated with them like pictures, environment, growth
and cultivation.
If a plant has a sub-file connected to it, simply click
on the appropriate box like Cultivation - you will then
be presented with all the information about cultivating
the particular plant. If it didn't have such a file attached
to it you could then add the information for future refer-
ence,
PFAS has 1 P 0Q0 plants indexed with ten pictures -
quite a few of these files contain sub hies as mentioned
earlier, it was written using SuperBase 4, so it is possible
to buy SuperBase and customise the layout or even add
fields of information which you require but PFAS does
not already have.
When loaded it has an easy to understand layout,
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ished nor can it ever be. As new strains of plants appear
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date.
The writers are asking people who buy this program
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and in return if used the person responsible wifi receive
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As well as storing ail this information about plants,
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of garden centres, and even gardening books. All in all
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Studio Printer
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controllable.
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Amiga,
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after instiling 5tudio you can select the new driver in you
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Whin you load Studio you will be presented with a life
requester asking which file you wish to print out, You will
then be presented with a screen containing a large grid
with a small box in the Lop left-hand comer.
This small outlined box is your file - you can drag the
box to almost any size enabling you to print a standard
A4 size picture on several pieces making your picture into
poster size.
When you adjust the bo* to print the picture as a
poster the soltware will work out how many pieces of
paper wifi be needed and then proceed to print each part
of the picture on a different piece of paper - you then
stick all the pieces together.
As already mentioned, Studio can print 24-bit images if
they are saved out as FFFs, but the trouble with tiles of this
kind is their size.
If a picture file ii 5Mb and your machine only has 1Mb
then Studio wifi still be able to print it as it can print files
without having to load a If of the file in at once.
Once you have your image loaded and have set how
large you want your printout, you can then start to make
any adjustments to dither patterns, colour correction, DPI
and paper dimensions, Once you think these are set cor-
rectly you just press the Print button. When Studio starts
printing ft only loads in part of the image and
prints that section, then it moves on to the next section
and so on.
This sounds as though it would make the printing
slower but it doesn't probably because as it is loading arid
processing the printer is printing the previous
information.
Although I didn't find the printing over-fast it was defi-
nitely farter and much better in quality than you would
get printing from a standard Workbench printer driver.
You can obtain best results when you own either a
laser or Desk |et printer as most of the Workbench driven,
around for these are rather poor and don't take advan-
tage of their more advanced features.
If once you have printed an image you think it r s too
dark or too red then there are plenty of buttons and slid-
ers to help you fine tune your printer driver. All of the
more advanced options are well explained in the manual,
which goes into great detail on some sections.
Using this program will not give you bn 111 ant printouts
straight away as line tuning it to your printer can take
same time, but with a good read through the manual and
a bit of trial and error with the settings your prints should
start to improve quite considerably,
Pro Punter
How do you make a Irowoed-upon vice into a perfectly
acceptable computer aided hobby/investment scheme?
Easy, make it into a computer program and flog it as a
high brow professional package - exactly whal they've
done with Pro Punter, a very well respected horse racing
predictor program.
first created in 19B7, Pro Punter has risen to
be the biggest and more or less only predictor program
available. For the first time ever it is available on the
Amiga.
After booting up you are fated with several mouse-
driven menus. They alL Itook fairly baffling, and a quick fid-
dle results in confusion!
Referring to the manual, the light dawns lhat the vast
majority of the program entails nothing but the entering
of Figures and facts about the horses themselves - form,
weight, age, uncles,,, the list is endfess.
There is also a database into which you have tu input
the physical characteristics of all the race courses which
your horses are going to be running on.
This entails inputting no less than ten different fields of
information for each course. This is jusL the beginning »
win history, overnight data, sire and dam history.,, the list
is endless.
Don't get me wrong, Pro Punter is a very clever peice
of programming but you must have some conviction to
keep the endless typing of Figures up.
Obviously this inputting of information get easier and
less frequent the more comprehensive your Pro Punter
becomes but it is tedious to start off with.
&ul there is dual effect - yes, Pro Punter will give you
estrm aliens on races based upon the lacts but by the time
you have the program up and running to some degree of
sophistication, you'll practically he Lester Piggot anyway.
II you are going to go out and buy Pro Punter to make
cash fast, don't bother. You will have to get into typing,
reading the Racing Post and various other things.
There are so many outside factors that it r s hard to
believe that it's possible to make that much money off Pro
Punter. It can't give you luck, it can only give you a well
educated guess based upon the facts.
Word Construction Kit
With the growing concern over the number of illiterate
school leaven this might be a welcome addition to many
parents' software libraries,
it's been quite a while since we've seen an education
package that deals with older primary school and early
secondary school rather early primary school kids.
As you already gathered, Word Construction Kit is
aimed at one particular point in a child's career instead of
Amigo M\ rk«i Aprit 1993
Word Conduction Kit
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Price: 09.95 ^
being tinned at general learning like Noddy and other
such recent releases. It is also geared to support the UK
National Curriculum and several other English speaking
country's standards.
Word Construction Kit aims to help word recognition
and vocabulary. The programmers believe that the learn-
ing process is a lot quicker when the student has either
the word groups or sounds or patterns to identify.
5o the program goes through the process of repeating
similar word groups and phonetics. Eventually this should
build instantaneous recognition. It also enables the stu-
dent to make up imaginary words from phonetic groups
like Lcwjs Caroll's Bflllig.
lt J s split into the construction of seven buildings, each
needing a different mixture of phonetic and recognition
skills. Each of the different blocks in the building needs a
word to be formed for it to be Said.
The fits! major pitfall is that the title is given to each of
Lhe sections. They all h<w very daunting names such as
Consonant Condominiums or Homophone Observatory.
That alone is enough to put off many a student.
The last thing a pupil needs is to be baffled from the
off. Once the fear of the long words has been overcome
the student will realise that the exercises are very simple.
The only typing necessary is the entering of the pupil's
name right at the very beginning, from then on Is a case
of choosing letter groups with the mouse pointer. The dif-
ferent construction sites are shown on It a map from
which pupils may choose at will the Exercise they
wish to do,
After this has been chosen the pupil is faced with the
bare bones of a building - scaffolding and so on. At the
bottom of the screen are listed the tool icons with which
the building is to be built, if the pupil gel a word right
then a section o! the building wilt be built
l know it sounds mundane but it is actually quite
rewarding, and there are also some good speech samples
that encourage you when you get it right.
The first tool available is the construction icon which
will launch you straight into the group selection. The next
is the rebuild option. This allows you to knock down com-
pleted sections and do them again, and Is designed to
make the pupil a bit more confident.
The rest of the toots listed at the bottom of the screen
are for helping the pupil. The test option allows him or her
to test out the word he or she has created; If the word is
correct then it is accepted as part of the report if not then
they can go on to change it with out a burnish on the
record.
Obviously this can be abused by students - they may
just keep guessing until they get the word right, but hon-
esty isn't something that an English program can teach.
The sound option makes the machine pronounce the
full word once you have created it. That's all well and
good but the Amiga version uses the awful Workbench
voice synthesizer that rarely pronounces the word
coherently.
Throughout Word Construction Kit the pupil is being
assessed - how we'l he or she actual did is presented on a
report card at the end.
But this is an on-going assessment. If it was oniy one
particular section which dragged the pupil down then
would be possible to go back to the rebuild section and
try and do better, this would in turn up the scoring.
After the pupil has successful gone through one or
more of the exercises it is possible to print out a score
sheet - the perfect reward for children who are using the
program at school. It would also be an easy way for the
teacher to keep a close eye on the child's progress without
having to write reports and so on.
As the program progresses the word that has to be
constructed get harder, going from two phonetic groups
to three requiring the pupils to make such words as "mil'
anthropic" and other words of scary length.
Word Construction Kit isn't a half bad education pro-
gram* There is a lot more depth than usual and a better
range so it doesn't pigeonhole itself. Also it doesn't patro-
nise pupils - a very off-putting aspect of a lot oF education
soFlware.
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DTP
Professional Page 1.0
In In I ate it version, Gold Disk's Professional Page *s an
extremely powerful package offering both flexibility to the
advanced user and ease of use to the beginner.
Its AEexx-based: Genie functions make possible xbe auto=
mated design of pages and quick control of box and text effects,
and iu direct hot links to FfroDraw 10,. the Article Editor {a
bundled text editor), and ProCalc give it an integrated power,
albeit wicjh mostly Gold Disk products.
Drawbacks indude the program’s sometimes fess than intu-
itive keyboard abort- cuts and Its strict adherence to boxes,
which can restrict design flexibility a little.
In addition, Pro Page continues to rely exclusively on
CompuGraphic fonts, despite the abundance of excellent Adobe
Type I shareware fonts, and although Gold Disk have tried to
address this problem with a font converter utility, the conver-
sion process will not work with fonts which have .PFM files,
insisting instead on the ,AFM files found in ofTKial (and expen-
sive) Adobe forts,
These grumbles aside, FroPage 3,0 is a powerful top-end
Amiga DTP package which always deserves long and thoughtful
consideration before the user plumps fora package-
Supplier: HB Marketing
Phone: mi 684000
Price; £ 249,95 ^
PageStream 2.2 1
SoftLogik's ugly duckling has, over thE last year, swanned Its way
to the top in The battle with ProPa^E due to several bug-fixing
revisions and a totally new look and feel with v2.2. In Terms of
features, little now remains to choose between the top pick-
les, hut in terrain areas, FageBtream has a definite edge.
User friendliness is the program’s first advantage. VErsion 2.2
has been thoroughly designed with a Workbench 2.04 look and
feel, leading to very intuitive keyboard controls - everything
does what you’d expect it to do - and dean, simple requesters
All these design shenanigans, though not a big issue with
prospective buyers, tend to renlly hit home once the package is
used for any length of time.
PageStream is also rather more flexible dhnn its main rival m
the range of fonts and artwork It will accept- Both
CompuGraphic and Adobe Type I fonts art instantly usable, and
the package has a font converter to enable the use of Apple
Macintosh non-standard Adobe fonts.
When purchased with The Hot links Editions package*
PageStream has instant Dynamic Data Exchange capabilities to
match those offered by PraFage's Aftexx Genies, with the added
advantage that the system is open ended,
Hotlmks has still to be taken on board by other major soft-
ware houses, but if it does Cake off. POgeStream's support for it
will give the SoftLogik product a whole new dimension,
Saxon Publisher 1.2
$axon Publisher is a rather unique product in that It has a very
different approach to the user Than the other two mam pack-
ages. The interface e$ not based on Workbench 2-04 standards
and doesn’t have the standard easily recognised icons used by
FVoPage so it is initially a more difficult program to get into.
Saxon does* however, have a few unique tricks up its
sleeves, It will* for instance enable the use oi some very
colourful gradiaied fills, both on boxes and as text effects, and
has superb irregular box control
Unlike ihe other contenders, Saxon frame? and boxes tan
be polygons of any number of sidles and) decidedly weird
shaped text boxes are therefore possible.
This £ives Saxon an edge when designing high impact one*
df documents such as posters and flyers, hue the package is
not as suited to multi- page documents as the ocher big two.
Recommended for the colour fanatic and the user with
advertisements or posters in mind, Saxon is probably best left
alone when the user is considering marine or new&Lecter
design. Screen refresh rate is a lot quicker than in either
FroPage or PageStream. but Saxon insists on interlace mode,
making a flicker fixer and multisync monitor compulsory
purchases
PageSetter 2
An old, non-,PostScript: program for the amateur user,
PageSetter 2 ri restricted to simple documents and has few of
chg powerful features found on the high-end packages.
It is affordable and easy to use, but for anything other than
low quality famines or the ubiquitous parish newsletter it ts a
□TP no-go.
PageSetter is best looked upon as a purchase- for those
wishing to dabble in DTP or who want better layout options
than those offered by their wordpracessors. A good introduc-
tion to Amiga DTP but not a package with which to make
your fortune.
4m iga Market Aptil J 993
PageSetter 3
The first AGA-compacible DTP package, PS3 offers a ProFage-
likc interface with the basic DTP tools and a very colourful dis-
play, The result is a slick, easy to use package capable of i
variery of simple DTP tasks,
Though not one For the professional or those look mg to pro-
duce multi- page documents, PageSetter 3 should be pcrfeaU
adequate for the needs of most home and enthusiasts users.
Supplier; HB marketing:
Phone-; DI53 6B60CHJ
Price; £ 59.93
Agfa starter
fonts pack
T he first commercial release of Agfa format PostScript Fonts or
the Amiga, the starter pack contains 1 2 high quality forts rang-
ing from the sober Times Bold: id the more inebriated Brandii =
Iran, The typefaces are dean and well farmed at all sues arc
have a touch of class missing from many shareware fonts.
Far the price, the user could buy many more shareware
examples, but professional users might be happier with i
smaller, but better quality font library,
Supplier: Megatype
Phono; 0759 5 8988
Price: 07
E M Computergraphic
fonts
The range af shareware PostScript fonts offered by EMC has
expanded rapidly from a good selection of SaftLogLk-style font
exclusively for use within PageStream to a large collection of
Type I and CompuGraphk fonts for use in all packages.
The quality of fonts can vary, but as each fcwe disk selectior
costing only £ 12,50 can contain dozens of typefaces, there are
usually plenty to suit all tastes,
Some exceptional general purpose fonts can he found amor ?
the usual one-off occasional fonts you’d use for one party mviu
tion and never look at again, and when the minimum £60 asking
This month the beam falls on DTP packages and
fonts, and ray-tracing systems. Which are worth the
oversized packaging they come in? For the most
authoritative, up to the minute information on the
best and worst in each field, read on...
fee for an official Adobe or CompuGraphi: font it considered, it
is WCl? worth paying £1 2.50 for only ora fane you actually I k?
In addition, the company stocks the Safari range of fonts,
including the excellent Star Ti rek font collection - an absolute
must for ail Tc ekkies.
Supplier: EM Computergraphic
Phone: 01S5 43 1*0?
^ Price; £ I I SO per volume ^
George Thompson
Services
The GTS range af fonts is nat as wide as that Offered by EMC,
but the quality of what is on offer is every bit as good. The 3?
fonts available on the first GTS fort pack, available
in Compu Graphic or Adobe Type I format, can be used
within all the major DTP packages, and contains, n, couple of
useful standard fonts as well as the more whacky
occasional typefaces.
More font pack? are on the way as the shareware fonts war
heats up, so the ne*t few months should be a good time for
Amiga DTP users, especially if the quality of future releases
matches what we've seen so far.
Ray tracers
Imagine 2.0
The Impulse offering Is a contender for the crown as king of
the tracers, and would probably win were it not for two areas
m which the program falls down. It's not the easiest to use {a
fact not helped by the badly organised manual),, and it still has
problems with dodgy anti-aliasing which can mar the otherwise
excellent output.
In the program's favour, it has a superb, easy on the eye
interface and a modular approach which, once mastered,
makes the process of creating objects, scenes, and animations,
very simple.
in particular, the organic modeHei* (called the Forms editor)
is excellent, as is the Action editor, where animation are set
up and controlled.
With its interface, special effects, and modular approach.
Imagine? 2.0 is the first chotoe for 24-bit animators, though per-
haps not the best for static images.
Supplier: Amiga Centre Scotland
Phone: 0846 17583
Price: £24445
Real 3D
In its latest incarnation. Real 3D is the best choice both for
banners and those in need of the best quality static images.
The program has none of the anti-aliasing problems associated
with Imagine 2.0, and is much easier to use, though slightly less
flexible than its main rival. In an attempt to steal Imagine's
thunder, the latest version of Real 3D now has object morphing
and organic modelling, though the latter feature is not os goad as
Imagines Forms editor, and it still has by far the best approach to
texture and brush mapping. Animation is a little less easy than
using Imagine s Action and Stage editors, but once mastered i$
capable of producing excellent results.
A rrjendly program with a manual to match and superb output.
Real 3D just pips Ima^ne 2.0 as the best all-round tracer, though
the dedicated 24-bit artist will probably end up buying both.
Caligari
Rather more of a 3D modeller than a ray tracing package, CaHgari
is adopt at producing clean, scan line images of great detail, chough
not as goad as Imagine or Real 3D in the organic modelling or ray
tracing departments. For producing futuristic, clean cut Imagery at
speed, though, the Caligari interface is ideal.
Although emptying the orthographic display used by most,
Caligari * main screen is a ID plane over which the user positions;
objects. Ths approach makes getting one's head round 3D a>-Qcdi-
rates somewhat easier* and is a great help when buildup scenes such
as complete rooms where the relative positioning of objects i$ crucial
For animation, the program has path tneaiion and camera con-
trols to match the other top packages, and its output can be
found on many a German cable TV screen, but as a tracer for Che
artist in search of weird effects and original visuals, Caligari is
probably not the best choice.
Available in professional variant with an animation module, or a
consumer version without many of the power features, Caligan
nan be either a very expensive TV cool and 3D GAD package, or a
goc-d budget 3D modeller for the enthusiast.
Supplier; Surface UK
Phone: Oft 1-566 6677
Price: £ I r 500 (ProfessianaE)
^_or £94 (ConsumerL^J
Aladdin 4D
The limitations inherent in Aladdin's object creation tools make It
less of a mainstream contender than a specialist in its field, which
is the creation of unique gas** and superb texture control.
Using Aladdin, it is possible to generate images which no other
ray tracer could produce without the aid of a paint package to
retouch and add gases. The only big drawback ii speed, which tan
be slow when the package’s more advanced features are brought
into play.
Amfjpfl Market April i 993
♦ Amiga 2D00 B/Drive, Monitor, Brie aboard.
Printer, Modem, 5 1/4 drive, extra drive*, manu-
als, boxed. £900. FW-e 091 381 3992 gill after
6pm
♦ Arnica Digitizing Kit, Black and white video
camera, quality [rood Stand H Date! Dig! tiling
hardware: £220. Cali 0443 201 73 1 after 6.30pm,
♦ 2 X 0Mb Boards with 2Mb £75 each. I HD
Control with 40Mb HD C 150, Fie A2OO0,'15OO.
Id 00! 56Q 2920,
■# Amiga 500. 3 Meg, Action Replay Mk3,
includes games. £275 one. Jon 07! 51 1 6267.
+ Amiga 200*0', GVP HD 52Mb, 5Mb Ram,
Monitor. Printer. Tel 0755 833157,
+ A2000 9 megs. 2300 Genlock, 'Hard disk, Midi
Interface, games £550. 0235 84041 2.
♦ CDTV Games, H/Ea&kervilles, D. 1 Crown,
Pi Killer, Raffles, £10 each 0534 24552
♦ Wanted Sentinel & any Spreadsheet jnot
PGCalc) Phone Bemie 0273 59 1 1 22.
♦ A500 Cartoon Classics £195. SCSI Monicor
£345 Phone Robin 081 204 4145.
♦ GVP A530 1 20Mb with 4 meg Simm £000.
Phone ftobn 00 1 204 4 145,
♦ Amig? 2000D, GVP 5 2Mb Hard Drive, 5Mb
Ram and more, Tel 0751 033 1 57.
♦ 50+ Commodore Computing International
magalinei £15. Tel Tunbridge Wells 0892
527869.
♦ Vortex Atonce IBM Emulator For A500 £125.
Tel U892 527069.
♦ Gravis Mousestick sell £45 ono. Gary Green,
T harmed! waite, Locbmabdrik Dumfriesshire
DC 1 1 IJH.
♦ Amos the Creator £16 also Easy AmoS £20,
0202 403 1 37.
■# Action Replay Mkl I (2000) unopened only
£40. Fitone Philip 05 1 327 8060. Oiler collects.
■# Midi Interface for A5G0 £12, Phone (0262)
671 125 after 4pm.
■* Campaign Amiga war game £ 1 5. Tel 0276
27871.
♦ KGS PC Power Board V.4.5 for A">ga A500
MS Dos, Dos Shell, Opened but unu&ed, Co&c
£219 will sell For £ 100. Cornwall 0579 370257.
♦ Amiga contacts, wanted. Craig, 60 Sonnymtad
Road,. Yirdley, B’him 026 114
♦ ICD Adspced 34.3 MHt Arctic raior £99. Tel
0900 316025 after 6.30pm.
♦ A500 Screen Gems pack, extra games I Mb.
£175. Tel Oil 453 4009.
*■ Amiga 1500, Manrtor* Printer, £500, Bargain'
No offers Phone 0962 024526,
♦ Mitsubishi Self Peered 5 IM" External Disk
D^e £60 0302 350175,
#■ Wanted original Alien Breed. Ring Andy 0525
3722 17*3371 working hours
#■ Procexc 5.5, £60 ono or swap for Woodworth
2. Tel (03657)21026
♦ Wanced Arnga contacts. Write to UonHeart,
Condores 310. URB.San jose, Bdlawsta-C^lao,
Peru.
+ A500 1.3, I meg. Colour Monitor, games,
wordprocessor. £375. (0604) 415206
♦ Wanted Chaoi Strikes Back Editor for Amiga,
Phone (Q492) 531003.
+ A590 Hard Drive fitted with 100 meg SCSI
Hard Disk and! 2 meg of Ram £450 <SfW. Phone
(0492) 531003,
4* Amiga contacts wanted for games/PD, swaps
etc. Send Disk list. Pete. 8 Brock Avenue,
Amiga Market
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4 ftactec 52Mb Hard Dnv* with 4Kb memory
£235. D443 20I73I,
♦ NTSC-A50O, 4 meg, I meg Agnus. WB204.
£400. Michael Vnnden&os. 1435 Scadacona,
Moose jaw, SK, 56H 7J5, Canada.
* Am^a 500 with I Mb Ram. GVP 52Mb Hard
Disk Dnve u 24 pin Mono Printer, some software
and magazines-. Cost flver £ 1 1 543 new 1 Will split!
Any offers considered, Genuine reason for sale!
Alt in V.G.C Tel 0732 084152.
■# Warned Amiga's Nigel Mansells GP by
Martech. Tel 0700 57523
♦ Waited Scafa 500 and 8 g Akernative Scroller.
Tel Swansea 0792 005477.
4 Graphic Amscs wanted: Giorgio Piazza, Via
T.Vecelio, 2 1 . 20052 Monea (Ml} Italy.
* A5Q0+ Second Drive, UW games nnd utilities
including DPamc4, Amos, Wordsworth. Excellent
condition, boxed as ntw, £35*0 ono, Tel 041 807
0536
# Marram Frame Grabber £250. Syntrorux Hi 0
Edicman £350. Tel 0349 B53943.
+ Amiga 500 Plus with GVP Impact Serres II
62Mb Hard Drive, 5tnr LC-HJ Prlnwr P 4Mb
memory, -extra floppy drive. Pro Page *3.0,
Prq Write v3.2.3, Dclux Paint III and more
games than you tOuld ever play* All V Good
condition, original packing. £650 ono. [0903}
505154.
♦ New Am* con BBS needs callers 9pm-7am, 7
days. 0983 299144.
♦ Penpals wanted Worldwide. Oyscein Sorbo,
f.incalc Scudby, C-910, 5036 Fanboft. Norway.
#■ Godfather and f I GP for sale or 5 wap.
Phone (0326) 310003.
♦ Digivicw Digitiser with R.G.8. Spliner £60
ono Tel 0947 020008-
♦ Ac co m mo da ii on in Prague offered to
Amignu, £5, Fax Ludefc 42-2-4719517.
+ CBM A590 Hard Disk, I Mb Ram i nulled.
Boxed as. ne-w £180 Vertex At -Once PC
Emulacor £1 00. Tel (09001 503202,
♦ Amiga 2000 EC5. 52Mb HD, $Mb Ram, *2
Dnves plus software. Windsor 833 157,
* Amiga contacts wanted C'.Kmg. 14 Sandy
Vale. Haywards Heath. Sussex.
* Amiga games from £5 to £10, £1 p+p, Tel
0242 226020.
4- C64, 50 games, mouse, joystick, £00 ono,
Tel 0525 221525,
* For Bale Action Repkiy MWIL new, £40. Tel
0202 893219.
4 s Swap Musk, demos, with: Dimitries
Gmnnopoi.'los, L Nikis 21, 54623 Thessaloniki,
Greece.
* Amiga games + serious software for sale,
Phone 0402 66B528,
* Amiga magazines for sale; wanted Nintendo
Gameboy games. Tel 0256 704932
* A&90 Hard Drive, 2Mb Ram, £100. Plvone
Lea. Sheffield 0742 400996.
* CDTV, 1 year aid, £200. 0733 2307 1 2
evenings only.
+ DPiiim4 £40 OHO. Wordsworth2 £70 n-nc
and other software. Tel 08 1 07 1 9422.
+ Amiga A600 Music contacts wanted. Tel
Nick on 0633 221316.
* CBM A2320 Flicker Fixer £199 ono. Phone
Simon 041 776 6422.
* NEC 3FG 15" Multisync Monitor £399.,
Phone Simon D4 1 776 6422.
* Contacts wanted.. Write to Senn. H-*'
Lakcmead. A&hford. Kent TN23 1XY.
* Rom bo complete colour solution;
VI diamiga/Vidirgb^Vidi chrome £60, 061 626
4 f 75 Oldham.
* New 52Mb Quantum (Bare SCSI) Hard
Drive £100. Tel 0243 552461.
4 New PD Club. Please «nd s.a,e. for li-st to:
D.Gti tee ridge, 7 Wheeller Ave. Eastwood,
Notes NG 1 6 2AN.
* Cafl 'Mostly Harmk??' 070S 614824. Amiga
Hst V32Bis 24 hrs fidonet.
Amiga Action Repfay £30 Phone (0430)
361697 after 6pm
Remember to Include your
phone number/addrejs in Lhe
advert as well as on the iorrnl
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Monitors
For most people computing invariably starts with a portable tde-
■ ision as their window into the virtual new world, Although fine
for games, there comes a point when a portable simply doesn't
do the machine or the user fustice.
Literally any productivity package is taken co the next dimen-
sion of usability with the addition of a monitor. Wordprocessing
for example becomes a pleasure rather than a blurred, squinting
exercise in sado-masochism.
In short* a decern monitor is worth every penny and in moni-
tor terms they don’t come much better than the Phrlips
7CM32D9 multisync. This particular unit is ideal for new owners
equipped with either A60D or A 1 200s, as both machines can take
advantage of the productivity modes offered by the ECS and
AGA.
Although you may be tempted to plumb for a med-res monl-
tor such as the Philips CMEB33 or Commodore 10845, don't
even consider It! There's literally no comparison between a med-
res and multisync and after you've used a multisync having to
endure a med -res. mon icor is a real pain.
And for the first time ever a quality multisync - alias the
7CM3209/Bniliance - actually comes in cheaper than its med-res
alternative, and stranger still, both units are from the same com-
pany - weird...
If you're working on an older machine which doesn’t boast an
option to employ productivity my personal choice is definitely
the new style Commodore IM45 - at j.ujft £19$ its easily the
best value - and in my opinion the best med-res regardless of
cost
Philips Brilliance 7CM32Q9
Price: £258
Suppliers Silica System!
Tel: 081-30$ I