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neck and neck with its arch
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threefold.
Although t h e t r e n d i s s upplier c onfi ded t h a t h e we were selling 100 per cent same footing as the ST".
national, some major outlets had been inundated by ST Atari ST " , h e t o ld Am ig a Steve K i n g s t o n e v e n
in the stockbroker belt of the users w anting t o tr ade i n Computing. "But since Com- offered a p e n p o r t r a it o f
South East and the industrial their machines for Amigas. modore has inc reas ed it s the p e o p l e b u y i n g b o t h
Midlands report sales c ur- The r eas on? " S u p e r io r promotional ac tiv ities , this machines.
rently running at two to one sound a n d gr aphic s " , h e situation has changed. "The ST buyer I regard as
in favour of the Amiga. said. "O riginally w e k ept lim - an XR3 type aged from 25 to
The one black spot seems Typical of the dealers who ited stock of the Amiga. often 35. But, strangely enough,
to be the North East. But as have s e e n a d r a m a t i c fi nding that potential cus- the Amiga purchaser seems
one dealer put it "computer upsurge i n demand f o r the tomers looked at them, then younger, w ith the exception
sales are pretty low up here Amiga is Steve Kingston o f went and bought an ST. of' those people from the ver-
anyway". Bath Computer Shack. "But n o w w e v iew i t as tical markets such as video
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sTessa Sanderson, T V celeb- Comic Setter from H B Mar- Player Device, software that originally designed f o r use
trity Adam Faith, Radio One enables the user to c ontrol with the Commodore 64 and
keting. I t a llo w s us ers t o
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disc jockey Bruno Brookes. create their own cartoons in any laser disc, compact disc 128. Price E79.95.
rChelsea soccer players and c olour — i n c o r p o r a t i n g or video tape player with an On the lighter side, three
smany other famous names characters, bac k drops and RS232 port. new games w ill be released
a
will be joining the throng at even speech bubbles i n a Also on show for the first by Anc o Mark et — Pinball
rthe Novotel, Hammersmith. variety of fonts — all at a price time is Ariadne's new Amiga Wiza rd p ri c e f:19•95, M i k e
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show
c w i l l undoubtedly be Adams oft w i l l b e d is - Sony U-Matic tape recorders. Defence priced E14.95 each.
the And details w ill be available The show w ill also feature
o Amiga — now beginning playing a range o f software
to make a real impression in for the Amiga that has been of t h e A m i o x ex pans ion a number of specific attrac-
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the U K c omputer mark et- s pec ially i m p o r t e d f r o m board f o r t h e A m i g a 2 0 0 0 tions for Amiga users. These
iplace. America for the show. whic h c ontains a f u r t h e r inc lude a s pec ial s ec tion
n Highlight o f the fi rst day The Nov otel w i l l als o be eight serial and four parallel for music makers, and Busi-
gwill be a seminar on Amiga the launc hing pad for three ports. ness World which is almost a
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graphics c apabilities — the new Amiga packages — word Metacomco — designer o f complete s how w it h in the
uvery area o f performanc e processor TextPro. assembler the Amiga operating system SW.
twhich is spearheading the program As s e m Pr o a n d —is launc hing an enhanced Plus there's a chance to see
machine's breakthrough into powerful database DataRet- version of its popular Pascal all the latest entertainment
home, education and bus i- rieve — pric ed ar ound E50 package. and s er ious s of t w ar e i n
ness sectors. but offered at special s how New f e a t u r e s i n c l u d e action — and an opportunity
Leading ex perts i n t h e prices. random ac c es s , s epar ate to talk to many of the names
field o f computer graphics Catering f o r t h e m o r e c ompilation, dy namic s tr - behind t h e programs . the
will be making presentations advanced A m i g a u s e r , ings and a user interface to authors o f top Amiga pack-
and ans wer ing ques tions Ariadne Software w i l l giv e the Amiga Dos. Price E89.95. ages.
from Amiga users. the first public showing of its Evesham Mic r os w i l l be A money-saving advance
Early indications are that new inter ac tiv e c ommuni- selling a 3.5in double-sided ticket order can be found on
there w ill be plenty o f new cations system. priced E500. disc d r iv e w i t h a s torage Page 85.

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Commodore
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s market (second only many, t h e m a jo r Eur o-
to pean battleground for the
h the USA), that the c om-
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rival
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companies o n t h e Am ig a / professional machine, but it database o f thous ands o f
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has been crossed, a signifi -
in colour tage o f t h e m a c h i n e ' s
graphics, h ig h r es olution
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and 68000 processor speed.
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n ris en t o 160,000, w it h
now by far the best-selling home available by mail order from fessional composers alik e,
the
g biggest slice of the cake c omputer i n G er many — Americ an s oftwar e hous e Price $49.95.
going
, to the Amiga 500, o f there ar e a s taggering 1.6 Infi nity. Infi nity ( 0101 4 1 5 4 2 0
whic h 100,000 units hav e million machines out here, Shakespeare f u l l y s up-
been sold. 1551) is also offering Go for
with t h e A m s t r a d C P C ports colour printers and lets the Amiga, a version o f the
Over t h e f u l l r a n g e o f running a poor second a t users manipulate tex t and 4,000 year old Chinese game
machines, the Amiga is s till "only " half a million. graphics i n a multi-tas k ing of strategy, and world tennis
100.000 u n it s b e h in d t h e Now, according to a r eli- environment. It costs $225. s imulation G r a n d S l a m
Atari. M o r e t han 150,000 able source o f mine, mor e G alileo 2 . 0 i s t h e fi r s t
Atari STs have been sold in which has already been seen
than 8 0 p e r c ent o f C64 astronomy program f o r the in the UK.
the last 12 months, making a owners are ready to upgrade A mi g a w i t h 5 1 2 k r a m — a Both cost $49•95.
total of a quarter of a million to a 68000 mac hine, a n d
units. brand loy alt y is c er tainly
But C o m m o d o r e i s going to play an important
catching up fast, and I think part in their choice.
we c an s oon expect t o see How At ar i w i l l counter- Feed in l u r e i n it s me mo r y . I t is t hen
transferred t o t h e A m ig a
equilibrium between the two attack remains t o be seen,
machines, After that—maybe but l i k e m a n y o t h e r o b - the video using the printer port.
even before — it w ill be no servers over here, I'm look - Update rate may be up to
holds barred. ing forward to watching the 10 frames a second, depen-
N (01-907 3636) is a real- ding on the resolution used.
The br eak thr ough c ame cut and thrust whic h is now
with the rapidly falling price bound to ensue. E
time v id e o d ig it is e r t h a t Each lin e c an b e s ampled
of the 500, T he overpriced It's unlikely, however, that allows
W the user to take input eit her 3 2 0 o r 640 t imes ,
from
f any v ideo source and A complete PAL standard
Amiga 1000 was long seen we will see any major moves
by many people as a dream forward on either the Amiga convert it into a format cap- picture can be read b y the
r
machine no one could really or the Atar i marketing and able of being manipulated by IIDAmiga. but the Amiga is
o Amiga.
the only capable o f dis play ing
afford. And last year's retail sales f r o n t s b e f o r e t h e
price for the 500 — 1,300 DM m The I I D Am ig a VD 3 c an 256 out of the PAL 312 lines.
autumn. O n l y d e d ic a t e d Price £ 5 5 0 , w i t h c o l o u r
(about E430), without moni- German freaks w o u ld c on- digitise
B in real time at 1/50th
tor o r second dis c dr iv e — of
C a second and store the pic- digitiser £795,
sider buying a new machine
was proving simply too high as a g a in s t s p e n d in g h i s M
to dent the competition. money on skiing or lazing on a
However, the 500 is now a sunny beach.
And while he does so, the Blitter
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up ready for his return. blaster
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sure's new game Terroforce
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written by Justin Gavinovic. direc t ions . T h e r e • s l u l l
Your s h ip c an p ic k u p s c reen W i t t e r s c r o l l i n g a n d
extra weapons w hic h w i l l superb sampled sounds too
allow i l t o fi r e i n a ll lo u r for the price — .C12.95.

W M P I I T I N G l u n e 19811
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Mass storage station based on the Amiga

2000'•.
is cheaper It utilises 20Mb removable
cartridges a s i t s storage
media. Each cartridge can be
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Amiga claims to offer 20Mb MSdos when used with the
of storage for only £50 and XT-Bridgeboard. o r a mix-
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N. American eyes
First look are on Europe
at Stealth
By JIM BUTTERFIELD*
T HISshot is
from
the tfihrst
e Stealth
screen M O start off this column it hear that w e watch Europe
fighter game which is being w might b e w ell t o look closely f o r n e w product
written b y Argonaut Soft- back at the Amiga's history announcements. Each spring
ware for Electronic Arts. over the past two years or so. the Han o ver F a i r brings
The game is still some way scenery a n d t r u e fl i g h t In the summer of 19111, Com- interesting announcements
off completion. but promises dynamics which will put the modore an n o u n ced t h e from Commodore which are
to be very fast with plenty of player in the pilot's seat_ Amiga with a big splash in flashed o ver the telecom-
New York City. munications networks.
The Amiga 1000 became And then w e collectively
Business others who may have experi-
enced similar difficulties. As
available almost immediately.
A f e w h a r d y Eu ro p ean
wonder if we will see those
new products o ver here.
information well as being instant and
free, this access to profes-
pioneers obtained N o rt h Computers such as the Com-
modore PC line or the 1281)
American N T SC Amigas,
sional expertise comes with which were not compatible appeared in North America
M most innovative com- no strings attached, no axe to with European television years after they were avail-
puter
I communications sys- grind an d n o commercial systems. But users in North able in Europe.
tem,
C has joined forces with bias. America had a head start. The Amiga is an amazing
the University College o f The team at Swansea Uni- The fi rst Amigas came computer in many ways. The
R
Swansea in a unique instant versity which is answering with an operating system quality o f a n i m a t i o n ,
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electronic information ser- queries i n c l u d e s t h r e e identified as 1.0. I t was a graphics and sound are the
L for businesses.
vice professors, several PhDs and most visible — and audible —
system for brave souls, failed
I With the new service — experts in a large number of frequently and had a pen- features.
called
N ExpertLink — subs- Fields including manage- chant for wrecking disc data. Multi-tasking is astound-
cribers
K can get free advice ment science. ergonomics, The 1 . 1 syst em w h i c h ing and useful, once you
from experts i n vario u s overseas trade, electrical and followed treated discs with solve a few conceptual prob-
,
fields. mechanical engineering, for- more respect. System crashes lems — fi guring out w hat
t They can also discuss eign languages, psychology —meeting the black guru — multi-tasking is, figuring out
h
business problems w i t h and sociology. still occurred, but much less how t o i n v o k e i t , a n d
e often. By the time Commo- figuring out what to use it
U dore a n n o u n c e d i t s for.
American teens have fav-
More
K 2000. Workbench 1,3 w ill
provide software enhance-
Enhancer Software (1,2), the
Amiga w as a stable an d ourite words that are often
'
peripherals
s ments for all Amigas,
The A 2 0 5 2 , 2 M b r a m
usable computer f or busi-
ness and pleasure.
applied t o t h e A m i g a .
Awesome! Radical! They are
C O MMO D O R E has now expansion b o ard w i l l b e And t h e n o w s t a b l e literally true.
Laannounced a range o f replaced b y the A2058 an operating system provided a
new A m ig a peripherals, 8Mb board which w ill h e base for the launching of two
among them tw o Genlock available in different sizes. new machines, the Amiga
video interface boards f or Commodore's 6 8 0 2 0 500 and the 2000.
the Amiga 2000. board will double the speed You may he surprised to
The A2300 is a budget of an Amiga 2000.
genlock based on the board The board w i l l rt i n t h e
for the A1000. The A2350 Unix mult i tasking. mult i *Jim thittertiehl• who
lives in Tomnto.
Professional Video Adaptor user operating system.
is aimed at television stations is acknowledged
Two exciting new moni- world wide as the
and video production houses tors are the A2080, a long Commodore
to p ro vid e so m e visio n persistance colour display, guru
mixing a n d f a s t f r a m e and the A2024 offering resol-
grabbing. utions up to 1008 by 1024 in
The A2090A is a new hard four levels of grey on all 1MB
disc controller for the Amiga Amigas.

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I appr ec iated that many
dispense games
with the need to
operating
T beast. When you s lip a disc into
system for increased speed
H side of your 500 you may not
the and to gain extra
E
appreciate the hours of soul searching memory, he felt that
Awhich have gone into producing the

Face
the machine really
mprogram. shows its true colours
i Programmers of micros have not when programmed
ghad to deal 14rith an operating the way it was meant
asystem as complicated as

67
AmigaDos and Intuition or He said that too
i
chips as advanced as many games adopt
s
Angus, Denise and \ to be
theused.
attitude that

Li
aPaula.
'It's macho to
c Many man years
k ill the

face
owent into designing the
operating system
m machine, and it would —only wimps
pbe near impossible for any one use an Os ",
l programmer to understand and that the way

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i everything about the Amiga. The AmigaDos is
cAmiga developers need to be / constructed allows for
acoordinated and share solutions to more fl exibility.
t problems. lit h e top level of
Commodore, the software Intuition does not do
e
house Ariadne and distributor
d what the programmer
ASAP recently organised a wants, the next step is to
meeting of developers to address the graphic

t
streamline the fl ow of information.
libraries; below that the
The attendees were not expected to
programmer can call indiv idual
cover the entire gamut of the
functions. Such an approach
developer community, but they tried coincides with the "house feel" of
to be representative. The majority of
the Amiga.
developers were working on serious Fail to bare the mail of the machine
.applications for the Amiga 2000, A
and you will run into problems.
couple of people represented David's talk was solid, if sometimes
A limited band o f .

o
Compunet and CIX online systems.
contentious, showing that he. lik e

software developers most of the people around the table,

has a real affection for the Amiga.

I communications all developers

spent a weekend
should
T use modems. Gail Wellington, discussing what
Commodore's general manager for
w
aworldwide software and product
the programming T representatives of Compunet
A CIX. The developers seemed to
and
ssupport, and Dr Rahman lialeem. community needed L
concur that a dial-up system would
ftechnical support manager for
eCommodore UK, represented to do to get the best K
S
make it easier for them to share
information. CIX seemed to offer a
Commodore.
l
t
The games software houses were from the Amiga. wmore suitable service but lacked local
ecall access. Compunet suffered from
t
represented by le i San of Argonaut, Simon Rockman rslow modems and a user interface
who may run one of the smaller which made it diffi cult to handle
hsoftware houses but is a big name in
athe Amiga community. HR systems tagged along... e
glarge conferences.
t represented the distributor network A "task force" of lez San
i
t and Martin Lowe of The Amiga demonstrated the advantages of (Argonaut). Simon Trammer
v
oCentre in Scotland took on the mantle improved developer communication (Precision) and David Parkinson w ill
e
by discussing the different approaches help to decide whic h system should
i of dealer representative. nbe used.
m David Parkinson of Ariadne to Amiga programming. While he
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T saved until last. Gail Wellington switch between different video board.
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outlined Commodore's plans for the sources, as well as mix ing the Amiga This uses the new 1Mb chips as
E next year. Many of the products h a v e * signal, This professional adapter w ill opposed to the standard 256 bit chips
3
bbeen shown at trade fairs but this wee encourage the use of Amigas which are causing Atari and Amstrad
such headaches. The board w ill be
e-Ow first time they had all been talked throughout the British television
em community.
sabout in such detail. Most, but not all. sold with 2Mbs of ram and upgraded
All hard disc users bemoan the to 4 or 8Mb by the user. This w ill be
tof the products are aimed at A2000
5

owners. need to start the system up with a more expensive than a 2052 and
p available soon.
The A2031 is a video card whic h floppy disc. The 2090A w ill cure this.
a It offers the same functions as the The really exciting news was about
allows a second colour monitor to be
r existing 2090 hard disc controller, but the A2620 68020 processor. again for
connected, This is particularly useful
tfor lectures where the standard RGB will auto boot with Kickstart 1.3. This the A2000. This runs at 14MHz —
o is a new ram for the A500 or A2000. twice the standard Amiga speed — and
port may be used to drive a video
f and a disc for the A1000 should be has a 14MHz. 68881 maths co-
projector.
t The professional video market is available this summer_ processor. Anyone who is doing a lot
hclearly important to Commodore — the of calculation might fi nd il
eAmiga 1000 genlock card has won worthwhile to swap their aft881 for a
m Commodore a lot of friends. To 25MHz version of the chip. As
ecapitalise on this it has two new cards standard, the board comes with 2Mbs
A interested in the 1.3
efor the A2000. The A2300 is a Workbench. This works with the of ram. although it can be upgraded
L
to 4Mbs. Indeed this expansion is
t "cheap" genlock, with the same existing
I Kickstart 1.2 but offers many
necessary if you want to run Unix.
i specification as the A1000 genlock enhancements.
, There are 21 printer
hut without the sound. drivers whic h include the H-P Paintjet
n A
g There is simple video titling arid
m Xerox 4020, Programs whic h use
software. The A2300 is classed as the
w i standard libraries w ill fi nd that
semi-professional, so it won't be the U
a
found in big television stations — it is g mathematical capabilites have A2620 has a 68851 memory
smore likely to be used by schools and been greatly improved. maintaining N
management unit. it is a multi-
a
full IEEE fl oating point accuracy. tasking,
I multi-user operating system
colleges which want to make training u There is automatic detection for the which is common on mini and
X
films. s68881 maths co-processor. so some mainframe computers. To be able to
i
emaths intensive programs w ill be offer it at micro prices is a real
I s
rconsiderably faster. The text display achievement.
t
sroutines w ill be faster and the fast fi le Commodore w ill be shipping AT&T
h
M want the A2350 Professional ssystem speeds hard disc access times version 5.3 of Unix together with its
e
O
Video Adapter (PVA). This is a two hby as much as 600 per cent. own window operating system. This
rmaintains a high degree of software
card
R genlock for the Amiga 132000 oCommodore has signed a deal with
e
only.
E developed in conjunction with uAdobe whic h has allowed it to compatibility with Xwindows, but
aruns very much faster. Unix w ill
the
a New York Institute of Technology. llicence Times Roman and Helvetica
smean that the Amiga w ill fi nd its wav
rd
offers software control of the dfonts.
ointo many more universities.
'.venlock with frame grabbing and can b The world shortage of dynamic ram
n A long-persistence monitor has
.• f r e e z e in real lime. It w ill not digitise
a ehas not really affected Commodore's
in real time but all the processing is ability to fulfi l the promise of an 8Mb wbeen promised for a long time. This
n
digital for accuracy, memory board for the A2000. The hwill reduce the fl icker in the interlace
c A2052 2Mb board w ill be
The PVA can cope with any Amiga yIII odes but cause fast moving objects.
e discontinued — although I know of
resolution, including HAM, and the tlike the mouse pointer or alien craft.
d
advanced software can optimise the one editor who is s till keen to gel his til•
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to take advantage of the extra screen will allow the Amiga to be connected
to blur. The Commodore A2080 has a modes. the ECS allows the custom to Macintosh peripherals as well as to
high resolution, non-glare screen and chips to access a full megabyte of Macintoshes. should prove popular
stereo sound. but future Amiga ram. with users of this network.
developments may mean that the To use the new ECS modes you Gail was less forthcoming on plans
A2080 does not make it as far as the need a special. multisync monitor. for 1989, which are rumoured to
home computer market. The A D M Commodore will have its own bisync include an Amiga 3000 with a 68030,
looks like a 1084, the standard Amiga monitor called the A1950 which and a 613030 card for the Amiga 2000,
monitor, which will also be upgraded supports both old and new screen a possi bl e l aser pr i nter a nd a ha r d
to stereo. modes as well as stereo sound. But. disc for the A500. Commodore has
The long persistence monitor would like all multi sync monitors, it will demonstrated a transputer card for
be the best thing Commodore could not be cheap. the A2000 which runs the same helios
offer for desktop publishing if it were The business community is still as the much trumpeted Atari Mag .
not for the A2024 monochrome stuck in an IBM rut, so as a sop to
monitor. This needs a 1Mb Amiga them Commodore has an AT
hut otherwise it will work with all bridgeboard as an addition to the
Amigas. It gives a screen resolution of existing Xi bridge. This comes with T broad, with so many good
640 by 200. 640 by 400 non-interlaced 640k ram and vastly improved H
things in prospect, that it will start to
and 1008 by 800 on American (NTSC) libraries. It runs at 10MHz and can E
appeal to many more people. And
machines and 640 by 256, 640 by 512 autoboot from a hard drive with the A
Commodore has all the bases covered
non-interlaced and a 1008 by 1024 on new A2090a controller board. m
—all it need do now is capitalise on
The announcement of two types of i
European (PAL) systems. All in up to the
g ST price hike.
four shades of grey. Amiga 2500 is a little misleading. The
a Gail took the opportunity to explain
machines are essentially Amiga 2000s rwhy Commodore is not having
with options installed. The Amiga aproblems with the price of ram. She
2500 AT is an A2000 with the AT explained that Commodore is the
n
A Workbench will allow many bridgeboard. 2090A disc controller, gworld's biggest buyer of dynamic
S
existing programs to function with the FTS, the A2620 68020 processor, an eram. IBM is a bigger user, but makes
O
monitor. It works by storing four Amiga 3.5in drive, a 1.2Mb A* type iits own. Commodore's demand is so
frames
F at a time and displaying them floppy and a 40Mb hard disc. sgreat that it places orders up to two
The Amiga 25000X is an A2000 n
all
T at once. Instead of the usual years before it needs the ram.
with ECS, a 68020. the 2090A o This means that Commodore has at
refresh
W rate of' 60Hz the A2024
controller, Unix and a 100Mb hard w
refreshes
A at 15Hz. Software which s
least six, and possibly nine months
disc. There will he an optional tape
needs
R to be modified mainly needs ograce before worrying about the cost
minor !weeks. The Amiga team at Los streamer, All Amiga 2000 owners will of the chips. Most experts believe that
E be able to upgrade to the 2500
Gatos has had StarGlider running. the ram shortage will be over by then.
p specification — if they can get the Normally a chip manufacturer
The 126 column by 128 line display
awill make an excellent DTP, bank manager to agree. would be loath to fulfil an order at a
tspreadsheet or CAD monitor. low, fixed price when the same
c The lynchpin of the Amiga's design products could be sold for
his its custom chip design. Since the considerably more on the open
tearly days of the machine, N more important. and there are market. But Commodore buys a lot
oCommodore and Amiga have been aEnumber of add-in cards for the more than just ram from these
experimenting with improved T
A2000. Ameristar has a high manufacturers, who could not afford
versions of the chips. The first have specification
W Ethernet card which will to lose the sales of things like disc
now been finalised. The Enhanced allow
O an Amiga to share a network drives if they upset Commodore,
Chip Set (ECS) offers a screen with mini and mainframe computers. The conference ended with Dr
R
resolution of 320 by 512 and 640 by In
K independent tests this board was Haleem issuing a set of proposals for
512 non-interlaced in addition to the found to be the fourth best Ethernet a Commodore developers' support
I
current screen modes and requires a controller in a field of well over 100 programme to encourage developers
N
new version of I,Vorkbench. When products, in competition with to get together and share information.
G An advisory board will be elected at
they are available, all Amigas will be companies like Olivetti, Apple and
fitted with ECS as standard. iDEC. the next developer meeting to be
s Compatibility is very important in organised by Commodore soon. So if
Existing users will be able to take
their Amiga to a designated bnetworking. You need to use other you work for a company which has
Commodore service centre and have epeople's standards if you want to be Amiga products under development
the new Angus, Denise and Gary c
accepted. so the Appletalk network you should write to Dr 1-talcum at
chips fitted. Even if you are not going ofrom Progressive Peripherals which Commodore in Maidenhead.
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 Are you man
or mouse?
Sage or dullard?
Travel through
the mists of
adventure with
Dave Eriksson

A Amiga now seems firmly

F
on its way
on
,T the
t o market and in our homes.
Although
E
a manufacturers will
always
R t rhave
s o glowing reports to
shown g e is the software available
a us, it
for ars computer that spells out the
true state of affairs.
lp o
A yearo iago, software for the Amiga
s t
was not exactly abundant. Today one
w
i o
of the leading Amiga mail order
houses s has over 1.50 games on its
n
lists, of t which more than a third are
adventuresa of one kind or another.
r
Does this mean that the average
Amigat owner is a clever thoughtful
sort oft person who does not have
lightning h reflexes? Or have the arcade
writers e not yet caught up with all the
Amiga's full capabilities? As about 20
of these adventures are from
Infocom. which 'up until now has
produced text-only games, it may be
that these were easier to convert.
Whatever the reason. the Amiga is
an excellent machine for the
adventurer. Some of the best games
ever written are there waiting for you
to play. There need be no delay. they
already exist on disc. lust a phone
call away
, pounds) well spent and you too
of
could
a n dhe in an alternative reality of
your
a own choosing. .
f e Adventures are the computer's
answer
w to role playing games (RPGs)
such
p o Dungeons and Dragons by
as
TSR Inc. Unlike most other RPGs. the
u n
computer enables one person alone to
d s
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e
play to his heart's content. The
computer acts as Games Master and
provides all the details that the
player may see. hear. smell, touch or
taste on the journey throughout the
adventure.
They generally allow the player
considerable freedom of action
within the constraints of the plot and
logic of the adventure. You may
of the active variety. with three or
four others imminent. Twenty or so
are text only and the rest graphic
adventures in a variety of different
forms.
Three classic adventures in the
active class are The Bards Tale from
Electronic Arts, Exodus Ultima III
from Origin Systems. and Phantasie
itt from Strategic Simulations. In this
Mangar in his lair in the southwest
corner of Skara Brae. To do so it is
necessary to visit all the other special
areas to find clues and objects with
which to defeat him.
For the final confrontation with
Mangar you will need to be truly
seasoned veterans. This means
shedding the blood of literally
thousands of evil creatures - may

g
travel north. snuth, east or west and country the first two have been your sword remain sharp and your
look at what is there. You will around for some time (on other. magic users healthy.
probably find characters and objects computers), and in my opinion all Getting started may be a little
that will help you to solve various three give us something by which traumatic for those Amiga users who
puzzles or quests. and having finally adventures of this type may be have only used their machine for
reached a solution, the winner's judged. playing games where you put in the
laurels are yours alone. disc and the game auto-runs. Fel. The
The majority of earlier adventures Bard's Tale you have to make up a
were set in fantasy worlds where character disc using the facilities
swords and sorcery were the main T BT II should be here any time supplied on your Workbench disc.
theme. Nowadays you tan also play H
now - is simplistic. Nlangar the Dark This should be fairly straightforward
detective and solve a murder case. has
E taken over the town of Skara - except that the instructions are not
solve a mystery in outer space or Brae
p and locked it away from the rest quite correct.
even play Arthur Dent, striving to of the world by a spell of Eternal First you must initialise a new disc.
unravel the riddle of the Universe in l
Winter. You and your unproven As you are probably aware, our
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the (;alaxv. o clever clogs Amiga will name such a
companions
t must free the city of his
Apart from the obvious differences evil presence. disc "Empty". Before you type in the
of plot, computer adventure games b new disc name "BARDS TALE
With Manger's coming, the hosts of
can be split into two distinct groups. e CHARACTER DISK" (note the
evil poured into town. Even in broad
which I would label active and h American spelling of disc), you must
daylight it is not safe to walk the
passive. The latter would include the istreets. To tackle Manger you must delete the previous name of "Empty".
normal text adventure (With or n
first train your group in- combat to The small (but vital) error in the
without graphics). where your aim is d instructions occurs a few lines down
increase their level of experience. By
to solve a set of puzzles. The solution B
exploring various qnpleasant areas of when you enter Copy from R A M: ?
to each pniblem, helps to add to your a city. leqrn of ways to advance to "BARDS TALE CHARACTER
the
knowledge. your cause. DISK:". The instructions show the
r
The active type of adventure d Your aim is to defeat the evil
derives from a very popular type of '
game from the early days of the home
s The future is in your hands
computer. Here the adventurer
T
roamed around killing monsters and
finding theirtreasures. In addition to a
With a new adventure column in a many are still conversions of existing
gaining knowledge. the adventurer's lnew magazine for a relatively new games. Fortunately for us. adventures
character gains combat experience. • e
computer, it is difficult to be certain stand the test of time more than any
The basic characteristics of the I
what exactly YOU want to read. Let other type of game. There are strong
characters - strength, dexterity. - know what your adventuring
me rumours that Infocom is not
wisdom. intelligence or luck may also interests are and I will try to oblige. proposing to continue with a number
he improved, the balance of these or Next month I'll look at another of its titles for the Amiga. Several
similar attributes determining classic active game together with text-only classics will then no longer
whether they make a better fighter. something to whet the appetites of be available.
thief, cleric or magic user. our more passive brethren. Some of these are now on sale for
Of the 50 or so adventures now New adventures for the Amiga are as little as E12 and are well worth
available on the Amiga. about 10 are coming out all the time, although adding to your collection.

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Six characters are supplied on the 1 ' . C i a 4 L 1 . 4 E i 3 1 , C
disc; you may use these or create T I : n Y ou a r e o n
your own. If you choose to create one B la c k s m ith f
you will first be asked what race the w
a ecsit .n g
character is to be. There is a choice I t ' s now e a r l y
from seven: Human, Elf. Dwarf, morning.
Hobbit, Half-Elf, Half-Orc and
Gnome. You will then be given a set
of numbers for the character's X
attributes — strength, dexterity,
Intelligence, constitution and luck. Character H a ile AC Hi ts C r l d SpPt C l
These are randomly determined and P TOR LO 1 4 2 8 Pa X
if you do not like what you are given CRON LO 1 2 9 0 "la X
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spell points determine the number of possible, aim to take out any unwanted character: I clicked on D to
spells that may be cast. Loss of hit opposing magic users first, as they delete and the character shown on
points in a fight can be restored by can cause expensive damage to your the next menu directly beneath the
visiting a temple - in exchange for team. pointer was deleted. Ouch, he was
some of your hard won gold. Spell A magic user can start out as my high level Bard.
points slowly restore as time passes. Conjurer or Magician, each with a Although you only SAVE your
although if you can find Roscoe's different range of spells. As they characters when you Leave Game at
Energy Emporium you can buy them progress. it is possible for them to the Adventurer's Guild, Delete is
back - again, for more gold. change their class to Sorcerer or permanent at any lime. The moral
The initial stages of Bard's Tale are Wizard. I f a magic user reaches the here is to make a back•up character
not easy. Each character is given on highest level in each class, be is an disc at fairly regular intervals. This
average 150 gold pieces and you must Arch Mage. These are much prized takes time out from the game, but at
walk up the road a few paces to members of your team - aim to get at least you know that a character will
Garth's Equipment Shoppe and buy least one. not have to start from scratch if
them weapons and armour. Needless After you have gained a level or something ghastly happens to him.
to say, you can only get some fairly three, you can attempt exploring the The graphics are good, with a
rudimentary items with your low sewers under the Scarlet Bard certain amount of animation thrown
budget. Each item of armour will Tavern. Ask the barman for wine and in for good measure. Look for the fly
reduce your armour class, which in keep your fingers crossed. Each level buzzing around the nose of the
Ix turn reduces the damage sustained in in these special areas is mapped on a stuffed (?) drakon in the Scarlet Bard.
battle. 22 x 22 grid, but be warned - they General control of the game is from a
From the start, money is scroll round so that if you kept going series of menus, easy enough to
everything. You need it to buy better east you would come back to where follow but it is well worth using the
equipment, heal your wounds and as you started. characters supplied with the game
payment to the Review Board for until you are familiar with their use.
your magic users to learn more It would be a pity to lose your own
spells. Items found on your foes may because you were still learning to
be sold at Garth's, but it is a touch handle. the basics.
and go business. M must be certain that yOu have If you get really stuck, Electronic
You can, of course, cheat a little by A
visited all possible passages. Arts Customer Service Department is
creating additional members, pooling P
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spoken
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to
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walk
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cparty will you even get one step action and the role playing elements.
ainside. From there keep looking, the
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Sweaty palms. Y ou need a strung heart
ereward is worth it. to survive and defeat the %langar.
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STAYI NG POWER 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 I L L I
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, N a l lwaiting until your present characters,
Weeks of challenge mapping, expl or i ng
and gaining levels. Gr i ppi ng stuff
The guardian of the castle
lespecially magic users, are at a fairly
yhigh level. It is then possible to fight GAMEPLAY....... ....
battles that will give each member' Well thought out, so that even the mi nor
. delays do not spoil the flow of play.
their money with one and then tens of thousands of experience
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deleting the extra characters. Many points. It is then a simple matter to V ALE T Int
adventurers have found this is the oraise the useful level of a new Hour s o f adventur e hi r y our money.
only way to keep going. ucharacter very rapidly indeed. making this EA's best .4 migo Iptit• hi far.
Around the town streets and Commands may be given via the
DI FFI CI I LTY III
buildings you will be attacked by up keyboard 4 mouse. I found that my
Not easy to start with. Slay near temples
to eight creatures. As you delve into mouse tended occasionally to suffer and don't gel too ambitious.
the sewers, catacombs and castle, the from some bounce and one click
number of assailants will increase. It ended up as two. This is highly OVERALL 84%
becomes more and more necessary to embarrassing when selling something
Slightly mor e puzzles w oul d enhance
have accomplished magic users at - I ended up selling the wrong thing. the appeal of this adventure.
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bought discounted to around E300 soon learn the major keystrokes.
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but that still makes the Amiga Many expensive word processors
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offer spelling checkers. but only a few page when in use. The Amiga version
version, which costs E199 plus VAT
look like a bargain. includeaa thesaurus. The ability to is window-driven, so you can move
So what has made WordPerfect so look upl a synonym is a godsend for text and allocate space in a way you
popular? For a start it is fast. Mov ing anyone lwho wants to add variety to find more comfortable. This is not a
from the top of a document to the texts. I particularly
i lik e it for writing gimmick: it makes the software more
bottom only necessitates a short vitriolici letters to restaurants where pleasant to use.
pause, the search and replace are the servicet is lousy. The window approach is extended
pretty damn quick and block You can add and delete words to the full control of the software. You
y
within the don't have to use a mouse with
handling virtually instant. , spelling checker's
WordPerfect has the best help vocabulary, but the thesaurus is fi xed. WordPerfect but on an Amiga it
options I've seen on any program. It has a much smaller range than the
lust press the Amiga Help key
followed by the initial letter of the
topic you want help with and the
necessary keystrokes are detailed.
Type Help followed by those
K m E r m i l l m o s)im m m m i t r i t •o e i t
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keystrokes and you w ill gel a full i DISX
page of text on the function. varlets
p MN-Do-object ways of upgradins your Amiga, or
Macintosh far beyond what the manufacturer envisaged. Since both
the
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chips it must have seemed obvious to CM that their products are
c
almost identical on both these w h i m . .
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The software defaults to the
standard Amiga screen, and so omits This is a fourth document. Text can be bold shoin imitalics or
psi cm NMI #11 duti mateh the effects but this
the bottom 50 pixel lines because en e acts from readahltity.g
these do not appear on an American
Amiga. The software is well enough
written so that you can drag the
window down and use the vvhole
screen. This adds about four lines of P I lin 3 Pos 42
text to the screen.
When Commodore's DTP monitor, WordPerfect typefaces
the A2024 Headly, becomes available
you will be able to fit huge amounts
of text on the screen.
column, which is great for updating drivers. Having the word processor
price lists. Layout commands will and the spell checker on different
work on whole blocks if one is discs means that you have to swap
U SING
blocksthe mousequicker
is much for marking
than a defined. This makes centering an discs to keep a document on a
load of cursoring around. There are address simple. You type the text, separate data disc.
full mail merge facilities, headers, mark it in a block, and then press But worst of all it is too expensive.
footers and even mathematical center. If you prefer to have the text E228 is too much for the home user;
calculation. The ability to define flush against the right hand column you won't get many A500 OWIlerS
macros saves a good deal of typing, you have a single keypress to do that. buying WordPerfect. There are cut
particularly when the work is When you have a bleck defined down versions for the PC called
repetitive. I would much rather press some keys change their meaning. The Personal WordPerfect and
two keys than have to enter my switch command usually flips you WordPerfect Junior and it would he
address at the start of every letter. In between up to 32 documents, useful if good to see those converted, along
this way WordPerfect is a bit like you want to read one document and with a radical price cut.
LocoScript on the Amstrad PCW, abstract bits for another, But under I'm pleased to see this software on
storing the standard phrases on disc. block mode it will switch the case. the Amiga. It adds credibility to the
Amiga discs are slow. Not even the An example of WordPerfect's 2000's business machine mantle. It
mighty WordPerfect Corporation can brilliance is that here it understands also removes the main reason for
do much about that. This means that full stops, so an area which has lots using an IBM PC.
some of the features which have of upper case letters can be flipped
spoilt me on my hard disc PC have and the beginning of sentences
become a pain, spell checking and remain capitalised.
timed backups in particular,
Amiga developers are given REPORT CARD
guidelines on how to write a user-
interface based on =R I = Mical's (sic) S really sort the men from the WordPerfect
intuition. Software uses requestors O
boys. These are the things which are Senti nel S oftw a r e , 0 9 3 2 2 1 1 6 4
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and gadgets. WordPerfect has M
difficult to program and usually
compromised between the official involve
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way of doing things and the IBM feature
w is columned text. A page like Everyone can use a wor d processor. and
way, Wildcards on an IBM use an this one in a magazine does not have WordPerfect has near l y al l the features
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asterisk, on the Amiga they do not. the text running the whole way ever yone c oul d WW1',
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Yet the Amiga file manager prompts across. It is divided into two or more ElSEOFVSE 011111111111111
with a dfl :'. d
columns.
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Officially you need two drives to about 39 characters across being the love at the keyboard.
use WordPerfect. I found the second r
maximum. Text runs down one
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drive handy —essential if you want to column, and then down the next.
c WordPerfect has spoiled me. I now Doesn't follow Commodore guidelines
l to
use the speller or thesaurus. However the letter hut it's close. Wor ks well.
i
for simple text editing you could get e writing with anything else slows
find n
by with one, But no one is going to s down. I know that I don't stretch
me SPEED 11
shell out E228 for a simple text editor. the
s software, I make little use of the WordPerfect's greatest asset, fiel d up by
floppy drives.
The Amiga comes with Ed after all; mathematical
i commands and rarely
the price is steep but the software is use
n mail merging. I've not yet done V L E 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 E U
very, very good. In America the anything
g more than experiment with Too expensi ve f or the aver age A5 0 0
software is offered to registered footnotes,
f but then if I found a word owner. .4 price cut woul d help.
students at $99, so it might be worth processor
e which only did what I
looking up distant relations. wanted I'd grow out of it, OVER A LL 7 5 %
a
The block handling is excellent. Complaints? I could do with extra Good sollwane, w e l l wr i tten but at an
You can define a block as a vertical t elitist price.
ram to make more use of the printer
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J. San and
the Argonauts
Starglider has made Argonaut famous. Simon Rockman visited
the company to fi nd that it's not resting on its laurels

2• • M I G A C O M P I M N G prune 1988
 • H O U S E C A L L •

sure that copyright is correctly impossible. the machine would be too

J him — is Argonaut software. I, San assigned. She ensures that ram-hungry. We'd reckoned without
and the Argonauts. The company programmers are not exploited and HAM.
E
now consists of seven programmers they keep their noses to the monitor, By the summer of 1985 jez could
R
and a number of freelancers, but it Quantum Theory was published by see that the future lay with the 68000.
E
wasn't always like that. Century Communications (now He was commissioned by Firebird to
M jez started with a Tandy TRS-80
Century Hutchinson) a very large produce a game in whic h you fl ew a
Y
when he was 13, in those days Rk was book publisher which wanted to spaceship from planet to planet
Slot of ram. He can't remember what
a move into software publishing. It was without any power. The game was to
a
his first Basic program was but for them that jez and Fouad wrote a be called Starglider. jez rented an
n
everyone in his class at WS school scrolling shoot-'em-up called Skyline Apple Macintosh and started work on
— about his machine code joystick
knew Attack with graphics by Danny line drawing routines.
reading
j routine — whether they Emmett, who is now an Argonaut Two new machines loomed on the
ewanted to or not. programmer. horizon, the Atari ST and the
z He switched allegiance to the BBC Commodore Amiga. Commodore held
tMicro, picking up pocket money a conference for software houses. jez
flew over to see the wonder machine.
oworking for a local Beeb dealer and
working as a freelancer for Acornsoft. W HILE
could jez
seedisliked
that the the
Beeb
64had
he a "It was wonderful — everyone was
a limited future. He and Fouad
Several Acorn games were protected so excited. The case was a little dull,
l
with Argonaut disc protection produced the Comm Zromm for the but the custom chips could do
lroutines. BBC Mic ro and Demon modem, With incredible things. The operating
w Many parents may wish that their his understanding of the two system was a programmers dream —
hchildren would do something machines jez acted as a coordinator they thought of everything", said jez,
oeducational with their spare time, lik e for Commodore 114 Elite, helping with ecstatic. "Things which had
kprogramming, hut jez programmed in the conversion. He'd heard of the previously only been done in software
nschool time and left before A levels to Amiga, I'd read about it in the could now be handled by hardware:
ojoin Silversoft, one of the first American magazine Compute! and Hardware fi ll, and line drawing,
wsuccessful software houses. can remember reading the sound described by the waveform,
There he worked on two projects. specifications out, the conversation multi-tasking".
Landis —a labelling disassembler for interrupted by the dark patches Amiga seems advanced today; it
the BBC Micro. This was launched a between streetlights as we drove was an amazing look into the future
couple of times but was never along in his Datsun Cherry. We then. The next machine was
actually produced. The other project calculated that a screen resolution of codenamed Ranger and offered a
was a game based on the Tac-Scan 320 by 200 in 4,096 colours was 68020, hard disc and the chips would
arcade game. "I hadn't even seen the be able to magnify sprites in
game", says jez, "My boss at hardware. Ranger became an
Silversoft — Dougie Bern — had seen it
I once in an arcade and I had to work
unfulfi lled wish. It was a move up
110'
from his description". Tac Scan was
never finished.
Chris Humphries uses the
In Circ uit Emulat ion
to t rap a bug in
the s ound
routines
I that the Sinclair Ql. was launched.
' was among the very first people to
jez
order
I this 68008 based wonder
'machine. He co-wrote a book,
wQuantum Theory, on the machine
awith Fouad Katan and someone called
sSimon Rockman. Despite being a
wvery, very good book (tongue fi rmly
hin cheek) the sales were no great
shakes.
i
It was guided through the
l
mysterious seas of publishing by
ejacqui Lyons, who now represents
wArgonaut. She is an agent who finds
oprogrammers or programming teams
rfor software publishers and work for
kprogrammers. By applying the rules
ilearnt in the book world jacqui makes
nsure that contracts contain provision
gfor things like fi lm rights and makes
a

1 t
S
Fun e lged C O M P I • HAI ;
 landed after the first Ataris. Starglider the action took place on Novenia. But
market and Commodore, with a much was first shown at the PCW show in that action is fast and furious. Jez
more commercial eve than that of the 1985. It was just a city of towers and wrote and rewrote the graphics
designers, elected to cut the price by a landscape running on an ST. hut routines many times. Obsessed with
introducing the A500 Icodenamed that was the start of the game we frame rate, he studied the 3D maths.
13521 and to launch a more know and love. tweaked and recoded. I lls this work
expandable machine, the A2000. Firebird split into two sections with which has made Starglider so
Jez was the first person in the UK to Tony Rainbird taking the 16 bit playable.
have an Amiga, and that includes projects over to Rainbird. The Jez and James Fond discussed the
Commodore UK. It is the same A1000 company quote 18 months for taking plot and tried to make sure that the
which he uses now. With a converter Starglider from the arrival of the novella James was wr iting to go in
which produces an American voltage machines to the fi nished project. but with the game would capture the
and a number of chip upgrades, it the crowd at Argonaut k now that it atmosphere. James, who wrote the
runs all day every day. Additions was over two years before the baby fi lm Who Dares Wins and
include a couple of megabytes of ram was born. Earthsearch, contributed a number of
and a large hard disc. Starglider was a huge success. ideas to the game. Some — like the
tinfortunately even the first Amiga Being late, it had caught the market at powerlines — made it to the game.
the perfect time. There was nothing to others — lik e a fog descending — were
rival it. Thousands of Amiga owners rejected,
took on the role of Jaysan, the heroic It was with the profits of Starglider
Peter's A500 Noviean as he battled against the ev il —in excess of 100.000 sold worldwide
has a hard
disc fitted Hermann Kruud and the Egrons. —that Jez enlisted the help of the crew
using an The game had changed a bit. All at Argonaut. The extra manpower has
American allowed Argonaut to diversify. It took
expansion box (in contract wo rk and wro te hard d isc
underneath d rivin g ro u tin e s fo r Cumana's A ta ri
ST drive.
If an army marches on its stomach,
a software house marches on its
hardware. Argonaut has a couple of
boring IBM PCs, some equally boring
STs, a superfast 80380-based PC wit h
a laser printer, and loads of Amiga&
There are A1000s, A2000s, an
A500, and even an A500 connected to
an A2000. Oth e r machines in clu d e an
Acorn Risc machine in prototype
casing and an Atari Ahaq transputer
machine. Perhaps most interesting is
the 68000 in -circu it emulator. Th is
box replaces the central processor of

illeStrotitliMMILSO T h e programming team

IEZ SAN: DANNY E MME TT: PETER 'iNARNES:
Managing Director at 21. In addition to Is par t time. A phy s ic s s tudent a t Is the EA game strategy and gameplay
w r iting a n d d e s ig n in g u lt r a - f a s t Imperial College he designed the alien man. In addition to writing Bight simu-
graphic s a n d maths r outines , f e z graphics and the animation formulae. lation and 3D maths routines, he is up
handles a ll the negotiations with out- to date with weapons technology and
side c ompanies a n d k eeps t h in g s PAUL G O MM: responsible for making sure the game
running smoothly. fez keeps an eve on Writes t h e f u n d a m e n t a l gr aphic s is both accurate and playable.
the mar k et and tests a l l r iv a l fl ight routines. These are the building blocks T I M WATS O N:
simulators. for the whole game. His code has to run
Is the fl ight dynamic expert. A space-
as fast as possible to make the game ship may n o t hav e t o mimic a r eal
RI CHARD CLUCAS:
playable. plane b u t y ou c an't go around rew-
As t h e s enior pr ogr ammer Ric har d
coordinates projects. H e makes sure CHRIS I l l JMPI !RIES: r it ing N e w t o n ia n la w s — ev en o n
that subroutines wr itten b y different Novenia. He is an IBM PC programmer.
An Atari 800 expert Chris understands
programmers w i l l w o r k t o g e t h e r the Amiga's custom chips. His forte is MASTER PER ROT:
within the fi nished program. This task w r it ing s o u n d r o u t in e s . H e i s Looks after the strategy element within
involves sharing out the ram, restrict- responsible for the EA game artwork. Starglider It A br illiantly programmed
ing the amount each programmer is and t h e o f f - p la n e t s equenc es i n game w i l l fl op i f it is boring. A l has
allowed to use. Starglider ensured that this isn't the case.

26 A M I G A CO MP UTI NG J une
the Amiga with another computer. It
can analyse what the machine is oLS - Argonaut Dk, Loading System
doing, which areas of memory are
being written to, and display the The lack o f a standard disc size for
contents of registers while the the IBM PC has led to many
program is running in real time. It manufacturers putting both 3.5in and
can even show what the program was 5.25in discs in the same box. In a
doing during and after a crash. "The meeting with jacqui Lyons and jez.
emulator is an invaluable debugging Rainbird boss. Paul Hibbard,
tool, It cost £8,000, so we rented it at suggested that they put both ST and
first. but we found it made bug Amiga discs into the same box. jez
hunting so easy we decided to buy came up with the idea that both
it". says jez. games could be put on the same disc. the speed improvements whic h result
Clever routines were needed to fool from using the blitter and sprites.
the machines into reading different Amiga sound w ill be very much
parts of the disc. "Harder on the ST better, and the colours "that little bit
T working on two major projects. because the disc controller is dumb". nicer because of the wider palette,
H
Starglider II for Rainbird and a secret, Both versions w ill use common data a
- ccording to Chris. The combined
E
unnamed combat fl ight simulator for files but there w ill be marked format means that more shops w ill be
m
Electronic Arts, . differences when the games are run. willing to stock the software and that
e On a planet in a solar system not On an ST some routines w ill be the price w ill be the same for both
far
n from Novenia, the Egrons, s till slightly faster due to the higher clock machines. It w ill confuse the chart no
licking
a their wounds after doing end.
battle with jaysan's AGAV, have F
n
ME

retreated there, They have enslaved p

d
the population and regrouped for e
m
another attack on Novenia. The e
a
Egron's not-so-secret weapon is a d
c
cannon which can blast Novenia from .
h base.
its B
i jaysan has been sent in a new ship
u
n destroy the cannon. The craft was
to t
e
designed for police patrol work, so t
s
while it is capable of using a number
h
a weapons and is very nippy it is not
of
i
too
r good for interplanetary travel, To
this s
e end it has been stripped of
armaments and fi lled with fuel so that w
n
ito can cope with the voyage. i
l
w Trying to take on a heavily
defended Egron cannon without even l
a simple laser is a mite foolish, Some b
of the other planets in the solar e
system are less heavily defended. You b
The blocks are your missiles
need to enlist the help of rebel forces a
to arm your craft. l
You'll be low on fuel. There are
a
three ways of topping up - docking n
%vith a refuelling station, drawing
c
radiated power from fuel lines - as in
e
Starglider I - and by scooping energy
from a star, which is hazardous but d
lucrative. b
y

T reach rebel centres. Those

O
which haven't been overrun by
a
Egrons are often the other side of
rpirate infested spacelanes. You have
to
m battle your way between planets to
reach
t the resources you need.
h When you land on a planet you
have
e to get to different bases. This
c 10 V a l i e n s i ti r i tte h ? t h e ! M u n i i ;r t l u t t
.
r
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f
 • H O U S E C A L L S

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can lake a while, and the Egron

cannon must be slopped.
Hallucinogenic fields make normal
spacecraft seem strange in an Alic e
through the looking glass kind of
way.
To dodge these perils you can fl y
under the surface of some planets
through narrow tunnels, taking a
short cut in the process. The tunnels
turn and twist, div ide into twos and
threes, You w ill need to keep your
Aler .iimrAgiaeg4 -41a
wits about you to avoid the sides.
There are further hazards: Iris
shaped doors w ill shut on you unless .1 tunnel entrance on a patchworA planet
you time your movements. Barriers
need to be blasted and tunnel aliens dimension to playing Starglider When I visited Argonaut they were
avoided. which makes the game feel more real, experimenting with a patchwork
Starglider II is jaysan's toughest The programming team has landscape, weighing up the
assignment, with very much more to followed lez's lead in being obsessed advantages of a better sensation of
do than just fl y and blast. The sound with frame rate. The solid graphics movement against the reduction in
is excellent: Not only the title music have not been allowed to impinge on speed. With one programmer arguing
by Dave Lowe, but the clever spot the gameplay. The new aliens are for smaller patches which would be
effects. Each alien makes its own more complicated and better slower but look better, one for no
noise whic h is doppler shifted as you animated than those in Starglider I. patches and fez wanting big patches.
approach - the first time this has been Towers, nicknamed Telcom towers, It w ill be interesting to see what
done in a computer game, adding a have multifaceted tops whic h rotate. happens.

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has the most powerful sound
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- t o almost resembled explosions
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and
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were like no previous sound heard on and troughs, represents the volume - to two separate sources at the same
these machines - music that played the change in pressure of the air that time?
with REAL sounding instruments, the source of the sound has produced. Such a computer exists. It is the
humans singing, talking and The human brain translates this signal Commodore Amiga. designed by the
shouting. Even programs that showed into vvhat we perceive as sound. brilliant and innovative Jay Miner as
promise as genuine synthesisers of But what about "r eal" noises? perhaps the current ultimate in
human speech. People talking, dogs barking and the computerised home entertainment.
screech of car tyres on a wet road? The Amiga can have up to four sound
What do these sounds look lik e if we channels all playing separate and
were to draw them as waveforms on a independant digitised waveforms. It
graph? Although they have a can take these as two pairs and send
I surprised, for although these brief
frequency and pitch, they are very them out the back of the computer as
Wsnatches of sound were muffl ed and complex waves. Very little in them a stereo signal, each stereo line
Amore that a little on the tinny side. repeats regularly. I f our simple wave getting two of the computer's sound
Sthey were my first introduction to the produced by an 8 bit micro resembles channels.
vworld of digitising. That is, the castle battlements, the sound of a This is the way in whic h recent
erecording of an analogue sound person's voice resembles that of the chart hits have been made from
rsignal, such as you might fi nd on an most jagged mountain you can sampling various musical pieces and
yLP or magnetic casette tape, and its imagine. sounds and mix ing these together
iconversion to a digital formal that a What hope then for machines trying with a vocal track. The Amiga can do
mcomputer could store in memory and to produce waveforms of such all this and more. Provided you buy
play back at will. complexity? Not much, I'm afraid. All the appropriate hardware - which
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The sound I was used to hearing on they could do - and this applies to comes with its own software - you
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the Atari ST also, and I intend no slur can also sample sounds for yourself.
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dsound, which varies with respect to changes that define the shape of a you have sampled your sound you
atmospheric pressure, hut at sea level sound wave. linfortunately , the can then play it back at any speed or
is about 761 mph (about 1224 kmh). process ties up the computer's main sample rate. By doing this you can
DUnd Sounds can be represented as a graph processor for an exhorbitant amount produce different pitches from the
showing how the air pressure varies of time, restricting the user to either same sample.
as time progresses. simple slow programs with
ae The attributes of a sound are reasonable sound, or good fast
therefore related to the shape and programs with only fair to average
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instruments are capable of producing updates per second - it is easy to see heard
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the same notes, and yet at the same why most programmers steered clear guitars
s and even real voices. These
time sound entirely different in every of digitised sounds. can
e be a lot of fun, and good
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waveform of sound. a waveform h Deluxe Music Construction Set by
same frequency, are very different. Electronic Arts. Both are very
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composing.
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ting of a mediaeval castle. It goes up. It would need a large amount of f
even at the hardware level,
nds along, down, along, up. along, and so memory since complex "real" sounds e
programming in 6B000 assembly
, on repeatedly. The distance between need upwards of about 8,000 bytes a rlanguage. Machine code is perhaps a
n each repetitive unit gives the second if they are to he convincing. It little
t too unwieldy for the easy
son wavelength. By measuring the lime would need special hardware to expression
o of ideas and programs, but
me elapsed on the graph the frequency of handle the playing of these sounds. absolute power over the Amiga
a
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w owners are not to business software on that machine, is
get
o disheartened quickly, the well worth looking at.
unfamiliar
u stuff is going to have to be Superbase Personal makes full use
l of the Amiga's WIMP user interface.
with the majority of its functions

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d
controlled either by clicking on
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r ins System options e
i
BaerBank Displayuspeed er v i the mai alternative Control key codes.
v
BodetinCounty Files, which are invariably asked
t amborne
C 9,999.00 Decimalnpoint format
Charles & Charles for in the opening loading screen, are
p
David SamsonPLC 0 Currency d symbol ermonth accessed by the top line menus, using
.

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.EagleFinance Co.
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Exe Valley
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debit
.ForwardsBankPLC M I Record separator y items are highlighted. Once you've
funtiudon
E got a file screen displayed, the ease-
General BankCo. 0 Use quotation narks i l k er month
.Gloster
LLB Buffer count of-use factor of Superbase becomes
,High Street lank
_Rindhead l'ertwitat
0 External fi le query apparent.
rIlchester Equitable OK Cancel Most of the simple viewing controls

o
InvernessBank er vi thermal
r for scanning through your records are
' accessed via a menu bar at the foot of
x
the screen. This menu comprises a
r r
series of icons, which roughly
r
i n correspond to those you would find
l on any audio or video recorder.
a

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I Therefore you find your Play, Pause,
t
.5uperbase l —systems options Fast Forward and Rewind symbols.
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times have you peered at a set of , r)
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peps a e i ize a
are supposed to represent? Given this erstate DPaint Horses tgitized l a
lot, even someone who has never 112 Cm le Draw Gorilla DPaint t a m n
encountered a database before will 103 Liglittower DPaint Amiga Donald i n
Horses DPaint TVDrama Digitized e r s t a t e
have a pretty good idea of what to do. 185 Gorilla DPaint APIS Donald l e
Creating your own file is also 186 Amiga Denali! Mariel Paint t t o w e r
187 TOrama Digitized Denise Donald e s
straightforward, with much of the 118 &gnus Donald Inn's DPaint i l l a
screen design work being handled by 119 Mariel DPaint Paula Donald r a a
111 Denise Donald Mountain DPaint M a r i e l
Superbase at ibis stage and able to be 111 Innes DPaint Precision Logo Digitized Agnes
changed later, There is no messing 112 Paula Donald Copperstate DPaint H o u s e
around with x and y coordinates. 113 Mountain DPaint Castle DP1V l i m e s
114 Train DPaint Lighttover DPaint D e n i s e
115 House Digitized Train DPaint P r e c is ion La
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number of fields Your database can
E and the procedure for creating
have,
ci LI ICI C I 1=1 E l
files,
R fields and records is carried out
through
E a series of windows and
ids icons.
i You'll need to specify whether Superbase Table f ormat
your
s records are to be text only,
numeric or date fields, and each
a
iii brings up its own menu screen for
l
you to select the parameters in which
s
your records will operate.
o You can also specify whether data next to them. Table view moves the called up for reference — providing
n fields so they are listed horizontally you'd already recorded the level of
mure needs to be entered in a particular across the top of the screen, with the
o
field—useful to ensure that you don't dog ownership — by ADDRESS4 =
data underneath. NOTTINGHAM AND PHONE
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make any slips and that your records
The main data manipulation NUMBER LIKE 0602 AND DOG =• O.
1ST are
i complete—and whether a
functions within Superbase are the Furthermore, it has an excellent
of m
calculation formula is appropriate_ filter button from the VCR menu and
This
i last means that. for example, feature which sets it apart from many
the Query option from the Process databases— that of being able to
the suppose
t you wish to record the VAT
menu. The filter window is where contain a database of picture files, all
payable
— on a database of items
you can select records to view detailed and indexed but also
le, is bought
b or sold, rather than having to according to mathematical and viewable on screen. Such a feature
calculate
e 15 per cent every time you
statistical criteria. The Query option would only recently have been
use add
y a record, you can tell Superbase enables you to call up selected
to fill it in on each record. You can deemed at all relevant in the
ace. o records for printing as a report, or conventional PC business market. On
also set a constant entry for each just showing up on-screen.
n the Amiga, where one would hope
field. If you want to change your data
d or add to the fields in the file.
later, Using the Process Query filtering business users are also using the
or by facilities you can ask Superhase to machine's graphics power, a database
this is a simple operation.
make arithmetical calculations to that enables you to tile away the
ed print in the report as well. For result for reference should be useful.
1. are example, in a customer account Again, the filter button allows you to
using database you could have a number of call up a selection of pictures
S You can have up to 999 indices
fields for items bought and the VAT according to the parameters you set.
ight U file. Records can be ordered and
per on each. You could ask Superbase to
ve P
presented on-screen in a number of print out a selection of files, and to
me- E —chronologically by date,
ways add the total owed by each customer,
tes towns,
R surnames, whatever. both excluding and including VAT, to S in the manipulation of numbers
B Having built up a database file, the report. U
and currency, and so it is probably
ltrols your
A video recorder icons enable you The filter button is used for best
P used for businesses which want
Is are to
S view it. Manipulation involves use selecting records to view, using the records
E of customer accounts. This
oot of of either the filter button from the field names and calculator style
E doesn't
R make it any less viable for
.a VCR
i menu, or the Project option from functions, plus AND, OR and LIKE, dog-loving Nottingham residents, but
the top line menu. B
s and ''greater than", "smaller than" the
A latter won't end up using some of
You can view your records in a and "not equal to". For example, if its
m record or table format. The
forms, S more sophisticated calculation
you have an addresses index, then features and shortcuts. Really, it's a
u two are similar in style, with
first E
anyone living in Nottingham. on the waste — and f a r too p rice y — to use as
l
fields running vertically and the data •
phone and not owning a dog can be
l s
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REPORT CARD
want to keep your records on the
been said, Superbase has a simple to master disc or its back-up, and with a
use label printout facility, with all the Superbase Personal
single drive system there is, Precision Sof t ware 01-330 7166
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gel going with than any other easy to get into, but it's also enjoyable
daiabase I've come across. For this to keep going with. The extensive use EASE OF ITSE
reason, I would certainly recommend of the mouse and menu system of Simple. meaningf ul c ommands whic h
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1 databases work.
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Superbase than getting to know on a database which uses control
databases in general — and is
SPEED I I I M E M E L L I
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mechanics of preparing discs — so you else. makes Superbase an excellent
will need a good idea of what it is VAL1.
program for anyone starting out on
,
Despite being very good it is pricey.
you want to do with it, to get the computerising their records, or who is
most out of it. E
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resident and therefore usable with a wants to make it as little of a chore as Priced a hit high f or the home user hut
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 E I H A R D W A R E E

Our You don't get a camera with the

Price
D peripheral from a company Digipic. What you do get is the
S12 00 I
which has been producing add•ons
S12 00 digitiser - a dull grey box with a lone
S12 00 G Commodore computers since the
for LED to indicate when it is on. a 3.5in
t5 50 I days. The author of the software,
Pet disc with the Digipic software, a neat
£12.00
S5.50 P
Harry Bmomhall has been something but simply printed manual and a
£12.00 of
I a Commodore celebrity since the filter for taking colour pictures.
t l 2.00
S12.00 days
C when 8k was a lot of ram and a
Because of the way the Digipic
£12.00 disc
i drive an exciting luxury. It's works you need to use a black and
great
s to see a local company taking white camera, even for colour
on the US competition, hut how dues pictures.
£32.50 f
it shape up?
£202.50 r You probably know that your
£7.50 Digipic is a video digitising computer sends signals to the monitor
£7.50 o
peripheral. It will take a frame from
£49.50 as red, green and blue signals. The
£75.50 amvideo source - like a camera or filter allows the computer to -
S185.00 J
video recorder - and turn it into a
S102,50 red,
s e egreen
" and blue elements of
£32 DO C
bundle of binary digits with which whatever the camera is pointed at so
£105.00 L illuminate your Amiga screen.
to that the software can handle them
£32.50
121.50 Frames
. can be stored in
individually.
£50.50 a
HAM. IFF and Digipic's
935.00 Special filtering circuitry allows a
£29.50 special
B extended grey colour camera to be used. This
£50.50 scale
r format.
£29.50 also means that you can
£48.50 i squirt pictures into
£48.50
£18.50 t
£48.50 i
£42.50
£142.50 s
£19.50 h
£42.50
£135.00
£62.50
t l 55.00
£23.50
£7.50
£45.50
£45.50
£18.50
129.50
£102.50
£122.50
£62.50
£110.50
£72.50
£95.00
£72.50
t l 10.50
£24.75
£72.50
£29.50
£69.05
£72 .50
£72.50
S-375.00

Camera
£375.00
S127.50
£39.50
£7.50
£105.00
£185.00
£69.50
£39.50
£72.50

omrade
£72.50
£34.50
£34.50
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£105.00
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t 72 50
£72.50
£12.50
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June 1988 A M I G A CDMP UTI NG 3 7

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you have chosen and stored in two be used without it. To my mind this
Digipic from a video recorder and forms — bit plane (as used in Deluxe made it of extremely limited use.
infringe loads of copyrights. Paint), or a more efficient compacted Like its author. hardware designer
The Digipic plugs into the parallel form. You'll get about 20 standard Richard Leman, the manual is
port whic h means that you w ill have pictures on a blank disc, the number friendly and chatty. It is proof that
to unplug anything else connected to of compressed frames depending what a manual says is far more
the port — usually a printer. When entirely on how effi ciently they important than the quality of the
Commodore designed the A2000 and compress. typesetting. It covers the Digipic
500 it changed the connectors to You can squirt shots into the slots comprehensively, updates being
bring things lik e the serial and one after another by using the Multi provided in a readme fi le on the disc.
Parallel ports in line with world feature, or you can select the slots A more comprehensive index would
standards. Why it didn't extend this to indiv idually . Because a copy of the have been useful, but with only 54
the monitor plug is a mystery. last frame is held in the Digipic you pages whic h are laid out in a logical
The practical upshot of this is that can mess with the contents of the sequence its omission is not the crime
JCL has had to put two connectors on current slot safe in the knowledge that you might suppose. A better manual
the lead, one of which looks there is a copy o f the original at the would have allowed for some
temptingly lik e a through bus for the other end of a parallel lead should example pictures.
printer. It isn't, and try ing to connect You need it. This is a scientific instrument —
the two w ill cause major problems. The thing whic h impressed me most of its applications w ill be found
about the Save feature was that it in laboratories — anti for this reason
used the correct Amiga calls, which its price is not that important. I f it is
means that it can access devices being used in conjunction with
H tripod, a few lights, an optional developed after the software was thousands of pounds worth of' test
A finished. In my case this meant a hard machinery the fact that it costs €100
monitor which w ill allow you to
V
focus a camera, the Amiga and the disc. with strange partitions. It means more than NewTek's Digiview is not
I
Digipic with all the associated leads, that Digipic can save to the IBM important.
bridgecard (the Janus device), a Digipic offers the same facilities as
N are bound to have tripped over a
you
network or even an optical disc. the NewTek product but has a faster
few
G wires. This is the point at whic h
Wonderful things standards. grab rate and feels, subjectively,
you
s appreciate that the software at Harry Broomhall did admit the better made. It is a fun product to use
least
e is easy to operate.
Save Window ignored some but it seems a hit of a luxury unless
t You may not have a monitor with
which to check the signal, so the conventions b l i t t i n g the requestor you are either using your Amiga
u straight on to the screen and not professionally or as a dedicated artist.
software does its best to help you out.
p using a proper window — but when it
A loop mode digitises the picture as
a
often as possible. The hardware comes to talking to the outside world l< EPORT CARD
ccaptures a frame in 1i50th of a the software keeps kosher.
a Most TV cameras handle contrast, fl iipic
second, so you don't need to worry
m
about things moving and blurring the brightness and sharpness JCL Business Systems.'Precision
automatically, but this w ill not Sof t ware 01-330 7166
e
image. But it takes a little while for €299
r picture to get from the ram in the
the necessarily produce the best results.
a
Digipic to your screen, whic h means so there are tools to alter the display I I SEFULNESS
under software. Scientifi c and art applications wi l l
a you can miss pictures. Digipic
that
appeal to a lot of users. Video recorder
-n
c ompat ibilit y makes it a techie top'.
id Pictures are stored in what the
sDigipic calls slots. Getting the three EASE OF ITSE L L U A I I M E E D
npictures needed for a colour frame E clever things with the picture. Marred only by the lack o f s int pk
things lik e a power switch and printer
'and the Digipic software into a 512k X
You can c lip exceptionally bright or t hrough port. A doddle to set up.
tmachine is tight, and future software T
dark parts of an image to make results
rrevisions may well require a full more even, A threshold control alters
R S O FTWA RE .....
megabyte. Anyone who is serious the Excellent, wi t h a wi d e choice of
e A way the Digipic views different
enough about graphics to have functions, part ic ularly the ones
a shades
t and an edge command spots
Friendly and well written.
bought a digitiser w ill probably need changes
o in brightness for image
lthe extra ram for other things SPEED
recognition
o — if you are up to writing
lanyway. the software. High capture rate but some of the
y The picture starts life in the 64k l functions. part ic ulary the ones
Digipic stores six bits per pixel, so
m ram inside the Digipic. Digipic II w ill scolour is held to 18 bits over three inv olv ing colour, take a while.
ehave at least 96k, so that it can offer a a
slots. You can reduce this accuracy VALUE 1 : 1 1 =
ascreen resolution of 640 by 400. but lwith a tool called quantise. The result A t op qualit y produc t is never going to
nit w ill be a long time before it lis usually Sixties pop art. offer s t unning value. You pay a lot
tbecomes available. Also it is o The six bits a pixel offers 04 levels more f or slight improvements.

fsupposed to be secret. w
of grey. To display all these JCL OVERALL
o When the whole picture has been yprovides an extended grey scale
Solid and reliable. Huth with the
rstored in the Digipic it is sent to the o
adaptor (EGSA), whic h plugs between
specialist user in mi n d but tremendous
Amiga, whic h takes about 0.6 the
u computer and the monitor.
aseconds. The data is sent to the slot f un f or the wealt hy gadget freak,
Pictures
t whic h use the EGSA cannot
c
t o
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 Rupert Goodwins finds nine
pins good but 24 pins better

the less expensive (Epson printers pressing this while on line chooses
E for a long time. Previous defy the word - between three standard fonts - draft
P
offerings such as the FX-80 became range.
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S
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O dot matrix technology.
of case,
o the
f standard set of three buttons (slow and truly luscious). Two LEDs
N Rugged construction and in
t thehstandard
e right-hand position. light up in various combinations to
impressive
h reliability gave Epson an the standard connector position show whic h typeface is selected.
enviable
a reputation and a large chunk where it fouls the standard paper. There is a slot hidden away into
of
s the printer market. Recently the However a closer inspection reveals which a font cartridge can be
secret of producing good, cheap dot some more advanced features. 'rhe plugged, giv ing an extra typeface to
b
matrix printers seems to have been form feed button doubles as a choose from. One wasn't supplied
e
discovered by a swarm of other Far "SelecType" knob. Repeatedly with the printer and looking at the
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Eastern countries, and Epson's efforts
n
in other fields haven't met with the
m
same success.
a Now Epson is reclaiming lost
kground doing what it does best -
i
producing high specification printers
atn reasonable prices.
g The LQ range has been around for
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4. ' , a i r ' O H L
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example typefaces in the manual I

believe I can see why. For any Take your pick...
application I can think of, the three
fonts available are more than
adequate.
Paper feed is interesting in the te xt i s w r i t t e n u s i n g Wordperfect. I t i s he
LQ-500. The tractor feed for te r a n d d o e s n o t n e e d t o make a n y s e n s e . T h i s
continuous stationery is basically the at b l o c k s , r e p e a t b l o c k s , r e p e a t b l o c k s .
same as in older models; it's easy to at r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t b l o c k s . T h i s t e x t i s
set up and quite forgiving of slightly perfect. I t i s h e re t o t e s t th e p r i n t e r and do(
skew-whiff paper. But, as always, any s e n s e . T h i s me a n s I c a n r e p e a t b l o c k s . ]
truly hamfisted users can produce at b l o c k s , r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t 1
crumpled hamster bedding with
remarkable ease. te xt i s w r i t t e n usi ng Wordperfect. I t i s her(
ter and d o e s n o t n e e d t o m a k e a n y sense. T h :
at b l o c k s , r e p e a t b l o c k s , r e p e a t b l o cks.
at r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t b l o c k s . T h i s . t e x t i s
T single sheet auto-load feature perfect. I t i s here t o t e s t th e p r i n t e r and do(
H
which gets it right more often than any s e n s e . T h i s me a n s I c a n r e p e a t b l o c k s .
E
most, and this is one of the most pain at b l o c k s , r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t 1
L e dot matrix printers to use with
Fre
te xt i s w r i t t e n u s i n g Wordperfect. I t i s he]
Q
company letterhead or single sheet
te r a n d d o e s n o t n e e d t o make a n y s e n s e . T h i !
-
Forms. For the hardened photocopy
paper
5 user, a cut sheet feeder is
available.
0
0 Epson is committed to dip switches.
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h
LQ-500, and pressing Line Feed ar a n d d o e s n o t n e e d t o make a n y s e n s e . T h i s
a
during switchon prints a menu that t blocks, r e p e a t b l o c k s , r e p e a t blocks.
sdescribes which switch does whal.
a t repeat repeat repeat b l o c k s . Th i s t e x t i s
and what the setting is. There's not
qquite enough information here to let erfect. I t i s here t o t e s t th e p r i n te r and doe
u any s e n s e . T h i s m e a n s I c a n r e p e a t b l o c k s .
you lose the manual with complete
iimpunity (What does CSF mode t blocks, r e p e a t repeat repeat repeat repeat r
3 0 Se S tmean? Ah, Cut Sheet Feeder...), but te xt i s w r i tte n u si n g Wordperfect. I t i s here
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enough to encourage informed er and d o e s n o t n e e d t o m a k e a n y sense. T h i
[slower eFiddling. t blocks, r e p e a t b l o c k s , r e p e a t blocks.
ns serif f The manual is very good indeed. t repeat r e p e a t repeat b l o c k s . Th i s t e x t i s
LEDs fIndex - hurrah. Good clear English - e rfe ct. I t i s here t o t e s t th e p r i n te r and doe
ins to
ehurrah. Oodles of setup and trouble- any s e n s e . T h i s me a n s I c a n r e p e a t b l o c k s . r
d.
cshooting information - hurrah. The t blocks, r e p e a t repeat repeat repeat repeat r
into only place where other manuals
t te xt i s w r i tte n u s i n g Wordperfect. I t i s h e r
ace to imight score is in application-specific er a n d d o e s n o t n e e d t o make a n y s e n s e . T h i s
information, because the LQ-500 Sans serif
died vmanual just mentions word
t the eprocessors. databases and graphics
programs in passing.
However, every option is explored is t e x t i s w r i t t e n u s i n g W o r d p e r f e c t . I t i s
and a lot of information is provided i n te r a n d d o e s n o t n e e d t o make a n y s e n s e .
in the 230 pages, There's a cut-out- )eat b l o c k s , r e p e a t b l o c k s , r e p e a t b l o c k s .
and-lose-quick reference card as well. )eat r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t b l o c k s . T h i s t e x t
On the whole this is the best printer -
manual I've seen. Entirely de a n y s e n s e . T h i s m e a n s I c a n r e p e a t b l o c k s .
commendable.
)pe a t b l o c k s , r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a
ies t e x t i s w r i t t e n u s i n g W o r d p e r f e c t . I t i s h
ir n t e r a n d d o e s n o t n e e d t o m a k e a n y s e n s e .
A p
the three fonts can be printed f eat b l o c k s , r e p e a t b l o c k s , r e p e a t b l o c k s _
N in three basic sizes - 15. 12 and 10 )ee a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t b l o c k s . T h i s t e x t
D pitch, Then there's double height and rcd p e r f e c t . I t i s h e r e t o t e s t t h e p r i n t e r a n d
sdouble width, as well as the more
onormal dot matrix tricks of bold. t e a n y s e n s e . T h i s means I c a n r e p e a t b l o c k s .
p
t•condensed, superscipt, subscript and . eat b l o c k s , r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a t r e p e a
is t e x t i s w r i t t e n u s i n g Wo rd p e rfe ct. I t i s
ounderlined. I
i n t e r a n d d o e s n o t n e e d t o make a n y s e n s e .
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180 cps made reasonably short work

with what Epson calls outline and MENWT of some program listings I had to
impressive I'm not entirely sure that produce. Although I s till sigh over the
the result is more readable than plain 400 cps device I had some time back,
unadorned 12 point sans. Great furl to Ed settle for the LQ-500 without a
t'S 9S play with though, and be sure that the qualm. The printer is noisy, although
•::4 97
V, 97
first few days of LQ-500 ownership not unbearably so. Telephone
E39 97 will see off a boxful of printer paper conversations were possible while
EN 93 as Basic listings and letters to great sitting next to the beast.
CO 93
C63 93 aunts appear in double height Sorry if this review lacks v itriol, but
EA 93 shadowed Roman, this reflects the entirely amicable
Ahl)ARE
There is also a proportional spacing three weeks I've spent with the
1101
option which looks nice. lust don't printer. During that time I've had
The 1.3 printer drivers mak,
, expect to gut right-justified text out of short work o f screens occasion to play with a near
1 TEE
D
your word processor. competitor, the NEC Pinwriter 2200,
You can define your own character the LQ-500 is fully compatible with and, without going into a full
sets, either by copying the existing earlier Epson models, if you want to comparative review, it would he fair
sets to the printer's internal ram and use the extra resolution in graphics to say that the Epson won on points
modifying them, or by composing an mode your software has to know in every department. There aren't
entire alphabet and uploading it. You about the LQ series. Most software many products I recommend to
do need some special software for doesn't, and although just being friends without reservation. Among
this, although enough information is Epson-compatible w ill ensure an them I would now include the
provided in the manual to allow a output of acceptable quality, it won't LQ-500. I confi dently predict that in
competent Basic hacker to write the be as good as can be obtained. three years' time the world w ill he as
necessary programs. full of working Epson dot matrix
The copy a character set and printers as it is today. With the
modify it option is particularly nice if LQ-500, Epson is s till two steps ahead
you're thinking of producing a S Standard Code for Printers) of the pretenders to the dot matrix
newsletter or some company which
T defines the extra modes seems crown.
documents. A logo or icon can be due
I to become the industry standard PS: I heard that Epson is so-called
incorporated with fairly minimal for
L this type of printer, software because its fi rst p ro d u ct was ca lle d
effort. capable of exercising the LQ series to the Electronic Printer, EP. F o r th e ir
L
As you might hope with an extra 15 its
. full capacity w ill become more next effort it wanted to sh o w that the
pins to play with, graphics can be common. new printer was a natural successor —
a
much improved over the 9-pinners of Since most Amiga software uses the EP Son. Epson. Do I believe that?
s
yesteryear. It's up to laser resolution — preferences settings, you should set
t
MO dots per inch are possible — this to Epson with Workbench 1.2 or
h
which is more than adequate for most EpsonQ if you have Workbench 1.3. REPORT CARE)
non-commercial applications. e Speed isn't a problem with the
Epson was demonstrating a 48-pin E
LQ-500. For once, the manufacturer's Eps on LQ-5011 d o t m a t r i x p r i n t e r
dot matrix printer that was better than S
figures of 180 dotty, or 50 beautiful. Eps on UK , 0 1 -9 0 2 8 8 9 2
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although as the thing was dearer, justified.
/ Fifty cps isn't First Division
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P but the quality of the text (I'm in USEFULNESS M I L I M L 1 1 1 . 1
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( with the 12-pitch sans and the With the LQ-500 by your side you have
anything else. condensed
E Roman) is. it a ll bar the laser. Speed am! quality.
•Ow
A note of caution though: Although pCombined with the 8k buffer, the III
EASE OF USE.—
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W now on a very solid Group meeting held at the Palo Alto Hyatt,
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corn tor day.
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ur hot The Amiga product line passed an
e
important milestone at the end o f the Th e 2 5 9 0 1 A wa s a c o n fi g u r a t i o n of ' a
P&P is s
calendar year. The install base is now M O with a 68020 board in it arid a
s 508,000 Amigas. And what's
over 100,11) hard drive, running Unix
? more important is how quickly
even (version 5.3).
B becoming 600,000 Amigas•
it's You are going to see us doing some
u Another aspect of the Amiga's new things in the way of connectivity
growth
s is the tremendous amount of and transportability of solutions
support
i we've had in the area of ac ros s t e c h n o l o g y bases. W e hav e
software.
n Amiga now has over 'Moo already announced that this
recognised
e titles, and if you stop and configuration w ill ship in Germany
'SKS think about the amount of time that's
s sometime in late fall.
BOX passed
s since the technology has come
on
i to the marketplace, you'd realise
5 that it's growing faster than other
s
products in the category other than A intentions of introducing a
Ks the IBM PC early on. "25001,1X i n I l i e US i n t he c a l e n d a r
E BOX There are some very, very positive year
t 1988. Thai does not mean we are
things happening in the marketplace: not
h going to continue to develop and
5 We're seeing growth in distribution, work
i in the area of Unix.
and we've seen growth in the quality
and quantity of the people who are s There is some development on an
Amiga
p 3000 activity under%yay, to
supporting the product in the third very aggressively pursue 68030
party peripheral business as well, o
technology, but I would not expect
The C64 business is good, the i
anything from a product standpoint
MSdos business is good, and all of •
n
until the 1989 time frame.
these things have helped to build a Ala.% Toy : " Ne w things in t Part of that has to do with, again.
solid foundation for Commodore. ihe Way of c onnec t iv it y i
doing more than just technology to
- n
turn it into a product . . . a product
260 we move forward I think you're going that
t has a base of software, a base of
:169 95 to see some very positive things that i
peripherals, and that has customer
'.189 95 W future? We are continuing to we've been able to effect, as it relates support,
m and for which a better job of
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install products in the Amiga to building a solid business for positioning
e and understanding of its
21995 A
category, and you are going to Commodore. marketing
, needs has been done,
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continue to see some of that support. Th e Ha n o v e r Fa i r is a t e c h n o l o g y I Back in the 1982-83 time frame we.
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h all intensive purposes, destroyed
that
o we've seen in that il lea is the that we have in the US that are more our
a distribution system here to sell
support
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yourselves, demonstrating in that area was v
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41 forward in the future.

I'm going to be honest with you
distribution systems and ask you to and tell you that we didn't get here You're going to see things from
continue to support your local overnight and we're not going to get CHM, work ing very hard and very
dealers. Those are the people who out of it overnight. closely with third parties, to establish
are going to bring the product to the But I w ill tell you that we are going a connectivity strategy, so that you
market and support it with your help. to take defi nite strides to improve can begin to see our products moving
and we look forward to that that. There are going to be defi nite into the business environment. Our
relationship for the whole market strides to improve our support for the approach to the business marketplace
area. distribution base, and that also is a is going to be very pinpointed.
strong asset that we have. This is just
the beginning.
Rather than he all things for all
W divide our business into two people, we're going to pick a few T I k now of in the computer
areas.
H We now have a consumer things, and try to do those very, very H
business that can approach the
A
business and we have a professional well. We are going to be eliciting E
marketplace on a fi at, horizontal
business.
T and we are recognising and your support. We recognise that the basis.
R I used to work for that
supporting
w our products in that way. user group body represents more company.
E Sometimes it can do it
e I've been at Commodore for almost combined intelligence on the Amiga quite well, and sometimes quite
'
six
h months, and there were two or poorly.
S
three things that I found when I came
a o The rest of' us have to approach it
on
v board that I think are important in a very single, narrow rifl e shot
n
method. In order to do that, we have
for us to build upon. And those are
e
the things that don't show up
d
We are very, l
to provide the support tools, elicit
y
anywhere on Commodore's balance support from third parties, and
o
sheet, income statement or show up
n
very excited o
expand both the hardware and
n
anywhere as an asset on our hooks, software bases. We are very actively
e vet they're tremendous assets
and
i
which Commodore has.
about the future, e
pursuing all those areas.
c I hope that you w ill be able to see
s We have the second largest
installed
t base of computers in the and very excited o the very near future some positive
in
announcements
m from us that w ill
United
o States, surpassed only by IBM. encourage
p the entire marketplace. We
There are over nine million active about today. are
a very, very excited about the
Commodore customers in the future, and very excited about today.
n
marketplace. The total number ever y The things in the past are in the
installed is somewhere in excess of 11 past, and I don't have answers for all
million. but the active number is t
product technology than exists of those.
around 9 to 9.5 million. So that is a h
anywhere in the world. And we have But I can tell you that we are going
tremendous asset that doesn't show a
to get smart enough to fi gure out how to concentrate our efforts to improve
up. It's also an asset that t
communications, to increase support
we together can utilise each other's
Commodore's never really explored strengths. and parts availability, and to make
or exploited. I think the biggest challenge we products available to you and to the
have with value added resellers marketplace on a timely and regular
(VARs) is to define what one is. But basis.
once we make that arrangement, we
T for us. that I think is probably intend to support and work with them
H
one of the most signifi cant things that very closely and in the areas that
E
doesn't show up on the balance sheet. make good business sense. To u r strategicdirec tion.W e w ill
is
s represented here in this room. I'm Again, our approach w ill be very H
continue to support other products.
not
e here to try and patronise you. I'm rifle shot for that market place, and E the primary emphasis and our key
but
telling
c you that I am a businessman. we w ill be expanding to have more A success is going to be with the
to
and
o not a bad one at that. and I tell VARs. Some of them have storefronts Amiga
m technology.
you and some of them don't, but we w ill
n that I recognise user groups and i The product is doing very well in
the active participation of our be working in that area. the
g rest of the world. I received an ad
d
customer base as being one of our I think we have recognised that the from
a Germany the other day. This
t
greatest assets. marketplace is very bright for the was
p a newspaper ad, and it featured
h
Now there again, that is something opportunities in front of us. We have the Amiga 500. and in the same ad by
i r
that Commodore has not utilised. It's focussed our research and the same company were wine, cheese,
n o canned tomatoes.
anti
not something that we've taken development to now take advantage
g d
advantage of as partners to try to of the Amiga platform that's been The Amiga 500 is in grocery stores
w
support. We've done a poor job of established primarily by the Amiga u
in Germany and doing extremely
e
supporting you in the business. 2000, to use that as a base to drive c
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p me al parties and asking "What's

E best supercar you've ever
the
O
driven?" I tend to look blankly at
them
P because firstly I've never seen
L
Motoring journalist them
that
before in my life and secondly
E being the case, how do they
David Vivian swaps know
a
remotely
r
I've ever set foot in anything
resembling a supercar?
a leather Reccaro and "That bloke over there with the blank
e
expression — he works for a motoring
momo steering wheel a
magazine." There's always someone
l
who knows and, not content with
for a comfy easy chair w
knowing, has to tell everyone else.
a
and a Konix Speedking It wouldn't be so bad if the people
y asked the question believed the
who
to compare driving on an s
answer
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I've spent years and
thousands of miles formulating.
Amiga with the real thing o
Admittedly, the answer I give changes
every
m time — mostly because 1 can't
make
i up my mind and sometimes
because
n it's a particularly good party
— g but whatever I say is always met
with
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Testarossa? No...! Better than a
p
Countach...?
t Are you taking the mick?

Test Drive
Or. Porsche 911? That heap of
o
German dog's mess! Call yourself a
motoring journalist?
I can liv e without the abuse. In fact,
I can live without the "supercar
expert" number altogether. When you
think of the obscene amounts of

tested
money involved, there's something
distinctly unpalatable about telling
people how to spend it, even if you
do know best. Far better that they
should c limb behind the wheel, fire
up and fi nd out for themselves.
Well now they can. All they need is
an Amiga — preferably with a decent
monitor — and a copy of Test Drive
by Accolade.
Ferrari Testarossa, Porsche
It*
David Vivian takes in-depth research seriously
 waggles around and has a few
buttons on it.
Even if you've spanned the galaxy
at two-and-a-half times the speed of
light with this collection of
components, I can sense that you're
just a teensy bit sceptical that they
can accurately simulate what it's like
to travel at 170 mph or hit 60 mph in
live seconds on a rocky mountain
pass.
Relax, it's just lik e the real thing_it
says here—yeah. T hey handle like the
real thing. They brake lik e the real
thing. They move like lik e the real
thing_ In fact. Test Drive is so realistic
y ou'll swear the G-Force has pinned
you to your seat. Welcome to life in
the fast lane. Yep. it's all here in black
and white. So let's test drive Test
Drive.
The British entry is the A lot of clever stuff happens on the
cheapest contender. but monitor before you get to drive any of
is still a pukka sports car "the world's most exotic cars". First
you see the super-slick title screen
911 • with its tantalisingly dangled key fobs
(pronounced
ii K000n-tash), Lotus and glamorous reflection twinkles,
Esprit
r h Turbo, Chevrolet Corvette — the beautifully resolved by the Amiga.
ultimate
o , group test played out by you The Accolade multi-channel synth
and
L a few choice microchips. track that goes with it — in stereo if
a Now the only problem is whic h one you plug the computer into your hi-fi
to
m drive first. OK. Test Drive is just a —is funkier than Jack Mix II and
not-very-floppy piece of plastic and twice as repetitive. Press the joystick
b
an Amiga is a pretty s tiff piece of button and the opening screen scrolls
The Corvette rockets o r
I n ma n ". not too plastic with moving keys and a port up to introduce the contenders. Neat.
g a joystick, and a joystick that just
for
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road tests by your side. either. Each

car is displayed in profi le with its
a
l x% spec sheet (which includes
d of performance data) underneath. Let's
see. 173 mph top speed...5,2 sec 0-60
u're mph...sounds lik e a Lamborghini.
ev
like Lamborghini Countach
ph in
ii Is this the greatest supercar of all
time? No. But try telling that to a little
rig.., it boy: He'll give you the " I suppose
ke thR there isn't a Father Christmas, either,
blockhead" look. Especially if he
al owns one,
thstic The Countach is one of the most
arresting shapes ever to take to the
in road— it doesn't merely attract
black attention, it grabs it by the lapels and
gives it a good hard shake_ In the
outrageousness stakes, at least. it's
n the still the champ.
my of Otherwise, this car is disturbingly Oh dear, didn't see that
irsi overrated. It won't do the 183 mph enough — but the completely neutral corner. Call for rescue
cornering balance and seemingly on the Cellphone
II claimed for it, it doesn't sound very
•fobs nice. it has a terrible gearchange, limitless grip were a hit hard to take
s, clutch and throttle action and seriously. Lamborghini's engineers
El. awkward controls. It handles well, should buy this program. It's more
nth but then so does a Caterham Seven. fun than driv ing the real thing.
if The Test Drive programmers have Ferrari Testarossa
clearly focused on the Lamborghini's
strengths_ The COU mach was easily Is this the greatest "exotic", then?
tick the swiftest car up The Rock and the Closer, much closer. I have nothing
rolls easiest to drive as well. Its but respect for the big "redhead". It
!eat, acceleration from rest could only be doesn't look as aggressive as the
described as fearsome — realistic Travelling at 181 mph
uses a lot of gas. It's
time for a refill

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went lik e Concorde, It was too hard

41 tricky on the limit, but not as bad as for me.
the Ferrari's. A blatant
Countach — it's not as relentless on misrepresentation of the facts, I'd say.
the eyes — but I think it actually Conclusions
possesses more physical presence. Its Lotus Esprit Turbo There w ill doubtless be better
magnificent 5 litre fiat 12 sounds
better, too: Rather lik e a Porsche 911 Not as exotic as its Italian peers, the supercar simulations written for the
in "Sens urountr. Lotus is nevertheless a kosher Amiga, but I'm not complaining
about Test Drive, The Esprit was
The Testarossa is very fast — 181 supercar. All the basic elements are uncannily close to the real thing. and
in fi a t out — but it doesn't right. It's very low, very wide, very
accelerate as violently as the awkward to see out of and very fast. if the programmers have been unduly
kind to the Countach. so what? This
Countach (0-80 mph in 5.3 sec against Like the Lambo, it possesses near
track-car reflexes and can generate is all about liv ing a fantasy, and who
4.9 sec) and in broad terms it feels a
wants to drive a lambor ghini that's
softer machine to drive. Think of it as formidable amounts of lateral grip.
anything less than totally wonderful?
a superfast grand tourer rather than a Probably slightly more than the
At least I k now what to say next
raw. red-blooded racer. Countach in reality because of its
time someone asks me: "What's the
That's pretty much how it seemed lighter weight, though the Test Drive
on Test Drive, The programmers best supercar you've ever dr iv enr
programmers don't quite see it that
• Dav id i s Road 'lest/Features
correctly identifi ed that fl at 12's great way. Edit or of Mot or magazine. His book.
fl exibility (less gearchanging), but Their Esprit hangs on pretty well Supercar: the Af rt h and the Magic. is
what happened to the handling? The but doesn't corner i,vith the publis hed by Ospret i n actobm%
Testarossa may not corner with quite electromagnet security of the Lambo.
the precision and bite of the Lambo, Otherwise, this is probably the most REPORT CARD
but this one was all over the road and accurate simulation of all. The car felt
then some. I actually frightened neat and tidy with pin-sharp steering Test Dr i v e
myself. and fast responses. Its peaky engine El ectr oni c Ar ts 0 7 5 3 4 9 0 4 0
characteristics were accurately £24. 95
Porsche 911 Turbo reproduced, too. MIVIIIET • • •

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But for its shortfall of grip it would
Realistic
N D engine roar. b u t a l l t he cars
The 911 is a bone of contention have beaten the Countach up The s ound (he same. No t urbo whine on t ill.
between motoring writers. Some Rock.
would rather walk than drive one: GRAPDI CS 1111
others can't get enough of the Chevrolet Corvette Sidev iew o f cars magnifi c ent ly drawn. 11
but the 31) v iew on the road is weak.
perpetual rear-engined Porsche. One 111
I have to confess that I've never
thing all are agreed on. however, is GAMEPLA1'
the Turbo's awesome performance. driven a 'Vette and, if the Test Drive Relies t oo muc h on t he glamour of the
This car really does haul in the simulation is anything to go by. I'm cars. Not a wonderf ul driv ing game.
horizon when the turbo blows. rather glad. Even concentrating so 11111
hard that pearls of sweat dropped On VALVE
Not so in Test Drive, The
to the Amiga's keyboard, I couldn't Cheap c ompared to (300. 000's wort h of
programmers have dialled in the right cars. but expensive f or a s imple game.
amount of turbo lag — the 911 Turbos get more than half way up The Rock
single biggest failing — but the tidal without doing a Burt Reynolds and OVERALL 60%
surge of power that should follow it flying off towards the edge of the
.4 great idea, we l l researched. But lacks
amounts to little more than a burst road and destroying the car.
programming sparkle a n d substance.
%vater pipe. Handling is convincingly This thing handled lik e a truck but

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XENON
Feel at home, for to give the pro-
I the single most important factor grammers behind the game credit
N ding whether a product will be a
deci where it's due, they have produced
ia mmediate hit or a total failure. On one of the most complete and accu-
m rate arcade conversions I have ever
l any occasions single days have
meantthe difference between glory seen.
m
anddefeat. For those of you who have net
nd o Thereason for this little parable is played the arcade game. Xenon is a
uly sPM111,the first release for the Amiga
X twin-role fighter. Depending on what
is b
t yMelbourne House, now a wholly the situation demands, you can either
ho owned
a subsiduary of Mastertronic. usea ground based multi-directional
Based on the well known arcade tank, or a faster vertically flying
n aircraft.
II? game.it could have gone downas the
ygreatestshoot•'em up for the Amiga.
One of the most annoying features
iexcept that it was released almost of Xenon is the method of changing
si
nmultaneously with Sideyy intim. from one craft to another, something
(thi
d s time by Mastertronia a game that in mostcasesneeds to be done in
whi
u ch is at least as good, and less a hurry. You must either tap the
than half the price. spacebar or move the joystick from
s Nowcorrect me if you wish, but I side to side.
t dsay that Mastertronic has shot
woul If you are not too busy with the
ritself in the foot. aliens the spacebar is no problem,
y Anyway, enough hypothesising. but the joystick is little short of a The faster vertically !lying aircraft
,As with all games that software pain. On more than one occasion I
thousesexpect you to pay E19.95 for. found myself changing ship purely
Xenoncome wiih a—thankfully — through the ferocity of my joystick backdrops ranging from Uridium- music. Hehas been at the forefront of
ismallnovella, telling the story of how movements. This always ended in Commodore 64 music for some time
esque metallic backgrounds to some
myoumustgo the aid of aCaptain Nod unexpected death. very weird forms of undergrowth now, but this—%Thick I suspect may
iwho is apparently in deep... well, As you travel onward and upward. add up to create an excellent graphic be his first commercial Amiga
nconsiderable double. killing the right aliens and gun effect. Other nice touches include an soundtrack — is not quite up to
g Tosocceed in your mercy mission, turrets w ill result in your ship excellent animated digitised face in scratch. Sure it's fast and thumping.
youmust fight your way through 16 becoming an increasingly potent the right hand side control panel. but when you consider what the
idifferent zones collecting essential
force. As with games such as The animation, too, is up to stand- Amiga is capable of...
ssupplies for the fleet on the way. Nemesis and Salamander, these ard with smooth scrolling and very The right hand control panel of the
Eachtime vou complete a zone you extras include increased fire power. little juddering or slowing of the game (apart from the game logo) is
havean opportunity to refuel and multiples—invisible ships which fly screen,even when the gamegets very used to display the amount of fuel
rearm, but only after you have dealt and fire in parallel—increased speed. frantic—and very frantic it certainly remaining. Each time you are hit by
with ahugeNemesis-like alien. and homing missiles, among others. does get. one of the baddies this fuel reserve
Anyonewhohas played the arcade Graphicallly, Xenon is very good. One thing that did not really diminishes until, when you have
Yersion of Xenon will immediately Detailed sprites and excellent impress me was David Whittaker's nothing left, a life is lost. More fuel is,
however, available each time you
complete a level.
Xenon is a good, fast, exciting and
enjoyable shooVern-up. It hardly
drains the brain, but then that's not
what it is supposed to do. Unfor-
tunately, it provides little if anything
that you can't get for half the price in
Sidewinder. If however, you already
own Sidewinder and are looking for
something the same. Xenon's for you.
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cubes joined end to end make a
brown slick, Three cubes in a line
with one on the side at the bottom
form a purple L. lithe one on the side
is at the top the shape is yellow and if
all four cubes are joined together
they make a big blue cube. Two
staggered rows of cubes are either
cyan or green, depending on orien-
tation.
Theshapes are dropped down the
screen one at a time. You can shift
them sideways or rotate them, The
idea is to make all the tiles interlock
sothat there is a solid row across the
S addictive. Tetris is a 3am, just full width of the playing area. When
one
I more game. unbearably addict- this happens the row disappears. If
ivMe product. li was devised and writ- you leave a gap the shapes build up
ten the screen. The game ends when the lin in the snow is beautiful, but the
P for thePCby Vagim Gerasimov. a actual tiles are just a single colour
Takla
Russian computer programmer. shapes have built up to the top. £19.95
L Of course he didn't write the As the shapes build up you have with a badly done 31) shadow. Mirrorsolt
E
Amiga version — Russian's aren't less spaceand consequently less time There is not much scope for sound
allowed
g anything as high tech as a in which to manoeuvre the new effects, but the background tune, by S Mit till 1 H E
60000. let alone the custom sound shape into place. As you get better David Whitaker is haunting, and e
a
and the game moves up through levels, although not very long is alma- Graphics M I M E
m graphics chips. The Amiga ver-
o
sion was written by John Jones faster and harder each time. spheric and does not become u
e The graphics, credited to Dennis irritating. lGamePlaY E I R I M EIMEI
Steele, who has plastered his name
sall over the high score table to make Harris. are contrasting. The sparkling Therearesomegames I play, enjoy =
a mottled background is interesting, and review. There are others that I Valuc11111111110111i
sure you don't forget.
r The idea is to interlock shapes. and can he frozen, making the . comeback to every so often. verall — 7tri.
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t which presents any real difficulties.
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h lbget B
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e -
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S spaceship trundled overhead. the ship's horizontal and vertical
m FI RE LAS E R AT 1 DE S I RE D DE ATH S y r i t heralding the start of a film that was movement.
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1 1 tcinema entertainment?
s D along the bottom of the trench anda
4 r Star Wars is a game of three sec- couple of fireballs are coining Your
t E
< tions and three skill levels. The way'and you raise the sights toshoot
•i• 4 A6 e
1
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- opening
a menu displays three
P.0SON1-15 IWAVE 3 023 lDeathstars, each representing the well—usually smack into a catwalk.
M
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O l
S H E = UM The higher skill levels net a big and quite exciting in the trench
T A ybonus if the mission is asuccess,and sequence. but it does becomerather
A Z 1contain all the major elements on the repetitive before long.
•
R 0first run. For 10 minutes of adrenalin pum-
OCHE! y Control is either bv joystick, which ping action its worth rolling hackth€
The openi ng menu displays three Deathstars eis so sloppy as to make it useless, or years giving old Darth Vader a run
mouse.Use it to move the laser sights for his money.
aaround the maven and blast away at Mark Luckman
rthe Empire ships and, if vousee him,
sDarth Vader. You may not be able to
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54 ANH(;A COMPUTING l une 15M8
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SIDEWINDER

Or can it? As with all the best sci-fi

M project. i n which games
movies. it is noted that a single seater
A oped for its arcade consoles are
devel spacecraft could penetrate the dock-
S
converted into home computer ing system and live long enough to
formats,
T is well known after its destroy the control level, an act
su
E ccesse s with Roadwars, and par- calculated to bring about the destruc-
ticularly Xenon. tion of the ship before it reached
RWhatmany of the people who hail Earth.
Ts projectasa wonderful idea fail to
thi In order to get to the control level
appreci
R ate is that with the arcade you have to fight your way through
gOamesbeing developed on a two or the water distribution level, the
Fo
Nurmeg Amiga, they are barely of hydroponics, the residential, the
arcadequality standard at best flight deck and the command level.
I
Xot that it is any particular fault of The whole point of this waffle is
C Amiga, it is quite capable of
the that the scenery for each level corres-
' ivering the goods. More that the
del ponds to its function. Thus the water
programmers
S simply haven't come distribution level, the first in fact, is
uApto scratch,Sure Xenon was a nice very watery with steel grey plat-
game,but that was the best of the forms. tanks and barrels.
r
bunchand You would hardly feed a The ground defences arrayed
c n-op shoot-'em-up which only
coi against you are also appropriate so
uasedaround 60 per cent of the that on the first level you are facing On a one-man mission to bomb the sun
screen.
d pill boxes on legs set in the water.
i That's all about to change right The hydroponics level features and accompanying sampled sound destroying everything on that level.
nanwthough, in a game that gets zero robotic gardeners who lob missiles effects. As there are a great many If you have an auto-fire joystick
marks for originality and more towards you, and lots of flora and ground-based targets, usually packed flick that switch and indulge in an
importantly top marks for all out brown earth from which snipers together, the effect can he amazingas
adion. orgy of apocalyptic annihilation.
appear, fi r e, then disappear you strafe them, see the glowing If You found that Xenon got too
Thename of the game is Side- underground again. explosions and listen to the noise hard too soon then Sidewinder's five
winder,and for the astonishingly low The residential area contains lois of reverberate from the monitor's skill levels will be all the more
price of only EM you can equip your cream coloured towers and intercon- speaker. welcome. Add to that the fact that
Amiga with one the best pieces of necting pathways, as well as giant At full belt it's like something out this game is a shrine to wanton des-
non-stopdestructionever_ gunemplacements. of a Rambo film. I just love blasting truction. the entrance charge is only
It all starts with a pounding tune The graphic designs are excellent, the long strip of fuel drums on level EN, and you have a brilliant all-
Ii playing over what appears to be a but fall down in one area; the one action experience.
digitised picture of the inlay card, airborne defenders that you have io Initially your firepower isn't too Niark Luckman
ies, This provides the mission briefing. contend with are uninspiring, to say high powered. so thank goodness for
on- Agalactic war has ground to a halt the least. While they do occasionally the another feature of Sidewinder.
trol Sidewinder
with lines of spacecraft facing each swirl around in pretty patterns, the Periodically goodies float down the
cal otheracross the cosmos. Suddenlv, £9.95
ships are fairly dull. Not that you've screen in the form of lettered boxes.
flying out from the enemy ranks, Masterironic
got that much time to watch them. Rapid fire, power shots that enable
appears a ship the size of a planet, Surprisingly, after Xenon anyway. targets to he destroyed with a single ,
id a TheStar Killer is hereand is heading Sidewinder is a full screen vertical missile, invulnerability and a hover
our for Earth. scrolling game with somemeasure of ,
facility can all be had for around 15 (raphu Lull I =
loot Subtlety isn't part of its armament. lateral movement in the style of seconds before the effect wears off. o
as as its primary function is t o Flying Shark. The scrolling is very The hover function really only uiameplay 1.111J
ralk divehombthesun in a system, send- smooth, if not particularly fast, hut it comes into its own when you reach n-
gh, ing it supernova. crisping everything doesn't have to be for this type of the final, control level, as it stops the d14 I I
ic h elsein sight. game. screen from scrolling—essential if
her Nothingcanstop this monstrosity. Best of all though are the explosion you are to fulfil the mission brief of 1 Overall
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Bonocan find another live skeletons,

B and of late a flatulent green another cauldron, and another
O
monster, spends his time gathering monster engaged in its personal
N etons to make soap. The castle toilet.
skel
where
O all this saponification goes on Thecorrect sequence of moves has
bears a striking resemblance to to be worked out for each new
.
Hampton Court - yup, another maze screen_These start off fairly simple. W A I N ! CD'WeltiliffitIMOW14,10011111
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game. but soon turn into some real brain- 1
a The variations on this tired old numbing "if I release the glook then II .44
11
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theme can be counted on the fingers it will float up and block the monster
of
e a 99 cone: there are various that's guarding the key" stuff. rampaging glook. The graphics fixed by altering the bootstrap. If I
monsters which, when released by Then?then follow some situations wouldn't stretch a Commodore 64.
r wanted to spend my time fixing Sup-
Bono digging out the surrounding which appear impossible, and as the And crime of crimes - the screen
a kill their liberator_
earth, eriour's bugs I'd apply for the job.
only way to escape when trapped by flickers occasionally, What can I say? Avoid is a good
l There are glooks, rotund hairy pink
glooks is to restart the game (there's Sound consists of some short word.
t
things with eyes that periodically no time limit, and no war to bump guitarsynthidrum samples concoc- Rupert Goodwins
hurtle
h around the screen, There's the off Bono to start from another pos- ted into a repetitive tune, as spon-
odd
i spider. lim. ition with a new life) these can be sored by the manufacturers o f
There is the faintest suspicion of a severetests of patience. volume controls, Bonerrusher
n £14.95
plot. Collect five skeletons, bump The square areas of earth that 'rhe game commits two crimes for
k a cauldron. and Bono gels a liar
into Superior Software
vanish when Bono walks through which the programmer should be
ofesoap. Proceeding to a nearby stair- them are irresistibly reminiscent of shot. When you die a screen displays
way
r results in a large seamonster Boulderdash. So is the trick of push- amessage which reads "one life's
SoundrITTIT 1 11
getting
, the soap. and Bono getting ing glooks around to reveal exits. gone" and the program does not dis- (;raphics
about 15 seconds to secrete himself The glook volcanoes that spew play the sea monster on a machine
r
somewhere safe before the glooks forth an infinite number of monsters which has more than 512k. t;ameplal 11! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 •
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wake up and, en masse, migrate are straight out of Gauntlet, as is
c
across the castle. Fozzy - a toad/bear creature that
The first problem can be fixed with
a disc sector editor - and it is Value I -1.-EITEEFE-1
kThis may for may not) open up Bono can release, Foz just blunders annoying enough for me to want to
another
h passageway through which around, and occasionally blocks a do it. The second problem can be Overa 3 3 %
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GEEBEE AIR RALLY
greatest pilot. In this persona you competitors, and leaving pylons to easy. And not only is it too easy, it is
S Rally (GB from now on), is one mustracea plane pheGeeBee in the the left and right, rather like skiing. - after only a matter of minutes -
T the first Amiga releases from
of game's title) around a pylon-marked After you complete a series of these rather dull.
Activision
E to really feature animation 100 mile course. courses you are presented with a
heavi l
y . In many respects this is little more
V The single-winged propellor couple of time trials, The most than Pole Position in mid-air, and
Previous games have offered pretty driven monster has been designed for common is balloon-popping, flying
piEctures, but lacked animation. GB is one thing only - to fly as quick' as
Pole Position is a three year old
G arcade flight simulator which at a perilously low height popping game.
an possible around a course. It has very balloons with your wing tip. GBfalls down because it is acon-
a nes the flavour ofa flight simu-
combi short wings. a huge engine, and a The balloons are laid out in a trail,
lator version. On the M. the programmer
r with the joystick-bashing action massive amount of petrol. To make hut they are mixed with signposts could probably only get somuch into
of
t a true arcade game. matters worse, you sit right on top of which will damage your aircraft the computer's memory. With 512k
wThe plane is easy to control, the engine. should you hit one. If you fail to pop of Amiga to play with, however, the
leaving you to test dexterity rather The plane is capable of covering enough balloons in the alloted time.
r gameshould have been considerably
than intimate knowledge of racing the 100 mile course at an average of your game is over. better than this.
aircraft.
i more than 250 miles per hour - but If during any part of the game you The idea is there for a goodgame.
gThegame's storyline is set in the only if you are a top quality pilot. fail to complete a section, or crash the packaging and instructions are
1930s,
h and sees you playing Johnny Fly around the courseas quickly as into one of the many other planes, excellent, but at £24.95, GB is over-
"Little
t John" Daring, America's possible. avoiding all the other you parachute to land. This is dis- priced and under-developed.
' played by a huge parachuting aviator Francis lap
s with appropriate sounds.
The final screen shows you either
G
in a pile of manure, or facing an
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ate, particularly when you are Graphics r f
A supposedly flying at 250 mph.
i The biggest problem with GB, -GamepIay
r however, lies not the graphics or IlEidi
sound, but the gameplay, or rather Value n 1 • 1II
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play, the game is quite simply too T IOverall — 55
56 AM117/1 CO MPUTI NG June 19118 -
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which disappear. Destroy all the
bricks to finish the sheet.
In an attempt to persuade the coin-
dropping community of the world
that this is not a Breakout rip-off
there are some neat features. Grey
bricks need to be hit more than once,
copper coloured ones cannot be des-
troyed but make it harder to get at the
ordinary bricks behind them,
Ordinary bricks can contain bonus
cylinders which roll down the screen
and offer extra facilities for the
player.
These include a twin barrelled
laser, a sleeping tablet which slows
the ball down, acatch pod which will
let you hold the ball to aim it at a
brick, and an expander which gives
you a fat bat.
Then there is a disruptor which
gives you three balls with which to
juggle and do a lot more damage. a
bonus which sucks you through a
hole on to the next screen and an
extra life.
You can have as many extra lives
asyou like, but only the first five will
be displayed. A minor problem is
that the laser looks as though it fires
two shots. but if one hits a block they
both stop.
ihr thsruptor. Three bails wit h whi c h t o Juggle and do a lot more damage Having battled, bounced and shot
your way through 32 sheets you are
authors that time and era are the machine. II isn't far wrong. The con- confronted by Doh, a large head
O what is essentially a game of same thing. They should also point version is by Discovery Software, yvhich spits sheets of metal at you.
N
Breakout and add a plot. Apparently out that it is impossible to escape infamous for the Marauder bit copier. You retaliate by bouncing the ball
you
L were cruising along in the from the mother ship after it has been If it wasn't for the Discovery logo back,Each time the ball hits the head
spaceshi
Y pArkanoid when the ship destroyed because firstly you would showing off with copper lists it could weakens. But if you get hit by the
wasdestroyed. metal or miss the ball the head
t Youscrambled to safety but were bedestroyed with it and secondly it bepassed off as a Taito product. The
is paradoxical to leave something arcade identity extends to an insert returns to full strength.
h
captured in space by someone. Of which doesn't exist anymore. coin (what, in the disc drive?), mess- Eventually the head flashes, turns
e urse it isn't that simple. The time
co OK. I pretend to hear you say, but age and a number of credits. In ye blue and fades to black. You have
Jndera of the story are unknown.
a what about the game? olde arcade tradition one or two won.
a Someoneought to point out to the Arkanoid thinks that it is an arcade (alternate) players can be accommo- Thegame returns to the picture of
dated. the stationary spaceship and prints
p
a The coin guzzler obviously had a out the message -
load of spare memory left when the trolling
D i m fort e nDOHs i ohas now been des-
n program was complete. This is used troyed
n and time started flowing
e to display the spaceship Arkanoid. reversel
s m c o n - managed to escape
y. \rails
True to form, the game includes the from distorted space hut the real
e
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ACCOINT S
PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N
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PRODUCT
PAN
YCloc k work 6299.00 F u l l ac c ount ing f or up to 90.000 accounts
CCI Bot t om liner
Cloc k work $499.00 I n v e n t o r y c ont rol f or up to 98.000 items
CCI Integrated Merc handis er 6149.00 C a s h basis accounting system
Oxxi
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Ponmead Ac c ount s Bargate

WIMUNICATIONS
COMPANY PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N
vitooticr
$99•01.1 Complet e script language
Ox x i
A-Talk I l l E25.90 Amiga t erminal f or Compunet
Ariadne
Amiga Compunet $149.95 Bullet in board system
Brown-Wagh
BBS-PC E600.00 Comms to customs c omput er
Cmmms Trans port Data —
Burocare L50.00
Diga E5-49.00 NFS/ AFS pier to pier net work ing
Taurus I mpex
Ethonel Board (A20110 only ) E29,95 Comms and t erminal emulat ion
Kuma
K-Comm $09.95 Terminal emulat or
Brown•Wagh
Online E99 Viewdat a and s c rolling t erminal
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Ruby $329.00 Modular input , out put board f or A2000
ASDC
Twi n - x

DATABASES
PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N
CO MP A NY
PRODUCT
E217,55 R e l a t i o n a l database: built in mac ro language
Ta rus I mpex
Ac quis it ions 679.95 E a s y to use mask orient ed fl at database
Abacus
Data Retrieve $195.00 I n c l u d e s relat ional and f ull programming
Abacus
Data Retrieve Professional capabilities
6195.00 D b a s e III101IF and MDX files; single user
Desktop Al
DBF/Access File Manager 6550.00 Da t a b a s e to C translator
Desktop Ai
dbx 6750.00 L i b r a r y source f or Unix iXenix and PC/ AT
Desktop Al
dbx Library Source 6400.00 I . i b r a r y source f or PC/ MSdos
Desktop A i
dbx l i b r a r y Source - E x p a n d i n g database bey ond PC limit s
Desktop Al
dbx Port - H o m e inv ent ory f or insurance purposes
SunSinite
Home I ndus t ry Manager E49.95 I n t u i t i o n based database
Ku ma
K-Data DA M° D a t a b a s e inc luding graphics
Mic rofi c he Filer Amiga Centre Scotland
Robtek 09. 95 B u d g e t database
Omega File 679.95 F i l e manager
Brown-Wagh
Organize 699.95 D a t a b a s e wit h s ound and pictures
Brown-Wagh
Sof t wood File lis g £99.95 E a s y to use database
Precision
Superbaso Personal f-249.95 I n t e l l i g e n t f orms edit or and report generator
Precision
Superbase Professional E29.95 H o m e VCR tape c ollec t ion
SunSmile
Video Cat aloguer

DESKTOP VIDEO
PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N
COMPANY
P RO MI CT

Brook
E99.00 T i t l e generat ion and presentation softwar,,
Amiga Centre Sci gland E 9 0 . 0 o A n i m a t i o n s of t ware
Aegis Video Tit t er
k Aegi s Ani mator

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EPP El 25.00 3D animat ion package
: Aegis V ideoscape 311)
t Deluxe Productions Electronic Arts E149.00 16 c olour hi res graphics animat ion
T Deluxe Video 1.2 Electronic Arts E69.95 Video presentations and roc k videos
D Forms in Flight Amiga Centre Scotland £60.00 3D drawing and animat ion
I Genincli Aquat ic £264.00 Video/ graphic s genlock
T Pro Video Brook E156.48 Video t it ling
Pro Video CGI EPP E149.00 Professional t it ling
Provide° Brook £156.48 Video t it ling
Sculpt 3D EPP £67.01) 31) graphics generator
TV/Show Brown-Wagh $99.95 Slide s how generator
TV 'Text Brown-Wagh $99,95 Character generator
Video Tiller Burocare £96.00 Video t illing

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PRODUCT COMPANY PR ICE D E S C R I P T I O N 1
•1 Taurus I mpex E99.95 Postscript c ompat ible DTP
,Fontset I Gold Dis k $34.95 Eight typefaces to use wit h PageSetter
,PageSetter
• Gold Dis k Entry-level desktop publis hing program
d Gold Dis k 529.95
PageSetter Hyph Module PageSetter auto insert; discreet hyphens
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PageSetter Laserscript Gold Disk 544.95 Install Postscript c ompat ibilit y
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Professional Page Gold Disk $95.00 DTP int egrat ion of text
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Publisher Pius Brown-Wagh 599.95
Publishing Partner Prof. Soll-Logik E199.95 -
Shakespeare Burorare Colour deskiop publis hing

'DUCATION

1PRODUCT COMPANY PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N

\hraham. Friend of God Mic ruEd $29.95 R e l i g i o u s education

Warn and Eve Mic roEd $29.95 R e l i g i o u s education
I Mic roEd $29.95 T e a c h e s to ident if y nouns, verbs, adverbs etc.
f . Mic roEd $89.95 P r o v i d e s c hildren wit h wo r d skills
i : •L!i! 5.0 Art worx $34.95 C o m p l e t e bridge play ing program
d , , Mic roEd $29.95 T e a c h e s how to capitalise words
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I mugs Math Aquarium Amiga Centre Scotland E58.00 G r a p h i c display of math f unc t ions
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Arty Math Mic roEd $49.95 B a s i c mathematics package
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G n the Beginning
ia $29.95 R e l i g i o u s education
'.11the Promised Land Mic roEd $89.95 R e l i g i o u s education
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Dr a nlakallkype Electronic Arts £24.95 T y p i n g t ut or
m gLearning the Alphabet Mic roEd 529.95 P r o g r a m f or c hildren learning the alphabet
m R •,ekword Languages Art worx 529.95 E f f e c t i v e way to learn a f oreign language
a e !Mal Winner Mic roEd 529.95 F u n mat hemat ic s package
r a I.Q. Mic roEd 829.95 M a t h e m a t i c s using a pinball mac hine
d liet Probe Mic roEd $29.95 S p a c e s imulat ion teaching planetary system
i 'Minn Mic roEd $29.95 T e a c h e s how to punctuate correctly
n Studies Vocabulary Mic roEd $29.95 L e s s o n s to dev elop v oc abulary
gSpelling Mic roEd $29.95 S p e e c h and screen print ed text
SSpelling Detective Game Mic roEd $39.95 fl o w to spell f requent ly misspelled words
kSiory of the Good Samaritan Mic roEd $29.95 R e l i g i o u s education
iSum-it Mountain
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Software
PRO DU CT COMPANY PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N

The First Chris t mas icroEci $29.95 R e l i g i o u s education

Voc abulary Series Mic roEd S49.95 H i g h level lesson in v oc abulary
Word Demons (Us age) Mic roEd $29.95 D e a l s wit h t roubles ome homony nt s and verbs

GAME S

PRODUCT COMPANY PRICE DESCRI PTI ON

31) Helic opt er Sierra-on- Line Cl 9.99 Flight s imulat or

Adv ent ure Construction set Electronic E14•95 Construction wit h graphic s and sound
Alien Fires -2199AD Paragon $39.95 Science fi c t ion role play ing
Alien St rik e Robtek El 9.95 Sc rolling action
Animat or VHS Amiga Centre Scotland £25.00 I nt roduc t ory v ideo to animat or apprentice
Arazoks Tomb Burocare E31.00
Arcade classics Robtek E19.95 Three games
Barbarian - Ult imat e Warrior Palace El 9.99 Hack-'n-slash c ombat game
Beyond Zurk Infocom £24.99 Classic text adv ent ure revisited
Black lac k Ac ademy Mic roillus ions E24.99 Black lac k f or up to f our players
Black L a mp Firebird £19.95 Arcade game
lionec runc her Superior 04.95 Arc ade adventure wit h strategic puzzles
Brains t orm Robtek £9.95 Comput eris ed board game
Hubble Bobble Firebird E19.95 Coin-op conversion of popular game
Bureaucracy Infocom 24. 99 Douglas Adams adventure
Centrefold So tiat es Art worx $29. 95 Digitised graphics in adult orient ed game
Champions hip Bac k gammon Roblek £9.95 Board game
Champions hip Baseball Ac t iv is ion £19.99 US Baseball s imulat ion
Champions hip Golf Ac liv is ion £34.99 Wit h real wo r l d c hampions hip holes
Diablo Robtek £19.95 Americ an arcade
Dream Zone Baudv ille 549.95 Graphic adventure
Express Paint Brown-Wagh S99.95 Paint program wit h Postscript
Eaery Tale Adv ent ure Mic roillus ions £29.99 Sc rolling role play ing game
Firepower Mic roillus ions £19.99 Two play er tank duel
Formula One Grandprix Tynesoft E19.95 Car rac ing game
Erostbyte Tynesoft £14.95 Converted f rom a 64 hit
Galactic I nv as ion Mic roillus ions El 9.99 Two play er space battle
GBA Basketball Activision E24.99 -

Gee Bee A i r Rally Activision El 9.99 Air race wit h challenges

GUT Champions hip Foot ball Ac t iv is ion £24.99 Americ an grid iron f oot ball
Golden Path Firebird £19.95 Arcade adventure set in the Orient
Guild of Thieves Rainbird £24.95 Adv ent ure game
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy Infocom £24.99 Famous space adventure
Holly wood Poker Roblek E19.95 Strip pok er wit h art work girls
Hunt f or Red Oc t ober Grand slam E29.95 Ult imat e s ubmarine c ombat s imulat ion
Jewels of Darkness Rainbird £19.95 Adv ent ure c ompilat ion
ligawania Robtek £9.95 Four puzzles
linx t er Rainhird E24.95 Magnet ic Scrolls adventure
Sierra-cm-1,ine £24.99 -
Kings Quest 3-Pack
Sierra-on-Line £19.99 -
Kings Quest I
Sierra-on-Line £19.99 -
Kings Quest I I
Sierra-on-Line £19.99 -
Kings Quest
Rainbird E19.95 Graphics interactive gameplay
Knight Orc
Kwas imodo Robtek £9.95 Tric k y arcade
Leaderboard US Gold £24.95 Legendary golf s imulat ion
Leaderboard Tournament US Gold £9.99 Gives extra courses
Leather Goddesses of Phobos I nf oc u E.24.99 Spoof sci-fi adventure on Mars
Leisuresuit Larry rn
Sierra-on- Line £29.99 Soft porn adventure wit h graphics
Lurk ing Horror Infocom E24.99 ng horror adventure
Chilling

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Paragon 534.95 Mart ial arts action arcade game

) Maehius Mic ropros e £2495 Oriental role play ing game
MMousetrap Ty neso It E24,95 Platform style game
a out h Bert Infocom £24.99 Joke adventure
wOgre Mic ropros e £24.95 Strategy game f rom Origin
r Othello Roblek E9.95 Comput eris ed hoard game
\ Out of the Blue Paragon 544,95 Fantasy role play ing adventure
i Hearts I n roc o m £24.99 Mills and Bon style adventure
nPlumes £2495
/j Tynesoft Sc rolling s hoot -'em-up
Police Quest Sierra-on-Line El 9.99 -
Pa
l Portfolio Gold Checker MDR Interfaces El 2.99 Checks The Times Port f olio results
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u Ports of Call Burocare £34.74
n Return to Atlantis Electronic Art s €24,95 Underwat er adventure
d Rocky Roblek E9.95 -
e Rolling Thunder US Gold £24.95 Ac t ion game
r Romantic Encounters Mic roillus ions E24,99 -
e Second's Out Tyneson L l 9.95 Box ing game wit h six contestants
d Sentinel Firebird L l 9.95 Strategy 31) game
Shanghai Ac t iv is ion £19.99 Ma long patience
Sherlock I nf oc om £24.99 Text adventure

• Silent Service
Silicon Dreams
Mic ropros e
Rainbird
E24.95
L19•95
Simulation of World War Il submarines
Trilogy of Level 9 adventures
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Space Quest Sierra-on-Line L l 9.99
Spare Quest II Sierra-on-Line £19.99 -
Starglicier Rainbird £24.95 Space shout-'ent-up
Stairways Robtek E19.95 Classic s hoot -'em-up
Station Fall Infocom E24.99 Adv ent ure in space
Sthilar Conflict Brown-VVagh 539.95 Strategy game
Stockmarket Taurus impex £19.95 Strategy s imulat ion
Ship Poker Data disc 4 and 5 Art worx 529.95 Addit ional opponent s f or St rip Pok er
Strip Poker 11 Art worx £39.95 Ne w version of classic program
Test Drive Electronic Arts £24.95 Car rac ing game
The Pawn Rainbird £24.95 Classic adventure
Thexder Sierra-on-Line £19.99 Trans f ormer robot game
Time ii Magik Mandarin £19.95 Three interactive adventures f rom Level 9
Ultima III Mic ropros e £24.95 Fantasy game
Video Vagas Baudv ille S34.95 Four casino games
Winter Games US Gold £24.99 Combinat ion of testing events
Winter Olympiad 88 Tynesoft E19•95 Mult i event challenge
) Wizard Wars Paragon S34.95 Graphics and text adventure
I Wordplex Brown-Wag h 534.95 Word game
World Games US Gold E24.99 Epyx c ompilat ion

GRAPHICS

PRODUcr ta) PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N

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Burocare £173.00 Calf'. package
Images A
Brook Comput ers E25.00 Painting software
alytic Art N £49.00
Crystal Rose Mat hmat ic al art program
,loulie 3D Y
Burocare Ray-tracing animat ion
lonatorilmages Burocare E90.00 -
Gallery 1 Unis on World Addit ional graphic s
IGallery 2 Unison Wo r l d Addit ional graphics
Gallery Fantasy Unison Wo r l d - 120 fantasy graphic s
A! Parts Volume 1 Electronic Art s £9.95 Data disc - over 175 c olour images
Parts Volume 2 Electronic Art s L9.95 Data disc o v e r 100 brushes

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Butcher 2.0 Eagle Tree $37.00 Graphics utility and conversion program
Cherry Graphics Tablet A3 Taurus !wipes £549.00 A3 digit is er f or use wit h Cad
Comic Art Series Gold Disk 834.95 Two-disc sets plus Comic Setter clip-art
Comic Setter Gold Disk 899.95 Complete colour Comic design studio
Deluxe Paint Electronic Arts E69.95 Graphics tool for hobbyists and professionals
Deluxeprint Electronic Arts L24.95 Prints calendars, cards, stickers and posters
Digipaint Burocare £49.5) Colour paint package
Director Amiga Centre Scotland E47.00 Desktop animation package
Express Paint Amiga Centre Scotland £58.00 Painting/DT graphics
Eye Playz Silver Software 319.95 Interactive or automatic graphics routines
Flicks-fixer board Taurus I mpex £399.00 Flicker correction card
Imprint American Li qui d Li ght 11495.00 Interface for Polaroid Palette image film recorder
Intro CAD Precision £59.95 Introductory Cad hi gh quality output
Pixmaark Precision £49.95 Professional image enhancement
Plot-to-Print Converter Hi-Tech graphics $35.00 Converts HPGL. plots to high-res.; printer output
Print Master Plus Unison Wor l d 849.95 Creates signs
Sculpt 3 D Burocare Ray-tracing dr awi ng
Seasons and Holidays Electronic Arts £9.95 Art for every occasion
Videoscape 3D Amiga Centre Scotland E125.00 3D modelling
Weave-It Joyce I Peck 874.95 Weaving dr awdawn program
Weave-it Plus Joyce I Peck 889.95 Weaving dr awdown program plus utilities
X Cad Taurus Impex £399.95 Professional 2D design and dr awi ng package

\TEGRATED

PRODUCT COMPANY PRICE DESCRI PTI ON

Avant Garde $199.95 Integrated editor. compiler and linker

Customer File Clockwork £400.01) Handles up to 5.000 customers
The Works Br own-Wagh 8199,95 Wor d processor. spreadsheet. organiser
Wizzard Aquatic £400.00 Database with word processor/comms/scheduler
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Deluxe Music construction set Electronic Arts £69.95 M u s i c construction tool for beginners
M
Drum Studi o Robtek E39.95 M i d i - d r u m synthesiser package
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Hot and Cool jazz Electronic Arts £9.95 D a t a disc - over 40 tunes
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u Instant Musi c Electronic Arts £24.95 G i v e s mistake-free music
l It's onl y Rock'n•roll Electronic Arts €9.95 D a t a disc - 8 eras of rock
e Mi di for Amiga Skyles E49.95 M i d i interface for A500. A1000
Mi di Interface Eidersoft - M i d i interface all models
Mi di Software Eidersoft - P ol y phoni c Mi di sample sequensor
Music Studi o Activision £24.99 -

Pro Sound Design Tool ki t Eidersoft - C o m p l e t e program toolkil

Pro Sound Designer Eidersoft E79.95 S o u n d sample system; four channel stereo
Pro Sound Designer Mi di Eidersoft - P ol y phoni c midi sample sequensor
Pro Sound Designer Software Eidersoft - W o r k s wi th most sound digitisers
S5 Stero Aquatic E199.00 S t e r e o sound sampler
SASCIII Phoenix $119,00 S t e r e o amplifier for Amiga 500, 1000 and 2000
Son ix Brook £50.00 M u s i c software

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Studio Magic Amiga Centre Scotland L69.00 M u s i c and work s hop s ound
Synthia The Ot her Guys $99.99 D i g i t a l synthesiser
Trilog Midi Burocare £55.00 D i g i t a l Mi d i interface
Waverforrn Easel Silv er $19.95 C r e a t e s wav ef orm tables us ing mous e

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RBeckes - Abacus $150.00 P r o f e s s i o n a l featured wo r d processor
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DDesktop Viz awrit e iza £99.95 M u l t i f o n t , windowing, plus images, mailmerge
PExcellence Brown-Wagh $299.95 P r o f e s s i o n a l level wo r d processor
RK-Roget Ku ma £49.95 Disc based thesaurus
OK-Texl Ku ma £19.95 Text processor

CPruwritpll Burocare Colour word processor

Scribble Brown-Wagh 579.95 -
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Text Pro Abacus 579.95 E a s y to use word processor
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Word perfect 4,1 Sentinec £199.00 Complet e word processor
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ZumEt forits-Vol.1 Brown-Wagh $34.95 Font s / Sv v is s iPic a/ Barn
OZuma Fonts-Vol.2 Brown-Wagh S34.95 Fo n t s / E u r o / S t e n c i l / Ch e n
RZuma Fonts-Vol.3 Brown-Wagh $34.95 Font s / Coop/ Sc ript / Fas t
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READSHEETS

CO MP ANY PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N

Analyze Brown-Wagh $99.95 S p r e a d s h e e t wit h c olour graphics

Haicalt Taurus I mpex £4343 L a r g e cell area spreadsheet
lagistix Precision £99.95 F l e x i b l e intuition-based program
l!nicalc Lattice E79,95 L a r g e processing area, many f unc t ions

CELLANEOUS

COMPANY PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N

Absoft £195.00 A m i g a Basic c ompat ible c ompiler

AC/Fortran Abs oll £295110 A n s i Fort ran 77 c ompiler wit h debugger
•[ An V 2 0
A Amiga Centre Scotland £55.00 I c o n driv en programming language
CAmiga Basic Inside and Out Abacus $24.95 Hook
BAmigaDos C I alit ice $375.00 C o m p l e t e C programming env ironment
a Amiga for Beginners Abacus $26.95 Book
s Amiga Machine Language Abacus $29.95 Book
i Amiga Tricks and Tips Abacus $29.95 Book
c API_ 68000 Mic ro APE £99.00 A P L programming language
Assembler Metacomco £69.95 P r o f e s s i o n a l mac ro assembler plus ut ilit ies
AssemPro Abacus $99.95 C o m p l e t e assembly tang. dev elop package
1!Aztec C Manx C c ompiler wit h Unix mak e. dif f and Crap
Benchmark Modula-2 Oxxi 3299.00 I n t e g r a t e d c ompiler, edit or and Link er
Benchmark Modula-2 Oxxi $99.00 L i b r a r y of popular C
'Benchmark Mod ula-2 Oxxi $99.00 L i b r a r y of typical Amiga rout ines
( itolochmark Modula-2 Oxxi $99.00 L i b r a r y of graphic rout ines
, 1, Amiga Centre Scotland £22.00 D i s c fi le c ompres s ion
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PRODUCT' COMPANY PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N

Extend SunSmile S39.95 Amiga basic extension; 34 new commands

Facc II
Amiga Centre Scotland E24.00 Floppy disc accelerator
Hipside Br own-Wagh S29.95
Fortran/020 Sideways printing
Absoft E495.00
Gizmoz Fortran 77 compiler/debugger for 68020
Robtek E49,95
Impart Essential desktop package - 20 programs
Burocare E55.00 -
Info Mat T W Ar not E10.00 A4 plastic mats wi th valuable info files
Kickstart guide to Ami ga Ariadne E18.95
Kickwork A4 book - guide to Ami ga programming
Ami go E29.00 Kickstart and wor kbench
K-Gadget Kuma E29.95 Gadget and requester editor
K-Seka Kuma E49,95
Lint 68000 assembler, debegger and moni tor
Gimpel S98.00 Diagnostic facility f o r t programs
Outline
Amiga Centre Scotland E36.00 Outliner
Pascal Metacomco E89,95 ISO val4lated pascal compiler
Power Wi ndows Burocare -
Reason Programmers' utility
The Other Guys $395.00 An aid for writers and editors
Shell Metacomco E49,95 Enhanced CIA
Toolkit Metacomco E39.95 Utility package
)(FOR SAD Custom 88 Transport Data E1800.00 Customs clearance software - Import/Export

HARI)WARE
PRODUCT COMPANY PRICE D E S C R I P T I O N

2.0 megram exp. Robtek E499.00 Ram uni t

20mb har d disc Precision E520.87 Internal 20Mb Supra har d disc for A2000
2M ASDG S399.00 2Mb of memory for A1000
3.5' disc drive Burocare E99.00 External disc drive
3.5" disc drive Robtek E169.00 -
3.5" disc drive Brook E129.57 External disk drive
32 bit dram boards Amiga Centre Scotland E695.00 Dram BD to 32Mb
32 bi t sram board Amiga Centre Scotland E595.00 Sram 8D to 2Mb
5.25" disc drive Burocare El 75.00 External disc drive
5.25" disc drive Roblek E199.00 Components
68020/68881 CPU CS " E1195.00 020/881 for A2000
68020/68881 PGY CSA . 095, 00 020/881 for A500/ 1000
68030 "over 030" BD CSA E495.00 030 Upgr ade Rd
698882 Co-processor CSA 16-25MHZ 882 for CSA BDS
A1000 2Mb Memor y Board Micron -
Power supply, two slot chassis
A1000 Easy' Anaki n E539.00 Pressure-sensitive dr awi ng tablet
A2000 2 Mb Memor y Board Micron
A2000 drive EPP E139.00 3.5" internal floppy drive for A2000
A2000 Easyl Anaki n E539.00 Pressure-sensitive drawing tablet
A500 2 Mb Memor y Board -Mi cr on Power supply, single slot chassis
A500 Easyl Ana kin E539,00 Pressure-sensitive drawing tablet
A500 RF modulator Commodore E21,73 A500 RF modulator
A500 Subsystem Ar gonout E249.00 Expands A500 to use A2000 cards
Alegra Access - M e m o r y expansion unit for Amiga 1000
Amiga 1010 Commodore - E x t e r na l disc drive
Amiga 1084 Commodore - C o l o u r monitor
Amiga 2000 Corn modore - -
Amiga 2088 Commodor e - B r i d g e board
Amiga 500 Colour Business Pack Commodor e
Amiox A £399.00 Multi-parallel/serial I / O card A2000
ASDG 8Mb expansion .
Amiga Centre Scotland - Memory board
AX1060/ 2000 q
Comspec E400.00 1 and 2Mb ram for Amiga 1000
BN20 u E2000.00
Comspec Bernoulli box wi th 20Mh removable media
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ihrocare hard driv e Burocare E1695.00 20N1b hard disc driv e

CDS 500 Phoenix £99.95 Replacement power s upply f or A500
Cherry A3 graphics tablet Taurus Impex £549.00 A3 digitiser for use wi th XCad
Cotron 14" monit or Taurus Impex £650.00 Hi-res 14" monitor suitable for XCad
CRP A3 Burocare £595.00 A3 graphics tablet
Oil' A4 Burocare E360.00 A4 graphics tablet
Digidroid Burocare £49.95 Robot filler wheel
DigiPic I JCL E299.00 Real time video digitiser. Mono and colour
Digiview Burocare £159.85 Digitiser
Disk-2-Disk Burocare - Transfer files from C64/ 128 to Ami ga
Dos-2-Dos Burocare - Transfer files from I BM
Dual RS232+SCSI Hd dsk cont Scicom £449.00 Control 8 scsi devices with 2 serial ports
Edit Line Impact E1500.00 O f f line video editing
Ethonet Board (A2000 only ) Taurus Impex £549.00 N I F S / A F S pier to pier networking
Flickers-fixer board (A2000(b) Taurus I mpex E399,00 F l i c k e r correction card
Future Touch Ami go - T o u c h sensitive screen
tiegics Nucleus E9750.00 S upe r v i s or y control and data acquisition
Gen lock Aquatic E264.86 I nt e r a c t i v e video
Gen lack Burocare £260.00 G e n l o c k unit
Hallbac-40 USA E1595.00 4 0 M b tape drive
Hard disc driv e Scicom £549.00 F r o m 20 to 200N1b hard discs
Hard drive CSA C895.(0 2 0 - 8 0 M b hard drive
Highrise Chassis CSA E995.00 A1 1 1 0 0 exp chassis
HP Paint let Hurocare E1089.00 C o l o u r ink jet printer
I nk well £129.95 T w o - b u t t o n light pen
Live A-Squared £295.00 V i d e o framegrabber for Ami ga 100
)
Live 500 A- Squared £399.04) V i d e o framegrabber for Ami ga 500
D
e MCS 1000 Corn spec £100.00 Conne c t s to IEEE type printers. Amiga and I BM
bMCS 6550 Comspec £200.00 2 5 6 k centronics parallel printer buffer
t NICS 8090 Comspec £400.00 M u l t i - u s e r printer
PMDR Rome control system v3.0 MDR interfaces £350.00 C o m p l e t e monitoring and control security
e
n
a
Micron 2N1b memory - A2000
Micron 2k lb ram upgrade
MP-1.3M
Amiga Centre Scotland
Scicom
Interactive
£510.00 M e m o r y board
£445.00 2 M b ram expansion
•
S255.00 l n f r a red code learner and transmitter
n
d NEC external 3.5" drive Precision £99.95 F l o p p y drive for A500/ A1000
DNEC internal 3.5" drive Precision £79.95 F l o p p y drive for A2000
r Over Drive Ar gonaut E249.00 A 2 0 0 0 hard disc controller and DMA SCSI
i PFD-135 Phoenix £199.95 E x t e r n a l 13.5" drive for A500. A1000, A2000
v PED-13511 Phoenix E149,95 I n t e r n a l floppy for A2000
e PHI) 1000/20 Phoenix £899.00 H a r d disc Ami ga 1000 40- 60x8Orncs
r PI Phoenix £64900 2 2 meg SCSI MO O plus A1000 hard drive
PHD-40
- Phoenix £875.00 4 8 m e g SCSI A5000 plus A1000 Har d drive
IPrinter
D stand and paper tray Capri E9.95 8 0 column printer stand wi th paper tray
-2 Eidersoft
Pro Sound Designer L79_95 A m i g a sound sample system 4 channel stereo
0 Burocare
Quarter Back - H a r d disc backup
Ril rn /clock expansion Eagle - A l t e r n a t i v e to Commodore A501
ikV,2.tiou Conispec £150.00 U n p o p u l a t e d O. 1 pl us 2Mb ram boar d for
Amiga 2000
SCSI Controller Computer £595.00 S C S I DMA controller card
SD20140/60 Comspec £900.00 2 0 . 40. 60Mb hard drives with auto booting
ASDG $499.00 8 M b memory for A2000
Amigo - 2 0 M b streaming tape backup
1
Twin. X ASDG $329.00 M o d u l a r i nput/ output boar d for A2000

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a Vol Hurocare £550.00 M o n o frarnegrabber
p VD3+ Burocare E795.00 C o l o u r video framegrabber
e Video Camera Brook L199_00 V i d e o camera
bWorm ROO E6995.00 E a c o m b laser drive
Computer
a
7ero-meg clockicalender Skyles £79.95 W i t h unpopul ated 1/4Mb memory
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A 1844 Penfield Road
Penfield
4612 Hol l y Ri dge Road
Rockville
NY14526 MD2 0 8 5 3
0101 716/ 385 6120 0101 301/ 924 5509
A-Squared Distributions Inc
6114 La Salle Avenue
ASFIG Compunet
Suite 326
Oakland 280 River Road Unit 26
Suite 54A Sheraton Business Centre
California
0101 415 339 0339 Piscataway Wadsworth Road
NI08854 Perivale
0101 201/ 563 0529 Mi ddx
Absoft
UB6 7)13
2781 Bond St
Avant-Garde
Aubur n Hills Computer System Associates Inc
2213 Woodbur n
0101 313/ 853 0050 7564 Tr ade Street
Plano
San Di ego
TX 75075 CA 92121
Access Associates
491 Al do Ave 0101 214/ 964 0260 0101 619/ 566 3911
Santa Clara
0101 408(727/ 8520 Computer Video Products
3306 Horseman Lane
Action Ware Corporation Falls Church
38 W 255 Deerpath Road VA 22042
Batavia 0101 (703) 533 123
Illinois 60510 Bargate Computer Services
0101 1-800 848 233 101 Hi gh Street Comspec Communications
Burton on Tr ent
153 Bridgeland Ave Uni t 5
Staffordshire Tor onto Ontario
Activision
23 Pond Street DE14 11.4 Canada
0283 510249 M6 A 2Y6
London NW3
(II 431 1101 0101 416/ 785 3553
Baudville
5380 52nd SI SE
Amiga Centre Scotland Crystal Rose Software
4 Hart Street Lane Grand Rapids 109 S Los Robles Ave
MI 49508 Pasadena
Edinburgh 0101 6161957 3036
EH1 3 RN CA 91101 2417
031 557 4242 0101 818/ 795 6664
Brook Computers Limited
370Char mi nster Road Cumana
Amigo Business Computers Bournemouth
43 Har bor View Dr Pines Tr adi ng Estate
Dorset Broad Street
Northport BH8 9RX
NYI 1768 Guildford
0202 533051
0101 516/ 757 7334 Surrey
GU3 3BH
Anakin Research I nc Br own-Wagh Publishing 0483 503121
16795 Lark Ave
100 Westmore Or, 11C Suite 210
Rexdale Ontario
Los Gatos
Canada M9 V 5C3
CA 95030
0101 416 744 4246
0101 1-800-451-090
Desktop Al
Applied Sys. & Peripherals 1720 Post Rd E
Burocare Limited
Queensway Business Centre 211 Kenton Road Westport
Brigg Road CT 06880
Kenton
Scunthorpe 0101 203 255 3400
DN16 3RT Harrow, Middlesex
HA3 OND Dixons Business Centre
0724 280222 47 Lor d Street
01 907 3636
Liverpool
Aquatic Productivity Gr oup Byte by Byte Merseyside
Walker house 1.2 1TD
Aborelum Plaza
Mai n Floor, 5425-109 Street 051 236 5711
Edmonton Alberta 9442 Capital of Texas l i ghwy Nr th
Suite 150 Austi n
T6H 3A7
TX78759
0101 403 438 1217
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Ar gonaut Software
7 Mi l l way Eagle Business Computers Limited
Mill Hi l l 48 Charles Street
London Cardiff
NW7 3QR Glamorgan
01 906 3744 0222 390286
Capri Mar keti ng Ltd
24A Whi te Pit Lane Eagle Tree Software
Adriadne Software Flackwell Heath PO Box 164
273 Kensal Road Hi gh Wycombe Bucks Hopewell
London HP10 9HR VA 23860
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Eidersoft Software Limited
Hall Far m
North Ockendon
Lipminster Impact communication NI D R Interface
Essex (Central Corporation Ltd) Little Bridge House
RM14 3QH The First House, Sutton Street Danehill
0708 856468 Birmingham Sussex
B1 1PE RH17 7JD
Electronic Arts 021 622 3861 0825 790294
Langley Business Centre
11-49 Station Road Impulse Inc Mandar i n Software
Langley, nr Slough 6860 Shingle Creek Pkwy 110 Europa House
Berkshire Adl i ngton Park
Minneapolis
SL3 flYN MN55430 Adl i ngton
0753 49442 0101 612/ 566 0221 Macclesfield
SK10 4N1P
EPP Micro Services Limited Inkwell Systems
257 Acester Road South 5710 Ruffin Road Manx Software Systems
Kings Heath San Di ego One Industrial Way
Birmingham CA 92423 Eatontown
B14 6DT 0101 619/ 268 8782 NJ 07724
021 443 1199 0101 2 0 1 / 5 4 2 2121
I nt erac t iv e Mic ro S y s t e ms
Evesham Micros Landmark Suite 20 Mel bour ne House
63 Bridge Street 80 Merrimac St 8-10 Paul Street
Evesham P 0 Box 1446 Haverhill London
Worts MA 01830 EC2A 4 I H
WR11 4BF 0101 617/ 372 0400 01 377 8411
0386 765500
Metacomco
26 Portland Square
Bristol
ICI, Business Limited BS2 8RZ
fleet Mi cr o Company 71 St Johns Road
Unit 25 "Shaffers" Tunbr i dge Wells Micro Ed Inc
677 Hi gh Road Kent P 0 box 24750
South Den fleet TN4 9 1 7 Edina
SS7 5SF 0892 27454 M N 55424
0268 565138 0101 612/ 9292242
Joyce I Peck
Box 1951 Mi cr oAPL Limited
G1 Qualicum Beach BC
Canada
South Bank Technopar k
90 London Road
Gunpe Softwar e VOR 2TD London
3207 Hugarth Lane 0101 604/ 752 3364 SE1 61.N
01 9 2 2 8 8 8 6
PA 19426
0101 215/584 4261 Micron Technol ogy I nc
2805 E Col umhi a
Gold Disk Karl R Denton Boise
PO Box 789 P 0 Box 56 ID 83706
Streetsville Westland 0101 208 386 3800
Ontario Canada MI 48185
0101 426/828 0913 0101 313/ 522 0939 MicroProse
180 Lakefront Drive
Grand Slam Entertainments Ltd Kuma Computers Limited Hunt Valley
Victory House Pangbourne MD21030
Leicester Plac e Berkshire 0101 301 771 1151
London 07357 4335
7NB Mirrorsoft Ltd
01 439 0666 Athene House
66-73 Shoe Lane
London
Lat t ic e I n c o rp o ra t e d EC4P 4AB
2500 S Hi ghl and Avenue
HRI (Powys) Lombard
Mochdore Industrial Estate 60148
Newtown Powys 0101 8001533 3577
SY16 4LE
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2301 W 205th St North House
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Box 446 Torrance It
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Wellingt on Hous e 2a Neve Street
New Zealand Av enue Dover
Oxxi I i L. Walt on Upon Thames Kent
3428 Fa'corn Av enue Surrey CT17 9Al
Long Beach KT12 1PY 0304 215096
CA90807 0932 231164
0101 213 427 2080 Tynesoft Comput er Software
Shekhana Comput er Services Addis on I nd. Estate
655 Greens Lane Blaydon
London Ty ne and Wear
N8 OQY NE21 4TE
01 348 2907 091 4144611

Silver Software
Palace Sof t ware 77 Nead Street
The Old Forge Bridgeport
7 Caledonian Road CT 06610
London 0101 203 366 7775
N1 9DX
Skyies Electric Work s US Gold
Paragon Sof t ware 231 S Whis man Units 2-3 Ho! f ord Way
600 Rugh Street Suite E Ho! f ord
Greensburgh Mount ain View CA94041 Birmingham
PA15601 0101 415 965 1735 136 7AX
0101 412 838 1166 021 356 3388
Soft Logik Corp
Phoenix Electronics P 0 Box 290071 Unis on World
P 0 Box 156 St Louis 2150 Shattuck Av enue
Clay Center MO 63129 Suite 902
KS 67432 0101 314 894 8608 Berkley CA 94704
01131 913 632 2159 0101 4 1 5 9 4 9 6 6 7 0
Suns mile Software
Precision Sof t ware 533 Fargo Av enue
6 Park Terrace Buffalo
Worcester Park New York
14213
Surrey
KT4 7I Z 0101 716 885 5670
01 330 7166 Viza Sof t ware
Superior Software Chatham Hous e
Dept BC5 14 New Road
Regent Hous e Chat ham
RI Sk inner Lane
Leeds
Kent
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London
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20 West Street
Wilmingt on
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WI
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Surbit on 288 West Centre Street
Surrey Orem
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 • I N T E R F A C E •

y
Line
U
about the CLI or Command
O Interface, if you've had y our
Amiga for more than an hour. It is
c
The plain man's
mentioned in just about every book

guide to CU
and
a magazine you buy (including this
one!)
n and there is a very good reason
for
' this seeming obsession.
t The Command Line Interface is an
essential
f part of the operation of the
Amiga. and ignorance of it is
a
ignorance of the machine you've just What is CLI, and why should you need to
i
spent all vour money on.
l When the Amiga was designed it know about it? Phil South says you're not
twas decided that it would have a using your Amiga properly without it
o
Wimp environment with windows
h
and icons and a mouse to point at
a you use capital letters. This brings up of the Amiga, into Workbench,
them with. But it was too powerful a
the ED text editor and opens the thereby creating a dedicated CLI disc.
vmachine to be limited by just one
startup sequence fi le whic h auto- There are other things you can
method
e of operation. So the CLI was
executes on boolup. Now press the delete from SiSTARTUP-SEQUENCE,
devised
h to give you a far more Escape key. A little asterisk w ill things lik e the command BindDrivers,
conventional
e text operating system, appear at the bottom of the screen.
not unlike CP/M or MSclos, to allow which helps coordinate the Amiga's
a Press B and your cursor w ill now be control of non-standard peripherals
the
r full use of the multitasking at the bottom of ihe fi lo on a line like hard discs and so on. I f you have
facilities
d of the Amiga, and to let which looks lik e this: a standard system with no frills,
everyone fi nd their own best way of
ENDCLI > NIL: what's the point of having this in
working, using Workbench, or CU, or
a mixture of both, your startup?
Press the Escape key again, and the Now y ou have a means of using a
There are two offi cial ways of
I) key, and the line is deleted. Now CLI as an interface to your Amiga you
getting into CLI, as well as one
press Escape one last time then press can use multitasking by Opening other
undocumented way. The first, and CU windows with the Newcli
usual method, is to open the system ilatitto •:-.11 re! as- i . a , 612824 !ti t 9401114 command. Each new CLI is lik e a
drawer on your Workbench disc and r
double-click on the CLI icon. The kt.1 cli t i f separate computer and w ill perform
tasks for you as you click in it and
second method is more complex and
enter AmigaDos commands.
involves the creation of a CU system
The number of tasks you can
disc. We'll go into that in more detail
in a moment, perform and C lis you can open is
limited only by memory. You can
examine/run/delete files which have
no icons, lik e a lot of public domain
software. Also, being au fait with
T is to boot up your Workbench AmigaDos and CC's is handy when
H
disc and tap Ctri+D a few times. The using professional programs like
E loading of the Workbench w ill be Aegis' VideoScape 3D and Mimetics'
tinterrupted with ***BREAK and y ou'll Soundscape, whic h use the CLI
hbe dropped into a CLI. You may fi nd interface extensively.
some
i of your AmigaDos commands I1 The best way
are
r not available, but if you're I. .SV • • R i r i l C l t through
, t o using it. Get a copy of The
experienced
d you can just load up the CS
U is y o u r w i n d o w t o t h e A t n i k i AmigaDos
l e a r Manual
n (Bantam Books)
directories
s you need. Y and study it. I can also recommend
A m i
The best method is to have a proper X.N and the fi le w ill be eXited and theg Amiga Programmers Guide
p a D
CLI disc that you can just s lip in any saved to disc. The write protect tab (Compute! Books) as it has some
e o s
time you want to do some serious should be off to do this, so check interesting reference sections and
e
CLIing. i
before saving. sample programs.
d The way to create one is to make a sTry using it for routine tasks lik e
So from now on every time you
icopy of your standard Workbench hoot the disc you're dropped right copying discs with the Diskcopy
edisc and modify it to open as CLI into a CU. I f you want to exit the CLI command, or initialis ing them with
ronly. First make a copy of your and go to Workbench at any time, just the Format command. Use it to copy
bWorkbench disc by opening the type ENDCLI and the CLI w ill be files to other discs, and open up and
uDuplicate option on the Workbench closed, leaving you with the use the RAM: disc, a useful logical
tmenu bar. Then go to the System Workbench screen. device to which you otherwise have
ddrawer, open it and double click on What you have just done is to no access.
ithe CLI icon to bring up the CU. modify the program whic h sets the But most of all enjoy using the CLI•
r Type ED SiSTARTUP-SEQUENCE computer up so that it doesn't escape It'll open new worlds, not to mention
tand press Return. It is important that from AmigaDos, the operating system windows, inside your Amiga.
y
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 How to compete
with the best
video edit suite to copy selected parts
T programmes produced by the of the two (source) recordings on to a
H
Media Services at the Polytechnic of separate master tape for the fi nal
E
John Carter's North
v
since
London has been transformed
we bought an Amiga. Unlik e
programme,
Because you need only small crews
Amiga has i
some
which
s
micros, it has an add-on facility
w ill allow graphics to be
and relatively inexpensive equipment.
trans/brined superimposed
u on to a video picture
this method of making video
programmes is even used by
his video and
a
l
recorded
Most of our
on to tape.
programmes are made
production companies who have the
luxury of multiple camera studios.
productions on
q
use
location rather than in a studio: we However, it leads to problems when
u a single camera and a portable you want to introduce graphics into
low-band 1.1-Matic format (semi- your pictures.
a
professional) video recorder. Each The simplest way of adding
l
scene is recorded twice, once with the graphics is to point a video camera at
icamera positioned to record a general
some artwork and record it. But this
t
view, then again to record close-up only produces graphics which can be
shots.
y
inserted between sections of pre
o If we were using a fi lm camera recorded action. In a programme this
f
we'd be able to cut sequences from slows down the action and it becomes
the
t fi lm and "s lic e" it back together fragmented.
ine a different order. On tape we use To keep the action fl owing we need
two
a special video recorders and a to superimpose the recorded graphics
c on to the action. This requires an
h extra video player and a micro-
i processor-based special effects
n generator, items which cost man
g thousands of pounds.
A video character generator
combines these functions. This, too, is
microprocessor-based, but can o n
produce text, albeit in a range of
ly
typefaces and sizes. Video character
generators are expensive, although the
latest models are down to about
E2,000 with just one or two typefaces.

T illustrations you need a dev ce

„such as the Quantel Paintbox as used
on
p broadcast TV, This runs on a
r
powerful minicomputer, and cost5
tens
o of thousands.
d The Amiga isn't the only compi ter
which
u can produce text and graph ics,
so
c you might ask why micros hav, n't
been
e applied to this expensive
Amiga in use with the video editing suite. with process before. The answer is that if
John carter furthest away at the keyboard d
YOU mix the video outputs of a mit ,ro
i
72AM/Get compuriNG Mlle g88 a
g
 • E D U C A T I O N E

is
,a

Text and bac k ground generated by i - f ent Video play ing I llus t rat ion olgrapi, plot t er digit is ed in i ' a c k and whit e bx
vs through rec t angular wi n d o w created wit h c olour 0 Digiv iew f rom s t ill video, c oloured then saved on t o v ideo tape
nt,
and a video recorder you just end up merely a matter of connecting it Of course there are snags. One is
with a dreadful mess on the screen. between the source and master that, despite being designed as a user-
To overcome this you need a machines. friendly machine, the Amiga can be
genlock board. but these aren't easy Colour 0 in any Amiga palette is quite diffi cult to get to grips with if
II
to design and there's not a very big always transparent to video, so if you you are not computer literate.
market for them anyway. The genlock choose this for your background the This is partly because the software
allows the video equipment to decide original recordings w ill play back is produced by various companies in
on frame synchronisation for the through it. To produce text over the the States, each of which adopts
at slightly different conventions. You
computer. whic h would normally video you use the mouse to select one
send out the signals when it wanted of the other colours and type in the have to work out for yourself how
be to. one program relates to another.
text on the keyboard.
The genlock we're using with our Triangle TV, whic h supplied our
liS
Amiga is made by Interactive, a small Amiga, specialises in video and runs
TICS
company in Leicestershire. It works a half-day Amiga training course.
by taking part of the video signal Even though I decided to forego this
?ed I through a small square in the
from the video recorder and using it and teach myself. Triangle was s till
ics as a reference for that from the F
centre you draw a coloured square very helpful. The effort was all worth-
Amiga, thus allowing the two signals y copy it until only the centre is
and while, because the software is very
to be synchronised. clear.
o To add text to this you select useful indeed.
Sadly, we didn't arrive at the another
u colour, and so on. When your The program TV*Text is a video
Amiga in one jump. We were graphic
w is ready you use the mouse to captioning package with a range of to
producing captions by hand, a time- switch off the title bar and the cursor, fonts in eight colours which can be
a
consuming business. Staff cuts led us and
n then get on with editing the tapes.
), is
to experiment by producing captions t
on a BBC B Micro to insert between
t
our location recordings as we edited
h
them. We did this by fi tting the BBC
the Micro with a Cox Genlock board e
costing about M O . The BBC Micro's v
ces. i Diagram created
graphics area doesn't cover the whole in [ 'eh: s e
of the video screen, but the results d Paint and
were quite good and software e video play ing
provided a range of fonts in various o back t hrough
cc styles and sizes. c olour 0 panel.
t Real t ime
sed However to superimpose the BBC's o animat ion
graphics over video (or fi ll the whole s —merc ury
video screen) needed additional h
being pus hed
expensive hardware. This led us to up t he
o t hermomet er
look at the Amiga. by the c urs or
w
When you allow for the cost of disc
drives and memory expansions the
Amiga is surprisingly competitive
compared to a BBC Micro. Using the
Amiga with an edit suite is a doddle —

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designed for desktop video. It allows the Amiga is the equivalent of the
displayed in medium or high you to produce a storyboard to move Quante' Paintbox, but it produces
resolution. Each font can be produced shapes into and around the screen. graphics of a standard adequate for
in bold, italic, underlined or extruded, You can move text too, in very the majority of videomakers,
with shadows and outlines. Squares interesting ways, but again the hest including Channel 4's The Chart
and circles can be. produced, but fonts come from TV*Text via Deluxe Show.
diagrammatical representation is Paint. However, these are treated by
limited by the softyvare's inability to Deluxe Video as pictures and this
draw diagonal or freehand lines. restricts the possible movements.
Fades or other transitions are not Several animation packages are
possible, nor is scrolling or any type available for the Amiga. but I'm T fortune in time and materials in
of text movement. afraid that I haven't found any of H a few months. For an average
just
During video editing the caption is them particularly useful. This is E
programme, I can sit down at the
either on or off. I f you want to have a because animations for our A
Amiga and make the captions in the
caption superimposed in the middle programmes, whic h usually concern m before we start editing. Pre-
hour
of a video sequence rather than all the science subjects. often require two Amiga,
i it would take me almost as
way through it you need to make things to be happening at once, To long to do a "r ough" for a graphic
g
three edits instead o f one, taking care accomplish this with the Amiga designer to work from, and it would
a
to maintain continuity between the seems to require programming ability, take him or her at least a day to come
sound and picture. h
The Pro-Video package requires at a
least 1M13 of memory and an external s
disc drive, It is less versatile at s
manipulating and positioning text, a
but more like a conventional caption v
generator in that all operations are e
carried out from the keyboard rather d
than from the mouse. a
Up to WO pages of captions can be s
held in memory and manipulated m
with traditional television tricks such
a
as fades or scrolls, thus three edits
lArith TV*Text become one with Pro- l
Video. l

E LECTRONIC Arts'
2 is a versatile Deluxe
package Paint
with a
range of facilities usually associated St rip bac k ground and text created in TV"Tex t
with the Quantel Paintbox, It uses the
standard Amiga fonts, most of which
are rather ornate and seem to be although, as I've indicated, careful up with the finished captions on
aimed at the fantasy game market, but use of Deluxe Paint can help you to paper.
it's possible to import more suitable overcome some limitations. The Polytechnic has a policy of
ones from TV'r ex t. A cheap black and white camera buying IBM PC compatibles. but we
Deluxe Paint has some interesting with red, green and blue filters and had to eliminate these because
possibilities for animation, NewTek's Digiview allows us to genlock boards and video software
particularly if you're prepared to have digitise a photo, illustration or s till were not available for them at the
the cursor visible on the video screen. video picture in colour. We time. They are available now, but the
The gradient fi ll facility is useful in sometimes digitise in black and white overall graphics abilities still lag
this respect because there's a slight using Digi-Paint or Deluxe Paint to behind the Amiga's. As far as I'm
delay before it's executed, whic h introduce our own colours with text concerned, the Amiga has brought the
gives you time to move the cursor generated in TV*Text. long-awaited video revolution to our
and "par k " it unobtrusively in the The outcome of all this new doorstep.
corner of the screen before the video technology is that we, the poor New Amiga software is being
edit takes place. relations in the video production published very rapidly, and I'm
You can produce animations by business, have at last got an currently looking for a two column
editing a series of pictures on to affordable means of competing with word processor so that I can produce
videotape. Deluxe Paint is very our rich uncles in production my initial video storyboards on the
appropriate for this because, once companies. Amiga. That will probably get me
you've drawn your first picture, it's Our Amiga 1000. software and close to desktop publishing, so I may
easy to make lots of small changes to digitising camera cost less than be able to use it to produce students'
it. £3,000. That has to be an amazing worksheets to go with the completed
While Deluxe Paint is designed for bargain for the public whic h finances video programmes.
all Amiga users, Deluxe Video is our activities. I'm not pretending that If this is progress, I like it!

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 W he described as the version. The Electronic Arts package appropriate message acknowledgii
H is recommended mainly because of the use of The Director is required
businessman's choice, its powerful the facility to set up the screen
I
graphics do mean that it can play an The Right Answers Group, the
resolution and number of planes American software house responsi
L
important role in the presentation of beforehand. But The Director is for programming The Director, WO
information,
E Applications in this field
happy to work with any package that also like a copy of your proposed
include
t slideshows for budding artists produces standard .IFF images, such
to
h show off their latest offerings, and routines and any associated manuii
as DigiPaint, Grahhit, Aegis Images for its files.
animation
e sequences for use in and GraphiCraft.
educational and video presentations. Before that is likely to happen yc
A ANIM (animation format) files will have to master the programmil
mThe Director, written by Keith from products such as VideoScape 3D and the language's commands. Thu
Doyle.
i heralds itself as a professional and 3D Sculpt are welcomed.
display and animation language, and first that is likely to be used is
g Before going anywhere near The BUFFER X, where X is the number
the last word of that description is of Director it is advisable to first sit
a screen buffers that you wish to use
paramount importance. Bucking the down and plan exactly what you are
c
current fashion The Director is not the program.
a going to show, and whether you'll use
icon driven, but is an actual language. an art package or digitiser to produce
n
Thankfully it bears a strong the images you'll use in it.
s
resemblance to Basic, but its 80-plus
commands are more orientated Once that's done — and it really is T
c half the battle — further evidence of' cornerstone of The Director ar
towards
a graphical special effects. H
simply represent areas in memory
the "do-it-yoursell'' attitude inherent
Forr many Amiga users this is not a E
where pictures can be loaded, initia
in this package comes into play when s are defined by the software, but
problem,
c but those who have little you want to get on with the 30
interest
e in, or predilection towards, c can be changed to whatever yoi
this
programming. For that you'll need a
programming
l are effectively barred r The only constraint is that if ye
like.
text editor, not the most sophisticated
fromy The Director — hardly the of user interfaces to write your define
e a ludicrously large number.
objective. I imagine. prognim, or as The Director would such
e as 500, you will not have the
For those who are interested, the have it, script. memory
n to be able to use them all, i
results can be very rewarding — if you buffer
b does not in consume any
Thankfully there's one lucked away
can produce quality images in the memory
u until a picture is put into it,
on the disc supplied. Once a script
first place. Ah yes, because although has been written, you won't know if Having decided on the number of
f
screen
f buffers to use the next step is
to put something in them. This is
e
performed by the LOAD N,":

Notepad, Editor, r
directory/filenameextender"
s
command,
a
loaded
r into.
where N is the number of
the buffer that the picture is being

Graphics eA strange feature here is that the

first
t LOAD command causes a new
screen
h to be set up with the picture

ACTION!
specified
e being displayed. Any
alteration made to this display will be
permanent so it is necessary to copy i
into another buffer immediately
should you wish it to be left
untouched. There appears to be no
logic behind this: It happens and the
user must cater for it.
Mark Luckharn assesses a video To display any further buffers then
presentation package for digital doodlers use DISPLAY N with N being the
buffer in question.
The Director does contain commands Once up there, what can you do to
it's to your satisfaction until later. those pretty pictures? Well, FADE
for drawing circles, lines and-ellipses, You w ill have to save it and run The
and for fi lling in areas, i l l s not an art A.N,S where A sets whether the fade
Director program, This produces a will go to or come from black, N is
package and w ill nut help you version of the script with the fi le
produce the main images that are to the buffer whose palette is to be faded
extender .fi lm, whic h can then be
be manipulated and put on show. to or from, and S is the speed of fade.
shown by using another program A value of 0 for Z is the fastest fade,
To do that you w ill need to invest supplied, the Projector. with 10 the slowest.
in a copy of Deluxe Paint 2, whic h is As far as distributing fi lms goes.
the author's recommendation. or — as A related effect can be generated
you are permitted to copy script and
many Amiga owners received the using the WIPE command to slowly
fi lm fi les and the Projector on a non- scan some or all of a buffer to a
original Deluxe Paint bundled with commercial basis, I f you wish to sell
their machines — with the original specified position on the screen
the fruits of your labours then an buffer. The interesting feature here is
76 A M I G A COAIPUTING lu n e M R
 • U T I L I T Y •

procedures, use having to be made of

GOTO and GOSUB. Some of the
example programs in the manual are
in fact fi ne pieces of spaghetti
programming.
The manual makes a fair stab at
explaining its subject matter, some of
the topics being quite complex, and if
understanding on some of them
doesn't dawn through reading then
the numerous examples should suffice
to pull you through.

Conclusions
If The Director was intended to help
everyone interested in presenting
information in an exciting and
interactive way to achieve their
ambitions then it fails - because it is
necessary to he able to program.
To get the best out of The Director
you really must be prepared to get
your fingers dirty, so to speak. and
that it is possible to specify in whic h next frame in animation data (.ANIN1 get in there.
direction the wipe occurs. files). If you are willing to do that then
Other visual trickeries available in Using text with presentations is not the measure of your artistic
this department are DISSOLVE. whic h forgotten, especially since text is a achievements rather depends on the
causes parts of the display to just fade tiny memory guzzler compared to the quality of images and sounds that
away, and the quite complex screen buffers. I f you don't lik e the additional pieces of software and
STENCIL command, which allows styles and font on offer then there is hardware can provide for the project.
you to use one buffer as a stencil the facility to load up and incorporate Should you be assured of a quality
during the copying of another to the others. supply of those things then The
screen buffer. I f you want to move Sound is an important part of any Director w ill provide you with the
rectangles around then the number presentation or "fi lm show", but the power to produce quite exciting,
one command is BLI'I', especially as it way The Director handles this is visually and audibly interesting
is tied into the Amiga's blitter chip. probably the least satisfactory and presentations,
This makes it fast - fast enough to most clumsy method used in the
contemplate a technique known as
screen fl ipping. This is where
subsequent screens are displayed
software. You must first perform an
Assign mod: to the name of the
directory that contains your
sound.mod fi le.
1 REPORT CARD
rapidly, and if the difference between The Director
them is not great, movement or The inbuilt commands are not
Amiga Centre, Scotland
animation is the result. going to help you produce anything 1.30
in the way of music, and the
emphasis is totally on using sampled USEFULNESS 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 0 1 ]
sound effects and music produced I f graphics presentation is import ant to
,vou The Direc t or can handle the lob.
N too slow to do a good job of from other packages. Looking at it
this
O with whole screens, so a from that point of view it deals with EASE' OF USE 11111111111
W incorporating such sampled delights You need too many skills and ot her
technique referred to as double
well enough. But if you don't have a packages t o mak e the program shine,
,
buffering is resorted to, where two
buffers
t are used to prepare and sampler - no noises! I NT( I TI O N i
t i m o m i i 1111
display
h screens alternately. The BLIT 11
Despite being unfriendly_ this is a
command
e can work on smaller areas, program that keeps to the rules.

Dso if you combine that with the fact SPEED I L U I L L A I E F I D

A be able to report that the
Ithat it is pretty fast, partial screen author
S has made at least a token effort
Reasonably fast, but the speed s hould
flipping is easily attainable - and very not be all that import ant
S towards
t structured programming.
effective to boot.
P Line
h numbers are optional and if
VALUE i fi Ill
Those are the major graphics
Lspecial effects commands. But it is Cheap by usual applications software
introduced
i are merely used as labels. standards. but of limit ed use by it s elf
Aworth bearing in mind that there is a IF..
s THEN.. ELSE.. and ENDIF
Yhost of supporting commands, constructs
i are available along with O
cranging from the simple drawing branches depending on key and
s
mouse states. AVsensible pric e does a lot to save The
otools to features such as colour a Direc t or f rom the &ashcan,
mcycling, rotation and generating the Unfortunately there are no E
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much

A
system
is imminent, possibly as soon
N next month. Upgrading to the
as
E awaited 1.3 won't he quite such
aWdramatic change as between the 1.1
— shipped on the Amiga
Moodiess
revo ution
m
A1000 — and the more recent 1.2 (rom
on
i the A2000 and A500).
g It's unlik ely that any applications
software
a w ill even notice the
difference,
o whic h is a good thing too.
Commodore
p has a new policy —
compatibility.
e
Gone are the days of making radical
r
improvements that were so original as
a
to "break " lots of existing software
t didn't follow the rules,
that
jez San looks at the new Amiga OS
i
Commodore is desperately trying to
n
improve the Amiga and its OS in upgrade, Then there are the new Paintjet and the Xerox 4020 colour
g
subtle ways without adversely
printer drivers whic h are a pleasure printer. The new dumps support all
s
affecting any existing programs. to use. Changes behind the scenes
yLooking at the 1.3 feature list 4,096 colours. There have been
might never affect the end user and
proves
s this — lots of changes reflecting substantial improvements in the way
are really only there for CLI "power colour is handled to give either half
thet Commodore engineers' ideas to users" and programmers.
make
e the system better, faster and tone or Flovd-Stienberg dithering. It
The 1.3 Preferences program has is possible to restrict the number of
stronger.
m And unlik e IBM it didn't been enhanced to provide better
spend six million dollars on it! It's colours printed — which improves the
friendlier too. support for the new types of printers,
result, as does an anti-aliasing option.
a n d t h e nic e wa y s a l p r i n t i n g c o l o u r
The 1.3 operating system comes in This smoothes diagonal lines by
graphics that the new printer drivers tilling in pixel steps with shades of
two parts: A set of enhancer discs
are now supporting. Incidently, those colour.
with a new manual. Workbench and 1.3 printer drivers are much faster,
Extras, and a set of new Kickstart Gone is the CLI toggle. Commodore
sometimes 10 times as fast as their
roms, neither of which are vital to the old 1.2 counterparts. has decided not to hide this very
operation of the Amiga. important feature from the Amiga
There are loads of new printers to
With 1.2 having been such a user's grasp. After all, the Amiga's
take the total number of drivers to 21. CLI is one of its most useful and
successful release there were
There are now separate drivers for powerful concepts. To hide it from
relatively few bugs, most of them standard and 24-pin Epsons, the HP
being on the Workbench disc and not beginners because it is perhaps "too
in the Kickstart roms. Workbench 1.3
w ill work perfectly well with New
Kickstart 1.2. Cid s hell Gives fast Faster Mots
ram p rio rit y —less 17exible

T
Kickstart is autoboot capability.
H feature w ill allow a special
This
E
autoboot hard disc, network or
n
recoverable ram disc to operate
without
i the need to use a Workbench
floppy
f during boolup.
t This is the only really new feature.
Consequently
y it isn't worth upgrading
your
n Amiga to 1.3 Kickstart roms Ante
unless you are going to use it with a tgly.into
e otation•into
m t moos
special
w new hard disc controller, lik e
Comodore's A2090A. Fr
MO I i •
detrIi cI
t ty Um, Cmd,
The major changes are in the 1.3 r Adam info
h
Workbench disc, whic h has been p. 4 1 1 1 1
i
packed with lots of novel features. i n f6o
n
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g
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but
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condescending... "You won't Antialiasing Left Offset Density
understand it, therefore we won't tell I 1111E11-11161
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you its there!" Luckily, the 1.3 CLI Center
will always be around from day one.
A new Shell has been added to
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complement the CU. This, together
with a new console handler provides
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impossible to cover them in this time used in fi le accesses is almost dividing.
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article, but the more powerful ones totally due to the hardware card that i They have also put special code
include being able to make you are using. so that the Motorola 68881 math co-
R 4
commands
E resident so that they are All hard disc controllers w ill run processor is recognised and utilitised,
remembered
a in memory instead of faster with FTS. but some w ill be very these go 20 times faster than your
being called up from disc every time much faster, depending on how well average math speeds. Normally you
r
you type something, script fi les which they were designed. This is because can only add a 68881 when you are
e using a 68020 processor card, but
allow you to invent your own the better ones w ill use special DMA
s some ingenious companies lik e
commands by stringing other circuitry to make them whizz along.
o DMA lets the card transfer data Nlicrobotics have produced a special
commands together and defi nable
m quickly and automatically without card to allow 68881s to be connected
prompts whic h have useful
ainformation. involving the Amiga's processor chip to a stock 68000 Amiga.
n Some of the best improvements or software transference techniques_ lArhat's more, the Amiga math
ymade to the 1.3 Workbench are the Hard disc cards that use this libraries w ill s till be able to detect
nrelease of a recoverable ram disc, technique have the potential of being this liaftel and w ill unleash the full
ecurrently called CARD: (Commodore more than three times faster than power of ihe maths co-processing.
wAmiga Ram Drive) and the fast fi le cards that use Software techniques to turning the Amiga into a powerful
bsystem known affectionately as FFS to transfer data. workstation for very little cost.
eall those of us who have helped Examples of DMA cards are Lastly, some novel frills have been
Commodore's A2090, the OverDrive added to Workbench, like a Pointer
nCommodore test it over the last year
or so. and ASDGs, whereas non-DMA cards, Clock that tells you the time when-
e
CARD: w ill keep all its files intact, like the Supra and C-Ltd offerings, ever you are on the Workbench
f screen, and the normal clock that has
even after a reboot. It's really useful will start to lag behind the DMA
i cards when the FFS is used. They w ill a special one-line mode where it sits
to put your startup files on it so that
t still be much faster though. so it at the top corner of the screen.
they let you reboot quickly and
spainlessly, won't be too important. I'd say that the 1.3 Workbench is a
The FFS is a specially written go- really good move on Commodore's
faster disc handler. It's designed to let part. For the first time it has been
you use all those Fast DMA (Direct able to offer bags of improvements
Memory Access) peripherals at their F h J e 1. 4O S.a ma jo r r ewr iten o t
T without having to worry about
maximum speeds. Commodore's out
VE for a while, w ill have FTS built in correcting bugs or causing various
A2000 hard disc controller card is on
N rom, and w ill be able to run with incompatibilities to any existing
one example. Data transfer speeds are floppies
b e too, perhaps making them applications.
on average four or five times faster. about
t t e four times as fast. Commodore has suggested that the
and directories and fi le searching can r Another major improvement in 1.3 1.3 enhancer package w ill be sold at a
sometimes be a factor of 15 better. lies
t hin the Math Libraries. Apart from very low price to allow everyone to
The FT'S streamlines the way that supporting double-precision - read. upgrade. but just high enough to be
i n
files are stored on a fast device so that mega accurate - maths, they have worth stocking by dealers to maintain
g availability. As a programmer, the
they can be accessed a lot faster. On been totally rewritten to offer
sperformance improvements that wealth of features added to CLI and
the old AmigaDos, there was a large
overhead in processing each block of a
everyone w ill love. Shell are my favourites, and of course
data that prevented some of the faster r The Gurus at Amiga have recoded the ITS. whic h has made the Amiga
peripherals from being much faster ethem to be at least twice as fast at act like a super-computer in terms of
than the slower ones. With the FFS tmost fl oating point operations, lik e hard disc access speeds.
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