Amiga User International Vol. 5 Issue 11 November 1991

148 Pages·1991·217.8 MB·English

by  Maxwell Consumer Magazines

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CONSTANT FACTORS
125
5 The Amigo Dimension: Antony Jacobson Amigo Answers: Andy Eskelson bottles
looks at Amigo developments from through this month's wove of technical
Hastings 1985 to Denver 1991. queries.
128
33 Newsfile: Keyboard overlays, a sixpack of Amigo Letters: If you have a point then
(0 drives, Sybil who'll do everything aand Bud Vennos offers you the chance to Write
on accelerating techno world world. It's all To Reply.
in the Newsfile.
130
The Fat LodySings. Read the secrets ofthe
48 The Updote Column: Mike Nelson is bock developers of Amigo hardware and
again with more improving ideas, programs softtware and faint! The Fat Lady reveals
and hardware new and not so new. all.
USERDISK
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Hyperdisk:A n ew-look Hyperdisk witth on Lots for you to use and to learn from. No
intriguing and novel interface and some ordinary magazine could give you a disk
exciting material induding the top com like this! Only will AUII
munications program.
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TEST DRIVE
40 Geniliizer: John Kennedy examines this 99 (oTV -The Magic Block Box: Janet
low-cost graphics tablet from Datel. Bickerstaff tokes a look at the lotest disks
for Commodore's Baby.
46 Superbase Proffesional4: high cost, but is
it worth it? Pot Kelly tests this professional 10 9 Real 3D: One of the easiest roy-tracing
version of Precision'ss uperior daatabase. programs to use, but what does John
Kennedy think the reality is?
94 Graphiucs Workshop: Peter Lee reviews
132
this excellent graphics tool which matches Agenda To the Amigo: Gwynne Harper
up to Deluxe Point, and brings extra facili tokes a look oat this handy device that can
ties for the Amigo. odd mobility to your Amigo information
process.
FIELD REPORTS
15 Mode int USA: Mike Nelson reports on the 19 Hitting Toasterville:T he Video Toaster has
people, and the compaanies behind the created quite a stir in the USA. Mike
biggest developments on the Amigo, Nelson flies into Kansas to probe the
statteside. He begins with some inside company responsible and finds out who
informotion on a hot hardware manufac these crazy and rich people from Newtek
tures, GVP. really are!
MENTOR
122
32 Computer Art: Graham 8aldock shows what Understanding the Amigo -Workbench
can be achieved with on Amigo, a simple Part 5; John Kennedy continues his from
point package, a little instuction aand a the ground up tutorial of the Amigo's
tube-full of talent. WIMP sysstem.
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USER PORT AMIGA DIMENSION
128
21 DPAINT PART IV: Peter lee goes in depth Programming Part /-The Secret
Dear AUI Reader,
to show off some of the fancy effects of the Block Box: John Kennedy
which can be obained with this splendid storts this gUide into the secretive In this AUf, we report on awards made at the military-sounding
updated package. world of computer programming. DEVCON, the Amiga Developers' Conference in Denver, U.S.A.
and the European Developers' Conference in Milan, Italy.
134
37 DIY 2000: Ever wonted to plug A2000 QUAD: Reggy Stoire ~ bock oMth more AUf had a representative at the Denver meeting and, perhaps
cords into your A500? Gory Fenton not so very legal tricks and lips. even more importantly, at the very first European conference in
shows you how. Hastings, U..K. in 1985. It was the exciting prospects emerging
136 AUISpell Port x: Paul Overaa from that conference which led us to start Commodore Business
116
(OMMS: John Kennedy helps you to get finishes of this project with on and Amiga User, the first European Amiga magazine.
started in the serious, but fascinating, overview of what has been As most other people, Commodore never then imagined that the
business of computer communications. achieved ad leaves you with some Amiga would make its biggest impact in the UK is as a home/
Tune in, turn up, log on! interesting new instructions. entertainment computer. The plans revealedat the Hastings con
ference were almost exclusively business-based.
124
P.O.: The latest Fred Fish disks are once There is an oddity about Developers' Conferences. Those who
again nelled by Norman Stone. attend are required to sign non-disclosure agreements. This
means that they are forbidden to let anyone to know what ideas,
HARD COpy plans, problems are discussed there; certainly a restriction for a
journalist ... This prohibition is not to stop CBM's competitors from
115 144
finding out what is coming; many of the developers also create for
Mastering Amigo (; Mike Nelson reviews (omputer Ethics. Martin WiHon asks
Paul Overao's new book which shows you 'when is computer crime not a crime' other computers too. The restriction seems mainly designed to
what's required in Mastering Amigo C. and should we have a 'good conscience' protect the established and presently sold products from being
program for the Amigo. disregarded while people wait for the more exciting next genera
tion. For instance, CBM now wisely are selling only 1 Meg 500s but
COMPETITIONS if that had been announced well in advance, sales of 512K 500s
still in stock would certainly have suffered.
130 DEVCONs are also workshops where ideas are argued that may
24 Picture This! (ompeetition: The astonish· The results of the fantastic Fat lady Sings
never see the light of commercial day, so CBM, and the developers
ing results. See what the Amigo AUI Pot Kelly (ompo is unbelievable.
too, may not want to arouse false hopes.
latest can do to win the (anon Ion (amera.
Nevertheless, within a short time the "secrets" are generally
24 WIN!: Upgrade your Deluxe Point to ver· leaked, and few disasters seem to occur. For what both Commo
sian IV in this open to all graphic compe dore and the developers must realise is that the Amiga and its
tition. associated products have to go on evolving and growing to
survive. 256K must turn into 1 Meg, 8 bit colour to glow as 24 bit,
ENTERTAINMENT
the 68000 to leap up to 68040 which will become the ... ah, sorry,
you can't be told that just yet. However, if you want my own
unsubstantiated predictions, we are going to see some far-reaching
developments in the Amiga both in the near future and in the years
up to its first decade in 1995, and they will show a marked lessening
of emphasis on games, even the UK. Integral hard drives? 020s
as standard? Workbench 4.0? Well, as our Newsfile writers are fond
of saying, for coming developments, watch this space
Yours sincerely,
Antony Jacobson,
Managing Editor
USED FOR THIS MONTH'S AUI
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Canon's RC-260 Still Video Camera, CCS's 00s-2-00s, Checkmate'S 1S00,
Electronic Art's Deluxe Paint III and IV, GVP's Series II FaaastROM Hard Disk
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CREDITS
MANAGING EDITOR and PUBLISHING DIRECTOR (AUl): Antony Jacobson Editorial Coordinator:
Pat Kelly CONTRIBUTORS: Graham Baldock. Janet Bickerstaff. Andy Eskelson, Gary Fenton. Gwynne
Harper. Tony Horgan, John Kennedy. Peter Lee. Anthony Mael. Andy Moss, Mike Nelson, Paul Overaa.
Matt Russell. Reggy Staire, Norman Stone. Martin Witton. Consultant Art Edltor:Graham Baldock Group
Advertlaament Manager.1.inda Elliot Advertlsment Managsr: Richard Vaughan Advertlsment Sales
Executive: liz Edgar Production Control.,: Jayne Penfold Production Executive.' Michelle Evans
67 Top 10 Games Charts 74 Battlechess II - Electronic Publishing DlrtlCtor: Wendy Palmer
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Probably the best Amiga
comms package ever is on
the disk in archived format.
Follow the simple
instructions to get yourself
on-line in minutes!
This month's Hyperdisk was
created using the amazing
Cando. Find out for yourself
what Cando is and what it
does with this interactive
hyperdemo.
Interact with your
A simple but addictive game
from Think! Ltd. Swap the exciting world of
pieces of the ray traced
image around to complete
here, with over a
the puzzle. The 20th century megab~
jigsaw.
information, sounds and gr
squeezed onto one auto-b
disk. To use, simply
swit~
There are two Icons In the The utility program IffConverter
programming drawer· one will take standard IFF pictures your Amiga and insert
contains the source code, and
such as those produced by Deluxe
the other Is a runnable demo of
Paint, and eave them a. raw
the star field code In operation Hyperdisk. Have fun.
bitmaps. These bitmaps can be
which you can 888 by double
used by machine code
clicking on the Demo Icon.
The source code will be programmers by Including them
displayed using the 'More' text Into the source fll. .. IffConverter
reader when you double click on can also load IFF sound eamples, Anti-A
the 'starfleld.lnclude' Icon. P. .... and eave them In binary form too.
space to look through the code, Using the program Is ...y , as all
and q to quit. The source Is In the functions are available from Banish those jaggies! A
standard ASCII format, so you pull down menus. If you are useable demo of Anti-A from
will be able to load It directly Into copying the p'rogram to another Zen is on the disk to enable
your favourite assembler with no you to create your own extra-
disk, remember that It needs the
problems. Remember that • smooth colour fonts.
IFF.L1BRARY, which Is contained
source Is designed to be
In the L1BS drawer on the disk.
combined with other codes, such
as that on last month's Userdlsk. AUf USERDISK No.6
AUI NOVEMBER 1991